Chapter 19                                                             �

There are some places where Miss Li herself is not able to fully understand Zhou Mengchen's design.

Of course there are some deviations.

Especially the key position is the position responsible for balancing the water flow. Miss Li and Zhao Jiu cannot understand it well. Zhou Mengchen can only explain in detail one or two. Although it took some verbal comments, Miss Li is much smarter than Zhao Jiu. Having her retelling in the middle also saved Zhou Mengchen a lot of trouble.

After nearly a day, the first sample has been made.

It is just a simple matter. Some ragged wood is made of, and it is not painted, revealing the original color of the wood. Because of the difference in the wood, it looks very inconsistent. However, Zhou Mengchen didn't care about this.

The rest is experimentation.

Let's see if the thing he created can be the same as he expected.

Zhou Mengchen first inserted a wooden stick on the spot and simply marked the scale on the ground.

This is a simple sundial.

Used to determine the time.

Zhou Mengchen's silence for three years of mourning for his father did not do nothing.

At least I have studied some things in ancient astronomy and the knowledge passed down by the Zhou family. Of course, there are some things that do not conform to Zhou Mengchen's values, such as those things that are treacherous, other Zhou Mengchen learned better than his father.

The ability to time the pole is very simple in principle. However, in practice, it is necessary to consider the position of the sun running, calculate the relative height, and then obtain the relative position of the sun shadow at different times.

Of course, it would be a bit troublesome if it is now.

But for those who were engaged in astronomy in ancient times, this was almost a parameter that was memorized.

Afterwards, Zhou Mengchen compared the errors between the two.

I waited until dusk, and there was no obvious error in this leak.

Zhou Mengchen asked Zhao Jiu to watch him, and he and Miss Li went home to rest.

Come here again the second time.

After Zhou Mengchen made a detailed comparison, he sighed in his heart and said, "In the last one or two hours, time is still a little unstable."

When the water supply tank is less than a certain level, the speed of the water flow will become unstable. Zhou Mengchen could not solve this problem for a while. The best solution is to increase the water tank and maintain the relative water level. For example, the lotus leak is like this, so the lotus leak is accurate and occupy a very large area.

Fortunately, Zhou Mengchen's initial design goal was to maintain stable timing within one day, rather than like a lotus leak, there was no problem within a few days.

This reduced Zhou Mengchen a lot of design load.

Zhou Mengchen increased some margin and added a base for the entire leak. After all, at the beginning, the water was in the water supply tank, that is, at the top. In this case, it was inevitable that there would be some top-heavyness, so Zhou Mengchen added some counterweight to him to maintain the stability of the center of gravity.

When we get here, the entire design is completed.

Other modifications are all about the edges and corners that do not affect its function.

In this way, it must be transferred to production.

Zhou Mengchen said intimately: "Actually, this thing is the furniture that rich people decorate the storefronts, and they must use good wood." Zhou Mengchen Zhao Jiu asked: "What wood is the best on the market?"

This asked Zhao Jiu's professional field and said, "The best wood on the market is nanmu, the best golden nanmu, which is a tribute, and it is priceless. No one dares to use it unless it is a royal family. Even if it is used, it only dares to make birthday materials and not other things. The nanmu circulating on the market is ordinary nanmu, but it is still very popular and cannot be bought for many years."

Zhou Mengchen said: "Just this carving leak, how much does it cost if you use nanmu?"

Zhao Jiu took a look and said, "If you use Nanmu, you need at least five taels of silver."

Zhou Mengchen was shocked and said, "Five taels of silver? So expensive?"

Zhao Jiu said: "There is no way to do this, Nanmu is just the price. There is no way for the old man to do it."

Zhou Mengchen pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's buy nanmu and use nanmu to make it."

Zhou Mengchen felt a lot of pain at this price. If he used Nanmu, he would only have a few more money to build. Moreover, this Nanmu was too expensive. With five taels of raw materials and labor, Zhou Mengchen had to set the price at least ten taels to maintain the Yangshiyuan.

After all, not everyone can afford Nan woodcut leaks.

Just like Zhou Mengchen's family, if he spends ten taels to sell this thing, Zhou's mother must be furious.

Although there have always been many dignitaries in Wuchang City, the overall number is not large.

Zhou Mengchen probably could actually sell in large quantities, but the merchants in Wuchang City. These people can't afford Nanmu.

Just take the top, get the middle, get the middle, get the bottom. Zhou Mengchen must let them see the most expensive and second-rate ones to sell.

