The pendulum clock lasted for three hours and then stopped. Just solve the technical problem and adjust the operating time of the pendulum clock slowly.
It's nothing more than adjusting the gear ratio and the length of the rope. Zhang Yang gave the drawings of the pendulum clock to Niu Chuang and asked him to build a new object like a pendulum clock in his spare time.
As the technical leader of Lishan, Niu Chuang is obligated. It is already difficult for his existing technology to keep up with the development of Lishan.
In terms of technical pursuits, he desires it more than anyone else. With a clock, people have a good concept of time and can better allocate their time, such as taking an hour's lunch break before going to work.
Instead of the concept of mold lake, it is difficult to judge the time of the day. If it's a cloudy day, you can only judge what time it is based on whether you're hungry.
Having the concept of hours and minutes is also a great thing for Lishan. The village can also arrange work and rest time according to hours and minutes.
In better times, people can judge how long time has passed based on how long a stick of incense burns, but the burning speed is related to the quality of the incense.
Even the humidity of the weather or the strength of the wind can affect the burning time, usually by a large margin. An hour spans approximately two hours.
It’s not necessary to be too careful. Time kept passing, Li Yue returned home and whispered
"When I saw the minute hand move, I felt that another minute of my life had passed." Zhang Yang held her hand and returned home.
"There are many minutes in a life." She smiled and held her husband's hand without saying much. In the days that followed, Zhang Yang focused on building new furniture. He polished the edges of a piece of wood in the yard and wrapped the table corners and chair legs with cotton cloth.
Xiao Wu and Xu Hui were helping. After Xiao Qingqing ran into a corner of the table while running around, the master decided to wrap the corners of the table with cotton pads.
This way the child won't stumble. The newly made furniture will be placed in the residence at the foot of the mountain first. After the spring rain this year, we will decide to move into a new home.
Firstly, to ask for a good sign, and secondly, to see the new home, walk through the water and check the condition of the drainage channels. After wrapping the tables and chairs with cotton pads, Zhang Yang continued busy making a bookshelf.
The most abundant thing at home is books. My daughter-in-law has so many books that she needs to build a separate warehouse to store them.
When the time comes, they will all be moved to the library in their new home. Many books were brought home from Chongwen Hall and the library.
Most of them were ancient books with certain collection value. Li Shimin didn't care about the whereabouts of these books, so they just stayed in Lishan. The palace never returned them without asking.
In addition to these books, there are also many account books, and there is a thick stack of account books every year. Li Yue and her two aunts sorted out many of the household appliances and sent them to their new home in Lishan first.
On this day, Zhang Yang was wandering around the village with a group of little milk bears. The five little milk bears were all led by ropes.
One of them was facing east and the other was facing west. After a while, the rope became knotted. Lifting the little brown bears back with one hand, Zhang Yang patiently untied the knotted rope.
Originally this kind of work was done by Xiao Wu and Xu Hui, but they are not feeling well today and their daughter-in-law is taking care of them. The two little girls have grown much taller than in the previous two years.
Zhang Yang sat cross-legged on the ground, untying the knotted rope, and finally managed to untie it. Three or two bears burrowed between the ropes, making it messy again.
Catching five bears by yourself is really troublesome. These little milk bears are not as obedient as ordinary domestic dogs because they are not in the habit of being spoiled and will not follow their owners.
Zhang Yang ferociously twisted the ropes together to form a thick hemp rope so that the five little milk bears could not run around.
Just drag them along. Seeing Shangguan Yi talking to someone, the person left after finishing his words.
"Brother Shangguan, why do you look troubled?" He sighed and came back and said, "Why did you leave Chang'an City?" Zhang Yang scratched his head with the hand holding the rope, and the little milk bears were also lifted up. Mid-air.
As the owner put down his hand, the soles of the little milk bears finally landed on the ground. Their dark little eyes looked around, as if they were frightened, and they hugged the owner's legs one by one.
They will not feel that the initiator who just hung in mid-air is the master. It is the master who can give them some sense of security and comfort.
"Back then, he also served in the army and took care of his colleagues' legacy and children. He promised to leave Chang'an City and never come back when the children grew up." Zhang Yang explained.
Shangguan Yi sighed with emotion,
"Why bother? Brother is very well-connected and a good man. It would be a pity to leave like this. He made a lot of money with the county prince. Now he has given all the money to others, but he left alone and said that he was sorry. The county lord Zhaofu has no face to say goodbye in person." There is no such thing as a banquet in the world, and everyone has his own way of living.
