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Chapter 611 Ding

When Li Chengqi arrived in Lingzhou, it was already the middle of March, and he could see part of the tripod.

But only a small part can be seen.

This time the production of Jiuding, Wang Hua is similar to the production method of the assembly line.If the normal process is followed, the inner tube of the tripod is cast first, then the outer tube of the tripod is made, then the white marble is made, and then the mahogany base is made.

This is more secure, but the time will be extended several times.

Wang Hua did not do this. It is necessary to practice skills in the last year.Not all of his skills are unique, but with more than 1000 years of experience, his understanding of craftsmanship is far ahead of the current craftsmen.But thanks to his dissemination of craftsmanship over the past few years, many craftsmen have laid a good foundation.Otherwise this time will be longer.

Then divide the tripod into several parts and make it at the same time.

But doing so has great risks. Wang Hua is a special case. He is a master craftsman and an expert. This tripod was conceived by him for several years and he is very familiar with it.For the second person, there must be serious mistakes, leading to failure.

When Li Chengqi arrived, Ding's inner tube already had an approximate appearance.

He stood below, raised his head, looked at the huge tripod body, and sighed: "It's so tall."

At first, Wang Hua didn't care about it, and asked, "Your Highness, are you satisfied?"

According to legend, when Dayu made the tripod of Kyushu, he gathered all the bronze in the world, which was extremely huge.But this is just a folk saying. At the height of Li Chengqi, he would not believe it. If the tripod was so big, King Zhuang of Chu would not intentionally ask about the size of the tripod. Before Cao Chong invented the elephant, if the elephant in the legend It weighs tens of thousands of catties and hundreds of thousands of catties, and there is no way to weigh it.

Whether there is a bigger tripod, Wang Hua is not sure, at least the body of this tripod is something that Li Chengqi has never seen before.

"I am very satisfied, but when I see this tripod, I always think of the poem you wrote, what is it called, and I am afraid that Qionglou Yuyu, the heights are too cold. It is so high and so cold."

This time Wang Hua heard that there was something in his words.

But he only kept a small half and kept more than half, and Wang Hua couldn't figure out what he was trying to express.Could it be that he was afraid of being overwhelmed by the cold, so he gave up the crown prince position to Li Longji.Even so, he wouldn't tell himself.Could it be to persuade myself, but I have no ambitions, at least right now.

Li Chengqi changed the subject, and said: "When I came here, I heard a lot of strange things. I heard that Jishi Mountain has a mountain that is too high to be climbed, and the snow on it never melts all the year round. So this snow was used by Mr. Wang, and there was no Tubo. Xinuoluo has tens of thousands of troops. I saw this tripod again today, and I couldn't help thinking about it and the sentence you wrote. It's better to be at the foot of the mountain, where wild flowers spread fragrance everywhere, trees are full of shade, geese and birds Xiangji."

After finishing speaking, he put his hands behind his back and stopped talking, just observing the nine copper tripod bodies that were being cast.

Wang Hua already understood what he wanted to express.

But he disagreed very much in his heart. He had done many things that made the court angry, and he could advance but not retreat.This is not like Li Chengqi, he has been giving in to his third son, so he has to keep him for life instead.Besides, he is the prince, one step back is still the prince, ten steps back is still the prince.But if I listen to him and be a dutiful courtier, an ordinary courtier, and disappear from the crowd, then in this court where people cannibalize me, I will soon be swallowed up to the point where there are no bones left. .

Although it is ambiguous to say that there is Su taste, Lou Shide's people spit out their faces but can't wipe them.If you really think that's the case, try spit in his face, and you won't know how to die in the end.These human rights schemes have reached the level of great success.It seems that there is no dispute, but in fact it is so contested that no one can see it.Just like a good fighter who has no great achievements in battle, he doesn't need soldiers to sacrifice and work hard, and he has already used means to disintegrate the disaster into unburned.Otherwise, they can climb to the position of prime minister?Looking at myself again, it seems vigorous, but what is the highest position, Minister!

What's more, if forbearance is not released, it is also a manifestation of the lack of strength. Do you need forbearance now?Or for Li Longji and Li Chengqi's brothers and sisters spreading the fragrance of wild flowers everywhere, regardless of Li Gu'er and Li Hong?
But this son of the family is very loyal, a genuine loyal elder, since entering Lingzhou, he has always called himself "me" in front of the king's picture and in front of Zhu Dian, and he has never said anything alone.Judging from his facial expression, it is also from the heart.Therefore, Wang Xing didn't want to argue with this person.

