The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 126 The Emperor's Caution

"Duoduo, can you tell the time from this thing?" Li Zhi looked at Li Duoduo in disbelief.

Li Duoduo nodded with a smile: "Uncle Zhinu, I'm not a child, of course I can tell the time."

The reason why Li Zhi said this is that he basically doesn't look at the time. In the palace, there are special people who look at the time. These people are called Dr. Leque. There are six people in total, starting from the ninth grade.Know the missing moments.The holes and pots are used as leaks, the floating arrows are used as engravings, the stars are dimmed in the examination, the drums are used as the festival, and the bells are used as the festival. "

There is no precise timing any further down the line, and any further down is just a snap of the fingers, a snap of a finger in the Buddhist scriptures.Time measurement can be a headache there.

So Li Zhi couldn't understand the time, but he knew the time, just ask the little eunuch, and being able to see the time was a bit novel for Li Zhi.

At this time, Li Duoduo saw that his uncle couldn't tell the time. In an instant, a five-year-old child like Li Duoduo had a teacher-like personality. Li An didn't even say anything, and Li Duoduo picked up a piece of machinery. watch, and started to tell Li Zhi how to tell the time.

Li An was also on the side, recounting the 24 hours corresponding to the twelve hours one by one.

子时23～1点，丑时1～3点，寅时3～5点，卯时5～7点，辰时7～9点，巳时9～11点，午时11～13点，未时13～15点，申时15～17点，酉时17～19点，戌时19～21点，亥时21～23点。

There is also a quarter, a quarter is 15 minutes, and there is no unit of measurement below. But what shocked Li Zhi was that the hours, minutes, and seconds that Li Duoduo told him could divide time so finely.

About half an hour later, Li Zhi had already put the mechanical watch on his hand, looking left and right, wishing he could put the mechanical watch in his mouth. He really liked it so much, Li Zhi I wonder how envious my brothers would be if they saw the mechanical watch on my hand.

"It's getting late, it's almost 15 o'clock, there's a curfew in Chang'an City, brother Li, I have to leave." Li Zhi got up and wiped the mirror of the mechanical watch again and again with his own handkerchief.

Li An nodded slightly, then smiled: "Zhinu, I still have nine mechanical watches here. You can give one to each of Your Majesty, the Queen, and Si Zi. Please tell them how to read the watch, okay? ?”

"Of course. Brother Li, we each have one. Then there are six left here. Who are you going to give these six to?" Li Zhi looked at Li An curiously and asked.

Li An smiled slightly and shook his head: "I don't know about this yet, just leave it to me first. If you meet someone who is destined, you can give it to me."

"Hey..." Li Zhi nodded, then put away the three watches, then pinched Li Duoduo's little face and said: "Duoduo, when Uncle Zhinu opens his house, you can come and talk to Zhinu every day from now on." Uncle slave, you can play whatever you want in my house."

"Yeah!" Li Duoduo nodded happily, and followed Li An and Li Duoduo to send Li Zhi out of the village. Looking at Li Zhi who got on the carriage and left, Li An and Li Duoduo went back, and then took Liu Xiatian , Liu Fangzi, Qin Shi and others called together.

Li An took out a small alarm clock. The alarm clock was made of iron. Li An told everyone how to tell the time in front of a few people. In fact, it is really simple to tell the time. Hours, minutes, wonderful, you can tell the time very clearly. To distinguish.

Li An asked all the workers to go to work at [-] o'clock in the future, eat at [-]:[-] o'clock, rest for an hour, go to work again at [-]:[-] o'clock, and leave work at [-]:[-] o'clock, eat at [-] o'clock in the evening, and sleep casual.

Liu Xiatian wrote this thing down, and the others quickly learned to read the time on the alarm clock. After all, it was very simple.At [-] o'clock, as the sun set, the bell for getting off work in Lijiacun rang. The workers began to get off work. They went to the pool in Lijiacun to wash away the dust on their bodies. Those who were not in Lijiacun followed those who were not in Lijiacun to get food first. Those who go home take it home, and those who eat in Lijiacun stay in Lijiacun to eat.

As for the villagers of Lijia Village, they have to go to dinner at seventeen o'clock. They want to have some fun, so they go home to clean up first, and when the bell rings again, everyone will go to eat.

At the same time, Li Zhi's carriage had arrived in front of the palace. Li Zhi got off the carriage, because the carriage was not allowed in the palace. As soon as he got off the carriage, Li Zhi directly raised his arms and said in show: "Wow Deng." Bao, I didn’t know before that it actually takes an hour to get from the palace to Brother Li’s Lijia Village, it’s quite a journey!”

"Your Highness is really amazing, should we go back to the palace first, or go to Princess Jinyang first?" Deng Bao asked with a smile.

"Go to Sizi's place first. If Sizi finds out that Brother Li gave good things to her but didn't give them to her, then I'll be doomed." Li Zhi smiled. He was still very doting on his sister.

After Li Mingda saw the mechanical watch, he also showed a surprised expression, and then learned to tell the time under Li Zhi's detailed instruction, and then Li Zhi went to Ganlu Hall and Lizheng Hall, and put the other two watches It was also handed over together.

After being taught how to tell time and the 24-hour system, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were very happy. Why were they happy because they knew that this mechanical watch was a gift from their eldest son.

Li Shimin also asked a lot about mechanical watches. Li Zhi also learned about mechanical watches from Li An, so he was able to explain everything Li Shimin was curious about one by one.

Li Shimin also couldn't put it down when it comes to watches. If this watch was a tribute from others, then Li Shimin would never wear it immediately. He would definitely conduct a comprehensive study on the watch and even dismantle it completely. He would never wear it easily. Hand, what is this?
This is the emperor's caution. Do you think that Li Shimin will easily use the things that others pay tribute to? Of course it is not the case. Here is a little story about the emperor's self-respect: We know that the establishment of the Forbidden City originated from Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, who was building the Forbidden City at that time. At that time, the emperor had put in a lot of effort.

Especially in order to imitate any opportunity for outsiders to murder him, Zhu Di made every detail of the Forbidden City flawless.

However, the most noteworthy thing is the fifteen layers of bricks discovered by His Royal Highness Taihe in the Forbidden City.

When the relevant personnel first saw this phenomenon, they thought for a moment that the workers who built the Hall of Supreme Harmony were lazy. However, upon closer inspection, although this was an irregular stacking, it was actually a complete safeguard measure for the first floor of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. .

As for the ancient assassins who were accustomed to digging tunnels for sneak attacks, Zhu Di's special measure of building His Highness Taihe was regarded as cutting off the assassins' method of digging tunnels for sneak attacks.After all, for the emperor, the Hall of Supreme Harmony was a place for various ceremonies. Naturally, the emperor did not want to worry about it while relaxing and holding various ceremonies.

In this way, Zhu Di's method can be regarded as solving his leisure worries.

In order to keep the secret of the Palace of Supreme Harmony forever, Zhu Di did not hesitate to execute these craftsmen after the Palace of Supreme Harmony was completed.The secrets under this palace were not discovered until today.

Ruthless enough, emperors always do anything for their own safety, and the mechanical watch that Li An paid tribute to can be praised, and it was worn on Li Shimin's hand for the first time, just because it is Li An's thing, and Li Shimin has no second choice. I suspected for a moment that it was because Li Anjin offered it.

From here, you can see that Li Shimin valued Li An, but Li Shimin would not have thought that his regard for Li An would later attract the attention of an important court official, because this belief was so unusual.

(End of this chapter)