Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan published a book for Cherries, which not only affected the people in the inner courtyard, but also shocked other people who knew that the Zhang family published a book for a maid.
Some people were surprised that the Zhang family treated their servants so well. Most of the time, even if a maid did something wrong, the master would be responsible for it. However, the Zhang family didn't do that. The book was indeed signed under Cherries's name.
While they were envious of Cherries, they also dreamed that one day they could also print their names on paper and let the world know about it like Cherries.
This kind of person couldn't be said to be short-sighted. After all, the things they came into contact with were different.
There were also people who were far-sighted, especially those who had many servants at home, who were amazed by the maids of the Zhang family. If a maid could do this, then what about the master?
As soon as Cherries's book appeared, it caused a stir in Shuzhou. People who were preparing to hatch their own birds had to buy a thermometer and a book to learn.
When they felt that the thermometer was convenient to use, they remembered that it was written in the book that in the beginning, people used their hands to feel the temperature. They couldn't help but admire the maid who wrote the book. That kind of life was the most difficult. Presumably, she had suffered a lot. How did the pair of hands that could accurately feel the temperature of the air grow?
In an instant, Yingtao became a god-like figure in the hatching industry. When everyone hatched their own birds, the first person they thought of was Yingtao. They knew that there was such a servant girl. She created the precedent of artificial hatching and stood at the peak.
Seeing that her sister Cherries succeeded, Xiao Hong was happy and began to organize her experience on how to free and take care of the birds. She planned to let the young master and the young lady see if there were any omissions in a few days. Then, she would follow Cherries and publish the book.
A book that Cherry had poured her heart and blood into was actually only forty pages long, but this forty page book was actually sold for thirty copper coins. The demand could not meet the demand. The Zhang family continued to print and sell this book and the thermometer to more places.
When the rare second snow fell in Shuzhou, Old Man Pi once again found Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.
"Xiao Bao, I want to discuss something with your family. If you publish a book in the future, you have to tell us first. Some books can be published, but some can't."
"I know. I will discuss it with Grandpa Bi in the future. You can read the content first. If you feel that it won't leak important secrets, then publish it."
Zhang Xiaobao understood Old Man Pi's words. In fact, even if Old Man Pi didn't say anything, Zhang Xiaobao wouldn't write anything that needed to be kept secret. He wasn't a fool.
Seeing that Zhang Xiaobao agreed without hesitation, Old Man Pi was relieved. He was really afraid that Zhang Xiaobao's family would write about the fireworks production. Selling books wouldn't make any money.
He said, "In fact, Cherries's books are restricted now. Anyone who buys them must keep it a secret. They are not allowed to spread it outside of Tang Dynasty. Everyone who buys them must leave a record of their place of origin. If the same hatching method appears in other places, then once we find out who it is, we will not let them go easily."
"Ah? This can't be controlled, right? "Zhang Xiaobao asked.
"Still, we have to control it as much as possible. That's why we don't want you to casually publish books," Old Man Pi said firmly.
"Okay, in the future, we will only publish books with simple content. Grandpa Bi, how about this? We will build a big technical college in the coastal area. We can let people from Japan and other countries come to study. 100 people will form a class. If there are fewer people, we won't open a class. Every person will have to take out something equivalent to 100 strings of coins every month as a training fee. What do you think?"
Zhang Xiaobao suddenly thought of something and asked Old Man Pi.
Old Man Pi was shocked. He looked at Zhang Xiaobao as if he was looking at a traitor. If he didn't see Zhang Xiaobao every day, he would have thought that Zhang Xiaobao was replaced.
"Xiao Bao, are you sick? Quickly get your family's doctor to take a look. What are you talking about? Do you want others to learn all the good things? "
Old Man Pi was angry.
Zhang Xiaobao knew that he couldn't not explain it clearly, so he said, "Grandpa Bi, I'm not sick. Even if we find people to learn, we might not be able to teach them all the good things. That's what I think …"
Zhang Xiaobao explained his idea to Old Man Pi in detail. After hearing Zhang Xiaobao's words, Old Man Pi suddenly felt that Zhang Xiaobao wasn't as cute as he used to be. He wasn't as kind, at least when compared to other countries.
"Don't do it yet. Let me discuss it with the others first." Old Man Pi, who was frightened by Zhang Xiaobao's plan, didn't continue to talk about publishing books. He turned around and went to find the other three old men.
*****
"This is Xiao Bao's idea? Ruthless, really ruthless. "After hearing Old Man Pi's words, Old Man Yao evaluated Zhang Xiaobao.
Old Man Chang was also very surprised. "How did Xiao Bao come up with this idea? He actually used good technology as bait and then tricked people from other countries to come over and learn. That's not all, but he only has half an hour a day to teach others the technology. The rest of the lessons are all about ideological education.
That's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the technology to be taught must be things from Tang. There are things from all over the country. If they want to save time and trouble, they have to buy them at a high price. After teaching the beginner part of the technology, which isn't so accurate, the intermediate and advanced parts will be taught depending on the situation.
