Yin Wangjie of Shuntian Prefecture was very strong. When the second-level Jinshi was released to serve as county magistrate, he dared to challenge the prefect. However, corruption happened in the prefect, and a group of Maitreya believers suddenly appeared in the territory. Tongzhi and Tongpan were intimidated.
He had to flee, but the county magistrate was hidden by the people who loved him, and then he summoned those who dared to die to go deep into the tiger's den and directly behead the leader, which is a strange story.
Since then, he has been practicing as a local official for many years. He has served as a prefect, a prefect, an inspector, and an envoy. He is able to farm, know how to spin, build roads, build bridges, build ditches, and understand boats... He is a popular figure among the people.
Even if he wasn't good at doing many of the jobs for a living, he at least had some knowledge of them. Every time the emperor helped the plows and helped the farmers, he was always the one accompanying him as long as he was in Beijing.
So, when he, a third-grade official who, in Zhang Shou's words, was particularly down-to-earth, walked into the courtyard of the weaving and dyeing workshop, entered the room where the new spinning machines were located, and saw several spinners busy working, he immediately
His eyes widened, he pointed at the spinning machine and asked sternly: "What's going on with this spinning machine? Where did it come from? Whose idea? Who made it?"
When Zhu Ying landed, she was the daughter of the prince. She only knew that beautiful clothes were cut from various kinds of silk and satin, but this was the first time she visited a place like a weaving and dyeing workshop.
In fact, she had long thought that it was Zhang Shou's idea that Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu bought the weaving and dyeing workshop. However, her grandmother and mother did not allow her to come over and watch the fun. Her grandmother even warned him earnestly that men should keep some innocuous little secrets.
A woman must not pry, so she was so curious that she could only restrain the urge to join in the fun;
However, after actually entering the house, Miss Zhu, who was curious about everything, felt that there was an indescribable smell in the air, and there seemed to be various dust floating in the air. After sneezing a few times,
, she had to retreat to the door quickly. But even so, when she found that Wang Jie's tone was unexpectedly harsh, she immediately stepped forward to block him.
"Wang Dayin, why are you so mean? What's wrong with these spinning machines? There are so many spinning machines in the world, aren't they all used for spinning?"
Wang Jie glanced at Zhu Ying with a dumbfounded look, but his tone immediately softened: "Isn't this the first time Miss Zhu has seen a textile machine?"
"So what?" Zhu Ying was a little confused, but her tone was even more fierce than Wang Jie just said, "Although this is my first time seeing a spinning machine, these spinners are all diligent and honest at first glance.
People, this weaving and dyeing workshop is extremely normal, there is nothing to make a fuss about. Zhang Wu, Zhang Lu, don’t you think so?”
As she spoke, she deliberately turned her head to ask Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, but she found that their eyes were wandering. At this time, Miss Zhu, who had never been stupid, but was just too lazy to use her brain, suddenly felt a thump in her heart, and then she immediately became angry.
"Hey, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, aren't you doing something shameful without telling Ah Shou? Did you deceive these spinners?"
Although a large group of outsiders came, and the two noble bosses were accompanying them, behind the spinning machine, several spinners were so busy that they had no time to raise their heads. But Zhu Ying's roar was louder than before.
Wang Jie's angry questioning was even louder. One of the spinners was distracted and heard it. His hands suddenly shook and he almost made a mistake.
He hurriedly stopped what he was doing and said loudly: "The two bosses are good people. They allow us to work here and pay double the wages. We all stay here voluntarily and are not forced at all! How can we use such a good thing?"
We all feel that it is a blessing to have such a good spinning machine, and we wish we could stay here forever!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Jie looked at Zhu Ying, who was blushing, and said lightly: "When did I say that brothers Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu committed adultery? Miss Zhu, it's because you have never
I have seen spinning machines, so you misunderstood what I said. You know, most of the spinning machines in use today are said to be technologies brought back by Huang Daopo from Hainan, and most of them use three spindles."
"But please count, how many spindles are there in total on these spinning machines right now?"
If it were another daughter with an arrogant personality, she would have exploded immediately after hearing Wang Jie's words. However, although Zhu Ying's personality is also arrogant and willful, she has never been stubborn about things she doesn't understand. From Zhang Shou
When asked what spindles were, she actually counted them seriously.
When she finished counting, she would turn around and look at Wang Jie and ask: "There are eighteen spindles in total... Could it be that the more spindles, the more yarn can be spun?"
