wild trail

Chapter 375 Pendulum Clock
Wu Feng stayed in the small shop of Sun's family all afternoon, and the jar of wine was also drunk by the two of them. Until dusk, the door of Lin's house had not been opened. Wu Feng bid farewell to Sun Qian and walked towards his house with a face full of disappointment. go.

In the palace, under the dim oil lamp, Wang Lang carefully assembled the parts of the pendulum clock.

Whether this clock can work normally depends on this time.

It took nearly half a year to make the big guy. If it can really work normally, then Xia Guo will have something that can accurately time the time.

In the empty room, Wang Lang concentrated on assembling parts one by one.

From time to time, the guards outside the door could hear the clanging sound from inside the house.

The guards didn't understand why Wang Lang was so interested in carpentry. For the past six months, Wang Lang had been busy until midnight every day. Others always thought that His Majesty the Emperor must enjoy himself in the beautiful palace, but these guards knew that their emperor was more than Most people have to work hard.

"Cheer up, don't let anyone disturb Your Majesty." The guard commander said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, the guards stood up straighter, their eyes vigilantly watching the suspicious figure in the darkness.

After spending more than an hour, Wang Lang finally assembled the pendulum clock.

This big guy was almost as tall as Wang Lang, and the pendulum clock was designed according to what he remembered. There was no decoration on the outside, and it looked like a rectangular wooden box from a distance.

After finishing winding the mainspring, after a while, the pendulum began to swing slightly, and the gears made a slight clicking sound.

In order to make it simple, the pendulum clock made by Wang Lang has only hour and minute hands, and no second hand.

After the pendulum clock started to run, Wang Lang carefully watched the movement of the hands, silently estimating the time of 1 minute in his heart.

When Wang Lang counted to more than 70, the pendulum clock made a light "click", and the minute hand swung.

Seeing the successful operation, Wang Lang was as excited as a child.

Although Wang Lang has made a lot of things before, the clock is different from other things, it requires an extremely complicated mechanical structure.

Without that mechanical watch as a reference, Wang Lang would not be able to figure out how to make a clock even if he was thinking about it. He estimated that if there was no mechanical watch, it would take at least hundreds of years, or even nearly a thousand years for human beings to use clocks. time.

Wang Lang concentrated on observing the operation of the pendulum clock, but staring at the operation of the clock for a long time made people easily tired.

Wang Lang unconsciously leaned on the table leg and fell asleep.

When Wang Lang woke up in a daze in the morning, he didn't care about sleeping on the ground all night, he quickly got up and checked the situation of the pendulum clock.

I wanted to stop at the [-]:[-] position in the direction of the pointer, and I didn't hear the sound of the gears.

This kind of pendulum clock can't run forever. Last night, Wang Lang tested the position of the pendulum clock to be zero, but now the pointer stops at 10:[-].

Then it means that the last clockwork, the clock can run four disappearances.

The remaining five or 10 minutes should be inaccurate, the pendulum will swing slower and slower, so Wang Lang can only estimate an approximate time.

On this day, Wang Lang did not go to the Musketeer Barracks to train those soldiers, but asked the guards to move this big guy out of the house.

Today he will correct the time through the sun.

The guards looked at this strange big guy curiously, wondering why Wang Lang had been busy for so long, why he made this thing, and from the appearance, this thing was neither a weapon nor a tool, and it was completely useless to see its use .

Wang Lang didn't explain to these guards. After telling them to retreat, Wang Lang found a sunny place, erected a wooden stick on the ground, and determined the current time through the shadow.

But this method can only determine the approximate time after all, so Wang Lang can only wait until noon, when the shadow completely becomes a point.

Wang Lang's strange behavior soon spread to Fanxing's ears, and Fanxing hurried over while worried.

More than ten years have turned the former girl into a middle-aged woman. Although she is only in her thirties, there are already white hairs on Fanxing's temples and wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

"Your official pays homage to the queen." The commander of the guards bowed and bowed when he saw the stars coming.

