Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1204, a watch is a symbol of identity and status

In the box on the top floor of Wangyue Tower in Beijing, a group of the top officials and eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty gathered together, enjoying the romance while drinking.

"Tsk tsk, let me tell you, this woman is the best from our Ming Dynasty. The Japanese and Korean women are too short, and their bodies are not well-proportioned. The women from the Western Regions and Grasslands have a good figure, but their skin is too rough. It's too rough and lacks the gentleness that a woman should have."

"The Nanyang women have too dark skin, and most of their facial features are not good. The European women have a good figure, but they have too much body odor. Our Daming women are better."

A boy hugged left and right, looked around the group, and even commented on them one by one.

"Brother Li has always been a veteran of flowers. He has tasted all the flowers in the southeast, north, west, and outside the Guangxi Pass. His evaluation is definitely not wrong."

Immediately someone next to him smiled and complimented.

"That's, that's~"

Others followed suit and nodded.

"Haha~"

Being complimented, this young master also laughed happily.

"Clang~clang~"

Just when everyone was chatting happily, the clock tower on the top floor of Wangyue Tower made bursts of sound.

This Mr. Li rolled up his sleeves to reveal his watch, looked at it and said, "It's already ten o'clock at night!"

"Brother Li, is it a watch in your hand?"

Everyone nearby looked at Mr. Li in unison, and someone hurriedly asked.

"Haha, yes, this is a watch."

"It's similar to the clock tower and clock tower outside, and they can know the time accurately."

Mr. Li nodded quickly, then took off his watch very ostentatiously, and handed it to the person next to him.

"This is a watch~ It is so ingenious that it can be used to calculate time."

"I've heard that this thing is only available to officials of the third rank and above. It is a gift from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to these officials."

"Isn't that right? I also heard from my father that at this time, it's a pity that my father is only at the fourth rank, so he can only look at it, but he didn't get such a watch."

"My father got a watch, but he regarded it as a treasure and didn't even show it to me."

"My dad also wanted to take it out to play with, but he didn't even let me touch it, and put it on his hand."

"If only I could have a watch like that."

Many young masters held their watches one by one and said one after another.

"Brother Li is still amazing, he can even have a watch."

"Shh, I took it out to play behind my father's back, and I will return it later. He will definitely wear it tomorrow morning."

Mr. Li was very proud at this time, and felt that he had saved face.

A watch fully packs this style.

You must know that there are not many pieces of this thing in the entire Ming Dynasty. Only officials of the third rank and above have one, and officials of the fourth rank are not eligible to own one.

This is even more so for the second generation, as there is only one piece at home, and it is not their turn to use and wear it.

Not only the second generation of them are jealous, but even the officials of the dynasty are jealous and want to have a watch of their own.

The feeling of holding time in one's own hands, as if the universe is in one's hands, is what truly great people have.

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There are no secrets in the capital at all, not to mention that Zhu Houzhao sent out a lot of watches all at once.

In addition, there are bell towers and bell towers all over the Beijing-Tianjin area. Soon, people in the entire Beijing-Tianjin area know the clock, know the clock tower, and at the same time know that there is a silver dollar that can be worn on the hand. , something that knows the time anytime, anywhere.

Because I only gave watches to officials above the third rank in the current dynasty, it left an impression on everyone, that is, this watch is noble and extraordinary, and only senior officials above the third rank are eligible to own it. You are not entitled to own a watch like this.

All of a sudden, the watch was linked with identity.

Those who can wear a watch are all real people with status and status. They are all high-ranking officials in the dynasty, officials above the third rank, and there are not many in the entire capital. The public, etc., are the real big shots.

Can grasp the precise time point anytime and anywhere, wear it with you, and it is also a status symbol.

All of a sudden, in the Beijing-Tianjin area, people everywhere were trying to find out the source of this watch, and at the same time, some people began to buy watches at high prices.

There were many rich people in Ming Dynasty, but this watch was hard to find. Some people even offered a sky-high price of ten thousand taels of silver just to buy a watch.

However, even if the sky-high price of ten thousand taels of silver is offered, it is still impossible to buy a watch.

Because the people who got the watches were all officials of the third grade or above in the dynasty. These people are not short of money at all. Who doesn't have a few plantations, commercial banks, factories, etc., which is not bad for your ten thousand taels of silver.

What's more, this watch is a gift from His Royal Highness, and it is a symbol of status. If you sell it, will this be worthy of His Royal Highness's favor?
If you don't even think about it, you will definitely be laughed to death by everyone,

How many officials want a watch, but you can't sell it?

