Chen Xiaomu was slightly startled when he heard this, and couldn't help turning his face to look at Su Xingran. Su Xingran happened to be looking at him at this time. The two seemed to have a clear understanding of each other, and said almost at the same time: "Yes."
Furong was overjoyed when she heard this. She quickly walked to the table and stretched out her slender hands, carefully rolled up the white paper with the poems written on it, and then carefully put it into her sleeves.
At this moment, Chen Xiaomu held the goose quill pen in his hand and fell into deep thought without realizing it. The first step in making down jackets was to make a down separator. However, he searched in his mind for a long time and found the None of the down separators does not require electricity to be driven. Now he is stumped. Is there any electricity available in this world? We can't build another power plant. Then we probably won't be able to make down jackets in ten years. What's more, we are still in the war. After much deliberation, Chen Xiaomu decided to change the down separator driven by electricity into a human hand-cranked one. , although the production efficiency of this modification is more than a hundred times lower than that of electric drive, the advantage is that after eliminating the electric drive system, this down separator has been reduced from more than 300 parts to only 8 It can be assembled with more than ten parts. After the blacksmith makes these parts according to the size, it saves a lot of work to assemble it yourself.
Su Xingran saw Chen Xiaomu draw some strange shapes on the paper that he had never seen before. They looked like a book from heaven. At first, he could hold it back, but later on, he drew more and more such shapes, and even drew a circle on the edge of it. There is also a circle of saw cuts, and some lines are added to the front and rear ends of a long stick. The bottom is densely filled with various sizes, such as length, thickness, and diameter. Su Xingran can still hold back at the beginning, Seeing Chen Xiaomu draw one after another, she couldn't bear it anymore. She pointed to the circle with a zigzag pattern and asked Chen Xiaomu, "Husband, these things you drew are so strange. There are so many gaps in this one." What is the circle?"
Chen Xiaomu glanced at her with a smile and told her: "This is called a gear!" "
"What about this one?" Su Xingran then asked Chen Xiaomu, pointing to a thick pipe with several circles of lines on one end drawn on the paper. Anyway, she couldn't understand it or understand it. She was just a child who found it curious and fun.
Chen Xiaomu looked down at the pattern on her finger and replied, "This is a straw."
Su Xingran knew about the straw, because when she was a child, she often used straws made of wheat straw to drink some juice squeezed from peaches, pears, and apricots in the palace. She was just curious about the straw that Chen Xiaomu drew. Not only was it very thick, but there were also holes in the middle. A twist, what is it for?
Chen Xiaomu saw Su Xingran staring at the straw picture thoughtfully, so he smiled and explained to her: "Honey, this straw is not for absorbing water. Its main function is to throw the down into the separator. , and then suck the separated lighter plush into the cleaning machine to remove the grease on the plush.”
Su Xingran couldn't understand these later generations' professional terminology, so he could only look at Chen Xiaomu with a pair of almond-shaped eyes, and then suddenly said, "Husband, why are you working so hard on these things?"
Hearing Su Xingran's inquiry, Chen Xiaomu suddenly remembered that he had never mentioned making down jackets in front of her. No wonder she looked confused now. Chen Xiaomu reached out and touched the deerskin jacket Su Xingran was wearing, and asked with concern, "Honey, it's a cold night in the middle of winter. Are you cold?"
Su Xingran shook her head, "It's not cold at all, but my husband, you are wearing a little thin clothing. Can I ask Furong to get you a silk coat to put on?"
Chen Xiaomu held Su Xingran's hand and said with a smile: "No need, my wife. I know that you women are Yin and are afraid of the cold, but we men are Yang and have a lot of firepower. Wear less and it's fine. Don't the world call us Xiaohuozi? They call you Is the woman called Gu Liang? That’s why!”
Chen Xiaomu's plausible fallacies made both Su Xingran and Furong burst out laughing!
Su Xingran said coquettishly: "Husband, I'm asking you what's the use of doing these seemingly complicated things, but you've gone on to talk about it!"
