Merchant's daughter is not a concubine

Chapter 344 This is Talent
The hard pen produced by Bixingtianxia shocked the whole of Shangjing.

Originally thought that Ning Qing wanted to collect money under the banner of Prince Chen's Mansion, use power to oppress people, and compete with the people for profit.

Unexpectedly, people introduced a pen that is more convenient than traditional brushes.It only sells for 20 Wen apiece!Moreover, the shop is on such a good street, and it costs at least 20 taels to buy it!That is, Ning Qing spent [-] taels to do good deeds!

What kind of competition is this with the people, they are doing good deeds.

Because hard pens are convenient and cheap, like the plague, they spread at an extremely fast speed.

There are students, businessmen, and even noble officials are using it.Some families living in difficulties are willing to spend [-] Wen to buy it for their children to learn to write.

In addition to the hard pen, Ning Qing also has a small pen knife and an eraser.Because I don't know how to make rubber, I use flour instead. Of course, the effect is not as good as that of rubber, but it can also be wiped clean.

This made many college students and poor people happy.Because buying paper is also a lot of money. Although paper is very popular in this era, the writing paper is cleaner and more expensive than rough papyrus, so paper is also a big expense.With a hard pen, you can wipe it clean and use it again. This is undoubtedly the best tool for calligraphy practice!

Most importantly, it saves you the trouble of dipping ink once when you write a few words, and the trouble of staining your clothes if you are not careful. Anyway, it is so convenient!

Even in the palace and court, some people are discussing whether to use hard pens instead of traditional brushes for office work.

Song Xian and Lan Ruoying originally wanted to see Ning Qing compete with the people for profit, but they didn't expect that Ning Qing not only didn't make money, but produced something that was beneficial to the people. Hello.

With such good pen-making skills, it is a monopoly, but he did not take the opportunity to make huge profits. Instead, he benefited the vast number of students and poor people in the world, which is praised by everyone.

When Song Zhuo entered the palace today, he was praised by all the officials around him for his good eyesight!A mere little girl has such a talent, she is really a woman!
Song Zhuo smiled proudly.Song Xian's face was so dark that water dripped out.

After a while, an official said: "Your Majesty, the concubine of Prince Chen is so talented that she actually made something as convenient as a hard pen. It can be said to be the biggest invention of our Tiansheng in the past century! Not only did it not make huge profits, but it also benefited people. There are many students and poor people in the world. Therefore, the Guozijian, and even the students of Changde Academy and Anlu Academy are petitioning, hoping that the emperor will exempt the world from paying taxes on pens."

"That's right, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Zhao said, "Even if Pen Xing Tianxia sells 300 pens a day, there are still some small pen knives, the turnover is only more than 20 taels of silver, excluding materials, labor, lamp oil and wax, It’s fine if you can spare ten taels of silver a day. And the shop was bought, at least 20 taels. Shi Zifei paid [-] taels to open the shop. Bad luck."

When Emperor Yuande heard this, he nodded: "Of course. Shizifei... really did a good job! She is really a role model for Tiansheng women! I want to give a good reward! Pass it on!"

Ning Qing has already entered the palace, and she stays with Empress Dowager Jingren.Knowing that Emperor Yuande passed her on, she walked into the court.

In the 700 years since the founding of Tiansheng, there have been countless amazing and talented women, but only five were lucky enough to enter the court because of awards.

And Ning Qing is the sixth.

I saw her wearing a bright red dress, with a light figure, walking slowly, the dress was spread out, and the corner of the skirt drew a stroke of beauty.

She has a stunning beauty, the greenness of her brows and eyes has receded, revealing a rich rose color.She came slowly, surrounded by high-ranking officials, and above, there was the emperor who was high above her.But she is still not cured of the disease, and she is unique and graceful, just like a bright pearl, radiant and spontaneous.

Song Zhuo looked at her, her heart trembled slightly, she didn't know when she had become such a dazzling woman.

"The concubine sees the emperor." Ning Qing made a blessing.

"Haha, get up!" Emperor Yuande raised his hand graciously: "The imperial concubine is so talented that she actually designed a hard pen to benefit the students and people all over the world. I will reward you well! Your pen is world-famous, and your deeds are good deeds." , will you continue in the future?"

"Of course." Ning Qing said. "The concubine hopes that more people can afford to use a pen, read books, and serve the court. Even if they cannot become officials in the court, they can still read and write, understand things, and distinguish right from wrong."

