Chapter 219 Reasoning

At this moment, the fake mother didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, Zheng Tuoniang had a bad temper, but she knew it. I had the heart to open a high price, but I didn't expect the price given by Chen Xie to be far higher than her expectations, not to mention the house, even everyone in the house took them to buy it together, what else is there to say, I didn't have to say it.

Before a hole was cut out of the opposite wall, someone shouted, "Let me go, this wall is going to be pierced." ”

Chen Xie took a few steps back with a group of people, and saw that the bricks on the wall were demolished, and he didn't say that he would smash them with a hammer, but the bricks were taken down one by one. Look at it together, that is, I smashed a few hammers before, and then I didn't smash it again.

Chen Xie saw that a guard was very skilled in dismantling, and when he put a dagger on the wall in his hand, a brick was removed. I couldn't help but smile and asked: "You kid, did you work as a bricklayer before?" This young man is in his early twenties, and when he heard this, he replied: "The master has good eyesight, and the young family has passed down the skills of three generations of bricklayers, if I hadn't entered the barracks, I would have been a master." I still earn five big money a day, and my wife and children are enough to support me. ”

Chen Xie talked with him and said: "You are all old yellow calendars, and now the bricklayers with good craftsmanship earn eight big dollars a day." ”

There was a burst of laughter from the guards, and soon the entrance of the cave became bigger and bigger, and Zheng Toniang and Liu Ru could see it clearly. The young men stood in a row, bricks in their hands, passing through one by one, without making a splash of dust on the ground.

"Master, I asked someone to buy cement and sand, you can take a moment first, come over, and turn around to clean up properly, refreshing and refreshing, so that Aunt Zheng can walk back and forth." Cui Xin, a sycophant, appeared on the opposite side and asked people to block it with mats on the top and sides.

Chen Xie led the two girls over, entered a courtyard, and walked into the main hall, where the tables and chairs were gone, and there were more than a dozen wooden boxes. Chen Xie asked people to open a wooden box, revealing iron boxes one by one, and the boxes were full of lead blocks one by one. Liu Ru was sharp-eyed and exclaimed: "There are words on it." As he spoke, he stepped forward to get a piece of lead lettering, fiddled with it in his hand, and said, "This is lead type." ”

Movable type printing, the Ming Dynasty had it, but there is a problem, the effect is very bad, and it can't be compared with engraving printing at all.

"There are two keys to movable type printing, one is the material of movable type, and the other is ink. These two problems are solved, and the mechanical printing machine is used to print quickly and well. Chen Xie explained, while having a craftsman in his forties called, and he also brought four apprentices. This person was originally a craftsman in a book-printing workshop in Jinan Prefecture, and he bought the workshop with a joint firm as a point to run a newspaper, and he also got a group of skilled printing craftsmen. As far as technology is concerned, the lead type printing press obtained by modern society, removing the electric parts, brought to the Ming Dynasty, by the craftsmen repeatedly groped, and finally made a rocker manual movable type printing machine.

Once this problem is solved, the rest of the problem is simple. "Master Xie, let's put it up now."

The assembly process is not slow, because they are all skilled workers, and they have been disassembled and assembled many times. This Master Xie, with four apprentices, spent two months on this printing press to get acquainted, this will be a problem again, it will really be a shame for the face of the Ming craftsman.

In less than two hours, a manual printing press was assembled, and Master Xie, who had a simple face, wiped his hands on his apron and said, "Master, these jobs are not difficult to do, but what is rare is typesetting." There have to be a few literate offspring to do this work. ”

Chen Xie smiled and said: "This is easy to do, I have already asked Lao Qian to find it, that is, it has been in the past two days." ”

The work continues, a row of shelves is erected, and some parts are pasted on them, and according to these sides, there are corresponding parts on the box, and the words are placed on the shelves. This time, Zheng Toniang and Liu Ru both understood it, so it was easy to find words.

"Although it is a KitKat, if it is really printed, the effect is better than that of engraving, but it is a great merit." Liu Ru raised his hand to touch the rows of lead words, and whispered to himself. Chen Xie heard it clearly and said with a smile: "Merit is not necessarily, how many people have lost their jobs because of this lead type?" Have you ever wondered? Since Pangu opened the world, which time has the Chinese civilization made progress and left the KitKat Yin technique? What is the one thing we use in our lives that is inseparable from KitKat? In my opinion, KitKat's yin technique is much more useful than the Four Books and Five Classics. In my eyes, those scholars and doctors in the Ming Dynasty today are not as real as these craftsmen. ”

"Brother-in-law, how can you talk like that? In this great future, could it be said that the gentry and doctors are not as good as these craftsmen? The work of education in this world, brother-in-law can't see or hear it? Liu Ruye's heart was stabbed fiercely, she has always been in contact with readers full of poetry and books, and she has played high-end wind and snow. As a result, Chen Xie's words were worthless, which was really difficult for her to accept.

Chen Xie was too lazy to bother with her, so he caught up with Zheng Toniang and stretched out his hand and tugged at his sleeve, then smiled slightly: "Let's go back to eat first, it's not too early." If you have anything to say, we will talk slowly after eating, and there is still plenty of time. ”

When the group went back, the door in the backyard had been repaired, the cement had not dried, and the road on the ground was paved with green bricks, which was very convenient to walk. Unlike before, there was some mud on my feet.

