The harem also has to be taught the basic law.

Normally, if the emperor is rich in the world, the emperor should have the final say in the harem, such as rewarding the concubine he likes.

However, in fact, the rise or decline of the status of the concubine in the harem was entirely determined by the emperor, and the emperor basically had no chance to intervene.

Just like now, Emperor Chongzhen had long wanted to appoint Concubine Yi as a concubine or even an imperial concubine, but his son was three years old, and Emperor Chongzhen could not open his mouth.

The reason is that the queen took the initiative to mention it, but Emperor Chongzhen said it was not a good thing. At least it was not a good thing for Concubine Yi. She could hint to the queen, and then wait for the queen's decision, and don't think about intervening on the live broadcast.

This is the basic law of the harem. There is no such thing as the emperor really likes someone who is always there. If he agrees, he will directly enthrone as a concubine or even a concubine.

Do you need to talk about the most basic rules?

Except for Miqing, people never talk about the basic laws, especially those brainless women who traveled through time to send off their pussy, let alone the basic laws of the harem.

After having a meal with his wives and his sons and daughters again after taking a look at their studies, Emperor Chongzhen chose to stay in the empress's harem.

It’s not that I don’t want to run to Yunxiu Palace, I like more, but that I don’t have the courage to sign Concubine Yi as a concubine, but I ran to Yunxiu Palace in a blink of an eye. Isn’t this intention to make things difficult for the Empress?

Once the Empress is unhappy, Concubine Yi will probably not be happy either, and in the end she is still the one who is upset.

The next day, the sky brightened, and Emperor Chongzhen, who had been ridiculous for a night, felt refreshed and simply sent someone to inform him of the previous dynasty. The dynasty meeting was suspended for one day. If you have any questions, let the cabinet and the Silijian handle it first. He took Hong Chengchou and a group of gangsters to the Royal Academy.

What is really important now is the railway.

As long as the bridge across the river is really built, you can try to think about the Yangtze River Bridge in the future. Although Emperor Chongzhen himself knew it was unlikely, he still had a dream.

What if it is achieved?

Even if this dream is really impossible, it is already very meaningful to just solve the Yellow River Bridge.

At the very least, there will be no need for ferries or pontoon bridges from north to south of the Yellow River, and the speed of transporting materials and soldiers will be greatly improved.

I can't see anything in normal times. Once I encounter a war period, the difference between one day earlier and one day later is enough to change the direction of a war.

The only regret is that it is difficult to build a railway. Without construction machinery, it is easy to rely on manpower to pile it up in the Central Plains. Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Duogansi, Wusizang, and Panling are undoubtedly several huge flesh and blood mills that slowly swallow and grind a large number of "laborers".

After Emperor Chongzhen brought a group of horsemen to the Royal Academy, he had no unnecessary nonsense and asked Hong Chengchou to talk about the construction of the river-crossing bridge.

After hearing that Hong Chengchou's Ministry of Railways had already done the experiment, Mo Hua became interested. After taking the pile of experimental records in Hong Chengchou's hand and looking through it for a long time, Mo Hua's face changed again and again. Finally, he couldn't help it and sneered: "Is this the experimental record done by the Ministry of Railways?"

When Hong Chengchou heard Mo Hua's tone, he felt something was wrong. What does this mean with a bit of sarcastic tone? Could it be that there is something wrong with the experiment conducted by the Ministry of Railways?

After pondering for a while, Hong Chengchou tentatively said: "In the view of the Mo Yuan, is there anything wrong with these records?"

Mo Hua, who was very energetic in later generations of scientific research, had no concern about Emperor Chongzhen sitting next to him. He just sneered and said, "What's wrong with it? Hehe, what's the right place in this record?

Hongbutang, don’t blame me for being rude. If there is any bastard in the Royal Academy who dares to do experiments like this and write such experimental records, I will definitely beat him to death! He will beat him to death with his own hands!"

He turned a page casually, then stretched out a finger and gestured, "Look here, on the fifth day of the 12th month of the 13th year of Chongzhen, he mixed five bamboo strips with ten kilograms of cement, and then solidified and hit them with a hammer and shattered.

