If you don't like big cities, Xuanfu City is indeed more convenient than Beizhuang County, and 50,000 taels of silver is just a silver ticket. Xie Hong took the silver ticket from Zhang Daming, who had a painful face, and no longer had any difficulties, made a very regretful look, and led a group of people to the piano room on the second floor.

"This is the piano?" Except for Blacksmith Lu, the famous craftsmen all surrounded him.

"It's exquisite." Several famous craftsmen exclaimed.

"It's amazing." Xie Hong was also amazed in his heart.

Xie Hong had the heart to see the level of these people, so he kept watching after entering the piano room, but he didn't expect that it didn't take long for a few people to open the back plate of the piano, and that Master Ge had already begun to explore the sound principle of the piano at this time.

"I see, I struck the strings with this mallet to make a sound, and the strings were connected to the iron plate at the back, no wonder this music was so special. In addition, if it weren't for the large number of strings, it would not have been possible to play such a wide range, which is really cleverly conceived. After pressing the keys for a while, Master Ge touched the doorway.

"Not only that, the keys pull the silk thread, and then relay here, and finally pull the mallet, and this pedal is connected several times, and ......" The mechanic is not simple, and soon figured out the construction principle of most of the parts, and he is also amazed.

"The white ones are ivory, and the black ones are ...... Well, it should be a horn, the main body is birch, and the pedal is ......" The most famous carver did not dare to show weakness, and identified the various materials one by one, except for metal objects, the other parts were quickly identifiable.

Looking at the performance of these people, Xie Hong sighed very emotionally, Chinese civilization has a long history, and there are countless talented people, but they have been buried for various reasons. If there is a reasonable system to release all the abilities of craftsmen such as these people in front of them and craftsmen like Dong Ping who are buried in the people in obscurity, Chinese civilization will not follow in the footsteps of the previous life anyway.

"How are you?" Zhang Daming waited patiently on the side, and only when several famous craftsmen showed satisfied smiles did he come forward to inquire. In front of Xie Hong, he couldn't say it too clearly, so as not to stimulate the other party and cause an accident, but fortunately, they had already communicated in advance, but it was not a few famous craftsmen who couldn't understand the hidden meaning.

"The first thing should be fine, and the second thing, we still need to discuss it carefully before we can confirm it." After a glance, Master Jin slowly nodded in confirmation.

"That's great, without further ado, let's go back to Tianxianglou first." Zhang Daming was overjoyed when he heard this.

The first thing is to find out if the piano has been tampered with, so as not to repeat the story of Beizhuang County, as long as this is okay, then the matter has been successful for the most part. And the second thing is the problem of imitation, he didn't expect a few people to be able to see it here once and copy it, he must go back and study it slowly.

These famous craftsmen are all highly skilled, but they are only specialized, but the imitation of this piano has to be combined by everyone, and it is indeed impossible to discuss it here.

"Gongzi Xie, let's get both money and goods, this piano, Zhang will move away, hehe, no problem, right?" Zhang Daming couldn't hold back the pride in his heart, and his face was full of smiles, like a chrysanthemum.

"Boss Zhang walks slowly, Xie won't send it." Xie Hong is also smiling, it's winter now, elephant chrysanthemums are not a good sign.

"Don't thank Gongzi for a big ride." How does Zhang Daming think Xie Hong thinks it is hateful, you laugh, you think you are powerful, right, when we imitate the piano, you won't be able to laugh.

Looking at the back of Zhang Daming and his party, Ma Wentao was very worried, and said worriedly: "Brother Xie, are you a little rash in this matter?" Those few famous craftsmen are not good, this piano was taken by them, but I am afraid that it will ......"

"yes, what if they copied it?" Since seeing Xie Hong talking with Ling'er that night, Ma Ang's attitude has been much more intimate than before. Xie Hong was a little surprised at first, but later learned the reason from Ma Wentao, and the result also made him cry and laugh, it turned out that Ma Ang had already regarded himself as his future uncle.

No matter how Xie Hong slandered him in his heart, Ma Ang did treat Xie Hong as a family now, so he didn't shy away from speaking, and said whatever he wanted, making him even more noisy than before.

