Da Wei.

The major families involved in the parchment roll obediently paid a thousand taels of indemnity and were severely warned.

The money was all transported to the capital, and Li Xingchen was very happy.

Today, the Great Wei is developing rapidly.

Various rules such as transportation and public health have been improved, and the overall humanistic quality has been improved by more than one level.

However, recently, some officials have mentioned that there have been many business disputes, and the public says that the public is justified, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable.

The two businessmen made a transaction by verbal agreement, and when something went wrong in the middle, they refused to admit each other and demanded compensation from each other, and finally got into trouble with the yamen.

The major officials now trust Li Xingchen very much, so they accept the twists and turns, hoping that he will give a solution.

Especially after the establishment of the Lingzhou Economic Zone, more and more people are engaged in business, and such problems emerge one after another.

In the past few days, Li Xingchen received a similar setback, so he convened three provinces and six ministries today to properly solve this problem.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I told you about the situation, do you have any good ideas?"

The prime minister arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, there have been house deeds for buying and selling houses, and land has land deeds.

As for the rest, it's all one hand of money and one hand of goods.

Transactions between businessmen are mostly based on moral constraints...

Since people's hearts are getting worse and worse, and there is no morality and no promises, it is better to evolve the real estate deed as a business contract.

Clearly put the content of the transaction on paper, so that if something happens, the yamen can determine which party has gone wrong according to the contract. ”

Li Xingchen nodded, isn't this the contract of the future, everything will go according to the contract.

"Okay, that's what I command."

Speaking of this, Li Xingchen thought of another thing, patents.

The folk customs are becoming more and more open, and many people have begun to make inventions with the general trend, for example, some time ago, the students of the technical college made vacuum improvements for the problem of explosive bicycle tires.

For another example, last year, a female worker in a textile factory, based on the textile machine invented by Li Xingchen, was transformed again to double the weaving efficiency.

These are all good reforms that benefit the country and the people, and the imperial court should reward money as a talent stimulus.

Similarly, in order to avoid plagiarism, theft, and misappropriation, this should be protected by patents.

Li Xingchen told the prime minister and others about this idea, and they all showed surprised expressions.

Do you have to pay for improving things?

Having said that, His Majesty has also invented and improved a lot, even the grain has been improved into hybrid rice, and soap and many other items for the benefit of the people.

The wind of invention set off by the Great Wei seems to have started with His Majesty...

"Okay, I've told you all about it, and the main thing to talk about today is contracts and patents.

The contract was handed over to the Prime Minister.

Patents are handed over to the Ministry of Industry, and a patent office is set up to receive patent applicants.

Remember, it is necessary to strictly review, not everything can be applied for, only some secret recipes or improved technologies, and real changes, can be patented.

Patents can also be used to buy, sell, and lease, so I will provide these ideas, discuss them when I go back, and make a detailed plan for me.

If it's okay, publish it immediately. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Ministry of Industry is excited, this is to give the Ministry of Industry power!

Soon, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry led the left and right waiters to make a detailed plan for the patent all night and presented it to Li Xingchen.

After reading it, there was basically no problem, and Li Xingchen issued a holy decree to announce it to the world.

Everyone, with ancestral techniques or self-improvements, is called upon to go to the patent office for verification.

But if it is passed, a patent number will be provided, and the technology or secret method will be protected by the imperial court.

Of course, the work is not done in vain, and the court collects money when applying for a patent. In short, pay protection money.

What makes the Ministry of Industry unhappy is that the protection money collected will be handed over to the Ministry of Households and rushed into the treasury...

In the next few days, a large number of people went to the patent office to apply for patents, and most of them were dispensable improvements, which were no different from the essence, and they were all beaten back.

A lot of appraisal fees were paid, and the patent was not applied, which caused a large number of people to lose confidence.

However, the ugly words are said in front, not all improvements can be patented, so the people who spend money in vain have no complaints, anyway, the appraisal fee is not expensive, two copper plates.

Of course, there are also many successful patents.

Patents can be bought and sold, and some people get them and sell them out.

Among them, the largest patent fee was generated in a family surnamed Liu on the outskirts of Beijing.

This fee is so high that it shocks the entire capital!

The family surnamed Liu has been papermakers for generations, and has unique papermaking techniques, and the paper produced is far better than the level of previous dynasties.

This kind of paper has a pure white and delicate texture.

The texture is clear, non-brittle, and does not fade, making it ideal for writing.

At present, Li Xingchen vigorously holds a school and promotes the style of reading and literacy, and if the large-scale production of good paper is made, it will definitely bring wealth to the Liu family.

But although the Liu family has been engaged in paper production for more than ten generations, it stopped two generations ago...

The previous generation wanted to return to the old business, but the funds were limited, they could not afford large-scale production, and they were afraid of the leakage of ancestral technology when they cooperated with others, so they made wedding dresses for people.

Now, with the introduction of patents by the imperial court, the Liu family went to the patent office with the intention of trying it, but they did not expect that as soon as the application was handed in, they quickly got a reply and the application was successful.

This patent has alarmed many families, and they want to buy the patent.

You must know that the paper produced by the current paper industry is similar and has no difference, and the Liu family's unique papermaking is a must in terms of texture, cost and use.

To put it simply, the cost is lower than that of the current paper industry, but the quality is several times better.

If this patent can be purchased, it will be able to monopolize the paper industry with extremely fast means, and it will be a profitable business, and naturally many families will compete one after another.

Zhang Tian even went out in person and came to Liu's house with 100,000 copper coins, wanting to buy out the patent.

The economic situation of the Liu family is not good, although they have been in the paper business since their ancestors, and they earned more than one million yuan in their heyday, but the family property has long been lost, so when he heard that Zhang Tian wanted to buy a patent for 100,000 copper yuan, he almost agreed.

Fortunately, the head of the family surnamed Liu has the blood of a businessman in his bones, resisted the temptation, and did not cooperate with Zhang Tian.

After that, Qian Mingyue also came to the door.

Compared with the paper improved by the Liu family, the gap between Royal Paper is not small, so it also wants to buy out the patent, and the price is 200,000 copper coins.

The family surnamed Liu still refused, and after many negotiations, they finally shared the patent with 200,000 yuan of patent fees, plus joint investment in the production of paper, and the two sides shared 19 shares.

The royal family accounted for ninety percent of the shares, and the Liu family accounted for one percent of the shares, and the ownership of the patent was finally determined.

The imperial court has always been very fast, and as soon as the patent was determined, it was immediately put into production.

Within two days, Liu Dangjia was glad that he was not deceived by Zhang Tian's 100,000 yuan to obtain a patent.