Chapter 55: Chen Liang recommended himself
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Zhang Haisan, as today's host, once again raised the tin horn, and his high-pitched voice immediately spread far and wide on both sides of the river:
"Ladies and gentlemen, now, I would like to invite the county lord, Mr. Chen Liang, the guest of honor who came from afar, and Mr. Kang Yuliang, who is highly respected, to cut the ribbon for the timepiece on the stage!"
The single-pendulum clock - that is, the pendulum clock - had been moved to the stage, and the onlookers saw only a long strip of sauce-colored object about four feet high placed in the center of the stage, and two big men and two young women pulled up a large red ribbon with three red flowers, lined up, two young women in the middle, two big men in the middle, and the huge red flower in the middle just covered the top of the long object, which was said to be very magical, and at this moment loomed and seemed very mysterious.
Under the guidance of Zhang Haisan, Xu Xianling walked to the red flower in the middle, and then the person known as Mr. Chen Liang was on the left, and the local Confucian Kang Yu Liang was on the right, and he didn't know what mysterious Taoism to do next. But the more people looked forward to it, the more grand and mysterious it was, and they didn't know what a wonderful thing it was.
A short burst of gongs and drums sounded, and the three scissors moved almost simultaneously, and the strange ribbon-cutting ceremony was finally completed, which turned out to be nothing more than cutting the ribbon! Before the audience could react, they heard the crackling firecrackers, and the long time watch on the stage no longer had anything to cover, revealing the true face of Lushan, only to see that the upper half was a white circle, and the audience who was close to it could see three pointers, one of which was slender and rotating, and there was a copper round cake swinging from side to side. A group of people looked at this strange thing inexplicably, no one knew what this thing was used for, could it be that Xu County's order specially asked the mage to make a magic object used to suppress the Zishui River Demon!
But this time Zhang Haisan no longer sold Guanzi, and his loud voice that passed through the iron horn sounded again, drilling into the eardrums of onlookers near and far:
"Fellow villagers, I have sold a pass, and now I will talk about the wonder of this timepiece. This timepiece, as the name suggests, is used to keep time, and you all know that there is an hourglass for timekeeping, but the hourglass is nowhere near as accurate as the clock you see today. It is no exaggeration to say that every breath and every heartbeat of everyone, it can accurately record the time. In the commentary, there is no accurate number for "the scene of a stick of incense" or "the work of a cup of tea", but with this timepiece, the timekeeping becomes extraordinarily accurate. Ladies and gentlemen, the longest hand on the watch makes a revolution of 6o seconds, 6o seconds is a minute, and the rotation of this medium hand is 6o minutes, 6o minutes is an hour, and two hours is an hour. The exact time is 9:40. ”
As soon as Zhang Haisan explained this, few of the audience could understand it, but many people became more and more confused, and all of a sudden, the crowd began to coax. Zhang Haisan frowned, a dozen gestures, and another sonorous gong and drum sounded, and finally suppressed the buzzing noise, these onlookers saw this thing for the first time today, and for a while, where can they understand what bullshit hours and minutes refer to, no matter how much Zhang Haisan says, it is in vain.
Fortunately, there was a plan before this, Zhang Haisan adjusted his energy to the maximum, and almost roared at the horn in a hoarse voice:
"Fellow villagers, as for the usefulness of this timetable, before the sea trial, a light program was specially arranged, everyone, everyone, have you noticed the small boat with red silk by the Zishui River?"
The nursery that was arranged in advance suddenly agreed:
"See."
This time, the interest of the onlookers unanimously turned to the small boat, and the coaxing stopped temporarily, Zhang Haisan lowered his voice slightly, but still said loudly:
"We have two rowing pairs here, one is a young and strong boy, and the other is an old couple, and today they are both rowing this little boat to the other side, and then rowing back, let's see, how much time does it take for them to row back and forth? See which of them is fast and who is slow. ”
The answer is obvious, the onlookers unanimously believe in their hearts that the young and strong pair wins, but some people suspect that the old couple is a master specially selected by the organizers, I am afraid that there is a suspicion of deliberately misleading the public, maybe it is a deliberately set trap, so there are so many people in the field according to local conditions, so they started to play the gambling game, just now the group of brightly dressed guys are doing this small gambling pleasure thing, but after all, the old couple won in the absolute minority.
There was no suspense in the results of the competition, the young and strong couple rowed first, one back and forth took one minute and twenty-nine seconds, and the old couple rowed later, their degree was obviously much slower, especially in the end, it was obvious that the body was not good, and it was not easy to row back to the shore.
