Chapter 1353: The Busy Changle

The task of finding a new capital has been shelved once again, because there are still too many things to do this year; even if a new, suitable place were found, there is currently no capacity to build it, and it might take many more years.

Now, as long as the city before Huaxia City remains good, there is no need to worry about the safety of Huaxia City. Huaxia City is now the most important place in all of Huaxia. Even if a new capital were built, Baifeng could not possibly move all the foundations Huaxia has built up over so many years all at once. At least for a very long time, Huaxia City will be the most important place.

The capital must be built to a certain scale, and some basic supporting facilities must be constructed before it is possible to move there. It must at least be at the level of the current Lema City, right? Otherwise, for a city with nothing, would these Nobles and officials who have worked hard in Huaxia for most of their lives really be willing to abandon everything here and follow Baifeng to a new place?

It is estimated that the new capital will be for Yulong to inherit. In any case, such an important place as Huaxia City in the future will also need someone to guard it. He will guard it himself for a few years first; that way, he will feel at ease.

Of course, there is another very important reason, which is that Changle, the person in charge of this matter, cannot get away. Changle is currently very busy; the Nursing Home and the Orphanage, these two new units, are newly established and their organizational structures are incomplete, so Changle is temporarily in charge of them.

At the same time, regarding the Gold Bank, Baifeng said at the beginning that he would manage it himself, but because the current affairs are relatively simple, Baifeng is nominally the bank president in charge, but the person who actually handles the related matters is still Changle.

Therefore, Changle has many things to do all day long; he even has almost no time for his teaching duties, and the Plant Records he is responsible for organizing have gradually been taken over by his students.

Changle has no complaints about this, because the glory that belongs to him has already been completely obtained. Now, of all the plants recorded in the books, except for those that already had names, most of the remaining plants were named by him. Baifeng only names some more special and important plants; of course, that also has to do with Baifeng already knowing those ones.

Changle has already made a start on this matter, and his contribution is naturally the greatest; future history will remember him. He does indeed like this work, but whenever there is a new species, his students will still send it over for Changle to see, so he has not completely given up his hobby.

The whimsical idea he had while looking at the stars at the Western Development Group—after hearing it, Baifeng roughly knew what it was: it was a Sextant. It is not difficult, but Baifeng forgot what it looked like; he only remembered that it needed a protractor and a stick to create a simple tool.

If this thing were made, it would naturally be an epoch-making thing for Huaxia. He could even use the position of his throne as the center right now to draw a so-called "Prime Meridian." This is a case of whoever comes first gets to decide; if Xuanyuan were to create it, he would definitely set it at the Xuanyuan Tribe.

A Sextant can determine latitude, while longitude is very easy to divide. When there is a Sundial, longitude can actually already be determined, but transportation is too inconvenient, so it is still very difficult to divide it accurately.

However, latitude can be accurately divided. As long as a Sextant can be built, Huaxia can determine the accurate location of any place.

Baifeng will not share this idea with the Xuanyuan Tribe, because this does not fall into the scope of cooperation on the calendar, and now that there is already a very solid foundation, it only requires people to keep trying and perfecting the theory.

And the Xuanyuan Tribe knows nothing about this, and does not even have any ideas in this regard, so naturally there is no need to tell them. But if it is related to the calendar, Baifeng will of course share it with the Xuanyuan Tribe, because they are currently working together to calculate the calendar.

It is just a pity that their cooperation time is still too short; it is necessary to observe continuously for many years before it is possible to find some patterns. Wanting to find patterns in one year is completely impossible.

A doctor in the West was bored and calculated the Gregorian calendar—isn't that pure nonsense? They couldn't even copy it well, and ten days inexplicably disappeared in history (October 1582). Therefore, some things can only be known for how difficult they are once you have explored them yourself; it is not something you can just snap your fingers and do in an afternoon outside of work. Even a genius is not a genius in that way.

So Baifeng is not very anxious right now; he just hopes that before the relationship with the Xuanyuan Tribe breaks down, he can figure out some basic laws and principles of the calendar, and then bring the people back to continue research in Huaxia.

If Huaxia can use a relatively reasonable calendar with a small margin of error before Yulong takes office, that would be the best. At that time, Huaxia will also be able to establish a Historian and enter an era with real, reliable historical records, shaking off the age of mythology.

Changle has another busy matter, which is that Ayuduo is about to give birth now. Her belly is already incredibly large; one look and it is clear there is not just one. Even Baifeng feels a bit scared looking at it, so Ayuduo does not need to go out to work now.

At the same time, in order for the delivery to go smoothly, Ayuduo cannot be fed too much. During the pregnancy, it is best to provide the normal supply, plus a little bit of the nutrition the children need, so that the pregnant woman's body shape does not differ too much from before pregnancy. Otherwise, if she is too thin, she will have no strength to give birth; if she is too fat, the children will only be fatter.

Giving birth to a four or five-catty child is not very dangerous for a mother. Whether a mother can give birth to an eight or nine-catty "big fat grandson" that the in-laws love most is another matter entirely; it will cost the mother her life.

Therefore, Ayuduo is now trying her best to control her body and her food intake. She is also a bit scared of her big belly; after all, it is much larger than an ordinary pregnant woman's.

Even the belly of Zhi, who is about to give birth, is not as big as hers, which makes her very afraid.

Changle is also very worried that this woman he finally found, who can share common topics and whom he likes, will die because of giving birth. For him, this would be a very painful thing.

So he runs back and forth all day; he has to do his own work and go back to see Ayuduo. In any case, he just cannot set his mind at ease. Even though Sui and Chinv are watching, and there are so many maids serving her, Changle still does not feel very relieved.