Peasant Woman’s Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 2492: Chapter 2489: Western Clock

“These bandits have always treated human lives like dirt. No wonder they’ve never been wiped out; they’re this cautious in how they operate.”

“I actually contacted the local County Magistrate, but unfortunately there was no evidence proving it was the bandits in the mountains, it was only Uncle Guard’s guess. Otherwise we could’ve used the chance to march up the mountain and attack.”

“Are you stupid or what, still thinking of charging up the mountain? If something happened because of that and others took advantage of the chaos, your little life wouldn’t be guaranteed—Mother and Father wouldn’t be able to save you.” Chu Ziluo was furious at his words. After she entered Prince Rong’s Mansion, she hadn’t just sat idle; on the contrary, she now had more channels to receive information.

On top of that, with the dowry and shops in her own hands, she could completely cultivate her own people.

So she naturally knew how highly those officials in the court regarded the Maritime Merchants returning from this voyage.

Even Prince Rong had sent people to make contact with several of them.

She feared that if they couldn’t rope them in, they might very well make a move to suppress them instead. As long as no one seized any handle on them and there was no evidence, even if that person above grew suspicious, he still wouldn’t be able to do anything to them.

Besides, anyone who could make a move on this matter would definitely not be so stupid as to let Emperor Xuanming directly guess it was related to themselves; they would certainly clean up the tail very thoroughly.

Ye Muyu frowned slightly. Unlike Chu Jin, she did not treat this matter lightly.

She exchanged a look with Chu Heng.

Chu Heng nodded to her, then rubbed her head, indicating that he would investigate.

Chu Jin and Chu Ziluo didn’t see the movements between the two.

By now, Chu Jin had already taken out the Western clock.

It was a very large Western wall clock.

Seeing the Western clock appear, Ye Muyu realized that the Western countries might be developing even faster than what she’d previously learned.

At the very least, the emergence of electricity meant a tremendous transformation of the world.

“Keeping this Western clock in our hands really isn’t appropriate,” Ye Muyu pondered for a moment. “But if we merely present the clock itself, the significance is limited.”

“Mother, what do you mean?” Chu Jin didn’t quite understand her point.

Ye Muyu mused, “Lil’ Jin, when this Western clock appeared in that country, did you notice any important changes there?”

“Mother, I bought this Western clock from a ruined overseas Noble family. That man urgently needed silver, so he sold it to me. I didn’t come into contact with the local Nobility, and the common folk hadn’t seen this thing at all.”

“Then what kind of energy does this Western clock rely on to display the time?” Ye Muyu hinted.

“Huh?” Chu Jin let out a sound. If Ye Muyu hadn’t reminded him, he wouldn’t even have noticed this question before.

“It seems there’s something already inside the Western clock. That Noble said it could still be used for another five years, just that the lifespan was too short.”

Ye Muyu felt that this Western clock might not last another five years; it would be good if it could hold on for even one.

But she didn’t say it out loud and dampen Chu Jin’s enthusiasm.

“You can first study the operating principle of this Western clock, and the energy that drives it. You might not understand the word ‘energy’, but if I put it another way, you should get it.”

“A carriage can move because the horses pull it; a windmill can turn because of the wind. As for this Western clock of yours, it can’t possibly do nothing at all and just turn by itself.”

“How many Western clocks did you bring back?”

“Two.” As soon as Chu Jin finished speaking, he instantly grew excited: “Eh, Mother, then can I present one and keep the other for research?”

“You can think about how to let the Emperor know you have two Western clocks, yet still allow you to keep one.” Ye Muyu did not arrange everything for him in every detail.