"That should be the case." Wang Jie nodded slightly, but then asked Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, "The yarn spun by this eighteen-spindle spinning machine is six times that of the previous three-spindle spinning machine?"
Just as Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu were about to answer, Zhang Shou's voice came from outside the door: "It can't be calculated exactly like this. With so many more spindles, the spindles were not skilled enough at first, so they couldn't reach six times as many spindles."
.But practice makes perfect, and you might actually be able to achieve six times in the future.”
Wang Jie turned around and saw Zhang Shou entering the room with a box, and then handed the box to Zhu Ying beside him. He couldn't help but stare at the other person with sharp eyes, and suddenly asked straight to the point: "Dr. Zhang
, was this spinning machine your idea?"
"That's right." Zhang Shou's answer was a little vague.
"Then do you know that if such a new spinning machine is popularized, it can be said to be beneficial to countless people? But if you hide it, it can only benefit a small group of people. Don't you think it is really
Is it too narrow-minded?”
I knew that Shuntian Fuyin, who was extremely strong, was a selfless person who hated egoism! That’s why I thought that in this era when there was no patent right at all, let alone patent protection, it was really hard to invent and create.
It’s a shame, because it’s difficult to achieve a monopoly, and one person might not even be able to get the first pot of gold.
Zhang Shou sighed in his heart and saw that several spinners also stopped their work and looked at their dispute with different expressions. He said with a half-smile: "Then Wang Dayin thinks that we should
Promote this spinning machine to the world, so that all spinners in the world can experience the joy of greatly increased output and income?"
"Of course!" Wang Jie's answer was sonorous and powerful. Seeing Zhang Shou smile and say nothing, his face suddenly darkened, and then he said word by word, "Men farm and women weave. The important matter of the country is no less than the war. It cannot be because of
For selfish reasons, I have forgotten the overall interests of the country and the people. I need to report this matter to the Emperor immediately. Dr. Zhang, take your leave."
Seeing Wang Jie turn around and leave after speaking, and Zhu Ying staring at the person's back with annoyance on her face, Zhang Shou pulled the person aside.
"Yingying, hurry up and chase after him. If Wang Dayin enters the palace, you will chase after him. No matter what method you use, just meet the emperor with him. Whatever he talks about when he meets the emperor, you can report it to me.
What's the matter? As long as you see the emperor, you don't need to worry about what he says or argue with him. As long as you take advantage of the opportunity and hand over my box to the emperor, you're done!"
"Okay! Don't worry!" Zhu Ying agreed firmly, then turned around and went out to chase after him.
Although she also thinks that this new spinning machine is a very good thing, and after its promotion, it may make many spinners save more effort and make more money, but it is something made by Zhang Shou, why should Wang Jie just use a few empty words?
Just plan to take away the results!
Everyone said that rich people like them were unreasonable, but she thought Wang Jie was even more unreasonable!
Seeing Wang Jie and Zhu Ying leaving one after another, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu looked at each other for a while, and then quickly ordered several spinners to work quickly. After following Zhang Shou out of the house, Zhang Lu wiped the sweat from his forehead with lingering fear.
Zhu: "Thankfully, Mr. Lu, you were decisive and asked Lu Sanlang to come forward first to make the vote. Otherwise, it would have been a disaster if I ran into the hands of the iron-faced king Dayin."
Zhang Wu couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "I didn't expect Wang Dayin to be such a stubborn person. I thought he had a good relationship with Mr. You. Even if you find that this new spinning machine is indeed very efficient, at most you will realize why the second prince
If you want to spy on this weaving and dyeing workshop, it is definitely not for your own good. I didn't expect that he would ask for this new spinning machine to be made public to the world... Why!"
Zhang Shou suddenly laughed. Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu's ideas represented developers and vested interests, while Wang Jie's ideas represented the general public. This conflict has not been resolved until later generations. The most typical one is those pricing
It was extremely expensive, but it owned patented medicines and high-end equipment. This conflict of interests that could not be balanced in later generations is even more unsolvable today.
Therefore, when it comes to things like textile machinery, he only plans to dig out the first pot of gold and then stop after killing one of the culprits.
"The word 'why' is not for me to say, nor for you to say it." Zhang Shou smiled at the indignant brothers and said meaningfully, "This should be said by the eldest prince."
