Chapter 194 Wu Ling and Emperor Xinglong had a quarrel
A tripod supports a cylinder, standing quietly on the third floor.
Hu Mengying asked curiously: "What is this?"
"Viewing mirror!"
Wang Yuan pointed to the eyepiece and said: "With your eyes facing here, you can clearly see the stars and the moon in the sky at night."
With water jade, transparent glass was made, and Wang Yuan made many convex lenses and concave lenses!
It took more than half a month to build an astronomical telescope with a magnification of 70.
In order to make it easier for people of this era to understand, he changed the name of the Sky Observing Mirror.
“So amazing!”
Hu Mengying said in surprise: "Isn't this like a telescope that can't see the sun?"
She had used a telescope and seen the scenery several miles away, and knew not to look at the sun.
Holding his slender waist and sniffing his long black hair, Wang Yuan hummed softly: "Well, it will hurt your eyes. Look at the moon and stars at night. It's fine!"
Hu Mengying felt weak all over and fell into Wang Yuan's arms, her heart beating rapidly: "Sir, what does the moon look like? Is it a luminous pearl that shines at night?"
Looking at that shy and pretty face, Wang Yuan straightened the bridge of his nose and said, "No, the moon is full of pits, like a bare valley!"
"ah!"
Hu Mengying couldn't accept it for a moment: "This, how is this possible!"
In the hearts of great people, the moon is a bright pearl hanging in the sky, so how can it be like a valley with craters and valleys?
Wang Yuan did not explain: "Anyway, what I see is the valley with rugged valleys!"
If you talk about the earth and the moon to people who have no contact with science, it will be difficult for them to understand.
Only by letting them see it can they break their inherent concepts bit by bit.
First break the illusory ‘heaven’.
"oh!"
Hu Mengying was startled: "Son, what does the sun look like?"
Wang Yuan said casually: "The sun is just a big fireball, about 1.3 million times bigger than the earth under our feet."
"What?"
Hu Mengying was shocked again: "Sir, are you telling the truth? The sun looks so small, how can it be so much bigger than the earth!"
The sun is a big fireball. She can accept this concept. After all, it emits light and heat.
But she couldn't accept that the sun was millions of times bigger than the earth.
The sun above our head is as big as a sea bowl. How can it be so much bigger than the earth?
"Have you seen Black Tiger Mountain?"
Wang Yuan pointed forward: "Now you look at the mountain, it's as big as a palm, but when you get closer, it's a mountain. Think about the reason?"
Hu Mengying was startled and said: "This is because Black Tiger Mountain is too far away from us, and we see that they have become smaller."
"It can be understood this way!"
Without explaining the principle of how objects are imaged in the eyes, Wang Yuan simply said: "The sun is very big, but it is too far away from us, so we see it as very small. If it were not so big, how would the light and heat reach the earth? It is thousands of miles away.
If you burn a mountain, you won't feel the heat here, so you can imagine how big the fire is on the sun!"
"...That seems to be the truth!"
Hu Mengying was stunned and nodded, looking at Wang Yuan's beautiful eyes with fascination: "Young master, you are so knowledgeable, I will be willing to die if I can win your favor!"
Wang Yuan's heart was like a cat's paw when he saw her charming appearance, and he pushed her into his arms fiercely: "Little hoof, are you teasing me?"
"Sir, I didn't!"
Hu Mengying breathed quickly and turned around with difficulty: "The recent business has been good. Soap and crystal sugar have been sold to Longnan County. Merchants from both places want to negotiate agency business and want us to increase the supply of crystal sugar. Now that the new year is approaching, crystal sugar
Sugar is in high demand!”
Soap and crystal candies were sold in Jiushan County as early as possible.
As soon as the green-faced beast was eliminated in Longnan County and He County, the caravan immediately went south to open the market.
The wholesale price of soap is one tael per dollar and the retail price is three taels per dollar. It is very popular among wealthy families.
Thirty guan of crystal candy was sold for wholesale and 100 guan for retail. It was sold out as soon as it arrived on the market.
