vrcanaries Chapter 366 Registration
Chapter 366 Registration
Qiu Xingyan and Guo Youming were also summoned by Shen Shixi.
Shen Shixi said, "Our purpose in developing the science of things is to improve labor efficiency. In terms of clothing, food, housing and transportation, we now have machines to improve the efficiency of spinning and weaving, but we do not yet have machines for making clothes."
Hand-sewing is too slow. It's fine for high-end items, but most ordinary people just need to stay warm. I want to develop a machine that can make clothes automatically.
The three of them couldn't believe that such a machine existed.
But seeing the Empress's confident demeanor, it seemed that nothing was impossible.
The key to sewing devices lies in the needle movement.
Shen Shixi had seen the needle-feeding principle of an electric sewing machine on a certain website, so he explained the key points to them and suggested, "The power drive is to use the human foot to pedal, and a cam design can be made."
The foot pedal moves the needle up and down. A cam converts this up-and-down movement into circular movement, which is then driven by a belt. This circular movement is then converted back into the up-and-down movement of the needle tip. Combining this with the principle of needle movement, clothing can be sewn.
The three of them have been training for many years and often consult Shen Shixi. They have acquired a solid understanding of mechanical design principles, and they understand immediately when Shen Shixi explains something.
One has to admire the Empress. They all have the same brain, so why is hers so much more effective, with so many ingenious ideas!
As before, Shen Shixi only provided the ideas; the actual implementation was left to them.
On March 18th, Shen Shixi turned twenty-one. In a few days, the Crown Prince's investiture ceremony will be held. This year, she will not be able to celebrate her birthday.
However, it was impossible for the Empress's birthday to be celebrated without any formalities. All the ladies of the court and the imperial family were required to come and pay their respects to the Empress and perform grand rites.
In the evening, Shen Shixi asked Chaoyu to bring over a peach sapling.
Last March, the couple planted seventeen peach trees together, and all of them survived, but they haven't had a chance to bloom this year.
This is the eighteenth plant.
The Crown Prince and Princess Xihe also took small shovels and busied themselves with the tasks.
It was just one pit, which Li Yuanke dug himself. What should have been a few shovelfuls of work took much more effort with two children.
The prince and princess insisted on digging themselves. It was their first time doing such a job, and both children were very excited. Each of them held a "weapon" in their hand, so they couldn't be careless at all.
The father stood between the two children, slowly digging a hole with a large shovel, afraid of bumping into them. When the prince saw that his father's shovel was big, he wanted one too. He pushed his father aside and reached for the shovel handle himself.
He wasn't even as tall as the shovel, so how could he reach it? After trying for a long time without success, he rubbed his bottom against his father, stepped on his father's body, and reached for the shovel handle with his hands, calling out "Daddy Daddy Daddy Daddy".
Li Yuanke laughed so hard he picked up his son, and as soon as the little guy's hand gripped the handle, he slowly let go. When the son landed freely, his weight pressed down on the handle, and the shovel flipped over suddenly, sending dirt flying into the air.
He quickly snatched his son into his arms to prevent him from being hit by the handle.
"Li Yuanke, how could you be so mean?" Shen Shixi was both amused and annoyed. How could someone betray their own son like this?
It's true what they say: a man is a boy until he dies!
Xihe didn't understand what was going on, but when she saw her father and mother laughing, she laughed along with them.
The prince was startled and momentarily stunned. He wanted to cry, but when he saw his sister and mother laughing, tears welled up in his eyes, and he chuckled along with them.
Li Yuanke was overjoyed. He scooped his son up, brushed the dirt off his little robe, and laughed, "Silly dog, how can you still laugh!"
Shen Shixi glared at him. "Will you plant it or not? If not, I'll throw it away."
She was still holding a peach sapling in her hand.
Li Yuanke hurriedly said, "Plant it! Son, go to the side and wait for your father to dig a big hole."
Upon hearing this, the prince and Xihe, not knowing what the big pit was, assumed it must be something very interesting, so they muttered "big" as they stood aside.
After watching for a while, they became impatient and each took a small shovel and started digging small holes on the side.
Shen Shixi separated the two children to prevent them from fighting each other.
