Datang: Ten Years of Proton, Leading an Army of Millions to Return

To be honest, it would be great if Yanyun City could have a unified time.

Over in Liaodong City,
They are so far away from Yanyun City, can their time be the same as that of Yanyun City?
How can we be sure of this?

Moreover, sometimes the sun sets in Liaodong City, but it is still bright in Yanyun City.

This situation does exist, and the people of this era can all sense the existence of various time zones, but they cannot understand it or describe it specifically.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Xueyan was no longer sleepy, and her little brain started to work frantically: "Your Majesty, isn't time too... too hard to control? It's invisible and intangible, and the sun doesn't shine every day."

"When it's cloudy and rainy, how should we look at this world?"

Li Xueyan was at a loss. She really couldn't understand how the time could be determined.

Li Kuan laughed.

His fingers tapped lightly on his knees. At this moment, Liu Bowen hurried in from outside.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are looking for me?"

"It's so early, I wonder if His Majesty has any instructions?"

Guo Shoujing hurriedly asked for instructions.

Li Kuan waved his hand and asked him to stand up: "Sit down, there is something I want to tell you."

Li Kuan chuckled.

Guo Shoujing also blinked blankly. He looked at Changle and Li Xueyan, pursed his lips, and sat down beside them with a little urgency: "Your Majesty, please go ahead and speak."

"Don't be nervous. This matter is not a big deal, but it has a significant impact.

"That's right. I want to set a time for our Great Yan. What do you think?"

Li Kuan said slowly.

"Are you sure about the time?"

Hearing this, Guo Shoujing was stunned for a moment.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

His head didn't turn for a moment.

"To put it simply, it is to unify the time of our Great Yan, so that the people can know at a glance what time of the day it is. In other words, it is to fix the time of the day, which will be very convenient in all aspects."

Li Kuan gave a brief explanation.

The words fell,

Guo Shoujing's eyes couldn't help but tremble, and his face
A look of joy appeared in an instant.

"Your Majesty, I have actually thought about this matter before."

He swallowed hard, and his tense body relaxed. But then, his whole face was filled with impatience.

"This...this matter! Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wise!"

"We in Da Yan do need a time, a definite time. Many cases in Shouren's court are caused by disputes due to uncertainty in time. For example, someone here promised to ship the goods when the sun sets, but the sun sets earlier over there, or it happened to be cloudy when the goods were shipped here, so the goods were delayed. All kinds of messes are caused by time."

"If the time can be determined, indeed, Your Majesty, it will be a great help to us."

"Not to mention anything else, the accuracy of train departures or arrivals can also be guaranteed."

"It's just... it's just that Your Majesty, I have thought of this matter, and Heshen, Xin Qiji and other gentlemen have also thought of it. We, we have discussed it privately many times, but, but we are ignorant, Your Majesty."

“We have no idea how this can be implemented.”

“We have no idea what time scale to use to replace the twelve hours.

"So, I have never reported this to Your Majesty."

Guo Shoujing's voice was excited, he completely agreed with this matter.

but,
The next moment, his face fell and he sighed, "But...but Your Majesty, we don't have any other options right now. We really can't do this for the time being."

Guo Shoujing felt helpless.

It's really a deep sense of helplessness.

They all have ideas, but they can't think of solutions.

Now, Your Majesty has brought up this matter again, but, just because it is brought up does not mean that it can be resolved instantly.

Changle and Li Xueyan also looked at Li Kuan.

Li Kuan laughed and looked at Guo Shoujing.

"Can't you think of a solution?"

"Hey, there is a way."

Li Kuan's voice was calm.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Guo Shoujing, who had a sullen face just a moment ago, looked as if someone had pierced his back with a stick, and he sat upright like a pole.

Eyes, round.

Shortness of breath.

Scalp, numb.

Lips, chapped.

Your Majesty, is there any solution?

