It is said that after Ma Jun showed his restored compass to Emperor Cao Rui, Queen Mother Guo, Queen Mao, and a group of relatives and princes, the emperor was greatly appreciated.
At Cao Rui's request, Ma Jun commanded several soldiers to carry a treasure he had created to the hall.
Everyone was curious at this moment, and they all looked at the treasure that was carried by four soldiers in fine clothes and covered with red cloth.
Ma Jun smiled slightly, nodded towards the four sergeants, and waved his hands. The four sergeants understood and removed the red cloth covering the treasure.
Everyone raised their eyes to take a look, and what they saw was a large wooden carving turntable composed of many small wooden carvings. On this large turntable, there are small wooden carvings, all of which are images of musicians, dancing girls, and sword-wielding wooden figures. In addition, the blank space on the wooden disk even has hundreds of officials from Luoyang City carved and inlaid. It belongs to the Yamen, as well as the bustling scenes of people grinding grain, fighting cocks and running horses in the twenty-four squares, three cities and nine temples.
This large wooden carving plate is indeed a rare and exquisite product, but Cao Rui and everyone knew at this moment that with Ma Jun's ability and the grandness of his gift, it was impossible to just make such an exquisite wood carving.
Therefore, while everyone was amazed at the exquisiteness of the wood carvings, they were still looking forward to it.
After Emperor Cao Rui admired it for a while, he smiled and asked Ma Jun:
"My dear, what is this?"
Ma Jun smiled and said to the emperor and other royal relatives:
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, Her Royal Highness the Queen, and all your lords, this thing is called 'Shui Zhuan Bai Opera'. It has its own exquisiteness and uniqueness. It is not a dead wood carving. I will give it a try for your Majesty."
After everyone heard this, they noticed that there seemed to be faint water flowing under the big wooden plate.
I saw Ma Jun clapped his hands, and the four imperial guards immediately started to use the "Water Turns Hundreds of Plays" mechanism according to the previously practiced procedures. Cao Rui and all the royal relatives and nobles heard a burst of "Ka Ka Ka Ka" "With the sound of the machine running, all the little people, dogs and horses on the wooden plate started to move!
Everyone was stunned. General Zhaode Guo Biao, Infantry Colonel Bian Lin, Shesheng Colonel Zhen Xiang and others could not help but marvel.
Zhen Xiang has been feeling very unwell in recent months. He was so excited at the moment that he couldn't help coughing. However, he was afraid of disturbing the emperor's elegance, so he coughed lightly and suppressed his discomfort. .
It turns out that Ma Jun's "Water Turns Hundreds of Plays" is a large wooden plate carved from large wood, but there is a mechanism secretly set up in the belly of the wooden plate. There are countless wooden mechanisms and wheels in it, and this mechanism is Water power is used to drive the gears. This large wooden disk is shaped like a wheel and can be placed on the ground. As soon as the machine is turned on, the puppet musicians on the wooden disk will start playing drums and flutes, the singers will start dancing, and the puppets will also dance and throw swords. Standing upside down along the rope, the various wooden figures are not only in various poses, but each one can move in and out freely on the wooden plate. There are even some wooden figures that can make strange shapes like a stack of Arhats and dangerous rolls back and forth.
At this time, the scene in front of the emperor and everyone, such as the "Hundred Operas of Water Turns", including the hundreds of official offices, grinding and fighting cocks, came to life in an instant. For a moment, Cao Rui felt that he was like a true god looking down on the people, looking down on the billions of people under his feet.
At this moment, he was naturally in a very happy mood, so he couldn't help but put his hands in his hands and laughed:
"Ma Aiqing, you really have the skills of Lu Ban Mo Di!"
At this time, Ma Jun saw that the time had come, so he continued to speak:
"Your Majesty, this is only Wei Chen's second treasure. Today, in addition to Si Nan Che and Shui Zhuan Bai Xi, Wei Chen has a third treasure to present to Your Majesty!"
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If we want to talk about the most extravagant thing Cao Rui has done during this year, then we have to talk about the pair of brass camels that are now placed at the ends of both sides of Xuanyangmen Street on the north bank of Luoshui.
This pair of bronze camels was originally placed in Chang'an City. According to legend, it was specially cast by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to commemorate the opening of the Western Regions.
The deputy general of the military guard, Cao Xi, was filled with emotion as he looked at the flowing water of Luoshui and the pair of majestic and brilliant bronze camels in front of him.
A few months ago, in order to decorate the city of Luoyang, the emperor specially ordered Cao Xi to personally lead thousands of imperial troops to go west to Chang'an to collect the twelve golden figures, a pair of bronze camels, and a pair of bronze camels that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had erected at the site of Jianzhang Palace in Chang'an. Zhongxu, Chenglupan and other ancient relics were all moved to Luoyang.
Cao Xi led the 10,000 forbidden troops. They went through hardships and spent a lot of manpower along the way. However, the Immortal Chenglu was too heavy. Even though Cao Xi was careful when he ordered people to dismantle the fortune, the Immortal was accidentally broken into pieces. Cao Xi had no choice but to leave the dew-bearing plate in his hand in Ba City.
Perhaps because some people were dissatisfied with the emperor's disregard for people's strength and waste of money, a bizarre story spread from the old capital of Chang'an, that is, when the dew plate was broken, the gold and bronze immortal statue was "heard for dozens of miles". He even shed tears.
