Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2508
His Majesty Li Er listened to Fang Jun's explanation, and asked again: "What is the cost of this thing?"

Fang Jun paused and said, "It takes a lot of money. This clock uses dozens of parts, and there are more than ten gears. Because the more precise the casting, the smaller the error of timing, so it is very difficult to manufacture. Especially It is a spring that drives the gears to rotate and the pendulum to swing. It needs to wind the fine steel with excellent elasticity into a flat spiral spring. One end of the spring is fixed, and the material is subjected to bending moment after the torque is applied to the other end, resulting in bending elastic deformation. Therefore, the spring twists in its own plane, and the material is extremely rare, so the cost is extremely high."

His Majesty Li Er was a little confused by a lot of terminology, nodded, and said: "Create one carefully later and send it to the palace."

Today's His Majesty Li Er is rich and powerful, not to mention the wealth earned by the Eastern Datang Company every year, the gold and silver mined by the Royal Navy from the Japanese Kingdom are shipped back ship by ship. It is necessary to make gold coins and silver coins and circulate them all over the world, otherwise they don't know how to spend them all.

Such a machine with a precise structure is liked by every man. It can not only keep time accurately in the palace, but also a symbol of luxury and style. It is a good face to entertain foreign guests occasionally.

Fang Jun quickly responded, and said: "Weichen has established a firm in cooperation with the Taishi Bureau, focusing on research and development and manufacturing of clocks, and will present one to His Majesty later, and then give one to each of the three provinces, six ministries, nine temples, and each brother's yamen. Accurate, courtiers can also better grasp the time and improve office efficiency."

"very good!"

Hearing that it will be donated to various yamen, it is a large sum of money after calculation, and the anger in His Majesty Li Er's heart because of Fang Jun's "crazily accumulating money" has been reduced a lot.

This kid earns more and more money, which is enviable, but since he can always think about the empire and selflessness, let's bear with him.

Li Chengqian looked at the clock up and down, and he couldn't put it down. Although Fang Jun didn't mention it, he knew that since the three provinces, six temples and nine temples had a share, the one in his East Palace must be indispensable. He liked it in his heart and asked: "Tomorrow During the ceremony, is it possible that Erlang will also present such a rare item to attract the attention of the world?"

Fang Jun thought of what he was going to show to the world tomorrow, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, he couldn't suppress the satisfaction in his heart, and said with a smile: "This object is indeed precise and of great significance, but compared with what will be released tomorrow, It is really what the skylark is to the swan, and the firefly is to the sun and the moon!"

No matter how precise a clock is, it is just a utensil.

But that thing represents an era...

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The academy of Nuoda spreads all over the hillside, from the gate of the academy at the foot of the mountain to the bell tower under construction on the top of the mountain, countless courtyards are full of freshness everywhere, His Majesty Li Er is very interested, he stops and walks around to watch, and asks from time to time .

Li Chengqian and Fang Jun accompanied each other, because they were all wearing casual clothes, and all the students in the academy were busy under the direction of the teacher, and for a while, they didn't realize that His Majesty the Emperor was walking in front of him...

At noon, Li Chengqian reminded: "Father, it's getting late, why don't you go back to the palace for now."

His Majesty Li Er stopped to watch, pondered for a moment, and asked Fang Jun, "I heard you mentioned earlier that the academy has a canteen for students and teachers to eat?"

Fang Jun was stunned for a moment, and replied: "That's true, it's just that the food in the cafeteria is vulgar, and your majesty has the body of a real dragon..."

"Fart! Don't imitate those sycophants who open their mouths and keep flattering words. Although I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I am only a mortal body, the body of a real dragon who farts! When I was a soldier, I also drank the clear water in my pocket with my subordinate Pao Ze , How can it be so expensive to eat food in a pot? Let's go, let's have a bite in the cafeteria of this academy for lunch, and let me check to see if you, kid, have spent the money used for food purchases for money , all the students in this academy are the pillars of the empire, if you wrong any of them and let them not even have enough to eat, be careful, I will whip you!"

Fang Jun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's sympathy for students is really a blessing of the Tang Dynasty! We should serve the country loyally and live up to your majesty's kindness!"

