Cities can have personalities, and they can have genders. Yicheng, like a capable but lazy boss lady from time to time, has both clever means and beautiful posture, which makes people forget to return. And the beauty of Danyang City is masculine and majestic. The whole city feels like an old sergeant who has put his knife back in his scabbard, put the arrow back into his quiver, and immersed himself in fishing by the river, who also enjoys life and happiness so much, but when it comes to a critical moment, the knife and bow are still sharp and can kill.

Danyang is located on the Luozhong Plain between the Luojiang River and the Qingshui River, which can be called a good place of calm and abundance. But this ancient, from its original fortress, has expanded to its present size and seems to have many places to admire. The towering city walls and the hunting flags make people feel solemn and solemn, but when you enter the city, you can feel as if this is not a city at all. The temperament of this city is rich and complex.

After Ye Tao and his entourage settled in the Qingluo House opened by the Du family in the capital, Lu Dan went to find the princess to recover his life. The family sent by Min Yue left after a few polite words, and they had to report to the Min family in the capital first, and then return to Yicheng. The few people sent by Qi Zhentao were unhurried, and they would not leave until Ye Tao withdrew the money from the Zuo family and settled everything. The two clever apprentices were sent to Dai Yue Ge, while Ye Tao commanded the apprentices to clean the two courtyards under their charter and assign rooms to everyone, and there were a bunch of chores.

Speaking of which, what makes Ye Tao very strange is that in Danyang, although there are no explicit regulations, the names of hostels at all levels are not confused at all. For example, the lowest, very general conditions are called inns; The more comfortable and slightly richer decoration has become a house; For the more upscale ones, you can use the name of the hotel. Looking at such a positioning and grading, there are some modern socio-economic hotels - ordinary star hotels - luxury five-star hotels of the classification posture. But in this era, there is no star rating agency, and there is not even a guild that restricts each other in the same industry. There are those who deliberately confuse the name and level of the hostel they opened to show their identity or to express their affinity, but the vast majority of merchants and travelers who come to Danyang will still choose different levels of hostels according to their own needs and financial resources.

The Du family's Qingluo house was originally unable to accommodate so many of them, but fortunately, the Du family was originally ready to expand in the capital, and bought the two courtyards behind the original house and vacated them to live.

Just when everyone was still busy, Lu Dan had already brought a message from the princess: Tomorrow at noon, Baowen Pavilion, chatting while having lunch. Although the noon agreement is a little loose, there is no way, this is the characteristic of this era. In fact, with the development of the economy and the expansion of some large businesses and industries, there is now a class of several thousand taels per hour, a class with a need for daily accurate timekeeping, and there is such a market, but there is no product that can meet this market. In this era, those rich businessmen and celebrities, those high-ranking officials and celebrities who must be brought by their side, have a very important function is to run to the nearest sundial, check the time and then come back to report. Those who are clever and clever can learn to look at the sky at a glance, or look at the length ratio of the shadow to accurately tell the time, it will save a lot of effort.

However, this market is something that Ye Tao can't satisfy for the time being. A grandfather clock is just a testament to the fact that accurate timekeeping is possible, but how to carry a precise timepiece with you is another question. Ye Tao remembered that in the original time and space, in Europe, for a long time, a portable clock with a 9-inch dial was used to assume this function. In this time and space, with Ye Tao's efforts, it is very likely that this scene will first appear in Dongping Kingdom.

Dai Yuege also came shortly after. However, after talking for a few words, he hurried away again. Only then did Ye Tao know that after contacting the shopkeeper sent by Tan Weixin several times, the land was implemented, and Tan Weixin had allocated the first phase of the project, and the capital construction work of Yizhan Building had begun. Since only half of the construction team this time was an old guy who brought here from Yicheng, although a full set of construction machinery was brought over, Dai Yuege was still very uneasy, and he had to watch the scene all the time. Although they have undergone "training", it is not a problem to master the complex construction machinery and to be able to build a magnificent building like the one on the drawing board in accordance with the very strict construction specifications and construction requirements.

At noon the next day, the luncheon in Baowentang was obviously not improvised, and Ye Tao was the sudden guest at this luncheon.

"Ye Gongzi," seeing Ye Tao again, Tan Weixin's eyes flashed with the eagerness that had been suppressed, but he introduced the guests who participated in this small luncheon to Ye Tao in a light tone. "These are all famous nobles of Dongping State, and the sons and daughters of the ruling ministers, and they can be called the leaders in the next generation of Dongping. This is the daughter of Lord Situ Huang, and this is the son of Lord Gui, the governor of Liyang...... And this is the famous young master of the Min family, Min Yannian...... And this one, it's my sister. ”

"Sister, this is the young master of the Ye family in Yicheng that you often mention?" A little girl who looked only a little older than Dai Qiuyan glared at Ye Tao curiously.

