Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

@@「Twelve taels?!」

The former Emperor Chongzhen and now His Royal Highness Zhu Youjian looked at the ingot of silver on the table and felt bad.

What about trouble? !
Zhou Kui, you are a majestic and wealthy man in the capital, who can show off 10,000+ taels of silver with Zhang Guoji, and now you only give ten taels of silver to help your son-in-law? !
I came to see you and brought a gift of 30 taels of silver!

And Zhou Kui also has something to say, Zhu Youjian obviously doesn't know how to do business, and helping the Prince Xin's Mansion is a bottomless pit of helping. If you have money, Zhu Youjian will definitely be tricked and abducted by those Donglin Party members. It's better to start don't give it.

Moreover, Zhu Youjian honored his father-in-law with a gift of 30 taels of silver. It's not that he didn't invite him to dinner. Now giving ten taels of silver is equivalent to only earning half of the income. Is there such a kind old man?

Seeing Zhu Youjian's astonished expression, Zhou Kui was a little suspicious: "Too much? How about I get back another five taels?"

As Zhou Kui said, he was about to reach out to the ingot of silver on the table.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian quickly picked up the money, and kept muttering: "Not much, not much, ten taels is not enough."

With such a shameless old man at the booth, Zhu Youjian really didn't know what to do.

But Zhou Kui thought that he was actually good to Xin Wang's son-in-law, not only gave ten taels of silver, but also asked Zhu Youjian to have a meal together.

The standard of five taels of silver is still very rich. There are mutton pancakes, haggis soup, a few side dishes, and a pot of wine. It looks good. After all, the table dishes are bought on the East Street, so how much is it worth? silver.

Looking at the dishes on the table, Zhu Youjian suddenly felt no appetite. How could his father-in-law be so stingy? !

A millionaire with a net worth of millions of dollars, would he use this to entertain the son-in-law of the prince of the dynasty?

However, Zhou Kui seemed unable to see the displeasure on Zhu Youjian's face, and he continued to pick up food for Zhu Youjian: "His Royal Highness, eat more, these are good things, ordinary people can eat them for a few days. You may not even be able to eat a meal.”

In the end, Zhu Youjian reluctantly ate some, and then hurriedly resigned and left.

After Zhu Youjian left, Zhou Kui ordered the servants to put back all the good things, and he also lay on the rocking chair and shook his fan quite contentedly: "Oh,

I didn't do anything today, but I got 19 taels of silver in my account. It's another day of getting rich. "

Not long after Zhu Youjian left, Zhou Kui's wife came out from the backyard. Seeing Zhou Kui humming a ditty complacently, she was very puzzled: "My lord, His Royal Highness Xin Wang is also your son-in-law anyway, why do you want to be like this?"

Zhou Kui snorted, and said angrily, "Prince Xin is my son-in-law, but what's the use of this prince's son-in-law?"

"The Emperor doesn't like him, Yuanfu doesn't like him, no one in the entire New Party likes him, and the Donglin Party doesn't want to have anything to do with him. Tell me, what's the use of such a son-in-law?"

"When my daughter who is as beautiful as a fairy marries him, she has nothing but the status of a princess. Following him is suffering."

Madam's distressed eyes were red: "Then you should help him more, you can't watch your daughter eat chaff and swallow vegetables."

Zhou Kui had an inscrutable look: "Help him? What's the use of helping him?"...

"At least our daughter is being looked after by the queen. Since my daughter can't bear much suffering, why bother with him. If you give him money, you won't see any money back."

"I can't put my fortune in it just because of this son-in-law. This is a bottomless pit."

Seeing that Zhou Kui was unwilling to support Zhu Youjian, his wife had no choice but to leave silently and sigh, thinking that next time if her daughter came back to visit her relatives, she would secretly stuff her with some gold and silver jewelry, and she couldn't let her daughter suffer.

After Zhu Youjian returned to Prince Xin's Mansion, Princess Zhou stepped forward with hope: "My lord, is my concubine's father willing to help us?"

Zhu You checked Zhang Zhang, and finally sighed and walked towards the back hall on his own. Seeing this, Princess Zhou knew what was going on. It was obvious that Zhou Kui could not help them.

