"Well, it's good if the fourth sister doesn't dislike it." Ye Xi nodded obediently, and her eyes fell on the chiming bell in her hand, "This is the gift from His Royal Highness King Fu to the fourth sister, right?" What is it? The two long things in the middle seem to move. ”

Jiang Shu stuffed the sachet into his arms, looked down at the clock plate of the self-striking clock in his hand and said: "This thing is called a self-striking clock, which is a thing invented by foreigners, used to keep time, and has the same effect as our sundial and hourglass." ”

"And how does it time?" Ye Xiyan asked with some curiosity.

Jiang Shu raised his hand to the clock dial and said with a faint smile: "Look, this is a clock dial with scales painted on it, one point, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock...... Until twelve o'clock, between each major scale, there is an hour, which is half an hour for us. Looking at these two needles, the long one is the minute hand, the short one is the hour hand, the minute hand goes fast, each revolution is half an hour, and the hour hand goes slowly, each revolution is six hours. The minute hand makes one turn, and the hour hand turns one large scale. ”

"But our day and night are twelve hours, and its circle is only six hours, how can we count it?" Ye Xi shook and said.

"It's simple, just let it turn twice!" Jiang Shu couldn't help but smile.

Then, the finger pointed to the 12 o'clock scale: "Look here, this is the 12 o'clock of the foreigner, if it is in the daytime, it corresponds to our noon, if it is at night, it corresponds to our positive time." According to the direction traveled by the two hands, every two divisions of the hour hand is an hour, and every three divisions of the minute hand is a quarter of an hour. ”

"You see, now, the hour hand is between ten and eleven, and the minute hand points to nine, which is the third quarter of our year. If it is at night, the time corresponding to this position is the third quarter of the year. ”

"I see!" Ye Xiyan nodded in understanding, and said in surprise, "How could the fourth sister know this?" ”

"This ......" Jiang Shu suddenly realized that he had lost his words, and hurriedly replied, "Of course the prince told me." ”

With the afterglow of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of Zhu Changxun beside him with a thoughtful look, panicked slightly, turned his head to look at him, and said stubbornly: "Lord Wang, did you say?" ”

It's over, it's over, why are you so brainless!

As a native of ancient times, how can you know how a mechanical clock works?

Zhu Changxun didn't debunk her lies, the corners of his mouth pulled slightly, and he smiled and played a round for her: "That's right." ”

It's just that those dark and clear eyes, when they meet her eyes, they are overflowing with a few unfathomable brilliance.

As soon as His Royal Highness King Fu opened Chrysostom, Ye Xiyan naturally had no reason to doubt it, and his eyes once again fell on the chiming bell in Jiang Shu's hand, full of admiration.

Such a rare thing, how nice it would be if it belonged to you!

Jiang Shu knew that Ye Xi was scheming and scheming, lest she stay with her for a long time and something would happen, so she smiled faintly and said, "Fifth sister, if the prince wants to go to our back garden, let's go over first." ”

"It's better to let Shaker accompany the fourth sister and the prince." Ye Xi rolled his eyes and proposed with a smile.

Jiang Shu wanted to avoid her, but he didn't allow it, and politely refused: "Don't bother the fifth sister, I can accompany the prince alone." ”

"It's okay, the fourth sister and the prince go slowly." Ye Xiyan didn't force it, and smiled meekly and gently.

It's just that as soon as the two of them walked away, their faces suddenly became gloomy, and they turned their heads to Tao Xue next to them and said: "This Ye Jiangshu is always not enthusiastic enough, polite, it seems that she doesn't plan to give me a chance at all." In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

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