Chapter 155: Wooden ox and horse

When Hong Tianbao returned to the club, he parted ways with Liu Yifei. He found that Sun Moba and Han Cheng had not yet rested, and seemed to be waiting for him to come back.

"Boss, how is the battle?" Sun Moba asked anxiously.

Hong Tianbao glanced at the guy and said, "What else can you do? Of course, you either die or I die! Fortunately, you don't go, otherwise it will be miserable. OK! Sleep, there is still something to do at dawn!"

After saying that, Hong Tianbao ignored Sun Moba and Han Cheng and stared into a room.

After dawn, Hong Tianbao and Sun Moba had eaten the breakfast prepared by Han Cheng, and left quietly. When they returned to the museum, they found that Mr. Yan and others had already eaten and were chatting in the hall. Tang Xin was sulking. Last night, Hong Tianbao and Sun Moba knew about the incident after they arrived at Han Cheng's club. Obviously, they didn't expect so many things to happen. She regretted not following her to join in the fun.

"Well! You're back? Tianbao got a good harvest last night!" Old Yan smiled, and actually said something in his heart: It's not a small amount of noise.

"Ha! That's OK, by the way, when will the appraisal work start?" Hong Tianbao didn't explain much.

Tang Xin said in a strange voice: "Is there enough of last night's wind and flowers, snow and moon? Some people are so happy that they don't want to leave!"

Old Yan smiled bitterly. Since the morning, this girl has been holding a face, which has caused everyone to be careful, for fear of touching this girl's bad head.

"Just Chen just notified that the appraisal work will be carried out in the afternoon." In fact, Director Chen's intentions, Mr. Yan understood that it was nothing more than giving his group a rest.

When Sun Moba saw Tang Xin angry, the guy was happy and quickly cheered up and said excitedly: "Hehe! It was so good last night! Not only were there wine, but also beautiful women to accompany him, hahaha!"

Tang Xin was already angry, and after Sun Moba's ignorance slowly arose on his face.

Seeing that this girl was about to spit out, Hong Tianbao first glared at Sun Moba fiercely, and then immediately spoke to change the topic.

"I met a red imitation last night. Mr. Yan, please take a look." After saying that, Hong Tianbao took out the smoky and exquisite blue and white vase from his backpack.

Hong Tianbao's words indeed shifted everyone's attention, and Tang Xin also forgot to settle the score with Sun Moba.

Mr. Yan seriously moved the Yanxia Lingxia blue and white vase and looked carefully.

"Hey! Tianbao, have you returned to the ghost market later?" Chen asked in surprise. No wonder they were surprised. Before they left, Hong Tianbao had only two treasures and didn't see this porcelain!

"No, but I went to a friend's place and spent the night with him last night," explained Hong Tianbao.

When Tang Xin heard this, he realized that Sun Moba was deliberately angry with her just now. She then said strangely: "Do you have friends in Wuhan?"

"I, my old Sun, have a lot of friends all over the world, how can you point to the sky pepper? I'm a poor insect." Sun Moba said sarcastically.

Hong Tianbao rubbed his forehead and secretly scolded Sun Moba for being troubled. It seems that he wasn't asking you? This time Tang Xin was not angry and curled his lips and fought back: "Poor insects are always better than some parasites, right? You know how to eat them at birth, and it's better to raise a pig."

Hong Tianbao glanced at the two of them. Sun Moba and Tang Xin both received Hong Tianbao's warning and immediately kept silent.

After a long time, Mr. Yan sighed and said, "It's indeed Zhufen. I thought there would be no Zhufen in Wuhan! I didn't expect that I ran to the door before I started the identification."

Hong Tianbao took out the machine wood carving from his bag again, placed it on the table and said, "Old Yan, you are helping me see this thing, I can't recognize the origin of this thing."

Even Hong Tianbao couldn't recognize anything from the history? Everyone present was interested.

Mr. Yan picked up the wood carving again and discovered the difference between the wood carving at a glance. The general wood carvings are carved from a piece of wood, but the piece in front of him is divided into many parts. Each part of the cow is a body, and the entire wooden cow seems to be an assembled object.

"This thing is so amazing. My old Sun was shocked and he could get up and walk." Seeing this wooden cow, Sun Moba was still a little scared. It was as scary as seeing a corpse suddenly stand up and turned into a zombie and jumped.

"Hmm? Get up and walk? Mechanism?" Everyone was very thunderous about Sun Moba's words.

Old Yan observed the wooden cow in his hand again, and finally handed it to Hong Tianbao and said, "Tianbao, you can demonstrate it to everyone." Old Yan found that the object was an object from the Three Kingdoms period. If it was really like Sun Moba said, then he probably knew the origin of the wooden cow.

Hong Tianbao took the wooden cow and acted the same way as before. He first dug out the trapped bull nose ring with his fingernails, and saw a silk chain connected to the wooden cow's stomach. Under the surprise eyes of everyone, Hong Tianbao placed the wooden cow on the empty tabletop, and then let go of his hand that caught the bull nose ring.

Because of the pulling of the silk chain, the bull's nose circle shrank back, and the sound from the bull's stomach became more frequent. Everyone stared at the incredible scene, and the wooden bull actually started to move.