Followed Zhu Youjian back to the back hall, and after dismissing the servants, Zhu Youjian took the ingot in his arms

He took out the silver: "Aifei, your father is really stingy, so he gave us ten taels of silver."

"It's only ten taels?!" Mrs. Zhou was stunned, staring at the ingot of silver in Zhu Youjian's hand, no matter how she looked at it, she felt ashamed and flustered. How could she have such a stingy father? !
Zhu Youjian sat on the chair and sulked: "I went to see your father, and I have already lowered my posture regardless of my prince's face. I even brought a gift of 30 taels of silver."

"But in the end, your father gave you ten taels of silver, hey."

Mrs. Zhou also felt wronged: "My lord was wronged today, and I will go back in person tomorrow. I think I can always bring back some silver taels."

Hearing what his concubine said, Zhu Youjian felt that his face was flushed, he was a majestic prince of Ming Dynasty, well educated and full of economics, how could he rely on women to make money?
Do you want a man's face? !
Zhu Youjian felt that he couldn't afford to lose this person, so he immediately said: "My concubine doesn't need to go back, and I will be blindsided when I go back. I don't have any skills, so I sell some valuable things in the palace first, and I will paint later. There is always money to be made in writing.”

Seeing that Zhu Youjian still had the backbone, Mrs. Zhou also nodded, and hummed softly: "I can also weave and embroider. There is a lot of free space in the palace. We can also grow vegetables and food by ourselves, and raise some chickens and ducks. This day can always go on.”

Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up when he heard this: "I am good at growing vegetables and raising chickens and ducks."

I think when Zhu Youjian was on the farm back then, he was farming the land, raising chickens and ducks, and watering vegetables. He hadn't done these things before, but these things were a piece of cake for him.

Thinking that he still has these skills, Zhu Youjian also cheered up: "In the future, the king and his concubine will farm and weave during the day, and recite poems at night to fight against each other!"

If Zhou Kui knew Zhu Youjian's optimistic appearance now, then Zhou Kui would be extremely happy, because then he would no longer have to worry about Zhu Youjian coming to ask him for money.

In the evening, Zhou Kui went to Zhang Haogu with a can of good tea. He still had something to ask Zhang Haogu about today's affairs.

"Hey hahahaha, Yuansuke, look, I brought you some pine tea this time."

Looking at Zhou Kui who was carrying a small pot of tea, Zhang Haogu couldn't help but laugh: "I can't fit my good tea here. If you give me so much tea, I can still drink it."...

Zhou Kui had his own reasons: "Yuanfu, what you said is wrong. You are the prime minister of the court, and all the officials and people in the world depend on you to work day and night. We businessmen don't know how to taste tea. Drinking good tea is a waste, why don't you give this good tea to you, it can be regarded as relieving you from the exhaustion of working on state affairs, isn't it? In disguise, it can be regarded as a little patriotism from us people to the imperial court. Blessing."

Hearing Zhou Kui's shameless flattery, Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "So, I have to accept this tea?"

"You have to accept it." Zhou Kui looked serious.

Handed the tea to the waiter at the side and let him cook it. With the refreshing aroma of olive fragrance blowing over his face, Zhang Haogu also talked about serious business with Zhou Kui.

"Yuanfu, His Highness King Xin has come to look for me today." Zhou Kui said.

Zhang Haogu glanced at Zhou Kui: "His Royal Highness Xin Wang is your son-in-law, isn't it normal to look for you?"

Zhou Kui sighed: "But His Royal Highness Wang Xin came to me to borrow money."

Zhang Haogu was stunned, Zhu Youjian asked Zhou Kui to borrow money, didn't he expect the iron cock to lose its hair?

In the previous life, Li Zicheng's army had all reached the city of Beijing, and Zhu Youjian asked Zhou Kui to borrow money. It is even more impossible to lend him money.

Zhang Haogu didn't speak, Zhou Kui continued to talk about himself: "Yuanfu, I feel that the capital has been a little disturbed since His Royal Highness Xinwang came back."

"I suspect that His Royal Highness Xin came to ask me to borrow money. Someone should have instructed him. Otherwise, with His Royal Highness Xin's face and self-esteem, how could he come to me as a merchant to borrow money?"

