Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1200, Genius Zhu Houzhao
"Old Liu~Old Liu!"

Here, just as He Yun left Liu Jin's study, the voice of Prince Zhu Houzhao came over, looking very excited, as if something happy had happened.

I saw Zhu Houzhao walking over excitedly with a face-sized object in his hand, and when he was about to reach Liu Jin's study, he covered it up again.

"Your Highness~"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's appearance, Liu Jin immediately laughed.

After all, he was still a child. Although Zhu Houzhao in history is now an emperor, Emperor Hongzhi cured his intestinal ulcer, and his health is getting better and better. It is estimated that Zhu Houzhao may be a prince for decades. Of course, he is not interested in being an emperor. I don't have much interest, I guess he would be happy to be the prince for the rest of his life.

"Old Liu, guess what is in my hand?"

Zhu Houzhao carried the things in his hands to Liu Jin, and at the same time blocked them with his clothes, and asked a little mysteriously.

Liu Jin carefully looked at this thing as big as a washbasin, thought for a while and said, "I can't guess what kind of treasure this is."

"Haha, even you can't guess it, that's right."

Zhu Houzhao immediately became happy, and then lifted the blocking clothes to reveal the cold mechanical shell, and he could see some clockwork-like devices beside him.

Then Zhu Houzhao turned it over, facing Liu Jin, and put the things on Liu Jin's desk.

"Here, is this a clock?"

When Liu Jin saw something, he couldn't help getting excited immediately. Looking at the things on the desk, he looked very excited, and then looked carefully.

To be sure, it is indeed a timepiece.

Similar to the clocks and watches of later generations, they are all a circle with several pointers inside and corresponding scales. One pointer is constantly rotating, and where the remaining two pointers point, you can clearly see the engraving on it. word.

"Wei time?"

Liu Jin looked at the words on it, and then looked outside, and calculated that it should be Weishi, which is around two o'clock in the afternoon.

"Haha, how is it?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin very surprised, and immediately became happier, and said very proudly: "Hey, in order to make this clock and watch, I specially studied with a few craftsmen from Europe."

"Don't tell me, Europeans are indeed better than us in making clocks and watches. They were able to make mechanical clocks more than a hundred years ago."

"Referring to their principle of making mechanical clocks, I improved it, so I made the current clock."

"For this time calculation, why do we still use twelve o'clock?"

Liu Jin nodded slightly, looked at the words on it carefully and said.

"The Europeans divided a day into 24 hours, which was first passed down from the ancient Egyptians. Our Ming Dynasty has continued the twelve-hour system. Calculated, one hour of ours is equal to the two of them. Hour."

"Europeans like to build large clocks on their churches or large buildings to calculate the time. They divide one clock into 24 hours, but there are only twelve numbers in the clocks of Europeans. They divide the day into two parts. Noon is the midpoint, and there are twelve hours respectively."

"Then subdivide one hour, one hour has 60 minutes, and each minute has 60 seconds, so European clocks have corresponding hour hands, minute hands and second hands."

When Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jin's words, he also began to explain in detail.

"Hmm~"

When Liu Jin heard this, he also nodded slightly. This is a method of calculating time that is commonly used internationally in later generations. It was unexpected that the Europeans had figured it out very early.

"One revolution of the second hand is one minute, one revolution of the minute hand is one hour, and one revolution of the hour hand is twelve hours, which is half a day. If it makes two revolutions, one day will pass."

"I have to say that Europeans are indeed better than us in this regard."

"They divided the time in detail, and then used mechanical rotation or mechanical swing to calculate the time very accurately. In contrast, we used to calculate time based on clepsydra, hourglass, or sundial, although roughly They can know the time point, but they cannot know the time point as accurately as the Europeans."

When it came to this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but admire.

In the past, I always thought that Ming people were the best in all aspects, but after getting in touch with some European craftsmen, Zhu Houzhao also discovered that Europeans are quite good in many fields.

"Europeans have made good achievements in mathematics, machinery, physics, chemistry and many other aspects. There are many places worthy of our study. Recently, I am learning European Latin and their languages. I think in the field of mathematics, we will continue to Some Latin letters can be introduced or some new concise numbers can be created, which will be more conducive to the research and development of mathematics.”

