Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 14 Switch Mosques with One Click
"Don't be surprised, we have more here." Wu Han looked quite proud, and he continued to introduce: "When the Shahru Mission came to visit, in order to make them feel at home, we also installed Another set."

As he spoke, he pressed the big green button next to him.

There was another crackling sound, and several huge religious paintings hanging in the hall were divided into several vertical bars, each of which began to rotate.

It was only then that Sun Shiwan discovered that these paintings were not a whole piece, but were drawn on strips of long wooden boards.On the front of the wooden boards, when they are spliced ​​together, are the religious paintings just now, while on the back, there are large-scale calligraphy and geometric patterns of Tianfangjiao scriptures.

"The mechanism is here." Guo Kang opened the display stand under the painting, and it turned out that there were a lot of gears hidden inside, which drove the rotation of the drawing board.

"This is inspired by bamboo slips." Wu Han said: "A painting needs a lot of space to rotate, but it is much more convenient to dismantle it into bamboo slips one by one."

"So that's how it is." Sun Shiwan couldn't help admiring, "It's really ingenious."

"Those oil paintings are very hard, and the canvas is not easy to fold. We actually want to make them softer, but there are not many painters here who can paint large murals, and they are all veterans. They are already used to painting, and it is not easy to change." Wu Han continued: "Of course, a small one is much simpler."

He pointed to a small mural next to it, and Sun Shiwan took a closer look. It turned out that the mural was not painted on the wall, but on soft cloth.At both ends of the canvas, there are two long rollers like scrolls.Those canvases are not single-sided, but a circle, set on a roller.When the drum started to rotate, the religious painting was turned to the back, and the part behind was exposed.

At the same time, the religious statues on the wall also began to rotate with the background.It turned out that there was a hole in the wall, and the position of the wall was a board with a background.After a half turn, the statue of the saint over there turned into the wall, and a statue of the astrologer with a large turban turned out.

"We changed these statues to be rotatable." Wu Han continued to explain.

He pressed the black button next to it again, and a huge curtain embroidered with scriptures poured down from several stands protruding from the wall, covering several large sculptures.In front of several mosaic glass windows, a wooden sign was hung down, just to block the St. George and other patterns on it.

"Those few are really not easy to move." Sun Shiwan said.

"Yes." Wu Han nodded: "Our technical strength is also limited, and we can only modify them so far without destroying them."

"Then... what about the biggest one?" Sun Shiwan pointed to the still hanging Tianxiong Yishu.

"That's rather simple." Wu Han replied: "Brother Tian is also a saint of Tianfang Sect, so it can be displayed. Just a little decoration."

With that said, he came under the statue and pulled a lever next to him.At the top of Brother Tian's head, a small window was opened, and a huge onion-shaped scarf was hung down by a rope, and with a click, it was stuck on Brother Tian's head.

"Magnets are placed on the statue's head and inside the turban." Wu Han explained: "In this way, as long as you get close, you can automatically align the position."

"What a clever idea." Sun Shiwan looked at Brother Tian who was wearing a big turban accurately, and said with emotion.

"Of course. From Samarkand to Paris, the best craftsmen worked together to achieve these results." Wu Han said proudly: "The Empress Temple is a symbol of our Roman civilization and a symbol of world civilization. Here, Only then can everyone feel that Rome is the world.”

"Moreover, this project is still not over, and we still have a lot of room for improvement." He walked to a wall, opened a mural, and showed the mechanism behind: "Look, here is the waterway."

"The whole device is currently driven by water power. In the metropolis, there are a large number of underground reservoirs left by the previous dynasty, and there is a water palace next to the Empress Temple. The Roman ancestors built several elevated aqueducts to drink water from outside the city. , to meet the needs of defending the city."

"We repaired a main canal, but instead of introducing water into the ground, it introduced it into a newly built water tower. When power is needed, we open the gate to release the water, and the drive mechanism turns."