"Are you saying that the Donglin Party watched His Highness King Xin come back and wanted to push him away?"
His Royal Highness Wang Xin is playing in the ring? "

Listening to Zhou Kui's blind analysis, Zhang Haogu chuckled and shook his head, at this time the waiter also brought the prepared tea: "Master, tea."

Putting two cups of tea in front of him, Zhang Haogu pushed one of them in front of Zhou Kui, and then lifted the lid of the tea cup in front of him, looking at the tender green tea leaves in the tea cup that were stretching out in the bright green soup, Zhang Haogu Slowly said: "Those people from the Donglin Party, as long as they still want to survive, as long as they have some brains, they will not do such unwise things as pushing Xinwang to fight in the ring."

"The premise of fighting in the arena is to have the capital. Now, the only ones who have the capital to fight in the arena are His Majesty's princes. How can King Xin get the qualifications to fight in the arena?"

"You, don't think about it. His Highness Xinwang said that he has experienced in the farm for several years. People always change."

Zhou Kui was distressed: "But what if His Royal Highness King Xin comes to ask me to borrow money again?"

"If he comes to me repeatedly to borrow money, it won't have a good impact."

"And if someone with a heart spreads rumors among the people that Zhou Kui is too extravagant and has no money in his hand, so he refuses to borrow money from his son-in-law, then what if the common people think that Zhili Iron and Steel Company has no money, and the stock price will be affected again? Do it."

Good guy, Zhang Haogu understands that what Zhou Kui is emotionally worried about is still his own stocks and money.

After taking a sip of tea, Zhang Haogu looked at Zhou Kui: "So, are you here to ask me for advice?"...

Zhou Kui smiled shyly: "The folks say that Brother Zhang and I are the Four Gods of Wealth, but the biggest God of Wealth in Ming Dynasty is you, Yuanfu. You can give me an idea. If His Royal Highness Xin Wang is not allowed to ask me to borrow money, it will not affect the stock."

Looking at Zhou Kui's appearance, Zhang Haogu suddenly smiled and said, "I really have this method, and you can even make some more money in the end, but you have to invest money in the early stage, are you willing to listen?"

"Will it cost money?"

Zhou Kui was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth: "Come on, Yuanfu, what you said can definitely make money, I will listen to you, and I will do whatever you say."

Zhang Haogu nodded, and leaned forward: "Listen well, you, when you get back, announce to everyone that you want to open a college."

"Opening a school?! Is it a school for cultivating students? Yuanfu really has a good idea!" Zhou Kui was extremely happy. It only cost a few dollars to open a school, but he could gain a good reputation among the people. With this good reputation, I have a gold-lettered signboard, and the stock has a high reputation, so it will naturally rise. Yuanfu is really powerful.

But Zhang Haogu shook his head: "No, no, no, it's not a school, it's a college, a technical college that trains professional workers."

Seeing that Zhou Kui was still a little puzzled, Zhang Haogu immediately stated his purpose: "Do you think there are many qualified workers in Daming today?"

Zhou Kui shook his head.

Zhang Haogu continued: "The Ming Dynasty lacks a sufficient number of qualified workers. We liberate farmers from the farmland and send them to factories. Farmers also need time to study. If this is the case, why don't we train them from the young?"

"Choose those children who are [-] or [-] years old and have received school education, and send them to technical colleges for training, so that they have professional knowledge, and they will be qualified workers when they come out."

Seeing that Zhou Kui was in a dilemma, Zhang Haogu smiled and said, "Don't think it's not profitable, you can implement it in your Zhili Iron and Steel Plant, build a technical college, and then allow the workers' children to study for free. After the child has finished his studies, don’t he still want to work with you?”

"Let me tell you this, this technical college will not lose money. There will be many people who are willing to send their children to learn a skill. This is a good thing."

Hearing what Zhang Haogu said, Zhou Kui was also cruel: "Then I will listen to Yuanfu and start it when I go back!"

As soon as he said it, Zhou Kui invited Zhang Guoji to discuss the possibility of the Technical College when he went back.

When Zhang Guoji heard that it was Zhang Haogu who asked Zhou Kui to do this, he immediately said: "I said Brother Zhou, this is what Yuanfu said, so why are you hesitating? Yuanfu can still lie to you for that little money?"

