Chapter 66 Piano and Compass
Facing Yu Ji's expectant eyes, Zhao Yi answered truthfully.

"Yes, it is, but it's not a piece for pipa or guzheng. It's composed for other instruments."

When Yu Ji heard this, she was overjoyed.

There are also scores for other instruments!
According to her understanding of Zhao Yi.

He must have other musical instruments that are different from the popular pipa, qin, flute and Xiao in the world.

So she asked excitedly: "Brother Zhao Yi, do you have any other musical instruments that are not common in the world?"

"I know there are other instruments, but they haven't been made yet."

Zhao Yi is telling the truth.

Because he had no need to make musical instruments before, and he didn't have a great singer like Yu Ji at that time.

Moreover, the villagers have a rougher taste in music.

The only time he made a musical instrument was for the system's naughty kid task, when he made a suona and played it in the middle of the night to disturb others.

As a result, the villagers praised his playing very well and asked Zhao Yi to play more.

But Zhao Yi did it only to complete the task, so he only gave the villagers the suona manufacturing method and let them play it themselves.

Later, the sound of people learning to play the suona could often be heard in the village at night.

It was not until the elderly in the village could not sleep for several days because of the sound of the suona that they complained to the village committee.

Eventually the village established a rule prohibiting the playing of suona at night.

Nowadays, suona is played at various weddings and funerals in the village.

Yu Ji looked at Zhao Yi curiously and asked, "Brother, can you tell me what kind of musical instrument that is?"

For Yu Ji, music occupies a very important part of her life.

She loves music theory and really wants to know what the instrument Zhao Yi mentioned looks like.

"A very unique instrument called piano."

"It has a wide range of sounds, covering almost all the musical notes in the musical system, and has 88 keys."

"The piano has a huge range of volume, from pianissimo to fortissimo."

After hearing Zhao Yi's description, Yu Ji was extremely shocked.

As a master of music theory, she knows very well how powerful the piano is.

If what Zhao Yi said is true, then this piano can be called the king of musical instruments.

Because its range and volume changes are so comprehensive.

Neither the guqin nor the pipa knows the range of the piano that Zhao Yi mentioned.

If someone else told her that such an instrument existed, Yu Ji would totally not believe it.

But the person talking now is Zhao Yi, especially since he just took out a music score that uses a new method of composing music.

It records the exquisite music that Yu Ji had never seen before.

So Yu Ji fully believed in the existence of such an instrument as the piano.

Because it was Zhao Yi who said it.

So Yu Ji asked expectantly: "So when will the piano be made?"

"If it's fast, it's half a year; if it's slow, it's a year."

After all, the piano is not an ordinary musical instrument.

There are thousands of parts alone, and it takes a long time to make and assemble them.

Even if Zhao Yi had the production drawings of the teaching materials and a steam locomotive lathe, he couldn't make a piano all at once.

When Yu Ji heard this, she was not disappointed or felt that the time was too long. Instead, she was very happy.

Because in her opinion the piano was made in too short a time.

You should know that the production time of a pipa or a guqin is calculated in years.

As a result, the piano took less than a year to build.

This is so fast!

Yu Ji was already looking forward to seeing the piano scene.

"Brother Zhao Yi, can you teach me how to use the piano?"

"Of course." The reason why Zhao Yi was willing to tell Yu Ji about the music textbooks and piano was to help her learn the piano.

Then I can have music to listen to.

And the piano can also be used in theatrical performances.

After all, music can touch people's hearts and infect their emotions.

When the time comes, playing a sad song at the climax of those love dramas will surely trick many people into crying and make them remember this moment.

Then, by combining it with other means, people can be made to hate the imperial court.

Zhao Yi believes that the tactics often used by the Lighthouse Country will only be more useful in the Qin era.

The more ignorant the people are, the easier it is to incite them.

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On the other side, Ying Zheng and Wang Jian came to the left outside Shaqiu Town.

This is the starting point for the construction of the railway in Sand Dune Town.

It is also on the shortest straight line between Shaqiu Town and Shahe Village.

Starting from today, some railway tracks will be transported here from Shahe Village.

Zhao Yi has also handed over the railway track laying map to Ying Zheng.

He said that if you encounter something you don’t understand, you can ask the people on the other side who are also continuing the railway construction.

The reason why Zhao Yi did not send someone over to provide personal guidance was because the diagram he provided was very detailed.

In addition, there is no technical difficulty in laying the rails.

The real difficulty lies in mapping the two places.

Zhao Yi had already measured the direction, so Ying Zheng only needed to have people cut down trees and lay rails according to the direction drawn by Zhao Yi.

In addition, Ying Zheng was building railways on the pretext of building new official roads.

Therefore, the local residents of Shaqiu County avoided this place for fear of being forced to do forced labor.

But Ying Zheng would not do such a thing.

Because the construction of the railway has been classified as the top secret of the Qin Dynasty.

So all the people building the railway were Qin soldiers.

Ying Zheng took out the compass given by Zhao Yi from his arms and checked again to confirm the direction.

This compass is one of the several compasses given by Zhao Yi to Ying Zheng for measuring directions.

The compass and the map given by Zhao Yi can ensure that the railway will not be built in the wrong direction.

Ying Zheng said with emotion: "Zhao Yi has so many goodies. This compass is so useful."

Wang Jian agreed, "Yes! With this thing, the army will never get lost again."

"If I had this thing when I was fighting the Xiongnu in the north, I wouldn't have been so lost. I would have found the Xiongnu's hometown long ago."

Wang Jian once led his army to attack the Huns.

However, the grassland was too vast to have any contrast objects, and the sky was obscured by clouds so the stars could not be seen.

As a result, the army lost its way on the grassland. Finally, when a strong wind blew away the clouds and they could see the stars, they found their way back to Daqin.

It was not until the conquest of Yan and Zhao that the Sinan instrument, which could be used to simply identify directions, was obtained from the surrendered nobles of Yan and Zhao.

Wang Jian continued, "This thing is much more useful than the Si Nan of Zhao. That Si Nan needs to be turned by oneself, and it is not accurate."

In fact, this is normal. The compass given by Zhao Yi was made according to the methods of later generations.

Historically, the compass did not appear until the Song Dynasty.

Ying Zheng turned around and saw the rails that had just been moved from the carriage.

So he walked over to observe, and Wang Jian followed closely behind him.

Ying Zheng knocked on the railroad track with his hand and then looked at it carefully.

Finally, he said in amazement: "How far has the metal smelting technology of Shahe Village developed? They can produce such large ironware, and the rails are all of the same specifications."

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(End of this chapter)