Just when Gao Shilian was savoring life, Li Mu had already welcomed several waves of guests, but they were all "minor officials" of fourth or fifth rank. They were not qualified to go upstairs and were only arranged to sit on the first floor. These people were also
There is no temper. Everyone knows that the guests coming here today are more luxurious than those in the previous court. The previous court was just officials, but today the princes, nobles, and representatives of all the great families are all coming. The fourth and fifth-rank officials,
It's good to have a seat on the first floor. Being smaller than the Marquis, I'm not qualified to take the stairs.
It was getting dark, and some important figures gradually arrived. Wei Ting, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Lu Zhaoling, the minister of the civil affairs ministry, Li Daliang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Yu Shinan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, were all from the Six Ministries. This time, Li Mu did not arrange for Gao Shilian.
Arrange an independent private room. There are only a few private rooms, and they are all arranged independently. Naturally, they cannot be opened. There is one for each of the six departments, and they are all in the same yamen door. It is not very awkward to be together.
As for the princes, they made arrangements according to whether they were close or distant. These were not decided by Li Mu. They were decided by the young Eunuch Chen after asking Li Yuan what he wanted. Only the people Li Yuan remembered were qualified to be alone in a private room. As for those who
I can't remember, sorry, I'll just sit on the first floor.
From this point of view, Gao Shilian still has some face.
After receiving Yu Shinan, Li Shimin and his family arrived. Eunuch Gao sent someone over first to inform them, and Li Mu naturally wanted to greet them. It happened that Eunuch Chen had finished his work, so he took over his work. Li Mu came to the door and waited.
, after a while, three carriages arrived one after another, accompanied by many guards in front and behind. Li Mu nodded to Eunuch Gao, and came to the first carriage to greet the holy driver. No, he opened the curtain and it was Li Tai.
Little fat man.
Li Mu ignored him and went to the second carriage, only to see a tall and thin boy about the same age as Li Tai. Li Mu was stunned for a moment and remembered who this was. This was Li Chengqian, the prince of the East Palace, who was offering sacrifices to the Ancestral Temple that day.
He saw it once.
The prince, the crown prince of the country, cannot be neglected. Even though Li Mu knew in his heart that the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty was Li Zhi, who was still breastfeeding, when he saw Li Chengqian at this time, he still had to salute when he should.
"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince."
"Are you Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu?" Li Chengqian glanced at Li Mu with a rather suspicious tone. He looked him up and down and said, "Isn't there anything strange... I heard from Qingque that you have a guard who is eight feet tall.
Is it true that it can wield a giant ax weighing a hundred pounds? Can you give me this guard..."
"Brother Imperial, I have already told you that it is impossible. Why do you still ask? Li Chongyi is my elder brother's brother!"
"Humph, I almost forgot, you have also joined the clan." Li Chengqian raised his chin slightly and said: "I will not be like Qingque, who casually recognizes anyone as my brother. If you want me to call you brother, you have to show your sincerity.
You only have the ability...or if you give me that guard, I can force you to call you brother."
Naughty kid!
After listening to a few words, Li Mu made an accurate evaluation of Li Chengqian. As a human being, I will be fooled by you? Li Mu glanced at the third car, lowered his voice and said to Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, you
If you call me big brother, I will make you a handy weapon. To be honest, I am the best at making weapons in Chang'an City. The giant ax I am guarding weighs hundreds of kilograms, and it is with my own hands.
How is it built? Is there a deal?"
"Really?" Li Chengqian's eyes widened, and he almost blurted out the words 'brother'. But when the words came to his lips, he held back, and said cautiously: "You build it first, don't try to trick me, I'm not like
Qingque is so easy to fool."
"Brother, how could I be so fooled?" Li Tai said: "I was impressed by my brother's calculation method. You have forgotten what I told you. I used the algorithm taught by my brother to solve the problem of chicken and rabbit in the same cage.
Question." As he spoke, Li Tai couldn't help but glance at Li Mu, hoping to see some shock on his expression. Because the question "Chicken and rabbit in the same cage" is as difficult as the question "Hundred Chickens", he thought Li Mu would be surprised.
Unexpectedly, Li Mu was indifferent, and Li Tai couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. Is it possible that a question of this level is not worth mentioning in his brother's heart?
"What are you talking about?"
Li Shimin got off the carriage and reached out to support Empress Changsun. When he saw the three people talking, he couldn't help but ask.
Li Mu quickly said: "I am saluting the prince."
"Why should you salute him? The prince is not yet under age and you have joined the clan. You are his cousin. There is no need to salute him. There will be no need to salute him in the future." Li Shimin helped Empress Changsun get out of the car and the two of them came closer.
, Li Mu greeted Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, and Li Shimin said again: "Today is over, you will come to Chongwen Hall tomorrow to study. Cheng Qian and Qingque are also studying in Chongwen Hall. You are their elder brother, so you should set an example.
Learn from the masters the subtle words and great meanings of the saints."
When Li Chengqian heard this, he almost lost his voice and gloated: "Tomorrow is Master Kong's class. The lecture lasts for three hours. Prepare a few extra mats, otherwise your butt won't be able to bear it."
"Cheng Qian!" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, and Li Cheng Qian immediately calmed down and did not dare to speak.
