Lao Zhu announced happily, which made everyone feel more relaxed, and the banquet returned to its lively state.
Just when everyone thought the matter was over, after Zhu Tan drank a glass of wine, he said to Lao Zhu: "Father, I don't want to leave the capital either."
Perhaps Lao Zhu had already experienced a similar thing once, and now Zhu Tan's words didn't make him think too much. He picked up the wine glass, drank it with a smile, and asked: "Why? Tell me your reasons. If you can,
I’m sure.”
Zhu Tan replied calmly: "If I want to continue studying chemistry, I cannot do without the materials and experimental data of the academy. If I leave the capital, I will not be able to continue my research there."
At this time, Lao Zhu suddenly noticed that Zhu Tan had just said that his chemistry had no rivals in the academy. Thinking that Zhu Tan could dominate chemistry, this was even more disturbing to Lao Zhu than Zhu Zi's tenth place in the examination.
So happy.
"Okay, I'm sure too."
A smile appeared on Zhu Tan's face, he bowed slightly and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, Father. If possible, Father, please give the profits from the vassal state to your son."
Phew~
Before Lao Zhu took a sip of wine, he had already sprayed it out. He looked at Zhu Tan in disbelief, took a deep breath, suppressed the impulse in his heart, curled his lips and asked, "Why?"
Zhu Tan smiled shyly and said with some embarrassment: "I don't want to, but studying chemistry is too expensive. Every experiment costs a lot of money. If there is no money, Erchen can just
I can’t continue my research.”
When Zhu Tan mentioned money, all Zhu Zi, Zhu Chun and Zhu Bai subconsciously moved away from Zhu Tan. Without asking, everyone knew that these three people must have been raped by Zhu Tan because of money in the past.
The disaster was serious, otherwise they wouldn't have such a big stress reaction.
Chemistry is indeed a very expensive subject. In academies, there is a saying that "the poor learn physics, the rich learn chemistry".
Lao Zhu frowned and asked with some confusion: "How much money can I spend on learning?"
How much money? Father, what a loud tone. As soon as Lao Zhu’s words came out, Zhu Zi and the other three couldn’t help but smile bitterly in their hearts.
Only Zhu Tan's eyes suddenly brightened, and he looked at his father without blinking. If his father was happy now and opened his mouth to satisfy his future research needs, it would be a truly great joy.
Fortunately, Lao Zhu was not stupid. When he saw the expressions of Zhu Zi and the others, and then looked at Zhu Tan's wolf-like green eyes staring at him, he felt a chill for no reason and suddenly closed his mouth.
Just keep talking.
"Is this chemistry really expensive?" Lao Zhu couldn't help but ask again.
Zhu Zi and the three of them nodded in unison, and in the end it was Zhu Chun who explained to Lao Zhu.
After bowing slightly to his father respectfully, Zhu Chun smiled bitterly and said: "Father, that's what happened. Learning chemistry is actually similar to alchemy. Father should have heard how much it costs to make alchemy, right?"
Since ancient times, there are many emperors who have been superstitious about the alchemy of alchemists, and they have emptied the entire country's wealth. This is simply a bottomless pit.
Therefore, Lao Zhu has always been resistant to alchemists refining alchemy. Even though countless sycophants boasted to him, saying that elixirs have various benefits of prolonging life. Even if Lao Zhu believed it, he never summoned alchemists to refine it. Because he knew
Learning from the past, he was unwilling to damage the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty, even if it cost him his life.
Now seeing that Zhu Tan likes to make alchemy, his face suddenly darkened, "I've been arguing for a long time, this chemistry is alchemy?"
When Zhu Chun heard this, he immediately thought to himself that his father had misunderstood.
Before he could explain, Zhu Tan shook his head slightly and explained: "Alchemy is just a trick used by alchemists to deceive the world and steal their reputation. It is not trustworthy at all. Chemistry and physics are both based on the principle of exploring the universe. How can alchemy be used?"
Comparatively, alchemy is not worthy of chemistry, but my father may not know that any student in the academy is much better than those alchemists who cheat money."
After hearing Zhu Tan's explanation, Lao Zhu remembered that Han Du had indeed said that mathematics, physics, and chemistry were all knowledge summed up by exploring the principles of heaven and earth. Now that Zhu Tan mentioned it again, his expression softened a lot.
"Really?" Lao Zhu was a little doubtful.
Zhu Tan smiled slightly and said, "Father, do you still remember the academy's experiment on the formation principle of will-o'-the-wisp?"
Lao Zhu had a serious look on his face and nodded slightly.
Zhu Tan smiled and explained: "Father, what do you think if the alchemists master the knowledge of the formation of will-o'-wisps?"
What else can be done? Of course, it is to take the opportunity to defraud money.
Lao Zhu doesn't need to think about it, he knows the virtues of those alchemists. If they really master this method in advance, they will definitely use it to scare people and defraud people of money. They may even reach into the palace and get it from me.
