Qianlong is the oldest emperor in Chinese history, he succeeded to the throne at the age of 25, reigned for a total of 60 years, and continued to be the emperor for 4 years after the Zen throne, and lived until the age of 89 before he died. The fifty-fifth year of Qianlong coincided with his eightieth birthday, when the Qing Dynasty was rich and the people were strong, a scene of peace and prosperity, and the arrogant Qianlong Emperor ordered a grand birthday celebration.
Fu Kang'an, the governor of Liangguang at the time, was one of the Qianlong Emperor's favorite ministers. On the day of his birthday, after the messenger presented the birthday gift prepared by FuKang'an, Qianlong looked at it as an inconspicuous small wooden box, and there was nothing special about it. So I opened it to check, but I didn't expect that after opening the box, it was a small house, and there was a screen in the house, and in front of the screen was a desk, and there were four treasures of the study room such as pen, ink, paper and stone on the desk.
The messenger said that there was a special mechanism in this small box, and Qianlong opened the mechanism under his guidance. I saw a Western girl, about a foot tall, coming out from the right side of the screen. Slowly wipe away the dust from the desk, then put water in the brick table and start grinding ink. After grinding the ink, the girl took out another piece of paper and laid it flat on the desk.
At this time, on the left side of the screen, a bearded man will step out, pick up a pen and write down the four big words "Long Life Without Boundaries" on the paper. After writing, the big man put down his pen and walked back to the back of the screen. The Western girl packed up all the pens, ink and paper on the desk, closed the door and returned to the back of the screen.
After seeing it, Qianlong was immediately shocked by the mechanism in the box, and shouted that he had never seen such a magical technique before. In order to find out the truth, Qianlong specially summoned Fu Kang'an back to the capital. After Fu Kang'an returned to Beijing, he told Qianlong that the small box was made by him in Guangzhou to find a small official.
Fu Kang'an said that originally the cabinet made by the small official, the organ people inside could only write the Chinese character "Long Life Without Boundaries", but I think that the most birthday gift dedicated to the emperor would be better if there were manchu and Chinese characters. I asked the young official if he could change it, and he said that it would take some time to change it. After this little official returned home, he didn't think about tea every day, but just thought about how to improve. At night, the little official did not sleep, but wrapped the cloth around his head and went up to the roof in a daze, so that for three days and three nights, he really let the little official come up with a solution.
After coming down, the little official unpacked the mechanism in the box, added a new mechanism, and after installing it, it became the appearance seen on the emperor's birthday. Qianlong still felt very magical when he heard this, and ordered a heavy reward for this little official.