Chenchen: So what kind of work did you arrange for him in the beginning?

Lodovico: From the beginning, I arranged work related to music, designing palace dance dramas, city costume parades and the like.

Chenchen: Is he changing his career now? As expected, he is a well-rounded multi-functional talent. The military and painting paths are blocked, but he can also impress you with music. Designing a dance drama so quickly is an extraordinary leap!

Lodovico: This was all easy for Leonardo da Vinci. Because the costumes for the costume parade were so beautifully designed, my wife asked him to help design the costumes, and the tailoring turned out to be truly unique.

Chenchen: Are you starting to design clothes again?

Lodovico: Of course, I later asked him to enter the field of design to help design clothes for my wife and daughter, and also completed work such as designing and decorating my stables.

Chenchen: It’s too extravagant for such a great talent to do such trivial things under you!

Lodovico: No, no, no, he has also done a lot of meaningful things. Because he can't sit still, those small things of designing clothes don't take long for him. During that time, he also helped the city of Milan renovate canals.

Chenchen: Going to engage in engineering design again?

Lodovico: You are right, Leonardo da Vinci was also good at this. After the reconstruction, the water in the canal will not only meet the transportation needs, but also bear the needs of crop irrigation in the Lombard plains, improving agriculture. , greatly increasing production.

Shengsheng: Oh my God! The title of water conservancy engineer belongs to Leonardo da Vinci, and the salary is so worth it!

Fat Mom: Let’s let Mr. Lodovico take a break and let Leonardo da Vinci’s assistant and friend Zorro Astro talk about this section. Hello Mr. Zoroastro Hello!

Zoroastro: Hello, fat mom, little dusty!

Chenchen: When did you meet Leonardo da Vinci?

Zorro Astro: I was Leonardo da Vinci’s assistant when I was in Florence, and I was always by his side, so when he went to Milan he asked me if I wanted to come with him, and I did it without hesitation. Agreed.

Chenchen: Was Leonardo da Vinci being directed around by Mr. Lodovico?

Zorro Astro: This is nothing. Mr. Lodovico did not treat Leonardo badly. He gave him a lot of money, many slaves, and many students followed Leonardo. To learn, Da Vinci only needed to provide ideas and drawings, and someone else would do the rest.

Chenchen: I thought Leonardo da Vinci would help Lodovico’s wife sew clothes.

Zorro Astro: How is this possible? As long as there are design drawings of clothing styles, specialized tailors to cut them, and people specializing in handwork to sew them, even though Leonardo da Vinci has energy Plenty, but he only has twenty-four hours a day.

Chenchen: How did Leonardo da Vinci arrange his life?

Zorro Astro: His daily life is very full. He was Mr. Lodovico's favorite, so he was invited to some of the parties. I am a busy man. You know that Leonardo da Vinci was not married and there was no mistress in the house, so I had to take care of all the affairs, big and small.

Chenchen: What is there to take care of in a man’s life?

Zorro Astro: You don’t know Leonardo da Vinci at this point. He lived an exquisite life. His clothes had to be starched. Every time he went out, he had to have carriages and horses arranged, and he also had to accompany him. Considering that the family, as well as his students, servants, and coachmen, must be managed by someone.

Chenchen: Then you are too busy.

Zorro Astro: Do ??you know? Da Vinci also had his own musicians!

Chenchen: Didn’t he come to Milan as a musician?

Zorro Astro: Yes, but then he had more identities and his work as a musician was put on hold. But because he was also a celebrity in Milan, he also needed to entertain guests at home. Sometimes Just need musicians.

Chenchen: Then his daily expenses are quite a lot. If there are musicians, there must be a band. If there is a band, there must be something else.

Fat Mom: Why is that?

Chenchen: Isn’t there an ivory law that states King Zhou uses ivory chopsticks? If you use ivory chopsticks, you must use a bowl made of rhinoceros horn and a cup made of white jade. The food in it must not be whole grains, but must be delicacies from the mountains and seas. You must also be well-dressed. Since Leonardo da Vinci also had a band, there must be something grand at home, maybe a horse farm.

Zoroastro: The little girl is very smart! This is indeed the case. Leonardo da Vinci was well-dressed, wearing silk furs and embroidered gloves, and the utensils at home were also very particular.

Chenchen: Is his salary still enough?

Zorro Astro: And in addition to paying Leonardo da Vinci a salary, Mr. Lodovico would also give him many gifts and enjoy many privileges.

Chenchen: That’s no wonder, Leonardo da Vinci was an expert in everything from clothing design to water conservancy construction! Mr. Lodovico was not at a disadvantage. But thank you for your hard work!

Zoroastro: These transactional ones are only a small part. Because Leonardo da Vinci had a wide range of hobbies, he needed to purchase a lot of things, sometimes strange things.

Chenchen: What should we do? .

Zorro Astro: For example, Leonardo da Vinci might not use ordinary paints to paint. He would do paint experiments, so he would have to buy a lot of raw materials, and then he would test how to do it. Distinctive pigments.

Chenchen: Is it like the paint in "The Annunciation"?

Zorro Astro: Pretty much, in addition to the pigment experiments, he also has a lot of mechanical engineering experiments to do.

Chenchen: What are you doing?

Zorroastro: Like big shoes that can walk on water.

Chenchen: Is there still this thing? Have you tried it?

Zorro Astro: Of course I tried it, but it was still very slow to walk, not as fast as rowing a boat. But when we tested it, many people in Milan came to see it, and it was very lively. Later, Da Vinci had to make an announcement when he was going to experiment, because many people were very curious about what interesting things Mr. Da Vinci had come up with recently, and wanted to see the new stuff.

Shengchen: What are they?

Zorroastro: a waterwheel that can play several musical instruments at the same time, a self-locking spiral wheel that can lift a ladder, a machine that can wind and evenly distribute spinning yarn on a rotating spindle , adjustable wrenches, machines that can roll metal, movable printing press bases, etc.

Chenchen: No matter which one, it is an incredible technology

Zoroastro: Of course, he also designed some weapons. Mortars that use handle gears to extend the range, three-speed die-turning gears, etc. By the way, he also designed the first machine gun.

Chenchen: Have you made it all?

Zoroastro: Of course, all the things I mentioned were made, but I didn’t talk about the drawings.

Chenchen: That’s so fun, there are new tricks all day long.

Zoroastro: That’s because you didn’t join in the experiment, of course you thought it was fun.

Chenchen: Why?

Zoroastro: For a while he was interested in flying, so he studied bird flight and aerodynamics, and designed propeller aircraft and, of course, parachutes.

Chenchen: This is a helicopter! Is it done?

Zoroastro: It's done, and it's even been tested.

Chenchen: Was it successful?

Fat Mom: Of course it didn’t succeed, otherwise there would be no Wright brothers.

Zorro Astro: It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t succeed, you know? He made me sit on it to test it, and I broke my legs.

Chenchen: Oh my God! Being his assistant is not only busy, but also life-threatening. It's not easy for you!

Zorro Astro: Thank you for your sympathy, but other than this time, it was a pleasure spending time with Mr. Leonardo da Vinci.

Chensheng: Leonardo da Vinci’s daily life was so colorful!

Fat Mom: Because Leonardo da Vinci is so versatile! That’s all for today’s gossip. Next time we’ll gossip about “The Last Supper”.

Chenchen: Okay! Are you two gentlemen still here?

Fat Mom: Of course! They are all important witnesses!