Song Ju and Fang Qing once thought that Zhang Yuan's workshop was located underground, so it must be in a gloomy and dark environment, with groups of ghost-like craftsmen working hard and sweating. However, when the little peanut who led the way really opened the door,
A stone door on the ground in a remote courtyard led them underground. After passing through a corridor, they felt that the front of them suddenly opened up.
All they could see was that there were countless air holes and skylights on the top and in all directions of the spacious stone chamber, and a lot of light was shining in. At first, they thought it was empty, but when Song Juren curiously approached a wall, they discovered
It turned out to be not transparent, but embedded with crystal!
Knowing how valuable crystals are, he couldn't help but secretly smack his lips, but then he heard the emperor say: "When King Lu built this courtyard, he claimed that he wanted to use crystals to build a temple for his biological mother, Concubine De.
The crystals had been stored in the palace's inner treasury for a long time, so they were given to him, but he ended up using them all here. In this stone chamber alone, tens of thousands of crystals were used."
Fang Qing immediately frowned. Just when he was about to comment that he was extravagant and lustful, one of his feet was suddenly stepped heavily on. He immediately glared at Song Juren who was standing aside. The emperor himself had already commented on King Lu, so I’ll give it a try.
What? Feeling depressed, he looked around, and then noticed that not only was there no humid and hot atmosphere here, he could even feel the flow of air.
He couldn't help but pull off the sweat towel from his waist, pinch it with two fingers and lift it up. When he confirmed that the sweat towel was swaying slightly in the wind, he immediately exclaimed: "There is actually wind here?"
"Of course it's windy, otherwise with so many people working here, wouldn't everyone be suffocated to death?" Little Peanut glanced sideways at Fang Qing, feeling that the person was ignorant, "There is a blast furnace behind here that specializes in blacksmithing.
If you want to move it underground, the young master said that there must be enough air when making iron, and it must not be placed on the ground. He also said that burning requires yang energy and so on..."
Little Peanut didn't notice at all that he had turned the oxygen that Zhang Shou told Guan Qiu into Yang Qi. He just said it plausibly, "The young master also told Guan Qiu to make more use of water power. Fortunately, this garden used to be that house."
Wang brought running water in, so Brother Guan used water to push the blower and pump a large amount of fresh air into this place. Other machines in this workshop also use water power..."
Although he was learning and selling now, and even sold it wrongly in many places, Xiaohuahua was not afraid at all when he was showing off in front of the emperor and the two ministers. Although he spends most of his time in the Xiao family and Xiao
They lived together, increasing their literacy, memorizing poems, and going to Yu Xiaozhu to listen to operas when they had nothing to do. However, this did not prevent him from peeking at the teaching materials distributed by the students in Jiuzhang Hall.
He couldn't understand the profound mathematics, but he secretly memorized some of the simple ones. At this time, he saw that the three people in front of him were listening attentively, and he couldn't help but feel very proud.
But the next moment, he heard a clear voice, and then he saw the three people who had just been paying attention to his words turned their heads almost in unison.
"This pedal grinder needs to be improved... Hey, the water flow in this garden is imported after all. The height difference is not enough, the force is too small, and the water power that can be used is limited... Fine iron and brass are not as good as jade, we have to do it
It's not about carving jade, it's about grinding parts. It's too laborious to pedal. If we don't improve, one grinder will require two people to pedal. Isn't this a waste of manpower?"
"Although the first pendulum clock is ready, it is all hand-ground parts. The scrap rate is too high and it is not accurate. So even if the sample is sent to the palace, it still needs to be improved. Of course, the second one is made of
The parts are mass-produced, but the accuracy is enough, but the scrap rate of the parts is still a little too high... Even if it can be sold at a high price, the yield rate is very important!"
"It would be great if there was natural rubber like Brother Zhang said. In that case, the huge power of boiling water is better than the water power and wind power that may disappear from time to time!"
Seeing the greasy-faced young man running around being shouted at by this person and that person, sometimes giving instructions and sometimes complaining about something, Song Ju and Fang Qing couldn't help but feel suspicious, but then they just heard Xiao Huahua say: "
This is Brother Guan whom the young master admires the most. He said that the emperor praised people as being great craftsmen. He likes to ask why, he is studious, and he likes to do things..."
He put a lot of high hats on Guan Qiu in one breath, and didn't care that the master craftsman in his mouth didn't even notice these uninvited guests and was still busy there.
The fourth prince, who was being carried by Hua Qi and sneaked in quietly from another entrance, now felt as if he had become a snitch, excited and frightened at the same time.
