After a long talk, the problem of sacred learning and new learning was initially solved, and Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, this is only temporary, and in the days to come, the two doctrines will definitely cause a greater collision, but this is not something that Zhao Zhen can artificially control, so he has to develop on its own.

Empress Liu and the three accepted Zhao Zhen's suggestion and began to pilot from the counties around the capital, and from time to time appeared in the Salesian Bureaus in various places in the name of caring for children, asking and caring for those orphans. No matter how secret the whereabouts of Empress Liu and her entourage are, there are always reporters who pass by here at the most critical time and happen to encounter their good deeds. The writing of these reporters is indeed excellent, full of flowers, splendid articles, in-depth and profound to show the world the benevolence of Empress Liu and the Great Song Dynasty royal family she represents, which really makes people cry and feel a lot of emotion!

And these wonderful articles were frantically broadcast by the Great Song Times, and the deeds of the Queen Mother and others became the hottest words in the world for a while. People can be seen everywhere commenting on this matter, and it doesn't matter to the common people that a person who lives at the top of the pyramid can care for the orphans at the bottom of the society with his heart, whether it is a show or not. At the very least, the Empress Dowager's reputation for kindness spread throughout the country very quickly, and at the same time, it also led some surplus people to pay attention to charity, which was very good for the common people.

As soon as he was suddenly idle, his mother also went out, and Zhao Zhen felt that the huge palace was alone, and he was deeply bored, so he planned to go to the research institute to pass the time.

Zhao Zhen is also a frequent visitor to the research institute, he comes and goes very casually, and the guards are used to it, and they do not alarm the people who are working hard.

Zhao Zhen came to Yansu's room alone, when he was in the research institute, he didn't like his entourage to follow, and he was used to walking alone. When he arrived, Yan Su didn't notice him, still staring blankly at the object in front of him.

"Aiqing, why are you in a daze?" Zhao Zhen patted him on the shoulder and asked.

"Ahh Your Majesty, you're here! Wechen is going to meet you! Yan Su was taken aback at first, and then led Zhao Zhen to his work and said to him: "Your Majesty, please see, this is a timekeeping device improved by Weichen and his colleagues on the basis of engraved leaks. Didn't you ask Wechen to improve the time unit a few days ago! Wechen consulted a lot of information and found that our dynasty still uses the Tang Dynasty's floating arrow missing timer. Due to the large error of the missing timer of the floating arrow, the timing is also inaccurate. Therefore, Weichen created a new missing engraving on the basis of the old missing engraving according to the concept of 24 hours and 60 minutes a day mentioned by the emperor, and the experiment was successful, but there was no way to be accurate to the second you said. Wechen is preparing to report this matter to the emperor! I didn't expect you to come...... Hey! ”

"Well, it's really good, things have to come step by step, don't be in such a hurry. By the way, what's the name of this thing and how difficult is it to make? "In this era, it is very satisfying for Zhao Zhen to be able to accurately score points, after all, the problem of precision timing is not involved in a short period of time.

"Back to the emperor, this production is very simple, the ministers have recorded it, as for the name, I haven't taken it yet, I'm waiting for you to pick it up!"

"Oh well! I'm going to come up with a name. Zhao Zhen said and circled around the carving. Thinking of the lotus leak he made in history, Zhao Zhen wanted to see if he still had a lotus pointer now. Take a closer look, this carved pointer is really lotus-shaped, it is estimated that Yan Su likes lotus more!

Zhao Zhen decided to return this honor that belonged to him or to him, so he pretended to ponder for a moment before saying: "I look at the design of Aiqing's design at this moment The leak on the pointer has changed quite a lot, I look at it and call it 'Lotus Leak', okay, what does Aiqing think?" ”

"Thank the emperor for the name!" Yan Su hurriedly made a big salute.

"Okay, as soon as possible, promote this lotus drain production method and model to all states and counties for trial, so as to wait for dawn!"

"Wechen obeys!"

"I came to Aiqing today because I wanted to discuss something else with Aiqing."

"Your Majesty, please command!"

"Aiqing is now in charge of the Qin Heavenly Prison, in charge of astronomy and geography, which is important to the safety of the people. I wondered if Qin Tianjian should start researching some disasters and find a way to deal with them. Aiqing also spent time at the Royal Academy, and I must know that I strongly disagree with the statement that natural disasters are related to my personal morality, and you need to find out why. ”

"Wechen understands, please rest assured, Wechen will do his best, with the ideas you pointed out, Wechen believes that it is not difficult to prove this."

"That's good! Let those old antiques understand that these are not the most important things, I think the most important thing is to use this knowledge to help us overcome disasters and make the common people suffer less. ”

"The emperor is merciful!"

"It's useless to say that these vain heads and brains are useless, and the work I want you to do next is very difficult, such as water conservancy, floods, torrential rains, hail, droughts, and the transformation of the earth dragon, etc., are the focus of your research, not only to find the cause but also to have a way to deal with it. Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered that hundreds of years ago, a sage named Zhang Heng invented an instrument called the geodynamic instrument, which is said to be able to determine the direction of the earth's dragon turning over. Aiqing will see if we can restore this thing, I think it will be of great help to us in dealing with the Earth Dragon's transformation in the future. ”

"Wechen must do his best, the emperor said that this geodynamic instrument, Wechen also saw it a few years ago, but there are relatively few words to record this thing, and Wechen needs some time."

