Chapter 5: The Royal Workshop

Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhu Youxiao, who was happily riding a bicycle on the campus, and was silent, he was not going to ride with the emperor today. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 It's just that he feels that the emperor seems to be too fond of the person from another world recently, not only gathered all the exquisite craftsmen of the palace officials and eunuchs together to set up an organization called the Royal Workshop, but also made the master Wang the head of the Royal Workshop.

Wei Zhongxian did not relax at all about the control of the palace, he also knew that the palace was still under his control, but he instinctively felt that this Master Wang would be a threat to him. He has followed Zhu Youxiao for more than ten years, and he is naturally quite familiar with this emperor. The emperor misses the old feelings, which can be seen from his favor to Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family over the years. But the emperor prefers carpentry work, can put the world's major affairs in the back of his mind, and only does carpenter work, seeing his dedication to his hobbies.

In the past, the craftsmen that the emperor came into contact with were basically old and skilled craftsmen, and they were naturally respectful to the emperor, and they did not dare to cross the half-step, and the emperor would not believe in them too much. But this Master Wang is different, he is about the same age as the emperor, and he can still take out good things that the emperor has never seen and heard of to attract the emperor's attention. If this continues, he will gain more and more the emperor's respect, even if he is not a eunuch, he will not pose a threat to himself from the palace. But he didn't want anyone to share the power in his hands, and Jiang Bin, Qian Ning and others in the former dynasty were not just angry with the emperor and were reused by the emperor. Liu Jin also grew up with the emperor, so why wasn't he still delayed by the emperor in the end.

At that time, Liu Jin's power was better than that of Wei Zhongxian now, and he was known as the emperor. The current Wei Zhongxian is called nine thousand years old, what does nine thousand years old mean? The emperor is long live, even the mother and the prince are only a thousand years old, and he has become nine thousand years old. Under one person, above hundreds of millions of people. The emperor does not have the consciousness of imperial power yet, but once he realizes that imperial power cannot be shared, then Wei Zhongxian is not far from death.

There were many power supervisors in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhen in the early years, Liu Jin later, and Wei Zhongxian now, although all of them were in power, but once the emperor wanted to dispose of it, it was only a holy decree to take it. Later, Wei Zhongxian was demoted to Fengyang by Chongzhen's decree to take care of the ancestral tomb, and was later given to death.

Wei Zhongxian naturally didn't know the ending of his history, but he didn't use Liu Jin to remind himself. Recognize the position, you are just the emperor's house slave, and you can't trespass. But as his power grew, so did his ambitions. From the moment he began to accept the title of nine thousand years old, it can be seen that

Now the appearance of Wang Tao made Wei Zhongxian find that his position did not seem to be so secure, because the source of his power was the emperor's worship. Once he loses the emperor's respect, even if the emperor can forgive him in the old days, but the Donglin Party and scholars who have been suppressed by him over the years can spare him?

"Your Majesty. Slow down, slow down! The shouts of the little eunuchs pulled Wei Zhongxian's thoughts back.

On the school field, Zhu Youxiao was still riding a bicycle with great interest, although it was morning, but the temperature was not low, and he was shouting hot, but his interest was undiminished.

"Your Majesty, it's so hot, let's take a break and drink some sour plum soup to quench your thirst." The Hakka who was sitting in the pergola to enjoy the shade, saw that the sun was gradually rising, so he came out and shouted.

This Ke's words are good, Zhu Youxiao heard the nurse call him, so he rode over here. As soon as the car stopped, two or three eunuchs went up to take over the car and started parking.

"Look at you, such an adult, you don't know how to cherish yourself." Seeing Zhu Youxiao's hot head shouting, the Ke family said with a slight complaint, and wiped his sweat with the silk scarf on his hand.

"Master Wang is really powerful, this kind of thing can be made." Zhu Youxiao's character is not bad, **************, he praised Wang Tao as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Yes, yes, Master Wang is amazing." Ke Shi smiled and followed Zhu Youxiao's words.

"It's just a pity, this tire is too worn, and ordinary people can't afford it." Zhu Youxiao is still a little worried about the problem of tires.

After Wang Tao tried to ride that day, he followed to ride, and under the obstruction of everyone, he agreed to make clothes and ride again. Clothes were done, knee pads and elbow pads were bent, and under the protection of many people, Zhu Youxiao learned to ride a bicycle in one afternoon.

Since then, he has been fond of cycling, although he is tired and sweaty, but after returning to the palace to bathe, he is comfortable all over. It's just that the tires can only be made of leather wrapped in wood, and this road is also unqualified, and the wear is very bad. This also shattered Zhu Youxiao's desire to promote bicycles, and now he is only making three or four where to put them and riding them for him to play.

Wang Tao calculated, this bicycle, even the cost of materials and labor is not less than 100 taels of silver, of course, ordinary people don't have to think about it, but some rich people can afford it. He has been thinking about what kind of leather is better to use to make tires, and the car Zhu Youxiao is riding is made of those precious leathers in the palace, which is really a waste. He didn't study leather either, so he had to leave it to the craftsmen to solve.

The matter of the bicycle will be left to the craftsmen now, and it will be solved slowly. Now he had to think about how to make a money-making project, and he would be interested in the emperor's bizarre things, but if the royal workshop he proposed could make him money, it would make him even more interested in the power of technology.

It's just that as a liberal arts student, he doesn't know anything about soap and glass, and the high magic world in the previous world also has glass and soap, so he hasn't cared about these things. If you want to make money with these things, it is naturally impossible.

But God always inadvertently opened another window for him, and by chance he found Wang Tiqian playing with a pocket watch. He only then thought of the watch, which was a very common item in later generations, and there were very few clocks and watches in the twenty-first world, all of which were electronic watches, not to mention the accuracy of timekeeping, and it seemed convenient.

However, in this Ming Dynasty, clocks and watches are extremely rare, and there are only a dozen in the palace. Ordinary people don't say they have seen it, they probably haven't heard of it. According to Wang Tiqian, he spent several hundred taels of silver on this small pocket watch to ask a wealthy merchant to buy it from a foreigner, and when he heard the price, he decided to start with the clock.

He naturally doesn't know anything about clocks, and he doesn't know anything about the structure, but it's nothing, he has a real thing in his hand. In order to reward him for building a bicycle, Zhu Youxiao gave him a self-striking bell.

For the things that the emperor cared about, after Wang Tao got it, he handed it over to the craftsmen, asked them to dismantle this thing, and then imitate the parts inside one by one.

The craftsmen were distressed, and at the same time carefully dismantled the chiming bell. This Master Wang can say that if he can imitate this self-striking bell, he will process money for everyone in the future. With this commitment, everyone is very motivated, and the fragments of this self-striking bell can no longer be dismantled.

The craftsmen were busy, and Wang Tao was in a small room discussing how to improve the guns with a few craftsmen who had been rigorously vetted by the East Factory and Jinyiwei.