"What's the matter?" Zhu Youzhen thought it was a rare treasure.

"Your Majesty, this thing comes from the West, and every hour on the hour, it will automatically tell the time," Li Yusheng handed over the box, "It's strange to say, the time of Westerners is not calculated by hours." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen can guess from the performance, he was about to stretch out his hand, Zhang Yixian, who had been waiting by his side, took the first step and took it in his hand, "Your Majesty......" He opened the box carefully, as if it was a time # bomb.

"Ah......" Zhang Yixian was taken aback, and the sound of "ticking and ticking" in the small box made him creepy, and he held this fresh thing in a daze, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Li Yusheng was worried about scaring Zhu Youzhen, so he quickly got up and explained: "Your Majesty, this thing is called a self-striking bell, which measures time and time, and is equivalent to a sundial of the daimyo." ”

"Striking the bell? Is it really a timer? Zhu Youzhen forcibly took it from the stunned Zhang Yixian, he looked left, looked again, and touched the clockwork, "It's really a self-striking bell, which country made it?" ”

"This ...... It is said that it was made by a country called Great Britain, and the grass people got it halfway, so I can't tell why. Li Yusheng saw Zhu Youzhen's happy look, and he was also happy in his heart, although Zhu Youzhen did not accept the silver of his allegiance, if he could accept this self-striking bell, it would be good, at least let the emperor remember him as a maritime merchant.

"Great Britain? There is indeed this country in the West, and it seems that their craftsmanship is not bad. Zhu Youzhen doesn't know what level Britain has developed to now.

"Your Majesty, is Da Ying more advanced than Da Ming?" As soon as Li Yusheng's words came out, he knew that it was wrong, Daying would make a self-striking bell, but Daming would not, obviously Daying's craftsmen were stronger than Daming.

"Each has its own merits," Zhu Youzhen continued to play with the chiming bell, "It's a pity that there is only a chiming bell, and there are no production drawings." ”

"Your Majesty, the grass people have production drawings," Li Yusheng took out a few pieces of white paper from his arms and unfolded them in front of Zhu Youzhen, the white paper was full of Western characters, and some patterns of self-striking bells.

"Good, good, good," Zhu Youzhen said three words 'good' in a row, ignoring his greedy gaze, "Li Dongzhu, sell it to me, you make a price." ”

"Your Majesty," Li Yusheng estimated that Zhu Youzhen fell in love with this little thing, but it was the first time he had seen such blatant greed, but he finally had a chance to serve Zhu Youzhen, "Your Majesty, the grass people just spent a hundred taels of silver to buy it from a down-and-out Westerner." ”

"One hundred taels?" Zhu Youzhen couldn't believe it, if he made a self-striking bell and sold it in Daming, it would be a mountain of gold and silver, "Li Dongzhu, I will pay ten times the price, one thousand taels." ”

"If Your Majesty is useful, the grass people will give it to Your Majesty." Li Yusheng learned well this time, and he stuffed the drawings of the chiming bell to Zhang Yixian.

Zhang Yixian looked left and right, but found nothing unusual, so he handed it to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen took the drawings, and after a closer look, it was indeed English, estimated to be mixed with a large number of terms, and he couldn't translate a sentence at all, "Sure enough, it's a British product!" ”

"Your Majesty......"

"Does Your Majesty know Western languages?" Liu Qianzhi looked at Zhu Youzhen curiously, she was no longer surprised, if Zhu Youzhen knew Western languages, it should be a common thing, who can guarantee that there are no Western linguists in the palace?

"Although I haven't studied Western Chinese, I have seen Western national letters, so I can naturally distinguish them," Zhu Youzhen didn't care whether Liu Qianzhi believed it or not, he still wanted to be grateful to Li Yusheng, "Li Dongzhu, this is the best gift I have received." ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your love," Li Yusheng was grateful to Zhu Youzhen for accepting his gift with a smile, "Your Majesty, there are many things like the West, I don't know what else Your Majesty needs?" ”

Zhu Youzhen was strange, since Li Yusheng had seen a lot of Western things, why didn't he bring a large amount back to Daming, and by the way, he could also earn some silver? He thought about it for a while, probably the Han people don't know about these things, if they want to sell them in large quantities, they must first develop the market, and Li Yusheng obviously doesn't have the energy, but Zhu Youzhen has the conditions to develop the market, "Li Dongzhu, the more such things, the better, as long as the Ming Dynasty does not have them, I need them, and the quantity of each thing is not too much, but the drawings must be produced." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the grass people keep it in mind."

Zhu Youzhen asked Zhang Yixian to put away the chiming bell for the time being, thinking of the previous explanation to Li Yusheng, "Li Dongzhu, did I bring back the rubber I said before this time?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the grass people brought back a large amount of rubber this time, all of which are of the highest grade picked by local clover rubber trees, and they are temporarily stored in the hotel because they are inconvenient to carry." Li Yusheng entered Beijing this time to see Zhu Youjian, in addition to the matter of silver, there is also the matter of rubber.

"I turned around and asked the people from the Royal Affairs Department to negotiate with Li Dongzhu," Zhu Youzhen was unwilling to use the imperial power to disturb the laws of the market, "Li Dongzhu, I first warn you that everything must be done according to the laws of the merchants, and you must not give it away at a low price or for nothing, which will harm the Royal Affairs Department." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Grass People...... Grass farmers will appropriately increase some transportation costs. Li Yusheng didn't know Zhu Youzhen's intentions, he cautiously tried it.

"It's not an appropriate increase in transportation costs," Zhu Youjian's face turned pale, "Li Dongzhu can compare the profits of Nanyang goods, appropriately reduce some profits, and then decide the price of rubber, of course, the Royal Affairs Department will establish a long-term supply relationship with you in the future." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Yusheng secretly cast himself into the fun, anyway, Zhu Youzhen didn't know the actual price of rubber, and if he could catch up with the Royal Affairs Department, he would be the uncrowned king of the business world in the future.