After the wine and food were arranged, the three of them sat down separately, Liu Ru was still very unconvinced, and kept staring at Chen Xie without moving his chopsticks. Chen Xie was indifferent, sat down and said, "There is still something to do in the afternoon, let's withdraw the wine." This bowl is smaller, so change it to a bigger one. ”

Liu Ru was angry with him and got up and went to the kitchen. Zheng Tuoniang said uneasily: "Sihua, I don't dare to agree with what you said. ”

Chen Xie smiled: "It's normal to have different opinions, because everyone has their own truth in their minds. Therefore, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were hundreds of schools of thought contending, and right and wrong could be debated. Let's eat first, sit down when we are full, have a cup of tea, calm down, and slowly talk about our own reasoning. ”

Seeing him like this, Zheng Tuoniang was relieved, knowing that he didn't go to his heart. In that case, then eat with peace of mind. Liu Ru really made a sea bowl for Chen Xie, a bowl full of rice. Zheng Tuoniang was anxious when she saw it, how could anyone eat such a big bowl of rice. Just as he was about to speak, Chen Xie had already taken the rice bowl and said, "Thank you." Saying that he moved the chopsticks unhurriedly, seeing that he was eating very fragrant, but the range of movement was not large, if it wasn't for the fact that this bowl was a little bigger, he would think he was very gentle.

Chen Xie ate so unhurriedly, and the two women were also strange, they didn't move their chopsticks and watched him eat. Chen Xie was calm, a bowl of sharp rice, chewing and eating slowly, looking unhappy, in fact, it was not slow at all. This is all thanks to when I was a child, Aunt Wu was strict, and she was not allowed to gobble it up when she ate, and it couldn't be wasted.

Compared to hybrid rice, the rice of this era is really much more delicious. The fragrance is soft and soft, and he doesn't use much vegetables, and Chen Xie finished eating a bowl of rice in less than ten minutes. The moment he put down his chopsticks, he said with a smile: "I'm full, you guys eat quickly, turn around and talk while drinking tea, if you don't make this clear, I'm afraid I'll have to sleep on the floor tonight." ”

Zheng Tuoniang's face flushed when he said it, and she slapped him gently, and then beckoned the stunned Liu Ru to eat. Chen Xie went to the backyard for a stroll and strolled in the yard with his hands behind his back. Looking at his back, Liu Ru said with a long mouth: "I really ate it, and I didn't waste a grain of rice." is really worthy of being a general on the battlefield, and he has the strength to eat a lot. As he spoke, he turned to Zheng Tuoniang and said, "Sister, am I right?" Zheng Toniang didn't react for a while, and when she came back to her senses, she smiled and whispered, "You want to know?" If you come in the evening, I'll let him you spend the night, won't you know? ”

Zheng Toniang and Liu Ru, who were quiet and quiet, spoke like this in private, that is, Chen Xie didn't hear it, otherwise they would be scared.

Liu said: "Sister, when you go to look in the mirror by yourself, there are four words written on your head." ”

After walking around, Chen Xie came back, the food on the table had been withdrawn, and the two women were watching him quietly. Chen Xie approached the hall, sat down slowly, and said with a smile: "So, what do you want to say, or do you want to listen to me first?" ”

The two looked at each other and said in unison: "You say it first." Chen Xie nodded and said, "Okay, I'll talk first." ”

"What should I say first? Let's start with the current situation of Daming. Do you know how much the national tax of the Ming Dynasty adds up today? can know how much the Ming Dynasty paid during the Taizu period. "Chen Xie asked the question first, where do these two know? So shake your head together.

Chen Xie smiled, slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip before saying: "During the Taizu period of this dynasty, the Ming Dynasty tax was about 32oo million stones, after becoming an ancestor, it was about 27oo million stones, and today's taxes are less than 26oo million stones. Do you know that at the time of Taizu, what was the population of the Ming Dynasty? What is the population of the Ming Dynasty today? ”

These two were directly stunned, they were both calculating the difference in numbers, and instinctively shook their heads neatly again.

Chen Xie asked himself again: "During the Taizu period, the population was less than 50 million, during the Chengzu period, the population was about 50 million, and the current population is nearly 20,000. So may I ask the two of you, can you know how much silver is taxed every year today, and how much silver is spent by the imperial court every year? ”

"Brother-in-law, let's be reasonable, why are you talking about numbers?" Liu Ru stopped doing it and asked rhetorically.

Chen Xie said lightly: "The truth is hidden between the numbers. Truths that are not based on numbers are often utopian. If I want to be like this, to tell a truth, it must be based on facts, what are facts? Numbers are one of the facts. ”

At this time, Liu Ru was speechless, and snorted: "Okay, brother-in-law continues your reasoning." ”

Chen Xie took out a cigarette, lit one, and then continued: "Today's imperial court pays more than four million dollars a year, and the annual expenditure is more than five million taels of silver. When I say this, you should understand what kind of problems Daming is facing. ”

"What's the problem?" As soon as Liu Ru finished speaking, his face turned red, isn't this obvious? r1152

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