For two consecutive days, Lin Jue spent all his time in the palace. Every day he only went back to Lin's house to take a nap for a few hours, then got up and continued running to the palace. Not only did he supervise the craftsmen to build those things, but he also took the time to find people to accompany him. Candidate.
That day, the young prince volunteered to go to Ma Bin for discussion. I don’t know what method he used, but Ma Bin actually agreed to go on an adventure with Lin Jue. After that, Shen Tan, the leader of the palace guards, volunteered to go through fire and water for the prince. Shen Tan was superb in martial arts, and indeed He is a good hand, and Lin Jue naturally desires it. In addition to these two people, five other skilled fighters were selected from among the guards, and together with Lin Jue, they formed an eight-man death squad.
Of course, these people are all unruly people, and it is a bit difficult for them to obey Lin Jue's command. Although on the surface they all say they obey the prince's order, with Lin Jue as the leader, but privately, these people have no regard for Lin Jue at all. Not cold. Especially Ma Bin and Shen Tan, they felt that the prince thought too highly of this commoner son of the Lin family. What ability did this frail scholar have? Carrying him would be a burden.
Lin Jue didn't have the time to think about this problem. After the team was formed, Lin Jue concentrated on the yard where the skilled craftsmen gathered. Even when Ma Bin, Shen Tan and the others wanted to discuss the itinerary with Lin Jue, they were rejected by Lin Jue. Jue refused, and both of them were very unhappy.
Two days later, what Lin Jue needed was finally completed after working overtime. When Lin Jue dragged the heavy package out, he looked like a thief carrying dirty things. No one knew that What’s in the package, even the craftsmen involved in making it.
The young prince called the craftsmen for questioning afterwards, and it turned out that these craftsmen didn't know what they had built in the past two days. The young prince thought they were lying, and angrily wanted to punish them. But after listening to their explanations, Only then did Guo Kun understand that Lin Jue had divided them into different rooms and asked them to build something according to the drawings. Afterwards, all these things were taken away by Lin Jue. He hid in a room and worked on it for a long time, and then wrapped it in They were taken away together in the package. As for the drawings, they were naturally taken away and burned by Lin Jue.
Guo Kun was very curious about what Lin Jue had fiddled with, so he ordered the craftsmen to restore the drawings from memory. Soon after, Guo Kun had a stack of strange-shaped objects drawn in his hand, all kinds of circles and squares. , hooked, tubular things. They were all put together and I didn’t know what they were. Guo Kun struggled with his brain for a long time, and finally tore these drawings into pieces in annoyance.
The day of departure was set for September 22nd. The day before, Lin Jue finally had time to take Lu Wu and Lin Hu out for a walk. But instead of going shopping, eating and playing, they went to the Yanqiao area in the northeast corner of Hangzhou City. Dajingzi Hutong is a famous fireworks street. Forty or fifty houses in the entire Hutong are fireworks workshops. Very few people go in during normal times because the smell is unpleasant and violent fires and explosions often occur. Lin Jue is in They stayed there all afternoon. In the evening, Lin Hu held two heavy jars and carefully placed them on the cart, and then the three of them slowly went home.
…
In the early morning of winter, the city of Hangzhou was shrouded in a cold frost and dew. The sky had just brightened, and at the pier dedicated to Prince Liang's Mansion at the southern end of the East River, a group of people were boarding the ship. On the pier, Prince Guo Bing of Liang and the young prince Guo Kun both got up. I came to see him off in person early in the morning. Eight figures in black cloaks were lined up, each holding a bowl of wine in their hands.
"Everyone, it is inconvenient for me to hold a banquet for you, so I will send you off with this bowl of wine. When you make achievements and triumph, I will hold a grand banquet for you to celebrate your achievements. But after drinking this wine, I hope you will succeed immediately.
become."
After the King of Liang finished speaking in a deep voice, he raised the wine bowl in his hand and drank heavily. The young prince, Lin Jue and other eight people also raised their bowls and drank heavily. This posture was quite "the wind is rustling, the water is cold, and the strong man is gone forever."
There was also a sense of tragedy. After drinking, everyone threw their wine bowls into the river, said goodbye and started boarding the boat.
Lin Juexing was at the end, still carrying a big package of his. This package was heavier and bigger because it contained a lot of sugar biscuits made by Green Dance and a bunch of clothes and other items.
"Lin Jue, please stay." King Liang suddenly said.
Lin Jue turned around in surprise, dragged the package and walked to Prince Liang, cupping his hands and asking, "Do you have any other orders, Your Majesty?"
Prince Liang looked thoughtful and remained silent for a moment before saying, "I will ask you one last time. Please tell me honestly how sure you are of this trip."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the arrow is on the string, but now you come to ask these questions."
Guo Bing frowned, leaned over and said in Lin Jue's ear: "I just want to know if I have been deceived by you, and if you are just talking shamelessly to get away."
Lin Jue sighed and said: "Your Majesty, you don't doubt your employment. You said it yourself that day. Why are you doubting me now? Your Majesty really doesn't believe me, but it's not too late to give the order now."
Guo Bing frowned and said: "Okay, tell me, do you have a chance of winning this trip? Will it be successful? I want to have peace of mind."
Lin Jue thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, in order to make you feel at ease, I tell you that there is an 80% chance of winning in this trip. Now Your Majesty, you can feel at ease."
"Eighty percent? You are deceiving me. Are you just talking nonsense for the sake of my peace of mind? Then what are the chances of winning if you tell the truth instead of for my peace of mind?"
Lin Jue looked at Guo Bing quietly and said softly: "To be honest, in my heart, the chance of winning this time... is 100%, and there is no possibility of failure."
