Restlessness!

If you want to use one word to describe the atmosphere of Chang'an at this time, "restlessness" is undoubtedly the most appropriate.

Before that, who would have thought that an invention could make a qualitative change in your life, which everyone couldn't react to for a while.

In the past, who had a stunt, at most, it was to eat with a mouthful of food, and it was guaranteed not to starve to death, that's all, if you want to make a fortune, it is impossible to make a decision, no matter how powerful the craftsman is, that's it, even Yan Liben, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is ridiculed for relying on his amazing skills because of his outstanding painting skills, and he has no real talent as a prime minister, which can be seen.

But now you have to have a unique skill, and this unique skill can create wealth, that is really amazing, and it can easily be hundreds of times.

Everyone's heart began to stir, racking their brains to think of inventions, to dig through their ancestral secret books, to see what could be patented.

......

"Han Yi is really a ghost!"

Lu Shigua walked down the street, looking at everyone looking very excited, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "When I was revising the patent bill, I never thought that it would cause such a sensational effect. ”

"This is human nature!"

Wang Xuandao sighed with emotion, and said: "In fact, the reason why Han Yi is so amazing in everyone's hearts is because of his understanding of human nature, that is, his psychology. If it is just an insight into someone's inner thoughts, as long as you think about it carefully, it should not be very difficult, but it is difficult to understand the different reactions of people from each class to the same event, which is the most difficult. ”

Cui Jijian shook his head and said: "He is not figuring out human nature, but using human nature, the world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit, in fact, most of the time, he uses interests as bait to induce everyone to develop in the direction he wants." ”

Eldest Sun Yan nodded and said, "Brother Cui is reasonable, I am so, and so is Brother Zheng." ”

Zheng Shanxing nodded slightly, expressing agreement.

Why they were able to get acquainted with Han Yi, with their backgrounds, their backgrounds, and their hobbies, they were actually different, and Han Yi used the "interests" in their hearts as the starting point to cooperate with them.

While talking, the four of them came to the patent office.

It was empty, and there were only two or three clerks sitting in it.

The four of them couldn't help but look at each other, because as far as they knew, the patent office was overcrowded, how could it be so deserted.

An official of the Patent Office suddenly saw the sudden arrival of the four cardinal ministers and hurriedly came forward to salute.

Cui Jijian asked, "Where did all this person go?" ”

The officer replied, "It's all in the backyard." ”

"In the backyard?"

"Oh, there was a guy who took an object to patent it, and Shangshu made them seem very interested in it, so they went to the backyard to watch it."

The four of them were also extremely curious when they heard this, so they went to the backyard and saw many people standing in the open space in the backyard of the Patent Office, most of them were wealthy businessmen in Chang'an, in addition, there were also Han Yi and Li Chunfeng, everyone gathered together, looked down, and no one even reacted to their arrival.

The four of them walked over, looked inside, and saw a large wooden disc about four feet straight, with a very delicate chariot on it, and a soldier on the chariot, pointing straight ahead. On closer inspection, the chariot seemed to be still spinning slightly.

After a while, I heard a person on the side shouting: "The meridian has arrived!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a "da-da-da" sound from the wooden plate, like the sound of horses' hooves.

And the soldier happened to point due south.

The onlookers suddenly burst into exclamations.

"It's really accurate!"

"It's so much fun to be able to make a sound!"

......

And one of them, a man in his thirties, let out a sigh of relief, and said to Han Yi on the side with a sneer: "Shang Shuling, I don't know if the villain's twelve-chen chariot can be patented?" ”

Han Yi nodded with a smile and said, "Of course you can, this is really a very interesting invention." However, I think you could improve a little more. ”

The man hurriedly said: "I still hope that Shang Shuling will give you some advice." ”

Han Yi said: "What is the purpose of your patent, it is nothing more than to make a fortune....... Don't be shy, everybody. ”

The man nodded innocently.

Han Yi said: "For now, this time is money, if you can know the time accurately, then it is very important for everyone, so your Twelve Chen Chariot contains a very large market value." As a technical aspect, you're just a genius. But as a commodity, the experience is still a little worse, first of all, although your thing is called the Twelve Hour Chariot, but you only have the meridian this hour, this name is not true, if you can accurately calculate the twelve hours, or even every quarter of an hour, it will be more perfect, and one point, this is a little too big, put it at home to occupy space, people can afford it, and it is extremely inconvenient, the market value will be weakened a lot, if it can be erected, a little smaller, it would be better. ”

The onlookers listened thoughtfully.

