Chapter 287: Easier said than done
Li Dong waited until there was no one, couldn't hold back any longer, and began to scold.
"Wang Yuan, this old bastard is really not a thing, he wants to take the opportunity to show himself in front of Lord Shang Shuling but let us go to him to do a black job, it really makes no sense!"
"Also, Wang Shangshu must have discussed it with Wang Ze's kid a long time ago, and the two of them sang and ...... together."
"Wang Ze, that little bastard, still wants to take care of this, so just let him do it! Wang Shangshu knows that this is a hot potato, so he will throw it to you......
Li Dong scolded Wang Shangshu and Wang Ze angrily, but when he turned around, he found that Liu Xinyan had taken off his official hat and was about to untie his clothes.
"Liu Xinyan, what are you doing!"
Li Dong hurriedly stopped Liu Xinyan.
At this time, the quiet Liu Xinyan suddenly broke out.
"Didn't he, Wang Yuan and Wang Ze, just want to squeeze me out of this ministry? Why use such despicable means, I will do as they wish now."
"I'd rather resign from this office than be insulted by them!"
"I, Liu Xinyan, have studied hard for ten years and gained fame in the examination, in order to learn literature and martial arts, and to make goods with the emperor's family! not to pave the way for his royal career!"
"If I had repaired this carriage for him today, would I have read the book of the sages in vain?"
From Liu Xinyan's words, the eldest grandson can see that Liu Xinyan's arrogance in his bones is not ordinary. Even if he is only a six-grade outsider now, he still thinks in his bones that he is a scholar who "everything is inferior but high-grade".
This idea is extremely stupid in the eyes of the eldest grandson, Liu Xinyan, as a reader who reads poetry and books, will not fail to understand such a simple truth as "a big husband can bend and stretch". But he vividly shows what it means to be "easy to know but difficult to do".
However, readers like Liu Xinyan occupy the mainstream in this era, perhaps this is one of the reasons why this era is backward.
is so ambitious, it is difficult to push the annual ring of the times forward after all.
Li Dong on the other side had been awakened by Liu Xinyan's sudden outburst at this time, and listening to Liu Xinyan's "rebellious" remarks, he was scared into a cold sweat again, and he had long lost the momentum just now.
Li Dong hurriedly hugged Liu Xinyan and stopped him from untying his clothes.
"Xinhiko, you calm down, don't be impulsive!"
The two wrestled, and Li Dong finally subdued Liu Xinyan.
"Xinhiko, isn't it right for you to be so willful. I don't think we can throw in the towel so easily......
Liu Xinyan looked at Li Dong sharply.
"You're trying to persuade me to fix the carriage?"
Li Dong hurriedly stopped Liu Xinyan and said, "You can't talk nonsense, can you call a carriage?" That's His Majesty's car, it's a dragon."
Liu Xinyan was in no mood to argue with Li Dong about this, and still stared at Li Dong sharply, as if he was looking at a traitor.
"That, Xinhiko, I agree with what you just said, "Learn to become a literary and martial artist, and the goods are with the emperor's family". You see, this dragon chariot is His Majesty's car, and this autumn hunt is the eldest princess's ride. Therefore, the transformation of the dragon chariot does not contradict the original intention of your sentence......
Liu Xinyan retracted his gaze and said in a disdainful tone, "Hmph, Li Dong, your current appearance is the same as Wang Yuan just now!"
Li Dong was a little embarrassed, but he still persuaded Liu Xinyan.
"I know you're arrogant, but the situation is stronger than people. I advised you not to go against Wang Shangshu during the scientific expedition before, but now it's okay, he keeps putting on small shoes for you, and we can only pinch our noses and admit it."
After these two days, Liu Xinyan also tasted this consequence, but he still said stiffly: "There is no one here, there is a place to keep people."
Li Dong saw that Liu Xinyan looked like a dead duck with a hard mouth, and he was angry.
"Okay, the Manchu Dynasty is only a talented man in the Manchu Dynasty, and you are a talented man, and you are upright. Since you don't want to succumb to Wang Shangshu's official authority, then you can go, with your talent, you can't find an official position. Go, the sky is high and the sea is wide for the birds to fly, and the mountains and rivers are long for you to go!"
Liu Xinyan saw that Li Dong was no longer obstructed, for a while
From time to time, it is a little difficult to ride a tiger, and there is no idea whether to take off this official uniform.
After a long time, neither of them spoke, and Li Dong saw that Liu Xinyan had lost his previous momentum, so he spoke again to dissuade him: "Kyushu is big, but the only thing that can really make you realize this great ambition is this prosperous imperial capital. Besides, Miss Yunling is waiting for you here, if you resign from the government, how will you redeem Miss Yunling?"
After Li Dong finished the first half of the sentence, Liu Xinyan still wanted to be hard-mouthed, but in the second half of the sentence, Liu Xinyan completely lost his temper.
"That...... But I won't be able to transform the dragon chariot either."
Seeing that Liu Xinyan finally relented, Li Dong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The eldest grandson, who has been watching from the sidelines, sighed secretly in his heart, thanks to Liu Xinyan having such a close friend as Li Dong, otherwise he would not have been able to get along in the officialdom with his temperament.
The eldest grandson is now in Liu Xinyan's body, although he is only a "guest", but after a few days, he found that he can forcibly change some of Liu Xinyan's decisions and behaviors.
