Became a prodigy in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 148 The problem of the crossbow

You don't have a lot of money, why are you messing around here?
Hearing the words, the civil and military officials of Manchu Dynasty suddenly felt a black line all over their heads. This little guy is really famous for asking for money!Do you want to make some money too?This is related to the face of our court officials?Isn't this more important than money?

Li Ke and Li You immediately slapped their heads, that's right, they should play a trick before the competition, earning him a little money to spend.How can we be so stupid?
The two quickly admitted their mistake: "The teacher is very right, we will definitely change it next time."

My goodness, what kind of students are these teaching?The two well-behaved princes were forced to be misled by this little guy.

Li Er was also a black thread at one end, and he felt very happy just now, but being treated like this by Cheng Chuli immediately filled the court with the smell of copper.

Cheng Yaojin also felt his face turn red.This is too embarrassing for my youngest son.

This is the Datang prodigy who refused to meet me?Lu Dongzan stared straight at Cheng Chuli.

Cheng Chuli didn't even look at him, he cupped his hands to Li Er and said, "Your servant will see the emperor."

"Okay, Cheng Chuli, why are you coming to the palace this time?" Li Er asked.

Cheng Chuli said: "It's like this. Yesterday, Mr. Lu Dongzan said that he would set up a ring in Chang'an City to challenge me, otherwise he would write a letter of obedience to him. After thinking about it, this is related to our Great Tang Dynasty. It's a big matter of face, so I can't do without coming, so the little minister came here."

Li You immediately felt insulted by the sky, and couldn't help saying angrily: "What? Lu Dongzan, just like you, you can't even win against me as a student, and you still want to put on a ring with my teacher, you are so shameless How thick is it?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

In the court hall, someone couldn't help laughing again.

Lu Dongzan was so ashamed that he blushed and his neck was thick, but he stood up and said: "King Yan, you are you and he is him. How can this be confused? I don't believe that a five-year-old child can What's the matter?"

"you."

Li You was immediately annoyed by his words.

Cheng Chuli waved his hand, and Li You quickly stood aside.

Cheng Chuli said: "Lu Dongzan, it's not impossible for me to make a move, but my appearance fee is very expensive. Are you sure you really want to compare with me?"

What the hell is the appearance fee? Lu Dongzan suddenly felt a black line all over his head.Just from the name, it sounds like it must be related to money.

Cheng Chuli had no choice but to explain patiently: "It means that I am a very valuable person. If you want to see my performance, you can either give me money, or give me a bet, and lose some money to me. That's what it means, do you understand? "

Lu Dongzan asked disdainfully: "Then tell me, how much money do you have to bet to be willing to compete?"

Cheng Chuli: "At least [-] guan."

Lu Dongzan nodded: "Well, at noon tomorrow, I will set up a ring on Zhuque Street and have a good bet with you. If you lose, you will not only have to pay the other party [-] yuan, but also write a service letter to the other party on the spot. Words, do you dare to bet?"

Cheng Chuli: "Get the money ready, I'll get it when the time comes."

"Humph."

Lu Dongzan snorted coldly, and then hurriedly bid farewell to Li Er.It's really embarrassing to stay here.

He has to go back and prepare well, not only will he earn back his face tomorrow, but he will also ruin Cheng Chu's reputation.

Yes, civil and military officials also think that Cheng Chuli is Cheng Chuli, and the two princes are two princes, and the two princes have high IQs, and being able to answer Lu Dongzan's question does not mean that Cheng Chuli is also good.

Therefore, many civil servants want to wait until tomorrow to watch the excitement and see how this five-year-old child is ashamed.

After all, there are too many people who hate Cheng Chuli in this court.

Well, although his students helped them out just now, so what?These guys, those who should hate you will still hate you.There are even many people thinking about how to help Lu Dongzan clean up Cheng Chuli!
As soon as Lu Dongzan left, Cheng Chuli cupped his hands to Li Er and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to talk to you alone."

As soon as Li Er heard this, he was about to call for retreat.But an official from the Ministry of Industry stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there is something we have been wanting to report to you. It just so happens that Master Cheng Xiaohou is here today, and we just want to talk about it."

what the hell is this?From the tone of his words, it seems that it is not a good thing!

