Fusu found his own path, he knew that he did not have the ability of his father, and he also knew his personality problems.

So he chose another path.

This path may not be easy to follow, or it may be more difficult than what his father planned for him, but he doesn't care.

Because he knows that this path is in line with his heart.

At the same time that Fusu said that he would go his own way, Yingzheng of Zhangtai Palace also knew Fusu's ambitions.

His expression was slightly satisfied, and he looked at Chen Ke in front of him: "Chen Ke, do you remember what happened five years ago?" ”

"Right in this place."

Chen Ke's thoughts drifted to five years ago, seeing himself five years ago, and also seeing the first emperor five years ago, with a little emotion in his heart.

"Five years ago, Your Majesty entrusted me with the responsibility of teaching His Highness Fusu."

He looked at Ying Zheng and understood what was going to happen at this time.

It was like a boulder falling down in my heart: "Today, the minister can finally tell His Majesty that the minister has lived up to His Majesty's trust." ”

"The minister fulfilled the promise of the year and fulfilled the promise to His Majesty, and it also proved that what the minister said five years ago was the truth, and Mr. Chun Yuyue, who taught His Royal Highness Fusu back then, was indeed a problem."

"His Royal Highness Fusu is naturally intelligent, and if he is taught in the right way, he can cross the dragon gate and become a dragon soaring in the sky, just like a carp that has lost its scales."

Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke's expression, with satisfaction and emotion in his eyes.

Five years ago in this place, he was just a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and he was actually a little angry.

After all, Chun Yuyue's problem was already obvious at that time, but he never found it, but he was discovered by a young man, a young man who was going to be questioned by himself before.

This undoubtedly added fuel to the fire for the First Emperor, causing his anger to erupt.

So Chen Ke, who was still in front of Ying Zheng at the time, was implicated in this way, Ying Zheng raised this trouble, and Chen Ke, who found this trouble, was the one who solved this trouble.

The heavy responsibility of teaching the prince fell on Chen Ke in this way.

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, and today, Ying Zheng feels that he can finally say the emotions of the year and let Chen Ke know.

And Chen Ke was actually not surprised, just nodded, and everything wandered away like a wisp of wind in this hall.

Ying Zheng's expression was a little thoughtful: "Chen Ke, I want to tour the east." ”

He looked at Chen Ke with a blank expression, as if he was thinking about something.

Chen Ke raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng who was sitting there, with a soft smile on his face: "Since Your Majesty wants to tour the world, of course the minister is willing to go with Your Majesty." ”

A smile instantly appeared in Ying Zheng's expression: "In that case, wait until you leave this winter, and start touring the world." ”

No one paid attention to the original phrase "tour the east", which later became "tour the world".

The Emperor's parade is a big event, and it is natural to discuss it.

One winter is enough time for the people of Xianyang City to prepare.

.........

Qin Coin Bank Xianyang City Branch.

The Qin coin shops are the same in each place, the only difference is the place where they are located, and in order to distinguish these places, they are called by the city where they are located.

This is the case with the Xianyang branch.

The people working here all had a proud look on their faces, because Qin Coin Bank belonged to a court organization, and the people here were all scribes who belonged to the imperial court, and as a part of eating the emperor's grain, they naturally had enough confidence to be proud.

They have different attitudes towards different people who come to make deposits.

The attitude towards businessmen is general and ordinary; The attitude towards the officials is a little respectful, because they are facing the officials; Towards Qianshou and ordinary people, their attitude is warm and gentle, like a spring breeze.

This stems from the regulations of the Qin Coin Bank.

The status of the merchant is different from theirs, one can be said to be no longer a lowly person, but still not a normal person; They were scribes, part of the imperial court, and could be said to be part of the "officials" or "scholars".

Zhao Sun is a member of the Xianyang Qin Coin Bank.

His daily work was very simple, that is, to ascend the throne for the people who came to store money, and to withdraw money for the people who came to withdraw money.

The function of the Qin Coin Store is now not only to exchange copper coins, silver coins, and money, in fact, after a relatively crazy and busy month, few people continue to use the previous Qin half taels, gold, and silver to exchange currency.

