The winter sun shines down, warmly spread on the ground, bathed in this sunshine, and the whole body is lazy.

In the back garden, which has been expanded more than ten times, an irregular pond of more than one acre is located in the center, leading from the pond several ditches and winding in the garden. It's a pity that it's winter, and the water hasn't been brought in yet, so I can't see the scenery that it should be.

The place where the flowers and trees were planted was just dug out of the tree pit to make up the land, but it was just bare, and occasionally a few flowers and trees planted in pots were scattered among them, which was considered to decorate a little vitality to enter.

When the new garden was first built, the scene of green trees and flowers and trees could be changed out at once. This bare appearance is really a bit difficult to see. Although Xu Ping borrowed a lot of potted plants from Wang Su's house, he could only decorate the verandah.

Not far from the verandah, Xu Chang and Sun Qilang were directing more than a dozen strong men to build a shelf, and a row of shining glass was erected next to them. They were seizing their last days to build two greenhouses in the garden.

Xu Ping thought about it, and let his garden not look embarrassed, and not let the emperor and ministers who came to see it uncomfortable, and there was only this way. There were originally two greenhouses in Zhongmu Manor, in which some common vegetables and fruits were grown. Although some of them did not survive, they were replanted from time to time, and after a few months, they still filled the two sheds with green in winter.

mobilized the young people in Zhongmu Manor, and Xu Ping wanted to move the green to the back garden outside the city.

Large pieces of flat glass are expensive, and there is no normal market price now, Wang Su just casually packed two boxes of pearls and exchanged them with Xu Ping, which is really extravagant to build a greenhouse. But Xu Pinggui is a county marquis, and the entire Kaifeng City knows that his family is rich, how can he show his identity if he is not extravagant?

On the other side, Shi Quanbin and Li Zhang are directing the people in the palace to arrange the decorations, where to hang the silk Luo, where to lay the carpet, who can say clearly if they are not people who have stayed in the palace? In the evening, there are people around the emperor in the palace who come to Xu Ping's mansion to guide, rather than waiting there to toss all night, it is better to do it yourself.

On the verandah, Xu Ping was painting with an official with a white beard. To entertain ordinary people, the transparent glass windows are shocking enough, but it is not enough to entertain the emperor, Xu Ping wants to sandwich some famous paintings in the glass.

The old man who painted was Yan Su, a Jinshi during the auspicious period of Zhenzong Dazhong, and now a famous literati painter.

Being able to invite Yan Su to paint, there is also an interesting story.

Yan Su was not only a painter, but also a scientific inventor among the literati of this era. These two are royal honor guards, and although Xu Ping is curious, he doesn't have the opportunity to take a closer look with his own eyes.

In addition to the guide car and the Jili drum car, Yansu also improved the timekeeping tool, called the Lotus Drain. When Xu Ping had just returned to the court, he was just in time to compare the lotus leak with the weighing leak used by Si Tianjian at this time under the bell and drum tower, so he paid attention.

Kaifeng Bell and Drum Tower is located in front of the Wende Palace, under the control of Si Tianjian, and the bells and drums that come out from here every day are the standard time of the capital of the Great Song Dynasty. Officials go to the court, and the people work, all based on the time of the bell and drum tower.

When Xu Ping was in the front hall of the court, and later in the Sansi Yamen, he often passed by the Wende Palace, and had the opportunity to carefully study the old and new timekeeping tools of this era.

As the name suggests, the amount of water flowing out of the balance is compared with the standard to determine the length of time between each weighing. This is the method of segmented timing, Xu Ping has seen many kinds of clocks in his previous life, and he naturally feels simple when he sees this big guy. However, this rudimentary method of timekeeping has been used for hundreds of years in conjunction with Chinese astronomical observations, allowing the introduction of a calendar one by one.

Yansu new system for the lotus drain, simply put, is two characteristics, one is to ensure the stability of the measurement of water level, to eliminate the water level change on the timing error, and the other is to weigh the leak ratio is a continuous timing tool.

Xu Ping's historical knowledge is indeed average, and he does not know the significance of this famous timekeeping instrument in the history of science and technology. But judging from the knowledge of his previous life, he could see at a glance that the Lotus Leak was too much superior to the Lotus Leak.

But the final test results were disappointing, the time measured by the lotus leak did not match the "Chongtian Calendar" that was in use at this time, and was denied by Si Tianjian, and Yan Su failed to install a new timekeeping instrument at this time.

Xu Ping was also surprised when he heard the result, and specially wrote a letter to Yan Su, asking him the reason for his failure and expressing his opinion. Yan Su, who was depressed, introduced Xu Ping as a confidant, and paid a special visit to listen to Xu Ping's opinion.

Whether it is weighed or scored, a system with a constant flow rate is used to measure the amount of water flowing out to determine the time. Obviously, in this system, the water level has an impact on the flow rate, and the lotus leak in Yansu stabilizes the water level, which is bound to be more accurate than the original leakage.

