Wentang

Chapter 643 Cooperation with the Royal Commercial Bank Again

"Is this something you've worked so hard to make for so many days? What's the use?" Changsun Wugou looked at the boxy wooden box and said with disgust.

It's too ugly and doesn't fit her aesthetics at all.Of course, the most important thing is that Yue Shan's "high-spirited" appearance is too annoying, so she beat him on purpose.

"Hey..." Yue Shan, who didn't realize that he was disgusted, still said proudly: "Don't underestimate it, this is a big treasure."

"Talk about how precious it is, if it doesn't satisfy me, hehe." Changsun Wugou has already made up his mind, no matter how powerful he says, he will pretend to be dissatisfied, and just make fun of him.

"It can time." Yue Shanshen said mysteriously.

Seeing that he was still playing tricks, Changsun Wugou gritted his teeth in annoyance, but he still pretended to be indifferent and said: "That's it? A sundial and a clepsydra can keep time, so you can be a treasure with just this?"

That's it?That's it?That's it?

These two words are too lethal to Yue Shan who is a traveler. If this is a game, a string of numbers must float in his head at this moment: double quotient minus two hundred and five.

He actually said that the clock is just here, which is tolerable, and he opened his mouth to retort: ​​"This thing can be used no matter it is windy or rainy, day or night, can a sundial compare?"

"There is no need to add water, the power is long-lasting, and it can be used for decades if it is well maintained. Can a clepsydra compare?"

"It can also accurately time the time to every minute... You don't know what a minute means, right? A minute is divided into fifteen parts, and each minute is one-fifteenth of a moment. Can this clepsydra do it? "

"More accurate clocks can be made in the future, and the time can be accurate to every second. A second is..."

The more Yue Shan talked, the more excited he became. The soul of the keyboard warrior from his previous life was revived again. At this moment, he is not fighting alone. At this moment, all the keyboard warriors are possessed by him.

The eldest grandson Wugou became more and more surprised as he listened, and looked at this thing called a clock in disbelief.At this time, in her eyes, the clock is simply the most perfect thing in the world.

too ugly?You have aesthetic problems.

bulky?It's called thick.

No matter how Yue Shan praises it, he says it is so-so?Who said that, not me.

And Yue Shan's reply was completely blocked by her.

As a queen, she knows how important it is to accurately grasp the time, and as the controller of the Imperial Commercial Bank, she knows even more how valuable this thing is.

Now common timekeeping tools are sundials and clepsydra. Sundials are too bulky and difficult to make, and are very inconvenient to use due to weather and day and night restrictions.

The clepsydra is relatively simple.

The so-called clepsydra is an upper and lower pot, the upper pot leaks water, and the lower pot catches water.There is an arrow in the water pot, and the arrow is engraved with a hundred scales.

One day and one night are one hundred quarters, and this is how the quarter of an hour we often say comes about.Later, one hundred quarters was changed to 96 quarters, and each quarter was exactly 15 minutes.

When water falls from the upper pot into the receiving pot, the arrow will float up, and the time can be inferred by observing the scale on the surface of the pot.

However, it is very difficult to accurately control the flow rate of water, and if evaporation is included, the error is relatively large.But the ancients were not stupid. When they thought of taking the average, they prepared a few more clepsydra and averaged the data so that the obtained data would be more accurate.

But it's only relative.

Moreover, it is more complicated and troublesome to calculate the time in this way, and only rich people can use it.

If the clock can really calculate the time accurately, it can continue to run endlessly for decades...

Seeing that Yue Shan was still talking, she interrupted directly: "Tell me how to tell the time."

When he was talking about the excitement, he was suddenly interrupted, Yue Shan felt uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to disobey his mother-in-law, so he could only say reluctantly:

"Look, this is the dial. The numbers one to twelve on it represent six hours..."

"Why six hours instead of twelve hours?" Changsun Wugou interrupted and asked again.

It would be difficult for Yue Shan to answer this question in the past, but after making the clock with his own hands, he has his own guess: "The twelve hour scales are too close together, and it is inconvenient to observe. It is clear at a glance when it is divided into six hours."

"Then why you marked one to twelve instead of one to six."

"Uh...one hour is too long. I thought about dividing it into two parts and calling each part an hour. One hour is two hours, and six hours is twelve hours."

Naturally, it cannot be said that it is a habit brought by the previous life. My brain turned rapidly, and I quickly thought of a reasonable explanation: "This way, everyone can feel the passage of time more clearly, grasp every moment more accurately, and make good use of every minute." .”

The eldest grandson Wugou was noncommittal, but he didn't object either.

Seeing that she had no objection, Yue Shan introduced again: "One point is the beginning of ugly times..."

As soon as he finished this sentence, he was interrupted again by his grandson Wugou: "Why is it Choushi and not Zishi?"

Yue Shan could only explain to her again, divide the day into two according to the celestial phenomena, and Zishi represents midnight, which happens to be the two hours between eleven o'clock and one o'clock.Noon is the middle of the day, and it happens to be between eleven o'clock and one o'clock in terms of clocks.