What weather was the fifth day of the 12th month? What temperature was it? Ten kilograms of cement, what kind of cement was ten kilograms? How long was the length, width and thickness of the five bamboo strips? How big was the hammer? Who hit it? How different is it from the other experiments?

If the experimental record is like this only once, it would be fine, but it is always like this. I wonder if Hongbutang, what is the significance of this record?"

Listening to Mo Hua's series of questions, Hong Chengchou was completely confused.

What weather was coming on the fifth day of December? Is it snowing? Is it sunny or cloudy? The temperature? How to calculate this thing? It’s cold and the temperature is quite low, and the water has frozen?

Besides, the remaining messy things are not managed by the Ministry of Education. Ask me, who will I ask?

Looking at Hong Chengchou, Mo Hua simply sneered: "A mere ten kilograms of cement, hitting it with a heavy hammer will naturally be broken pieces. What if it is a hundred kilograms of cement? What if it is a small hammer? What if it is a dozen times, what if it is a thousand times?"

Hong Chengchou was still confused: "In this way, aren't these records useless?"

Mo Hua sneered and said, "I have no use, I have to start over!"

However, Emperor Chongzhen keenly noticed a keyword, temperature in the conversation just now.

When Emperor Chongzhen asked about the temperature, Mo Hua bowed and said, "Your Majesty, weren't some barbarians sent by the Jinyiwei before? One of them brought a good thing, it is said that a gentleman named Santorini improved the thermometer made by a gentleman named Ga.

This thermometer contains colorful liquid, and the height of the liquid will change with the change of temperature. I am trying to make a scale on it for calculation."

Emperor Chongzhen had no idea about the more remote gadgets like thermometers, and it was even more impossible for him to know who invented them.

But Mo Hua's words revealed another news.

There is no temperature scale for the current thermometers, which means that 0 degrees and 37 degrees of the human body have no concept.

After pondering for a while, Emperor Chongzhen decided not to miss this good opportunity to pretend to write his name in history: "Water is cold and water is boiling and steam is visible, so it is easier to distinguish by water temperature.

In this case, why not use the temperature of freezing with water cooling and freezing as zero degrees, and the temperature of water boiling as one hundred degrees, and divide it into one hundred parts, and then observe the other temperatures?

By the way, I see that the weather is also frozen outside, but sometimes it will be colder and sometimes it will be a little warm. It can be seen that the temperature below zero is also high and low. Can you also observe it again?"

Mo Hua's eyes lit up and he bent and said, "Yes."

The Royal Academy has already prepared for testing the temperature, but it has not yet figured out what temperature should be used as the standard. Since Emperor Chongzhen has stipulated zero degrees and one hundred degrees, the rest is easy to deal with, but it is just to divide the water from the temperature to freeze to the temperature of boiling into one hundred.

What interested Mo Hua is that everyone knows that the concept of subzero temperature is getting colder every day, but how cold is it? What is the difference in the temperature every day?

This point raised by Emperor Chongzhen happened to be similar to what he thought, so Mo Hua became even more interested.

Emperor Chongzhen, who succeeded in showing off his own name in history, smiled and said, "I heard that the ancient gods once had a measure of heaven in their hands, which could measure everything in the world. Now that I, the Ming Dynasty, have a thermometer, can measure all the temperature in the world. Mo Aiqing and the Jinyiwei are all of them."

Mo Hua was not interested in this contribution: "I heard from Your Majesty that this is all the contribution of the Jinyiwei, and I dare not be greedy for me."

Emperor Chongzhen did not put Mo Hua too much in his humility, but instead said with a smile: "What is Mr. Santorini and that Mr. Ga, have you ever invited me to the Ming Dynasty?"

Mo Hua immediately said regretfully: "I'll tell you that Mr. Santorini has gone to the ninth year of Chongzhen, and Mr. Jia is already seventy-seven years old, and it is said that he is not in good health."

Emperor Chongzhen immediately felt very regretful.

One died, and the remaining one was seventy-seven years old and in poor health. Even if he sailed far away on the sea at this age, he would probably be cold before he arrived in the Ming Dynasty.

