Fang Wei smiled and said: "Second brother, you are still the most cunning." Fang Qiong said with a smile: "It's just normal. If Xiaoyu didn't come up with so many novel things, I wouldn't be able to come up with good ideas." Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile:
"Well, let's not install glass windows for the two grandpas. Let's install them in the palace first." Looking at everyone's excitement, Fang Xiaoyu secretly laughed. Is it necessary to be so excited? There is no advanced float glass manufacturing method.
, the glass plates manufactured now are still very rough, not only the thickness varies, but also cannot be manufactured in large pieces. It is really interesting that such small lattice windows are still treasured by them.
Fang Rui looked at the people joking and said to Fang Xiaoyu, who was snickering at the side: "Xiaoyu, come with me for a moment, I want to talk to you alone." The clan leader spoke, and everyone consciously retreated.
Fang Rui asked Fang Xiaoyu to sit down and handed him a cup of tea: "Xiaoyu, I thought you would be a talent in the future. But I never expected that you could display your talents so quickly and let the Fang family's
The situation is getting better and better.”
Fang Xiaoyu was a little confused and said: "Grandpa, I just made some gadgets, how could it be related to the Fang family's situation?" Fang Rui said thoughtfully: "Xiaoyu, you should know that our Fang family
Our family is different from the other three major families. We have only become prosperous since your great-great-grandfather's generation. Our foundation is weak and cannot be compared with the hundreds of years of development of the other three major families. Outside, we are one of the four major families in the empire with infinite glory.
First, in fact, our development is just a chess piece that the royal family wants to contain the other two families, and it is also the kind of chess piece that can be discarded at any time. I think you already know this."
After listening to the uncle's words, Fang Xiaoyu nodded and said nothing. Fang Rui took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and said: "The situation has always been like this before. Although we have tried many methods, we have not achieved much, but since you have grown up slowly,
Big, the situation has begun to change. Do you still remember the time when your eldest brother Dingguo was deceived?"
Fang Xiaoyu naturally still remembers his first trial: "Remember, someone used fake cloth to deceive my elder brother that time." Fang Rui nodded: "Yes, that time was actually the Cheng family's test of us. The other two
The big family also knew about the Cheng family's conspiracy in advance, but no one said anything about it. Unexpectedly, you were able to defuse it with a series of blows, and your cloth shop in the capital was transformed from competing with other cloth shops.
It's all your fault that we have become a dominant family."
Fang Rui gave Fang Xiaoyu a meaningful look and said, "After you took over Lanting Villa from Dingguo, Marshal Xia came to visit you. Because he admired your unique military training methods very much, he came to take you under his command. Then you
Improved rifles and pistols, and produced Lanfang sugar and thyme wine. These two products have allowed the Fang family to earn millions of dollars in just a few months, and also made Marshal Xia Jun pay more attention to you. And these two products have made the Fang family earn millions in just a few months.
That’s not the most important thing, the most important thing is that you have started to transform the Fang family.”
Fang Xiaoyu was confused by Fang Rui's words, and he wondered: "I just run a villa, what does it have to do with the transformation of the family?" Fang Rui explained: "Our Fang family started with business, and business is the most profitable way to make money.
The fastest trade is also the one most likely to be blocked by the government. As long as the royal family wants to, just one order can make us doomed. We have always wanted to change the direction, but agriculture has the Cheng family, handicrafts have the Xia family, ours
There is very little room for development. In terms of fertile land, most of the fertile land is in the hands of the Cheng family. In terms of handicraft industry, not only is our scale too small, but we also don’t have the secret techniques accumulated by the Xia family for hundreds of years. But you are different, you start
Develop the workshop and start planting. Although the scale is still small now, you can see the small things. I believe that if time passes, you will surpass all the families and become the giant of the Lanfang Empire and even the entire Eastern Continent. This is why I expanded the villa for you.
, there are enough craftsmen for you to make you independent." Fang Xiaoyu nodded, and he finally understood the reason why the great grandfather easily agreed to him last time.
Fang Rui continued: "Marshal Xia came yesterday. On the surface, he came to show off your close relationship with his granddaughter, but in fact, it has a deeper meaning." Fang Xiaoyu was a little surprised: "The deeper meaning.
