While the two chief and deputy officials of the Qin Tian Jian had nothing to do, some people watched with gusto.
This person is none other than Cuizhu.
Cuizhu is not good at martial arts, nor can she play chess, calligraphy or painting, but she does have her own strengths, that is, her arithmetic is particularly good.
Han Dan looked at Zhao Ping's calculations with a bitter look on his face. He didn't see any reason for it for a long time, and his face became even more bitter.
He looked around boredly, only to find Cuizhu's eyes unblinking, staring at Zhao Ping's calculations, his eyes almost peeping out of their sockets.
Could it be that this little lady is also proficient in arithmetic?
Zhao Ping's mouth was a little dry and he said to Cuizhu: "You can also do the math and drink tea alone."
Qiu Ruoshui immediately handed over the teacup, and Zhao Ping drank tea while watching Cuizhu calculate.
This is not ordinary arithmetic, and Cuizhu’s calculation is quite difficult. Zhao Ping gave instructions while drinking tea.
Seeing this, Su Yue and Han Dan looked at each other, their faces almost turning the color of pig liver.
They didn't know these tadpole articles at all, but they didn't expect that they would be compared with a little lady.
After a while of burning incense, Cuizhu wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"King Anxi, please take a look, is this right?" Cuizhu's face turned red and she asked Zhao Ping cautiously.
This involved multiple prescriptions and solutions. Although it was difficult, she still calculated it.
Zhao Ping looked at it, with a faint smile on his face, and nodded: "Not bad."
After speaking, Zhao Ping wrote dozens of lines of capital numbers on a piece of paper and handed it to Su Yue.
Su Yue saw the piece of paper handed over by Zhao Ping and looked at the series of numbers on it.
"Is this okay?" Su Yue asked, still a little confused.
Han Dan was overjoyed and said sternly: "After a hundred years, a dead horse has been treated like a living horse."
"Okay, let's give it a try first." Su Yue had a deceitful smile on his face.
As long as you follow this modification, if it doesn't work, it will be King Anxi who is embarrassed.
Thinking of this, he seemed to see Zhao Ping's failure, with a cruel sneer in his eyes.
When I heard that King Anxi had calculated the results, the Ministry of Industry was almost in a sensation, and everyone was talking about it.
The Ministry of Industry is also very familiar with the waterborne instrument platform, but no one dared to try it.
No, a hundred years later, someone actually proposed an improvement plan, and it was the world-famous King Anxi.
The Ministry of Industry immediately organized craftsmen to modify the escapement, a key component of timing, according to Zhao Ping's requirements.
The escapement is about the size of a small house and is made of copper.
The escapement of the water transport instrument platform is the control center of the water transport instrument platform. It consists of a large pivot wheel equipped with thirty-six kettles and an attached set of lever devices.
Thirty-six water receiving pots, shaped like "water buckets", receive the uniform flow of water from the clepsydra and serve as power to drive the pivot wheel.
It also has a multiple combination of lever control systems to control the rotation of the pivot wheel so that it can rotate continuously in an isochronous manner.
Its principle is somewhat similar to that of a waterwheel, which uses the pressure of water to move the water transport instrument platform.
The difference is that the waterwheel has only one water bucket, while it has thirty-six water buckets.
Of course, it is extremely difficult to recreate this escapement. Fortunately, Zhaojiazhuang is quite experienced in metal production.
With the help of craftsmen from Zhaojiazhuang, it originally took a month to build this escapement, but in the end it only took half a month.
Zhao Ping was still a little worried. After all, his calculation was only a theoretical value. This still depends on the actual application.
Seeing Zhao Ping's worried look, Su Yue almost laughed out loud.
It took hundreds of years in the Song Dynasty, but no one had ever repaired it.
These people are either journeymen, masters, champions, or prime ministers, but no one can succeed.
Han Dan struck the gong with one hand and gave the order: "Start draining the water."
An official turned on the switch and started releasing water.
