"This is a big gold watch, and the case can be replaced." When Zhu Wentian came back with Zhu Xiongying in his arms, the mayor was introducing the grandfather clock to Zhu Yuanzhang, which was six feet tall.
The front glass is surrounded by fine wood that has no carvings. The carving skills of the people in the village are not good enough.
Zhu Wentian was able to carve it, but he didn't think it was troublesome, so he gave it to Zhu Yuanzhang directly and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to find someone to carve it himself.
Zhu Yuanzhang had seen a nautical clock before. The nautical clock was highly accurate, but his was not good. It was so big that it would be impossible to seal it without entering.
Moreover, if a large pendulum clock like his is moved to other latitudes, it may be inaccurate because the acceleration of gravity is different.
If you want to be accurate, you have to change the pendulum of different lengths. If the clock is made in Qiongzhou Prefecture and brought to the North Parallel Province, it should be replaced with a longer pendulum calculated according to latitude.
When the tourbillon is finished, there will be no need to adjust it, but now we have to persist.
"Similar to the marine clock, one circle has twelve large divisions. Two revolutions are a day, and the minute hand, called three revolutions, is a quarter of an hour. This is good! There is no need to make up the time. The hour has its first and first quarters."
Zhu Yuanzhang observed carefully.
Now there are twelve hours and one hundred quarters in a day, and one quarter and four and eight minutes of supplementary time. This is troublesome!
Of course, once you get used to it, it's just like that. Everyone is like this. It's just like the method of cutting and marking phonetic sounds. It's just learned and it's easy to cut.
Nowadays, a day can be reset to ninety-six moments, and one moment is when the minute hand moves three squares.
"Not engraved? Hmm... That's it. We will keep the first big watch as Yuan Yang, and the village will give us a navigation clock to control the other watches.
In addition to the big ones, are there any medium or small ones? It's best to be able to carry it in your hand.
Carry one with you so that you can check the time at any time. It is better for those who are doing the clock to keep it on time, so that they don’t have to keep looking at the scale of the candle and the water leakage. "
Zhu Yuanzhang decided not to carve patterns on this first one, which has symbolic meaning.
"Your Majesty, you can design a device when it comes to the clock. For example, when it is two-quarters of an hour, the clock will strike once, when the hour hand is one, it will strike twice, and when it is two, it will strike twice.
A normal clock is given to the watchman, and then each county is given a navigation clock. In fact, the watchman will use the shadow of the stick to adjust the clock at noon.
You don’t have to carry it if you’re small. Look at this. This is a pocket watch. If you put it on your wrist with a leather strap, it’s called a watch.
Just like a big watch, it needs to be wound and calibrated every day. This watch can be used as a compass, facing the sun. There are two methods. The first is to use the hour hand..."
The chief first talked about the problem of the watchman, then took out a pocket watch and a watch, and demonstrated it to everyone while talking.
People around: "..."
"Your Majesty, in fact, in the dynasties before us, someone made a good thing that can tell time and astronomy. It is called the Water Transport Instrument Platform, which is the Yuanyou Armillary Sphere.
But it was later affected by the war and was ruined. The Southern Song Dynasty could not produce it, nor could the Yuan Dynasty. Su Song was a scholar and a man of heaven!
But if Your Majesty wants one, we can make one. It will be the same at any latitude. It is the same as a pendulum clock and is affected by gravity. "
After the chief introduced how to use a watch to point to the sun guide, he also talked about something, the water movement platform used in the escapement. This is more powerful than a normal clock.
Everyone said again: "..."
"Yichang, you... uh... you are right, Su Song is a scholar of heaven and earth, and there are people who are more powerful than him.
If it's easy to build, build one and put it in...the market, which is the Great Yuan Xing Yongshou Palace of the previous dynasty. Everyone can go and take a look.
Put it in other secluded places, such as Xuanwu Lake or your village, where people can't come.
The Southern Song Dynasty couldn't do it, the Yuan Dynasty couldn't do it, but we can do it in the Ming Dynasty. Why? Yi Chang, is this thing easy to imitate? "
Zhu Yuanzhang first listened to the local leader's boast and praised others. Then he said that the village could be built and then praised the village in a different direction.
Then he thought that if it was not troublesome, he would build one for the people to see. It was a high platform and it was quite big!
He then thought about selling the clock to the Yi people, but was worried that the Yi people would dismantle the clock and develop it.
"Your Majesty, you can sell them pocket watches. In some places that the previous dynasty has hit, and some over there, they already have very high technology.
Just give them a big clock, and they will see the escapement and spring when they dismantle it. They can also see the spring when they dismantle the music box.
The industrial foundation for pocket watches and watch hairsprings is not enough. They cannot be disassembled and put back together. It is very laborious for us to build a small watch.
It's just that they probably can't afford the price. How much does Your Majesty think such a watch that can tell the time and determine the direction at sea at any time is worth? "
The manager doesn't want to sell a big one. In fact, no one else can make a big one. Is spring steel so easy to make?
If the Yi people bought watches, they would have to be taught how to divide time zones. If they travel to other time zones, it would be inaccurate to use a watch calibrated in the previous time zone to determine the direction.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked steadily at the grandfather clock, watch, and pocket watch in front of him, considering their value.
"Father, at least one hundred thousand silver, otherwise we won't sell it." Zhu Ping gave a price, one hundred thousand guan, one hundred million Wen.
"Is it expensive? Can they afford it?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard one hundred thousand taels of silver, he looked at his watch again and felt a little bullied.
"Father, it's not expensive." Zhu Biao said, "Father, think about it! No one else has this thing. It's so big and can tell the time and the direction. Even if they raise money, they will buy it."
"What His Royal Highness the Prince said is true. There are not many watches like this. It is too complicated to make. It is not as good as a clock. Oh! A big watch.
The village only plans to take out ten yuan, and won't be able to get any more unless we find craftsmen from outside.
That requires highly skilled people and restricts their freedom of movement for a short period of time. The main purpose is to protect them. They cannot say what they are doing or they will be kidnapped. "
Don't you think it's expensive? Is a pocket watch or watch worth 100 million yuan expensive?
The annual trade volume is so high that one hundred thousand guan of goods now accounts for only a few tenths.
Zhu Wentian nodded gently from the side: "Not expensive! Yeah!"
He knows that there are watches worth hundreds of millions! Just get some diamonds and put them up.
Of course, the Yi people wanted to exchange watches with other gemstones, but they refused to exchange them, so they needed precious metals, grain, and medicinal materials.
You can let others dig the gems in the future, and you will know the approximate location of the mine.
In the future, when the team can go out, silver and gold can be found in places such as Japan nearby. The local silver has been mined, but no large veins have been found, and there is no soot blowing method.
I don’t know how to take advantage of it at the moment. Should I call it over or trick the locals?
That location is better, next to the seaside, more than ten miles away in a straight line.
There are many silver mines in Japan. Historical data records that at its peak, Japan could produce hundreds of tons of silver a year.
If you give them technology and tens of millions of taels of silver, it would be good to use it as collateral for the issuance of currency.
"Yeah! It's not expensive." Zhu Xiongying said after Zhu Wentian was pregnant.
"Yes, yes, it's not expensive. If our great grandson says it's not expensive, then it won't be expensive. One hundred thousand taels of silver. Find a craftsman. I'll give a good craftsman 20 taels a month."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the little guy speak, he was in a good mood, so he decided on the price.
(End of chapter)
