Today, the time for the Son of Heaven to return to the palace is exceptionally early, as usual to go to the Changxin Palace to ask the Empress Dowager Dou for peace, the morning and dusk province is the ancient great filial piety, the emperor can only briefly say hello every day, Luan drove hurriedly to the Changxin Palace and stopped, and saw a train of four ** carriages that had never been seen stopped on the side of the road.

The Son of Heaven lifted the corner of the curtain and looked at it for a while, and then commanded, "Go and ask which family is visiting the queen mother." ”

The little eunuch ran over with a little step, and after a while, he ran back to reply: "Back to the Lord, the people who came are Princess Yangxin and Pingyang Hou and his wife, and the slave maid heard from Changxin Zhan Shi that the princess and his wife really brought a lot of things, and the guards of the Mansion were busy for a while to carry them up." ”

The Son of Heaven got off the Luan Drive, repelled Lang Guan and the left and right guards to climb the steps, and looked back at the four-** carriage under the thirty-six steps: "There is no need to be known to the palace, I want to go and see what kind of talent this Pingyang Marquis is." ”

The name of Pingyang Hou Cao Shi has frequently appeared in front of the emperor recently, at the beginning of Hedong Taishou Gong, Du Wei You Yan and many changes in the Pingyang Hou State, Hou Ling Chang Ding Hui corrupted the law to frame the Pingyang Hou for failure, and committed suicide in Anyi prison for fear of crime, and then Du Wei You's private line reported that the Pingyang Hou had a good device, and the land of Kyushu with iron tools was admired by the people of Hedong.

There is not much peculiarity in the above news, the banquet of 100 dishes may sound sensational, but compared to the style of the princes and kings and individual princes who are arrogant and lascivious in the feudal country, and only eat by themselves will consume hundreds of dishes, and the banquet is really trivial and not worth mentioning to invite the celebrities of Hedong to share the hundred dishes.

The confessor did not dare to inform Luan's arrival, the palace maid and the eunuch quietly retreated to the corridor to wait, and the court that stepped into the palace was only the Son of Heaven, and he walked into the court curtain and leaned over to look at the past, only to see the young man with the weak crown talking eloquently with his unique voice during the voice change period, and the servants and eunuchs in the court listened attentively, and the movements in their hands were much slower.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Dou and the Queen Wang listened carefully and carefully, the Son of Heaven felt quite interesting and stood behind the curtain and listened for a while.

"When the minister Cao arrived, he would like to see His Majesty."

"Concubine Yangxin visits her father."

The Son of Heaven wore a black robe with a long crown on his head, and his long literary quality was as polite as a scholar, but his face was tired: "Get up, sit!" ”

Queen Wang respectfully saluted, only to hear the Empress Dowager Dou say: "The Son of Heaven came early today, it just so happened that Yangxin this girl came to visit the old body with her son-in-law, and brought many rare things from the house, my old eyes are useless and I can't see the shadow, Queen Wang looked at it for a while and couldn't tell the benefits, just Pingyang Hou said a lot of wonderful things, and the old body didn't remember a few, it just so happened that the Son of Heaven returned to decompose this thing on behalf of the old body. ”

"My son hasn't seen his mother smile for a few days, and today the queen mother is in a good mood, so my son will see this good thing for you." The Son of Heaven waved his hand to block the intention of the queen and queen's advice, got up and walked to the copper stove in front of the boiling copper kettle to pour tea and water for the Empress Dowager Dou in person, and poured a full cup for himself and tasted the sweetness of the leaves.

Princess Yangxin was not satisfied when she heard this, so she pursed her lips and said: "My family's monarch system is more than that, and the five four-** carriages under the palace gate steps are also from the hands of the prince. ”

"You girl, don't let people say a few words." Empress Dowager Dou smiled and scolded a few words, which made the atmosphere relaxed.

Queen Wang had never seen the carriage, so the guards carried the carriage in the court, but she didn't expect to wait for a long time to see eight guards slowly carrying a huge frame with a lifting bar to come in, the black and red four-** carriage was high-end, even the queen who had lived in the palace for a long time and was used to seeing luxury was surprised.

Seeing the guards carrying the carriage sweating like rain, the queen asked, "What a beautiful four-wheeled carriage, this thing is not light, right?" ”

"The net weight of the four-wheeled carriage measured by the Han system is more than 1,630 catties, the same weight of each carriage is slightly different, these four carriages are dedicated to the queen mother, the Son of Heaven, the queen, and the prince's utensils, and the four-wheeled carriage driven by the minister and the princess is only 1,220 catties, and the shape and specifications are much worse than these four carriages."

The queen was surprised and said, "There is such a heavy carriage!" No wonder the guards were tired and sweating like rain, and we were the masters who rewarded the guards with a thousand dollars to buy a cold drink to relieve the heat. ”

One pound of the Han system is equal to half a city catty, and 163o more than a pound of Han is equivalent to about 815 city catties, and a carriage has a weight of more than 800 catties.

The guards looked very happy when they were ordered to retreat, the Son of Heaven was describing the appearance of the four ** carriages to the Queen Mother, and he didn't care about the queen's means of giving favors, the law in the palace was completely different from the Han law of the foreign dynasty, according to the rules, the queen should be in charge of the palace and forbidden to take the power of life and death, but the queen mother had to wronged the queen to do some small favors to buy people's hearts.