The spring water on the mountain impacted the escapement, and the escapement began to rotate, causing the timer to click. The wooden figure of the timer also began to rotate around the water transport instrument platform.
The wooden figure of the timer is somewhat similar to the hands of later clocks, and the speed at which it rotates is the key. .
To compare whether it is accurate, there is another timer next to it, an hourglass.
For the sake of fairness, someone from the Ministry of Works was supervising, observing the hourglass and the water transport instrument platform at the same time.
The next day, Zhao Ping was reading a newspaper. This newspaper was not "Da Song Zhong Hua Bao", but "Da Song Li Bao".
"Da Song Li Bao" was extremely mocking, saying that no one could restore Yuanyou's Armillary Sphere for hundreds of years, not even King Anxi.
Zhao Ping shook his head when he saw this. Before the results came out, someone jumped out impatiently.
He wanted to see who the author was, and it turned out to be Ding Xiaoque.
"Who is Ding Xiaoque?" Zhao Ping put down the newspaper and asked Zhonghua, the head of the craftsman at the side.
Zhonghua is becoming more and more respectful now. The little saint is not only their master, but also the only illegitimate son in the current official family.
As a qualified bitch, he naturally has to do his master's work appropriately and obediently.
No, the news that King Anxi was the illegitimate son of an official family was spread by Zhonghua through his subordinates.
Anyway, this is a fact, and the officials also acquiesce.
Now when he heard Zhao Ping's question, he immediately responded respectfully: "Your Highness, he is Ding Daquan's staff."
"It seems that Ding Daquan is impatient." Zhao Ping said with a sarcastic smile on his lips.
It seems that Ding Daquan has almost the same character as his predecessor Xie Fangshu. He dare not use his real name if he wants to jump out and use the name of his staff instead.
At this time, Liu Yunliang, the leader of the Beijing Fine Works Battalion, looked excited and ran in panting: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the results are out."
"What results came out?" Zhao Ping put down the newspaper and asked calmly.
Liu Yunliang's face was red and sweaty.
At this time, he did not bother to wipe it, and said with great pride: "Your Highness, the clock of the Yuanyou Armillary Sphere is now on time."
"Really? That's great." This voice was not said by Zhao Ping, but by Cuizhu.
Not only did she scream, she danced and couldn't help but shed tears.
Apparently, she was even happier than Zhao Ping. After all, she had a part in that calculation.
Cuizhu has been feeling a little frustrated these days. Huang Xiaoniu went to Dali Country, accidentally saved Gao Taixiang, and was named Princess Zhongyong.
Now that she is fine, she finally comes forward and proves with facts that she is the eldest sister of four little ladies.
Although she only assisted Zhao Ping, this was something that even the Prime Minister could not do for hundreds of years in the Song Dynasty. It must be recorded in history books.
Qiu Ruoshui, Chen Yiyi and even Huang Xiaoniu glanced at her jealously and stepped forward to congratulate her.
Although Huang Xiaoniu was named a princess by the Dali Kingdom, that princess was too deep and far less powerful than Cuizhu calculated.
Zhao Ping smiled faintly at the corner of his mouth: "Don't be complacent, it's just begun, the fun is yet to come."
After hearing this, Cuizhu came back to his senses and couldn't help but feel shocked.
There are three problems with Yuanyou's armillary sphere. One is inaccurate time telling, and there are two more important problems with observation and demonstration.
"Your Highness, although only one of the three issues can be solved, this is a good start. Your Highness has broken the centuries-old vicious cycle of the Song Dynasty." Qiu Ruoshui jumped out immediately.
Huang Xiaoniu beamed with joy and said, "Your Highness has made a good start and will surely ride on the wind and waves."
While several people were talking, Su Yue and Han Dan came in after reporting.
Su Yue's face was a little livid. He originally wanted to trample Zhao Ping under his feet through this incident, but he didn't expect that Zhao Ping succeeded.
