In Hanshan, Li Li, who was obsessed with the matter and worked hard for the document, got up and walked back and forth, stretched his muscles and bones, and as he walked, he turned to the next door.

In the next room, several craftsmen were dismantling the timing and leakage (water leakage).

Leak-cut is a commonly used timer tool in this era. It is a three-level platform with a "leak" (a hole-shaped pot) on it.

Add a pot (water kettle) placed on the ground and the "carving" inside (a arrow with a scale) to form a miscarriage.

On the highest level platform, the "leak pot" placed is the Ritian pot (Sun pot), and its water leaks into the second level "leak pot". This leak pot is called Yetian pot (Seat pot).

The water from the Yetian pot leaks into the "flat kettle" on the lowest level platform, and the water from the flat kettle leaks into the water receiving kettle on the ground.

There is a floating board in the kettle, and there is a "arrow ruler" with a scale on the floating board, that is, a floating arrow.

When the water level in the kettle rises slowly, the arrow ruler floats upwards, and the current time can be known based on its scale (using a certain position of the kettle as a reference).

The reason why three leaking pots are used is to ensure the even flow of water. The carefully crafted leaking etching has good timing accuracy.

Li Li looked aside, and as he watched, he was distracted and thought of the current situation.

Liang State had shaken hands with Zhou State to make peace. The two countries recognized the status quo of their territory and exchanged prisoners.

Of course, the captives are relatively high in identities and are not ordinary people.

Among the captured Liang people, Yi and the Liang royal family who were captured when Liang fell. All those who were still alive returned to Liang.

Correspondingly, the captives of Wei (at that time, Wei) (mainly officials and generals) captured by Zhou State were also sent back to Zhou State.

Li Li felt that it was a bit worthwhile about exchanging prisoners.

Because Yang Zhong and He Ruodun, who were captured by him, have been "released and returned to the country", as if they were letting the tiger return to the mountain.

The wealthy royal family brought back by Zhou State was just a group of "sheep", which could not lead troops or conquer the place.

But after calculating the political accounts, it is very good: the two countries shake hands and make peace, and then they can concentrate on dealing with Qi.

The world is divided into three parts, Qi, the strongest country, is in a state of hostility with the "second" Liang, and the third" Zhou. It seems that they are about to lose sight of one thing and not far from the destruction of the country?

Li Li felt that it might not be, because Qi State's national strength far surpassed Liang and Zhou State.

Qi State owns Hebei region. In this era, Hebei was the richest place in the world (the perspective of the Central Plains), with dense population and fertile fields of thousands of miles, which is equivalent to the Yangtze River Delta region in later generations.

There is also Henan, a traditional "Central Plains region", with a large population and arable land.

Therefore, Qi State has abundant tax and human resources, more soldiers and food, and thick blood strips.

There are also places with new and new horses, and there are important places in Jinyang, which can form a condescending momentum against Guanzhong. Whether it is military strength or war potential, Qi is the most powerful among the Three Kingdoms.

If the response is done properly, Qi State will defend against Liang State and Zhou State's attack at the same time, it will be no problem.

However, Liang and Zhou could not form a real alliance. Now they shake hands and make peace, but they just want each to take their own needs.

Compared with Qi State, although Liang State has a vast territory, its land area (estimation) is even greater than that of Qi State, its population and cultivated land area cannot be compared with the other party at all.

Also, because there is no traditional horse-producing land, the number of cavalry is at a disadvantage, and defense operations are OK, but if you attack (attack Henan and Hebei), you will have insufficient confidence.

In addition to the years of wars and insufficient grain reserves, Liang State was able to have today's situation thanks to repeated miraculous battles, thanks to Li Li's magical performance.

However, the magical performance of a certain general cannot make up for the obvious gap in national strength between the two countries. Now, Liang State can only stop when it is better and manage the two Huai Rivers first, and not be greedy.

The Zhou State was the previous Western Wei Dynasty. Although it occupied Guanzhong, it also had more than one defense and insufficient attack. Unless there were problems within Qi State itself, the situation of three-legged stalemates would continue.

However, this does not mean that the three kingdoms will be in peace.

Because both Zhou and Liang were facing a problem, that is, the emperor was weak and his power was lost.

Last year, Zhou State replaced Wei, but in the autumn, the young emperor Yuwen Jue, who had not yet sat on the throne, was deposed by his cousin Yuwen Hu, and then died suddenly.

The new emperor ascended the throne and was still a puppet, and the power was still firmly held in Yuwen Hu's hands.

The powerful ministers undermined the emperor and deposed the emperor, which means that the power struggle in Zhou State will be very fierce. Once the conflicts between the royal family and various powerful people and the conflicts within the royal family occur, it will be fatal.

This is the case with Zhou State, what about Liang State?

The little emperor did not take charge of the rule, nor could he be in charge of the rule, and the power was temporarily "represented" by several auxiliary ministers.

