The drums are loud and loud.

Bao Yuanqian knelt on one side of the hall in the queue of hundreds of officials, and on the other side were foreign envoys from all over the world.

Zhu Di's team is still as grand as ever, with brocade guards to open the way, wrestlers and captains are lined up on both sides with golden drums of honor, and the front and rear are Han generals with a color of Xuanhua armor.

These Han generals are all selected to be strong and tall, and they don't know if they can pack Yuan Qian, but if they go there like a giant spirit god, they will be frightened.

Bao Yuanqian looked at these tall brocade guards, and said in his heart that this Han general was not a general of the Han Dynasty, but a servant like a rough man, and he didn't know whether he understood it right or not.

This time, he did not take an exaggerated car, but changed to a vermilion lacquer sedan chair, carved with a dragon. This sedan chair is a sixteen-lift sedan chair for eight people on one side, and these sixteen people are all filled by the best of the Han generals. Rao is such a majestic man, and his face is red when he is carried from the palace to the door of the Huitong Hall.

It's just that they are in the royal guard of honor, and the façade of the Son of Heaven has to be forced even if they can't do it, otherwise they will lose face in front of the foreign envoys, so that the anger of the Son of Heaven is not something they can afford to eat.

Fortunately, the Huitong Hall is not far from the palace, and these Han generals all breathe a long sigh, if they are allowed to go to Zhengyangmen, they are afraid that they will be tired of lying on the ground.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!!" For a while, Baiguan Mountain shouted a tsunami, and they had long understood that Zhu Di liked face, and the louder they shouted in front of the foreign envoys, the more Zhu Di naturally became more happy.

Zhu Di's holy car passed through the ambassadors of the hundred officials and went straight into the hall. He was followed by many civil and military ministers, all of whom were of high status, including Yang Rong, who tested him that day, and Mei Yin, the concubine who spoke for him, and even the little county lord of Mu Wang's Mansion also jumped and walked inward.

I don't know what the reason for this Mei Yin is, but being able to speak up for himself in the main hall makes him have a good impression of this Mei Yin. It's just that I'm still waiting for a car in such a battle today, I'm afraid I didn't let myself come to watch the show.

"Hey, why is she?"

The civil and military queue walked by, and as soon as Bao Yuanqian got up, his sharp eyes caught a person. The man wore two beards and followed behind a military attache dressed in a python suit.

It's none other than Xue Wujian, who should be studying in Guozijian at this moment!

Xue Wujian seemed to notice that Bao Yuanqian had discovered him, and when he glanced at Bao Yuanqian, he buried his head in his heart and pretended that nothing had happened.

Bao Yuanqian watched her follow behind the forty-year-old python-robed military attaché, and said in his heart that these eight achievements were her own father, but he didn't know which way it was?

Bao Yuanqian squeezed into the guild hall with the hundreds of officials in Wuyang, and the guild hall, which was quite spacious, was already three floors up and three floors down, three layers inside and three layers outside, and it was surrounded by water.

Zhu Di sat upright on the high platform in the middle, looking down at the pool below. And all the officials and military officers are on one side, and on the other side are the envoys of various countries.

Bao Yuanqian is now in the ranks of the princes and ministers in the ranks of the hundred officials, and it turned out that he was not qualified to stand in such a high position as a fifth-grade official. It's just that the scholars found him and brought him to the forefront of the hundred officials, which is already quite close to Zhu Di, the son of heaven.

He looked around now, and the people around him were either python robes or high-end supplements such as flying fish, unicorns, and lions. He himself was out of place in the middle of it, but soon he found that there were also a few junior officials of seven or eight grades behind him, shaking their heads here with the appearance of nerds, and they didn't know what they were going through in Haoshou.

He has been with these literati for a long time, and he is naturally very annoyed by them, and they are also a mouthful, as the sage said. _o_m But now that their presence can resolve their embarrassment, they are not so bored.

He was almost surrounded by people, with his toes on his heels. Suddenly, someone on the right side squeezed him, and he stared at it and saw that it was Xue Wujian, the chick!

As soon as Xue Wujian walked from the crowd and the python-robed military attaché, he was squeezed to Bao Yuanqian's side.

"You!" Bao Yuanqian glared at her, lowered his voice and said, "You are not studying in Guozijian, what are you doing here!" "She was dressed as a woman and a man, so naturally she mixed in with her father.

