Chapter 267: Wedding (V)
Everyone was puzzled, looking at each other, and then looking at the palace maids who seemed to be starting to assemble.
The strange part on the top of each stick resembled the mortise and tenon joints that these people were used to seeing, but there were some differences.
Because there were small holes in the mortise and tenon joints between some of the wooden sticks, it felt like a very small wooden stick was going to be inserted into them, and there were indeed small wooden sticks in a small box next to the palace servants on one side.
And some officials noticed that when a small wooden stick was inserted into the joint, the sticks could actually move after being connected.
Everyone was surprised when they saw it.
As the palace servants assembled them skillfully, it only took a short while for the benches to appear in front of the ministers and envoys from other countries.
And the chair seat is made of a piece of wood folded in half. Just unfold it gently and place it on the bench. That's it!
Everyone looked at it with a frown on their face. Although the splicing method was somewhat novel, especially the joints, it was just an ordinary bench.
So that was the only thing that surprised me.
However, these few random palace servants quickly made a nice-looking stool, which was quite good.
It is very light and portable. If you go out for fun, you can take it with you without having to carry those bulky stools.
But at this time.
One of the palace servants made a mistake in his haste, and as if he had made a mistake, he gently pushed the small wooden stick used to fix the stool, and then pushed it out. He pushed it a few more times, and the stool that had just been fixed was taken down, and then it was quickly reinstalled.
"It's not a dead thing?" an official asked in surprise.
The so-called dead objects are those that are fixed and dead, such as the tables, chairs and benches that we see in our daily lives.
When the official finished speaking, a palace servant immediately answered, "No, the Queen Mother said that it would be too much trouble to carry stools and tables here, so she sent the blueprints over half a month ago and invented this portable table and chair."
Hearing this, the official was surprised for a moment, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help but look at the table.
Portable??
Everyone was wondering what this word was.
Then I immediately saw that the structure of the table seemed to be the same as the chair, so someone asked, "Sir, is it the same for the table?"
The eunuch nodded: "Yes, it is also assembled like this chair."
Just as the eunuch finished speaking, an official stepped forward to try it out. The eunuch immediately said, "Sir, please wait a moment. The assembly is not complete yet."
Hearing this, everyone was surprised again.
Then
Everyone saw the assembled palace servants taking the armrests and backrests and placing them on the stools as they had just assembled them.
This time.
It became completely different from the stools they usually saw.
The palace maids spread the cloth on the stool and then brought cushions.
Some people stepped forward to try it out and found that the chair was not only extremely sturdy, but also much more comfortable to sit on than the usual benches.
but
At this moment, the officials who were originally a little surprised at the assembly process of the bench discovered that a shed had been built around them at some point.
And the shed is even already finished.
Looking closely, they discovered that this shed, which was large enough to accommodate so many of them, was actually made of small wooden sticks like the ones used to assemble the chairs, and connected by thick cloth.
This time, thanks to the heater next to me, I felt much warmer.
But this speed
Everyone looked around and found it very novel. After all, how could such a huge shed be built so easily? It just took a lot of wood.
But just now I saw that the palace people who were building the shed were able to easily build such a huge shed by splicing some ordinary, slightly thicker wooden sticks together, and it took such a short time.
This made everyone look shocked and curious.
Some people even stepped forward to see how this worked.
Because of this thing.
It's a bit too convenient.
Just as everyone was wondering, the eunuchs in charge of the different areas began to speak to the civil and military officials in their respective areas.
"My lords, please take your seats. The backs and heights of the tables and chairs are all adjustable. The Queen instructed us to make this thing specially for you, saying that you should not feel uncomfortable when you come to the feast today."
Everyone heard this and was surprised again.
Adjust the height, back?
While everyone was puzzled, they looked curiously at the tables and chairs in front of them, and some asked the palace servants around them to show them.
Those palace servants naturally displayed them one by one.
After watching it, everyone sighed.
The joints between wooden sticks are fixed with mortise and tenon joints, which is very common and everyone knows it.
And folding in half is also common.
However, this interface is combined with a small wooden stick and another small object that no one can tell what it is, but it can be used flexibly, which is novel.
Some people were particularly surprised to find that the table top and chair seat can be folded piece by piece like a fan.
Folding is actually nothing.
There are many things in life, such as Maza.
But it is so delicate and portable, it is much more exquisite and simple than a stool, especially since it can be disassembled and restored at any time.
After a brief understanding, some officials were impressed and said that this is much easier to carry than those clumsy tables and chairs!
