Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"The eldest prince's wife is wise. The older you are, the easier it is to do it. The younger you are, the harder it is to do it."

The people in the Imperial Observatory's eyes lit up.

The people in the Zhu family really have served me too well, but they just give orders without knowing anything.

Originally, they were quite optimistic about the eldest prince, but the idea of ​​making the crystal self-strike clock bigger made them depressed.

"Give this to Your Highness. I want a smaller one, the smaller the better, and it would be best if I could carry it with me."

Zhang Xin was attracted by the small size of the crystal clepsydra.

What she saw were the fragments that the emperor's grandfather had smashed into pieces. Because it was crystal, the emperor's grandfather was reluctant to smash it into pieces, so he just broke it into three or four pieces and sealed them in the warehouse.

When put together, it's about the size of an inkstone.

It is both ornamental and practical when placed on the desk.

When Zhang Xin went to the Imperial Observatory to ask about this matter, the craftsmen who had made it had been dead for many years.

So I started over again.

It was not easy for her to go to the Imperial Observatory often, so she handed the matter over to Zhu Gaochi to help her keep an eye on it.

This is already the fourth version.

She originally thought it was because her skills were not up to par.

But I didn’t expect that it was Zhu Gaochi who went astray…

"It's different. What I think is different from what the eldest princess thinks."

Zhu Gaochi understood immediately and tried to save his reputation.

"I understand that what the eldest prince wants is something like the Daming Palace's lantern leak."

The person from the Imperial Observatory gave a very stable smile and nodded.

"That's right! Just don't make it so complicated. Keep the lines simple and not so fancy."

Zhu Gaochi also remembered it.

When Zhang Xin told him that the crystal clepsydra could be sold at the Treasure House, he had asked the Imperial Observatory.

The crystal clepsydra was derived from the Daming Palace lantern clepsydra made by Guo Shoujing in the early Yuan Dynasty.

He had also heard a little about this lamp leak.

It was created by Guo Shoujing after he studied the water-powered astronomical observatory created by the talented Su Song in the Northern Song Dynasty. He removed the astronomical part and retained the timekeeping part, imitating and innovating it.

The Daming Palace's lantern is 17 feet high and consists of four layers, which are driven by water.

The top layer circles the sun, moon and stars, rotating counterclockwise once a day, representing the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.

The second layer is the four symbols of Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird and Black Tortoise. There is a lever inside the lamp that can make the four symbols jump according to the time, which means it can report the time.

The third layer is divided into 100 parts per hour, with twelve wooden gods standing on it. Each time a person is replaced, it represents one hour.

The fourth floor contains four wooden figures and four percussion instruments: bells, drums, cymbals, and yao. One can judge the time just by the sounds of the different instruments, without having to look at the clock's lights.

Just by listening to it, I feel that this light leak is very complicated.

He felt that Zhang Xin wouldn't like it.

So we asked people to make it simpler, but it turned out to be too simple, so we made many changes and finally it became the half-man-tall crystal self-striking clock that was delivered now.

But after all the changes, this group of craftsmen have made progress.

This clock is better than the lamp in Daming Palace. It does not use water, but is wound up with a spring.

"Then I will continue to make changes?"

The people in the Imperial Observatory were very happy to do this job.

The late emperor was simple in everything and thought everything was wasteful. The Imperial Observatory became the cleanest government office, bar none. . .

We have been living in misery for so many years. Since we retired, we no longer receive any salary and can only scrape by to make ends meet.

The eldest prince has changed many of the previous emperor's regulations.

It is said that there will be a pension after retirement, and it is also said that there are plans to distribute official land to all officials.

Life suddenly became more fulfilling.

Now the princess is still finding work for them. This is the last chance for these old people to shine.

"You can make a hundred or eighty of them, as tall as a person, as tall as half a person, you can put them in your hands, kick them in your arms, you can do whatever you want, I want them all."

Zhang Xin spoke first, more is never too much.

If her father-in-law and mother-in-law want to use members of the royal family in the future, she has to make them feel her father-in-law and mother-in-law's sincerity.

At the end of the year, all the princes and princesses’ mansions will be rewarded anyway.

No reward is a reward.

The clan members have all used it, the dukes and marquises have also used it, and then the officials and overseas have used it.

This Royal Treasure House only focuses on jade windows, which is still a little thin.

Moreover, Zhang Xin has always felt that there are many experts among the people. As long as she figured out the trick, it would only take three to five years to make the same style of Qilin windows.

Now everyone can go overseas, and as long as they want to make money, some people will go overseas to find glass craftsmen to teach them.

By then, Qiulin Windows will no longer be able to carry out its exclusive business.

If the royal family were to force a monopoly, it would be feasible, but it would lose its original purpose.

Privately, Zhang Xin still hopes that everything in the Ming Dynasty can flourish and a hundred schools of thought can contend!

Therefore, once someone is able to make the Qiulin window, Zhenbaofang can launch the self-striking clock.

This is not something that ordinary people can do.

The royal family should be able to monopolize it for at least thirty to fifty years.

"Well, let's think about it and make it bigger. We can build a few bell towers in the capital, one in each of the east, south, west and north. People in the city can see it after just a few walks."

Zhu Gaochi was desperate. Just because he pointed in the wrong direction, it didn't mean that the direction was wrong.

There was originally a space reserved for a bell tower in the Forbidden City.

This clock tower is different from that clock tower, but their functions are the same. Now this one with a dial is more suitable for ordinary people to tell time.

"The capital? The clock tower?"

Si Tianjian felt that huge joy and huge pressure were hitting him head on, and he was a little choked for a moment.

"Yes, didn't you just say that big ones are easier to make?"

Zhu Gaochi felt balanced.

"It's not easy to build something as big as a clock tower, Your Highness..."

"This is not my problem! Try your best!"

Zhu Gaochi watched the people from the Imperial Observatory leave with a wicked smile, then turned around and pulled Zhang Xin to study this new toy with a proud look on his face.

"Big flower, big flower! What do you think if we ask them to make a dial that looks like a flower?"

"roll--"

"Dahua...you are becoming more and more outrageous..."

"Go back to your highness, please, go away——"

"Hahahaha-"

Wu Shanggong was standing by, her face turned pale, then red, and finally she lowered her head, her shoulders shaking badly.