Chapter 679: How much does the hour determine the price?
"This is a big gold watch, the case can be replaced." When Zhu Wentian came back with Zhu Xiongying in his arms, the mayor was introducing the floor clock to Zhu Yuanzhang, which was six feet tall. high.
The front glass is surrounded by good wood that is not carved. The carving skills of the people in the village are not good enough.
Zhu Wentian was good at carving, but he thought it was troublesome, so he gave it to Zhu Yuanzhang directly and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to find someone to carve it himself.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw the nautical clock before. The nautical clock is highly accurate, but his is not good. It is 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, and the acceleration of gravity will be different.
If you want to be accurate, you have to change the pendulum of different lengths. If the clock made in Qiongzhou Prefecture is 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. Now we have to persist.
"Same as a marine clock, there are twelve large divisions in one circle. Two revolutions are a day, and the three divisions called the minute hand are a quarter of an hour. This is good. There is no need to make up the time. The hour has a beginning. First engraving."
Zhu Yuanzhang observed carefully.
Now there are twelve hours in a day and one hundred quarters, and one quarter is four and eight minutes in extra time. It’s troublesome
Of course, it’s just like that if you’re used to it. Everyone is like this. It’s just like the method of translating phonetic symbols. It’s just learned and easy to transcribe.
Nowadays, a day can be reset to ninety-six quarters, and one quarter is when the minute hand moves three squares.
"Uncarved, that's it. We will keep the first big watch as Yuanyang, and the village will give us a navigation clock to use to control the other watches.
In addition to the big watch, There are also medium and small ones that can be carried in your hand.
Carry one and you can check the time at any time. It is better for the person who is doing the watch to give it an accurate one so that they don’t have to keep an eye on it. The scales and water leaks of the candles."
Zhu Yuanzhang decided not to carve patterns on this first one because it has symbolic meaning.
“Your Majesty, you can design a device for 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 need to carry the small one. Please look at this. This is a pocket watch. If it is worn with a leather strap, it is called a watch.
Like a large watch, it needs to be wound and calibrated every day. This watch can be used as a compass. Facing the sun, that's it, there are two methods, the first is to use the hour hand."
The manager first talked about the problem of clock watchers, and 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 Yuan Dynasty Bless the armillary sky.
Only suffered a war later.The influence of the war is bad, the Southern Song Dynasty can't make it, and the Yuan Dynasty can't do it either. Su Song is a scholar.
But if Your Majesty wants one, we can make it. It doesn't matter in any latitude. , which is the same as a pendulum clock and is affected by gravity. ”
After the chief introduced how to use a watch to guide the sun, he also talked about something, the water movement platform used in the escapement. This is more powerful than a normal clock.
Everyone once again ""
"Yichang, you are right, Su Song is a scholar of heaven and earth, and there is someone more powerful than him.
If it is 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 see it.
Put it in other hidden places, such as Xuanwu Lake, or your village, where people will not be able to 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. "Hey Yichang, this thing is easy to imitate."
Zhu Yuanzhang first listened to the leader's boast and praised the family, then said that the village could be built, and then praised the village in a different direction.
Then he He thought about building one for the people if it was not too troublesome. It was a high platform and quite big.
He then thought about selling the clock to the Yi people, but he 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. If they take it apart, they will see the escapement and spring. If they take the music box apart, they can also see the spring.
The industrial foundation for pocket watches and watch hairsprings is not enough. They cannot be disassembled and put back together. It is very difficult for us to build a small watch.
It’s just that they probably can’t afford the price. How much does Your Majesty think 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, it’s a big one. No one else can make it, spring steel is so easy to make
If the Yi people bought a watch, they would have to be taught how to divide time zones, and if they went to other time zones, they would use the previous time zone to calibrate the time. It is not accurate to use a watch to judge the direction.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the grandfather clock, watch, and pocket watch in front of him steadily, considering the value.
"Father, at least one hundred thousand silver. Otherwise we won’t sell it. "Zhu Xiang gave a price of one hundred thousand taels of silver, one hundred million taels of silver.
"It's expensive, they can afford it." When Zhu Yuanzhang heard one hundred thousand taels of silver, he looked at his watch again and felt a little bully.
“Father, it’s not expensive. Zhu Biao said, "Father, think about it, no one else has this thing. It's so big, you can tell the time, and you can also see 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 cumbersome to make, not as good as a clock or 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.
It 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. ”
Isn’t it long?Do you think it is expensive? Is a pocket watch or wristwatch worth 100 million guan expensive?
The annual trade volume is so high that items worth 100,000 guan only account for a few tenths now.
Zhu Wentian nodded slightly from the side, "It's not expensive."
He knew that there were watches worth hundreds of millions, so he just got some diamonds and put them on them.
Of course, the Yi people wanted to exchange other gemstones for their watches, but if they refused, they would need precious metals, grain, and medicinal materials.
The gems can be mined by others 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 occupy it at the moment, whether to call it or fool 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.
"Well, it's not expensive." Zhu Xiongying continued as 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, let's find a craftsman. I'll give a good craftsman twenty taels a month."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the little guy speak, he was in a good mood, so he decided on the price. Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft, free to find books and add books, you can join the qq group 952868558