Please ask me to be the emperor

"Princess, it's getting dark!" Baoqin hesitated for a long while and couldn't help but remind him.

Although Baoqin is now King Qin's concubine, she is actually still a virgin, so she can't help but feel a little expectant and a little nervous about what will happen next.

"I'm not blind!" Ma Yingniang dropped the documents in her hands on the table with a heavy voice, her pretty face covered with dark clouds.

Straight bitch, if I want to sleep with my husband, I have to work to "make money" first, right?

"Um, will His Highness King Shun secretly go to other rooms and leave us here?" The hand holding the piano kept moving, and his eyes couldn't help but look out several times, and he couldn't help but ask again.

"How dare he!" Ma Yingniang raised her eyebrows and said sternly, as if she was on the verge of a volcanic eruption, "If he dares to insult me ​​like this, I will burn the whole place down for him!"

Do you know why this order was delayed?

It turned out that after Wang Zheng helped him assemble the "Nuremberg Egg" and explained some superficial knowledge about clocks, he committed the modern habit of asking for details.

"Chang Dao, what is the principle of this clock? Can you clear up my doubts?" Zhang Shun hesitated and had to ask.

In my previous life, as a modern person, I felt too ashamed to ask ancient people for mechanical knowledge.

"Oh, Your Highness King Qin, you are too polite. I am only a few years older, so you can just call me Lao Wang!" Wang Zheng said politely after hearing this.

"The method of this Western clock is quite ingenious. It is driven by a heavy hammer or steel gut, its speed is adjusted by a comb and pendulum, its power is transmitted by gears, and it is represented by hands and hour markers."

As soon as Wang Zheng explained the principle of his clock, he started talking nonstop. After talking for a long time, Zhang Shun looked confused.

He couldn't help but thought: "The knowledge of clocks and watches in the Far West is profound and profound, which is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. I will illustrate it with pictures to see if His Highness the King of Qin understands it."

Thinking of this, Wang Zheng ordered people to bring pens, inks, paper and inkstones, and he explained and painted at the same time.

In fact, the principle of this clock is not very complicated. After listening to it for a short while, Zhang Shun completely understood what was going on.

According to his own summary, the structure of this clock seems complicated, but in fact it is divided into four parts.

1. Power system, 2. Transmission system, 3. Escapement system, 4. Pointer system.

Most of the large-scale self-ringing clock power systems are heavy hammers. Of course, there are exceptions. There were also short-lived water-powered clocks in ancient China.

The power system of pocket watches like the "Nuremberg Egg" is the "steel gut", which is what later generations call the clockwork drive.

The transmission system is a variety of large and small gears, and its main function is to transmit the energy generated by the power to the pointer.

The "escapement system" controls the release of energy and adjusts the speed of gear rotation.

This is the key to clocks, and it is also one of the important reasons why later generations of mechanical watches make a rhythmic "ta-da-da" sound.

The pointer system is even simpler. It just uses a light pointer to match the speed with the timetable, making it easier for people to check the time.

Of course, these are simple to say, but more complicated to implement in practice.

If Wang Zheng really disassembled the "Nuremberg Egg" and asked Zhang Shun to assemble it, he might not be able to do it this time.

When Wang Zheng heard Zhang Shun's summary, his eyes almost popped out.

Although Zhang Shun's summary is very simple, it is actually a very typical abstract thinking.

In his "Illustrated Notes on Strange Weapons of the Far West", Wang Zheng specifically emphasized: "The study of force art does not involve soil, water, wood, stone, etc., but it is always about transporting heavy objects."

While Wang Zheng was sighing with emotion, he couldn't help but ask tentatively: "I wonder if His Highness the King of Qin thinks that if he wants to make this clock, what should he learn?"

"Ah, this?" Zhang Shun thought about it after hearing this, and said that it was Wang Zheng who wanted to propose to him the development of the watch industry, so he couldn't help but replied smoothly: "I guess it requires mechanics, surveying and materials science, right?"

Wang Zheng was stunned after hearing this, and thought to himself: This title of mechanics sounds somewhat similar to my emphasis on science, but what the hell are surveying and materials science?

So Wang Zheng ignored it and just asked, "I wonder what this mechanics is?"

"This" is so difficult to explain in just one sentence what mechanics is.

Zhang Shun frowned and couldn't help but smile and said: "For example, if a Ringo falls from a tree, why does it hit me on the head instead of flying to the sky? This is mechanics!"

"Gravity?" Wang Zheng was stunned and blurted out.

"What?" Zhang Shun was even more shocked when he heard this. Are you a time traveler too?