When Zhang Haisan announced that the second pair had spent two minutes and twelve seconds back and forth, the dust settled, and the person who bet on the old couple to win naturally lost. In other words, this is Xu Countyling, Chen Liang, and Kang Yuliang, the three authorities supervised the timing of several laps together, and no one dared to suspect that it would be cheating.
But the tidbits are not over yet, and then Zhang Haisan announced that if any two people present can outperform the first pair, they will be rewarded with three money. Of course, there are only three chances, and those present are free to pair.
This gimmick was really lethal at this time, and in the end, it was not easy for the tolerance to come forward to maintain order, and Luo Qi auditioned and matched three pairs of fierce players with his eyesight. The three pairs appeared for the first time, but without exception, they lasted a minute and a half, but fortunately their efforts were not in vain, and all three pairs of contestants received encouragement prizes - each participant received two pencils.
This gimmick made the onlookers present appreciate the beauty of timekeeping at the beginning, and it was really worth the trip to see this excitement. There are also enthusiasts who love Guan Pu immediately realized that this watch is very useful in Guan Pu, and has secretly regarded this thing as a rare gambling weapon in their hearts.
Next, it was time for the official sea trial, although it had already been tried once yesterday evening and was a great success. But today is a public demonstration, and there is no room for error. The sea trial personnel, including Mao Geng, were nervous.
When the woolen boat that came from the downstream came into the public's sight, the woolen boat drove closer and closer, and its huge hull dwarfed all the ships present. At a glance, the boat was full of charcoal, and with Zhang Haisan's on-site explanation, the onlookers immediately understood that this woolen boat, which was one size bigger than all other boats on the Zishui River, was the protagonist on the Zijiang River today.
The woolen boat went to the floating place of the green pontoon, and the people on the boat picked up the pontoon under the instructions of the people on the shore, and hooked the iron hook connected to the pontoon to the cable on the boat.
In fact, the water wheel has been spinning non-stop, but before that, the clutch has not been closed, and the winch has rested quietly. Mao Geng commanded softly, Tan Xiaochun immediately closed the clutch, and the winch immediately rotated.
The onlookers from a distance only saw the cable on the woolen boat dragging on the river surface straightened little by little, and suddenly the girder that stretched out of the river shook heavily, obviously crooked in the direction of the cable, and the cable suddenly stopped, and then saw the woolen boat being pulled by the cable little by little approaching, looking from a distance, as if the fish that were biting and fishing were dragged away unhurriedly by the angler when fishing, in the sound of "squeaky and dumb", the woolen boat crossed the most urgent part of the water and came to the middle of the girder and the water wheel.
At this time, Zhang Haisan, who was in charge of the on-site commentary, shouted in an excited voice, and the crowd of onlookers was also infected by Zhang Haisan, and some people also began to cheer. And Xu Xianling, who was sitting on the stage, was still quite reserved, although Chen Liang congratulated him on the side, Xu Xianling only smiled slightly.
After the success of the tugboat, it was the trial voyage of the Shunliu Control zhì ship.
After throwing off the woolen boat that dragged the iron hook and sailing up for a while, he turned around, and when he reached the red pontoon, he scooped up the pontoon, hooked the iron hook attached to the pontoon to the tail of the woolen boat, and the whole boat went down the river, and the boat was getting faster and faster when it reached the rapids.
In the same way, the girder stretching out to the river suddenly shook heavily, the girder creaked a few times, the cable tightened, the woolen boat began to decrease, and then meekly crossed the dangerous shoal in full view, the turbulent current slapped the hull all the way, and the waves threw up the boat, and the waves threw up the boat, rushing up the old high.
When I looked again, the woolen boat was already far away from the rapids, leaving only the red pontoons sinking and floating under the rush of the rapids.
There is no need for Zhang Haisan to explain, and everyone on the scene understands that today's trial voyage has been successful. Xu Xianling was no exception, and his mood was also extremely excited. However, for the sake of safety, Xu Xianling decided to randomly select a ship that arrived at the scene and try again.
The other ships are simply not worth mentioning compared to the woolen boats full of charcoal in Dun Erbao, and the girders are not shaken when they are towed, so it can be said that the effect of this time is even more shocking, and everyone is amazed that this water wheel winch is really powerful, and no one doubts that it was built just to show off.
When the Xu County Order finally announced that each hydraulic winch would be towed and controlled for one month free of charge to passing ships, the whole site reached the first level. When Chen Liang confirmed that this was the first hydraulic winch in the Great Song Dynasty, the onlookers became excited, and many people began to cheer enthusiastically under the atmosphere of the scene, and in the cheers, this grand demonstration came to an end.
