Outside the Sourzao Gate in the north of Kaifeng City, Cao Guangzhi glanced at Wang Zhongyong who was sorting out soldiers not far away, and whispered to Yin Yue beside him: "Encourt, why did you let this rash man lead the soldiers with us? Along the way, it would be inconvenient for us to have him by our side?"

Yin Yue lowered his voice and said, "The master doesn't know that Hedong Road has always been very careful about us outsiders. Although we have post tickets on our bodies, if we don't have officers and soldiers, it will be difficult to move along the way. With Wang Tiexia following us, we will save a lot of talk. As long as we are careful on the road, we will be fine."

Seeing Cao Guangzhi disagreed, Yin Yue said again: "I heard the new lyrics of Yongning Hou two days ago. I thought about it and asked someone to inquire everywhere. They all said that Yongning Hou had a poor life in the capital this year, and it seemed that he wanted to make achievements in the frontier. What is the matter in the frontier of the Song Dynasty now? It is not the state army that is connected with our Dangxiang. This news is no less than investigating the geography of Hedong Road. We are cautious along the way. As long as there is no trouble and a brief investigation of the roads of Hedong Road will be enough to go back and report."

Yin Yue is the official envoy. Since that's the case, what else can Cao Guangzhi say?

On the other hand, Wang Zhongyong was even more complaining. When he submitted the memorial, he had already said that Hedong Road was a heavy road along the border, and Wutai Mountain was in Daizhou, the most along the border. It was so inconvenient for the foreign envoy to do rituals. Unexpectedly, the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council agreed. It would be fine if they agreed, but they even asked him to lead troops along the road to escort it. It was really a ghost!

The so-called escort along the road, the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council, is mainly about protection and surveillance, and not letting them do anything that harms the court. But on the surface, Wang Zhongyong's duty is to protect the envoys of the Party. The orders from the superiors did not say which one is the most important and which one is the least. The focus of the middle depends entirely on Wang Zhongyong himself.

How did Wang Zhongyong take action? If the envoy was not satisfied, the board was first hit on himself. Maintaining the reconciliation of the two countries is great, so there is no need to doubt this. But what should the envoy of the Party and Xiang did something extraordinary? No one told Wang Zhongyong. He blocked it strongly and might be punished. If he let it go, he would still not be able to escape on the day when the two countries fought. He would be held accountable at that time.

This is a joke!

In Xu Ping's back garden, a pergola was built against the shade of several big trees, and a table was placed inside. There were fruits, tea, and various fruit and pastries on the table.

On the open space, Li Shengrong and Sun Qilang were leading a few craftsmen to make the parts needed for carving, while Yan Su was instructing people to make the shells and shelves for carving.

Under the big tree, Panpan, Su Song, Wei Pu, and Chu Yan were playing shuttlecocks. Wei Pu's glasses were already matched, and after wearing them, they looked extremely novel. He didn't refuse anything others asked him to do, and ran over happily.

Behind the pond, Xiuxiu sat on a small chair against a big tree and made needlework. She looked at Panpan from time to time, fearing that she would do something strange.

Xu Ping originally did not allow Panpan to come to the back garden again. They were doing serious business, so how could they be distracted to see the children? I didn’t want Panpan to be so thief-sexy, Xiuxiu couldn’t bear to see her, let alone control her, so she slipped in.

Xu Ping had no choice but to make three rules with Panpan. He was not allowed to disturb everyone's business, and he could only play with her when he was resting. When no one was over, be honest and not make any tricks.

When Panpan is making trouble, he always knows how to behave. He is far from being unreasonable and obediently abides by Xu Ping's rules.

Li Shengrong held a file and fine sandpaper in his hand, with a meticulous look and polished the steel parts in his hand slowly.

Sun Qilang was working on the side, but he couldn't do such a meticulous job, so he could only come up with ideas and hand over tools.

Xu Ping's requirement is to make steel molds first, then extrude brass parts with steel molds, and then refinish them. If you directly use brass to make related parts, it will be too time-consuming and labor-intensive. The most important thing is to use brass to make parts directly, each part will be different, not universal, and cannot be interchangeable, and it will be quite troublesome in the future.

Although the time for making steel molds will be longer, once they are made, they can be mass-produced. Small parts can be replaced at any time if they are broken. In general, it saves time. The most important thing is that if you really need to produce large-scale carvings in the future, these steel molds will be of great use and can be mass-produced quickly.

The initial volume of the pendulum was very large, and the corresponding parts did not need to be so fine. The most important thing was to adjust the size of the pendulum, which was well matched with the gear train's speed ratio. Twelve hours a day, but how long these twelve hours were is a fine technical problem. It takes a lot of manpower and material resources and time to measure it. Xu Ping naturally couldn't wait until he accumulated data for many years, so he had to borrow the existing data from Sitianjian and then slowly adjust it later. How to make the swing cycle a suitable ratio with these twelve hours? It is necessary to make the gear train's speed range as small as possible, and to make the swing cycle more conveniently adjust the cycle. Moreover, as precise as this adjustment, you have to work hard on calculation, design and manufacturing.

Another requirement for escapement devices is much higher than that of previous guide vehicles and armillary spheres. It requires the gear train to swing and move, and eliminate the gear meshing gap as much as possible. It requires exquisite design and exquisite manufacturing.