The man clenched his fists excitedly and said, "Thank you Shang Shuling for your advice, the villain will take it back immediately to improve." ”

Li Chunfeng, who was beside Han Yi, suddenly stroked his beard and smiled: "The old man has a little knowledge of the calendar and the calculation of the hour, if you need help, the old man is willing to help you." "He's an astronomer in the truest sense of the word, and he's very accomplished in it, so he's very interested in it.

The man was dumbfounded, he had heard of Li Chunfeng's name, since Li Chunfeng was willing to deign to help him, this... It's incredible.

Suddenly, a person smiled and said: "Brother Qiu, this improvement costs money, and I am willing to help you, or do we cooperate?" ”

This person is none other than a well-known jeweler in Chang'an, Jia Fugui.

And this surnamed Qiu, named Qiu Mo, was originally a craftsman in Shaofu, and was later transferred to work in the government-run workshop by Liu Yuanzhen, but the government-run workshop could not work, and he was unemployed, but at the same time, he was also free, he was very depressed and lost his livelihood, but what he didn't expect was that he was a blessing in disguise, so that he bumped into the era of this craftsman.

The rest of the people around also looked at Qiu Mo with bright eyes, these people are all wealthy businessmen in Chang'an, they are squatting here every day for the past few days, just to see if they can encounter some patented technologies that can make money, and they now also know that this patent bill can seduce a lot of ingenious technologies.

This 12-star chariot is a very attractive technology, if the hour can be accurate and clear at a glance, it will be a great help for everyone, that is, it has a strong market value.

A flash of excitement flashed in Qiu Mo's eyes, but it was also a flash, and he arched his hand and said: "Thanks to Brother Jia's love, Qiu Mo is really ashamed, Shang Shuling is right, now my Twelve Chen chariot is not perfect enough, and I don't know if I can improve it, so I dare not accept your kindness for the time being." ”

It is worthy of coming out of the palace, and it is really shrewd enough. When Han Yi heard this, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

If he cooperates now, he doesn't have an advantage, and when this one is more perfect and has market value, he can sit at home and wait for the price to sell. If he can really do what Han Yi said, then he is the second Cao brother.

A look of disappointment flashed in Jia Fugui's eyes, but he said with a smile: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I'm Jia Fugui, a merchant in North Lane, and I opened the Fugui jewelry in North Lane, and Brother Qiu can come to me at any time if he needs help." ”

"Thank you! Thanks a lot! ”

Qiu Mo bowed his hand to Han Yi again: "Thank you Shang Shuling for your advice, the villain is really grateful." ”

Han Yi said: "No need, if you can invent it, I am also a beneficiary, and I am also selfish, so as long as your Twelve Chen Chariot can succeed, I will definitely buy it." ”

Qiu Mo was excited when he heard this, Brother Han said so, it's hard to get rich or not!

After Qiu Mo and the others left, Han Yi suddenly saw Cui Ji slashing them, and said curiously, "When did the four of you come?" ”

Wang Xuandao smiled: "I think it's noon." ”

Han Yi laughed.

Zheng Shanxing said: "The Twelve Chen chariot is really wonderful! It was unheard of before! ”

Cui Jijian said: "This is the original intention of Shangshuling to promulgate the patent bill, right?" ”

"It's the original intention of the imperial court, not mine." Han Yi corrected his statement.

Lu Shigua said: "But if there is no patent bill, I am afraid that we will not be able to see this miraculous thing in our lifetime." ”

Han Yi shook his head and said, "No, no." In fact, this twelve-chen chariot appeared two years ago, so Qiu Mo's original intention of making this thing was originally intended to be dedicated to his superiors, but it was not taken seriously at the time, and it was not until today that he came to this patent office to try his luck. ”

Who is this superior, in fact, it is Liu Yuanzhen, because at that time, Liu Yuanzhen took over the Shaofu, everyone went to pat themselves on the back and bribe Liu Yuanzhen, Liu Yuanzhen is good, and this Qiu Mo has no money, so he made this thing and gave it to Liu Yuanzhen, but Liu Yuanzhen, who is a short-sighted guy, how can he see the value of this thing, so he didn't ask for him, so he didn't insist until Liu Yuanzhen stepped down and became unemployed. Qiu Mo didn't dare to deceive Han Yi, and told Han Yi the reason very honestly, but he didn't say it, it was given to Liu Yuanzhen, but it was dedicated to his superiors.

