Villager of Daming

Chapter 680: Scientific and technological progress over the years

The watch and pocket watch were divided between Zhu Yuanzhang. He used the pocket watch and gave the watch that was more convenient for telling time to Queen Ma.

Because there was no third piece and the two were samples, Zhu Wentian planned to make ten pieces. He was lazy and didn't want to be so tired.

Now it's good, we can recruit craftsmen and divide the labor. One craftsman is responsible for making a few parts, and the people in Xiaqiu Village inspect and assemble them.

Xiaqiu Village will provide magnifying glasses for your eyes, which can only be used in Xiaqiu Village and are not allowed to be taken away. Without such a mirror, trying to make watch parts will make your eyes go blind.

There are indeed powerful craftsmen, such as the craftsman Wang Shuyuan mentioned in "The Story of Nuclear Boat". He can carve such small things and micro carvings without a magnifying glass.

But in Xiaqiu Village, it is very easy to carve a walnut. There is a microscope in Xiaqiu Village.

The army is equipped with telescopes, which are the basis of microscopes. When making medicine in Xiaqiu Village, microscopes are needed to help.

A lot of things that cannot be produced industrially have been made in the laboratory. Zhu Wentian can't help the people in the world at present, he can only protect the people in the palace and the village.

When I went to Helin before, the iced items in the team included antivenom and tetanus vaccine, as well as allicin and penicillin, but they were never taken out.

Even if it could be used by other people who are sick, Xiaqiu Village would not give it to them, for fear that the villagers, the prince, and the King of Qin would not have it when they need it.

Now that I'm back, the village's basic craftsmanship has been improved, and more medicines can be produced, which will satisfy the entire imperial city.

The vaccines all use the Temple of Heaven strain method, that is, the virus is transmitted to three monkeys, then five rabbits, and three cows. The virus is transmitted a total of eleven times and can be used on humans.

It is a method of attenuating the virus through passage, which most people cannot think of. This is the method used when making smallpox vaccines, and many vaccines have been used this way since then.

The equipment in the village laboratory is good, so it is not difficult to provide a loupe for making watches.

"Zhu Lichang, is this thing afraid of water?" Queen Ma put the watch on her wrist and looked at it, and thought of a key question.

"Afraid!" The headmaster nodded: "We were in a hurry when we made it, and the waterproofing was not done properly. We can make a waterproof watch in the future, as long as the water is not deep enough to prevent it from entering."

"Oh! Let's not touch the water. We'll find a craftsman. When it's done, we'll put this one away, including the eight-height watch. It's the first watch in the world, it's amazing!"

Queen Ma touched the glass watch cover with her hand and quickly rubbed it with her sleeve.

Others could only watch. Xiaqiu Village only made two of them, none of them had any lengths. They had to wait until the craftsmen learned how to divide them among themselves.

Zhu Yuanzhang put away his pocket watch: "The big watch, let's call it a grandfather clock! The bell chimes the time, the midnight chime arrives on the passenger ship, the chime clock of Hanshan Temple."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to avoid taboos anymore, so just follow the rules!When I say that a big watch feels uncomfortable, it is right to call it a watch. A Chinese watch is also a watch and can tell the time.

"Your Majesty is so knowledgeable!" the chief expressed his admiration.

"We should not flatter each other. First, we will build 340 grandfather clocks and send them to each county. After finishing the war, we will have more counties in Ming Dynasty. It turns out to be [-] and [-]."

There are only about [-] officials. Taking into account the various official positions in the state capital, there are less than three real officials in a county, so we can get some more officials from the past.

Put the clock over so that the people who work the clock can tell the time conveniently. The county town must be more accurate, and other villages can make do with it!
There will be more in the future, and it will be under the control of the local chiefs.We are also afraid that someone will steal or rob us, and if we deal with the mayor, he will be wronged. "

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that big ones were easy to build but small ones were more difficult to build, so he first considered sending a grandfather clock to each county.

He said it was for the watchman, but in fact he decided to put it at the gate of the government office, send someone to take care of it, and light a lantern to illuminate it at night.

People passing by can just see the time and feel the technological advantages of Ming Dynasty. Are you proud?Are you proud?
"Your Majesty, you also need a watch. During the war, the troops use it to coordinate the fighting time. There is no need to use a number as a signal, let alone calculate the time by yourself. Check the watch before fighting. When the time is up, multiple fronts will launch attacks at the same time. The enemy was caught off guard."

The headman reminded that this was what Hanhan said. Nowadays, the watchman's time is actually the same meaning. Some people have a difference of two quarters of an hour.

It's cloudy and rainy at night, the candles are not accurate, and the hourglass and water leakage are not accurate either. There is no way, there are errors.

On a non-cloudy day, the watchman will look at the stars. The stars in different months are different. The Big Dipper and the tail of the spoon are in one direction, and the time when the North Star rises and moves is another.

With the addition of three stars, namely fortune, longevity, and the Orion Rigel, Rigel, and Rigel in the Western system.

However, China has a Chinese system and no constellations. This is the foundation of civilization.

The means of measuring astronomy and geography record the changes of the four seasons, including the planting of crops. How can countries without such a system in ancient times be called civilized?
Therefore, it is not easy to be a watchman. You have to look for the sun during the day, look at the stars and moon at night, and then match the candle scale, water leakage, and hourglass to make the watch.

However, his status is not high. Like the author, most scholars look down upon him.

There used to be no watchmen in Xiaqiu Village, no, but later Zhu Wentian taught, and then someone was responsible for telling the time at night.

"We are fighting with the enemy like this. If we go to beat them on a rainy night, wouldn't it be bullying them to death?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about the question book that was sent back and what the generals said after returning to Beijing on how to fight Bei Yuan, and he felt that Wang Baobao would not be able to do it if it rained.

It was raining heavily and everyone should call a truce. Xu Dayi relied on advanced weapons and telescopes to insist on attacking and defeated Wang Baobao.

"Chongba, whoever we hit now is a bully." Empress Ma reminded with a happy face that the Ming army's equipment was different.

"Let's go for a walk, Hanhan, let's hold our grandson, and we'll take him to the amusement park. Let's have some mutton soup at noon, it's getting cold."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished reading the things, he wanted to go for a walk. There was no work today, so he got on the small train and reached out for the child.

Zhu Xiongying saw his grandfather reaching out to hug him, and then turned to look at Hanhan, feeling confused.

Zhu Wentian couldn't let the little guy choose. He quickly handed the child to Zhu Yuanzhang and said to the little guy who looked over: "Eat, smell, um! Boom~boom~oo~~~"

"Boom~kekekeke..." The little guy was happy. The train started and took Zhu Yuanzhang and others to the amusement park.

Then the second column, the third column...

The train is small and cannot carry too many people at one time, so we can only run a few more trains.

"Children today are so happy. I didn't have any when I was a child." The little girl Ling'er stood nearby and murmured.

Zhu Wentian looked around and saw that there were no outsiders nearby, and said: "We are not old, and we have better things. If the hot air balloon takes off, the children will not be able to play."

"We still have to wait a few days. We have to put up the safety rope first, just in case the rope breaks by then."

The little girl is back to her normal state again, and yes, the older child has a new toy, a hot air balloon.

First test the flight with no one, then fix it in that position, and then pull it down. After many attempts, you can take people into the air. You are afraid that if you don't do it well enough, the people will fall down.

(End of this chapter)