The most arrogant in history

Chapter 330 Observatory.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Let me tell you this. The earth is a big ball with magnetism. Like a magnet, it attracts everything on it, including humans, animals, and flowers and plants. Are you satisfied?"

Regarding gravity, Ye Kun was unable to explain it clearly to Pang Jia and others.

I can only use a magnet as an analogy.

Pang Jia was still entangled: "Then why didn't I feel that the earth sucked me in?"

"If the earth didn't suck you in, you could grab your hair and throw yourself into the sky." Ye Kun said angrily.

Jin Feng interrupted Pang Jia and asked Ye Kun about the tide problem.

Ye Kun made some limited explanations based on his own understanding.

At this time, the moon was at its zenith.

Everyone was full, and Ye Kun took everyone to the observation tower to look at the moon through a telescope.

Looking at the clear craters on the moon, everyone was amazed.

Jin Feng asked, "Master Ye, how did you know there were craters on the moon before the telescope was invented?"

"Oh, that's recorded in the secret book of our Mohist school." Ye Kun had no choice but to lie.

"What secret book? Why haven't I seen it?" Pang Jia asked again.

"Your level is not high enough, of course you haven't seen it. I'm the head, a big shot, so I have the opportunity to see it!" Ye Kun said proudly.

Pang Jia and Sun Yi were all speechless.

Ye Kun looked at Taichang Sima Gui and others, and said:

"You may not believe what I said tonight. But it doesn't matter. This star chart that simulates the movement of the sun, moon and earth is correct. We can accurately predict every solar and lunar eclipse based on this star chart. Your previous calendar cannot do this."

Jin Feng thought about it and nodded, "If the sun, moon and earth really move in this way, then we can indeed calculate every solar and lunar eclipse."

Ye Kun nodded: "Leave the calculation of the solar and lunar eclipses to Lord Jinfeng. I will build an observatory at the highest point of Chengdu City. I will equip you with a high-power and clear telescope and related instruments. You will be responsible for observing celestial phenomena, summarizing the laws of the movement of the sun and the moon, and revising the astronomical calendar of the Great Ding Kingdom."

Jin Feng was overjoyed and asked in disbelief, "My lord, you mean to give me an observatory?"

"I'll give you more than just an observatory." Ye Kun smiled and said to Sima Gui:

"Master Sima, you are old and it is time for you to enjoy a peaceful life. How about this, you retire and return home, and let Jin Feng take your place. I will give you a pension every year to ensure that you can spend your old age in peace. How do you think?"

Sima Gui is almost sixty years old and just spends his time at work.

Moreover, the work of an astronomer is very leisurely.

Sima Gui knew that Ye Kun despised him, and hurriedly clasped his fists:

"Your Majesty, I have long wanted to retire and return home. My home is in Chengdu, so I can enjoy a peaceful and comfortable life in my later years."

"Lord Sima has retired at the right time and made way for a rising star. This is a testament to his integrity." Ye Kun smiled and said to the soldiers around him:

"Pick out a set of porcelain and two iron pots from the palace storehouse and send them to Lord Sima tomorrow. Oh, and give him a honeycomb coal stove and a thousand kilograms of honeycomb coal and send them to Lord Sima's house."

Sima Gui bowed in thanks and took his leave.

Ye Kun patted Jin Feng on the shoulder:

"Starting tomorrow, you will be the Lord of Rites, responsible for the calendar. Not only will you do research, you will also have to discover talents. As long as they are promising, you can make an exception and hire them."

Jin Feng was flattered: "I am afraid that I am not talented enough and have failed the king's kindness."

"I'm optimistic about you, you'll definitely achieve results!"

Ye Kun smiled, arranged the matters concerning the observatory, and then led everyone back to the palace.

In the next two days, Ye Kun personally led the team to continue researching and manufacturing telescopes and microscopes, and guided everyone in their use.

High-power telescopes can be used not only in astronomy, but also in the military.

Fixed sentries can be set up to monitor the enemy situation and to develop message trees for transmitting messages.

Ye Kun handed over the code development work of the message tree to Gongsun Erniang and Ding Ding.

Tintin had a clever idea. He painted the wooden board in five colors: red, blue, yellow, white and black, and then used a combination of circles, triangles and pentagons to develop a simple code.

In clear weather, a high-power telescope can see the wooden pattern fifteen miles away.

If you want to send a message one hundred and fifty miles away, you only need ten high tower transfer stations in between. The speed is faster than that of a carrier pigeon!

Ye Kun handed over several microscopes to the medical research team.

Before we know it, it is the season for harvesting wheat and planting rice.

Ye Kun also took Jiang Yourong, Dai Xi, and Jiao Nu to Baihu Village outside the city to participate in voluntary labor.

Xie Baochan and Yuejuan didn't know how to farm, but they changed into coarse cloth clothes and served tea and water to the working people in the fields to cheer them up.

The villagers were so moved that they burst into tears.

The King of Hanzhong actually brought several wives with him to work in the fields himself, and also delivered meals and tea to everyone. He was so people-friendly.

In addition, almost all the agricultural officials in Chengdu were driven to the fields by Ye Kun and asked to go deep into the front line.

Qin Chou also happened to return to Chengdu and chased to the suburbs to report his work to Ye Kun.

When Jiao Nu saw her father, she stepped forward, kowtowed and greeted him, then held her father's hand, tears streaming down her face.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Jiao Nu, this time I will let your father rest in Chengdu for two months so that your family can be reunited."

In the past two years, Qin Chou has been really busy and tired, running around everywhere to promote the use of new plows and harrows, composting technology, rice transplanting, fruit tree grafting, chili pepper cultivation, and the promotion of various crops and fruit trees.

Moreover, Qin Chou's work is very solid, and every item and every detail is implemented in place.

"Lord Ye, I'm not tired." Qin Chou grinned:

"Although I have to run around everywhere, it is still much easier than farming in Caomiao Village. I have so many people under me, and there are people to take care of me wherever I go."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "But Sister Huaihua... no, it's Jiaonu's mother, who said that you work too hard and have been away for a year. How about this, you hand over the work of each county to your subordinates, and you can take a rest in Chengdu."

"That's fine too."

Qin Chou nodded and reported the specific work.

All fields in the entire territory of Yizhou and Yongliang states have resumed production.

The cultivation of chili peppers, water wheels, stone mills, and spinning wheels have been extended throughout the country;

The plowing and ox-plowing techniques also completed the renewal of the entire territory.

Various high-yield fruit trees and lotus roots, water chestnuts, and wild rice stems are being vigorously developed. Aquaculture, animal husbandry, and poultry breeding have greatly increased compared to the past.

At the same time, Qin Chou also mentioned a situation: all new technologies are promoted quickly in the newly built 100-household villages, but it is difficult to promote them in areas controlled by the gentry.

Ye Kun laughed: "Then let those gentry bastards starve to death. We just need to build all the Hundred Household Villages!"

Each village with a hundred households is managed by a village chief, and is equipped with a village chief, a village doctor, a teacher, a veterinarian, and a militia squad leader.

Ye Kun can directly mobilize all the hundred-household villages!

The purpose of developing 100-household villages is to weaken the power of the major gentry at the grassroots level.

Qin Chou laughed and said, "Those gentry are just clever. They won't learn new technology until they see a bumper harvest in Baihu Village."

Ye Kun nodded and asked, "Can the people now have enough to eat? Do they have money to buy salt? Can they eat meat two or three times a month?"