Chapter 10 Zhuge Liang and his wife learn how to make wooden cows and horses

Zhuge Liang left us descendants a lot of unsolved and puzzling things, one of which is "wooden cow and flowing horse". The manufacturing process of "Wooden Cow and Horse" is unknown to us now, and it has become an eternal mystery.But at the same time, we still have a question that needs to be explained: Was Zhuge Liang invented the Wooden Cow and Liuma?The answer is: no!Wooden Niu Liuma is actually an invention of Zhuge Liang's wife, Huang Chouya, but the husband and wife are of the same mind, so there is no dispute over "patent rights"! Let's take a look at the details!

When Zhuge Liang was studying at Jingsheng Academy, he once went to the home of his teacher Huang Chengyan, and Huang Chouya was Huang Chengyan's "daughter".In ancient times, all the ladies of the family did not go out of the gate. Although Zhuge Liang never saw Huang Chouya every time he went, Zhuge Liang was deeply impressed by what Huang Chouya did. One day, Huang Chengyan asked his students to tell Kong Ming to come to his home, saying that he had a problem and asked for advice.Zhuge Liang thought to himself, this teacher is interesting, and he wants the students to go to his house, not to teach the students, but to ask the students for advice.Really learn from the sage, why don't you be ashamed to ask!

Zhuge Liang arrived as scheduled, and Mr. Huang was receiving other guests.The housekeeper asked him to wait in the yard. If he wanted, he could take a walk in the yard, or go to the backyard garden to watch the newly blooming peonies. "It's really fragrant and beautiful." The butler seemed to be worried that the guests would not want to leave, so he urged. The kindness is hard to come by, Zhuge Liang didn't want to disobey the housekeeper's kindness, so he paced around and walked towards the back garden unhurriedly.After entering the small gate of the garden, just as he walked around the screen wall, a hound suddenly rushed towards him, causing Zhuge Liang to take a few steps back involuntarily.

At this time, the butler rushed over and said with a chuckle, "Don't be afraid, Mr. Zhuge, this is a dog made of wood." After finishing speaking, he tapped the dog's head with his hand.The dog squatted down and turned into a dead thing, motionless. This opened Zhuge Liang's horizons, so he wanted to get closer to see what happened.No, when he bent down and was about to take a closer look, another colorful tiger suddenly jumped out from the grass next to him, jumped up and down in front of Zhuge Liang, bared its teeth and claws, and opened its eyes wide, which made Zhuge Liang burst into cold sweat immediately. .

Zhuge Liang glanced at the housekeeper next to him, and seeing that he was calm, he suddenly understood in his heart that he was probably made of wood.He stopped panicking and calmly walked up to the tiger.Sure enough, the tiger was fake, it could only jump back and forth up and down in place, and couldn't go more than ten feet away. Zhuge Liang stopped, bowed to observe carefully, and couldn't help admiring: "It's really exquisite!" He asked the housekeeper: "Whose ingenuity is this?" The butler replied: "This is a toy dog ​​and a wooden tiger that my lady made herself."

"What? Your lady made it?" Zhuge Liang asked in disbelief. The housekeeper smiled slightly: "My lady makes a lot of things! Sir, you can come to the back kitchen of my house to have a look." Zhuge Liang was infected by these wonderful products, and followed the housekeeper to the back kitchen with great interest. The housekeeper said to Zhuge Liang: "My master is hospitable and often entertains guests at home. Although there are so many guests, sometimes dozens of guests come at a time, I, the housekeeper, will not be in a hurry, and the servants in the house will not increase the extra labor burden. Even if a large-scale banquet is held during the holidays, and a hundred people are invited for dinner, a batch of rice noodles needs a hundred catties, and there is no need to increase the number of people in the kitchen. Because the young lady has made a lot of machines."

Listening to the butler's introduction, Zhuge Liang was dubious, and walked into the back kitchen, only to see that it was steaming and noisy, as if many people were busy.Closer to the front, it turned out that two wooden men waved their arms together to pound rice, and a wooden donkey was slowly running on the stone mill to grind the flour.This opened Zhuge Liang's horizons and made him extremely excited. He had already fallen in love with Miss Huang's family even though he had never met her before. That time, Huang Chengyan didn't introduce his daughter to Zhuge Liang, and he never mentioned the wonderful machines made by his daughter.Although Zhuge Liang always wanted to bring the topic to Huang Chouya, he was interrupted by the teacher "Okay, okay", and Huang Chouya never showed up.However, Zhuge Liang was impressed by those whimsical machines.He was overwhelmed by Huang Chouya's wisdom.

After leaving the Huang's mansion, Zhuge Liang thought while walking: "This Huang Chouya's intelligence is simply beyond ordinary people's imagination. It can be said that she is extremely intelligent and super-intelligent." Zhuge Liang once asked the housekeeper about Huang Chouya's age from the side. At that time, I thought, if I can find such a daughter-in-law in this life, I will be lucky in my life! Later, Zhuge Liang went to Huang Chengyan's house several times with excuses, always wanting to meet Huang Chouya.But Huang Chengyan seemed to have guessed Zhuge Liang's intentions, which was to prevent the ugly girl from coming out to meet him, and let Zhuge Liang return without success, feeling very melancholy.

