Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1203 Good stuff

"Unbelievable~"

"It is actually possible to manufacture such a machine of uncanny craftsmanship."

"Even the time can be calculated so accurately."

Around Emperor Hongzhi, the ministers sighed one after another.

Looking carefully at the big Ming clock and the time on it, at this moment, it seems that time is slowly passing by.

"Haha, of course~"

Zhu Houzhao raised his head proudly, then waved to Liu Jin, who immediately came over with a tray covered with a red cloth.

"Father, this is a gift from my son-in-law."

Zhu Houzhao lifted the red cloth, and there was a watch on the tray. The style was basically the same as that worn by Liu Jin, but the watch given to Emperor Hongzhi naturally needed a lot of embellishments.

The watchband is made of pure gold, and the shell is also shiny gold. At the same time, the outer ring is wrapped in gold with a circle of imperial green jadeite, and then inlaid with top-quality gemstones of various colors. The workmanship is extremely fine, and it looks full of style.

"Father, this is a watch. With this watch, you can carry it with you. When you want to know the time, you can just raise your hand and look at it."

Zhu Houzhao gave the watch to Emperor Hongzhi, then rolled up his sleeves, revealing his watch.

"This…"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the watch in his hand, and then at the clock tower.

The functions on the watch are the same as those on the clock tower. There are numbers and characters. If you look at the time carefully, it is the same as the one on the clock tower. There is no difference.

"How small can it be made?"

The ministers next to him were all very curious, and they could see clearly if they were close, but those who were farther away, some stood on tiptoe slightly, trying to see the watch on Emperor Hongzhi's hand clearly.

"Of course, don't look at who I am~"

Zhu Houzhao raised his head triumphantly, and then waved to Liu Jin. The other party immediately understood, and came up with another tray at random. There were watches and pocket watches in the tray.

The workmanship of these watches and pocket watches is very surprising. The straps and bracelets are all made of silver, plus some small emeralds, jade, gemstones, etc. for decoration, which are very dazzling under the sunlight.

"Come on, come on, all officials above the third rank will have a share, and each person will get one."

"You are all the pillars of the country and the pillars of the imperial court. You must always know the time clearly, so as not to delay the important affairs of the country."

Zhu Houzhao said to the officials behind him very grandly.

"Thank you, Your Highness~"

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Zhang Mao and others immediately expressed their thanks in unison.

Then one by one hurriedly looked at the tray in Liu Jin's hand, wanting to get the watch as soon as possible, playing with it carefully, wanting to see what is so magical about it.

Starting from Liu Jian with a tray, Liu Jin distributed watches to all the ministers above rank three present.

Soon, each of these ministers above the third rank held a watch, and each of them carefully played with it in his hand. Around them, a group of ministers who did not receive the watch gathered around each of them, and each of them looked at it curiously. Watch, and look at the clock tower.

"It's really exactly the same, there is no mistake in time."

"You can also go."

"It's really ingenious."

The eyes of the ministers who did not receive the watch were all red.

Such a watch, worn on the hand, can tell the time anytime, anywhere, which is a good thing.

"Liu Gong, can you lend me a look~"

"I haven't taken a good look at it yet, don't borrow it, don't borrow it~"

"Just borrow it to see, it's not like I won't return it."

"Go buy one yourself, and take a look at it when you get home."

"Where can I buy it~"

"This round sky is in line with the ancient way."

"Don't tell me, these numbers are really easy to remember. It's ten o'clock. If you want to keep time, don't remember it."

"Well, it's really easy to remember and easy to use."

"..."

The ministers received the watches, and they couldn't put it down one by one. They looked at the time carefully, and chatted with their colleagues around them.

"Stinky boy, don't call me if you have such a good business."

Zhang Mao played with the watch in his hand, couldn't put it down, rolled his eyes to Liu Jin's side and said.

"Mr. Zhang, you have wronged me."

"This is something invented by His Royal Highness, how can I make the decision."

Liu Jin said innocently.

This Zhang Mao is definitely a dog, and he immediately realized Liu Jin's next plan.

"I don't believe it."

"I can think of such an idea, except for you, I can't think of another one."

Zhang Mao had a look of disbelief.

"Mr. Zhang, I'll ask you to send a few watches to your house to make amends later, so the head office will be fine."

Liu Jin curled his lips helplessly, this old Zhang really has nothing to do with him.

"It's almost there."

Only then did Zhang Mao nodded in satisfaction, then played with the watch in his hand, and said, "It's really a good thing, from now on, you can know the time anytime, anywhere."

"Hey, of course~"

Liu Jin chuckled, of course good things are good things, otherwise how could they be sold at high prices.