After helplessly giving up the idea of ​​letting the Jinyiwei go over and "invite people", Emperor Chongzhen sighed: "This kind of talent cannot invite the Ming Dynasty. This is a great regret in life!"

Mo Xia nodded in agreement, but comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't be so sad. Those Western scholars have written many of them. The Jinyiwei has searched a lot before, and now there are many translated.

I think the classification of what Western scholars have studied is more detailed than that of our Ming Dynasty, and there are many reference points.

For example, they once mentioned the term chemistry. Among its related alchemy techniques, many views coincide with the theories in the works of ancient sages such as "Zhou Yi Shen Tongqi" and "Huangdi Neijing".

Therefore, I have already planned to ask Your Majesty to set up a new chemistry college to specialize in chemistry and alchemy."

Emperor Chongzhen said with a sneer: "Mo Aiqing is the principal of the Royal Academy. There is no problem in opening a chemical college. I agree. Mo Aiqing will do it with confidence and boldness. In addition, what is the matter of using this cement as a bridge pier?"

Mo Hua carefully said, "I dare not assure Your Majesty that it will be successful without an experiment. After doing a few sets of experiments, you will know the results."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "I have this patience, and Mo Aiqing will experiment slowly."

After sending away Emperor Chongzhen who knew how to investigate things and Hong Chengchou, who was a waste, Mo Hua simply summoned a group of horsemen and began to think about the thermometer.

Making a thermometer is very simple. Transparent and slender glass tubes are not difficult. It is not a big problem to seal them after filling with liquid. For the Royal Academy, it is very simple.

What I am interested in is the different results of filling different liquids inside.

Mercury, salt-filled water and alcohol, dozens of thermometers were quickly made, and then they took a basin of warm water that had just been cooled and waited for the water to freeze and set the zero-degree position.

After repeatedly testing several different thermometers, Mo Hua chose to throw away the thermometer with salt-stirred water as the liquid.

Not to mention the inaccurate thing, there were several others that were simply frozen and cracked and could not count on it. Instead, using a thermometer of mercury and alcohol made Mo Hua’s eyes lit up.

After trying it for two or three days, the thermometer I finally set was still using mercury. This thing performed a little better than alcohol, and it was unreasonable to use worse alcohol.

After completing the equal division between zero degrees and one hundred degrees, Mo Hua and his horsemen started the reverse scale, which means engraving the equal-distance temperature representation line at a position below zero degrees.

After a few days of testing, Mo Hua couldn't help it and finally ran to the palace to ask Emperor Chongzhen to see what was done, but it was getting colder and colder every day, which was a bit scary!

Emperor Chongzhen took the experimental data provided by Mo Hua several times before he said it was normal.

During the Little Ice River period, let alone drop twice a day, what can he do if he drops ten or eight degrees? What's the point of making a fuss?

The appearance of the thermometer made the Imperial Heaven Supervisor happy.

Originally, when I was playing with ice bottles, this thing was not very accurate once it reached the temperature below zero. With the thermometer provided by the Royal Academy, you can intuitively record different temperature changes.

As for whether it is accurate or not, it has nothing to do with the Imperial Heavenly Prison. This thing is provided by the Royal Academy. If you have different opinions, please contact the Royal Academy. They are responsible for the final interpretation.

In fact, the changes brought about by the emergence of the thermometer are definitely not able to accurately record the temperature.

The medical school also got a thermometer, which is probably the same as the thermometer in later generations. It also successfully obtained the normal temperature of the human body and the temperature comparison when there is a fever.

Chen Zuqi, who was thinking about hybrid seeds and greenhouse planting, was also ecstatic after getting this thing. With the thermometer, he could record the best time for seeds to germinate through repeated experiments!

As for other places, the application of thermometers is not very widespread. It is just a simple research and testing. After testing, the thermometer can only work normally when it is below 500 degrees. Once it exceeds 500 degrees, it will not be stable enough and will even melt and deform until it is scrapped.

This discovery made the entire Royal Academy feel a little incredible that the temperature is actually in units of hundreds?

If you didn't say anything, continue to experiment and continue to struggle. Anyway, the emperor's treasury has some money, and he has never been stingy about the Royal Academy. Even if you should spend money, you just need to save money for the emperor!
Chapter completed!