The Master of the Kingdom

In order to change the subject, Mu Yan mysteriously said that the emperor had a surprise for Su Yi.

Before long, the emperor told Su Yi of the surprise. Su Yi's "Piano" is ready.

The scale of the first steelmaking that the emperor asked to experiment was not large, and the finished product was not made into weapons, but strings for Su Yi.

Su Yi was surprised.

With the drawings, it really won't take long for a small-scale trial of steelmaking. The string production process of later pianos has higher requirements, but that is only on the premise of high requirements for timbre. The piano was invented at the beginning of the eighteenth century, before the first industrial revolution began. Before the start of the industrial revolution, its technology was all reachable by hand. So even if it is nearly two thousand years in advance, the piano can be made, but the tone is different.

However, the traditional scale in China is called "the pentatonic scale without semitones", that is, "gong, shang, angle, zheng, and yu". The piano is a "natural seven-tone scale" with the addition of a chromatic scale, and then the range is expanded. The piano is composed of 88 keys and has a very wide range. To make it, it takes a long time just to select the strings and adjust the range, right?

Su Yi has been ready to wait for several years.

Su Yi, who has not paid attention to the ancient musical instruments of China, does not know that the knowledge of music theory in ancient China is actually very developed.

During the archaeological excavation of the Mawangdui Han Tomb, a Guser was unearthed. This Guser is very well preserved, even the strings are there. The strings that have been immortal for thousands of years are made of silk.

Of course, ordinary animal protein will decay after so long. The strings are woven from many fine silks and have been specially processed. Thousands of years later, the strings of this Guther can still be played, and its timbre is comparable to modern instruments. It can be seen how powerful the music theory knowledge and production craftsmanship of the sergeists at that time were.

The Mawangdui Han Tomb was the tomb of Li Cang, the prime minister of Changsha, and his family in the early Western Han Dynasty. Now after hundreds of years, the knowledge of music theory is only strong but not weak; as an emperor, he can naturally call craftsmen who are more powerful than Li Cang.

In the palace, there were craftsmen who made musical instruments specially for the royal family. After the emperor got the piano drawings, he went to the people to gather a group of powerful craftsmen. Nearly a hundred people were selected in the end, and they worked together to make such a piano.

The craftsmen work together in a division of labor. There are many parts for each part of the piano, try them out one by one when assembling to see which one is more suitable. These craftsmen have very skillful hands, even without the aid of modern instruments, they can still do exactly that.

The last difficulty is only string. However, at this time there was already metal wire drawing technology, and it was used to make armor or metal utensils. It was only after the blacksmith and the craftsman who made the piano worked together for a period of time that they produced steel wires that met the standards.

Craftsmen can use silk to weave strings that are immortal for thousands of years, and naturally they can also use steel wires to make strings.

The emperor knew that Su Yi did not value vulgar objects. In order to reward Su Yi's contribution to Yu, he temporarily suppressed steelmaking weapons and let the craftsmen devote all their energy to the piano for Su Yi.

After the craftsman figured out the meaning of the piano manufacturing drawings, he adjusted the chromatic scale. It's just that they haven't heard it after all, and only rely on judgment to adjust the intonation. So the final product needs to be debugged by Su Yi himself.

The black keys made of ebony, the white keys made of ivory, and the various parts of the piano body have all been strictly selected by the craftsmen. The precious materials in the emperor's private library can be selected by the craftsmen at will.

Su Yi looked at this grand piano as if he had returned to modern times in an instant, with a sense of chaos in time and space.

He tapped the keys lightly with his fingers, listening to the metallic sound of the piano. The sound of this piano is not as good as that of later pianos, but it is also beautiful enough.

The craftsmen have done what they can do.

Without the addition of modern technology, it would take a long time for a craftsman to make a piano. But the wisdom of hundreds of craftsmen, in such a short period of time, made the musical instruments of a thousand years later turned out.

Su Yi was dragged by his elder brother to learn the piano, so naturally he was gifted in it. He has an "absolute sense of tone" when it comes to middle two points; if it is simpler, he feels good intonation.

Even without the help of a tuner, Su Yi can keenly discern the nuances of pitch by just listening through the ears.

When Su Yi showed his talent, Su Jin was very pleased. He thought that even if his younger brother didn't like to be in business or politics, it would be good to be a pianist.

Who knows that being talented does not mean you like it. Su Yi was only interested in piano for three minutes, and was forced by Su Jin to learn it later. And this attitude to learning at best made him a good pianist, far from being a pianist.

Who makes Su Yi play the piano all his mind is "boring to death", and it is impossible to express any feelings that are in line with the music. Probably many people who learn musical instruments in modern society can resonate with Su Yi.

Skills can be practiced, but becoming a pianist is not only skill.

