Chapter 293: The First Balloon Flickered

When the Datang Expo Park in Baoxin County was still under construction, Wang Maozhong really sent someone to send the news.

The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, everyone who knows about this thing knows that there is a match, Wang Maozhong lost, and some people are still gloating, ready to continue to watch the excitement, thinking that Wang Maozhong is unwilling to give up and fight a big fight with Zhang and Wang.

As for whether it is on the surface and behind the scenes, it is not clear, but it is just waiting for Wang Maozhong to make a move.

After Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan heard that Wang Maozhong really sent the horse, they felt funny when they inspected the construction site.

"Xiao Wang is really, he sent someone over to dig a corner, but the person he sent made a mess of the matter, and he ran to Xiao Li and said, bring in a thousand horses."

Zhang Xiaobao carried a shovel in his hand, and when he saw that there was no level on the transportation road, he went to Pingping, leveled a place, stopped to look at the busy construction site, and said to Wang Juan.

Wang Juan found a place that was pressed low and let Zhang Xiaobao level the soil, and replied at the same time: "It is said that there are 1,000 stallions, and it is estimated that 50 of them can still be effective, he knows that it is impossible for us to go to Li Longji to sue him again, how can Li Longji not know the reason."

He went to the capital to complain, Li Longji pretended to be stupid and revealed the matter, even if the goal was achieved, as for whether he really sent a thousand stallions, it doesn't matter anymore, if we write a letter to the past, I estimate that Li Longji will continue to pretend to be stupid, it seems that Wang Maozhong's holy family has not been lost, wait. ”

"Then wait, the game will continue, unless someone wants to stop playing, then we will tell him then, if you don't play this game, you have to play a new game that we set the rules for, and the new game will not be as fun as it is now, it belongs to the top."

Since he can't give them good horses, should we also send them some fake information? Let him suffer a big loss? The level of the opposite of him may not be visible. ”

Zhang Xiaobao was like a coolie, getting some sand from the sand pile next to him to fill in the low place, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and waved his hand to the people waiting for him to work, signaling that they could continue to pass.

Wang Juan beckoned to He Yiwei, who had just returned from Wang Ba's farm, and when He Yiwei came over, he discussed: "He County Order, there is still something you need to do." ”

"Okay, okay, that's it, what's the matter?" He Yiwei has now become very open-minded and studious, and he no longer continues to think about how to take bribes and embezzlement, and is determined to be a good official, the most important thing is to keep up with the rhythm of the Zhang and Wang families.

respectfully agreed, expecting Wang Juan to arrange a good thing for him, such as what knowledge he can learn, or to unite the people.

"He County Order, you go to Xiaohong, just say what I said, let her tell you how to manage it as a whole, now the construction site is still too chaotic, Xiaobao has no time to tell you, it's the same to find Xiaohong, Xiaohong manages thousands of poultry very well, it's more difficult than directly managing people."

Wang Juan spared no effort to cultivate He Yiwei, one is that this person is smart and knows when and how to choose a team, and the other is to give Li Longji an explanation, and he may be able to use this reason to be an important official in the future.

He Yiwei still respectfully agreed: "Okay, okay, so good, I'll go to Xiaohong immediately, I've done a lot of things recently, and my body has improved." ”

When he spoke, He Yiwei straightened his chest, and his stomach really went down, not as fat as before, which means that I haven't been lazy recently, and I'm very diligent.

Wang Juan smiled and nodded, "Okay, it's not too busy now, follow and do things more, and you will know what it's like to be busy in the future." ”

"Yes, do more, do more." agreed, He Yiwei trotted to find Xiaohong, he understood the meaning of Wang Juan's words, it is very easy now, if you want to keep up, you have to continue to work hard.

He didn't have any doubts about this, because he saw that when Cherry was arranging the place to raise Wang Ba, in order to be able to return to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan as soon as possible, he mobilized people like a marquee, busy but not chaotic, when he asked, Cherry said that this is the true rhythm of Zhang Wang's family, if the little boy and the little lady are busy, it will be called powerful.

Seeing that He Yiwei didn't even want to run away, Wang Juan said to Zhang Xiaobao again: "Sometimes educating a person is really fulfilling, especially a smart and sensible student like He Yiwei, you said that the cherries are also older, do you have to ask them if there is anyone in the courtyard, Xiaohong has it."

The last time I heard someone, when Xiaohong was in a daze, she said to herself that she was going to get married next year, and she wanted that kid to get a better place to live, saying that when the bird was looking for a companion, she also knew to make a nest first, and her new house in the future should not be too bad, what should they do with cherries and stones?

