Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Wait, let me ask him where he is?"

"It's in a tank. My dad said he put the tank in the atrium. But don't disturb him. It's better to send him a message. There is a signal inside."

"Wait a minute." Phaethon took a few steps inside and indeed saw a jar placed there in the atrium, but it looked no different from a large pickle jar.

Turning on her phone, she sent a message: "Are you there?"

【Not here. 】

"???"

[He is not here, but I am replying to the letter. ] Apollonia replied. 【What's up? 】

"What's the situation now?"

[It’s nothing serious, just a minor outpatient surgery. Shangluo is inside the jar, in the process of inlaying several additional psychic organs such as the 'Lingtai Heart' into his strange meridians to increase the ability of his meridians to withstand spiritual energy. In other words, he is blazing a path for physical cultivation. Because it is inlaid on the odd vein instead of changing the normal vein, it is as simple as cutting the appendix. 】

"How long will it take for him to recover?"

[In fact, within an hour, it will be almost there, but he is adjusting the parameters. By the way, who is at the door? 】

"It's Lu Liang and Wen Yuan."

[Then let them come in quickly. Why are they standing at the door? 】

"That's okay. As a laborer, I can't let customers come in casually. Then if you agree, I'll let them in."

[Well, let’s make them a cup of tea. 】

Phaethon put down the phone and waved to Lu Liang.

At the same time, the electric curtain hung from the wall in the room, and the projector on the table was also started. Apollonia appears on the screen wearing a toga.

"Yo ho~" she greeted Lu Liang. Lu Liang also came to have a barbecue that day for his birthday, so they were both acquaintances.

"Didn't you say there is another one?" Apollonia asked across the screen, "Why don't you let him in?"

"He's sleeping at the door. Don't worry about him."

"Oh, that's okay." Apollonia really didn't care about him anymore, "Want to watch TV? Shangluo will be out in about an hour."

"Then I'll wait for him to come out before going back. My dad told me." Lu Liang took off his hat and put it on the table, "Eh?"

She suddenly remembered: "Do you have a TV at home? That's not right."

Lu Liang knew there was a TV. In fact, many places in Jinyiwei and the imperial court have electronic displays used to display information. A set of extremely complex cathode ray tubes is stuffed into the huge casing, and the display screen used for display is usually circular with only a small window. What is usually displayed is not pictures, but abstract information. For example, when the battleship's electric detector is displayed, the signal detected by the electric detector will be displayed.

There are also a few "monitors". However, the price of installing a monitor is much more expensive than hiring a security guard. It is better to hire an extra person to stand there. Only in places where no one can enter will there be monitors showing live signals. The things that are photographed are usually indistinguishable from human to animal, so you can only check to see if anything is "moving" in the picture.

Chapter 604 Three Hearts and Six Lungs

However, the imperial court was relatively optimistic about television technology. The "TVs" currently in use only have about 100 scanning lines. The TVs that are expected to be put on the market for showing programs will increase the scanning lines to about 480. This kind of cathode ray tube display has no concept of pixels, because the horizontal resolution is easy to solve, and the bottleneck of image quality is usually reflected in How many grids can be divided vertically?

480 bars is the resolution of 480P known to Shangluo. This is almost ready to watch. In the future, the TV series "Wang Lingguan" will also be broadcast using this signal format. As for now, since there are no standard signals at all, monitors are used everywhere to show off their magic powers, with various resolutions ranging from 80 lines to 200 lines.

But it doesn’t matter which one here. It seems unlikely that it will appear here.

"Eh? Why not?" Apollonia asked with a smile.

"Because at the end of the day, there's no television right now."

Yes, even if a 480P TV is brought out now, the TV programs will not be played at all.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Apollonia shook her head, "Then please witness the miracle - which station does your family listen to on the radio?"

"Jianning Police is online? This is what our family listens to. This is the season to catch wild boars, so you can call the hotline to pick them up. If there is any movement of wild boars, my dad will go to the police."

"Catching wild boars, right? Wait, I'll turn on the TV for you."

The projection screen rolled up on its own, revealing a large piece of glass like an embedded fish tank behind it. There are lights inside the glass, shining from top to bottom like stage lights.

A paper man appeared from under the stage and entered working mode as soon as he came up. He sat upright in front of the camera:

"This afternoon, when a citizen was at the Third Bridge of the Yangtze River, he accidentally discovered a large animal swimming on the river. He thought it was a river pig, but after careful observation, he discovered that it turned out to be a wild boar. Now, let's review that time Case."

The screen suddenly changed, and another paper man appeared, making a gesture of raising a phone on the other side: "That, that, that, is the Jiangning Public Security Bureau online? Let me tell you, there is a wild boar."

gushing endlessly, the paper man restored the scene of the hotline call.

