Chapter 51 The Test of Fengcheng Hou

The world is limited, and the hearts of man are infinite.

Zhou Mengchen stood on the dock and was reluctant to turn around for a long time. He understood in an instant why the ancients ranked life and death together because in ancient friendships, many life and separation themselves were death.

Just when Zhou Mengchen looked at the rolling Yangtze River and was unwilling to come back to his senses.

The Marquis of Fengcheng had already rode back on his horse. He glanced at Zhou Mengchen and said to Li Ziwen: "How come I hear the name Zhou Mengchen so familiar?"

Li Ziwen said: "Brother Zhou is a friend of his son. He is completely unparalleled in the mathematics of Wuchang. He hasn't seen him in recent years. I heard that he seemed to have been a new teacher, but I didn't expect that he would actually worship Mr. Liu as his teacher. It's really good luck." Li Ziwen was full of envy in his words.

Fengcheng Hou seemed to say, "Is it your friend who made the water clock?"

Li Ziwen said: "That's right."

Fengcheng Hou said, "Take him to see me."

After hearing this, Li Ziwen said, "Dad, don't take your anger on Brother Zhou?"

Fengcheng Hou said, "Am I like this? I admire Mr. Liu very much. Of course, I have to see how many pounds and pounds Liu's proud disciples are, so it is easy to support him."

Li Ziwen wanted to speak but stopped, and obviously he didn't believe the words of Fengcheng Hou.

Fengcheng Hou said, "Don't worry, even if there is anything, I won't bother with the younger generation. Wouldn't I lose my dignity?"

After hearing this sentence, Li Ziwen felt relieved.

He knew that his father might still hold a grudge against what happened back then. After all, many past events cannot really be integrated into a glass of water and wine. However, with his face-loving personality, he can put aside his airs and make things difficult for a junior.

Li Ziwen said: "Yes."

When the Marquis of Fengcheng returned to the General's Mansion to settle down, Zhou Mengchen and Li Ziwen also came to the door of the General's Mansion.

Zhou Mengchen hesitated a little and stopped. Li Ziwen said, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "I feel that there is something wrong with the Marquis of Fengcheng and his mentor. Will I go here?"

After hearing Zhou Mengchen's question, Li Ziwen seemed to remember something, but laughed and said, "Don't worry, even if there is a conflict between elders, it will definitely not involve you and me."

As for whether it is true or not, there is actually a little guilty in Li Ziwen's laughter.

However, Zhou Mengchen, who was paying homage to the Marquis of Fengcheng, did not know.

In the lobby of the General's Mansion.

Zhou Mengchen was very respectful and said, "I will pay homage to the Marquis of Fengcheng."

Fengcheng Hou sat upright and looked at Zhou Mengchen, looking meticulous and with the style of an elder. Fengcheng Hou looked at Zhou Mengchen and felt that he looked very good, and had a bit of scholarly spirit, and had some temperament that he couldn't say. In short, it gave people a good impression. However, when he remembered that summer several years, Liu Tianhe gave an order, he took off his pants and spanked him in public. The feeling of humiliation came to his heart.

In fact, the Marquis of Fengcheng is not an unreasonable person. When the matter of the Beijing Camp was in the past, the Marquis of Fengcheng knew that they were not in charge of the matter. It was just that everyone was moving forward and retreating together, and the Marquis of Fengcheng was not easy to do anything. But he never expected that Liu Tianhe used him as a raft to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, and he was the chicken.

To be honest, Fengcheng Marquis has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. Dozens of military sticks are nothing, and he is a marquis after all, and the people below dare not kill him, but that kind of slitting his pants in public is a lifetime of shame.

The reason why he went to see Liu Tianhe was not that he was really relieved of Liu Tianhe in his heart. It was just that the Fengcheng Hou family had already decided to turn to Shilin. He also knew Liu Tianhe's physical condition and only thought that Liu Tianhe was dead. Everything that was for the dead was for the living.

Fengcheng Hou took a deep breath and said, "I can't swallow this breath. Although I can't care about the younger generation, I have to make things difficult for him to know the dangers of the world. Then, as an elder, I will forgive him a lot." Fengcheng Hou made up his mind and said, "Get up, Mr. Liu and me are also intimate and friendly. His disciples are also my juniors. What have you learned from Mr. Liu?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "I just learnt water conservancy and miscellaneous studies from my mentor. It's not as good as my mentor."

Fengcheng Hou said, "Oh, then I'll take a test."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Please give me some advice."

Fengcheng Hou pondered for a moment, saw the water clock on one side and said, "Did you make this thing?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Yes."

Fengcheng Hou said, "I also have a difficult problem, and I am about to test you. When I march and fight, the time is not easy to align, so I can only look at the astronomical phenomena. But this will make the error too big. What can you do to make the army outside accurately proofread the time?"

“It must be available immediately.”

Zhou Mengchen pondered for a moment.

This problem is difficult or simple. It is a problem that can be solved by a watch in later generations. It is a technical difficulty that is not big or small.

