The slap in the face came quickly!
Chao Maner, who didn't believe it, tried it immediately!
Baili Qinru looked even more excited than her: "How is it?"
"It's so warm! Warmer than a silk quilt! It's the smell of duck shit..." Chao Man'er said in surprise!
Ye Chao also tried it, and his eyes immediately widened: "It's very light!!" Wearing such a piece of clothing can replace several pieces of clothing on the battlefield in winter... No wonder His Majesty attached so much importance to this matter at the morning court!
When everyone's reaction had calmed down, Baili Tang kicked them all out, leaving only Song Tian behind: "Let's see if salt or vinegar can remove the odor of duck feathers.
There are two more things I need to tell you, my dear.
First, the object that brings scenery closer in the imperial court is actually white crystal. My dear minister, I have secretly sent people to the south, even to the Kingdom of Yue, to search for it. Because the white crystal was discovered by me in the riverbed of Xiyun County. After polishing it..."
Baili Tang didn't mention his telescope, which actually had a glass lens. Because once he mentioned glass, these people would think of colored glaze. The composition of colored glaze is somewhat similar to that of glass. The palace had a lot of colored glaze, and although it was precious, it could be produced domestically.
Natural crystal is different. Crystal can be made into telescopes, but it's so precious! Especially white crystal! Finding it in nature is incredibly difficult!
The purpose of Baili Tang doing this is to distract their sight!
There are a lot of people coveting the telescope now, right?
Then you guys just go and look for it slowly!
Song Tian was skeptical about this. He happened to have two pieces of white crystal hidden away, so he would try it secretly later. Did His Majesty really trust him to entrust him with such an important matter?
"Also, my dear, why are the two main rotating wheels of the threshing machine exactly the same size?"
Song Tian shook his head. "What's wrong with that? Everyone thinks that producing identical wheels can save a lot of time."
"My dear, don't you even understand the simplest principle of leverage?" Baili Tang had to use a small stick to demonstrate to him. It was to put a fulcrum and lift something.
Song Tian naturally understood this principle, but he still couldn't figure out how it was related to the two wheels.
"If the circumference of the large gear is nine and the circumference of the small gear is three, then if I step on it and the large gear rotates one circle, will the small gear rotate three circles? Doesn't this save a lot of effort?"
After hearing what Baili Tang said, Song Tian understood everything!
Then he peed himself!
Over 10,000 threshing machines, and almost all of them are like this! Doesn't that mean they're all unqualified? He's seen real threshing machines, but he thinks the two gears... Hey, a Minister of Industry actually made such a low-level mistake!
"Your Majesty... Your humble servant..."
"One thousand lashes! Finish them within a year. If this down jacket issue can be successfully resolved, the lashings can be reduced by half!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Actually, Your Majesty had already noticed this problem the moment he arrived... Your Majesty was incredibly thoughtful, actually considering the dignity of a minister like him and not embarrassing him in front of everyone...
Today, His Majesty really gave Song Tian too many surprises!
But that’s not enough!
But: "Your Majesty, do those 10,000 threshing machines need to be dismantled and rebuilt?"
"Just sell it!"
"this?"
"Don't worry, I won't cheat my own people. When the time comes, I'll need you to play a trick with me!"
Baili Tang said in his heart: I plan to sell this inferior thresher to the Kingdom of Yue!
Then who are you cheating?
Suddenly, Song Tian had a very bad thought! Your Majesty, could it be that... I don't know anything!
After giving the instructions, Baili Tang went to Sinong Temple to pick up Liang Qiuyu and take them back to the palace.
Seeing that she had finally had the chance to meet this annoying person, Chao Man'er asked, "Your Majesty, I have a question for you."
"you say."
So, Chao Man'er told them about the case they were currently involved in.
Baili Tang offered her advice, "Why did this person die? Personal factors, natural factors, human factors, and so on. A perfectly healthy person fell asleep and then couldn't wake up. Was it because he truly couldn't wake up, or was there someone who didn't want him to wake up? If someone didn't want him to wake up, why didn't they want him to wake up, and how did they prevent him from waking up? Was there any evidence left behind? There's only one truth, so keep investigating!"
"It's the same as not saying anything!" Chao Man'er said dissatisfiedly!
Baili Tang was talking about the general direction. Among the four children, only Baili Qinru and Song Chi were seriously thinking about what he said.
Brother Erhu couldn't stop thinking about that warm, lightweight down jacket. He envied Song Chi and the others, who had won so much bounty. The money his mother gave him to live on wasn't even enough to get him a good meal at Wangjinglou. When would he be able to afford a down jacket?
While Erhu was lost in thought, he noticed someone looking at him. Just as he was about to avoid it, the other person asked, "Is your father left-handed?"
"So what if it is? So what if it isn't?" For some reason, Erhu hated this man - Ye Chao!
"Erhu, speak nicely." Meng Fang said seriously. No matter whether the Ye family had done him a favor or not, and no matter whether Ye Chao was the commander-in-chief or a great hero, they were all your elders, Erhu.
Erhu admires men the most, the first is Baili Tang, the second is Meng Fang. He will not disobey Meng Fang's words.
Ye Chao asked another question without thinking: "Your father has a black mole on his left eyebrow. It's not small?"
This time, it was Erhu's turn to be surprised: "How do you know? Have you met my father?"
"I guessed it." Ye Chao suppressed his inner excitement and said with a smile, "I also know that your father's name is Liang Li!" And your father's surname is not "Liang", but "Dai"! What a coincidence!
Hu Zhennan, standing by, was amused. Ye Chao, the old fox, had asked seemingly nonsensical questions, but in reality, he was probing Liang Erhu's background. Ye Chao had never been to Lingnan, so how could he know Liang Erhu's father? He'd probably never even met Meng Fang, had he? Ye Chao, a Grand Marshal, was certainly not the type to inquire about the father of a soldier like you!
Then there was only one possibility—Ye Chao knew Erhu's father! And he knew him very well!
Hu Zhennan smiled and said, "Congratulations, Old Ye!"
Ye Chao was delighted, but pretended to be helpless: "How stupid."
Meng Fang, who was quick-witted, had already guessed something, but Zhang Dongzheng had already slipped away from Fei's house without him knowing.
Baili Tang, sitting in the carriage, was even happier—a blind cat catching a dead mouse! That day, when he called Erhu to the palace, he felt that Erhu looked a lot like a person... so he called Erhu to disgust people...
Erhu is a kid who is really lucky!
Just then, the prefect's runners came to Chao Man'er and said they had found the victim's fatal wound—it turned out that a three or four-inch long embroidery needle had been "stabbed" into the victim's head!
If what Baili Qinru said is true, then there is a high possibility that the murderer is the deceased's wife!
After a few excited friends saluted Baili Tang, they ran to continue working on the case!
Soon, they encountered a difficult problem - if the murderer was really the deceased's wife and she was sentenced to death, what would happen to the three children?
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