"Eunuch Xiao, what are your instructions for summoning me?" Seeing that Zhang Dafu had gained Eunuch Xiao's favor, Liu Fuhai felt a little anxious.
"Well, do you know the casting process?" Xiao Chen asked.
"I understand. I am a craftsman by trade and can handle gold, silver, copper and iron work. I wonder what my father-in-law wants to build?"
What Xiao Chen wants to build is a boiler.
He plans to install a modern heating system in the record keeping hall.
In fact, the palace also has its own heating system, which is the so-called "fire ground heating". It involves laying many underground fire tunnels under the palace, and then digging a hole about two meters deep outside the palace to use as a stove for burning charcoal.
The hot air is transmitted to the floor of the palace through the underground fire channel. Not only does the heat dissipation area be large, the heat is also very uniform, and there is no soot and dust pollution. It is basically the same as our current floor heating system.
But only the emperor, the queen, the queen and the concubines have this kind of treatment, and no one else in the palace can enjoy it.
Xiao Chen didn’t.
If the test here is successful, then I will definitely install one in my own house...
This is also his first invention as a modern man in ancient times.
The advanced concept directly shocked the expert Liu Fuhai.
"Oh my! No wonder everyone says that Eunuch Xiao, you are descended from Wenquxing. Such exquisite things cannot be imagined by ordinary people!"
In fact, the heating system is not very complicated, and the construction principle is also quite simple.
First, you need to cast a large boiler to hold water, then connect metal pipes to each room, and then install radiators to dissipate heat.
After the water in the boiler is boiled, it will automatically circulate until all the pipe radiators are full of hot water, and the heating effect will be achieved.
The boiler room can be built outside the yard, so there is no safety hazard caused by fire.
The Imperial Supervisor has many skilled craftsmen, and there is no problem in building boilers and pipes, but there are two problems that cannot be solved.
The first is that with the current sand casting process, heating radiators with relatively complex structures cannot be manufactured, and even if they are barely manufactured, they may not be usable.
The second thing is how to connect the pipes? There is no electric welding technology now. There is soldering, but it is not reliable. As long as the water pressure is high, it will easily leak.
"We won't bother with the radiator. We just need to make the pipe thicker and bend it into a snake shape to achieve the same effect." Xiao Chen solved the first problem in one sentence.
"As for the method of connecting pipes, it is also very easy. Just paste clay, lime, fine sand, egg white, and glutinous rice soup at the joint according to a certain proportion, and then wrap a few more layers with water-soaked gauze..."
"Oh my! Don't tell me, Eunuch Xiao's method is really effective! Eunuch Xiao, no one believes you if you say you are not a god coming down to earth!" Liu Fuhai was very smart. After thinking for a moment, he was overjoyed.
Don't hesitate to speak.
"Well, whether it works or not, let's try it first and then talk about it." Of course Xiao Chen would not tell him that his grandfather in his previous life was a retired worker from the boiler factory...
After enduring in the record keeping hall for a long time, I couldn't bear the cold anymore, so I found an excuse to leave.
I feel suffocated and amused at the same time. Young Master, I was obviously promoted to eunuch Bingbi, a dignified third grade, but I didn’t expect to become a file warehouse administrator!
Where can I go to reason?
I can only find the queen.
"This is what happened!" When he arrived at Kunning Palace, he told Murong Yueqiu what happened today. The more he talked, the angrier he became, and he felt useless!
"Look at how angry you are, why? Can't you bear this little grievance?" Unexpectedly, the queen not only didn't get angry, but actually looked at Xiao Chen with a smile.
Madam, have you made a mistake? I am yours!
I was treated so miserably by others outside, but it was also your face that I lost, okay?
Let’s just say that damn Gong Shouli didn’t even pay attention to the empress...
"I remember the ancient sages once said that when heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to this people, they must first strain their bones and muscles, starve their body and skin, and suffer their minds..."
No, my dear, what you said doesn’t make sense.
I'm just a eunuch, okay?
But I don’t want to take on any big responsibilities at all. Whoever wants to take it can do it!
It is a rare time to travel through time, and all I want is prosperity, wealth, wanton enjoyment, a loving wife and beautiful concubines, and a lifetime of being held in my arms.
It can be seen that Queen, you are not my confidant. If you do this again, I will not care about you anymore!
"Slave, I'm just a little eunuch, but I don't have any lofty ambitions... Anyway, this eunuch Bingbi is too boring. It's better to just resign and concentrate on serving you, the empress."
"Nonsense, this is a title granted by the emperor. If you don't want to do it, you can't do it? But I told the emperor that you should also serve as the chief eunuch of Kunning Palace..."
I can't bear to leave you either.
Murong Danqiu glanced at Xiao Chen's lower body with a half-smile as he spoke, and suddenly his cheeks were full of peach blossoms.
"Really? It's so good. The main reason is that I can't bear to leave you, my concubine."
Xiao Chen immediately grasped the deep meaning of the queen, and immediately approached her to say some affectionate words to her.
Unexpectedly, the eunuch outside suddenly came to report that the prince was here to pay his respects.
Murong Danqiu frowned slightly, pushed Xiao Chen gently, and then said lazily: "Let him come in."
"Then the slave will resign first?" Xiao Chen said hurriedly.
"Don't leave, just stay here with me." Murong Danqiu looked a little strange.
"My sincere greetings to the Queen!" Prince Li Xian strode in with his head held high and his chest high, bowing to Murong Danqiu.
"No gifts." Murong Danqiu's voice was cold.
It seemed that he didn't like the current prince very much.
"We haven't seen you for a few days, and the queen looks even more charming." The prince raised his head with a smile and stared at Murong Danqiu intently.
This is a bit rude.
"The prince is busy with official duties, so I won't keep you much longer. Xiao Chen, send the prince out for me." A trace of anger flashed in Murong Danqiu's eyes.
"My son, I miss the queen very much. How could I issue an eviction order just after we meet? You are such a cruel person." Prince Li Xian's words were almost joking.
This is not rude, but rude!
It's the same as teasing.
Xiao Chen, who was watching with cold eyes, was greatly surprised.
Could it be that the prince had any bad thoughts towards the queen?
Damn it, this is too much!
Simply a beast!
He took a step forward, bowed in salute, and said loudly: "Your Highness, please come!"
The prince glared at him fiercely, but did not get angry. "I will leave first and come back to pay my respects to the queen."
"If the prince is busy, there is no need to come."
"If you don't see your mother-in-law for a few days, I will never feel at ease."
"Prince please!" Xiao Chen's teeth were itching with hatred when he saw his playful smile, and he almost couldn't help but kick him out of the palace door.
Outside the palace gate, the prince stopped and stared at Xiao Chen, his expression unkind.
"Xiao Chen, do you think that you can despise the lonely king because you have made a small contribution to your father and relied on the queen's back?"
"I don't dare!" Xiao Chen's body trembled when he heard this, and his anus tightened.