Chapter 172: No matter how careful we are, we still can’t stop this silly nephew from talking nonsense in front of His Majesty!
System: [Well, it should be the advanced waterwheel. This gentleman is the Minister of Works Zhou Ti Shou. But why didn’t Minister Zhou mention the kinetic crystal? Without it, the waterwheel can’t function. Could it be that it hasn’t been discovered yet...?]
Minister Zhou panicked when he heard this, racking his brains to recall: Kinetic crystal? Is it the kinetic crystal mentioned once in that booklet?
Ahhhhh... He just said in the booklet that farm tools need that kinetic crystal, but he really didn’t see it anywhere! !
Minister Zhou hurriedly fumbled in his arms, took out the two books he had prepared long ago, and quickly began to search!
Found it!
The last sentence on the last page of the booklet reads: If this farm tool is to work best, it needs to be used with a kinetic crystal. Install the kinetic crystal in the groove in the center of the farm tool.
Minister Zhou looked at the back of the booklet again, but it was gone. How could it be gone?
It didn't say what the kinetic crystal looked like, so where could I find it
? According to the delivery time of the points mall that Xiao Fuguan had purchased before, the product should reach the recipient within one hour after the order was placed. The kinetic crystal should have appeared together with the advanced waterwheel!
Did he miss some details?
Emperor Jin Yuan noticed Minister Zhou's panic and his face darkened. He immediately had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the next moment, the somewhat unconfident voice of Minister Zhou was heard: "Your Majesty, what I am holding in my hands are the two books stored on the farm tools, one is a production manual, and the other is a user manual."
"The production manual is extremely detailed. I and my colleagues in the Ministry of Works have studied it in detail. The Ministry of Works is capable of making this farm tool according to the production manual."
"It's just that I overlooked a detail..."
As he spoke, Minister Zhou raised one of the books in his hand, looked up at Emperor Jin Yuan with a guilty look, and then said: "I only paid attention to the amazing functions written in the manual, but overlooked the last sentence in the booklet..."
"To use this farm tool, you need a kinetic crystal, but I didn't find anything suspicious of a kinetic crystal in the collapsed area..."
After saying this, Minister Zhou immediately bowed his head, touched the ground with his head, and shouted, "I am incompetent! But please give me some time, I will dig deep to find the kinetic crystal!!"
After saying this, Minister Zhou raised the two books in his hand above his head. Seeing this, Eunuch Li walked over quickly and took the books away carefully, then walked back to the high platform and put the books on the dragon case.
Emperor Jin Yuan had a cold face and didn't say a word. The atmosphere in the hall was a little silent for a while.
At this time, the eunuch's voice came from outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, there is a man outside the palace gate asking for an audience. He claims to be Zhou Da, the nephew of Minister Zhou of the Ministry of Works. He said there is an urgent matter regarding the farm tools from last night, and he must report it to Your Majesty in person."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Jin Yuan turned to look at Minister Zhou, and the meaning in his eyes was very clear, why did your nephew come here at this time?
Minister Zhou was sweating profusely under the stare of Emperor Jin Yuan. He didn't know where this silly nephew got the courage to dare to enter the palace to meet the emperor!
Just when Minister Zhou wanted Emperor Jin Yuan to forgive his silly nephew for being ignorant, the system suddenly spoke.
[Hey, the kinetic crystal appeared! ]
As soon as this sentence came out, the atmosphere in the palace instantly warmed up a lot.
Minister Zhou breathed a sigh of relief. It was good to have news. He hoped that his sister would give him more information, such as where the kinetic crystal was and what it looked like!
Qin Yue: [Ah? Sister, how did you know?]
The system explained: [The eunuch who just passed the message mentioned Zhou Da, so I checked and found that Zhou Da brought the kinetic crystal to the palace to meet the emperor!]
Qin Yue: [Oh, this Zhou Da is really good! Not only was he the first to go down to the collapse and find the advanced waterwheel, but he also found the kinetic crystal that Minister Zhou didn't find! Now everything is gathered together, it seems that the matter of the waterwheel has finally been settled!]
Emperor Jin Yuan and all the court officials: What? ! That Zhou Da came with the kinetic crystal?
Emperor Jinyuan immediately signaled to Eunuch Li, who understood and shouted loudly to the outside of the palace: "Call Zhou Da into the palace!"
Soon, Zhou Da followed the eunuchs into the Golden Throne Hall and stood beside Minister Zhou.
Zhou Da first saluted Emperor Jinyuan respectfully and shouted loudly, with some subtle nervousness and excitement in his voice, "I, Zhou Da, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
"Stand up!" Emperor Jinyuan quickly replied, his eyes fixed on the object in Zhou Da's hand.
Zhou Da tilted his head and shouted to Minister Zhou again.
"Uncle!"
When Minister Zhou heard this title, his hair stood up. No matter how careful he was, he still couldn't prevent this silly nephew from talking nonsense in front of His Majesty! !
Minister Zhou was roaring in his heart at this moment. If it wasn’t in the court, he would have beaten up this stupid boy immediately! Helplessly, he could only scold in a low voice: "In the court, you can’t call me uncle, call me Minister Zhou! Quick! How many times have I told you!!"
"Okay, uncle!" Zhou Da replied expressionlessly.
Minister Zhou immediately screamed like a woodchuck in his heart: Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!
The officials around heard the conversation between the two and couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
Especially the second prince, his mouth corners were almost grinning to the roots of his ears, and a low "goose goose goose goose" weird laugh came out of his throat.
Qin Yue: [Uh... This second prince is no longer the prime minister of turtle, but has changed his career to be a big goose again? ? Are you planning to put together an animal world?...】
Upon hearing this, everyone in the palace tried their best to hold back the laughter that was about to burst out, but the expressions on their faces betrayed their true thoughts - their mouths pursed, half-smiled.
Even Zhou Da, who heard Qin Yue's thoughts for the first time, showed a faint smile in his eyes.
But when the second prince heard Qin Yue's words, he didn't look embarrassed at all. Instead, he stroked his chin thoughtfully, thinking to himself: Animal world... Could it be that the little official was praising him for his ability to adapt to circumstances? After all,
in nature, every animal must have its own unique strengths and a deep understanding of its own shortcomings if it wants to survive in the world. Only in this way can it make the best use of its strengths and avoid its weaknesses!
All this knowledge was carefully summarized by him from various travel notes. If not, how could he know so much? Hehehe!
The little official said that he could make up an animal world. Doesn’t that mean that he is extremely smart and good at adapting like those clever and flexible animals?
Thinking of this, the second prince couldn’t help but feel proud.
Emperor Jin Yuan looked at his son’s proud face, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He was sure that this kid would not think that the little official was teasing him, and might even think that he was complimenting him! !
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have such an expression! ! !
Emperor Jin Yuan suddenly felt a headache. How could he have given birth to such a weird son!
Seeing this silly son being laughed at by the court officials, but still laughing foolishly, Emperor Jin Yuan couldn’t help rolling his eyes and quickly shifted his gaze to the prince. Out of sight, out of mind!
Looking at the dignified and self-sustaining prince, Emperor Jin Yuan felt a little comforted. Fortunately, this son was still normal.
At this moment, the prince who was considered "normal" by Emperor Jin Yuan was thinking about something else.