Seeing him coming over, Xie Hong knew that if this guy's curiosity was not satisfied, then don't think about it today. However, now that the money has arrived, don't tell it to your own people, even if you say it to Zhang Daming and his gang, it doesn't matter.

"It's actually very simple, because the piano is a core instrument." He smiled and explained.

"Core ...... Competitiveness? What is that? Even the curiosity of Qing'er and a few other girls who came over when they heard the sound came up.

"Well, to put it simply, it's something that others can't imitate even if they get it." Xie Hong tried hard to organize the words and explained: "For example, our teahouse, the core competitiveness is the piano, even when we are fighting, we also rely on the piano to win, you know this, right?" ”

Everyone nodded, the reason is very simple, otherwise why would that villain Zhang Daming have to get the piano?

"It's the same with the piano, which can't be made with sculpture, mechanics and music theory alone, and there's a part of it that no one else can imitate."

"What's that?" The two horses asked together.

"It's ......"

...... "What's the matter, didn't that kid do anything?" Shen Xunji had been waiting in Tianxiang Building for a long time, and when he saw Zhang Daming coming in, he didn't care about his demeanor for a while, and hurriedly asked.

"It may have been moved, but there are a few masters here, how dare he make a mistake? Probably canceled when delaying time, or it may not have been started yet, in short, after the inspection of several masters, this piano should be no problem. ”

Shen Xun turned around, and said with flattery on his face: "Sure enough, my father-in-law is still clever, and he has made such a careful arrangement in advance, otherwise he will really be cheated by that kid this time." Hearing Zhang Daming's report, and thinking of what Liu Xiaowen said, he couldn't help but be afraid for a while.

"That kid is indeed cunning, but this time he is unlucky to meet our family, hehe, let him be cunning in every way, I only sit on the platform, in the face of absolute strength, what can he do?" Liu Xiaowen is very proud, after this errand is completed, he should be able to save some face from his father-in-law, and then as long as he sends the piano to the palace first, it will be done.

"Masters, what's going on with the imitation?" Of course, it is not enough to send the piano into the palace, it is necessary to find a way to force that Xie Hong to be unable to gain a foothold in the Xuanfu.

"My father-in-law asked the most, what do the masters think?" Shen Xunji was also very concerned, the 50,000 taels were transferred from the account of Tianxianglou, and when he was promoted in the future, there would be more places to use money. Only by imitating the piano and then selling it at a high price can it be recouped. Moreover, if there are a few more shops with pianos in Xuanfu, it will also be conducive to cracking down on the person surnamed Xie.

"If you want to confirm it, you need to study it carefully." Several famous craftsmen looked at each other and agreed on their opinions.

Then study it, Shen Xunzhu and Liu Xiaowen also opened their eyes, they only thought how troublesome a musical instrument could be, but now they only knew when they saw the real thing, it was really amazing. It's just that the magic is one foot high and one foot high, and a few famous craftsmen invited by their own family, hum, they are not vegetarians.

"The shell of this piano is not troublesome, it is wrapped in the lower body......" It was the carpenter who spoke, Xie Hong didn't make much fuss about the shell, and he didn't show it to others.

"Although there are a lot of these keys, but I spend some time, it is not difficult...... "It's just some horns and ivory, Master Jin touched his beard, and he didn't care."

"Although the internal structure is complicated, I have figured out the rules, and it should be fine...... "The organ master is well-informed, and he can't do it if he wants to make such a structure out of thin air, but if it's just imitation, it won't be difficult for him."

"If a few of you can make all of these, it will only be ordinary things like strings, and the old man will adjust it, and it will definitely be the same as the original." Master Ge, who is proficient in music theory and good at making musical instruments, has made the final decision.

"Great, please ask a few masters to bother more, materials and other things are fine, just open your mouth." Shen Xun was overjoyed.

Several famous craftsmen discussed and made a list, and Master Ge said to Blacksmith Lu again: "Zhou Yu, come and take a look, this string seems to be iron, don't you remember that you also know how to cast iron wire, let's take a look." Originally, I called you just in case, but I didn't expect to really use it, Gonggong Liu is really thoughtful. ”

At first, he still instructed Blacksmith Lu, but later began to flatter Liu Jin, and several other people were not far behind, and they came forward one after another, and they were full of words for a while.

