What the? A thousand?

Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan'er both had surprised expressions on their faces, the largest tripod must have more than 100,000 catties, and the smallest tripod has more than 50,000 catties, under normal circumstances, without 100,000 people or 80,000 people, it is impossible to transport it to Mingtang.

However, they also knew that Wu Yanzhi would not say anything that they were not sure of. And Wu Zetian is not a person who likes to listen to people talk big;

"What kind of cart?" Shangguan Wan'er asked.

"Shangguan Cairen, this car is not a single car, but has a system. For a while, the contemptible people couldn't explain it clearly, and then Shangguan would know it at a glance. Wu Yanzhi said.

Wu Zetian saw that Wu Yanzhi was full of confidence, and he must be very sure, so he said: "In this case, Wan'er, let the left and right Jin Wuwei send 300 people, and the right Yu Lin Wei send 400 people, uniformly obey Wu Yanzhi's dispatch, set off on time, and hold the Jiuding Anda Ceremony in the morning of the fifth day."

The ceremony of this celebration was presided over by King Neishi and Shan. As for the candidates for the second and final offerings, I will decide after careful consideration! ”

"Yes."

"Grandmother, grandson farewell!"

"Well, you go back and arrange Jiuding's luck. Also, your wedding date is set for the sixth day of the next month, and I will attend it in person. Wu Zetian nodded.

The grandson thanked his grandmother for his great kindness! Wu Yanzhi was really moved, this old lady was really good to herself.

Bidding farewell to Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan'er, Wu Yanzhi left the palace. Today is a major victory for him.

One is his younger brother. He was the son of a side branch royal family, and he actually received Wu Zetian's kindness and sealed the title of Duke of Founding County. This shows that his house has been recognized by Emperor Wu Zetian.

Second, this Jiuding is an extremely important image project. The Jiuding of the previous dynasty was cast by the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty established by Wu Zetian today originally considered itself to be a continuation of the former Great Zhou. Therefore, the recasting of Jiuding is of great political significance.

Wu Zetian not only handed over this task to himself, but also completed it ahead of schedule. Before her birthday, the Jiuding placement ceremony was held, which must be the icing on the cake for her, as a congratulatory gift for her birthday.

Moreover, his tripod is made of brass, which is different from the bronze casting used before Liang Wangwu Sansi.

The bronze cast Jiuding should be gilded to look good, while the brass cast is completely unnecessary. It takes a thousand taels of gold to gild, which is a very large expense. Because the gold production at this time has been greatly reduced compared with the Qin and Han dynasties.

Ancient gold, in fact, was mainly placer gold, which naturally became more difficult to mine in the later period. In the sand of the former many rivers, gold was everywhere.

The production of these things in Lingnan is relatively large now (Tang Dynasty), and most of them also use gold and silver as currency. The imperial court let it go, but north of Wuling, almost all of them were traded with copper coins and silk silk, and there was very little gold and silver.

After I came, I increased the silver output by more than 100,000 taels every year, but the gold output did not increase significantly, which is also the next step for me.

He thought, he had to look at the preparations for transporting Jiuding again, and then survey the route in detail, although Judge Sun had already surveyed many times, and asked the general to level the transportation route, but Wu Yanzhi still felt uneasy.

The emperor wants to personally participate in the ceremony, but he must not be sloppy in the slightest, if there is a small mistake in the transportation, his work will be wasted.

……

Wu Zetian looked at the back of Wu Yanzhi's departure, and she felt very warm in her heart. His nephew, not only built the city of Sanshou that had been conquered for thousands of years, but also easily defeated the rebellion of Li Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong of Hebei Khitan.

Not only that, but on the issue of celebrating his birthday, he behaves better than anyone else, and is more filial than anyone else!

She was satisfied!

"Wan'er, you hurry up and find Wang Jishan, I want to discuss with him about the Jiuding placement ceremony. However, it is necessary to determine the candidates for the second and final dedications. Wu Zetian said.

"Yes." Shangguan Wan'er said.

Wu Zetian was in his heart again, thinking about who should be the sub-sacrifice and who should be the final offering.

In ancient sacrificial ceremonies, after the offerings were placed, wine had to be offered three times. Also known as the three dedications, this is the vessel for wine.

Generally speaking, the first offering must be the emperor; Yaxian is generally a prince or prince; The final dedication is Hongluqing (at this time: Si Binqing) or the prince.

Now it is a little difficult to do, because the prince or the prince are vacant, as for the final dedication, it is easy to do, there are three princes, and Si Binqing has one.

Wu Zetian thought about it for a long time, and finally decided on the candidate and told Shangguan Wan'er.

When Shangguan Wan'er heard this, she was quite surprised! How could it be them?

……

As mentioned earlier, Wu Yanzhi's Jiuding workshop is arranged outside the Xuanwu Gate in the north of the city. At that time, the main consideration was that Jiuding was very heavy, and it was most convenient to transport it from top to bottom.

The terrain in the north of the city is higher than that in the south of the city, and the natural workshop should be built in the north of the city.

Wu Yanzhi took Shang Fang Supervisor Cui Shaojian, Lai Shaojian and Judge Sun Heng; Liu Shaojiang, the general of the prison, the Sigong Tailiu Nei, and the left and right prison guards, a Zhonglang general, and a number of other people went to the Xuanwu Gate in the north of the city and began to check the route on the spot. These people are directly related to this transportation Jiuding.

Sun Heng is already very familiar with this route, and he has surveyed it more than a dozen times. I only heard him say: "Lord Wang, according to the route of the lowly survey, Jiuding entered from the Xuanwu Gate, and then went to the left, and arrived at Shangqing Temple, which is a flat road.

This section of the road uses the rail car invented by the prince. After arriving at Shangqingguan, there is a long downhill slope with a large slope. This section of the road is directly paved with stone slabs, and the fairy gourd can be used to slide down. The stone slab has been paved, and the road is about 30 zhang long.

After going down this section of the slope, you will arrive at the left side of the Raid Fang Garden. From here all the way to Mingtang, it is all a flat road. On this flat road, all obstacles have been removed.

On this stretch of flat road, rail cars are also used for transportation. It is estimated that all the nine large copper tripods will be transported to Mingtang, and only 600 people will be needed. ”

Wu Yanzhi listened to it and nodded with a smile: "Very good." Let's go, let's take a look at the rail car first! ”

He had planned a thousand people, and there was still room for it.

"Yes!" Humane.

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If you want to say that this rail car, it is actually a large flat car for rail transportation, with steel wheels underneath, which are pushed by someone and run on the track.

As for the track, Wu Yanzhi produced a 60-meter double track (120-meter monorail), every 15 meters as a section, all of which were fixed with sleepers and laid as they were used. There are also several segments of one or two meters long, which can be increased at any time.

His rails are cast according to the standard of ten kilograms per meter, which is of course not standard. Each section of 15-meter double track is only 300 kilograms, plus the sleepers fixed on it, it will not exceed 400 kilograms. The 20 big men lifted up, very easily.

Wu Yanzhi is very satisfied with the fixed track. Please Baidu "Throw Book Network" Thank you for your support!