But Han Yichai also guessed who it was for.

Lu Shigua and they looked at each other when they heard it, and they didn't know what to say.

This is not a special case, it is very common.

You can say that Huaxia's technology is backward, but you must not say that Huaxia's craftsmen are incompetent.

Never underestimate the wisdom of Chinese craftsmen, they are definitely the best craftsmen in the world, although they do not have theory, but they also have their own specialities, that is, their technology is passed down from generation to generation, Chinese yearn for everything from generation to generation, that is to say, their experience is constantly accumulating, some even accumulated for hundreds of years, what strange things, they can come out, but once the war is fought, there are many valuable technologies lost, and the policy does not pay much attention to them, There are many technical records in the history books, I don't know the principle, I only know that there is such a thing, as for how to make it, who made it, no one knows, this is the sadness of Chinese craftsmen.

The small-scale peasant economy does not need you to invent and create, this has a ball use, it is better to reclaim a few more acres of land.

Han Yi asked again, "By the way, why are you here?" Did you come to me? ”

Wang Xuan said: "Now everyone is running here, so we also come over to have a look." ”

Han Yi was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Are you very idle?" ”

Wang Xuandao wanted to scold people, you stood here for several days, and no one said a word to you, let's finally come here, you just say this.

But there is no way, Han Yi is the boss.

Lu Shigua said: "We also came after the ya." ”

Han Yi sighed, "It's pretty much the same." ”

Zheng Shanxing suddenly said: "Oh, Brother Cui recently made a good suggestion, we are going to talk to you when we are going to have a meeting next time." ”

Han Yi said: "So it's better to choose a day than to hit the day." ”

Zheng Shanxing nodded, and looked at Cui Jijian again.

Cui Jijian said to Han Yi: "I don't know if you remember, in order to quickly restore the operation of the local government, you let the people choose their own officials. ”

Han Yi nodded and said, "If you say that this will be used instead of the imperial examination, then you don't say it, because it's impossible." ”

Cui Jijian said: "It is naturally impossible to let the people choose officials, but I think it is possible to let the people choose the gentry." ”

Han Yi frowned and said, "It's a little interesting, you go on." ”

Cui Jijian said: "No matter what Shang Shuling thinks, but this court is definitely inseparable from the gentry at present, whether it is to convey the decree or pay taxes, these need the help of the gentry." However, it is not difficult to see from this crisis that if the gentry collude with the government, or in other words, the gentry succumb to the government, the people will be the meat on the chopping block, especially the prefectures and counties in remote areas, and the court will not be able to do anything about it, but once there is a major crisis, the court will have to bear it.

In my opinion, the imperial court could use the gentry and the local states and counties to check and balance each other, so as to achieve a balance. The court could stipulate that the role of the gentry was to carry out the decrees of the court and help the people not to be unjustifiably exploited by officials. How to let the gentry wholeheartedly protect the rights and interests of the people, so that the people can choose one of the local gentry who is quite famous as the local gentry, and then the court will give legal status, if the gentry do not do well, then the people can choose someone else, so that the gentry must protect the rights and interests of the people, and cannot collude with the government. ”

Han Yi was stunned when he heard this, this is a very advanced thought, and said secretly, it seems that this guy has figured me out very thoroughly!

Cui Jijian's idea, as well as his explanation, are very similar to Han Yi's style and thoughts, it is a bottom-up change, not to say that it has a direct impact on the imperial power, this imperial power is not under the county, the gentry is already making up for the gap in the imperial power, if it is replaced by an electoral system, it will undoubtedly weaken the power of the gentry, limit the gentry, and give part of the power to the people.

In this way, the balance will be greater, and the imperial power will be greater.

But is it really bad for the nobles? Cui Jijian was born in the Shandong Shi clan, how could he do this thing that harms others and is not beneficial to himself, even if the election system is adopted, with the reputation of the Shandong Shi clan, it is difficult for anyone to shake their status, even if it is chosen, it must be elected to them, this is actually a rainy day, because they see that the power of businessmen will grow, and if this continues, businessmen may replace the gentry, if the gentry have legal administrative power, then it will be difficult for businessmen to shake the status of the gentry.