Zhou Mengchen thought to himself and said, "The tools for timing are nothing more than etching, filament and other things. If you use etching, you cannot use water. You must have finely polished sand. Keep the sand in the same size and find ways to reduce the impact of vibration on etching. What kind of vibration-absorbing method is it?"

Zhou Mengchen's heart suddenly lit up and he said to himself: "Xinxiang, sachet, yes, sachet."

Zhou Mengchen said loudly: "Mr. Bing, I already have a way."

The Marquis of Fengcheng was originally frowning and thought hard when he saw Zhou Mengchen frowning and was about to say something similar to comfort. After all, it would be enough to make a difficult situation, but Zhou Mengchen thought of a solution so quickly. He asked incredible ways: "Is there a way?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "That's right."

Fengcheng Hou felt that this problem has always been a military difficulty. Many of the ancient wars of the division and attack were defeated by people because of the different arrival time of the army. If it was so easy to solve, Fengcheng Hou would not have asked this question. He was originally meant to make things difficult for Zhou Mengchen.

Fengcheng Hou said in a suspicious tone: "Tell me, let me see."

Zhou Mengchen said, "It's no point in saying it, please ask the marquis to get something. I will give you another explanation, and the marquis will understand."

Fengcheng Hou said, "What?"

Zhou Mengchen said, "A sachet."

The Marquis of Fengcheng only felt that Zhou Mengchen was playing with him, so what did it have to do with the sachet, but he still pointed to the maid beside him and handed over a beautiful sachet.

Zhou Mengchen didn't answer at all and said, "It's not like this, but the incense ball, or the incense burner. The Marquis may not know, but someone in the backyard knows it."

Fengcheng Hou said in his heart: "How come this person is so clear about women's things?" He said to a maid: "Have you heard it clearly?"

The maid immediately said, "I heard it clearly."

Fengcheng Hou said, "Go to find the wife and find this incense ball or sachet for me."

The maid bowed and said, "Yes." She immediately went to the backyard.

After a while, he came over quickly and held a metal sphere in his hand to present it to Fengcheng Hou. When Fengcheng Hou took it, he saw that the ball was fragrant, with various reliefs of colors outside, and there seemed to be a small container in the hollow inside. Fengcheng Hou recognized it in a moment.

Isn’t this the incense in the corner of his quilt every day?

The luxury of a high-ranking official and noble life naturally did not need Fengcheng Hou to organize the quilt himself. He knew that such incense balls were usually placed in the quilt before he went to bed, and the fragrance could be emitted overnight.

But he didn't think this thing had anything to do with the problem he wanted Zhou Mengchen to solve.

Seeing this, Zhou Mengchen stepped forward a few steps and took the incense ball from Fengcheng Hou. He touched it with his hand, and there was no trace of the gap. It can be seen that the ancient craftsmen were so clever. Zhou Mengchen had to raise it up to face the sunlight before he saw a secret button. He took some effort to cut the incense ball open.

He immediately presented it to the Marquis of Fengcheng and said to the Marquis of Fengcheng: "Mr. Please see, this is the masterpiece of Ding Yan in the Tang Dynasty. There are three rings here, and there is a place to accommodate spices in the middle. After igniting the spices, no matter how they roll, the fragrance cannot fall out."

Like the principle of modern universal gyroscopes, the two balance rings inside and outside, no matter how the outermost rolls, will be affected by gravity, and the load-bearing side will always go downward. Even if the inside is ignited, there will be no dust on the bed, so it is called the incense burner.

After seeing it, Fengcheng Hou also understood that the workmanship was very clever, but he couldn't see more things.

However, he was not a fool either. At this moment, he had some inspiration in his heart, just like a ray of light circling around the room, but he couldn't catch it.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Just make the incense into a disc shape and as a secret incense, enlarge the incense ball a little. Even if it is carried on the battlefield, no matter how bumpy it is, there will be no problem."

As for the incense, Zhou Mengchen doesn't need to say much. After all, as a commonly used timekeeping tool in ancient times, many literary works have words such as incense sticks and several incense sticks to express time. The technology of creating incense sticks is even more mature and cannot be more mature.

If you want to burn the incense of St. Regina for a few days, you only need to work hard.

Zhou Mengchen's solution actually has nothing pioneering, but is based on the integration of existing technologies. It's simply a matter of thinking.

When Zhou Mengchen mentioned it, the Marquis of Fengcheng immediately figured it out. He pulled the incense ball up and turned it in his hand. As expected, no matter how it moved, there was no change inside the incense ball. He even threw it a few times quickly, as if he was imitating the bumps of the fast horse march, and there was still no problem.

The Marquis of Fengcheng had to admit that Zhou Mengchen's plan was indeed feasible.

But this happened, the Marquis Fengcheng felt even more depressed. He said to himself: "Can I not even be able to help me with my disciple Liu?" Marquis Fengcheng felt depressed. Today he insisted on embarrassing Zhou Mengchen.
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