When they heard that there was a fire, the people in the store ran to the street to watch, and saw that there was a fire on the nearby street, and the gong of the alarm rang out.

In summer, the weather is dry and dry, and most of the buildings in Bianliang are wooden structures, which can easily cause burning once a fire breaks out. It is precisely because of the pressure of arson in big cities that a fire-patrol shop will be set up at intervals on the street of Bianliang City, with five soldiers in each shop and a fire-fighting equipment, if a small fire occurs, the fire-patrol shop can deal with it. If a fire breaks out, then the box army on standby will arrive with fire-fighting equipment.

Today's fire was not small, it took more than half an hour to be extinguished, and more than a dozen houses were burned. Li Buqi couldn't help but shake his head: "The speed of this firefighting is too slow." ”

Cao Tong said: "This is already a quick rescue." The fire is so big that people can't get closer, so they can only water it with a pump, how can it be fast? ”

Whew! It is a large water gun made of bamboo. Li Buqi saw this thing when he passed by the fire patrol shop. The fire extinguishing efficiency of this water gun is indeed low, and the next step is to invest to make money and attract these noble investments, so should we make a water dragon out and show our strength?

Before the crossing, I had seen the real water dragon in the museum, and there was a group of all-pervasive nobles to help, which was not too simple.

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Zhao Zhen has always been very concerned about the arson in the capital, so after hearing Li Buqi say that he was going to make a water gun that can spray water continuously, he said that he wanted to see it. So on the first day of the seventh month, the morning sun sparkled brightly on the Imperial City of the Great Song Dynasty with fierce heat, and people were careful to hide themselves in the shadows of the buildings, and no one wanted to face the warmth. But now in the square in front of the Hanging Arch Temple, a group of Praetorian soldiers ran to the center of the square with buckets of water in their sweat, poured water into two huge tanks, and then turned around and ran back to the well to draw water.

Eight big men pushed the levers of the two water dragons with their naked bodies, and the water dragons sprayed the water in the water tank into the air six feet high. The two water columns collided together in the air, the water splashed, and the cool water mist drifted with the breeze to the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers who were watching under the eaves of the vertical arch hall.

"Rainbow! Out of the rainbow! ”

The corners of Li Buqi's mouth hooked up, which was an unexpected joy.

But at this time, a discordant voice came out: "Your Majesty, please stop the water dragon immediately, it is a bad omen in the rainbow palace!" ”

Who is this? Li Buqi looked at the past, as if he was the imperial history who had dealt with him at the door of the door of Yushi Sun Fu that day.

Seeing that everyone, including the emperor, was looking at him, Wang Yushi bowed down and said, "The minister reminds Your Majesty to stop this water dragon immediately in case it is not conducive to my Great Song Sheji." ”

So serious? Zhao Zhen ordered the water dragon to stop and asked Wang Yushi: "Wang Qing, how can the rainbow appear in the palace be a bad omen?" ”

In order to avenge the revenge of the "true gentleman", Yushitai has been keeping an eye on Li Buqi's every move recently, so the fact that the water dragon sprayed water several times in a row to create a rainbow could not be hidden from Yushitai. They thought that they could use this and did a lot of homework to find evidence that the rainbow was ominous. Wang Yushi is fully sure that once these evidences are laid out, and the enemies of the ministers will help together, the emperor will completely hate Li Bu nine times out of ten.

Now that Zhao Zhen asked, Wang Yushi's eyes were full of excitement, and he replied with full of anger: "There is a cloud in the Book of Songs: the scorpion is in the east, and Mo Zhi dares to point to it. "Historical Records" contains Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin, and there is a white rainbow running through the sun. Hanshu. The Five Elements Chronicles believed that the rainbow was unfavorable to the princes, and foreshadowed the concubine's interference in politics and warfare. "Huainanzi" even lists the rainbow and the comet as a bad omen. "The Biography of Yan Wang Dan" records that the rainbow fell in the palace to absorb water and suck all the well water dry. Now that this rainbow has appeared in the palace and is so close to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it will be detrimental to Your Majesty and Sheji! ”

Lu Yijian hated this kind of strange and chaotic remarks, and besides, Li Buqi agreed to be an official, and if he was condemned, someone would definitely take the opportunity to impeach him. So he smiled and said: "There are often rainbows after the rain, if it is as you said, then there is no peace in the country?" ”

Wang Yushi bowed down again and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now the army of the Liao State is pressing the border, and Li Buqi makes a rainbow from time to time, which is in response to the "Book of Han" recorded that the rainbow is about to be born, which is an ominous omen. ”

Another imperial historian who was also present that day immediately stood up and said, "How can it be nonsense contained in the ancient book of the Rainbow Demon? And the rainbows I saw in the past were far away in the sky, how could they fall into the palace like this? Isn't the matter at hand in line with the Book of Han? The minister thought that Li Buqi made this rainbow in the palace with the intention of being unfavorable to my Great Song Dynasty. ”

What a big hat, this is revenge for Sun Fu. It seems that this court is really not easy to mix, and it may be dangerous to do anything.

Just when Li Buqi's mind was turning sharply, Lu Yijian asked: "Li Buqi, what's going on with the rainbow this day?" ”

Li Buqi hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, Xianggong, this month has been trying to make water dragons, and the rainbow has appeared eight times if not ten times." If it is said that a little water can be detrimental to the princes or cause war, the minister does not believe it. ”

Zhao Zhen hurriedly asked, "You mean that rainbows appear from time to time?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. When the sun is strong, if the water jets from the water dragon collide violently, a rainbow often appears in mid-air. The minister thought that the rainbow was just a mist of water. ”

The two green-robed officials almost jumped out together and shouted with angry faces: "The child is a fool! The rainbow is an image of the imbalance of yin and yang, how can it be a water mist?! ”

Seeing that the situation was not good, Cao Tong immediately asked Li Buqi loudly: "Yes, how can you say that this rainbow has anything to do with water mist?" ”

It's good to have someone in the court! Li Buqi smiled at Cao Tong's timely compliment, and then said: "At first, the kid was also strange, why is it always easy for rainbows to appear when the water jets from the two water dragons collide? Why are rainbows only prone to when the sun is blazing? Why do rainbows only appear when the sun appears after the rain? ”

Zhao Zhen asked, "Can you figure out why?" ”

Li Buqi said solemnly: "Your Majesty has carefully looked at the water droplets shining in the sun? ”

Zhao Zhen glanced at the eunuch Zhang Weiji, who quietly shook his head. He looked at the eunuch Chen Lin who was standing on the other side, and Chen Lin just frowned. He looked at the ministers and ministers who were accompanying him, and they all frowned, it seemed that they had never done such an idle thing. He had no choice but to say, "What will happen to the droplets of water in the sun?" ”

"Colorful light will appear in the right direction!"

Everyone took a breath of cold air, and several imperial historians were also stunned for a moment, but immediately shouted: "Honesty, how can there be such a thing?" ”

Li Buqi ignored them and continued: "The boy thinks that it is the water droplets in the sky that the sun shines on that will cause the rainbow to appear. ”

Everyone looked incredulous. Wang Yushi even showed a funny look: "It's really a good joke." The rainbow is in the sky, is it possible that the water will fly to the sky with wings? Even if you don't know, you can't make up nonsense. ”

PS: At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, there are endless summaries, evaluations, and plans. Hit the wall before each chapter is released to check and revise again, these days are busy, so there may be a delay in the release time, but there will be two updates every day.