Li Er frowned and said, "What's the matter, tell me!"

The Ministry of Industry official said: "Your Majesty, it is about the strong crossbow. We suspect that the blueprint given to us by Master Cheng Xiaohou is fake. Two full months have passed, and we have followed the blueprint he provided us. A strong crossbow can't be made either."

"what?"

There was an explosion in the courtroom.Isn't this the Ministry of Industry?

An official stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Cheng Chuli's actions are beyond reproach."

"That's right, he even handed us a fake blueprint. What is he trying to do?"

Those officials were all excited, and they all stood up to accuse Cheng Chuli of his crimes.

Cheng Chuli was also stunned, no way, what I handed them was a real blueprint.And they were given samples, how could they not make it?
Cheng Chuli never expected such a thing to happen.Isn't this fatal?
Li Shimin's face also darkened.Two months!It turned out that because of a fake blueprint, I worked for two months in vain.How much money is wasted in vain?

"Xiao Chuli, what's going on?"

Cheng Chuli said with a confused face: "Your Majesty, I don't know either. I obviously gave the real blueprint, and they can't make it. What can I do?"

An official stood up and said: "It's nonsense. If you gave us real blueprints, how could we not manufacture them. What you gave us must be fake blueprints."

Another official stood up and said, "Cheng Chuli, don't you know how serious your behavior is? Let me tell you that this is deception, a serious deception. You should quickly take out the real blueprint, or you will be punished." Beheaded."

An official added: "Even if you show the real blueprints now, you will inevitably be punished. This is not a trivial matter, do you understand?"

That is to say, if I take it out or not, I'm going to die?
Cheng Chuli was speechless, and said to Li Er: "Your Majesty, I dare to guarantee the head of the item. What I gave is definitely a real blueprint. Could it be that some blueprints were lost during this process? Or were they maliciously tampered with?" ?”

This drawing is not just a piece of paper.There are more than 20 sheets in total, and it is not surprising if one or two sheets are missing.

An official from the Ministry of Industry stood up and said, "This is impossible. The drawing you gave is complete. We have verified it many times. No one has tampered with it. It must be a fake drawing you gave."

Li Er did not believe that the drawings given by Cheng Chuli were fake.He reminded: "Xiao Chuli, think about it again, is there something wrong?"

Cheng Chuli said: "Your Majesty, I am sure that what I gave you was a complete and genuine blueprint. There will be absolutely no mistakes."

Then it's a big deal.Even Cheng Yaojin was scared, and couldn't help standing up and saying: "Boy, think about it carefully, is there something wrong? This is really not a trivial matter!"

Cheng Chuli smiled and said, "Don't worry, father, nothing will happen."

From Cheng Chuli's point of view, the big deal is just to make up for him, what's the big deal?
However, some people don't think so.An official couldn't wait to jump out and said: "Your Majesty, it seems that Cheng Chuli is going to fight to the end. I implore the Emperor to hand him over to our Ministry of Punishment. I promise to get the real blueprint from him."

Cheng Yaojin became anxious immediately, pointing at the official and scolding loudly: "Wang Ye, what kind of shit are you putting on here? What does this matter have to do with your Ministry of Punishment?"

Wang Ye said solemnly: "Lu Guogong, don't play tricks here, you don't know how serious this matter is. If your son still doesn't show the real blueprint, not only will he be arrested, but even your whole process will be destroyed." Everyone in the family will be implicated."

Cheng Yaojin was angry: "Wang Ye, you old killer, if you have the ability, you can try to catch one. See if I, Cheng Yaojin, can poke you with three hundred transparent holes?"

Wang Ye jumped up and said: "There is no discipline in the eyes, it is lawlessness in the eyes! Your Majesty, this Lu Guogong's family is lawless and rebellious, and their hearts can be punished. I ask the emperor to issue an order to punish them for their crimes."

"bump……"

Li Er slapped the table angrily: "Shut up, why are you arguing, is this a vegetable market?"

Suddenly, the hall was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

Li Er said: "Xiao Chuli, think about where the problem is?"

Cheng Chuli said: "Your Majesty, I have figured it out. This must be a method used by the Taiyuan royal family to attack me. Look at Wang Ye, he can't wait for you to order me to be killed right now! Your Majesty, this is to frame Zhongliang!" !"

