area51novel Chapter 274
Chapter 274
August 28.
It was about 7:00 p.m., breakfast time at the manor.
After slaughtering the pig, the chef hurried to make many pork buns. Even without pork buns, the manor still had a rich breakfast every day.
There were sweet potato porridge, fried dough sticks and steamed bread.
"Good morning, everyone!"
Su Chen came to the restaurant, where the three Li Tai brothers, Xue Rengui and Princess Changle were busy eating breakfast.
"Wang Xi, has the old immortal had breakfast?"
"My Lord, Master Sun's disciple has sent the meal to Master's courtyard."
Wang Xi sent someone to invite Sun Simiao to dinner, but the latter seemed not to like to get together with these young people.
Just ask Cen Renhai to bring some to him.
"Well, you arrange two servants to take care of some trivial matters for the old immortal in the future."
Wang Xi immediately agreed, "Yes!"
The four women finished breakfast and went their separate ways.
"Has the book printed yesterday been completed?" Su Chen asked while chewing on a bun.
"Three volumes, upper, middle and lower, totaling 1,260 pages, using 630 sheets of paper."
Li Tai nodded slightly and replied, and at the same time was curious about how such a thick book was bound before.
"Su Chen, I have a question that I don't understand." Li Tai looked at Su Chen who was eating and asked.
"You tell me."
"What are positive poles, negative poles, and conductors? Although there are explanations in physics books, it is difficult to understand the meaning without seeing the real objects."
Li Tai can now answer some simple physics questions, but he has never seen some of the objects mentioned in the books.
I heard Su Chen say yesterday:
'What you learn from books is always shallow, and you must practice it yourself to know it thoroughly.' So Li Tai wanted to get started and try it out himself.
Su Chen stopped eating and clapped his hands when he heard this.
"This is my major, electrical automation."
Then he thought of something and was immediately discouraged.
'This is the Tang Dynasty, where does the electricity come from? ’
Su Chen was tangled, not knowing how to answer for a moment.
“Well, what you said is related to electricity, which is a special energy.
It is similar to the sky fire and thunder you mentioned. You should learn the theory first, and I will tell you in detail when I become rich.”
Li Tai was half confused when he heard this, and nodded woodenly.
“Take your time, I have something to do and I will leave first.”
The other people left one after another, and Li Tai and others walked to the door of the living room.
Unexpectedly!
Seven and a half ‘black people’ came towards them.
“King Shu, King Wei, Brother Rengui, we are back!”
Li Ke and Xue Rengui were lucky to see these eight people, as they had seen them in Hua County more than ten days ago.
“Danniu, how did you become like this?” Li Tai said in surprise.
“Hehe, it’s the sun!” Cheng Daniu seemed particularly proud today.
The eight people including Chang Sun Chong received a notice the day before yesterday, and were invited to return to Chang’an after noon the next day.
It was past the hour of Shen when he arrived in Chang'an, so he went back home directly without returning to the manor.
When Cheng Daniu returned home, Cheng Yaojin saw Daniu with tanned skin.
Old Huai patted Daniu on the shoulder with satisfaction and said:
'Hey, now you look like a human being, you are my son. '
Although Daniu was tanned, he became more mature and refined. Whether his skin was dark or not, Cheng Yaojin could not appreciate it.
Qin Huaiyu looked a little depressed. He was not like Changsun Chong and Daniu.
He was now the whitest one among the eight people.
It was for this reason that Qin Qiong whipped him twice on the way to the manor.
Qin Qiong usually did not beat his son randomly because he had always been in poor health.
This time it was because Qin Huaiyu embarrassed him. Eight people did the same thing, but he was the only one with white skin.
He was also the son of a military general, and most of them were lazy and slippery.
Yesterday evening, Qin Huaiyu returned home, and his old father still greeted him with a smile. Today, he waved his whip at him for no reason.
The eight second-generation officials were frightened and hurriedly drove their horses ahead.
"Hey, brothers are back? Come on, there are still a lot of buns!"
Su Chen heard their voices and called everyone in to eat buns.
"Su Chen!"
"How are you lately!"
Su Chen stood up and laughed, "Haha, I eat well and sleep well, of course."
"Have you had breakfast? There are plenty of buns, eat quickly!"
There was a large plate of buns covered with gauze on the table, and a pot of sweet potato porridge.
Today, the chef made nearly a hundred buns, and Wang Xi wanted to prepare more in case His Majesty came to the manor in advance.
It was just enough for everyone to eat, and some buns were still in the kitchen.
There was only one left of the fifteen pigs Su Chen bought earlier in the manor.
If you want to eat pork next time, you can only choose the largest one from the thousand pigs and slaughter it.
They were very polite, each taking a bun, they knew that the big man behind them would arrive soon.
"You guys keep eating, there's more in the kitchen."
I heard that there was stillThere were steamed buns, more than twenty of them were eaten up in an instant.
A quarter of an hour later.
"Chang Sun Chong, where is the road being built now?"
"It is currently at the end of construction, about thirty miles away from the Huaxian service area, and may reach Tongguan in two months.
The water level of the Yellow River in Tongguan seems to be rising recently, and the diversion dam has been reinforced and raised several times.
The arch bridge across the river may be completed in another month."
Su Chen nodded, "How is the arch bridge supported by the frame?"
Su Chen was a little curious about ancient engineering. Without the assistance of modern machinery, he didn't know how the ancients built such a large arch bridge by manpower.
"Frame? Support?" Chang Sun Chong was confused.
What kind of frame support is needed to build a stone arch bridge?
"No need for support. After the river is diverted, the foundation of the bridge piers will be laid and the bridge piers will be built. The soil between the piers will be filled to a predetermined height, and the top of the soil pile will be piled into an arch shape according to the shape of the arch bridge.
The skilled craftsmen will trim the stones needed for the arch bridge into arch stones, and lay them tightly on the arched soil pile in sequence.
After the arch stones are laid, the soil pile will be hollowed out and the arch bridge will be formed."
Su Chen suddenly realized after listening. He seemed to have seen this construction method.
'The arch stone is probably the kind of fan-shaped stone, wide on the top and narrow on the bottom. '
Everyone continued to chat...
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Changle Avenue.
Two miles away from the manor, from a distance, a team of carriages were seen moving forward slowly.
Upon closer inspection, it was found that there was a strange object on the ground without anyone towing it, crawling towards the front of the road on its own.
There were actually two children sitting on the strange object.
"Little Sizi, drive slower and wait for father and the others."
"Brother, this is the slowest!" The little girl tried her best to control the steering wheel and make a snake-like movement.
The lowest gear was too slow, and the middle gear was equivalent to 15 miles per hour. The carriage behind could not keep up with her.
Only snake-like movement could cover more distance.
Little Sizi seemed to have studied hard recently, and her speech became very clear.
"Father, there has never been a woman of a different surname in the Tang Dynasty, so there is no suitable title. I wonder if father has any good ideas?"
Li Shimin and Li Yuan were riding together. He was worried about the title of Jin'er.
That day, he thought simply, since there was no way to give Su Chen a high title.
But women are different. Women do not have to serve as officials in the court, and any title will not cause any adverse effects.
Li Yuan thought seriously, he was the founding emperor.
Just create a new title.
After a moment...
"I don't know, old man, you figure it out yourself..."
'Why are you looking for trouble? Why are you thinking about this? '
Li Yuan cursed himself inwardly.
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