Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 323 Algorithm System
There are not many metal parts used in the measuring step car, just a swivel center, a ring and a drill foot.

With the help of a lathe, Cheng Jiashuo quickly processed the center and ring, but he couldn't process the drill foot in a workshop full of lathes.

Because the drill foot is a large nail that needs to be hammered out.

Of course, this work cannot be done with a lathe, it needs to be done with a forging machine.

Prince Zhu Youxiao took Cheng Jiashuo to the workshop specialized in forging connecting rods, and ordered someone to help him find a piece of leftover material with slightly sharp corners, and then pulled him to the forging machine and introduced it.

The operation of this forging machine is much simpler than that of a lathe, that is, when you use your feet to touch the pedals, you have to move your hands faster, because the hammering speed of the forging machine is a bit faster, much faster than that of a blacksmith swinging a hammer.

Cheng Jiashuo listened carefully, then tapped the pedal to test the speed of the beating, and then picked up the leftover material with a clip and started beating.

This hammer with a circular groove can actually hammer out sharp things like iron nails, as long as the sharp corners of the hammer are not stuffed into the groove.

Because this kind of hammer only has a groove in the middle, the two sides are still flat, and the planes on both sides are the same as the hammer surface of a general iron hammer.

Cheng Jiashuo was hammering while testing, and soon the drill foot came out.

The next step is to process the wooden jacket and bracket.

The wooden jacket of this measuring step car is actually a long wooden square hollowed out with a chisel, and then a ring is installed on one end for easy carrying, and a drill foot is installed on the other end to insert into the ground for positioning.

As for the bracket, it is more complicated. You need to make a cross first, and then make a hole in the middle to knock the center of rotation in.

After the bracket is completed, a larger hole needs to be opened in the wooden jacket, the center of rotation is passed through the hole, and then a wooden handle that can be rotated is installed on the outside.

When Cheng Jiashuo made this set of things, he was quite focused and quick. He finished the seemingly difficult things with ease, just like a skilled carpenter.

Even Prince Zhu Youxiao couldn't help nodding his head and admiringly.

Taichang didn't make a sound, he just watched with a smile on his face.

Because he knows very well that once these technical people are focused, it is best not to disturb them. If he, the emperor, goes up to ask questions, they will not be able to concentrate on their work.

After the wooden coat and bracket are completed, only the bamboo strip ruler is left.

Cheng Jiashuo directly picked a bamboo tube with a bamboo joint more than a foot long, carefully measured it with a ruler, and made a mark on it, then saw the bamboo joints at both ends, and chopped it with a bamboo knife.

Soon, ten pieces of thin strips with uniform length, width and thickness were cut.

Immediately afterwards, he carefully measured it with a ruler, drew a scale on it with a bamboo pen, and marked it with numbers.

The last thing is to connect the strip ruler to the wooden bracket and roll it into the wooden coat.

This requires a bit of fine copper wire.

The prince Zhu Youxiao quickly ordered someone to find him, and Cheng Jiashuo quickly connected ten strip rulers together and rolled them into the wooden case.

At this time, Cheng Jiashuo respectfully handed the completed measuring walker or extra-large measuring tape to Taichang, and at the same time explained: "Your Majesty, this is a measuring walker with a measuring range of one foot. It’s too time-consuming, and students can only make the smallest one first.”

Taichang took the smallest measuring scooter, looked at it, and nodded appreciatively.

There is no need to try this thing, it will definitely work, and the strip ruler can be easily rolled in and pulled out easily.

The only thing he didn't understand was why strips of strips were used as rulers.

This thing is too troublesome to process, can't it be done with a rope or a belt?

He couldn't help asking curiously: "How did you think of using strips of strips to make a ruler? Isn't a rope or a belt much more convenient?"

Cheng Jiashuo shook his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, the rope and the cloth belt can be stretched, and they are easy to shrink when exposed to water, and the size cannot be marked. This measuring scooter is specially used to measure the field. It must be accurate and easy to read, so you can't use a rope. and strap."

Immediately afterwards, he pointed to the measuring scooter he made and gestured: "Your Majesty, the one made by the student can only be regarded as a sample. The real scooter is almost waist-high, with at least a hundred meters of energy.

When measuring the field, the person in charge of the measurement only needs to insert the walking cart on the ground, turn out the strip ruler, and have someone pull it to the position, then look at the size on the strip ruler and write it down.

It is also very convenient to take up the ruler. You only need to bend down and turn the handle to retract the ruler, and you can continue to measure the next direction or the next field.

When measuring the field with a rope or belt, two people need to squat on the ground to straighten it.

And because there is no way to mark the scale on it, the rope ruler is usually fixed at one foot, ten feet, or fifty feet, or one hundred feet long. When measuring, it needs to be pulled over and overlaid again and again, and it is impossible to measure at the end. Just enough to measure, and the approximate size is still needed, which is not accurate at all. "

It turned out that it was specially used to measure fields!

