"Chen Letian, I've seen Your Majesty!"

The little eunuch announced the edict, Zhao Ji summoned himself to the audience, and Lotte had to be busy following the little eunuch into the palace.

The urgency of entering the palace this time has never been encountered.

Since Lotte was not a courtier but a relative, the place of the audience was not in the official front hall, but in the apse study.

"Excuse me!" Zhao Ji put down the zizi he was looking at, waved his hand to show for exemption, and asked very casually, "How is Maode lately?" ”

"Yes, very!" Lotte hurriedly replied: "The minister entered the palace today, and Mao De also asked the minister to take her to greet Your Majesty." ”

"It's okay to let her come to the palace to walk around, I haven't seen her for many days, and I miss her very much." Zhao Ji nodded, and asked again, "What has Qing been busy with lately?" But what are the masterpieces, read and listen to me! ”

The Son of Heaven announced that he had entered the palace to meet him, and what was going on with the rumors in the market, Lotte knew very well, so he thought about the words early.

According to the words he had thought of earlier, Lotte replied: "I went to Japan to read the sage book, but because I read the sage book, I read a lot of things I don't understand. ”

"Everything is inferior, only reading is high, you are obsessed with studying the scriptures, you can be intoxicated with learning, it can be seen that the heart of the young son is very gratifying!" Zhao Ji smiled: "I remember the scriptures and righteousness written by the minister Yan Xiansheng, which I can't understand in my life, I don't know what book you read?" ”

Seeing that there was no displeasure on the face of the Son of Heaven, Lotte replied: "Back to Your Majesty's words, what the minister does not understand when he reads the books of the sages is not the righteousness of the sages, but the phenomena and truths mentioned in the sage chapter!" ”

"The Appearance and Truth of the Sage Chapter?" For Lotte's answer, Zhao Ji was a little surprised.

Lotte replied: "Your Majesty, the sage has already commented on the righteousness and knowledge of the sages, and the ministers are not difficult to read, but the truth mentioned in the sage chapter is not explained by not only the ministers but also the saints!" ”

"Talk to me and hear it!" Zhao Ji was interested.

Lotte replied: "Before that, the minister was very bored at home, and when I read the two children's debates, I felt that Confucius couldn't decide which was right or wrong, and I thought that I had seen incomprehensible things, and I felt the wonder of miscellaneous learning day by day!" ”

"Two children debate the day, the saint is still difficult to decide, and my generation is even more difficult to decide!" Zhao Ji nodded, and asked again: "What is the reason for what Qing said about the incomprehensible things and miscellaneous things that Qing has seen?" ”

Lotte said as if following the temptation: "The minister once threw the chopstick into the wine glass, but saw that the chopstick seemed to be broken in the water, and took out the chopstick, but it was still intact, so the minister couldn't decide!" ”

"There are all kinds of unsolved things in the world, and the saints can't make a decision, let alone me!" Zhao Ji shook his head.

Lotte continued: "The minister read the "Three Kingdoms", read the wooden ox and flowing horse of Zhuge Wuhou, and read the "Biography of Zu Chong of the Book of Southern Qi". He also carried the clouds: 'Zu Chongzhi built a thousand-mile boat, tried it in the Xinting River, and traveled more than 100 miles a day. ……’

The minister is even more good, whether it is a wooden ox or a thousand-mile boat, it is not because of feng shui, the machine is self-transporting, and it does not work manpower, how can it be self-sustaining, and the minister is very puzzled. ”

After listening to what Lotte said, Zhao Ji pondered for a moment and said: "Such divine things can be recorded in the official history, and this matter is definitely not fake!" ”

"Your Majesty is very true!" Lotte said busily, and said: "So the ministers are very bored, and they want to retro the mysteries, build a thousand-mile boat, and a wooden ox and a horse." ”

"Thou hast thought very kindly!" Looking at Lotte, Zhao Ji nodded, and then changed his voice: "In the past few days, there has been an imperial history that has impeached you before me, saying that you recruited hundreds of children to train henchmen in the name of opening an academy, and even said that there are often rumors of drills from the academy, suspecting that you are suspected of acting in a private army." ”

Hearing this, Lotte bowed to the ground in fright, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to have such a big rebellion!" ”

"Get up, get up!" Zhao Ji motioned for Lotte to get up, and said: "You have immortal achievements in my Great Song Dynasty, and you are my emperor's son-in-law, how can I not trust you, just a leisurely mouth, how can I prevent it and how to annihilate it." ”

has been an emperor for 20 years, Zhao Ji is an old man who is an emperor, and his words are also very ingenious, I believe in you, but the officials don't believe you, there are many rumors, and I can't help it.

Hearing the meaning of Zhao Ji's words, Lotte explained: "The knowledge college run by the minister is to train craftsmen who specialize in crafts, according to the minister's point of view, whether it is a wooden ox or a thousand miles of boats, it is inseparable from skilled craftsmen, so the minister selects poor children from the people to raise them to become craftsmen, and in the future, the minister will train these children to become blacksmiths, carpenters and other craftsmen, for the minister's use." ”

Looking at Lotte, Zhao Ji just didn't say anything.

Since ancient times, the most ruthless emperor's family, the emperor's family can't even trust fathers, sons and brothers, Lotte is just a son-in-law, how can Zhao Ji believe him, besides, the Great Song Dynasty has always been a strong and weak branch, trying his best to eliminate the power of the courtiers, and Lotte has the merit of destroying the summer, and knows the way of using soldiers.

