Coming out of Zhu Youqi's study, Tang Yin walked with Zhu Hao.
Regarding the matter of presenting tributes, although Zhu Youqi called Tang Yin, he did not ask him too much for his opinion. It seemed that Zhu Youqi had decided on his own and only saw whether there were objections from everyone. If not, he would carry out the decision.
"You boy, you are really good at it. You can do all the business in the palace."
There was no one around, so Tang Yin finally broke the silence, with a bit of ridicule and a sense of laughter in his tone.
From Zhu Hao running a theater troupe, to hearing about the salt-drying method from Su Xigui, and later to Zhu Hao running a glaze workshop, he knew all about it, but he felt that it was just a small matter and would not make a big impact.
After all, Tang Yin was still a traditional scholar. He looked down on merchants and felt that merchants could not create value. This was why he always asked Zhu Hao to concentrate on his studies.
Now it seems... Zhu Hao actually brought his business to the palace, and Prince Xing also used Zhu Hao's products as an important means to save the reputation of Prince Xing's palace and win the emperor's trust... This was really beyond Tang Yin's understanding.
Zhu Haodao: "Only demand for goods will lead to sales, and I didn't take the initiative to sell the telescope to the palace... Mr. Lu wouldn't be jealous, that's why he commented like this, right?"
"You...what should I say about you?"
Tang Yin was even more speechless.
This kid, his words are thorny. Is this how you communicate with your teacher?
Do you know how to be polite?
Zhu Hao shrugged: "Don't blame me anymore. I always feel that Mr. Lu wants to accuse me, but can't find a suitable point. If Mr. Lu also wants to do business together, just tell me and I will let you participate." One share."
Tang Yin did not argue with Zhu Hao.
Having been with Zhu Hao for a long time, I know that Zhu Hao is eloquent and doesn't look like a naive and shy child at all, but more often than not, he is an old man who has been in officialdom for a long time and is used to big things.
"I would like to remind you out of kindness that doing business with the royal family is not an easy job. If the court really wants you to mass-produce, your things will no longer be yours, and the court may force you to go. To become a craftsman, from now on, even the road to the imperial examination will be cut off..."
Tang Yin and Zhu Hao were about to go separate ways. This reminder made Zhu Hao feel that Tang Yin was not a malicious person.
Zhu Hao nodded: "I have sense and will make arrangements."
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Business is business.
If the imperial court insists on "nationalizing" the telescope manufacturing business, Zhu Hao's countermeasure is simple, that is, to push the Zhu family out.
When the time comes, the best I can do is transfer the technology, and I can get a lot of benefits from the Zhu family.
For Zhu Hao, patents and other things are just floating clouds, and there is no need to hide them all the time. It was as if he had sold the secret recipe of sun-dried salt to Su Xigui. Soon he had new technologies, launched new products, and occupied a certain place. A market that looks strange to outsiders.
Being able to achieve the goal through scientific and technological progress is the key point.
Changing the times does not necessarily mean that you have to do everything yourself. As a person who is destined to serve as an official in the government in the future, you still need to have some "pursuit".
Although the road to the imperial examination may not necessarily be smooth sailing, there is still hope for Conglong. Who made Zhu Houzhao really infertile in history?
"I just don't know when this ridiculous emperor will die. Will my arrival create a butterfly effect and turn into an old guy who lives to be seventy or eighty years old... And my ideal merit is to follow the dragon. , the clouds are skyrocketing, is it just a long way off?
"No, no, in order to ensure that this guy burps as soon as possible according to the development of history, I'd better think of a way... to be a minister to such a nonsense emperor, and to have to be a sycophant before he can ascend to the throne, that is definitely not my pursuit!"
Zhu Hao thought about his thoughts all the way back to the school.
In class, Gongsun Yi was lecturing several children.
When Zhu Hao walked in, Gongsun Yi and several children stared at him, as if to say: "Now you don't play late and leave early, and instead play truant?"
Zhu Hao said: "Why are you looking at me? Your Majesty summoned me to come and discuss something important with me. In fact, I also want to come over to class earlier."
Gongsun Yi nodded knowingly, with a look of inferiority on his face.
This time he returned to Prince Xing's Mansion, which was regarded as his "third entry into the palace", but he was not even qualified to meet Prince Xing. He was completely on the fringes. And Zhu Hao... was just a companion of the Prince's Mansion, and he would meet Prince Xing whenever he asked...
Forget it, people are more irritating than others!
If you want to compare yourself with others, wouldn't you be making yourself unhappy?
"Zhu Hao, go back to your seat quickly, let's continue the lecture... To save some face, you can sleep less this afternoon. Do you think your lecture this time is better than before?"
Gongsun Yi didn't have any face in the palace, so he didn't try to show off his face. Instead, he was very humble. This was because he was asking Zhu Hao to evaluate the quality of his teaching.
Zhu Hao was about to go to bed. After listening to Gongsun Yi's words, he could only listen patiently for a while, but Duke Zhou came unexpectedly, and soon fell asleep at his desk... Listening to this guy's lectures was better than playing chess with Duke Zhou.
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"Zhu Hao, where is the telescope?"
When Zhu Hao woke up from his sleep, it was already time for school to end.
