Zhang Fengnian's voice was not loud, and even Liu Jiyang and Shen Xiong, who were beside him, didn't fully hear what he was saying.

Not to mention, the other guests in Jufeng Building.

What they could see was Zhang Fengnian's look of surprise after reading Zhu Han's contract.

In the Jufeng Building, there was a buzzing voice.

"This contract is definitely not easy to sign, you can see that Zhang Fengnian's face has changed."

"Hey, the King of England has always had a good reputation, and I thought he was really a good man, but the result is still the same."

"I think it's strange, didn't Zhang Fengnian say that he wants to donate this formula to the court for free. 300,000 taels of silver, if you don't want it, you don't want it, what do you want."

"At this time, the knife is already on the neck, and I'm afraid I have to agree to any conditions, right?"

"Don't say anything about grabbing things, you have to let people see clearly, isn't this forcing people to eat?"

The man spoke in a louder voice, startling the people around him.

"Brother, be quiet, if someone hears it, I don't know how you died."

"Hmph, what's there to be afraid of? I still don't believe it, is there no heavenly reason in this world?" Although this man's mouth was hard, his voice was still quiet.

And Zhang Fengnian, who was at the center of the storm, couldn't hear any sounds around him at the moment.

After the initial shock, Zhang Fengnian immediately understood what it was.

It's not the document that the court wants to forcibly force more of his recipe than he imagined, but the legendary patent book.

Zhang Fengnian had heard of patents before, but he had never seen them.

It is said that in the south, some people have made money that they have not been able to play for several lifetimes because of this patent book.

If that's the case......

Could it be that His Royal Highness came over this time, not to snatch the formula in his hand, but to give him a fortune?

Zhang Fengnian forced himself to calm down and carefully read the so-called patent book.

On the patent book, the second line reads the patent content.

[Inventors: Zhang Fengnian, Liu Shishi, Liu Jiyang, Shen Xiong. 】

[Invention Name: Cement]

[Cement and coal ash mixed materials, the new cement concrete patent, cement and coal ash ratio, one-tenth to five-tenths. 】

There are still some things left, and Zhang Fengnian can't even understand them.

However, at the end of this patent certificate, the three seals of the Ministry of Rites, the Criminal Department, and the Ministry of Household have been stamped.

Not only that, but in the center of the patent certificate, there is also a party printed and stamped on the text on it to prevent someone from modifying or falsifying.

If you look closely, you can see that the words on this print are impressively written.

"Respect the treasure of heaven and diligence."

Isn't this one of the great seals of the jade seal of today?

Although Zhang Fengnian has never seen a real jade seal, he can recognize the words.

Even, Zhang Fengnian doesn't need to distinguish the real from the fake.

Now on this occasion, even if Zhu Han is the younger brother of today's son, he will never dare to make a fake jade seal.

Otherwise, what's the difference between that and rebellion?

After the initial shock, Zhang Fengnian felt very frightened.

Their recipe was indeed discovered by the hired craftsman Liu Shishi.

After several days of experimentation, I finally tried to find the best ratio.

The formula of this cement, except for him and Liu Shishi, absolutely no one has seen it.

Even Liu Jiyang and Shen Xiong didn't know the specific formula.

It's not that I don't believe them, it's just that this recipe is very important, and Zhang Fengnian doesn't dare to be negligent.

However, on this patent certificate, it is clear that the proportion of his formula has been clearly written.

"The grace of the king, the villain remembers it in his heart, and he will never dare to forget it in his life

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As he spoke, he knelt down directly for Zhu Han and began to kowtow vigorously.

The people around him didn't understand what was going on, so they naturally didn't think that Zhang Fengnian was really grateful to Zhu Han.

"Look, Zhang Fengnian has been mad."

"People robbed him of something, he is still grateful, and he will not dare to forget it for the rest of his life, this should not be the opposite, right?"

"It's a pity, a good person is just like that."

"Originally, I thought that we Han people were the masters of the house, and there would be fewer and fewer such forcible seizures in the future. Now it seems that there is no difference from when Meng Yuan was here."

