Chapter 299 Prepare for an unprecedented performance (first update)
Author: sunny
Chapter 299 Prepare for an unprecedented performance (first update)
It was already dark inside the palace, but there was still a group of people busy in a courtyard in the palace.
The perimeter of the courtyard was very strictly guarded, with a large number of imperial guards stationed outside, strictly prohibiting any outsiders from approaching.
Carriages were escorted into the yard one after another, and all the equipment unloaded from the carriages began to install the brackets in the night.
After the bracket was installed, a huge hollow sphere made of bamboo strips was quickly assembled on the bracket.
After the assembly of the hollow sphere was completed, it began to be covered with a cover that was completely painted black.
"How long did it take in total?" At this moment, Yang Jian was standing in front of the assembled immortal boat, with his hands behind his back. He asked calmly and with a hint of arrogance towards the eunuch in charge of the matter next to him.
The eunuch replied in a low voice with a flattering smile on his face. "Go back to Yang Da, it will take about an hour."
"But if we give it some more time and wait until the boys become more familiar with it, the time can be shortened even further."
"It's not necessary that the time is shortened. Safety is the first priority. If the day comes and something unexpected happens."
"Don't talk about your head. Even if all of our heads are chopped off, I'm afraid it won't quell the official's raging anger. Do you understand?"
"Yes, yes, what Yang Da said is absolutely true. Our family understands and we definitely don't dare to slack off in the slightest so that our sons can work hard."
"Well, as long as you understand, remember, you have to let those sons and daughters know about this, and don't leak it to others, unless they don't want to live anymore."
After checking here, Yang Jian went to another courtyard, where a fairy boat was also built here and was being set on fire.
Naturally, these are all waiting for the official's birthday, which is the Longevity Festival, to prepare for an unprecedented performance.
To be honest, although Xiao Gao Zhuangyuan, the chief planner of this performance, did not explain anything to Yang Jian face to face, Yang Jian still made some guesses as these props entered the palace.
He was also looking forward to seeing what kind of tricks these props would play out on the Wanshou Festival in the hands of the Number One Scholar, who always had the magic touch.
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"Brother Guizhang, why have you been missing every now and then? Are you hiding something from Sajia and Lao Liu?"
"Haha, senior brother, you shouldn't have done anything shameful... Senior brother, please don't be annoyed. I was just being quick to talk. I definitely didn't mean to slander you, senior brother..."
"If you don't know how to speak, then speak less." Gao Zhang's fair little face retracted his arm with a murderous look. To deal with Cai Laoliu, you must be fast, ruthless and accurate.
After the physical threat was removed, Cai Laoliu, grinning with a grin on his face, sat back in his seat with a depressed expression.
You can't blame yourself for not resisting the urge to complain just now. It's mainly because he was in a bad mood for not being able to control it.
After all, I had played a part in the bureaucracy, but as a result, my deeds of openly fighting against the ugliness of the bureaucracy and upholding justice for the pillars of the country did not spread.
It seemed that he was suppressed immediately. He had originally planned to take personal command and let a group of confidants spread rumors, ah no... to spread rumors about his heroic deeds.
As a result, he almost received a violent beating from his own father, Cai Jing, and even sent his housekeeper to send a message to him that if he dared to act recklessly again, his legs would be broken.
This made Cai Laoliu feel extremely aggrieved. Your son and I are upright, why do you, a father, have to stop me from becoming famous? Are you so afraid that I will replace you?
Although there are countless resentments and complaints in my heart, I consider that I am really no match for my biological father. Of course, there is also the influence of the traditional concept of filial piety.
Cai Laoliu finally reluctantly accepted his father's suppression, just like his senior brother Gao Zhang advised him with the sage words: Only by enduring hardship can one become a master.
But there was one question. Cai Laoliu asked all the officials in the secret pavilion, but no one knew which sage this sentence came from.
Finally, he asked his senior brother Gao Zhang this question, and he directly said that he didn't know who it was from, but his expression and eyes made Cai Laoliu vaguely guess the truth.
This is a very reasonable statement, and I am afraid that it is probably coming from the words of a senior brother who has a vicious mind but is also a little bit talented.
When I think about how shamelessly my senior brother used it to pass off as the words of a sage, doesn't it mean that I am so thick-skinned that I want to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sages?
The senior brother and the vulgar martial artist Tong Dalang had clearly agreed to promote their heroic deeds on their behalf, but as a result, they found various excuses to deal with themselves all day long.
They were either busy drinking and eating meat or bragging and spanking, and I didn’t see them actively promoting themselves.
It's a pity that if he hadn't been defeated, Cai Laoliu would have really wanted to use a big stick to make these two ruthless, perfidious and despicable people suffer.
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Gao Zhang explained that he was busy discussing affairs between the two countries with Xiao Fengxian, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, and he also took some bait by the way.
"...We have almost talked with the other party. When will it be implemented, we will have to wait until the officials receive the Daliao envoy."
"But there is a business that we can completely take advantage of..." Gao Zhang stretched out his hand and made a grabbing gesture in front of the two men.
Cai Laoliu, who had been thinking at full speed just now, wondering what kind of vicious means he would use to deal with his senior brother and Tong Zhisheng, heard this, and his eyes suddenly shone.
"Why, can this business make as much money as outsourcing ordnance?"
"It's hard to say, but the profit will definitely not be much less than the ordnance outsourcing business."
Gao Zhang laughed and lowered his voice. "Do you know what kind of printing technology is used in the books sold on the market?"
"What is that?" Tong Zhisheng was indeed a crude martial artist with only muscles in his mind, with a confused look on his face.
Cai Laoliu, who could be regarded as an heir of poetry and calligraphy, and who was brainwashed by old scholars by dozing off every day in the Secret Pavilion, first looked at Tong Zhisheng next to him with contempt and a sense of superiority, and then smiled with great confidence.
"Isn't it just engraving printing? This printing technique has already appeared in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but it only became popular in our dynasty."
"Junior brother really has a good mind, and he actually knows such things. In this way, I don't have to waste my time explaining it to you."
"I know that there is a more cost-effective printing technology, the cost is probably less than 30% of that of engraving printing..."
"How is that possible?!" Cai Laoliu jumped up immediately, his face full of disbelief.
"Whatever you do when you jump up, you still won't sit down for me!"