Langqing has been busy lately!

Xu Jingzong knew that Li Kuan attached great importance to this previously unknown and inconspicuous student.

Therefore, several craftsmen from the mechanical workshop were specially arranged to help Langqing, in order to produce the timer mentioned in the article published in "Science" as soon as possible.

"Zhibo, you make a few gears according to the size of this drawing."

As the first sample, Langqing was made using the most common wood in mechanical workshops.

The main reason is that the metalworking process in these years is too monotonous, and it is difficult to make a slightly more complex one.

For example, if you want to make a pure metal out, you can only cast it.

However, the accuracy of sand casting is often not very high, and it also requires craftsmen to use files to process slowly, and it takes a long time for a gear.

The gears of later generations have special gear grinding machines to process, and there is no need for such trouble.

But that's all there is to it for now.

Otherwise, you'll use wood, tooth by hand.

"Lang Jun, don't worry, in the mechanical workshop, the technology of making gears is better than mine, and he has not been born yet. In two days at most, you will be able to see the gears that exactly meet the requirements of the drawings appear in front of you. ”

Wang Zhibo is not much older than Lang Qing, but his craftsmanship is very exquisite.

This is also an important reason why Xu Jingzong sent him over to cooperate with Langqing.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu hopes that we will come out with a big clock that can enter the state of mass production as soon as possible, and this time, I am going to make three samples at the same time to confirm the situation of different gear combinations."

As a student of Gewu Academy, Langqing is also very good at arithmetic, and has designed gears according to the hexadecimal requirements of hours, minutes, and seconds.

But there are some things that have not been tested and verified, and it is useless to design them.

In these years, there is no CATIA that can simulate it for you, so you can only get the real thing out first to confirm its accuracy one by one.

From this point of view, the role of computer-aided design software in later generations is actually very huge, which greatly reduces the difficulty and time of product development.

……

In the winter of the South Seas, the waves are a bit bigger than at other times.

The Gewu Academy was leading, and a fleet of ships was speeding north.

Yang Qiwa sat on the mast, took out a pen and a small notebook from her arms, and began to write her logbook with a heavy face.

On the eighth day of December, the weather was sunny and windy at level 5.

After the fleet left Puluozhong, it kept walking north, and even when it was in the middle of Zhancheng to replenish fresh water, Li Langjun did not let everyone get off the boat.

So this time on the return trip, it was basically dry food to eat.

I don't know if everyone's good use has been exhausted, but in recent days, several crew members have shown some symptoms of physical discomfort.

At first, the crew members only lost their appetite and then became very irritable.

At the beginning, Li Langjun thought that this time the sea voyage was relatively long, so it caused these crew members to lose control of their emotions.

However, when the number of crew members with this symptom increased from one or two to seven or eight, two of the first crew members began to have red bleeding spots on their bodies.

One of the more seriously ill crew members has had a fever all day since yesterday, and according to him, he feels very painful in his bones and muscles.

This is the first time that the Gewu Academy has encountered such a situation since it went to sea.

Although the ship will soon arrive in Yazhou, the atmosphere on board is a bit dignified.

I hope that when we return to Chang'an City this time, Doctor Sun and His Royal Highness the King of Chu can help us find the reason, otherwise I am worried that it will affect the future sea.

Yang Qiwa sighed and closed her notebook.

On the deck, Li Geng and Li Yixie also stood there with heavy faces.

"Brother Li, I think that after arriving in Yazhou, all the crew members will go down to rest for a few days, and find Lang Zhong to see if they can get some medicine to relieve their symptoms."

Li Yixie said worriedly.

Originally, according to their plan, the Gewu Academy would not stop or stay anywhere, except for replenishing the necessary fresh water and food, and rushed all the way to Chang'an.

However, it now seems that there is no way to implement such an approach.