This!
Guo Shoujing took a deep breath and said with difficulty: "Your Majesty, please speak, I am listening!"

Guo Shoujing stared at those big eyes and was so excited that he almost jumped up.

Changle and Li Xueyan's breathing also became rapid.

Li Kuan stretched out his finger, lightly dipped it in the teacup, and then drew a circle on the table.

"This is like just one day."

"The twelve hours divide this circle into twelve parts."

"But I thought, if we divide this circle into 24 parts, the accuracy will be improved immediately."

"This can be called the hour, but the hour alone is not enough, it also needs to be matched with the minutes and seconds."

Li Kuan’s explanation can be said to be extremely detailed.

In all aspects, the 24-hour system should be analyzed and promoted.

After a long while, Li Kuan's voice stopped. Then he picked up the tea that had been replaced long ago and took a sip.

My voice is a little hoarse.

And around,
There was complete silence.

Guo Shoujing, Changle and Li Xueyan were still staring at the various symbols drawn by Li Kuan on the table.

Brain, spinning like crazy.

Crazy understanding, crazy digestion.

This!
Twenty-four hour system, it’s amazing, it’s really amazing!
Your Majesty's method can be said to determine the accuracy of time directly to the moment.

For example, 8:36:30!

This is a point in time!

This is a time point that can be determined thoroughly and accurately!

Instead of calling it morning, am, noon, afternoon, etc. as they did before.

With the emergence of this concept, Guo Shoujing was very clear about the impact it would have on Dayan’s production.

Li Kuan put down the teacup, felt his throat better, and spoke again.

"Now that the time has been determined, we need something to represent and display the time."

“It’s like the rising sun.”

"Of course, this thing must run all day long. It cannot be like the Sunrise, which breaks down at night or when it is cloudy."

"As for this thing, I have already thought about it."

"Its name is Clock."

Li Kuan smiled.

clock!

Guo Shoujing clenched his hands tightly.

However, the concept of clock in his mind was still very vague. Li Kuan stood up directly.

"Come on, accompany me to the machinery factory."

"The clock thing is not difficult."

Upon hearing this, Guo Shoujing immediately stood up and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

He let out a low roar from his hoarse voice.

After Changle and Li Xueyan met each other, they had no time to rest and hurriedly followed.

time!

clock!

Today will eventually go down in history.

……

time flies.

The setting sun had slowly moved to the west, and the large patch of fiery clouds had reappeared.

This is a must-see scenery for most people every day, but such scenery can never be fully understood.

Outside Yanyun City,

At this time, Li Shimin, Li Jing, Fang Xuanling and others were sitting in the carriage, looking at the brilliant afterglow in the west, their eyes, solemn atmosphere and silence.

Today they spent the day in Dayan New District.

It can be said that some of the factories in Dayan New District have been seen through.

That shock,

The horror, the disbelief and disbelief made them numb.

Highly mechanized.

Full access to hydropower.

Perfect coordination and cooperation among industry chains

All of these things are beyond the reach of the Tang Dynasty, and they will never even see them.

"Your Majesty, the factory in Dayan is real. It's horrible."

Fang Xuanling swallowed hard, his voice bitter: "The production efficiency of those factories, I couldn't imagine it before. I...my mind is still stuck in some human workshops."

"But, who would have thought that assembly line-like production could increase the production speed of goods so much!"

"Oh my God! I can't imagine it!"

Fang Xuanling's voice was hoarse.

"Yes, I have to admit that Dayan's industry is amazing. Let's not talk about anything else, just look at the factory that makes inkstones. Phew... In our Tang Dynasty, to make an inkstone, it takes a master craftsman a little bit of time."

"One day, let alone one day, two or three days is good enough to carve one, but in Dayan, a piece of stone is directly put into the lathe, and then it is made in no time. How can our Datang compare with this speed?"

"No wonder, recently Chang'an has produced a large number of inkstones with good quality but extremely low prices."

