For the past half year, Pan Yun had remained in the imperial palace, throwing her whole heart into the Ministry of Works and ignoring every worldly matter. She had not even gone to Japan. It was utterly unlike the enthusiasm she had shown when participating in the previous reforms.
Could it be that she drew her sword to aid the weak when she saw injustice, but once it was out of sight, her heart became clean as well?
The ministers remained skeptical, but the Emperor had already agreed at once. "Minister Chen, allocate a sum to the Ministry of Works and have them send a batch of thermometers to the Imperial Astronomical Bureau and the provincial prefectures."
The Ministry of Works had produced several types of thermometers, most of them used in industry.
Pan Yun alone had her limits. She had originally made thermometers to control smelting temperatures. It was only after Miao Zhen saw them that she suggested creating instruments capable of measuring the temperature of the weather.
Thus, the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works had put their heads together and invented thermometers for all sorts of purposes, one of which was meant for measuring human body temperature.
Unfortunately, communication between departments was inefficient. Perhaps the imperial physicians did not trust them, or perhaps they simply were not interested. The body thermometers they had made had never been put into use.
Pan Yun had tested them. Their results were quite good, and their measurements could be considered accurate.
If the Imperial Medical Academy would not use them, then they could first be used in private pharmacies and clinics. Ordinary people could buy them too, and the price should be kept as low as possible.
Still, even good things needed publicity. Pan Yun immediately went to Minister of Works