"Li Dongzhu, although I don't know the actual price of rubber, but now that the South China Sea Fleet is stationed in Nanyang, they will definitely know the price of rubber," Zhu Youzhen glanced at Li Yusheng meaningfully, "If I find out that Li Dongzhu did not sell rubber according to the laws of commerce, the Royal Affairs Department will definitely terminate the cooperation, don't forget, there is only one company in the entire Ming Dynasty that buys rubber." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Yusheng shrank his neck in fright, fortunately Zhu Youzhen had a word first, but even if it was sold at a normal price, it would be a great honor to cooperate with the Royal Affairs Department, and it was also a real signboard for Guangzhou China Resources Trading Company.

When Li Yusheng and the others left the palace, Liu Qianzhi stayed alone in the Qianqing Palace for the sake of Jenny's spinning machine, Liu Shanzhong looked deeply at this stubborn daughter, he seemed to have a thousand words, but in the end he didn't say anything, "Daughter, since you are willing to stay, everything depends on you to take me by yourself." ”

Liu Qianzhi was placed as a palace maid in the Xinuan Pavilion in the innermost room of the Qianqing Palace, which belonged to the back garden of the Qianqing Palace, Liu Qianzhi only stopped for one night, the sky was just bright, she finished grooming with the help of the palace maid, and she didn't even eat breakfast, so she began to look for Zhu Youzhen and prepare for Jenny's spinning machine.

Zhu Youzhen is not in the dormitory, there is only Cai'er in the dormitory.

Cai'er already met Liu Qianzhi yesterday, "Miss Liu is so early?" ”

"Sister, morning!" Liu Qianzhi's eyes flashed, "Sister, is Your Majesty here?" ”

"Your Majesty went to Jingyang Palace last night and has not yet returned." Cai'er knew about Jenny's spinning machine, but she didn't expect Miss Liu to be so active.

"That'...... What can Your Majesty do to come back? Liu Qianzhi looked at Cai'er with blank eyes, as if Cai'er could answer her question instead of Zhu Youzhen.

Cai'er chuckled and shook her head, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, and even Gonggong Zhang can't tell His Majesty's whereabouts. ”

"Ao," Liu Qianzhi's big eyes suddenly lost their brilliance, yes, Your Majesty is busy with military affairs, and now it is in the early dynasty, maybe how can you worry about a small spinning machine? "Sister Cai'er, ...... I'll go back first. ”

"Well, once Your Majesty returns to the palace, I will tell Your Majesty that Miss Liu has come." Cai'er looked at this fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl with a smile, "Miss Liu, is the spinning machine really important?" ”

"Of course, this is the foundation of Liu's survival," Liu Qianzhi's face was a little disappointed and a little expectant, "Sister Cai'er, can you help me get a few textile machines?" ”

"Looms?" Cai'er laughed, "Miss Liu, do you want to bring the loom to the palace?" Will His Majesty agree? ”

"Then ......" Liu Qianzhi found out the problem, the Qianqing Palace is His Majesty's private property, if there is a mess of cotton wool all day long, what will it look like? But she didn't have any other way, "Sister Cai'er, Your Majesty will definitely have an arrangement, let's talk about it when Your Majesty comes back." ”

Zhu Youzhen is outside the east city at the moment, this used to be the palace of King Xin, Zhu Youzhen suddenly ascended the throne without any ideological preparation, has moved to the palace, but this place still belongs to Zhu Youzhen.

To be precise, this is now the center of the Royal Office, and each of Zhu Youjian's factories will have an office here, and the R&D center of the Royal Office is also located here.

Zhu Youzhen got the chiming bell and production drawings from Li Yusheng yesterday, and after being excited for half a night, he came to the R&D department early in the morning, and he wanted the R&D department to crack the manufacturing process of the chiming bell as soon as possible.

It's a pity that the craftsmen in the R&D department are not real R&D personnel, these half-baked craftsmen can't even recognize all the Chinese characters, let alone the production drawings full of English, no way, Zhu Youzhen came to the Daming Academy with the chiming bell and production drawings.

This is the place where the most senior talents of Daming are concentrated, and it is also the gathering place of top talents of Daming.

Zhu Youzhen, accompanied by the eunuch Zhang Yixian, came to the Daming Academy of Sciences, and Fu Xiaojian, the chief of the guard, followed Zhu Youzhen with two guards urgently.

The outermost side of the Academy of Sciences is a fence more than a battle high, and through the half-open gate, there are rows of blue brick and red tile houses, and the campus is occasionally pedestrianized in twos and threes.

Zhu Youzhen frowned, "Why are there so few pedestrians on campus?" ”

"Your Majesty," Zhang Yixian approached Zhu Youzhen and whispered, "It's time for the holidays, and most of the students may go home." ”

"Ao," Zhu Youzhen immediately reacted, he imitated the establishment of the winter and summer vacation system in later generations, and now is the time for summer vacation, "No wonder there are so few students, this is a rare opportunity to rest." ”

When Zhu Youzhen came to the gate, there happened to be three people who looked like students going out from the school, Zhu Youzhen turned sideways to make way and let the students go first, Zhang Yixian wanted to have a seizure, and when he saw Zhu Youzhen's light appearance, he couldn't help but speak.

Zhang Yixian took the lead and was about to enter the campus, when a voice came out of the courtyard: "Who are you?" This is the important place of the Academy of Sciences, and idlers are not allowed to enter. ”

Zhu You was surprised, the students went out just now, and they didn't see anyone who didn't let them out, so they didn't let them in now? Fu Xiaojian took the lead and came to the place where the voice came from.

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