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After smiling slightly, Ruan Luo returned to business: "Although the timekeeping format of the Demani country is a little different from the twelve hours of our country, it is roughly the same. This may be because, whether it is Showa, Northern Goose, or Demani overseas, they all rely on the shift of the sun in the sky to calculate the hour, which is not vulgar but agree. ”

Regarding Ruan Luo's statement, Mo Ye quickly nodded in agreement, and turned his gaze to look at the box-like clock again. Because of Ruan Luo's explanation, her opinion of this object has changed greatly.

Bai Tao, who was standing beside her, didn't seem to be very interested in this clock, and her eyes kept flickering, but when Ruan Luo mentioned the overseas country of Demani, she was obviously interested, and couldn't help but ask: "On the boundless sea, are there really other countries?" ”

Ruan Luo nodded and said: "As early as more than a hundred years ago, when the capital city where we are located was still called 'Huyang County', the people who lived by fishing for seafood here had the opportunity to see floating buildings on the sea, but at first everyone thought that those buildings were a corner of the fairyland. ”

"Later, gradually the people from the fairyland landed on the east shore of Huyang by boat, although those 'immortals' spoke a language that everyone did not understand, but after a period of observation, the people of Huyang were convinced that they also needed to eat and sleep, and they also needed to take medicine when they were sick and injured, and they would shed bright red blood. As a result, the people of Huyang gradually understood that these people were not immortals, and gradually understood the location of the country they lived in. ”

"However, China really has a relatively clear understanding of these overseas countries, and it is still from the maritime trade in recent years. No one has yet explored how far the other side of the sea is, but in the vast sea, there is another large land where more than one country is inhabited, and this is a definite conclusion. ”

Ruan Luo said this. After a while, he said: "To mention briefly, the reason why this place is named Huyang County is because the residents of this place used the sea as a lake at the beginning, and the sun rises from the sea every day, and this eastern sea area is very mysterious and sacred in the eyes of the people here. ”

Bai Tao listened to Ruan Luo's repeated explanations, only to feel that his description was extremely delicate and vivid, and felt more and more novel in his heart, and then asked: "Has Brother Ruan ever been overseas?" ”

"With my physique. You can't travel that far by boat. Ruan Luo picked the corners of his mouth, and there was a bit of bitterness in his smile, "What I just said is not what I saw with my own eyes. Part of it comes from books, and part of it comes from the people of the merchant group who brought a batch of these clocks back from the sea. ”

"When I first heard this, I wondered how strange those overseas countries were, but then I heard from the people in the merchant group. The ship sails on the sea, and the non-hundred-foot big ship does not dare to go far. In addition, during the normal sailing process, the hull of the ship is also constantly shaking, and if it encounters wind and waves, it will instantly make people feel that the world is turned upside down. Ruan Luo said. couldn't help but sigh with regret, he regretted that he was afraid that he would lose the opportunity to go to sea forever.

Bai Tao couldn't help but sigh, but said, "How could anyone live in such a dangerous place." ”

"Although there is a sea of hidden dangers. But after the big ship landed, in fact, the situation on the two lands was almost the same, and the dangerous situation was only when the ship was still at sea. Ruan Luo smiled slightly, "If those kingdoms are in danger, then stand on their borders and look west. How could we not be. ”

Bai Tao understood the meaning of Ruan Luo's words, and thought of his narrow view. I can't help but feel embarrassed.

At this time, Mo Ye, who had been staring at the clock silently, suddenly said: "This time scale is twelve o'clock in total, isn't it exactly twelve hours, but the words on the time scale are very unfamiliar." Listening to what she said, it was obvious that the direction of things she was paying attention to was completely different from that of the white peach.

"Well, these twelve characters are the numerical writing method of the country of Demani, and the meaning of the counting text is the same as that of our country, but the pronunciation and writing of other countries are different from those of our country."

Ruan Luo smiled in his eyes, and the topic had changed with Mo Ye, "However, there are still some differences." These twelve numbers do not coincide with the twelve hours when they express the hour. Later, considering this problem, the merchant built a craftsman who built a state-made zuò clock, and slightly modified the structure of the gears behind the clocks that were transported to China, which affected the speed of changing careers. The hands of this clock, which used to travel twice in a day and night, are now slowed down only once. ”

After that, Ruan Luo also explained to Mo Ye the meaning of each of the four hands on the front of the clock, and then explained the function of the three dials arranged in a triangle on the back of the clock, and finally opened a narrow inset lid above the dial, allowing Mo Ye to see the power source of the clock.

Mo Ye was able to see that inside the 'big box', there were several gears that could not be seen in the whole body, they were slowly turning, and they were biting into each other as they turned. After a while, these wheels still did not stop, as if they would never stop, which made Mo Ye feel very strange.

