Zhu Qi left Yingtian for almost a month, and Manager He quickly found fifty craftsmen from various channels, some of which were from Yingtian Mansion, and some were brought from nearby towns.

Because he was working for His Highness the King of Liao, he did not dare to find those novices. All of them were found veterans and they were temporarily offered to the Royal Entertainment Center.

However, these fifty craftsmen originally thought they were here to work, but when they came to His Royal Highness Liao, there was no foreman coming out to do the work. They ate and slept in the big yard all day long, and lived a comfortable life, but bored and exhausted.

Fortunately, His Highness of the King of Liao came back today and they were summoned as soon as possible. They all gathered in the courtyard of the courtyard, a little flattered. They originally thought they were foremans to contact them, but they didn't expect to be personally received by His Highness of Liao. I won't say anything, so they will work hard in everything!

The Ming Dynasty was a typical feudal society with strict hierarchy and a blessing from the household registration system. It can be said that as a craftsman, not only for his whole life, but even his descendants could only be craftsmanship, and it was impossible to break through the class.

Although these craftsmen have good skills, they often have no social status. After seeing His Highness the King of Liao, they were all trembling, and some people dared not raise their heads.

After Zhu Qi arrived at the scene, he thought it would be a friendly scene, but he didn't expect that everyone was so reserved and the atmosphere was a bit so serious and awkward. He didn't seem to be meeting craftsmen, but instead he seemed to be meeting prisoners and putting them on prisoners' clothes. Each of them had a perfect match for his expression.

Seeing that everyone was here, everyone was a little uncomfortable, Zhu Qi smiled straightforwardly and said:

"Don't be nervous. I invite you here. There is something I want you to help me study. This item is called a hand-crank printing machine. Xiao Wang only has drawings, but he can't understand some parts and can't do it. I'll trouble you!"

After saying this, the welfare policy was announced, and the salary was 10 taels of silver per person per month, and two days off every five days. After the research and development was completed, there was an additional bonus of 30 taels per person!

As soon as the welfare benefits were announced, the nervous and awkward atmosphere in the yard disappeared. The craftsmen all frightened and their chins were shocked. How could they be nervous?

What is the concept of ten taels of silver? In that era, it was ten thousand yuan!

Craftsmen had a low social status in the early Ming Dynasty, so they naturally didn’t make much money. It would be good to earn two or three taels of silver a month. If they could earn five taels, they would definitely be skilled workers!

Zhu Qi saw everyone's surprise and felt no turmoil. This little money was naturally nothing to Zhu Qi. The reason why he gave so much was not because Zhu Qi was a sucker and a prodigal son, but because Zhu Qi valued technical workers. He knew very well that society wanted to develop, it was not those literati who were benevolent, righteous and moral, but these craftsmen who mastered the core technology.

However, we have just come into contact with the technical level of these craftsmen, and we have to see if they can build a hand-crank printing machine.

Zhu Qi had already copied the detailed drawings from the computer. No modern materials such as rubber were used in the drawings. As for whether the parts could be made and whether they could be used after they were made, that was the business of the craftsmen. Zhu Qi handed the drawings to them and stopped paying more attention.

Before leaving, they asked them to recommend a manager. Most of the craftsmen were familiar with each other. After all, the circle was only so big, and soon the craftsmen with the oldest qualifications and the most effective words were launched to be their manager.

Although he recommended it out, looking at the dark middle-aged man named Chen Chuwu, he knew that he was a low-class ordinary person. Like Zhu Chongba, he directly named him according to his date of birth.

Chen Chuwuyi looked honest and submissive. He was not a type who was good at socializing. He was also very nervous when he was elected, but it didn’t matter. What does the technician do when he was good at socializing? He was good at technology!

Zhu Qi encouraged the craftsmen, without saying much nonsense, and in front of the craftsmen, he instructed the people below that from now on, this yard is exclusively owned by these craftsmen, and idle people are not allowed to enter and leave. Not only that, the daily meal must be three meals a day, and meat will be available every meal!

Life needs, whether it is clothes or pastries, you have to arrange them if you need them!

Those craftsmen are stupid. Not to mention the salary, but according to His Royal Highness Liao’s opinion, this is simply to raise them like themselves as staff members!

Everyone was grateful, their eyes turned red, and their enthusiasm for work immediately increased.

Zhu Qi came out of the craftsman's yard and went to the Royal Entertainment Center to check the business conditions. He had to say that the title of "Royal" is indeed easy to use. In addition, with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's entrustment, no matter what the food is, the source of customers will be endless.

Especially comics are very popular, but the number of comics is limited after all, and it is unlikely to speed up the speed of comics. Later generations are one episode a week, and I am not that diligent, not to mention that the conditions are very limited, and it is too difficult to speed up production.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qi still focused on the novel, but his original novel "Mingshanhe" felt a bit tepid. Of course, the more important thing is that he was too tiring to conceive the plot every day.