Among them, the position of King Xiao Fan of Poyang is becoming increasingly stable, and the efforts to seize power are becoming increasingly powerful.

History over thousands of years shows that sooner or later, the ministers of the regent will fight each other, and in the end one will take over the power, and then...

However, King Poyang was not an imperial clan. If he wanted to hold great power, it would be impossible for all the emperors to submit.

Therefore, Liang State itself also has hidden dangers. Once it occurs, it may be a melee between the kings, and it would be nice not to be robbed by Qi State at that time.

Thinking of this, Li Li felt helpless. The current "international situation" shows that whoever makes the least mistakes between the three countries will be more likely to laugh to the end.

But what surprised him the most was that the powerful ministers of Zhou State deposed the emperor less than a year after they were in power.

The second year before yesterday, Yuwen Tai, a powerful minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, passed away. His legitimate son Yuwen Jue was only fifteen or sixteen years old and could not control the situation. So Yuwen Tai asked his nephew Yuwen Hu to assist him.

Although Yuwen Hu and Yuwen Jue are cousins, it is said that Yuwen Hu is over 40 years old, and the age difference between his cousin Yuwen Jue is more like a father and son.

Later, Yuwen Hu organized a series of activities such as the abdication of Emperor Wei and the establishment of the Zhou Kingdom. His cousin Yuwen Jue became the king of heaven and later changed to the emperor.

Last year, it was the first year of the founding of the Zhou Kingdom and the first year of Emperor Yuwen Jue ascended the throne. As a result, less than a year later, he was deposed by his cousin.

What exactly happened? This happened?

Li Li didn't understand the situation of Zhou State and heard very little sporadic news, so he didn't know what Yuwen Hu was thinking or what situation he was facing, so he had to act like this.

But one thing is certain. Before Yuwen Tai died, he asked his nephew to assist his son because he wanted his brothers to be united. It is unlikely that he would accept that his nephew "take care of his own" and depose his son and establish another one.

Putting his heart in his heart, Li Li felt that if he was in a lifetime soon and Huang Gui passed away, he could only ask his nephew Li Xin to assist his eldest son Li Fang and inherit the family business.

If Li Xin does everything to deal with outsiders in order to protect the Li family business, there are reasonable reasons.

But if Li Xin kills Li Fang and makes the eldest son Li Qi the new leader, that would be wrong.

Li Li thought about it and felt that the temptation of supreme power was probably too great. No one would want to let go even if he just held it in his hand for a moment.

Perhaps Yuwen Hu felt that at a critical moment, he eliminated dissidents, preserved his foundation, allowed his cousin to settle his position, and became the emperor. For this reason, he offended many powerful people, including credit, hard work and fatigue.

Now, my cousin wants to cross the river and destroy the bridge. What is this?

This is the case with Yuwen Hu, what about King Xiao Fan of Poyang?

Thinking of this, Li Li frowned. The Prince of Nanjun Xiao Dalian had returned to Beijing. This was the little emperor's legitimate uncle and the first candidate for the throne of "brothers and brothers" at that time.

After returning to Beijing, there will be another storm in Jiankang City sooner or later.

While he was thinking, an official came to report: "Empress, the bell has been installed."

Li Li nodded and turned back to listen to the matter, but saw a one-person-high clock on the right side of his seat.

This is a classic clock that has been made.

Li Li sat back in his position, looked at the clock next to him, and looked at the hour, minute and second hands turning on the dial, very satisfied.

He is used to looking at time to ensure his work efficiency. However, there are no clocks in this era, and the commonly used timing tools are missing.

But the sound of leaking water droplets (water flow) made him crazy and could not be kept by his side, so it would be quite troublesome to see the time.

But now it's different: his skilled workers made clocks.

The core of the structural core of a mechanical clock is an escapement device (escaper), which can achieve the constant speed of the gear rotation, which is the basis for ensuring that the clock is on time.

There are many types of escapement devices, including classic (common) structure escapements and clock structures. He has seen them when he dismantled the small alarm clock (mechanical).

However, knowing the principle and making practical devices are two different things, so after more than ten years of hard work by countless people, he finally had a decent timer: a clock.

There are also sounds when the clock is running, but the "tick" sound is so pleasant to Li Li's ears than the missing "tick" sound.

Looking at the large number of official documents in front of him, Li Li shook his spirit and continued to review them.

"Xunzi's Heavenly Relationship" says: Heaven's movements are constant, and it will not be preserved by Yao, nor will it be destroyed by Jie.

So for Li Li, no matter whether the person in power is a treacherous or loyal minister, no matter whether the emperor is a fool, a wise or a tyrant, he will act at his own "rhythm".

Just like a clock, tick, tick, run at a speed, not affected by the weather, and not disturbed by the outside world.
Chapter completed!