"You will know it once you see it, but you will lose it once you do it~"
“It’s easier said than done.”
Liu Jin stretched and looked at the blueprint in his hand. Even though there is a golden finger, it is much easier to open and hang. However, if Liu Jin, a later generation, wants to come up with this Jenny spinning machine, Liu Jin still has to eat a lot.
suffering.
Many things seem easy, but are actually very difficult to do.
For this new spinning machine, Liu Jin has been busy for more than half a month and has drawn a bunch of drawings. Then he reluctantly came up with the drawings of the new spinning machine and almost figured out the new spinning machine.
Yarn machine thing.
"Brother Liu, what are you drawing?"
At this time Wang Shouren came over and looked at Liu Jin's drawings curiously. Everyone had nothing to do, so they all looked for something to kill time.
Wang Shouren has been observing Liu Jin for some time. This Liu Jin has no interest in the Four Books and Five Classics at all, so he cannot read books at all and has been writing and drawing.
"I'm researching a new spinning machine~"
Liu Jin smiled and showed his drawing to Wang Shouren.
"New spinning machine?"
Wang Shouren looked at Liu Jin's drawings carefully and said with confusion. He is a person who is good at thinking and loves to learn. He is interested in new things and is very knowledgeable.
"Yes, the spinning machines and looms we use now are too slow. One person can only weave a little more than one piece of cloth a month."
"So I thought about whether I could develop a new type of textile machine that would allow one person to weave several bolts of cloth in a day."
Liu Jin nodded and said with a smile.
"How many bolts of cloth can one person weave in a day?"
Wang Shouren widened his eyes slightly, feeling that Liu Jin's bragging was a bit too much, and bragging would not be a bad thing.
However, he also knew about Liu Jin. He was a disciple of a master, and his actions were always unexpected. It might be possible to develop such a spinning machine.
"If such a spinning machine can really be developed, then my Ming Dynasty will no longer have to worry about people being naked."
Wang Shouren thought for a while and praised.
"I have almost researched it and will make it in a while. I will invite Brother Wang to come over and take a look at it."
Liu Jin smiled and said, if Wang Shouren could be tricked into joining the science and technology field, it would be better than asking him to study psychology.
"Okay, then I'll wait and see."
Wang Shouren nodded solemnly. He actually didn't understand why Liu Jin, the number one scholar, was keen on such heresy. For noble Hanlin scholars like them, shouldn't they study the words of saints and history books every day?
, so as to better assist the king?
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao walked in with his little follower Liu Jin. As soon as he reached the door, Zhu Houzhao shouted with a loud voice.
"Lao Liu, Lao Liu~"
"I respectfully welcome His Highness the Crown Prince~"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao coming to the Hanlin Academy, the entire Hanlin Academy was alarmed, and everyone greeted him respectfully.
"No need, no need. Everyone goes about his or her own business. I'm just here to find Liu Jin."
Zhu Houzhao never liked these red tapes, so he dismissed the others with a wave of his hand and went directly to Liu Jin.
"I have met His Royal Highness~"
Being in an officialdom, one must pay attention to what should be paid attention to, and one should not be accused of not knowing the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, so Liu Jin also saluted Zhu Houzhao very respectfully.
"No need~ No need."
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and sat down on Liu Jin's desk carelessly. His little eyes immediately saw the drawings on the table, and he immediately became energetic.
"Old Liu, what are you studying again?"
"This looks a little weird, what is it?"
"Back to Your Highness, this is the new spinning machine I have researched. It can greatly speed up the efficiency of spinning and weaving."
Liu Jin replied respectfully, and then gave Zhu Houzhao a "you know" look, and Zhu Houzhao immediately laughed happily.
"Okay, okay, I thought you were not doing your job in the Hanlin Academy, but I didn't expect you did something."
Zhu Houzhao's words also surprised Wang Shouren, Lun Wenxu, Liu Long, Feng Xi and others on the side. In their opinion, Liu Jin was not doing his job properly, but when he arrived at the prince Zhu Houzhao's place, he was doing his job. It is not his job to study history books by himself. .
"Let's go, let's go to Qianqing Palace with me."
Zhu Houzhao looked at the Hanlin Academy and saw that there were so many people that it was not a good idea, so he thought about it and said.
"Yes~"
Liu Jin quickly nodded in agreement, then looked at Wang Shouren beside him and said, "Your Highness, I wonder if I can take Wang Shouren with me?"
"Then let's go together~"
Zhu Houzhao said indifferently that he didn't feel much about Wang Shouren yet.
