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Chapter 626 Unbelievable

Jin Rong looked at Qi Younian's slightly smug smile, and couldn't help but laugh: "I just listened to her talking to herself. Let her say that, and those who landed in the imperial examination will be able to bear it. If you just pick up a book, you can If you become an expert, isn’t everyone in this world a capable person?”

Jiang Yifan smiled and said nothing, although what Ayan said was a bit exaggerated, but Zhou Biyao before was an example. With a book and the advice of people around him, he became a leader in the industry.

Qi Younian also smiled as he listened.There are people like granddaughters in the world, and of course there are people who failed the imperial examinations as granddaughters said, but are still outstanding, but they are only a small number of people.

Although my granddaughter is not a man and has not passed the scientific examination, she must be one of the very few outstanding people.And how lucky he is, an old man, to recognize such an outstanding granddaughter.

Jiang Yifan hadn't discussed this matter with Qi Younian in detail, so he couldn't help asking: "It is of course important to be able to cultivate your own team in the capital, but you don't need to raise skilled craftsmen in the capital, they should be treated well in each family. Father It has not been long since you have been involved in the construction of the capital, and you have no reputation in this area, how can you make people stick to it for a long time?"

Speaking of this, Qi Younian is very confident, "If you want to retain skilled craftsmen, you rely on wages, remuneration and prospects, followed by the character and reputation of the owner. Needless to say, our character and reputation, if we build a business They can make a big business that can be counted in the Great Xia Dynasty, and the salary and treatment can keep up with it. With such a stable business, they will not leave even if they are driven away."

He didn't have the nerve to speak out in front of King Yu and Jiang Yifan. His family, Zi Zi, wanted to make the construction industry one of the best businesses in the world.In this regard, he is convinced.One of the best big businesses in the world, is there still a shortage of skilled craftsmen?
Jin Rong was noncommittal to Qi Younian's words.If it can be made into a big business that is one of the best in the world, of course there will be excellent craftsmen who will take the initiative to rely on it.However, how difficult it is to be one of the largest businesses in the world.

The Qi Family Construction Company has done well in Yuyuan County and Qingyuan County. It happened at the right time, and it happened that he was going to build a yard, which gave him a chance to show his strength.Even so, in the next few years, most of Qi's construction companies will do small businesses. Although they are considered quite large now, they are still one of many construction companies in Yuyuan County, and they have not reached the top.

Seeing that Jin Rong was silent, Qi Younian went on to say, "Yezi's idea is unusual, he is an ambitious child..."

Qi Younian told Jin Rong and Jiang Yifan what Ye Xinyan once said, which is that excellent craftsmen are far more useful and can advance the historical process than excellent scholars for the court and the people.

"Ye Zi said that if the craftsman industry in the world can produce one or a few outstanding craftsmen in each generation, it is the kind of craftsman who can make new practical utensils. The accumulation of such practical utensils can promote the fortifications and crafts of the whole world. The efficiency of farming can better develop and expand the ideas of the craftsmen of later generations, and it is more useful than those champions, famous scholars, and famous masters who have played with pens for hundreds of years."

After Qi Younian finished speaking, he bowed his hands to Jiang Yifan, and said apologetically, "Yezi is talking about the facts, and he is talking about common phenomena, which does not include scholars like Mr. Jiang. If all scholars in the world understand practical matters like Mr. Jiang , Do practical things, that is a great fortune."

Jin Rong recalled Qi Younian's words, pondered over Ye Xinyan's views on craftsmen and scholars in his heart, and couldn't help but sink even deeper.

Throughout the dynasties, the imperial court has attached great importance to scholars, and is very strict in the selection of scholars through the imperial examination, just to strictly control the level of scholars, and try to achieve absolute selection of the best, so as not to bury talented people.It is also to enable scholars to have the confidence to read. As long as the book is well read, there will be a bright future.

In contrast, for craftsmen and craftsmen, no matter whether they are literate or not, or how knowledgeable they are, once involved in the artisan industry, no matter how outstanding the craftsman is, they will all be reduced to the ranks of low-income and no future.

Just like the saying that people often say: everything is inferior, only reading is high.In the eyes of the world, only studying to become a scholar is the most noble and glorious.

But Ye Xinyan came up with a completely different theory, and this theory, which was completely different from the main trend of the court, sounded so reasonable.

Even if it is reasonable, how can the concept rooted in the hearts of the world be changed at will?Especially with so many scholars in power, how could they give up the honor and high status in their hands?
Jin Rong looked at Jiang Yifan.

Obviously, Jiang Yifan was also hearing this argument for the first time, and he was also looking at Jin Rong.

Jin Rong asked, "What do you think of this statement?"

Qi Younian looked at the two of them in surprise, but it was just Ye Zi's opinion. He is a craftsman, so he naturally supported his granddaughter's point of view.

But what do these two mean?One is a person who takes the ultimate position of the Great Xia Dynasty as his goal, and the other is a person who is a leader among scholars and intends to reach the pinnacle of his official career in the future.The situation of the craftsmen is naturally related to the proprietors who hired the craftsmen, and has little to do with them, right?
Seeing that Jiang Yifan also had a serious expression on his face, after hearing Jin Rong's question, he actually thought about it seriously, and then said: "If the excellent craftsman Ye Zi said can make appliances like chain hoists and hoists , or craftsmen who can conceive of rail transportation methods, then they are indeed more useful to the court and the people than scholars."

Qi Younian's eyes were wide open, and his beard was about to stand up in surprise.Mr. Jiang, a scholar, actually agrees with Ye Zi's opinion, can he raise the role of craftsmen to such a high position?

Jin Rong said with burning eyes: "From ancient times to the present, although there are not many such craftsmen, there are some, just like the craftsmen who made threshing machines, water wheels, and looms. The credit is not insignificant, but they have not been recognized. Some honor, but no proper status."

After hearing this, Qi Younian came back to his senses, and nodded his approval to Jin Rong again and again, with anticipation in his eyes.The sixth master is the one who will participate in the battle for the throne. If he finally takes that position, I wonder if what the sixth master said today will benefit the craftsmen all over the world.

Jin Rong turned around and asked Qi Younian again: "So, Ye Zi attaches great importance to craftsmen, what kind of treatment does she plan to give to craftsmen?"

When it comes to the construction industry, it may also be related to the future situation of the entire craftsman community, so Qi Younian's answer was more cautious.

"When the little old man first planned to build a construction company, Ye Zi once said that he wanted to build a large construction company that is one of the best in the world, so that craftsmen can get the due reward and respect from our construction company. I hope that in the future , the artisan industry has become a respectable industry, and more outstanding people will be willing to engage in this industry."

Qi Younian paused, looked at Jin Rong and said, "Ye Zi said, if more intelligent people are willing to study in the artisan industry and give full play to their ingenuity, the efficiency of fortifications and farming in the world will be multiplied and multiplied." A ten-fold increase can even reach an unbelievable level."

(End of this chapter)