"Lady, this is the crystal that Li Buqi sent to him, saying that it can conjure up colorful light. I don't know if it's true, let's take a look, shall we? Xing'er ran up to the embroidery building with a small brocade box in her arms, and whispered with her eyes shining.

Now the streets and alleys of Bianliang City are talking about the fact that the sun can show colorful light on the water droplets, and the rich people are looking for crystals on Tuomen Road to get a crystal ball or triangular pyramid for their own home, and if they don't put this thing at home in the future, they are embarrassed to say hello to others. Not only will he be a prisoner, but even the jewelry shops in the capital will be too busy.

In this carnival-like atmosphere, the small black room of the Imperial Observatory, oh no, it was a dull atmosphere in the public house, and a group of Imperial Historians were gritting their teeth.

"Crystals can conjure colorful light, but it can't be said that water droplets can also conjure colorful light, crystals are not water! This Li Buqi is deliberately confusing the public! "Wang Yushi is angry.

previously impeached Li Buqi for buying people's hearts in the forbidden army, but such a nidal charge did not hurt Li Buqi's hair; Later, it was said that Li Buqi introduced the disaster statue into the palace, and nine times out of ten it should arouse the emperor's disgust, but it has made Li Buqi's reputation better, why is this? Brother is not convinced!

"Brother Wang, don't say this. Now there are people in the market who have seen the dew hanging on the grass showing their colors. Debating this will not lead to results, and it will not hurt at all. ”

But even if the water droplets can conjure up seven colors, Li Buqi said that the rainbow in the sky is the sun shining on the water vapor, and it doesn't make sense! The rainbow does not move, but how can the water keep floating in the sky without moving? The water must have fallen, but why didn't the rainbow fall? ”

No one answered this, although the level of understanding of the imperial history also agreed with Wang Yushi's statement, but who knew that crystals and water droplets would be colorful under the sun? Now, under the impetus of people with intentions, in folk legends, Yushi has become a stupid villain, and if he has an unpredictable debate with Li Buqi, I don't know what the result will be.

The imperial history must spray the big officials and the emperor in order to get glory. Although spraying Li Buqi is revenge for not abandoning an eight-rank petty official, can it bring glory even if Li Buqi is sprayed down? If you don't spray well, you may self-destruct your image. With this consideration, everyone was silent, only Wang Yushi, who was the first to jump out that day, was still indignant.

The little official outside the door opened the curtain, and the new king Gongchen walked in: "You are all here?" What is this discussing? ”

"Ah, Zhongcheng. We are debating whether the rainbow is really the water mist that appears when the sun shines on it, as Li Buqi said. ”

Wang Gongchen frowned: "But there is a result?" ”

"Not yet."

Wang Gongchen hated iron and said: "Now that the treasury is empty, the Xia thieves have been defeated one after another, disasters have arisen everywhere, and the dynasty has gotten this kind of appearance. Once the rape is gone, the chaos will be set right, even if there is a clown who jumps off the beam, how much can he do? If you don't get rid of the great treacherous evil, wouldn't you live up to Your Majesty's trust by dwelling on this trivial matter? ”

Although Wang Gongchen said vaguely, he knew that the traitor he said was Lu Yijian.

In the past few years of natural and man-made disasters and wars in the Great Song Dynasty, the savings at the beginning of the country have already been exhausted, and the rats have already starved to death in the treasury. In addition, there were repeated defeats against Western Xia, and there were more and more civilian bandits, which made some people with ideas, such as Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu and others, see the danger of the Great Song Dynasty and issued a call for reform, and more and more people have requirements for reform. But Lu Yijian seeks stability, and those who demand reform naturally regard Lu Yijian as an enemy.

Lu Yijian has been appointed as the governor of the government since Zhao Zhen succeeded to the throne of the Empress Dowager Liu, and then served as the governor and prime minister for ten years, and then twice as the prime minister, and his influence in the DPRK and China is deep-rooted. Its henchmen occupy most of the important positions in the DPRK and China, which makes the road to promotion for officials who are not from the Lu Yi family much narrower. Is it tolerable or unbearable! For the sake of their own future, non-Lu officials also have to remove this stumbling block on the road to promotion, so when they mention the traitor in private, they naturally refer to Lu Yijian.

Therefore, both public and private have to bring down Lu Yijian, in this regard, Wang Gongchen and these imperial historians are in the same direction, so they are angry that they are not angry - what kind of anger is it with an eight-rank petty official, it is fame and fortune to be able to bring down Lu Yijian.

However, his words also reminded the imperial historians. That's right, the emperor wanted to use the privy envoy Du Yan to recommend Lei Jianfu was refuted by Lu Yijian, but Lu Yijian did not object to the emperor's appointment of Li Buyi's official, which shows that Li Buqi is Lu Yijian's person. Wouldn't it be easy to bring down Lu Yijian and bring down Li Buqi!

Thinking of this, the imperial historians couldn't help but admire the newly appointed Zhongcheng, so let's work in this direction.

Now Li Buqi is also a subordinate person, although there are only two small officials, and the public party is set up in the general director, but it is a bit of an official.

In the afternoon, a public official came in to remind Li Buqi that the time was almost up, and he had hired a car for Li Buqi. Li didn't give up and didn't need to ask anyone for leave, so he went out directly to Bailu Tower.

Today is Uncle Cao Guo's treat, saying that a friend has a treasure, and he wants Li Buqi to take a look, and the meeting place is arranged in Bailu Tower. In the past, Cao Tong was very low-key and looking for an elegant place even if he had a treat, but today's meeting is a bit extravagant, and things are a bit abnormal.

Li Buqi got out of the car at the gate of the alum building, and looked up at the Fan Tower, and couldn't help but be happy. I saw that the curtains of more than one window had been raised, and Cao Tong and several gorgeously dressed people were spraying water at the sun with a pump - this was trying to create a rainbow.

That's right! You nobles and rich people study science when you have enough to eat or are idle, don't always think about lustful dogs and horses, bullying men and women, it's too tasteless.

Li Buqi believes that there are three conditions that are necessary to engage in science. The first is to have scientific pursuits, the second is to have scientific methods, and the third is to have money.

If Newton's apple was smashed on the head of a hungry homeless man, the homeless man's first thought must be to eat the apple rather than why it fell. If you look at the history of science and technology, you will see that the slightly more abstract scientific theorems are basically discovered by those who have no worries about food and clothing, and the poor or scientists are always working on practical technology when they are poor. Only people who have no worries about food and clothing and are financially free have more energy to think nonsense.

Whether it is traveling to various places for investigation or conducting experiments, it costs money, and science has been piled up with money since ancient times.

Edison was able to have so many inventions because his invention of the "ordinary printing press" brought him the first pot of gold of 40,000 US dollars, and his inventions continued to provide him with money after that. Therefore, the rich people of the Great Song Dynasty, because they are these nobles who have gold and silver at home but are idle, are the most important scientific research reserve army at present.

Isn't Xungui trying to save face? In the past, when we met, we could only compare who was more beautiful than whose concubine, and who was the guest of which sister's house, which was vulgar? Wouldn't it be more face-saving to be able to compare who else and what inventions there are in the future?