Maybe it's because they're single, which makes Wang Maozhong make up his mind, I really think that the people in our family are the same as the people in his family, they don't look at people, they can be traded casually, do you think he will be bad behind his back? ”

This is a problem, Zhang Xiaobao has occasionally thought about it recently, the people in the family are getting older and older, put outside, this age is usually a person who can't marry or can't marry, if the girl from an ordinary family is so old and has no family, she will be laughed at.

Pomegranates and cherries are nothing more than in their own homes, so no one will say anything to them, but it is not a way to drag them all the time, there must be a good home, and after thinking about it, he said:

"At night, I asked them, which person I fell in love with, and arranged them to do things together, so as to cultivate feelings, our family can't just designate one, and they are not afraid when they are older, others are not capable, just like them, as long as they say that they want to find a mother-in-law, how many people rush to ask for it."

"Of course, they have money, whoever marries them, they don't have to worry about the future, just wait to enjoy the blessings, and the length is not bad, and there will be many things, but the more I fall in love with their money, the more I disagree."

Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao have been in charge of their money, they don't have much in their own hands, they know how much money they have now, such as pomegranates, she also wrote a book, which talks about how to grow fungus and mushrooms, as well as the exploration of mushrooms, but it cannot be published, and the technology is kept secret.

But every time she sells fungus and mushrooms, she has to give her some money, which adds up to a lot, not three thousand, but two thousand, and her real value, even if it is a hundred times, is too little, it is not good to compensate directly on her, but she has children in the future, and she can use the compensation on her children.

Zhang Xiaobao also agreed with Wang Juan's idea, "Then inquire about it at night, you go and inquire, and Song Jinggong, I don't know who he is in love with now?" If you are really ready to get married, you should be able to give us news, you can't be together secretly, and the two cows are not small, and they have to leave one by one. ”

"Why did you leave, it's not that you're not in the inner courtyard, you said a few years, do you really want to return Wang Maozhong's five thousand horses? At that time, it is estimated that the same bad horses will be used to deal with it, and it is estimated that it will not work. ”

Wang Juan is ready to continue to bring up a group of people by his side, and the soldiers of the iron-clad battalion and flowing water can't always be let as a small soldier just because the soldiers are easy to use, and they have to be released.

"Early, then I will talk about it, I guess Wang Maozhong will not be looking for trouble for a period of time, the five people in his family who have been asked stupid will remind him of many things, such as when he asks, the five people will say all kinds of bad things about him according to the script we have made, can he not know that we will catch him?"

Zhang Xiaobao thought that as long as Wang Maozhong was not stupid, he would know how to choose, and then said: "Send a letter to Luoyang in a few days, let my father find an excuse to bring more officials from Luoyang to visit and study, and the people of Jixian Academy, invite us together as two Jixian Yuan." ”

"Can they come?" Wang Juan was a little unsure.

"You listen to me carefully, I didn't mean to let them come over to play, it was to study, the emperor knows all about Gyeonggi Province, do they dare not cooperate? It's good, this is called *** learning, whoever doesn't come is *** thinking is not too hard, it can't add too much burden, don't some people often do this. ”

Zhang Xiaobao is not worried about using this excuse, and there are still people who push the committee.

"Your trick is too bad, okay, I agree, our hot air balloon is estimated to be in the capital, right? I don't know what Li Longji's reaction will be when he sees it, I'm really worried that he will go up in person, and then the hot air balloon will suddenly go wrong, and even if we have written to him to tell him that it is easy to have an accident, he will blame our side. ”

Wang Juan said as he took out a handkerchief to wipe Zhang Xiaobao's sweat.

Zhang Xiaobao enjoyed it and didn't move, "Then let's see what the results are, the hot air balloon has indeed been tested several times, it's okay." ”

In the capital, Li Longji finally finished the things to be dealt with today, and came to the courtyard where the model was located, carefully compared various places, the more he looked at it, the happier he became, and said to Gao Lishi: "Lux, Xiaobao has not sent a letter to say when the model in the next place will be delivered." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister estimates that the model is not easy to make, especially like the one in front of me, it is very detailed, and there is a lot of spending, it is estimated that it will have to wait for a while, Your Majesty, the minister found that the model in the capital seems to be different from the current one."

Gao Lishi is now very partial to Xiaobao, and when he saw the emperor chasing after him, he had to say something good, talk about the difficulties, and change the topic slightly.

Sure enough, Li Longji no longer continued to worry about the new model, picked up the magnifying glass next to him, and looked at the floor tiles carefully, saying that it was a brick, but in fact, it was a square made of cement, and in order to be firm, some stones were mixed in it.

