The establishment of the General Administration of Customs was not accomplished overnight, but was carried out slowly.
Nowadays, the newly established customs is basically under the jurisdiction of eunuchs, working with some recruited civil servants, and the Jin Yiwei provides military support.
It looks messy and without any planning.
Therefore, the decision to establish a real financial department is of great significance.
"Customs, factories, and mines."
Zhu Yixi muttered that the copper mines, gold mines, and silver mines all belonged to the imperial court. He opened a network in the iron mines because he could collect taxes.
This doesn't mean he is a fool.
Here, Zhang Qi was overjoyed after getting the ZTE machine and hurriedly ordered the carpenters to make improvements and strive to make a textile machine that could spin eight threads at a time as soon as possible.
But he was also a businessman after all, and he immediately sensed the benefits. Even though the imperial power was suppressing him, he still felt a little lucky.
When he could spin five threads, he immediately sent craftsmen to Tongzhou to build dozens of machines overnight and couldn't wait to start spinning.
The so-called yarn refers to the most basic yarn, wool, cotton thread, etc. in the textile industry. What restricts the development of the textile industry is the insufficient supply of yarn.
After manufacturing a large amount of linen thread, cotton thread, silk thread, etc. at several times the speed, the yarn was sent to his home cloth yard.
After that, he sent it to his own cloth shop and sold it on the market.
In this way, a large amount of cheap cloth was dumped along the canal to Shandong, Henan, Beizhili and other places, making a lot of money.
After all, silk was only for the nobles, and a large amount of affordable cloth was needed by ordinary people.
As a result, in just a few months, he made more than 100,000 yuan.
Although these things were done secretly, the city of Beijing was well-informed, and the news that Zhang Qi made a lot of money spread.
Although he was the father-in-law of the country, there were still many people who didn't buy it and wanted to find out why it was sold so cheaply.
Despite every possible protection, the secret was revealed.
After all, as long as you see this ZTE machine, you will understand it - turn the spindle upside down.
At this time, there was an instant commotion. Shaanxi merchants were eager to try, Shanxi merchants coveted big jobs, and Hui merchants gritted their teeth and scolded their mothers while going for it.
After Zhang Qi found out, he was so angry that he couldn't even eat. He was furious and hurriedly spread the news that the ZTE machine was made by the emperor and no one else could get it.
Although there is no patent law today, the emperor's reputation still scares most people:
Stop it openly, but do it secretly in private.
Helpless, Zhang Qi could only tell the truth to the emperor, crying:
"It's all my fault for being greedy. I just thought I could spin wool and make linen and cotton threads, so these people took the chance and stole it..."
It was so sad to cry, and I don’t know whether it was because I stole the technology or it was stolen by others, so I couldn’t make monopoly money.
Zhu Yixi was too lazy to pay attention to him and said lazily: "How can there be such a good thing in the world? Let you have a unique business?"
“You’ve made enough money for a few months and that’s enough. Let’s stop!”
"But Your Majesty, you made this machine. They all learned from it secretly. How can you do that? This is contempt for the majesty of the king!"
"Bah, don't feed me those nonsense things. I think you are blinded by money."
The emperor didn't tolerate him and exposed him directly: "You learned that machine and brought it to Tongzhou hundreds of miles away. Have I banned you?"
Zhang Qiyou was dissatisfied and said: "But they are outsiders!"
"This sentence makes sense."
Zhu Yixi saw the sun rising, so she moved her place and came to a place where the spring water was bubbling. It was cool and comfortable.
"This ZTE machine is, after all, a good deal, and we can't just let people make money off it for no reason."
The first patent bill in the world was born in the United Kingdom, and it was called the "Monopoly Act."
The essence of this law was to restrict the royal power, because after the invention was patented, the king would grant it the privilege to monopolize production, and the king could draw part of the money from it to enrich his private treasury.
In the later period, the nobles claimed their privileges for the sake of money. Even ordinary objects, such as glass, salt, and paper, were authorized to be produced by the nobles, and the economy was in chaos.
The "Monopoly Act" restricts monopoly, that is, there are some specifications for patents, such as only being authorized to the inventor; not being authorized to some products that have been born long ago; the authorization time is fourteen years after the birth; not violating the law, etc.
It is conceivable that if the patent law was implemented in the feudal era at this time, the common people might benefit a little at first, but in fact, just like the UK, a large number of patent fruits were usurped by the nobles.
After thinking about it, Zhu Yixi could only remain silent.
The immaturity of the patent law, coupled with its hasty implementation in this era where imperial power is greater than the law, will definitely make it unsuitable for the country.
"How about this!"
Zhu Yixi made up her mind and said: "After all, the ZTE machine was built by me. If anyone wants to use it, just pay a hundred silver coins."
"And if you misuse it privately without my authorization, you will be fined ten thousand taels if discovered."
"Your Majesty, your Majesty..." Zhang Qi said feebly: "In this case, who dares to mess around with those profiteers?"
After a long quarrel, the emperor still benefited, and his monopoly was gone.
The thought of this made him miserable.
Zhu Yixi had no time to pay attention to his feelings. The patent law was not adapted to the local environment, but if you want to carry out the industrial revolution, you must not live without the patent law, otherwise no one would dare to innovate.
Suddenly, he stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked to the edge of the spring.
A group of colorful goldfish are playing freely in the spring water.
"You said, no one in this world dares to disobey my will?"
"Who in the whole world would be so bold as to be a prince?"
Zhang Qi couldn't understand what the emperor meant, so he could only cooperate.
Yes, no one dares to disobey the Heavenly Constitution. At least on the surface, no one dares to disobey the imperial edict face to face.
"Appearance is enough."
Zhu Yixi sighed and suddenly said excitedly: "Anyone who has a weapon as sharp as Zhongxingji will be rewarded with a thousand to ten thousand yuan of silver if he shows it to me."
"Your Majesty, Shengming, are you saying that the ZTE machine is like this?"
Zhang Qi was shocked and blurted out: "These craftsmen are as humble as clay, how could they be so virtuous as to reward them with silver coins!"
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Yixi shook his head and smiled proudly. He figured out the localization of patents and was in a very good mood.
"As long as this group of craftsmen can transform machines like the ZTE machine and make you huge profits, why not reward them?"
Zhang Qi nodded, that's fine, but it's not of any benefit to the emperor. Why is it a reward from the emperor?
Seeing his confused face, Zhu Yixi smiled and said: "After receiving my reward, this thing naturally belongs to me. Anyone who wants to use it must pay for it."
"Like ZTE, it costs 100 yuan for one family, 1,000 yuan for 10 companies, and 10,000 yuan for 100 companies. Who dares not to pay?"
"You can only catch fish by leaving the bait and make money for my internal funds, no matter what."
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