Chapter 174 The Forbidden City Theft Incident
Chapter 174 Theft incident in the Forbidden City
"Send to the end?"
Zhengde was a good thing, or a person who was not afraid of big trouble. After hearing Xie Hong explain the meaning of sending a bell, he was very happy. After a while of being stupid, he was ready to say, "Just do it like this, brother!"
After thinking about it, he added: "But brother, you have to hurry up. You didn't see it. The scene of the Palace of Supreme Harmony today is too scary and even terrifying than yesterday. Neither Grand Secretary Xie nor Grand Secretary Liu, even Grand Secretary Li was swaying his beard and staring at him... If Neikuri hadn't really been able to come up with so much money, I would have agreed to them."
He is such a loser, how can he compromise? Xie Hong said in a tone of regret: "Second brother, you have to persevere, and show the momentum of chasing me and asking for a toy! That's all, when you go to court tomorrow, you will tell the ministers that you should personally receive the Korean envoys and solve the issue of return gifts so that the ministers don't have to worry about this issue."
"Well, yes," Zhengde nodded repeatedly, and then asked in doubt: "Where is the time? When will it be? I remember that you have always been slow, but I have lived like a year here and can't delay it for too long."
I'm so dizzy, you're too anxious every time, okay? My brother's hand speed is already fast enough, this is all pure handicraft work. Second brother, you should really travel to the 21st century. Just go to the supermarket if you want...
After whispering a few words in his heart, Xie Hong thought about it again. Now is different from the past. He has a helper. Although these people have not received specific training, their foundation is very good. With a little guidance, they can help. At least they can make parts.
In terms of materials, fine iron is essential, so I have to send someone to Dongjiazhuang. It may take five days to go back and forth; then, it may take five days to manufacture. Well, I can't be idle in the first five days, and it's just right to teach the art...
He nodded, made up his mind, and then replied to Zhengde: "Ten days, tell them, you will see the final answer in ten days."
"Okay, it's going to be fine for ten days, I will try my best to persevere." Zhengde gritted his teeth, and his face looked a bit tragic.
Xie Hong smashed it, smashed it, he was speechless. Second brother, you are the emperor, why are you so unconfident? This is the same as those Internet writers in later generations. Every time those people assure readers that they will not be eunuchs, they always have this expression and tone...
"By the way, second brother, you have to help me." When talking about the eunuch, Xie Hong remembered another thing.
"What's the busy thing? Brother, please be 120 times more attentive. I'm the most reliable thing to do. No matter what it is, I will cover it with me." Zhengde seemed to feel a little embarrassed when he was timid just now, so he said without asking about the specific situation.
It is really hard to find someone who is more unreliable than you. Xie Hong curled his lips and said, "What I want to do this time is urgent. I have to find some helpers and teach it now, so I need to teach the model. Well, the parts in that music box are very consistent with what I want to make, so it happens to be used. You have helped me with that thing."
The principles of clocks and music boxes are similar, such as worm gears, worm gears, gear chains, and other parts are the same. Since we have a helper this time, we don’t plan to do the work of creating parts, Xie Hong doesn’t plan to do it himself.
Except for key parts, such as core devices such as escapements, he plans to subcontract others and wait until the final combination is completed before doing it himself. What technical content does rough processing have? Drawings and design concepts, then conduct quality supervision, and finally accept the finished product. This is what the experts should do. Xie Hong nodded and was very content with his ideas.
"This..." To Xie Hong's expectation, Zhengde seemed very embarrassed about his request. His little face wrinkled, and his eyes looked at Gu Dayong and Ma Yongcheng from time to time. The two eunuchs also had their eyes flashing, and they did not dare to look at Zhengde in front of him, as if they were very scared.
"Second brother, I can't bear to leave my children and can't catch wolves, and I can't bear to leave my wife and can't catch hooligans..." Xie Hong was anxious and said in a mess. It's a lot different to teach this thing or not, especially those craftsmen who only have practical experience but have no theoretical foundation, so they can't be stingy about it.
"This is for a big deal. Besides, the music box will not last long..." This is not a lie. When he first made the music box, Xie Hong had not met Dong Ping yet, and the materials he used were all ordinary iron. Although he was very skilled and the music box could operate, his service life was not very good. It has been more than half a year, so it is almost the same.
"It's not that I can't bear to leave, but... that thing is now in Yongfu..." Zhengde Qiqi said ai, as if there was something unspeakable.
"Ah?" Xie Hong was stunned and did not realize that there was any causal relationship here.
"Yongfu is terrible. I dare not steal her things, otherwise..." Zhengde mustered up the courage and said, "Brother, do you really have to have a music box?"
Hum, have you traveled to another world? Why is this person in front of me so timid and afraid of ministers, but he is still afraid of his sister. Isn’t it just a little girl? Is he a stingy master? That shouldn’t be? This second brother is the later generations of Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty, so he doesn’t dare to do anything.
"It must be!" Xie Hong nodded heavily, "Otherwise, ten days will definitely not be possible, at least one month, or more." He was not an alarmist statement. This was the case when making music boxes. It took the most time to make parts, and it could be completed in one day of design and assembly.