?" Fang Rui's eyes lit up and he said: "Yes, on a deeper level, the Xia family wants to form a comprehensive alliance with us. Yesterday, Marshal Xia talked to me about his willingness to cooperate with us to make glass. He hopes that you will make glass
License the manufacturing method to them and have their workshops to manufacture it, and they only need 35% of the profit."
Fang Xiaoyu was a little puzzled and said: "Authorize them? That doesn't mean applying for a patent. Once you apply for a patent, can others apply for authorization from us? Once we fail to approve it more than five times, the government has the right to force the application to pass." Fang Xiaoyu was very
He knew the details of the patent law, and he didn't want to publish the manufacturing method when the profits of glass were so high. This would save him a lot of money. After all, this glass manufacturing method is not difficult. Fang Rui said: "So Marshal Xia
I want to help you apply for a hidden patent."
"What is a hidden patent?" This is the first time Fang Xiaoyu has heard of this term. Fang Rui said: "A hidden patent is a form of patent that requires special approval from governments of various countries. It only registers patented terms and product features, but does not indicate
However, this kind of patent must be a complete patent. Patents that improve a certain aspect cannot be registered, and the term of this kind of patent is only twenty years, and the patent will be canceled by then."
Fang Xiaoyu secretly thought that this kind of patent is really a scam. On the surface, it protects his own interests. But in fact, once the manufacturing method is cracked, this hidden patent will be no different from an ordinary patent, and the patent term will be from fifty
The year has dropped to twenty years. In the long run, this is definitely not worth the loss. But fortunately, Fang Xiaoyu does not expect these little things to get rich. He has bigger plans for the future. Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "I agree to apply for a hidden patent
, and let the Xia family produce it."
"I know that agreeing to Marshal Xia's proposal will bring you some losses." Fang Rui said a little embarrassed. Fang Xiaoyu smiled at Grandpa Fang Rui and said: "It's nothing, Grandpa, your grandson still has many good ideas.
, you can’t use it up no matter how you use it. Giving the glass manufacturing to the Xia family will allow me to have more hands to make other things, allowing the Fang family to make more money."
Hearing Fang Xiaoyu's words, Fang Rui showed a look of relief. The third grandson has grown up. Not only can he make money, but he can also sacrifice his own interests for the sake of the family. This is very valuable. Fang Rui nodded.
Said: "That's fine, your 10% profit is still the same. But we won't suffer a loss. Do you think Grandpa agrees to Xia Jun so easily?"
Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "No way, Grandpa, you also got other benefits? Is this considered corruption?" Fang Rui knocked Fang Xiaoyu on the head and said: "You kid, is Grandpa like that? What does Grandpa do for you?
You got a benefit." Fang Xiaoyu asked with some expectation: "What benefit is it?"
Fang Rui said with excitement: "With your development, I think our Fang family can rely on our huge business network and support handicraft industry and agriculture in the future to become one of the top families in the Eastern Continent. But we still lack one thing.
Do you know?" Fang Xiaoyu blurted out without thinking: "It's military strength." Fang Xiaoyu was still very familiar with Taizu's theory that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Fang Rui nodded happily: "Yes, it turns out you have already thought of it.
Already."
Fang Xiaoyu said embarrassedly: "I also thought of it on the spur of the moment, but it's not right. Doesn't our Fang family control eight regular armies?" Fang Rui said: "Yes, we control eight regular armies, but with the other three major
The family is still incomparable. Not to mention the three soldiers and horses of the Beijing Guards controlled by the royal family, as well as the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the 40,000 city guards, as well as the five troops in the capital garrison outside the city. At the same time, the navy also
It is completely in the hands of the royal family. We cannot compare with such strength. Let’s talk about the other two families. The Xia family controls thirty-nine regular armies. Although the Cheng family seems weak and only controls five regular armies, they
He also controls a large number of local militia troops. Although these militia troops are incomparable to the regular army, they still number in the hundreds of thousands. Coupled with the power of the Cheng family in the court, this is how he dares to compete with the Xia family.
The reason. What is even more frightening is that two of the three major lords are the power of their two families. This is decisive. The lords are no different from the emperors in their own territories. With the two territories that they focus on, their
Strength cannot be underestimated. What our family lacks most is a lord."