Three hundred and twentieth eight chapters do not regret
Little Peanut's face turned red when Xian Yunhe glared at him. He wanted to clarify that he was not telling him what he said. He had been vague and perfunctory when Zhang Shou asked, but unexpectedly, Ah Liu said something to him. The flaw was revealed, and he had to admit it. But this
In the end, all Xian Yunhe's hard work was in vain. So, he dodged and avoided looking at Xian Yunhe until someone tapped him on the shoulder, and it turned out to be Ah Liu.
Seeing the look in his eyes that clearly showed don't worry, it's okay, he mustered up the courage to look at Xian Yunhe and said: "Uncle Yunhe, Dr. Zhang and the eldest lady are all very good people. Old man Qi and the others...
All those who were rich and unkind were punished!"
The families who colluded with the eldest prince would never end well. This was what Xian Yunhe had already concluded in his heart after he saw Xu Cheng's official hat being shot off by Zhu Tingfang after being captured. So, at this time, he listened to Xiao Huahua's excuse.
What I care more about is not how those houses were cleaned up, but these two strange names in Little Peanut's mouth.
Soon, he recognized Zhu Ying, who was disguised as a man, and immediately his eyes fell on the handsome young man who just said that Xiao Peanut was also guilty of a serious crime. He was more mature than the inexperienced Xiao Peanut, or Mr. Jiang.
The dandy boy must know better. After all, he not only beat the eldest prince severely, but also secretly tested the eldest prince in the dead of night, so he knew a little bit about the inside story.
Therefore, he stared at Zhang Shou for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "Young Master, is this Dr. Zhang? You have single-handedly built a new textile machine that is several times more efficient than before, but now you see this scene in Cangzhou.
I don’t know how you feel?”
Old Xianyu was silent at this time. Of course he knew his nephew's temper very well. When most people are forced to a dead end, the most they can do is dominate the mountain and become the king. Dare to attack the court officials is already very courageous. As for someone like Xian Yunhe
Holding the eldest prince hostage like this... Haha, that is simply a case of taking advantage of the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard.
Therefore, when people dared to question Zhang Shou at this time, although he was a little worried about angering Dr. Guozi, he did not stop him in the end, and just quietly peeked at Zhang Shou's expression.
Zhang Shou stopped Zhu Ying, who was about to lose his temper, and said calmly: "As early as when I made something, I knew it might be beneficial or harmful. But if I hide it and open it myself
If the two workshops make a profit first, someone will try their best to steal the technology, and it won't be long before the whole world knows about it."
"Unless something is made but shelved, it is impossible to bury such a sharp weapon once it comes out. It is naturally a great harm for profiteers to exploit spinners and bully ordinary machine owners, but if it can be promoted well, then all cotton growers in the world will
There will be more and more people, more and more cotton yarn will be spun, and more and more cotton cloth will be made into cotton clothes."
Xian Yunhe's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Dr. Zhang never thought that now it is just profiteers and big businessmen who are chasing profits, which will force a group of textile workers to die. If farmers all over the world don't grow rice and wheat because cotton is expensive, how about planting rice and wheat instead?"
Cotton, then, how much less do you think the world’s grain fields will be, how much of a food gap will there be in the world, and how many people will starve to death?”
"Moreover, how can you guarantee that cotton is really cheap? How can you guarantee that the poor in the world can afford that 'cheap' cotton? The cheapness in your eyes is never the same as the cheapness in the eyes of ordinary people!"
Little Peanut only felt that what Zhang Shou said was very reasonable, and what Xian Yunhe said was also very reasonable. He could only look at Ah Liu with pleading eyes, but found that the indifferent young man beside him, who was about the same age as him, actually had an expression on his face.
Not moving at all. As if aware of his gaze, Ah Liu glanced sideways at him, then shook his head.
Seeing Xiao Huahua's confused face, Ah Liu said calmly: "I never think about it that much."
Since you don’t understand even after thinking about it, then just trust the people you should trust.
But Zhu Ying didn't notice the awkward exchange between Ah Liu and Xiao Huahua, because Xian Yunhe's words really angered her. Before Zhang Shou could speak, she said bluntly: "According to what you said, Suiren's family is not a person at all."
You should drill wood to make fire, because once people master the use of fire, if they accidentally let the fire spread, it will destroy houses, fields and even woods, causing huge losses."
"Moreover, people with ulterior motives will also set fires for their own selfish reasons!"
