Changxia Palace is the highest organ of the Liyang Government, and Zichen Pavilion is the hub for Changxia Palace to handle the affairs of various departments. If we compare it to the earth, it is probably equivalent to a place like the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City. It is essentially a place like the Forbidden City. For Gu Chen, an ordinary person, it takes some courage to set foot in such a place.
(But having said that, it’s really quite impressive...)
Gu Chen looked up at the towering pavilion.
The main body of Zichen Pavilion is a magnificent pavilion built entirely of wood, with five floors. Its elegant and simple shape reminds Gu Chen of the famous Tengwang Pavilion on the side of the earth. From the bottom to the top of Zichen Pavilion, you can see people coming and going with books in their hands. Officials, from time to time, messengers wearing uniforms of other departments would come to deliver newspapers. Dressed in casual clothes, he looked a bit different among them, but with the chief of internal affairs accompanying him, no blind guy dared to come and ask questions.
"Just keep walking, little brother."
Barbara greeted and took Gu Chen to a place on the left side of Zichen Pavilion.
Gu Chen was surprised to find that there was actually an elevator-like lifting device installed in Zichen Pavilion. The device looked like a wooden platform with fences and tracks, and the lifting and lowering was controlled by a spiral pivot next to it. Just step on the corner of the wooden platform With different pedals, the wooden platform can rise or fall as the machine pivots.
"How's it going? This 'Zongyun Ladder' is a rare weapon even in the Central Plains."
"It's amazing. To be honest, it's beyond my imagination."
Gu Chen admitted honestly. While Barbara was demonstrating, he quietly used the wind to touch the rope and found that the power of this vertical ladder seemed to come from the water-powered wheel installed at the bottom of Zichen Pavilion.
(I see, is it driven by water power...)
There is an culvert at the bottom of Zichen Pavilion, which is connected to the artificial river that runs through Wu Mansion. In addition to its function of relieving heat and logistics, the artificial river seems to be the power source for many mills and machine hubs, connecting the entire Wu Mansion. Integrated. Although I don’t know which expert designed it, his ingenuity has greatly refreshed Gu Chen’s understanding of Chenghuang Machinery.
(It is so arrogant to think that ancient creations must be backward.)
Gu Chen nodded secretly and reflected. At this time, with a dull click, the vertical ladder had reached the fifth floor of Zichen Pavilion.
"The butler's office is in front of you, go quickly."
Barbara pushed Gu Chen off the wooden platform, waved her hands as if looking forward to a good show, and then stepped on the pedal to descend.
Gu Chen looked at the descending Zongyun Ladder speechlessly, and then moved his eyes to the left and right.
The fifth floor of Zichen Pavilion is the floor where the governor handles consular affairs, and it is also where the head of Liyang Mansion is located. According to the laws of the consular government, consular documents from various departments will first be gathered on the ground floor, and then filtered and sorted by various levels of government officials. When it is delivered to the fifth floor, its content will be streamlined to the point where the heroine in charge can make a clear judgment at a glance.
In order to avoid affecting the ruling decisions of the government, except for a few government officials, only the government officials at the level of director-general are allowed to go up to the fifth floor. Therefore, compared with the busy scene of government officials at the bottom, the fifth floor of Zichen Pavilion is It was so quiet. There were no government clerks along the way, and there were only one or two waiters in front and behind the corridor. At this moment, they were also quietly playing the role of decorations in the corridor, as if they would never look up unless called upon.
In such an atmosphere, Gu Chen couldn't speak casually, scratched his head and looked at the square corner of the butler's office in front of the corridor.
(It’s troublesome. Isn’t it necessary to notify the government when meeting the leader...)
Of course, notification is required. The chief executive is the highest executive in the consular office. In theory, only Li Yanggong is the only one who can step into the executive office without prior notification. The rest, even the directors of various government offices, etc., have to wait for an audience if they have something to do.