Princess Yangxin smiled sweetly at Cao Shi and got up and said: "Before this thing was manufactured, my prince and marquis drew a few long sketches to show the concubine, and the concubine was also extremely unbelievable at the beginning, and the concubine remembered that only the Son of Heaven would use four-wheeled and six-wheeled carriages, and the body of the carriage was heavy and the steering was very cumbersome, but the carriage made by my prince and marquis turned flexibly, and it was not bumpy to walk on the official road, and if you didn't go to the dilapidated and low-lying road, it should be the best vehicle in Chang'an." ”

The Son of Heaven helped the Empress Dowager Dou down the middle court, and with the help of the palace maid, she boarded the seat of the carriage, the Son of Heaven and the Empress sat on both sides and looked around the interior of the car. ”

"For the sake of physical relaxation, the most comfortable position after lying down is to sit like this, with cushions behind you to maintain a slightly supine position, which helps to relieve the discomfort of kneeling for a long time, and this thing is just a convenient tool for the carriage." Cao Shi casually explained a few words, the benefits of kneeling and sitting are derived from the convenience of the ancient salutes, but the disadvantages are that the blood vessels are not smooth after kneeling for a long time, and kneeling for a long time will become a circle of legs, etc., this small design is just a marginal ball.

Empress Dowager Dou leaned on the cushion and showed a comfortable smile, and praised rarely: "The carriage seat set up by Pingyang Hou is very good, and the old body always feels more comfortable for the waist and back." ”

For example, the brittle bones of an old man of her age are the most unbearable to kneel for a long time, even if she sits cross-legged, it is already very difficult, and the comfortable seats in the carriage are very suitable for the elderly.

Got the old lady's praise, the Son of Heaven no longer hesitated: "Pingyang Hou is very erudite, three years of filial piety learned a lot of useful things, this four-wheeled carriage can carry people and goods, as long as the gallop road is built well north-south transportation is not difficult, the north with military affairs do not have to operate slowly, this thing is the country and the people's important weapon!" Pingyang Hou Shi made meritorious weapons, gave a thousand gold, and granted a decree to enter and exit the Changle Weiyang Palace. ”

The confessor then sang: "The Son of Heaven has an edict that the Marquis of Pingyang has meritorious service in making instruments, giving a thousand gold, and granting a decree to enter and exit the forbidden palace of Changle Weiyang!" ”

Outside the palace, a song spread all over the Changle Palace, and after a while, everyone in Changle Weiyang knew that the Son of Heaven and the Changxin Palace rewarded the Pingyang Marquis, and the noble children who came and went in the palace looked at the direction of the Changxin Palace in astonishment, and were full of envy and jealousy for the Pingyang Marquis, which was the power of the Son of Heaven's words to be known to the world.

According to the rules, only those who have merit will be given a thousand gold, and the Son of Heaven is willing to take out a thousand gold rewards to see that the four-wheeled carriage is expensive, and the cost of copper furnaces and copper kettles is very much, and the gift money given to his son-in-law by his father-in-law is too small and inappropriate.

The Son of Heaven doesn't want to be a villain in front of the old lady, and it's good to spend more money to make the family comfortable, not to mention that the Son of Heaven used this reward to highlight the important weapon of the country, suggesting that the Marquis of Pingyang transferred the skill of making carriages to Shaofu, even if Cao Shi couldn't understand it for a while, his smart and good daughter Yangxin reminded him that it was absolutely cost-effective to buy the patented technology of a four-wheeled carriage with a thousand gold.

The Son of Heaven here is careful in his calculations, and Cao Shi over there also clearly understands it in his heart, and immediately bows down and says: "The minister Xie Xià reward, when the minister first built the four-wheeled carriage, he also thought that it would be used in the army, so he specially drew a few sheets and sent them to Shaofu by the carpenter who made the carriage in the house, presumably within a year The four-wheeled carriage can be seen everywhere in Chang'an City." ”

"Pingyang Hou is loyal, I am very happy." The Son of Heaven stroked his long beard and was very happy, and his son-in-law was smart and sensible, and he was a good seedling.

Empress Dowager Dou sat in the carriage and suddenly sighed: "If Ah Wu is still here, Guan Tao will also come over, our family is in a four-wheeled carriage, wouldn't Ah Wu be happy to visit Changle Palace as a royal soldier." ”

The Son of Heaven was happy with his expression suddenly solidified that the boss in his heart was not happy, the grievances between him and the late Liang Xiao King Liu Wu were well known to the world, after Liu Wu's death, the Empress Dowager Dou was looking for death and life but refused to eat, forcing the Son of Heaven to seal the five sons of the King of Liang for the princes and kings to split the land and divide the territory, and the old lady turned her anger to like to eat and drink well and settle down.

Hearing his mother mention his dead brother, the Son of Heaven was very unhappy: "There is something trivial in the family of the princess of the pavilion Tao, and she can't serve the queen mother these days, but isn't it enough for the son to serve the queen mother?" ”

Seeing that she wanted a royal secret, Queen Wang immediately waved her daughter and son-in-law to get up and leave, and Princess Yangxin and Cao Shi bowed silently and retreated, not daring to make a sound in the whole process.

In front of the gate of Changxin Palace, a servant beside the Son of Heaven had already taken a bamboo talisman and told him: "This is a talisman given by the Son of Heaven, and the guards will not block it when entering and exiting the palace. ”

"Thank you for informing me, I saved, this talisman is only used for visits, and I dare not use it for other purposes." Cao Shi returned to the convoy with the lacquered bamboo talisman in his hand and left in a hurry.

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