"I have studied the mathematics of Europeans. They use the combination of Arabic numerals and letters. Many mathematical formulas are clear at a glance. We like to describe them in words, which is not conducive to the understanding and development of mathematics."

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and continued.

He said very seriously, he is a genius in many aspects, and he is a master at learning foreign languages. He even learned European languages ​​and mathematics, and he can see their strengths and his own shortcomings.

This made Liu Jin on the side widen his eyes slightly.

This Zhu Houzhao is indeed a genius, except that he is not suitable to be an emperor, he can do anything.

"Is Latin easy to learn?"

Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao and couldn't help asking.

"Easy to learn, easy to die~"

"Let me tell you, although there are many countries in Europe, each country has its own language, but in fact they are not much different in essence, basically they all change around the Latin alphabet, and more than [-] letters change. They come and go, just with different combinations and different pronunciations."

"As long as you master the core things, no matter how they change, they are still the same. Now I can already speak Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian."

Zhu Houzhao said nonchalantly: "It's true, Europe is not too big, it's a big place, but there are many countries, and each country has its own language and characters, why is no one unified? Europe, using the same language and script."

"These are all Latin alphabets, which are almost the same in essence, and more than a dozen or twenty languages ​​have been produced."

"Great!"

After listening to Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Jin gave his thumbs up.

He remembered the fear of being dominated by English when he was in school before time travel. He didn't expect that for Zhu Houzhao, he spoke very simply. In just a short time, he has already mastered several European languages.

If you compare goods, you have to throw them away, and people compare to popularity.

This guy likes to learn some things in foreign lands. Before breaking up with the Europeans, he was already proficient in Tibetan, Sanskrit, and even learned the language of the Mongolians. It is said that it is for the convenience of going to the grasslands in the future, and he also learned Arabic from others. people.

Now I'm learning European languages ​​again. The key is that this guy is still very talented in languages, and it's actually very easy to learn. You don't think it's annoying.

What's even more irritating is that even if he learns it, he can still see the advantages and disadvantages of the other party's language, characters, mathematics and other fields, and he has to introduce and learn from it.

Sometimes after being in contact with this guy for a long time, Liu Jin has to sigh that there are really geniuses in this world, and the gap between people can really be so big that it makes people feel desperate.

"I have studied the history of Europe. The geographical environment of Europe is actually much better than that of China. Logically speaking, they should be a country, but not only have they not become a country, but they are also very divided."

"On the other hand, China's geographical conditions are actually not as good as those in Europe, but we have always been divided and united throughout our long history, and we were able to unify in the end."

"I think the actual reason may be the relationship between language. Although everyone in various places in Ming Dynasty has their own words when they speak, and if they are far away, they can't understand each other's words at all, but we all use the same language. "

"It is also this kind of text that connects us firmly. Although the words are different, the text is the same, and we have a sense of identity with each other."

"Europe is different. Although there are more than [-] letters, the speech and words of each country are different. After a long time, each of them has little sense of identity, so it is difficult to become a country."

"However, Europe, the Middle East, and Tianzhu are actually similar. They are not linked by language and writing, but by religion. This is very different from us."

Hearing Liu Jin's admiration, Zhu Houzhao smiled even more happily, and began to talk about his discoveries and researches again.

"Your Highness is truly a genius, knowledgeable and versatile, it is really admirable!"

Liu Jin admired Zhu Houzhao very much, and he didn't mean to compliment him, but Fazi's inner admiration.

The conclusions he drew are highly similar to the conclusions drawn by some experts and scholars in later generations, which makes people have to admire.

"Haha, I think so too, I'm a genius!"

When Zhu Houzhao heard it, he was immediately overjoyed, his tail was all up, and he looked at the clock on the table and said.

"I borrowed the technology of the Europeans for making clocks, combined with our Daming's existing technology, improved it, and made this clock."

"I divide a day into twelve hours, one hour for two hours, one hour for sixty minutes, and one minute for sixty seconds. Driven by the rotation of mechanical gears and powered by mechanical springs, we have created this history of our Ming Dynasty. the first clock on the clock."

　After reading the resume of student Zhu Houzhao, this guy is really a genius. He can speak multiple languages, such as Tibetan, Sanskrit, and Mongolian. He also learned Portuguese from a Portuguese. After traveling to the present, he can also be a translator, which is better than most people. Had a good time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)