But I saw that the scholar was riding a donkey. He seemed not to be in a hurry, but his steps were extremely fast. He was nearly a hundred steps behind everyone, but he had caught up in the blink of an eye.
Yi Bingshui secretly wondered, knowing that her horse was a rare colt, and the three of them, King Teng and others, all rode good horses. Although the four of them did not gallop, the donkey was able to catch up, so it was considered a success.
A "good donkey".
Seeing him praising Li Shimin, everyone couldn't help but look at each other. They didn't know whether he was an enemy or a friend.
Yi Bingshui also heard the story of the alliance on the Wei River. She smiled and said: "Of course we dare not compare with the majesty of the Holy One. I'm just young and don't know what this story is like. What do you think, sir?"
Liu Juan glanced at Yang Yue, but did not refuse, and said calmly: "That was the ninth year of Wude, and it was the bridge on the lower reaches of the Weishui River.
When the Holy Emperor had just ascended the throne, Jieli Khan took advantage of the chaos and sent more than 200,000 troops all the way to Chang'an City. They arrived outside Chang'an City unimpeded, and the flags were flying for dozens of miles on the north bank of the Chen Bing Bridge.
At that time, the city of Chang'an was empty of troops and people were panicked. The Holy Emperor had just succeeded to the throne, and there was instability at home and abroad. The Holy Emperor took only six cavalry to the Wei River, and talked with Jieli Khan across the water, accusing Jieli of breaking the promise and betraying the alliance, and his voice was frightening.
The Turks were shocked, but feared that there was a deception. They promised that if the emperor was willing to cross the river alone to form an alliance, he would be willing to stop the army.
At this time, General Yuchi led his troops back to the city, and the troops were arrayed, ready for a battle. However, the Holy One insisted on going alone to meet the alliance. Everyone bucked their horses and remonstrated, saying: 'The Holy One will not be defeated if he closes the door and refuses to defend. It cannot be done.
My body is in danger.' The Holy Sage said: 'The Turks dare to come, thinking that I have ascended the throne personally, and the country is unstable, so I cannot resist them. If I show weakness, the people will be plundered by them if I close the door and refuse to stand in front of me. If I ride lightly,
If you stand alone, you will show off your composure, and if you are overwhelmed by the appearance of the army, your heart will be stolen. You will be frightened and you will not dare to fight.'
I crossed the river alone and had a joke with Jieli. Jieli therefore stopped on the bridge, killed the white horse, made an alliance with each other, and led his troops to retreat... Later, for this matter, the emperor held a land and water conference at this time every year."
Liu Juan deliberately spoke quietly, as if he had personally experienced the scene and was immersed in the memory.
Hearing this, King Yi Bingshui, King Teng, King Yue, and King Ji couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in their hearts, and their blood was filled with anger.
Yi Bingshui praised loudly: "He is a true hero."
I couldn't help but feel ashamed when I thought that just now I was secretly laughing at Li Shimin and cheering him on.
Liu Juan glanced at everyone unhurriedly, shook his head and sighed, patted his donkey and walked forward, singing as he walked.
Yi Bingshui was even more embarrassed, and felt that her face was dull. She peeked at the three kings of Teng, Yue, and Ji, and they all showed signs of color.
The three of them were too embarrassed to move forward quickly, fearing that if they caught up with Liu Juan, they would be laughed at.
As he walked, he had lost his previous interest. As he walked, he waited for the arrival of Li Shimin's sage.
Unexpectedly, when it got dark, there was still no sign of honor from Li Shimin and others.
"What time has it been? Why hasn't the Holy Master come yet?" The four of them were already a little impatient, and Prince Teng complained.
"What time is it? There is no village in front of you, no shop in the back, and it's cloudy. How can you know what time it is?" The King of Yue said with a bitter smile.
Ever since I met the melancholy scholar Liu Juan, I had been infected, and I had already felt a little uneasy in my heart, secretly regretting that I should not have acted without permission.
"Even if it's not cloudy, how can you tell the time at night?" King Ji said coldly.
"Of course you can see it. You can see the stars at night," the King of Yue argued unconvinced.
"Stars? Hey, are you the only one who can read stars?" King Ji teased.
Prince Teng smiled and said: "Yes, it would be great if Lao Liu was here, he is the best at this."
"Brother Six is not here, ask me, Brother Six taught me..." The King of Yue pointed at his nose and smiled.
"cut"
The other two kings despised him.
When Yi Bingshui saw everyone mentioning Li Min, she remembered that Concubine Yang had said that Li Min had requested an order to go to Liaodong. She didn't know whether it was melancholy or yearning...
After being stunned for a while, he took out a round object from his arms and smiled at the three of them: "I know the time. It is already the time of night leakage, the hour of unitary hour."
King Teng, King Yue, and King Ji all looked at the things in Yi Bing's sailors in surprise, with extremely envious expressions in their eyes.
"This is the new 'Tang Dial' released by the 'Machine Bureau'?" the three people shouted in unison.
"Exactly." Yi Bingshui smiled and handed it to King Yue to see.
The three of them had forgotten to walk and gathered together to watch the "Tang Dial" and cheered endlessly.
That thing is the same as a sundial. A disk is marked with Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai, and the twelve earthly branches as hour scales, and each hour is divided into one minute.
It is divided into two parts: the initial part and the positive part.
The difference is that the pointer of the sundial is upright on the disk, while the pointer of the "Tang Dial" is lying on the disk. In addition, at each hour, in addition to distinguishing the beginning and the right, there are two different colors: red and blue.
Lines mark each hour.
"The red coins are dots, and the blue coins are engravings. The pointer is pointing to the moment of Unity Hour." Yi Bingshui pointed at the side.
According to the time calculation method of the Tang Dynasty, this Tang Dial divides an hour into three points and a day into one hundred quarters. That is, one point is equivalent to forty quarters in later generations, and one quarter is equivalent to fourteen minutes and twenty in later generations.
Four wonderful things.
This Tang dial is the same as a sundial, with only one pointer. It looks clear at a glance, very simple and clear.
"Wonderful, really wonderful!" King Teng, King Yue and King Ji all clapped their hands and shouted.
"This thing can even mark the time at night, which is much better than a sundial."
"Of course it's much better. Don't forget that the sundial can't be used when it's cloudy."
"It's easier to carry than that hourglass."
In fact, this Tang sundial is similar to a modern "watch". However, it is very different from a modern watch. It does not use the pendulum principle, but a purely "mechanical" principle. A spring is used to drive a mechanical gear to rotate the pointer, and it uses
The double spring principle of "a wooden ox and a flowing horse" means that the loose spring on one side is pushed forward and tightened on the other side, and they circulate with each other. Compared with modern mechanical watches, it saves a procedure and does not require manual "strengthening".
The idea of this thing was originally a mechanical watch that Yi Bingshui described to Lao Yuan. He didn't expect Yuan Tiangang to finally build such a thing. Although Yi Bingshui found it funny, she had to be amazed.
Yuan Tiangang has only recently successfully developed it. A promotional "leaflet" has just been made, but it has not actually been "on the market" yet.
"Good sister, give this to me." The King of Yue was so anxious that he even changed his title and said with a smile on his face.
"It's a beautiful thought. This thing is quite laborious to make. It takes half a month to make one piece. I give it to you for nothing and let the Machinery Department drink from the northwest wind."
"Hey," King Ji said coldly: "How much money has this guy made us these days, and he also said he wants to drink the northwest wind?"
