Jiajing closed his eyes and meditated in the monastery, listening to the faint shout from outside: "Key to the palace gate, be careful of the candle."
"It's been a lot quieter here in the monastery these past two days."
Huang Jin smiled, knowing that Jiajing had returned from his fugue, and stepped forward to pour tea for Jiajing.
"Long live, it's the slaves who asked them to use the earthen trumpet, so that they are not allowed to shout in the direction of the monastery. This saves them effort to spread the message, and the long live place is also clean."
Jiajing's concept of trumpets still remained on musical instruments, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
"Isn't the trumpet just for blowing? It can also be used for shouting? What is a native trumpet?"
Huang Jin has used it in the past two days, and there is one outside the door. But it is an iron tool after all, so he dare not bring it into the house easily. Seeing Jiajing asking, he quickly held it with both hands and handed it to Jiajing to see.
"Xiao Feng did this, and he also gave the name. It's very useful. The second master of Shishiguan uses this to lecture his disciples every day. The Ministry of War, who has a good relationship with Xiao Feng, also uses it.
The servant saw that these things were useful, so he asked Xiao Feng to buy a few for use in Xiyuan. But after all, it was an iron weapon, and the slaves would not allow them to use it near the monastery. "
Jiajing took the earthen trumpet and patted it in his hand: "You are too careful. This thing is said to be an iron tool, but it is not as good as a wooden stick to fight. How is it used?"
Huang Jin carefully took the earthen trumpet, retreated to the far end of the monastery, pointed the trumpet in the direction of Jiajing, and shouted.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
Jiajing straightened up, quite surprised. Huang Jin's tone was not that of shouting loudly, but he could hear it much clearer than usual.
"This thing is quite interesting. It can be seen that Xiao Feng also understands Luban Shu in addition to character testing. Huang Ban, do you know that Luban Shu was actually a branch of Taoism?"
Huang Jin didn't know this level. At this time, Jiajing got a popular science and couldn't help but suddenly realized it.
"I said that Xiao Feng often has some fantastic ideas, such as sewer pipes and earthen trumpets. It turns out that these craftsmanship skills are also Taoist skills, so it's no wonder."
Jiajing nodded. He had not cultivated Taoism in vain these years, and his knowledge was quite profound. Luban Shu is indeed a branch of Taoism, but because it contains a large number of harmful techniques, it was later considered to be witchcraft.
Therefore, later on, Luban Shu was only reserved for institutions and the like, while other things like changing Feng Shui's destiny, blessing and cursing were abandoned and lost. People gradually no longer thought that Luban Shu had anything to do with Taoism. Instead, they felt that Luban Shu was related to Taoism. Closer to Mohism.
Therefore, many people mistakenly believe that Lu Ban belongs to the Mohist family. In fact, Lu Ban and Mozi were contemporaries. Both of them were equally good at mechanism skills. It is recorded in history that the two had an arm-in-arms debate in the Song Dynasty.
Lu Ban attacked and Mo Zi defended. The top two masters used the Song Dynasty's defense as a chessboard. They fought until the sky was dark and the earth was dark. In the end, Lu Ban admitted that Mo Zi's defense could not be broken. Mozi's reputation for being good at keeping things became famous all over the world, and even the idiom "stick to the rules" was born.
Jiajing looked at the rustic trumpet and suddenly asked something irrelevant.
"Lu Bing said that Xiao Feng withstood the creditors' bank runs without using the money of King Yu and King Jing or borrowing money from him. It shows that he not only has Taoism, but also has some worldly methods."
Huang Jin nodded and joined in the fun.
"He didn't ask the slave to borrow it. To be honest, the slave was embarrassed when he heard the news that he was being collected for debt. If he wanted to ask the slave to borrow it, it would be difficult for the slave to refuse.
Wan Zai knows that this slave is thin-skinned, and Xiao Feng has a good relationship with the slave, but who would have thought that he didn't even speak to me! "
Huang Jin's words seemed to be in line with Jiajing, praising Xiao Feng for solving the problem through self-reliance, but in fact the focus was on the seemingly understatement of "Xiao Feng has a good relationship with his slaves again."
Regardless of whether Jiajing noticed this sentence at this time, if anyone attacked Huang Jin and Xiao Feng for their close relationship in the future, Huang Jin could confidently say: "Long live this!"
Jiajing smiled and nodded approvingly.
"These are true feelings, and only you are willing to talk to me like this. Human beings are not grass and trees, and no one can be ruthless, let alone you. If Xiao Feng comes to me when he is desperate, I will not be able to say no.
But since he can solve it himself, that's the best. Did you just say that you got this horn from him? This is not good. The royal family has its own uses. Even though it is a small item, it should not be taken from him in vain. "
Huang Jin immediately understood that Jiajing was affirming Xiao Feng's ability this time and wanted to lend a hand.
Although things like earthen speakers are convenient and useful, they are actually a dispensable thing. Since Jiajing asked him to purchase them, he wanted to give some money to show his attitude.
Zhang Tianci has been extremely busy recently. He is busy meeting with new shareholders and managing the accounts of Chunyan Tower and Zuixian Tower simultaneously. He is so busy that he can't even get into Miss Shui's bed.