While reading, he read the words on the floor tiles, and said happily: "Did the Zhang family send a lot of cement the day before yesterday?" I guess I want me to learn the model on the road in the capital, the road in the model is indeed better than the current one, what do you think? ”

"The minister thinks that this is also the case, if only he could see the appearance of the entire capital from a high place like looking at the model now, the building built by His Majesty is still not a lot of places to see."

How could Gao Lishi say against it, the model was made by his son, and the cement was also shipped, of course, for the construction of the capital, this batch of cement is also given away for free, since the cement was used in other houses in the palace, many people who want to climb the holy will have bought cement, and the price is not low.

After more cement is used in the construction of the capital, I believe that my son's cement will sell better.

Li Long was basically very satisfied with the model, and felt that he could directly see the whole picture of various places, but after listening to Gao Lishi's words, he really wanted to be able to watch the entire capital from a higher place one day.

"The little treasure of the Lux family is really good, and there are juanjuan, it's better to let them think of a way, maybe they can really do it, when they used to be on the fifteenth day of the month, it was good, but since there are ice lamps and so many Kong Ming lanterns, now it's even better, don't you say?"

"Your Majesty's words are true, it is true." As he spoke, he glanced at the direction of the door, the thing he brought up today was not just a casual joke, he first got the letter from Xiaobao and Juan Juan, estimated the time, and knew that there was something called a hot air balloon that was about to arrive in the place.

He even sent someone to Kuaima to ask, it is estimated that it will be sent here today, although his son's letter said that he can't let His Majesty go up first, but it is still okay to let others go up, there is a hope first.

How did Li Longji know about this, and he was still regretting that he couldn't look at the capital, so he could only continue to focus on the model, took the information, compared it while reading it, and also silently wrote it down, and showed his understanding of Gyeonggi Province to the ministers when needed.

Two quarters of an hour passed, and just when Li Longji was about to rest, and Gao Lishi was secretly anxious, the place at the door finally appeared Gao Lishi's long-awaited person, a little eunuch.

"Your Majesty, Lord Gao, I sent something from Luoyang, someone has already seen it, saying that it was just made, and I want Your Majesty to taste it."

The little eunuch respectfully reported.

"Oh? Got something new? Quick, bring it in and let me see. Li Longji was in a better mood when he heard it, and he didn't want to rest, he was ready to see the things sent by the Zhang and Wang families first, don't look at the little eunuch who sent them, but as soon as Luoyang said it, Li Longji knew that it must be the Zhang and Wang families, and only they would send all kinds of things to the palace without incident.

Other people's usually don't dare to send it like this, for fear of causing trouble, Zhang Wang's two families don't care so much, as long as there is a good use, let people send over, chairs, sofas, and all kinds of furniture, and even the very interesting washing machine is also sent over, and now many things used in the palace are from Zhang Wang's two families.

Li Longji commanded, looked at the place at the door with expectant eyes, and asked Gao Lishi again: "Lux, what do you say the Zhang and Wang families can send this time?" ”

Gao Lishi paused slightly and said: "The minister can't think of it, but the minister hopes that it is something that can make His Majesty happy, a few days ago Xiaobao and Juan Juan wrote a letter to the minister, and said that the minister and His Majesty just mentioned that they can see the capital from a higher place, but at that time they also said that they were studying. ”

Colliers didn't treat Li Longji as a fool, he mentioned it just now, even if he doesn't say it now, Li Longji can figure out what's going on, it's better to say it first, it's easy to do.

Li Longji really didn't think about it elsewhere, he really thought that this was the case, and said with satisfaction: "If you can really do it, how do you say you should reward them?" ”

"The minister estimates that there is no need for any reward, the two families of Zhang Wang always send things to the palace, and recently even let the champion building send food, this kind of thing does not have to be rewarded, not to mention that His Majesty uses it well, others will also think it is good, and the goods of the two families of Zhang Wang will sell more, if you really want to count it, you should also let the two families of Zhang Wang give His Majesty advertising money."

Gao Lishi doesn't want his son and daughter-in-law to be promoted to the official position, and in another two years, he may be able to adjust it appropriately, sometimes it is not the faster the promotion, the better, and it is easy to get into trouble.

Listening to Gao Lishi's words, Li Longji laughed heartily, "Yes, I want advertising money, but I'm afraid that I will ask for advertising money, Xiaobao and Juan Juan are angry and don't send me anything, that bicycle is good, I ride to and from the palace, saving a lot of work, but the minister talks a lot, saying that he is afraid of falling, don't others ride it, I can ride a horse, and a short car can't be ridden?" ”

Li Longji played polo well, and his riding skills would naturally not be bad, otherwise the ball would not have hit, and the person would have fallen first, so after Zhang and Wang sent the best bicycle, he always rode around in the palace, and it was inconvenient to ride a horse in the palace after all.

