The Feng family's father and son also toasted each! Grateful to Montenegro. Feng Dazhui asked: "I don't know what new things the general wants to do when he sends our father and son to Xianyang, our father and son have nothing to say, please say it directly." ”

"I did design something new, and I needed two people to help me do it. I originally wanted to let the two of you rest for a few more days and talk about this matter again, but since the two of you are in a hurry! I'll start with that! Montenegro took out the cowhide that had already drawn the sketch and handed it to the two, and said: "This thing, I named it a roller (bearing), it seems simple, a big ring: the inside is a small ring, and the middle of the two rings is filled with a metal cylinder of the same size, and the outside is sealed with an iron ring, but it requires very fine craftsmanship, and it is not bad at all to make it." It's all up to you. It's done, your father and son have a fifth-level title, which must be indispensable, wrapped up in me. ”

After Feng Mofeng and his son studied it carefully, they said: "The craftsmanship of this thing is not difficult, the difficult thing is that it is too precise, our father and son will definitely make it and repay the kindness of the general!" ”

Montenegro said, "Stay in the guest house first." After two days of rest, I will take you to the ironworks of the lieutenant's mansion. The roller is made, and its significance is far greater than nailing a horseshoe to a war horse. Please, both of you! ”

"Being able to make the first horseshoe in the world is already the proudest thing in my life! If we make it into a roller again, we have no regrets in this life! Feng Mofeng said.

The next day, father and son went to the ironworks to ponder the rollers.

Seeing the reunion of Feng's father and son, Montenegro counts the days, and the family should be about to arrive in Xianyang! And the teacher Meng Zhao, will he come to Xianyang? It's not easy to go out in this era!

Montenegro was thinking about his family, and Meng Hao came to report: "Those two ruffians bought a small barrel of fierce fire oil, they must have wanted to set it on fire!" The two met with Gongzijian again, and Gongzijian made them a peace test! ”

"Looks like it's going to be done today! After you arrest you, don't let people know that we have arranged it in advance, and tell anyone that it happened by accident while on patrol! The arson case was a major case, and after the trial was completed, the entire case was handed over to the court lieutenant overnight and reported to the state governor's office. Let them go and arrest Gongzijian. Our lieutenant's mansion can't afford to offend the prince's relatives at the moment! The credit has to be given to them. Montenegro explained.

"No!" The crowd went away.

In the second half of the night, Xianyang slowly quieted down! There are no people on the street anymore! Two drunks, one holding a flask, smelling of wine, walked upside down the street, still talking nonsense in their mouths. When the two passed by the salted fish house, there was no one around, and the drunk man opened the wine jug, and the wine inside was inadvertently spilled around the salted fish house. The spilled wine emitted the smell of fierce fire oil! The two of them suddenly stopped getting drunk, quickly took out the fire folds, and as soon as the flames were blown out, more than a dozen soldiers immediately rushed out around them, and pressed him to the ground! Immediately, another group of soldiers came and surrounded the scene, and the two ruffians were immediately escorted to the lieutenant's mansion for interrogation. At first, the two men didn't say anything. Montenegro did not come forward and signaled for Li Shiqi to be punished immediately. Just lost a fingernail, the two of them couldn't eat it, and they immediately made all moves! Montenegro sent a brigade overnight to send the prisoners and confessions to the Yanwei Mansion, which was characterized as an attempted arson case between enemy countries. And at the same time inform the lieutenant. Seeing that the matter was serious, the officials on duty at night in the two prefectures immediately notified their respective governors! Guowei Weiyu and Tingwei Li Si were both woken up by their subordinates, and the two officers interrogated the prisoners together to check the scene! Arrested Gongzi Jian and the two ruffians overnight.

Although Gongzi Ken only admitted that he ordered the arson only to vent his personal anger, he was definitely not an enemy spy. But he asked people to help the two ruffians forge the test, and the rumor couldn't wash away the suspicion of the intervener.

Early the next morning, the first thing King Qin did was to read the case report jointly handed over by two ministers who stayed up late and had red eyes. The children of the clan had accidents one after another, which made King Qin very annoyed. With a stroke of the pen, Gongzi Jian was decided, and the whole family seized the title and confiscated the property, and was abolished as a concubine. Two ruffians were beheaded, the men in the family were forced to work hard for life, and the women were official slaves.