At this time, he saw twenty or thirty people not far away operating a variety of weird machines. He couldn't help but whispered in Hua Qi's ear: "Uncle Hua Qi, this is the teacher's job."
Workshop? But why can’t I understand what you’re doing?”
"I don't understand either." Hua Qi shrugged and gave a very straightforward answer.
Hearing the fourth prince behind him, he immediately stopped talking. Although he couldn't see his expression clearly, he knew that the little guy behind him must be dumbfounded. He laughed and said: "Your teacher is a very strange person. Even the eldest lady
Even if she is his future wife, she may not really understand him, let alone others?"
"The person in this workshop who can understand him is probably Xiao Guanqiu, and even he can only understand part of it. I don't know which of your teacher's teachers has traveled overseas and is truly well-read.
The tycoon of books is much better than those guys in the court and among the people who claim to be knowledgeable."
"That's why Mrs. Ge defended your teacher so much. Even when others questioned your teacher's inheritance, he blocked them one by one. To be honest, no one expected that it could be done like this based on Taizu's relics." Even
The emperor didn’t expect it either!
The emperor really didn't expect that in less than a year, Zhang Shou actually dismantled the strange timer he took out from Taizu's secret box, and then actually copied it - although a very
One is small, the other is extremely large. They are completely different in shape, but the most basic thing, that is, the trend of the disk is the same.
When Little Peanut stepped forward and called Guan Qiu, when Guan Qiu saw him, although he just bowed his hands and saluted because he didn't know who he was, he didn't ask any questions, as if he didn't pay any attention to him and other people.
He was brought to the pendulum clock. He knew that the young craftsman was actually a fool, and his eyes were quickly attracted to the same pendulum clock that Hua Qi secretly sent to the palace.
Watching the pendulum swinging back and forth, and then watching Guan Qiu open the upper cover and unpreparedly show him the simple and even shabby structure inside, even though he had seen more complex and exquisite things, he still couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Marvel.
At that moment, the emperor asked: "How does this thing compare with the pendulum clock that was sent to the palace before? Is it more accurate?"
Guan Qiu answered very readily: "The accuracy is not as high as that of the pendulum clock sent to the palace, but the outer shell has a more beautiful pattern." His words were extremely simple and clear, and there was no pretense at all.
"The pendulum clock sent to the palace was made from a batch of parts made and ground by several of the best craftsmen using grinders and other machines. They were all carefully selected. They were all the best blacksmiths and carpenters.
, but now these parts have to be second-class, because although they are made with grinders, etc., the machines are not good enough and the craftsmanship is not enough, so the accuracy of the parts is not consistent and needs to be adjusted."
"So after calculation, the accuracy of these pendulum clocks varies, and some are even slower by a few seconds a day. According to what Brother Zhang taught me, there are 7,200 seconds in an hour, which is really not accurate enough..."
When he said that the machine was not good enough and the accuracy was not high enough, Guan Qiu's face was full of seriousness, and he was really sighing in his heart. But when he said that he would use the machine to make the metal parts needed for the machine itself, and then assemble it,
So when more machines were made, Song Juren and Little Peanut were just fine, but Fang Qing's eyes lit up.
This young man, who was judged by Yue Shan, the headmaster of his family's Zhaoming Academy, to have read too much and became stubborn and often said the wrong things to offend others. At this time, he couldn't help but ask: "This machine is also made with a machine, isn't it?"
Just like a hammer needs a hammer to strike?"
"Well, you can't say that. The hammer is forged, unlike the sword which needs to be forged." Guan Qiu didn't quite understand what Fang Qing's expression meant. In fact, even if he had never met the emperor, he knew that he could be
The person brought here is a big shot, but he is not as timid as ordinary people when they see a big shot. Instead, he looks very plain.
At this time, he explained seriously: "Actually, to put it simply, it's like a chicken lays an egg, and an egg lays a chicken. The chicken laid the egg, but then the chicken hatched, and then the chicken hatched the egg... Scholar
I often think that which came first, the chicken or the egg, is a difficult question to answer, but in my opinion, it must have come first.”
"Because just like these machines, the first parts they make are almost all different from the drawings because it is difficult to completely match them. Then, the same must be true for chickens. The first parts they lay may not be eggs.
It's something else, but it can also hatch chickens. Brother Zhang said that living things are constantly evolving, and the domestic chickens now are different from the pheasants of the past."