Zhu Qi decided to copy it!

It just so happened that some novels were also placed in the laptop as a plot reference, such as... "Journey to the West"!

"Journey to the West" in history has become a popular novel that runs through the entire Ming Dynasty.

Some people may say that it is wrong. In "Journey to the West", there is a Heavenly Palace, a Jade Emperor, and the Monkey King's strife in the Heavenly Palace, it must be a banned book!

In fact, there is no reliable historical material to prove that "Journey to the West" was once a banned book in the Ming Dynasty. "A Collection of Ancient Chinese Novels" and "A Hundred Sessions of China's Novels" compiled by modern historians, "A Hundred Sessions of China's Novels" do not mention "Journey to the West" in the two books.

Even the famous Ming Dynasty banned book "Water Margin" was actually banned in the early Ming Dynasty, and in the late Ming Dynasty when peasant uprisings were everywhere. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it was really not banned, and the people could see it casually.

In the Ming Dynasty, "Journey to the West" really became popular. Not only was it popular, but there were also many people who were riding on the popularity.

"Journey to the East" created by Wu Yuantai was directly popular, and it became popular. Yu Xiangdou, a publisher of the Ming Dynasty, was a person with a very sensitive sense of business. After "Journey to the West" became popular, he immediately quickly wrote "Journey to the South" and "Journey to the North", and he also made a lot of money.

After some struggle, Zhu Qi decided to copy Wu Chengen's work while he was not born yet!

It’s decided that it’s you——Journey to the West!

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When Zhu Qi returned to Yingtianfu and began to further plan and improve his own industry.

In the court, there were reports about King Zhu Qi of Liao suddenly. It was not that Zhu Qi's trial of Pingyang Hou was not in line with the rules. After all, Pingyang Hou's charge was to rebel and rebellion. Even if Zhu Qi's trial did not meet the procedures, no censor dared to jump out in this case. I'm afraid that it was not a member of Pingyang Hou's party?

The impeachment of King Zhu Qi of Liao was a little more content in the Royal Entertainment Center. What is the protagonist of "Mingshanhe"? This is not etiquette, what is the Royal Entertainment Center competing for profit with the people, and what is the prince who does business as a businessman, is a bad example.

In the past few days, it has piled up like snowflakes in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's case.

If it were before, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely advise Zhu Qi not to run such a small business in the private sector. However, after reading the content of "Mingshanhe", especially his view of Zhu Qi, he felt that his son was very promising, and Zhu Yuanzhang's tolerance increased accordingly, and all the impeachment memorials were suppressed. It can be said that he became the invisible backer behind Zhu Qi.

But what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about was not how much money Zhu Qi could make by opening a store, but was thinking about Zhu Qi's future as a vassal king.

Especially Xu Da reported that King Zhu Qi of Liao was familiar with military tactics and answered questions in a slight manner. Although the cavalry and shooting were slightly inferior, various signs showed that King Zhu Qi of Liao was a capable general, Zhu Yuanzhang began to think more and more seriously and train Zhu Qi to become a general like Xu Da and Lan Yu, in order to become the reliable arm of the crown prince Zhu Biao in the future.

After all, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, only his sons are the most trustworthy. The tragic experience of the Song Dynasty royal family also made Zhu Yuanzhang extremely confident that only the Ming Dynasty protected by the vassal kings can last forever!

Not to mention whether Zhu Yuanzhang's view was wrong or correct, Zhu Yuanzhang had a morning court this day, but he did not go directly to the study to continue to check the memorials from various places. Instead, he went directly to the harem and walked through the yard to the bedroom where Queen Ma was.

This Empress Ma is naturally the famous Ma Xiulian, and the biological mother of Zhu Qi, Zhu Di and Zhu Biao.

Zhu Qi has naturally seen it, but he has seen it in a hurry every time and has not spoken much. Of course, it is because Zhu Qi deliberately avoided it. He was afraid that his biological mother would see the clues. After all, his mother's intuition is very terrible.

At this time, Empress Ma was sitting in the bedroom and sewing it. Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had come so early, she was not surprised on her face. Instead, she sat there as usual and sewing it. Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang sitting down and pouring a cup of tea from Gu Zi, Empress Ma slowly said:

"Let me guess, you came for the Qier thing, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and said:

"Girl, how did you know?"

Queen Ma smiled and said:

"You came to me so early. If it's military affairs, you should look for Xu Da. If it's government affairs, you should look for Li Shanchang. It must be the affairs of your children. The one who has been the most popular recently is Qi'er."

"You know me, sister." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and said, "I want to discuss with you. He is a big boss in Qi'er's marriage. It's time to find a princess for him after the nobles."

Queen Ma was stunned, but put down her work and asked seriously:

"Zhongba, I'll ask you."

"Um?"
Chapter completed!