The city can have personality and gender. Yicheng is like a capable boss who is lazy from time to time. He has both clever means and a bright figure, which makes people linger. The beauty of Danyang City is male and majestic. The whole city gives people the feeling that it is like an old soldier who puts his knife back into the scabbard and puts the arrow back into the arrow bag after experiencing the fight. He has also enjoyed life and happiness so much, but at a critical moment, the knife and bow are still sharp and can kill people.

Danyang is located on the Luozhong Plain between the Luo River and the Qingshui River, and is a peaceful and lush place. However, this ancient city, which started from the initial military gates, continued to expand until today's scale, seems to have many places to appreciate. The towering city walls and the roaring military flags make people feel serious and solemn, but when they enter the city, a bustling and lively city scroll makes people feel as if the inside and outside are not a city at all. The temperament of this city is rich and complex.

After Ye Tao and his party settled in the Qingluo House opened by the Du family in the capital, Lu Dan went to find the princess to report. The servants sent by Min Yue were polite and left. They wanted to report to the Min family in the capital first, and then return to Yicheng. However, the few people sent by Qi Zhentao were not too hurrying. They had to wait until Ye Tao raised money from the Zuo family and settled everything before leaving. Two clever students were sent to Dai Yue Pavilion, while Ye Tao commanded the apprentices to clean the two courtyards they had booked and assigned rooms to everyone. There were also a lot of chores.

Speaking of which, what makes Ye Tao strange is that although there are no explicit regulations in Danyang, the names of hotels of all levels are inconsistent. For example, the lowest-level and very ordinary conditions are called inns; those with more comfortable and slightly more beautiful decorations become hotels; those with more high-end ones can use the name of the hotel. Looking at this positioning and grading, there are some modern social and economic hotels - ordinary star hotels - luxury five-star hotels. However, there is no star rating agency in this era, and there is even a guild that restrains each other between peers. What name does it like to give and how you position it depends on the mood of each boss. The names and levels of the hotels you set up are deliberately confused to show your identity or to show your affinity. However, most travelers who come to Danyang will still choose hotels of different levels according to their needs and financial resources.

The Du family's Qingluo house could not accommodate so many of them. Fortunately, the Du family was planning to expand in the capital, so they bought the two yards behind the house and gave them to live there.

While everyone was still busy, Lu Dan had already brought the princess's message: at noon tomorrow, Baowenguan, chatting while having lunch. Although the agreement at noon was a little rough, there was nothing we could do. 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 are now classes of several thousand taels per hour, a daily precise timing, and a need. There is such a market, but there is no product that can meet this market. In this era, those wealthy businessmen and celebrities, the followers who must be led by the high-ranking and voyeur tribes, have an important function to run to the nearest sundial, look at the time and then repay. Those smart and smart people, if they can learn to take a look at the sky or the length and proportion of the shadows, can accurately tell the time, which will save a lot of effort.

However, Ye Tao cannot satisfy this market for the time being. The clock only proves that accurate timing can be achieved, but how to bring an accurate timer with you is another problem. Ye Tao remembers that in that time and space, in Europe, he used a 9-inch dial hand clock to undertake this function for a long time. In this time and space, with Ye Tao's efforts, this scene is likely to appear in Dongping Country first.

Dai Yuege also came soon after. However, after a few words, he left hurriedly. Ye Tao then realized that after several contacts with the shopkeeper sent by Tan Weixin, he implemented the land. Tan Weixin had allocated the first phase of the project funds, and the basic construction work of Yi Zhan Building had begun. Since only half of the construction team this time were old friends brought here from Yicheng, although the full set of construction machinery was brought over, Dai Yuege was still very worried and had to keep watching on the spot. Although it had been "trained", it was necessary to master quite complex construction machinery and be able to build a magnificent and magnificent building on the drawings in accordance with very strict construction standards and construction requirements. There was no problem.

At noon the next day, the lunch in Baowentang was obviously not temporarily held, and Ye Tao was the sudden guest at this lunch.

"Young Master Ye," Seeing Ye Tao again, Tan Weixin's eyes flashed with a desperate enthusiasm that had been suppressed, but she introduced Ye Tao to the guests who participated in this small lunch in a faint tone. "These are all famous nobles of Dongping Country, and the sons of the ruling ministers, and daughters, and can be called the leader of the next generation of Dongping. This is the daughter of Lord Huang of Situ, and this is the son of Lord Gui of Liyang Governor Gui... and this is the famous young master of the Min family Min Yannian... and this is my 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 stared at Ye Tao curiously.

