"Pedal?" Li Shimin couldn't imagine what it meant, so he said, "Show me."
"Your Majesty, come this way." Li Mu led Li Shimin to the room next to him, opened the door and invited Li Shimin in. There were four people in the room, two were resting and two were sitting on a strange wooden chair.
There is a pedal under their feet.
The four people did not recognize Li Shimin, but they recognized Li Mu, and they quickly got up to greet them. Li Mu waved his hand, and one of the four people said: "Manager, the second team is on duty, what is the manager's order?"
"It's nothing. This distinguished guest wants to see how the 'elevator' works. Just do your own thing." Li Mu pointed to the two people on the wooden chairs and said, "You two, come down first."
"yes."
The two of them agreed and gave up their seats. Li Mu asked Li Shimin to sit on him. Just as he was about to sit on it, Li Chengqian next to him grabbed him and said, "I'll give it a try!" After sitting down, he rushed to Li Tai at the door.
He shouted: "Qingque, you get into that cage. You are so fat. If you can get up, others can definitely get up!"
Li Tai suddenly felt heartbroken, but he still listened to Li Chengqian's words and got into the cage obediently. Empress Changsun looked on, a little worried, and said: "Li Mu, will there be no problem?"
"Don't worry, it has been tested hundreds of times and there will be no problem."
Queen Changsun was still worried and came to wait by the cage. Li Chengqian got impatient and shouted: "Qingque, are you okay? I'm going to step on you!"
"alright!"
Li Tai roared, and Li Chengqian immediately started stamping. Li Shimin also followed suit. Although he was the emperor, he was only thirty-two years old. Few thirty-two-year-olds in later generations would restrain their playfulness. Moreover, Li Shimin was
He is very curious, thirsty for knowledge, and restless. Li Mu didn't identify him, so of course he wanted to take the opportunity to have some fun.
The father and son stepped on the pedal together. The pedal moved very fast, and the pulley also rotated very fast. Li Tai's horrified voice came over: "Slower, slower, it's flying, it's flying! It's scary!"
Li Chengqian's naughty nature was unleashed. The more Li Tai yelled "slow down," the faster he had to go. Li Tai just screamed like this and quickly climbed up to the fifth floor. Finally, the cage reached the fifth floor, and the cables were stuck in the machine and stepped on.
Li Chengqian stopped moving and then gave up.
Without waiting for Li Mu to explain the principle, Li Shimin and Li Chengqian got off the wooden chairs and ran out quickly to see the results.
"Sure enough, it went up!" Li Shimin laughed loudly and felt it was very amazing. He pointed at the wooden cage and asked: "How can I get down from this wooden cage?"
"The machine is up there." Li Mu shouted: "Qingque, there is a wooden pole on the wall on the right, pull it down."
Li Tai just crawled out of the wooden cage. Hearing Li Mu's words, he climbed up holding on to the wall, touched the wooden pole, and pulled hard, and the wooden cage swayed down again. With Li Tai as a white mouse,
Li Chengqian was also eager to give it a try. Before the wooden cage could settle down, he had already jumped up. He also reached out to help Empress Changsun. Empress Changsun was worried just now, and she still had some disbelief in her eyes. She looked at Li Mu and asked: "Li Mu,
How many people can this wooden cage carry at a time?"
"Back to the queen, this wooden cage was originally used to transport building materials. It usually carries about seven kilograms. If it is used to transport people, five or six should be no problem."
Li Chengqian laughed and said: "Qingque can only carry three! He alone weighs two hundred catties!"
Li Tai lay at the door of the fifth floor and shouted: "Brother Emperor! Can you stop talking about me?"
"Okay, stop arguing." Li Shimin entered the cage first, and also helped Empress Changsun in, saying: "Li Mu, you are waiting below."
Dare to love Li Shimin but also timid!
Li Mu felt funny in his heart, but Nuonuo still responded and said: "Your Majesty, go up first, I will take care of you below."
Li Shimin nodded nervously, and after waiting for a long time, the cage did not move. He looked at Li Mu strangely, and Li Mu pointed to the rope outside the cage. Li Shimin suddenly felt embarrassed, glared at Li Mu, and stretched out his hand to pull the rope.
The bell rang, and the cage slowly rose. Li Chengqian seemed very excited, and Queen Changsun was okay, but Li Shimin held on to the wooden railing tightly. Li Mu almost laughed out loud. Li Shimin, the emperor of the ages, was actually afraid of heights?
After a while, the wooden cage rose to the top and the machine was stuck. Li Shimin and his family stepped on the fifth floor. Li Chengqian touched the wooden pole and lowered the wooden cage, and then Li Mu went up.
After Li Mu went up, he put the wooden cage down and closed the door. Li Shimin had just gotten over his fear of heights, and then he was in the mood to look at the furnishings on the fifth floor.
This is Li Yuan's residence. To say it is surprising, there is nothing too surprising. The overall setting is not much different from Da'an Palace, etc., but because it is six feet high in the air, it gives people a feeling of soaring clouds, and Li Shimin also discovered
, because the building on these five floors is much smaller than the four floors below, there is a huge terrace around it. Standing on the terrace and looking around, you will see that they are all buildings that are lower than the sky and the earth. Suddenly, you have a sense of the world.
The heroic feeling that everything is under your feet.
"Heaven and earth... it is indeed heaven!"