"I will do this with you, and we will do what Yuanfu said.

They built a technical college, but all the children of workers from the Zhili Iron and Steel Company could enroll free of charge to learn technology. "

Soon, a new rumor spread among the common people in the capital. Zhang Guoji and Zhou Kui, two rich men, wanted to build a new college. In addition to teaching basic reading and literacy and some mathematics and Chinese studies, the college would eventually The main thing is to teach skills!
As for the cost, it is only a few million taels of silver, converted into Daming treasure banknotes, it is only more than a billion! …

The people were stunned when they heard this.

In Daming, if you want to learn a skill, you have to follow the master, do the laundry and cook for the master. Then the master will give you something from his fingers, and the ability to press the bottom of the box will not be handed over to outsiders. It will only be passed on to one's own people.

This has caused many unique skills to disappear into the long river of history.

It is not an easy task in ancient times to learn a skill and have the ability to settle down. After all, this is the skill of eating. Who would pass it on to others easily?
If you don’t work as an ox or horse for the master for three years, wash and cook for three years, work for the master for three years, and finally honor the master for three years, why should the master pass on your true skills?

But it's different now. The vocational college established by Zhang Guoji and Zhou Kui will hire professional masters to impart knowledge. As long as you have learned it well, you will have a skill and you can have a stable job.

As Daming goes further and further on the road of initial industrial development, Daming's demand for workers is also increasing, and each qualified worker can receive a high salary. After all, a qualified worker brings several apprentices It can support a production line.

With such a good opportunity right now, how could ordinary people in the capital not be excited?
Not only the people in the capital are excited, but also the people in the vicinity of the capital. Zhang Guoji and Zhou Kui set up a college, and they have done something of great merit. No matter what purpose they made this choice, it will undoubtedly be Bring more possibilities to thousands of families and opportunities for millions of children to go out.

Zhu Youjian is currently shutting himself at home, living a small life with his concubine, farming and weaving, planting vegetables, watering the fields, weaving and cooking, and doesn't know much about the outside world.

After hearing the servants say that Zhou Kui made a big fuss again, what kind of technical college he wanted to open, and what kind of worker's children were going to go to school for free, Zhu Youjian said disdainfully, "My father-in-law, what's going on?"

"Open a technical college? Technology also deserves to open a college?"

"College is a place for teaching and educating people. If you don't teach the Four Books and Five Classics, you don't care about the Confucian classics. Instead, you learn mathematics, learning things, and learning craftsman skills. Is this the fear of not being able to recruit people?"

"My concubine, you'd better persuade my father-in-law, he is so stingy, if this college loses money when it starts up, maybe he will cry and cry."

Although Zhou felt that what Zhu Youjian said made sense, she vaguely felt that something was wrong.

This craftsman's ability can also be the ability to support the family, why is it so cheap?
Should this person really be divided into scholars, farmers, businessmen, etc.?

Hasn't Daming already abolished low status?

Zhou didn't understand, but Zhu Youxiao understood.

After hearing rumors from the folks, Zhu Youxiao invited Zhang Haogu.

When Zhang Haogu came to the Hall of Martial Arts and hadn't waited to salute, Zhu Youxiao pulled Zhang Haogu to sit down: "Master, I heard that you asked the father-in-law to open a technical college to train professional workers?"

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Your Majesty is merciful, loves the people of the world deeply, and educates the world with benevolent government, only then can there be the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty today."

"Right now, Ming Dynasty is marching toward industrialization, and what is lacking is qualified workers. Zhang Guozhang and the others are now worth billions of dollars, thanks to His Majesty's benevolence, they can earn this gold and silver."

"Businessmen profit from the country, so naturally they have to repay the country. Let them build a vocational college to train farmers' children for free. On the one hand, it will alleviate the shortage of workers that the court is facing today, and on the other hand, it will also give folk children an extra way out."

Zhu Youxiao said with emotion: "The life of the people is not easy. They face the loess and their backs to the sky to farm all day long to barely eat. The people don't ask for much, nothing more than their children have a future."

"Although the imperial court has set up schools, they can only teach children all over the world to read. The establishment of a technical college will enable many children who cannot continue to study to have a skill. This is an extra way out, an extra future, and the merits of this move are immeasurable. what."
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