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"Charlie wants to make great achievements,

conquered Italy single-handedly,

Break the city of Jerusalem,

Climb the Mount of Olives! ”

The taverns of Milan were singing not from the French soldiers, but from the Milanese satirizing Charles VIII, who had fled into the desert......

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On the night of January 2, 1496, just as the Marquis Pérez and Luis were returning to their lodge, a figure also walked out of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.

That man was Leonardo da Vinci.

Leonardo da Vinci went to the north wall of the convent that day to paint the Last Supper, which the Duke of Milan commissioned him. Soon after the sun entered the window of the monastery in the morning, he had already arrived from the workshop and stepped into the convent's dining hall.

Leonardo da Vinci painted all day, he didn't stop brushing, he didn't eat or drink, he just painted until dark, and in this way, the process of this painting was further advanced.

But, tomorrow, he is not going to do that, tomorrow he is only going to come here at noon to see for a while. Tomorrow he has one of his own gadgets to do. And there was also a Marquis from Spain who was going to visit him in his workshop.

But this is not specifically to postpone the painting of the Last Supper because of business tomorrow, just as he will not cancel his plans to test the aircraft tomorrow because of the visit of the Marquis Perez. He always painted this masterpiece in this later era, working hard for a day, but then not caring for it for a week or two.

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When the Marquis of Perez and Louis, along with two other Niederhogg personnel, met Leonardo da Vinci, he was working in his workshop to make the final part of a homemade flying machine.

Niederhogg didn't sneak in to meet da Vinci, so they sent the Marquis of Perez – who could have met with all the famous artists or scientists – and asked them to change jobs, even if it was in the corner of the Duke of Milan – and it wasn't a big deal to dig up a painter!

The Marquis of Perez did not consider his Niedhogg identity on this trip, and communicated with Da Vinci purely as a representative of the marquis and the king.

Da Vinci had already received a request for a visit from the Marquis, so he was not surprised.

"Mr. da Vinci," the Marquis de Pérez said, observing the near-completion of the flying machine, "is this a flying machine?" Did you apply the principles of the body and wings of birds and bats? ”

"Yes, I have a little bit of a reference," Da Vinci replied calmly and slowly, as he had almost assembled the last part.

"But the flies that inspire me the most! The flies' pair of stick-like hind wings, like rudders, help them balance and control the direction of their flight! ”

There was a little joy in Da Vinci's tone, "That has a great reference significance for the production of flying machines!" ”

"You may be right," Marquis Perez said, looking at the newly fully born flying machine, "but with all due respect, your flying machine looks a little, to put it, a little hasty and crude. It's a bit of a problem with its design and precision, and the structure and materials aren't so strong, and I have a bad feeling that it won't be flying long today......"

"Perhaps," da Vinci looked at the nascent specimen, "but unfortunately my instruments are not very accurate...... But you always have to try it first. He gently stroked the craft with his left hand.

It's like a woman's hand. Louis watched as da Vinci stroked the flying machine. I thought to myself. Of course, he could see that the hand actually had great power, but he couldn't say it, or Mr. da Vinci might have given himself a slap in the face, and he would have to follow it obediently.

Mr. Leonardo da Vinci...... Luis thought of all the news he had heard in Milan over the past two months. Mr. da Vinci was not interested in all beauties...... It is rumored that he likes men......

At this time, Louis suddenly saw da Vinci staring at him with ♂ a look, and he couldn't help but shudder, and somehow didn't turn his head away, but da Vinci still stared at him like this, and seemed very interested in his face.

The scene was very awkward for a while.

Sadly, no one stepped forward to save Louis from da Vinci's enchanted gaze......

Even the Marquis of Perez had a bit of a sense of schadenfreude.

Leonardo da Vinci looked at Louis for a moment, and his student Berdinano Looney said to another of the Marquis de Pérez's attendants with a gloating look: "Look, your fellow is going to be unlucky." ”

The squire nodded, it was not a good thing to be favored by Mr. ♂ da Vinci.

However, he then realized that he was mistaken.

"Mr. da Vinci was often fond of following a man in the street, and if he followed a man like that, that person would be a very ugly and unlucky man. Monsieur da Vinci would take to heart the faces of those he had followed and would paint a painting a few days later, as soon as he had time to spare......"

"Uh...... And this kind of thing? The attendant was amazed.

"Yes, once our master meets such a particularly ugly person, he can often follow him all day, remembering everything about him for future sketches and even paintings," Berdinano Looney said at the end, snickering, "Master said...... In humans...... The ugliest person is also ...... Very rare, just as rare as the most beautiful people...... The common ones are ordinary people between beauty and ugliness......"

Unfortunately, what he said was not enough to laugh, and even less reserved to be heard.

"I've seen him draw a portrait of an old woman, with that hair, that face, that mouth...... Tsk, it's a porcupine covered in thorns! ……”

Louis: "......"

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"Are you going to test fly it now?" Marquis Perez's words finally broke the embarrassing scene that 99% of the men and women had not seen.

"Well, yes," da Vinci smiled softly, as if he had just woken up from a deep sleep. "Would you like to come and see?"

"Gladly!"

They picked a place where the wind was blowing, and Mr. da Vinci fiddled with the flying machine with two odd-shaped wings and a pair of tail fins. Both Perez and Luis looked at it, full of concern about its fate.

The flying machine flew and then ...... Soon it fell to the ground, breaking the wings that had just been spliced together.

"It's a pity......" Marquis Perez shook his head.

The sun shone on da Vinci's hair, but there was still a hint of disappointment in his blue eyes. Apparently still took a hit. After all, he had been preparing this flying machine for almost two years, and it would probably take a long time to come up with a feasible plan.

But he still cheered up, went over to pick up the flying machine, and said firmly, "It's okay, although this flying machine can't work, I can design another one, this flying machine can still be saved!" ”

Where do you seem to have heard this?

It's very similar to when His Majesty designed the steam engine. The Marquis of Perez remembered Ferdinand's expression as he stared at the 1-horsepower primitive steam engine on Box Day.

"Although this steam engine is so inefficient, it still has a lot of room for improvement, and this steam engine still has ...... savings"

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