Jinrong looked at Qi Younian's slightly smug smile, and couldn't help but smile: "Listen to her own words." Let her say this, and those who land in the imperial examination will be able to endure it. If you can be an expert by picking up a book casually, isn't everyone in the world a capable person? ”

Jiang Yifan smiled and said nothing, although what Ah Yan said was a bit exaggerated, but the previous Zhou Biyao was an example, with a book and the guidance of the people around him, he became a leader in the industry.

Qi Younian also listened and smiled. There are people like granddaughters in the world, and of course there will be people like granddaughters who failed the imperial examination in their mouths, but they are still outstanding, but they are just a few people.

Although her granddaughter is not a man and has not undergone scientific examinations, she is one of the very few outstanding people. And how lucky he, an old man, was to recognize such a wonderful granddaughter.

Jiang Yifan hadn't discussed this matter with Qi Younian in detail, so he couldn't help asking: "Of course it's important to be able to cultivate your own team in the capital, but don't raise the craftsmen in the capital, their treatment in each family should be good." The old man has not been involved in the construction of the capital for a long time, and he has no prestige in this regard, how can he make people attached for a long time? ”

Speaking of this, Qi Younian is very confident, "If you want to retain skilled craftsmen, you rely on wages, treatment and future, followed by the character and reputation of the owner." Needless to say, our character and reputation, if the construction bank can become a big business in the Great Xia Dynasty, and the wages and treatment can also keep up, and there is such a stable livelihood, when the time comes, they will be driven away, and they will not leave. ”

He was embarrassed to talk in front of King Yu and Jiang Yifan, his family Ye Zi could say that he wanted to make the construction bank one of the best businesses in the world. He was convinced of this. One of the world's largest businesses, will there be a lack of skilled craftsmen?

Jinrong was noncommittal to Qi Younian's words. If you can make a big business that can be done in the world, of course, there will be excellent craftsmen who will take the initiative to follow. However, how difficult it is to do one of the largest businesses in the world.

The Qi family construction company did a good job in Yuyuan County and Qingyuan County, and it was a timely meeting, and it happened that he was going to build a yard, which gave him a chance to show it. Even then, in the next few years, Qijia Construction Bank did mostly make a small living, although it is now quite large-scale, but it is also one of the many construction companies in Yuyuan County, and it has not been top-notch.

Qi Younian saw that Jin Rong was silent, and then said: "Our Ye Zi's idea is unusual, he is an aspiring child......

Qi Younian told Jinrong and Jiang Yifan what Ye Xinyan once said, that is, for the court and the people, excellent craftsmen are far more useful and can promote the historical process than excellent scholars.

Ye Zi said that if the world's craftsman industry can produce one or several outstanding craftsmen in each generation, it is the kind of craftsman who can make new practical appliances. The accumulation of such practical tools can promote the efficiency of fortification and agricultural work in the whole world, and can develop and expand the thoughts of later generations of craftsmen, which is more useful than any champion and famous man and famous man who has played with the pen for hundreds of years. ”

After Qi Younian finished speaking, he also arched his hand to Jiang Yifan, and said apologetically: "Ye Zi is talking about things on a case-by-case basis, and it is a common phenomenon, which does not include a scholar like Master Jiang. If all the scholars in the world know how to practice and do practical things like Master Jiang, it will be a great blessing in heaven. ”

Jinrong recalled Qi Younian's words, and pondered Ye Xinyan's views on craftsmen and scholars in her heart, and her mind couldn't help but sink even more.

In all dynasties, the imperial court attached great importance to scholars, and it was very strict in the imperial examination, in order to strictly control the level of scholars, and try to achieve absolute merit-based selection, so as not to bury talented people. It is also to allow readers to have the confidence to read, as long as the book is read well, there will be a bright future.

In contrast, craftsmen and craftsmen, regardless of whether they are literate or not, or how much knowledge they have, once they get involved in the artisan trade, no matter how good the craftsmen, they are reduced to the ranks of those who are not in the stream and have no future.

As people often say: everything is inferior, only reading is high. In the eyes of the world, only reading and learning are the noblest and most glorious.

But Ye Xinyan said a completely different set of theories, and this theory, which is completely different from the main trend of the imperial court, sounds so reasonable.

Even if it is reasonable, how can the concept that is rooted in the hearts of the world be changed at will? Especially with so many scholars in power, how could they give up their honor and high position?

Jinrong looked at Jiang Yifan.

Obviously, Jiang Yifan also heard this argument for the first time, and he was also looking at Jinrong.

Jinrong asked, "What do you think of this statement?" ”

Qi Younian looked at the two of them in some surprise, but it was just Ye Zi's opinion, he was a craftsman, so he naturally supported his granddaughter's point of view.

But what do these two mean? One is a person who regards the ultimate position of the Great Xia Dynasty as his goal, and the other is a person who is the best among scholars and plans to go to the apex of his career in the future. The situation of the craftsmen is naturally related to the proprietors who employ the craftsmen, and it has little to do with them, right?

He saw that Jiang Yifan also looked serious, listened to Jinrong's question, and actually thought about it seriously before saying: "If the excellent craftsmen Ye Zi said are craftsmen who can make tools similar to chain hoists and lifters, or can conceive rail transportation methods, then they are indeed more useful to the court and the people than scholars." ”

Qi Younian's eyes were wide open, and his beard was about to rise because of surprise. Master Jiang, a scholar, actually agrees with Ye Zi's opinion, can raise the role of a craftsman to such a high position?

Jinrong's eyes burned and said: "From ancient times to the present, although there are not many such craftsmen, there are still them, just like the craftsmen who make threshers, waterwheels, and looms, their merits are not small, but they have not received the honor they deserve, nor do they have the status they deserve. ”

When Qi Younian heard this, he came back to his senses, and nodded in agreement to Jinrong again and again, with a look of anticipation in his eyes. The sixth master is the one who wants to participate in the struggle for the throne, if he finally sits in that position, I don't know if what the sixth master said today can benefit the craftsmen of the world.

Jin Rong turned around and asked Qi Younian again: "So, Ye Zi attaches great importance to craftsmen, what kind of treatment does she plan to give to craftsmen?" ”

After it involves the construction industry, it may also be related to the future situation of the entire craftsman world, Qi Younian's answer was more careful.

"When Xiao Lao'er originally planned to do a construction industry, Ye Zi once said that he would make a large construction company that could be counted in the world, so that craftsmen could get due remuneration and respect from our construction industry. I hope that in the future, the craftsman industry will become a respectable industry, and there will be more excellent people willing to engage in this industry. ”

Qi Younian paused, looked at Jinrong and said: "Ye Zi said that if there are more wise people who are willing to study in the craftsman industry and give full play to their wisdom, they can make the efficiency of the world's fortifications and agriculture increase several times, dozens of times, and even reach an unbelievable point." "I want to talk about "Women's Beauty" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "Youyue Literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~