Wu Feng stayed in the Sun family's small shop for an afternoon, and the jar of wine was also drunk by the two, until dusk, the door of the Lin family was not opened, and Wu Feng said goodbye to Sun Qian and walked towards his house with a disappointed face.

In the palace, under the dim oil lamp, Wang Lang carefully assembled the parts of the pendulum clock.

Whether this clock can function properly depends on this time.

It took nearly half a year to make a big guy, and if it can really operate normally, then Xia Guo has something to keep accurate time.

In the empty room, Wang Lang concentrated on assembling parts one by one.

From time to time, the guards outside the door could hear the clanging sound coming from inside the house.

The guards didn't understand why Wang Lang was so interested in carpenter's work, for the past six months, Wang Lang had been busy until midnight every day, and others always thought that His Majesty the Emperor must have enjoyed himself in the beautiful palace, but these guards knew that their emperor was more tired than most people.

"Cheer up, don't let anyone disturb Your Majesty." The commander of the guards said in a deep voice.

When the guards heard this, their bodies all stood straighter, and their eyes were vigilant as they patrolled the suspicious figures in the darkness.

It took more than an hour for Wang Lang to finally assemble the pendulum clock.

This big guy was almost as tall as Wang Lang, and the style of the pendulum clock was designed according to the appearance he remembered, with no decoration on the outside, and it looked like a rectangular wooden box from a distance.

After a while, the pendulum began to swing slightly, and the gears made a soft click.

In order to make it simple, Wang Lang made a pendulum clock with only hour and minute hands, and no second hand.

After the pendulum clock began to run, Wang Lang carefully watched the operation of the hands, and silently estimated the time of one minute in his heart.

When Wang Lang counted to more than seventy, the pendulum clock made a soft "click" sound, and the minute hand swung a little.

Seeing that it could be successfully run, Wang Lang was as excited as a child.

Although Wang Lang has done a lot of things before, the clock is different from other things, it requires an extremely complex mechanical structure.

If there is no mechanical watch as a reference, Wang Lang will not be able to think of a clock even if he wants to break his head, he estimates that without that mechanical watch, it will take at least hundreds of years, or even nearly a thousand years, for human beings to use clocks.

Wang Lang observed the operation of the pendulum clock intently, but staring at the operation of the clock for a long time made it easy to get tired.

Wang Lang unconsciously fell asleep leaning on the table leg.

When Wang Lang woke up in a daze in the early morning, he didn't care that he had slept on the ground all night, and hurriedly got up to check the situation of the pendulum clock.

I wanted to stop at the 4:50 position in the direction of the pointer and did not hear the sound of the gear.

Last night, Wang Lang tested that the position of the pendulum clock was zero, and now the hand stops at 4:50 minutes.

Then it means that the last time the clockwork, the clock can run four disappears.

The remaining fifty minutes should be inaccurate, and the speed of the pendulum swing will become slower and slower, so Wang Lang can only estimate an approximate time.

On this day, Wang Lang did not go to the musket barracks to train those soldiers, but asked the guards to move the big guy out of the house.

Today he is going to correct time through the sun.

The guards looked at this strange big guy curiously, they didn't know why Wang Lang had been busy for so long, why he made this thing, and from the appearance, this thing was neither a weapon nor a tool, so they couldn't see what it was for.

Wang Lang did not explain to the guards, and after asking them to step back, Wang Lang found a sunny position, erected a wooden stick on the ground, and determined the current hour by shadow.

But after all, this method can only determine the approximate time, so Wang Lang can only wait until noon, when the shadow completely becomes a point.

Wang Lang's strange behavior soon reached Fanxing's ears, and while worried, Fanxing hurried over.

More than ten years have turned the former girl into a middle-aged woman, although she is only in her thirties, but the starry temples have gray hair, and the corners of her eyes have wrinkles.

"The lower officials meet the queen." When the commander of the guards saw the stars coming, he bowed and bowed.

"Has Your Majesty been sitting there since the morning?" Fanxing looked at Wang Lang's back and frowned.