Chen Xiaomu suddenly had a mysterious look on his face and chuckled: "Wife, do you think a smart man like your husband can do such useless things?"
Su Xingran pouted and muttered dissatisfiedly: "I really don't know what the weird things you drew are for!"
The next morning, when the sky in the east showed a trace of fish belly white, and a ray of morning light shone into the room from the middle of the six-sided window lattice, Chen Xiaomu had already placed twenty or thirty drawings on the desk in front of him. He put down his goose feather pen. , first moved his fingers that were numb from pinching the goose quill, then stretched out a long stretch, and yawned several times in succession. Su Xingran and Furong couldn't stand it anymore as early as the second half of the night. At this time The two of them were lying on opposite sides of the desk, sleeping soundly, and Su Xingran would murmur a word or two from his mouth from time to time.
Chen Xiaomu was afraid of disturbing their sweet dreams, so he moved the chair behind him slightly back, then tiptoed to the door and pulled the door latch. The moment he opened the door, a biting cold wind blew in his face. , Chen Xiaomu could not help but tremble. It had been snowing heavily all night outside. At this time, he was in a snow-white world covered in silver. This was the first time he had seen such a heavy snowfall in this world since he traveled through time. .
Chen Xiaomu wrapped his hands tightly in the linen robe and tightened the cloth belt around his waist. After Chen Xiaomu walked out of the room, he quietly turned back and gently closed the door. In the yard, several maids who had gotten up early were holding brooms. While sweeping the snow, there were still some small pieces of snow floating in the sky. When they saw Chen Xiaomu walking over the snow, they all put down their brooms and saluted him, and he nodded in response.
There were two guards standing guard on both sides of the courtyard gate, their heads drooped, their hands in their sleeves, holding their spears in their arms, leaning against the wall and falling asleep. Chen Xiaomu glanced at the two guards and did not wake him up. Instead, the two of them walked lightly and walked straight to the front yard of the Princess Mansion. He wanted to see how the task assigned to Li Gui last night was going.
As soon as Chen Xiaomu passed through the second door of the princess's mansion, he faintly heard the guards yelling and scolding from the front, "Hurry up and stop pretending to be dead!"
Turning around the large screen wall in front of the second door, one could see from a distance on the snow-white snow, two guards from the Princess's Palace holding long guns in their hands and escorting a man in black with his hands tied behind his back. On the snow While walking on the ground, the escorting guard kicked the man in black's butt with his toes, urging him to walk faster. Chen Xiaomu hesitated for a moment, feeling that what he said now seemed a bit redundant and could easily cause Li Gui to misunderstand that she didn't trust him. He hesitated and was about to turn back when he suddenly saw a person running in the snow from the direction of the gate of the Princess Mansion. , it looks like there is something very urgent coming here to report.
Chen Xiaomu stopped and stood there waiting for the man who was running away. After a while, the man ran up to him out of breath with a head of ice on his head. Chen Xiaomu took a closer look and saw that it was the man in front of the house yesterday. The guard, who was very perceptive, saw that he had changed his eloquent tone from yesterday and said in a stammering voice: "Prince-in-law, Mr. Ma, in front of the house, here comes a group of Taoist priests. The thieves are very violent. Lai If you don't leave the door of the princess's mansion, you're asking for someone from our mansion!"
Chen Xiaomu raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, how many people are here?"
The guard paused and said hesitantly: "There seem to be more than ten people, I didn't count them carefully!"
Chen Xiaomu snorted coldly and cursed: "These thieves, I originally planned to save some face for them, but they don't want face at all! Let's go and have a look." Chen Xiaomu waved his hand and took the lead in walking quickly towards the door of the mansion. He wanted to see how capable these Taoist priests were. Last night, they openly gathered a crowd to attack Zheng Guo's palace, Princess Qingfeng. This morning, they dared to come to the palace to ask for someone. It seemed that they had not taken Zheng Guo's property at all. The court takes it seriously! "
Seeing Chen Xiaomu coming, the guards at the gate of the mansion seemed to have a strong sense of control and came to greet him one after another. After the leading guard saluted him, he said with a sad face: "Prince-in-law, these Taoists come to the gate of our princess's mansion before dawn. They knocked on the door and told us to release all the people we arrested last night. Those who were killed or injured should have our Princess Mansion pay additional compensation for funeral expenses and injury expenses. I sent people out to drive them away, but it only took a few tricks. The two leading Taoists were all knocked to the ground, and three of us were seriously injured! I had no choice but to let the archers cover us and return to the princess's mansion, closing the door and defending!"