And everyone tried it and found it was very sturdy!
Especially this backrest, you no longer have to worry about back pain when sitting!
"What a great thing! When I go out to study in the future, I can just take a few wooden sticks and the necessary cloth to build a place to rest, right?" After studying the tent, Xun Kuang ran to the bench, sat down, and looked at Ji Shuying who was sitting next to him.
Although Ji Shuying is a professor at the Imperial College, she has also done some research on the subject of mechanical engineering. After reading it carefully, she immediately understood the principle behind it.
In fact, it means the combination of mortise and tenon structure and hinges. The design is ingenious and very exquisite.
"When I'm done, I'll ask the Queen Mother for one for you and you can study it. There's nothing to say about my relationship with the Queen Mother!" Xun Kuang knew that Ji Shuying liked this, so he spoke up.
Ji Shuying smiled slightly and nodded.
Then he lowered his head and continued to study, because this thing can be used in many aspects of life.
The entire shed was fully built and there was a stove. Soon everyone was warm, and there was wine and music at the wedding banquet.
The dancers in the palace also started dancing at this time.
This moment
The atmosphere has brightened up!
However, the ministers were still amazed at these extremely portable little gadgets.
Li Jiulang, Cao Shen and Li Chunfang actually knew about this thing a long time ago.
So it’s not like other people.
However, what needs to be said still needs to be said.
Cao Shen was sitting on the chair. After trying it out and adjusting it slightly, he immediately looked at Dugu Ruyuan beside him and said proudly, "Dugu, let me tell you, this was invented by the queen specifically for the sake of thriftiness."
Dali Temple Minister Dugu Ruyuan was sitting on the bench and felt quite comfortable, especially when he saw the huge tent being built so quickly. It was a bit novel. But when he heard Cao Shen's words, he couldn't help but look at Cao Shen.
Not only Dugu Ruyuan wished so, but other civil servants around him also looked at Cao Shen.
Cao Shen immediately said: "Just by inventing these few things, we can save more than 60,000 taels of silver."
As soon as these words were spoken, Wei Xuancheng, Yan Ci and others on the side looked at Cao Shen.
Sixty thousand taels of silver!
That’s a lot of numbers!
Cao Shen's favorite thing on weekdays was storybooks, especially "A Dream of Red Mansions", which made him admire Su Chang'an completely. Another "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" made him even more in awe of Su Chang'an.
Now that I have started talking, I naturally intend to talk about this matter in detail.
The Minister of Rites said, "Originally, we were planning to renovate the Flower Building, which had not been used for many years, and use it for the wedding banquet for His Majesty and His Majesty. We also calculated the cost, which was about 67,000 taels of silver. But when His Majesty saw it, she was not happy! Can you guess why?"
At this point, Cao Shen's face turned mysterious.
When everyone saw Cao Shen like this, they felt helpless, but they also knew that this Lord Cao was not one to say much.
Cao Shen did not hesitate and said directly: "The Queen said that getting married already costs a lot, and why do we need to build a building that is only used a few times a year? It will cost more than 67,000 taels. Later, the Queen said to give it to her."
"So, the queen invented these things overnight, and the total cost was less than 7,000 taels of silver. When Lord Li, Lord Li and I saw the blueprint, the queen was not feeling well that day. As you all know, there were rumors in the market that the queen had a sore waist a few days ago. When we saw it that day, it was indeed the case."
"But, do you know why Her Majesty took so much trouble to make this thing, even at the cost of her own health? For the people!! Her Majesty said that there was too much snow this year. Although it is said that snow means a good harvest, the more snow, the better the crops will grow next year, but if it snows too much, many people will suffer from the cold, and they may even suffer from disasters. It is much better to keep the more than 60,000 yuan in the national treasury for use at any time, rather than spending it on such extravagant things."
"Everyone, listen! This is what our queen said, and His Majesty also agreed to it. Let me tell you, the queen's original intention was simpler than this, and it would save more money. But with so many foreign countries around, how can it be too simple? Otherwise, we can save more money!"
At this point, Cao Shen frowned.
Just now Cao Shen described it vividly, and when the people around heard it, they looked at each other, and then there was an inexplicable wave of emotion in their hearts.
These portable tables and chairs are convenient.
But everyone was actually just wondering how such a thing came about, and it turns out that the Empress invented it to save money!
and
In order to invent this thing, he even injured his body.
Many people knew that the Empress had a bad back and believed that it was due to her illness.
