After everyone had arrived, Li Guanqi walked to the corner of the room, picked up an hourglass that was placed there, put it on the big table in front of him, and then took a piece of string and a small piece of iron. Everyone didn't know what Li Guanqi was going to do, and they all watched quietly with a puzzled expression.

Li Guanqi tied one end of the rope to the small piece of iron, then grabbed the other end and shook it gently......

A room full of people looked at the rope swinging from side to side in confusion, some people couldn't understand what Li Guanqi was doing at all, and some people could think of something in their hearts, but they didn't understand what it was.

The rope gradually stopped swinging, and hung down still.

Li Guanqi looked at the crowd with a blank face, pointed to the hourglass with his left hand, and made the rope swing again......

"Student understood!" One student suddenly exclaimed, "The amplitude of the swing from side to side is the same as the time spent." ”

Li Guanqi smiled happily, as long as they understood this principle, it would be easy to talk about it later, so he nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, it's the same!" ”

"Your Majesty, do you want to create a new timekeeping instrument to replace the hourglass?" The student asked timidly.

"Clever!" Li Guanqi happily praised, "I already have some rough ideas, of course, the specific things have to be done by your geniuses." As he spoke, he pulled out from his sleeve a rendering of the old-fashioned wall clock that he had drawn before.

"The renderings are here, the schematic, it's up to you, hehe!" Li Guanqi looked at the pair of eager eyes in front of him and said, "How about it, do you have the confidence to make it?" ”

"Yes! Students can make this! The student clenched his fists excitedly.

"Good! What is your name? I have made it, and I have a reward! Li Guanqi was in a state of excitement at this time.

"The student is called a clock!" The one grinned.

"......" Li Guanqi suddenly had a black line on his face - buddy, are you sure you didn't cross over?

It may be that clocks are really not high-tech. It was only more than ten days before Zhao Zheng sent someone to inform Li Guanqi that the new timekeeping tool had been successfully developed.

"So fast?" Li Guanqi looked incredulous, but when he walked into the research room of the "Bingjia Research Institute", he was really surprised! I saw that the room was full of all kinds of parts, and several students were holding various rulers and carefully measuring something. A few other students were taking notes......

In the middle of the research room, there is a large wall clock more than one person high, because this is the prototype, so it still looks relatively rough, but on the whole, it is very similar to the old-fashioned table clock in Li Guanqi's memory.

Li Guanqi approached and took a closer look, but found that the second hand of this grandfather clock was moving very slowly, although he didn't know how much slower. But it's certainly not a second-to-second move. He looked at the scales carved on the wooden frame in confusion, and it was Zi, Chou, Yin, and Mao...... Twelve earthly branches.

"This hour hand goes around, it won't be ...... Twelve hours, right? Li Guanqi became a little stammering.

"Hour hand?" Zhao Zheng was stunned for a moment, but then reacted and said, "The emperor is talking about the shortest pointer, right?" We call it the Heavenly Needle, the longest one is called the Human Needle, and the remaining one is called the Earth Needle! The needle goes around. It's exactly twelve hours! ”

"Naive? Earthquake? Conscientious? What kind of mess is this? Li Guanqi couldn't laugh or cry, the clock was successfully developed. However, this is also too Chinese characteristics.

After thinking about it, Li Guanqi announced on the spot: "In order to commend the clock, this object is called a clock!" ”

A few days later, Li Guanqi's friend, Gao Xianxian, entered Beijing.

Ever since Li Guanqi had the intention of getting the Intelligence Department involved in foreign trade, the first person he thought of was Gao Xianxian. After all, Yuwen Xiyue is really not proficient in how to make money, but Gao Xianxian is a business wizard who became the richest man in Shicheng in just one year.

Li Guanqi does not intend to use his identity to order Gao Xianxian to do things for himself, firstly, because Gao Xianxian is a rare good friend of his, and secondly, to do things for others, it is better to do things for himself more attentively. So he planned to cooperate with Gao Xianxian.

Since they want to cooperate, then the two sides are equal, so Li Guanqi did not summon Gao Xianxian in the Qinzheng Palace, but chose to invite Gao Xianxian to dinner in the "Kuaiyi Building".

Looking at the extremely luxurious decoration and the staggering price of the Kuaiyi Building, Gao Xianxian nodded again and again, smashed his mouth and said, "Who opened this Kuaiyi Building?" knows how to calculate people's hearts too well, those who come here to eat, knowing that they will be slaughtered, are more willing than one another, this money is too easy to earn. ”

Li Guanqi rubbed his nose, smiled and said, "Thank you, senior brother, for the compliment, I dare not be ashamed!" ”

"Huh? This is opened by His Majesty? The grass people do not choose to speak, and ask Your Majesty to forgive their sins! Gao Xianxian was amazed and did not forget to confess.

Li Guanqi waved his hand and said: "Brother Gao, there is only your Bai Zheng and Bai Xian brother here, there is no emperor, I have always regarded you as a friend, I hope you don't tell me any vulgar etiquette!" ”

Gao Xianxian is a very happy person, and he didn't say much at the moment, he smiled and said: "Since this is the case, then I'm not welcome today, I took the opportunity to kill you, who let you kill others every day!" ”

"No problem, whatever you want to eat, just ask, I'm in for a treat!" Li Guanqi also said with a smile, "But you have to pay the bill, brother!" ”

"You just said that you took me as a friend, and you turned your face in the blink of an eye?" Gao Xianxian exaggeratedly said, "This is your territory, since I have arrived here, I will take care of everything by yourself." ”

Li Guanqi smiled: "Then what do you care?" ”

Gao Xianxian patted his belly and said, "I just eat and drink a lot, and eat until you call for help." ”

Li Guanqi smiled lightly and said, "This was originally as it should be. Then he ordered the food to be served.

After a few glasses of wine, Gao Xianxian stopped his wine glass and said: "As the saying goes, there is no good feast without a good feast, Brother Bai Xian invited me to dinner today, it won't be purely to reminisce about the past, right?" ”

Li Guanqi smiled and said: "Brother Gao has been in the business for a long time, and he always thinks that others are calculating you. I'll tell you the truth, today I will not only invite you to dinner, but also give you a big gift! ”

"Is there such a good thing?" Gao Xianxian said with an ambiguous smile.

"You don't have any jokes!" Li Guanqi returned an ambiguous smile, and then glanced at He Ziming who was standing at the door, He Ziming opened the door, and Yuwen Xiyue walked in gracefully. (To be continued......)