Therefore, even if you have money, you can't buy a watch, and no one sells it at all.

And at all kinds of high-end banquets and gatherings in the capital, if you can wear a watch, roll up your sleeves from time to time, and check the time, you will definitely become the focus of everyone and attract countless envious eyes.

On Zhuque Street in the capital, Liu Jin was looking at Zhu Houzhao speechlessly.

There is nothing wrong with Zhu Houzhao's casual clothes, the key is that he actually cut the original long sleeves short and made them similar to the short sleeves of later generations.

If it's summer, there's nothing wrong with wearing short sleeves. After all, it's hot in summer. Even if you wear long sleeves, you'll roll up your sleeves to breathe, making it cooler.

The point is that it is winter now, the wind is cold and the north wind is howling, and the only thing missing is snowflakes.

In order to pretend to be aggressive, this guy actually cut off his sleeves, revealing the watch he was wearing, and he also had one left hand and one right hand, and kept shaking while walking, for fear that people around him would not notice the watch he was wearing. Same.

"Your Highness, it's better to put on your clothes, it's freezing cold, it's really too cold."

Liu Jin shook his head helplessly, after thinking about it, he persuaded him.

"It's really a bit cold, but it's the most suitable way to wear a watch."

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his hands slightly, then looked at the time and said.

The act of looking at his watch immediately attracted the attention of a large group of people around him. Everyone looked over in unison. When they saw the two watches in Zhu Houzhao's hands, their eyes immediately turned red.

"Brother, please forgive me for taking the liberty~"

A handsome young man in a mink coat and arctic snow fox fur came forward to salute.

"Is there a problem?"

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the other party and asked.

"Brother is wearing a watch?"

The other party looked carefully at the watch in Zhu Houzhao's hand and asked.

"Yes, it's a watch."

Zhu Houzhao nodded briskly, then took it off directly, and handed it to the other party, indicating that the other party can take a closer look, it doesn't matter.

"It's so ingenious, it's incredible~"

The other party was also polite, picked up the watch and compared it with the clock tower on Suzaku Street, and couldn't help admiring it after the comparison.

"I see that the young master has two watches. I wonder if the young master is willing to give up his love and sell one watch to me?"

Then the other party pondered for a while, thought for a while and asked.

"sell to you?"

Zhu Houzhao was taken aback for a moment, thought for a while and asked, "How much gold did you pay?"

"Gold?"

When the other party heard this, he was stunned, and then he smiled and said, "I'm willing to pay one hundred taels of gold for this watch of yours."

"One hundred taels of gold?"

"Don't sell it, don't sell it, just send the beggar. You can own this watch by anyone."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head again and again, one hundred taels of gold is only one thousand taels of silver.

After Zhu Houzhao was about to walk away, the other party looked at him and said quickly, "Five hundred taels of gold, five hundred taels of gold~"

Zhu Houzhao still ignored it, is the prince short of the five hundred taels of gold?

"One thousand taels of gold~ one thousand taels of gold!"

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was about to leave, the other party gritted his teeth and shouted again.

"Two thousand taels of gold, I can also accept silver notes."

Zhu Houzhao then stopped and said.

"OK~"

When the other party heard the number of two thousand taels of gold, he seemed a little hesitant, but he quickly gritted his teeth and agreed.

Soon, the other party ordered the servants who followed him to rush home to get the bank notes, and Zhu Houzhao also readily gave the other party a watch.

"Haha, Old Liu, I'm pretty good."

After finishing the transaction, Zhu Houzhao proudly raised the money in his hand.

"...Amazing, amazing, I am so impressed."

Liu Jin was speechless immediately, and this Zhu Houzhao now only has this hobby left.

Every time he came out with him, he had to put on a show, he must have a large stack of bank notes in his arms, and he would definitely not go out without playing with tens of thousands of silver notes.

Now it's all right, he actually wore a watch to pretend to be aggressive on the street, and even started a business.

However, don't tell me, this watch sold for [-] taels of silver, which is really unbelievable, and Liu Jin's heart was moved.

You must know that one thousand taels of silver can buy a house in the capital, and two thousand taels of silver is an astronomical figure for ordinary people.

For later generations, [-] taels of silver can be used as hundreds of millions, but now a watch is sold for [-] taels of silver. Even later generations do not have such expensive watches.

"Haha, that's right, don't look at who I am, I was starving, and I wanted something in return at that time."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he became even happier.

He took a watch from Liu Jin, continued to put it on, and then waved his hand to show off on the street, pretending to be aggressive.

(End of this chapter)