"That's natural, our father-in-law can even serve the emperor well, not to mention this little thing, hahaha." Eunuch Xiao Liu raised his head, and a group of people laughed in agreement, all of them were full of pride in their hearts.

Blacksmith Lu did not join, but groveled to the piano, first looked at it carefully, then touched it with his hands, played it with his fingers, scratched it with his fingernails, and finally even bit it with his teeth.

At first, everyone was looking at each other and laughing, and no one paid attention to him, but later, first those famous craftsmen noticed the abnormality of Blacksmith Lu, and then everyone also noticed that something was wrong, and turned to look at this person who had been ignored by them.

"Zhou Yu, but what's the difficulty?" Master Ge asked.

"Master Huige, if it is an ordinary wire, the villain can be cast, but if it needs to be the same as on this piano, the villain can't do anything." Blacksmith Lu said with a sad face.

"Is there a difference?" Shen Xun also spoke.

"Back to my lord, the piano on this piano is not an ordinary wire, but made of fine steel, whether it is hardness, toughness or fineness, it is far from being comparable to that of a villain."

"Master Ge, what do you think? Can the strings be replaced by something else? With Shen Xun's questioning, everyone turned their eyes to Master Ge again.

"The use of iron cast wire to make strings has never been done before, and the old man thought it was just ordinary iron, how could he think that there was such a difference." Master Ge was no longer comfortable and relaxed, and after a long silence, he suddenly said: "Boss Zhang, please press the keys, the old man wants to taste the fine iron strings." ”

Zhang Daming pressed the keys one by one according to his words, Master Ge listened closely, and the more he listened, the more solemn his expression became, and his face was already blue after he arrived, and finally shook his head and sighed: "No, no, if you want to get this kind of sound quality, I'm afraid you have to have stainless steel casting wire, even if you don't consider the sound quality, where can the strings of other materials withstand such a beating, let alone be durable." ”

"What about wire?" Shen Xun began to get nervous.

"It depends on the tenacity of the wire used, but the old man doesn't know." As soon as Master Ge said this, everyone turned to Blacksmith Lu again.

Blacksmith Lu shook his hands and said straightly: "It's not that the villain is unwilling to contribute, but the steel used to cast wire on the piano is really not ordinary, not to mention the villain, even if it is the fine iron that the villain master saw in Guangzhou and Fujian back then, it is far inferior." It's a villain, don't talk about casting, even if you haven't seen such high-grade materials, it's impossible, it's impossible. ”

Although several famous craftsmen were contemptuous of Blacksmith Lu, they also knew that this person was a good hand, and the weapons he created were also very famous in Beijing, but the Ming Dynasty emphasized literature rather than martial arts, so no one paid attention to it. So several people know that since he said no, it really can't work, what should I do? A group of people was relatively speechless.

"Aren't you known as famous craftsmen? How can you not even do such a simple thing? Isn't it just wire, well, isn't it something very simple? Eunuch Xiao Liu was very unwilling and shouted at several famous craftsmen, but although those people were respectful, they all lowered their heads and refused to take over.

"Well, since we have this piano and that Yang rebel, our family entered Beijing overnight, even if Xie Hong builds another one, our family will take the lead." Seeing such a situation, Eunuch Xiao Liu also understood that there was no way, he was ruthless in his heart, and decided to return to the palace like this, as for suppressing Xie Hong, he had to find another way.

"The owner, the owner, it's not good, it's not good." At this moment, a person ran in from outside, and said to Zhang Daming with a panicked expression.

"What's the matter? What kind of system does it look like to be so flustered? Zhang Daming saw it and knew that he had sent it to keep an eye near Houdefang. Usually a very shrewd person, how did he suddenly become this German surname? Could something have happened? Zhang Daming had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Owner, no, Hou Defang moved another piano in."

Really...... The first thought that flashed in Zhang Daming's heart was actually this, and then he reacted violently, and he said angrily: "Then how can you return it?" Without waiting for an answer, he turned to Liu Xiaowen and said, "Father-in-law, look at ......."

