Zhu Gaochi did not value the businessman the most, ignoring Zhang Dehui, but looking at the old craftsman in front of him.

"Wansan, the steam engine you made, we are very satisfied, so we will name it after you, and it will be called Wansan steam engine in the future."

Hearing the nobleman's lift, the old craftsman was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again, and said hurriedly: "No, absolutely not, how can the grass people be virtuous, dare to be greedy for the merits of the nobles." ”

People are old and refined, and old craftsmen have lived all their lives to understand a truth, low-key is serious.

High-profile people don't live long.

"The grass people are all made according to the requirements of the eldest prince, and they are sharp weapons made by the eldest prince."

Zhu Gaochi didn't care.

Everything is inferior, but reading is high.

In all walks of life, it is not as good as the future of readers.

So much so that the wise people went to become officials, and although the status of the craftsman was low, he was actually richer than the farmer.

It's like the mine owner in front of you.

It stands to reason that the status of businessmen is the lowest, but the reality is not, with fine clothes and food, living a life that farmers can't even think of.

Zhu Gaochi didn't have the idea of convincing Wan San, he couldn't become a fat man by eating in one go, and some things had to be done slowly.

However, when he saw the silk on Zhang Dehui's body, Zhu Gaochi sighed in his heart.

His grandfather, Zhu Yuanzhang, was in Yingtianfu, which is now the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and formulated the rules of dressing.

Beiping is far away from Nanjing, and the influence here is not great, but it is also a matter of time.

Zhu Gaochi recognized Zhu Yuanzhang's approach.

Recovering clothes like the Song Dynasty system to restore the traditions of the Central Plains is the beginning of rebuilding civilization and gathering people's hearts and minds to stabilize the world.

The fly in the ointment is that Zhu Yuanzhang is too strict and detailed, and it is a little unbeautiful.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaochi was even more afraid of going to Yingtianfu to see his grandfather.

I planned to develop business in Beiping, but it was contrary to my grandfather's regulations.

The Yuan Dynasty was a great dynasty that exploited the people strictly, and the long-term war caused serious damage to the social productive forces and the population declined.

The land is barren and full of ruins,

The Yuan Dynasty did not pay attention to production, and changed the land to pasture, which led to the disrepair of the water conservancy in the north, which was completely destroyed, and was the most severely damaged by the war, and it was mostly a no-man's land.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.

The people in the north are scarce, and the barren fields are still the same.

The extreme shortage of labor force and the sharp decline in taxes and household grain have brought the social economy in the early Ming Dynasty to the brink of collapse, and have also seriously affected social stability.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the peasants in everything, exempted taxes, eliminated corrupt officials, and tried his best to increase grain production and promote population growth.

In a word.

Zhu Yuanzhang attaches great importance to agriculture and wants to pay equal attention to agriculture and business.

With his grandfather's character in his body memory, Zhu Gaochi knew that what he wanted to do would definitely be forbidden by his grandfather and punished.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not wrong, but he is different.

Fourteen-year-old Zhu Gaochi seems to have really returned to his youth.

At that time, he also thought that he was different, the main character in the movie, with his own background music, and everyone was secretly staring at him when he walked on the road.

……

The steam engine was made, and then what?

Sell it.

Sell it to make money, and then continue researching.

A more advanced steam engine is made and then sold at a better price, creating a virtuous cycle.

Is it good to sell?

Of course, it's not easy to sell.

After exploring this magical object for a long time, they quickly lost interest, and no matter how boring it was, it was a boring machine.

Even if the mine advocates Dehui, the exaggerated tone is mainly sycophancy.

Miners are much cheaper.

This thing looks troublesome, pumping water slowly, and it can't catch up with manpower, so it's just a thing.

Zhang Dehui was full of praise, but he didn't mention buying.

Because he's afraid.

I'm afraid that the other lion will open his mouth.

