Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 375 Clock
After a pause, Li Jing continued: "Brother Luo, the Ministry of Security has done a good job during this period, and you have contributed to the leadership. Last time, your family property was confiscated. During this period of time, your family's life is not very easy. Isn't it the emperor? If you want to build a factory, I will give you a share, and I will pay for it, which is your compensation."

"Marshal! I really can't afford to be so loving as Marshal!" Luo Yangxing hurriedly got up and said after hearing this.

Li Jing waved his hand and said: "If you want the horse to run, you have to let the horse eat grass. You follow me now, and I can't let you live a hard life. Let's not talk about the past. In the future, you should work hard and don't worry about it. Go greedy for those petty gains, and I will guarantee that you and your family will have no worries about food and clothing."

"Thank you, Marshal, I will swear to serve him to the death." Luo Yangxing clasped his fists heavily and said.

Li Jing sighed and said: "There is a way to be an official for thousands of miles only for money. I still understand this truth, but a gentleman loves money and obtains it in the right way. You can't do it for money. You don't even want the bottom line of life. In the end, even the official position and even your life If you lose them all, the loss outweighs the gain. I hope you can listen to what I said today."

Luo Yangxing nodded, knowing that Li Jing was reminding himself not to make the same mistakes as before.

At this moment, Zhu Youjian opened the door and entered the room with a smile, "Hehe, Brother Li has been waiting for a long time."

Li Jing got up and said with a smile: "How dare you let the emperor remember you, come and enjoy the fire, isn't it cold outside?"

Zhu Youjian untied the cloak and handed it to Wang Chengen, leaned over and warmed his hands on the brazier: "Don't say it, it's really cold today, if I had known it, I wouldn't have gone out."

Li Jing laughed loudly when he heard the words, pointed at Zhu Youjian and said, "Fortunately, you have already sent the Stove Lord away. If he hears what you said, he will definitely sue you in front of the Jade Emperor when he returns to heaven."

"Hey, if I don't send him away, I wouldn't dare to say that, would I?" Zhu Youjian laughed.

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed in unison.

While everyone was laughing, a small eunuch came in to report that the meal was ready, and invited Zhu Youjian and Li Jingqian to eat.

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian got up and said to Li Jing, "Let's go, I'm really hungry."

Li Jingjing nodded, and waved his hand to signal Zhu Youjian to invite first.

During the dinner, Zhu Youjian was in great spirits, and had a few drinks with Li Jinglian.

Seeing Zhu Youjian raised his glass again to persuade him to drink, Li Jing smiled and said: "Your Majesty, since I promised you, I will not go back on my word. You don't have to pour me the ecstasy wine."

Confused by Li Jingjing, Zhu Youjian chuckled twice before putting down his wine glass.

Shaking his head, Li Jing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, do you still remember the glass thing I told you a few months ago?"

"Remember, you said you were going to send people somewhere to learn the art of making glass." Zhu Youjian said hurriedly.

"It's in Macau. The people I sent out last month have returned. A few days ago, they had already made the glass. I checked and found that the quality is good, clean and transparent. I originally planned to build a glass factory by myself. Since If the emperor is interested in building a factory, then let the emperor give up the glass factory." Li Jing said with a smile.

"Really? But what else can this glass be used for besides being a telescope? Don't make a money-losing deal for me." Zhu Youjian said.

Li Jing said with a smile: "When have you ever seen me do a business that lost money? Let me tell you, this glass factory can definitely make money, maybe even more money than the brick and tile factory and that ceramics factory."

After saying that, Li Jing turned his head to look at the doors and windows of the room, then shook his head. The doors and windows of the imperial palace are decorated with carved beams and paintings. If they were replaced with glass, it would be destroying art.

"What are you looking for? As long as you can make money, you can take whatever you like in my house." Zhu Youjian said.

Li Jing laughed suddenly when he heard the words, if Zhu Youjian knew that the things in this house, even a piece of wood, would be priceless to future generations, he would probably be covered to death, and he would never allow himself to move a finger.

After laughing for a while, Li Jing was suddenly startled. He couldn't use modern things like glass everywhere for money. He had to preserve some classic buildings of the Ming Dynasty for future generations.

And from now on, the construction of the city must be properly planned, and the layout of roads, drainage facilities, housing buildings, etc. must be reasonable and durable.

Thinking of this, Li Jing couldn't help pondering. He had neglected this aspect in the past and asked Fang Fang to rebuild the cabinet office near the southwestern sea of ​​the city. This boy should not destroy the original buildings built during the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties.

"What are you thinking? Why don't you talk?" Zhu Youjian knocked on the table dissatisfied.

Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Li Jing woke up, smiled slightly and said, "I'm thinking about how much money we can earn once the glass factory is built."

"What do you mean? Didn't you say that I invested myself? Why is it ours again." Zhu Youjian said dissatisfied.

Li Jing laughed suddenly when he heard the words. After laughing for a while, Li Jing pointed to Zhu Youjian and said, "Your Majesty, don't bring such a thing. You are the only one who makes money by cooperating with the business I came up with. If you eat meat, you have to let us eat it." Would you like some soup?"

Zhu Youjian shook his head again and again: "You have so many properties under your name, and you earn several million taels a year. Don't argue with me about this."

