Chapter 90: Mahjong

Yan Wentian thought about it, shook his head, and said, "No, I still want to learn to build a revolving wooden chair." I'm going to build a carousel chair for my grandfather. ”

Du He was stunned for a moment.

This is Yan Shigu's grandson.

Although Yan Shigu did not openly support Kong Yingda and others to boycott the activities of the revolving wooden chair, he would never go to the furniture factory to buy the revolving wooden chair.

But now his grandson is going to make him a swivel chair, and it's interesting to think about.

Du He called Zhang Du over: "Zhang Du, I'll give this kid to you, and you can teach him to build a revolving wooden chair." ”

Zhang Du hesitated: "Young master, the construction of our revolving wooden chair is all confidential, and it will all be handed over to him, okay?" ”

The craftsmen of the furniture factory are only responsible for creating one type of part, so even if they stay here for half a year, they may not be able to create a carousel chair.

Du He waved his hand indifferently: "It's just a chair, now the chair has been sold thousands, if someone really wants to imitate it, remove the parts one by one and copy it, it's not a secret at all, don't worry." ”

Zhang Du took Yan Wentian to the inner room with confidence, and arranged for craftsmen to teach him part by part.

It was already dusk.

As soon as Du He turned around, he saw Wen Buren preparing to leave.

A lot of time has passed since Wen Buren agreed to train the guards, and in three more days, the matter of training the guards will be completed.

More than a dozen young people from the Laiguo Mansion have made great progress after this period of training.

"Mr. Wen stays!"

Du He hurriedly shouted.

Wen Buyen stopped, turned around and said politely, "Is there something wrong with Gongzi Du?" ”

What has happened in the past few days, others don't know the ins and outs, but Wen Buren, who is a secret guard, knows that Du He can be said to have a lot of credit for this matter being solved so quickly.

Because of this, Wen Buyen became more and more afraid to despise Du He.

In his speech and demeanor, he naturally became polite.

What's more, he also wanted to know the whereabouts of the master's bearded guest from Du He.

Du He stepped forward and asked, "How is the old man of the Emperor Taishang lately?" ”

Wen Buren didn't know why, but he still replied: "The Emperor Taishang hasn't been fishing much recently, and he often finds someone to fight the landlord, but after a long time, he feels bored, and he is still thinking about why don't you go to the palace to see him." ”

Du He laughed: "Annoying Mr. Lao Wen went back to tell the emperor, saying that I have been entangled in miscellaneous things recently, and I really can't leave, but I have studied a new game in the past few days, which is more interesting than fighting the landlord, if he is interested, he can come to the furniture factory early tomorrow morning, and I will teach him to play a few handfuls, and he will definitely not be disappointed." ”

Wen Buyen said: "Okay, I will definitely tell you." ”

The two exchanged pleasantries, and Wen Buren left.

As soon as Wen Buren left, Du He hurriedly turned around and shouted, "Zhang Du! ”

"Young master, you're looking for me!" Zhang Du appeared running.

"Prepare the tools, I'll prepare the drawings, and we'll build a new thing," he said. ”

Less than half an hour later, Du He returned to the furniture factory and threw the drawings to Zhang Du.

Zhang Du picked it up and looked at it, and asked curiously, "Young master, what is this mahjong?" ”

"You'll know when the time comes! Hurry up and start work, tomorrow morning, you must see the finished product, and Young Master Ben is not going to sleep tonight, you must get this thing out. ”

……

Wen Buren returned to the palace, first went to Li Eryu to report the normal situation, and then went to the East Inner Garden.

The black slave stood at the door, caught a glimpse of Wen Buren, and didn't say anything.

Wen Buren stepped forward and asked, "Senior brother, can the Emperor fall asleep?" ”

The slave pointed inside, then turned around and disappeared into the doorway.

Wen Buyen shook his head helplessly, and then sighed.

Outsiders don't know that he and the black slave are the two brothers, both of whom are disciples of the bearded guest.

It's just that outsiders only know that the proud disciple of the bearded guest is his Wen Buren, the name of the black slave, and few people know it, all because the two chose to be different at the beginning.

Wen Buren walked into the courtyard and saw Li Yuan talking to Li Ke, the king of Shu.

Among Li Er's group of princes, only Li Ke has a close relationship with Li Yuan, and others such as Li Chengqian all know that Li Yuan's status is embarrassing, so they have never come to this small courtyard.

Li Ke doesn't care about anything, anyway, he is the grandson of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, and he can't say anything about the power of the Tang Dynasty, so he can do things without scruples.

Wen Buren stepped forward, greeted him with a smile, and asked, "Wen Buren sees the Emperor!" ”

Li Yuan turned around, waved his hand and said, "It's Xiao Wen, you don't need to be polite, we can be regarded as comrades-in-arms who have fought the landlord together, too much courtesy will seem to be raw." ”

Wen Buren smiled: "This is also true. Emperor Taishang, when I left the Laiguo Mansion today, Du He asked me to tell you that he had prepared a new game, which was more interesting than fighting the landlord, and asked you to go to the Datang Furniture Factory early tomorrow morning to play together...... If the minister wants this kind of trick, the emperor will definitely look down on you, but he didn't refuse him on the spot. ”

When Li Yuan heard this, he said: "Go, why don't you go, there are new games, of course you have to go, during this time, fighting the landlord every day, although it is also fun, but it is not interesting after a long time." ”

Wen Buyen was dumbfounded for a moment.

For many years, the Emperor Taishang has never left this East Inner Garden.

Even if it was a major sacrifice of the royal superstar, he would not look at it squarely.

Now, for the sake of an unknown game, the Emperor Taishang is actually going out of the palace?

The shock in his heart was not small.

……

There are several flowers, just one branch.

It is said that Du He took Zhang Du and worked hard all night before making two sets of mahjong tiles.

There is no mahjong in this era, there are just simple finch tiles, the form is simple, the gameplay is also simple, and there is not much fun.

The mahjong made by Du He is made according to the mahjong in his memory, what is the east and west, the north and the south, the strips, the tube, and the ten thousand sons, all of which are complete.

There are several places where making mahjong is the most troublesome.

The first is to make sure that each card is the same size and about the same weight, otherwise it will be difficult to play.

The second is to polish the card several times, and there was no abrasive cloth in this era, so the difficulty of the task was not ordinary. Only after fully polishing and smoothing, the feel can be good, otherwise you can't play a few games, and it is estimated that the palm will blister.

The third is carving, such as the complex patterns of a chicken and a tube, which are very troublesome to carve, so Du He simply drew stick figures to minimize the trouble.

Originally, he thought that there was Zhang Du in the matter of carving patterns, but he knew that Zhang Du's carpenter skills were powerful, but the carving skills were not flattering, so he had to call Wang Erniu over overnight to help.

By dawn, two sets of mahjong tiles were made.

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