After hearing this, Emperor Jing felt slightly disappointed.
Saying this is the same as not saying it.
It seems that it still needs some experience.
Sending an envoy from Beirong was a big deal, so naturally this matter had to be discussed in advance.
However, considering that it was still early for Fang Zheng to enter the court, it is understandable that he does not understand.
Emperor Jing didn't pay attention and turned to ask others.
Li Yuanzhao on the side was already very excited!
He was more excited than anyone else when he heard that there was going to be a war.
Finally got a chance to show off his bravery?
In excitement, he kept beaming at Fang Zheng.
Fang Zhengyi was naturally too lazy to pay attention to him.
He knew exactly what Xiao Jiujiu was thinking about in Li Yuanzhao's heart.
But now is not the time to think about that.
I have to go see the princess next time.
I don’t know if the princess has eaten in the morning. I haven’t seen you for a few months. Do you miss me?
We have to find a way to fool the prince first!
Save yourself the trouble of having to worry about yourself no matter what happens!
The discussion in the court was lively.
The two heartless people had their own thoughts and held on until the next court.
As before, Li Yuanzhao came over immediately.
Seeing no one around, he whispered: "Old Fang, together with Beirong, we will have a battle with Dajing in the future!"
"You said the mission is here...are they here to stir up trouble?"
Fang Zheng glanced at him, a little speechless.
In the diplomacy between the two countries, you are provoking trouble.
Are you afraid that nothing serious will happen?
They didn't even say they were going to fight, but you were already expecting it?
The prince is becoming more and more gangster-like.
"What are you picking on? I don't want to fight. Good times will only last a few years."
"In a war, hundreds of millions of taels of silver can be easily spent. Who will pay for it?"
"The treasury has no money right now, so it wants to steal money from the people? Your Highness, can you bear it?"
Li Yuanzhao laughed twice but did not dare to speak.
Fang Zheng couldn't help but nodded secretly.
That's the only good thing about the prince, he can feel sorry for others.
"Your Highness, if you have nothing to do, go to the newspaper office! I can't leave you then!"
Li Yuanzhao looked puzzled: "Why should I go to the newspaper office? Isn't Xie Xian in charge there? I think he manages it very well."
"I went there yesterday and heard that all the advertising space in the newspaper was sold out in less than a day."
"Sold for 3,600 taels! They were all bought by a family and advertised in newspapers for half a year."
Fang Zheng looked happy: "Oh? Which family is so powerful?"
"Chen Kee Grocery Store."
Fang Zheng smiled. He didn't expect that a small grocery store owner would rise so quickly.
Sure enough, the first person to eat the crab gets the most benefits.
The work of the newspaper office started so smoothly.
Three thousand six hundred taels is enough for the newspaper to survive. At least I don't have to invest any more money.
What a happy event.
"Old Fang, after making so much money, shouldn't it be time to increase the monthly salary for reporters?"
Fang Zhengyi looked at Li Yuanzhao with a troubled face: "Huh? Didn't you just add it two days ago?!"
Why aren't you as generous as me?
I'll work for you...
"I think two taels a month is not enough."
Fang Zheng touched his chin and looked at Li Yuanzhao.
Twenty taels a month is actually not a lot at all.
He can be called a high-end wage earner in Dajing. The prince has been with him for a long time.
Usually speaking of silver, it is tens of thousands of taels.
Are you numb and have lost the concept of money?
"Old Fang, why are you staring at me so lewdly?" Li Yuanzhao looked wary.
"Who is lusting after breasts!!?"
"I was thinking... Forget about adding more monthly money! Always adding more money is not good for their growth. What will happen if they are too lazy to work in the future?"
"Of these 3,600 taels, use 3,600 taels to buy a big house, put in some landscape gardens, get some animals, etc., let reporters move in, and improve their working environment."
"The other six hundred taels should be reserved for them as funds for activities. Any money spent on work in the future will be reimbursed by the newspaper."
"As for the monthly payment, we have to set a standard in the future and it will increase every year. How much it will increase depends on the newspaper company's income."
The worst that can happen is raising them for another year! Fang Zheng gritted his teeth one by one and became generous again.
"Your Highness, you have to let them remember the goodness of the newspaper!"
"Just by giving them a monthly payment, they still think they earned it through their own abilities!"
"Isn't that the money we gave you? Think about it, right?"
Li Yuanzhao said thoughtfully: "You seem to be right!"
"Okay, your highness, go and tell the reporters the good news, and say it was you who arranged it!"
Li Yuanzhao hesitated for a while and then said hesitantly: "Forget it, it's too far. It doesn't matter if we say it sooner or later. We'll go another day!"
Fang Zhengyi was confused, something was wrong.
This guy used to be more active than anyone else when leaving the palace. Why is he causing trouble here when I want to see the princess?
Are you deliberately trying to get in trouble with me?
"What's the point in the palace!? Your Highness, you'd better go there quickly!"
Then I heard Li Yuanzhao sigh: "No, my butt hurts."
"Yesterday, my father beat me again..."
As he spoke, he began to gnash his teeth: "If you and the emperor hadn't been talking nonsense there, I wouldn't have been beaten!"
"I said the earth was round, and he started beating me!"
"..."
Ignorant thoughts kill people!
This makes it difficult to expel the prince... What should I do?
Li Yuanzhao kept complaining to him, while Fang Zheng scratched his head anxiously.
Suddenly he had an idea and said: "Hey! Your Highness, didn't I give you a microscope? Why haven't I heard you mention it!"
Unexpectedly, Li Yuanzhao said with disdain on his face: "I suspect there is something wrong with your thing. Could it be that the guards were also transformed into tadpoles? This is impossible! Let me dismantle it long ago!"
"I thought it was something good, but it turned out to be a tube with several layers of glass pieces, plus a few bits and pieces!"
"fraud!"
"What! Did you tear it apart for me!?" Fang Zhengyi was about to cry but had no tears.
Prodigal! What a prodigal!
The structure of the microscopes in Taoyuan County is indeed not that complex. It is completely incomparable to those of later generations, and may even be slightly inferior to the looms in the county.
To put it simply, it is a magnifying glass of complexity.
It's just some simple mechanical structures plus lens arrangements.
Practice always precedes theory, just like a monkey who doesn't understand the principle of leverage doesn't stop it from using a wooden stick to pry things.
The people in Taoyuan County don't understand optics, so that doesn't stop them from experimenting bit by bit, not to mention there are people who provide ideas.
His next decision was that the institute would focus on this one thing and put down all other work.
Just talking about grinding glass, I don’t know how much effort it took.
A letter from the county complained that many people were grinding glass to the point of becoming bald!
All the skilled craftsmen in the county made repeated experiments, and tried and failed regardless of the cost, to come up with such a machine.
Leeuwenhoek had to shout loudly when he saw it!
If I didn't provide some ideas, even if there was glass, it would have taken a hundred or two hundred years to develop this thing.
Did you dismantle it as rubbish for me?
Fang Zheng made a sad face: "Your Highness, if you can install it for me intact today, I will give you one thousand taels!"
"Okay! It's a deal!"
Li Yuanzhao looked happy and ran away quickly...