"Okay. If that's the case, taxation will be exempted if the pen is used in the world." Emperor Yuande said: "However, even so, it is not as good as the benefits you have brought to Tiansheng. It should have been sealed, but you are already a Zhengyipinchen Wang Shizi concubine, and other titles are not as valuable as this status. Therefore, I have decided that in the future, your son will be named a second-class marquis, and if your daughter is a second-rank princess. I will also give you a hundred taels of gold."

Ning Qing was very happy when she heard this, and touched her belly involuntarily.Unexpectedly, her child got a patent before he was born!
"Your majesty, hard pens are convenient and clean, and you don't need to stain them with ink. And the officials have to do a lot of documents every day. Has your majesty considered switching to hard pens?" Ning Qing said.

Emperor Wenxuan frowned, and the officials around him began to discuss in a low voice.

Song Xian immediately sneered when he heard this: "Concubine Shizi, hard pens are really convenient and clean, but they are just not popular! First of all, the words written with hard pens can be wiped away! All the documents in our office are state policy. , is it a joke! An excerpt, or a letter, is related to the life and death of tens of thousands of people, or the life and death of soldiers. If it is erased and then corrected, it will be detrimental to the country and the people! , just be complacent, and harm the country and the people!"

"Of course this kind of hard pen won't work. I have another kind!" Ning Qing said.

The officials were slightly surprised: "Is there another one?"

"Oh? The concubine Shizi actually has a new invention, which opened my eyes!" Emperor Wenxuan said.

Song Xian's face darkened, and he saw Ning Qing take out an iron pen from his sleeve: "Please give me a blank piece of paper, Your Majesty."

"it is good."

The eunuch took the paper and saw Ning Qing take off the cap of the stylus pen and write the words "Long Live the Emperor" on the paper.

The eunuch presented the paper.The surrounding officials have already seen it clearly.The lines on the paper are actually the same as those written with traditional brushes dipped in ink, but they are thinner, and she doesn't see her dipped in ink.

Emperor Wenxuan took the paper, touched it, and was pleasantly surprised: "It is indeed similar to the effect of a brush, more slender. It can't be wiped off. What kind of brush is this?"

"This is a pen." Ning Qing said. "This principle is simpler. The whole pen is made of metal, and there is a small bag in the pen that stores ink. A pen filled with ink can write about a thousand words. When the ink inside is used up, you can add it. A It is better to inject ink once for a thousand characters, which is better than dipping ink once for writing a few characters. When the emperor and officials are working, they can prepare two or three pens. After writing one, replace it with another. Or let the servants change the ink."

Song Xian's face turned blue: "The brush is a culture with a long history, how can you say that it can be replaced! And how many calligraphers in the world are all a joke!"

"You are the one who is making jokes!" Song Zhuo said coldly: "The times will progress, and progress is needed, not static! Just like what you wear on your feet! Tiansheng wore shoes hundreds of years ago. The boots flowed in there, making it easier to mount and exercise. Now it has almost replaced the shoes. If you insist on staying the same, here, take off the boots on your feet first!"

"You—" Song Xian was so choked that his face was grim.

"As for calligraphy masters." Song Zhuo said: "The emperor also knows that I am a person who is good at painting. And I always use brushes for painting. Even if pens or hard brushes have replaced brushes in the future and become everyone's daily office stationery, I still know how to paint with a brush. Since it is a culture with a long history, it must be able to withstand the test and impact of new things. And Chen believes that the brush will not disappear. It is solemn and has its unique charm. For all For calligraphers and painters, a fountain pen or hard pen is just a convenient tool for writing."

Song Zhuo's words made everyone present nod secretly.They are all literati, and many of them play calligraphy.Even with fountain pens and hard pens, they won't throw away their brushes or calligraphy!
Ning Qing looked at Song Zhuo and smiled slightly.Yes, even after thousands of years, in that era, there were not only pens, pencils, and ballpoint pens, but brushes never disappeared!As Song Zhuo said, it is solemn, the quintessence of the country, and the magnificent unique culture and aesthetics. It will have a long history and will never be erased!

"Your Majesty." Song Zhuo said, "I suggest that we fully promote fountain pens and hard pens. Hard pens can be used for insignificant records or for students to practice handwriting. For official imperial examinations, brushes or pens that cannot be wiped should be used."

"Yes!" Emperor Wenxuan said.

The officials were quite happy.After all, they have to do a lot of paperwork. If they don't need to use ink, it will be much faster and easier.