Such a simple analogy made even Little Peanut stunned for a moment, but Fang Qing couldn't help but said: "According to what you said, this really fits the cycle of Tai Chi and the endless life! We summon
Someone from Ming Academy once divided a piece of land into a Tai Chi pattern, and then divided it into Yin and Yang areas for planting. It is said that the yield per mu has also increased a lot..."
If Zhang Shou were here, he would definitely nod with a smile, comment casually, and then complain in his heart that this is metaphysics, not science, so don't make fun of the Fang family. However, Zhang Shou was not here, Guan Qiu's reaction
It's much more straightforward.
"Building houses and walls in the style of Tai Chi Diagram can protect against bandits and bandits. But in real troubled times, when there are soldiers and horses everywhere, the most useful thing is the fort outside. Otherwise,
If a large number of soldiers and horses really attack it, even if it is a maze, it will not be able to withstand a fire. What's more, using Tai Chi diagrams to grow crops will increase yields, which is unrealistic."
Without waiting for Fang Qing to refute, Guan Qiu said seriously: "If this young master really thinks so, then he might as well mark out a piece of land in Zhang Yuan in the style of a Tai Chi diagram, and then try growing vegetables by himself? Anyway, at home,
There is a lot of free space, and it is far more useful to do your own experiments than to listen to others' empty talk."
Seeing that Fang Qing was stunned at first, and then actually went to the side to meditate. The emperor was so angry and funny, thinking that this young Juren who was accused by the fourth prince of cheating on the third prince was really a stubborn nerd.
However, he was more interested in what Guan Qiu had just said, and he immediately "inspected" the machines again, which were more than double the number Hua Qi told him. He listened to Guan Qiu's introduction to how to make these things.
He listened carefully as he made improvements again and again. When he heard what Guan Qiu said unintentionally, he was horrified and moved.
"Brother Zhang said that machines serve people, to liberate people's labor force, so that more people can read and read, to design more and better machines, and to free more people from repetitive labor.
, and then design more and better machines. This cycle repeats, and that is the real prosperous age."
"It is by no means a good era when people are tied to the land and cultivated. Because only in an era when productivity is too backward, a person has to face the loess and turn his back to the sky every day to support himself."
Guan Qiu didn't notice the emperor's expression. When he arrived in front of a grinding machine that was being dismantled, he leaned over to inspect and discuss it, completely forgetting that there was a big shot beside him.
When he stood up again, he wiped his dirty hands and then smiled at the emperor. The smile was clear and clean, just like his serious eyes at this time.
"In the past, when I was studying under my master, my master disliked me very much. He thought that I liked to ask questions here and there, and my craftsmanship was not very good. If I hadn't been good at drawing, I might have been kicked out by my master a long time ago.
I went. Brother Zhang not only didn’t find me annoying, but also taught me many things that I had never thought of. He also told me that if you learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, you won’t be afraid of traveling all over the world."
Hua Qi, who was carrying the Fourth Prince on his back, had quietly approached him. When he heard Guan Qiu relaying Zhang Shou's words, the Fourth Prince couldn't help showing an extremely subtle expression. Especially when he saw Guan Qiu holding a booklet in front of his father.
The emperor opened it in front of him, and then he talked about gravity and the formula of the motion period of the pendulum vibration... He couldn't help but his eyes widened when he heard it.
This is true for all the four princes who have a certain foundation in mathematics. At this time, Song Juren glanced at Fang Qing, who was thinking about using Taichi diagrams for farming, and suddenly felt envious that this guy had escaped a painful baptism. And Xiao Huahua was even more excited.
What Shou said was a bitter hand in mathematics, physics and chemistry, and now listening to Guan Qiu's words, that face is even more bitter than a bitter gourd.
In contrast, as a student of Ge Yong, he could teach himself the new compilation of Ge's arithmetic, and he could also teach the emperor to his two young sons. Although it was a bit difficult to listen, he still understood the key point of what Guan Qiu said.
, then he raised his eyebrows and said bluntly: "So, you guess that the length and period of this simple pendulum are based on the vertical root root written in "New Edition of Gurdjieff's Arithmetic"?"
"Yes, it's very difficult. When I first learned it, I almost thought my head was going to explode. But practice makes perfect. I now know how to find the root. But the length of the pendulum calculated by the root cannot be copied, because the simple pendulum
The vibration formula is ideal, and Brother Zhang said that the acceleration of gravity is actually an estimate, and there are subtle differences in different places, and it needs to be adjusted..."
Listening to Guan Qiu's talk, the fourth prince took a peek at everyone below his father and saw that everyone was confused. At that moment, he, who had been feeling a little self-pity recently, suddenly relaxed. Even his father didn't understand.