Kaifeng City is very large, so there is more than one bell and drum tower.

In the Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, there were also bell and drum towers in the imperial city, but I don't know why the Ming Dynasty canceled it.

Zhu Ming felt that the clock with an error of two quarters a month was already very accurate, so he ordered two more large pendulum clocks to be made and placed on the bell tower and the drum tower respectively. The pendulum clock that has been made is placed in the Daqing Hall for the time when the monarch and the ministers attend the court meeting.

The bell and drum tower of Kaifeng is laid out in the east and west, the drum tower is in the east, and the bell tower is in the west.

It was a very tall two-story building, with a base completely shaped like a city wall, and a street arch underneath, and the stone base actually had three floors.

Zhu Ming plans to build that kind of four-sided clock, which can be seen in all directions.

He asked Wang if it would be difficult, and the answer he received was: it is much easier to design and manufacture four clock faces than to add a minute hand......

On the contrary, the Chinese-style roof of the bell tower is not suitable for this thing.

During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, there were similar troubles.

The solution was extremely rude, and a small Western-style bell tower was built directly by digging a hole in the roof of the bell and drum tower. In the blink of an eye, it looks like the heavenly spirit cover of the traditional bell tower, and a single horn suddenly grows out of bone hyperplasia.

Ugly!

But it's better to save money and trouble.

Of course, Zhu Ming doesn't need to save trouble, just let the professionals bother with their brains. Thanks to the Song Huizong's large-scale construction work, many high-quality architects and craftsmen were trained.

The Ministry of Works quickly came up with a design, narrowing the top floor of the bell tower and continuing to build three more floors on it.

The layers are narrower and narrower, like a pagoda.

I don't know what day it began, and the citizens of Tokyo suddenly discovered that the drum of the drum tower was no longer ringing, and they could only hear the bell tower ring every day.

After careful inquiry, I learned that the drum tower was being demolished and the upper floor was rebuilt.

Everyone didn't pay attention to it, they were used to being tossed by Song Huizong, as long as they didn't forcibly demolish the houses, no one cared.

Before the finished pendulum clock was moved to the Daqing Palace, it was also put in the East Palace for a few days.

Zhu Ming's wife and children all came to see the excitement and thought this thing was very fresh.

"Why does this needle keep going?" Zhe Yanxiu squatted in front of the pendulum clock, and couldn't help but ask questions after watching it for a long time.

Zhu Ming explained simply: "The thing that swings around is called a single pendulum. If there is no resistance from the air and machinery, it will be able to swing all the time and bring power to the pendulum clock. The thing that looks like a weighing stone next to it is called a heavy hammer. When the hammer is pulled up, it has the force to fall downward, which is used to compensate for the frictional resistance of the single pendulum. ”

Zheyan embroidery blinked, as if she understood, but as if she didn't understand anything.

"I know friction, Grandpa Huang said!" Zhu Kang, the eldest son of the seven-year-old Shu, raised his little hand.

Zhu Ming asked, "What else do you know?" ”

Zhu Kang replied: "Grandpa Huang said, my toy wooden ball rolls out, if there is no friction, it will keep rolling, and it will stop when it is rubbed." ”

"Hahaha!" Zhu Ming couldn't help laughing.

Zheng Yuanyi stood next to her with a smile on her face, her son, who has been smart and clever since he was a child, was very favored by Zhu Guoxiang and Zhu Ming's father and son.

On the other hand, Zhang Jinping's son-in-law, Zhu Yang, looks stupid and usually doesn't talk much.

Compared with the two, Zheng Yuanyi inevitably had different thoughts.

The other side concubines didn't have so many ideas, anyway, the imperial grandson would definitely not be able to take their turn to have their children.

Zhang Jinping said: "The concubine has been studying physics in recent years, but she has not learned the single pendulum, and I don't know what principle is used. ”

"Bring me pen and paper, and I'll draw it for you." Zhu Ming said.

Zhang Jinping immediately asked the palace maid to bring a pen and paper, and easily attracted Zhu Ming's attention.

Zheng Yuanyi was quite helpless, she really didn't understand those knowledge.

Master Li sat next to him with a smile and talked to Pei Chang'e in a low voice, seemingly unaware of the competition for favor at all.

But Miao Yun stood beside Zhang Jinping, patiently listening to Zhu Ming talk about the principle of single pendulum.

Zhe Yanxiu also listened to it for a while, yawned when she heard it, and pulled Zhao Fujin and Zhao Fujin to play ball.

Zhao Fujin turned back step by step, her brother has been farming for half a year, and she doesn't know how she is doing now. She really wanted to go to the suburbs to see it in person, but she didn't know how to talk to Zhu Ming.

These women, who don't usually get together, have formed several small groups in private.

Zhu Ming actually understood it in his eyes, he finished explaining the principle of the single pendulum, and summoned the attendant eunuch and said, "Two Mrs. Zhao, let them choose a day to go out of the city for a walk." You don't have to be too ostentatious, just bring a team of guards and a few close guards. ”

"Yes!"

The eunuch's name is Li Hua, of course, this is not his real name, he gave it himself after entering the palace.

His position in the old Song Dynasty was "the small bottom of the sending class", which was subordinate to the sending class of the Ministry of Internal Service, and was specifically responsible for running errands, such as helping the emperor convey urgent edicts.

And it belongs to the lowest level of errands, and there are offerings, bans, halls, and duties in front of the row. The slightly beneficial errand work has long been robbed by other eunuchs, and when it is his turn, it is all trivial and trivial, and the people he contacts are all unfavored concubines.

But he didn't want to be blessed by misfortune, so he became a close attendant of the prince of the new dynasty.

It's a pity that although this prince is powerful, he doesn't let the eunuch interfere in the business, and Li Hua sighed in his heart.