Moreover, the expensive cost has been determined, and this leak can only be ordered.

Zhao Jiu's craftsmanship is quite good.

It was built in three to five days.

However, the entire carving was two meters tall, slightly larger on the top and bottom, and slightly narrowed in the middle. Zhao Jiuji did his best to carve a lot of auspicious patterns on the carving, especially the connector in the middle, which was arranged by Zhao Jiu to have a small mechanism.

Zhou Mengchen originally wanted to open a small window, and wait for the floating board to float up, and the scale on the floating board would be revealed in this small window. However, Zhao Jiu made a small bell on the connector. When the floating board moved upwards, it would push the machine spring, and then a villain knocked the small bird.

It makes a crisp sound of ringing the bell.

Zhou Mengchen didn't expect this design.

In this way, this sensation is already very close to the later generations of the genus.

Of course, Zhou Mengchen also knew that these were two completely different principles. However, Zhou Mengchen also understood that this primitive etching was easy to be imitated. After using this to make the first pot of gold, Zhou Mengchen was about to think about starting to build real clocks. Of course, Zhou Mengchen dismantled watches when he was a child, but he had no impression of what the structure of the oldest clock was.

However, Zhou Mengchen felt that his biggest golden finger was to have complete scientific research thinking and know what could be made and what could not be made, that was enough.

The rest is nothing more than stupid kung fu.

The biggest terrifying thing about doing scientific research is that it takes a lot of effort. The final result is to eliminate a possibility for humans and it can be considered a contribution. But it is not the result that any scientific researcher wants.

"It's best to train a group of students to be scientific research dogs." Zhou Mengchen said to himself: "I can live a day when I carry a teacup every day, come to the laboratory, go around, look at the data, and scold people."

The appearance of the bald director back then swayed in Zhou Mengchen's mind.

Zhou Mengchen took back his imagination and said, "Move this to my house." Since the product has been made, it is about to start the most thrilling jump. Zhou Mengchen also had an idea in his mind how to sell this thing.

"I want one too," said Miss Li, "It's just this Nanmu."

Zhou Mengchen said: "Since Miss Li wants it, just create one for him. She collected the raw materials money."

Zhao Jiu said: "Yes."

Miss Li raised her eyebrows and said, "What? Brother Zhou Shi thinks I don't have money?"

Zhou Mengchen said, "That's not what I mean."

In Zhou Mengchen's opinion, this leak is the success of the creation, and Miss Li has made contributions. If Zhou Mengchen's capital chain was not too tight, once more people ordered, Zhou Mengchen's face raw materials might not be able to afford it. So it can only cost a little, otherwise it would be impossible to give one to Miss Li.

Miss Li said, "It's great, ten taels of silver, I won't stand you cheaper."

Miss Li didn't actually want to make this leak. She didn't know what Zhou Mengchen made at first. After knowing it, she was worried. She was worried that Zhou Mengchen's plan would be successful. In her opinion, most people would not spend money in vain. Even if they use cheaper wood, such as elm and other hardwood, they would have to spend about two or three taels of silver.

Although the Li family is from a good family, the tutoring is very good. Miss Li has a lot of pocket money, but she is all used to buy medicinal materials and treat people. In her consumption level, it is impossible to understand how to sell such expensive things.

Miss Li can only use this method to support Zhou Mengchen's career.

However, while she was talking big, she also had a headache. The eldest brother was married and it was not good to ask him for money. The second brother was generous to her, but he had already asked her to clean up. This time, she probably wanted to ask her father for it, only ten taels of silver, not a small amount. Miss Li only felt a little itchy on her body, and recalled the fried bamboo shoots and meat she ate when she was a child.

"No, I'm already a big girl, and my dad won't beat me." Miss Li said in her heart: "At most, a few meals are hungry. She is not afraid." Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little hungry. She decided to have a big meal after she went back and prepare before she was hungry.

Miss Li put down her mind and changed the subject, not wanting Zhou Mengchen to ask this question more, so she said, "This name is called Kelu, it doesn't seem very good, so she should give her a new name."

Zhou Mengchen pondered for a moment and said, "Indeed, there are many kinds of scattered things in the world. We should give a name."

Kelu is the name of a kind of thing, such as Yansu Lotus Leak, which is also one of the Kelu and cannot be used as the name of a single product.

Zhou Mengchen pondered for a moment and said, "This is driven by water and can also make a sound and report the time. It is called the water clock."

Zhou Mengchen just changed the name of the clock by one word.

In this way, Zhou Mengchen's first work was published during the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!