"Our family wants to go back to Beijing immediately, immediately! Don't let him take the head. This time the excitement was even greater, Liu Xiaowen jumped up and shouted frantically: "Hurry, hurry!" Prepare the carriage and let Yang Rebel also get on the carriage, our family will set off immediately, immediately! ”

"My lord, the owner, everyone Yang is also near Houdefang......" The reporter was frightened by Xiao Liu's crazy appearance, and said timidly.

"What is she doing at Houdefang? Could it be ......" Zhang Daming also felt that he was going crazy, could it be that little slut who wanted to elope?

When everyone Yang was passing by, they happened to hear the new piano playing inside, so they stopped to listen for a while, and then sighed a few words. The villain also came back to report after listening to what everyone Yang said......"

"What did she say?" Shen Xun couldn't sit still, and he also knew Yang Rebel's attainments in music and rhythm, but he didn't say it in his mouth, but he was convinced in his heart. Yang Rebel has obviously heard piano performances a few times, but this time she will sigh when she listens to it again, could it be that the piano is not as good as this one? Then there is salvation.

"Yang said that the new piano has made up for the previous shortcomings, the sound is more crisp and soft, and the timbre is more subtle, much stronger than before."

"What? Could it be that she really ate inside and out, and ...... with that kid" What his subordinates said, Zhang Daming didn't want to believe it from the bottom of his heart, so he made up reasons to make himself believe.

"The owner, the villain also feels different from before when he hears it, but it's not as clear as what everyone Yang said." This subordinate is very conscientious, but for Zhang Daming, such a duty is not even better.

"How could it be ......" The facts were in front of him, Zhang Daming was angry, and before he finished speaking, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and then his eyes were also dark, and he fell to the sky.

"I ...... when the sky dies" Shen Xun was also very sad in his heart, and the credit in front of him flew, and because of the military salary, he also offended his colleagues in the yamen, and there were also 50,000 taels of silver...... How can this not be sad?

Liu Xiaowen didn't shout anymore, what's the use of being anxious now, even if he sent something into the palace first, but the new one is stronger than the old one, send the old one back, isn't that looking for something to clean up? It's just that he is not convinced, he is wronged...... "Obviously he has been so well prepared, why did he finally get on the road?" This Xie Hong is really bad to the bone, and he has lost his conscience! Eunuch Liu sat on the ground, just crying. Obviously, I didn't do anything, why did the result be the same in the end, there is no reason, and the sky does not bless good people.

…… The good guys are crying, while the bad guy Xie Hong is explaining the new piano to his companions.

"I discussed the shortcomings that Yang Rebel said, I discussed them with Ling'er, and then I also thought of a way." He pointed to the new piano, "The pedal with more below is called the soft pedal, and when you press it, you can make the hammer offset and appear soft; I also changed the hammer with a new one, and put a layer of bread on the outside, so that the sound was more subtle; And then there's the string ......."

"The original strings are the core technology I said, the steel is something that others can't imitate, and now the strings are mixed with silver, so the sound is more crisp. Ling'er, what do you think? ”

"Well, it's a lot stronger than before." Ling'er sat in front of the piano, playing, and nodded when she heard the words.

"yes, we didn't move our hands and feet at all this time, hehe." Xie Hong was very proud, last time he cleaned up Imperial Doctor Gu, some people said that my brother was bad, but this time my brother used an upright method.

You know, my brother didn't specialize in making musical instruments, so it's easy to think about it! In half a month, in addition to the piano, I also made booster shoes, and I was tired of my brother.

"Thanks to the guidance of Sister Rebel, otherwise Ling'er wouldn't have noticed these defects." Ling'er sighed.

Well, that's not right, Xie Hong was stunned.

"Yes, my sister is a good person, and my grandmother once said that those who are willing to selflessly guide others are good people." Yue'er also rebelled.

"Yes, Miss Yang really deserves to be called the god of music, it's really amazing, I only heard it once, and I was able to point out so many flaws, it is indeed a little stronger than my brother and me, you must know ......" This is a talker.

Embarrassment, how much credit has become hers, well, she pointed it out, but it's my brother who did it! Brother is also a good person, Xie Hong is very aggrieved.

(To be continued)