Villager of Daming

Chapter 793: Bright photo released

"It looks like a real person, how can a painting compare to it?"

"If you're not good at painting, you have to stay there for a long time and let others follow the painting. This is good, it only takes a moment."

"How much does it cost to get one? His Majesty asked us."

"It depends on how much money you have. If you have a lot of money, you won't feel it's expensive if you have a lot of money. But if you have a few pennies less, you won't want to part with it."

"They said they would use the money from selling the photos to take household registration photos for the people of Ming Dynasty. It will be hard to fake them in the future!"

During dinner, a group of people in the harem passed around the photos taken and developed this afternoon.

They had all had their portraits drawn, but they weren't very good, and they didn't look like what they saw in the mirror.

Now I have encountered photography. This image is exactly the same, and I can 'paint' myself and the surrounding scenery in one go.

I decided to change into a few more beautiful outfits and take pictures next time. The same goes for the children. All the pictures taken by the children are here.

……

Not to mention the place where Zhu Yuanzhang is eating. He took ten photos this afternoon. It's not that he doesn't want to continue taking photos, but the village has run out of film.

We need to wait until next time when the village makes more of them before we can let the photos go. As long as there are enough materials, it can be made in batches very quickly.

The civil servants and military generals passed the eleven photos to each other, including Empress Ma's. In fact, photo No. 11 was a group photo of the two of them.

The civil and military officials were jealous. What they saw at noon was black and white, but now it has become colored. The colored ones look good, and they are no different from the real ones.

"Your Majesty, is this a lot of money?" Hu Weiyong asked on behalf of everyone who wanted to know, meaning can we come.

"On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, during the Lantern Festival, the village had to make something for the photo. The photo was one thing, and now the seal is another thing.

That one is called film, and this one is called photographic paper. The film takes a picture of you first, and then uses a method to get it onto the photographic paper.

One piece of film can make many photos. The negatives of me and the harem are left in the village. It is difficult for me to keep them. If the photos are lost, I have to ask the village for the negatives to be developed. "

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't talk nonsense at all. He directly told everyone to take pictures in ten days. Generally, he was willing to take a picture of a single person and then a picture of the whole family.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Hu Weiyong reached his goal and quickly thanked him.

Others thanked Xiaqiu Village and looked forward to Xiaqiu Village continuing to work hard. Whenever there is something good in Xiaqiu Village, everyone can enjoy it.

"Tell me, how much does it cost to take this photo? We'll sell it to the barbarians."

Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to ask, emphasizing that he did not want to collect money from everyone.

"Your Majesty, if I have money, twenty guans per piece will do. It's like looking in a mirror, and there is a view behind." Lu Xi, the Minister of Personnel, spoke.

Zhan Tong, who was also the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, followed up and said: "Your Majesty, what we are thinking is that when the Yi people arrived in the Ming Dynasty, after exchanging goods, they were thinking about how to go back and tell their emperors, kings, chiefs and other leaders.

There is no proof for what he says. If he had a set of these... photos and showed them to everyone, then this person would definitely gain more recognition, such as a watch worth [-] yuan.

The fewer things, the more expensive they are, and the more you buy them in advance, the greater their value will be when you send them back. Ming Dynasty is so big, who doesn’t want to stand in a beautiful place and take more photos? "

As soon as he said this, other officials' eyes lit up, thinking that this was the truth. When it came to what was going on outside, they could only rely on others to explain it.

If it were replaced by a lot of photos and looked at one by one, wouldn't it be equivalent to seeing it with one's own eyes?
Liu Ren, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, thought about it and said: "Your Majesty, there is a strange beast out there. I don't know what it looks like. Someone took a photo and brought it back. They charge a few cents for a viewing. I think some people will be willing to see it, right?" "This usually needs to be dedicated to us first, but you are right, there is a price of [-] guan for the watch, but no one has bought it! That's [-] million guan!
We exchanged things with them, and it took a year to exchange them for several million coins. They were reluctant to spend a tenth of it to buy that thing.

By then, if the ones that take pictures are too expensive and they are unwilling to buy them, wouldn’t it be..."

"Your Majesty, urgent report." A eunuch hurried in from outside, his face full of joy.

"Your Majesty, the watches have been sold. They were sold years ago. Due to the long distance, the news came back. The three watches placed there were all sold." The eunuch bent his waist almost parallel to the ground.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

The ministers: "..."

Even Zhu Wentian said: "..."

Zhu Wentian knew that the price of [-] yuan was determined by everyone after analysis, and then there was no transaction. He sent three watches to the Yi people to see. Many Yi people saw it, but they just looked at it.

Unexpectedly, all the transactions were completed at once. That is [-] million yuan, which can buy a lot of rice.

Not to mention other things, the house on a street in Xiaqiu Village and the house in the library, including subsequent renovations and decorations, add up to the price of a watch.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court's annual fiscal revenue was only more than 300 million yuan. It was not impossible to spend one-thirtieth of it to buy a watch.

For example, if Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it and really wanted it, and it was in the hands of the Yiren, he might buy it if he could scrape up some spare money.

At least take it and dismantle it to see what it looks like inside and whether you can imitate it.

When the Yi people bought it, I think they had the same consideration. One piece was dedicated to the higher authorities, and a group of people joined together to buy it. Or they bought two pieces, offered one piece to the emperor, and dismantled the other piece for study.

"Mr. Li, can that watch be copied?" Li Min, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, obviously thought of the same question. If someone is determined to buy it, he will definitely think about making it.

"Li Shangshu, I will give you the tools. If you take the watch apart and take a look, you will know whether it can be made. The key is not the parts, but that it is too small.

The hairspring inside, which is the spring, requires special metal, otherwise it will not have such good elasticity.

With the current Ming Dynasty craftsmen can't build it, let alone the Yi people outside. After dismantling it, they can't put it back together.

But will we still sell it in the next step?Very few people can buy a watch worth [-] guan, but if you have a watch worth [-] guan, some people would be willing to own it. "

The chief assured that it would not be copied. He thought about how to sell it for more money. A watch costing 100 yuan and a thousand guan could be worth a watch worth [-] guan.

Which one is more cost-effective?How many people have the purchasing power of a thousand dollars?If there are a hundred pieces, they cannot be sold for a thousand pieces.

"The money from selling watches must be included in this year. Last year's accounts have been compiled. Let's eat first and talk while eating. We have to stay today and you will go back tomorrow."

When Zhu Yuanzhang was happy, he decided to calm down his emotions first and asked the civil and military officials to eat slowly and not leave today.

The ministers agreed one after another that they were also willing to live in Xiaqiu Village so that their family members could be taken care of, especially the elderly and children.

The evening is just for drinking. Some people drink white wine, some drink rice wine, and some drink beer. There is no medicinal wine in beer.

Of course, there are also fruit wines, including wines and many other types of fruit wines, such as mulberry wine, which is quite good.

(End of this chapter)