"I know where he's going, I'm going to meet him."
"Of course it would be better if we could meet each other." Zhang Yang returned home with five little milk bears and hurried out of the village.
Li Tai, who was at the entrance of the village, saw his brother-in-law walking by in a hurry, so he asked his bodyguard to end the wrestling game, followed him and asked, "What are you doing, brother-in-law?"
"Why leave? I'm going somewhere."
"Brother He may not meet his brother-in-law." Li Tai continued: "Don't your brother-in-law know? People like Brother He are the most disgusted with people who are officials. Since my brother-in-law's official position is getting higher and higher, he is very Stop walking around Lishan." He Bi was a laid-back person, and it was difficult for such a person to stay in one place for a long time.
Unlike Ding Liao, he can get married and settle down. Why is he just a common man? If it weren't for taking care of his comrade Yishuang and his family, he would not stay in Chang'an City and open a shop with him.
Zhang Yang walked to an old store, which is where everyone started making money. It was also the source of my first pot of gold. Without this store, Lishan would not be what it is today.
Since the business went down as expected, the store also closed and remains idle to this day. The big iron lock had been opened, and Li Tai whispered: "Did a thief come in?" The old door made a creaking sound. Zhang Yang pushed the door open and saw heavy dust in the air. float.
Li Tai frowned and looked inside the store, where he saw someone packing cooking utensils.
"Hey! Don't leave, thief!" the fat man shouted. What responded to him were three flying knives. The sharp knives pierced the wooden door three-thirds of the way into the wood. He was so frightened that Li Taideng immediately touched his whole body to confirm that these flying knives were not piercing into his body.
Zhang Yang said loudly: "Brother He, your flying knife is still as powerful as ever." The figure walked out of the kitchen. His mouth was invisible due to his big beard. His messy sideburns and beard covered most of his face.
He packed some cooking utensils left over from those days in a cloth bag and stepped forward.
"I'm leaving." After a brief sentence, he walked out the door and looked back: "I have done so many things for you, so I deserve some cooking utensils." Li Tai was still looking at the three small flying knives. , the blade is sharp and the blade is shiny, obviously it has been polished regularly.
"where are you going?"
"Hahaha!" He Bi said loudly: "Of course he is traveling all over the Central Plains like the bearded travelers in the past."
"Short of money to spend?"
"I know you have a lot of money now." Why bother taking out a gourd and opening the cork and handing it over?
"Take a sip, our friendship from back then is still there." Zhang Yang took the gourd and drank a big gulp of wine. After swallowing, he bared his teeth and said, "Good wine is the wine at the bottom of the wine."
"I heard that you haven't drank since you had your daughter."
"It also depends on who you are drinking with." Zhang Yang handed him the wine gourd again. Why bother taking a big sip and let out a sigh of relief?
The two of them opened a store together and cheated Li Yuanchang together. They did both good and bad things.
Zhang Yang whispered: "Brother He, you will never come back." He Bi nodded and said: "You have become an official, and I don't want to continue to work for you anymore. In the future, maybe you can hear someone's Prestige, maybe a certain family wants to be a little king somewhere, do you think a certain family has such ability?"
"Yes. If Brother He wants to live a happy life like a bearded guest, if you can't find the direction, I can point you to a place." After thinking for a moment, he continued: "Go to Nanzhao and have a look. It's very popular right now. Chaos, if Brother He goes, he can unite that small territory with just one army." Seeing why he should listen carefully, Zhang Yang added: "The south of that place is close to the sea, there is a lot of food, the land is fertile, and there are many small The tribe has not yet become a phenomenon, so it is a good place for Brother He to show off his skills, and it is also a good place to be a foolish king." He Bing is not a good man who likes to be inferior to others.
He is what a Guanzhong man is like. He has a heroic spirit and a chivalrous spirit, and once he loses his restraints, he can no longer be stopped.
Why bother to look a little more wary after hearing this?
"Sure enough, you officials are plotting against people every day. God has no eyes..." He took another sip of wine and said,
"Why did you become a civil servant?" Zhang Yang said with a smile: "I will retire in a few years. From now on, I will be an idle person in Lishan."
"Yeah." Why bother to cover the gourd with the cork again?
"Okay, I'll go to Nanzhao and help you so that I can live happily for half my life. When I become the king of Nanzhao, I will definitely return to Guanzhong to meet Tian Khan."
