Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1201, this is also a business

"Tick tock ~ tick tock!"

Liu Jin looked at the clock as big as a washbasin on the table, and looked carefully while listening to Zhu Houzhao's explanation.

"Our traditional method of dividing time is twelve hours a day, one hour has eight quarters, and one quarter is [-] minutes. Before there was no clock, we only had a rough time. But with this clock, we Then you can know the exact hour, minute, and second.”

"This is still very helpful for the research field. With accurate clocks and watches, we can know the time accurately. Knowing the time, we can accurately calculate speed, distance, etc."

Zhu Houzhao is still very confident in his works, and he also clearly understands the importance of accurate time calculation.

When doing scientific research, the most important things at the beginning are actually basic things, such as accurate calculation of time, length, weight, etc. Only when you can accurately determine and calculate these basic things, when doing scientific research, To be able to compare and summarize the rules.

If you cannot accurately calculate these things every time you do an experiment, no matter how many experiments you do, it will be meaningless experiments. Naturally, it will be difficult for this research to achieve breakthrough development.

This is also the reason why Liu Jin has strictly unified various weights and measures in the industries and schools under his command. The length, quality, etc. are all unified. Now that there is clock time, it is also possible to unify.

The unification of these basic units and the ability to carry out accurate calculations are very helpful to the development of science and technology, and also play an irreplaceable role in large-scale capital production.

"Your Highness, actually, I think it's better to use Arabic numerals to replace the twelve o'clock. We can call it 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, [-] o'clock, etc."

"It's easier to remember and clearer."

"This clock is also marked with numbers, and at the same time, it shows the twelve o'clock. In this way, you can tell what time it is at a glance."

After listening to Zhu Houzhao's introduction, Liu Jin thought about it and gave some suggestions.

To tell you the truth, I am used to the timekeeping methods of later generations, and I always feel that the time of twelve o’clock is not enough. If it tells you ten o’clock, you will know that it is already late, but when it tells you it’s time, you may have to use your fingers to calculate it. a bit.

In this regard, the system of Westerners is relatively easier to learn and remember, so that people can understand it at a glance. If you don’t remember the traditional twelve hours and know it by heart, you are I have to recite it every time.

"That's a good suggestion."

Zhu Houzhao also nodded slightly after listening: "I also think that the twelve o'clock is a bit hard to remember, especially for ordinary people. It's easier to remember two, three, four, five, six, seven."

"I'll have someone engrave a number on it later, and then give it to my father."

"Your Highness, can this clock be made smaller?"

Liu Jin looked at the clock and saw that it was too big, with a large washbasin. Compared with the clocks and watches of later generations, this volume was also too big.

If you can make watches for future generations, it can drive the development of an industry.

Liu Jin feels angry when he thinks of the watch industry in later generations.

All the expensive watches of the later generations are all from Europe. A watch can sell for tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions, which is faster than stealing money.

As for the domestic watch manufacturing industry, all of them are in the low-end market. Some of them are obviously no worse than Europeans, but everyone just doesn't pay the bill, and would rather spend a lot of money to buy European products.

Watches have been completed as luxury goods by Europeans. They are no longer used to tell the time, but are used to pretend to be aggressive and pick up girls.

So if Daming takes the lead in developing the watch industry, if it develops, it will not only solve a large number of employment problems, but also promote watches to the whole world, so that the world can buy luxury goods from Daming.

"Of course it can be made smaller. I just made the first clock and watch without fine carving. If fine carving is done, this clock can be made even smaller."

Zhu Houzhao nodded after thinking about it.

"That's fine~"

"Your Highness, if this clock can be made to be only the size of a silver dollar, then we will match it with a chain to carry it in our bosom, or wear it on our hands."

"Think about it, isn't it possible to escape anytime and anywhere to check the time and know the time precisely."

"If you give such a gift to His Majesty, he will definitely like it very much, rather than this big pimple the size of a washbasin."

Liu Jin said to Zhu Houzhao while making gestures.

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that."

"If it can be made so small, if you carry it with you, you can know the time anytime, anywhere. This is a big deal."