Emperor Wenxuan also found it very convenient, so he didn't have to worry about accidentally knocking over the inkstone and getting his hands dirty when reviewing memorials.However, important documents such as imperial edicts, edicts, seals, and punishments still require brushes.

Generally, most of them like to use hard pens. Students who have hard pens, of course, will not give up brushes, and some prepare fountain pens.But even if several types of pens are prepared, it is still cheaper than using only brushes, because brushes are only used on important occasions and do not need to be replaced frequently.

Ning Qing launched fountain pens immediately after returning home, and the most common fountain pens sell for two hundred cash each.Pens are also expensive, with different grades, ranging from a few taels of silver, to a dozen taels, or even hundreds of taels.

Because the material of the pen is more expensive and the workmanship is finer, the cost of an ordinary pen is not enough for two hundred coins, so it is really selling at a loss.But because there are high-end pens, it fills this hole. In this way, I didn't lose money, but I still made money.

However, even if she did make money in it, the people would not talk about her, because she benefited the people all over the world.The reason why she made money was selling high-end pens, which nobles love to buy.

Originally, Emperor Wenxuan gave her the entire shop tax exemption, but Ning Qing only exempted cheap hard pens and fountain pens, and she still paid tax for those expensive fountain pens.This behavior won unanimous praise from the people.

Even the people hoped that she would make more money and sell more high-end pens.Because as long as she doesn't lose money, cheap hard pens and fountain pens will continue.And those high-end pens are sold to the nobles, and the nobles’ money is used to fill the holes they use for cheap pens. The common people feel that they have taken advantage of the nobles, and the balance is immediately balanced. Not to mention how beautiful they are, the pens seem to be very comfortable to use. !

And nobles are also willing to buy pens from her, anyway, they buy pens everywhere, but when they buy from her, they feel as if they have done a good deed, and the whole person is much more energetic!

Seeing that Ning Qing was sought after by the people and the nobles, Song Zhuo laughed all of a sudden: "Qingqing is really amazing, she used the nobles' money to make herself famous."

Ning Qing glared at him: "Look at what you said! Don't have the ability to use other people's money to make yourself famous! Besides, you nobles have collected so much people's fat and people's anointing, you should spit it out!"

"Yes, it's time to spit it out. Well, you don't want to open a branch, my cousin will buy a shop for you." Song Zhuo said.

When Ning Qing heard it, she was happy: "Okay! My wish is to open up my own shop in the whole Tiansheng! However, with my own strength, it may not be enough. I will find Zhongliyou. I have big projects in the future. .”

"Are you still messing around?" Song Zhuo smiled.

"Yes, I hope...to tell others what I know." She dare not say how great she is, but she wants to look at the people here and suffer less.

She thought that the meaning of her journey through the millennium was to meet him.And she wants to find the second meaning, which is to do her best to make everyone here live a better life.

Ning Qing went out to find Zhong Liyou, and worked with him to promote hard pens and fountain pens to the whole country.Of course, Zhong Liyou would not refuse the matter of earning fame and money, and signed the document soon.

Ning Qing's pace of opening a shop still hasn't stopped.Half a month later, she opened a shop on South Street with great fanfare. This time, she launched an old-fashioned sewing machine.

The entire tailoring world was a sensation, and all tailors rushed to have a look at this new product.Usually it takes them all day to sew a piece of clothing, but this sewing machine can finish it in an hour.It's amazing!
In the future, tailoring will no longer need to be sewed slowly one stitch at a time.With a sewing machine, it only takes seconds to close a thread that took minutes to sew.It's flat, fast, and beautiful.

But sewing machines are very expensive, and the cost is also high. One machine costs hundreds of taels of silver.In order to let the people also enjoy the convenience.Ning Qing also launched a manual sewing machine, a small stapler-like sewing machine, which is easy to manufacture and naturally lower in cost.Although it is not as fast and comfortable as a big sewing machine, it is much cheaper, only a few hundred pennies each.Compared with stitch-by-stitch mending, it is much faster, and it does not hurt the eyes too much.

Ning Qing's reputation suddenly rose to a height that no woman could match.

Some people say that she is brilliant and amazingly talented, some people say that she is the reincarnation of a fairy in the sky, otherwise, how can she think of things that others can't think of, and she also has a stunning appearance that is unmatched in the sky, what is it if she is not the reincarnation of a fairy?
Someone suddenly found out about Ning Qing's combination of horoscopes. At that time, there were rumors that she was a noble daughter of destiny.At that time, others just laughed.

