Faced with his husband's strong request, Sun Xian could only obey.
When he made his first clock out of gold and showed it to Han Du.
Han Du opened the clock and looked at it over and over again. He nodded with great satisfaction and said, "Not bad, not bad, this is what I want."
Then he said to Sun Xian: "Just like this, make a batch first."
"Okay, sir." Sun Xian nodded lightly. It was not difficult for him to have a handy tool.
Han Du glanced at him and warned with some worry: "Remember, just replace the outer shell with gold. Never replace the contents with gold."
"Understood." Sun Xian replied helplessly.
Originally, according to his idea, since the clock was to be sold more expensive than gold, it should be made of gold. Although the parts inside are complex and small in structure, they can be made from gold, and are even easier to make.
But my husband firmly opposed his idea and simply said that the outer shell should be made of gold, while the inside should remain the same. Just when you sell it, you must sell it as the price of gold!
"I'm back." Han Du hung the curtain on his chest, put the gold watch in his arms, got up and walked towards the academy.
Han Du wanted to discuss some things with Fang Xiaoru.
When I arrived outside Fang Xiaoru's study, I pushed the door open a crack and saw him staying inside.
Han Du pushed the door open with force, strode in, and said with a smile, "I knew you were here."
Fang Xiaoru was dissatisfied with Han Du for leaving all the affairs of the academy to him. When he saw Han Du come in, he snorted and turned sideways, not looking at Han Du.
One glance.
Han Du looked a little embarrassed, touched his nose, and said with a dry smile: "You don't want to be like this, I came to you this time for a good reason."
"When something good happened to you, when did you ever think of me?" Fang Xiaoru didn't believe it at all and sneered at Han Du.
Han Du didn't care about Fang Xiaoru's cynicism. Anyway, he was thick-skinned and could treat these things as if they didn't exist. He quickly came forward and sat next to Fang Xiaoru, and said with a smile: "Something really good happened this time, and it's good for the academy."
Hearing this, Fang Xiaoru turned around and looked at Han Du.
Seeing Fang Xiaoru's reaction, Han Du smiled slightly in his heart. Based on his understanding of Fang Xiaoru, he regarded the academy as more important than his own son.
If he said it was good for him, Fang Xiaoru might not believe it at all. But if he said it was good for the academy, then even if Fang Xiaoru had doubts, he would listen to what he said first.
"Tell me, what are the benefits?" Fang Xiaoru was indeed able to speak calmly.
"How is the prestige of our academy now?" Han Du asked deliberately.
When Fang Xiaoru heard this, his two eyebrows immediately danced happily, and he said with a happy expression: "Does this need to be said? The academy is now the well-deserved first holy place for learning in the Ming Dynasty. Even the Imperial College cannot be compared with us."
"What if I can make the academy's reputation even higher?" Han Du asked with a smile.
Fang Xiaoru's eyes widened. Her husband looked at Han Du in disbelief and shook his head repeatedly: "Impossible! Can we go further? This is impossible..."
"If you think so, then forget it...
.." Han Du curled his lips and looked indifferent.
Fang Xiaoru suddenly became anxious, grabbed Han Du's arm, and said urgently: "Speak quickly, tell me quickly! What are we going to do?"
Han Du was very satisfied with Fang Xiaoru's reaction. He approached him with a smile and said, "It's very simple. We still need a landmark building. As long as we erect this building, the academy's reputation will be improved no matter what."
"Building? What kind of building can have such an effect?" Fang Xiaoru was greatly disappointed, and the look in his eyes showed that he didn't believe Han Du's words.
If one building can enhance the prestige of the academy, then before there were so many buildings in the academy, the prestige has never been exceeded in one go.
Imperial College. Wasn't it that talents were gradually gathered and then replaced?
"Of course it's not an ordinary building." Han Du guessed that Fang Xiaoru would be suspicious and said quickly: "I want to build a bell tower in the academy."
"You mean, you want to build a bell and drum tower in the academy?" Fang Xiaoru frowned more and more, and he felt more and more that Han Du was joking, or that he was fanciful.
"Pretty much, the bell tower is also used to tell time." Han Du said with a smile.
Fang Xiaoru was instantly disappointed, shook her head repeatedly, without saying a word, raised her hand and pointed toward the door.
Han Du looked back in the direction of Fang Xiaoru's finger, but saw nothing. He turned around and asked Fang Xiaoru, "What?"
"Get out! I don't want to see you!" Fang Xiaoru was angry. How precious his time was. There were still so many unfinished matters in the academy, yet Han Du dared to come to entertain him.
Of course Han Du won't leave, be honest.
He said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, Sun Xian transformed the water transport instrument into a clock. The clock can also record time as accurately as the water transport instrument, and it is more sophisticated than the water transport instrument."
"How sophisticated?" Fang Xiaoru asked with a frown.
He also knew about the water transport instrument platform. It was bigger than a bell and drum tower. How exquisite could it be? Fang Xiaoru didn't think that the academy also needed a water-operated ceremonial platform. He was already thinking about how to dispel Han Du's idea.
"For example, like this." Han Du said, reaching out and taking out the gold watch from his arms.
Fang Xiaoru frowned deeply as he looked at the round golden pancake, wondering why Han Du showed this to him. He had just seen the gold chain hanging on Han Du's chest, but Han Du was always unscrupulous in doing things, so he didn't think much about it.
Only now did I realize that it was such an object hanging on a gold chain.
Han Du smiled and coughed twice, then opened the lid towards Fang Xiaoru.
"This is the hour hand, this is the minute hand, this is the second hand... One hour is equal to two hours... One revolution of the hour hand is one day, or one night..."
The more Fang Xiaoru listened to Han Du's explanation, the more frightened she became. In the end, his heart was filled with huge waves, "This, this thing can really tell the time as accurately as a water-operated instrument? But...how big is a clock, and a water-operated instrument is... ...."
"Of course, I have tried this thing, and there is no problem at all. The accuracy of telling time is exactly the same as that of a water meter." Han Du met Fang Xiao.
Ru's face was full of shock. He looked at the gold watch over and over again, as if he didn't believe that this thing could be so magical.
After sighing, Fang Xiaoru suddenly became more confused, frowned deeply, and asked in confusion: "But this thing is so small, there is no need to build a bell tower, right?"
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