Xue Wujian wanted to hide, but because there were people on all sides, he had to say in a gray and thick voice: "Don't blame Si Ye, today is the day when the saint breaks the question and raises his prestige." With such a grand occasion, how could the students of the Celestial Empire miss it? ”

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Yes? ”

When Bao Yuanqian heard her say this, he almost squirted out of the rice, and immediately understood what Xue Wujian meant. On that day, Zhu Di of Wenyuan Pavilion urgently asked himself for the answer, eighty percent of them had nothing to do with these ambassadors!

Wenyuan Pavilion is a place to store books, throughout the ages, through the classics of history, astronomy and geography are all-encompassing. No wonder Zhu Di ran to Wenyuan Pavilion that day and frowned through the side door, it turned out that he was worried about the loss of face of the Heavenly Dynasty and went to find the answer!

When I came to meet these ambassadors today, I guess I got my own answer and showed off my national prestige. Since the Ming Dynasty is the Heavenly Empire, the Heavenly Dynasty should know everything.

Zhu Di is the new son of heaven ascended the throne, and he is eager to be recognized by these vassals, and he naturally demands perfection for these problems, otherwise he will lose the throne himself, and if he loses face in front of the foreign envoys, won't he lose the majesty of the Celestial Empire?

Bao Yuanqian turned around and looked at a group of nerds behind him, these people were afraid of reading poetry and books from the Hanlin Academy. Even Yang Rong of the cabinet, as well as a few people around him, were present, but they didn't know who was Yang Shiqi and who was Jin Youzi. It shows that Zhu Di attaches great importance to this meeting with foreign envoys, and he is afraid that today is not just as simple as solving the problem.

He said in the temple that he let himself try the truth, and it turned out to be so.... Damn, isn't this the one who roasted Bao Ye on the fire again?

If you can't answer a question and lose the face of the Heavenly Empire, then Zhu Di's anger will be poured out on him in an instant!

Just as he was talking to Xue Wujian, the python-robed military attache in front of Xue Wujian heard the movement behind him, and he turned around and frowned at Bao Yuanqian and the others who were speaking.

He saw that this military attache had a very great appearance, a dignified appearance, frowning a little like an angry king, and quite a horizontal sword immediately smiled at Kunlun's general's demeanor.

Bao Yuanqian stopped his words and bowed down to relieve the embarrassment. The python-robed military attache didn't say much, looked Bao Yuanqian up and down a few times, and then stopped looking at him.

As soon as everyone settled down, Zhu Di was quite complacent and said: "Deyin Xieba, can you try the method of knowing a mare that day I told you about the foal?" Has the foal returned to its mother? ”

As soon as Zhu Di's words came out, it instantly confirmed Bao Yuanqian's conjecture. Bao Yuanqian said in his heart, although the Son of Heaven is good, he didn't expect to really transfer my answer to himself.

Deyin Xiepa was dressed like a lama, and he said respectfully: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is gifted and intelligent, and he only said a word. It really opened my eyes to the envoys of Uszang, but..."

As soon as he heard Yin Xieba's voice, Zhu Di's proud face was a little stiff, and his appearance of smiling was quite terrifying. _o_m

"It's just that why did His Majesty tell me after three days?" Deyin Xiebanai is a high-ranking monk of Wusizang, and although he is also an ambassador, he is not afraid to say it when he sees Zhu Di unhappy.

"Bold!"

Zhu Di hadn't spoken yet, but Ji Gang beside him couldn't hold back the heart of the protector. I saw him take two steps forward and point at Deyin Xieba and said: "Er Nai is a master of Taoism, but he is also so rude?!" The Holy Scholar came from afar to ask for advice from the Celestial Empire, and the Holy Saint was overwhelmed with food and clothing, and he also solved problems for you. Now that I have the answer, I don't have kindness, but I have repeatedly found fault, what is my intention!? ”

Ji Gang Jinyiwei has been an unceremonious rebuke to everyone for a long time, and he will deduct others from wearing hats with bad intentions at every turn, but this trick is useful for the Ming officials, but it is useless for the monks of Wusizang.

Deyin Xieba said with a pleasant expression: "Then why didn't you answer the envoy immediately that day?" ”

Ji Gang was a little speechless, although his voice was loud, but he did not answer the question of Deyin Xieba.

Zhu Di's face was unhappy, he looked around at the hundreds of officials, but no one stood up to meet the silver Xieba head-on.

At this moment, I saw Yang Rong walking out of the queue and said: "My Heavenly Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and every time a foreign minister visits, he will not slack off. More than a dozen countries have visited one after another, each with its own problems. The Son of Heaven is the lord of the world, the parents of the common people, and the day is full of opportunities. How can you get a question and answer one? Now I will convene a meeting to solve it together with the same hall. The Son of Heaven is generous and doesn't care about you, but as a human minister, I see that you are so inconsiderate of the Sacred Heart, I have to stand up and say a word or two. ”

Zhu Di listened to Yang Rong's words, and raised his brows, obviously quite satisfied.