It turned out that this thing was invented overnight and it hurt himself.
The main reason is for the people! To save the money and use it to support the people through the winter!
Everyone was moved and turned to look at the Queen Su Changan who was sitting there, and was filled with admiration.
It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
When it comes to a wedding, which woman in the world wouldn't want to hold it in a grand and splendid manner, let alone the Queen Mother of Daxia.
result
The queen cares about the people and is even willing to save money herself.
Cao Shen wanted to keep silent, but the atmosphere was so emotional that he could not help but say: "Everyone, you don't know that Li Chunfang and I have bothered the Queen many times about the wedding. Once, we saw the Queen doing housework, sewing a small purse. I couldn't help asking her, and she said that it would be fine if I just sewed it, why buy a new one, it's a waste of money. Don't ordinary people sew and mend things like this?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at Li Chunfang.
Li Chunfang nodded: "That's right."
Everyone was surprised again, and looked at the Queen with shock.
What is that person's identity!
Let’s not talk about her identity as the Queen for now.
Even as the eldest daughter of the Su family, she had enough to live a life of luxury, not to mention a purse. Even getting a purse with gold thread would be easy for her.
What’s more, she is the Empress.
The result is still so frugal
When people heard these words, they thought of what Su Changan had done, as well as his benevolent, generous and extremely kind character.
Everyone has mixed feelings in their hearts.
fortunate.
I am so lucky in summer!!
Wei Xuanben was a righteous man. After returning to the capital, he heard many things about Su Changan, especially how the people on the street loved the queen, which he saw and heard with his own eyes.
In addition, he had also heard about the poem that Su Changan had written before, in which he was concerned about the people because of the heavy snow.
therefore
When I heard this
Wei Xuancheng immediately stood up and looked at Su Changan, bowing deeply with his hands clasped.
How can Daxia not be prosperous with such a queen? !
Seeing Wei Xuan like this, the others naturally stopped wasting time and bowed to Su Changan one after another.
When other people who didn't know the truth saw this, they were all surprised and couldn't understand why these people were bowing.
But I asked a little bit.
At this moment, everyone looked shocked.
And this spread quickly from one person to ten people and from ten to a hundred people.
In a flash, all the civil and military officials knew what Cao Shen said, the reason for the invention of these portable tables and chairs, and how frugal Su Chang'an was.
While sighing, they bowed to Su Changan like Wei Xuancheng and others just did.
And those foreign people also became confused.
But after learning a little more about it, they immediately looked in shock at the Queen of Daxia, who in their eyes was so beautiful that it was beyond description.
After hearing this, the King of the Southern Courtyard looked at the dancing girls greedily and shook his head, thinking that people of Daxia like to be like this. It's useless to have money but not spend it.
Thinking of this, he took an orange and ate it in one bite, then looked at the dishes that were brought in through the ventilation left by the curtain.
I was thinking to myself that the food was finally served!
but
The next moment, the King of the Southern Court noticed that some foreign nations had taken out their gifts, and were obviously ready to present gifts, so he looked at the people around him and said, "Go and bring the things."
When the man heard it, he was about to say something, but after nodding, he turned and left.
And being suddenly saluted by so many people
Su Changan was a little surprised, but after thinking for a moment, he asked in a low voice: "Do I have to be worshipped even if I eat an orange?"
After saying that, Su Changan looked at Xia Fengxiang: "My lipstick is smudged?"
Xia Fengxiang rolled his eyes at Su Changan and was also puzzled by everyone's actions.
At this time, Sun Shanggong came to Su Changan and gave a brief explanation.
Hearing this
Su Changan curled his lips, not knowing what to say.
While it’s true that he wanted to save money, he also thought about preventing disasters.
But the main thing is to think about spending so much money to build a building for a wedding and just have a meal. It’s crazy, right?
So Su Changan worked overnight to get out those portable foldable things from his previous life. After all, there were already foldable things in this world, so it was very simple to make them. It was nothing to just slightly change the hinges.
But the purse thing
The reason why Su Changan used it was because the purse was a gift from the empress, and the empress's craftsmanship was terrible, so Su Changan patched it up and continued to use it. What else could he do? He couldn't throw it away.
Thinking of this, Su Changan picked up the orange and took a bite.
But I ate it very carefully because I was afraid of smudging my lipstick.
The main reason is that we eat too lavishly, which makes the foreign people look bad.
It's a loss of national dignity!
