118, the water tower is successful
In a flash, five days passed.
These five days, Gu Qianxue was busy and happy.
She has to go to Haolan Academy and Prince Li's Mansion every day, and while personally supervising Su Lingxiao's meals and morning exercises, she is also busy with medical consultations for Concubine Qin and setting up her own laboratory.
As for happiness, apart from the more and more complete laboratory facilities, there is also one of the happiest things - King Li is going on a business trip to the west.
As long as she thinks that she won't see King Li in the next two months, Gu Qianxue will feel as happy as if she has been beaten with chicken blood. The closer it is to King Li's departure from Beijing, the more joy she can't hide.
As at this time—
"Miss Gu, do you have any happy events? Why do your subordinates think you are in a good mood?" Sun Yu, dressed in sackcloth, stood beside Gu Qianxue. About a few feet in front of the two, craftsmen were putting a huge porcelain jar Move it up the hill and fix it on the rock.
A total of six craftsmen were working, and it was a miracle that the porcelain vat was so huge but so few people were used. It was all because Gu Qianxue had prepared several iron wheels in advance.
In modern times, this iron wheel is familiar to everyone, and that is the pulley. Pulleys are divided into fixed pulleys and movable pulleys. Fixed pulleys can change the direction of motion of objects without labor-saving; although movable pulleys cannot change the direction, they can save half of the effort.
Combining the movable pulley and the fixed pulley, and then putting on the rope, can save a lot of manpower. Without this pulley block, this large porcelain vat would require a lot of manpower just to lift it, not to mention the installation, let alone six craftsmen are not enough , even sixteen, may not be enough.
But because of the magical pulley block, as long as six people can do the work that these dozens of people can't do, they can do it properly.
Today, Gu Qianxue has become the "god" in the hearts of the craftsmen. If the craftsmen were skeptical about the blueprints drawn by Gu Qianxue in the past, now they are like a sacred task entrusted to them by the gods. Work hard to finish.
Even in the circle of craftsmen, there are people who say that Ms. Gu of the Minister of Rites is the reincarnation of the patriarch of the craftsman. Otherwise, how can a lady from a wealthy family and a lady from an official family design so many ingenious and ingenious utensils.
Of course, Gu Qianxue knew nothing about this, she just wanted to try to build a water tower and use tap water.
It's not that she wants to develop the productivity of Nanyue Country, it's really... It's fun.
In the distance, under a tree-shaded gazebo, fresh fruit and hot tea are placed on a stone table. King Li in a black brocade robe is sitting on a stone bench padded with brocade upholstery, holding a drawing of a pulley block in his hand, and his brows are Slightly wrinkled, studying.
"Can you explain the principle of this thing?" Li Wang asked the middle-aged man standing respectfully in front of him.
The man was wearing a blue linen gown, with a loyal face, and the calluses on his hands showed that he was often engaged in labor. This person is the steward of the Service Department of Prince Li's Mansion, and he is waiting for his master, King Li, to question him.
"My lord, I have been researching for the past few days. Although I figured out how to use it, I still can't understand its working principle." The manager of the service department replied.
King Li threw the blueprints on the table, stood up and looked at the people working in full swing in the distance, his slender fingers played with the wrench on his thumb, "She invented these iron wheels?"
The manager of the service department thought for a while, and then said, "Back to the lord, the little one thinks...it was indeed invented by Ms. Gu, because there are very few books about craftsmen in the world, and the little ones have read almost all of them that exist in the world. I have never seen or even heard that these things are drawn on the blueprints, and I think it was indeed invented by Miss Gu."
King Li narrowed his eyes slightly, thoughtful, and stopped talking.
After half an hour, the craftsmen finally fixed the huge porcelain vat on the rock on the hillside, and used bamboo pipes to draw some spring water from the mountain into the vat, which was quickly filled with water.
The mountain spring flows down to form a small waterfall, which should have been one of the many landscapes in Prince Li's Mansion, but now because of the porcelain vat, it is a bit weird, and the water in the small waterfall is also less.
The artisans who had just finished installing the porcelain vat found out that they were trembling with fright, and ran to persuade Gu Qianxue one after another.
"Miss Gu, this porcelain jar must never be installed!" said one of the craftsmen.
"Why?" Gu Qianxue asked, looking at the porcelain vat that was storing water.
The craftsman's voice trembled, "Porcelain vats... no, it's a water tower, and the scenery of the palace is ruined. It's fine if His Highness Prince Li doesn't care, but if you make the prince unhappy, you will lose your head!"
Gu Qianxue pointed at the hill and said with a smile, "Don't worry, after a little more time, you will know its intention. If it really destroys the scenery, just remove the water tower."
Although the craftsmen were expecting, they were still worried, and secretly prayed that the prince would not come here at this time.
But no one knew that King Li was watching from a hidden pavilion at this time.
In less than a stick of incense, the porcelain jar was filled with spring water, and the water overflowed and flowed out along the semicircular mouth of the jar with jagged teeth. Because of the water pressure, the water flows like small fountains. Upwelling, the water flowing along the edge of the whole porcelain jar unexpectedly formed a blooming water flower.
Because the water flow beats on the water surface, the water splashes fly, and countless mist beads fly up, which is beautiful and magnificent.
This is not enough, the sun shines on the mist and water droplets, and a rainbow appears. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple, one side of the seven-color light beam is tightly in the porcelain vat with blue flowers on the white background, and the other side gradually disappears in the water mist, like a rainbow flying out of the porcelain vat.
"Wow!"
"So beautiful!"
"Too seconds!"
"This is a spectacle!"
All the craftsmen were amazed, and some were so excited that they didn't know what words to use to praise them. Even the well-informed Sun Yu beside Gu Qianxue couldn't help opening his mouth, "Miss Gu, you... how did you do it?" Did it?"
Gu Qianxue said with a smile, "I didn't make the water tower for a scenery, it has a practical purpose, let's go, let's go to the house." Saying that, she walked into the door of Yushengju's room first.
In the distance, the gazebo.
"Colour... rainbow!" Eunuch Shao exclaimed in surprise with his shrill voice.
Except for Eunuch Shao, all the servants serving in the gazebo saw this beautiful scenery, even though they couldn't lose their composure and scream because of the presence of the prince, they were actually very shocked in their hearts.
The one who was equally shocked was King Li.
"Why did they go to the house, isn't she making the rainbow porcelain jar?" Li Wang asked.
Eunuch Shao pinched the orchid and pointed, "My lord, I haven't heard Miss Gu mention this scene before, but Miss Gu said that this big porcelain vat is called a water tower. As long as this water tower is successful, it will be able to flow out after touching the mechanism in the room. water."
King Li frowned, "Drain the spring water from the mountain to the reservoir, and turn off the valve. How can she mobilize so many people with such a simple thing?" The cold tone contained sarcasm concealed with disdain.
But Eunuch Shao laughed and said, "My lord misunderstood. Ms. Gu didn't just lead the spring into the house. She said that as long as there is this water tower, besides the water on the first floor, even the mechanism in the attic can also produce water. If it is repaired three times The first floor, the third floor, must also have water."
119, don't learn from your master