"If I give you parts for ten carts at a time, how often will you be able to assemble one?"

"Do you have ten parts for all of this?" Meng Yue asked.

"Well, to be exact, there should be eleven parts, and I guess you're going to break them when you assemble them."

The Meng brothers discussed with each other in a whisper, and finally gave their own answers.

"To put it mildly, one person can install one in a day."

"Okay, then let me ask you another question, if a new apprentice learns the trade from you for three months, but only learns to make one part, can he learn it?"

"Do you just learn to build one part of this car?" Meng Ri didn't understand, and some of the second monks were confused, so they asked again.

"Well, just learn to make one of the parts."

"It won't take three months, I'm afraid one month will be enough, but what's the use of just making one part?"

Liu He did not answer Meng Ri's question, because it was not yet time to answer it.

"Then I don't have any more questions to ask, thank you both for telling me the truth."

"Don't dare, don't dare, make the gentleman more polite."

When Liu He was about to leave, he remembered something, he looked at the Meng brothers very seriously and said: "Sometimes, your father's words are not all right, you should be disobedient, just disobey." ”

After Liu He said this, he didn't care whether the two brothers understood it or not, turned around and left.

As he walked towards the shop in front of him, he waved his hand behind his back and said, "We may meet again in the future, I hope that the next time we meet, you will not be scolded by your father again." ”

The Meng brothers seemed to understand, but they didn't seem to understand, looking at Liu He's back as he left, and stayed in place.

When Liu He returned to the shop in front, he happened to see that Meng Ban had made another business, and he was putting dozens of dollars under the cash cabinet hidden under several cases.

"Proprietal Meng's business is good."

Liu He's voice woke Meng Ban up, and after the latter pushed the money cabinet inside, he hurriedly ran over flatteringly.

"Where did Meng Xing go?"

"That shaft went to the rice shop for me to buy millet, now is the time when the green and yellow are not harvested, the price of this millet is getting more and more expensive day by day, it is better to farm the land by yourself, if the villain makes money, he must buy a few more acres of land."

Liu He couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, this is the reason why the commercial development of Dahan is slow, and a lot of wealth has been piled up on the land.

The people of the Han Dynasty were too obsessed with food and land, and they only thought about buying land when they made money, but they did not think about how to expand production.

However, food and clothing are the most basic needs of everyone, so from a personal point of view, Meng Ban's approach is understandable.

To change their mentality, it is not an overnight thing, and there are still a lot of things that need to be done.

"I've talked to the two sons, they are very capable, Meng Dongzhu should believe that they are, it's not good to scold them all day long."

"Otherwise, they may not be able to raise their heads in front of their wives, and how will they take over in the future?"

"Meng Dongzhu's body and bones are good now, but there will always be a day when he is old, he is not stupid, he is not deaf, he is not a family, this is a lesson that the ancients gave me?"

These old-fashioned words were really a bit ridiculous from the mouth of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, but Meng Ban seemed to listen to them, and there was a thoughtful look on his face.

Liu He didn't say anything more, and walked out of the shop.

But before he could land on his front feet, he suddenly remembered something that needed to be determined, so he returned to the shop.

When Meng Ban saw Liu He coming back, he hurriedly greeted him again and asked, "Is there anything else to do with the envoy?" ”

"I want to ask if you were embarrassed when the engineer sent you the drawings."

Liu He asked this sentence, and Meng Ban's face changed again.

I stayed in the branch for a while, and I didn't say why.

Liu He's face was pale, he didn't expect to ask casually, and he was really tired of asking.

"I was sent by An Le Xiang to observe the people's feelings, and Meng Dongzhu can speak freely about anything."

"This ...... It's not a dilemma, it's a matter of course. ”

"I'd like to hear about it."

"When we get these patterns from the engineers, we have to pay for them."

Liu He's pupils shrank rapidly, and a murderous aura surged into his heart.

He repeatedly asked the Lang Zhong to declare to the workers that they should not hide their personal interests, let alone ask for bribes, but they did not expect these things to happen.

"How much?"

"According to the size of the pattern, the small pattern will pay less, and the large pattern will pay more."

"Then tell me, how much did it cost you to get this overturned pattern?"

Meng Ban hesitated again when he said this.

"Meng Dongzhu said boldly, I won't tell others that you said it to me."

"I have to pay 20,000 yuan every year."

Liu He originally thought it was a one-shot deal, but he didn't expect it to become an additional tax, which undoubtedly increased the burden on Meng Ban and them.

According to such a rough estimate, the miscellaneous expenses that Meng Ban has to pay in a year are at least sixty or seventy thousand, no wonder the business is so good, but Meng Ban has been crying bitterly, it turns out that there is such a layer of joints.

"What are they looking for?"

"They said that these patterns were drawn by a god man in the prime minister's house, and this god man used ginseng to boil water and drink every day, and we received such a great favor from him, and it was only right for us to pay him some money."

Before Meng Ban finished speaking, Liu He's blood surged, his heart swelled and ached, and the fists in his hands became tighter and tighter.

Eating black money in the name of Lao Tzu, and saying that Lao Tzu is such a weak person, I simply don't want to live.

It seems that there is one more thing to do today.

"Is it the county or the country that asks you for the money?"

"County's."

"Won't you not pay it, go to other workshops and buy a few of the same farm tools, and bring them back as soon as they are imitated?"

"The engineer said that no matter who makes these machines, they must pay money, and if they dare to make them privately, they will be punished by exile at least and beheaded at worst."

These cool officials have nakedly increased the people's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes!

Protecting these patterns is important, but it's not a good thing that the technology is still in its infancy and can be used for profit.

What's more, this sample does not belong to the county officials, the national officials, or even Liu He, and no one has the right to collect this protection fee.

"Don't worry, Master Meng, someone will come to refund you this money in the next two days!"

Throwing down these words, Liu He left the shop without looking back, and walked quickly towards the position of the carriage.

And Meng Ban, who realized that he had talked too much, shouted behind him again and again: "Envoy, don't say that I said it, eh, what can I do, I have nothing to do to offend them, blame me for this broken mouth!" ”

After finishing speaking, the frustrated and worried Meng Ban slapped himself again.