Bao Yuanqian heard it and secretly said in his heart that this Yang Rong is worthy of being one of the cabinets, his wisdom is changeable, and the level of this sycophant is obviously better than Ji Gang.

Few.

Seeing that Yang Rong's answer was not leaking, Deyin Xieba also bowed and returned to the team.

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "Which state and country are still unsolvable?" You can ask all of them today. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a tall man with a high nose and deep eyes, blond hair and blue eyes, came out and said: "Noble Son of the Heavens, I, the Sultanate of Delhi, have specially created a crown to show respect for the Celestial Empire. Let Mur and I bring the Ming Dynasty and present it to the Emperor Ming. ”

Zhu Di knew that this guy was not just here to give a gift, and there must be a later text.

Sure enough, he Moore patted twice, and the envoys took out a box of exquisite boxes. Moore unfolded the box, and inside lay a golden crown of pure gold, shining brightly in the warm sun.

"Great Tomorrow, this is made by the hands of good craftsmen in our country for several months. Even the crown on the head of the Great Sultan was not as delicate as this. Moore bowed to his chest.

The surrounding officials discussed and nodded at this crown, which shows the delicacy of this crown.

Namur suddenly smiled and said: "It's just that although this crown is done, we are a small country after all, and the craftsmen have the habit of greedy for money and little material, and often mix some copper. The Great Sultan feared that this crown would also be manipulated by craftsmen, but we didn't know how to distinguish it, so we really didn't dare to give it to the Great Son easily. ”

Zhu Di frowned when he heard this, and gave Yang Rong a look, and Yang Rong waved his hand and walked out of a bunch of skilled craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry. These craftsmen played with the crown over and over again, observing.

Moore stood aside with a smile, and the craftsmen frowned and studied repeatedly, but they all shook their heads. One of the leaders whispered to Yang Rong, and Yang Rong's face was a little not good.

He turned to Zhu Di and said, "The Enlightenment Saint, the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry have said that if you want to test whether the gold is pure, you need to refine it with fire. If the flame produces five-color copper gas, and the crown melts gold and the water turns black, it is doped with copper. ”

Moore smiled: "Unfortunately, the same is true for small countries such as us. However, in this way, the destruction of the crown is actually detrimental to the etiquette. That's why I want to turn to the Celestial Empire to see if there is a better solution? ”

His words blocked Zhu Di's retreat, touting that the Heavenly Empire should have a better way, but this time Zhu Di was embarrassed. If it can't be refined with fire, what should it be?

"Damn, a bunch of shit." Zhu Di muttered and scolded softly, "In the past, the Ministry of Industry took it for nothing, and in the future, it will all be cut in half for Lao Tzu!" In a hurry, he subconsciously scolded people, forgetting to call himself me.

Yang Rong saw that Zhu Di was unhappy, so he waved away the craftsmen, but what even the craftsmen couldn't do, the nerds in the Hanlin Academy were even more useless.

He is one of the cabinets, although the grade is not high, but he can be regarded as the emperor's adviser, and now he is known for his wit and strategy, but he is helpless in the face of these problems, he is really ashamed.

It's just that Yang Rong suddenly remembered someone, went up to the high platform and whispered a few words beside Zhu Di. Zhu Di suddenly realized, slapped the dragon chair and said, "Where is Feng Zhilang?!" ”

"Bong Naoro!?"

Bao Yuanqian was talking to Xue Wujian about the crown at this time, and was elbowed by Xue Wujian twice in a row, and Bao Yuanqian hurriedly came out of the queue and knelt down and said, "The minister is here!" ”

"Why didn't you answer for a while?" Zhu Di frowned.

"I thought I was calling someone else."

"In addition to you, there is no one else here?" Zhu Di was angry and funny.

Bao Yuanqian sweated a lot, looked around, it was true, so he had to say: "The minister is rude, I hope Your Majesty will forgive you!" ”

Zhu Di pointed to the crown and said, "If Feng Zhilang can solve the mystery, I will forgive you for the crime of being rude!" ”

"Yes!"

Bao Yuanqian got up and scolded secretly, damn me, I'm just polite, you Zhu Laosi really want to punish me, what kind of person! What made him even more helpless was that when he got up, he saw that he was embarrassed and a coquettish laugh came.

Although it was very slight, he caught it, and it was the same as the laughter in the temple yesterday. He dissipated before he found that person from the team, who was the little county lord of King Mu's mansion.

