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Chapter 19 Queen Wang (Please collect your recommended votes!)
What?Why do you want to confuse the direct minister Shen Li?Anyone who thinks so is too naive.There are many people who can step up from idle positions in the Hanlin Academy to the level of prime minister, and they are 100% human beings.

Slickness, straightforwardness, and treachery are relative quantities compared between politicians, not absolute values ​​used to describe their natures.Take the most outspoken among the academicians and compare them with the cunning ones among the common people, and make sure that all of them are better than the others.

Evaluating people and things requires a premise, that is, the same standard.We cannot hold the people to the standards of politicians, nor can we hold politicians to the simplicity of the people.

The most troublesome thing is that both printing and textiles are traditional industries with already mature industrial chains and practitioners.If he suddenly rushes in with more advanced technology and equipment and sweeps the market, some people will definitely be injured, including many who are involved with the court ministers, which will inevitably lead to conflicts of interest.

Then...you don't need to investigate too carefully, you have to be exposed in advance, and then the results belong to the emperor, and the identity of the prince belongs to others. It is hard to say whether you can save your life!

The watch industry is different. It doesn't require a large space or a few manpower. Production can be done with the help of 24 supervisors in the early stage.The output does not need to be too high, it is enough to produce one finished product a month.

Don't rush to exchange the finished clock for money, you have to take it to the shop.For example, on the Empress Dowager's birthday, even though her grandson is poor, he still cares about it.If you don’t have jewelry, jade, or coral agate, let’s set up a self-ringing clock that is beautifully crafted and can accurately tell the time.

This thing can be used as a toy and has practical value. Whenever I see it, I will never think of it.If you are happy, you can reward me with some gold and silver, even if you don't give anything, as long as your attitude changes and you are willing to come forward and say a nice word at the critical moment, it is not a loss.

"Oh... gold is very expensive, let's use copper-silver alloy!" Hong Tao had been alone in the study room for less than two hours, and the table was covered with drawings.

Drawings of watch parts outlined with charcoal, or processing drawings with dimensions.As long as the craftsmen Chen Ju found were not too stupid, it would take most of a day to teach them to process according to the drawings.

What needs to be done now is to choose materials, which must be of several specifications.What is presented to the emperor must not be the same as what is sold to the ministers. They must be graded and kept as far apart as possible to avoid the suspicion of overstepping.

In fact, the preciousness of a clock is mainly reflected in its performance, such as being on time, telling time on the hour, and having a beautiful appearance. The materials used are also secondary.A junk with a gilt appearance and an iron movement can be regarded as a treasure and enshrined in front of the ancestral tablet. It can be seen that the aesthetic style of Emperor Wanli was not much higher.

I want to ask, can Ming Dynasty craftsmen alone make a self-ringing bell purely by hand?Does the current material support it?The answer is 100% yes.This is not a guess, it is proven by practice.

Hong Tao had made clocks in the Song Dynasty and installed them on towers. The dials were larger than the room. The small clocks were almost as big as the pocket watches of the Republic of China. They could be carried in your pocket. They were 100% handmade and had hairspring mechanisms.

Even if the metal smelting technology of the Ming Dynasty could not keep up with the Northern Song Dynasty that he had traveled through and transformed, it was not too far behind.The pocket watch is really difficult, but the desk clock that is bigger than a fist is really easy.The difficulty lies in the thinking. As long as the craftsmen are willing to cooperate, they must grasp it.

Not only must it be built, but it must also be better than the little self-ringing clock Matteo brought.The key part is on the escapement, which is the mechanism that makes the clock click and click.

Without an escapement, a clock would not be able to rely on the clockwork to provide stable power.As the name suggests, this thing controls the rotation of gears at fixed intervals, thereby releasing the energy accumulated in the clockwork in an orderly manner.Hong Tao had already seen it in the Longevity Palace yesterday afternoon. The big self-ringing clock used a very primitive crown wheel escapement without a hairspring.I don't have the ability to make a hairspring now, but I can appropriately improve the escapement and replace it with a lever escapement that is easy to process and has higher timing accuracy.

This change alone can push the watch industry forward for hundreds of years, enough for others to slowly study, imitate, and understand it thoroughly.When they master it, they can figure out the hairspring themselves and they will still be far ahead.

"Come in..." While he was thinking about how to use the ancient crucible to smelt copper-silver alloy, there was a light knocking outside the door.

"Your Highness, it's time for dinner!" The door to the main palace opened a crack, and a slim figure flashed in. She walked to the door of the study room to greet her before speaking, speaking softly and softly.

"Oh... what's your name?" Hong Tao raised an eyelid and looked at it. He looked familiar, as if he was one of the two chosen waiters given to his wife when he got married.

"Slave Mrs. Liu..." the woman replied in a low voice. Actually, it was more accurate to say that she was a little girl, she was only 15 years old!
"Go get some water." It seems there is a person named Liu, but I can't remember the other person's last name.But the name can be forgotten, but the chicken thief will never forget it until his death.

Hong Tao took the opportunity to wash his hands and pretended to lower his head and peeked behind him from under his armpits... It turned out that the chicken thief was not super smart. While he was washing his hands, Mrs. Liu not only came to the desk to peek, but also secretly took a piece of paper. The drawings were hidden in the sleeves.

No need to ask, this drawing will soon be passed to the queen, the empress dowager or Zheng Guifei through the palace guards.Why not the emperor?Because the emperor doesn't need to go to such trouble.Wang An, Zou Yi, Li Shi, Wang Guotai, and all the eunuchs and maids in the East Palace can closely monitor their every move and report at any time.

At night, in the West Nuan Pavilion of Qixiang Palace, the red charcoal fire was burning brightly, and a woman in palace clothes was reclining on the Arhat couch.He is about forty years old, with a yellowish complexion, average appearance, slight crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, and a hint of sadness between his eyebrows.

This is the Wang family, the empress of the main palace of Emperor Wanli. Two years ago, due to floods, the two palaces of Kunning and Qianqing were partially destroyed. The emperor and the empress had to move to Qixiang Palace together for a temporary stay. This stay lasted three years. many.

But Queen Wang didn't think there was anything wrong with this palace, which was obviously much smaller than Kunning Palace, and she didn't even want Qianqing Palace to be repaired.I have been married for more than 20 years, and I have not lived with the emperor more than three years in total.

As a queen, no one wants to watch the emperor running to the East and West Palaces every day, but he cannot interfere.Those with a broad heart pretend not to see it, while those with a narrow heart can only look back and pity themselves.

Queen Wang is a kind-hearted but ill-fated type. She entered the palace at the age of 14 and became a queen, but she was not favored by the emperor. She only had one daughter in more than 20 years.If he had not abided by filial piety, avoided trouble, and obtained the approval of the Empress Dowager, he might not even be able to maintain his position as empress.

(End of this chapter)