Zhu Houzhao took a sharp slap, and immediately said with a sense of enlightenment.

"Your Highness, in fact, it's not just about making it small, we can also make it bigger."

"We can build some clock towers and clock towers on some high-rise buildings in the capital like the Europeans. When a certain time is reached, we can ring the bell on time. In this way, everyone can know the time."

Liu Jin rolled his eyes, thought for a while and suggested.

Clocks and watches first appeared in places such as bell towers and churches. They are the most common in European cities, so the concept of time is gradually developed in this way.

The city of Ming Dynasty is developing rapidly. Under capitalization, factories and workshops are springing up like mushrooms after rain. If you want to know the time accurately, it is necessary to build some clock towers and clock towers in the city to broadcast the time. .

"Yes, yes~"

"Old Liu, you are so cunning. The clock tower and clock tower are built to make it easier for everyone to know the time. At that time, we will sell small clocks. In this way, people who buy small clocks will have face, and we can take the opportunity to sell them. Big fortune."

Zhu Houzhao rolled his small eyes, thought for a while and said with the face of a profiteer.

"..."

Liu Jin was speechless immediately, and he could swear that he had absolutely no such intentions.

Since I am not short of money, it is naturally impossible to think of making money for everything, but after thinking about it, I feel that what Zhu Houzhao said seems to make sense.

When ordinary people know the time by looking at the clock tower, if you take out a pocket watch from your pocket, or look at the watch on your wrist, this equipment seems to be okay.

At that time, watches, pocket watches and so on will definitely be able to sell a lot and make a lot of money.

"Your Highness, let's set up a watch firm in partnership?"

"Must, it's still the old rule, half for one person."

"Hmph~ This time, the clock I researched will definitely sell well."

Zhu Houzhao said very confidently.

……

Both Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao acted very quickly. A few days later, in some core and important areas of Beijing and Tianjin, construction teams began to station and build bell towers and clock towers in these places.

The Bell Tower and Drum Tower in the capital, the Empire Plaza in the new town of the South District, the railway station, the new high-level schools, some industries under Liu Jin, the headquarters building of the First Bank of Ming Dynasty, the Moon Tower, the Wanghai Tower in Tianjin, Tianjin Port, etc. In the well-known places in the Beijing-Tianjin area, construction teams have begun to station and build bell towers and bell towers in these places.

The bell tower and clock tower are enlarged and built with reference to the clocks and watches designed by Zhu Houzhao.

For things like clocks and watches, the smaller the clock, the higher the technical content, and the bigger it is, the easier it is to manufacture. As long as you know the design principles and the like, Ming craftsmen can easily manufacture them.

These places under construction are extremely important places in the Beijing-Tianjin area. In order to attract people, Liu Jin also asked people to keep them secret and cover them with outer cloth. They are going to reveal them after they are completed, so that everyone can see the magic of clocks and watches. and powerful.

So this also immediately attracted the attention of young and old in Beijing and Tianjin, who all speculated about what kind of medicine was sold here, and wanted to find out who was messing with what.

On the other hand, Zhu Houzhao also quickly established a research team and began to manufacture small clocks and watches, preparing to give it to Emperor Hongzhi as a gift.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, the eighteenth year of Hongzhi is about to pass, and the entire Beijing-Tianjin area has also begun to enter the year-end excitement.

Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao are also planning to get everything done before the end of the year, and by the way, they will sell clocks and watches to make a fortune and get some money for the New Year.

There is no way, Liu Jin has a big business now, and there are too many places to spend money.

This new-style school that bloomed everywhere in the Ming Dynasty was like a heavy burden on Liu Jin's shoulders. Millions of taels of silver were invested in it every year. If there was not enough income every year, it would be difficult for Liu Jin to support it.

So you have to earn money, earn enough money, otherwise you won’t be able to continue playing, and this clock, the first wave of leeks must be cut, and the clock can be slowly completed later Luxuries, continue to harvest leeks, in short, money must be earned.

　Are watches obsolete?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)