Han Du had just finished adjusting the pulley block when he happened to hear Queen Ma's voice and immediately ran to Queen Ma like a slut. He said: "Back to the Emperor, Your Majesty, I am ready and can start at any time."
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's start quickly." Queen Ma waved her hand to send Han Du away, as if she couldn't wait to see how Han Du could lift a thousand pounds.
Han Du stepped back and came to the water tank. A huge tripod made of wood was placed over the water tank, and four thick ropes hung down, tightly binding the water tank.
Zhu Ping walked around in a circle and saw Han Du's face full of confidence. He asked with a smile: "You have spent so much effort to get this thing out, and you can lift a thousand pounds? This water tank can It’s not just a thousand catties, it’s more than two thousand catties, are you sure you can lift it?”
Han Du naturally knows better than anyone whether he can do it or not. He smiled and replied: "His Royal Highness, King Qin, please wait and see."
"Okay." Zhu Xi clapped his hands and took two steps back. "I am here, let's see how you lift it up." After saying that, he stretched out his hand to indicate to Han Du that he could start.
When Han Du saw that Lao Zhu and others were all turning their attention to him, he started to pull the rope directly. As Han Du pulled, the water tank did not move at all at first, but the rope tied to the water tank continued to tighten. Finally, after the rope was completely tightened, the water tank began to move.
Han Du pulled up the water tank smoothly after a little effort in his hand.
Zhu Xi saw the water tank bit by bit, and was completely moved to the ground by Handu. He just kept looking at it silently. He was the closest and saw Han Du's actions clearly. He knew that Han Du had no way to cheat, and he really pulled up the water tank weighing more than 2,000 kilograms. He couldn't see the point, so he said nothing.
But when Lao Zhu and others sitting far away saw Han Du actually pulling up the water tank, they were so surprised that they couldn't believe their eyes.
Seeing this, the group of people quickly gathered around.
Lao Zhu saw Han Du holding the rope with one hand, looking very relaxed. He couldn't help but asked in surprise: "What method are you using?" Although he had already guessed that Han Du would be capable of causing trouble, he still couldn't believe it when he saw with his own eyes that he could do it so easily.
"Your Majesty, this is not a trick. It is a law that exists in the world. I am just using these things to show it." Han Du said and handed the rope in his hand to Lao Zhu. "If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can try it. Even an ignorant child can pull it up, let alone a humble minister."
Lao Zhu wondered about the rope and tried it. Sure enough, although the water tank was moving up and down as he closed and released it, Lao Zhu felt that it didn't take much effort at all. No wonder Han Du, a weak scholar, was able to move the water Pull up the cylinder.
However, precisely because of this, Lao Zhu was even more surprised that Han Du could do this. "How did you do it?"
Han Du smiled and explained: "It's not how Wei Chen did it, but the sages have done it a long time ago."
How can this be? If someone had been able to do this before, I wouldn't have known about it. Lao Zhu Ding looked at Han Du, knowing that he must have something to say.
Sure enough, Han Du went on to say: "Your Majesty, you know about scales? There is a saying that says, 'Although the weight is small, it can weigh a thousand pounds.' It is based on this sentence that I made this thing."
Through contact with Lao Zhu, Han Du clearly felt the suspicion of Lao Zhu. If Han Du said he invented it, I'm afraid what awaits him will not be Lao Zhu's reward, but a butcher's knife.
There is a saying that goes well, those who can surpass ordinary people by half a step are geniuses, and those who can surpass ordinary people by one step are madmen. Similarly, if Han Du's actions are traceable in Lao Zhu's eyes, then Han Du is a capable person in Lao Zhu's heart; if Han Du's actions exceed Lao Zhu's cognition, he will definitely be dismissed by Lao Zhu. It would be strange not to chop off his head if he returns to the evil deceitful people. Unless Lao Zhu trusts Han Du so much that Lao Zhu will believe whatever Han Du says.
Fortunately, Han Du easily found a way to justify himself from the sages.
"Scale?" Lao Zhu was awakened by Han Du, and he suddenly figured it out. I looked happily at the shelf placed on top of the water tank. This thing did look like a scale.
"According to you, if a long wooden beam is put on top, it will be easy for everyone to lift the water tank?" Lao Zhu asked, pointing to the top of the shelf.
Han Du smiled and replied: "That's natural, Your Majesty. This is like a huge scale. A small scale can weigh things dozens or hundreds of times heavier than itself. If replaced by such a huge scale, , it is naturally easy to lift a thousand pounds. Wei Chen just thought it was very inconvenient to put a beam, so he replaced it with this thing. "
Han Du pointed towards the pulley block.
Lao Zhu looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and praised: "This thing of yours is indeed good. It is much smaller than the cross beam, but it can do the same thing as the cross beam. This thing is good, and it will be of great use to the court. You are so good." How much money do you have to prepare for this time before you are willing to take action?"
Ahem, Han Du suddenly looked embarrassed. When Han Du first took over the Baochao Lifting Division, he was so poor that he wanted to squeeze out the oil when he saw a stone. Facing Lao Zhu, Han Du was able to argue with Lao Zhu without hesitation and did not take the bloody reputation of Lao Zhu seriously.
It can be seen from this that death is not terrible at all, but poverty is more terrible than death.
Now Han Du can be regarded as a small fortune, whether in his family or in his yamen. When Lao Zhu suddenly mentioned the embarrassing things in the past, Han Du's face was filled with embarrassment.
Thinking that he would have something to ask Lao Zhu for a while, Han Du said flatteringly: "The emperor is joking. I am not the kind of person who is blind to money. Since this thing is of great use to the court, the emperor can take it." Yes." It was just a pulley block, and Han Du didn't take it seriously at all.
Lao Zhu laughed twice and couldn't believe that Han Du, who had always been naughty, was so generous today. But no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. Who can be unhappy if you can save some money? What's more, the life of the emperor's family is not easy now, they are very poor.
"Okay, it's rare for you to be generous." Lao Zhu praised Han Du.
But these words were extremely harsh in Han Du's ears. What does it mean to be generous once in a rare time? I used to be so careful in my calculations, wasn't it just to enrich my own pockets? Wasn't it also for the sake of your country and the country, Lao Zhu?
