Zhu Yijun sat up with a smile, smiled and kissed Queen Wang's face, and then said, "Isn't it beautiful?" ”

"Your Majesty is more beautiful, more beautiful than Zou Ji and Xu Gong in the north of the city!" Queen Wang also smiled and cooperated.

Zou Ji sarcastically admonished King Qi, Zhu Yijun smiled, is this a stalk?

After having breakfast in Kunning Palace, Zhu Yijun returned to the Wenhua Palace, in fact, Zhu Yijun preferred to stay in the Wenhua Palace than the Qianqing Palace.

"Emperor, Xu Guangqi from the Academy of Sciences is here!" As soon as he arrived at the Wenhua Palace, Zhang Whale spoke.

"It's early!" Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "It seems that he really has a treasure sent over!" Saying that, Zhu Yijun waved his hand: "Then send it in, just to see what good things he has gotten." ”

It didn't take long for Xu Guangqi to come, and behind him were a few little eunuchs struggling to carry a big guy.

Zhu Yijun looked over and found that this thing was more than a person tall, and the front was a glass panel, which looked like a door. The sides are made of wood, all of which are fine yellow pears carved with five-clawed dragons.

The two dragons converge directly above to present the appearance of double dragons playing with pearls, and the carving is very beautiful.

But these are not what Zhu Yijun was surprised by, what he was surprised was what was behind the glass door. Above it is a large disc with scales engraved on it, marked with the words Zi Chou Yin Mao and so on, for a total of twelve hours.

The two hands are on the disc, and below is a gravity pendulum, which is constantly shaking, which is actually a large table clock.

Zhu Yijun stared at it for a long time before he came back to his senses, Xu Guangqi actually made a big grandfather clock, this is really, Zhu Yijun didn't know what to say. glanced back and found that Xu Guangqi was still kneeling, so he beckoned to him.

"You made this?" Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Guangqi and asked in disbelief.

"Back to Your Majesty, it was made by the minister!" Xu Guangqi said with a smile: "The last time I heard His Majesty say gravity pendulum, the minister went back and studied it, and according to what His Majesty said, the minister made it." Thinking of the grandfather clock mentioned by His Majesty, the minister tried to make it. ”

Zhu Yijun knew that things were definitely not as simple as Xu Guangqi said, he just mentioned it at the beginning, but he didn't expect Xu Guangqi to really get it out.

"Are you right?" Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Guangqi and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has tried, and it will be a quarter of an hour slower in half a month." Xu Guangqi said with some regret: "It will need to be recalibrated once in half a month, and the minister has tried many methods, but he can't solve it for the time being." ”

Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Guangqi, what a talent! You can make this thing.

This is the way of wealth!

The immediacy of this era is very primitive, and there are more husbands and gentlemen, this big grandfather clock is a big killer, it is a brand new industry, an absolute sunrise industry. Think about how many people are fed by Swiss clocks, which can support the GDP of at least a few provinces in Daming.

Especially in this day and age, this can definitely make a lot of money for yourself.

"Good, good!" Zhu Yijun circled around the big clock, and then patted the big clock with a smile.

As Zhu Yijun spoke, the big grandfather clock happened to reach the hour, and a hole suddenly opened under the big grandfather clock, and a wooden villain came out of it, holding a small gong in his hand.

A small mallet was held in the other hand and slammed on the small gong.

When Zhu Yijun saw this scene, the smile on his face became even stronger, and he listened to the gong struck, and then the little wooden man shrank back. But it didn't stop yet, the little wooden man went out, and a little maid wooden man came out of it.

The wooden figure of the little maid has a small drum in one hand and a small mallet in the other. The mallet struck at the snare drum and then retracted. Zhu Yijun looked at this scene and looked back at Xu Guangqi, Zhu Yijun asked with a smile, "Why knock twice?" ”

"The minister thought that this would allow people to know the time by listening, and they didn't have to run over to see it."

"Originally, the minister wanted to use different sounds to represent different times, but it was too troublesome to hit different notes, so he had to make it bigger." Xu Guangqi said with some embarrassment: "That will be difficult to carry." ”

"The minister thought that it would be better to use the number of taps to determine the time, so that it would be more convenient."

Zhu Yijun nodded and said with a smile: "Good idea, then tell me how you arrange the numbers?" ”

"The minister thought that the sunrise was the beginning, and the plan of the day was in the morning, and the gong should be struck at the hour, and the gong should be struck at the hour, and the drum should be struck. At two o'clock, the gong is struck twice, and when the time comes, the gong is struck twice. ”

Zhu Yijun has long been familiar with the time of this era, there are 12 days in a day, 2 hours in the previous life, 8 quarters in the hour, 15 minutes in the previous life, 3 teas in the 100th moment, and 5 minutes in the previous life.

A cup of tea has two sticks of incense, one stick of incense is 2 minutes and 30 seconds in the previous life, one stick of incense has five points, one point is 30 seconds in the previous life, one minute has six snaps of the fingers, one snap of the fingers is 5 seconds in the previous life, and one snap of the fingers has ten moments (one moment is 0.5 seconds in the previous life.

On Xu Guangqi's large grandfather clock, twelve hours are depicted, with the short hand pointing to the hour and the long hand pointing to the carving.

