Listening to Chen Lingyuan's question, Li Gang, Yu Xu, and Yu Ruozhuo all set their eyes on Lotte's body, Lotte destroyed Xixia Square, not only has a high prestige in the army, but also has a reputation among officials, if even Lotte feels that the Great Song Dynasty has no hope of winning, it is really hopeless.

did not answer Chen Lingyuan's question directly, Lotte just said to himself: "Han and Tang, the northern nomadic tribes that my Han people can fight can't raise their heads, so that the Xiongnu and Turks in the north move westward, that's because the Han and Tang Dynasty occupied Yanyou and Hexi. Occupy Yanyou, and have the production area of iron tools, so that those nomadic tribes in the north have no iron tools to make blades and armor; At the same time, Yanyou and Hexi are both places to raise horses, with war horses and sharp blades and solid armor, what are those barbarian tribes in the north? ”

Thinking about what Lotte said is reasonable, but Yuxu still has some doubts: "The former Hou Ye destroyed the Western Xia and occupied the land of raising horses in Hexi......"

Lotte analyzed: "The Liao people have horses and weapons, and my Great Song Dynasty also has horses and weapons, in terms of technology and strength, the qualitative gap cannot be opened, and it is the mobilization and organization ability of the war that fights!" ”

"Does Master Hou mean that my Great Song Dynasty's war mobilization and organization ability is weaker than that of the Liao?" Chen Lingyuan asked with squinted eyes.

Yu Ruozhuo, who had no official status outside the matter, didn't care about it, and didn't need to pay attention to anything, and said casually: "Looking at the history books, an army in such a situation as the Liao State has no more than two choices, either fight against the odds and survive with all its might, or raise your hand and surrender with no morale. ”

After speaking, Yu Ruozhuo poured himself a cup and sighed: "If you let Yu say that the Khitan people respect the strong and look down on the character of our dynasty, they will never surrender to my Great Song Dynasty, and they will definitely fight to the death with my Great Song Dynasty, so I am gambling on the fortune of the country when I am fighting against Liao, if I lose, not only the Liao people will look down on my Great Song Dynasty, but also the Jin people will look down on my Great Song Dynasty, and even covet the rivers and mountains of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Hearing this, Lotte was also slightly shocked, not with the vision of this not a well-known official, and his analysis was even more well-founded.

Regarding Chen Lingyuan's words, Lotte still has to answer: "At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the degree of organization was very high, and the nomadic tribe could be beaten, but as time went by, the number of imperial nobles and officials and their families increased, and life became more and more corrupt and degenerate, so the more resources and land they had to occupy."

In order to satisfy their own desires, these people will endlessly reach out to make money in all aspects, so as to destroy the order of the entire imperial court, reduce the organizational ability of the country, and then they will be defeated, and even destroyed by the barbarian nations. ”

Lotte's voice fell, Li Gang and the others were silent, Lotte said well, the current Great Song Dynasty is such a situation that Lotte said, the Son of Heaven only knows how to indulge in pleasure, and the Gongtian Office, Ying Feng Bureau, and Huashi Gang are abolished and reinstated, and they are endlessly reaching out to make money and destroying the order of the country.

If you think about why Lotte is angry, it is not strange that she will head up with the Son of Heaven in the court. The public field set up by Yang Jian caused the civil unrest on the West Zhulu Road in Beijing, and it was only after Lotte destroyed the public field that Yang Jian was quelled; The Fangla Rebellion caused by the Ying Feng Bureau and Huashi Gang was also extinguished by Lotte with his troops; The world has just calmed down, and it is still waiting to recuperate, and the Son of Heaven will desperately reach out to make money, and whoever stacks his body will be accused of being scolded for being proud of his achievements and the Son of Heaven.

In the crown prince and King Yun's seizure, Lotte put Li Bangyan into the corner, Yu Ruozhuo, who has no intention of political affairs, is just concerned about political affairs with soy sauce, and has no intention of it.

When Li Gang and the three of them were silent, Yu Ruozhuo asked, "Is it necessary for Master Hou to run the Unknown Academy in order to build such a ship that can sail without manpower?" ”

Lotte nodded and said, "Not only a boat, but also a car that can be driven without manpower and animal power in the future!" ”

Yu Ruozhuo said with a smile: "Yu takes care of the Knowledge Seeking Academy for Hou Ye, it is reasonable for Hou Ye to invite me to watch, please invite Master Li, Lord Yu, and Lord Chen to come, what kind of calculation is Master Hou playing?" ”

Lotte was about to mention this matter, but Yu Ruozhuo brought it up first.

Li Gang also understood people, and hurriedly said: "Hou Ye returned to Beijing in chaos, originally I asked Hou Ye to wash the dust and celebrate Hou Ye, but today it was Hou Ye who came to invite me to wait, I don't know what Hou Ye asked me to discuss?" ”

Yu Xuan also said: "If we can do it, we will do our best to help Hou Ye!" ”

"Le is really difficult, since you have said it, Le has also spoken!" Lotte hesitated for a moment and said: "You all know that Le Mou hit the Son of Heaven at the top of the court, and he will not go to the court in the future, and now you have also seen that Le Mou has made this thousand-mile ship that does not need manpower to drive, and if you want to sail in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, you must report to the court." ”

Chen Lingyuan said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this matter, with the prestige of Hou Ye, I am afraid that no one will dare not give Hou Ye this face." ”

Lotte waved his hand: "Le is not worried about this matter, Le wants to do another thing, if this matter can be done, it will definitely benefit the country and the people in the future." ”

"What?" Li Gang, Yu Xu, and Chen Lingyuan asked in unison.