Moreover, let the gentry check and balance with the officials, which actually improves the power of the gentry, if the gentry can really effectively implement the decrees of the imperial court, this is also a great news for the gentry, because the emperor has been suppressing their gentry, how can the emperor not continue to suppress the gentry, the gentry must produce value, and get everyone's affirmation and recognition.

Moreover, if you do this, you can also protect the reputation of the scholars, because there are scum in the scholars, and the people will definitely choose those who are virtuous, so the message that everyone will receive in the future is about the good side of the scholars, not the bad side.

It can be seen that this is not an advanced thought, but a method that Cui Jijian came up with according to the changes in the current situation, on the one hand, it can make the country more stable, but on the other hand, it can safeguard its own interests.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Isn't this Han Yi's routine?

Han Yi said: "This idea is very good, but it has to be nodded by Your Majesty, and I will mention it to Your Majesty." ”

Cui Jijian nodded lightly, acting very indifferently, as if to say, this is just a suggestion of mine, and I don't really care if it succeeds or not.

Changsun Yan said: "However, the new policy is almost ready, should we discuss when the new policy will be promulgated?" After all, we don't have much time left! ”

It's not that they're dying, but he only has more than a year, and he has to pay taxes next year, and if next year it's still rent-neutral, then the new deal may drag on indefinitely, and then this year they will do it in vain, and if they want to implement the new deal, then they must implement it next year, and this can't be delayed.

It's not that I don't want to, but Li Zhi has his menstruation, and he doesn't nod, who dares to promulgate it randomly. Han Yi said: "Wait a little longer, now the goods are being delivered to Chang'an, with the material base, Chang'an will soon become the same as before, and then the effect of promulgating a new policy will be more obvious." ”

Lu Shigua said: "The new deal is mainly stamp duty, and stamp duty is mainly for landlords, which has nothing to do with businessmen, right?" ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "At this moment, the wages of workers are just the food, if after the new deal is promulgated, they are protected by the labor bill, can they not support the new deal in their hearts?" But this is not until the merchants sell the goods produced during this period that they will have confidence in the imperial court, after all, this is of course promised by the imperial court, and this is also a test of the imperial court's credit. ”

The eldest grandson said: "But I haven't heard that a large amount of goods have been transported from the wharf at present?" ”

Han Yi said: "That's because you forgot about the Caoyun reform."

I remember that when the north-south trade was first started, it was a feat, and it attracted a lot of people to watch, during this period, Changsun Yan and they have been paying attention to the situation at the wharf, but they have not heard of a large number of cargo ships coming to Chang'an.

This is because they forgot that Han Yi proposed the Caoyun restructuring, after so many years, the Caoyun restructuring has been completed, and an important feature of the Caoyun restructuring is that the transportation is segmented, the boat does not enter the Yellow River, and a large number of warehouses are built at various nodes, that is, it is impossible to have that kind of large-scale trade caravan, and the entire transportation system is operating every day, not only once or twice a year.

In fact, these days, many goods from Chang'an have been sent to Jiangnan, and grain, tea, and silk from Jiangnan are also being transported to Chang'an one after another, but they are not concentrated together.

Today, many cargo ships have arrived at the wharf on the outskirts of Chang'an, and even the chief manager of Fengfeilou Sangmu has personally come to the wharf to greet them.

Because the copper coins transported by Yuan Bank have been transported to Chang'an.

"It's not easy to transport this money around!"

Motokura said to Kuangmu with a wry smile.

Sang Mu nodded again and again and said: "Who said no, everything else is okay, but this copper coin is too difficult to transport, and the cost is also high." ”

Zhao Sijia on the side listened to the two of them complaining, as if he was pointing something, and immediately said angrily: "Sangmu, don't think about raising the price, now we haven't recovered." ”

Sang Mu said: "You mean, when you recover, you can increase the price?" ”

Zhao Sijia hurriedly said: "I didn't mean that. ”

"Haha......!"

