Lao Zhu announced happily, which made everyone feel more relaxed, and the banquet returned to its lively state just now.
Just when everyone thought the matter was over, after Zhu Tan drank a glass of wine, he said to Lao Zhu, "Father, I don't want to leave the capital either."
Perhaps Lao Zhu had already experienced a similar thing once, and now Zhu Tan's words didn't make him think too much. He picked up the wine glass, drank it with a smile, and asked: "Why? Tell me your reasons. If you can, I will make it right."
Zhu Tan replied calmly: "If I want to continue studying chemistry, I cannot do without the materials and experimental data of the academy. If I leave the capital, I will have no way to continue my research."
At this time, Lao Zhu suddenly noticed what Zhu Tan said just now that his chemistry had no rival in the academy. The thought that Zhu Tan could dominate chemistry made Lao Zhu even more happy than Zhu Zi finishing tenth in the general examination.
"Okay, I'm sure too."
A smile appeared on Zhu Tan's face, he bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Thank you, father. If possible, father can give the proceeds of the vassal state to his son."
Phew~
Before Lao Zhu took a sip of wine, he spurted it out before it went down his throat. Looking at Zhu Tan in disbelief, he took a deep breath, suppressed the impulse in his heart, curled his lips and asked, "Why?"
Zhu Tan smiled shyly and said with some embarrassment: "I don't want to, but studying chemistry is too expensive. Every experiment costs a lot of money. If there is no money, Erchen can just I can’t continue my research.”
When Zhu Tan mentioned money, whether it was Zhu Zi, Zhu Chun or Zhu Bai, they all subconsciously moved away from Zhu Tan. No need to ask, you know that these three people must have been harmed by Zhu Tan because of money, otherwise they would not have such a big stress reaction.
Chemistry is indeed a very expensive subject. In academies, there is a saying that "the poor learn physics, the rich learn chemistry".
Lao Zhu frowned and asked with some confusion: "How much money can I spend on learning?"
How much? Father, you have such a strong tone. As soon as Lao Zhu's words came out, Zhu Zi and the other three couldn't help but smile bitterly in their hearts.
Only Zhu Tan's eyes suddenly brightened, and he looked at his father without blinking. If the father is happy now and opens his mouth to satisfy his future research needs, then it will be a truly great joy.
Fortunately, Lao Zhu was not stupid. When he saw the expressions of Zhu Zi and the others, and then looked at Zhu Tan's wolf-like green eyes staring at him, he felt a chill for no reason and suddenly closed his mouth and stopped talking casually.
"Is this chemistry really expensive?" Lao Zhu couldn't help but ask again.
Zhu Zi and the three of them nodded in unison, and in the end it was Zhu Chun who explained to Lao Zhu.
After bowing respectfully to his father, Zhu Chun smiled bitterly and said, "Father, that's what happened. Learning chemistry is actually similar to alchemy. Father should have heard how much it costs to make alchemy, right?"
Since ancient times, there are many emperors who have been superstitious about the alchemy of alchemists, and they have emptied the entire country's wealth. This is simply a bottomless pit.
Therefore, Lao Zhu has always been resistant to Fang Shi's alchemy. Even though countless sycophants boasted to him that the elixir had various benefits of prolonging life. Even if Lao Zhu believed it, he never called an alchemist to practice. Because he knew the lessons of the past, he was unwilling to damage the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty, even if it cost his life.
Now seeing that Zhu Tan likes to make alchemy, his face suddenly darkened, "After a long time of fussing, this chemistry is alchemy?"
When Zhu Chun heard this, he immediately thought to himself that his father had misunderstood.
Before he could explain, Zhu Tan shook his head slightly and explained: "Alchemy is just a trick used by alchemists to deceive the world and steal their reputation. It is not trustworthy at all. Chemistry, like physics, both uphold the principle of exploring all things in the world. How can alchemy be used?" Comparable to alchemy and chemistry? My father may not know that any student in the academy is much better than those alchemists who cheat money."
After hearing Zhu Tan's explanation, Lao Zhu remembered that Han Du had indeed said that mathematics, physics, and chemistry were all knowledge summed up by exploring the principles of everything in the world. Now that Zhu Tan mentioned it again, his expression softened a lot.
"Really?" Lao Zhu was a little doubtful.
Zhu Tan smiled slightly and said, "Father, do you still remember the experiment on the formation principle of will-o'-the-wisp in the academy?"
Lao Zhu had a serious look on his face and nodded slightly.
Zhu Tan smiled and explained: "Father, what do you think if the alchemists master the knowledge of the formation of will-o'-wisps?"
What else can be done? Naturally, it was an opportunity to defraud money.
Lao Zhu knew the virtues of those alchemists without thinking. If they really master this method in advance, they will definitely use it to scare people and defraud people out of money. It is even possible to reach into the palace and get benefits from me.