Get benefits.
Thinking of this, Lao Zhu's whole body trembled and he was frightened. If it hadn't been for the academy's explanation first, even with his experience, he wouldn't have been able to understand the mystery. If someone sneaked into the palace and created a will-o'-the-wisp, it would cause panic.
, no one knows what kind of shock there will be inside and outside the palace. In severe cases, it may even shake Lao Zhu's throne as emperor.
Seeing that his father was thoughtful, Zhu Tan continued: "This is the difference between scholars in the academy and alchemists. The academy only explores the principles, records them, and passes them on to future generations. It will never do anything to deceive the world and steal reputation.
Ridiculous behavior.”
Lao Zhu nodded secretly and felt relieved. Then he was still a little confused about Zhu Tan's idea of converting the vassal's income into cash.
After hesitating for a moment, Lao Zhu frowned and asked: "Do you really want money? How much? If it's suitable, I can give it to you. After all, it's like discounting a vassal state."
Lao Zhu couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and said a little embarrassedly: "Well, after all, it's too much."
Zhu Tan nodded cooperatively, as long as he had money to give him, he didn't care whether the money was given by his father or the vassal state.
"How much do you need now? Tell me the number." Lao Zhu said in a comprehensive manner.
In the past two years, Lao Zhu has lived a very comfortable life. Why is this so? Without him, he just has money in his hands.
Since having Han Du, Lao Zhu's income has slowly begun to increase, and now it is trending more and more.
When Han Du was in charge of the treasure banknote promotion department, Lao Zhu actually had no income. The treasure banknote promotion department could not fill up the gaps just by filling in the treasure banknotes issued in the past. In the end, it relied on glass mirrors.
Huge profits will fill the hole.
Lao Zhu really started to have income after Han Du took over the leadership of Jiaofangsi. Although the monthly income of 100,000 yuan is not much, it also has some benefits for Lao Zhu.
The navy's income from fishing is also not low, and hundreds of thousands of gold coins are sent to the palace every month.
Lao Zhu really started to get rich after Han Du went to sea twice. Han Du went to sea twice, and each time he got extremely rich. Although Lao Zhu did not exchange these real treasures into money, it was still a huge increase.
The palace gained confidence.
After Zhu Shou, the Marquis of Junfu, took office as the governor of Luzon, he contributed millions of dollars in income to Lao Zhu every year. Now the Ming Dynasty has more than 20 governors in Nanyang. Each year, the property donated by these governors alone amounts to 3,000 yuan.
More than ten thousand yuan.
The rules set by Lao Zhu for all the governors are that each person should donate at least one million guan every year, otherwise the governor should stop working and give way to the good ones as soon as possible.
After these people went to sea and felt the power of a governor, how could they let go easily? Even if they were cheating, they would have to work hard for a full term. Isn't it just one million a year? They would try their best to do it.
Collect them together and send them to the palace.
Moreover, in order to leave a good impression in front of the emperor, everyone had to send money to Lao Zhu beyond the standard. Except for a few governors who guarded the continent, everyone else gave him a lot of rare treasures every year.
, sent to the palace one by one. The few people guarding Australia were helpless. The place where they were located was originally deserted, and in addition, they also had the task of monitoring the movements of the continent. Naturally, they could not do the same as others.
Make money wholeheartedly.
The annual income of 30 million guan directly exceeds the current total tax amount of the Ming Dynasty by more than twice. Fortunately, Lao Zhu knew the principle of making a fortune silently and kept the news tightly. In order to avoid being known by the civil servants, he even let
The civil servants are eyeing his inner treasure, and now Lao Zhu has omitted the procedures for appointing the governor. He will not raise it in the court at all, but directly communicate it to the generals and issue the decree.
In the past, Lao Zhu paid more attention to the royal education of civil servants. After all, in the Ming Dynasty, the results of such civil servants were quite good.
Civil servants often take pride in this and look down on generals. They believe that if they want to make all nations surrender, they still have to rely on their so-called enlightenment.
But after Lao Zhu tasted the benefits of setting up the Governor's Palace in Nanyang, he immediately threw away the royal teachings of civil servants.
Lao Zhu doesn't care whether the royal education is useful or not. Even if it is useful, Lao Zhu will not use it now. Since the generals and governors can get wealth, it is better to make money first. As for the education, we will see it later.
Therefore, in Lao Zhu's view, military generals are now the best candidates to serve as governors. As for civil servants who can not keep an eye on their own internal treasury, it is good, so let's put it aside for the time being.
It is precisely because there are tens of millions of wealth piled in the inner treasury that Lao Zhu and Zhu Tan spoke with such confidence.
Zhu Tan smiled shyly and said softly: "I have been studying white phosphorus recently. This thing can only be extracted from human urine. If possible, I hope that my father can help me collect a batch."
The mention of human urine at this banquet made Lao Zhu feel uncomfortable. However, he knew that this was also a matter of learning, so he didn't say anything more.