It is definitely impossible to be greedy for ink, not to mention that Fang Junfu is as powerful as the enemy and the country does not care about such a small amount of money. Even Xu Jingzong and other speculators know that the academy is his road to the top of his official career. Benefit and benefit?

Furthermore, as His Majesty Li Er said, all the students in this academy can be said to be outstanding people for a while. Even the most ordinary students are selected from thousands of locals. They were famous in the local area before. Who is willing to swallow their anger when they do such things as deducting rations and shoddying inferior ones?
Especially those children from aristocratic families, who are so pampered and arrogant, who would dare to treat them harshly?

Everyone is not afraid of trouble, this group of guys can turn the sky upside down when they make a fuss...

Fang Jun led the way, and arrived at the cafeteria not long after.

This is a tall and spacious building, hidden in a forest. At this time, it is almost autumn, the leaves are not yet yellow, and the shade of the trees covering the sky and the sun should fall down, which is somewhat elegant.

Many students have already come to eat. They packed their meals on wooden trays and did not eat in the dining room. Instead, they met outside under the shade of trees, or sat on the ground with books in one hand while reading, or gathered in twos and threes. One is eating and talking at the same time.

His Majesty Li Er praised: "Not bad!"

The most important thing in an academy is the style of study. These students can not forget to read and communicate during meals, which shows that they are all hardworking people.

You know, the academy has not yet started school at this time.

Fang Jun led His Majesty Li Er and Prince Li Chengqian into the cafeteria.

Although there are many students and teachers in the academy, these people are all high-ranking officials and dignitaries. In this era, most of the people who can enter the academy are the children of the powerful, even if there are some poor families, the proportion is pitifully low.

After all, not everyone can afford to study, let alone have the level to enter an academy...

These people were wealthy, and they were the most loyal to the emperor in an era when the government was stable and the world was peaceful. If measured by the standards of later generations, they would definitely pass the "political trial".

Therefore, the imperial guards who followed His Majesty Li Er stayed at the mountain gate and did not follow him in. Otherwise, a crowd of people shouting and cheering would inevitably make the whole academy jump around, not only His Majesty Li Er "Bailong" The purpose of "fish suit" cannot be achieved, and it will seriously delay the preparatory work of the academy.

Safety is guaranteed.

After entering the cafeteria, His Majesty Li Er saw several windows on one side, behind which was probably the kitchen, with all kinds of dishes placed inside, and outside the window hung a row of small wooden signs with the names of the dishes written on them, and below them there were Marked with words such as one, two, three, etc.

Students stand in line at the window on wooden trays to receive their meals.

Li Chengqian pointed to the words on the wooden sign and asked, "What is marked under the name of this dish?"

Fang Jun explained: "This is a pioneering work of the academy. All students eat in the cafeteria for free, and they don't need to spend a penny. After all, the money comes from His Majesty's internal funds, and His Majesty uses his own money to provide for the students. board and lodging."

His Majesty Li Er stroked his beard and smiled, very pleased with himself.

It’s different when you have money, you can be willful, you can spend a lot of money, the whole academy was built with his internal money, all the students eat his food, these students will learn in the future, that is worthy of the name " Son of Heaven disciple"!
How can you not be loyal to the king and serve the country, and die for yourself?
Probably no emperor wants to do this kind of thing, but definitely not everyone can do it. First of all, you must have money in your internal funds to support such a huge and long-term investment.

It's hard, but once you stick to it, the results are remarkable.

Fang Jun continued: "However, Weichen and all the teachers of the academy agree that if the students can be given some competitive atmosphere, it will be more conducive to the development of the academy's style of study. Therefore, after discussion, we decided that each semester will be based on Students are given certain marks for their daily performance and test scores, and students can enjoy different treatment in the academy based on these marks, such as applying for a better single dormitory, such as choosing more expensive dishes in the cafeteria..."

His Majesty Li Er's father and son suddenly realized, no wonder the numbers marked under these dishes are different, and the numbers on the expensive dishes such as braised pork, fried sea cucumber with green onions, and steamed carp are all very high...

(End of this chapter)