Zhu Yijun smiled and sat up. He smiled and kissed Empress Wang's face. Then, he said, "Am I not beautiful?"
"Your Majesty is beautiful. You are more beautiful than Zou Ji and Duke Xu!" Empress Wang also smiled and cooperated.
Zou Ji ridiculed Prince Qi for accepting advice. Zhu Yijun laughed. Was this considered a joke?
After eating breakfast in Kunning Palace, Zhu Yijun returned to Wenhua Hall. In fact, compared to Palace of Heavenly Purity, Zhu Yijun preferred to stay in Wenhua Hall.
"Imperial Majesty, Xu Guangqi from the Academy of Sciences is here!" Zhang Jing said as soon as he arrived at Wenhua Hall.
"Quite early!" Zhu Yijun said with a smile, "It seems that he really has a treasure to send over!"
With that said, Zhu Yijun waved his hand. "Then send it in. I can take a look at what he has brought over."
It didn't take long for Xu Guangqi to arrive. Behind him, there were a few eunuchs laboriously carrying a big thing.
Zhu Yijun looked over and found that the thing was as tall as a person. The front was made of glass and looked like a door.
The two sides were made of wood. They were all made of high-quality yellow rosewood and were carved with five-clawed dragons.
The two dragons converged at the top, forming a picture of two dragons playing with a pearl. The carving was very beautiful.
However, this wasn't what surprised Zhu Yijun. He was surprised at the thing behind the glass door.
There was a big round plate on it. There were scales carved on it and the words "Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao". There were a total of 24 hours.
Two needles were on the round plate. Below it was a gravity pendulum that was constantly swaying. This was actually a big clock.
Zhu Yijun stared for a long time before he recovered. Xu Guangqi actually made a big clock. This was really … Zhu Yijun didn't know what to say.
He looked back and saw that Xu Guangqi was still kneeling. He waved at him.
"Did you make this?" Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Guangqi and asked in disbelief.
"Your Majesty, I did it!"
Xu Guangqi smiled and said, "I heard Your Majesty mention the gravity pendulum the last time, so I went back and studied it. I did it according to Your Majesty's instructions.
Thinking of the clock Your Majesty mentioned, I tried to make it. "
Zhu Yijun knew that things were definitely not as simple as Xu Guangqi said. He just mentioned it casually, but he didn't expect Xu Guangqi to really do it.
"Is this accurate?" Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Guangqi and asked.
"Your Majesty, I have tried. Half a month will be slightly slower by a quarter of an hour."
Xu Guangqi said with some regret, "It needs to be recalibrated every half a month. I've tried many ways, but I still can't solve it for the time being."
Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Guangqi. What a talent!
How could he come up with something like this?
This was a road to riches!
In this era, real-time was very primitive. There were even night watchmen. This large grandfather clock was a killing machine. It was a brand new industry, an absolutely rising industry.
Thinking about how many people Switzerland's clocks and watches supported, this thing could at least support the GDP of a few provinces in Daming.
Especially in this era, this could definitely make a lot of money.
"Good, very good!" Zhu Yijun walked around the big grandfather clock, then smiled and patted the big grandfather clock.
As Zhu Yijun spoke, the big grandfather clock happened to reach the hour of the hour. Suddenly, a hole opened under the big grandfather clock, and a little wooden man came out from inside, holding a small gong in his hand.
The little wooden man held a small mallet in his other hand and hit the small gong hard.
When Zhu Yijun saw this scene, the smile on his face became even wider. When he heard the sound of the gong, the little wooden man shrank back.
However, it didn't stop. When the little wooden man went out, a little maid wooden man came out from inside.
The little maid wooden man held a small drum in one hand and a small mallet in the other.
The small mallet hit the small drum and then shrank back.
When Zhu Yijun saw this scene, he turned back to look at Xu Guangqi. Zhu Yijun asked with a smile, "Why did you hit it twice?"
"I thought that this way, people can know the time by listening, so they don't have to run over to see."
"Originally, I wanted to use different sounds to represent different times, but it was too troublesome to hit different sounds, so I could only make it bigger." Xu Guangqi said with some embarrassment, "That way, it would be difficult to carry."
"I thought that it would be more convenient to use the number of times to determine the time."
Zhu Yijun nodded and said with a smile, "Good idea. Then tell me, how did you arrange the numbers?"
"I thought that with the sunrise as the beginning, the day will start in the morning. At 7 am, I will hit the gong once, and at 15 am, I will hit the drum once.
At 2 am, I will hit the gong once and the drum twice. When it is 6 am, I will hit the gong twice. "
As for the time of this era, Zhu Yijun was already familiar with it. There were 12 hours in a day. One hour was equivalent to 2 hours in the previous life. One hour was equivalent to 8 quarters, 15 minutes was equivalent to 15 minutes in the previous life. One hour was equivalent to 3 cups of tea, and one cup of tea was equivalent to 5 minutes in the previous life.
There are two incense sticks in a cup of tea. One incense stick is equivalent to 2 minutes and 30 seconds in the previous life. One incense stick is equivalent to 5 minutes and 30 seconds in the previous life. One minute is equivalent to 6 seconds in the previous life. One minute is equivalent to 5 seconds in the previous life. One minute is equivalent to 10 seconds in the previous life.