An attempted arson case implicated so many people, Montenegro did not expect it, and strictly ordered his subordinates: "No one is allowed to go to Salted Fish House in the future." Just in case, Mi Long, you send someone to let Sister-in-law Mi sell the restaurant, and you and her will get married in my house. Sister-in-law Mi won't show up within a year!

"We are not afraid of Gongzijian's grandson alive, but now that he is burping, are we afraid of him?" Miron asked, puzzled.

"Gongzijian is dead, and although his parents and family are commoners, it is impossible not to stop investigating this matter. They are the clan of King Qin, secretly making ghosts, and strangling you Mi Long, it is still more than enough. We're also just in case! Montenegro said.

The family of Montenegro has finally arrived in Xianyang! Although the mother's face was tired, her complexion was much better than before, and the two brothers and two sisters-in-law had not changed, but the second brother had added a three-month-old son. The two nieces are a lot taller! The family didn't care about the fatigue of the journey, and pulled Montenegro to talk! The mother saw that Montenegro had become taller again, nine feet taller, and her body was much stronger, and she was relieved when she confirmed that Montenegro was not injured at all, and suddenly felt that Montenegro was much darker, and she was worried that it would be difficult to find a daughter-in-law in the future. It made Montenegro cry and laugh. The eldest brother brought two carts of tea sets, the workmanship was more exquisite than before, and there were many wine glasses, although they were all pottery, but the quality was almost the same as that of later porcelain. As soon as the two nieces entered the house, they looked for Xiao Hei to play together! Most of the servants in my hometown are married, and I am relieved to settle down there as a black mountain household, and a few unmarried people have also brought them over! The house was a lot more lively all at once!

My mother had never even been to the county seat of her hometown, and she was always worried that she would get lost when she came here, so she said: "This city is so big, people come and go, they don't dare to go out, they will get lost, and they won't be able to come back!" ”

Montenegro said: "Don't worry, there are soldiers wearing this clothes everywhere in this city, you can find them if you get lost!" They are all your son's soldiers! Besides, there will be a few people following you when you go out in the future, and it will be difficult to get lost, don't worry! ”

"Zhang Jin said that the new home is bigger than the village, and we still don't believe it! How much does it cost to raise so many people in a family? "My mother was worried about the money again.

"Grandma, you don't have to worry about money. stretch

Montenegro chatted with his family at home, Feng Mofeng sent someone to report, and the roller was tried to be made, so that Montenegro could go over and take a look. Montenegro took his second brother and came to the workshop of the Lieutenant's Mansion together.

A basin-sized roller weighs 200 pounds, and the appearance is much rougher than the stainless steel bearings of later generations. The turning performance is not bad.

"This can already be used, you father and son try again, just make half the big one, if it can be made smaller, the more useful it will be in the future." Montenegro encouraged.

"Rest assured General, we've found some key tricks that will improve speed and quality next time. You'll be satisfied in a few days! Feng Dazhui said.

Montenegro explained the waterwheel he was going to make to the second brother in detail: "You have to make a wheel two or three feet high, make pieces of blades on the sides of the wheel, put this wheel into flowing water, this big wheel will rotate, drive the middle shaft to rotate together, and then drive the conveyor belt to send water to the height!" ”

The second brother understood as soon as he heard it, and said, "I'll also take someone to try it out immediately, this roller is going to be installed on a wooden shaft!" ”

"Exactly, you make a small model first, the test is successful, and then I will take you to Zheng Guoqu!" Montenegro said, "With this machine, installed on Zhengguoqu and Dujiangyan, Daqin will have more million acres of good land!" Montenegro said.

The application of rollers is very common in summer and week. But the precision steel bearings were made by the craftsmen of the Yuan Dynasty! Contribute to Kublai Khan's conquest of the world!

Out of the workshop, the sky suddenly darkened, the sky was full of dark clouds, lightning and thunder! Seeing that a big storm was coming, pedestrians on the street hurried to their homes, and many shops hurriedly closed their doors to avoid the impending thunderstorm!

The workshop is not far from the Lieutenant's Mansion, and Montenegro has run a few steps into the Lieutenant's Mansion, and Li Shiqi is arranging his subordinates to step up patrols and pay attention to the smoothness of the major drainage outlets! Check for safety hazards!

Several large lightning bolts pierced the night sky, accompanied by a sound of thunder, as if the sky was roaring and roaring! A tree-thick lightning fell on the Temple of Heaven Mountain in Xianyang City, and the lightning made the whole city like day, and a thunder shook the ears of everyone in the city! For a while, chickens flew and dogs jumped, and countless children cried. Then the pouring rain poured down, and the whole city was in a torrential rain, and it was impossible to see the people ten steps away.

