Chapter Eighty-Six: The Height of the Stars

Long Qiupeng asked Dahu to make a ruler for himself, Dahu was curious about what to do, but Long Qiupeng just didn't tell him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Dahu was not reconciled, so he kept following Long Qiupeng.

"You're so idle, follow me all the time?" After dinner, Long Qiupeng said to Dahu with a smile.

Dahu didn't speak, but kept his head down.

"How's the crossbow?" Long Qiupeng asked again, thinking that this might poke the big lake.

Unexpectedly, Dahu smiled and said: "The sample has been made, and the carpenters are rushing to make the sample, and it will be ready soon." ”

Long Qiupeng was generalized, pouted, and said in his heart, no wonder this is so idle, it turns out that the previous work has been completed.

The work of spring ploughing has begun, and a large number of clansmen in the tribe have to face heavy labor during the day, so Huoshen Village has basically returned to the rhythm of life from sunrise to sunset.

When it was basically quiet outside, Long Qiupeng walked towards the altar square with a corner ruler. Dahu also silently followed, wanting to see what kind of trouble he was going to make.

Long Qiupeng found a clay jar full of water and placed one of the corner rulers on the water surface to keep it level. Then crouching down so that his gaze is at the same level as the ruler's side, he looks at North Star as he adjusts the other end of the ruler until this arm of the ruler points to Polaris.

He tightened the slot of the ruler, set the angle of the ruler at that angle, and handed the ruler to the Great Lake.

Dahu took it cautiously, for fear that if he was not careful, he would not be able to see Long Qiupeng's great invention. He respectfully held the locked ruler and looked at Long Qiupeng quietly, waiting for the order.

Long Qiupeng said: "Give it to those craftsmen who make sundials." This is the angle of the sundial and the perpendicular. ”

"But, sundial, sundial, why look at the stars?" Although Dahu prides himself on being the number one craftsman of the Long Clan, even if he is not specialized in some work, he can be regarded as knowing a little bit about it, even so, he still can't understand the meaning of many of Long Qiupeng's actions.

Long Qiupeng thought to himself, the kid is quite smart, it is true that sundials have nothing to do with stars, for example, the vertical sundial invented in Europe can be used directly on the wall, and there is no need to make an inclined angle. The use of the North Star to determine the angle of a sundial is a patent for equatorial sundials.

However, he did not praise him, nor did he explain the principle, but just said in a mysterious way: "Time is a heavenly machine, so it is natural to interrogate the sun, moon and stars." There are some things that can't be divulged, but you don't understand them if they leak it. With that, a sly smile appeared on his face again.

Dahu was lit up by what he said, and he felt that he finally had a chance to see the heavens, so he naturally left excitedly. Xi, who had been watching from the sidelines, came over and said with a smile: "You coaxed him again." ”

"Madam, don't wronged people, I didn't coax him this time, this sundial is indeed where the heavens are." Long Qiupeng looked at Xi with an innocent face, which made Xi smile shyly, and the two of them stopped talking about it and went back to the room one after another.

Here Long Qiupeng and Xi went back to the room to make love, and Tao Mu over there was going to be alone in the empty room again, because the excited big lake began to work overnight again, as if he was afraid that if he was slow down, he would give up all his efforts.

But he didn't know that it was useless for him to be in a hurry, the calendar involved very complicated observations and calculations, and a sundial alone could not do anything.

At the morning meeting the next morning, Dahu came with dark circles under his eyes, but he didn't seem very happy, and he fought all night, but with little success. Although the core technical problems of the sundial have been solved, it is not a smart way to deal with wood and be relatively accurate, so it is not a smart way to operate overnight.

Long Qiupeng shook his head and said: "Dahu, you are not young, why are you still so anxious, let me tell you that if you want to watch the heavens, where is it so simple, the sundial is just the first step." ”

Dahu drooped his head and didn't speak, feeling a little disappointed in his heart, after all, the things before Long Qiupeng were very simple, as long as Dahu worked hard and worked overtime, he could easily complete it. As Long Qiupeng's things became more and more beyond his comprehension and control, Dahu's mood became more and more depressed.

Long Qiupeng shook his head and said: "Dahu, you are the first person in the Long tribe's machinery, this is undisputed and undoubted, but this matter is actually beyond the scope of your expertise." ”

He was telling the truth, whether it was Dahu, who was a mechanical engineer, and his "architect" students, whether it was a bear who was a hunter, or a wolf tooth who was good at equestrianism, and Yi, who was good at archery, Xi, who was proficient in number calculation and memory, and her younger brother Deer, who was good at learning languages and balancing multiple skills, were all good at practical skills that were closely related to daily life.

But this time, what he needs is someone who looks up at the sky and looks down at the ground. The calendar is said to have been extremely poor in a person's life. Although Long Qiupeng's preliminary understanding and mastery of the calendar can help that person greatly improve the invention process of the calendar and reduce the possibility of detours in the invention of the calendar, I am afraid that the time required will not be less than the time of the construction of the new city.

"But you don't have to worry about it, there are more important things to do later." Long Qiupeng no longer teased Dahu, because he had more important things to do for him, instead of dwelling on a sundial here.

So he continued: "I have decided on the affairs of the new city, and you will be in charge of it, and the wolf tooth will bring some warriors with you to protect the safety of you and the construction of the new city." ”

In fact, after returning from the Tiannu tribe, Long Qiupeng was looking for new city construction personnel, he got up early to choose one of the students who were engaged in "architecture" in Dahu, but they were too young, although the construction process was above Dahu, but whether it was experience or the ability to control the overall situation, they were not as good as Dahu.

After all, it is a place that will become a new city of the Dragon Clan, and there is no room for slackness and mistakes. Therefore, although Long Qiupeng has always been reluctant to stay away from himself with such a sophisticated technology, but in addition to the big lake, how can Long Qiupeng rest assured that the future construction of the main city will be handed over to others.

Hearing that Long Qiupeng handed over such a big responsibility to himself, Dahu was both excited and nervous, and he was a little overwhelmed. Finally, he fell to his knees and thanked him again and again.

The others around cast envious eyes, after all, Long Qiupeng was almost an all-knowing and all-powerful existence in their eyes, and he did not easily hand over important work to others. However, once it is handed over, it means that Long Qiupeng has 100% trust and recognition for this person.

Before, this treatment only belonged to the brook and the deer, but now Dahu has become the third person to enjoy such glory, and naturally it is the envy of many people.