Especially as the New Year approaches, crystal candy, a rare treasure, is in short supply as a gift.
Wang Yuan took a deep breath and suppressed his instinctive impulse: "You are solely responsible for this. I believe in your business vision. If you want to increase production, just tell the factory!"
He had no interest in business, so with Hu Mengying's help, he immediately became the shopkeeper!
Now he devotes all his energy to cultivating talents and gradually starting up industry.
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Ten days later, Marshal Wu Ling led his team into Kyoto, and the people in the city were excited!
Since the founding of the country in Daye, it has been invaded by various ethnic groups in the north and suffered long-term defeats.
In the past 100 years or so, the barren people have been working hard to achieve great goals and have eaten away one-third of the territory!
Now in this battle, King Tu Nan, one of the five kings of Huang Ting, was killed, and the entire army of Huang Ting annihilated one hundred thousand cavalry.
This is the biggest victory since the founding of the People's Republic of China, boosting the national destiny and popular sentiment.
If the people are happy, the court is even happier!
When Wu Ling came back from this trip, he not only brought back the money that King Tu Nan had lost and captured young prince Agu Cha, but also the money that Yan Fu had confiscated from the Yang family by raiding the local tyrants.
This amount of money totals four million taels, which is equivalent to the annual taxes of two states!
This directly let the court, which was unable to pay out the salary at the end of the year, heave a big sigh of relief.
The next day, Emperor Xinglong led hundreds of civil and military officials to bring the body of King Tu Nan and the young prince Agu to sacrifice the prisoners at the Tea Temple to express condolences to the ancestors for the achievements of the dynasty.
Emperor Xinglong was in high spirits.
Although Wu Ling won the battle, he is the emperor of this dynasty, and the achievements of the soldiers are also his!
The next day, the cabinet!
Qin Zhan, Minister of the Ministry of War, picked up a letter and flipped through it, his eyes lit up: "Interesting!"
Yang Fengguo, the Prime Minister of the Left, chuckled: "Old Qin, what is it that interests you, a cold-faced person?"
"Prime Minister Left, please look!"
Qin Zhan, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, handed over the report and said: "A few days ago, the green-faced beasts in He County rebelled. Wei Cheng, the commander-in-chief of Longnan County, led 3,000 soldiers to put down the rebellion. It took a month but they could not capture the rebels. As a result,
Wang Polu from Fu County, together with acting magistrate Sun Baichuan, arrested Xu Dayou, led the garrison, captured the green-faced beast alive, killed 400 rebels, and captured 550 people. Don't you think it's interesting?
?The garrison defeated the soldiers!"
Ranking of imperial troops: imperial army, frontier army, wing army, garrison army, and rural army.
The garrison soldiers defeated the many soldiers with less, and defeated the soldiers in the box. The leader of the soldiers was not a professional.
"Don't even look at where this is. Fu County is Mr. Mingtan's hometown!"
Yang Fengguo, the Prime Minister of the Left, laughed: "Wang Polu is Mr. Mingtan's cousin. He killed the surrendered general Lu Chengye at the Battlefield Mountain. Mr. Mingtan was behind the scenes. It didn't matter that he destroyed the green-faced beast rebels."
They have studied Wang Yuan's information more than ten times, and everyone under them knows it well.
Not to mention the two tigers who became famous on the battlefield, even the three Guo Cang brothers knew it.
"good!"
Qin Zhan, Minister of War, nodded: "Wang Polu is a tiger general. If he were not too young, based on his military exploits this time, he could be made a general."
"Young man, your temperament is not stable enough, it needs to be polished!"
Yang Fengguo took up the document and handed it forward: "Lao Yuan, take a look at this document and ask the officials to promote three people to one promotion according to the evaluation, and then demote the prefect of Longnan County and the generals, and deal with even a small rebel.
No."
Secretary Lang took the folder and passed it on.
Yuan Guanluan, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who was in charge of the promotion of officials all over the world, chuckled at the sight of it: "Prime Minister Zuo, this Wang Polu is already a thousand generals. Even if we have to polish him, based on his contribution to suppressing the rebellion this time, we must give him a partial general. As for him.