Lotte said: "Le wants the imperial court to set up a patent office!" ”

"What is a patent office?" Li Gang was puzzled, and Yu Xu, Chen Lingyuan, and Yu Ruozhuo were also puzzled, and they had never heard of this weird name.

Listening to the suspicious expressions of the four people, Lotte began to explain to a few people: "Yi Le's assumption that this patent office is a yamen, a yamen that is specifically responsible for registering various inventions, such as the thousand-mile ship that can be navigated without manpower driven by Le, and it is not a problem to travel 400 miles at night.

As far as Le knows, the new loom with the organic system is dozens of times faster in the past, the novice can weave two feet of cloth per hour, and the skilled veteran can weave nearly seven feet, which is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. ”

The four of them were surprised, but they still couldn't understand what "patent" meant.

Chen Lingyuan read the book well, and said with the intention of drinking: ""Zuo Chuan: The Sixteenth Year of Mourning the Prince" contains clouds: 'If the patent is tilted to the royal family, regardless of the Chu State, there is no way to die. "Historical Records of Zhou Benji" recorded: "Fu Rong is good at patents but does not know the great difficulties." The word 'patent' has the meaning of seeking private gain;

Han Huankuan's "On Retro" cloud: "The ancients are famous mountains and mountains that are not sealed, and they are the patents of the world." The word "patent" has the meaning of monopolizing the production or circulation of a certain thing in order to plunder the most profitable; Yan Zhi of the Northern Qi Dynasty said in "Yan's Family Motto: Mianxue": "Life is young, spiritual patent, after growing up, thoughts are scattered, and early education must be carried out, so as not to miss the opportunity." 'It means to be single-minded and sensitive. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Lingyuan looked at Lotte and said, "What is the explanation of the word 'patent' of Lord Le?" ”

Seeing that the four people still couldn't understand, Lotte continued to explain: "The word patent said by Le refers to the protected exclusive rights and interests owned by the originator of an invention, and it also means that whoever invents a unique new thing, the inventor can come to the yamen to apply for a patent in order to obtain exclusive benefits, and others want to use the patent and pay the inventor money."

Of course, the inventor has to pay a certain amount of money to apply for a patent registration from the government, and of course, the government must also determine whether the patent is practical, and if there is no practical situation, the inventor's application can be rejected. ”

Obviously, the meaning of the word "patent" mentioned by Lotte is completely different from the meaning and definition of the word "patent" in ancient books, and it takes a certain amount of time to accept it with the thinking of the Song people, but Lotte is not in a hurry, so Li Gang and others slowly think about it and accept it.

Yu Xu thought for a while before he spoke: "Speaking of which, the focus of Hou Ye's voice is on a sharp word!" ”

"Yes!" Lotte nodded, and did not shy away from the gentleman's shame on the statement of profit, and said, "The thing Le said is the word 'benefit', just imagine if my Great Song Dynasty set up a patent office, in the face of interests, those wonderful ideas to benefit the country and the people have more new inventions and new patents, and there are more people who benefit, and these new inventions are naturally used by the imperial court, so my Great Song Dynasty is the most direct beneficiary, why not strengthen the country and benefit the people!"

Even in order to encourage inventors to have better and more inventions, we can set up a special award to encourage inventions, such as the 'Great Song Science and Technology Progress Award' to encourage these inventors. ”

Li Gang was silent, thinking about every word Lotte said.

For Li Gang and others, Lotte's thinking is too jumpy, and everything he says has to make everyone think about it for a long time before they can understand what is going on, and in this era, the scholars are pretentious, and they look even more noble after becoming officials, but they are not soft at all when they use various means to make money behind their backs, but their mouths are still full of chattering gentlemen who are ashamed of their words.

And Li Gang and others thought more about it, Lotte offended Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng and Wang Hao, this proposal mentioned the court, whether these people's henchmen would come forward to stop it, in addition to the attitude of the Son of Heaven, and so on are all factors that need to be considered.

Seeing that the crowd was silent, Lotte didn't urge everyone, but just slowly sipped the wine.

After the eighteenth century, the Europeans rose like a hanger, leading the progress of human modernization and modernization, and the interest model of patents, which is an exclusive invention interest and dividends.

In the past, some historians only admired the tremendous progress made by the capitalist countries of Western Europe in the first, second, and third industrial revolutions after the eighteenth century, but did not pay much attention to the huge dividends brought about by this exclusive mode of profit under the capitalist mode of production, called "patents," which gave the inventors a tremendous temptation, prompting them to devote all their bodies and minds to the patented invention, and then to make the European Ming ahead of all mankind for a period of time.

To put it more clearly, the patent system is a way to make money lying down after hard work and success.

At first, Lotte did not think of this, but after carefully considering the process of capitalist development, he noticed that this "patent system" seems to be inconspicuous, but it has contributed to the development of Western Europe and the process of human society. As for the rapid development of Western capitalist society in the 19th and 20th centuries, Lotte's cognition and analysis in the past only stayed in the capitalist mode of production, until I thought of patents, and suddenly I felt that the patent system was the driving force and source of the development of the West.

In view of this, how can Lotte not use the "take-it-or-leave-it" doctrine and use it for foreign.

When night came, the sky gradually darkened, shakuchi was very interesting to hang windproof lanterns on the deck, and this thousand-mile ship that did not need to be driven by manpower was very different has already spread in Biandu, sailing on the Biandu River, attracting many people to watch, it is very attractive to watch.

The sky is completely dark, there are many painting boats on the Bianhe River, in order not to have a collision accident, the thousand-mile boat will reduce the speed to ten miles per hour, and in the night, it will pass by with the painter's painting boat, and it is pleasing to the eye to see the beautiful female dancer.

"Isn't this Peach Blossom Lang-kun......"

As they passed by a boat, someone shouted.

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