"Furthermore, according to this, there is no need to make any swords and weapons, let alone try to figure out gunpowder, because with these things, not only more people will die in wars, but also in daily conflicts, casualties will often occur. As for the development of gunpowder,
, How many times did the Ordnance Supervisor explode, and how many people died? But now, many mines under the sky are exploded by gunpowder sent by the Ordnance Supervisor, and how many miners do not use fire or water to explore the caves? "
Zhu Ying spoke louder and louder, especially when she saw Xian Yunhe staring at her with eyes full of disbelief, she felt even more unhappy: "Am I wrong? The good things made by Ah Shou are obviously for the world.
People reduce their work, but those profiteers make profits from it. What does this have to do with him? Before Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu went to Xingtai, he asked them to make various response plans, and asked Zhang Chen to help them.
!As for you saying that people in the world are seeking profit, you can find another way!"
Seeing Zhu Ying's face turning red with anger, Zhang Shou suddenly felt that he didn't have to worry about this eldest lady at all.
Seeing that Xian Yunhe fell silent immediately, he said calmly: "What Yingying said is also what I want to say. What you are worried about is indeed very likely to happen, but you can't stop eating because of choking. There are some things I haven't done.
Then maybe someone else will do it. So, I don’t regret it.”
"There is not only one Ming Dynasty in the world. If people from other countries discover such an opportunity, then businessmen will pursue profits and constantly improve technology. Do you think they can lower the price to half, or even three times, of the current price of cotton cloth?"
One-fifth, one-fifth? And if there is too much cotton cloth, which cannot be sold in the country, and then be shipped to Ming Dynasty where the price of cloth is high, isn't this impossible?"
"When these cotton cloths flood our world, do you think spinners like you, cotton farmers, including weavers, can survive? Of course, cotton fields encroaching on grain fields will definitely exist on their side. By then, there will be
There are two possibilities, one is to expand the territory and grow food on the land of other countries, and the other is to study how to efficiently grow food just like how to efficiently spin and weave cloth."
"If the latter attempt succeeds, and they can grow one, two, three, or four times the food we have on the same land, then who knows if there will be boatloads of food shipped from overseas, and then in
Selling it all over the world? You don’t even need other people’s ships. You are talking about those profit-seeking profiteers. They sell high and buy low all over the world and will not let go of this opportunity to make money."
Not to mention Xian Yunhe, even Lao Xianyu was shuddered by Zhang Shou's simple but terrifying truth.
They are not those ignorant people who know nothing. They know that when the foreign rice and cloth are all cheaper than the local ones, it will definitely not be a thing that the people will applaud. At that time, there will definitely be
Countless people starved to death and froze to death in front of cheap rice and cloth...
But even so, Xian Yunhe still pretended not to take it seriously: "How can there be a big country in the world that can overthrow the Ming Dynasty with rice and cloth?"
"The world is so big, there are all kinds of wonders." The person who answered Xian Yunhe was not Zhang Shou, but Lao Xianyu. The expression on his face was extremely complicated. When Xian Yunhe was slightly stunned, he said, "Don't forget that in the far west, in fact,
It’s not that there aren’t big countries…”
Zhang Shou saw that the two uncles and nephews were looking at each other, and something was obviously wrong in their eyes. He drew a bigger question mark in his heart, and then said bluntly: "So, I don't care about those things your uncle got from overseas."
Crops are very interesting. If they can be cultivated successfully, not only will there be a lot of fresh dishes on the table, but the poor may also have other choices when they want to be full."
"I have reported his affairs to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty in detail, and suggested that the Department of Agriculture be established in the Imperial College and that he should be appointed as a Doctor of Agriculture. Of course, the premise is that he can really guide people to cultivate successfully, and those crops have indeed been proven to be useless.
The poison is edible.”
Xian Yunhe was stunned for a moment. When he looked at Old Xianyu again, he saw that his uncle was not only no better than him, but was even mumbling to himself and slapping his face with both hands, clearly trying to make sure he was dreaming.
!
He took a deep breath, and then said in a dry voice: "The Imperial College has an agricultural subject... Dr. Zhang, aren't you afraid that those Confucian scholars in the court who think that the Imperial College should read books about sages and write articles about sages will scold you endlessly and poke you every day?"
Backbone?”
"Of course I'm...scared."
Zhang Shou deliberately paused before spitting out the word "fear", and then said nonchalantly: "But thanks to Emperor Taizu, he left many good precedents. And at his time, the Imperial College had these subjects. So.
, When we reopened the arithmetic subjects before, it was a restoration of the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu of our dynasty, and when we reopened the agriculture subjects, it was also... a restoration of the ancestral system!"
When Zhang Shou mentioned the words "Taizu Emperor", Old Xianyu suddenly became excited as if he had been injected with blood.
When Zhang Shou kept repeating the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu, he who had wanted to decline politely and modestly before suddenly burst out with words that surprised even himself.