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At this moment, both Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu choked. Zhang Wu, who was more honest, even coughed. After he finally stopped, he saw that Zhang Lu was already smiling, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said
: "The young gentleman is right. Even if Wang Dayin really brought this matter to the emperor, the most unlucky person would actually be the eldest prince." I deeply sympathize with the eldest prince!
"However, when I think about it, it is still a bit unfair. It is obviously an opportunity for the young gentleman to show off his talents, but he can only stop here." After Zhang Lu gloated about his misfortune, he still felt it was a pity. You know, his purpose is to hold on to
With this golden thigh next to him, Zhang Shou eats meat and they drink soup. The bigger and richer the piece of meat Zhang Shou gets is, the more delicious the soup they can drink.
This is completely different from when they worked as Zhang Chen's followers before. Zhang Chen could bring them shelter, but Zhang Shou brought a very bright future to the two brothers! And such a future, they have already seen and
Feel it!
"What's the point of showing off one's skills... This is just a small test of one's skills." Zhang Shou shrugged, and then said nonchalantly, "Besides, don't look at it. Wang Dayin must be scolding us in his heart for abandoning public service for private purposes, being narrow-minded, and being unsympathetic.
He is lonely and poor, but he will soon feel that we are doing things with dignity and integrity!"
When Zhang Shou said this, he naturally didn't know that Wang Jie was feeling angry at this moment - because Zhu Ying was riding her horse openly beside his carriage, as if she was trusting him. When he entered the palace, Zhu Ying followed him. When he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Ying was still following closely. Even when he asked to see the emperor, Miss Zhu refused to leave!
Even Liu Feng, the steward of Qianqing Palace, couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this scene. Especially when Wang Jie said that he had something to ask for to see the emperor, Zhu Ying actually stood in front of him with a single step. He simply complained secretly. But he still had to apologize to this young aunt and said with a smile: "Miss, Wang Dayin saw that the emperor has something serious to do..."
"Are I just joking when I meet the Emperor?" Zhu Ying snorted angrily, then glanced sideways at Wang Jie and said provocatively, "Why did Wang Dayin meet the Emperor, and why did I meet the Emperor? !Hurry, report it for me!"
Seeing Wang Jie's face turned livid with anger, Liu Feng couldn't help but sympathize deeply with him. If it were anyone else, he would of course have ignored it, but in the face of Zhu Ying's strength, he had to go to report with a grimace and quickly give up his choice. He handed it over to the emperor. After entering Dongnuan Pavilion, when he told about the unheard-of scene outside, the emperor pondered for a moment with great interest, and finally laughed.
"Yingying, this girl, is just a fool, but she is not ignorant of the general situation. Since she insists on meeting me with Wang Jie, she must have her purpose. Well, let's do it, let's meet together."
Liu Feng was immediately dumbfounded. He summoned Shuntian Prefecture Yin and Zhao Guogong's daughter to appear at the same time? Is this appropriate? However, facing the emperor's unquestionable look, he did not dare to hesitate and immediately agreed and walked out quickly. Sure enough, when he arrived outside the palace, When he had the courage to say this unbelievable emperor's decree, he saw that Wang Jie's face was about to turn into black coal.
"I see you, Your Majesty."
"I have met the emperor."
They were also meeting Tian Yan. Compared with Wang Jie's meticulousness, Zhu Ying seemed casual and casual. But when the emperor faced this interesting scene, he looked relaxed and smiled, as if he didn't feel any disharmony at all. He nodded cordially and offered a seat. Then he saw Wang Jie sitting upright and Zhu Ying holding the box in one hand and supporting her chin in the other.
"What's important, Qing Wang?"
Not wanting the emperor to ask himself the question first, Wang Jie took a deep breath, suppressed his dissatisfaction, and told with a serious face what he saw and heard when he went to Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu's weaving and dyeing workshop today.
Seeing that the emperor was listening very seriously, he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, farming is the foundation of the country, and men farming and women weaving are the foundation passed down from ancient times. Now that we have such efficient textile machines, how can we not promote them? Come, but let it be controlled by private hands?"
The emperor listened calmly and suddenly looked at Zhu Ying with a mocking look on her face: "Yingying, what about you, why are you here to see me?"
"I'm here to deliver his memorial on Ah Shou's behalf!" Zhu Ying stood up with the box in her hands and said with a smile, "Ah Shou said this box can go directly to the emperor, but I'm afraid it's not safe for others to send it. , I brought it myself!"