But Han Dan, the technical official, was different. His bitter melon face turned into a chrysanthemum face at this time.
"Your Highness is indeed a master of calculation. It took only half a month for the time to be told accurately.
I have to admire him. "Han Dan's eyes were shining at this time.
Su Yue's face was full of false smiles: "Congratulations to Your Highness, Yuanyou Armillary Sphere. I have already solved one of the three questions. I would like to trouble Your Highness to finish the other two questions."
He said this very well, King Anxi, even though you have solved one difficult problem, there are still two more difficult problems that need to be solved by you.
"Just give it a try." Zhao Ping smiled lightly, still saying the same thing.
Su Yue said reluctantly: "Your Highness, please tell me what you need me to do."
This is more difficult, involving longitude and latitude. Even if Su and Yue wanted to help, they couldn't help.
What's more, Su Yue came here to watch a joke and was not interested in helping.
But Han Dan was different. He really admired Zhao Ping now.
"Your Highness, I may not be able to help you, but if Your Highness needs me, I will do my best." Han Dan said with a serious look on his face, and bowed his hands respectfully.
Zhao Ping had a faint smile on his lips and shook his head: "Thank you two envoys for your kindness, but these two are of course more difficult, and you may not be able to help."
"Your Highness, Qin Tian Jian has a lot of books, maybe you can give it a try." Han Dan said sincerely.
Zhao Ping suddenly had an idea: "Is there any book on latitude and longitude in Qin Tian Jian?"
"There are not many books on latitude and longitude." Han Dan was thinking hard at this time, and his chrysanthemum face that had just bloomed turned into a bitter melon face.
His eyes suddenly lit up: "The former Tang Monk and his party also invented the water-borne armillary sphere. He also measured the length of the astronomical earth. Is it possible?"
Zhao Ping, who likes history, knows that this monk is also a versatile person.
He was proficient in Sanskrit and translated many Indian scriptures. He was the leader of Tubo Tantric Sect and Japanese Shingon Sect.
He was also an astronomer and made the water-borne armillary sphere, the ecliptic traveling instrument, and the Dayan Calendar.
Su Song's water-moving armillary sphere was actually developed on the basis of Seng Yixing's water-moving armillary sphere, but it was just more accurate.
The most powerful thing about this person is that he measured the length of the astronomical earth, which is the length of the meridian (longitude).
"Zi Chi (Han Dan), thank you very much. Please bring me a book with the geography and distance between Tokyo and the capital." Zhao Ping smiled lightly.
In fact, Zhao Ping had already made a calculation. The astronomical length of the monks and his party was that of the former Tang Dynasty, and the size of the former Tang Dynasty was different from that of the Song Dynasty.
What's more, Tokyo and the capital are not on the same longitude, so the latitude needs to be calculated.
Zhao Ping remembered that Hangzhou's longitude is 120.2 and its latitude is 30.3, while Kaifeng's longitude is 114.21 and its latitude is 34.31.
Han Dan couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately arranged to take a few of his men to pick up the book.
When Su Yue saw this, he couldn't help but have a sarcastic smile on his face.
In his opinion, although the monks and his party invented the water-operated armillary sphere, it was quite crude and inaccurate in telling time.
Even if the current Yuanyou Armillary Sphere is inaccurate, it is still more accurate than Seng Yixing's Water Transport Armillary Sphere.
When they copied Yuanyou's Armillary Sphere, Monk Yixingshu also read it, but it actually had no effect at all.
What is really useful are the drawings left by his ancestor Su Song.
I don’t know why Zhao Ping didn’t use the best drawings, but used the extremely rough book of the former Tang Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Su Yue has concluded that Zhao Ping can at most calibrate the clock, but it is simply impossible to adjust the observation demonstration.
Zhao Ping didn't care what Su Song and Han Dan thought, so he took out his quill and started to calculate.
Su Yue and Han Dan couldn't help being surprised and happy when they saw this.