When this function faded, Zhao Sun thought that he would be sent to work in another imperial institution, or that he would be dismissed, and he would need to find a new job.

But unlike what he thought, Qin Coin Bank began a "change".

From simply exchanging money, helping people to save money, to saving money specifically for the leaders, and by the way, the official "lending".

Yes, these are the two most basic functions of Qin Coin Bank now.

1. Access.

Second, lending.

The money deposited in the bank will be given interest according to a certain amount; If there is no turnover, you can use some fixed assets to take out loans, which are official loans, so the interest is very small, at least much less than that of the private sector.

Even if you have no fixed assets, you can use your own "creditworthiness" as a guarantee for your loan.

After reviewing your creditworthiness or fixed assets, Qin Coin Bank will put down a certain amount of loans.

There are many different types of loans, and each type of interest is different.

To sum up, there are three kinds.

First, commercial loans. If you want to use this money to do business, the interest rate will be slightly higher, but it is much lower than private loans.

Second, livelihood loans. If you want to improve your life with this money, the interest rate is medium among the three types.

Third, disease loans. If you or your family, parents, children, etc. are sick, the interest rate of this kind of loan is the lowest, almost equivalent to none.

Because of the guarantee of the official imperial court, the business of the Qin Coin Bank has always been very good.

Today, Zhao Sun is waiting for one of his "guests" here.

Liu Jinzi, who came from home in a hurry, wiped the tears on his face, he had heard that Qin Coin Bank could borrow money, and those who didn't want and didn't dare to take out a loan could only contact the people of Qin Coin Bank because they were in urgent need of money.

After coming to Qin Coin Shop, I met Zhao Sun, who had an appointment before.

The two entered a room, and Zhao Sun sat behind a desk, holding a pen in his hand, and asked while joting down something.

Liu Jinzi answered honestly, for an honest person like him, what is the difference between this and the yamen?

It's all where the official master is.

After a while, Zhao Sun, who had finished writing, looked at Liu Jinzi, who was a little nervous, smiled, and handed him a piece of paper: "Oh, take it." ”

"You go to counter six, and someone will continue to tell you what to do."

Liu Jinzi hurriedly took it respectfully, and when he took the white paper, his hand subconsciously wiped it on his clothes.

came to counter six, where the people didn't say anything, just took Liu Jinzi's identity certificate and checked it one by one, and then took out a bag from the counter with a smile.

There was a rattling of coins in the bag—

"Remember that your loan term is two years, and you have to repay one hundred and five copper coins every month, and when you repay the arrears, remember to come with this certificate."

"Otherwise, you can't do it."

"In addition, the repayment date of each month is before the 25th, and the repayment can be made every day before the 25th."

"You can also repay the loan in advance, but if you repay the loan in advance, you need to pay in full."

After speaking, the person inside handed the bag to Liu Jinzi.

Liu Jinzi was still a little stunned when he subconsciously took the bag, this ..... Is this okay?

He took the bag and thanked him for his kindness, and carried the bag like life in his arms.

It was indeed life for him, but it was only the life of his mother.

Zhao Sun looked at Liu Jinzi, who was full of tears and surprises before leaving, and even a little apprehensive.

He felt that he was very honored to be able to work in the Qin Coin Bank.

Because this is a place to help people all over the world.

Although help comes at a price.

For example, Liu Jinzi, who was just now, borrowed twenty silver coins, but his monthly repayment amount was one hundred and five copper coins, and the repayment for two years was a little more than twenty-five silver coins.

The interest for two years is five silver coins, which is equivalent to half a month's wages.

This interest is really almost non-existent.

Because this is a gift that belongs to His Majesty the First Emperor.

.........

Xianyang Research Institute

Originally, this was the place where the Manufacturing Department was located, but later the Manufacturing Department was divided, and part of it merged with part of Baijiagong to become a research institute, and the other part became a separate "manufacturing factory" and "management office".

There is not one manufacturing plant, and there will never be one.