Iron Triangle was very idle at this time, looking at each other with big eyes and small eyes, no one wanted to say a word first.
Yan Shifan thought that he could kill Xiao Feng in one step because his previous words were too full. Originally, a penny would stump a heroic man. No matter how powerful Xiao Feng was, he could never conjure up money out of thin air.
Debt collection and running can be done in one step, so that Zhang Tianci will be ruined and Xiao Feng will naturally have an arm cut off. It will be much easier to deal with a poor real person.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Feng swapped debt for equity, issued membership cards, shamelessly raised funds and borrowed money from a bunch of bitches in Chunyan Tower, and managed to pass the test with residual health in an extremely thrilling way. It really embarrasses the face of a scholar! What do those scholars do for food? Why don't you go make trouble?
In fact, Yan Shifan also knew that those scholars who besieged Xiao Feng last time were frightened to death by Xiao Feng's two non-poetry and non-ci poems, and they were all convinced, fearing that they would humiliate themselves if they caused trouble again.
But in this case, where should I, Yan Shifan, put my face? Especially the godbrother in front of me, who glanced at me from time to time with a sly look on his face, clearly a little disappointed! What a disappointment! Who is he that dares to be disappointed in himself?
Seeing Yan Shifan's face getting more and more ugly, Zhao Wenhua was excited, knowing that he might have to be a punching bag again. In desperation, he suddenly thought of a rumor he had just heard, and quickly took it out to divert attention.
"Father, when I was on duty today, I heard from my subordinates that Zhang Tianci had purchased another blacksmith shop, the one at the end of the main street.
I think he had just overcome the difficulties at this time. He probably didn't even have a few copper coins in his pocket. Why did he buy a blacksmith shop?
As a result, they sent someone to inquire and found out that Zhang Tianci was bragging that Xiao Feng could get a weapons contract from the Ministry of War and make a fortune! "
Yan Shifan raised his eyebrows and turned to look at his godbrother who had nothing to say.
"What did you say? When did it happen?"
Seeing that he was interested in this non-dangerous topic, Zhao Wenhua breathed a sigh of relief and quickly answered.
"That's what happened today. It is said that the contract was signed at noon. The blacksmith shop was not big, but the location was good, so Zhang Tianci paid two hundred taels of silver to take over the blacksmith shop. It is said that he also left a few blacksmiths. If it’s a stock, it’s called employee stock, which is inexplicable.”
Yan Shifan thought about it but was not so shallow. His one eye slowly moved, thinking about the loopholes in it.
"Has Zhang Tianci ever registered with the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War at the same time?"
To open a shop in the Ming Dynasty, you generally only need to register with the Ministry of Household Affairs and obtain a license before you can open your business. But the blacksmith shop is special because the material used is iron. Although it is allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs, it may be turned into weapons, so it also needs to be registered with the Ministry of War.
When Xiao Feng was building parallel bars and horns before, the blacksmith shop had to submit the drawings to the Ministry of War. This was the reason. Yan Shifan hoped that Zhang Tianci, a layman, could miss this link so that he could take the opportunity to launch a new round of attacks.
Zhao Wenhua didn't expect this. He glanced at Yan Shifan and gave an unconfident explanation.
"These must have been available when the blacksmith shop opened, otherwise it would have been investigated long ago!"
This is true. Although the officials of the Six Ministries are noble, there are also poor and unorganized officials under the Six Ministries. They are eager for someone to make a mistake and get the opportunity to extort money.
Yan Shifan glanced at his godbrother with contempt, and the urge to spray him came back instantly.
"You know nothing! This is what people tend to overlook! When a store is sold, it needs to be re-filed, but many people think that since it has been filed before, there is no need to re-register.
The reason for this is simply that the clerks in the household department are greedy for money, and the merchants find it troublesome. Whenever a shop is sold, those petty officials will come to congratulate them and offer to handle the formalities!
Because the whole process does not require the business owner to run around, over time, people forget that the store needs to be re-registered! "
Zhao Wenhua's eyes lit up, and he didn't seem so sad about Yan Shifan scolding him.
"They just signed the documents at noon today, and the officials won't come to congratulate them until tomorrow morning at the earliest!"
Yan Shifan nodded, appreciating his agility this time.
"So let our people be dispatched immediately to warn the little officials. No one is allowed to remind Zhang Tianci about this! When he officially opens on the first day of business, if he hasn't made the filing yet, huh."
Zhao Wenhua thought for a while and became a little discouraged: "Opening a business without a license from the Ministry of Revenue is nothing more than a fine of some money. The fine is based on the usual amount of business. For a blacksmith shop, the fine won't be much. The most it will do is make Xiao Feng feel disgusted."
The joy that Yan Shifan had just felt disappeared again, and he felt that this guy was really hopelessly stupid.
"You know nothing! It's just a false shot at the Ministry of Finance. What really matters is the registration with the Ministry of War! He doesn't do the registration. As long as the iron is red, my father can go to court and accuse him of secretly making weapons with the intention of treason! Even long live Even if you protect him, he will not escape the consequences!"
Yan Song was old and already drowsy. Suddenly he heard his name being mentioned and vaguely remembered that there was a sentence just now that said, "You know nothing."
He immediately said out of habit: "Donglou, Wenhua is one of our own, don't be so mean."
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