"What Your Majesty said is so, the horse can be ridden, how can the car not be ridden, Your Majesty, here it is." When Colliers was about to flatter him more, a group of people came from the door, carrying things, and three people were holding a large basket together.

When Li Longji saw something, he didn't make a sound, he walked closer and looked carefully, but he didn't understand it after looking at it, is such a thing really like Gao Lishi said that it can go to a high place? Or was it not the thing that was delivered?

The little eunuch came over, still holding a letter with fire paint in his hand, and held it in both hands and sent it to Gao Lishi, who carefully checked it to confirm that no one else had opened it, and then carefully opened the letter, touched it with his hand and sent it to Li Longji.

Unfolding the letter, Li Longji first saw the hot-air balloon instruction manual, the largest eight-word hot air balloon in the letter, and said happily: "Lux, it's a hot air balloon, it's right, okay, the manual is here, hurry, think about it with me, how can you run to a high place." ”

Li Longji's favorite thing to receive now is the gift from Zhang and Wang, because many things are not ready to be used immediately, they need to be assembled according to the instructions, and it is also very rewarding to be able to pack the same novel thing by hand.

Colliers has long known the method to use, and there is even a small hot air balloon for him to ***, for fear that something will happen after the big one is delivered.

But he can't say that he will, he has to stand on the same starting line with the emperor, and many times he has to be stupid, he knows where to assemble it, and he has to look puzzled and wait for the emperor to teach.

So the two of them got together to study, and the others stood in place and waited, although they couldn't follow the emperor to see together, they couldn't compare to Gaolis, but they were also very happy, every time Zhang Wang and Wang sent something, they would compete internally first, who sent it.

Because the person who sent it has the opportunity to assemble it together, and after success, it can boast to others, such as the model, the person who assembled it together at the beginning boasted for half a month, and the eyes of others were red with envy.

With the instructions, plus Gao Lishi has also done dozens of tests, the use of hot air balloons is not difficult, under the command of Li Longji, everyone got busy, connected the basket that looked very delicate first, and then let people use a stand to support a part, the barrel of very high concentration of wine, that is, the technology can now refine the purest alcohol poured into a special box and ignited.

The fire burst into flames and almost burned the cloth of the hot air balloon.

"Why don't you listen to the place where you can control the fire?" Li Longji spoke at this time, he actually didn't understand it just now, let people open that thing very much, so there was something in front of him, but he put the responsibility on others.

The people who worked hurriedly excused themselves and took the blame, but there was no reason to talk about it at this time, and the switch was adjusted little by little, and the hot air balloon gradually inflated.

After about a quarter of an hour, the balloons were already inflated, but they couldn't fly yet, and they had to continue to heat up, but now they looked very different from the deflated ones just now.

"Not already?" Li Longji, who was looking forward to it, was a little anxious.

"Your Majesty, it is estimated that it will be fine in a while, but the minister just can't figure it out, how can this thing run to a high place?" Colliers asked sincerely beside him.

"What's so hard about that? Kong Ming lantern can fly so big, I think this hot air balloon is a bigger and better Kong Ming lantern. Li Longji said smugly.

"After His Majesty said it, the minister suddenly figured it out, Your Majesty, why don't you let people go up and try it first?" Gao Lishi hurriedly flattered, what he said was level, and it felt like he was saying that he was not stupid, if he was not stupid, wouldn't Li Longji be smarter?

Li Longji really wanted to be the first to go up, but he was also afraid of danger, but it was said in the manual that it was absolutely not allowed to let people go up before the test was successful, which meant that the emperor could not go up.

Seeing that Li Longji agreed not to go up first, Gao Lishi immediately found two eunuchs and taught them how to do it in a hot air balloon, not to be too fast when the fire was adjusted, and there was also the problem of sandbags, so as not to have an accident and fall from the sky because of their *** work.

The two little eunuchs were looking forward and worried, if they flew high in the sky, wouldn't they fall to their death? But when the first one goes up, he will come down and have something to say to others.

After waiting for a while, the hot air balloon can finally take the basket below the ground, there are three ropes tied to it, and the other end is pulled by a person on the ground, this hot air balloon can not adjust the direction, no equipment is added, and if there is no rope, it will be blown away by the wind.

When the lift was sufficient, the two little eunuchs climbed into the basket under the expectant gaze of everyone, and took deep breaths, and the slight trembling on their bodies could tell how scared they were.

Repeating the method of Colliers over and over again in his heart, he stretched out his hand to turn up the fire again, and with his other hand he grabbed the handrail tightly, poked his head out, and nodded to the people below.