Chapter 205: The Hidden Danger of Unemployment
There were several emissaries from the North, and the leader was a stocky man with a thick gray beard.
The cold and short history of breeding in the north have made the people of the north not too different from other kingdoms in the race itself, and if there is, they must be tall and hairy.
"Your Majesty, Dunge salutes you. β
Dunge bowed respectfully, and then the honest man, who did not have the slightest sign of the mellow temperament of a diplomat, glared at the young man on the throne with his two round gray eyes.
The attitude is very polite, but the look of staring at the eyeballs is already rude.
This is a very clear difference from the previous Duran, who was impeccable in etiquette, but Dunge was unable to do this.
Zhang Xun thought to himself that if it was a normal monarch, he wouldn't really like Dunge's attitude anyway, but he liked it a little.
Compared with the hypocritical etiquette of other nobles, although Dunge's behavior was rude, it also made Zhang Xun feel very relieved.
Honest man......
"No need to be polite. Zhang Xun smiled reservedly, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth, "The reason why I invited you over is mainly because I have already made a decision about what you have proposed." β
Dunge breathed hard.
Zhang Xun said with a helpless look: " The attitude of the Eagle Yang Kingdom towards the surrounding friendly neighbors has always been to hope for mutual benefit, so it is our duty to repair the hammer of Thor, but presumably the king of the north should have heard of it, after the establishment of the Metallurgical Research Institute, it has been very busy, and the upgrading of the metallurgical industry across the country can not be completed overnight, especially just a few days ago, I just made a deal with the eastern royal family, and won a large manufacturing order, if you want to complete these, the alchemists of the research institute are important forces, if you send them to the northβ¦β¦ First, it is a delay in time, and secondly, more importantly, the equipment and facilities required for the new metallurgical process are all in the territory of Yingyang, if you go to your northern country, it is not enough to have people in the past, and you also need to re-establish metallurgical facilities in the north, this consumption of effort and time is too much, I think, you also hope to repair Thor's hammer as soon as possible. β
His words left Dunge a little confused.
Intuitively, Dunge thought that this Eagle Yang King should be shirking, but he didn't feel like it, the key was what he said...... After all, it does make sense.
Dunge was tangled, his skin wrinkled, and his gray beard looked like a fluffy squirrel with a face on it.
"Then what do you mean ......"
Zhang Xun said calmly, "I hope that your country can bring the hammer of Thor to Yingyang, and repair it directly in the royal capital, to tell you the truth, the research institute is developing a new thing recently, according to the calculation of time, if there is no accident, when the hammer of Thor comes to Yingyang, the new equipment should also be able to do a good job, and it will be more convenient for the repair work at that time." β
Dunge then woke up, and then the entanglement was even worse.
Zhang Xun will carefully guess the situation that the northern realm may forcibly seize talents, and the people of the northern realm are not stupid, and they will also worry about whether the Eagle Yang King will take the opportunity to seize Thor's hammer.
When countries get along with each other, they always have to be honest with each other.
Zhang Xun was not in a hurry, did not urge, and waited patiently for Dunge to think.
There was silence in the hall for a while, and Dunge began to discuss in a low voice with several other envoys.
Eventually, the discussion came to fruition.
Dunge said seriously: "Your Majesty King Yingyang, this matter is very important, and we need to go back and ask our king by letter. Of course, we also think that if there are no accidents, the king will still agree, but if he really wants to bring Thor's hammer to the eagle, then our new generation of Thor will also come to the royal capital. β
"Of course, it makes sense. β
Zhang Xun smiled, he didn't mind, he really wanted to see this thunder god.
The matter is put on hold.
After the envoys left, the hard-working Prime Minister came to pay a visit again.
The first thing I said was to ask about Mjolnir.
Although Zhang Xun made a request, he was not sure whether the king of the north would really agree, and Levi pondered after hearing this, and said: "If there is no accident, the minister thinks that the king of the north will definitely agree to this matter, first, the hammer of the thunder god is extremely important to the north, and second, we do not have the ability to forcibly leave the hammer of the thunder god." It is already very difficult for us to deal with a western realm now, and if we take the initiative to bully the northern realm, we will bring about our own destruction at that time. β
"Makes sense. Zhang Xun nodded, and then said, "In short, if everything goes well, if it can be repaired, it is the king of the north who owes me a great favor, this benefit is very great, forget if it is not repaired, those are all later." β
Levi suddenly blinked and said, "Actually, even if we can fix it quickly, we can delay it for a while." β
"Hmm, what do you mean?" Zhang Xun looked at him.
Levi smiled: "As long as Thor is still within our borders for a day, it is equivalent to us having more protection, at least if the Western Realm regroups and starts a war again, the King of the Northern Realm also needs to consider the consequences that once the Eagle Yang is destroyed, the Thunder God's Hammer cannot be repaired or even lost." β
Zhang Xun's eyes lit up, he glanced at him approvingly, and said, "It makes sense, I'll talk to Luer about this when I go back." β
The monarch and the ministers made arrangements, and then chatted about the establishment of a factory in the western suburbs of the royal capital.
The land was still leveled, and then it was time to build a basic factory for the mass production of Jenny machines.
"This is not the first business of the royal family, but it is the first state-owned factory, its significance is very significant, this factory must be taken seriously, workers will be recruited from the villages and towns near the royal capital, first build factories and recruit workers, and then I will come up with a design line for flow work, I know that Yingyang people are basically engaged in minerals, but I hope to slowly guide some people to change careers, soon the original Yingyang ore mining will undergo a huge change, I am afraid that there will be a lot of miners unemployed, how to solve the problem of re-employment of these workers is not sloppy, Jenny machine factory is just the first step, well, in short, you will do it according to my arrangementγ β
The Prime Minister was still echoing the King's words in his mind as he left, and he had realized that slowly, the young new King had acquired a kind of decisiveness, which made Levi very emotional, as if he were looking at a great monarch rising in the east like the sun.
If the king is like this, why not the eagle?
As for what the king said would be a great change in the mining industry, he could not guess.
He always had a feeling that he couldn't keep up with the pace of the king's thinking, and after thinking about it, the only thing he could do was to firmly rally around the Party Central Committee with King Luke as the core, pull his legs and run wildly, and open up a new future.
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He didn't know that Zhang Xun was also thinking about another thing at this moment.
The conversation with the prime minister about the unemployment of miners that he envisioned as the steam engine becoming the main force of mining reminded him of another thing that he had overlooked.
"I remember that the promotion of the Jenny machine in history was also accompanied by a huge and terrifying wave of unemployment, the Hargreaves family who invented the Jenny machine was rushed into their homes by angry people, smashed the Jenny machine, and even had to flee, but the stubborn conservative forces were finally ruthlessly crushed under the wheels of technology...... Well, it seems that the Jenny machine will bring a huge wave of unemployment...... Hey, I don't know what to do with the Easterners. β
"Whatever, how about the affairs of the East. β
"No, I don't care about the other noble merchants and the people of the East under them, but what about the Queen's inheritance...... Well, do you want to give her a vaccination? Let her be mentally prepared to take precautions against moisture in advance?"
Zhang Xun was also entangled.
Tossed and turned, until the time expired, he returned to Blue Star again, still undecided.