readx; Zhu Youzhen praised the manuscript of "Heavenly Creations" and immediately instructed Xu Guangqi: The Ministry of Industry will fund the completed part of the book to be printed immediately, and 10,000 copies will be printed first. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo:3w.. After the book was published, the Ministry of Industry kept 5,000 copies and distributed them to the relevant manufacturing bureaus, factories and workshops, and sold the rest to the public. Song Yingxing was paid a royalty of one tael of silver for each book, and each time it was reprinted in the future, the royalty silver could only increase, not decrease.

Printing "Heavenly Creations" into a book is also Song Yingxing's biggest dream for a long time, but he never thought that he could make money through this book. Now not only did Zhu Youzhen help him solve the problem of publishing books, but also gave him such a high royalty, it can be said that Song Yingxing is steep and rich!

The happiness that followed was a little unbearable for Song Yingxing, and he hurriedly asked with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty helped Weichen to print this book, and Weichen is already grateful, how dare he earn the silver taels of the imperial court?" Weichen is the county school teacher, and the monthly salary is enough to support the family..."

Zhu Youzhen immediately interrupted him with a smile and said, "It is admirable that Mr. is willing to be poor, but if I still let Mr. continue to be poor, then it is not my fault." There's no need to panic, these are what the gentleman deserves. Not only do I want my husband to be a rich man, but I don't have to worry about trivial matters such as firewood, rice, oil and salt; Everyone in the world should know that knowledge is the greatest wealth compared with agriculture and business! ”

Song Yingxing was even more grateful, but Zhu Youzhen continued: "And with Mr.'s great talent, he was only a county school teacher who had not entered the stream before, which was really too condescending. After the resettlement of refugees in Tongzhou is on the right track, and after I return to Beijing, I will make some adjustments to the imperial court institutions, abolish some redundant yamen, and add a new academy of sciences, which is the same level as the five temples. I want to ask Mr. to be the first president of the Academy of Sciences, and the official character will have to be discussed with the ministers, but it should not be lower than the third grade, which is the same as the grade of Dali Siqing. What do you think, sir? ”

"Your Majesty, this... How does this work? Song Yingxing was so shocked that he waved his hand again and again, "The minister is a micro-official, how dare he ascend to the sky in one step and rank among the great members of the imperial court?" Moreover, although the minister does not know what the duties of the 'Academy of Sciences' mentioned by His Majesty are, his chief officer must be able to control the overall situation before he can do it. It's okay to ask the minister to do some specific research, but it's really unbearable to be so heavy! ”

Xu Guangqi also smiled and persuaded: "Your Majesty loves talents, don't you know?" But after all, Song Yingxing is only a petty official who has not yet entered the stream, and if he is suddenly promoted to a high position, it will inevitably provoke the discussion of 'fortunate progress' and cause controversy among the courtiers. I am even more afraid that some villains will be jealous and spread rumors and slander, which will be unfavorable to him. In the humble opinion of the ministers, it is better to set up an academy of sciences first, and select a person with high moral integrity to serve as the chief officer, supplemented by Song Yingxing. After the Academy of Sciences is on the right track, it will be corrected, and then the resistance will be small. ”

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment and said with a wry smile: "Xu Shangshu is still thoughtful. That being the case, then I have to grieve Mr. for a while longer. But rest assured, sir, sooner or later the Academy of Sciences will still be at the helm of you, not only to carry forward the machinery and technology contained in the "Heavenly Creations" throughout the country, but also to help me discover and cultivate more talents. There are too few Song Yingxing, if I can have thirty or fifty, or even hundreds of Song Yingxing, why will foreign insults not be extinguished and the country will not prosper! ”

That night, Zhu Youzhen did not return to Xingyuan, but stayed in Song Yingxing's activity room, drinking and talking late at night with Xu Guangqi, Gu Yanwu, and Song Yingxing. Originally, he almost never drank alcohol after ascending the throne, but today for fear of the restraint of the three people, especially Song Yingxing, he still frequently raised his glass to persuade him to drink.

These three people are also open-minded people, and they don't have so much thought, how can the emperor not drink a toast, so several people quickly drank to a half-hearted, and the atmosphere in the banquet became warm.

Zhu Youzhen ordered someone to send a plate of peanuts, and said with a smile: "You probably haven't seen this thing yet." This thing is called peanut, native to the New World, and I have planted some in the Shaanxi Domain. Stir-fried and dipped in vinegar to eat, this is called old vinegar peanuts, which can be best served with wine. ”

These people have really never seen peanuts, even Xu Guangqi, who has more contact with foreigners and has a little understanding of the New World, has never seen peanuts in kind, and at this time they are curious to learn from Zhu Youzhen's appearance, pick up a peanut with chopsticks and chew it carefully, and can't help but praise at the same time: "The fruit is a good thing!" ”

"Peanuts don't just go down to drink." Zhu Youzhen clinked glasses with the three of them, and after drinking it all with his neck up, he smacked his lips and said, "It can squeeze oil, and the oil output is much larger than rapeseed, which is an important cash crop." If we can go to the whole country as soon as possible and find out areas suitable for farming, we will be able to produce a large amount of oil, reduce the price of oil, and ordinary people will be able to afford oil. ”

Then he introduced sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other New World crops to the three of them, and the three of them were fascinated. Especially Xu Guangqi, he was full of praise and said: "I didn't expect Your Majesty to be so proficient in agricultural politics!" Chen Zilong, a disciple of the minister, was familiar with the climate and soil power of all parts of the country, and if he were here, he might be able to recommend the most suitable place for cultivation to His Majesty. ”

Zhu You listened to the joy and said, "By the way, is Chen Zilong still in Songjiang Mansion now?" Enke this spring, why didn't he come to Beijing for reference? Talents like this should also enter the Academy of Sciences! ”

Xu Guangqi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This Chen Zilong is good everywhere, but he has some children's affections." He and Liu Ru, one of the 'Qin Huai Bayan', are in love, but Liu Ru is redemption silver is as high as hundreds of thousands of taels, how can he afford to be a poor man? Last year, he stopped looking for Ryu, but he fell seriously ill and did not recover until the summer, so he was unable to catch up with Nko. ”

Zhu Youzhen laughed and said: "This is called the hero sad beauty pass!" In this way, Xu Shangshu hurriedly repaired the book, and asked Chen Zilong to come to Beijing first, and I had an important mission to hand it over to him. Liu Ru is the sole owner of the Oiran this summer, but if she follows a shameless person like Zhou Daodeng or Qian Qianyi, who is both old and has poor character, I am afraid that she may not be happy. My Concubine Yuan and Liu Ru have an old relationship, and Dong Xiaowan is also staying in Beijing, so they can invite Liu Ru is to come to Beijing, and then I will create an opportunity for Chen Zilong to see if the two of them can continue their relationship. ”

The three of them laughed, pushed the cups and changed the lamps, and discussed the feasibility and economy of the railway during the banquet. In the end, they were all very drunk, and they didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning.

Song Yingxing had just opened his sleepy eyes, but saw a brand-new book on the bedside. This book was definitely not brought by him, Song Yingxing took it in front of him curiously, but was immediately stunned!

I saw that on the cover were the four big characters of "Tiangong Kaiwu", and there were four small characters of "Song Yingxing" in the lower right corner. When I opened it, the neat printing on the first page still exuded an elegant ink fragrance.

At this moment, Song Yingxing's tears of joy and gratitude burst out of his eyes again.

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