For example, when the Red Sleeve Pavilion had a small gathering that day, Liu Xinyan showed far more sensitivity and thoroughness than usual, which was the result of the influence of the eldest grandson.
But the eldest grandson still hasn't figured out what role Liu Xinyan played in the incident he is in, whether he is on the side of Dean Wu and Dean Yun or on the opposite side.
Therefore, the eldest grandson thinks that he now chooses to secretly observe the development of events as a bystander, and try not to intervene.
"The boat is naturally straight to the bridge, and Wang Ze's little bastard has a lot of intestines, but he just said that it is good that "things are done by people"."
"Our top priority now is to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to meet Sun Shangshu first, maybe they already have a solution."
Liu Xinyan didn't have a better way now, so he followed Li Dong out of the yamen and walked towards the Ministry of Rites.
The two met Sun Shangshu in the Ministry of Rites, and Sun Shangshu was very surprised by the arrival of the two.
He had just left the ministry on the front foot, and in such a short period of time, Wang Shangshu found a suitable candidate for himself?
Sun Shangshu was very happy on the surface, but when he saw Liu Xinyan and Li Dong, he muttered a little in his heart.
These two outsiders don't look like people who know how to run, could it be that they have some special skills or connections.
With this thought, Sun Shangshu took the two to the backyard of the yamen.
As soon as the two entered the backyard, they were attracted by the huge and golden dragon chariot in front of them.
I have to say that this gold-lacquered heavy armor dragon chariot is a perfect fusion of the two characteristics of nobility and heaviness.
Just looking at it from afar makes people feel the urge to bow and worship, and imagine how majestic it is when it is pulled by six horses and gallops across the battlefield.
At this time, Liu Xinyan couldn't help but feel a sense of pride, what an honor it would be to transform such a chariot.
Sun Shangshu admired the shocked expressions of the two on the side, and only after the two came back to their senses did the three of them begin to discuss the transformation plan.
However, more of them are Sun Shangshu introducing, and the two are asking questions.
Sun Shangshu's initial expectations were also discounted by half in the process.
Because the two of them obviously didn't know anything about the talisman array and the art of the mechanism.
Sun Shangshu was a little puzzled, what did Wang Shangshu mean by this?
Sun Shangshu left in a hurry after introducing the transformation plan of the Ministry of Rites to the two, and he was indeed very busy during the period before the autumn hunt.
Only Liu Xinyan and Li Dong were left in the backyard.
At this time, after the initial impulse passed, Liu Xinyan regretted it a little, because after listening to Sun Shangshu's introduction, he realized that he really didn't know anything about it.
"I really shouldn't have listened to your Rite Ministry." At this time, Liu Xinyan was still proud and unwilling to admit that he had compromised.
On the other side, Li Dong obviously understood what kind of person Liu Xinyan was, so he didn't bother to argue with him, rolled his eyes at him and continued to study Long Yuan.
After the two of them had measured all the dimensions of the dragon chariot, they began to use their shallow knowledge to discuss any feasible renovation plan.
"The plan given by the Ministry of Rites is obviously the most feasible, but judging from the information revealed by Sun Shangshu, the Ministry of Industry will not help." Li Dong said.
Liu Xinyan also nodded and began to think of other ways.
"This heavy armor is indeed very defensive, but the hunting grounds are far less dangerous than the battlefield, and there are many guards accompanying them. In this way, the heavy armor will look a little bulky and clumsy, so can you remove some parts of the heavy armor, so that you can remove the heavier weight frame and replace it with some tougher wood. In this way, the comfort of the dragon chariot should be improved."
Li Dong shook his head when he heard Liu Xinyan's idea, and objected: "You are equivalent to "reborn" the entire dragon chariot, so where else is the gold-lacquered heavy armor dragon chariot, can Your Majesty agree?"
"Moreover, it's hard to say whether there is a battlefield danger in this hunting ground, otherwise why did Your Majesty give this dragon chariot, the safety of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is all the premise, and there is no room for sloppiness."
Liu Xinyan nodded and continued to think.
"We can't engrave the suspension array, can we artificially create the effect of the suspension array?" Li Dong said.
Liu Xinyan looked at Li Dong and asked how he thought of creating the effect of the Suspension Bridge Array.
"Can you find a few people to lift the dragon chariot, so that even if it is a bumpy mountain road, you can ensure that the eldest princess in the dragon chariot does not take bumps."
Liu Xinyan rolled his eyes, thinking that Li Dong had some clever plan.
"Not to mention that this dragon chariot weighs thousands of catties, how many people do you need to find to carry this dragon chariot? Even if someone is found to carry the dragon chariot, does the dragon chariot still need a horse to pull it? If you don't need it, it's nondescript, and if you need it, how can ordinary people carry the dragon chariot to keep up with the speed of the horse?"
"Then we can solve it by inviting a warrior?"
Liu Xinyan gave Li Dong a big roll of the eyes again.
Li Dong also felt that his idea was a bit ridiculous, although martial artists were prevalent in the Kyushu Continent, the status of martial artists was also extremely high.
It's okay to act as a guard for the royal family, but to act as a chauffeur who carries the car is even more insulting than asking Liu Xinyan, a scholar, to repair the car this time.
The two discussed for a while, but they didn't come up with a feasible way until the Ministry of Rites dispersed, so they had to go home first.