"Yixie, I agree with your suggestion. I also thought about it just now, these crew members are all people who have basically never disembarked after coming ashore from Yongping Port. It is likely that he has really been on the ship for too long, and he has experienced physical and mental discomfort. If you blindly continue to hurry, the morale will definitely drop very badly, and no one knows if this strange disease will appear in you. However, the good news is that it should not be contagious from the current situation. ”

Although Li Geng was worried about the safety of the gold on the ship, he did not want to leak the news that there was a gold mine in Australia.

So except for the time when everyone rested a little, the rest of the time was basically floating on the boat.

This one was completely different when he went on his journey.

At that time, for the climatic research of Zhu Yin and Zhu Tong, and in order to improve the nautical charts, they were all stop-and-go, as long as there were suitable supply points, they all had to stop and get off the ship to rest, and everyone ate and drank to frolic.

"This time the situation was very weird, and I couldn't figure out why it was when I thought about it. I asked Yang Qiwa about the loss of appetite and irritability of the crew of the East China Sea fishery in the past, but it was not as serious as this time. If I don't figure out the reason behind this, I won't even be able to sleep. ”

Li Yixie felt like someone had suddenly knocked on a stick, destroying all the originally good mood.

If there is no such thing, this time the Gewu Academy will go to sea very perfectly.

All the tasks set were completed, and Australia marked on the globe was also discovered.

What's even more surprising is that a huge gold mine was found in Australia, and his group returned home with priceless natural gold.

Australia is so big, will there be gold and silver mines elsewhere?

This is an unknown.

However, the current gold mine is enough to attract a large number of people to venture to Australia.

When Wei Chihuan knew that there were gold mines in Australia, he further intensified the construction of Puluo Midtown.

Originally, I thought that this was just the main road to communicate between the South and the West, but now it seems to be an important node to communicate with Australia.

"What we can do now is to try to record all the situation clearly, and when we return to Chang'an City, we will report to His Royal Highness the King of Chu in detail to see if he can let Doctor Sun solve this problem."

……

"Chong'er, do you know what Li Kuan has been busy with lately?"

After the eldest grandson Wuji was on duty, he called the eldest grandson Chong to him as soon as he returned to the house.

"Aye, Li Kuan seems to have stopped for a few days recently, and there hasn't been much news about him. However, I heard that he went to Guanshishan Academy very often. ”

Eldest Sun Chong didn't know why he talked to him about Li Kuan as soon as he returned to the house.

"A new institution called the Datang Royal Patent Office has been established under the Ministry of Industry, and the director of this patent office is actually Xu Jingzong, and the personnel inside are basically people from Guanshishan Academy, only the internal supervisor and the Ministry of Industry each sent two people to work in it.

The establishment of an institution in the imperial court has always been a relatively serious matter, and this time His Majesty did not discuss it with the important ministers of the court at all, and directly ordered the establishment of such an institution, which is very strange for my father. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji didn't want to say that he didn't even know what the "patent office" was for, so he had to learn some information through his son.

In fact, many courtiers in the court and China couldn't understand what this Tang Royal Patent Office was doing.

"Aye, that Li Kuan has always done things before acting, although I don't know what this patent office does, but it will not harm Li Kuan's interests after all. As for its function, the child thinks that after a little observation, he should know it.

The patent office has been established, so you can't just keep a few idlers there, right? And as long as they do things, we can guess the purpose and purpose of this institution. ”

Changsun Chong is no longer the Changsun Chong of the past, even in front of his own Aya, he has become more and more confident.

"That's right, Your Majesty didn't say exactly what this patent office does, but judging from some rumors, this institution serves those craftsmen in Chang'an City."

……

In December of the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, Chang'an 0001.

This is the first patent number issued by the Royal Patent Office of Datang.

As for its object, it is naturally a new chronograph mechanism of Langqing.

Some of the rules of the patent office have been prepared and published at the gate of the yamen, and the penalties for violating patents have been highlighted.

Although there is no patent law, the Datang Royal Patent Office was established by Li Shimin himself, and Li Kuan simply pretended to be a tiger and formulated a series of rules on his own.

