Jiang Dashao has lived in Zhang Yuan for several days, and everyone up and down has seen it, even Song Juren and Fang Qing, he is also cheeky and familiar, of course, it is not much help for the purpose of his trip to the capital. In the past, he had a father, and he never thought that he would take over the family business so early, but he has grown up rapidly in just half a year, but his personality can grow, but his ability is not so fast.

Therefore, Zhang Shou hung him, but he couldn't find a good way. What's more, Zhang Chen and the others have been anxious recently, and Zhu Er can't find it either-the threshold of Zhao Guogong's Mansion is much higher than that of Zhang Yuan. It was rare to meet Wu who was in a good mood and gave him such an idea, although he was not sure if it was a good idea, but he still praised Wu's ingenuity in front of Zhang Shou.

Wu has only been flattered by outsiders, what is virtuous and virtuous, virtuous mother is rare, how can she have been praised for having vision and ideas in her life, she is happy at this time, but seeing Zhang Shou's stunned appearance, she can't help but feel a little worried. But just as she coughed lightly and said unnaturally that I was just mentioning it casually, she found that Zhang Shou suddenly smiled.

"Mother is actually right, since water power can irrigate farmland and grind flour, it is absolutely feasible to use it to push the loom. It's just that the turmoil in Cangzhou was because many people were unemployed, or no one collected cotton yarn and had no livelihood, once the water-powered loom was used, the efficiency was doubled, but I am afraid that there would be more people without jobs. ”

Seeing that Wu was suddenly startled, and Jiang Dashao hurriedly wanted to explain, Zhang Shou gestured at the two of them, and then said casually: "However, the replacement of manpower by machines is the trend of the times, and it is absolutely impossible to waste food due to choking." However, it will take time for the water-powered loom to be available, so we might as well plan for it now. ”

"That's right, I heard that in the past, when cotton was just introduced, there were still people who rubbed cotton threads by hand, even hemp rope, but now with all kinds of machines, it is indeed much easier." Wu nodded hurriedly.

She saw that Jiang Dashao seemed to have something to say to Zhang Shou, so she immediately made an excuse to go to the kitchen to take a look, and went out first. As soon as she left, Jiang Dashao hurriedly explained with a smile: "I just met Anren at the door, so I casually talked about Cangzhou's textile ......."

"My mother has nothing to do, I originally asked her to come forward to manage the weaving and dyeing workshop, just to relieve your fatigue, and there is no problem with the idea she gave you, but you have to wait." Zhang Shou stood up as he spoke, and said with a smile, "You have been living in my house for so long, even if you are a wanderer, you should have seen a lot of things, but over there in the workshop, you shouldn't have been there yet, right?" ”

Jiang Da Shao chuckled in his heart. If there is any "forbidden land" that Zhang Yuan has not been able to set foot in, it is the legendary secret workshop that made new spinning wheels and new looms according to Zhang Shou's drawings, thus increasing the efficiency sharply. These days, he didn't even dare to inquire about where the place was.

He was afraid that a bad one would anger Zhang Shou, and the bamboo basket would be empty!

But at this moment, Zhang Shoudu asked, and he could only laugh dryly: "I just heard that Dr. Zhang's family has a famous craftsman, but I haven't had the opportunity to see ......."

"It is a bit exaggerated to say that it is a famous craftsman, after all, it is true that Guan Qiu's thinking is eclectic, but his craftsmanship is far inferior to those famous craftsmen. But now I have recruited a group of young craftsmen with good skills to help him, and under his leadership, a group of people are all racking their brains to make something new, and they just happened to have a harvest not long ago. Let's go, I'll show you there. ”

Jiang Dashao was overjoyed. He never dreamed that today was just a coincidence of Wu Shi talking to him like this, and Zhang Shou was willing to take him to the mysterious workshop built in Zhang Yuan! So, he immediately agreed, and when he went out, he inquired curiously, and learned that the new textile machines and looms did have the key contributions of that Guan Qiu, and he was even more praised.

Dr. Zhang also said that he is not a famous craftsman, such a craftsman, it is simply difficult to find talents, and I don't know how much hard work has been put into this ability. Where is it like now, those craftsmen who only know how to make according to the pattern all day long, and they don't need to ...... at all."

Jiang Dashao desperately touted the hero that Zhang Shou must have valued very much, and criticized the young apprentice for being uncertain and the old craftsman stubbornly sticking to the old ...... In short, it is a hollow mind trying to do what it likes. When he finally came to an inconspicuous courtyard, he suddenly realized that there were no people in this place that should be heavily guarded!

