After only less than ten days as an official, Li Kui had the same momentum as Prime Minister Zhang Dan in the imperial city - no one should be approached.

It's not that he is powerful, but that he used his strength to force Prime Minister Zhang Dian to hold a banquet, and at the banquet, he told the strictly selected 'outspoken' officials with deep affection that the story of Junyi Bridge is true, but the master's family is not a eunuch. He has not yet been inappropriate to the point of having an illegitimate child of a eunuch.

But something!

The more you explain, the darker it gets.

Zhang Dian now doesn't dare to talk to the eunuch, because as long as he shows a pleasant appearance, this eunuch must be his old man's scandalous illegitimate child.

can force the prime minister to this role, Li Kui's strength has broken through the sky.

What even the emperor couldn't do, he did.

I have to say that when the officials in the imperial city saw him, they walked around from afar.

As for the officials above the fourth grade, they still have to go around him.

He even saw Su Zhe see him from a distance, as if he had seen an enemy he couldn't provoke, and hid in the toilet......

Not everyone avoided him, the former prime minister Su Song was still very enthusiastic when he saw him, knowing that Li Kui liked to go to the Taishi Bureau to see his baby hydraulic instrument elephant platform, and also discussed with him the wonderful use of the water transport instrument elephant platform. Li Kui asked a question that caught Su Song off guard: "Bachelor, what if it is freezing in winter and the water in the copper kettle is frozen?" ”

"Why not use bronze as a gear machine, it's better than wood? If grease lubrication is added, the advantages of copper gears over wood gears are simply incomparable. ”

Su Song was very hurt, and he and Han Gonglian of the Taishi Bureau researched the water transport instrument elephant platform, but it caused a sensation in the entire government and the opposition.

Unexpectedly, in Li Kui's place, he was said to be worthless. Bronze processing parts are good and durable, but bronze is not easy to process! Hardwood gears often have to be changed, but fortunately, a carpenter can make them.

But the gears of the wood don't last long, which makes the big guy look a little weird. His fingers trembled, not knowing what Li Kui was thinking. As the core minister of the old party, Su Song was also afraid of Zhang Dian and others.

If the emperor hadn't said a few fair words for him, he might have been like Fan Zuyu's unlucky bastard, playing birds in Lingnan.

Li Kui has studied the water transport instrument elephant platform, and many problems that are difficult for craftsmen of this era to understand are simple in his place. He grabbed it and said to Su Song: "Bachelor, hang it with a heavy object, and use gravity as a traction!" This thing is a grandfather clock, Li Kui was afraid that Su Song would not understand, and he also said a lot of the principle of heavy object clockwork.

"Alas......"

Trails like machinery and astronomy are simply unheard of for ordinary Jinshi. But what Li Kui said seems to be able to solve the biggest shortcoming of the water transport instrument elephant platform. After all, no one can guarantee that the water of the copper kettle will not freeze in winter, and the weather is cold, and there is also a lot of trouble for the wooden gears.

Li Kui gestured: "Lift a pendant, calculate the weight, and then pull it up with an iron chain, and use the gravity of the pendant to pull the gears of the instrument platform. When the pendant is about to hit the ground, let people pull it up again. In this way, wouldn't it be possible to have one person pull the chain in one day and do all the maintenance? ”

Su Song followed Li Kui's train of thought, and frequently said: "In this way, the hydraulic instrument elephant platform doesn't have to be so cumbersome." ”

"Not only does it not have to be so bulky, but it can also be built on a high platform. Bachelor, think about it, if ...... I mean, if there is one in the imperial city of the Great Song Dynasty, no, it is two high-rise buildings. On the roof of the building, there are two crowning bells based on the elephant platform, which can accurately record the time. So will the people of the inner city be able to see the time of day anytime, anywhere? ”

These are all solutions that can be solved. For Li Kui and Su Song, it is all a little bit of a way.

Needless to say, Li Kui naturally knows the city clock?

Have you seen it?

Draw a scoop according to the gourd, right?

Especially the mechanical part has been solved, as long as the appearance is changed, such a simple thing, can still make meritorious contributions, how can he let it go?

Especially when Li Kui proposed: "Bachelor, we can also make the appearance of the corona out of tulle, and mark it with a hand according to the twelve hours, even at night, we can use the firelight to make the scale of the instrument platform clear at a glance." ”

Hearing this, the old scientist Su Song's legs and feet were no longer sore, his waist was also straight, and he was full of energy.

Li Kui's proposal simply subverted the narrow effect of all the instruments produced by the Taishi Bureau in the past, which could only entertain themselves. Non-professionals can't even read it. However, Li Kui suggested that the difficult ceremonial platform be converted into a proposal for civilian use, so that as long as there is money, wouldn't all the state capitals have to build one?

Su Song's heart thought warmly: "Isn't the old man's merit monument going to be all over the entire territory of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"Brilliant talent!" Su Song is old, and he has long lost his pursuit of career. He is now a scholar of the Kanbunden University, which is a special honor for the prime minister. The emperor did not mean to deprive him, and was obviously ready to put him in the capital for retirement. But a lifelong hobby, for him, can't be lost. The point is, if this building is up, won't it be famous in history?

But he also wondered, why did Li Kui say two ceremonial platforms? And not one?