A pendulum clock looks thick and bulky, and its principles are not complicated, but if it wants to achieve its accuracy beyond its predecessors, there are still many details to be taken seriously.

It took Yan Su several decades to make a lotus leak, and the accuracy actually exceeded many shoddy pendulum clocks in Xu Ping's previous life. It is not easy to surpass the accuracy of the lotus leak.

Seeing that Li Shengrong was so busy that he was sweating profusely, Xu Ping said, "Let's take a break, come and have some tea, and eat some fruits. This is a fine job, and you must not be careless or anxious. You must be calm and use time to grind it little by little."

Li Shengrong stood up straight, wiped his sweat for a while, and sat down at the table. Sun Qilang's eyes were good, and he quickly followed him to pour tea.

Sun Qilang is good at pretending and dismantling. He is far from calming down and making these fine objects. He has really opened his horizons and learned things after being by Li Shengrong these days. Those who really do things with their hearts are respectful to those who are indeed capable. On the contrary, those who never do things like to give guidance and look down on no one.

Xu Ping asked Li Shengrong some small technical questions and used his experience in his previous life to give him reference opinions.

Xu Ping was familiar with specific production techniques in his previous life, but he saw more and did less by himself. Many things were not grasped by touching them by himself. Looking at them, you wouldn’t have to solve everything by changing the square into a circle. In fact, changing the square into a circle may take countless energy and cannot be completed at all.

Not everyone is a genius and has their own limitations. Xu Ping is self-aware of this.

After drinking two cups of tea and eating a few pieces of watermelon, the sweat on his body disappeared, and Li Shengrong stood up and prepared to start work.

At this moment, a servant hurried in from outside and bowed to Xu Ping: "Monk Marquis, there is a man named Liu Qiguan outside asking for a meeting. Now he is in the living room, and I don't know if the Marquis of the County Marquis will not see him."

After saying that, he handed over the prayer post in his hand.

Xu Ping took the post and looked at it. After thinking for a while, he said to the servant: "You go and tell Liu Qi that it is a bit inconvenient for me, so I won't see him. By the way, tell him, just take the post with peace of mind, do things with your heart, and don't have any more trouble."

The servant agreed and turned around.

The new song "Breaking the Formation" was sung in the capital for a while, and everyone listened to it freshly. After all, this song was very different from the past. Another thing is that Xu Ping's achievements in Yongzhou were a major event in the court in recent years. Whether it is an official or a civilian, everyone gathered together and had a topic to talk about when they got together.

Everyone knows that it was a new song that was made by Liu San to Xu Ping, which was exhausted. The meaning of this is self-evident. Xu Ping was also a new high in the court. When the judges' court arranged for Liu San to change his new position, this point must be considered.

Two days ago, Di Fu from the magistrate's office visited Xu's mansion. Xu Ping said something smoothly, and Di Fu understood it. After returning, Liu Sanbian escaped the disaster and did not surrender to the post of the prefecture, but instead went to Hedong Road to serve as the magistrate.

Since that day, Xu Ping held a watermelon eating conference. Almost every day, officials have come to Xu Ping's mansion. When they come, they will eat watermelons. If they don't come, they will have no place to buy them. Xu Ping has such a willful identity and status.

Whether it is for the sake of greed or to get along with Xu Ping, the upstart, in short, there is this excuse, and Xu Ping has constant guests. Xu Ping naturally does not have the time to see everyone, and there is always a choice, otherwise he will not have to do anything else all day long. Di Fu came here and saw on the surface what watermelon looks like in the ground and what it tastes like when he was eaten. In fact, he came to listen to Xu Ping's attitude towards Liu Sanbian. After gaining confidence from Xu Ping, Liu Sanbian's new official report was quickly posted.

Xu Ping would never see Liu Sanbian's level except for special reasons. Moreover, today it was clear that Liu Sanbian was going to take office on Hedong Road and came to Xu's house to thank him. What did Xu Ping do when he saw him?

The helper has helped him, and he must remember his kindness when he sees him, and even if he doesn't see him, why waste time? When it is spread, others may even say that Xu Ping relies on his kindness to seek wealth, which is not good for his reputation.

However, the one who came the most diligently was the group of officials in the museum led by Ouyang Xiu. They did not come to curry favor with Xu Ping. Most of these people were arrogant because of their talent. People with identities had to curry favor with them in turn.

These officials of the museum took a fancy to Xuping's vast place, and there was food and drink in the Xu Mansion. If they had too much drink, they still had a place to sleep. They came to Xuping's mansion in groups every now and then, treating it as a scenic spot, and enjoying the scenery and playing. If Xu Ping did not meet, they didn't care, so they were just happy.

After learning that Xu Ping organized a chelu club to create new chelus, these people also came to see the fun several times and wrote a lot of poems. Among these people, some people who studied astronomy, some people who were interested in bells and drums, but no one squatted here every day for the technical issues of real specific details.

The days when officials work in the Pavilion are both the most relaxing and comfortable time, and it is also a time to learn knowledge to enrich themselves. Chongwen Academy has the richest collection of books in the world, and is surrounded by well-educated people. As long as they are willing, they can learn a lot. Moreover, the status of the Pavilion Bachelor is extraordinary and noble, and the government can be criticized. It is common to be seen by ministers that there are countless things to do, so how can they spend their thoughts on such a thing?
Chapter completed!