Li Jing smiled and said: "Of course I won't compete with you for any business. I just want to earn some property for Lao Luo. If you invest in building a factory, I will give 5000 taels of silver for Lao Luo. Count him as a share. If you don’t manage it, if the factory makes money, you can just share it with him.”

"What? You paid 5000 taels of silver for Lao Luo? Wait, how much money do you plan to let me pay to build such a factory?" Zhu Youjian said in surprise.

"The emperor built a factory, so naturally he must spend a lot of money. Why don't you have to invest one hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver?" Li Jing laughed.

Zhu Youjian shook his head again and again: "Don't fool me, I heard that if you deposit money in Daming Bank, the bank will pay interest, so much money, I deposit it in Daming Bank, the annual interest is 4000 It’s an extra tael. If you invest so much money and don’t earn 4000 taels a year, I’m in a loss-making business.”

"Hehe, it seems that the emperor has been studying the bank I built during this time. Hehe, he even knows how to calculate interest. Don't worry, the construction of the factory is guaranteed to make more money than depositing it. I have to earn him tens of thousands of taels of silver." Li Jing said with a smile.

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly: "That's about the same, by the way, I haven't asked the brick and tile factory and the ceramics factory how much you plan to let me invest, don't they each cost 10 taels of silver? "

Li Jingjing nodded: "The scale of these two factories can't be too small, but they can't spend so much money anyway. I guess 10 taels of the two will be enough."

Zhu Youjian nodded, calculated and said: "In this way, it is 20 taels of silver. You gave me 100 million taels of silver this year, and now I have a balance of 30 taels in my hand. If I invest 20 taels, there are still ten or so dollars left. Wan, take a look and get me a factory."

Li Jingwen looked at Wang Chengen and said with a smile: "It seems that our Manager Wang is living a frugal life, and there are more than 30 taels left."

Wang Chengen smiled wryly, and thought to himself: "If you hadn't taken the emperor out of the palace for shopping, how would the emperor know that the people in charge of purchasing in the palace are making false price reports? Especially since the emperor has nothing to do now, he has to intervene in all kinds of expenditure accounts in the palace. Buying is almost a breeze now."

But Wang Chengen dared not say these words, he only said: "The emperor has always been frugal, and many expenses in the palace are now settled by the household department, so the emperor has more money in his hands."

Li Jingjing nodded and said to Zhu Youjian: "The emperor is right to be frugal, but you can't be too harsh. You see, there is a patch on the bottom of your dragon robe. The emperor is the symbol of our Ming Dynasty. Let people see The emperor wears clothes with patches, is it telling everyone that the emperor can't even afford new clothes?"

After thinking for a while, Li Jing said to Wang Cheng'en: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, let someone make some new clothes for the emperor right away, and I will pay for it myself. It can be regarded as my Chinese New Year gift to the emperor."

Zhu Youjian waved his hand: "Don't just talk about me, I think the clothes on your body are also very old. If you send me clothes, you can't wear old clothes yourself."

Li Jing shook his head, sighed and said, "My clothes were given by Mr. Yuan the year before last. Now that Mr. Yuan is not with me, I can think of Mr.'s teachings every day when I put on this clothes, so I don't dare to slack off in my heart."

Thinking of Yuan Keli's condition never getting better, Li Jing sighed again.

After a while, Li Jing waved his hand and said: "The emperor is happy today, let's not talk about this, come, have a drink."

Seeing Li Jing raise the wine glass, Zhu Youjian, Wang Chengen and Luo Yangxing hurriedly took up the wine glass and drank it down.

After taking a few mouthfuls of food, Li Jing put down his chopsticks and said, "Your Majesty still has a hundred thousand taels of silver, so let's make a long-term project."

"What project." Zhu Youjian asked.

Li Jing pointed to the watch in the room and said, "Make a clock to tell the time."

"Clock? What's that?" Zhu Youjian wondered.

Li Jing said with a smile: "A few years ago, I established the Academy of Sciences in Pingyang Prefecture. One of the projects of the Academy of Sciences was to study clocks. Unfortunately, there are not many talents in this area in Pingyang Prefecture, so it has not been researched. It was not until the Academy of Sciences moved to the capital. Qin Tianjian has recruited a group of talents, many of whom are foreigners. After these people participated in this project, the research on the clock has already begun. I estimate that in another year, the first clock will be manufactured. "

"I know, there is a foreigner named Tang Ruowang in Qintianjian. This person mentioned the clock to me a few years ago, but at that time I didn't have the energy to take care of this matter, and I didn't have the money for Tang Ruowang to do research. Shelved it." Zhu Youjian continued.

Li Jingjing nodded: "The foreigner headed by Qin Tianjian is Tang Ruowang. Mr. Zixian thinks highly of him and brought him to meet me. This man has a lot of knowledge."

Zhu Youjian nodded silently when he heard the words, and looked at Li Jing and couldn't stop muttering in his heart: "How can this Li Jing see who is a talent? If I have his two skills, how can I not be reduced to what I am today? point."

Zhu Youjian sighed in his heart, but he didn't know that the biggest difference between him and Li Jing was not that he could not find talents, but how to employ them.

When Zhu Youjian employs people, he has so many restrictions on his subordinates that they can't fight at all.Li Jing, on the other hand, only grasped the general direction, and let his subordinates make decisions on specific matters, and subordinates had considerable autonomy.

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