He couldn't control much at the moment, so he walked straight to the crown, took the crown and looked at it for a while, and said: "Qi Qi Sheng, Weichen has a way." ”

When Zhu Di heard this, his eyes were blazing and he said, "Oh? Bong Naorou already has a plan? Come on! ”

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Bao Yuanqian took the crown and said: "You can ask the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to make a pure gold crown that is not the same, and weigh it." Error-free updates @"

When Zhu Di heard this, his face showed a look of disappointment, and the civil and military on the side shook their heads, why don't they know this method? It's just that such a delicate crown, the pattern shape is so peculiar. Even if the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry work together, it will take more than a month, but now Moore's problem is imminent, where will there be time for you to make an identical top?

Xue Wujian secretly pinched the sweat for Bao Yuanqian, she heard that the new emperor was violent and murderous, if this thing could not be done and the face of the son of heaven would be saved, I am afraid that Si Ye will be more auspicious and less lucky.

Sure enough, Murha laughed and said, "My lord doesn't know, how long will it take to make a new one?" Even if it is made, how can it be achieved to the same size? ”

Bao Yuanqian didn't expect the production process of this crown to be so complicated, and he looked at Zhu Di in the spare time. At this time, Zhu Di looked like he wanted to dismantle him, after all, it is not terrible to be disappointed, what is terrible is to let others have hope first and then let them down. The current Zhu Di's mood for himself is probably like this!

The focus of the audience was on himself, wanting to see how he ended up on stage. That Ji Gang stared at himself fiercely, his fists clenched, and the words in his mouth were about to come out, just waiting for him to confess and beg for mercy, he would immediately punish him!

Mei Yin sighed lightly, although he was able to directly hit Ji Gang last time, but now it is indeed Bao Yuanqian's method mistake, and the heart is moody, if he first hopes for this Feng Zhilang, and then he is disappointed, I am afraid that this person's life will be in danger.

Bao Yuanqian was not in a hurry in his heart, he was still anxious and thought that he was going to do something convincing, but he didn't expect that he was just analyzing pure gold. His mood was naturally greatly relieved, and if a person in the future couldn't even handle this, he would really live in vain.

I saw Bao Yuanqian smile happily: "Since this plan is not feasible, then change to another method." ”

"Good! And go and take a nugget of pure gold that weighs as much as the crown. As soon as Bao Yuanqian's big hand was raised, there were craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to take it.

The weight of the crown has long been known, and it is not difficult to make a gold nugget of the same weight.

It wasn't long before a nugget of equal weight of pure gold arrived. Bao Yuanqian asked people to make two basins full of water flush basins, so that everyone could witness it clearly.

Immediately, people put gold nuggets and crowns into the water, and when the two objects enter the water, water will naturally overflow from the basin, but the amount of overflow is not the same.

Bao Yuanqian glanced at it, then said with a smile: "Qi Qi Sheng, the crown is by no means pure gold. ”

Zhu Di frowned and was puzzled, and the officials were also at a loss, but Na Muer was a little stunned and waited for Bao Yuanqian's words.

Bao Yuanqian noticed everyone's doubts, and said: "The amount of gold and copper is the same, but the size is different. The size is the same, but the weight is different, and I think all of you colleagues and ambassadors know it well. ”

Everyone nodded their heads, and they naturally understood. Although these ancients did not understand the essence behind the phenomenon, they were able to use the phenomenon to sum up experience. This is the essential difference between empirical science and theoretical science, these ancients did not understand the density and size, but they also knew that the same size of gold and bronze is different.

Seeing that there was no objection, Bao Yuanqian continued: "In this case, if gold is mixed with copper, even if the same amount and size are very different from pure gold, right? ”

He explained word by word, for fear that these ancients would not understand what he was saying if they were careless.

Seeing that they all nodded, he added: "But the crown has taken its shape, and its size is unpredictable, but it can be converted, and the gold and the crown of the same weight can be placed in water, and the size of the two can be verified by the amount of overflowing water." The amount of water discharged varies, and the results speak for themselves. ”

After he explained, he was worried in his heart, but on the surface, he had to be light-hearted, and his heart was enough to take care of the knowledge of your ancients, which was straightforward and straightforward, and he didn't play with flowers at all.

Moore was a little shocked, he didn't expect that this seemingly undignified Feng Zhilang would actually figure out the mystery. The reason why he dared to ask such a question was also because of such profound knowledge, which was known only to very few people in ancient Greece, the legendary birthplace.

