At the foot of Meishan Mountain is the Tiangong Research Institute, which occupies a vast area. It extends eastward from here and occupies a large area of ​​land. This was originally the territory of the Yin Shou Supervisor and the Royal Horse Supervisor, but after the palace was restructured, these departments were abolished.

The mergers and acquisitions have all shrunk a lot, and these spaces have been vacated, which can be put to good use.

At this time, the Tiangong Research Institute was bustling with activity, with countless craftsmen coming in and out from all walks of life. Some were identifying and defining various minerals and metals, and some were standardizing various technical processes and terms, such as shipbuilding.

, iron making, etc.

Others are unifying weights and measures, collecting various folk measuring tools, and then re-standardizing them to create the most original and standard models.

Coincidentally, Xu Guangqi and his new first unit of length is also based on the longitude, but it is different from the longitude bisection of the length of the meter defined in later France. One meter is one forty-millionth of the longitude, and

Xu Guangqi chose one in thirty million, and his second name was Bu.

That's right, they just redefined the length of the next step, and the defined step was almost over 1.3 meters, shorter than the 1.5 meters estimated by Zhu Youxiao before.

However, as a modern person from later generations, he really cannot accept the change of measurement units. If it really changes, then he will soon become blind in numbers? Anyway, he also came up with the Latinized Chinese Pinyin, which made history

It's covered in a layer of mystery, and I don't care about making another rice without any reason.

Therefore, when Xu Guangqi excitedly came up with his redefined step length plan, he was rejected by His Majesty the Emperor, and then changed it all. He even thought about decimeters, centimeters, cubic meters of volume, and one cubic meter.

The weight regulation of one ton of water level has been defined by His Majesty the Emperor.

Looking at the satisfied emperor after spitting, Xu Guangqi's resentment could almost reach the sky. If it was possible, he really wanted to curse, since you already have an idea, why do you let us mess around?

"Haha, Xu Aiqing, if I intervene directly and don't let you test it yourself, how can you accumulate experience." This was the explanation given by the emperor after feeling his resentment.

Although it looked like an excuse and excuse made by the emperor for himself, if you think about it carefully, it still makes sense. This very reasonable excuse left Xu Guangqi speechless.

In this way, amid Xu Guangqi's pain and Zhu Youxiao's intentional or unintentional intervention, the weights and measures of the Ming Empire gradually moved closer to China in later generations.

As for the strange letters inside that looked like Thai and Western characters, they were gently revealed by Zhu Youxiao with an eclectic sentence. In this world where there were no other time travellers, this new definition of weights and measures became the invention of Emperor Tianqi.

, and spread to the world with the expansion of the Ming Empire, becoming a means of cultural invasion.

"This is called treating others the same way they are treated!" In the Forbidden City, looking at those familiar units, a certain time traveler secretly enjoyed himself when nothing happened.

The above three are the places where the Tiangong Research Institute has the largest number of people, but they are not the most important places at present. Although these are the basis for the Tiangong Research Institute to resound around the world in the future, stand on top of the world, and become a holy land of science, it is obvious that from the present

It seems that these are not the most important.

The real key point is the cutting-edge applied research led by Xu Guangqi. Before, there were only Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing, Sun Yuanhua and a dozen middle-aged masters with strong receptivity, but later they were joined by Li Zhizao, Gao Lao, Tang Ruowang, Bo Panji four people.

The most famous achievements here before were the Apocalypse II smooth-bore musket and the open-hearth steel-making method that can be mass-produced. Well, the messy furnace that was modified is also an open-hearth furnace, and it is energy-producing. In this era of scientific desert, It is an invention that spans the ages.

Nowadays, both products are being officially expanded. Open-hearth steelmaking, hydraulic forging, and drilling machine tools are all being expanded aggressively. If individual production capacity is insufficient, it depends on quantity. Compared with the number of people, Daming has never been afraid of anyone.

At this time, research on a new technology - steel keel - was launched here, and such a key technology was related to an epoch-making gunboat - a flying shear gunboat, which could almost retain the speed of a flying shear ship, but A battleship with considerable firepower.

Moreover, if the steel keel is successfully installed, Zhu Youxiao's shipbuilding ability will immediately reach a higher level. He will no longer have to board the ship for three years and wait for the entire aniseed to dry before building a ship.

Even the manufacture of this type of ship is related to the improvement of Galen ships and even the improvement of Fu ships. If a steel keel can be made, then there is no problem with hard sails made of steel, and even steel masts are possible. The steel keel is just a It is a technology, but it is related to many things later.

It can be said that one move can affect the whole body. It is extremely critical.

However, these really have nothing to do with Zhu Youxiao. The things in his head have long been emptied by Xu Guangqi. Many of the technical information in his computer have been turned into text and stored. Zhu Youxiao will review this project. His greatest contribution is simply the idea of ​​alloys.

Add other raw materials to steel to increase strength and toughness and reduce weight.

Of course, even though he couldn't help much, he still ran here happily. Anyway, he hasn't married a wife yet. If he has time, he can run around more and see what's new. If he has a wife in three months, I'm afraid he won't. How many opportunities will I have to set foot here again?

In this way, as Zhu Youxiao spent his days leisurely and slowly experienced the scientific research atmosphere that would be envied by future generations, time passed by and he slipped step by step towards July 15th.

The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the Ghost Festival of Taoism, the Bon Festival of Buddhism, and the Ghost Festival in modern folklore. This is a very magical day, and Zhu Youxiao scheduled the Taoist Reform Conference he hosted on this day.

As the day approaches, more and more Taoist priests appear in the capital. These Taoist priests come from different sources, such as Longhu Mountain, Maoshan Mountain, Wudang Mountain, Qingcheng Mountain, various sects, and various origins. Everyone put aside their past disputes and gathered in the capital.

There were even some great monks who came here after hearing the news. They also heard some news and came looking for it.

The arrival of so many masters made the faithful men and women of the capital extremely happy. They all speculated on the reason why so many masters flocked to the capital.

For a time, many legends and stories spread among the people in the capital. With the arrival of these people, the entire capital became noisy and troubled.
Chapter completed!