Li Yuanke dug a pit, Li Fude brought some silt and buried it at the bottom of the pit, Shen Shixi put the peach sapling in by hand, and Li Yuanke shoveled the first spadeful of soil to cover the roots.
Shen Shixi also shoveled a few times until the peach saplings were firmly planted, then she let go and stood aside to watch.
The father led his two children to shovel soil into the pit, bury the tree roots, and fill the pit to be level with the ground.
The family of four planted their eighteenth peach tree.
On the way back, Li Yuanke picked up the two children and said, "Let's go back. We'll plant them again next year."
Shen Shixi followed behind, saying, "My second uncle is doing research on grafting. I heard he's made some progress. Once he's achieved some success, I'll ask him to help graft our peach trees. The peaches that grow from that grafting will taste much better."
Uncle Shen and the others have returned. The young and old men of the Shen family will definitely have to attend the Crown Prince's investiture ceremony.
Before they knew it, it was March 21st, the day before the Crown Prince's investiture ceremony. All preparations were complete. The Emperor's table and incense table were set up in the Taiji Hall, and the investiture table and treasure table were placed in front of the throne.
The official document table is on the east, the imperial seal table is on the west, and the imperial edict table is placed in front of the imperial seal table.
On the appointed day, civil and military officials gathered early in front of the palace gate, standing in two rows. Also present were envoys from foreign vassal states, with the envoys from Xiling and Beisha standing at the very front.
The envoy from Xiling was Yelü Yuanguang, the younger brother of the current emperor Yelü Yuanhao. He was over forty years old, quite brave and strong, and had a certain prestige in the Xiling army.
As Shen Shixi had said before, after Yelü Xiaoquan's death, there was still one of the two or three generals leading troops in Xiling.
The wolf king still came from Beisha.
Li Yuanke couldn't rest easy until the two things on his wrist were deciphered. The last time Li Yuanke got married, he brought the princess to give gifts, and that was also for this purpose.
Shen Shixi and Li Yuanke both knew perfectly well that Li Yuanke's KPI targets did not include having a mixed-race prince. Having one would be a waste of time, so he naturally didn't bother.
Besides, he came prepared. How lecherous must he be to risk his life to sleep with a beauty?
The wolf king clearly hadn't anticipated this and wasted an opportunity.
This time, he came, naturally still wanting to achieve this goal, but he also had an even more important request.
As the sun rose, the appointed time arrived. Civil and military officials, envoys from foreign territories, and representatives of monks and Taoists lined up and entered. In the square in front of the Taiji Hall, the armor of the Xuanjia Army reflected rays of light.
The drums sounded, the ceremonial guards arrived, colorful banners fluttered, and the scene was majestic and solemn.
Everyone, take your positions.
As the second drumbeat sounded, Shang Baoqing led his attendants and guards to the Zichen Hall to welcome the imperial edict and the imperial seal.
As the third drumbeat sounded, the Emperor's carriage would depart from the Zichen Hall and proceed to the Taiji Hall. At this time, the Crown Prince, dressed in a small imperial robe, would be led by Prince An to take his place in front of the Taiji Gate.
When Prince An received this task, he was both happy and worried.
What's wonderful is that the Prince An's Mansion has established a connection with the future emperor—what an incredible opportunity!
The worry is that the crown prince is only a little over a year old. If he doesn't cooperate and something goes wrong during the grand ceremony, no one, from the emperor and empress down to the civil and military officials and common people, will say that the crown prince is wrong. All the responsibility will fall on him.
That's definitely making him a scapegoat.
But can he refuse?
No!
There are plenty of people who want this kind of opportunity.
Li Yuanke was really worried for his son, the Crown Prince, about going through such an occasion. Shen Shixi, however, was different. She wasn't worried at all. What was there to worry about? What could a one-year-old child do, even if he cried and made a fuss?
The civil and military officials were very clever. As long as they did not oppose the appointment of the crown prince, they would find ways to justify and beautify the crown prince's various lack of cooperation.
But as it turns out, both the Emperor and the Empress Dowager were worrying unnecessarily. The young prince was very composed today. Even with so many people in the square and everyone paying attention to him, he didn't flinch.
Because the young prince remembered his mother saying that his father was in the grand hall he looked up at.
With his father around, what is he afraid of?