At this time, when Su Yi heard the sound of the piano, there was a feeling that he had never had before.

He has done things like tuning many times. Only this time, he was extremely religious. Su Yi's mind has completely abandoned distracting thoughts, and only the piano sound is left.

The slight pitch difference was gradually calibrated in Su Yi's hands. The main craftsmen responsible for making the piano closed their eyes and listened to the difference between the front and back of the piano, showing a look of admiration.

With this hand alone, one can know the attainments of Master Su Tian in "happiness".

"Do you want to play a piece here?" Hearing that the piano was ready, the prince deliberately left everything in his hands and rushed to see Su Yi receiving the piano. Now that the tuning is over, the prince said immediately.

Su Yi glanced at the emperor, and the emperor nodded: "Try it, I also want to listen to this piano tune."

Before sitting on the piano, Su Yi carefully folded up his wide sleeves, exposing his wrists. He played a few pieces first, looking for feelings.

Although he was forced to learn piano because his interest was not there, Su Yi didn't like piano. But playing the piano has become a habit. When Su Yi is bored, he still plays it.

After crossing, although I haven't touched the piano for a long time, when my fingers touched the keys, my body's memory automatically emerged. After a few scattered pieces of music, the body and consciousness gradually synchronized, and the tune became more and more fluid.

The difficult tunes cannot be played yet, but a few lyrical tunes are still possible.

When Su Yi closed his eyes, a piece he had often played before appeared in front of him. That piece is not difficult, even a novice piano player can learn it. Therefore, even if Su Yi hasn't played the piano for a long time, it is very easy to play again now at his level.

After trying a few fragments of his own memory, the whole piece gradually took shape in his mind.

Su Yi took a few deep breaths, and then started playing the song "Memories of Childhood" from the beginning.

"Childhood Memories" is a piece from Richard's piano album. Most of Richard's piano music is not written by himself. It is not that the composer wants to express what kind of feelings are far-fetched, but the mood of the person who plays the music can be heard from the sound of the piano.

Before, his piano sound was calm at best. Because of his mood, he could not express the feelings of the song. Therefore, no matter how exquisite his skills are, the judges who listened to his tunes are only regretful shaking their heads.

Su Yi did not feel regret. He is very happy. If he didn't shake his head, he would really have to take the piano road, he didn't like it.

what about now……

Su Yi flicked, and the black and white keys seemed to disappear from his eyes. He seemed to be standing in a dark void with only a ball of light in front of him. In the light, it was him before crossing, following behind an impatient big brother making trouble.

So miss. The eldest brother once disliked him.

Then, the scene turned into a big brother running behind him with an impatient look on his face. Do you want to do your homework or practice piano? Or catch yourself to the interest class of the study class?

His mother had a black smile, his father had a conniving smile, and his friend had a sly smirk...Many smiles have gathered into his childhood.

Even in the complex environment of the residence, his beloved relatives still gave him maximum protection, making his childhood as simple and happy as possible. All his worries at that time were the worries of ordinary children in that era.

When Su Yi closed his eyes and opened them again, the child in modern and fashionable children's clothing in front of him has become an ancient child wearing two buns.

The child was holding a book in his hands and was muttering words. The other child, younger than him, looked indifferent and played with the cloth tiger in his hand. But the child playing with cloth tiger glanced at another child holding a book with his eyes from time to time, revealing that he was not unresponsive to the outside world.

This is my own childhood in this world.

A smile appeared on Su Yi's mouth.

In this world, I once had a happy childhood. When the emperor's father was still at home, after he found out the emperor's temper, he deliberately surrounded the emperor's father and mischievous. At that time, the emperor's father was also young, and his temperament was very free. Together they climbed trees to catch birds and went into the water to catch fish, and then they were chased all over the yard by their grandfather carrying a wattle. The grandmother chased her grandfather behind, shouting "They are just children! What are you doing! They are just children!".

Then the grandfather would always throw away the thorns under the offensive of the grandmother's tears, and the lesson would be over.

The grandfather always talked about it. It was shameful that the father and son had no respect for the family.

He would always secretly attach to the emperor's ears and ask, we don't seem to be a family member, and I hate that kind of family member.

Then the emperor's father would wink at himself while nodding his head.

Later, the grandfather left home, and the emperor's father also left home. The family life gradually became cautious, and the previous wanton was gone, but most of the life was still happy.

He watched himself lying on the Queen’s mother’s knees, watching the Queen’s mother sew the little jackets for him for the winter, listening to the Queen’s mother talking about some life trivial matters; he watched his grandmother mysteriously taking him Pulled into the house, and then handed him a piece of exquisite candy; he watched his brother finally speak, and then tugged the corner of his clothes as his little tail...

When the last note was pressed, Su Yi felt cold on her face. He stretched out his hand and found that he didn't know when he had already burst into tears.