Thinking of this, Lao Zhu's whole body was trembling with fear. If it weren't for the academy's explanation first, even with his experience, he wouldn't be able to understand the mystery. If someone sneaks into the palace to create a will-o'-the-wisp and cause panic, no one knows what kind of shock there will be inside and outside the palace. In serious cases, it may even shake Lao Zhu's throne as emperor.
Seeing that his father was thoughtful, Zhu Tan continued: "This is the difference between scholars in the academy and alchemists. The academy only explores the principles, records them, and passes them on to future generations. It will never do anything to deceive the world and steal reputation. Ridiculous behavior."
Lao Zhu nodded secretly and felt relieved. Later, he still couldn't figure out Zhu Tan's approach of discounting the vassal's income.
After hesitating for a moment, Lao Zhu frowned and asked: "Do you really want money? How much? If it's suitable, I can give it to you. After all, discounting the vassal state into cash..."
Lao Zhu couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and said a little embarrassedly: "Well, after all, it's too... too much."
Zhu Tan nodded cooperatively, as long as he had money to give him, he didn't care whether the money was given by his father or the vassal state.
"How many do you need now? Tell me the number." Lao Zhu said in a comprehensive manner.
In the past two years, Lao Zhu has lived a very comfortable life. Why is this so? Without him, I just have money in my hand.
Since having Han Du, Lao Zhu's income has slowly begun to increase, and now it is trending more and more.
When Han Du was in charge of the Baochao Promotion Department, Lao Zhu actually had no income. However, the Treasure Banknote Lifting Department could not fill the gap just by filling in the gaps with the treasure banknotes issued in the past. In the end, it was only by relying on huge profits from glass mirrors that the hole was filled.
Lao Zhu really started to have income after Han Du took over the leadership of Jiaofangsi. Although the income of 100,000 guan per month is not much, it also has some benefits for Lao Zhu.
The navy's income from fishing is not low, and hundreds of thousands of gold coins are sent to the palace every month.
Lao Zhu really started to get rich after he went to sea twice from Handu. Han Du went to sea twice, and each time he got extremely rich. Although Lao Zhu did not exchange these real treasures into money, it could be regarded as a great increase in the palace's confidence.
After Zhu Shou, the Marquis of Junyao, took office as the governor of Luzon, he contributed millions of dollars in income to Lao Zhu every year. Now the Ming Dynasty has more than 20 governors in Nanyang, and the property donated by these governors alone every year is more than 30 million yuan.
The rules set by Lao Zhu for all the governors are that each person should donate at least one million yuan every year. Otherwise, the governor should stop working and give up his job as soon as possible.
After these people went to sea and felt the power of a governor, how could they let go so easily? Even if you are cheating, you have to work hard for a full term. Isn't it just one million yuan a year? They will try their best to collect it and send it to the palace.
Moreover, in order to leave a good impression in front of the emperor, everyone had to send money to Lao Zhu beyond the standard. Except for a few governors who guard the continent, everyone else sends a lot of rare treasures to the palace every year. The few people who were guarding Australia were helpless. The place where they were located was already desolate. In addition, they also had the task of monitoring the movements of the continent. Naturally, they could not focus on making money like others.
The annual income of 30 million guan directly exceeds more than twice the current total tax payment of the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, Lao Zhu knew how to make a fortune by keeping silent, so he kept the news closely. Even in order to avoid being known by the civil servants and letting the civil servants keep an eye on his internal treasury, Lao Zhu has now omitted the procedures for appointing the governor. It won't be brought up in the court at all. It will be ventilated directly among the generals and the decree will be issued.
In the past, Lao Zhu paid more attention to the royal education of civil servants. After all, in the Ming Dynasty, the results of what those civil servants did were pretty good.
Civil servants often take pride in this and look down on generals. I believe that if you want to make all nations surrender, you still have to rely on their so-called enlightenment.
But after Lao Zhu tasted the benefits of setting up the Governor's Palace in Nanyang, he immediately threw away the royal teachings of civil servants.
Lao Zhu doesn't care whether the royal teachings are useful or not. Even if they are useful, Lao Zhu won't use them now. Since the generals and governors can obtain wealth, it is better to obtain money first. As for the enlightenment thing, we’ll see about it later.
Therefore, in Lao Zhu's view, military generals are now the best candidates to serve as governor. As for civil servants...it's good if they can stop looking at their own internal treasury, so let's put it aside for now.
It is precisely because there are tens of millions of wealth piled in the inner treasury that Lao Zhu and Zhu Tan speak with such confidence.
Zhu Tan smiled shyly and said softly: "I have been studying white phosphorus recently. This thing can only be extracted from human urine. If possible, I hope that my father can help me collect a batch."
The mention of human urine at this banquet made Lao Zhu feel uncomfortable. However, he knew that this was also about learning, so he didn't say much.