"It's okay, do your best! Tell me if you want money or something, that's not a thing! Zhao Zhen waved his hand lightly, how can he say that he is also a big tyrant now, and his willfulness is understandable.

For Zhang Heng's invention, there is a brief introduction in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Biography of Zhang Heng: "In the first year of Yangjia, the wind and ground motion instrument was rebuilt and cast in fine copper. The diameter of the staff is eight feet, the cover is uplifted, the shape resembles the wine honor, and it is decorated with the shape of the turtle and bird and beast of the Seal Wen Mountain. There are all pillars, eight roads on the side, and Shi Guan starts. There are eight dragons outside, the first copper pill, and a toad below, and the mouth is open. Its teeth are ingenious, all hidden in the respect, covering the boundless. If the ground moves, the respect is vibrating, the dragon is spitting, the pill is spit and the toad is holding it, the sound is vibrating, and the waiter is therefore aware. Although one dragon starts, and the seven songs do not move, looking for its direction is where the earthquake is. Prove it with things, and fit like God. From the book record, there is no other. Taste a dragon machine, and the ground does not move, the Beijing scholars blame its no signs, after a few days to arrive, the earthquake Longxi, so they are all satisfied. Since then, it has been the beginning of the history of the historians. ”

Due to the lack of relevant information in later generations, and it is not Zhang Heng himself who describes these words, coupled with the deviation of modern people's understanding of ancient texts, this geodynamic instrument can not be completely restored in the 21st century when science and technology are developed.

Therefore, Zhao Zhen did not have much hope that Yan Su would be able to restore the world's first instrument for testing earthquakes. Of course, there are also certain advantages to the restoration of this thing in the Song Dynasty, one of which is that the time between this time and later generations must be greatly shortened, and there are much more written materials that can be found, after all, many written materials were lost in the later wars, especially during the reign of wild boar skin, which had an immeasurable impact on the inheritance of culture; Second, the people of the Song Dynasty were still accustomed to ancient texts, and had never seen vernacular texts or anything, so they could understand the records of their predecessors very well.

Based on the above two points, it is not completely impossible for Yansu to restore this geodynamic instrument. It doesn't matter if there is no strong theory to guide, anyway, it is impossible for Zhang Heng to have theoretical guidance when he invented the gadget, it is nothing more than a summary of natural phenomena, unless he is the same as Zhao Zhen, but this probability is really not high.

When the boss opens his mouth, the younger brother has to break his leg. Zhao Zhen strictly adhered to this truth, and after ordering the task, he continued to wander around the various research departments, see their progress or exchange experiences, and personally went into battle shirtless when he was whimsical.

This made Yan Su miserable, and he had to immediately gather people to discuss while consulting the relevant records. Speaking of this information, this era is a troublesome thing, but there is no search engine for you to use, all rely on the memories of the usual head, otherwise you want to rely on the flip book, and you may not be able to turn it to death.

After receiving the task, everyone searched for relevant records according to their vague memories, and then discussed them comprehensively. It's as simple as saying it, but it took them months and hundreds of manpower to find some records from many ancient books.

The discovery of these written records is not complete, and the authenticity of these records must continue to be judged. Because these books are recorded by others, different people describe them in different ways and angles, and there may even be conflicts, which need to be verified by them.

Finally, I accumulated some useful information and prepared to start restoring the ground motion instrument. However, because he didn't know enough about the earthquake, he didn't know how to start the verification test, and finally Zhao Zhen gave an opinion, find a mine to blow up the mountain and test at the same time, the best of both worlds.

In ancient times, when there was no paper, there were oracle bone inscriptions first, and then bamboo slips, all of which had a common feature, that is, they were difficult to write. In order to cope with this method, the wise ancients created a concise and concise style, which is what we see as ancient texts. Although this can be done with very few words, it inevitably results in indetailed and incomplete recorded data, which is a big pity for scientific research.

Yan Su and others have now tasted the bitter fruit of the ancient text, although they understand how Zhang Heng made the geodynamic instrument, but they can't accurately grasp the various sizes of it, and can only gradually improve it through a large number of experiments, which is not only time-consuming, but also laborious.

During the months-long experiment, countless gunpowder was consumed, and the mountain was blown up a lot. Of course, these mountains are selectively bombed, some are mines, and some are in the future transportation points planned by Zhao Zhen. After a large amount of data accumulation, Yansu finally lived up to expectations, and reluctantly put the wind and ground motion instrument out, but this accuracy needs to be verified by reality.

Zhao Zhen unceremoniously snatched the naming right, named this geodynamic instrument "Zhang Heng A type of wind geodynamic instrument", and set out to set up one in each of the four directions of the southeast, northwest and northwest of Bianjing, so that no matter which direction the seismic waves can be identified through the two adjacent geodynamic instruments.

According to Zhao Zhen's practice, the relevant personnel will inevitably be promoted to the rank of knight, which makes a group of colleagues angry. Of course, in this process, Zhao Zhen will inevitably be reflected and educated by the ministers of the DPRK and China from time to time, nothing more than saying that he is not doing his job, sorry for his ancestors or something, as long as he practices the wind in his ears, he will ignore it, no, it should be no listening.

"It's not good to be in this era when ministers like to top cows! But we don't want to get rid of their problem yet, it seems that they are also cheap! ”

Whenever the ministers were bullish, Zhao Zhen always comforted himself in his heart.