I pointed to the male input: "For example, if you weigh 120 pounds and your head has 20 pounds, then divide 20 by 120 to get one-sixth, that is, your head accounts for 16.7 percent of your weight, understand?" ”

Gong Loser looked dazed: "Your Majesty, one-sixth refers to the number of sixty-one, right?" This minister can understand, but what do these sixteen and seven mean? ”

I stroked my forehead, although the Qin Dynasty already had a ninety-nine multiplication table, but it didn't understand enough division, and there was no concept of decimals.

"Sixteen and seven is a number and cannot be taken apart...... Forget it, I won't explain it to you, I'm going to write a book of elementary school math to teach you. "I'm so angry, I have a sense of suffocation in teaching kindergarten children addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

"Now listen to me, weigh one catty of saltpeter (sixteen taels), two taels of stone flowing yellow, and three taels of charcoal, mix them together according to this ratio, stir them well with wooden sticks, and then put them in jars and compact, I look at the size of the jar, it should be just full."

Gong Chuan understood this, and hurriedly asked those craftsmen to start weighing.

"Wait." After telling them all at once: "After everything is loaded, take apart the hemp rope, stick a little oil, and sprinkle one of the jars mixed with gunpowder evenly on it, make sure that all the ropes are stained with gunpowder, and then roll the strings together." Tap when rolling, don't twist too hard, just don't spread out. ”

"Just let them get in, and the others will hide from me...... Go for a distraction. I was afraid that they would blow up, so I took the rest of the people back to fifty paces away, and did not forget to explain: "The action of stirring, pressing, and twisting must be light, be careful, after the jar is full, take one and put it in the mountain nest, insert one end of the hemp rope into the jar, seal it tightly with mud, and lead the other end to the mountain." ”

I led the people back to the top of the hill and watched the crowd busy.

After a short time, the mixed gunpowder had been packed into the jar and compacted, and the two men left one of the jars in place, and the other jar was carried into the ravine, and then the finished hemp rope was inserted into the jar, sealed with mud, and pulled the fuse up the mountain.

Gong Yi arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, it's done, what's next?" ”

I waved my hand, and Meng He immediately asked people to put three mats on the slope, and I sat down and stretched my body: "Sit down and wait, just wait for the mud to dry." ”

The two of them thanked each other and sat down together.

"Li Xiang, it's going to be a big court meeting in a few days, and judging from the reports from all over the country, there are a lot of problems." I glanced at Lees.

Li Si nodded: "Back to Your Majesty, compared with previous years, there are indeed a lot of new problems, but it is harmless, Your Majesty's current national policy is basically equivalent to a change, and some turmoil is understandable." ”

I reclined on the cushion, the autumn sun was just right, neither hot nor cold, Xianyang was in the basin, less windy, I couldn't help but sigh: "It's so comfortable, if there are a few more beauties hugging left and right, it's like a fairy-like life." ”

Li Si and Gong Jin glanced at each other and smiled awkwardly.

"Your Majesty, two days ago, Zongzheng went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to marry the eldest princess." Li Si breathed a sigh of relief and arched his hand.

I said lazily: "I went to Zongzheng for this matter, and now I have made those sisters and sisters the eldest princess, and I will not marry outside, and people will say that my brother is unkind." Is there a suitable candidate? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Zong Zheng selected some men of the right age, all of whom were children of the family and had good conduct. Zongzheng means to gather these people together, give their background information to the eldest princesses, let them choose, and then give marriage by His Majesty. ”

I nodded, "That's very good." By the way, is Li Jie still unmarried? ”

Li Si was stunned for a moment, and arched his hand: "Not yet." ”

"He's going to be twenty-three this year, right?" I straightened up and asked curiously, "Speaking of which, I have always had a question, don't ordinary people marry wives and have children at the age of fifteen or sixteen?" Why are many twenty-three and four-year-old eunuchs in the court, even such as Zhang Han's twenty-seven or eighteen, unmarried, why is this? ”

Li Si said carefully: "When the emperor was alive, he attached more importance to the five elements and luck, so most officials did not allow their children to marry too early, unless they were already over twenty-five years old, and they really couldn't wait." ”

“？？？ What does this have to do with the importance that the emperor attached to the five elements of luck? "I'm a little confused.

Li Si smiled embarrassedly: "They are afraid that the marriage match will take away the luck of heaven and earth, and the luck of heaven and earth is so much, and the courtiers will share a little, and the emperor will get a little less......"

I had a question mark on my face, and this kind of operation: "Who said that?" Isn't that nonsense? The population of Great Qin is already small, and this kind of rumor is still spreading, doesn't this affect the development of Great Qin? ”

"It was Xu Fu who came up with this statement first." Li Si responded: "But the emperor obviously didn't believe it either, so he didn't implement this ridiculous proposal." It's just that in order to flatter the emperor, some people postponed the marriage of their children as much as possible, and after a long time, this kind of atmosphere was formed. ”

The root of my angry teeth itched: "It's Xu Fu again, this bastard, doesn't he know the immortals?" When I find him, I will throw him into the sea and see if his gods will come to save him! ”

I glanced at Li Si and suddenly smiled: "Is Li Jie on the shortlist?" ”

Li Si arched his hand and said: "Yes, originally the minister wanted him to wait a little longer, but Zongzheng persuaded the minister to support His Majesty, so he added the dog to it." ”

I nodded: "You go back and ask Li Jie, if he is willing, I will go to find Ying Tao, and if Ying Tao is also willing, I will marry Ying Tao to him." ”

Li Si was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart: "Ying Tao is the emperor's eldest daughter, and that is His Majesty's brother-in-law." It is impossible to become His Majesty's imperial son-in-law, after all, His Majesty is only eighteen years old, and I don't know when I will have a daughter! ’

There was a surprised expression on his face: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the dog is not worthy of Princess Anyi." ”

I smiled and said: "The love between men and women is self-pleasing to each other, and it is not up to us to decide whether they are worthy or not." You tell Zongzheng that the choice of husband will be set after the Great Dynasty Meeting. When the time comes, let Li Jie go with me, and I will arrange for him and Ying Tao to meet alone. ”

Li Si hurriedly got up and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"Alright, sit down." I pressed my hand: "Ying Tao is my eldest sister, she took care of me a lot when she was a child, and now she is taking the younger princesses in the harem with her, saving me a lot of worries, I hope she can have a good home." ”

Lees bowed down again and thanked him and sat down.

"Your Majesty has already passed the crown, and it will be crowned in another year, and it is time to consider the matter of taking a concubine."

I was big for a while: "Lao Zongzheng told you that, right?" ”

Looking at Li Si's smiling expression, I understood, and waved my hand to avoid this topic: "I'll talk about it later." Meng He, go prepare some food, let's eat here. ”

Now that my power is not stable enough, I am afraid that some more intricate political marriages will really be too big for one or two.

A few people didn't say anything more, and when they finished eating, the sealing mud was almost dry. A picnic here overlooking the golden autumn Xianyang City is an interesting thing.