Fusu found his own path. He knew that he did not have the abilities of his father, and he also knew about his character problems.
So he chose another path.
This road may not be easy to walk, or it may be more difficult than what his father planned for him, but he doesn't care.
Because he knew that this path was in line with his own wishes.
When Fusu said he would go his own way, Ying Zheng of Zhangtai Palace also learned about Fusu's ambitions.
He looked slightly satisfied and looked at Chen Ke in front of him: "Chen Ke, do you still remember what happened five years ago?"
"It's right here."
Chen Ke's thoughts wandered to five years ago, and he saw himself and the First Emperor five years ago, with some emotion in his heart.
"Five years ago, His Majesty gave me the important task of teaching His Highness Fusu."
He looked at Ying Zheng and understood what was about to happen.
He felt as if a huge stone had fallen in his heart: "Today, I can finally tell His Majesty that I have lived up to Your Majesty's trust."
"I have fulfilled my promise back then and fulfilled my promise to His Majesty. It also proves that what I said five years ago is true. There is indeed something wrong with Mr. Chun Yuyue who taught His Highness Fusu back then."
"His Royal Highness Fusu is born with intelligence. If he is taught in the correct way, he can be like a carp that has shed its scales, crossing the dragon gate and becoming a dragon soaring in the sky."
Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke's expression with satisfaction and emotion in his eyes.
Five years ago in this place, he was just a dead horse being treated as a living horse doctor, and he was even a little angry.
After all, Chun Yuyue's problem was already obvious at that time, but he never discovered it. Instead, he was discovered by a young man, a young man who had been accused by him before.
This undoubtedly added fuel to the fire for the First Emperor, causing his anger to erupt.
So Chen Ke, who was still in front of Ying Zheng at the time, was implicated in this way. Ying Zheng raised this trouble and Chen Ke, who discovered the trouble, regarded it as the person to solve the trouble.
The important task of teaching the prince fell on Chen Ke.
Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, and now, Ying Zheng feels that he can finally express his emotions back then and let Chen Ke know.
In fact, Chen Ke was not surprised, he just nodded, and everything wandered away like a wisp of wind in the hall.
Ying Zheng looked a little thoughtful: "Chen Ke, I want to tour east."
He looked at Chen Ke with a depressed expression, as if he was thinking about something.
Chen Ke raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng sitting there, with a soft smile on his face: "Since His Majesty wants to tour the world, of course I am willing to go with His Majesty."
A smile suddenly appeared on Ying Zheng's expression: "In that case, wait until this winter leaves and start touring the world."
No one paid attention to the fact that the original words in the words were "touring the east", but later it became "touring the world".
The emperor's parade is a huge event, and it naturally needs to be discussed.
One winter is enough time for the people of Xianyang City to prepare.
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Qin Coin Bank Xianyang City Branch.
Qin Coin Banks are the same in every place. The only difference is the place where they are located. In order to distinguish these places, they are called after the city where they are located.
This is the case for Xianyang Branch.
The people who work here have a look of pride on their faces, because Qin Coin Bank belongs to a court institution, and the people here are all civil servants of the court. As members of the royal family, they naturally have enough confidence to be proud. .
They have different attitudes towards different people who come to make deposits.
Their attitude towards merchants is average and more ordinary; their attitude towards officials is somewhat respectful, because they are facing Shangguan; towards Guizhou heads and ordinary people, their attitude is warm and gentle, like the spring breeze.
This comes from the regulations of Qin Coin Bank.
The status of merchants is different from theirs. It can be said that although they are no longer lowly, they are still not normal people; they are civil servants, part of the imperial court, and can be said to be "officials" or "scholars" part.
Zhao Sun is a member of Xianyang Qin Coin Company.
His daily job is very simple, that is, to ascend the throne for the people who come to save money, and to withdraw money from the people who come to withdraw money.
The current function of the Qin Coin Bank is not only to exchange copper coins, silver coins, and money. In fact, after experiencing the crazier and busier month at the beginning, very few people continue to use the previous Qin coins, gold, and silver. Come to exchange money.