As long as he is still in Chang'an, few people dare not abide by this rule.

"Lord Wang, the validity period of the patent for twenty years, if this condition is followed, then this patent alone, if Langqing successfully produces a new type of clock, I am afraid that the value will be no less than ten thousand."

Xu Jingzong is not a pure person, he knows very well the meaning behind everything.

With such a promising patent, Li Kuan is willing to give it all to Langqing.

This is definitely a move to buy horse bones.

You must know that in fact, the development of this big clock is definitely due to Li Kuan's five points of credit, otherwise Lang Qing still doesn't know when he will be able to put forward a mature clock theory.

"It's good to have more. If students and craftsmen find that they can achieve wealth by improving their skills and innovating, then there will be more and more smart people who are willing to come to Guanshishan Academy to study. And this in turn leads to a series of cycles that ultimately benefit everyone in the chain. ”

Li Kuan didn't care how much loss the patent of the clock would bring to the Chu Palace.

As long as the concept of patents can be promoted and more craftsmen and students can devote themselves to research, these financial losses are actually insignificant.

"Lang Qing was originally a son of an ordinary craftsman's family, and he rashly got such a big fortune, and his subordinates were worried that he would not be able to control it."

Xu Jingzong is worthy of Xu Jingzong, and his vision is very sharp.

When ordinary people suddenly become rich, there will often be a situation where misfortune and fortune are relied on and blessings are lurking.

Look at the people who won the lottery super jackpot in the future, and the people who got rich overnight after demolition, how many people ended up very happy?

I don't dare to say that there is none, but there are many people who have a worse sense of happiness.

"I've met him twice, and Lang Qing is a student whose mental age is more mature than his actual age, and I'm sure he can handle that. Besides, you and I can see the meaning of this patent clearly, and he may not be able to understand it. Perhaps, this patent is more exciting for him than the reward of 100 yuan. ”

Li Kuan said half-jokingly.

Actually, he could do it, but it wasn't necessary.

Otherwise, how can it be said that thousands of troops buy bones?

"Since the prince is looking forward to this bell so much, his subordinates are dispatching a group of people to help Langqing and launch a mature bell as soon as possible."

Xu Jingzong had already felt Li Kuan's urgency.

At this time, it is naturally time for him to perform.

"Yes, but you also have to contact Wang Xuance, now the workshop chooses a piece of land, and the watch workshop is built first. Taking advantage of the fact that the weather is not particularly cold, the workshop was built first. ”

……

"Duoduo, have you heard? His Royal Highness the King of Chu specially built a workshop for one of the students of Gewu, and specially asked His Majesty to set up a new yamen for this student. ”

In the Guanshishan Academy, Qibi Duoduo and Merial were scattered on the side of the road.

In the past few days, there have been a lot of rumors in the academy.

But without exception, it all has something to do with Langqing.

Qi Duoduo: "I heard about it, I had never heard of that Langqing before, but I didn't expect it to suddenly publish such a powerful article." I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Chu now values him very much, and it seems that this Lang family is about to develop. ”

Meria: "The first patent issued by the Tang Royal Patent Office was the new chronograph mechanism of Langqing. Coupled with the fact that His Royal Highness the King of Chu attaches so much importance to it, I think it is very likely that something epoch-making will be born in our academy again. ”

"The workshop has already started to be built, and things will definitely come out soon." Yesterday, I found a copy of Science and read all the articles from beginning to end. Although I didn't understand a lot of the content, I thought that what these people wrote was quite powerful. Especially that Langqing's article, it is simply the finale at the end. ”

Meria: "But it's a pity that this time there is not a single article from our medical school, which is really regrettable. I hope that when the next issue comes out, it won't be like this again. Gewu Academy dominates the "Science" magazine, so it might as well be called "Gewu" magazine in the future. ”

Although Merial has not been studying in medical school for a long time, she already has a sense of collective pride.

"How can there be no article in medical school, you wait, there will definitely be a wonderful article in the future."