In Chang'an, except for some merchants, there are actually not many people paying attention to the South China Sea, because there are too many phenomena in the Central Plains to attract everyone's attention. The first thing that is to be affected is the development of education. The most eye-catching one is the Military Academy and the Royal Training Camp. Nowadays, many young people are thrust into the scalp and want to enter these two academies, which is even more crazy than before.

Many people regretted it. When the Royal Training Camp was established, many people sneered at it. The admission conditions were so relaxed at that time. Now, it is quite strict because there are many people applying for the exam, so of course they choose the best.

Especially the newly opened military academy this year, the conditions made many people stunned. First of all, they must be from a military aristocrat. Many people have no idea about this and cannot fight for it.

But this actually caused a military aristocratic group that had been in decline for many years to rekindle, and this military aristocratic group is the military aristocratic group in the Guanlong group.

This military aristocratic group is actually the core of the Guanlong Group. For example, the Dugu family, Yuan family, Yang family, and the current royal Li family all came from this military aristocratic group. However, this aristocratic group has been in decline for many years. By the time of Changsun Wuji, the Guanlong group was already led by civil officials. Among the current Tang commanders, few people came from this group, especially among the supreme commanders, there were almost no one. Li Ji was not from this group, but the aristocrats in this group were definitely considered military aristocrats. They have gone through three dynasties. Although they have been corrupt and decayed, the lean camels are bigger than horses. The people who apply the most are the children of this military group. They are absolutely qualified. It can be seen that they also want to rise and reshape their glory with this kind of glory, but this is a very long process.

Not only that, even the lives of the people in Chang'an are undergoing a huge change. Who has time to care about things thousands of miles away from top to bottom?

Today is a holiday and the weather is very good, so many people come to the streets. With the stimulation of currency, shopping has become a habit, and everything must be purchased on the street.

Zhang Wenguan and Hao Chujun also made an appointment to go to Xishi City to see what to buy. Now that the education bill has been released, they can also relax.

"Well, what's so good?"

Hao Chujun suddenly stopped.

Zhang Wenguan Xunxiang looked at it and said in surprise: "When is there an extra restaurant here?"

Hao Chujun heard a vague noise from inside and said, "It seems that the business is pretty good, let's go and take a look."

"please."

"please."

The two of them had just arrived at the tea shop, and a bartender immediately came out and greeted them in.

I saw that it was almost full of them, which made the two prime ministers still sit in the corner.

"What do you two guests want to eat?"

"What are some delicious foods here?"

"The best food in our store is the roast duck secretly made by our owner. Look, they ordered it on the table. Two guests can come and try it out."

"It turns out to be the aroma of roast duck!" Hao Chujun nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, just come half of it, and another pot of wine."

"Okay!"

After a while, the roast duck came up.

Zhang Wenguan and Hao Chujun nodded in praise while eating.

Zhang Wenguan couldn't help but ask at the bartender: "Your roast duck is so delicious, why didn't you sell it before?"

The bartender smiled and said, "The guest officer doesn't know that the owner of our store is from Muzhou, and many people in Guanzhong have never eaten it."

"Muzhou?"

Zhang Wenguan was a little surprised when he heard this. You are too far away from opening a store.

The bartender smiled and said, "Customer, there is nothing to be surprised now. The Tongxiong Shop has been opened from Guanzhong to Guangzhou."

"That's true." Zhang Wenguan nodded with a smile.

After the bartender left, Hao Chujun said: "Shangshuling is right. This commercial culture is indeed conducive to the integration of the nation. In the past, there were no such close contacts between the north and the south."

Zhang Wenguan Fuxu nodded and said, "This is a good thing. If the barriers between various regions are too large, once there is turmoil, it will cause separatism."

Suddenly, someone said at the next table: "It's really wise to say that your Majesty decided to rebuild the city this time!"

"No, in the past, I had to buy things and eat, or I had to go to the east city or go to the west city. After eating, I was already hungry. Now that I left Defang Gate, I had something to eat, which was so convenient."

"Yes! A porridge shop will be opened outside our shop soon, and it will be convenient for our shop to have breakfast in the future."

"Now I see that few people in the city cook at their own homes, and they eat outside."

"Now everyone has to work in the workshop, so how can they cook?"

When Hao Chujun heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Since ancient times, I have always believed that the people will be peaceful, but now it seems that this is not the case. Nowadays, the population flows in Chang'an are very large. Even in the middle of the night, it is brightly lit and lively, but the crimes are much less than in previous years and are very stable."

Zhang Wenguan nodded and said, "Now everyone is busy with life, and there is no time to think about other things. However, it is indeed much more convenient to lift the restrictions of the market. I remember two days ago, when I was writing articles at home, I was very devoted to writing, and suddenly I found that there was no paper. It was already night, and I felt so sad in my heart that I had to wait for tomorrow. Later, my follower told me that there was a paper shop outside the market. In the end, he bought the paper in less than a while."

Hao Chujun sighed: "I didn't expect that after a change, our lives will also undergo such a big change."