However, Li Mu heard some clues and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I wonder if this Master Kong..."
This time it was Li Shimin's turn to gloat: "It's Kong Yingda."
"..."
Li Mu was instantly embarrassed and said: "Your Majesty, I think it is okay not to take the No. 1 exam. I lost the bet, so I will send money to Wei Zheng tomorrow."
"No!" Li Shimin said with a straight face: "A man must practice what he says. I have advised you, but you don't listen. There is no turning back now. You will go to Chongwen Hall to study for me tomorrow. If you don't go, you will be disobeying the decree!"
"Alas..." Li Mu sighed. He glanced behind Li Shimin and asked, "Why didn't the Supreme Emperor come with him?"
"We haven't finished packing things yet. It will take another hour or so." Li Shimin raised his head and looked at the heaven and earth in front of him. This was his first time in this place. He saw that the appearance and style of this building were different from those in Chang'an City.
He was also very curious and said: "Is this heaven and earth your design?"
Li Mu hurriedly said: "I don't dare to take credit. I just made some suggestions. The specific construction is controlled by Gongsun Kang, a member of the Ministry of Industry. The Gongsun family is a family of craftsmen. They have an orderly inheritance in construction and many ingenious ideas."
Rang Chen was also amazed."
Li Shimin looked at it carefully and said, "Is this building the fourth floor?"
"It's the fifth floor."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian stretched out his hand to count and said: "One, two, three, four, four floors, where did the fifth floor come from? Don't lie."
Li Mu smiled and said: "Your Highness, the fifth floor is just above the fourth floor, but the area is much smaller than the four floors below. Standing on the ground and looking up, you can barely see it from any angle. In fact, if you look carefully
It can be found that these five floors are smaller than each other, except that the fifth floor is much smaller. There are two considerations in this design. One is to stabilize the center of gravity.
It is huge. If the center of gravity is unstable, the floors will tilt as they get higher. Secondly, for the safety of the Supreme Emperor, each floor of this building in the Heaven and Earth is one to five feet high, and the fourth floor reaches six feet. There are also specially designed ones.
The corners of the eaves are a place where flying claws and the like have no grip and cannot climb. Therefore, it is very safe for the Emperor to live on the fifth floor."
Li Shimin snorted and said: "You are thoughtful enough. It is indeed your father who persuaded the emperor to leave the palace! I am here to ask you, this building uses a lot of wood to build, what should be done if there is a fire?"
"There is a slide designed on the fifth floor. If there is danger, you can slide down from the fifth floor in the blink of an eye, but you cannot climb up from the ground."
"Is there a slide?" Li Chengqian was happy and said, "I want to see it!"
Empress Changsun smiled and said: "Hou Zhulu is really thoughtful."
Li Mu said with a serious look on his face: "The safety of the Supreme Emperor is just like my life... No, it is more important than my life. How dare I be negligent in the slightest. The slide is just a measure to ensure the safety of the Supreme Emperor. On the fifth floor, similar
There are as many as fifteen kinds of mechanisms. Even if an assassin sneaks into the side of the Supreme Emperor and wants to assassinate him, it is absolutely impossible!"
"I hope it's as you said."
Li Shimin said in a nonchalant manner, but Li Mu's words undoubtedly reassured him a lot.
Li Mu led Li Shimin's family in. When the people sitting on the first floor saw Li Shimin, they all stood up and wanted to salute. Li Shimin said: "I am also a guest today. Like you, there is no need to be polite. Please take your seats."
Everyone gave up, but when they saw Li Shimin's family coming, some couldn't help but whisper.
Li Shimin didn't care, and followed Li Mu to the second floor. Li Mu explained the function of the second floor. Li Shimin nodded slightly. He was the emperor, so he naturally wanted to go to the next level. But when he went up the stairs, Li Shimin found that he was directly on the fourth floor.
Building, he wondered: "Why did you go directly to the fourth floor or the third floor?"
"The third floor is the auction house, with another entrance." Li Mu explained, and then said: "Your Majesty, this staircase reaches the top when it reaches the fourth floor. If you want to go to the fifth floor, you have to go downstairs and take another way.
"
"Trouble!" Li Shimin said, turning around and going downstairs. He had to go to the fifth floor to take a look. For no other reason than he wanted to know where Li Yuan would live in the future.
Going upstairs on the east side and downstairs on the west side, Li Mu took Li Shimin and his family around in a circle, came to the north, and entered a room. There was a wooden cage in the room. Li Mu opened the door of the cage and got in first, signaling Li Shimin to come in as well.
Li Shimin frowned and said, "What is this? How could you set up a cage here?"
"Your Majesty, this is to protect safety." Li Mu got out of the cage, pointed to the thick cable above the cage, and said: "Your Majesty, this is the best craftsman from the Ministry of Industry. It is woven with hemp and iron wire. It is the best in the world today.
The toughest rope. Your Majesty, look at it again. Above, this is a device designed by me, called a pulley. There is one pulley on the top and a set on the bottom. They are in the room next to it. When a person enters the cage and pulls the rope,
If you ring the bell in the room next to the rope, someone will hear it, and they will step on the pedal and pull the rope to lift the person up."