"what?"

Wang Ye became anxious immediately, and said angrily: "Cheng Chuli, don't spout blood here. It's obvious that the blueprint you gave is fake."

Cheng Chuli: "It doesn't matter if you say I spitting blood, but you shouldn't bully my father. Your Majesty, he bullied my brother. If the Emperor doesn't deal with him today, I don't care about this matter."

"what?"

Wang Ye was stunned.A bad premonition rose in my heart.

Li Er said without hesitation: "Come here, drag Wang Ye down and beat him twenty times."

Immediately, Qian Niuwei ran up to the hall and dragged Wang Ye down.Soon there were screams outside.

Cheng Chuli turned his head and looked around.

Those people who jumped out to attack Cheng Chuli just now lowered their heads as soon as they caught his gaze.

Cheng Chuli: "A bunch of trash, if you can't get them out by yourself, you'll put the responsibility on the blueprints."

The people from the Ministry of Industry lowered their heads even more fiercely, and some of them even blushed.

Cheng Chuli said: "Go, go and bring the crossbow you made and let me have a look."

Soon, people from the Ministry of Industry brought three crossbows.

Cheng Chuli looked at it, and immediately said with dissatisfaction: "Isn't this the same thing as the ones I made? Why did you say it wasn't made?"

That's right, these three are complete crossbows.And it's exactly the same as Cheng Chuli's.

At this time, Duan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who had been silent for a long time, stood up and said, "Master Cheng, this thing looks the same but it doesn't work at all. For example, this spring, as soon as the bow is drawn, the spring will straighten immediately. It doesn't work at all."

Cheng Chuli understood, this is not made, it is clearly just made its shape, but it can't be used.

In the final analysis, this is because their iron smelting technology can't keep up, and they can't make steel that can make springs at all.

For a strong crossbow, without a spring, it's useless for you to make a show.

He looked at the official who stood up and sued him with an ugly face.Said: "You call this unmanufactured? What does this have to do with the blueprint I gave you?"

These officials, who can't make things out of themselves and don't look for problems on themselves, know how to shift the responsibility to others. It's really abhorrent.

Forehead?Isn't it a question of drawings?

The official suddenly broke out in cold sweat, and said, "Then tell me, what's the problem?"

Cheng Chuli asked, "What's your name?"

The man said: "I am Liu Tong."

Liu Tong?
Cheng Chuli asked in surprise, "Aren't you from a great family?"

Liu Tong said, "No."

In fact, in the Ministry of Industry, there are very few officials from aristocratic families.Because this is a department that is so poor that it works and works to death.People from aristocratic families simply disdain these positions.

Hearing that he said that he was not an official from a wealthy family, Cheng Chuli's anger also dissipated a lot.

"You can't find the problem, don't you know how to find someone to ask? It's really not possible, can you go to Chengjia Village to find me? There is no need to say that my drawings are not good in the court, right?"

Liu Tong blushed and was speechless.

In fact, he also had his difficulties.If the emperor knows that it is because they can't do it, it is very likely that the Wushamao will be lost.

Duan Lun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, said a little embarrassedly: "Master Cheng, let me deal with his problem later! Do you know where the problem is?"

Cheng Chuli nodded and said, "Let's go to the shooting range to test it out, and you'll know where the problem is."

Li Er was overjoyed and said, "Okay, let's go and have a look together."

Everyone is very curious about this matter. They are obviously two identical things. Why does one work but the other doesn't?

Soon, everyone came to the shooting range with great interest.Then, wait for Cheng Chuli's performance.

Li Er, Duan Lun and other officials followed Cheng Chuli closely, they were really curious.

Cheng Chuli asked Li Ke and Li You who were following him: "Elder senior brother and second senior brother, do you know where the problem with this strong crossbow is?"

Both Li Ke and Li You were puzzled. Li Ke said, "Teacher, can you let us have a try?"

Cheng Chuli nodded, and had someone hand over two crossbows made by the Ministry of Industry to Li Ke and Li You.

The two got the crossbow and observed carefully, but finally found that there was no difference at all.It looks like a perfect crossbow with nothing wrong with it.

The two looked at each other and kicked with their feet.Then, the problem arises.

(End of this chapter)