About two quarters of an hour later, a soldier braved the rain to report: "The main hall of the Temple of Heaven Palace has been struck by lightning and has collapsed. Dead and wounded unknown! ”

"All the short soldiers followed me to save people, and the rest of the people inspected every corner, and if there was a collapsed house, save people first." Montenegro commanded, rushing into the rain first. Seeing that the general was taking the lead, everyone did not hesitate and quickly dispersed in all directions.

The Temple of Heaven Palace is located on a hill on the central axis of the city, which is the place where King Qin worships the heavens and the highest point of Xianyang City! There was only a simple altar! When the capital was moved to Xianyang, Qin Xiaogong was here to worship the sky. Later, after the repair and expansion of the King of Qin, it became an independent small palace, and the annual ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens, the King of Qin would bathe and fast here for three days, and then worship the heavens.

When Montenegro arrived, the entire main hall had collapsed, and some eunuchs and palace maids were so frightened that they didn't know what to do! Montenegro immediately ordered to save people, and more than 1,000 people moved together, hand on shoulder, and moved out the eunuch and palace maid inside. An hour later, the rainstorm stopped and the sun shone on the earth again! After a period of busy work, all the wounded were finally rescued, and the fifteen dead were carried outside. The entire main hall has been changed beyond recognition.

There are more than 200 people, all of them like chickens in soup. Exhausted and out of breath. When Montenegro was resting a little by the side hall, he saw a group of palace maids and eunuchs all in a heavy mood, and they couldn't stop crying, and the head of a eunuch who was over half a hundred years old sighed even more!

Montenegro felt that something was wrong, and bowed to the old eunuch and asked, "May I ask why you are so sad?" ”

As soon as they finished asking, the eunuchs and palace maids cried even more. The old eunuch wiped his tears and said, "Our lives are at stake!" ”

Montenegro was even more curious and asked, "May I ask my husband, why do you say this, you can tell me about it, maybe I can think of a way for you!" ”

"Since the Temple of Heaven built the palace, lightning strikes almost every year, and the damage is large or small. Every time, it is said that the eunuchs and palace maids we guard are immoral, find a few negligent eunuchs and palace maids, announce the crime, and then kill them to calm the anger of the sky! Since the beginning of spring this year, we have more than 180 people, all of whom are always cautious and cautious, never daring to lose the slightest rule, hoping that God will no longer thunder the Temple of Heaven Palace! I don't want to be today, but I was hit by the biggest lightning strike in decades, and the entire main hall was split! We have only one dead end! ”

"This lightning strike is just a common occurrence in nature. It has nothing to do with you, so what's the use of killing you? Montenegro felt incredulous and said, "I want to find a way to see if I can save you!" ”

At this time, there were hundreds of Lang Wei in a team, all of them brightly dressed and energetic! The leader is the old acquaintance Wang Li. Wang Li is still noble and heroic! Compared with them, the group of soup chickens in Montenegro looked even more embarrassed.

"General Wang, we have rescued all the people here! How is it inside the palace? Montenegro asked.

"Your Excellency, the palace is fine. We are not here to help the disaster, we are ordered to check the damage and arrest all the eunuchs and palace maids to be investigated! Wang Li's current title was many ranks lower than that of Montenegro, and he bowed his hand and replied.

Wang Li waved his hand and said, "Arrest people according to the roster, and take them all away alive and dead!" "A group of Lang Wei immediately took action, took all the eunuchs and palace maids out of the palace, and named them one by one! Suddenly, the entire Temple of Heaven Palace burst into mourning.

"General Wang, when you go back to restore your life, please be sure to tell the king, Montenegro knows the reason why the lightning struck the Temple of Heaven, and it has nothing to do with them. I have a way to make it impossible for the Heavenly Thunder to destroy the main hall in the future. Human life is at stake, please be sure to convey it, and when I am done, I will immediately enter the palace to ask to see the king and explain this matter in person! Montenegro said, bowing to Wang Li!

When the palace maids and eunuchs who were closer heard Montenegro's words, they all kowtowed to the ground and were very grateful!

"General Montenegro, you have to think clearly, if you can't do it, it's a big crime to bully the king!" Wang Li felt incredible and said.

"Please tell me that this matter is just a trivial matter for me, and I am 100% sure." Montenegro replied in the affirmative.