"Has anyone contracted the so-called project of the Imperial Court? But keep an eye on it, if people can rob Zhang Fengnian, they can rob you."

A good person was forced to be like this, and many people's tempers also came up, this time it was not a whisper, and some words that were not very nice could be heard clearly.

Obviously, this is deliberately said to Zhu Han, His Royal Highness the British King.

Shen Wansan and Zhou Gushan, their faces were almost green.

Of all the people present, the two of them were the hardest. has been taken care of so much by Zhu Han before, and it can almost be regarded as Zhu Han's proposal.

But if they dare to stand up at this time and speak for Zhu Han......

's reputation must be a stinky big sister.

This era is not the next generation, a qualified businessman, no matter how many dirty things you do in private, but the reputation on the surface must not be too bad.

Otherwise, the business simply won't be able to do it.

But if you don't say anything, right?

What if I am hated by Zhu Hanji?

In the whole world, I am afraid that there are few people who know better than them the power of His Royal Highness. If you really want to see them unpleasantly, even if you don't use the authority of the British king, but with his business methods, you can make them, two rich people with a lot of knowledge, become destitute.

Shen Wansan and Zhou Gushan have been fortunate more than once that Zhu Han is not too interested in business.

Neither side can be offended, and neither side dares to offend easily. The two of them, there was never a moment when they felt extremely miserable.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhang Fengnian, who finally calmed down, finally heard the words of those people around him.

He immediately anxiously explained to the guests in the Jufeng Building: "Everyone, you have all misunderstood His Royal Highness, what His Royal Highness gave me is not a contract, but a patent certificate from the imperial court."

The moment these words came out, Jufenglou suddenly fell silent.

Immediately afterward, there was a loud noise that was several times more noisy than just now.

"What, this is the legendary patent certificate?"

"I heard that this thing is a cornucopia, a patent certified by the imperial court, and anyone who uses it has to pay money."

"What do you mean by hearing that Tao Guangyi made a fortune with the patent of canned food?"

"It's true, I always thought it was all a lie."

"It's not necessarily a good thing, I've heard people say that if you apply for this patent, you have to tell you the formula you have mastered, and the officials of the imperial court will only give you a patent certificate after it is successfully verified."

[In view of the general environment,

"This is absolutely not possible, if the recipe is in our own hands, it can be passed down from generation to generation. No matter how unfilial the descendants of future generations are, they will still be able to eat after all. But if it is given to the imperial court...... I've heard that this thing is called a patent, and it only lasts for 50 years, and after 50 years, anyone can use it."

"Look at your profit, if the patent you apply for is really useful, fifty years is enough for you to earn hundreds of lifetimes of wealth."

"But I still think it's better to be on the safe side."

Zhu Han has been making this thing for a long time. Originally, Zhu Han thought that as long as this patent was issued, it would be taken out.

The people of the Ming Dynasty will definitely play

Fatal invention.

In later generations, many people always admired the West, but they didn't know that our Chinese ancestors were much better than them in this regard.

As long as they see hope, all kinds of inventions and creations will definitely spring up like mushrooms after a rain.

As a result, Zhu Han found that he seemed to be a little too optimistic, estimating the degree of conservatism of the people in this era.

The people have become like this......

I have to say that this is inseparable from Meng Yuan's rule.

In order to save himself trouble, the ruler of Mengyuan invented an extremely strange way of collecting taxes.

This is the famous tax package.

Contracting the tax of a place to some local tycoons or businessmen.

They will only charge a certain amount of tax depending on the place. As for those powerful or merchants, how to collect taxes, or how much to collect, they don't care.

In this case, those who are strong or businessmen, in order to extract more money from the people.

Naturally, they will dig out their minds and desperately want to collect more taxes.

Whether it's chopping wood, digging coal, fishing, there is nothing that is not taxed.

If a family makes more money, it will be taxed, and if it earns too little, it will also be taxed.

In this case, the boss's surname naturally does not want his family to suddenly earn a large amount of money.

Coming in money quickly means more taxes.