After careful analysis, Xu Ping and Yan Su could only come to one conclusion: the system of Yan Su was too complicated, the correction and operation were very cumbersome, and the officials of Si Tianjian could not quickly master the skills, which led to the failure of the experiment. Of course, there must also be the rejection of new things by the Si Tianjian personnel, but the test was carried out in front of the Wende Palace, and everyone was watching, which was not the main factor.

After listening to Xu Ping's opinion, Yan Su re-improved his lotus leak, and Xu Ping also participated in the calculation several times, and felt that the accuracy must be more than Si Tianjian's leakage.

A few days ago, taking advantage of the fine weather, Xu Ping and Yan Su measured that the accuracy of today's lotus leakage can reach about five or six percent, which is equivalent to the appearance of fifty seconds in Xu Ping's previous life.

In good conscience, with the application of this era, this accuracy is already quite good. Xu Ping also thought about using the knowledge of his previous life to make a pendulum clock, but the pendulum clock required many parts, and the precision required was high, and he was afraid that he could not achieve this accuracy in his eagerness. I can only wait until I have the opportunity to study it slowly. Pendulum clocks do not need to be so large and complex, and the advantages are numerous.

Now the newly made lotus drain is placed in Xu Ping's back garden, and when the emperor Zhao Zhen brings his personal ministers as guests, he can introduce them to them, so that Yan Su can get another chance to test.

It was for this reason that Yan Su willingly came to Xu Ping's Mansion to paint. Otherwise, with his current status as a straight bachelor of Longtu, he is old again, and Xu Ping can't invite him to come no matter how much money he gives.

Xu Ping looked at the mountains and rivers and cold forests written by Yan Su, and had an indescribable sense of elegance, and said: "Bachelor, it doesn't matter if you draw roughly, it's good if the meaning is there." Just add some scenery to the window, it doesn't need to be too fine. ”

Yan Su had a serious face, and he didn't answer, just buried himself in painting. Painters have the rules of painters, where it can be said that it is coarse, coarse, fine, fine, at most, it is just less artistic conception brewing, adding some tacky.

Xu Ping is basically a layman to the literati's qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he can only watch the excitement, I don't know if Yan Su listened to his words, but I saw that he was busy.

This old man is really a talent, he can be admitted to the Jinshi after studying, he can also invent various machines, and even summed up the law of the tide. If you have memories of your past life like Xu Ping, you must be an amazing monster-like character.

On the other side, Xu Chang and Sun Qilang finally set up a greenhouse and instructed people to plant all kinds of vegetables and fruits moved from Zhongmu into the greenhouse. This is also thanks to the fact that there are many people in Zhongmu Manor, and this greenhouse can be built overnight. I just don't know how many plants will wither after this transplanting.

But what does it matter? Tomorrow will be the top big names in the capital, as long as they show their faces, there will naturally be a steady stream of resources to support them in the future, and the scale will inevitably get bigger and bigger.

There are so many things involved in making windows out of glass. If you design a house with glass windows, it will involve many problems such as etiquette and habits. The houses of poor families do not pay attention to etiquette and overall beauty, but they cannot afford to use glass. In the future, the biggest use may be to use it in the garden like Xu Ping, to build a verandah, or to build a reading pavilion or something. To really become a daily commodity accepted by society, I am afraid that it will take a long time to evolve with the whole society.

The greenhouse is different, Tokyo City is the most prosperous place in the world, how many people hide gold and silver mountains at home and can't go out. In winter, even if a tender cucumber can't be sold for the same price, a hundred wen will inevitably be snatched up.

In a greenhouse, as long as you plant a bunch of cucumbers, all the capital will come back.

The back of Xu Ping's garden is no longer a residential area, and most of the original people are people who grow vegetables and flowers, and Xu Ping spent a lot of money to buy 300 acres down. One acre costs five yuan, and the land that grows grain a little farther away can buy at least five or six acres, but for Xu Ping, he can quickly get back the capital by planting anything in the field.

In this world, even if he has become a high-ranking official, Xu Ping still feels at ease when he has hundreds of acres of land planted in front of him.

This kind of thinking is very strange, and Xu Ping doesn't know where it came from, and it is deeply ingrained in his heart. When he arrived in Yongzhou, he didn't live for a long time and felt that he couldn't stay in the state city, and would rather go to Hexian County to grow sugarcane.

Now that I have returned to the capital, I am far away from Zhongmu's own countryside, and I can't look at it every day, so I have a feeling of unsteadiness, and I always feel that something is missing in my life.

Only with this green in his eyes can Xu Ping feel down-to-earth and feel that life is real.

When he came to this world, Xu Ping had already formed an indissoluble bond with the land. With so many crops that I have crossed, I have been running around and doing a lot of work in the past few years, and I have never had the opportunity to play their role. When they returned to the capital this time, their lives slowly began to stabilize, and Xu Ping was going to let them show their demeanor in this world.

And this time, when the topmost figures in the capital came to his home as guests, Xu Ping had to make an appearance first, so that the officials and people in Kaifeng City knew that the Yongning Marquis Mansion not only had no shortage of money, but also boundless green, which could decorate the capital. (To be continued.) )