But the more this happened, the more he suspected that the inside was loose and the outside was tight, and when Zhang Shou entered the courtyard, he looked at the shadows in front of the trees and behind the trees, and on the edge of the wall, and instinctively felt that there were people lurking there, always guarding against outsiders intruding.

When he saw a young man with a childish face and a greasy stain on his clothes hurried out, he couldn't help but think in his heart, the famous craftsman that Zhang Shou admired very much was really big, and when he saw the master coming in person, he only sent an apprentice to greet him.

However, when he heard what the visitor called Zhang Shou, he was dumbfounded.

"Brother Zhang, why are you here! Did you come to see the clock? I've improved it, but there's still a bit of a problem...... It would be nice if I could compare it with the clock made by a Western craftsman you said, otherwise I can only rely on the watch of Emperor Taizu......"

When Zhang Shou recruited Guan Qiu before, he found that this young man was sensitive, and although his hands-on ability was far from that of a master-level craftsman, he was already very valuable, so after a few things were made, he promised to give Guan Qiu Yicheng the dry shares of this workshop, and then taught him a lot of mathematical and physical principles.

Even the current title was gradually changed by Guan Qiu under his strong request.

At this moment, hearing Guan Qiu's mouth, he waited patiently for someone to finish speaking, and then said with a smile: "Guan Qiu, I specially brought someone to visit your achievements today." This is the eldest son of Jiang from Cangzhou. ”

Jiang Dashao's jaw almost fell off. This is Guan Qiu, who Zhang Shou claims to have put forward key ideas on many things?

How old is a person? Is there a twenty-year-old? This looks like he is about the same age as Zhang Shou at most...... No, people are still called Zhang Shou Brother Zhang, this seems to be even younger than Zhang Shou! This is not the person Zhang Shou deliberately made to fool him, right?

Guan Qiu looked at Jiang Dashao with some confusion for a moment, and then nodded and called Jiang Dagongzi. He retracted his gaze obviously not very interested, but said to Zhang Shou: "Brother Zhang, you told me before that gravity is actually the first driving force of vibration, and I have been calculating it for the past few days......"

Jiang Dashao saw Guan Qiu gesturing vigorously in front of Zhang Shou with his oil-stained hand, and in the end, he simply dragged people inside without saying anything, and he hesitated for a while before he hurriedly caught up.

When he found that Guan Qiu didn't know which mechanism he had pressed, revealing a hole facing downward, he confirmed that the so-called secret workshop was really underground!

Entering the underground workshop, he walked a long way just on the steps, and Jiang Dashao couldn't help but be moved by the height of the underground. It is self-evident which is more difficult to dig a secret room or build a house above.

Along the way, he saw a lot of the giant wooden pillars that were used as supporting structures under this ground, and he couldn't help but feel numb when he thought of the former owner of this Zhang Garden, King Lu.

Even if it is a prince and nobleman, it is not surprising to dig a secret room to prevent disasters and fire prevention, but look at this height, look at this area, if you want to say that it is not ill-intentioned and ill-intentioned, who believes it!

It is said that after Zhang Shou took over the house, he did not fill in these secret rooms, but started the workshop here, is it really not a taboo?

Jiang Dashao was still apprehensive at first, but as he followed Zhang Shou and Guan Qiu, he listened to the two of them talk about structures, drives, and laws in terms he didn't understand at all...... He found himself back in the days when he was a student who was knocked on the head and scolded for stupidity by Mr. Xixi, and he gradually had no time to think about the problems of intrigues.

He saw a water-powered fan, saw a strange machine that Zhang Shou jokingly called boiling water, and heard Zhang Shou and Guan Qiu discussing issues like rubber......

And what shocked him the most was that wherever Guan Qiu went, craftsmen of all ages would raise their heads and call out for a master. And Zhang Shou always smiled at each other, and Guan Qiu was also used to it, only occasionally scratching his head as if he was a little embarrassed.

Jiang Dashao was extremely puzzled. The Shaofu of the Qin Dynasty became a master craftsman in the Han Dynasty, and then the supervisor was followed for many years in the past dynasties, although the dynasty was merged into the Ministry of Industry and the Ordnance Bureau, but the word master is still the highest honor of the craftsman.

Zhang Shou is called like this, isn't he afraid of people saying that he will teach and receive it privately?