"Has Your Majesty been sitting there since morning?" Fan Xing frowned looking at Wang Lang's back.

The commander of the guards nodded, "Since your majesty woke up in the morning, he asked the minister to move out that strange thing, and then he sat there looking at the shadow on the ground."

"Okay, I understand, don't talk nonsense about this matter, you all back down!" Fan Xing waved his hand.

"Yes!"

After the guards retreated, Fanxing slowed down and came to Wang Lang's side. Following Wang Lang's gaze, he saw a wooden stick stuck straight in the soil in front of him, and Wang Lang was sitting there staring at the shadow.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Fan Xing asked softly.

"I'm fine, I'm doing something very meaningful?" Wang Lang said without turning his head.

"A very meaningful thing?" Fan Xing was a little confused, so he didn't know what meaningful thing to look at the shadow of the wooden stick.

At this moment, Fan Xing's gaze was attracted by the weird big box not far away. He walked slowly over and looked around the big box. This thing looked familiar to him. After thinking about it for a while, he frowned and seemed to remember it. What, said to Wang Lang: "Your Majesty, is this the thing called a clock that you have been making all this time?"

Wang Lang nodded and said: "That's right, it's this thing. I told you before that as long as this thing is made, we can accurately determine the time. Isn't this a very meaningful thing?"

Fanxing shook her head and said, "Is it important to determine the time? Didn't we live a good life by relying on the sun and the moon to determine the time?"

Wang Lang said slowly: "It's different. You won't understand even if I tell you. This thing will provide a lot of convenience to the people's life in the future. If you have nothing to do, go back. I'll just watch it here."

Fan Xing sighed and said, "Your Majesty, you haven't had breakfast yet, would you like me to inform the chef to prepare something for you?"

"Don't be so troublesome, just bring me a few cakes, a pickled cucumber, and a bowl of water." Wang Lang said casually.

When Fan Xing heard this, he felt a little annoyed, and said: "Your Majesty, you are the king of a country, how can you treat your body like this, how can you only eat this."

"I clean my own body. It's fine. I'll definitely have a big meal after the lamp is done. Go ahead and do it."

Fanxing heard the words, snorted softly, turned and left.

Wang Lang couldn't care less about other things at the moment, as the shadow of the wooden stick gradually shortened, he knew that noon was coming.

When the shadow turned into a dot, Wang Lang hurriedly wound up the pendulum clock.

With the clear sound of "Crack!", the pendulum clock began to run.

In order to determine the exact time of the day, Wang Lang must not make any mistakes. This pendulum clock is not perfect yet. He must observe the time of the day here, and then adjust it after confirming the error of the clock.

At noon tomorrow, if the pendulum clock can stop at the twelve o'clock position, then everyone will be happy.

If it is too fast or too slow, the swing speed of the pendulum clock must be improved again, which will be a very troublesome thing.

The operating principle of the pendulum clock is extremely complicated. He believes that in human society, no one can do this except himself. Although the research is tiring, this is what he has to do.

He had an idea in his mind, fantasizing that when the pendulum clock was officially completed, he would build a bell tower in every major city of the Xia Kingdom, so that the people of the Xia Kingdom would stop looking at the sky and eat, and slowly cultivate the people of the country. concept of time.

After the pendulum clock was officially running, Wang Lang suddenly felt that he was really hungry, so he called the commander of the guards over, and told him that every time the side on the disc rotated three squares, he would wind up the clockwork. And it is forbidden for anyone to touch the pendulum clock at will.

After Wang Lang left, the guards immediately gathered around, and saw that the pendulum could keep shaking without anyone pushing it, which made them feel very miraculous, and what surprised them even more was that the disc There are two thin and slender iron plates on it, and it will move after a while.

Such a miraculous thing, in their view, is something that can only be done by gods. If it weren't for Xia Guo's regulations prohibiting casual prostration, these guards might immediately kneel down and pay respects to the pendulum clock.

Fanxing didn't follow Wang Lang's orders, but asked the chefs to prepare a hearty meal.