The commander of the guards nodded, "Your Majesty has been waiting for the rest of the world to take out that strange thing since he woke up in the morning, and has been sitting there ever since, watching the shadows on the ground. ”

"Okay, I know, don't talk nonsense about this matter, you guys retreat!" The stars waved their hands.

"Yes!"

After the guards retreated, Fanxing slowed down and came to Wang Lang's side, following Wang Lang's gaze, only to see a wooden stick stuck straight in the dirt in front of him, and Wang Lang sat there staring at the shadow.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" The stars said softly.

"I'm fine, I'm doing something meaningful?" Wang Lang said without replying.

"Something very meaningful?" The stars are a little uncertain, so I don't know what meaningful thing it is to look at the shadow of this stick.

At this time, the strange big box not far away attracted the attention of the stars, slowly walked over, looked around this big box, this thing was a little familiar to him, frowned and thought for a while, as if he remembered something, and said to Wang Lang: "Your Majesty, is this the thing called a clock that has been made again?" ”

Wang Lang nodded and said: "That's right, it's this thing, I told you before, as long as this thing is made, we can accurately determine the time, isn't this a meaningful thing?" ”

Fanxing shook his head and said, "Is it important to determine the time, we used the sun and moon to determine the time before, isn't it a good life?" ”

Wang Lang said slowly: "This is different, you don't understand it after telling you, this thing will provide a lot of convenience for the people's lives in the future, if you have nothing to do, just go back, I'll just watch it here." ”

Fanxing sighed and said, "Your Majesty, you haven't eaten breakfast yet, do you want me to inform the chef to prepare some food for you." ”

"Don't bother so much, just bring me a few cakes, a pickled cucumber, and a bowl of water." Wang Lang said casually.

When Fanxing heard this, he was a little annoyed in his heart, and said: "Your Majesty, you are the king of a country, how can you treat your body like this, how can you only eat this." ”

"My own body, clean it up by myself, it's okay, the lamp is busy with this, I will definitely have a big meal, you go get busy first."

Hearing this, the stars snorted lightly and turned to leave.

Wang Lang didn't have the heart to care about the rest of the things at the moment, as the shadow of the wooden stick slowly shortened, he knew that noon was coming.

When the shadow turned into a point, Wang Lang hurriedly turned on the clockwork.

With the "Titicaca! The sound of the pendulum clock was heard, and the pendulum clock began to run.

In order to determine the exact time of the day, Wang Lang must not make a single mistake, this pendulum clock is not very perfect, he must observe the time of the day here, determine the error of the clock's operation, and then make adjustments.

Tomorrow at noon, if the pendulum clock can stop at twelve o'clock, then it will be a happy thing for all.

If it is too fast or too slow, you have to improve the swing speed of the pendulum again, which will be a very troublesome thing.

The principle of the pendulum clock is extremely complicated, and he believes that no one in human society can do it except himself, and although the research is tiring, it is something he has to do.

In his heart, he had an idea, fantasizing that when the pendulum clock was officially completed, he would build a bell tower in every major city in the Xia Kingdom, so that the people of the Xia Kingdom would not eat from watching the sky, and slowly develop the concept of time of the Chinese people.

After the official operation of the pendulum clock, Wang Lang suddenly felt a little hungry in his belly, and called the commander of the guards to him, and told him that whenever the upright one on the disc turned three grids, he would give the clockwork a change of strength, and forbade anyone to touch the pendulum clock at will.

After Wang Lang left, the guards immediately surrounded him, and saw that the pendulum could keep shaking when no one pushed it, which made them feel very magical, and what surprised them even more was that the two thin slender iron pieces on the disc would move after a while.

Such a miraculous thing, in their opinion, this is something that only a god can do, if it weren't for the Xia Kingdom's prohibition of bowing at will, these guards might have immediately knelt down to bow to this pendulum clock.

Fanxing did not do what Wang Lang instructed, but asked the chefs to prepare a more sumptuous meal.

Wang Lang didn't care about these things with the stars, he was already hungry with his chest against his back, and he gobbled it up regardless of his image.