The reason why Ruan Luo had to explain so much to Mo Ye and Bai Tao was because in the days of living in this mansion in the future, the two women who were closely related to him would need to come into contact with this clock frequently, and they would inevitably need to learn how to operate it.

Mo Ye was at this moment today, just about this clock, and the unfamiliar cognition she came into contact with made her a little dizzy. This kind of knowledge from a foreign country, without the precursor of the local culture that is closely related to one's own growth, let alone fully grasped, is only a preliminary contact, it will feel very unfamiliar, and it is even more difficult to memorize the steps that should be mechanical.

Fortunately, Mo Ye has been by his master's side since he was a child, and the composition of his life experience often comes into contact with obscure knowledge. Although there is no similarity between those studies and the strange information that they have come into contact with today, after being tempered by the previous mode of thinking, Di Moye will be able to accept this kind of unfamiliar knowledge without root enlightenment.

At least compared to Mo Ye, Bai Tao's acceptance process was slower, and she was almost completely confused.

But in the end, Bai Tao and Mo Ye remembered one thing together, that is, this clock had to pluck something called 'clockwork' every day, which was the dial at the bottom of the back of the clock.

There is no exact explanation of what 'clockwork' is, and it should probably be a term from a foreign country, but it should be a term that belongs to a technical field, and even Ruan Luo doesn't know it in detail.

However, there seems to be no need to know this kind of vocabulary for anyone other than the craftsman. White Peach and Mo Ye just need to remember that if they don't dial up the number of winds in a day, the clock will stop. Waiting for the clock to come to a complete stop before starting it is not impossible, but it will be difficult and will affect the life of the clock.

Once there is a problem with this kind of machine, it can only be effectively repaired if it is shipped back to the country of Demani.

The craftsmen of the country of Demani unanimously expressed their attitude of secrecy regarding the principle of automatic gears inside the clock, which can be understood as the protection of this technological wealth in their country. This kind of thing happens in all countries, but the crux of the problem is that there are no craftsmen in Akikuni who can reproduce this technology on their own.

Therefore, after Ruan Luo had just arrived at this new residence, he quickly found the director of the temporary housekeeper's position, and immediately came to check it with a lamp after asking where the clock was.

According to Ruan Luo's meaning, until tomorrow, he will arrange for a mason to come to the house to build a brick slot to fix the clock to reduce the possibility of damage, which also means that it will not be possible to open the wooden board on the back of the clock and observe the gears inside.

After knowing Ruan Luo's plan, Mo Ye was still a little reluctant to leave the hut where the clock was shelved. Bai Tao was not very interested in this, but after she left the hut, she first remembered Ruan Luo's dinner, to be exact, Ruan Luo's last meal of the day.

Hearing Bai Tao mention this, Ruan Luo remembered another thing and told Mo Ye a few words.

So, although Mo Ye and Bai Tao went back to the kitchen together, the next moment was the division of labor.

This time, Mo Ye was responsible for serving Ruan Luo's diet, and Bai Tao was given an order by Ruan Luo: drink the medicine well and rest in peace.

Coming out of the kitchen with a tray, Mo Ye glanced at the bowl of things in the tray that was still like rice cereal, couldn't help frowning slightly, and thought silently: Ruan Luo shouldn't eat this kind of thing all day, right?

From her point of view, the bowl was a little out of the food ranks.

When he walked into the dining room, he didn't see Ruan Luo's figure, and when he went out to find a servant to ask, he realized that Ruan Luo had not been here at all.

Mo Ye pondered for a while, turned around and went to the study again, and sure enough, he saw Ruan Luo sitting at the desk, close to the candle and holding a book reading.

After leaving the hut just now, Ruan Luo knew that he was going to eat soon, but he turned his head and went into the study next to the hut, thinking of this, Mo Ye secretly took a deep breath.

The tray in hand was not put down immediately, Mo Ye only looked at Ruan Luo calmly, and said, "Brother Ruan, you go to the dining room to eat." ”

Ruan Luo raised his eyes and saw that it was Mo Ye, so he only said casually: "You put it aside, I'll eat here, I don't want to go to the dining room anymore." ”

There is a courtyard between the dining room and the study, which is really not close. Mo Ye took this bowl of soup, from the kitchen to the dining room and then around to the study, it was already a bowl of soup that had been warmed, and it was not good to delay it any longer. Therefore, Mo Ye had no objection to Ruan Luo's request.

It's just that Mo Ye quickly realized a problem, Ruan Luo didn't seem to have the intention of putting down the book in her hand, so she couldn't help but say: "Third Brother Wang just told me today, saying that you need to rest as soon as possible after dark, and you are not allowed to light the lamp and read." ”