"Good! I'm definitely going to get there. And do your best to save their lives! Wang Li also said with certainty.

King Qin was in a very bad mood, and the Temple of Heaven was a place for him to talk to the heavens, and it was also a place to prove his royal power. Today, the main hall was shattered by thunder, didn't he tell the people of the whole world that his virtue was thin and he was angry and resentful? This time, I killed all the eunuchs and palace maids in the Temple of Heaven Palace, and I couldn't stop the tongues of the people in the world!

"Your Majesty, my Great Qin has destroyed Han in the east and the Xiongnu in the north in the past two years, and now he has raised a three-way army to attack Zhao, killing too much, I am afraid that it will violate the peace of heaven, God only warned me so much, please suspend the use of troops by my king, and give the people a rest!" Wang Xuan, who has always opposed the attack on Zhao, persuaded.

"The prime minister's words are wrong! Don't stop attacking Zhao! The two-year drought in Zhao State, the king of Zhao moved to a faint state, and the powerful minister Guo Kai controlled the government, which was a good time to destroy Zhao State in one go. Once missed, the Zhao people have 500,000 soldiers, and the famous general Li Mu, who cannot succeed without ten times the strength. Tingwei Lisi immediately retorted.

Qin Tianjian Li Weixu said: "It must be the misconduct of the eunuchs and palace maids of the Temple of Heaven Palace, which caused the thunder to fall, please kill all the eunuchs and palace maids of the Temple of Heaven Palace, you will definitely be able to calm the wrath of the heavens and protect me for ten thousand years!" ”

King Qin was upset when he heard this, three or five eunuchs and palace maids were immoral, and it was reasonable to say that the eunuchs and palace maids in the first palace were all immoral, weren't they scolding the widow for being immoral? But at this time, he would not show it, and said: "Take a good look at the palace maids and eunuchs of the Temple of Heaven Palace, but you will never be spared if you have mistakes." Attacking Zhao can't be stopped. The widow starts fasting and bathing for seven days and prays to heaven today! ”

"Wang Li has just returned from the Temple of Heaven Palace to meet my king." Wang Li reported.

"Wang Li, how is the situation in the Temple of Heaven Palace!" King Qin asked.

"Your Majesty, when the end of the year arrives, Lieutenant Jin Montenegro has already led the army to rescue all the people in the rain, fifteen people died, and more than 30 people were seriously injured. The main hall is completely destroyed! The eunuchs and maids of the Temple of Heaven Palace have all been locked. Wang Li replied, paused and said: "General Montenegro asked his ministers to play the king, he said that the destruction of the main hall of the Temple of Heaven by the heavenly thunder has nothing to do with the eunuchs and palace maids, it is just a normal natural phenomenon, and he has a way to make the heavenly thunder no longer able to destroy the Temple of Heaven in the future." He also said that he was 100% sure and only asked the king to pardon the eunuchs and palace maids of the Temple of Heaven. ”

"Oh! Montenegro's speed is still quite fast! If he had such a solution, why didn't he come to see the widow himself? King Qin asked.

"When I saw him, they had just finished saving people, and they were all dirty, and when he went back to freshen up and change his clothes, he would come back to see my king." Wang Li replied.

"Wait until he's here, let him come in directly!" King Qin commanded.

Li Weixu, the Qin Heavenly Supervisor, listened to Wang Li's report and said: "Heavenly thunder is a warning from heaven to mankind, and Montenegro arrogantly says that it is a natural phenomenon and must be severely punished, otherwise it will anger heaven." ”

"When the thunder fell, Montenegro was busy rescuing people. And you are not only running and yelling to kill more than 100 people. Didn't God tell you that he also has the virtue of a good life? King Qin glanced at Li Weixu with disdain and said coldly.

Li Weixu listened to King Qin's admonition, his face suddenly turned red to his neck, everyone looked at him, and the hall was so quiet that it could be heard. Li Weixu was about to argue, but when he saw Li Si glaring at him, he understood, stepped aside and stopped talking.

Montenegro hurried home, took a shower and changed clothes, and rushed to Xianyang Palace! The first time I entered the main hall of Xianyang Palace, it was more than ten zhang high, dozens of battles in length and width, and there were windows all around! The whole hall is very spacious and bright. There are six steps in the middle of the main hall, and above it is the case of the king of Qin, who is wearing a crown and a crown of scales, and is kneeling upright behind the king's case. On either side sat a dozen ministers. Black Mountain entered the main hall and sneezed several times in a row before saluting King Qin!

