Wu Yanzhi didn't save any face for Zhang Yizhi, and he didn't dare to count the roads directly, and admitted defeat in the middle game.

"Take!" Wu Yanzhi said lightly.

"I can't see that Wu Lang's chess skills are so profound, and I admire them. Come, ask Wu Lang for another plate! This time, he took the initiative to pick up the sunspot.

Wu Zetian looked at Shangguan Wan'er, and both of them shook their heads with a smile. They are all slightly familiar with chess, and they have long seen that this Yi Zhi is far from being Wu Yanzhi's opponent.

In the second set, Zhang Yi still lost in the middle of the game.

"Wulang, Yanzhi is a national player in the eyes of Xue Gong, he is ashamed of himself, I think, you better go play with the calamus!" Wu Zetian said.

"I saw the master today, thank you Wulang for your advice!" Zhang Yiyi heard that Xue Jichang had already admitted defeat, and he lost two games in a row, and he felt that it was indeed too far behind, and he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up in this life.

"Where! Gorou's calamus skills can't be learned by contemptible people! Wu Yanzhi said lightly.

When Zhang Yi heard this, his originally tense expression relaxed again!

……

The group played in the palace for a day, and when they left, Wu Zetian rewarded each person with 200 gold coins and 500 silver coins. The gold and silver coins of this Great Zhou are not legal tender, and the people can also make them privately.

However, the gold and silver coins in the palace are rare rewards, these gold and silver coins are supervised by Shang Fang, and they are mainly used to reward the concubines, palace people, and officials in the palace.

A gold coin is worth the same amount of money, but it is difficult to find it in the market, and it must be at least doubled to buy it, because it is very rare.

On the way, Wu Yizong heard that Wu Yan defeated Zhang Yizhi in chess, but he was very happy: "These two brothers are too flamboyant, and they seem to be better than Xue Huaiyi." Wu Lang should be cautious in his words and deeds in front of those two. Of course, as long as you are loyal to the emperor, everything is not a problem! ”

"Thank you uncle for the reminder!" Wu Yanzhi was a little grateful.

He won't be on his knees to the two slaves, just two male waiters!

……

On the morning of the second day, by the Luoshui River, next to the Xinzhong Bridge.

"See Wu Gong for humble duties!" Liu Min, the superintendent of Zuo Sutai, came forward to salute Wu Yanzhi. He had been sent to inspect the destruction of the factory where Jiuding was made.

"Excuse me! Check it out! "The Way of Martial Arts. He also called Sun Heng, Qi Xuan, Jiang Shipeng, Shang Fangjian Du Chongxun, Gu Zhiwen and several others to prepare to re-establish the foundry.

Everyone looked at it, and sure enough, the factory was washed away: two large copper tripods were crooked, and a big ditch was washed out of the scene, leaving only ruins and broken wood. Some of the family members of the deceased were still there to burn paper money for their families, and the crying was very miserable and heart-wrenching!

How did he think of building the factory here? It is close to a drainage ditch in the north of the city, and it is very likely to be washed away in the event of heavy rain. Wu Yanzhi was very surprised.

He asked one of the surviving craftsmen: "Do you know how many people and how much copper were washed away the night before?" ”

"Qiqi Wugong, how many people were washed away, the villain doesn't know very well, anyway, no one on duty that night survived. Speaking of copper, it seems that there are only two large tripods that have been cast, and no copper has been washed away.

Of course, it is also possible that or a lot of excess copper is placed in a place that the villain does not know. He replied.

Wu Yanyi shook his head when he heard this, this thing is difficult to check. asked Liu Mindao: "Liu Yushi, how should you check it out according to your opinion?" ”

"This ...... I thought that from this scene, a lot of materials should have been washed away. As for copper, I thought it must be there, but ordinary small workers didn't know it. This has to be asked by the previous supervisor Hu, he must know.

The lowly official sent someone to summon the steward in advance to inquire about him, and asked him to come today. However, Steward Hu is sick and will not recover in a few days. Instead, he provided a list of supplies to prove that there were indeed 120,300 catties of copper here. Liu Min said.

That Gu Zhiwen said: "I think, it's better to send someone who knows the water to dive into the river to see if it's inside, maybe you can catch it!" ”

When everyone heard this, they almost didn't laugh, but they all held back. Wu Yanzhi said: "This river is turbulent, it is estimated that it has been washed away a long time ago, it is better not to go down to the river, in case someone is washed away, it is not good."

Secretary Jiang quickly sent down to the states in the name of the envoy of the Casting Ding, and ordered the counties along the way to pay attention to the salvage of the corpses, one of them;

Second, Liu Yushi, please refer the Hu steward to Zuosutai for investigation and find out the details. If it was really washed away by the water and destroyed hundreds of thousands of catties of copper, it would be fine. Otherwise, it can't be hasty.

Third, the judge Qi quickly gave the deceased families in accordance with the regulations in the name of the envoy of the casting, and reduced their taxes. In my own name, each household will be given three times of money; ”

"Yes!"

Although two pieces of money are nothing to Wu Yanzhi. However, it is equivalent to a person's salary for a year!

After arranging these very urgent matters, Wu Yanzhi led people to find another place to build a factory. It's really hard to find, and there are houses everywhere.

Later, I found a place outside the Longguang Gate, from where I entered the Xuanwu Gate and transported it to Tongtian Palace. This casting Jiuding, must first consider the transportation route.

Although the big tripod is very heavy, Wu Yanzhi doesn't want to send tens of thousands of people to transport it, he has to consider the transportation machinery, routes, lifting machinery and so on.

Du Chongxun, the supervisor of Shang Fang, said: "This place is much better than the previous place, and there are still five tripods that have not been made, it seems that we have to hurry up!" ”

Wu Yanzhi shook his head and said, "It turns out that the tripod made is not good. Judge Sun, with you as the main body, Du Cheng cooperated, and strived to repair the factory within 15 days; A large lifting frame should also be set up in the house to facilitate future shipments.

I will design a large transport vehicle, so as not to have tens of thousands of people to drag the 50,000 or 60,000 catties of copper tripods; Then all the original tripods were destroyed, and the stone was used and recast. ”

"Yes!"

Then he shouted Qi Xuan and Jiang Shipeng aside, and asked about the progress of the manual hoist he developed, and both of them said that the progress was normal, and it was estimated that there would be two months to try.

"Well, it's good, as long as you have it, it will be very convenient to transfer and lift in the future." Wu Yanzhi said.

When he was about to leave, the original craftsman came over sweating and took the design of Jiuding. Wu Yan is one of them, this is the largest Yuzhou Ding, one zhang eight feet high, with a capacity of 1,800 stones.

The remaining eight states are one foot four feet high and hold 1,200 stones. According to the calculations of the designers, more than 560,000 catties of copper will be used. It seems that the design has been modified, and it turned out that Xue Jichang said that the plan was to use only more than 200,000 catties of copper.

On top of the largest Yuzhou Ding, the inscription written by Wu Zetian himself --- "Yuzhou Yongchang Ding Song" should be cast:

Xi farmer is the first, and Xuan Hao is in the middle of the year.

Tang Yu followed the heel, and Tang Yu took the time.

The world is light, and the sea is young.

Shang Xuan descended to Jian, Fang Jianlongji.

He looked, Longi? Li Longji? It shouldn't matter, right? LONGi means a solid foundation, which means that it has created an eternal industry.

However, I don't know how many generations this Wu Zetian's foundation can be passed on!