"All the money in our Tang Dynasty has been earned by Dayan. No, this is not earning, this is robbing! If this continues, all the workshops in our Tang Dynasty will die, Your Majesty. This is absolutely not an exaggeration."

Wei Zheng swallowed his saliva and his tone exploded.

"Who said it wasn't? Besides, this is just one of the products. Perhaps, it won't be long before everything in our Tang Dynasty is produced by Dayan." Pei Ji felt terrified.

Fortunately, I came this time, otherwise, I wouldn’t even know how the aristocratic families died.

You know, the aristocratic families also produce things, and they are equivalent to the various factories in Dayan. However, the speed at which they produce goods, as well as the cost, etc., are far behind those of Dayan.

There is absolutely no competitiveness at all.

The business of the Tang Dynasty is about to die completely.

This is not sadness, this is the truth!

Li Shimin did not speak, his eyes were fixed on the sunset. He felt that this sunset was very similar to himself and the Tang Dynasty.

Before I knew it, the gate of Yanyun City was in front of me.

"Hey?"

"What happened there?"

"Why are there so many people in front of the city gate?"

Just at this moment, Fang Xuanling suddenly exclaimed.

After these words were spoken, everyone curiously poked their heads out, even the stunned Li Shimin moved.

Just now he was immersed in Dayan's industrialized production, and Fang Xuanling's voice woke him up.

The capital of Dayan looked extremely majestic in the afterglow.

Under the magnificent city gate, there seemed to be endless people gathered together, as if something was happening there.

"what happened?"

Li Shimin frowned.

"I don't know, Your Majesty." Fang Xuanling quickly said, "Your Majesty, it seems, it seems, it seems that the people of Dayan are causing trouble."

He also stretched his neck and looked far ahead, his neck almost being pulled out.

"It looks like... It does look like it, Your Majesty. Holy shit, is there going to be a civil strife in Dayan?"

Pei Ji's eyes were full of light, warm light.

The idea excited him.

"It doesn't seem so. Look...they all have their heads raised, they seem to be looking at the city gate, there seems to be something hanging on the city gate!"

The distance was getting closer and closer. Wei Zheng's eyes were like torches. He stared ahead and spoke softly.

As soon as these words came out,
Pei Ji was stunned and stopped talking.

Hanging things on the city gate!
With these words, all he could think about was Lawyer Pei.

The distance is getting closer.

Everyone could see clearly that the people gathered at the city gate were really looking up at something.

"That's true."

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and said, "Let's go and take a look."

"What's going on? What happened in Yanyun City again?"

Li Shimin urged.

Li Jing immediately threw the reins and rode at an extremely fast speed.

Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Wei Jingde and others behind also quickly caught up, and the carriage sped away.

Soon, they came closer.

get off.

He blended directly into the ranks of the people, raised his head, and stared at the thing on the city gate.

That is….
Li Shimin frowned. He didn't recognize that thing, and he had never recognized it. But he recognized the numbers on it.

One, two, three, four, all the way to twelve.

And there are small grids between these numbers.

There are three pointer-like things on top, and the grids point to different numbers.

And the thinnest pointer is still jumping up and down.

What is this!
Li Shimin was confused.

Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Pei Ji, Qin Qiong, Li Jing and others were all extremely confused. They looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Damn, now it's good. We don't have to guess the time by looking at the sun anymore. This clock, the 24-hour system proposed by His Majesty, is really great. Not only can we keep time during the day, but we can also keep time at night."

"Who said it wasn't? Your Majesty is truly amazing. Damn, the time division is just right. One day, just 24 hours. I really don't know how Your Majesty came up with this."

"It's five o'clock now. Five o'clock. One, two, three, four. Oh, isn't it five forty-five now?"

"Yes, it is 5:45. The sun is about to set. Your Majesty said that the sun will set at 6:20 today. I really don't know how Your Majesty calculated it. He can even calculate the time when the sun sets."

(End of this chapter)