Wang Yuan's laboratory was still being planned, and there were no strange things to make the emperor happy for the time being, so he asked, "Your Majesty can know about things?" ”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt a headache and said: "This sentence is from "The Book of Rites". ”

Wang Yuan said with a serious smile: "The minister's rule is the "Book of Rites", and the "Book of Rites" has clouds: knowledge is in Gewu, and then knowledge is there. This laboratory is a place for ministers, and wants to use it to exhaust the things in the world. ”

Zhu Houzhao was greatly disappointed by this, and said angrily: "Wang Erlang, I thought you were an interesting person, but I didn't expect you to want to be an old poor sour!" ”

Under the gaze of Wang Dao, Qian Ning and Li Ying, Wang Yuan suddenly leaned into Zhu Houzhao's ear and whispered: "Your Majesty, the minister feels that Zhu Zi's method of Gewu is wrong, and the law of Gewu of the sages of the past dynasties is also wrong, so he plans to find another way to open a precedent for all generations. This matter is too big for the minister to dare to tell others, otherwise it will inevitably attract criticism. The minister only believes in His Majesty, and hopes that His Majesty will keep secrets. ”

The same thing, in other words, is different.

Zhu Houzhao immediately became interested, and secretly whispered to Wang Yuan: "I really didn't misread Erlang, if you believe me, I will also believe you." Tell me how you plan to do it. ”

Wang Yuan was still pretending to be a scholar, and said: "Those who fake horses are not profitable, but thousands of miles; Those who fake the boat are not able to water, but the rivers. A gentleman is not different, and he is good at things. This is the knowledge of things, and we must also be good at faking things, otherwise how can we guess out of thin air? In the minister's laboratory, there are all kinds of utensils, and with the help of utensils, you can get rid of the things in the world. ”

"What are the utensils?" Zhu Houzhao hurriedly asked.

Wang Yuan said: "These artifacts have not been made for the time being. The minister has entrusted someone to contact the craftsmen of Yanshen Town, Shandong, and wants to use glass to build clairballs and microscopes. With a clairvoyant mirror, you can observe things that are thousands of miles away, and even the moon itself. Using a microscope, you can observe the subtleties, or you can know that there are 84,000 insects in a bowl of water that the Buddha said. ”

Zhu Houzhao was surprised: "Is there really such a treasure mirror?" ”

Wang Yuan explained: "Chen needs absolutely pure and transparent glass that does not contain any impurities and bubbles to make lenses!" When it can be made depends on the craftsmanship of the craftsman. ”

The two monarchs and ministers bit their ears and whispered, looking stupid at the royal road next to them, he didn't know that he could communicate with the emperor like this. I thought: If Brother Xuan is really a saint, he and His Majesty will be like friends for many years.

Qian Ning and Li Ying were not surprised, they had been by Zhu Houzhao's side for a long time, and they knew that the emperor had never had a fight.

Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao asked Qian Ning: "Is there a glazed official kiln in Yanshen Town?" ”

Qian Ning said confusedly: "There should be." The civil and military officials above the fourth grade, the medicinal jade they wear are all made by Yan Shenzhen, presumably these are all from the hands of the official kiln. ”

Zhu Houzhao immediately said: "Summoning the official kiln of Yanshen Town, immediately summon craftsmen to make every effort to create pure and transparent glass without any impurities." Whoever can do it the fastest and pass the inspection, I will promote him to the Ministry of Engineering! ”

"The minister has written it down." Channing agreed.

Zhu Houzhao said to Wang Yuan again: "After you finish the two mirrors, immediately present them to the leopard room!" ”

"Commandment." Wang Yuan said with a smile.

In Zhu Houzhao's understanding, he also thought that clairvoyants, microscopes and copper mirrors rely on reflected light to view objects, but the material used is glass.

The more Zhu Houzhao thought about it, the more amazing he felt, and even suspected that Wang Yuan was lying and deceiving him, and told him again: "Be sure to build two divine mirrors within this year!" ”

Wang Yuan said: "The minister will do his best. ”

Zhu Houzhao asked again: "Have your ribs healed?" ”

Wang Yuan replied: "It's all right, but the imperial doctor warned you to be careful within three months." ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "After the injury is healed, there is no need to sit in the camp to train soldiers. I have handed over the 6,000 male soldiers to Zhu Ying for special management, and promoted Pan Gui to be in charge of military training. ”

Wang Yuan reminded: "Your Majesty handed over the soldiers to Young Eunuch Zhu, and the minister is very relieved, and the minister and Young Eunuch Zhu are lifelong friendships on the battlefield. But you must know that the reason why the morale of those 6,000 soldiers is high is because they do not eat empty salaries, do not deprive and deduct, and must pay attention to food and salary! ”

Zhu Houzhao was saying, "Zhu Ying is not a fool. ”

Zhu Ying fought with Wang Yuan for the first time, and was even promoted to the fifth level to become the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison. The second time he fought with Wang Yuan, although his rank was not improved, he was ordered to take charge of the warrior battalion (one of the Praetorian Guards).