It stands to reason that he is a businessman, and he asks for a price to pay back on the spot, this is a normal business routine, but it is also a scorer.

If the young man in front of him doesn't understand the market and asks for a price, he dares to pay back the money on the spot?

Do you dare to try it with your head?

Can't.

So the atmosphere gradually cooled down.

Zhu Gaochi has never done business.

His eyes blinked, and he secretly warned himself that he should convince people with virtue and not oppress people with power.

As the old saying goes, forced buying and selling is not buying and selling, the other party has no pleasure, it is not in line with the market economy, and the business cannot last long.

"What do you think of the steam engine?"

Hearing his name, the old craftsman Mansan was full of pride.

"Okay." Zhang Dehui replied with a full mouth.

"What's so good?"

"Anywhere."

Awkward conversation, the corners of Zhu Gaochi's mouth twitched.

Fuck the people with virtue.

"Do you want to buy the machine?"

"Students must buy it." At this point, Zhang Dehua vaguely elevated his identity to avoid the prince of Yan from oppressing people with power, which was completely unreasonable.

Now he is not a lowly businessman, but a noble scholar.

He has participated in the imperial examination and has a reputation for lifting people.

Pity.

His methods played the wrong target, like throwing a flattering eye to a blind man, Zhu Gaochi didn't notice Zhang Dehui's intentions at all.

"How many units to buy?"

Zhang Dehui felt regret in his heart, but he didn't dare to answer, and asked tentatively: "What is the selling price of a unit?" ”

It's good if you're willing to buy, Zhu Gaochi doesn't want to bear the notoriety of buying and selling.

After calculating the cost, he once proposed to give Wansan a reward, although he said no, he couldn't lose his word.

The status of craftsmen cannot be improved in a short period of time.

The triennial imperial examination.

It is destined that the status of a scholar is the most noble, and all walks of life are inferior.

The most important thing is to ensure that private property is inviolable.

It is property, not the means of production.

There is a big difference between the two.

Zhu Gaochi thought a lot and finally had an idea.

His identity is not a businessman, and he cannot put profit first.

The aim was to promote the steam engine and increase productivity, profit was secondary, and in this case, the price could not be set too high.

Earn less on your own and win by quantity.

"The power to pump water from a steam engine is equivalent to the strength of five hundred strong men, or the strength of one hundred and ten horses."

In ancient times, there were pressurized wells, but there was no large amount of groundwater used in the mines, precisely because of the difference in power.

Although the current steam engine is rudimentary, it has the strength to crush manpower.

"Due to the traditional manual drainage, most of the mines are unusable, and only shallow mines can be mined, so that the mineral production is insufficient."

It seems that the eldest prince has made a lot of preparations, Zhang Dehui maintained a smiling face, and was amazed in his heart.

According to later generations.

The amount of water taken from the Nercomen steam engine in the mine was equivalent to the work of 2,520 people.

What is the blood of industry?

Coal.

The steam engine is the mother of industry, and coal is the blood of industry.

A large amount of cheap and cheap fuel has promoted the development of all walks of life, so that the prices of many commodities can be affordable and affordable for ordinary people.

Inventions should be in line with the times.

An invention that is out of touch with the times is but a flash in the pan.

"Cheaper, sell you three hundred taels of silver for a steam engine, let's see the scale of your mine, or buy ten?"

Zhang Dehui was taken aback.

The silver in the Hongwu period was still very valuable, and the world's silver poured into the Ming Dynasty before it became large.

One tael of silver can buy two stones of rice, close to three hundred and eighty catties, three hundred taels of silver can buy one hundred and forty-four thousand catties of rice, and three thousand taels is one million catties.

Three hundred taels of silver, which is equivalent to the total income of seven butchers in a year.

The farmhouse outside the city outside the grave can be sold for fifty taels each.

The better courtyard in Beiping City is only 400 taels of silver a room.

Three thousand taels of silver.

How Zhang Dehui didn't feel heartache.