"What are those old academics who study to death... It's not like I didn't read books back then!"
Hearing this, Zhu Ying finally couldn't help but laugh out loud. When Lao Xianyu looked embarrassed, she immediately said seriously: "Among the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, there are reasonable ones, tolerant ones, and far-sighted ones.
, there are also those who are stuck in their ways, and even more unreasonable... You will know when you go to the capital, there are all kinds of people, not just the old academics who study to death."
Although he was weak due to being cut off from meals and weak due to not changing his dressing in time, Xian Yunhe seemed much more energetic at this time because of his words with Zhu Ying and Zhang Shou.
He looked at his energetic uncle and the little peanut who was surprised and happy, and finally laughed in a low voice: "It seems that those big profiteers who are unkind to get rich can't escape. I dare to ask Dr. Zhang, who followed me in because there was no way to survive."
What do you plan to do to the spinners and cotton farmers in this palace who were temporarily released by General Zhu for minor crimes?"
He emphasized his tone and said: "I know that if we follow the court regulations, beheading, exile, guarding the border...any of them is possible."
"Only ask about the culprit, not the rest. If I guessed correctly, most of them are like this." Zhang Shou seemed not to notice the little peanut's face turned pale again at that moment, and said with a smile, "But the details will have to wait for the court.
Decision. By the way, I sent a capable guy and the eldest son of the Jiang family to visit each family. After the nest is overturned, the eggs are intact. If you don't show some responsibility at this time..."
Zhang Shou put away his smile and his voice became a little chilly: "Then they can follow their evil-doing master and drink the northwest wind together! Although I don't like the words "Lost the county magistrate and destroy the family magistrate Yin", but
I don’t mind killing chickens to scare monkeys... Oh, I probably don’t mind asking General Zhu to kill chickens to scare monkeys. As for me, I can only kill two real chickens.”
Zhu Er, who had been silently acting as a backdrop, finally couldn't help but clench his teeth when he heard this. However, the next moment, his stomach growled loudly. Seeing everyone looking at him, he coughed dryly and said
: "Didn't we go to the palace to find a small kitchen to prepare delicious food? It's getting late, shouldn't we also offer sacrifices to the Five Internal Organs Temple?"
It didn't matter if Zhu Er didn't say anything. When he said this, Zhu Ying couldn't help but feel a little hungry, especially when she saw the basket carried by Old Xianyu, she immediately urged: "Ah Shou, let's go, we are almost there.
It’s noon!”
Seeing Little Peanut, he rushed up to Xian Yunhe without even thinking, grabbed Xian Yunhe's hand and whispered something. However, after sighing, Old Xianyu went up and patted his nephew's head, and turned around and left. Zhang Shou
After pondering for a moment, he said: "I'll ask Xiao Huahua to bring you some food later. Of course, you didn't have a meal before, so you can only eat something light."
"It's all my own fault. Dr. Zhang doesn't need to sympathize with me... Some of the people who were captured with me that day couldn't help scolding me. Why didn't I think about beating the drum instead of taking them with me? It turned the world upside down."
"Is the Dengwen drum so easy to play? I might have been stopped before I even got to the place where I was playing the Dengwen drum, and I might have died silently on the way before I even got to the capital. But now this commotion has made Cangzhou
But at least the matter can be heard by heaven, even the eldest prince can't cover up the sky with one hand. Now that things have happened, I know that I will only ask the culprit, I feel relieved, and I have no regrets."
When Zhang Shou came to the small kitchen of the palace, he was still thinking about Xian Yunhe's words "no regrets".
Therefore, he didn't wake up until he found a jade hand shaking in front of him. Seeing it was Zhu Ying, he rolled up his sleeves with a smile and said, "Why, are you in a hurry? Don't go into the kitchen if you are in a hurry.
I scare you!"
"I'm not going in, otherwise you'll yell at me if you drop something!"
When Zhu Ying saw that Ah Liu had followed Lao Xianyu into the kitchen, and that Little Peanut was lost in thought, while Zhu Er was talking nonsense to people, she lowered her voice and said, "Ah Shou, are you there?"
Do you think that old salted fish is a bit cold-blooded? Little Peanut is so sad, but he, his uncle, doesn't take it seriously?"
"Cold-blooded is not necessarily... only good at pretending is true." Zhang Shou smiled and nuzzled his lips towards the kitchen, "Otherwise, why do you think Ah Liu never leaves him? But it doesn't matter, I'm not afraid of people having secrets, what I'm afraid of is that people don't.
As for your ability, just keep an eye on your second brother, I'm worried that he will be betrayed by that old salted fish later!"