Chen Xiaomu nodded and said, "I don't understand why these old men are so arrogant and domineering? Even the court doesn't take them seriously! Open the door and I'll go out and meet them."
The guard was shocked when he heard this! He quickly stopped him and said: "Prince Prince Consort, you must not do it. According to the rumors I heard, there is a Taoist temple called Sanqing Temple on Mangdang Mountain outside Xinjing City. The abbot in this temple seems to have some relationship with the royal family of Qi State. On weekdays, even the Huo Gong Taoist who works as a handyman in the temple comes down the mountain to the city to buy things. He is so arrogant! I heard that even our emperor is very afraid of the Taoist Zhicheng, the abbot of the temple! Every year when the New Year is approaching, I have to send someone to send some silver grain to Guanli to express my condolences!"
What bullshit! Even a Taoist priest is afraid of this! Chen Xiaomu thought bitterly in his heart, it seems that his father-in-law is also a weakling, and thought, no, if I don't keep a few of these Taoist priests today, won't the reputation of Princess Qingfeng's mansion in this new capital be discredited in the future? , no prestige at all! Chen Xiaomu put his hand into his arms and squeezed the small explosive bag that Li Gui brought him from the camp outside the city. He confidently said to the guard: "Open the door. Someone has to come forward to solve this matter. Otherwise, this will happen." If this continues, these Taoist priests really think that our Princess Mansion is weak and can be bullied!"
The guard looked worried and reported to Chen Xiaomu: "Prince-in-law, it's not just a small intention to stop you and prevent you from going out. It's actually that the Taoist priests outside are too fierce. They almost start fighting at the slightest disagreement. You If anything goes wrong when we go out, we can't afford it even if we tie all the kids together! "
When Chen Xiaomu heard this, his face immediately darkened, and he said angrily to the guard: "I won't let you take responsibility. Open the door for me, or you will be subject to military law!"
''this……! "After Chen Xiaomu drank, the guard seemed to cry out in embarrassment. Just when he was at a loss, he suddenly heard someone behind him saying gently: "Since the consort insists on you opening them, you can open them. I will accompany him out to see you. Meet these veterans! "
Although the sound was not loud, it frightened the guard so much that he trembled all over. He turned around quickly and bowed his head. He said with a frightened look on his face: "Your Highness, how dare I let you go out with the Prince Consort? This sword has no eyes." , if there is an accident, the emperor will not destroy the nine tribes in the villain's family!"
Su Xingran was not angry when she heard this. She knew that it was because of the duties of these guards. After all, he did this to protect his own safety, so she tried to slow down her tone and persuaded: "You think this door alone can... Block these old tricks? They will still break in when they get anxious!"
Chen Xiaomu didn't know why Su Xingran followed him out without knowing it, but what shocked him now was that Su Xingran actually said that these Taoist priests outside the door dared to break into the princess's mansion. The current Zhengguo court In the eyes of these Taoist priests outside the gate, isn't it just a puppet court? If you think about it this way, everything that happened in the past two days seems to make sense. No wonder someone dared to kidnap me, the majestic prince-in-law of Zheng Guo, in broad daylight. No wonder the sky was dark and the sky was dark with the men in black in front of the princess's house last night. There was no reaction at all from the Royal Guards who patrolled the city every day. I really don't know what kind of bird emperor my father-in-law thought he was. Chen Xiaomu was so angry that his teeth hurt.