After a while, I saw several craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry nodding one after another, and suddenly realized.

"Wonderful!" Suddenly, Yang Rong "realized" and said, "It is said that Cao Chong said that in the past, it was wonderful, but I said that Feng Zhilang was better with water and gold." ”

Bao Yuanqian said in his heart, you are wonderful.

Hammer, you are just a civil official, it is obvious that the old woman is cunning and understands Moore's abnormal expression, like a deflated ball, and knows that his method has worked, which is wonderful.

Yang Rong is indeed in this kind of mentality, since he has fallen behind Bao Yuanqian in terms of methods, he naturally has to be one step ahead of others to be worthy of the identity of the cabinet assistant, even if he doesn't understand it, he has to force it out.

"The amount of water replaces the amount of gold and bronze in the crown, and the overflowing water can be regarded as a crown, which is really a university question!" Zhu Di straightened up, muttered to himself in contemplation.

Zhu Di is Zhang Fei's embroidery, thick and fine. Although he is a battlefield warrior, his brain is not weaker than these cabinet civil officials. Yang Rong doesn't know whether he understands Bao Yuanqian or not, but Zhu Di's ability to say this sentence proves that he has understood seven or eight points.

"The saint is a genius in heaven, and the minister only has one or two words to understand everything, which really makes Weichen admire!" Bao Yuanqian saw that Zhu Di, who needed to understand the most, understood the meaning, and knew that he was good-looking, so he slapped his ass.

That Xue Wujian had already understood, because Bao Yuanqian had probably talked to her when he was not on the list, and now he naturally understood it when he heard him say it a second time.

She couldn't help but widen her eyes, covered her mouth and said in disbelief: "How can this business be so powerful, it can think of such a method, what a ghost!" ”

At this time, many people with flexible minds have already understood its meaning, and they have praised and applauded, and Straight Road is quite a talented person. And there are still some people who don't understand it when they see that others know it, and of course they are afraid of losing people and echo it.

For a while, the ambassadors of the hundred officials, regardless of whether they understood it or not, praised the great tomorrow dynasty and the country, and there were indeed many talents.

Zhu Di saw that Moore was deflated, so he took advantage of the fire and said, "Ambassador Moore thinks this method can't work?" Then we will melt this crown and see if what Feng Naorou said is right? ”

He was not angry because of non-pure gold, even the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty could not achieve the level of pure gold, let alone these small countries. Moreover, since this Moore raised this question, his intention was not to distinguish whether it was pure gold, but to test the Ming Dynasty with a difficult problem.

Moore saluted and said: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is talented and intelligent, and the Ming Dynasty is full of talents, and the ministers are convinced!" Then he stepped aside and said no more.

Zhu Dilong's face was happy, and he suddenly felt that there was light on his face, and he got up with a smile and pointed at Bao Yuanqian and said, "Okay, what a Feng Zhilang." The public is loyal to the country, and the machine becomes versatile. ”

Bao Yuanqian said: "Thanks to the teachings of the saints, Weichen does not dare to steal credit. "He is not Yang Xiu, but he doesn't dare to be arrogant.

After saying that, he returned to the queue, looking at Ji Gang's deflated face, and his heart was full of joy.

He can be regarded as having eaten the dividends of the afterlife, and the dimensionality reduction has been blown.

However, this performance can really be regarded as saving face for Zhu Di and the Ming Dynasty. Even the little county lord who was sneering at himself frowned and pondered for a long time before he nodded understandingly. @*~~

"Si Ye, are you really a military meritor?" On the side, Xue Wujian said in a puzzled voice.

Bao Yuanqian smiled: "That's nature. ”

Xue Wujian pouted, seemingly dissatisfied with this answer.

In her opinion, it is outrageous that this martial artist can compose poetry, but she didn't expect that the questions that all craftsmen, cabinet scholars, and academicians of Hanlin could not answer were solved by Bao Yuanqian, a small business.

What's more, yesterday, when his father returned home, he said that this business actually made Ji Gang kneel and kowtow when His Royal Highness, that Ji Gang and his father are both Jing Nan ministers, she naturally knows how arrogant Ji Gang is, although he has no title, he is very favored, and even his father wants him to give him three points.

Yesterday, after hearing her father say this, she wondered if this Bao Yuanqian was the illegitimate son of the saint, and she could let the favored minister Ji Gang give him a kowtow to the national superintendent.

Just when everyone is happy, and the great tomorrow is mighty. "Wait!" "It was very discordant.

Bao Yuanqian frowned and looked, but saw that it was a few Japanese people from the shogunate, and they walked swaggeringly.