The short hand points to the inner ring, and the long hand points to the outer ring, and the precision is gone, and it looks like a sundial.

Scratching his head, Zhu Yijun pondered how to get this thing, in fact, he liked this grandfather clock very, very much. However, the current way of timekeeping is clearly not in line with this grandfather clock. is accustomed to seeing the punctual clocks of later generations, and Zhu Yijun really looks awkward about this rough timekeeping method.

"You go to Qin Tianjian!" Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Guangqi and said, "Let them come up with a new set of timing methods." ”

"This is not good, it is not accurate, it is not convenient, it is too troublesome."

Xu Guangqi bowed and said, "The minister's order!" ”

In fact, Xu Guangqi himself is not good at dividing time, he is a sundial that he copied, and now with the emperor's decree, this is easy to do. In Daming, if you want to say who is good at this, Qin Tianjian is undoubtedly the best among them.

Xu Guangqi left, and the big grandfather clock was also carried away, although Zhu Yijun really wanted to leave it, but this thing was obviously not a finished product.

Leaving this and letting Xu Guangqi and Qin Tianjian do it, Zhu Yijun felt that this was a pure waste. Zhu Yijun thinks that it is better to wait until mass production is talking, and let Qintian supervise a new timekeeping method, which can also pass on the grandfather clock.

Zhu Yijun didn't think about this matter, but when he saw Xu Guangqi, he remembered another person.

"Zhang Whale, where is that Li Zhen now?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Whale and asked.

Since he got Li Zhen into Beijing, he has always been in a free-range state, and he only remembered him when he saw Xu Guangqi. I also wanted him to come up with an ideological program for himself, but he forgot about him these days.

"Back to the emperor, Li Zhen is in Daxing County!" Zhang Whale hurriedly bowed and said.

"Since going to the civil servant school, Li Zhen has studied with those civil servants, and after the civil servants went to Daxing County a few days ago, Li Zhen also went with him. I heard that I followed the civil servants to the countryside in the past two days, and it is said that I went to observe the people's feelings. ”

After listening to Zhang Jing's words, Zhu Yijun smiled, not bad, very good.

Here in the capital, Zhu Yijun was in a good mood, and on the way back to Beijing, Qi Jiguang was also in a good mood.

The war in the northwest has been decided, and he has already returned to the DPRK with the Beijing battalion division, so many troops cannot be kept in the northwest, not to mention other problems, just grain and grass is a problem. There was no war over there, and the imperial court had already urged Qi Jiguang to return to Beijing.

Naturally, there was also the courtroom team of the three ladies, and the army marched towards the capital.

Although the reward of the imperial court has not yet come down, everyone knows that this time the reward must be very rich, and the atmosphere of the whole army is very good.

Cabinet duty room.

Shen Shixing put down the information in his hand and rubbed his head, and then said, "Several, you guys are almost organized, right?" ”

"Elder Ge, the emperor wants the information of the Hetao at this time, I'm afraid he wants to restore the Hetao, right?" Yu Youding put down a piece of information, and then opened his mouth to say to Shen Shixing.

When it comes to the reset, everyone present knows that this is a troublesome matter, and when it comes to the reset, there is one person who has to be mentioned, and this person is Xia Yan. Speaking of Xia Yan, it is impossible not to mention Yan Song, what a lot of movement was made in the complex back then!

"Ge Lao, this river loop can't be restored!" Pan Sheng also spoke.

"Your Majesty's war against the northwest, Wanli's ten years of accumulation and consumption are exhausted, if you are recovering the Hetao, the soldiers and horses are paid, and the garrison is reclaimed, it will cost money. The current finances of the imperial court simply cannot afford it, and now the Varat is no longer in trouble, and the trouble of the Hetao no longer exists. ”

Although Pan Sheng said so, everyone knows that it is difficult to persuade the emperor to give up the set!

Although the emperor is young, he often compares himself to the Han Dynasty, and the court knows that it is natural to recover the Hetao after the war. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty played the Hetao, which was praised by people, and it was normal for the emperor to want to emulate that.

But the imperial court has no money and can't afford to fight, so it really has to send troops, that is, it is a reckless army.

Shen Shixing sighed, the relationship between himself and the emperor had just eased a little, could it be that this time he was going to stand on the opposite side? It's good to say it again, but if it really starts, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold it!

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the information I just checked, during the Chenghua period, the Mu Us Sandy Land had spread to Yulin, and the desertification of the Hetao area was no longer suitable for farming. In the second year of Wanli, outside the side wall of Yansui Middle Road, there was a flat wall of sand. ”

"In order to remove sand, the imperial court used a lot of manpower and material resources."

"The weather in the northwest has been bad in the past two years, with drought and little rain, and the war in Warat has made the situation in the northwest worse. If the army is redeployed, the situation will be even worse. Speaking of this, Shen Shixing sighed: "You can't repeat it!" ”

All three of them said so, but the last cabinet scholar, Chen Wei, did not speak.

However, the three of them have long been used to it, not to mention not speaking now, even if Chen Wei agrees with the emperor's thoughts, the three of them don't think it's anything strange. Maybe Chen Wei still felt that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to show loyalty to the emperor.