"Okay, although the consequences are serious, I have to be sorry for Yongfu once!" Zhengde gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
Xie Hong was very happy when he heard what he said, but he was surprised to find that Gu Dayong and Ma Yongcheng both had pale faces, sweaty on their foreheads, and their bodies were also retreating back, looking at the back door, looking at the way to escape.
"Yeah, great use!" Zhengde suddenly turned around and called.
Gu Dayong's body shook and was about to fall to the ground, but Ma Yongcheng was energetic and held the fat man in one hand, sweating no longer, his face turned red, and his voice was bright: "Brother Dayong, don't be excited, the emperor will tell you if you have something to do."
"Long live, my old cold legs are offended again, I really can't walk." Gu Dayi said to Zhengde with tears in his eyes: "For so many years, I have worked hard without any credit, so you can spare me."
Xie Hong was stunned, "Damn it, why do you feel like you are going to the execution ground? The fat man's psychological quality is still good. When the second brother was messing around in Xuanfu, he didn't even see him scared him like this. This Princess Yongfu is really arrogant and rude? Wow, it's so scary. The second brother is very weird. His sister is so weird. It's really a weird family.
Zhengde comforted softly: "Great use, don't pretend to be dead. As long as you are quicker, you can still escape unstoppable. Zhang Yong succeeded last time? Just go with confidence."
Zhengde asked Gu Dayong to steal things! Xie Hong was powerless to complain. He seemed to see that Zhengde transformed into a platoon leader and said to the fat man: Amir, rush!
Gu Dayong did not realize that he wanted to be a martyr and whispered: "I have been there dozens of times, but that only one time has succeeded..."
"I don't care! You have to go this trip, and you have to go even if you don't." Zhengde smiled grimly, scared the fat man, and then reminded: "It's still the same as before. If you are caught, don't confess me, remember?"
Well, I don't care, it's nothing to do with me. Before Gu Dayong left, his grieving eyes made Xie Hong feel uncomfortable, as if he had made a very inappropriate proposal.
For the future of the Ming Dynasty, for the happiness of thousands of people, and for... In short, Brother Gu, you can go with peace of mind. Isn’t it just a arrogant princess? I believe you will have a solution. Based on the principle of dying the Taoist fellow Taoist, Xie Hong turned his head and pretended not to see it.
I don’t know if it was because the fat man performed well or if Yongfu was not as terrible as the legendary one, things went smoothly. After a while, Gu Dayong came back with something.
"Great use, you are really capable, you didn't alarm others, right?" Zhengde was overjoyed and looked carefully at the fat man's back, as if someone was chasing him.
"No, I'm doing my business, please don't worry, Master." The fat man said proudly: "Unlike some people, they usually scream loudly, and when they really want to work hard, they will be weak, hum." As he said that, he glared at Ma Yongcheng. Xie Hong naturally did not dare to complain, but he didn't have to be polite with Ma Yongcheng.
"You..." Ma Yongcheng was dissatisfied and was about to speak with his neck in his arms.
"What am I? Are you not convinced?" Both of them had their necks standing on their backs, like two cocks fighting.
"Okay, okay, don't make a noise, just take the things back." Zhengde comforted him and praised Gu Dayong and said, "Dayong, you are so capable, why not go to your mother's place to steal the pagoda back, right? That was also made by the elder brother, and maybe it can be used." Zhengde seemed to have discovered the fun of stealing and intended to change Gu Dayong into a thief.
Gu Dayong's face quickly turned into cloudy, and then turned into sleet. He firmly expressed that he was willing to carry out the promising profession of eunuchs to the end: "Long live, Princess Yongfu and the Empress Dowager went to pray for blessings and burn incense today. I was the old slave who succeeded, but Cining Palace..."
It is also very disrespectful to be a sibling with Princess Yongfu. The Queen Mother's things are stolen. Besides, the pagoda is so big that even if there is no one to guard the Cining Palace, he can't move it.
"Oh, forget it." Zhengde sighed and said to Xie Hong: "Brother, this music box is actually very magical. Why don't we just give this box back to the North Korean envoys and send them away? It's so easy and labor-saving. Besides, didn't you say that this box will not be used soon? It won't be able to use it when they take it back. How interesting it is."
It is worthy of being brother's brother, and it is indeed very bad. This trick sounds familiar. Xie Hong smiled and said, "The Koreans did not come for their treasures. They are famine! They may not be willing to give them the music box. If something goes wrong, the ministers may make trouble again. Therefore, the gifts made them convinced, and it was more than twice as good as pocket watches."
Hui Ci was twice as good as Xie Hong was very dissatisfied with this brain-dead system, but now he is still not yet stable, and it is far from the time to consider reform. Fortunately, the tribute was a pocket watch, and his craftsmanship was also available.
"Second brother, you come to deal with it in the court. When the court meeting, you remember to ask them for the pocket watch. It doesn't matter if it doesn't matter, but you must pretend to be very anxious. In the end, if they don't give it to you, you will also seem disappointed and wronged... I will leave the other things to me."
"It's okay to act." When it comes to acting, Zhu Houzhao was full of confidence, especially Xie Hong's requirements were not high.
After taking over his first work after time traveling, Xie Hong reminded Zhengde again, then said goodbye, taught art, guided, designed, and assembled. He was very busy in the next few days.
Chapter completed!