In the imperial study room of the Daming Palace, Emperor Zhide was immersed in reviewing memorials when he saw Dai Quan walking in quietly and reported to him: "Your Majesty, I have something to report to you."

Emperor Zhide stopped writing, raised his head and asked, "What's the matter?"

Dai Quan: "The new deputy general of the Beihai Navy, Lin Yun, gave a memorial saying that a self-driving steamship has been built."

"oh!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhide put down the ink pen in his hand and asked Dai Quan, "Where is the memorial?"

Dai Quan took out a fold from his sleeve and handed it to Emperor Zhide.

Emperor Zhide took the memorial and opened it to watch. After a while, he closed the memorial and smiled at Dai Quan: "I thought it would take three to five years to make the steamship, but it didn't look like the scholars from Yichen Academy."

The child came out so quickly."

Dai Quan: "Your Majesty has the wisdom to know people, so he allows the scholars the opportunity to display their ambitions."

Emperor Zhide twisted his beard and smiled and said: "It is true that what you hear is false and what you see is true. Send me a verbal message to summon King Xuan, King Zhongshun, and Lord Zhongjing. Wang Shangshu will go with me to see the steamship."

"Old slave respects the order."

After a pause, Dai Quan reminded again: "Your Majesty, would you like to call Mr. Xiao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?"

"What are you asking Xiao Qing to do?"

Dai Quan: "Your Majesty, if the Beihai Navy wants to build that steamship, it will definitely require a large amount of money. Let Xiao Shangshu go and have a look, so that the Ministry of Revenue can allocate more money and food to the Beihai Navy."

"It makes sense, so let's call him."

"Old slave respects the order."

…

More than half an hour later, Emperor Zhide came to the outside of the forest garden in a sedan with several big bosses.

Lin Yun, who had been notified in advance, stood outside the palace gate to greet him. When he saw Emperor Zhide coming out of the sedan, he quickly stepped forward and bowed to salute, "I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"No gift."

Lin Yun then paid homage to several ministers who were following Emperor Zhide.

When he saluted Prince Xuan, the old man slapped him on the shoulder and said cheerfully: "Good boy, I am really impressed by the steamboat that came out so quickly."

Lin Yun said with a smile: "Old Prince, what we are making now are only small boats, and they are still far from warships that can fight at sea."

Prince Xuan: "No imitation. As long as this boat can move on its own in the water, it will be a great achievement."

"The credit is also due to the academicians of Yichen Academy, among whom Ning Yue contributed the most."

When Lin Yun mentioned Ning Yue, he secretly glanced at Prince Zhongshun and saw that he was neither sad nor happy, as if he was talking about someone else's son.

After the ceremony, everyone surrounded Emperor Zhide and walked into the garden.

…

Emperor De came to Linyuan twice and was already familiar with the roads.

Prince Xuan came once when Lin Yun got married. However, it was at night and he didn't pay attention to the buildings in Linyuan.

This time I came during the day, and it was late spring and early summer, the season with the best scenery.

As he walked, the old prince praised: "This garden is nice. Boy Yun is so lucky. Living here is much more comfortable than my palace."

Lin Yun said hurriedly: "It's just more flowers and plants, how can it be compared with the palace."

Xiao Jingan: "Young people should pay more attention to national affairs and not indulge in pleasure."

Lin Yun: "My lord has taught me that even lower-level officials don't like to be extravagant. This garden was given to me by my father. Being wise is a gift from an elder. I dare not resign. A low-ranking official cannot bear to live up to his father's wishes."

Zhong Jinghou smiled and said: "As long as the money is not obtained through corruption or bribery, it doesn't matter if you live in a better place."

Prince Xuan said happily: "Young boy Yun is good at making money. There is no need for corruption and bribery."

Lin Yun: "Your Majesty is too praised."

…

When everyone came to the willow forest, they saw a tall waterwheel standing beside the pond, turning and squeaking to drain water into the ditch outside the pond.

Emperor Zhide pointed at the waterwheel with the folding fan in his hand and asked, "Lin Daizhao, what are you doing with a waterwheel here?"

Lin Yun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is a steam engine waterwheel. It can automatically draw water without manpower. With it, if there is a drought in the future, we can water a few more acres of land."

"oh!"

After hearing this, everyone looked at the waterwheel. Xiao Jingan even ran over with his official robe, looked at the smoking steam waterwheel and said with a smile: "This thing is good. With this thing, we can save a lot if there is a drought again."

loss."

Emperor De said: "The Ministry of Industry and Commerce can promote this product to all parts of the country to alleviate the suffering of drought."

Lin Yun took the opportunity to call over Ning Yue, Ding Yuanxi, Wang Erzhuo and Xiao Jiayuan, who were standing next to the waterwheel, and introduced them to Emperor Zhide.