But this time he overslept and did not finish school early. It was a pity that Zhu Hao actually wasted his good time sleeping. Originally, he wanted to go back in the afternoon to improve his forging technology. The next step was to make steel.
Zhu San, Zhu Si, Lu Bing and Jing Hong were all sitting around him at this time. Several pairs of eyes looked over, and Zhu Hao even thought that there might be something unclean on his face.
Zhu Hao wiped his face casually and replied: "It was taken away by King Xing. King Xing said that he planned to use the telescope as a tribute and send it to the capital for the Ming army to spy on the enemy."
Zhu Siyi was anxious when he heard this: "How could your father do this? Then... that is my treasure... Third sister, it's all your fault! If you hadn't complained to mother, why would mother have confiscated my telescope? You
Make it up to me!"
Perhaps it was because Zhu Si liked that thing so much that he rarely got angry at his sister, with a cry in his voice.
This is in sharp contrast to Zhu Siqian's usual polite and polite appearance.
Zhu San wrinkled his nose and said: "Who told you not to play with me? Besides, if you play with that thing, it is easy to get addicted and not want to make progress... You are the heir, and you will inherit Prince Xing's Mansion from now on. I am doing this all for you.
Hello... Zhu Hao is right here, why don't you just ask him to do it for you again?"
Originally, Zhu San wanted to present the facts and reason, but when he saw his brother's murderous eyes, he instead looked at Zhu Hao with pleading eyes.
Obviously she also knew that she had done something wrong, and for her own selfish reasons, she ended up with her brother. This would make her alienated by her brother, and even boycotted by her classmates.
Zhu Hao said: "Telescopes... I will do it later. There is no need to rush. Wait until the turn of summer and autumn. If we have the opportunity to go out for an outing and the sky is clear and the air is clear, wouldn't it be better to bring a telescope to enjoy the scenery?"
Zhu Hao's words made Zhu Si's face look better, but he was still very aggrieved, and there were tears in his eyes.
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Zhu Hao walked out from the palace.
On the same day, he was going to the theater troupe to deliver the script and planned to spend two to three days rehearsing a new play.
Just as he was about to leave the west gate of the palace, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps. When he took a closer look, he saw Jiang Lun and Lu Song trotting over. Jiang Lun was holding the telescope that King Xing was playing with earlier.
"Mr. Jiang, Lu Dianzhan, what are you...?"
When Zhu Hao saw the battle, it was clear that the opponent's target was him.
Jiang Lun walked over, his face flushed. It was obvious that the drunkenness had not completely passed. He said with a smile: "Oh, I am not going to the capital immediately to deliver tribute to the imperial court, but how to use this thing and what should I pay attention to?
I need to ask you carefully... Sometimes I don’t know how to adjust it, and I can’t see clearly from a distance.”
His words indirectly explained to Zhu Hao why the telescope appeared in his hand.
Since Jiang Lun was the envoy delivering the tribute, how could he introduce the value of this thing to the people in the court if he didn't even know how to use it?
How to make the emperor think that this thing can be useful on the battlefield?
Zhu Hao then explained the focusing problem in detail to Jiang Lun. Jiang Lun learned to look far away, stretched the lens barrel, and grinned happily, revealing two rows of big yellow teeth.
"Old Lu, how could it be that the person who built it is familiar with it? We studied it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, and now I understand it all as soon as I hear it... It's really fun."
Jiang Lun was in his thirties, but he had the innocence of a child, and he was actually playing there.
Zhu Hao really wanted to remind you, don't break things if you stretch them back and forth like this. Then you can give some rags as a tribute?
Lu Song also noticed that Jiang Lun was a little out of shape, and quickly reminded him: "Uncle, just know how to use this thing. Reset it as soon as possible and keep it in a brocade box to avoid mistakes."
"Yep."
Jiang Lun smiled, closed the telescope, and put it into his arms.
He looked at Zhu Hao: "Zhu Hao, are you going home? I just want to go with you to see how your workshop makes this thing, and learn from it."
It’s really straightforward. How can you be so upright when you steal technology?
Where is the face?
Zhu Hao said helplessly: "The workshop has been occupied by the family, and now I don't have a workshop."
"ah?"
Jiang Lun was shocked and couldn't help but glance at Lu Song, as if asking Lu Song what was going on.
Lu Song asked the important point for Jiang Lun: "Master Zhu, if the imperial court really intends to ask for this item in large quantities, can you guarantee the supply?"
"It's not difficult."
Zhu Haodao, "The molding technology is in my hands. The Zhu family only got the production technology of glassware. Many optical techniques cannot be completed without systematic research. If the glassware workshop wants to imitate it, it will be difficult to achieve the goal."
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Jiang Lun was surprised and said: "You mean to say that when the Zhu family took the workshop back, they could make colored glaze, but they couldn't make this thing? Isn't it so magical? Glazed glaze... I've seen it before, where did I see it?
...Oh, by the way, glass beads are the same as gems..."
What Jiang Lun had seen were the marbles that Zhu Hao gave to Zhu San and Zhu Si to play with.
There are indeed colored glasses these days, but they are all impure and deliberately colored glass with gem colors. They have many impurities and cannot be crystal clear at all.
Some people also use glass as gemstones, but with the popularization of glass production technology, the value of colored glaze has dropped again and again.
At least in Ming Dynasty, it is still considered a novelty.