Xia Fengxiang looked at Su Changan eating so politely, smiled, and then helped Su Changan peel another orange.
Xia Fengxiang naturally knew the truth of the matter, and she had also heard Su Changan tell her about these things.
She naturally didn't care and left everything to Su Changan.
I just didn't expect that Cao Shen would make this matter sound so outrageous.
but.
It's outrageous, it's good for her that her 'wife' is loved by so many people!!
Besides, she knew what kind of person Su Changan was, so it wasn't that outrageous.
But at this time.
The cat, who had just been strolling around the Eighth Prince, now returned to Su Changan and whispered, "The Eighth Prince is indeed poisoned."
Hearing this, Su Changan was stunned for a moment and immediately looked at Maomao.
Xia Fengxiang, who heard this, also looked at Maomao.
The two looked confused.
Maomao immediately said, "He's not poisoned now. It smells like it's been a while. It's the poison of the blood-blight grass, a chronic poison. But he must have been drinking it for a long time, and his body is very weak."
While speaking, Maomao glanced at the Eighth Prince.
Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang naturally looked at the Eighth Prince. After looking at each other, they looked at Maomao with surprise.
Maomao continued, "Because of the medicinal properties of blood-blight grass, ordinary doctors can't see any symptoms. Only those who really understand it can see it. Many doctors would think that he is just suffering from overwork and weakness, but I can't be wrong. I think it should be mixed into tea or something like that, and the amount used is very small. But if you drink too much, then it will be too much. However, blood-blight grass will not kill people without a few years of accumulation, but it will make people so weak that they can only lie in bed and wait to die."
"Hmm~~ How should I put it? It's a good method, but if someone around him hadn't poisoned it, it wouldn't have turned out like this."
After hearing what Maomao said, Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang looked at the Eighth Prince again.
The Eighth Prince was drinking. He was not very interested in the things happening around him regarding Su Changan.
What a bullshit invention. What does it have to do with me?
Why are you pretending to love the people?
But the Eighth Prince doesn't care about these.
Because his heart is beating very fast now and he is very uneasy!
Especially when he saw the empress looking at him like that just now, it reminded him inexplicably of that time when his fourth brother looked like this too!
Then he was dragged to the execution ground and almost beheaded!
That look is exactly the same as Fourth Brother's back then!!
This made the Eighth Prince very uneasy, and he was even thinking about whether he should escape immediately after the wedding banquet!
However, while thinking this, the Eighth Prince coughed twice.
But in the past month or two, he has become accustomed to this kind of cough. When he saw a doctor, the doctor just said that he was overworked and it was nothing serious, so he didn't take it seriously.
But suddenly.
The Eighth Prince raised his eyes and looked towards where the Empress and the Queen were.
But when he looked over, he saw Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang looking at him.
When the Eighth Prince looked at Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang, their expressions changed immediately.
Among them, Xia Fengxiang picked up the wine glass on the table and gestured.
The Eighth Prince was a little surprised, but he still picked up the wine glass with both hands, returned the gift, and drank it all in one gulp.
And seeing that Su Changan and the other two were no longer looking at him.
The Eighth Prince frowned and began to wonder why these two people were looking at him!
Want to harm me?
On such a happy day, could this young couple be thinking of killing someone?
wrong!
This young couple really has potential!
Damn it, that’s why I shouldn’t have come!!
But thinking carefully, if he didn't come, his son would have to come. If that bastard came, who knows what kind of trouble he might cause.
Well, if not, we will leave the capital the day after tomorrow!
Just when the Eighth Prince was thinking this.
Eunuchs and palace maids came in one after another, carrying dishes.
Some of them even came in with several braziers containing whole roasted lambs and started cutting the meat on the spot.
This made some foreign people happy.
There were also other delicious dishes, many of which were specially arranged by Su Changan for those foreign countries. When the people of those countries saw them, they were naturally surprised.
And it was at this time.
I saw a man dressed in Western clothes holding a big box in his hands. He walked to the middle and saluted towards Xia Fengxiang and Su Changan.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, Your Majesty, let me first express my utmost respect to you two."
When he said this, the envoy bowed deeply to Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang.
As soon as the envoy stood up, the dancers stopped dancing and walked to the side, and even the music stopped.
But before the envoy could speak, the Southern Court King Shulü'an came out rudely and said, "Shulü'an, the Southern Court King of the Northern Barbarian Court of Mobei, greets the Emperor and Empress of Daxia."
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Ps: I was busy with some things at home all afternoon, so the update is late, sorry
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