Now let him sit in the camp to train 6,000 soldiers, which can be described as a holy sun, and Zhu Ying will not dare to be greedy for military salaries.

At least not dare now!

Those 6,000 soldiers, because of their outstanding performance, have long been greatly valued by the emperor, and they are also troops brought out by Wang Yuan himself. If he is greedy for food and money, and offends both the emperor and Wang Yuan at the same time, it is better to think of another way to make money.

Although Wang Yuan was not greedy for military power, he still felt sorry. From the moment he returned to Beijing, he was deprived of the right to train troops, firstly, because the civilian clique was making efforts to suppress it, and secondly, Zhu Houzhao did not dare to let Wang Yuan continue to get involved in the army.

Wang Erlang's combat power is too terrifying, and he is from the top of the list, which is easy to reminisce.

In the future, unless there is a critical moment, Wang Yuan will never think of leading troops for the rest of his life.

It's a pity that Wang Yuan has only trained for more than two months of the 6,000 soldiers, and he is only a half-finished product.

After chatting about business, Wang Yuan found that Zhu Houzhao was very bored and seemed to have no interest in mathematics and geometry. immediately joked: "The minister is short of money in his hand, is His Majesty short of money?" ”

"Who in the world is not short of money?" Zhu Houzhao asked rhetorically, and said with a smile, "I remember that you were rewarded for meritorious service, not only for the house and good land, but also for a hundred taels of silver and three thousand yuan in treasure money. Is this running out? ”

Wang Yuan said with a hippie smile: "Who thinks there is a lot of silver." What's more, the treasure money is useless, and the minister wants dozens of slaves, how many months can a hundred taels of silver be used? Spring is the time when the green and yellow are not connected, the anti-thieves in various places are in trouble, the grain in the capital is seriously insufficient, and the market price of corn and white rice has skyrocketed tenfold! ”

Zhu Houzhao was very surprised and asked Qian Ning: "The price of rice in the capital has skyrocketed tenfold?" ”

Qian Ning said with a wry smile: "It's not that it has skyrocketed tenfold immediately, but from last year to now, the overall price of rice has increased tenfold." ”

Wang Dao also sighed beside him, this is the reason why he wanted to take his mother to Nanjing to join relatives, instead of taking his mother to Beijing. He didn't have any property in his family, he didn't have a position during his period, he couldn't even find the opportunity to fish for oil and water, and he was honest and unwilling to accept contributions.

In addition, the price of rice in the capital has skyrocketed, and Yulu is only enough to maintain his own expenses (direct rations), how can he support his mother when he brings him to Beijing?

Although Zhu Houzhao has all the characteristics of a faint monarch, he is particularly sober when he should be sober, and scolded: "The household is all wine bags and rice bags, and the price of rice grows like this, what do they eat?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "It is also difficult for the household department, after all, there is indeed a shortage of food. Moreover, private merchants also hoarded Juqi and raised the price of rice in a different way. The merchants who can be in the capital must be attached to the nobles, what can the household do with them? ”

"Fart!"

Zhu Houzhao got up and scolded: "Why did so many people follow Liu Liu and Liu Qi to rebel? It's not because I can't live! What if the people of Beijing can't afford to eat and rebel in Beijing? Don't just go into my leopard room! Zhu Ning! ”

"The minister is here!" Channing immediately bowed down and listened.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Your Jinyi Guard, immediately contact the Household Department and the Criminal Department, which businessman dares to hoard grain, no matter who is attached to him behind him, he will directly raid my house and behead him!" ”

Qian Ning smiled: "The minister's order! ”

Jin Yiwei definitely wants to engage in unjust, false and wrongful cases this time, and take the opportunity to extort the silver taels of the businessman. But Jin Yiwei is out of the horse, and once the unjust, false and wrongful case is carried out, it will definitely be able to bring down the price of grain, and the embroidered spring knife doesn't care what kind of market economy you have.