Then, if one hundred people come over, the tuition fee will be 10,000 strings of coins. This doesn't include the cost of food and lodging. If you add the cost of buying materials, then it won't be just 10,000 strings of coins. They will have to spend at least 40,000 to 50,000 strings of coins. If they want to buy cheaper materials, they will have to look for materials. The time wasted will cost them a few months of tuition fees. "
Old Man Chang didn't expect that Zhang Xiaobao, who was usually so pleasant, would have such a ruthless side. This plan was too vicious. If they could really learn useful technology, then it would be fine. However, the technology was right at the beginning, but later on, it would lead them in the wrong direction.
What, what kind of consequences would this have?
"What kind of consequences will this have? It will make them waste more money when they return to their country. If they can earn forty to fifty thousand strings of coins in one go, it won't just be a matter of forty to fifty thousand strings of coins. If the experiment is successful, we can use this strategy in more places. "
Old Man Liu also expressed his thoughts. He was very much in favor of this plan. There were so many countries in the surrounding area. If every country sent people to learn, how much money would they earn in a month?
If this money was earned by others, it might take a long time to see the impact on the country. However, if it was earned by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Family, then it would have an effect in a short time.
From what Xiao Bao and Cuckoo said, when Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Family used money, they used a quasi-cash flow method. The speed of making money with money was very fast, and then they immediately invested it in infrastructure.
Zhang Xiaobao didn't know that when he casually thought of a trick, it was approved by the four old men. He didn't even know if it would succeed.
Perhaps because of the influence of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, the Tang Empire's approach to the outside world had changed. They no longer taught all the good things to others. After all, the Zhang family did a good job of keeping the prescription secret. After the people of the imperial court saw that technology could make a lot of money, they also became stingy in some aspects.
After Wang Juan knew about this, she was also very happy. She said to Zhang Xiaobao, "It seems that we really changed something. We should control the technology and try not to let it out. Otherwise, in the future, they will all say that our technology is theirs. Just thinking about it makes me angry.
If they used it, then they used it. Why did they have to brag about it with great fanfare? Xiao Bao, think of another way to help me vent my anger. It's best if you can trick them into giving us all the good things. Today, I will allow you to use all your tricks to trick others. "
Zhang Xiaobao looked at Wang Juan in a daze. He didn't expect that Wang Juan, who usually didn't show off, would have such a strong desire for revenge. She took out the future to take revenge on others in advance.
Zhang Xiaobao wanted to tell her that the future generations would have their own good fortune, but when he thought of her family's situation, he couldn't say it. She also had to take care of the future generations.
"Do you really want to do this?" Zhang Xiaobao asked again.
"Yes! Hurry up. Don't tell me you don't have a way. "Wang Juan replied expectantly.
"In fact, it's very simple. That is, use renewable resources to exchange for non-renewable resources. You just have to use the method that other countries used to deal with us a hundred years ago. You should know how to do this without me saying it, right?"
"Yes. You can play here. I'll go organize it." Wang Juan was happy. In fact, with her intelligence, there was no need to ask Zhang Xiaobao about this kind of thing. One reason was that she had developed a habit of leaving the scheming to Zhang Xiaobao. Another reason was that she wanted to obtain Zhang Xiaobao's support.
Seeing Wang Juan run to the side to think of a way to harm people, Zhang Xiaobao also began to make plans for his father. Originally, he had planned to stay in this place for two years. Now that the bridge had been repaired and the local farming had started, it was likely that Li Longji would change his father's location.
The best place was Luoyang. He would first familiarize himself with that place before moving to the capital. He just didn't know who would be able to snatch the position of provincial governor.
Being a county magistrate and the provincial governor of two provinces was still not enough. Other people could be the provincial governor of seven or eight provinces.
*****
"Little Young Master, I'm back." When it was time for dinner, before Zhang Xiaobao could figure out what to do, Erniu ran in from outside.
He had gone to Shandong to transport Mai Fan Stones. He had bought all the places that produced Mai Fan Stones. He had been running back and forth. Xu Si was the one overseeing the situation there.
He had transported a large amount of Mai Fan Stones to be used in Wangjiang Restaurant. Wangjiang Restaurant would integrate all kinds of services into one in the future to help Li Xun earn more money. Even Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't lack gambling and erotic services, which Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were very disgusted with.
Since gambling couldn't be banned, then it was better to earn the money of the rich. As for erotic services, there was no way to stop it, unless one could really abstain from sex.
"Little Young Master, what should we fix this time? Is it still steam? "Erniu asked when he saw the Little Young Master deep in thought.
"There's no need for steam. Let's use a hot spring." Zhang Xiaobao raised his head and said.
"But we didn't find any warm underground water here." Erniu was puzzled.
"Can't we just boil the water and soak the Mai Fan Stones? Go and find someone to do it. When it's done, let me know. "Zhang Xiaobao instructed Erniu.
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