As if to respond to Su Xingran's words, the Taoist priest outside the door seemed to have exhausted his patience and began to smash the door of the princess's house again, "Kang, bang, bang, one after another, the sound was loud and deafening, Chen Xiaomu ordered to the guard. Said: "Go, bring all the archers in the princess's house to me, I will shoot these thieves to death!" "
"Husband, you must not!" Seeing Chen Xiaomu's furious look, Su Xingran hurriedly stopped him and said, "It's easy to kill these Taoist priests, but I'm afraid that Zheng Guo will cause another disaster!"
Chen Xiaomu laughed angrily and said with great disdain: "Your Highness, you are just a few stinky Taoist priests. You don't really think that some Infinite Heavenly Lord will bring disaster to the people of Zheng State, do you? Besides, didn't I kill a lot of people last night? What! There's something wrong."
Su Xingran shook his head and said solemnly: "Husband, you are wrong. Last night it was because they were all wearing night clothes and we didn't know them, so we could kill them without mercy as robbers who robbed our homes. It's different now." Yes, they are all wearing Taoist uniforms, showing their identity to us, so we cannot act rashly!"
At this moment, Chen Xiaomu was about to burst with anger, and said sternly: "Aren't they just a few stinky Taoist priests? What can't we do rashly? If you are afraid, just go back to the house and rest. I will handle the things here with you. It’s irrelevant!”
When Su Xingran heard this, his face was instantly filled with sadness, and he sighed softly: "Husband, you have misunderstood me. I am not afraid of these Taoist priests. Our Zheng Kingdom has just returned to the country, and its foundation is not yet stable. Everyone in the court is worried." Trying every means to avoid another war, the abbot of Sanqing Temple on Mangdang Mountain outside the city is the elder brother of Xiao Yan, the current emperor of Qi State. His common name is Xiao Cheng. He was almost killed because he failed to compete for the throne with his younger brother. Later, Qi State The empress dowager of the country intervened and saved him, and later allowed him to become a Taoist priest. In addition, he was given a large sum of money to build a Taoist temple in a foreign country, where he could practice Taoism instead of the saints. Zhao Yong was not allowed to return to China, but for some unknown reason, he fell in love with Mangdang Mountain outside the new capital of Zheng State, and bought a large piece of land here to build a Taoist temple. Emperor Xiao Yan of Qi also specially gave his father a gift for this reason. The emperor sent a letter of credence asking his father to take care of his brother. At that time, because Qi had just annexed Zheng's neighbor Lu, and was so big that Zheng could not look up to him, his father was very afraid of Qi. Taking the opportunity, he reached out to Zheng Guo again and not only returned to him the money Xiao Cheng paid for purchasing the temple site, but also gave him thousands of acres of land around Sanqing Temple!"
Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but sneer after hearing this: "What is the final result of currying favor with Qi State like this? Chu State sent troops to attack Zheng State. Not only did they not see Qi State, a friendly neighboring country, sending out soldiers to help Zheng State, but recently we have seen our counterattack. Yecheng, the capital of Chu, also sent me a threatening letter, saying that I would attack Zheng on behalf of the Chu people!"
''ah! Su Xingran was shocked when he heard this, and then asked doubtfully: "Husband, is this true?" Why haven’t I heard my father and mother mention it? "
Chen Xiaomu said coldly: "Is this fake? This letter was written to me by a lieutenant named Wang from Qi State. I have personally delivered it to your father."
Su Xingran was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and cursed: "These beasts are domineering in our country of Zheng, bullying men and women. Over the years, their father has suppressed more than a hundred murders committed by them. I didn’t expect that they would treat us like this in the end, it’s really heart-breaking!”
Chen Xiaomu heard that he really succumbed to this turtle father-in-law, and it was really unlucky to be his subject. Sanqing Temple was like a supreme emperor in Zheng State. Therefore, he secretly made up his mind to take this opportunity to get rid of this man. Sanqingguan, give him a root cause.
"Husband, what should we do now?" Su Xingran seemed to have lost her mind and raised her head to ask Chen Xiaomu.
