Speaking of the astronomical telescope, Gu Shi naturally remembered the celestial symbol he had just realized and the chaos in front of him. But this topic is too sensitive, even if Jiang Tong and Yang Heng are not outsiders, he still can't bring up this topic casually. But now is the opportunity.

He drank water with a cup in one hand, and approached a glass bead in the other hand to carefully examine it, and said casually: "This time, the dog of the Ministry of Engineering urinated on his head, and he made such a thing as glass!" It is no wonder that Zhang Pu did not allow others to interfere at the beginning, just with this clear and crystal appearance, the Ministry of Industry did not know how much to earn. He asked Yang Heng with both teasing and envy, "Gongdu, how is this glass planned to be operated by your Ministry of Industry?" ”

"We have only just touched the threshold of this glass firing. Nowadays, only two or three furnaces can be accomplished by burning ten furnaces, and such colorless and transparent ones are even rarer, so there is no discussion on trading and operation for the time being. Yang Heng said cautiously.

Gu Shi knew that he was telling the truth. Whether it is fame or political achievements, the Ministry of Industry has already made a lot of money on the glass, and now it will definitely not make any decisions on its own. Besides, this thing is a bit ingenious, and in the end, how to deal with it, whether to allow it to flow into the people or directly include it in the imperial tribute, is not the turn of the Ministry of Industry to decide. But his original intention was not on the glass, he bowed slightly, and the topic was sideways: "It's time to think about it." By the way, I remember that when I first proposed to fire glass, Zida suggested that the Ministry of Industry and the Taishi Bureau join forces? ”

Shang Cheng was talking to Jiang Tuan, when he suddenly heard him mention himself, turned his head and said, "I was caught in a trap by Li Ding!" At that time, I didn't know how to talk about the Taishi Bureau, and then talked about the celestial observatory in the Taishi Bureau, from the celestial observatory to the astronomical telescope, and finally it was pulled to the glass. ”

Gu Shi smiled. He put down the teacup, raised his hand and wiped the beads of sweat that did not exist on his forehead, looked at the sunlight outside the pavilion that was still a little dazzling, and suddenly said: "This year is very strange, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, why is it still so hot?" ”

The words immediately struck a chord with everyone. Especially Yang Heng, he felt it more deeply. He was one of several officials in charge of glass firing, and he was bent on making a new career with this matter, so he was particularly interested in glass firing. He is willing to run around, whether it is Xiaoluoyi or Xuzhou workshop, but whenever he wants to build a new glass kiln and build a smelting Jiaoyong Road, he has to be there to take care of and give advice; He also pulled down his face, in the middle of summer, the sun smoky the earth, and other officials were drinking tea and resting in the ventilated public house, but he sweated at the mouth of the kiln and waited for the news, accompanying the craftsmen to discuss the lessons and lessons. As for going back and forth between Shangjing, Xiaoluoyi and Xuzhou under the poisonous sun, it is even more commonplace. Therefore, as soon as Gu Shi said that it was hot, he immediately nodded and said with feeling: "That's it." I don't know what's going on this year, but it's much hotter than in previous years, and I ...... "He originally wanted to tell about his hard work, but after thinking about it temporarily, he finally decided not to say it, and it was boring to say it on this pavilion!" He changed his words and said, "...... I remember that at the beginning of the year, the newspaper did not seem to mention that this year's cold and summer were different from those of the usual year. ”

No one answered this. At the beginning and end of each year, the Taishi Bureau will make some predictions about the weather changes in the following year, and publish them in the Di Bao, reminding a certain place to pay attention to the drought situation, warning a certain place to pay attention to waterlogging, and then warning those places that have suffered drought and flood disasters in the first year to pay attention to locust plagues. Because this prediction is inaccurate at least nine times out of ten, everyone regards it as an official article, and no one takes it seriously. Shang Cheng smiled and said, "I've heard Li Dingyi talk about this. Engage in this in the Taishi Bureau, this ...... There are only a few people who predict this year. These people also speculate based on past experience, although it cannot be said that all of them are nonsense, but after all, they are not general laws summarized after long-term observation of natural changes, so what they say is generally unreliable. But this matter can't be blamed on the Taishi Bureau's carelessness. After all, even the salaries of officials and the daily expenses of the yamen are counted, and the annual expenditure of the Taishi Bureau is only two or three hundred thousand, but it is in charge of astronomy, geography, meteorology, calendar-making, national sacrifices, heavenly marriages, seasonal taboos, etc., etc., with their little manpower, where can they be busy? ”

Gu Shi used his hand as a fan, dragged the cuffs of his clothes and shook them twice in front of him, and said, "That's the same reason!" It's just that this Mid-Autumn Festival is not going to be good. Alas, it's a hot day, and I don't think it's a little worse than in the middle of summer! I remember that in the tenth year of the Eastern Common Era, more than 30 counties in Qingqi and Zimi in Henan Province were met with spring drought followed by summer drought and heavy rain and floods. As he spoke, he shook his head and sighed, as if he was infinitely lamenting that the weather was too "hot".

