"Your Majesty, this bicycle is driven by the friction between the tires and the ground, not by balance." Lin Xuan tried his best to explain in simple words.
Li Shimin asked with a puzzled look: "What is friction?"
He can understand a little bit about balance, but he doesn't understand what friction is at all.
"This..." Lin Xuan thought for a long time and didn't know how to explain to Li Shimin.
A lie must be covered up by countless lies.
Although what he said was not a lie, he couldn't explain it clearly.
Seemingly simple things are very difficult to explain clearly to the ancients.
Fortunately, Li Shimin did not struggle with this issue. He looked at Lin Xuan with burning eyes and asked: "Isn't this really a fairy treasure?"
In fact, what Li Shimin wanted to ask was whether Lin Xuan knew gods.
He sent people to investigate Lin Xuan in detail, but he never found out why Lin Xuan knew so many things.
Salt, colored glaze, paper making...
Lin Xuan, a teenager, why does he do this?
These things can barely be explained by natural talent.
What about martial arts?
Whether you are studying literature or martial arts, you need someone to teach you. It is impossible to learn without a teacher.
When he received the news today that Lin Xuan had a treasure from the Immortal family and that he might be the reincarnation of an immortal or an apprentice of an immortal, Li Shimin began to believe it.
Lin Xuan shook his head solemnly and said: "Your Majesty, this is really not a fairy treasure. I have never believed in any gods. Even if there are, legend has it that gods can fly into the sky and escape from the earth. How could they do this?
Something comes out?"
There are countless emperors in history who pursued immortality.
It is natural for people to want to live forever, even ordinary people want it, let alone an emperor.
How can the emperor be willing to sit on the throne and dominate the world?
According to statistics from later generations, the average age of all emperors in history was around forty years old, even lower than the average age of ordinary people in some dynasties.
In ancient times, people were generally young because of frequent wars and natural disasters.
The most important thing is that medical care is lagging behind. Many children die early, which lowers the average life expectancy.
But these are for ordinary people.
Those high-ranking officials are different. Excluding other deaths, the lifespan of high-ranking officials and nobles who die normally is not short.
Take the early Tang Dynasty as an example, Li Yuanfangxuanling lived to be seventy years old.
Cheng Yaojin lived to be seventy-seven years old, and Yuchi Gong lived to be seventy-five years old.
According to historical records, Qin Qiong, who was in poor health, lived to be sixty-eight years old.
There were countless famous officials and generals of the Tang Dynasty who lived to be seventy or eighty years old.
On the contrary, Li Shimin only lived to be fifty-two years old. Isn't this ironic?
It was because many emperors pursued immortality, and Taoist priests tried to accommodate them for fame and fortune, that a profession called "alchemy" emerged.
They don't use some medicinal materials to make elixirs, but those rare metals and some messy things.
The so-called elixir that was finally developed was nothing but iron pimples, the kind of poisonous poisonous pimples. It's no wonder those emperors lived so long.
"Are there really no gods?" Li Shimin muttered to himself, very disappointed.
Lin Xuan said with great certainty: "Your Majesty, I am sure that there are no gods in the world. If there are gods, I am afraid that the sky will not be able to live in it."
Although Lin Xuan's words were somewhat funny, Li Shimin couldn't laugh.
Yes, if one could live forever, wouldn't it be impossible to live in heaven?
"See the Queen!"
Just when Lin Xuan was thinking about how to continue to persuade Li Shimin to give up his pursuit of immortality, Queen Changsun arrived.
Empress Changsun led Li Zhi, Li Lizhi and Princess Yuzhang over.
"I see the Queen, His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin, Princess Changle, and Princess Yuzhang!" Lin Xuan bowed and saluted.
Lin Xuan was somewhat unhappy that he had to bow to his future wife, but he did not dare to show it.
"I have met your Majesty!"
"My son, please see your father!"
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Why are you here?"
Empress Changsun smiled and said: "I heard that the Marquis of Jingyang County seemed to have created something strange. I was a little curious and came here to have a look. It happened that Li Zhi and the others were at my place, so they came over together."
In fact, Li Lizhi and the others sneaked over and met Empress Changsun before they arrived.
Queen Changsun scolded them and led them over.
When Empress Changsun came over, she was troubled by Li Zhi and had no choice.
Lin Xuan had previously given him slides, wooden horses and other toys. When Li Zhi heard that Lin Xuan seemed to have gotten something interesting, he pestered Queen Changsun to bring him over.
Li Shimin pointed to the bicycle and said: "This is it. What kind of bicycle is it called? Lin Xuan, ride it again and let the queen see it."
Lin Xuan really wanted to ask Li Shimin, do you think of me as an acrobat?
Okay, just think about it, he doesn't have the guts to say it.
Lin Xuan rode his bicycle honestly and circled the square again.
"Wow!" Li Zhi looked at the fast-moving bicycle, his eyes full of love, his little face flushed, and he was very excited. He wished he was the one riding the bicycle.
Li Lizhi and Princess Yuzhang looked curious as to why this thing could run on its own on two wheels.
When Lin Xuan stopped, Li Zhi ran over with his short legs and said excitedly: "Can you let me ride?"
Lin Xuan was a little speechless. You have such short legs. You can’t even reach the pedals while sitting on the cushion. Why do you still want to ride a bicycle?
I thought so, but I couldn't say it. Lin Xuan said kindly: "Your Highness, this bicycle is very dangerous and it is easy to fall."
When Li Zhi heard this, he became anxious when he heard that Lin Xuan wouldn't let him play, and said: "If you don't let me play, I will tell my father, the emperor, and the empress if Sister Changle comes out of the palace to look for you again."
Lin Xuan could not wait to step forward and cover his mouth.
Damn, you can threaten people at such a young age, but damn Li Shimin and Empress Changsun already know.
Noticing the unkind looks from Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, Lin Xuan smiled mischievously.
Li Lizhi's face turned red and she glared at Li Zhi fiercely, wishing she could find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
"Huh!" Li Shimin snorted coldly.
How could Li Lizhi have been able to hide this from Lin Xuan the few times she went to see him?
It's just that he deliberately pretended not to know, but now that he has been exposed, he will naturally become very angry, otherwise Lin Xuan will probably be even more unscrupulous in the future.
Queen Changsun said: "Pheasant slave, come here quickly, you are still young, you can't play with this yet."
Although she still didn't understand the principle of the bicycle, she saw that Lin Xuan kept pedaling, and she knew that it had something to do with the pedal, which Li Zhi couldn't reach at all.
"Okay!" Li Zhi returned to Empress Changsun a little unhappy.
Li Shimin was speechless when he saw Li Zhi looking like that. Could he be successful?
Empress Changsun smiled and said: "This bicycle is really a good thing. You can run so fast without eating or drinking. With this thing, the demand for horses in the Tang Dynasty will be reduced a lot in the future. Lin Xuan has made great contributions again. Your Majesty must
It’s better to reward him properly.”
Lin Xuan was a little dissatisfied with Li Shimin because of the assassination, and she knew it.
She wanted to take this opportunity to relax a bit.
As expected of a virtuous queen, when she saw the bicycle, the first thing she thought of was the benefit to the Tang Dynasty.
As for Li Shimin, knowing bicycles, he just thought about fairy treasures, immortality and so on.
Of course, Li Shimin would not have thought of this. It was just that after hearing about the treasure of the Xian family, he was thinking about immortality. When Queen Changsun from the back door brought her children over, he didn't even have time to think about it.
Now after hearing Queen Changsun's words, she quickly reacted and looked at the bicycle with eyes full of passion.