In the end, Cao Xi and the 10,000 imperial troops went through all kinds of hardships, but in the end only a small part of the antiquities were successfully transported to Luoyang City. Among the heavy objects that were successfully transported back to Luoyang, the most precious ones were It is this pair of Hanwu bronze camels.
After the pair of bronze camels were moved to Luoyang, the emperor specially placed them on both sides of the street outside Changhemen Gate, the south gate of the palace.
This is the most prosperous area in Luoyang City, and the addition of this pair of bronze camels undoubtedly adds an extraordinary touch of color to the already beautiful Luoyang.
Behind the pair of bronze camels, there are also giant bronze sculptures of bronze horses, bronze dragons, bronze turtles, warding off evil spirits, unicorns, and Tianlu that were also moved from Chang'an.
The common people living on both sides of the street directly called the entire street from Changhemen to Xuanyangmen "Tongtuomo" in order to conveniently call this their favorite street.
Cao Xi also felt that the name "Tongtuo Mo" was indeed very nice.
What Cao Xi didn't know was that this street would become the famous Tongtuo Street in later generations. Because this street was extremely prosperous, later generations often used the name "Tongtuo Street" to refer to the bustling entertainment area.
The prosperous scenery of this road has always made people of later generations yearn for it.
Many years later, in the Yuan Dynasty, an unknown poet wrote this four-fold poem called "Pursuant Dan":
"There are always flowers blooming in the four seasons, and the copper camels are competing for luxury."
Until the Qing Dynasty, there were also poets who wrote:
"I saw my son on the copper camel road five years ago, and the east wind blew my hair on my temples."
This shows how fascinating this copper camel street was back then.
Beside the street, there were several children and teenagers from unknown families, holding the candied haws they had just bought from street vendors in their hands, singing a nursery rhyme while running:
"Golden Horse Gate, Golden Horse Gate... All the wise men gathered outside the Golden Horse Gate..."
Tongtuo Mo, Tongtuo Mo... The young man from the first episode of Tongtuo Mo..."
Cao Xi looked at the group of children and felt a trance in his heart. He thought of himself as a boy, his cousin Xia Houhui, and his wife Wei Yuan, who was a young girl and liked to pester him every day.
At this moment, Xia Houxuan, who was independent in another place beside the Royal Road, looked at the figure of the child in the distance, feeling as if he was in another world, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
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It is said that when the emperor saw that Ma Jun had a third treasure that he wanted to donate in addition to the two treasures of Siman Che and Shuizhuan Baixi, which could be called sacred objects, he was naturally very excited.
"I didn't expect that Aiqing's clever skills and thoughts are like vast mist, with endless spiritual thoughts! Aiqing, please show me something!"
Ma Jun had some stuttering in his early years, but after many years of diligent practice, he was able to overcome this major flaw. Therefore, although he has no outstanding eloquence over the years, he no longer has the same difficulty in speaking as he did when he was a child.
"We will obey your majesty's order!"
After Ma Jun saluted, he clapped his hands again, but this time, the two soldiers only brought a roll of silk pictures, which disappointed the emperor and everyone who were originally excited.
"Your Majesty."
Ma Jun's eyes were shining with a strange light at this moment, and his expression seemed as if the two previous treasures were no match for the drawing in front of him. He said excitedly:
"What is painted on this picture is a new crossbow arrow that Weichen personally modified based on the repeated crossbow made by Zhuge Kongming, the prince of Wuxiang in Shu Han Dynasty! When Zhuge Kongming came out of Qishan, he relied on the power of the Yuanrong crossbow arrows to become famous all over the world. . And this crossbow, now modified by me, is several times more powerful than Zhuge Kongming's original Yuanrong crossbow! Your Majesty, I request you to issue an edict to allow the entire army of the Wei Dynasty to make and use this crossbow. In this way, Come, I, the Great Wei, will run rampant across the world and be invincible!"
At this moment, Cao Rui looked at Ma Jun, who was as excited as a child in the hall, but in his heart he carefully recalled what Ma Jun had just said, "When he comes out of Qishan Mountain, he will be powerful in the world" and "Use this crossbow to sweep across the world."
The cold color in the emperor's eyes gradually became more and more cold.
Wouldn't it be possible for him to defeat his enemies and shock the world without the extraordinary skills invented by the imperial thieves and chiefs?
Could it be that, as the emperor, if he wanted to make great achievements, he actually had to rely on the weapons of the enemy chieftain to really achieve something?
Considering this, Cao Rui lost any interest in Ma Jun's repeating crossbow drawings in front of him.
"Let's discuss this matter later. Mother, empress, dear ladies, let's drink together..."
After hearing the emperor's words and seeing the emperor's indifferent attitude, Ma Jun suddenly felt lonely and cold in his heart.
Queen Guo, the Queen Mother, who was supported by Qingluan at this moment, had a hint of sadness in her eyes.
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In a blink of an eye, it’s already autumn and August.
Since the old palace in Luoyang was still under construction, Cao Rui could only temporarily move to Jinyong City in the west of Luoyang City.
Unknowingly, the emperor has been living in Luoyang fortress and listening to politics for more than half a year.
The side hall of Jinyong City.
Cao Rui, who was reviewing memorials from various places, inadvertently saw several silk letters with familiar handwriting.