Wang Hui quickly drew a few circles on the paper, pointed to the figure and said: "The circle is the earth, A is the center of the earth, B, C, and E are all heavy objects. Each body wants to go straight down to the center of the earth, which is the center of the earth." This is my old friend.”

"For example, a magnet attracts iron. The iron's nature is that of a stone. No matter whether the stone is up or down, left or right, the iron will attract it. This is the same nature!"

"Gravity?" Now it was Zhang Shun's turn to be dumbfounded. You are really a time traveler!

"Gravity? That's an interesting word!" Wang Zheng couldn't help but smile and shook his head after hearing this. "As far as I know from my study of Far Western heavy studies, only the earth has this characteristic, and it's hard to say for other heavy objects!"

"Is there a person named Newton in the Far West?" Zhang Shun breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but ask again.

"As far as I know, there is one person who teaches the art of mechanics, one is Ahimode. One is Weiduo, one is Ximen, one is plowing, one is assassinating Moli, and no one is called Newton!" Wang Hui heard this! He couldn't help but laugh and said, "I learned all my important studies and strength arts from the works of the above people."

Zhang Shun was immediately confused. Who are these?

"Could it be a translation error?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but muttered to himself.

"The King of Qin made a mistake. I have taught myself Far Spanish and can recite his books, so how can I make translation mistakes?" Wang Hui couldn't help but laugh.

"You also know English? Hello, I'm stuck again and again. What's the inside story about my taking medicine?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but said happily.

"???" Wang Zheng was even more confused after hearing this, "What does King Qin mean? Is this Far Spanish? How did I learn Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta?"

Now it was Zhang Shun's turn to be confused, and he couldn't help but ask: "What Chinese language did the senior officer learn?"

"This Far Western language is called Latino, and most Far Western books are written in this language. If you can understand this language, you can recite most Far Western classics!" Wang Zheng couldn't help but explain.

Zhang Shun was confused for a long time and thought to himself: Could this thing be Latin? Haven't you heard of "books with the same text" in Europe?

However, no matter what language he speaks, it would be great if he could read through the seven thousand classics brought by missionary Jin Nige.

So back and forth, Zhang chatted with Wang Zheng until sunset, then resolutely refused Wang Zheng's warm hospitality and ran back.

"Wife, madam, madam!" Zhang Shun looked at Ma Yingniang with an angry face and couldn't help but flatter her with a guilty conscience.

"Come back?" Ma Yingniang looked him up and down, and sniffed him like a puppy. After finding no flaws, she pointed at Baoqin and said coldly, "Have you seen this woman? ?”

"I see it!" Zhang Shun nodded and bowed.

"Isn't it beautiful?"

"Not pretty!" Zhang Shun shook his head quickly, this was a proposition.

"There really isn't a word of truth in her mouth!" Ma Yingniang was stunned when she heard this, and couldn't help but shook her head and said, "What she said was better than what she sang. It's a pity that she has no chance to see you tonight!"

Ma Yingniang originally wanted to say that you should not go to my bed tonight, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized that this would be an advantage for Baoqin, so she quickly changed her mind.

"No problem, absolutely no problem. Whatever the lady says, we will do it!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but said with a playful smile, "I just have a small matter that I want to discuss with you."

"Say!" Although Ma Yingniang's voice was still cold, she seemed to be in a better mood.

"Everyone says that I am uneducated and I am deeply ashamed of myself. It just so happened that I became a master today and planned to learn some knowledge!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but said with a shy face, "It's just that I am too lonely. I wonder if my wife can accompany me. Let’s study together?”

"Hey, can't I see that you've made progress?" Ma Yingniang looked him up and down. She was quite curious and couldn't help laughing.

"This is a good thing, and we must support it vigorously. When the time comes, I will follow you wherever you learn. Don't worry, I will never hold you back!"

How could Ma Yingniang expect Zhang Shun to set a trap for her here?

From then on, the lives of the girls in the back house were miserable.

And the words "King Qin's mother-in-law" have become synonymous with the most miserable days in the world.

So much so that if some girls refuse to obey the discipline, their old father will threaten them: "If you continue to refuse to learn Nühong, I will send you to the Qin Mansion to serve the King of Qin!"

There is no relevant information to confirm what Latin was called in the late Ming Dynasty. However, in the Qing Dynasty, it was called Latino, Ladino, and Latinu. It is basically the standard terminology used in Western French official documents, laws, and classics. Therefore, if the protagonist wants to break the monopoly of the Catholic and Spanish parties on the dissemination of scientific and technological knowledge, he must first master Latin before talking about anything else. At the same time, this was also the only way for society at that time to deal with the West. If you want to learn its technology and culture first, you must first learn its language.