Now, I suddenly decided that, yes, she was the Destiny Lady!Natural life is precious and benefits the common people.

In response to everyone's praise, Ning Qing only tilted her head: "I just took advantage of it, it's not mine. It's me..."

"It's something from your era." Song Zhuo said.

Ning Qing was shocked: "You know?" She suddenly remembered that she almost went back to modern times, and was suddenly rang back with a bell by a Taoist priest. The Taoist priest must have known about it. Of course I will.

Thinking of this, Ning Qing was suddenly relieved, and let out a deep breath: "That's right. It was my era. I am a person from a thousand years later. In that era, people could fly to the sky by plane! If we go to Tianshui, we We can’t take a boat or overland for several months. It only takes one day and one night to get there. Even if we are thousands of miles apart, we can use the computer to meet and chat with each other.”

"In that era, women could also go to school and take scientific examinations. Our marriage is monogamous. Even if it cannot be said to be completely equal, rich men will still go out to find concubines, but as women, we at least have a choice The right to leave. Instead of smiling and welcoming my concubine into the door."

As Ning Qing said, Song Zhuo's heart trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but hold his hand tightly.

These words, she had always wanted to say to him.When he forced her to be his concubine, she wanted to tell him why she didn't want to.But at that time, even if he said it, he would think she was insane!

"My father... oh, it's my father. He is a rich man with a good background. In the words of this era, he is an aristocrat. And my mother, she was born in a poor rural family, but because of her good looks, she was selected She went to the ballet and became famous. She used her strength to squeeze into the upper class. Later, she met my father and they got married. But then my father got together with a student of my mother. My mother loves my father so much. I couldn't let it go, and was finally driven crazy by my father and Xiaosan. My mother killed my father and Xiaosan, and dragged me to fall to death together."

"When I wake up again, I'll be here. I don't want a rich life, I just want to win the heart of one person, never leave each other."

Song Zhuo hugged her tightly, as if afraid that she would disappear: "I'm sorry. I'm sorry..."

Apart from these three words, he didn't know what to say.

Thinking of his threats to her before, he felt guilty and blamed himself.Hearing her life experience now, I am overwhelmed with pain.Until now, he didn't know how cruel he was.

Ning Qing threw herself into his arms, holding him tightly: "I have forgiven you a long time ago. In this era, I met you, which is actually a kind of luck!"

If what she met was not Song Zhuo, but another man, with her appearance and the Ning family's piss, she would be ups and downs in the back house of some powerful man, in the dark.Even if she doesn't love, she will be in pain, and she can't even struggle.

It was actually her luck to meet him.Let her realize what love is. Although he experienced pain, he changed for her step by step, and finally achieved a positive result.

"It's also my luck." Song Zhuo gently kissed her forehead.

"I was born in dancing, and I learned it because I love desserts. I also love painting. My grandpa lived in the countryside. I lived with him for half a year when I was young. I learned ice-making and planting from him. knowledge. My grandmother sews clothes for a living, so I am very familiar with sewing machines." Ning Qing said. "Oh, by the way, brother Shui also traveled through time, he is from the same era as me."

"You want to say that the reason why you have today is because you took advantage of time travel?" Song Zhuo said. "You also said that Shui Jingnian also traveled through the same era as you. But why, he can't make desserts, can't draw cartoons, let alone make ice, hard pens, pens, and sewing machines."

"I have experience with sewing machines and ice making! I have learned dessert cartoons. As for hard pens and pens, I have read related miscellaneous books."

"Thousands of people have come into contact with these things, and there are also thousands of people who read miscellaneous books. I believe that Shui Jingnian has also come into contact with those things. But he doesn't know it. He knows it, but he can't do it. If there is a specialization in art, Shui Jing Nian specializes in arms, so he knows arms. But Qingqing, you specialize in dance, but you know other things. That's because Qingqing carefully explores everything around him, has curiosity, and a super memory .These are talents! The so-called genius and ordinary people, amazing talent and mediocrity, in fact, are the differences in these subtle things."

Ning Qing was startled: "Is that so?"

"Of course." Song Zhuo said.

Ning Qing chuckled: "Since you praise me in a different way, then I will avoid it and admit that I actually have a little talent!"

Destiny's noble daughter, maybe it's not just talk.She is a real lady!Natural life is precious and benefits the common people.

(End of this chapter)