August.
The scorching sun scorches the earth, and the coke asphalt road absorbs a lot of heat. Due to the difference in air density near the ground, the light is refracted here.
It looks like a constant stream of water mist.
And on such a hot road, Nanyang volunteers were walking on the highway with sweat dripping from their backs.
Today is the completion day of the highway along the river. The Ministry of Industry is arranging for people to inspect the entire road to prevent the road surface from bulging due to heat absorption and expansion in some sections.
If you follow the Yanjiang Expressway all the way west, this road will eventually pass through Jinling City.
Several branch roads will extend into Jinling City from all directions.
One of the roads extends towards Chaoyang Square.
On both sides of Chaoyang Square is the most prosperous commercial district in Jinling City, and it is also the most prosperous commercial district in the entire Ming Dynasty and the world.
Chaoyang Commercial District West District.
It was still dawn, and civilians from Japan who came to work were wearing orange-red mandarin jackets and pushing carts along the streets to clean up the streets.
On the street at this time, many employees of trading companies were wearing clean clothes and walking hurriedly on the road with a small leather bag under their arm.
People from Ming Dynasty were crowded in front of a steamed stuffed bun shop.
"Hey, Lao Fan?"
Fan Tui took a paper bag, which contained several hot meat buns.
He smelled it with satisfaction and heard someone calling him.
Fan turned around and saw a familiar face.
Old man Wang Shunwang was holding a thermos cup and a folding fan on his waist. He looked at Fan Tui with a smile and asked.
"Old Fan, the sun is rising in the west. Don't you usually go out at 8:30? It's so early today?"
Fan Tui laughed, handed the paper bag to Wang Shun, motioned for him to take two, and said, "Hey, the goods I ordered have arrived. I want to get up early to pick them up today."
Wang Shun glanced at the paper bag and shook his head like a rattle.
"Roat buns, I just want to eat something light these days. You can keep it for yourself." Wang Shun pushed the paper bag back, bought two bean paste and osmanthus buns from the bun shop, and chatted with Fan Tui while walking.
"You said pick up the goods? What did you buy? Are you going to pick up the goods?"
"It's nothing, just a pre-ordered watch."
"Hiss~"
Hearing this, Wang Shun took a deep breath. He looked at Fan Tui up and down and asked uncertainly.
"Is it from the Sa Chen family?"
Fan Tui nodded and took a big bite of the bun, the aroma was overflowing.
This time, Wang Shun was not calm anymore.
In the Ming Dynasty, Sachen clocks were an absolute luxury.
This business only sells high-end products, and the clocks in the store are for display only, not for sale.
Customers can only make reservations in advance, and the length of the construction period depends on the master's schedule.
As for the price, it scares me to death.
Anyway, it is not something that ordinary people can afford.
"My darling, how much will this cost?"
"About 1,999 silver coins, the basic youth version..."
"1999 silver coins? Hiss~"
Wang Shun took another deep breath.
Now the average salary in Jinling in the Ming Dynasty is only 1 silver coin per month. This watch would cost an ordinary person 100 years of wages.
It's equivalent to a couple going without food or water for a lifetime just to afford it.
Wang Shun was stunned.
He knew that Fan Tui had indeed lived a miserable life in the early years, but what was happening now was too outrageous.
Did you save the world in your last life?
Wang Shun looked around at the streets where the flow of people was gradually returning to normal, then he leaned into Fan Tui's ear and asked softly: "Old Fan, can you secretly tell me what kind of job is so profitable?"
"It's okay, I often publish articles in the "Da Ming Pao" and write stories about strange things.
I earned a little bit of royalties, just to make ends meet. "
After hearing this answer, Wang Shun gave up the idea of making a lot of money and followed him angrily.
“It’s true that everything is inferior, but studying is the only one that is superior.
Your Majesty is right, reading can indeed change your destiny. "
Wang Shun shook his head. He didn't want to study anymore, and he didn't have the ability. He could only place his hope on his grandson.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and he leaned into Fan Tui's ear and asked, "Are you the author who has become very popular recently? "Fan Jin is my ancestor" is your pen name?"
"I'm not talented, it's just me!
Uncle Wang, you have to keep it a secret for me. "
Fan Tui smiled slightly.
"Hiss~"
Wang Shun took another breath and said, "Don't worry, I know who your Uncle Wang is!
But you can tell me, in your serialized novel "Adventures in the Inner Earth", who is the mysterious figure that the protagonist sees in the underground jungle world? Is it really Qin Shihuang? "
"Hahaha, I don't even know who it is."
Fan Tui broke into a cold sweat.
He has received many replies from readers, and many readers have asked the same questions, and they have also analyzed them in a realistic and realistic way.
Speaking of the human figure, this plot is actually the scrap of another serial novel written by Fan Tui.
When he sent the manuscript to the newspaper, he accidentally slipped the plot of paper in because the table was scattered.
This plot is just a description of the environment, it does not involve the name of the protagonist or other characters, and the location of the inclusion in the manuscript is just right.
It directly becomes the starting point of the first climax of the novel, and the linkage with the subsequent plot creates a sense of suspense.
It's a stroke of genius.
Who is the mysterious figure? Now Fan Tui has not thought of arranging an identity. He can only continue to use the popularity of the mysterious figure in the subsequent plots and write it as the biggest mastermind behind the scenes.
And this mysterious figure has become the biggest hot topic in the novel section of "Da Ming Pao".
Even the editor of the newspaper's fiction section came to Fan Tui and suggested that he not be in a hurry to announce the identity of the figure.
As long as it can maintain this popularity, the novel "Journey to the Hollow Earth" will be able to overtake the other novel "Thirty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" next door.
The two talked and laughed, and finally saw the store of Sa Chen's Watch Shop at a crossroads.
The stores of Sa Chen's Watch Shop are among the most gorgeously decorated stores on this street.
The entire 6-story attic is the storefront of Sa Chen's Watch Shop, occupying the most prosperous area of the commercial street.
The entire attic has more than 300 square meters on the first floor, with huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows on all sides.
Glass is very common in today's Ming Dynasty, but huge glass that is three or four meters high is not common.
This also made many passers-by unable to help but take a look.
From the outside, you can see the exquisite furniture, beautiful screens, and beautiful clerks sitting by the bookshelves, talking and laughing.
Fan Tui took Wang Shun into the lobby. He took out the bill and handed it to the clerk.
The clerk, wearing a light blue skirt, smiled at the two of them and guided them to the tea room on the second floor.
The decoration here is elegant, with high hanging calligraphy and paintings, and a picture of a lady on the white jade screen.
Fan Tui watched with great interest.
Since there was an appointment, the clerk prepared the coffee table early. After the two of them took their seats, the girl in the skirt slowly sat in front of them and started making tea with her delicate hands.
Elegant, so elegant!
It was the first time Wang Shun saw this posture. He couldn't move his eyes away from Wen Hu's jade hands for a while, and his old face turned red.
