Amidst the sound of "creak, creak, creak", a half-tall wooden monk, painted in red paint, stepped on a wooden cart and slowly walked towards Li Xuan and the two from the depths of the courtyard.
He was holding a wooden bowl with his left hand, and pointed forward with one finger of his right hand. He opened and closed his mouth and said mechanically, "Please give me some alms."
"Is this a machine doll?" Li Xuan looked at the wooden monk in front of him in disbelief. He quickly looked past him and landed on a man in the center of the courtyard wearing a short cyan robe with a solemn expression and a short beard, but with bright eyes. On a middle-aged official: "Li Xuan, who served as the emperor of medicine, met Yang Weng."
General Master Craftsman Yang Wulian waved his hand directly, stared at Li Xuan and asked: "You're welcome, do you know this is a machine doll?"
"Of course, of course, Zhuge Wuhou made wooden cows and driftwood, which was very popular for a long time. There are many records in history books, so the subordinates will naturally know about it." Li Xuan paused for a moment, and then asked: "Please also ask Yang Weng, how is this thing? The one who made the sound?"
Everything else is easy to say, the key is to make a sound.
Li Xuan never imagined that in Luoyang in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, he would actually see such a machine puppet that could make sounds.
"You're really good!" Yang Wulian looked at Li Xuan up and down, as if he was looking at some strange object. He gave a high five and said firmly: "I'll go find Brother Shenli and leave you as a prisoner. Give it to me." Be the deputy." Z.br>
"Yang Weng, how can the prince of Nanchang County stay as a prisoner?" He Yiqiu bowed his hands seriously to Yang Wulian, his face full of pleading.
"Why not?" Yang Wulian retorted directly, and then said directly: "He is now a fifth-grade Shang Yao Fengyu. He came to my place to work for me as a fourth-grade general and a young craftsman, and he even mentioned more It’s level one!”
"Yang Weng, the duties of the Prince of Nanchang are all appointed by His Majesty. Even if it's Mr. Liu, I'm afraid it won't be easy to talk to him." He Yiqiu shook his head.
Liu Gong is the son of Liu Shenli, the current Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was formerly a great craftsman and Liu Dewei, the former Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
"Fart, your majesty can tell you better." Yang Wulian glared at He Yiqiu fiercely, then turned to look at Li Xuan: "Brother Shenli and I presented the memorial at the same time, asking your majesty and the Queen to..."
When mentioning the Queen of Heaven, Yang Wulian suddenly paused, finally shook his head, and said in a wan tone: "Forget it, let's talk about this later."
"Yang Weng, I don't know why I fell in love with Yang Weng. Can you please clarify me?" Li Xuan bowed sincerely to Yang Wulian.
Li Xuan really didn't know why Yang Wulian suddenly wanted to keep him in prison. This was too ridiculous.
Yang Wulian looked at He Yiqiu aside coldly: "Ask him, does he know what a machine doll is?
Li Xuan turned his head and saw He Yiqiu saying with a wry smile: "Although I have seen the puppet show before, this is the first time I have heard of the machine puppets. It is the first time I have seen it in person. I dare not make false claims." , I was really shocked when I first saw it, and thought it was some kind of puppet that had become a spirit."
The corner of Li Xuan's mouth twitched involuntarily, but she still looked at Yang Wulian seriously: "Yang Weng, among the people in the world, almost all those who are proficient in the art of mechanism don't know what the mechanism puppet is called. This is not surprising."
"You said you're proficient!" Yang Wulian glanced at the machine puppet on the ground, pointed at the wooden bowl on top and said, "Put three copper coins in it."
He Yiqiu looked at Li Xuan with some confusion. Li Xuan nodded and said, "It should be a matter of weight. If you put three more copper coins, the weight setting should be full. As for what will happen next, it depends on Yang Weng's arrangement. Already."
Yang Wulian laughed and sighed: "If you were not the king of the county, I would really want to keep you here."
The status of Prince Li Xuan meant that he could not stay in the center for a long time, especially in key departments such as general supervision.
"Yang Weng prefers him." Li Xuan bowed deeply to express his gratitude. Li Xuan was very grateful for Yang Wulian's special attitude towards him.
Yang Wulian raised his hand and waved, then looked at He Yiqiu.