He felt like he had made it clear enough. The repeated disasters in the central Luzhong region in the tenth year of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty were not the focus, but the focus was that Tang Xing served as the left minister that year. This is to remind Shang Cheng to pay attention to the abnormal weather in autumn more than ten years ago, as now, is this God using this sign to imply something?

It's a pity that Gu Shi's hard work. Shang Cheng didn't believe in the idealistic doctrine of heaven and man induction at all, so he was not sensitive to Gu Shi's words at all, and he didn't realize the "profound" meaning that Gu Shi wanted to express. But Gu Shi said that the weather was abnormal this year, which he agreed with. In mid-autumn in August, the temperature during the day is not much lower than that in mid-summer in May, and it is not cool and pleasant in the morning and evening, and even the migratory birds such as geese and swallows are not in a hurry to migrate. But he also feels that this year's weather anomalies should be normal and not worth making a fuss about. This year is likely to be the year of the El Niño phenomenon, didn't the letter from the fourth section of May say, Mingzhou maritime merchants observed that this year's sunspot activity has entered the trough peak period, the southeast monsoon and the Pacific equatorial current are weakening, these large-scale climate change, will definitely have an impact on the weather in various places, and maybe it will affect the Shangjing area. Therefore, for Gu Shi's repeated emphasis on this year's "heat", he just echoed and said: "That is, where is this heat like autumn? Summer is pretty much the same. ”

Jiang Jian also nodded, and said that Shangjing is indeed hotter than Yanshan.

Only Yang Heng sensed that there was something in Gu Shi's words. But he was originally a cautious character, after a big turn in his career, he paid attention to his speech and demeanor, although he had already guessed that what Gu Shi was talking about was the migration of the sun and the moon, the change of cold and summer, but the meaning behind it was that there was a problem in the court, "Why not use it, why not use it" One by one, he did not appoint virtuous people, so there was such a warning, but where did he dare to help Gu Shi make his words clear? He didn't know what Gu Shi's words were referring to, whether he was talking about the dispute between the princes, or whether he was talking about Tang Xing's progress and Zhang Pu's affairs. However, no matter what it was, he couldn't participate and didn't have the guts to participate......

The person sitting across from him immediately noticed that his face was wrong, so he asked him with concern: "Lord Yang, are you uncomfortable?" ”

"Huh? One by one, oh, oh......" Yang Heng was shocked and frightened, and he said after two or three sounds, "...... No. It's just that I've been a little tired lately for the sake of glass. It made a few people laugh. ”

"It's mine, it's not! It's too simple! Shang Cheng immediately admitted that this was his mistake. Why don't you go and take a break? ”

Jiang Tong and Shang Cheng are old partners, and each other's talking habits and work styles are very familiar, although he didn't understand why Shang Cheng suddenly asked Yang Heng to rest, but he immediately volunteered to say: "I'll send Brother Gongdu to rest." He apologized to Gu Shi again, and then walked out of the grass pavilion with Yang Heng, complaining as he walked: "If you are not feeling well, you should have said it earlier." It's not that you don't know that there are two imperial doctors living in this village, just talking casually, what's there that can't open your mouth? It's not me saying you, you have to change your problem of avoiding medical treatment......"

When the two of them went far away, Shang Chengcai asked, "What happened?" ”

Gu Shi had long been accustomed to Shang Cheng's straightforward way of speaking, and as soon as Shang Cheng asked, he made his thoughts clear. Finally, he said, "I think this should be a warning sign." When it was Shangtian who was dissatisfied with Tang Xing Zhang Pu, he used this way to warn them. ”

Shang Cheng was stunned for a long time without speaking.

After a long time, he cried and laughed and said, "You are thinking about this when you have nothing to do at home?" ”

Gu Shi Zhengse said: "You can't take this matter lightly! ”

"Then you think I should take this kind of thing seriously?" Shang Cheng asked rhetorically. "If everything has to be decided by the ghosts and gods, then what do we need to do? Just find a few witches. For example, in the case of Dongwei, do you still need so many people to go to the Hanyuan Hall for a meeting? Just take a piece of tortoiseshell animal bone and bake it, and you can decide what to do according to the direction of the cracked cracks. If the crack goes to the east, it will help three people for free, and if it goes west, it will be a big reward of seven percent; If it is unfortunate that it is going north-south, then I am sorry for the three great monks of Qian, and the interest on the loan will have to be quadrupled......" He himself was amused by his own words first.

Gu Shi was not moved by his joke in the slightest, but stared at him with a very serious look.

In the end, Shang Cheng also restrained his smile and used more popular words as much as possible to tell him everything he knew about the El Niño phenomenon.

"It can't be!" Gu Shi said. He immediately said that he would never believe that such a thing could happen in the world, which was too unbelievable. There are sunspots and flares in the sun? Is there a current in the ocean? There are also subtle changes in the equator, monsoon, and Earth's magnetic field that may affect the migration of migratory birds...... It's all what and whatever!

Gu Shi didn't believe it, and Shang Cheng couldn't help it. Gu Shi did not believe these natural phenomena he was talking about, he could understand them; However, whether Gu Shi believes it or not, it can't change the facts.

Gu Shi left very disappointed. He didn't even stay for dinner. So much so that when it was time for dinner, Xiao Cicada also asked Shang Cheng why her father went back without making a sound.