"I heard that Emperor Shun once designed a dragon boat." Sun Shiwan thought for a while and said, "It is said that there are timers and various statues on the dragon boat. Up and down. I think this is the same principle."

"Hey, this is what my Dayuan should look like. When Sun saw this scene, he knew it was worth coming this time." He cupped his hands at Wu Han: "I have to say, your place is better than I thought. It has more background. It was Sun Menglang who underestimated this place before."

"You don't have to worry about it, Mr. Sun. This thing is indeed only a semi-finished product." Wu Han said: "The advantage of the current hydraulic mechanism is that it saves a lot of manpower, and it is not easy to make mistakes in the busy schedule. The disadvantage is that every time it is released, it has to close the gate to store water. Wait for the canal to fill the water tower before it can be used again. I didn’t think there was a problem at first, but there are too many devices in the temple that need power, and only a part of it can be driven by releasing water at a time, so it will be used.”

"Now our idea is to reproduce the mechanism of the Alexandria Church in ancient Rome. According to records, they can drive the door of the church to open and close with water vapor." Our ancestors have already succeeded, and we have better conditions now, so we can definitely do it too.”

"Oh?" Sun Shiwan squinted his eyes: "Then Mr. Guo, has he achieved any results?"

"This is the last one we want to show. Please follow me." Wu Han said, leading Sun Shiwan and others to a wall at the back of the hall, where stood a tall shrine.

Different from the main shrine, there are many Central Plains-style gods and fairy beasts here, but the scale is much smaller.There are many such facilities in the church, so they are not too conspicuous.

He opened the sacrificial table there, revealing the window leading to the basement, stretched his head down and shouted loudly: "Is the water boiling?"

"Open!" Someone below answered loudly.

"Get ready!" Wu Han roared, "Now—let it go!"

As soon as the words fell, Guo Kang was beside him, and he pulled an iron tenon hard.With a hissing sound, the stuck gear wheel started to spin.

In the shrine, all the characters, animals and even the cave in the background began to move.Occasionally, water mist emerges, making the shrine look like a fairyland shrouded in clouds and smoke, which indeed echoes the painting style of the gods of the Central Plains.

The difference is that behind the shrine, there are rows of tall metal columns.As the shrine turns, they emit a shocking and powerful sound. If you listen carefully, different pillars actually have different tones.This made Sun Shiwan feel that the scene in front of him was not like a cave, but like a heavenly soldier marching out of battle.

Although the scene was a bit smaller, for some reason, it made him feel shocked from the bottom of his heart.

"The style hasn't changed here." He suddenly remembered the previous changes and said.

"No need." Wu Han said without hesitation: "This is the most sacred place, greater than all those sects."

Sun Shiwan raised his head, looked at the smoke at the top of the column, and nodded.

"Guo Gongzi has always been very confident. After several years of persistence, he finally has this finished product." Wu Han said: "The advantage of this thing is that the output is very durable. If it is made large enough, I believe that all organs will be driven at once. No problem."

"Since Mr. Wang took office in our church in 1403, he has been committed to further improving and upgrading the various organs - the arrangement of these is also his strong point. Two years later, Mr. Guo came here and proposed some plans for us. It is said that Others didn't care too much, but Master Wang thought it was very interesting, so the mechanism started to work."

"I came here two years ago, Master Wang hoped that I would take over this job." He picked up a notebook from the other side of the table and handed it to Sun Shiwan: "To be honest, the difficulty here is higher than that of the hydraulic mechanism." Quite a lot—for example, the water vapor that drives the organ you see, we actually don’t want it to leak so much. It’s just that the mechanism’s sealing is too poor, so we can only try to use it for other purposes.”

"We will not be eager for quick success. In fact, we are satisfied if this new energy can be used for business and people's livelihood within 50 years. I hope that by 1453, there will be a drive here, and the whole temple will switch to mosques. "

Everyone looked at the shrine and fell silent thoughtfully.

(End of this chapter)