Wang Lang didn't bother with Fan Xing about these things, he was already hungry, and he gorged himself without any regard for his image.

Seeing Wang Lang's eating, Fan Xing couldn't help laughing and said, "Your Majesty, if the common people saw your current appearance, their jaws would definitely drop. Their Emperor, His Majesty, seems to have not eaten for several days."

Wang Lang ate a few mouthfuls of cakes, and said vaguely: "The emperor is also a human being, there are only you and me here, old couples, what kind of image do you pay attention to?"

Fanxing's heart couldn't help but feel warm. Wan Gang's unintentional behavior proved that he was already a very close relative in his heart. The most authentic side.

Fan Xing served a bowl of soup for Wang Lang, handed it to Wang Lang and said, "Your Majesty, eat slowly, don't choke."

Taking the soup bowl, Wang Lang took a big gulp of soup, swallowed the dry noodles, and said, "I'm really hungry, I haven't eaten so happily for a long time."

"Your Majesty seems to be in a good mood today!" Fan Xing said with a smile.

Wang Lang nodded and said, "It's really good. I've been busy for more than half a year, and today it finally has some effect. I'm naturally happy."

"Of course I don't understand what your majesty does, but your majesty, no matter how important it is in the future, you should pay attention to your health." Fan Xing said softly.

Wang Lang nodded, "Okay, I promise you, I won't do this again in the future."

Northeast of the mainland of China.

Although the expedition team rested on Huangdao for a few days, several people still fell into the severe cold.

After burying these expedition members on this unnamed desert island, the two ships lifted anchor again and headed west.

The north wind howled, and the sailors standing on the deck were cleaning up the snow on the ship tremblingly.

In cold weather, although the sea water did not freeze, after the snow on the ship melted, it froze into icicles, and the deck was covered with a thin layer of ice, which was very slippery and muddy.

He Tie tore off a strip of cloth from the corner of his clothes, wrapped his frostbitten fingers, and joined the snow-clearing team with tools.

The bad weather made more and more sick crew members on board. After sailing for seven or eight days, there was still no sign of land. Hopes of despair and panic quietly spread among the crowd.

Many people thought that they would not be able to return to their hometown alive, and the morale of the expedition team was very low. Some even regretted participating in this expedition and vowed never to set foot in the sea again in this life.

However, after more than ten days of hard work, the outline of the land was finally seen in the field of vision of the telescope.

The looming land in the white mist is so charming.

The captain knew that it was not a small island, but his long-lost hometown.

"Brothers, we're home, Xia Guo is ahead, and Shenzhou is here." The captain shouted excitedly.

Hearing the captain's voice, the crew weakly came out of the cabin, gathered at the bow, looked at the long coastline in the distance, and burst into tears.

He Tie was lying in the hammock, and now he had a high fever for two days. He knew that he would soon be thrown into the sea by his companions like those dead companions, and end his humiliation.

In a trance, He Tie vaguely heard someone calling loudly beside him, and that voice seemed to be his name.

"He Heizi, get up, we're home, don't fucking die, it's just one step away."

He Tie was about to shake violently, and slowly opened his eyes, seeing the familiar face of his friend, he couldn't help being cold and dazed.

"Why are you here, are you dead too?" He Tie said in a daze.

"Damn it, die, I'm alive and well, get up quickly if you're not dead, we're going to land." The man laughed and scolded.

With his support, He Tie climbed down from the hammock with difficulty, and said, "We've landed, have we returned to Xia Guo?"

"Come back, brother, you're saved this time, the doctors of our Xia Kingdom will definitely cure you, and then we'll go find the girls together." The man supported He Tie and walked towards the deck.

No signs of human activities were found on the shore. After identifying the location, and comparing it with the contour map of Shenzhou En, they found that they are now at a position 20 miles south of Guiyucheng. In this direction, the south is more than [-] miles away. There is a small town there.

The joy of returning home immediately diluted the pessimistic mood of the previous crew members. Everyone cheered and cheered, and headed south along the coastline.

(End of this chapter)