Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 197 I will take you for a ride, fairy couple
Bi Dengfu returned to the Military Academy, rummaged through boxes and cabinets, found Guo Shoujing's works, and devoted himself to researching the manufacturing process of pilling ball bearings.

At some point, Zhu Cijiong came to the room and said, "Teacher, what book are you reading?"

"Written by Guo Shoujing, a great scholar in the Yuan Dynasty, Your Majesty ordered the Military Academy and the Academy of Sciences to produce carriages. The first thing to solve is how to make ball bearings... Hey, why did you come here? You are the prince now, don't run around. !” said Bi Dengfu.

"I don't care about being a prince, it's boring!" Zhu Cijiong curled his lips, and sat next to Bi Dengfu with great interest, "Teacher, let me study with you. Listening to Huang Zongxi's "Book of Songs" in the East Palace today, I have a headache. It’s still comfortable to come to your place.”

Bi Dengfu smiled. He actually knew that Zhu Cijiong was only suitable for research and invention work, and his ambition was not in governing the country.

The two of them spent a few days researching, sleeping and eating, and went to Tang Ruowang to ask a lot of questions. Combined with Guo Shoujing's method, they finally made the ball bearing.

The difficulty in the manufacture of ball bearings lies in the production of steel balls.Small steel balls are not easy. If you want to mass-produce them, you must have a wire drawing machine, a punching machine, a grinding machine and a fixture.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty did not have these things at this time, so they could only be polished by hand, then carburized, quenched, and polished.

Simultaneously, the grinding of the grooves of the inner and outer rings of the ball embryo is also laborious.The pedal grinding wheel is used for processing, first pouring and then grinding, the inner side of the outer ring is ground, and the outer side of the inner ring is ground.

There is no shortcut, so I have to gear up and grind my hands to the death.Zhu Cijiong's hands were full of calluses, but he didn't care at all, instead he enjoyed it with great interest.

After Li Cunming heard about this, he sighed: "Zhu Cijiong's character is just like that of Emperor Tianqi. He is obsessed with being a craftsman! Hey, everyone has his own ambitions, and the people of the old Zhu family are so weird!"

Bi Dengfu and Zhu Cijiong successfully produced ball bearings, and after exploring the way, they taught the craftsmen and worked overtime to make them.

The ball bearing, the greatest difficulty, was gone, and the carriage was made much easier.Half a month later, the craftsmen in the military academy assembled five carriages.

After reading it, Li Cunming was very satisfied, and immediately started his money-making plan.

First, he summoned the ministers and said: "Spring is here, and the spring scenery and all things are recovering. Let's follow me to the suburbs for an outing tomorrow."

The courtiers were overjoyed, and heard the emperor say again: "I have a request. Tomorrow, I will take a carriage out of the city. You will take the most luxurious carriage at home. You can show off as much as you want, show off as much as you want, and I will never blame you." you."

"Isn't this going to create a trend of extravagance?" Gong Yonggu said.

"Yes, I will let you indulge in luxury tomorrow!" Li Cunming said.

After the courtiers dispersed, Li Cunming went to Kunning Palace.Empress Zhou saluted, her attitude was cold and indifferent, she embroidered with her head down, and said nothing.

"Empress, are you still angry and sad?" Li Cunming sat down and said, "As a father, I was indeed a bit cruel about Zhu Cihong; as an emperor, I was not wrong. But I am here as a husband at this time. You, seeing you depressed and unhappy, I feel very distressed."

"Tomorrow I will take you out of the city for an outing, so we can relax, okay?"

Empress Zhou shed tears and said, "The concubine doesn't want to go..."

"I invented a four-wheeled carriage, and it is very comfortable to sit on. It is not comparable to the previous two-wheeled carriages. I want to drive you personally and take you for a ride, okay? Remember when you first married into Prince Xin's mansion, you were so naive. Romance, how much happiness it has brought me! I want to relive the romance of the past, so my virtuous wife will give me a chance, okay?"

"Your Majesty..." Empress Zhou threw herself into Li Cunming's arms, crying bitterly.

……

At noon the next day, the people in the city rushed to the streets to watch the excitement when they heard that the emperor and a group of ministers were going out for an outing.

As ordered by the emperor, the streets were not under martial law.No soldiers came to interfere, the people were free, and it was crowded with people after a while.

At three quarters in the afternoon, the outing team set off from Hongwumen.Hundreds of brocade guards cleared the way in front, more than 3000 Beijing camp soldiers guarded behind, and in the middle were one after another luxurious and exquisite carriages.

After receiving the emperor's decree, the ministers naturally did not dare to neglect it.Their carriages were brand new, the carriages and wheels were cleaned and repainted, the curtains were made of fine cotton cloth and decorated with various embroidery patterns, and the carriages were hung with ribbons and lanterns.

The horses pulling the cart are tall and strong, and the coachman is also dressed in a luxurious manner.Some officials even brought a boy with red lips and white teeth, and a graceful maidservant, or they were holding a Yaoqin, or a teapot, or a food box, and sat on the shaft of the car.

The people looked at it, shouted, and applauded.

"Open your eyes, this is the atmosphere of prosperity!" Someone said enviously.

"It's grand, it's really grand. Officials are just different!"

"Who says it's not? An official's carriage is enough for us to buy a house!"

"Look, it's Mr. Gong Yonggu's carriage. It's too big and grand, and it's even equipped with railings!"

"Hey, Gong Yonggu is the commander of Jinyiwei. He often travels around on business. I heard that he often works in a carriage. His carriage is naturally spacious."

People kept commenting, and they couldn't say whose carriage was the most luxurious, they just felt that any one was beyond imagination, and they felt dizzying to see.

At this moment, the crowd suddenly burst into a tsunami-like exclamation.

It turned out that the emperor's Luanjia appeared, but it was a carriage that had never been seen before. Two horses swaggered and pulled the carriage. The body was carved with gold and jade, and it was more than twice as long as a normal carriage.

And this kind of car does not have a compartment, it is an open top.The seats are covered in leather and look very comfortable.The queen dressed up and sat in the back, smiling all over her face.

Although the emperor's Luanjia is long and big, and only the emperor drives it, it walks steadily, and the sound of the wheels is much quieter than that of officials' carriages.

"My God, how can there be such a car in the world? Look, it has four wheels!"

"Our Majesty is the most powerful. His car is extraordinary. After seeing His Majesty's carriage, I think the officials' cars are not worth mentioning!"

"That's right, not to mention other officials, even Mr. Gong Yonggu's car has become extremely shabby!"

"Look at the empress sitting in the car, she didn't see any shaking or bumping of her body. This kind of car is too stable!"

"Sure enough, poverty still limits my imagination!"

The eyes of the common people were straightened. Since the appearance of the emperor's Luanjia, the cheers and applause have not stopped.

Looking at the majesty and majesty of the emperor, and the empress's demeanor, many women were envious, and put their hands on their chests and said: "It's really a couple of gods and gods. I'm envious of the dead!"

I don't know who shouted: "I want to marry Your Majesty..."

A lot of screams were attracted at once, the girls threw out their handkerchiefs, and all kinds of colorful handkerchiefs were flying all over the sky, which was really beautiful.

Li Cunming laughed loudly: "I have a queen, you all go away...drive!"

(End of this chapter)