The scene turned again and returned to the "studio": "About 12 minutes later, the wild boar successfully arrived on the other side of the Yangtze River, quickly landed on the shore and left. Some listeners believed that the news that wild boars often appear in Jiangning shows the local Good ecological environment.”

"???" The TV was still broadcasting, but Lu Liang was already dumbfounded, "It's really broadcasting! Did you convert the radio program into images?"

"Yes." Apollonia's voice came out, "There are not enough beans now, so the 'resolution' of the program is not high enough, and the scenery is not exquisite enough. The Yangtze River Bridge and the wild boars in the river should have been restored immediately After it came out, now I can only restore the scene of the phone call."

"Are there any other shows?"

"The knob is down there, you can adjust the channel yourself."

"I'll try to tune into the opera program."

Every time you choose, the little people above will flash on the screen quickly. He rode horses for a while, played football for a while, and finally settled down to a little man who got angry and started singing:

"I asked the naughty boy why he was crying. He said that the old thief Yan Song killed his whole family! I advise the naughty boy to stop crying and avoid crying! Mr. Zou is your revenger. Stand on the golden steps and watch with your eyes. It’s great to sit on it.”

With a snap, Lu Liang immediately turned off the TV.

"Ha, is it serious?" Apollonia asked.

"It's amazing. It's amazing." She looked at Phaethon again, "Does your family watch this every day? This is... this is so fun."

"It was only installed in the past two days, mainly because the troupe is still in training."

"The theater troupe?"

"Yes, you need to gather enough Doudou to perform this. It's the same as a troupe. But Shangluo said that this technology is expected to be extended to thousands of households in the future."

"One troupe for each family?"

"It's not just that. You can ask Doudou to do all the laundry, cooking, dishes and mopping the floor."

“Isn’t it true that everyone can be a master???”

"It can be calculated." Apollonia replied, "When all these heavy chores are replaced by Doudou, everyone will be liberated from the heavy work - of course, he is now verifying that Doudou can do all the heavy work." If these tasks have any effect, let’s try them on a small scale first. For example, he is now experimenting with what will happen if he ‘automates’ himself.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Apollonia looked over at the jar: "Okay, Shangluo is coming out."

"That... that" Shangluo's voice came from inside the jar, "Good evening, both of you. Can you guys step aside for a while? I still have to get dressed."

"..." Lu Liang stood up, "Ah, I'm sorry to bother you. I'll go back then. Once you're fine, my affairs will be over. See you later!"

"See you later." Shangluo was still stuffy in the jar. If these people don't go out, he can't change clothes.

When there was no movement outside, he opened the jar a small crack and saw no one outside. Then he climbed out of the jar and started to put on his clothes. As soon as the spiritual liquid came into contact with the air, it dissipated like heated liquid nitrogen, and it was dried immediately without wiping it off.

After changing his clothes, he shouted: "Okay, come out."

"Alas" Phaethon shook his head and came down from the second floor, "Trouble. Why do you have to change clothes in the atrium."

"This jar can only be placed here. What can I do?" He complained while putting on his coat, "Have they all left?"

"Let's go. Wen Yuan doesn't know what happened yet. As soon as he closes and opens his eyes, the time is up. By the way, how are you doing here?"

"What else can we do? We just built the road first, and the energy hasn't been injected yet. This is just the first step of the transformation surgery."

"Didn't you install the Lingtai Heart?"

"It's a spiritual organ that runs on the eight extraordinary meridians. It doesn't participate in normal physiological actions. It's useless when I don't run my true energy. And the heart is just a pump. I have to modify some blood vessels and digestive system to quickly accept it. A lot of spiritual energy. But..."

He opened his arms and tried to shake them.

"What, how do you feel?"

"It feels like the blood pressure is rising. Part of Tianren's body is already running with spiritual energy. Although the input of spiritual energy has not been increased, the original trickle of spiritual energy has been pumped. The additional 4 lungs are used to pump from The outside world absorbs spiritual energy. Although the spiritual energy is as thin as oxygen on the orbit, but with the blessing of 6 lungs, it still feels a little bit. Bring my stealth gear and mask, I'll go first Give yourself a lung test."

Chapter 605 Substitution

"Oh, by the way, who owns this hat on the table?" Shangluo got dressed and immediately noticed the big hat covered with black gauze on the table. The golden peacock feathers on the big hat stood up toward the sky, like a lightning rod. Similar.

"Oh, Lu Liang took it off when he came in. Doesn't it matter if she threw her hat away? Just ask."