At this moment, Qian Dafang suddenly came over, pulled Yuan Cang, and said, "Brother Yuan, borrow a step to speak." ”

The two walked aside, and Qian Dafang asked, "Brother Yuan, the wine that just arrived belongs to your Yuan family?" ”

Yuan Cang smiled: "Our Yuan family also has some of them, but not all of them. ”

Of course, the Yuan family will not expose the news of their occupation of Nanhai Zhudao, and these goods are all under the guise of Lingnan production.

Qian Dafang hurriedly asked, "Then how do you Yuan family plan to sell this wine?" ”

Yuan Cang was slightly stunned and said, "Isn't Shang Shuling in charge of these matters at present?" ”

Qian Dafang's eyes rolled and said: "That's the case, my brewing workshop in Yangzhou, you also know, your Yuan family has so many transactions, that can take care of everything, we can cooperate, this wine is handed over to me to sell, in the past two years, I have some channels." ”

Yuan Cang groaned slightly, thinking that this is also very good, these wines are transported from outside the island, and the amount will get bigger and bigger, it is impossible for the Yuan family to engage in production, wholesale, and retail, but there are not so many people, nodded slightly, and said: "This can be discussed." ”

Qian Dafang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, he was now the largest wine merchant in Chang'an, and he wanted all the wine to be sold through his store, so that he could monopolize it.

......

At the other end of the pier, there was a group of people standing around, each holding a small clay pot.

"It's delicious, it's delicious, I've finally eaten this legendary lychee!"

He Ruohan took a small clay pot and put it to his mouth, stretched out his tongue and licked it vigorously, he is also a noble son, and it is really surprising that he looks like this!

Brother Xiong hehehe: "Do you want another can." ”

"Is that okay?"

He Ruohan said excitedly.

"Absolutely!"

Brother Xiong handed him another can.

"I've never eaten lychee before, it's so delicious."

Du Zuhua was about to cry after eating, and said curiously: "Little fatty, how did you come up with the idea of putting the fruit in the jar for preservation?" ”

Brother Xiong said: "You don't know, when I traveled to Lingnan with Brother Han, I ate a lot of delicious fruits, and I couldn't eat them all from morning to night." I heard from the people over there that a lot of fruit rots every year, because there are few people there and there are many orchards, so they can't eat it at all! I thought it was such a waste at the time, when we were in Chang'an, how could there be so many good fruits to eat, and it was very expensive. I was thinking about how great it would be if I could transport all those fruits to Chang'an, even if I was in Chang'an, I could eat the delicious fruits of Jiangnan. Therefore, I thought of my jar vegetables, and since jar vegetables can preserve meat and vegetables, they should also be able to preserve fruits. So I was there to figure out how to put the fruit in the jar, and I didn't think of a way to do it, and I tried it, and I could keep it for at least a year. ”

Yuwen Xiu Mi Haosheng said enviously: "Little fatty, the idea of you making fruits into this jar of vegetables is really wonderful, although this lychee is ordinary in the south, but many people in Chang'an have not eaten it, I don't think you need to do anything else in the future, just make this you have to make a fortune." ”

Brother Xiong waved his hand and said, "Making money is a trivial matter, and I am already very satisfied to see you eating so happily." Speaking of the back, he was so happy that he smiled, and his little eyes were almost narrowed into a slit, not at all like a businessman, but more like a fool.

But Yuwen Xiumi, these businessmen all looked at the honest little fat with envy, if they want to say that Han Yi can make a fortune, they all admit it, Han Yi is better than them, and they are not only the richest businessmen in the world, but also Shang Shuling. But Chubby is honest and innocent, he doesn't have any scheming at all, many people ask themselves to be smarter than Chubby, but people are Chubby who can make a fortune, and it is a big fortune, and this money is so much that it is really hard to use up. This makes many people wonder why Chubby can make a fortune, but I can't. But the reality is cruel.

Ji Wanchun, the shopkeeper of Wanfu Building, asked: "Xiaopang, do you plan to apply for a patent for this jar vegetable technology?" ”

Brother Xiong shook his head, shook his fat face, and said with an arrogant face: "I also asked Brother Han about this, but Brother Han said that my jar of vegetables is very helpful to our Tang Army, let me keep this technology strictly secret and not allow it to be leaked, even if I apply for a patent, it is also the highest level, unless the court agrees, otherwise, I must not tell others at will." ”

PS: This year has finally passed, and I am really physically and mentally exhausted, so let me rest for two more days, and then resume two shifts。。。。。。