Knowing that Zhao Ji obviously didn't believe what he said, Lotte said: "The minister knows that the wooden ox and the horse, the thousand-mile boat, the truth is complicated, and there is no real picture to refer to, not only is it time-consuming and time-consuming, but it is not something that can be achieved overnight, but the minister has his thoughts, these days are in the middle of the surveying and mapping, maybe there will be a physical object after more than a month." ”

"I don't know what it is?" To put it almost clearly, Zhao Ji did not see the previous kindness.

Lotte said: "There is this thought that the minister had when he was young, and when he was young, he saw that in order to facilitate the drawing of water, the well was often built in the city, but there were always children playing by the well, and there were often careless people who fell into the water, and it was often late to find it, and the family all beat their chests and howled, so the minister wanted to take the underground water to replace it with something else.

Therefore, the minister has a thought, and the creation of a thing can directly draw the water from the ground, and there is no longer the worry of children falling into the well, so as to benefit the ears of the world. ”

Listening to what Lotte said, Zhao Ji's face also showed a contemplative look, as the son of heaven, Zhao Ji knew that there were countless people who fell into the water and drowned every year in the Great Song Dynasty, although children accounted for the majority, and there were many adults; Moreover, the palace is even more so, from ancient times to the present, the harem has always been, a place of intrigue, and it can even be said that there are not a few unjust souls in the well of the palace.

Zhao Ji became interested and asked, "Tell me quickly, what is this thing for?" ”

Listening to Zhao Ji's words, Lotte understood that Zhao Jixin's doubts disappeared a lot, and immediately said: "The thing conceived by the minister's heart is called the hand pressure well, and the minister ...... I don't understand it for the time being, so let's draw it with Your Majesty first! ”

"Lay paper and ink!" Lotte said so, Zhao Ji immediately commanded.

got the order, and there was a little eunuch over there who was busy laying paper and grinding ink.

After the little eunuch polished the ink, Lotte walked closer, dipped the pen in the ink and thought for a moment, and drew the shape of the hand-pressed well in later generations.

Hand pressure wells, before the twentieth century in China, can still be seen in many cities, Lotte naturally has also seen, more aware of its working principle. The rumors of Biandu have already fallen in Lotte's ears, and Lotte knows the thoughts of His Majesty's heart, but there is always something to pass the current pass, and the hand pressure well has become Lotte's first choice.

Looking at the picture drawn by Lotte, Zhao Ji asked, "This is what Le Qing said about the hand-pressed well?" Why does this thing draw water? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, yes!" Lotte said busily, adding: "The hand-pressed well is inserted into the ground with an iron pipe, touches the underground water source, and then presses it with a handle to draw water from the ground." ”

Staring at the drawings, Zhao Ji's eyes were still puzzled: "This thing is cleverly conceived, but is it really as much water as Qing said?" ”

Lotte replied: "This thing has been conceived by the minister for more than a month, just to verify whether its concept is feasible, let His Majesty give the minister a month to try it." ”

Nodding, Zhao Ji said, "Okay, I'll give you a month to try it." ”

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The production process of the hand press well, in the later generations is very simple, that is, in the Song Dynasty is not a difficult thing to solve, the use of the hand press well is for the cast of pig iron, only need to choose a good pig iron casting, as for the leather cushion commonly used in later generations, only need to use a good hard cowhide instead.

As for the iron pipe, it is a bit troublesome, but it is not impossible to complete it in the Northern Song Dynasty, just beat the wrought iron into pieces and then bend the joints to forge them together. Unlike later generations, which often hit tens of meters and nearly 100 meters deep and polluted, there was no pollution in this era of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the groundwater level was also high, so you only need to hit more than ten meters underground.

As for the principle of hand pressure well, it is even simpler, pour in the water intake, and then press the handle, the piston inside moves down, so that the pressure is reduced, and the water below is lifted. It is to use the movement of the piston to discharge the air in the liquid reservoir, causing the difference between the internal and external air pressure, and causing the liquid to rise from the outlet pipe and discharge out of the pipe under the action of air pressure.

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Time was pressing, so Lotte returned home and drew several drawings of the hand-pressed well overnight, and left Biandu City early the next morning to discuss the specific process with a group of craftsmen.

They are all old blacksmiths, and after listening to Lotte's explanation, many things are clear at one point.

When I heard that it was the Son of Heaven who made this thing called the hand-pressed well, the craftsmen became even more excited, for these craftsmen, the Son of Heaven was out of reach, and the excitement in their hearts was difficult to express in words, and they worked harder with their hands.

There was not much technical content, and it took seven or eight days to rush to work overnight, and a group of craftsmen made the hand-pressed well according to Lotte's intentions.

Lotte looked at the hand-pressed well, its shape is no different from the hand-pressed well of later generations, but Lotte is also a little apprehensive, although the appearance is similar, but I don't know what the situation is whether it can draw water.

But Lotte knows that if it is made into a hand-pressed well, it will undoubtedly be a wealth of its own, and there is no hand-pressed well in the Great Song Dynasty at this time, as long as the hand-pressed well is successful, it will not be long before it will be promoted in the Great Song Dynasty, and the profit will be a considerable amount.

Although he doesn't care about money, Lotte cares about his own plagiarized inventions.

Under the command of Lotte, three or four strong men went to the ground with special iron drills......

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