And if you earn less, there will also be all kinds of troublesome taxes.

Therefore, both the common people and the merchants are more inclined to maintain their income at an appropriate level.

Although you still have to pay taxes, you can barely make ends meet after removing them.

In this case, they naturally still hope that they can make a living in a small stream, rather than suddenly getting rich.

Zhu Han discovered this and thought of some ways to change it.

However, because there was still a war at the time, those methods had little effect.

This time, the reason why Zhu Han attaches so much importance to Zhang Fengnian is also because he took a fancy to this opportunity.

Zhu Han knows very well that there is no one in the world who is more active than businessmen.

As long as they can accept it, the patent promotion of the Ming Dynasty will take a big step forward.

In order to prove that he was not lying, Zhang Fengnian also specially held up the patent certificate and lit it up all around.

"Everyone's seen it clearly, right? This is indeed a patent certificate issued by the imperial court, and there is His Majesty's big seal on it."

Zhu Han found that when this Zhang Fengnian was doing things, he was really leaky.

In this case, when he showed others the patent certificate just now, he also intentionally or unintentionally blocked the most critical part of the formula ratio.

Although he only glanced at them a few times, he still saw the words of the patent certificate clearly, and immediately shouted excitedly.

"That's right, it's actually a patent certificate!"

"The Great Seal of His Majesty on it is also real, I have seen it with my own eyes before, and I can't be wrong!"

"We actually misunderstood His Royal Highness, damn it!"

"His Royal Highness is mighty."

Zhu Han wanted this effect, and looked at them with a smile for a while, and then pressed his hand unhurriedly.

Seeing Zhu Han's action, everyone in Jufeng Building closed their mouths in recognition.

After they quieted down, Zhu Han looked around and said, "All of you here are all business elites of my Ming Dynasty."

"This king just discovered that many of you still don't know much about my Ming Ming's patent strategy."

In the crowd, many people couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.

The heart said that the king of England mentioned these things at this time, what does it mean? Doesn't it mean that you want to settle accounts after the fall?

I am really, His Royal Highness the King of England, but I follow His Majesty the Emperor of this dynasty

Together, they drove away the brutal Meng Yuan and defeated the ruthless people of the Ming Dynasty. Why can't you control this mouth, dare to talk nonsense.

Now His Royal Highness is going to settle accounts with them, what should I do?

Just when they were worried, wondering if they should find a chance to open up.

Zhu Han spoke again.

"The reason why we Daming came up with this patent is for the sake of our merchants and craftsmen in the world."

"In the past, when people were doing business or working, I am afraid that this often happened, right? Obviously, I worked hard and thought about it for a long time, but others just glanced at it and stole it exactly like you."

"How much effort I put into it, how much hard work I endured, and as a result, I made wedding clothes for others."

These words immediately made many businessmen at the scene feel empathy and burst into tears.

"Lord Wang, what you said is so right, I have encountered this kind of thing."

"It's happened so many times that I went to reason with those people and was ridiculed and humiliated by them."

In this era when there is no patent protection law, when you encounter this kind of thing, you can only consider yourself unlucky. Therefore, many people hide their unique skills deeply, and would rather lose them than tell anyone easily.

Looking at these aggrieved businessmen in front of him, Zhu Han was unwavering, and there was no sympathy on his face.

Don't look at these guys, they seem to be talking about how miserable they are.

But Zhu Han can be sure that they have been plagiarized by others, but they have copied others, and there will only be more.

After all, this is the Ming Dynasty, and although it doesn't sound good to say it, it's not illegal after all.

Zhu Han raised his hand again, and Jufeng Building immediately fell into silence.

"Before, you could only watch your things being snatched away by others."

"But, as of today, that's gone forever."

"Whether it has never been before, it is an instrument of your own creation. Or the recipes of various pastry goods, which can be patented by the imperial court."

"Once your formula, or the shape and function of a certain product, passes the patent examination of the imperial court."

"In fifty years, all the benefits generated by this patent ......" Zhu Han took a deep breath and said loudly, "All belong to you!"