It first shook its tail a few times, then twisted its entire cow head left and right twice, and put its expression as if it had just woken up. The two lying cow legs got up, and the hind legs also supported it. First, it looked around in a daze, then shook the cow head twice, then raised its head to the sky and opened its mouth, as if it was a long sound to the sky, and finally lowered its head to start walking on the table.

Even Mr. Yan looked at the wooden bull with relish and showed a pleasing smile on his face. He could almost confirm the identity of the wooden bull. From the age of the objects, the carving techniques and the three characteristics of this sophisticated mechanism, it can be seen that this wooden bull should have been made by Kong Ming.

When the wooden cow came down, Tang Xin immediately snatched it over and played with it.

"Hey! If you point to Tianjiao, you can't be more qualitative? You are still from a big family." Sun Moba said with a glaring look.

"It's all your business! This baby is not yours." Tang Xin was not afraid of bickering.

Mr. Yan smiled happily and said, "Haha! Tianbao's luck is still as good as ever, this wooden cow is of great origin."

When everyone heard Mr. Yan's words, he looked at Mr. Yan and looked forward to his following. Except for Mr. Yan, no one present knew the specific origin of the wooden cow.

Seeing everyone's eyes focused, Mr. Yan first took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then asked: "You have heard of the story of the wooden ox and the horse, have you heard of it?"

The experts present instantly opened their eyes wider. Expert Chen swallowed his saliva and asked, "Isn't this wooden cow the wooden cow invented by Zhuge Liang?"

"No! Legend has it that Kong Ming found that the wooden ox and flowing horses are used for transportation. This wooden ox seems a bit small, right?" Hong Tianbao pointed to the wooden ox in Tang Xin's hand and said.

Although the wooden ox and flowing horse is just a legend, no one has seen a real wooden ox and flowing horse today, but they have all heard of some introductions.

It is said that the wooden ox and flowing horse were invented by Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. It was divided into wooden ox and flowing horse. Zhuge Liang used it during the Northern Expedition. Its load capacity was "one-year-old grain", about 400 kilograms, and his daily itinerary was "special travelers travel dozens of miles and twenty miles in groups", providing food for the 100,000 troops of Shu Kingdom. However, the actual method and appearance are not clear now, and there are different explanations for it.

"Haha! I didn't say that this is the wooden cow used for transportation! In fact, there are some secrets about wooden cows and flowing horses, which is not surprising. Legend has it that before Zhuge Liang was invited out of Zanglong Mountain, he was proficient in mechanism techniques and invented many things, among which the ones that satisfy him the most were one man, one horse and one ox." Mr. Yan recalled.

Seeing that everyone was fascinated by hearing this, Mr. Yan continued: "It's interesting to say that Zhuge Liang's wife Huang is also an outstanding inventor. The man she just mentioned was created by Huang. Of course, Zhuge Liang also participated. It is said that she invented a kind of wood man that can be used to push the mill. As long as the motive is started, the wood man will tirelessly push the stone mill. If the legend is true, then this wood man will become the first robot in human history."

"That's not the thing in front of you, right?" Sun Moba was shocked and thought to himself that this old guy is indeed a bit talent in telling stories, which almost made him fall into it.

Old Yan nodded and continued, "Of the three treasures, this wooden cow is said to be the simplest, and that Trojan is the top work. I heard that the Trojan has a pair of wings and can take off for one mile and travel two miles apart."

Hong Tianbao thought that Kong Ming was very powerful. When talking about Kong Ming's invention, Hong Tianbao's first thought was not these, but the crossbow and Kongming lantern.

"I don't believe it. Can it still fly into the sky and scare people?" Sun Moba shook his head for a while.

"Haha! Before you saw it, would you believe that the wooden cows could walk?" Old Yan asked back. Seeing Sun Moba was stunned, he continued: "The plane is made of steel, and even steel can ascend to the sky. Why can't the wood go up?"

Sun Moba was choked for a while and couldn't speak. Hong Tianbao was not surprised. Zhuge Liang has been the embodiment of wisdom since ancient times. This Wuhou, who is skilled in internal affairs and good at strategy, has left many mysteries in history, one of which is his creation technique. Moreover, the first invention that can fly was created by someone in Kong Ming for thousands of years, and it is not surprising that Kong Ming invented a flying Trojan horse.

Hong Tianbao remembered that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, while Lu Ban was engaged in great creation and tool invention, he also invented a "wooden kite" that could fly in the sky. This big wooden bird that was flying should be the ancestor of the plane.

"The wisdom of ancient people is really amazing!" Expert Chen sighed.

Everyone present nodded slightly and expressed their agreement.

In ancient times, science and technology were highly developed, and the art of mechanisms also had a long history. Mozi and Luban were the first, and later Kong Ming developed it to its peak. Some people have speculated that Kongming's mechanical production techniques were likely to inherit the art of mechanisms of Mozi and Luban during the Warring States Period, and made improvements, becoming an amazing ancient technology.

As an important part of ancient Chinese culture, some of the ancient Chinese mechanisms have been passed down to this day and become the cornerstone of modern technology. However, many have been lost and have been buried in the vast history.

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