"Incredible~"

"It's amazing that we can create such a marvelous machine."

"Even time can be calculated so accurately."

Around Emperor Hongzhi, the ministers sighed one after another.

Look carefully at the Big Ming Clock and the time on it. At this moment, you can feel that time is slowly passing.

"Haha, of course~"

Zhu Houzhao raised his head proudly, and then waved to Liu Jin, who immediately dragged a tray over with a red cloth covering it.

"Father, this is my gift to you."

Zhu Houzhao opened the red cloth, and there was a watch on the tray. The style was basically the same as the one Liu Jin was wearing. However, the watch given to Emperor Hongzhi naturally needed a lot of embellishments.

The strap is made of pure gold, and the casing is also shiny gold. At the same time, the outer ring is wrapped with gold and has a ring of imperial green jade, and is inlaid with top-quality gemstones of various colors. The workmanship is extremely fine, and it looks full of class.

"Father, this is a watch. With this watch, carry it with you. When you want to know the time, 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 on 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 words. If you look carefully at the time, it is the same as the one on the clock tower. There is no difference.

"How much smaller can it be made?"

The ministers next to him were all very curious. Those who were close could naturally see clearly. Those who were further away, some stood on tiptoe slightly, trying to see clearly the watch on Emperor Hongzhi's hand.

"Of course, you don't care who I am~"

Zhu Houzhao raised his head proudly, and then waved to Liu Jin. The other party understood immediately and randomly brought up another tray with watches and pocket watches placed in the tray.

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

"Come, come, all officials of third rank and above will have a share, and each one will receive one."

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

Zhu Houzhao said to the ministers behind him very grandly.

"Thank you, Your Highness~"

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

Then everyone 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 magic it had.

Liu Jin carried the tray, starting with Liu Jian, and distributed watches to all the ministers of third rank and above present.

Soon, these ministers of third rank and above each had a watch in their hands, and they played with it carefully. Around them, a group of ministers who had not received a watch gathered around them, and they all looked at it curiously.

watch, and look at the clock tower.

"It's really exactly the same. There's no difference in the timing."

"You can still walk."

"What a wonderful work of art."

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

A watch like this, worn on your hand, can tell the time anytime and anywhere. This is a good thing.

"Mr. Liu, can you lend it to me~"

"I haven't even taken a good look at it yet. I won't borrow it, I won't borrow it~"

"I just borrowed it for a look. 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~”

"The sky is round and the earth is round, which is in line with the ancient principles."

"Don't tell me, these numbers are really easy to remember. It's ten o'clock now. If you're counting the hours, you really shouldn't remember them."

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

"..."

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

"You brat, you have such a good business and you don't call me."

Zhang Mao played with the watch in his hand and couldn't put it down. He turned his eyes and came 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 looked a little innocent and said.

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

"I don't believe it."

"Besides you, I can't think of anyone else who can come up with such an idea."

Zhang Mao looked unbelieving.

"Mr. Zhang, I'll ask you to send a few watches to your house later to make amends. That'll be all right."

Liu Jin curled his lips helplessly, there was really nothing he could do to this old Zhang.

"That's pretty much it."

Zhang Mao nodded with satisfaction, then played with the watch in his hand and said, "What a good thing. From now on, you can know the time anytime and anywhere."

"Hehe, of course~"

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

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

"It's really good."

Emperor Hongzhi obviously liked this gift very much.

"As long as Father likes it~"

Zhu Houzhao was even happier after receiving Emperor Hongzhi's approval.

…

At the same time, everywhere in the capital, the headquarters building of the First Bank of Ming Dynasty in the capital, the Imperial Plaza in the South District New City, Wangyue Tower, the places where the rich and powerful people in the inner city gathered to live, and there were all new schools here.

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

"Dang~dang~"

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

Empire Square, this is an iconic place in the Southern District New Town. Many people come here to play every day. It is approaching the New Year's Eve. Many factories, workshops, businesses, etc. have begun to have holidays, so a large number of people come to the Empire Square.

Have fun here in the square.

At the same time, there are also many folk juggling groups, performing in the arena, breaking rocks, etc., and performing arts here. It is very lively, with thousands of people playing here.

At this time, as the bell tower next to the Imperial Plaza was opened, the ten o'clock bell rang, and all of a sudden, everyone in the square looked over.

"What it is?"

"I do not know?"

"It's a bit like a lighthouse, but it doesn't seem like it's a lighthouse."

"Let's go over and have a look."

Soon, a large number of people gathered near the bell tower. Everyone looked at the bell tower in front of them, not knowing what the bell tower did.

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

"Everyone, everyone~"

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

"Everyone, take a look carefully. The time is clearly marked on it. It contains our traditional twelve-hour clock of the Ming Dynasty. It happens to be the fourth quarter of the sixth hour~"

"In addition, there is a new timekeeping method. One day is divided into 24 hours. One hour is equal to two hours. Taking noon as the boundary, it is divided into 12 o'clock and 12 o'clock. It is now exactly 10 o'clock..."

Following the explanation, everyone suddenly understood.

"It turns out to be a clock tower used to keep time~"

"Building such a large bell tower is to make it easier for everyone to know the time accurately."

“It’s really good.”

"It's easy to remember when you use numbers to calculate time."
To be continued...