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The bell struck six times, the rooster crowed loudly, and there was a faint glimmer of brilliance in the dimness of the sky, and everyone knew that it was time to get up. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

By the way, the bell chimes, which is the new normal caused only after Magnus arrived.

Digging ditches was not a simple task, not to mention the manpower required, as a lord, Magnus had the right to ask his subjects (freedmen) to work for him three days a week for free, and he also had countless serfs to use as cattle and horses.

The crux of the matter is how to make the most of this manpower.

In ancient times, the relationship between people was not as beautiful as depicted in books, Tao Yuanming's description of the strange traffic in the Peach Blossom Spring, the smell of chickens and dogs, is more similar to a beautiful dream. In fact, there have been large-scale fights between neighboring villages for water and land.

-- This is not uncommon, and even now, some traditional villages in the Luhaifeng area still maintain this state of feud.

The mere act of keeping these hateful peasants from fighting was exhausting Magnus's mind, let alone getting them to work on time.

Working on time, that's Magnus's biggest headache.

It was not difficult to gather all the peasants, as long as there were soldiers going from village to village to search - I am not mistaken, it was a search - and those peasants who wanted to escape could only work obediently.

However, in this era, the tools used for timekeeping have not yet been popularized, and after working for a short time, the peasants began to call out excuses such as 'I have been working for a long time', 'it's time to eat', and so on, and they procrastinated and refused to work.

It stands to reason that Magnus could force them to work with a whip.

This is a God-given right.

But coercion is not always consciously good, and besides, Magnus has used the whip too much lately, and if it is used again, I am afraid that it will cause the peasants to rebel.

So Magnus had to have a 'reasonable' reason to use the whip.

-- There is a world of difference between the same use of the whip, but the use of it for no reason, and the use of it for good reason.

Not only are the people who are beaten at ease, but the people who are beaten can't complain.

That's why Magnus made the clock, oh no, according to the age, it should be a sundial.

It's thanks to the new astral.

Magnus was not a generalist after all, and all he knew was the basics of agriculture and industry, and even these so-called 'basics' were amazing progress for Europa in the Dark Ages.

But when it comes to astrology, Magnus can only look at it with two eyes.

It's easy to understand, agriculture and industry, these are the two places that everyone can't run away from in their daily life, but astrology, as the name suggests, is to look at the stars, who has nothing to do with the sun every day?

Not afraid of being blind?

Astrologists are not afraid.

He has a polished and transparent amethyst, which he naturally does not use when stargazing at night, but when he looks at the sun during the day, he uses his hand to stick the amethyst to his eyes.

I blame Magnus for being so talkative, and seeing that the astrologist is so hard and funny, he said why not make glasses.

"What did you say?!"

At that time, the astrologist was expressionless, holding a dead face, pale and the sun was blazing, but Magnus felt a chill inexplicably.

No wonder this guy wears a black robe all day long, otherwise this appearance alone can scare a person to death......

Magnus sneered.

Slander is slander, Magnus is still very professional to introduce what the glasses are, a wire clamps the lenses, and rests them on the ears.

After that, the astrologist looked at Magnus with the wrong eyes.

This guy doesn't think I'm an alchemist, right?

Magnus thought that while there were many benefits to being considered an alchemist, it would also attract more real alchemists to vote; However, Magnus has not forgotten that befriending the church is also an important step in his plan.

So his temptation of the astrology can only be haha.

However, because of this incident, the astrology had a much better attitude towards him, and Magnus occasionally commanded him to do some small things, and he could also agree.

A sundial like this one was made with the help of an astrologist.

Sundials are nothing new, and the remnants of them appeared in ancient Babylon 6,000 years ago.

Moreover, the use of sundials to tell the time, although rare, does not violate the taboo of the Church - it is not advocated, but it is not opposed, just like bathing.

So the peasants of Brittany suffered.

Every day, after the sun had risen, the sundial showed the time, and the great bronze bell erected on the city wall began to tell the time, which was originally used to protect against enemy attacks, and the peasants began to gather at seven o'clock to make preparations, and it was not until twelve o'clock, when the bell struck twelve times, that they could rest.

To rest is to eat, and the meal is provided by Magnus, brown bread and broth; The bread was hard, but it was abundant, and there was no stone that penetrated it; There is no meat in the broth, but there is a little meat in it.

With such treatment, if a peasant dares to shout 'It's too long', the soldier who oversees the work will directly point to the direction of the big bronze bell, and the ordinary peasant should be honest at this time, if there is a Diao people, the soldier will immediately whip it mercilessly.

With this management, the speed of digging ditches is more than doubled.

Even Magnus was amazed, wondering if he should extend the sundial to all dukedoms.

However, he thought about it, the sundial was all made by hand, and the only astrologist in the whole duke was capable, and the improvement of the efficiency of the peasants was due to the whip of the soldiers, and this sundial, as mentioned above, was just a 'reason'.

It's just that Magnus is not reconciled.

What he wanted was not a sundial, but a unified weights and measures.

Time is just the beginning, he actually doesn't care about whether the sundial is accurate or not, after all, time is such a thing, if people don't have a reference, they can't recognize it at all.

However, it is precisely because the time is indecipherable that no one can refute his unification of time. Unified time, let the farmers slowly accept the benefits of having a unified measurement, followed by the meter, then the kilogram, and then the upgrade unit, the kilometer, the ton......

The first emperor ruled the world, and the book was on the same track as the car, and the car was on the same track, which was actually a unified weights and measures.

Medieval Europe, if you make a longitudinal comparison with China, it is similar to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The struggle for hegemony among the nations is the Spring and Autumn Period, the Renaissance is the Warring States, and the only one that does not appear is the remnant of Fen VI, the first emperor who whipped the world.

And now, Magnus just wants to be the first emperor, and the worst is that he also wants to be the filial prince of Qin, who laid the foundation for the Qin State.

Since God has brought me to this era, and He has let me live, and live more and more nourishingly, then I must not fail this gift!

Then, start with a small goal, such as conquering a kingdom.

Magnus thought confidently.

PS: Note that all book friends have a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a family reunion.

In addition, congratulations on the successful launch of Tiangong-2.