At this time, He Zhiqiu took out three copper coins from his arms, then walked carefully to the wooden monk, and slowly placed the three copper coins in the wooden bowl.
The next moment, you hear a "click"
There was a sound, and the wooden bowl sank three points directly.
Immediately, the wooden monk lowered his head and opened and closed his mouth: "Thank you for your donation."
After saying that, the wooden monk slowly turned around, then walked towards the back hall, and finally disappeared from Li Xuan's sight.
Seeing this scene, Li Xuan pondered slightly, looked at the straight car marks left on the ground, stepped forward and slightly brushed away the loose soil on the ground, and a wooden track specially carved into the ground appeared in front of Li Xuan's eyes.
He raised his head and looked at Yang Wulian: "Yang Weng, how long does it take to overhaul this thing?"
"Haha, I saw you right!" Yang Wulian laughed, waved his hand and said, "Let's go into the house and talk."
Li Xuan nodded and followed Yang Wulian into the inner hall.
There was a table placed in the middle of the inner hall. Yang Wulian pointed to the chair on the upper right side and said: "Sit there."
"Follow the order!" Li Xuan sat on the right side. As soon as he sat down, he felt the chair under his butt sink slightly, and then there was a slight "click" sound, and he saw a half-tall man standing at the door of the inner hall. The mechanism doll came out of it.
This is a dark yellow machine doll. His hands are forward, holding a wooden tray. On the tray is a palm-sized tea bowl, and then it comes to Li Xuan's side. There is a slight "click" sound. It sounded again, and the machine puppet stopped in front of Li Xuan.
Li Xuan turned to look at Yang Wulian. Yang Wulian nodded proudly. Li Xuan slightly cupped his hand, then took the tea bowl with both hands.
With a "click", the wooden tray in the machine puppet's hand bounced up. The next moment, he turned around quickly towards where he came from, and disappeared from sight in a moment.
"I only do this once when distinguished guests come. In this way, I need to check it every five to seven days. If I use it continuously, I won't be able to move it for half an hour." Yang Wulian shook his head, full of emotion. Said: "I really don't know how Zhuge Wuhou made the wooden stream oxen and horses back then. They actually climbed over the steep and rugged roads to reach the Shu Road as if they were walking on flat ground. It's really amazing!"
"Yes, the technique of Mu Liu Niu Ma has been lost. Now the most popular technique in the world is the puppet technique." Li Xuan couldn't help but shook her head.
Puppet, the most common thing that ordinary people see in the world is the puppet. The motionless one is the most basic puppet.
Puppet is more of a string puppet, a string puppet. People hide behind the puppet and use silk threads to control the puppet to make movements.
The mechanism puppet is more about making hands and feet inside the body of the human puppet, operating the mechanism, carefully laying out the layout, and finally making the mechanism puppet move.
The mechanical puppets made by Yang Wulian may seem exquisite, but in fact they have many limitations.
Between movements, gravity and orbital movements are required.
It is easy to be limited by others, and it is also easy to be learned by others.
"But Yang Weng can actually make the machine puppet speak. I really admire this junior!" Li Xuan stood up seriously and handed over his hand.
Yang Wulian mentioned the Shu Road before, but Li Xuan could guess that he was not talking about the Shu Road, but the Tubo Plateau.
In the battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo Dafeichuan, the defeat was due to the discord between the generals, but it was also inevitable to suffer from altitude sickness.
Treating altitude sickness is still a big problem even in later generations, not to mention that today's Tang Dynasty lacks clear understanding of altitude sickness.
Therefore, using machine puppets to replace people for baggage transportation has become a research direction for the director.
It's just that Yang Wulian made the machine puppet speak, which made Li Xuan feel that his purpose was far from simple, but he didn't know what the truth was, and it was hard to find out.
"It's just a bit of ingenuity." Yang Wulian shook his head, passed the topic lightly, and looked at Li Xuan: "It is recorded in the Emperor's Lingshu Chapter that there are meridians in the mechanism, and those who control the meridians can control the mechanism. It's a pity that good meridians It’s hard to find, otherwise the world’s mechanism skills wouldn’t be what they are in front of you.”
Meridians are the muscles and bones of organs.
Similar to gear springs, this is the case.
