In addition to wood gardens and palace feng shui techniques, they also have a deep understanding of escapements, gear transmissions and general mechanical principles, so there should be no technical problems for them to make a qualified clock, pronunciation box or other mechanical gadgets. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But even so, if you want to make a "thing" that can please Lafayette, it is not easy at all, and even difficult!

The reason for this is also very simple, because under the time constraint, it is difficult to make all kinds of small parts, especially the braking and transmission parts necessary for machinery.

At that time, the domestic manufacturing, especially the precision manufacturing industry, was very poor, and many small parts were imported, even if some ready-made clockwork, gears, screws and the like could be found, it was not easy to integrate because it had not been debugged.

Even spelling can not spell a complete transmission system, naturally can not be crossed, and this machinery is different from a carved ornament, if you can't move, can't make a sound, how can it be regarded as a real mechanical "thing"?

After all, this is the Ten Thousand Machinery Expo, not the Lantern Festival of the New Year.

But then again, the solutions are all thought of by people, and seeing that the time is getting less and less, there are really people who come up with a strange plan in this way.

Some people say that since it is too late to make the core power part of the "thing", why not go through the relationship and import a set of ready-made and reliable clockwork transmission devices from foreigners to use directly?

When the core components are in hand, let the skilled craftsmen in the palace carefully polish the external links and carving process, and naturally they will be able to cope with the errand.

This kind of process, although speculative, is basically equivalent to the outsourcing business or joint research and development that is very popular in modern times, although it is not new now, but at that time, it was really an earth-shattering idea.

Not only solved the braking part, but also made the product look domestic, such a good way was approved at that time.

After that, the head of the Lei family immediately made a decision to make a clock with unique Chinese characteristics for Galeries Lafayette.

For this clock, the soldiers of the Lei family divided into two routes, one to select the best sandalwood to make the shell part of the clock, and the other to purchase clock cores, glass, lacquer and other objects from reliable foreigners for assembly.

The person who provided the watch movement to Style Lei back then was the "big radish" Mr. who came to China with the Italian delegation to China.

At that time, there happened to be three sets of spare parts for mechanical clocks, authentic Italian goods, one of which basically matched the specifications of the table clock made by Style Lei, and as long as there were slight changes, it could be installed in the watch case of Style Lei.

Therefore, after some matchmaking, the court bought the movement for 1,000 silver coins in the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and instructed Dagrob to make minor modifications so that the movement could be properly coordinated with the external transmission of the style.

Taking this opportunity, Dagrober was also honored to participate in the climax of the "International Machinery Expo" as a "technical consultant".

On that day, mechanics and official representatives from various countries gathered in the palace, and they followed Lafayette to Zhongbeihai to take the royal train of our Qing Dynasty, and then followed her old man to the Summer Palace to visit the scenery of Kunming Lake.

At noon, everyone finished up the imperial dining room and the Xiao Meiren dim sum paid tribute by Yangxingtai in the capital on Suzhou Street in the Summer Palace, and then went out of the courtyard wall with great interest to see the tribute gadgets from various countries.

During this period, this sandalwood table clock designed by Style Lei was greatly praised by Lafayette, especially the little eunuch who came out of the wooden-roofed attic, which earned her praise.

In fact, the reason is very simple, because the skilled craftsman of Style Lei has figured out the thoughts of this old lady and the manager Li beside her, and specially produced this unique sandalwood carving.

This puppet that ran out of the pavilion looked very much like Li Lianying next to her Empress Dowager Xi, and even the cute bow and meddling look were all designed to imitate the appearance of Manager Li when he usually opened the curtain for Lafayette and answered greetings.

Suddenly, I saw the funny of the "old man" in a pile of cold machinery, and he also learned it in a good way, and he had a good eye, which really made the old lady happy.

Moreover, carving this puppet into the appearance of Chief Manager Li naturally made this powerful eunuch extremely unexpectedly happy, and his conscious style Lei gave him a face, and he also praised the exquisite design of this clock in front of Lafayette, which can be called ingenuity.

The so-called International Machinery Expo, in fact, is a reason for Lafayette's birthday celebration, the so-called product name, naturally her old lady alone has the final say.

Therefore, the grandfather of the great eunuch who can best make her fight music fall to the table clock, and it deserves to be the so-called first.

At this point, everyone is happy. Galeries Lafayette also rewarded the foreigners with a lot of silver coins and snacks, and personally presented certificates of honor and royal robes and coats to the people of Style Lei.

Later, Lafayette, who knew it well, gave the bell to Mr. Li, who had been with her, in recognition of his intentions of "winning glory for the country" and "filial piety".

Style Lei won back face for Li Lianying, and he, Lord Li, was naturally very happy, and rewarded the skilled craftsmen who made this watch.

In addition to the style of the Lei people, Mr. Li also gave a big award to Mr. Italian Carrot who provided the watch movement, and after hearing that Da Grob was proficient in miniature carving, he wanted to follow the rules of the Han people, and specially asked him to engrave it, and the subtlety of this watch and the deeds of winning the first place in the fair were micro-engraved on the back of the clockwork box to commemorate it.

To put it bluntly, this article is the content of Mr. Li's own praise.

...... When the shopkeeper Tong said this, he told us very proudly: "This is the basic explanation of the Chinese part, now you know why the little man in this bell is a eunuch, right?

After listening to the words of the shopkeeper Tong, all of us nodded along with him, which was an affirmation of his unremitting and research achievements.

Hearing this, our careful Zhao Shuihe suddenly raised his hand again and asked the old treasurer: "Shopkeeper, you just said that this is the content of the Chinese part, so what does the Latin part say?"

Strange to say, as soon as this water lotus mentioned the Latin behind the case, the shopkeeper Tong's originally smug face suddenly turned much colder.