Chapter 53: The Yan Family Brothers
The reason why He Chou is not simple is because in addition to having many whimsical ideas as a "knowledgeable" craftsman, this person's political vision is also quite spicy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoFrom the time of Emperor Wen of Sui to the present Tang Dynasty, He Chou has experienced four emperors, and each emperor has praised him. When Emperor Wen of Sui was dying, he even mentioned him in his last words, which shows how much this guy can be loved by the ruler.
He Chou is most famous for building an "arbitrary car" for Emperor Yang of Sui, which is probably the most famous "sexual tool" in Chinese history.
"The drawings of the pendulum clock have been sent yesterday, but the old man is now past the age of ear shun, and after reading some, his energy will be low......" After taking a seat, He Chou told Wang Mai about the drawings. It wasn't that he was really lacking in energy, but because the design of the pendulum clock was entirely made by Wang Mai, and many of the mathematical symbols used in it were exactly like reading a book from heaven.
Originally, He Chou heard the world's appreciation of the pendulum clock, and he thought very highly of himself, thinking that no one in the world could be better than him in terms of kit kat skills, but after seeing those cleverly designed drawings, He Chou immediately felt that his previous inventions were inferior, even if he couldn't understand the characters on it, but the exquisite drawings still shocked him. Looking at the young man in front of him, He Chou had to sigh that the back waves of the Yangtze River urged the front waves.
Soon two more people brought in a box of drawings, He Chou took out a large piece of paper from the box and spread it on the table: "Wang Tejin not only has a unique idea, but this painting is also first-class, these patterns are the most exquisite ...... the old man has ever seen."
Wang Mai didn't even dare to say: "...... In fact, I don't know anything about painting, but the tools are more delicate. After saying that, he took out his drawing tools from the bag he was carrying, and when he went out this morning, he knew that he was going to be a prisoner, so he took these tools with him in advance.
Seeing Wang Mai take out a variety of tools from the bag in the same way, everyone who was in charge of the prison gasped and dealt with the drawings for a lifetime, but many people had never seen these tools that Wang Mai took out.
"This ......" He Chou's surprise in his heart was no less than anyone else's, he took a copper plate and looked at it for a long time, and asked, "What is the purpose of this copper plate with so many lines on it?" ”
"It's called a curve board, and it's used to draw curves...... This is called a roller ruler and is used to draw parallel lines...... It's called a triangular ruler...... This is called a protractor...... "Wang Mai explained to everyone one by one the functions of these drawing tools. The protractor, in particular, is made of a thin piece of transparent glass that is somewhat greenish, with dense scales carved on it, and it looks like a fine work of art.
No wonder...... He Chou was finally convinced by Wang Mai, as an insider, he naturally knew how much of a role these drawing tools played. He even thinks that these tools are the most important treasure compared to the drawings of the pendulum clock. This person looks young, and he has such great creative ability, which can only be described as a genius.
"If He Gong likes it, this set of drawing tools will be given to you old, and I hope He Gong will not dislike it." Wang Mai said generously.
"This ......" He Chou hesitated slightly, "A gentleman does not take the favor of others, since this thing is Wang Tejin's hard work, how can it be coveted?" ”
"Don't get in the way, these are all gadgets, not worth mentioning, if you like it, each of you will give you a set of ......" Wang Mai waved his hand and said. These things are not worth anything, if they fall into the hands of people who do not know the goods, they will only be sold as broken copper and iron, but in the eyes of these people who will be imprisoned, they are all priceless treasures.
"What's so embarrassing about that? ……”
"Wang Tejin has good intentions, then we will be disrespectful......"
Sure enough, as soon as Wang Mai's words came out, he quickly won the favor of everyone, and although he was not a real power yamen, he was responsible for the construction of the royal family and other errands, and there was a lot of oil and water. If Wang Mai gave those expensive gifts, these people would dare to say otherwise, but these mapping tools just scratched the itch of these people, and the expressions that looked at Wang Mai were all smiling.
After talking about the drawing tool, he quickly entered the topic, Wang Mai spread out the drawings one by one, and explained the content of these drawings to everyone, everyone nodded while listening, and every time they didn't understand, they asked questions, until the sunset was ten points, and they roughly understood the content of the drawings.
At this time, Wang Mai was already familiar with the people who would be the prisoners, and he didn't have the initial restraint, the whole person was sitting on the chair and drinking tea, and the people who were not far away were still discussing the subtlety of this set of drawings, and even the old He Hou seemed to have rejuvenated, and he didn't feel any fatigue after standing for a day.
"Wang Tejin!" A person next to him whispered hello to Wang Mai.
Wang Mai raised his head and saw that a young man about his age was standing in front of him and bowed his hand, and asked, "Your Excellency?" ”
"In the ...... of Yan Lide," the man whispered, "I have just come to serve as a prisoner by order of the King of Qin. ”
Yan Lide? Wang Mai cheered up and sat down, Li Er said yesterday that he would send someone to help him build the pendulum clock, after all, Wang Mai, as a county prince, could not really be used as a craftsman, thinking that this Yan Lide was the person in Li Er's mouth.
"By the way," Wang Mai suddenly remembered something, "Who are you Yan Liben?" "Yan Lide has never heard of it, Yan Liben is very famous in history, he is the most famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, especially the famous "Bu Yuan Tu", which is on the textbook, so he is particularly impressed by this person.
"It's my brother." Yan Lide replied.
After chatting for a while, I realized that the two brothers had served in the Qin Wangfu before, and they had won Li Er's trust, and Yan Lide's coming to assist Wang Mai this time could be regarded as a positive result, and he was released to be an official.
Since there is his own person, then he can't do without it, He Chou happily agreed to Wang Mai's request, and asked Yan Liben to assist Wang Mai, he already knew that Yan Lide was the person of King Qin. Although He Chou is old now, his political sense has always been very keen. King Qin's current prestige is monstrous, far from being something he can offend, and there is no way to insert a person, in line with the idea of spending his old age in peace, He Chou is determined not to stand in line easily.
As soon as the drawings were handed over to the general supervisor, Wang Mai's burden was almost gone, but he was still the main one in name, but he only needed to take a look or two on weekdays, anyway, everything was taken care of by Yan Lide, plus those craftsmen who had already made the pendulum clock twice, there would be no big problem.