"Hahaha!" Why did he laugh loudly while saying this?
"At that time, you have to be polite to me, so I can drink with Tian Khan." Zhang Yang found a silver cake from Li Tai's arms, which was as big as a palm.
Under the fat man's resentful and angry gaze, Zhang Yang handed over to He Bi,
"This piece of silver cake is enough for you. Don't be polite to me. We will still drink here tomorrow." He Bi was not pretentious. He accepted the silver cake and said: "You give me such a piece, and I will give you a south in the future." "Zhao, the empire you have conquered will be of great benefit to you. We are destined to see you again in this life. Don't die in front of someone. I heard that many people in Chang'an City want to kill you." Zhang Yang smiled in astonishment.
"It's easy to make enemies as an official." Li Tai asked his bodyguard to bring a war horse.
"This is a Dawan horse from the Western Regions. It is three years old and has a big mouth. It was given to me by the generals of the clan when I was crowned. Now it is given to Brother He. It can travel thirty miles day and night." Why hang a cloth bag of cooking utensils on the horse? On his back, he turned on his horse and said: "If you are used to cooking food yourself, you won't be able to eat anything else. When a certain family conquers Nanzhao, come back to Lishan and bring your soldiers and horses to worship the mountain to meet you!" Li Tai said loudly: "Brother He, walk slowly!" He Bi waved his riding whip, and the Dawan horse raised its front hooves and neighed before galloping away into the distance.
The man just left. Zhang Yang watched him go and heard a few sobs. Li Tai suddenly turned around,
"Is there still a thief?" Ding Piao was lifted out from the back of the house by the guards. He wiped his tears and said aggrievedly: "Brother He is gone..." Li Tai asked: "Why don't you come out to say goodbye." Ding Piao lowered his voice. head,
"Brother He is a warrior. He is a free and easy man. How could he see me acting so coquettish? It would ruin his mood." Since getting married, Ding Piao's wife gave him two sons and a daughter, and the family has grown up in Li. Life in the mountains is quite prosperous.
Li Tai pulled Ding Fiao along and said,
"Did my brother-in-law teach you the secret recipe for cake filling?"
"His Royal Highness the King of Wei was joking." Ding Fiao explained reluctantly,
"The magistrate has never taught me."
"Then how can you do it?"
"Just control the heat."
"Teach me!" Li Tai pulled him towards the kitchen. Not long after, words of begging for mercy came from the kitchen.
"Your Highness, King Wei, don't embarrass the villain. Speaking from experience, it all comes down to habits. Teach the villain how to teach." Zhang Yang really couldn't stand the scene anymore and walked away.
In order to make a pendulum clock, the progress of his own new furniture manufacturing was delayed. In Chang'an City, after Zhang Yang's suggestion last time, Li Chengqian planned to close down the Shengguang Temple that collapsed three years ago and build it into a Confucian residence to serve as an official government office for future education support.
After his father agreed, Li Chengqian appointed Yan Liben from the Ministry of Industry to start the construction. Why Shengguang Temple collapsed in a thunderstorm is still a mystery. There are rumors that it was struck by lightning.
It is said that these monks have bad conduct, but there are many things in Buddhism that are unclear. Li Chengqian also knew that his father had no good impression of Buddhists, so he chose such a place.
As long as this place is renovated, there will be no possibility of Shengguang Temple rising or falling in the future. As for the cause of the collapse, Dai Wei was not found out, and Chu Liang was not found out either. The position of Dali Temple Minister also changed by three people in the past three years.
Time has passed and so long, this hanging case has become a joke among the people. Shengguang Temple is the residence of the famous monk Popo. This famous monk also inspired Tang Xuanzang to go to Tianzhu to obtain Sanskrit scriptures and bring them back to the Tang Dynasty.
This lasted eight years. During these eight years, we could sporadicly hear some strange news about Tang Xuanzang in the Western Regions.
The government's plan to renovate Shengguang Temple and ban it from becoming an official government office was immediately opposed by many Buddhists.
Although the temples were inspected and the government also advocated that many monks return to secular life to boost the productivity of the Tang Dynasty, there were still many monks around Chang'an. If Shengguang Temple had not been rebuilt now, they would have continued to hide in a low profile.
It was such a headache for monks who were fasting and reciting Buddha's name not to give birth, that the government controlled the expansion of monks' power several times and ordered Guanzhong temples to return young monks to secular life every year.