Zhuge Liang thought about it day and night, but he was always unwilling, so he moved his mind.One day, knowing that Huang Chengyan was not at home, he was an uninvited guest. He wanted to meet the ugly girl, but when the housekeeper shouted: "Mr. Zhuge is visiting!" The ugly girl who was playing with the maid in the front hall , turned around and left, ran straight to the boudoir without looking back, so that Zhuge Liang, who had planned for a long time, only saw a back. However, that back view left Zhuge Liang with plenty of room for imagination, and made Zhuge Liang firm in his belief that he would not marry Huang Chouya.Zhuge Liang thought, no matter what Huang Chouya looks like, as far as her intelligence and her family are concerned, I can admire her enough.He secretly made up his mind that he must find a way to make Huang Chouya his wife.

After that, Zhuge Liang often asked Huang Chengyan for advice.After leaving Jingsheng Academy, he often invited Huang Chengyan to Longzhong as a guest, talking with Huang Chengyan about his aspirations and ideals, and discussing his views and ideas on major events in the world. Ever since Liu Biao's wife met Zhuge Liang and Liu Qi told Zhuge Liang about Mrs. Cai's thoughts, Zhuge Liang knew that Huang Chengyan was the key to his success or failure in marrying Huang Chouya.Fearing that Huang Chengyan would not agree, he once publicly stated in front of Huang Chengyan when he was discussing family with his classmates and friends: Zhuge Liang chose his wife because he valued talent and learning rather than appearance.

What a smart person Huang Chengyan is, but he still can't guess Zhuge Liang's mind?What's more, as early as when Zhuge Liang was studying at Jingsheng Academy, he had the heart to make Zhuge Liang his son-in-law.Therefore, he quietly arranged a few clever moves to implement his own idea.When he felt that this marriage was consensual and his wish came true, he introduced his daughter to Zhuge Liang. After Zhuge Liang married Chouya, he continued his half-cultivation and half-study in Longzhong.At this time, he has mastered the law of weather changes, and he does not need to spend a lot of time and effort for spring planting and autumn harvest.During the autumn harvest of the year, what he worries most is how to transport the harvested crops back home.The family only has a donkey, a horse, and a trailer, and there are not enough means of transportation. When going to bed at night, Zhuge Liang couldn't sleep in bed, still thinking about the transportation of crops.Mrs. Huang was lying beside her. Seeing him tossing and turning and unable to fall asleep, she guessed what her husband was thinking.Husband and wife often don't need to speak, they can communicate with each other from a look.She thought for a while, and leaned into Zhuge Liang's ear, and said softly, "Go to bed quickly, I see that you don't enjoy your tea and food these days, and you feel uneasy." "Then what should I do? This is my problem. I can't sleep if I can't find the answer!" "Go to sleep, I will solve this problem for you tomorrow." Zhuge Liang turned over and got up, "No, you have to give me the answer tonight." Zhuge Liang knew that his wife must have a solution. The wife had no choice but to sit up and asked, "Is what you worry about transporting the crops back home?" "Ask if you know? There will be heavy rain in three days, and it will continue for four or five days!" "Yeah, we can't let the grain we get rot in the ground." "Tell me, what can you do?" Seeing his anxious look, Huang was amused, and deliberately said: "If this grain rots in the field, can it be used as fertilizer in the next year? How wonderful! You don't need to accumulate manure next year!" Huang said around To go around is not to break the theme. Zhuge Liang knew that the ugly girl was most afraid of being tickled, so he didn't answer. He suddenly threw himself on his wife, grabbed his arm, and without saying a word, he kept scratching the soles of his wife's feet, so that the ugly girl couldn't stop laughing, leaned back and begged for mercy. Zhuge Liang asked the method again. Mrs. Huang asked: "Didn't you see the donkey in the back kitchen of my house? Just bring it over and use it. There are three donkeys left in the backyard. Pull them all over. What's the problem?" "Can't that wooden donkey be able to pull a mill?" "It's really a wooden head? Just change the mechanism a little bit so that it doesn't turn around and just keep going!" Sitting on the bed, Mrs. Huang said while gesticulating. Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up, and Mao Sai suddenly realized. Zhuge Liang and his wife, Chouya, respect each other as guests, and they are in perfect harmony.Zhuge Liang is good at thinking, reasoning, and seeing things far-reaching; while his wife is ingenious and good at using equipment to solve heavy physical labor.For the work in the field, Huang successively manufactured a series of wooden equipment, thus solving the heavy physical labor from tilling, fertilizing, and harvesting.The two learn from each other's strengths and complement each other's weaknesses, and life is full of fun.Later, Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan six times and used offense as defense. In order to solve the problems of too long battle lines, difficult transportation and logistical support, he invented a new type of transportation tool called "Wooden Niu Liuma" based on Huang Chouya's manufacturing principle. According to Fan Chengda's "Guihai Yuheng Zhi" records: Once Zhuge Liang entertained guests at home, "When friends arrive, some like to eat rice, and some like to eat noodles. In a short time, rice and noodles are all ready. The guest blamed his speed and sneaked to Peeping in the kitchen, I saw several wooden men pounding rice, and a wooden donkey transporting the mill like flying." In addition, there were "Zhuge Xingjun San" and "Wolong Dan" invented by the Shu army to avoid miasma. It is said that Huang Chouya helped develop them. successful. Zhuge Huang's inventions with high scientific and technological content directly affected Zhuge Liang's military thinking.In the Shu army, the training of technical arms and arms, and the use of advanced weapons have become the "special abilities" to defeat the enemy.Compared with Wei State, the Shu army has advantages in the manufacture of weapons, such as mountain-destroying crossbows, Puyuan knives, Kongming lanterns, etc.