Phaethon turned his back and made a phone call——

"She said it doesn't matter. Could you please take the time to bring it to her tomorrow?" When she turned around, she saw Shangluo putting on his hat.

"This Jin Yiwei's hat is so cool. It feels like it could kill three Donglin Party members in one meal. Where did it come from?"

"Tsk" Phaethon shook his head and said, "Of course you have to wear the hat of a royal guard. You are trying to find something to say when you have nothing to say. You obviously have some meaning, right?"

"Have you ever considered working in Jinyiwei?"

"I went to work in Jinyiwei just to get a uniform for you to play with?"

"Then you can play it yourself. Don't you think it's cool?"

"..." Phaethon touched his forehead, "I tentatively understand what you mean by 'cool', and it's the Anglo-Savage language you brought from your hometown. But... how much does a Jinyiwei salary cost? It seems to be based on your senior brother's life. Judging from the situation, Jin Yiwei’s wages don’t seem to be very high.”

"No matter how low Jinyiwei's wages are, it can still reach the minimum wage, right? Isn't the minimum hourly wage 50 dollars?"

"Not necessarily, wait until I ask."

Phaethon picked up the phone again.

A minute later, she put down her phone: "I asked, it's less than 50 yuan. Lu Liang said that his dad's hourly salary is only 30 yuan. Calculated based on working 8 hours a day, his dad's monthly salary is only 6000 yuan Not enough money.”

"Huh? So that's all there is? That's Qianhu! How can he keep doing it?"

"Let me ask, Lu Liang said there are three points: First, Jin Yiwei's wages are all paid from internal funds, that is, money paid by the emperor himself, so the scale has never been very large. Second, this living double Holidays are covered, and gifts are given during the New Year, as well as medical subsidies and housing subsidies.”

"In other words, to save worry?"

"Except for the fact that he occasionally has to travel far away, everything else is very worry-free. Of course, the most important thing is the third point."

"If he doesn't do it, others will do it?" Shangluo asked.

"No, on the other hand, he can't do it if he doesn't want to do it. Because this is a worldly job, and there is no such thing as resigning as a worldly job, so you have to do it even if you don't want to do it."

"Hey guys, where are the newly recruited Jin Yiwei?"

"All of them are worldly jobs. The recruitment conditions of Jinyiwei are quite good. After recruiting Qi Practitioners, no matter whether their descendants can continue to be Qi Practitioners or not, they will have a worldly job that guarantees income in droughts and floods, and their children can go to the Wutai Mountain Training Center. Top 16-year consistent school – but, but.”

She stressed: "These have nothing to do with me going to work."

"I'm curious. Can Jin Yiwei really work part-time?" Shangluo actually didn't know. He just thought this uniform was cool.

"Lu Liang said it's really possible. And he often recruits people from the Imperial College to work."

"Why do I have a bad feeling? What is the content of my part-time job?"

"He's a part-time job in uniform - General Han. Do you know what he does?"

"Ah, that's it." Shangluo covered his forehead, "It's true that it's really hard to find people for this job."

"What exactly is this job for?"

"Play the role of a vase - just stand here. You are neither a security guard nor an entourage, you just stand there and do nothing. At the same time, you have to wear a helmet and armor, and wear a full outfit weighing dozens of kilograms. , and then stood there in the same posture as the four heavenly kings. That is, playing the role of a vase. This job has been around since the Hongwu year, and it still exists until now."

"Good guy, this seems like a job"

"how do you feel?"

"It seems pretty good? Because it seems like you can get materials for Qi training?"

"Not to mention, it's true. The reason why Jinyiwei's funds are always insufficient is because the materials for Qi training are quite expensive. The current wages are not the result of the emperor's own decision to deduct wages without authorization, but are calculated together with the carrots. My personal suggestion , since you are also going to start cultivating immortals, it is better to arrange your work according to the rhythm of immortal cultivators. Even if it is an internship, you can still eat a bite of carrot, right? "

"Hmm, do you think this can help you a little more?"

"Eh? Why did you suddenly think of this?"

"Because I feel a little threatened that the chores here will be replaced by Doudou soon. Even TV has a Doudou troupe. If I don't do more, then I will soon be of no use to you. .”

"Hi!" Shangluo slapped his head, "Why do you think so much? Just stay here if you want."

"That's why - if I'm of no use to you, wouldn't it mean that I can never get the collateral back from you? I have to be useful to you all the time."

"You're still the same as before, but maybe you're more suitable for cultivating immortals. Can I help you get in touch?"

Shangluo didn't object to her working in Jinyiwei. After all, as she said, because Shangluo has been conducting experiments around her recently, the work in this house may soon be done by Doudou, and there are quite a few Doudou who want to come out to do the work.