Looking at Emperor Hongzhi again, he was also playing with the watch in his hand at this time, and he couldn't put it down. He looked at the watch for a while, and then looked at the clock tower for a careful comparison.

"It's really good."

Emperor Hongzhi obviously liked this gift very much.

"As long as Father likes it~"

With the affirmation of Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao was even happier.

……

At the same time, in various places in the capital, the headquarters building of the First Daming Bank in the capital, the Empire Plaza in the new city of the South District, the Wangyue Tower, the place where the rich and powerful in the inner city gather, and a new type of school here.

When it was almost ten o'clock, the bell towers, bell towers, etc. that were originally covered by pieces of cloth were also lifted up one after another, revealing big clocks.

"Clang~clang~"

At ten o'clock sharp, these bell towers, bell towers and the like rang out one after another, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone nearby.

Empire Square, this is an iconic place in the new city of the South District. Many people come here to play every day. At this time, it is approaching the end of the year. Many factories, workshops, businesses, etc. have already started their holidays, so a large number of people come to Empire Square. The square is here to play.

At the same time, there are also many folk juggling troupes, performing arts such as breaking big rocks and so on here. It is very lively, and tens of thousands of people play here.

At this time, as the clock tower next to the Empire Square was lifted, the bell struck ten o'clock, and all the people in the square looked over at once.

"What it is?"

"I do not know?"

"It's kind of like a lighthouse, but it doesn't seem to be a lighthouse."

"Let's go and have a look."

Soon, a large number of people gathered near the clock tower, all of them looked at the clock tower in front of them, but they didn't know what the clock tower was for.

But soon, under the bell tower, someone started to explain in detail with a tin horn.

"Everyone, everyone~"

"This is the clock tower, a clock tower specially used to tell the time."

"Everyone, take a closer look. The time is clearly marked on it. We have the traditional Ming Dynasty's twelve o'clock timekeeping. Now it happens to be four o'clock at the same time~"

"There is also a new timekeeping method, which divides a day into 24 hours. One hour is equal to two hours. Taking noon as the boundary, it is divided into upper 12 o'clock and lower 12 o'clock. Now it is exactly ten o'clock in the upper half..."

Following the explanation, everyone suddenly realized.

"It turned out to be a clock tower for keeping time~"

"The purpose of building such a large clock tower is to make it easier for everyone to know the exact time."

"Really good."

"Using numbers to calculate time is easy to remember."

"Isn't it? It's simple and easy to understand, and you can know it at a glance."

"From now on, the boss will have no way to procrastinate. With this, we can know the exact time in the future."

"One hour is equal to two hours, one hour is equal to sixty minutes, one minute is equal to sixty seconds, and this is almost one second."

"Interesting, interesting~"

More and more people gathered under the bell tower, looking at the people in front of them, and kept discussing.

Scenes like this have been staged in Beijing and Tianjin.

Tianjin, here in Tianjin Port, a bell tower stands next to the lighthouse. With the arrival of ten o'clock sharp, bursts of bells are ringing, and everyone in the port is looking at the bell tower.

Here in the most prosperous imperial commercial district in Tianjin, here is the tallest building. A clock tower was also opened. With the ringing of bells, people who were shopping looked over and guessed what it was.

There are bell towers and bell towers uncovered everywhere in the Beijing-Tianjin area. When the hour comes, the bells from the bell towers and bell towers echo continuously over the Beijing-Tianjin area.

in the palace.

Seeing that it was almost twelve o'clock, Emperor Hongzhi deliberately came to Taihe Square again, holding a watch, looking at the clock tower, and waiting silently.

"Clang~clang~"

As soon as twelve o'clock arrived, the clock tower rang the bell on time, and I looked at my watch, it was exactly twelve o'clock.

"Haha, good, good!"

This made Emperor Hongzhi love him even more.

Suzaku Street here.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian were not in a hurry to go back after the morning court, but came to the bell tower on Zhuque Street, and it was almost twelve o'clock.

The three of them rolled up their sleeves in unison, revealing the watches on their hands, looking at the watch, and then at the clock tower.

Soon, it was exactly twelve o'clock, and the bell rang, and the three of them couldn't help laughing.

Look at the watch in my hand again, I really can't put it down, I like it very much.

At the British government.

Zhang Mao was playing with the watch in his hand while having lunch, which made Zhang Lun, the British wife and grandson of Zhang Mao, look at Zhang Mao very puzzled, and was also full of curiosity about the watch in his hand.

"Haha, this is a watch. It can accurately tell the time. Look, there are four pointers on it. The shortest pointer is the hour. It is noon now..."

　How much is a watch to sell more appropriate?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)