Approved. However, Barbara is a special case as she is both the chamberlain and the senator's retainer.
Gu Chen, who was taken directly to the fifth floor of Zichen Pavilion by Barbara, was naturally understood by everyone as having permission to visit, so he was not hindered in the slightest along the way. However, Gu Chen, who became a monk halfway, certainly did not know the rules of the government, although there were some
I was a little surprised, but I still made it all the way to the executive office.
(Wow, it’s been a long time since I felt nervous like this...)
During his short career on the earth side, Gu Chen also had the experience of going to the office of a tough-minded manager to give a report. The heroine in charge had a similar position in Gu Chen's cognition, so he couldn't help but feel nostalgic. However,
At that time, Gu Chen only worked for a local enterprise. The size and decoration of the office were certainly incomparable to those of a consul who ruled a country.
Entering the butler's office through the half-open door, you can see that the interior is clearly divided into two areas by the furniture. On the wall of the office area on the left is a map of Li Yangling, and there are also three desks arranged with characters, two
The desk was piled with documents, and the remaining desk contained pens, inks, seals and other utensils. I don’t know if it was because the consular affairs had come to an end, but I didn’t see anyone else there.
The rest area on the right is close to the window and is furnished with soft couches, tea beds, wicker chairs and other furniture. Many green plants are placed in the rest area to create a cool and stable atmosphere. There is also a colorful parrot pecking nuts on the iron frame.
The parrot had gorgeous tail feathers like a phoenix and looked really cute. Gu Chen leaned over curiously. The parrot raised its head and glanced at him, tilted its head, and then turned around to bite the nuts.
"...Hua Yun? Bring me the pipe."
Just when Gu Chen was thinking about teasing the parrot, a female voice suddenly sounded next to him, startling him.
Gu Chen looked around in surprise, and then saw the owner of this place, the heroine in charge of the house, sitting on the wicker chair near the window. Wu Yan turned his back to Gu Chen, looking out the window a little tiredly, at the low table next to his wicker chair.
There was an unfinished document on it, and a bronze pipe.
Wu Yan picked up the cigarette rod and tilted his head slightly as if waiting.
Gu Chen guessed that Hua Yun was the name of a certain maid, and the lady in charge obviously thought he was that person. Looking at the manager who was waiting with his head tilted over, Gu Chen couldn't help but regret not knocking on the door, but the current atmosphere was not the same.
It was time to give another reminder. There was a wooden box containing tobacco leaves on the shelf next to him. Gu Chen scratched his head helplessly, picked up the wooden box and handed it to Wu Yan.
"...Are you still complaining that I didn't send reinforcements to Kinoji?"
Gu Chen's movement was probably half a beat too slow, and Wu Yan misunderstood it as a silent protest, but he didn't take the wooden box out of sight.
Wu Yan took out the tobacco leaves from the wooden box, skillfully twisted them into a cigarette with his fingertips, and stuffed the cigarette into the smoke pot at the front of the pipe. Wu Yan knocked the pipe on the low table, and the smoke pot
Then light smoke came out from everywhere.
(By the way, this is the one made by Chao Weng at that time...)
Gu Chen looked at the tobacco leaves that spontaneously ignited without fire in surprise, and suddenly remembered the origin of this pipe.
When he visited the Changxia Palace last time, he asked Chao Shen, a well-known scholar who was present, for advice on how to make lattice castings. Chao Shen performed a demonstration on the spot with this pipe, blending the physical properties of red stone into the copper pipe.
So that the smoking gun, which is a mortal weapon, can generate energy against Yunli.
The reaction caused it to get angry and heat up. However, Chao Shen was just demonstrating at the time and its function was quite rough. So when Gu Chen took the copper smoke gun back later, he made some small modifications and adjustments, and then gave it as a thank you gift for consuming the expensive red stone.
Returned to Changxia Palace.
It seems that the lady in charge seems to like this pipe very much, which is also a happy thing for Gu Chen, who is half a creator.