The Zhang family had pledged allegiance to Ren Baqian, and everyone wanted to learn something from him.
After all, Ren Baqian had proven that he could completely crush the Zhang family in many aspects of technology. Those things that the Zhang family had were nothing in his eyes.
Even though the Zhang family had such intentions, the blueprint that Ren Baqian gave them still gave them a fright. They didn't have the time to ponder whether it was a good or bad thing to tie the lives of thousands of Zhang family members to Ren Baqian.
"This is the blueprint of the clock tower. There are three hands of different lengths on the clock dial, which are the hour hand, minute hand, and second hand.
This clock dial divides the day into 24 hours, and each hour is divided into two and a half hours. When the minute hand moves one round, the hour hand will move one and a half hours. Two rounds will be two hours. When the second hand moves one round, the minute hand will move one small space. "
"It seems to have the same function as a sundial." More than a dozen people from the Zhang family gathered in a circle and looked at the blueprint in the middle.
This world mainly used a sundial to measure time. It was a piece of equipment that used the shadow of the sun to measure time. However, sundial was affected by day and night, as well as the change of seasons. Therefore, its accuracy wasn't high.
"It's completely driven by machinery and is much more accurate than a sundial. The error is within five minutes every day. In theory, it can achieve an even smaller error," Ren Baqian said faintly as he sat in his school office with his feet on the table.
"The most important thing is that this clock tower isn't limited by time and can be seen regardless of day or night. Moreover, it's simple and clear. It's perfect for measuring time, "Ren Baqian said.
"If that's the case, it's much more convenient than a sundial. However, the structure is a hundred or even a thousand times more complicated."
"How is this made?"
"What's the use of this mechanism? Why is there a lock here? "Soon, everyone couldn't be bothered with Ren Baqian anymore as they discussed in low voices.
"It's written here as an escape mechanism! As the name suggests, it's an escape mechanism. We have to see how it is made. "
"Never heard of it! What's the one below? "
Most of the people from the Zhang family who came this time were craftsmen, and they were very enthusiastic about this new thing.
"This is the most important structure of the clock tower. We already have all the blueprints, so it shouldn't be difficult for us to deduce what we don't understand. I hope you can figure it out as soon as possible. This clock tower is more than 60 meters tall and will become a landmark in Lan City. Everyone who comes to Lan City will see this clock tower as soon as they see it. The name of the Zhang family will also be known and remembered by everyone. "
After hearing what Ren Baqian said, they were even more enthusiastic. Not many people can resist the temptation of leaving their names in history. "
"You have to study it and shrink it to the size of a human head or even smaller," Ren Baqian continued.
"We will try our best." Zhang Junzheng cupped his fists.
"I always thought that your Zhang Clan had the best craftsmen …"
"As long as someone can do it, we can definitely do it too!" Zhang Zishan said decisively.
"I like your confidence. If you need any manpower or materials, just let me know. I just hope to see the goods as soon as possible. "Ren Baqian laughed. Zhang Zishan's words made him a little fond of the Zhang family.
"Sir Ren, please find a quiet residence for us. Hundreds of people can't even sleep well in that courtyard," Zhang Zishan immediately said.
"I have neglected this matter. I will get someone to arrange it for you in a while. Let's stay at Jing Street, which is adjacent to the Jing Tribe. You will be more comfortable there," Ren Baqian said after some thought.
"Thank you." The Zhang Family didn't have any objections to living in Jing Street. After all, they were surrounded by Jing Tribe people who looked the same. Compared to the fierce-looking aboriginals, it was much better. Moreover, it wouldn't be easy for others to find trouble with them.
After the Zhang family left, Ren Baqian returned to the palace to see the empress. As soon as he opened his mouth to greet her, she stretched out her finger and shot a grape-sized fruit into his throat!
"This time, the purplish green fruit is very sweet," the empress said with satisfaction.
"Cough cough … cough cough … cough cough cough cough cough cough cough!" Ren Baqian felt like he was suffocating. That grape was directly stuck in his windpipe.
Seeing that his situation wasn't good, the empress flashed and slapped his back. The grape was spat out again, hit the ground, and bounced up to hit Qing Yuan in the eye.
"Ouch!" Qing Yuan was also shocked.
"Cough cough, Your Majesty, this purplish green fruit of yours is indeed not something that ordinary people can enjoy!" Ren Baqian's face turned red. When he finally calmed down, he looked at the fruit on the plate held by Listen's cub, Golden Retriever, and felt guilty. He had almost choked to death by such an inconspicuous fruit just now.
A few days ago, the empress gave Listen's cub a few names. They were Dove, Ferrero, and Erguotou. Ren Baqian also gave it a name, Jingang, and finally made a compromise with Golden Retriever …
"Ungrateful." The empress snorted softly and floated back to the couch, ignoring him.
Ren Baqian stood in place and touched his neck before stepping forward and saying, "Your Majesty, I have just given the clock tower blueprint to the Zhang family. When the time comes, we will be able to build a lighthouse in the center of Lan City that everyone can see when they look up."
The empress had always been interested in such topics. She quickly forgot that she almost tortured Ren Baqian to death with a fruit and began to excitedly discuss where to build the lighthouse.
The empress's idea was to build it in the square in front of the palace, but Ren Baqian felt that it wasn't appropriate. The lighthouse in the plan was about 60 meters tall, and it could be said to have a panoramic view of the palace from there. It wasn't suitable to be too close to the palace.
The empress thought about it and felt that what Ren Baqian said made sense.
The two of them took out the blueprint of Lan City and compared it for the whole afternoon. At first, they planned to tear down a small area near Jingyang Street and make a turntable square with the lighthouse in the middle. At the same time, they would make that place the center of Lan City.
In the end, they considered that whether it was mobilizing the winged cavalry or activities like the Great Hunt, they would set off in front of the palace. Such a turntable square would affect the roads, so they finally changed it to a location between Beihong District and Zhulian District.
After deciding on the location, Ren Baqian began to think about the feasibility of speculating on the land nearby.
As an Earthling, he subconsciously felt that the value of the land would definitely rise.
However, after thinking about it carefully, he gave up on this idea. Most of his actions were on behalf of the empress, and it wasn't a good thing for the imperial family to compete with the commoners in this aspect.
Furthermore, Ren Baqian and the empress had a more ambitious idea — after conquering the Yun Nation, they would build a modern new city next to Lan City. It would be a new city that was more complete in terms of drainage, pipes, electric wires, layout, public facilities, and toilets.
Even though Lan City was the imperial capital, there were too many disadvantages in this era.
Just the fact that people could urinate and defecate anywhere was enough to give people a headache. From Great Elder Shi Qing to the peddlers and pawns, no one cared about this matter.
Even though they had recently begun to control this aspect, especially the matter of the mounts excreting in the city, it was still difficult to stop.
On one hand, no one cared about it, so it was naturally difficult to implement. On the other hand, especially in Lan City, there wasn't even a single public toilet on a few streets. How could people suffocate to death?
Therefore, the value of the Yun Nation was great. The Yun Nation contained too much of Ren Baqian and the empress's expectations.
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