Sun Baichuan, the acting magistrate of this county, can be promoted to a full county magistrate. Xu Dayou, the head catcher, should be promoted to a county magistrate! As for Liao Xingjia, the prefect of Longnan, and Wei Cheng, each of them should be demoted one level."
Left Prime Minister Yang Fengguo nodded!
Yuan Guanluan wrote a few words on the folder, and the folder was passed on by the secretary!
At this point, the fate of the five people has undergone earth-shaking changes while the two cabinet bosses were talking and laughing.
"Why!"
Qin Zhan, the Minister of War on the side, sighed: "It's easy to reward the three of them, but Mr. Mingtan, the man behind the scenes, didn't get the slightest reward. He made great achievements, but he didn't get any reward. No wonder the three of us wrote the letter, Mingtan
Sir, you haven’t even replied to one of them!”
Yang Fengguo, the left prime minister, frowned and said solemnly: "Marquis Wu has gone to see your majesty. I hope he can persuade your majesty to give you fair treatment!"
He fought with Qin, and Zhou Jingye asked the censor Fu Qing to take the letter to Dawangzhuang.
But now that the young marshal and Wang Polu have entered Kyoto, the three of them have not received a reply.
This made the three people feel a little sad, thinking that Wang Yuan had resentment towards the court.
If they have made such great achievements, His Majesty will turn a blind eye and feel resentful!
Their group has submitted letters several times in order for His Majesty to grant Mr. Mingtan a reward!
However, he was reprimanded by His Majesty every time for insisting that Mr. Mingtan take the imperial examination, as if he did not believe in Mr. Mingtan's talent.
Now when Wuhou came to Beijing, when he met them, he expressed that he was willing to give up everything to seek a title for his husband.
Qin Zhan nodded and said, "I hope Marquis Wu can persuade His Majesty!"
At this moment, a eunuch suddenly walked over quickly and said in a sharp voice: "Prime Minister Zuo, something bad has happened. Marquis Wu and Your Majesty have had a quarrel!"
"What!"
Yang Fengguo and Qin Zhan stood up awkwardly, their scalps numb.
Marquis Wu came to the palace today to meet the emperor, but he actually quarreled with His Majesty. This is a grave crime of disobedience.
If you don't do it right, you'll be beheaded!
The Royal Garden a quarter of an hour ago!
Emperor Xinglong is dressed in a dragon robe, smiling but not smiling. Next to him is Concubine Su holding a white cat!
Wu Ling, who was dressed in a python robe, knelt down and kowtowed: "Wu Ling sees your majesty, long live my emperor!"
"My beloved, I am safe. This great victory at the border is all due to my beloved, who bravely killed the enemy without caring about his own life, and protected our great cause!"
Emperor Xinglong raised his hand with a smile on his face, looking friendly and cheerful!
He has always been wary of Wu Ling, but now he should be comforted!
After all, this is the biggest victory of this dynasty!
"Reporting to your majesty, the general's achievements in this battle are really minor!"
Wu Ling raised his head and said seriously: "The credit for this battle is all due to the military advisor Wang Yuan. If the military advisor did not invent the three-bow crossbow, kill King Tu Nan, use the troops to lure the enemy into the city, and prepare a fire attack plan, it would still be useful."
The Fire Ox Formation broke through the camp of the Deserters, and it is absolutely impossible for the general to annihilate all the Deserters. This is not a miraculous feat!"
Concubine Su's beautiful eyes were astonished: Your Majesty has always said that the military advisor is a pawn, but Marquis Wu admires him so much. Is that military advisor really capable?
Emperor Xinglong's face darkened and he said expressionlessly: "My beloved, please rise. I already know the situation on the battlefield!"
Wu Ling didn't get angry and stood up. He held his fists and insisted: "Your Majesty, I am willing to give up my position as Marquis of Wu. Please reward your Majesty as a military advisor. He is the greatest contributor to this battle. This Marquis position should be his!"