Ye Tao didn't dare to slack off, Tan Weixin's sister was only one, that was Tan Weixin, the youngest daughter of the lord of the country, Princess Yuxiu. Ye Tao looked at Tan Weixin, Tan Weixin waved his hand knowingly, and said, "Don't give the ceremony, it's just a feast and drink together, with your identity, but it's not fun at all." ”

In addition to Tan Weiying, the most curious about Ye Tao is Situ Huang Xuping's daughter Huang Wan. Last night, Tan Weixin sent someone to ask her if it was okay to have one more man at the banquet at noon today. Although Tan Weixin's status is high, this basic etiquette has always been very important. But after knowing that it was Ye Tao and Ye Canghuai who were coming today, and knowing that Ye Canghuai was the author of the group of woodcuts that Huang Xuping was hanging in the study, Huang Wan couldn't help but tell her father, as a result, Situ Huang Xuping was actually very interested in seeing Ye Tao, if it weren't for the banquet that had been booked for a few ministers at noon today, maybe Huang Xuping would have come here to join in the fun. For the young man who can attract so much attention from her father, Huang Wan can't help but be curious.

Ye Tao said gently: "The kid was born as a craftsman, and he didn't know how to be polite, and everyone here is the leader of the young generation in Dongping, and he won't be as knowledgeable as a savage like me." If there is any rudeness, please forgive me, boy, in my heart, I have great respect for everyone. ”

"Don't be so polite, if you want to talk about talent, I'm not as good as you. That music box is now all divine. If it weren't for the fact that a few of us were quite familiar with His Highness, and we could have listened to it a few more times, I really didn't know that we could have such a magical skill. Gui said heartily.

"Don't dare to be, that music box is just a thing, except for listening to a sound, it's really useless." Ye Tao said modestly.

"Isn't it a great use to please others and yourself? Those delicate and beautiful playthings, aren't they useless? It's not the same that a lot of people rush to buy it at home? Min Yannian said nonchalantly.

Tan Weixinyan, who already knew that the grandfather clock had been successfully manufactured and had brought two samples to Danyang, could not have guessed that Ye Tao was going to take the opportunity to publicize it? At this moment, she said very playfully: "It's not a plaything now, Ye Gongzi can bring something very useful this time?" ”

"Oh? What is it? "It's all young people, and they all have the same curiosity, and their curiosity about new things suddenly bursts out.

"The kid doesn't dare to hide it, this thing is downstairs." Ye Tao said embarrassedly: "Things are heavy, aren't you ......?" ”

Liu Yong, who had been standing behind Tan Weixin, hurriedly stopped everyone from getting up and going downstairs, and said, "Everyone, sit down for a while, let me come." ”

It was almost a matter of going downstairs and going upstairs, and Liu Yong seemed to effortlessly carry a huge wooden box about the same height as him upstairs. As soon as he gave the order, the two guards removed the outer packaging, revealing the true face of the table clock?

"Bell?" Min Yue is Min Yannian's uncle, with such an uncle who guards the sea frontier, Min Yannian's vision has long been opened by the things that Min Yue wants to get back to the Min family's mansion in the capital every year, looking at the huge dial, and the scale marked on it, "Zi Chou Yin Mao Chen, Noon Wei Shen Youxuhai", and was also stunned.

"Exactly," Ye Tao said proudly, "this clock, although it is not as accurate as the sundial is balanced by the creation of heaven and earth, but it is better to know the time anytime and anywhere, and now this clock, the daily error will not exceed 7,200 hours a day, compared with the pendulum clock made by the Westerners, the accuracy is more than that." ”

In the admiration of everyone, Ye Tao continued: "The kid also has some gadgets in it, and it will be there at noon." ”

As soon as Ye Tao's voice fell, the table clock rang 12 o'clock at noon. In this clock, the current time is adjusted in the music box, after striking it, the melodious and agile music will sound, listen to the timbre, it is the sound of the music box that is now famous in the capital. The music box is already ingenious, and the bell is a very high technological achievement in this era, when connected together, the aggregation effect caused by it is far from being as simple as one plus one equals two.

With the dictation of these very energetic teenagers, Ye Tao, the table clock, and the music box immediately became the key words of the whole city.

Famous...... Thoroughly famous.