Han Du went to the palace to see Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu didn't feel good about Han Du's arrival. After all, Han Du had just earned 150,000 yuan from him. The thought of so much money falling into Han Du's pocket made Lao Zhu unhappy for several days.
Although the entire hundred thousand coins came from Empress Ma, in Lao Zhu's view, all the money taken out of the palace belonged to him.
"What are you doing here? I bought so many things from you, are you ready?"
"Not yet..." Han Du never thought that Lao Zhu would care about him so much, so he had to reply flatteringly.
When Lao Zhu heard this, he immediately quit, "My matter is so urgent, but you don't take it to heart. Han Du, do you take me seriously?"
Mainly after listening to Queen Ma's persuasion, Lao Zhu now feels that if the spinning machine enters the weaving workshop for one less day, he will make one less day of money.
Naturally, he didn't have a good look on Han Du, "Don't forget, I gave him the money."
Was it the uncle who gave the money? Han Du curled his lips inwardly. If it were someone else, he would definitely let him know what hunger marketing is. If you don’t kneel down and beg yourself, if you want to buy something, just dream.
"Yes, yes, I will do it as soon as possible. However, the quantity required by the emperor is quite large, and the academy alone cannot produce it, so I want to set up a workshop by myself. I am currently choosing a place, and may have to wait a while. ." Han Du lowered his head and replied with an apology and a smile.
"Oh... you want to build a workshop specializing in making steam engines and spinning machines?" Lao Zhu immediately became energetic when he heard Han Du's words, because he smelled the meaning of money in these words. smell.
Han Du was stunned when he heard this and immediately understood Lao Zhu's plan. He couldn't help but blame himself and wished he could slap himself twice.
How could such a pleasant thing as making money be mentioned in front of Lao Zhu? What's more, the money earned was Lao Zhu's money. It would be strange if he didn't have a hand in it.
Sure enough, seeing Han Du lowering his head and saying nothing, Lao Zhu smiled and narrowed his eyes... thought he could hide away without speaking? dream.
"Since you haven't found a suitable place, how about I help you find it."
See what this says, help yourself find a place... isn't this an obvious plan to take shares? If Lao Zhu really had no other intentions and simply wanted to get a piece of land for himself, he should be rewarded.
The emperor has taken the initiative to help, so the purpose must not be simple!
"I wonder, how many shares does the emperor want?" Since it was business, Han Du and Lao Zhu had nothing to be polite about.
Although Lao Zhu desperately wants it, what is his identity? How could he reach out actively... He picked up the tea cup and took a sip without saying anything.
If you don't bleed today, you won't be able to leave this hall.
Han Du gritted his teeth, stretched out three fingers, and said, "Thirty percent."
Thirty percent was already the limit given by Han Du. Han Du was too lazy to bargain with Lao Zhu and just settled for a fixed price. After all, he provided some land, what else did he want?
If Lao Zhu refuses, Han Du will move out of Anqing.
"Haha..." Lao Zhu sneered twice, his smile was very scary.
Obviously, his appetite is more than that, and the conditions given by Han Du are not enough.
Han Du was furious in his heart, "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to give it. It's that the Emperor should set an example for the people in the world. He can't just take some good things into his arms when he sees them, right?"
"The whole world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers. I belong to the world, and the world belongs to me." Lao Zhu sneered.
Han Du suddenly felt that he had nothing to say. If it weren't for Lao Zhu who wanted to bleed, Han Du would have really wanted to turn around and leave.
"The emperor is rich in the world, and the world belongs to the emperor. This is true. Having said that, the emperor thinks about it, can the emperor really do whatever he wants in this world?"
Even the emperor cannot do whatever he wants... This is something Lao Zhu has long understood. Qian Yuan has personally demonstrated the consequences of the emperor's doing whatever he wants, that is, the people are in dire straits, wars are everywhere, and finally the dynasty is overthrown.
But Lao Zhu refused to let go and looked at Han Du with a sneer, wanting to see what he could say.
Seeing Lao Zhu's disapproval, Han Du sighed: "Take treasure banknotes as an example, can the emperor print as many coins as he wants?"
Lao Zhu blushed when he heard this. He had this idea in mind when he first printed treasure banknotes. As a result, the treasure banknotes depreciated rapidly, and they even became the accomplices of those who privately printed the treasure banknotes, helping them to steal the wealth of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
If Han Du hadn't cut off the hands of those who secretly printed treasure notes, the consequences would have been disastrous.
"I can give the emperor 70%, or even give it all to the emperor. But if we make such a bad start, who will choose to research and create more useful things in the future? Anyway, the treasures created with painstaking efforts will end up being useless. Your Majesty, then everyone should just eat and wait to die. Does Your Majesty think that such a Ming Dynasty is more in line with His Majesty’s thoughts?”
"If so, then I will give up all the workshops now, and then go home to eat and wait to die."
Over the years, Lao Zhu also understood the key points of technology that Han Du mentioned. Take the steam engine as an example. There was no such thing before, and no matter what we did, we had to rely on manpower. But after the academy devoted all its efforts to build a steam engine, this source of power that could be obtained by burning coal and water could obviously replace a large amount of manpower.
It takes at least ten or twenty years for a person to grow from a child to a labor force. But a steam engine that can support dozens or hundreds of people takes less than a month to build.
The difference is too big.