Could it be that King Anxi can really solve it?
The two of them were dubious and stepped forward to see how Zhao Ping calculated.
Damn it, this damn King Anxi actually used tadpole writing again.
Although Zhao Ping was calculating in front of them, the two of them seemed to be blind and had no idea what these were.
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Zhu was beside Zhao Ping, serving him and watching with great interest.
When Su Yue and Han Dan saw this, they looked jealous and wished they could take their place.
Zhao Ping counted the time for one stick of incense, felt a little thirsty, and started drinking tea.
Cuizhu looked at it for a while, then picked up the pen and started calculating.
When Su Yue saw this, he felt as sick as if he had eaten a fly, and his face felt hot. He had obviously planned it, so why did he end up like this?
Cuizhu roughly calculated the appearance of a stick of incense, and then checked it again and again.
Cuizhu didn't hand the result to Zhao Ping until it was confirmed that there were no errors.
Cuizhu asked cautiously: "Your Highness, please check."
"Cuizhu has made a lot of progress and there are no mistakes." Zhao Ping looked at it for a few times, nodded, and then handed it to Su Yue.
After Su Yue took it, he looked at it dubiously. Zhao Ping simply calculated that it would take less than half a day. Is this okay?
No matter what, Disu Chou is the King of Anxi, and he is eager to make Zhao Ping disgrace himself.
According to Zhao Ping's calculations, the Hunxiang Secret Room and the Huntian Board House must be rebuilt.
It was a huge project and it also had two rooms.
There are many craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, but this is a precision instrument after all, so it is quite difficult to make.
Fortunately, there are many Zhaojiazhuang craftsmen in the capital who are proficient in fine work.
With the help of Zhaojiazhuang, these projects originally took two months, but were completed in less than half a month.
Although the production was completed, Zhao Ping was not sure about the actual situation.
When Han Dan saw that the production was completed, he was the happiest person on the scene and decided to conduct an observation demonstration immediately.
Three days later, Zhao Ping was drinking tea and reading the newspaper.
What amused him was that the Song Dynasty Daily no longer published articles satirizing Zhao Ping.
After all, the last time "Da Song Li Bao" just ridiculed Zhao Ping for not being able to complete it, he was immediately slapped in the face, which had a very bad impact and reduced sales by 10%.
Originally, "Da Song Li Bao" often published authoritative news from the imperial court, and its credibility was pretty good among officials and some people.
But after being slapped in the face this time, you have to be careful in the newspaper office, even if you are the Prime Minister.
At this time, Su Yue and Han Dan came to Zhao Ping's residence again.
Han Dan's eyes were red, his hair was disheveled, his face was oily, his face looked a little haggard, and he had a strange smell.
Although he looked a little ruthless, his face was ecstatic, his spirit was very good, and he was obviously extremely excited.
He was panting and clearly running wildly.
Han Dan bowed his hands to Zhao Ping and said, "Your Highness, it's successful, it's successful."
"Really successful?" Zhao Ping couldn't believe his ears. The next two were much more difficult than the first.
Su Yue bowed, with a smile on his face, and said in a flattering manner: "Your Highness, it is true that the star of literary music in the world has descended to earth, and a century-old problem of the Song Dynasty has been solved by Your Highness."
He began to dislike Zhao Ping and ridiculed Zhao Ping as much as possible.
But he never expected that this problem that could not be solved by the prime minister and the master would be completely solved by Zhao Ping in less than a month.
How arrogant and rude he was before, but now he is so humble.
Han Dan said to Zhao Ping: "Your Highness, I have never admired anyone before, but I have to admire Your Highness. Your Highness, I wonder if you can accept a disciple?"
After saying that, regardless of whether Zhao Ping agreed or not, he knelt three times and bowed nine times, making a wooden board on the ground and kowtowing loudly.
Seeing this, the four little ladies in Cuizhu couldn't help but retreat.
