"Weaving? Water conservancy? Planting? Processing? Even if it's farming equipment, what do you have to show me? " Ren Baqian thought for a while and said to Shi Hu, "Go to my room and bring me the brown wooden box under my bed."
Shi Hu then left in a hurry.
After that, the room fell into silence. Ren Baqian calmly waited there. It would be a waste of his breath to speak now, and these people wouldn't shed tears until they saw their coffins.
The Zhang family was pondering what Ren Baqian had asked the guard to bring.
An hour later, Shi Hu hurried back with a wooden box that was two feet long, one foot wide, and half a foot thick. "Sir, I have brought it."
Ren Baqian took the box and opened it. He rummaged through it and threw out a blueprint. "A water-powered textile machine that uses water to spin cloth. Take a look and see if you can understand it."
"This is a water-powered forging machine that is also driven by water. It can save a lot of manpower when used for forging."
"This is a pulley composite bow! A strong bow with 100 kilograms of force can be drawn with 20 kilograms of force. I don't need to explain its function. " As soon as Ren Baqian finished speaking, the person who was still studying the blueprint immediately snatched the composite bow blueprint from his hand.
After looking at it for a while, everyone started to be surprised. "So that's how it is. Using pulleys here can reduce the force!"
In fact, this world had already discovered the function of pulleys. This simple physics was something that everyone knew in any world, but the problem was understanding it.
"See, I'm not afraid of you seeing these things, and I'm not even afraid of you studying them, because I know far more than you think.
What you think is important is only important in your eyes. These few things that I have brought out are already more advanced than what you know, but these are only simple and easy to make. In fact, I can make better ones, but it will take some effort.
I use you not because of the things you can bring over, but because you can save me time. I have too many things to do and don't have the energy to focus on everything. Therefore, I need some smarter people to help me with some things. You are the smarter people in my eyes, "Ren Baqian said slowly.
After a long time, Zhang Zishan put down the blueprints and looked at Ren Baqian with a serious expression. In addition to the wine-making, springs, and dyeing, Ren Baqian had indeed shown that he was stronger than the Zhang family in many aspects. One had to admit that there were indeed people in this world who were born with knowledge.
When he was at this age, he was already somewhat famous in the Zhang family, but he was still only talented in one aspect.
A sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart. There was really no comparison between people. Compared to him, he could be said to have lived his life like a dog for the past few decades.
"Sir Ren, you are indeed amazing. You are stronger than thousands of people in our Zhang family. But you still haven't told me how to make me believe that you won't burn the bridge after crossing it. "
"What's in it for me to burn the bridge after crossing it?" Ren Baqian laughed.
"I don't care about your technology. I don't care about money. If it weren't for the war, just by selling those mirrors to the Yun Nation and Great Xia, I would be able to earn a lot of money. " Ren Baqian casually took out a palm-sized object and placed it on the table. There were two glass funnels at the top and bottom, and the sand on one side was constantly flowing down to the other side.
"This is an hourglass. It can be used to measure time. It takes exactly two hours for the sand to flow from one side to the other. How much do you think this thing is worth? "
"600 taels of silver." Zhang Zishan and the rest carefully stared at the transparent hourglass that Ren Baqian took out and guessed. Although this hourglass looked a little crude to Ren Baqian, to the Zhang family, it was already extremely exquisite.
They believed that such a small object would definitely have a lot of rich people willing to spend a few hundred taels of silver to buy it.
"There are people willing to buy it for 1,000 taels of silver. I'm taking this to show you that any small object I take out has great commercial value. If I want money, I can get it at my fingertips."
"You guys can help me save some time. What's in it for me to kill you guys? I can even tolerate the Jing Tribe, so why can't I tolerate you guys? As long as you know your place, naturally, no one will touch you.
I can also recommend you guys to the Ministry of Works. You should know about the Jing Tribe, right? "Ren Baqian looked at Zhang Junzheng.
"What I want is for the Jing Tribe and the aboriginals to live under the same sky. Therefore, I will gradually raise the status of the Jing Tribe, and you guys can receive the same treatment as the Jing Tribe."
"Sir Ren is from the Jing Tribe?" Zhang Zishan asked.
"In your eyes, I'm just a family. Don't use your thoughts to guess what I'm thinking." Ren Baqian shook his head. His words were full of condescension.
"I'm looking at the future of this world!"
The Zhang family indeed didn't know what Ren Baqian was thinking, but his tone made them feel as if he was standing in the clouds and looking down at them … He was simply an arrogant lunatic.
Did he think he was a god?
"Your Zhang family has already sent over the name list, yet you're asking about this now. You don't dare to advance or retreat, and you're in a dilemma. This isn't the demeanor of a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, "Ren Baqian said with a smile.
Zhang Zishan didn't look good even though what Ren Baqian said was true.
However, he really couldn't do anything about it. After all, the lives of the thousands of people in the Zhang family were at stake, and he had to be careful. Even now, the Zhang family was still quarreling incessantly.
"I'll give you another promise. The Zhang family can choose one industry or technology as its core and establish itself. "Ren Baqian smiled.
Sure enough, as soon as he said this, everyone in the Zhang family showed a trace of joy.
Ren Baqian sighed in his heart. The thinking of the people in this era was limited, and no matter what family it was, it was inevitable. They didn't think about the industry they chose. If they mastered more advanced technology, the entire Zhang family could collapse at any time.
In fact, the Zhang family might have understood this, but they still chose to do so. They needed to hold on to something tightly, as if this would make them feel that their lives were in their hands.
"Sir Ren, there's no need for this," Zhang Junzheng suddenly said.
Everyone in the Zhang family immediately turned their heads and glared at him, looking puzzled.
"Junzheng, since when can you make decisions for the Zhang family?" Zhang Zishan shouted.
"Second Uncle, I'll tell you later." Zhang Junzheng shook his head slightly and cupped his hands toward Ren Baqian. "Sir Ren, this time, we're petty. The Zhang family is willing to believe in your sincerity. With your status, you naturally wouldn't lie to us.
I only hope that you'll be generous with your teachings in the future! "
Ren Baqian smiled. There was finally someone in the Zhang family who understood.
"The Zhang family can look for me after you've thought it through." Seeing that the others were still puzzled, Ren Baqian got up and left with his guards.
After Ren Baqian left, the Zhang family had a dispute in the restaurant.
In the end, Zhang Junzheng still managed to convince everyone. The next day, he found Ren Baqian, and the Zhang family completely submitted to him. Of course, they were nominally under the empress.
Since then, Ren Baqian had a large number of skilled craftsmen under him. The first thing Ren Baqian did after the Zhang family submitted to him was to mobilize some baihu from Tianjing Basin and head to the Yun Nation with his subordinates.
With the power that the Zhang family had developed in the Yun Nation for hundreds of years as spies, these baihu could easily infiltrate the major cities of the Yun Nation.
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