Wang Dao, who had not spoken out all this time, looked at Wang Yuan with admiration in his eyes at this moment, and thought: If Brother Xu's method of persuasion is really clever, a few words can solve the suffering of the people in the capital. What about Xingchen? If I can benefit the people, I am willing to be a fortunate minister.

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Your Majesty thinks too much, the minister just wants to earn a few small money to buy rice, and does not advise Your Majesty to crack down on unscrupulous businessmen." ”

Zhu Houzhao scolded with a smile: "Okay, you Wang Erlang, you actually made fun of me." Say, what are your ways to make money? ”

Wang Yuan asked, "Your Majesty and Li Sanlang are still playing Keju?" ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "I'm still playing." It's just lively to watch, and it's particularly boring to play. As soon as I got on the field, everyone else became lame and fooled me one by one. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "After the danger of the Jingshi is lifted, Zhang Dugong's six thousand soldiers have no longer been strictly trained. It's a pity that a large piece of land in that school field is empty, so it's better to make it a keju field. In the middle is the court, and viewing tables are built around it for the soldiers and the team of the Leopard House to play. ”

Zhu Houzhao asked, "How can this make money?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty can come to watch the game in person, and invite the nobles, relatives, and wealthy businessmen to also come." At first, they watched the game for free, and when they were all addicted, they could charge tickets! ”

"How much money can I charge for this?" Zhu Houzhao couldn't look down.

Wang Yuan continued: "You can organize leagues and include non-governmental circles (football clubs). For one appearance, the team will be paid how much, and the top three teams will be determined for a season in half a year. The first place is the champion, the second place is the second place, and the third place is the third place, all of which will receive a trophy branded with His Majesty's Royal Pen. The play of Keju is already popular all over the world, and with the encouragement of His Majesty, as well as formal events and rules, the rich families in the city are still not enthusiastic to watch the game? ”

Zhu Houzhao asked: "How much can I charge for a ball?" ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Let's talk less, five thousand spectators in one game." Tickets for two dollars per person aren't expensive, right? After a ball game, the ticket revenue is 1,000 taels! ”

"It's a good deal!" Zhu Houzhao was moved.

Don't look at the Lantern Festival, the local tyrants are fighting for wealth and spending money, and it costs hundreds of taels to buy a lantern. But that belongs to fighting for wealth, how to fight for wealth without luxury? One thousand taels is a very big fortune.

Even the emperor rewarded civil and military officials, if it was not for the huge merit, he would only reward a few taels or dozens of taels of silver at a time.

Wang Yuan continued: "If the Keju League is popular, you can also find rich people to advertise. That is, to advertise, the court is surrounded by a fence with blank cards or wooden cards. If the merchant is willing to pay, write their font size on the wooden sign, which is called a billboard! ”

"Someone wants to be wronged?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, think about it, who can pay two dollars to watch a game, who is short of money?" Let's just say that the Hongbaoxuan in the north of the city, who sells jewelry, has several competitors in the capital. If he pays to put billboards in Keju Field, he can let at least 5,000 rich people see it, and he is also stained with His Majesty's genius, and everyone doesn't choose this one when buying jewelry? ”

Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Wonderful! If Erlang goes to the capital, he will also be a wealthy businessman. ”

Wang Yuanle said: "Your Majesty has praised it. ”

Wang Dao rolled his eyes when he heard it next to him, and the wealthy businessmen and tycoons also praised it? This is swearing! And these two, the king is not the king, the minister is not the minister, and they actually discuss and do business with the media.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly frowned: "Our ball game is hot, and other people are also building stadiums, what should we do if they run out to grab business?" ”

Qian Ning said: "The emperor can rest assured, if anyone dares to steal business with the emperor, Jinyiwei is not an ornament!" ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly dissuaded: "That's not it." Your Majesty also thinks so, the more folk ball games, the more popular Keju is, and the more people will watch the ball games, and I am afraid that there will not be enough seats for 5,000 seats. We don't need to care about others, we just need to make sure that our game is orthodox. You can even encourage the people to play ball games, they are engaged in the second and third leagues, and we are engaged in the first division league. At that time, the last two teams in the first division must be thrown to play in the second division, and the top two in the second division can also be promoted to play in the first division. In this way, the event will be more exciting and attract more people! ”

Zhu Houzhao tasted it carefully, and suddenly smiled: "I should let you go to be the head of the household, and there will definitely be no shortage of silver in Taicang at that time." ”