In history, Wang Shouren had a feeling that his talent was not appreciated. He was very talented, but he could not reach a high position, so Liu Jin also wanted to help him and let him hang out with Zhu Houzhao as soon as possible so that he could become familiar with him.
As long as you get to know Zhu Houzhao well and have a good relationship with him, it will be easier to talk to him.
"Yes~"
When Wang Shouren heard this, he immediately said yes. There are not many opportunities to follow His Highness the Crown Prince. Emperor Hongzhi only has a son. How can he be afraid that he will have no future by following Zhu Houzhao?
Although Wang Shouren is a very open-minded person, it doesn't matter if he can be promoted or not. What he likes is studying philosophy and wanting to find out the truth. Promotion and making a fortune is not his ambition.
But it would be good to have more contact with Zhu Houzhao. If he can be promoted in the future, he will have greater influence and can further express his ambitions.
You must know that this is a talented man who wrote to the emperor many times at the age of fifteen, talking about how to pacify the northern grasslands. At the age of fifteen, most people were still ignorant.
As for Lun Wenxu, Liu Long, Feng Xi and other people in the Hanlin Academy, they could only look at Liu Jin and Wang Shouren with envy and jealousy, wondering why such a good thing could not happen to them.
Soon, under the leadership of Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin and Wang Shouren left Hanlin and came to Qianqing Palace.
The Qianqing Palace was burned down due to flooding last winter, so it is currently under construction and reconstruction. Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin are responsible for the construction and reconstruction.
According to the design drawings provided by Liu Jin, the new Qianqing Palace was built with reinforced concrete. After several months of construction, the main building was almost completed.
The entire Qianqing Palace was a large construction site at this time. Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao hired thousands of people to work here at the same time. It was similar to the construction in later generations. Scaffolding was built one layer after another. Now you can see new Qianqing Palace. The style of the Qing Palace.
The shape is that of a jade seal, so it is naturally appropriate to use a jade seal to symbolize the emperor's dignity and power.
The new Jade Seal Qianqing Palace is nearly twenty feet high, but there are not many floors. Each floor is very high and very majestic. But now it is just some concrete and steel bars, which is very ugly. Nothing can be seen at all.
The construction speed of the Qianqing Palace was very fast, because Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao spent real money on it, and the labor wages of all the workers were quite high, not to mention that they were building a palace for the emperor, so everyone was very motivated to work.
Of course, the most important thing is that it is very convenient and fast to build a house with reinforced concrete. If it were not for the emperor to live in, there are many requirements and complicated designs, and it would take just a few months to build it. alright.
"Old Liu, when will your new spinning machine come out? If you don't get some new business, I will be poor and begging for food."
"And you and I have bought so much land. Isn't it time to do something about it? If this continues, I will buy up all the land around the capital."
Looking at the huge palace in front of him, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help complaining to Liu Jin. It was very expensive to build this Qianqing Palace. Even though he was extremely wealthy, he didn't have much money now.
Of course, this is mainly because he keeps spending money to buy land. The land price here in the capital has been raised several times by him. However, as long as there is money, Zhu Houzhao will immediately buy land because he believes in Liu Jin's words and keeps the money in the warehouse. It's just a lump inside and has no use. Investing it out is the right way.
"The spinning machine is coming soon. As for the real estate development in the capital, we still have to wait until the Qianqing Palace is built. Once this demonstration is completed, we will launch similar houses by then, which will definitely sell well."
Liu Jin thought for a while and replied.
"Wait until the Qianqing Palace is built?"
"The day lilies are cold, so we can start planning and building now. When this place is built, our house will be built, and we can start selling it directly. This way we can make money quickly, will you? Doing business?”
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he rolled his eyes, thought for a while and said.
"Yeah, why didn't I think of this?"
When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and said, and then looked at Zhu Houzhao. This guy is very talented in business. Sure enough, the wisdom of the ancients cannot be underestimated. Once you let yourself go, you will definitely not be any worse than the people of later generations. go.
Wang Shouren on the side listened to Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin discussing how to make money, and suddenly felt that all three views were ruined. One was the emperor of the day, and the other was the top scholar in the current class. The noble Hanlin opened his mouth and shut his mouth, which was worth money. How to make money is full of the atmosphere of a businessman.
This is seriously inconsistent with their identities.
Shouldn't the prince quietly study the ways of governing the country from his teacher in the East Palace every day?
Shouldn't the noble Hanlin be able to leisurely read books and drink tea here in the Hanlin Academy?
But the two people in front of them were talking about how to make money. This was really outrageous. Even Wang Shouren had always been erudite and liked to dabble in all kinds of knowledge, but Liu Jin misled the prince. , and couldn’t bear it anymore.