Su Song wondered: "Why do you want two? ”

The ceremonial observatory cost 300,000 yuan of the Great Song Dynasty, and there were more than a dozen people who maintained it day and night. But if you build a tall building and two ceremonial platforms, wouldn't it cost millions?

"Bachelor, if you build one, it will be done in the open space outside the Xuande Gate. But it is related to the safety of the imperial city, how can this high platform be built outside the imperial city? Li Kui Zhenzhen said: "But in the imperial city, the layout is all in accordance with the imperial road, and suddenly there is a high platform, which makes people feel quite abrupt?" The previous hydro platform didn't do it because it was too short. But if you build a high platform of more than ten feet, it will be different. It's uncomfortable to look at. ”

"Bachelor, just imagine, the envoys of various countries entered my Great Song Imperial City and saw such a magnificent high platform. There are also utensils that can accurately display the daily hour, and you still don't admire my Celestial Empire? Li Kui said as he spoke, raising this matter to the level of the face of the Celestial Empire. Face, for any dynasty, is placed in a first-class position, and no one can question it.

"That's right, Renjie, or you're thoughtful." Su Song agreed with Li Kui's explanation very much, not only that, but his eyes looking at Li Kui also softened a lot.

This is a practical talent, and it is a pity to go to the emperor as an attendant.

However, Su Song also felt that the layout of the imperial city was already full, and if he really carved out a place, it would be difficult to find. Hesitated: "But the layout in the imperial city, I'm afraid it can't accommodate two high platforms, right?" ”

"Huiyou Pavilion and Fuwen Pavilion are either book collections or maps, these functions are in conflict with the Straight Secret Pavilion, simply, push the two yamen, how good is it to move to the Straight Secret Pavilion?"

"Besides, there's a place in the Straight Secret Pavilion. If you can put these collections, even if the people from the two pavilions go, they will be placed in a place. ”

Not to mention, the official position of the Direct Secretary Pavilion is a little smaller, but the territory is really big. There was no problem at all with the placement of these two pavilions.

But Su Song looked Li Kui up and down strangely, and said meaningfully: "I heard that yesterday you were stopped by the people of the Fuwen Pavilion and were not allowed to enter, and the day before yesterday, because you occupied the open space in front of the Huiyou Pavilion, people drove you away. Isn't this a communiqué personal vendetta? ”

Li Kui said: "Bachelor, do you think I'm such a person? ”

Su Song didn't say.

just hurriedly said that he wanted to bring this good news to the emperor.

Don't look at the financial situation of the Great Song Dynasty, but once it comes to the face project that can improve the character of the Great Song Dynasty, from the emperor to the temple, he will not be stingy. Especially the emperor.

Even Empress Xuanren, who was the queen mother who listened to the government, heard Su Song say that the Taishi Bureau wanted to build a hydraulic instrument elephant platform, and it was necessary to give money and people.

You must know that the Empress Dowager Xuanren has always been famous for picking doors...... It should be frugal. It's not easy to get her to come up with real money. In fact, the ceremonial observatory has been available in all dynasties and dynasties, and the Great Song Dynasty also has it, but it is not advanced in terms of water power. The old ones can be used, and isn't it a waste to spend so much money?

Besides, this thing can be played by a few people in the Taishi Bureau, and it belongs to the top astronomical machine of the Great Song Dynasty, which is unheard of and useless for ordinary people.

But this thing can enhance the pride of the Great Song Dynasty, and let Fanbang see the peak of the Great Song Dynasty's technology.

Once it rose to the point of face, the old woman who picked the door, the Empress Dowager Xuanren, also felt that it had to be built, and it had to be built for the better.

In particular, the Taishi Bureau is at the entrance of the Xuande Gate, and there is such a machine that can record the movement of celestial bodies, time, and automatically tell the time, which has a daunting momentum for the envoys of Fanbang who do not have much knowledge.

And Li Kui just pondered for two days, and felt that he had to do something in the past three years.

So I thought of contracting a project for Da Song.

These two clock towers are enough for him to play for three years.

After three years, it was time for him to be promoted, and then ...... Hey......

Li Kui looked at Su Song's back as he disappeared at the end and smirked. was interrupted by a boring person, and the other party stood behind him, that is, at the door of Fuwen Pavilion, pointing at Li Kui's back and scolding: "Li Kui, are you still human?" You are not my person who is from the Fuwen Pavilion, and you still want to see the map of the Great Song Dynasty, but you can't refuse you, but you want to make my Fuwen Pavilion ruined, old man...... Old man, I'm fighting with you! ”

While speaking, Li Kui turned his head and was horrified to see an old man, wearing a scarlet robe, holding a cane, trembling and moving his steps to find Li Kui desperately.

Such an old man, lying on the street, can make the honest man who drives the car cry silently.

Li Kui dares to touch him?

Move him?

He dared to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, or he might be dead.

Li Kui jumped up angrily, pointed at Fuwenge and scolded: "Shameless, do you dare to have a younger comparison, you let the old man who is almost seventy years old come out to touch porcelain, it is simply a loss of face for your Great Song Fuwenge." ”

Regardless of Li Kui's scolding, no one in the Fuwen Pavilion came out, only those who went out were still looking for Li Kui desperately, but the small steps looked like a wooden man.

Li Kui didn't want to cause a life lawsuit in the imperial city, so he ran away.

When it was over, his attendant General Huang also shook on the ground, looked at the old man's crutches in confusion, screamed, and fled with Li Kui.

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