"Montenegro, Wang Li said that you can make the thunder and lightning stop damaging the Temple of Heaven Palace, but there is such a thing!" King Qin asked directly.

"Your Majesty, I have found that thunder and lightning, like wind and rain, are very common natural phenomena, and can artificially deflect lightning so that it cannot split into buildings. That's why I say that thunder and lightning are by no means a warning from heaven to mankind. "Montenegro is present.

"How did you find out, how can you convince people with just this sentence?" King Qin asked.

"Your Majesty, when I first entered the grassland to fight the Huns, I passed through the Tianshen Mountain of the Huns, Tianshen Mountain is a small mountain bag on the vast grassland, as long as the thunderstorm weather, there is a chance that there will be a thunderbolt hitting the sacred mountain, but no matter how the thunder splits, the stone statues on the sacred mountain are intact, I went up the mountain to observe carefully, and found that there is a huge meteorite in the mountain, and the iron content in the meteorite is very high. Every time lightning strikes a stone, the iron in the stone quickly directs the lightning to the earth, so the surrounding stone statues are not damaged. The main hall of the Temple of Heaven Palace is the tallest building in Xianyang City, so it is prone to lightning strikes. By attaching a finger-thick wire to the ground on the roof of the building, lightning can be channelled into the earth and the building can be protected. I call this a lightning rod. Montenegro explained.

Everyone listened to it in a fog, and no one could understand it! Montenegro had no choice but to say: "After the main hall was destroyed by lightning, the side hall became the highest point in Xianyang City, and it was the building that was most likely to be struck by lightning!" It's the height of summer, and thunderstorms are frequent! I'm willing to install a lightning rod in the side hall first, and I'll see how effective it is. ”

"Montenegro, since ancient times, fire, thunder and lightning have been warnings from heaven. You say it so lightly, do you dare to pledge your own life? Seeing that Black Mountain was denying the Heavenly Dao warning, Qin Tianjian shouted angrily.

When Montenegro heard this, these people were furious and regarded his life as a mustard, and they also shouted loudly: "I, Montenegro, have today, and I also offer advice for Daqin, and I earned it with a knife and a gun, what does Lord Qin Tianjian mean, if I offer a lightning avoidance strategy that is invalid, I will die?" How about I make a bet with an adult? ”

"How to gamble?" Qin Tianjian asked.

"If it's invalid, you take my head to sacrifice to the sky, if it's valid, it proves that you can't understand the will of God! I'll send you to see God with a knife, do you dare? Montenegro said viciously.

"You... You are a strong word, unreasonable! Qin Tianjian said with a humble heart.

"You don't even have the courage to go to God, and you still have the face to talk to me about the revelation of God? You kill the eunuch palace maid every year to sacrifice to the sky, why do you still thunder the Temple of Heaven every year? Montenegro pressed step by step.

"You... You..., Your Majesty, Montenegro is strong! Pray for the king......

"Alright! Let the eunuchs and palace maids of the Temple of Heaven Palace go first! Only by indiscriminately killing innocents can we violate the peace of heaven. The Queen Mother is not in good health, so let's kill less and pray for her old man! Montenegro, lightning rod thing, you arrange. How's that you did last time about making water flow higher? King Qin asked.

"Your Majesty, the key components of the hydro wheel have been made, but they still need to be improved, as fast as ten days, slow as twenty days, and you can see the model! Then you will know the mystery at a glance, Your Majesty! Montenegro replied confidently.

"Good! If you need craftsmen, I ask all the craftsmen in Shaofu to fully support you! Because of the lightning strike, King Qin had been unhappy, but now he finally smiled.

In the court, Tingwei Li Si didn't say a word, thinking: "The little person I have never looked at is gaining the trust of King Qin step by step, which is absolutely intolerable." Now although he is only the fourth court lieutenant among the courtiers, the prime minister Wang Juan and the imperial historian Feng Zai are both ministers who are dedicated to their duties and follow the step-by-step order, and every time there is a major policy in the Qin State, they give advice to the king of Qin. I'll have to think about this little person. ”

Zhao Gao has been standing on the right side of the Wang case, keeping his neck slightly shrunk, his waist slightly bent, and his hands retracted into his sleeves and placed in a humble posture on his lower abdomen! Although his head did not move, he observed every word of every minister, and thought coldly: "Montenegro is so young and sharp, how will Li Si react?" ”