Although the demonstration ended successfully, for Mao Geng, another thing has just begun.
At the time of cutting the ribbon, Mao Geng didn't mind that he should have cut the ribbon by himself and finally replaced it with Chen Liang cutting the ribbon, but Mao Geng felt that Chen Liang's arrival made today's ceremony the icing on the cake. However, Mao Geng immediately saw that Chen Liang's gaze kept scanning over Wang Qinyin's body, and then scanned the past, and Mao Geng remembered the sentence "It is a real celebrity who is self-aware", and naturally thought of various versions of rumors about Chen Liang.
Chen Liang in history is a madman who is known for his madness in everything he says and does, and Chen Liang has been imprisoned three times, most of which are because of drunken nonsense and trouble. For example, one of them was to drink and prostitute with others, a person openly regarded himself as the emperor, prime minister and queen, Chen Liang probably wanted to be the prime minister and wanted to go crazy, and openly regarded himself as the prime minister! is so rebellious, naturally someone wants to invite him into Da Song's cell to sober up. Fortunately, Emperor Xiaozong still knew that Chen Liang was just drunk and disorderly, and did not ask him for a crime of killing his head, but let him go.
When Chen Liang was fifty years old, he was awarded the Jinshi and was appointed the champion by the emperor, but this guy died in a daze as soon as he became the champion. It is rumored that Chen Liang took a fancy to a carpenter's daughter, so he forcibly wanted to marry someone's daughter as a concubine, but the carpenter did not buy Chen Liang's account, so Chen Liang forced the carpenter to make a square barrel after drinking, otherwise he wanted him to look good, and finally, the carpenter killed Chen Liang in anger, and Chen Liang, the champion father, died so absurdly. If this is true, it can be called a piece of black humor. If it's purely someone else who orchestrates him, be good! How much does it take to hate Chen Liang to arrange such an outrageous story!
This time Chen Liang came to Xinhua, but also with some accidental elements, Chen Liang likes to travel, this time he came to visit Guiyang Zhijun Chen Fuliang, Chen Fuliang and Chen Liang both belong to the "Yongjia School", both are "practical philosophy". The two have a very close relationship, and it is not surprising that Chen Liang came to find Chen Fuliang, but Chen Liang came to Jinghu South Road this time, mostly because of the "Baixi Journal" and "New Chemical Journal", as well as novelties such as cement, which also made Chen Liang a little itchy, Chen Liang was curious, so he decided to come to Jinghu South Road to explore. As a result, when Chen Fuliang talked about this matter, Chen Fuliang smiled and said that he had some dealings with Xinhua Xu County, so he immediately repaired a letter and asked Chen Liang to come directly to Xu County. This is the cause and effect of Chen Liang's coming to Xinhua this time.
A trial voyage was extremely successful, and after success, a celebration banquet was routinely held. When attending the celebration banquet together, Chen Liang drank a few glasses of wine and proposed to join Mao Geng's team. Mao Geng said in his heart, this must be because of Kang Lao's mouth. Sure enough, Chen Liang, who had drunk wine, drank a few glasses of wine and proposed to mix a decent executive in Mao Geng's group, while Kang Lao tried his best to say it on the side. Of course, Kang Lao has good intentions, Mao Geng has to manage both this and that, and his subordinates are in urgent need of talents, especially influential and capable senior talents like Chen Liang.
Recently, the "Huaxi Contractor Team" encountered two cases of the owner defaulting on debts, and the lawsuit reached the county office.
Mao Geng said in his heart, Xu County's order has always been a wise person, and it may not be wrong to listen to Xu's order. Although this Chen Liang has many problems, the contractors all over the world have such and such problems, but it does not prevent them from doing a good job in the engineering field. Besides, with Chen Liang, a famous man in charge, those who default on their debts must have to weigh their own weight, and in the face of Chen Liang, a madman who debated with Zhu Xi mercilessly for a year in the past, I am afraid that few people are brave enough to openly repay their debts!
Chen Liang looked at Mao Gengken, although he was asked to lead the somewhat gangsterly "Huaxi Contractor Team", but Chen Liang was Chen Liang, and he didn't reject it at all, but was inexplicably excited and praised again and again. Relying on the strength of wine, this gentleman claimed that he would contract the construction of the palace one day and build the Great Song Palace to be extraordinarily magnificent, so as to live up to his name Chen Liang. When Mao Geng heard this, he suddenly felt that Chen Liang was a little crazy and cute, and what he lacked might be Chen Liang's madness.