Lao Zhu didn't dare to hit Han Du too hard, let alone let him go back to eat and wait to die.
"I'm just talking. I'm trying to make you anxious. If you don't want to give it, then you don't want to give it. You're still making so many excuses."
"Forget it, I will obey you, and three percent will be achieved."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Han Du looked happy and bowed quickly.
In fact, what Lao Zhu said was right, Han Du just couldn't bear to give him the entire mechanical workshop.
"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to ask of you." Han Du bowed.
"Say." Lao Zhu squeezed out a word through his teeth angrily.
Han Du said: "If the emperor wants 30%, just providing land is not enough."
Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment...Three achievements are low enough. You still dare to bargain with me?
With a sneer, Lao Zhu looked sideways at Han Du, "What else do you want? Why don't you tell me?"
"I want the steel formulas from the Ordnance Bureau. Strictly speaking, these formulas are also a kind of technology. What if the emperor is a shareholder with technology?"
Lao Zhu stared at Han Du, and after laughing twice, he said, "After going in such a big circle, you had the idea of these formulas from the beginning, right?"
Han Du looked normal, neither admitting nor denying.
Lao Zhu didn't bother to argue with Han Du, and raised his hand, "Of course it's not impossible to give it to you, but you should know what these formulas are for. If someone gets it, do you know the consequences?"
Han Du nodded and said: "Of course I understand. But firstly, I don't want to make the two formulas for the revolver and the divine thunder gun. Secondly, I think the imperial court cannot regard those two formulas as treasures."
"Oh, why?" Lao Zhu turned around and asked.
Han Du raised his head and looked into Lao Zhu's eyes, and said calmly: "No matter what kind of formula it is, no matter how secret it is kept, someone will make it known one day. If you want to truly stay ahead, there is only one way."
"What can we do?" Lao Zhu also had to admit that Han Du was right. There is no airtight wall in the world, and nothing can be held in his hands forever. On the contrary, Lao Zhu was very interested in the method mentioned by Han Du.
Han Du said seriously: "That is to use large sums of money to stimulate relevant people, whether it is the master craftsmen of the Arms Bureau or the students who are about to graduate from the academy. Only by constantly stimulating them will they continue to study better. Better steel. If Ming Dynasty can continue to research better steel, then even if the formula is obtained, what is the use?"
"Is this possible?" Lao Zhu had never encountered such a thing, so he was naturally doubtful.
Han Du smiled and replied with great certainty: "Your Majesty, isn't the real example right in front of you? There were no steam engines before, but since I offered a reward of 100,000 gold, aren't there now?"
Lao Zhu suddenly understood and couldn't help but nodded slowly, the smile on his face getting bigger and bigger. Then when he thought of what Han Du said about one hundred thousand guan, his face suddenly darkened and he stopped discussing this topic with Han Du.
Han Du also saw Lao Zhu's displeasure. He knew without asking Han Du, "He must be worried about money."
"Your Majesty, you can't worry about money when developing technology."
When Lao Zhu heard this, he snorted and sneered: "I'm not as wealthy as you. There's a reward of 100,000 yuan in one go, but I can't afford it."
Come on, I'm afraid you can't even accumulate gold, silver and jewelry in your inner treasury. That's true... But Han Du shouldn't mention this, otherwise Lao Zhu will think he's beating him up. library idea.
"Your Majesty, I am not a wealthy person. First of all, it's because the steam engine is worth the price."
Lao Zhu nodded slightly when he heard this. If he had known how powerful the steam engine was, he would have been able to spend hundreds of thousands of coins in his place.
"The second reason is that once Ming masters a certain technology, if others want to reproduce it without knowing it clearly, the cost will only be higher."
Lao Zhu was puzzled and looked up at Han Du, "Why is this? According to common sense, shouldn't it be more difficult to create something from scratch?"
"It's certainly difficult to start something from scratch." Han Du said with a smile, then his face turned and he said solemnly: "But under the strict defense of the Ming Dynasty, it is even harder to master this technology alone!"
With the Ming Dynasty's most powerful force, anyone who wanted to offend the Ming Dynasty had to think carefully. This alone can persuade more than 90% of small countries to retreat.
Lao Zhu did not think of other small countries, he thought of the people within the Ming Dynasty. It is indeed difficult to reproduce the technology alone at the risk of annihilating the nine tribes.
"I have one more thing to report to the emperor." Han Du said quickly when he saw that Lao Zhu was in a good mood.
Lao Zhu's face suddenly darkened, thinking that Han Du would continue to raise conditions, so he couldn't help but be wary: "What else do you want? I have ugly words ahead. If you make demands again, then I will not only ask for Three percent."
Han Du said with a smile on his face when he heard this: "Your Majesty has misunderstood me. I am not such a greedy person. What I want to report is that today I went to see the field where the red taro is planted at home and found that the red taro has matured. , it’s ready to be harvested. I’m here to report it, and the emperor can send someone to take a look.”
Lao Zhu was stunned when he heard this, "I understand, do you have anything else?"
"Gone."
"Then stand down."
"Then I will resign."
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After Han Du left, Lao Zhu turned to the old eunuch and asked, "Has anyone come to report this matter at Huangzhuang?"
"Back to the emperor, not yet. I will go and ask what is going on."
"Go ahead. Harvesting food is such an important matter and cannot be ignored." Lao Zhu's tone was full of sternness.
"My slave understands."
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