So he smiled, said nothing, and continued to lead him along the way to visit.

The pieces of cloisonné copper in the front are very cumbersome work. All the patterns and characters are not painted or written with a brush dipped in glaze paint, but copper wires are hammered one by one and then sintered repeatedly. , Not to mention sintering, it is the bonding of the copper wires that takes countless man-hours.Moreover, the surface area of ​​these nine tripods is huge.

Nothing can be seen now, only piles of copper wires hanging on pieces of copper.

But when he came, Li Chengqi did some research and found out that this was a key step in firing a new type of bronze ware, so he watched it attentively for a while.Turned to the following workshop.

The workshop below covers a larger area, with more than 20 pieces of white marble.In the workshop, it looks spectacular.

Among them, there are countless stonemasons lying on the white marble of 16 yuan, and they are working.The sides are not moved, they are reserved for inlaying gold and wrapping silk tapestry.What moves is the front, and the painting is to dig out a rectangular flat pit and fill it with fired porcelain paintings and carved jade paintings.The characters are directly engraved, and the largest amount of labor is the topographic map, which cannot have the slightest error. Don't look at the chisel lightly, and the Yangtze River will reach the north of Wudang Mountain if it is not done properly.Or with a little force, the Turfan Basin becomes the Philippine Trench.

It has only been carved for a small half now, but Li Chengqi can imagine the finished sculpture from this half, and sighed again.

It really is the tripod of Kyushu, just this stone foundation can be regarded as a national treasure.

This time, the sigh has nothing to do with "the heights are too cold", it is pure admiration.

Then I went to the next workshop, where I started wood carving, but only the upper part was carved, and the lower part was the next workshop, because it was gold and silverware, and there were many priceless jewels, so the security was stricter.These gold and silver wares are not a whole, they are struck separately, and finally assembled and inlaid at once.So it seems very trivial, in addition to pine cranes and turtles, there are also some legendary mascot animals or plants.

In addition to these real objects, there are also various patterns, such as wave pattern, cloud pattern, branch pattern, banana leaf pattern, curly grass pattern, wishful pattern, lotus petal pattern, etc., and each pattern has many kinds, Li Chengqi turned At once, he saw fifteen kinds of lotus petal patterns alone.Some lines are rough and unrestrained, some are complex and soft, some are delicate and vivid, and some are small and cute.

But what it will look like in the end, Li Chengqi can't imagine with this pile of "parts".

Then came to the front of the white marble gold and silver wares below. After all, the front is still dominated by animals, plants and decorations.The latter is more graphic, with Taoist and Buddhist legends standing out from the exquisite patterns of gold and silverware craftsmen.

Let Li Chengqi linger again.

But then he pointed suspiciously at the strange things on the pile of gold and silverware below, asking questions one by one.

It was normal for Wang Hua, ranging from airplanes and rockets to mobile phones and DVs. Wang Hua also explained them one by one. Li Chengqi was inconceivable. He asked suspiciously, "Will those things really be made in the future?"

"Yes, but you and I must not be able to see it, but we can see some other things," Wang Hua turned around, found the steam engine, and said, "For example, it will set off an industrial revolution. , There is no difference in learning, any knowledge, even craftsmen, should be respected by us."

Li Chengqi didn't say a word. This issue will be very controversial, especially for craftsmen, whose status in the Tang Dynasty was very low, only slightly better than prostitutes.With his prudence, even if he understands this truth, he will not express his position.

Turning it down again, this is a jade carving, which is very huge as the entire tripod base, but it is divided into 81 pictures, which are not very large, and each picture is less than one meter long. Porcelain pictures are also not easy to fire.

But this expresses the essence of all the calligraphy and painting skills of the Tang Dynasty now, so there cannot be any negligence.Especially for jade carving, it is difficult to find a piece of jade that is similar to the texture of the jade in a certain picture from among the many jade materials. material out.

Therefore, every time the workers cut down, they thought for a long time before doing it.

Still can't see it.So Li Chengqi turned to the bottom, which is the silk tapestry part.