Ye Tao did not dare to neglect. Tan Weixin had only one sister, that is Tan Weishi, the youngest daughter of the king, Princess Yuxiu. Ye Tao looked at Tan Weixin, and Tan Weixin waved his hand knowingly and said, "Don't let the ceremony come out. This is just a banquet for everyone. With their identity, it's not fun at all."

In addition to Tan Weishi, the one who is most curious about Ye Tao is Huang Wan, the daughter of Situ Huang Xuping. Last night, Tan Weixin sent someone to ask her if there was a man in the banquet at noon today. Although Tan Weixin has a high status, she has always paid great attention to this basic etiquette. But after knowing that the person who is coming today is Ye Tao and Ye Canghuai, and after knowing that Ye Canghuai is the author of the set of woodcuts hanging in the study, Huang Wan couldn't help but tell her father. As a result, Situ Huang Xuping was very interested in seeing Ye Tao. If it weren't for the fact that the lord of the king had already booked a banquet for several ministers at noon today, maybe Huang Xuping would have come here to join in the fun. Huang Wan could not be curious about the young man who could attract such attention from her father.

Ye Tao said gently: "You are a craftsman, and you don't know any etiquette. You are all the leaders of the young generation of Dongping. I don't think you will be as knowledgeable as a savage like me. If you have any rudeness, please forgive me. I respect everyone in my heart."

"Don't be so polite. If you want to talk about your talents, I am not as good as you. That music box is now so popular. If we weren't familiar with Your Highness and could have listened to it a few more times, I really wouldn't know that we could have such magical skills." Gui Ju said cheerfully.

"I dare not take it as a music box, that music box is just a thing. It is useless except listening to a sound." Ye Tao said modestly.

"Isn't it a big use to be able to please others and yourself? Are those exquisite and beautiful toys useless? Different people are rushing to buy them at home?" Min Yannian said indifferently.

Tan Weixin, who already knew that the clock had been made and brought two samples to Danyang, could not have guessed that Ye Tao was going to take the opportunity to promote it? At this moment, she said intriguedly: "It's not a toy now. Mr. Ye brought new things that are very useful this time?"

"Oh? What is it? Can you see it?" are all young people, all with the same curiosity, and their curiosity about new things suddenly burst out.

"Boy dare not hide his weakness, this thing is downstairs." Ye Tao said embarrassedly: "The thing is heavy, are you...?"

Liu Yong, who had been standing behind Tan Weixin, quickly stopped everyone from standing up and going downstairs, and said, "Everyone sit down and let me do it."

It was almost a skill to go downstairs and upstairs. Liu Yong seemed to have effortlessly lifted a huge wooden box similar to his height to the stairs. With his order, the two guards removed the packaging outside, revealing the true appearance of the clock?

"Zhong?" Min Yue is Min Yannian's uncle. With such an uncle who guards the seashore, Min Yannian's vision has long been opened by Min Yue's things that Min family mansion will be brought back to the capital every year. Looking at the huge dial and the scale marked on it, "Zi Chou Yin Mao Morning Si Wu Wei Shen You Xu Hai" was also stunned.

"That's right," Ye Tao said proudly, "though this clock is accurate, although the sundial is based on the creation of heaven and earth, it is better to know the moment anytime and anywhere. Now the error of this clock will not exceed 720% of the hour every day. Compared with the pendulum clocks made by Westerners, the accuracy is even better."

Amid everyone's admiration, Ye Tao continued, "The boy also put some gadgets in it, and it will be soon at noon."

As soon as Ye Tao's voice fell, the bell rang at 12 o'clock noon. In this bell, the current time is adjusted to the music box. After a while, the melodious and lively music started to ring. Listening to the tone, it was the sound of the music box now famous in the capital. The music box is already a masterpiece, and the bell is an extremely high craftsmanship achievement of this era. When connected together, the aggregation effect is far from being as simple as one plus one equals two.

With the oral narratives of these very energetic teenagers, Ye Tao, clocks, and music boxes immediately became the keywords of the entire city.
Chapter completed!