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Chapter 129: Give Your Majesty a Little Industrial Shock

Why didn't Xia Lin sell the glass and cement directly, but instead chose to produce these two things in a relatively confidential way? Wasn't it because he was waiting for Emperor Hong Bao?

Promoting glass products too early will not only fail to create a sensation but will also give people the possibility of seizing resources. They can't take away porcelain due to the quality of the soil, so why can't they take away something like glass?

But if these things were added to the royal certification, the whole situation would become different. It would be like an unbreakable business license and as long as the formula and process were not leaked, they would probably not be able to form any competition for a while.

Emperor Hong Bao is eating in the dining hall of the academy. Today's dishes are no different from the past. The big pot dishes are hard to say how delicious they are, but there are indeed many varieties of dishes. Because Xia Lin got a lot of oil and the rapeseed in several counties around Fuliang County has started to produce oil recently, there are tiger skin eggs and fried chicken legs to eat in the academy at this time. These fried foods are truly top-notch delicacies in this era.

So Hong Baodi was not used to those boiled dishes, but he ate a whole chicken leg raw. After eating, he wiped his mouth and asked the young man who was wolfing down the food next to him: "Do you usually have these foods?"

He was actually still very scared because these meals were only available after he came here, and who wants to see fake things? But he had been to so many places, and most of them had an element of fraud in them, but there was nothing he could do. After all, it was quite difficult for ordinary people to have enough food in this era, and it would be embarrassing if he didn't fake something.

When the students next to him heard his question, they just pointed to the words "Don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping" posted on the wall of the cafeteria and continued eating. Emperor Hong Bao just took a look and waited there with a smile.

After all, who doesn’t like a good kid who knows the rules?

After the child beside him swallowed the food in his mouth, the boy who had just entered the voice change period said, "We have it every day, but the types are different. You can see the daily menu on the wall. We are tired of some of the things."

Emperor Hongbao turned his head to take a look, and indeed found a seven-day menu posted on the wall, with meat, eggs, fish, etc., and it looked like it had been posted for some time. Looking at the students in the academy, although some were still young, each of them was as strong as a calf, which could not be seen elsewhere. Along the way, he saw that the children in other places were not skinny, but they were not as strong as those here.

"It seems to be really good. It is really great to spend so much money and energy to run a school." Emperor Hongbao exclaimed and continued to ask with a smile: "Do you plan to take the imperial examination in the future? Or what do you plan to do?"

"Old man, you are from another place, right?" The student said with a smile, "You can enter Ehu Academy at the age of six, and you have to take an internal examination at the age of twelve. Those who pass the exam will go to the imperial examination class, and those who fail will be assigned to the technical class. The imperial examination class will take the imperial examination at the age of seventeen, and the technical class will go to the workshop at the age of sixteen. Because those who graduate from the academy are literate and know more, they can earn more than other apprentices when they go out to work, and if they are outstanding, they will be assigned to the workshop run by the county, and maybe they will become factory managers in the future."

Emperor Hongbao listened and nodded repeatedly. He thought this was a good idea. Although studying was important, master craftsmen were extremely rare. Not to mention in the market, even in the court, if one could become a master craftsman, the highest rank he could get was third or fourth grade. A master craftsman who had received education could even be the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works or even the minister.

This method is good, I recommend it!

At this time, a small car came slowly, and a senior boy from the academy came over and put an apple in front of Hong Baodi. He looked around and found that everyone had one on the table, and some people even handed it to other classmates with disgust on their faces. This didn't seem like an act, and that kind of disgust was not something people of their age could act out.

It seems that this should be distributed frequently. However, these kids dislike it, but he does not. He picked up the Ringo and took a bite. He found it crisp, sweet, sour, delicious and juicy. It felt so good to eat this after eating the fried chicken leg.

Thinking about those children with disgusted faces, Emperor Hong Bao shook his head helplessly. Life was too good. Look at the children.

However, thinking of those children who couldn't even get enough food elsewhere, Emperor Hongbao felt helpless and sad, and thought that he was incompetent...

But this also brought him a new question, that is, why is Fuliang County so rich and wealthy? Not to mention the counties in Gyeonggi Province, even Jinling can't do this.

You may not be able to get the answer by asking others, but you can probably find out the answer by asking the children in this academy. As the saying goes, "Children's words are without restraint." Children will not lie, but at least their lies can be seen through.

"Let me ask you something." Emperor Hongbao asked the child curiously, "Why is Fuliang so rich?"