Emperor Zhide immediately named Xiao Jiayuan the doctor of the Dushui Division and Ning Yue the director of the Ministry of Works. As for the other three, he didn't even mention them, presumably because they were not qualified enough for the emperor to personally appoint them.

Lin Yun: "Your Majesty and all the gentlemen, please go and have a rest in the pavilion. I have something else that I would like your Majesty and the gentlemen to appreciate."

Emperor Zhide: "Let's go and see what other novelties Lin Daizhao has."

Lin Yun asked someone to stop the waterwheel, and then gave Ning Yue a few words of advice before accompanying Emperor Zhide and his party to the pavilion to rest.

…

In the pavilion, there is a long table with various fresh fruits placed on it.

Emperor Zhide sat in the middle, accompanied by several senior officials sitting on both sides. Lin Yun, as the master, could only stand aside.

Emperor Zhide waved his folding fan, smiled at Lin Yun and asked, "Lin Daizhao, what do you want me to see?"

Lin Yun cupped his hands and said: "Seeing that summer is approaching, Your Majesty and several adults must not be able to bear the heat of summer, so I asked your Majesty and several adults to make a steam fan and asked Your Majesty and several adults to try it out."

After saying that, he shouted outside the pavilion: "Far West, let someone bring the steam fan in."

Not long after, I saw Ding Yuanxi commanding two servants to come in carrying a large Chu-style steam fan.

Lin Yun said hurriedly: "Put the steam engine outside and move the steam fan in."

"yes."

Ding Yuanxi moved the steam fan in and started debugging it.

Prince Xuan asked Lin Yun: "Boy Yun, are you saying this thing can automatically fan?"

"Yes. Inspired by the rotation of the propeller of the steamship, I thought of making this steam fan to relieve the pain of the summer heat."

As soon as Lin Yun finished speaking, he saw Ding Yuanxi fiddling with the three blades of the steam fan and starting to rotate slowly.

Zhong Jinghou smiled and said: "Sure enough, it worked. This steam engine is really magical. I didn't expect it to have so many wonderful uses."

Prince Xuan: "This thing is good, Mr. Yun, I will ask someone to make one for me later."

Marquis Zhongjing: "Get one for me too."

Lin Yun said hurriedly: "If you gentlemen like it, I will ask you to make a few more and send one to each of you."

Emperor Zhide suddenly remembered and said, "Lin Daizhao, do you want to sell this thing for money?"

Lin Yun said sarcastically: "Your Majesty is wise, I do have this intention."

Emperor Zhide's face turned dark when he heard that the steam engine was made by the scholars of Yichen Academy, but this guy made a steam fan to make money. It is really unreasonable.

When Dai Quan saw Emperor Zhide's face, he guessed the emperor's intentions. He smiled at Lin Yun and said, "Lin Daizhao, this steam engine was made by the scholars of Yichen Academy, right?"

Lin Yun: "What does the old minister mean by this?"

Dai Quan: "Since the steam engine was invented by the academy's scholars, should the academy be given half of the shares when the steam fan is sold to other parties?"

Lin Yun: "Old Prime Minister, this steam engine was invented by foreigners, and the scholars in the academy just copied it as it was."

Dai Quan: "Without the help of scholars, you can't make this steam fan, right?"

"Well, that's right."

"What about this share?"

Lin Yun stretched out three fingers and said: "I will give the academy 30% of the shares, no more."

Dai Quan: "Fifty percent, no less."

Lin Yun: "Old Prime Minister, it costs money to make this steam fan, and it also costs money to train people to repair it. Can the academy invest money in it?"

Dai Quan was stunned when he heard this. He hid in the imperial palace all day long, thinking only about intrigues and flattering the emperor. He knew nothing about business.

When he was thinking about how to answer, he heard Lin Yun say again: "Let's do this. Every time I sell a steam fan in the future, I will pay Yichen Academy twenty taels of silver. Is this okay?"

"Twenty taels?"

Dai Quan was secretly shocked after hearing this. He was about to agree when he heard Emperor Zhide ask: "Lin Daizhao, how much silver are you going to sell this steam fan for?"

Lin Yun: "At the beginning, we sold it for one hundred taels of silver each. Later, as we made more, we could slowly lower the price. The final price is estimated to be fifty taels of silver."

Everyone was secretly surprised when they heard this. Only Emperor Zhide heard Lin Yun say last time that rare things can be sold at high prices, and he was not surprised by the price.

Emperor Zhi De: "Then thirty taels. In the future, the price will be calculated at 30% for each price reduction, and the profits will be distributed to the academy."
To be continued...