Li Shimin sighed with emotion, called Li Mu over, and asked: "Although this elevator is ingenious, don't you think it is cumbersome? You have to ring the bell every time you go up and down the stairs. Doesn't it mean that someone has to be waiting downstairs at any time?"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to go downstairs. There are slides on these five floors. The slides can reach any floor. As for having people waiting downstairs at all times, this is necessary. There are twelve hours in a day, and every two hours are in groups.
A group of four people is divided into two groups, and each group can only take care of it for an hour. They are not tired, and they can also do other tasks in the rest of the time. I designed this mainly because the emperor is old and can take one step less
It’s just one step, so it’s appropriate to spend more manpower on it.”
"..."
Li Shimin smiled bitterly, and he understood why his father loved Li Mu so much. This boy's ability to please was really first-rate.
"Your Majesty, I will take you to see the slide downstairs. Please..."
Just when Li Mu was introducing Li Shimin on the fifth floor, a group of people from the Imperial College were greeted on the first floor, causing a little unpleasantness.
Kong Yingda came with Li Ji, who was a general, a duke, and Li Mu's adoptive father. When young Eunuch Chen saw him, he naturally invited him upstairs. But when he arrived at Kong Yingda's place, although young Eunuch Chen and Kong Yingda were not there,
It was a holiday, but he knew about the holiday between Li Mu and Kong Yingda. Now that he had left the palace, he would definitely have to deal with Li Mu more in the future, and of course he would flatter Li Mu more. When he saw Kong Yingda bringing people here, he deliberately made him embarrassed.
.
Kong Yingda came with anger. Before he came today, he was ridiculed by the Louvre, Zheng Jing and others. Since Li Yuan beat Wei Zheng and said he wanted to kill someone, the Shandong nobles have expressed their stance on the opening of Heaven and Earth this time.
He didn't know how to participate or support, and even Wei Zheng didn't come. Kong Yingda was also considered a Shandong nobleman, and he usually had many contacts with the Louvre, Zheng Jing and others.
Before, Wei Zheng and Li Mu had several confrontations, but Kong Yingda did not stand up and express his position. But you can't blame him. You know, Kong Yingda suffered from Li Mu's hands twice. As the old saying goes, one will gain wisdom after one has suffered.
, it would be stupid to bite the bullet and still go ahead. And the final result also proved that Kong Yingda made the right choice not to charge forward.
But the Louvre and Zheng Jing don't care about this. As a Shandong nobleman, you are just groveling before you stand up. How dare you go to heaven and earth to congratulate? Haha! Follow the trend!
Kong Yingda was in trouble and couldn't tell. He was the Imperial Concubine's wine minister and the prince's teacher. How could he not come to congratulate Li Yuan? Unless he didn't want to do it anymore, and like the Louvre and Zheng Jing, he was ordered to leave Chang'an by Li Shimin.
Go back to your hometown and become a 'grassroots citizen'.
Kong Yingda is not without integrity, but his integrity is not enough to support his resignation. Even if he bites the bullet and resigns at all costs, he cannot resign at this time because he has received the order. Li Mu will go to Chongwen Hall to accompany the prince tomorrow.
Studying. Kong Yingda was humiliated twice. Tomorrow will be his revenge. How can he resign at this time?
He and Li Ji came in just now. After seeing Li Ji hand over the gift list, he was respectfully invited upstairs. Kong Yingda felt that he was no worse than Li Ji, so he followed suit and handed the gift list to young Eunuch Chen, and then
Go to the stairs.
But before he took two steps, he was stopped by little Eunuch Chen.
"Kong Jijiu, where's your seat?" Little Eunuch Chen smiled, which was very much like his godfather's. No one could see the slightest hint of ridicule, but Kong Yingda's face turned dark. Where are you?
Which side? Li Ji goes upstairs and takes a seat. You want me to sit on the first floor?
Kong Yingda was holding fire in his heart. He didn't think it was Young Eunuch Chen who wanted to deal with him, he just thought it was Li Mu's explanation. He immediately became angry and said: "Why can Li Ji go upstairs, but I can't? What's the truth? Li Mu
What? Let him come out and give me an explanation!"
Little Eunuch Chen was still smiling, but what he said was a bit heartbreaking: "Don't worry about Kong Jijiu. We don't need our manager to come forward. I, the deputy manager, can explain it to you. We are in heaven and on earth, what?"
No matter what position a person is in, it cannot be surpassed. As you just saw, the guests who came today are all noble people. If you want to go to the second floor, there are two standards, either a prince or a third-rank or above. What a coincidence, you are both
No. Therefore, you have no choice but to sit on the first floor."
"I'm Kong..." As Kong Yingda's words reached his lips, he was suddenly stopped by a young man behind him. The young man came closer and said, "Uncle Kong, be careful what you say."
Only then did Kong Yingda calm down. Yes, if people don't let you go upstairs, why do you have to carry out your ancestors? If you do this, even if you go upstairs, wouldn't it be what Li Mu said, you rely on the blessing of your ancestors?
What?
When young Eunuch Chen saw someone pulling Kong Yingda back from the dug hole, he couldn't help but take another look. He was a sharp-eyed man, and he could see at a glance that this was a girl disguised as a man, and he laughed at that time.
Said: "Kong Jijiu is so elegant. He came to congratulate and brought a girl with him. Can we ask who this girl is?"
"To reply to this father-in-law, I am the daughter of Wei Zheng, and my name is Wei Yingluo."