When this function faded, Zhao Sun thought that he would be sent to work in other imperial agencies, or that he would be fired and need to find a new job.
But what was different from what he thought was that Qin Coin Bank began to "change."
From simply exchanging currency and helping people make deposits, it has become a special deposit for Guizhou leaders and official "lending" by the way.
Yes, these are the two most basic functions of Qinbixing now.
One, access.
Second, lending.
The money deposited in the bank will be given interest based on a certain amount; and if there is money that cannot be recycled, you can use some fixed assets to borrow money. This is an official loan, so the interest is very small, at least less than private loans. Much more.
Even if you are in Guizhou without fixed assets, you can use your own "credibility" as a guarantee for the loan.
After Qinbi Bank has reviewed your credit standing or fixed assets, it will grant a certain amount of loan.
There are many types of loans, and the interest rates for each type are different.
In summary, there are three types.
First, commercial loans. If you want to use this amount of money to do business, the interest rate will be slightly higher, but it is still much lower than private loans.
Second, people’s livelihood loans. You want to use this sum of money to improve your life, and the interest rate is the medium among the three types.
Third, disease loans. If you or your family, parents, children, etc. are sick, the interest on this kind of loan is the lowest, which is almost equivalent to nothing.
Because of the official guarantee from the court, Qin Coin Shop's business has always been very good.
Today, Zhao Sun is waiting for one of his "guests" here.
Liu Jinzi, who hurriedly came from home, wiped the tears from his face. He had heard that Qin Coin Bank could lend money. People who did not want or dare not take out loans had no choice but to contact Qin Coin Bank because they were in urgent need of money. People from Qin Coin Bank.
After arriving at Qin Coin Store, I met Zhao Sun, whom I had made an appointment with before.
The two entered a room. Zhao Sun sat behind the table with a pen in his hand, asking and remembering something.
Liu Jinzi answered honestly. For an honest man like him, what is the difference between this place and the Yamen?
They are all the official places.
After a while, Zhao Sun, who had finished writing, looked at Liu Jinzi, who was a little nervous, smiled, and handed a piece of paper to him: "Here, take it."
"Go to counter six and someone will tell you what to do."
Liu Jinzi quickly took it over respectfully. When taking the white paper, he subconsciously wiped it on his clothes.
When we arrived at counter No. 6, the person there didn't say anything. He just checked Liu Jinzi's identity certificate one by one, and then took out a bag from the counter with a smile.
The sound of coins clattering in the bag——
"Remember that your loan term is two years, and you have to repay one hundred and five copper coins every month. When you repay the debt, remember to bring this certificate."
"Otherwise it wouldn't be possible."
"In addition, the repayment date of each month is before the 25th, and you can repay every day before the 25th."
"You can also repay in advance, but if you repay in advance, you need to pay in full."
After saying that, the person inside handed the bag to Liu Jinzi.
Liu Jinzi was still a little stunned when he subconsciously took the bag. Is this... is this okay?
He held the bag and thanked him a thousand times, holding the bag in his arms as if it were life,
It was indeed life to him, but his mother's life.
Zhao Sun smiled when he looked at Liu Jinzi, whose face was filled with tears, surprise, and even some anxiety before leaving.
He felt that he was very honored to be able to work in Qin Coin Bank.
Because this is a place to help people all over the world.
Help comes at a price though.
For example, Liu Jinzi just now borrowed 20 silver coins, but his monthly repayment amount was 105 copper coins. After two years of repayment, the total was a little more than 25 silver coins.
The interest for two years is five silver coins, equivalent to half a month's wages.
The interest is indeed almost non-existent.
Because this is a gift from His Majesty the First Emperor.
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Xianyang Research Institute
This was originally the place where the Manufacturing Department was located, but later the Manufacturing Department was divided. Part of it was integrated with part of Baijia Palace to become a research institute, and the other part became a separate "manufacturing factory" and "management office".
There is not one manufacturing plant, nor will there be only one in the future.
