"The price of iron is not static!"

"Now the price of iron is 50 wen per catty, but if one day the price of iron material falls from 50 wen per catty to 40 wen, 30 wen, or even 20 wen per catty, can our price still be able to resist the emergence of imitation of the trend?"

Hearing Wang Siqi's words, Feng Zongwu's expression was instantly stunned.

Stunned, he said: "If the price of iron drops suddenly according to what the adults said, as long as it is profitable, those private workshops of the people will not give up imitation!" After all, no one has a rule, and they can't be allowed to imitate it! ”

"Cocoa.. This iron furnace is clearly our treasure source bureau's thing, how can it be used by others casually? ”

Wang Siqi did not speak.

Just patted Feng Zongwu on the shoulder.

In fact, this involves the concept of patents in later generations, a thing was invented by me and a patent was registered.

Others will not be able to produce.

Once a patent is infringed, the fine alone is enough to deter anyone, but what era is it?

Now it's still the Ming Dynasty.

If you propose a patent system now, it is not protection for yourself, and there is an obstacle to the exchange of information.

The vast majority of the people of the Ming Dynasty have been to the farthest place in the county, saying patents?

It's too far...

However, the core of the patent system is to protect and encourage innovation, and what cannot be done now does not mean that it will not be possible in the future.

As long as you are still there, you will be able to take on the effect of the patent system one day with the continuous development of the patent system.

As for how far away this day is:

A year, ten years, a hundred years... As for whether he can see that day, Wang Siqi doesn't care very much.

"Imitation is not a bad thing for us, it is even more of a good thing for the imperial court, you must know that the power of the Baoyuan Bureau is limited after all... Even the power of the imperial court is limited, the capital is in the south of the Yangtze River, and some people freeze to death in winter because they have no money to heat themselves! ”

"What kind of situation is the more vast northern Ming Dynasty?"

Feng Zongwu was silent.

He knew that the capital was still at the feet of the Son of Heaven in the final analysis, and the people here could be said to be the happiest people in the entire Ming Dynasty.

As long as you don't get lazy, you can always live.

Even if you pick a flat pole and walk the streets and alleys to sell some bits and pieces. Even if you go to any business in the capital to do a job, you can still survive.

But the North is different.

Leaving the land, or encountering a natural disaster... When harvests are poor, there are often large numbers of victims.

The people died and drifted, like the deeper the water, the hotter the fire, often thousands of miles away, the smoke of the cooking was cut off, and the children were eaten, and it was unbearable.

"My lord, I see."

"There are some things that still can't be seen too clearly, the court has the difficulties of the court, and the emperor also has places that the emperor can't see... can only find a way to let the people spontaneously move, and the iron furnace is not a long-term business in the end. ”

"Iron material, coal is, and it will only be limited to the capital, limited to the south of the Yangtze River, as long as there is no major incident in the Ming Dynasty, it is not a bad thing to hand over more people to participate in it."

Wang Siqi's words, Feng Zongwu, who was completely refreshed, has always been hiding his prejudice against Wang Siqi in the depths of his heart.

In Feng Zongwu's eyes.

More often than not, Wang Siqi is more like a businessman than an official.

There is more of the sound of tinkling copper coins, what kind of gentleman's morality has always been on the lips of a scholar, this thing Wang Siqi has never had.

But in this moment.

Feng Zongwu felt that there should be Lord Wang in the Baoyuan Bureau!

Aimin Ruzi is not doing some bullshit articles all day long, not being heartbroken all day long, but doing some tricks of male thieves and female prostitutes behind his back.

In the final analysis, a person who reads the books of the sages may not be able to be a good official.

And a good official does not necessarily need to study the books of the sages.

Full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, there is no copper plate for the people more practical significance, love the people like a son, should not be just a matter of the emperor alone, only really put the people in his heart, worthy of being a good official.

One, the parent official of the Ming Dynasty.

...

Outside the capital.

On the official road.

Liu Laohan pushed his small wooden cart hard, and there were cracks everywhere on the wooden wheels, which was enough to show that the age of this trolley was not short.

The owner of the cart is not a rich and noble person.

Liu Laohan sends all kinds of vegetables grown by his family to the restaurants in the capital from the vegetable fields outside the capital every day.

In exchange for a little income to feed the whole family.

"Seeing that winter is coming, I don't know how many more days this dish can be delivered... Alas! I don't know if the money I earn is enough to tear some cloth for my children and make new clothes! ”

"Alas. But if you make new clothes, where will you get firewood?"

Jiangnan is not cold, but the winter in Jiangnan will also freeze to death. Without firewood, in winter, only the whole family can huddle in the quilt and shiver.

Babbling.

The small wooden cart made a screeching sound and entered the capital.

As usual, I sent all the dishes to the restaurant, and took the treasure money in my hand. Old Liu Tou couldn't help but complain: "These treasure banknotes are all things used by those officials and masters, but now they are all given to poor people like me." ”

"It wasn't worth a lot of money, but now it's good! As soon as it is exchanged for treasure money, it is even less valuable! But Rao is like this, Lao Liu Tou still feels quite content.

After all, with this money.

He was able to think of buying something for his wife and children at home to cope with the coming winter.

Just as his thoughts wandered out of the sky, he only saw the people in the streets and alleys running in one direction.

This made Lao Liu Tou a little puzzled.

A person sitting on the side of the road munching on a roasted cake asked curiously, "Is there any happy event in this capital today?" How did they all come out and go in one direction? ”

"It's a happy event, but it's a happy event."

"Baoyuan Coal Mill has started to sell iron furnaces, one weighs fifteen catties, but it only sells for five hundred Wen, and the most important thing is that this furnace collects treasure money!"

"Every family is busy buying tin stoves, and I heard that they will be sold out soon, and maybe they will be gone!"

Old Liu Tou frowned slightly, he also knew about the iron furnace.

Some people have said before that as long as the iron stove is used to burn charcoal for heating in winter, it can save half of the time compared to burning firewood in one winter.

"Is this stove really that good? So many people are buying? ”

Wiping his mouth, the man said quietly: "I don't know!" But my house is already safe, it's really warm, it's not cold at all! ”

"And all the poisonous smoke is discharged, and charcoal is much cheaper than charcoal!"