On Xu Guangqi's big clock, there were 24 hours. The short needle pointed to the hour, and the long needle pointed to the carving.
The short needle pointed to the inner ring, and the long needle pointed to the outer ring. There was nothing more precise, and it looked like a sundial.
Scratching his head, Zhu Yijun thought about how to use this thing. In fact, he really liked this clock.
However, the current way of keeping time was obviously not compatible with this clock.
Being used to the accurate clocks of the future, Zhu Yijun found this crude way of keeping time really awkward.
"Go and find the Imperial Astronomer!" Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Guangqi and said, "Ask them to come up with a new way of keeping time."
"This won't do. It's not accurate, convenient, and too troublesome."
Xu Guangqi bowed and said, "Your subject understands!"
In fact, Xu Guangqi himself was not good at keeping time. His was just a copy of the sundial. Now that he had the Emperor's imperial edict, it was easy to do.
In Daming, if there was anyone who was good at this, the Imperial Astronomer was undoubtedly one of the best.
Xu Guangqi left, and the big clock was also carried away. Although Zhu Yijun wanted to keep it, this thing was obviously not a finished product.
Keeping this and letting Xu Guangqi and the Imperial Astronomer make another one, Zhu Yijun felt that it was a pure waste.
Zhu Yijun felt that it was better to wait until it was mass-produced and let the Imperial Astronomer come up with a new way of keeping time, which could also spread the clock.
Zhu Yijun did not think about this matter anymore, but when he saw Xu Guangqi, he thought of another person.
"Zhang Jing, where is Li Zhi now?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing and asked.
Ever since he brought Li Zhi to the capital, he had been in a free-range state. He only remembered him when he saw Xu Guangqi.
He wanted him to come up with an ideological program for him, but he had forgotten about him these days.
"Replying to Imperial Majesty, Li Zhi is in Daxing County!" Zhang Jing hurriedly bowed and said.
"Ever since he went to the civil servant school, Li Zhi has been learning with the civil servants. A few days ago, when the civil servants went to Daxing County, Li Zhi also followed.
I heard that he followed the civil servants to the countryside these two days. It is said that he went to understand the situation of the people. "
After hearing Zhang Jing's words, Zhu Yijun smiled. Not bad, not bad at all.
In the capital, Zhu Yijun was in a good mood. On the way back to the capital, Qi Jiguang was also in a good mood.
The war in the northwest had been settled, and he had already led the capital's troops back to the court. With so many troops in the northwest, they could not keep so many troops in the northwest. Not to mention other problems, just food and fodder was a problem.
There was no war in the northwest, and the court had long urged Qi Jiguang to return to the capital.
Naturally, Sanniangzi's court procession also accompanied him. The army set off for the capital.
Although the reward from the court had not yet been announced, everyone knew that this time, the reward would be very generous. The atmosphere of the entire army was very good.
In the duty room of the cabinet.
Shen Shixing put down the documents in his hands and rubbed his head. He then said, "Gentlemen, are you almost done sorting out the information?"
Yu Youding put down a document and said to Shen Shixing, "Minister, His Majesty wants information on Hetao at this time. I'm afraid he wants to recover it, right?"
When it came to replicating, everyone present knew that it was a troublesome matter. Speaking of replicating, one person had to be mentioned, and that person was Xia Yan.
Speaking of Xia Yan, one had to mention Yan Song. That year, replicating caused a huge commotion!
"Minister, this Hetao cannot be recovered!" Pan Cheng also spoke up.
"His Majesty's war in the northwest consumed ten years of Wanli's savings. If he recovers Hetao, soldiers, provisions, and troops will all need to be spent.
The court's current finances cannot afford it. Now that Walla is no longer a threat, the threat of Hetao will no longer exist. "
Although this was what Pan Cheng said, everyone knew that it would be difficult to persuade the emperor to give up on replicating!
Although the emperor was young, he often compared himself to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Everyone in the court knew that after the war with Walla, it was naturally possible to recover Hetao.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's attack on Hetao was praised by everyone. It was normal for the emperor to want to follow suit.
However, the court had no money and could not afford to fight. If they really had to send troops, it would be militaristic.
Shen Shixing sighed. His relationship with the emperor had just eased a little. Did he have to stand on the opposite side again?
Replicating was good, but if they really fought, he was afraid that he would not be able to hold on!
"Everyone, this is the information I just looked through. During the Chenghua era, the Maowusu Desert had already spread to Yulin. The desertification of the Hetao region was no longer suitable for farming.
During the second year of Wanli, a flat wall of sand appeared outside the side wall of Yansui Road. "
"In order to remove the sand, the court used a lot of manpower and resources."
"These two years, the weather in the northwest has not been good. There has been a drought and little rain. The war with Walla has already made the situation in the northwest worse.
If we send troops to restore the Hetao, the situation will be even worse. "Shen Shixing sighed." We can't restore the Hetao! "
The three of them all expressed their opinions, but the last one, Grand Secretary Chen Shixing,
Pray to the Phoenix!