He ran all the way to send a message to the sisters of the Zhao family: "Two ladies, the prince allows you to leave the palace on a certain day, bring some close attendants and a team of guards, and don't be too ostentatious." ”

Zhao Fujin was overjoyed, took out some reward money and said, "There is a message from the big official Lao." ”

Li Hua hurriedly said: "I don't dare to be a big official." ”

Zhu Guoxiang and Zhu Ming's father and son, although they have carried out various reforms, they are too lazy to change their titles. For example, concubines and eunuchs still use the old names of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhao Fujin and Zhao Fujin, the prince's side concubines, are titled "Mrs. XX County".

As for "Great Official", it is an honorific title for a high-ranking eunuch.

There is also "Pavilion Chief", which is an honorific title for middle-level eunuchs.

"Zhongguiren" is the honorific title of the foreign minister to all eunuchs, and there are similar honorific titles such as "Zhongzhi", "Angel", "Ribian People" and so on.

Zhao Fujin couldn't wait, and the next morning, he took his sister out of the palace.

They rode in chariots, took a few palace maids and eunuchs, and a bunch of guards to open the way.

Zhao Fujin looked extremely excited, like a bird out of its cage, looking at the street scene along the way and cheering in a low voice.

"Be quiet, don't lose royal face." Zhao Fujin reminded.

Zhao Fujin asked: "When you come back, can you go to Daxiangguo Temple for a visit?" I heard that the tiles there are the best restored, and they are very lively during the day and at night. ”

Zhao Fujin replied ambiguously: "If you are free after returning to the city, you will go." ”

"Sister is the best!" Zhao Fujin hugged his sister and rubbed his head in his arms.

Tokyo locals are accustomed to driving cars from the Imperial Palace, and at most they turn their heads and look at them a few times.

Only the foreign business travelers looked and looked, and asked people who it was.

Soon they were in the southern suburbs, where the corn and corn were planted early because they missed the winter wheat, and it was already time to harvest.

This year is another flood in the south and drought in the north!

The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have been flooded, but it has not rained in Henan and Hebei for a long time, and the change of dynasty does not seem to please God.

The corn harvest in the southern suburbs failed, but the more drought-resistant corn was okay.

If the drought worsens next year, it is estimated that millet will be planted to share the risk. Millet is not very productive, but it is more drought-resistant than corn.

As soon as the car arrived outside the village, several soldiers came to greet them and lead them to the royal family.

Seeing the land being harvested everywhere, Zhao Fujin saw Zhao Huan from afar.

The former emperor walked in the fields dressed in brown and carrying a basket on his back. The basket contained most of the basket of corn, and he was panting with sweat.

His wife and concubine were working in the fields, enduring the small burrs with corn leaves, breaking the corn one by one and throwing it into the basket.

Even Zhao Chen, the former crown prince of the dynasty, a child who was not yet ten years old, also helped in the cornfield.

"The Emperor...... Brother......" Zhao Fujin shouted.

Zhao Huan has been bowing his head and bowing his waist, and when he heard the shout, he looked up, and there was a hint of gloom in his joy: "I've seen Madame." I was carrying something on my back, and I didn't dare to put it down halfway, so please forgive me for not being able to make a big gift. ”

"It's okay," Zhao Fujin asked the soldier in charge of guarding here, "Can you get someone to help?" ”

The soldier couldn't figure it out, and said confusedly, "It should be possible." ”

The eunuch behind him immediately went to pick up the back basket, Zhao Huan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Actually, I have made great progress in doing farm work. Persuade the farmer to talk about the method of interplanting, and the ordinary farmer just draws a scoop according to the gourd, knowing it but not knowing the reason. But I understood the essence of it, and this time I planted corn with corn, and I grew it better than many farmers. When the corn is harvested, the corn will be harvested and the corn will be harvested home, and you will not have to worry about eating it this year. ”

"My brother has become dark and thin, and he must have suffered a lot." Zhao Fujin felt pitiful for him.

Zhao Huan barely squeezed out a smile: "The suffering on my body is nothing, but the suffering in my heart is even more difficult." Most of the surrounding farmers are homeless, and they have hatred for Zhao Song in their hearts, and they say everything on weekdays. I didn't know before that the people of the Great Song Dynasty were so miserable. After a year of hard work, but it was not enough to pay the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the slightest natural disaster had to flee the famine. ”

Saying that, Zhao Huan added another sentence: "I only know that it is not easy for farmers to plough the fields, if the court expropriates and extorts violently, so that my harvest is not enough to pay taxes, I guess I also want to rebel in my heart." ”

Half of these words were sincere, and half of them were intended to be shown to the guards.

Because Zhu Ming also assigned them homework, they had to write a farming experience every month.

Zhao Huan's farming experience in the first two months was praised by Zhu Ming.

The emperor of the former dynasty was very smart, and he roughly understood Zhu Ming's thoughts, that is, he wanted them to repent.

After chatting all the way, Zhao Huan pointed to a nearby piece of land and said disdainfully: "That's Zhao Kai's field, this person has no patience to plow the field, and weeds grow everywhere." I didn't bother to fetch water when it was time to water, a lot of corn had already died, and a few could be harvested even if the corn was drought-tolerant. I don't know where to get the pen and ink, imitate the paintings of famous artists, and want to sell them for money and buy food. But he was discovered by the soldiers, and the prince let people spread the word and criticized him fiercely! ”

It's all come to this, and the two are still fighting openly and secretly.

Zhao Huan gloated: "With the harvest in Zhao Kai's field, I will definitely be hungry in the second half of the year!" ”

Zhao Fujin couldn't cry or laugh, and didn't know how to answer.

(End of chapter)