As of now, there are Daqin's No. 1 Porcelain Factory, Daqin's No. 1 Cement Plant, Daqin's No. 1 Paper Mill, Daqin's No. 1 Bookstore, and other places, which respectively manage some of Daqin's official manufacturing institutions.
These places all belong to the imperial court and are under the jurisdiction of the "Administration Agency".
The status of the "Manufacturing Department" that became the "Management Department" has not declined. It is still equivalent to the Jiuqing organization. The person in charge of the "Management Department" is still Chen Ping.
The institute was extremely lively today, as if something had finally been successfully invented.
The people inside were extremely lively.
Even Chen Ke and Li Si came to see the excitement. Somewhere in the crowd, Ying Zheng was there quietly. He knew that this thing would definitely be presented to him in the future, but he was still curious.
In the center of the crowd, I saw a young man standing there, at a loss, with a face full of surprise and pride.
There is a knife in his hand.
The knife was shiny and made of iron. Although there were already iron weapons and iron farm tools in this period, the hardness of iron was not that strong.
Chen Ke looked at the young man in front of him with a smile on his face.
If the research on porcelain and other things before was due to his guidance, then the research on "steel" now is purely due to the work of these craftsmen, no, or rather, the scientific researchers.
This shows that even without him, his influence continues to be implemented.
Perhaps one day when someone from the Manufacturing Department tells him that they have developed a steam engine, he can look at it with a calm mind.
"Is this what you call "steel"? "
The young man nodded, and after a moment he scratched his head as he didn't know what to say.
"Yes, it is."
Yang Dongchang was an old Qin man and a craftsman, and his family also had some wealth. In fact, his family did not support him in doing these things at first, but later they heard that this structure was what the First Emperor needed, so they let him come.
He looked at Chen Ke and said, "Prime Minister, this is steel."
Yang Dongchang, who mustered up his courage, said: "This thing is harder than iron. It has been refined through multiple layers. I thought this thing should be very useful, so I forged it with this "steel"." knife. "
"This is the one in front of you."
Yang Dongchang handed the knife in his hand to Chen Ke. Chen Ke touched it and checked it again. He found that it was indeed the steel he had remembered. Then he said with emotion: "There is such a talent in this generation."
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"Not bad."
Chen Ke laughed loudly, then glanced at Yang Dongchang, and then slashed to the side.
This is an experiment that has been prepared for a long time.
There was a man standing next to him, holding a knife in his hand. The knife was an iron knife forged with the original "secret technique" of the Qin State. It was already a very sharp and versatile weapon.
Cutting down with this knife is like entering a deserted place.
In an instant, the strong and sharp knife specially used by the Qin army broke.
Chen Ke turned around and looked at Yang Dongchang: "I will go to the palace and ask for credit for you."
After pondering for a moment, he said again: "I hope you can continue your efforts. The institute is full of talents. You are no longer "craftsmen" but "scientists." "
Chen Ke smiled brilliantly and finally threw out the name.
"From then on, there was one more school of thought, named "Science". "
"You are no longer a craftsman!"
Hearing Chen Ke's words, everyone present was a little stunned. They were no longer craftsmen, but members of a hundred schools of thought?
Became a "scholar"?
All of a sudden, cheers, cheers, and sobs could be heard.
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outside the institute
Li Si looked at Chen Ke and asked with some confusion and worry: "Is this thing really that important?"
"Is it worth your efforts?"
Chen Ke named it "Science", which only shows that Chen Ke is willing to bear the limelight. Who will be the first scientist in the future? It's Chen Ke.
While this is an honor, it also requires taking risks.
Chen Ke smiled and said: "Mr. Li, don't you know the role of steel? The weapon just now is just one of them. What's more, he can be used in various places."
"Perhaps our plan to build Xianyang City can be put on the agenda."
For Chen Ke, with steel, perhaps the cement, steel bars, etc. for building cities will be complete. Even after the steam engine appears, trains will also appear.
It was as if Da Qin had entered a new era in an instant.
But Chen Ke knew that this was actually just prosperity on the surface.