As far as today's situation is concerned, there are several places such as Daqin No. 1 Porcelain Factory, Daqin No. 1 Cement Factory, Daqin No. 1 Paper Mill, Daqin No. 1 Bookstore, etc., which are respectively managing some official manufacturing institutions in Daqin.

These places belonged to the imperial court and were under the jurisdiction of the "Administration Department".

The status of the "Manufacturing Agency", which has become the "Management Department", has not declined, and it is still the same place as the Jiuqing Organization, and it is still Chen Ping who governs the "Management Department".

Today's research institute is particularly lively, it seems that something has finally been successfully invented.

The people inside were bustling.

Even Chen Ke and Li Si came to see the excitement, somewhere in the crowd, Ying Zheng was also there quietly, he knew that this thing would definitely be presented to him in the future, but he was still curious.

In the middle of the crowd, a young man stood there, helpless, with a face full of surprise and pride.

He had a knife in his hand.

The sword was cold and shiny, and it was made of iron, and although there were iron weapons and iron farming tools in this period, the hardness of iron was not so strong.

Chen Ke looked at the young man in front of him with a smile on his face.

If it is said that porcelain and other things that have been researched before are due to his guidance, then the "steel" that has been researched now is purely because of the merits of these craftsmen, no, or scientific researchers.

This shows that even without him, his influence continues.

Perhaps one day the Manufacture Agency would tell him that they had made a steam engine, and he would be able to look at it in a calm mood.

"Is this what you call 'steel'?"

The young man nodded, and after a moment scratched his head, not knowing what to say.

"Yes, yes."

Yang Dongchang is an old Qin man, a craftsman, and his family also has some wealth, in fact, his family originally did not support him to make these things, but later heard that this structure was needed by the first emperor, so he let him come.

He looked at Chen Ke and said, "Prime Minister, this is steel." ”

Yang Dongchang, who was full of courage, said: "The hardness of this thing is stronger than iron, and it is made after many layers of refining, and I think this thing should be very useful, so I forged a knife with this "steel". ”

"It's the one in front of you."

Yang Dongchang handed the knife in his hand to Chen Ke, Chen Ke touched it, checked it again, and found that it was indeed the steel in his impression, which was the reason why he said with emotion: "There are talents in the country." ”

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"Not bad, not bad."

Chen Ke laughed, then glanced at Yang Dongchang, and then slashed to the side.

This is an experiment that has been prepared for a long time.

A person next to him was standing there, holding a knife in his hand, which was an iron knife forged from the original "secret technique" of the Qin State, which was already a very sharp and balanced weapon.

This knife is slashed down as if entering a no-man's land.

In an instant, the sturdy and sharp knife used by the Qin army was broken.

Chen Ke turned around and looked at Yang Dongchang: "I will enter the palace and ask for credit for you." ”

After pondering for a moment, he said again: "I hope you can continue to work hard, the institute is full of talents, and you are no longer "craftsmen", but "scientists". ”

Chen Ke smiled brightly, and finally threw out this name.

"Since then, there has been one more of the hundred schools of thought, called "Science."

"You're no longer a craftsman!"

Hearing Chen Ke's words, everyone present was a little stunned, they were no longer craftsmen, but one of the hundred sons of the family?

Became a "taxi"?

All of a sudden, cheers, cheers, and sobs were heard.

........

Outside the Institute

Li Si looked at Chen Ke and asked with some confusion and worry, "Is this thing really that important?" ”

"It's worth your head?"

Chen Ke named it "Science", which can only show that Chen Ke is willing to take on the limelight, who will be the first scientist in the future? It's Chen Ke.

This is the glory at the same time, but also the need to take risks,

And Chen Ke smiled: "Li Gong, don't you know the role of steel?" Fang Cai's weapon is only one of them, and more importantly, he can be used in various places. ”

"Maybe our plan to build Xianyang City can be put on the agenda."

For Chen Ke, with steel, perhaps the cement and steel bars used to build the city will be complete, and even after the appearance of the steam engine, the train can also appear.

It was as if in an instant, Daqin had entered a new era.

But Chen Ke knows that in fact, this is only the prosperity on the surface.