The silk material is yellow low, and the characters are black lines. Originally, Wang Hua wanted to use yellow on a red background, which would look more dignified, but the handwriting would not look very conspicuous.So I gave up this idea, and finally chose the black line on the yellow background.There are not only characters, but also colorful paintings. This is Wang Hua's own work, with a strong sense of three-dimensionality, which made Li Chengqi stare at it again for a long time.I didn’t read the works of those philosophers, but looked at the formulas and illustrations, and even the mechanics formulas of projectiles on them. The illustrations are expressed by artillery shells and bows and arrows.Of course, there are also reasons such as earthquakes and solar eclipses.

After seeing it, Li Chengqi was sweating profusely.

It was a complete conquest of his knowledge.

It took him a long time to say, "It's going to be controversial."

"I know, but why artillery can be made is precisely because of these formulas. If you can understand these formulas thoroughly, you will not only be artillery, but also more powerful weapons. I still remember that I carved a monument in front of Dongshoujiang City, saying It only takes two hours to travel from Lingzhou to Oceania. This is the plane I drew, but it is not the fastest. And to build these things is all in these formulas."

Li Chengqi's eyes lit up when he heard that.

Wang Hua laughed in his heart. The formula is dead, but it will serve as a guide for future generations, and it will also save future generations from many detours.But after reading the formula, can an airplane be manufactured?The original artillery does not want to be built!
Otherwise, there will be more disputes.

I believe that once Li Chengqi returns, he will immediately convey this information to Li Dan.

But Li Chengqi was not so easy to fool, he immediately asked: "How do you know?"

"Didn't I say it before, I didn't have a teacher to teach me, I like to grind it out." Seeing that Li Chengqi didn't believe it, he said again: "If you don't believe it, just think of me as Cangjie who created characters. Self-taught without a teacher, born with this ability.”

Li Chengqi rolled his eyes, ignored him, and said he was Pangu Huangdi instead of Cangjie.

Go here, half a day has passed.Li Chengqi did not go on to the porcelain kiln in the distance.

Go back with Wang Hua.

This time I came here for two tasks, the public one was to see the production of the tripod vessel, and the private one was to visit my sister.

Long before Li Chengqi arrived in Lingzhou, Li Chiying gave birth to a child, but it was only a daughter.Li Chiying was also very disappointed. In the capital, Li Dan was also disappointed.I found this disobedient son-in-law by myself, and there are many women around me.No matter how weird Li Hong and Mu Zili are, no matter how good Li Xuejun is, they are not worrying.But there are two other women, Wang Han of the Taiyuan Wang family, who is the daughter of the real Taiyuan Wang family, and is much closer than the princess next to Li Longji.Li Gu'er is also a genuine princess.These two women will be her daughter's confidants in the future.

They all gave birth to sons, which is more competitive than Li Chiying.

Therefore, Li Chengqi was asked to come and seal Li Chiying's daughter as Helan princess, and there were [-] households under Helan Mountain who were actually sealed.

This is the capital to strengthen Li Chiying's competition.However, it is also to further win over Wang Hua. Wang Hua refused to confer titles and awards from the imperial court, and now he still has the title of champion of Wu Zetian.Therefore, it is not good to reward Wang Hua, but to reward his niece to express his kindness.

At the same time, many treasures and jade were also given as gifts.

Li Chengqi talked with Li Chiying for a while. Although they were not born to the same mother, Li Chengqi had a gentle personality and was the eldest son at home, so Li Chiying did not look down on him.Besides, he and Concubine Wang Xian came to Lingzhou to officiate the wedding ceremony for her and Wang Hua.

At this time, Muzili pulled Wang Hua outside and said in a low voice, "Erlang, I want to tell you something."

Just like a child who has done something wrong, it is difficult to have such an expression on her body. Wang Hua became interested and said, "What's the matter?"

"I, I," Muzi Lilian said several times, and finally said: "I really want to have a son."

"Don't envy Li Chiying, even if she gives birth to a boy, she will also be rewarded. But do I care?" Wang Hua comforted.But he vaguely felt that this was not what Mu Zili wanted to talk to him about, so he finally changed his mind.

Others are better, but Muzili knows how strong his heart is.So he raised his head and looked at Mu Zili suspiciously.

PS: I am extremely uncomfortable. Originally, this chapter may have more than 6000 words, so I can only code this little.

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