Those who can study in Ehu Academy and wear the gray-white uniforms of the scientific examination class are not rookies. Those who are not good at studying wear the blue uniforms of the technician class. When the boy heard the old man ask this, his desire to show off came up. He wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and started his performance. "If you say Fuliang is rich, it is after Lord Xia came. Three years ago, this place was still a barren land. The people were poor. Although there was pottery making, it was poor. Since Lord Xia came, he has introduced the method of opening up sources of income, established workshops, and gathered ideas. He said in class that if a place wants to develop and change poverty, it must have a door for entry and exit."

"Oh? What does in and out mean?" Emperor Hong Bao immediately turned into the best supporting actor: "Can you explain it in detail?"

"In, we need to let the outside information in, and out, we need to let the goods go out. And we need to make good use of our first-mover advantage and change the way we produce what the outside world needs to what the outside world needs." The child shook his head as he spoke: "And the most important thing among them is what Lord Xia said about innovation."

"Innovation? What is innovation?"

If it were someone else, Emperor Hong Bao would be too lazy to listen to so much nonsense, but a little boy who shook his head and acted like an adult was very endearing, and it was quite interesting for an old man like him to listen to a child chattering like this.

"This is simple, which is to continuously introduce new things. For example, look at the windows, old man. In the past, we used window paper, and the house seemed to be covered with a layer of fog even on sunny days. But now we use glass, and clean windows have become commonplace. This glass not only allows light to pass through, but also keeps warm. It can resist severe cold and wind and frost even in winter. And cement makes it easier to build bridges, roads and houses. A house used to take several months, but since cement and bricks and stones were invented, it can be completed in a few days. There are also steel, pesticides, etc., which are all innovative things, covering food, clothing, housing and transportation. Have you noticed that the crops around Fuliang are growing very well?"

Huh? After hearing this, Emperor Hongbao really remembered that he had seen a circle centered on Fuliang along the way, and both vegetables and grains were growing well. At first, he thought it was a problem of water and soil. However, the fertility of the surrounding areas of the capital is worse than here, but the crops are not as good as here.

"Why is that?"

"Lord Xia said it was because of medicine and fertilizer. He said that crops, like people, need medicine. If they get bugs or get sick, they need medicine. Fertile land alone cannot support such a large area of ​​crops. They also need to be fed with medicine, so pesticides were invented. After spraying the land with pesticides, the bugs will stop eating, the leaves will stop turning yellow, and the harvest will naturally increase. With a good harvest, the surplus grain can be used to feed chickens, ducks, pigs, and cattle, and that's how we get the chicken, duck, fish, and meat in our bowls."

"Yeah, that makes sense." Emperor Hong Bao nodded repeatedly: "It's something new."

"Since ancient times, merchants are the smartest. They know best how to make money. With more merchants, information will flow. With the flow of information, it will be easier to arrange production of goods here, and the produced goods will flow out of their hands. This is what Lord Xia said about the virtuous cycle, which can better stimulate domestic demand."

Emperor Hongbao was confused by the new words that came one after another. What innovation, what virtuous cycle, what stimulating domestic demand, he didn't understand so he asked one by one. As the sages say, it's not ashamed to ask questions from those who are inferior to you, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

At this moment, most of the students around had finished their meals, and when they saw that there was something fun here, they gathered around. Originally, one person was teaching Emperor Hong Bao, but now everyone was talking and expressing their opinions.

After talking for a long time, it really explained to Emperor Hongbao his doubts in the past few days. It turned out that all the problems were about that "internal demand". It seems that although he is old, he can't escape from learning anything...

After the meal, Emperor Hongbao not only ate his fill but also learned a lot. He was even reluctant to leave them because these smart kids were the future of Wei and his people. He could finally see a group of young men who were not talkative when they spoke.

The words that come out of their mouths are newer each time, such as "productivity", "labor efficiency", "innovation" and "supply and demand relationship". It seems that there is nothing they don't understand about the concepts of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. They can raise questions and come up with solutions to the problems while talking at the same time. Regardless of whether what they say is right or not, or whether it can be realized, at least the children are thinking and pondering down to earth. This is excellent, really excellent.

Now think back to what was taught in those aristocratic academies...

Humph, it stinks. All they talk about is empty righteousness and enlightenment, but they never put their ideas into practice and cannot solve any problems. In the end, they all become people who chase after fame and fortune.

After walking out of the academy, Emperor Hong Bao took out the "On Youthful China" in his arms and read it through. Only then did he understand the contents of the booklet thoroughly.

Thinking of this, he became interested in those so-called "innovative" things and planned to take a look...

(End of this chapter)