Taichang used a rope ruler when he was testing artillery, so he naturally remembered it.

The rope ruler is really troublesome to use, two people need to squat on the ground to pull it straight, and the [-]-foot rope ruler has to be pulled three times to make one mile.

And he just wanted to mark the distance between one mile and one mile. If it was used to measure the field, it would be even more troublesome.

The fields at this moment are not square tofu blocks, whose edges are all curved and twisted according to the terrain, and it is impossible to be a whole foot. In the end, I can only roughly estimate the remaining size.

This guy is really a genius. Without a thin iron sheet with good elasticity, he could think of using bamboo strips instead of thin iron sheet to make a huge and practical tape measure!
Taichang couldn't help but praised: "Your talent in mechanics is really amazing, and the design of this measuring scooter is really exquisite and practical, rare, rare!"

When Cheng Jiashuo heard the words, his face changed.

Don't dare to bully you with such things!

He hurriedly cupped his hands and explained: "Your Majesty, this measuring scooter was not designed by the student, it was designed by the student's grandfather!"

what?
Taichang couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Who is your grandfather?"

Cheng Jiashuo said sadly: "The grandfather of the student is Master Cheng. In the early Wanli era, Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Mr. Zhang ordered to clarify the land acres in the world. The student's grandfather specially designed this kind of measuring walker for easy measurement. Mr. Zhang heard the news He also admired the student's grandfather, and even wanted to support the student's grandfather. It's a pity that Master Zhang passed away later, and the student's grandfather was suppressed for no reason, and died in depression."

This family even involved Zhang Juzheng, a famous minister of the former court!

To be honest, Zhang Juzheng is indeed a rare capable minister.

However, just because he was so capable, he even thought of increasing the court tax by clarifying the acres of land.

Moreover, he really sent someone to clarify the fields and acres in the world.

He has increased the tax of the court in this way, but it has also affected the interests of many people.

Who in this world is deliberately concealing the number of fields in their hands?
No need to ask, these people are either officials and family members or local tyrants and country gentry. Ordinary people don't have much land in their hands, and they can't hide it.

In other words, the tax increase by the imperial court was actually obtained from these people.

These people are not good at trouble, and if they dare to take money from them, there will be no good fruit.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Juzheng died, disaster came.

Not only was the New Deal he promoted abolished, but he was also slandered and viciously attacked in various ways.

Emperor Shenzong Wanli didn't know whether it was out of revenge for Zhang Juzheng's strict discipline or because he listened to the slander. He not only ordered his house to be confiscated, his palace ranks were cut off, and the seals and orders of the four generations were forcibly taken away. The family was exiled for three thousand miles, so that the descendants either starved to death on the road or died in the frontier. Some people even urged Shenzong to order his corpse to be opened and whipped!
Alas, these people are so vicious!

According to rumors, the basis for these people to attack Zhang Juzheng was that Zhang Ju was riding in a very large sedan chair when he returned to his hometown for the funeral.

In fact, the person who really bullied the emperor was the one who gave him the sedan chair, and he was obviously tricked by others.

As a result, Zhang Juzheng was saddened by his father's sudden death of illness, and he was careless for a while, and he sat on this thing and went back, which became a stain on his life!

These people used this sedan chair to make a fuss, saying that he was arrogant, contemptuous of the emperor, corrupt, extravagant and so on.

These people are so far-fetched, it is really shameless.

He? Who deliberately made such a big sedan chair for others to sit on? The person who made the sedan chair didn't see you attacking him. He just sat in this sedan chair made by someone else to return to his hometown for the funeral, but you attacked him as a heinous treacherous minister!
If Zhang Juzheng is a treacherous official, can he govern the declining Ming Dynasty, which was organized by the southern Japanese and northern barbarians and the corrupt official Yan Song, into a rare prosperous age?
These people want to ruin Zhang Juzheng's New Deal, suppress all the people Zhang Juzheng brought together, and drag Daming into the abyss of eternal doom!
Alas, such strange things can always happen in Daming.

Taichang secretly sighed, and then sighed slightly: "It's really a pity that my grandfather, who is so talented, was suppressed because of this incident and couldn't show his talents."

When Cheng Jiashuo heard this, he carefully mentioned: "Your Majesty, the student's grandfather has actually compiled his life's experience into seventeen volumes of "Algorithm Tongzong". There is a detailed description in it. It is rumored that people in Dongying are using it as a treasure for study, but it is a pity that this book was only printed in Daming for one edition, and then it was suppressed by conscientious people and almost disappeared."

Cheng Dawei has such a wonderful book handed down!

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help asking, "Do you keep this book?"

Cheng Jiashuo nodded repeatedly and said, "This is the student's family heirloom, so the student naturally keeps it with him and studies it all the time."

OK!

Taichang couldn't wait any longer and said: "Quick, bring it here and let me have a look."

(End of this chapter)