Looking at Wang Lang's eating appearance, Fanxing couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Majesty, if you let the people see your current appearance, you will definitely drop your jaws, their Emperor Your Majesty, it seems that he hasn't eaten for several days." ”

Wang Lang ate a few bites of bread and said vaguely: "The emperor is also a human being, there are only two people here, you and me, the old husband and wife, what image do you pay attention to." ”

Fanxing's heart couldn't help but feel warm, Wan Gang's unintentional behavior proved that he was already a dear person in his heart, and only in front of him, this human emperor admired by thousands of people would show his truest side.

Fanxing served a bowl of soup for Wang Lang, handed it to Wang Lang and said, "Your Majesty, eat slowly, don't choke." ”

After taking the soup bowl, Wang Lang poured a big mouthful of soup, swallowed the dry dough, and said, "I'm really hungry, I haven't eaten so happily for a long time." ”

"Your Majesty seems to be in a good mood today!" Fanxing smiled.

Wang Lang nodded and said, "It's really good, I've been busy for more than half a year, and today I finally have some effect, and I'm naturally happy in my heart." ”

"I naturally don't understand the things that Your Majesty does, but Your Majesty, no matter how important things are in the future, you must also pay attention to your body." Fanxing said softly.

Wang Lang nodded, "Okay, I promise you, I won't do this again in the future." ”

Northeast of the Shenzhou Continent.

Although the expedition team repaired on Huangdao for several days, several people still fell in the bitter cold.

After burying the expedition members on this nameless desert island, the two ships lifted anchor again and headed west.

The north wind was howling, and the sailors standing on the deck were shivering and clearing the snow from the ship.

In the cold weather, although the sea water did not freeze, the snow on the ship melted and froze into ice slag, and the deck was covered with a thin layer of ice, which was very slippery and muddy.

He Tie tore off a strip of cloth from the corner of his clothes, wrapped his frostbitten fingers, and joined the team to clear the snow with tools.

The bad weather made more and more sick crew members on board, and after seven or eight days of sailing, there was still no sign of land, and desperate and panicked expectations quietly spread among the crowd.

Many people thought that they would not be able to return to their homeland alive, and the morale of the expedition team was very low, and some even regretted participating in this expedition, and vowed never to set foot in the sea again in their lives.

However, after surviving for more than ten days, the outline of the land was finally seen in the field of vision of the telescope.

The land looming in the white mist is so charming.

The captain knew that it was not an island, but his long-lost hometown.

"Brothers, let's get home, in front of us is Xia Guo, it's Shenzhou." The captain yelled excitedly.

Hearing the captain's voice, the crew members weakly walked out of the cabin, gathered at the bow of the ship, looked at the long coastline in the distance, and immediately burst into tears.

He Tie was lying in the hammock, now that he had a high fever for two days, he knew that he would soon be thrown into the sea by his companions like those dead companions, ending his humble voice.

In a trance, He Tie vaguely heard someone calling loudly beside him, and the voice seemed to be his name.

"He Heizi, get up quickly, we're home, don't fucking die, that's it."

He Tie shook violently, slowly opened his eyes, and saw the familiar face of his friend, and couldn't help but be cold and stunned.

"Why are you here too, are you dead too?" He Tie said in a trance.

"Dog, die a ball, Lao Tzu is alive and well, hurry up if you don't die, we're going to dock." The man laughed and scolded.

With his support, He Tie climbed down from the hammock with difficulty and said, "Docked, have we returned to the Xia Kingdom?" ”

"Come back, brother, this time you are saved, the doctors of our Xia Kingdom will definitely be able to cure you, and when the time comes, let's go find the girls together." The man helped He Tie to walk towards the deck.

There was no sign of human activity on the shore, and after identifying the direction, by comparing it with the outline map of Shenzhou, they found that they were now in a position of a hundred miles south of Guiyucheng, and in this direction, there was a small city more than twenty miles to the south.

The joy of returning home suddenly diluted the pessimistic mood of the previous crew, and everyone cheered and cheered, and sailed south along the coastline.