"Ten percent?" Guo Bing was shocked.
Guo Kun on the side said coldly and angrily: "You are so outrageous, are you trying to entertain us? I am not in the mood to joke with you now."
Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "I am not joking with the prince and the young prince. As far as I am concerned, if this trip fails, there will be no burial place, so I will never allow this to fail. So for me, the only
One result is immediate success. Otherwise, I will die. I have no other choice. I am only eighteen years old and I don’t want to die yet, so this matter must succeed. This is the answer I gave to the prince.
.”
Guo Bing and Guo Kun both looked at Lin Jue blankly. After a while, Guo Bing reached out and patted Lin Jue's shoulder and said: "I believe in you. I don't think you are talking nonsense. It was you who just said that."
That’s all. That’s all, get on the boat. I wish you immediate success.”
"Thank you for your kind words, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I'll take my leave, Your Majesty." Lin Juegong turned around and dragged his big package towards the ship with great difficulty.
The wooden boat soon left the shore. Several boatmen paddled hard, and the wooden boat went all the way along the river to Beicheng. On the shore, Prince Liang and his son also turned around and took their entourage back to their hometown. On the road, Guo Bing said to Guo Kun: "
Kun'er, this Lin Jue is really not simple. Those few words just now made me feel hard to calm down. He is right. Whenever there is no other choice, there is only one way, and he must succeed. He only thinks about it.
Success does not consider failure, so in his eyes, this matter is 100% sure. The same is true in life. Sometimes you think too much and look forward and backward. It is better to go forward and only go towards success without thinking about anything else."
Guo Kun nodded and said: "What my father said is true, but it is always a little strange when it comes from Lin Jue. I'm afraid that he just talks endlessly but has no real ability. That will be a blessing."
Already."
"Haha, my son always seems to have some objections to this Lin Jue, and seems to dislike him. Whether it's just words or not, this time you can see the real meaning. If he can really succeed this time, then this person is really talented.
. Then we have to win over him well, which is a hundred times better than those diners and staff. Kun'er, don't blame father for being nagging. Father tells you that when you recruit talents in the future, don't recruit useless ones. For example, you have recently retained
Those Sima Qingshan and Dongfang Weiming who are in the mansion can only write a few romantic lines, so what's the use? They are just in vain and flashy."
"Father, you are being extreme. Sima Qingshan Dongfang Weiming has their strengths, so naturally they have their uses. Keeping them will be of great benefit to the reputation of my palace. Father, it cannot be because they failed to help with this matter.
Why don't you just kill him with a stick? You can't let a rooster plow the fields, but you can't let a cow crow for you either."
"Haha, my son has made great progress. This metaphor is really interesting. That's all, you can make up your own mind. My father is old and you will be the King of Liang in the future. It still depends on yourself."
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The rising sun in winter casts sparkling light on the water. The air is cold, and when the sun shines, a layer of white water vapor rises on the lake, as if the entire river is boiling.
It only took half an hour for the boat Lin Jue and others took to get out of Beiguan Water Gate and enter the wide Grand Canal from the intersection of four rivers in the city. This Grand Canal was built during the Sui Dynasty, and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was very happy.
In order to show off his power and majesty and hope to patrol the country, he ordered the construction of the Grand Canal connecting the five major river systems. This project cost a lot of money, costing tens of thousands of dollars, and millions of manpower. In each section of the river, the bones and flesh of countless workers are buried.
.For the sake of one person’s happiness, the whole world will suffer.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was actually quite worthless. Although the Grand Canal was repaired, he did take a boat tour to the south to satisfy his own preferences. However, because the construction of the Grand Canal wasted people and money and aroused public anger, rebel uprisings broke out in various places. The Great Sui Dynasty
When the capital was captured, he died in Yangzhou. Like thousands of people who died on the canal, Emperor Yang of Sui also sacrificed his life for the Grand Canal.
But it has to be said that although Yang Guang built the Grand Canal for his own selfish purposes, it objectively left a huge wealth for later generations. The Grand Canal runs through the north and south. When land transportation was extremely inconvenient,
Waterway is the most convenient mode of transportation. The construction of the Grand Canal connected the north-south trade routes, making exchanges between the north and the south more convenient and faster, and played an unparalleled role in military, economic and cultural aspects. It can be said that the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty, the Great Zhou Dynasty
The current prosperity of the dynasty is inseparable from the benefits brought by this grand canal.
The surging canal is more than 200 feet wide in a section in Hangzhou, which can accommodate huge ships. Hangzhou is the southern terminus of the canal, and the waterway here is even more busy. White sails are dotted on the river, and ships are shuttled back and forth, creating a busy scene.
Lin Jue stood on the bow of the boat and his heart was surging. Although there are no airplanes, cannons, televisions, movies, computers, or technologies that are unimaginable in this era, this era has its own charm. It is actually difficult to make a generalization about which is better or worse.
Comparison. Most people will definitely think that living in the technological era of later generations is a kind of happiness, but there must be some people who are willing to live in this era. Life is an experience, especially a psychological experience, not just material enjoyment.
You don’t know how many people live luxuriously and have abundant material resources, but they are at a loss and do not know the true meaning of life. Some even give up on themselves and destroy everything including their lives. Lin Jue, who lived in that era on earth, was one of them.
.Although the memory has been a long time ago, and many pains have slowly faded, Lin Jue still does not want to recall everything at that time. Lin Jue feels that he is integrating into this era, and he likes this era more and more, even if it has the same
There are pressures, hardships and even crises, but living with goals and motivation is the most important thing in life.
