In the rice field, Liang Qiuyu was cutting rice absentmindedly.
All she could think about were the little details she had with the tyrant emperor. She was secretly annoyed that she was also a heartless person, forgetting Brother Hai completely in just a few days.
Last night, the tyrant didn't touch her... He said he would wait until she agreed, then...
As she thought about it, Liang Qiuyu blushed deeply, especially her earlobes.
"Ouch!" Liang Qiuyu was distracted and cut her little finger.
"What's wrong, Yu'er? Did you cut your finger? I told you not to go to the fields, but you didn't listen. Your current status is different from before. If you faint... His Majesty knows we made you work and will blame you..." Qiuyu's mother found leaves of a kind of stinking grass at the edge of the field, crushed them, and applied them to her daughter. These leaves can quickly stop bleeding.
"You go up and rest for a while. Go to Erhu, he's threshing grain under the shade of a tree."
Liang Erhu, afraid of the sun, chose to work threshing. His father carried the rice up in loads. He was being lazy today, perhaps because his family had been compensated with three large cows... and he was feeling proud.
"Sister Qiuyu, are you okay?"
"It's okay."
Liang Qiuyu saw the mountain of unthreshed rice he had piled up and smiled, "Erhu, how are you going to find a wife in the future if you're so lazy? Which girl would be willing to marry you?"
Liang Erhu's face turned red, and he started working hard again!
At this time, a man shouted towards the fields: "Everyone come quickly, everyone come quickly! Your Majesty, you have ordered the latest threshing machine to be made! It threshes the grain very quickly!"
Half an hour later, when Liang Qiuyu, Liang Erhu and others arrived at the scene, they were surrounded by a large crowd of people, making it impossible to get through.
I only heard someone say, "Ever since His Majesty was struck by lightning... In short, His Majesty has changed."
"Yes, not only will Pang Taishi be executed in the autumn, but he also just ordered Jia Shidao to give 100 taels of silver to each person who repaired the palace."
"The most amazing thing is this thresher. Not only is it three or four times faster than a threshing box, but it also leaves the rice completely intact, without a single grain being lost!"
Captain Li and a group of yamen runners were in charge of blocking the civilians from entering. One of the runners asked, "Captain, was the threshing machine really invented by Your Majesty?"
"Don't say too much...Greetings to Her Majesty Concubine Liang!"
"Captain Li...Captain Li, can you please let us in?"
"Empress Liang, please don't be so polite... please!!"
"Thank you!"
After entering, Liang Qiuyu saw Baili Tang holding a bowl of black kerosene and pouring it into the gear.
No one understood what Baili Tang meant by this.
Baili Tang explained: "Kerosene can be used as engine oil. Putting it into the gears can reduce the frictional resistance during operation. General Meng, please try again."
Many motor oils are 90% petroleum. Without oil, the threshing machine would be very difficult to operate.
Meng Fang stepped on it a few times and exclaimed in amazement, "It's amazing, Your Majesty! Compared to before, it's effortless!"
Baili Tang naturally saw Liang Qiuyu and asked, "My beloved, do you dare to give it a try?"
Liang Qiuyu was a little nervous: "I am a commoner..."
"I'll teach you! Take a bundle of rice, step on the board with one foot, and when the board rises, step on it again."
With Baili Tang's encouragement, Liang Qiuyu quickly calmed down. She tried it and instantly became as excited as a child: "Your Majesty, I... can do it too!!"
Liang Erhu also wanted to try it. He saw Sister Qiuyu just do it with a "whoosh", and in just a few seconds, all the rice grains fell off.
What a magical skill!
Baili Tang didn't care about who was trying, and told Meng Fang to tell everyone to be careful and avoid getting hurt. He then ordered his men to rush out another thirty or forty machines. If they were short on manpower, they could call in the elite soldiers to help.
Suddenly, Zhang Dongzheng took the lead and knelt down, shouting: "Long live our emperor!"
Immediately afterwards, the vast crowd of people also knelt down and shouted "Long live the king!"
Baili Tang shouted, "Last night, the Emperor appeared in my dream, saying there would be a violent storm soon, so I ordered everyone to hurry and harvest the rice. Grab as much as you can! I've had threshing machines made, and they'll be distributed to each village. Now disperse!"
He had no choice but to bring up the "Lord of Heaven." Just like when he used to write essays, he always liked to use "Shakespeare once said..." to appear cultured.
"Thank... Thank you, Your Majesty!" the people said in unison!
Baili Tang took Liang Qiuyu's hand and headed back to the palace. On the way, Liang Qiuyu hesitated to speak. Baili Tang knew what she wanted to say, so he said, "I will punish you tonight. Please have dinner with me first."
How dare you not trust me!
Should be punished!
It was summer, and darkness came late. An hour and a half passed before it finally began to darken. But then, the sky was a swath of purple-red, tinting the entire Xiyun County with a dazzling hue. From time to time, the mournful cries of birds could be heard.
Liang Qiuyu's eyes were full of worry.
She had seen this kind of vision dozens of times since she was a child. It was always such a spectacle before a storm.
She really misunderstood His Majesty!
Bai Litang sighed, "There's something strange happening in the sky. It looks like a typhoon is really coming." In the past, when sunsets like this appeared, he would not go to work the next day. He really is the "King of Prophecy", haha!
"Your Majesty, Qiuyu has a bold suggestion, but I'm not sure if I should say it or not."
"But it's okay."
"Your Majesty, please have the soldiers help harvest the rice overnight. You will be right next to the soldiers, and they will be able to protect you if you are in danger."
"Okay, then I will do as my beloved concubine says!"
"Your Majesty, you absolutely cannot..." Eunuch Yang appeared at some point, "Your Majesty is worth a million gold."
"My mind is made up, no need to talk anymore."
Zhang Dongzheng and other officials hesitated to speak. "If a storm really comes, if we don't rush now, the losses in two days will be incalculable." Therefore, we should just keep silent.
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