Iron Dynasty

PS: Just after the new year, there are a lot of things to do. Today is a busy day, and the project is basically over. The snail will have more time below, and it will start to make up tomorrow. If the results of this book can be maintained, the snail will also consider it. Full time, there will be more time to update.

Bah! What the end!

Immediately, Xiao Ming's face turned green, and he raised his foot to the servant's buttocks.

His Royal Highness, the people in the equipment department really said Zhong. The servant looked aggrieved, Xiao Ming's strength was not small, and this kick made his butt hurt.

Xiao Ming shook his head helplessly. Since Li San went to the Secret Guard, there are no more clever servants in the palace. He said, Let them come in.

The servant rubbed his butt and walked out. After a while, Chen Wenlong walked in, followed by two craftsmen, who were carrying a pendulum clock with a height of one person.

His Royal Highness, we have sent this pendulum clock. Chen Wenlong said with a smile.

Seeing this ancient pendulum clock, Xiao Ming's mood suddenly cheered up. For him, it was not just a pendulum clock, but meant that Qingzhou's industrial system was progressing again.

In 1657, the Dutch physicist and astronomer C. Huygens invented the pendulum clock by using the isochronism principle of the pendulum. Although the pendulum clock was produced more than a hundred years later by Europe, Xiao Ming believes that it will soon be Qingzhou's pendulum industry will surpass that of Europe. After all, he has already handed over the design drawings of various pendulums to the Equipment Division.

This pendulum clock was officially born, and the plan of the following equipment department is to break the pocket watch technology. Once the pocket watch technology is mastered, the watchmaking industry of Qingzhou will completely surpass that of Europe.

Now that Qingzhou has a complete range of lathes and steam engines are just beginning to emerge, he believes that the miniaturization of clocks is not a big problem.

After all, sometimes it's not the lack of industrial capacity, it's just the lack of an idea.

Not bad.

Xiao Ming showed a strong smile on his face. At this time, the pendulum clock was also called the chiming bell, and every o'clock the pendulum clock made the sound of metal beating.

The pendulum clock in front of him is inlaid in a red wooden frame. In the middle of the wooden frame is a circular glass cover. The hour, minute, and second hands are rotating inside. At the bottom, a spoon-like metal is swinging back and forth. Will go a step.

Eleven thirty-six minutes and twelve seconds.

Xiao Ming glanced at the readings above. Now that the pendulum clock is out, he will promote the timing standard. After all, this timing standard is relatively accurate.

Chen Longwen and other craftsmen understood the timing method of the pendulum clock, and the hours, minutes, and seconds were all kept in mind. At this time, he said: His Royal Highness has this thing, it will be easy to grasp the time, and there is no need to set it up specially. It's time for someone to tell the time.

At that time, of course, not only that, but the working hours can be strictly required in the future. Xiao Ming circled the pendulum clock.

In fact, the craftsmanship of clocks has not changed much since its invention to modern times. He remembered that his wealthy neighbor used a pendulum clock when he was a child. At that time, he only felt that the pendulum clock was very tall.

Now a pendulum clock was in front of him, and the familiar feeling returned.

Can it be produced on a large scale now? Xiao Ming asked. Pendulum clocks are absolutely high-tech in this era.

Chen Wenlong said: His Royal Highness, the principle that the equipment department is now adhering to is to mass-produce the things that have been developed, so this clock is the same as the firearm. We also first produce the spare parts, and then assemble them.

Xiao Ming nodded, Well, your progress is fast, so let's build a watch workshop immediately and train a group of watchmakers.

Yes, Your Highness. Chen Wenlong responded.

The two talked about the pendulum clock for a while. Chen Wenlong took the craftsman back to discuss the clock workshop. If the clock workshop is established, his various clock drawings will be put into the clock workshop, and the clock workshop will be responsible for the development from now on. .

After Chen Wenlong left, Xiao Ming couldn't wait for someone to call Fei Yue'er over.

Your Highness, what is this? Fei Yue'er showed a confused look when she saw the pendulum clock for the first time.

Xiao Ming smiled smugly, and told Fei Yue'er the function of the pendulum.

Can you accurately record the time? Fei Yue'er shook her head, and she smiled softly: Your Highness, don't tease the concubine, how does this thing record the time, if it is a corona, it is almost the same.

This is much more accurate than the corona. Xiao Ming said, If you don't believe in the princess, you can ask a fighter to come over and ask.

Fei Yue'er still couldn't believe that this thing would be so miraculous, she said to Xiaohuan: Go and call the watchman over and ask, if it's true, our Highness has come up with something shocking.

Xiaohuan's eyes kept staring at the pendulum clock, this strange thing, she nodded, and trotted to the Wangfu Lieutenant General to call the watchman.

After a while, the watchman was led into the main hall by Xiaohuan, and Fei Yue'er asked, What time is it now?

Hui Niangniang, it is now in the middle of the sun. The Gengren said strangely, now the sun is overhead, look up at the sun to know.

Xiao Ming glanced at the pendulum clock and said, Accurately speaking, it's the middle of the day.

Generally speaking, only the specific time is reported to the police. At this time, he nodded in surprise and said, His Royal Highness has a wonderful plan, almost a moment has passed.

This time Fei Yue'er was shocked. She also looked at the moving metal bars on the pendulum clock. These metal bars kept turning. She asked, Your Highness, how do you see the time from this pendulum.

Xiao Ming was waiting for Fei Yue'er to ask this question. The popularization of this timekeeping has to start from the palace, so he told Fei Yue'er the principle of the pendulum clock and how to see the time.

Fei Yue'er's big eyes blinked, this kind of magical thing was beyond her cognition, and she was once again shocked by the changes happening all the time in Qingzhou.

Knowing how to tell the time, Fei Yue'er was like an urchin. Every time the pendulum clock rang, she called the watchman to ask the time. After four trips, she finally had enough.

Xiaohuan also joined in the fun, and the two circled the pendulum clock back and forth.

His Royal Highness, this pendulum clock is amazing. If the nobles and merchants saw this kind of thing, they don't know how crazy they would be? Fei Yue said, she had to admit that even she was moved this time.

Xiao Ming always has a smile on his face. For him, this is just the beginning. The following will be the time when all kinds of products in Qingzhou will cover the Great Yu Kingdom. After all, it is time to earn back the money invested in these days.

He said, The princess said so. If this king doesn't use this pendulum clock to make a lot of money, I will be sorry for the craftsmen who worked hard to make the pendulum clock.

But now he thinks it's a little early. After all, this is the first pendulum. It will take some days for Chen Wenlong to organize craftsmen to produce the pendulum, but he can't be idle during this time. He thinks that he can use this time to publicize it. pendulum clock.

And now this pendulum clock is the real thing he advertises.