Jiang Dashao's character of seven emotions and six desires, Zhang Shou has long been taught, and he has just taken people around, and he can roughly see what people are thinking from the face of this rich second generation in Cangzhou.

At this time, seeing this voice, the master craftsman directly shocked Jiang Dashao even more confused, and he smiled and said: "Guan Qiu's contribution to the spinning wheel was limited before, but it solved the key problem on the loom, so the word master was not given to him by others, but by Chrysostom Yuyan when the emperor saw the sample pendulum clock sent into the palace." Of course, it's still just a verbal shout, but if ......"

He paused for a moment and said with a smile: "If the things made by Guan Qiu this time can really ensure accuracy, then the imperial court may really be able to give him the title of master craftsman in the future." ”

Guan Qiu's face turned red when he heard this, and he hurriedly said humbly: "It's all because Brother Zhang found me a lot of books to read and taught me a lot of things that I never thought of before." Moreover, if it weren't for the "New Rituals and Images" treasured in the Ancient and Modern Collection, I would not have been so inspired. Besides, if it weren't for the formula he gave me, I wouldn't have been able to adjust the pendulum length for a while......

Without waiting for Guan Qiu, who was a little incoherent, to finish speaking, Zhang Shou stepped forward and uncovered the green cloth covering the thing in front of him. Jiang Dashao looked intently, and saw a long wooden cabinet with a disc engraved with numbers. At this point, a short needle of the disc points to the number twelve, and a long needle to the number eight.

And on the outside of this disc, there seems to be a layer of something, and when he can't help but take a step forward, he can see clearly that it seems to be a crystal cover! Not understanding what such an extremely strange device was at all, Jiang Dashao suddenly felt very itchy.

Zhang Shou didn't mean to sell Guanzi, and said bluntly: "This is a pendulum clock." Why is it called a pendulum clock, look at this ......" he said as he opened the door of the wooden cabinet below, revealing the pendulum that was swinging back and forth inside, and he laughed when he saw Jiang Dashao's eyes widen.

"We all know that there are twelve hours in a day, and the omission divides the day into one hundred quarters, and this pendulum clock divides the day into twelve o'clock in half, that is, twenty-four o......'clock in total."

Explaining the digital timekeeping system to someone who has never seen a modern clock is as foolish as explaining the ancient timekeeping system to a modern person who knows nothing about the twelve hours. Zhang Shou tried his best to speak, and finally let Jiang Dashao understand how this clock should be seen, and what time it is now.

And Guan Qiu on the side couldn't help but say: "I think it's just right for this pendulum clock to be made for twelve hours, and every revolution is an hour, but Brother Zhang insisted that I make it like twenty-four o'clock a day." ”

Zhang Shou couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly. It would be too difficult for him, a modern man, to accept that the clock turns every two hours, that the clock hand only turns once in a day, and that eight in the morning becomes four in the morning. However, in the face of Jiang Dashao, who was full of doubts, he still said the most powerful reason in a serious tone.

"This pendulum clock is based on the relics of Emperor Taizu, the mechanical chronograph, whether it is the hour, minute or second hand, it is not bad at all. Although there is still a certain error between the current and that watch, the hour hand of the chronograph left by Emperor Taizu can't go two squares, and the pendulum clock in front of him can only go one square, right? Guan Qiu, you personally polished that set of tools, and you have disassembled and assembled that timer a few times! ”

Jiang Da Shao was stunned. The precious relics left by Emperor Taizu, Zhang Shou dared to let people dismantle them casually?

Guan Qiu couldn't help but be stunned. He sighed helplessly, and whispered: "If it is an hour and minute hand to go around, it will be much more intuitive, otherwise it will be like seeing this pendulum clock on the first day of Jiang Dagongzi, and he will have to go to great lengths to explain......"

"Alright, alright." Zhang Shou didn't want to change the 24-hour day to the 12-hour clock at all, which was already one of the bottom lines that he could still adhere to in this world. But what he didn't expect was that Jiang Dashao suddenly weakly put forward a proposal.

"Although it is made according to the mysterious relics of Emperor Taizu, after all, from the princes and nobles, to the small people in the market, and the farmers in the countryside, they all know that the day is twelve hours, so it is better to do two. One is a pendulum clock for twelve hours a day, and the other is a clock at twenty-four o'clock a day? That's all happy! ”

Jiang Dashao has already seen that this thing is more convenient than any missing carving, more convenient than any sundial, and it will definitely be all the rage. It's better for him to come up with a good idea now than to have to think about it himself in the future!

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