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Chapter 525 A Clarity Untainted by Knowledge
Emperor Zhu walked to the table, picked up a glass vessel, and examined it.
The glassware is shaped like an open cup, which is not unusual.
To Emperor Zhu's surprise, there were horizontal lines on the outside of the cup, with numbers marked next to them.
Yang Shaofeng began to introduce it to Emperor Zhu: "This is a 500 ml measuring cup. The longer horizontal line on the scale represents 100 ml, and the shorter line between the two long lines represents 50 ml."
"The measuring cup in my son-in-law's hand is a 100 ml measuring cup. The markings on it are divided into 10 ml increments, with the short line in the middle representing 5 ml."
"The most refined one here is the 10 ml measuring cup, which has the most precise graduations, reaching half a milliliter."
"Of course, these 100-milliliter and 10-milliliter containers can no longer be called cups; they can only be called test tubes."
"One jin of water equals one liter, which is equivalent to one thousand milliliters."
"But one pound of soybean oil contains 1,087 milliliters."
As for something as trivial as one catty and sixteen ounces, what does that have to do with me?
Yang Shaofeng continued, "Furthermore, this measuring tool can be used to calculate the different densities of various things, similar to the story of Cao Chong weighing an elephant..."
Density, volume, mass—Yang Shaofeng used a whole host of terms whenever he opened his mouth.
The Zhu Emperor was completely dumbfounded.
broken.
That feeling of understanding individual words, or being able to guess their meaning even if I don't fully understand them, but being completely clueless when they're put together again!
After a long silence, Emperor Zhu finally spoke, "Just tell me, what are the benefits of these things?"
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Emperor Zhu discreetly.
You old bastard, mocking me like that.
Are you being honest now?
Look at the appearance of your Northeast mascot.
Their eyes revealed a clarity untouched by the pollution of knowledge!
While inwardly mocking Emperor Zhu, Yang Shaofeng said seriously, "Standardization! All of this is for the purpose of standardization."
Emperor Zhu nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
Yang Shaofeng then reached out and picked up a thin glass tube.
"This thermometer was made by the School of Chemical Engineering."
"Inject mercury into a capillary glass tube, then mix ice and water together, taking the temperature of the mixture as zero and the temperature of boiling water as one hundred, and divide the mixture into one hundred equal parts."
"By placing this thing outdoors, you can observe the daily temperature changes."
"For example, the hottest day this year was 35 degrees Celsius, the hottest day next year will be 36 degrees Celsius, and the hottest day in the sixth year of the Hongwu reign was 37 degrees Celsius. This shows that the temperature is rising year by year."
"What if the opposite happens? If temperatures drop year after year, won't that affect the grain harvest?"
"Of course, it can also be placed under the armpit to observe changes in body temperature."
"According to observations from the medical school, a person's normal body temperature is between 36 and 37 degrees Celsius. If it is higher than 37 degrees Celsius, a person will feel lethargic, and if it is higher than 38 degrees Celsius, a person will have a fever."
"This is very useful for medicine."
"And this measuring cup or test tube can be placed outdoors to observe rainfall and snowfall, thus allowing for a better observation of the impact of rainfall and snowfall on grain harvest."
"If some areas receive significantly less or more rainfall than harvest areas, does that mean the harvest in those areas will be affected?"
Emperor Zhu nodded again, but his eyes, while still clear and untainted by knowledge, still held a hint of confusion.
This is the kind of thing where you can roughly understand some of it, but actually can't understand it at all.
But Emperor Zhu understood one thing.
That is, the Chemical Engineering Department of Dengzhou University has developed many good things, which will be of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but purse his lips again.
These old Taoist priests, none of them can cultivate to become immortals, but they are quite capable of messing around with these messy things.
It's a good thing that this bastard could come up with all this nonsense.
Just as Emperor Zhu was secretly complaining, Yang Shaofeng continued, "Father-in-law, this time your son-in-law didn't hold back, did he?"
Ok?
Emperor Zhu was furious.
What do you mean by "you dog"?
So, you've been holding a grudge ever since I said a few things to you a few days ago?
This is simply outrageous!
……
Feeling aggrieved after his visit to Dengzhou University, Emperor Zhu immediately began to complain to Empress Ma upon returning to his residence.
"Girl, you don't know, that bastard deliberately wanted to embarrass us."
"He had someone make a plaque overnight to turn the four characters we wrote for Dengzhou University into a plaque, which was then hung at the main gate of Dengzhou University."
"They even put together a whole bunch of things we don't understand to show off to us."
"How can there be a son-in-law like him in this world?"
"..."
The more Emperor Zhu spoke, the more heartbroken he became, and he was almost about to burst into tears.
Empress Ma, whose hands were being held by Emperor Zhu, wanted to laugh.
The mighty emperor of the Ming Dynasty was constantly getting angry with his son-in-law. What kind of situation was that?
It's one thing to be angry with her own son-in-law, but the problem is that every time she gains an advantage, she ends up losing, and every time she suffers a loss, she wants to get revenge. She is truly a model of repeated defeats and repeated attempts.
He came back to complain this time, probably hoping I'd give him some advice on how to get revenge.
"Now you should think about whether we should stay in Dengzhou for the New Year or go to Beiping for the New Year."
Instead of helping Emperor Zhu find a way to retaliate, Empress Ma smiled and said, "Unless we give up the northern tour, we definitely won't be able to get back to the capital before the New Year."
After a slight pause, Empress Ma continued, "If it's just the two of us, it doesn't matter where we spend the New Year, since we have Biao'er in the capital anyway."
“But the second, third, fourth, and fifth sons are still in Dengzhou, as are Jin’er, Yu’er, and your good son-in-law. If we take them on a northern tour, we’ll have to let them spend the New Year with us in Beiping.”
Empress Ma's words suddenly filled Emperor Zhu with anger again.
The original plan was to stay in Dengzhou Prefecture for a while, then go to Beiping, and return to the capital before the New Year.
But now things are really messed up. We've been stuck in Dengzhou for month after month, and now it's almost time to choose whether to spend the New Year in Dengzhou or in Beiping.
It's all that bastard's fault!
If it weren't for the fact that his new tricks were so attractive, we wouldn't have stayed in Dengzhou Prefecture for so long!
The more Emperor Zhu thought about it, the angrier he became, but in the end he still gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go back to the capital for the New Year, and come back after the New Year."
"Just like you said, there are also the second, third, fourth, and fifth brothers."
Emperor Zhu rolled his eyes and added, "The main reason is that we still need to offer sacrifices at the Imperial Ancestral Temple and to Heaven and Earth after the New Year. As the emperor, I must be in the capital. It's not for any other reason."
Empress Ma was too lazy to expose Emperor Zhu, and simply smiled and nodded: "Perfect timing, since your good son-in-law is going to the capital to report on his duties, let's go back to the capital together."