He said it was right. Although the construction of the city has not been completed, the lives of the people have changed accordingly. More than 100 stores alone have increased, but they are all very small stores, closely related to life. This was specially arranged by the court. Opening the market along the street must be within the court's plan. The two cities did not decline because of this, but became more prosperous because many large and expensive commodities can only be purchased in the two cities, and the restaurants are all in the two cities. The two cities are still entertainment and commercial centers in Chang'an.

Consumption is also increasing day by day, because convenience will definitely stimulate consumption. If consumption increases, the store will increase. This is a virtuous cycle.

After the meal, Zhang Wenguan and Hao Chujun each took out some vouchers and paid for the wine. Because the mainstream culture at the table in the Tang Dynasty was originally a separate meal system. Unless someone treats guests, everyone will still eat aa system when they go out, especially literati, who are as light as water.

As soon as I left the door, I suddenly saw the people on the streets suddenly becoming hurried and all heading towards the west market.

At the same time, the guests in the tavern also walked out quickly and headed straight for the West City.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Zhang Wenguan was full of curiosity, so he called a young man who had just come out of the store and asked.

The young man hurriedly said, "I'm going to Xicheng to see the clock tower."

"Clock Tower?"

Hao Chujun suddenly said: "I think it seems that a craftsman invented a tool that can time more accurately, called Qiu Mozhong."

"I heard about this, too."

Zhang Wenguan said: "Then let's go over and take a look."

"please."

When the two of them arrived at Xishi, they didn't have to ask where the bell tower was. They could see at first glance that there were dense crowds of people standing in front of a tower, tilting their heads upwards.

But the tower was about ten feet high, and it was really small in the west city. There was a huge white disc on the top of the tower, with a black pointer on it, which was very clear.

Zhang Wenguan said in surprise: "When will such a tall tower be built here?"

Hao Chujun shook his head and said, "I don't know very well!"

A young man dressed in a bartender beside them smiled and said, "You two don't know. This tower will be built in less than three months. Don't talk about you, we are also very surprised to stay in the West City every day."

"So fast?"

"Hi! You can get rich these days and you can do anything quickly! It is said that this tower was designed by the Minister of Works and was built by the Fengfei Tower's construction team. How can it not be fast?"

"I see."

Zhang Wenguan nodded.

They are traditional literati and are not so interested in invention and creation. Although he had heard of this, he was not in the mood to understand it.

While speaking, a bell suddenly sounded.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!

A burst of cheers suddenly broke out in the crowd, and everyone seemed very excited.

Even the bartenders around them cheered loudly.

Zhang Wenguan said with a confused look on his face again: "What's going on?"

The bartender said in a little surprise: "You two don't even know this?"

Zhang Wenguan shook his head.

The bartender pointed to the large disc above and said, "Please look at the bell, two guests. Just now, when the bell rang, the pointer pointed directly above, which means that noon is here. The bell tower will make a bell sound at the hour of Mao, noon, and You. Moreover, this is not a person ringing on it, but it is driven by a mechanism, but it is amazing."

He was talking about it with a gaze. Now many novel things are emerging, and these cities are very interested in this.

Zhang Wenguan nodded and said, "So that's it."

In the restaurant opposite the clock tower, a small group of wealthy businessmen in silk clothes were standing on the balcony to bow to each other.

"Old Jia, Qiu Mo, congratulations, congratulations."

"Thank you, thank you."

"Old Jia, Qiu Mo, how about we build this bell tower in the new market? Everyone can pay the money together."

"This is a good idea! It's best to build it in a place that can be seen in a workshop."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."

Jia Fugui bowed and smiled, his face full of pride.

He paid all the money for this clock tower. He really invested a lot this time, but he was a businessman. If it was unprofitable, he would certainly not do this. Now Qiu Mojing has not yet formed the value of the commodity because it is a little too large and the cost is also very high. But he knows that there are endless profits in it, and commodification is a matter of time. However, if you want to promote this Qiu Mojing, the first thing is to make the people adapt to the Qiu Mojing, be familiar with the clock, and even be unable to do without it. After the commodity comes out, everyone will come to buy it.

Of course, Han Yi also gave a lot of help to this tower, otherwise it would not be able to be repaired so quickly.

However, Han Yi was not here at this time. He and Yuan Mudan went to the steel mill in the western suburbs today. The steel mill was actually next to the cement plant, because there was a large iron ore on it.

"Shangshu Ling, Li Taishi, look at this steel ingot."

But I saw an old craftsman with wrinkles on his face, holding a few small steel ingots and handing them to Li Chunfeng, Han Yi and Yuan Mudan respectively.

Li Chunfeng took it and looked at it, and said in surprise: "This steel."

Yuan Mudan, who was standing beside him, curiously said, "What's the matter with this steel?"

Li Chunfeng said: "Mrs. Han doesn't know that this steel is much better than the steel we made in the Sixth Academy of Sages!"

Yuan Mudan said in surprise: "Is that true?"
To be continued...