Although he still felt that this timing method was awkward, but hearing Yue Shan say that it was determined according to the celestial phenomena, Changsun Wugou curled his lips and stopped talking.

It took a long time for Yue Shan to teach her how to use the clock.

After confirming that she had learned it, she immediately asked someone to fetch the clepsydra, and she wanted to verify the accuracy of the clock herself.

It's not that he doesn't trust Yue Shan, but that the relationship is so important that he can't be too cautious.

The results of the verification have no doubt that the accuracy of the clock is far greater than that of the clepsydra.She even used a sundial for comparison, and concluded that the clock can accurately calculate the time.

Now she has no doubts.

After confirming that it was correct, Changsun Wugou said with a smile, "Okay, Cuilan, you always bring big surprises to people."

"Actually, this is also an unexpected inspiration." Yue Shan was troubled by the inability to accurately control the time during the operation, and wanted to create a tool that could accurately calculate the time.

Then I got inspiration from the armillary sphere to create a clock.

This was an excuse he had thought up a long time ago, and it was completely logical.

After listening, the eldest grandson Wugou said with emotion: "It turns out that the predecessors left us a treasure long ago, but the descendants have been incapable and have not been able to discover it."

He then praised: "You are not bad, you have thought of something that no one has thought of, and you can improve it into a clock. You have found the right son-in-law."

Another point is that Yue Shan came to her as soon as he made the clock, instead of making and selling it himself, which made her especially satisfied.Such a caring son-in-law is hard to find even with a lantern.

Of course, this sentence was too utilitarian, and she was too embarrassed to say it.

"Ma Congyuanzheng of Gewuyuan also provided a lot of help, and many structures were created by him." Yue Shan didn't forget his assistant.

"Then recruit him into the Ministry of Industry to be responsible for making clocks and watches." Changsun Wugou immediately interjected.

Yue Shan was taken aback, and quickly said: "Your Majesty, you can't do this, he is the principal of my Gewuyuan, where can I find such a good principal without him."

"And he is only interested in studying things, and he is not interested in other things. After studying clocks and watches, I promised him not to restrict his freedom."

The eldest grandson Wugou frowned slightly, and asked, "Is he reliable?"

"Don't worry, it's absolutely reliable."

"Then reward him generously, but you must ensure that he never discloses the clock-making technology to outsiders."

"Actually, the technology of making clocks and watches is very simple to put it bluntly. If you have a little knowledge of Gewu, you can buy a few and disassemble them and then you can imitate them." Yue Shan said carefully.

"?" The eldest grandson Wugou glared at him, and after a while he said in disappointment: "Why don't you tell me, it seems that you can't withdraw it rashly, you have to work hard."

Yue Shan quickly said: "I think so too, first stock up in large quantities and then sell them all at once, and when the imitations come out, we will switch to the high-quality route."

The eldest grandson Wugou nodded, which coincided with her. As for the boutique route, she hadn't thought of it yet, so she asked, "How do I go about the boutique route?"

"This clock is just a test product, and the casing is relatively simple. We can use different materials to make casings of different shapes. The most important thing is that we have glass..." Yue Shan pointed to the front of the clock and said:
"Dust will accumulate on the dial if it is exposed for a long time, and it is easy to touch the pointer when wiping it and the scale will be deformed, resulting in inaccurate time."

"We can make special plate glass and put it on the front of it ... so that it is both beautiful and functional."

Changsun Wugou's eyes lit up, yes, we have glass.Clocks and glass are a perfect match.The most important thing is that the glass making technology is in the hands of Huangshanghang, which is an exclusive business.

Recently, glass products are not as popular in Datang as they used to be. Although the shipments have been in short supply, most of them are exported to foreign countries, which is not a good thing in the long run.

She worried a lot about it, and tried every means to no avail.

The reason is simple. The continuous supply of Huangshang Bank has been stable. Everyone has realized that the output of glass may not be as low as imagined, and it would be foolish to spend a lot of money to buy it.

The reason why the price of glass has not yet dropped is due to the support of foreign markets.

It is foreseeable that when foreign markets are also saturated to a certain extent... Changsun Wugou, who is used to high profits, naturally does not want to see this situation.

Now that Yue Shan thinks of selling glass and clocks in bundles, maybe it can stimulate the market.So is there any other way for him?
Hearing Changsun Wugou's troubles, Yue Shan couldn't laugh or cry.

"Your Majesty, you have seen a map of the world and know how big the world is. Not to mention the shipment of fifty sets per month, even 100 sets per month will not be able to fill this market for [-] years. So you put your heart on In your stomach, count the money with peace of mind."

"Can it really sell [-] sets a month?" Changsun Wugou said in surprise.

"Uh...but the price will drop precipitously, especially domestically, it will become cheaper than porcelain. Firing a large amount of glass also means that a large amount of materials are required, and it is possible that people can deduce the firing method of glass from the materials. .” Yue Shan dissuaded:

"Besides, there is no way to hide the location of the glass workshop through a large number of firings, purchases and shipments. Dozens of lawbreakers can be caught every month in the mint workshop of the imperial court. They just want to steal the technology of the stamping machine and imitate coins. If the glass workshop is discovered by them Now, think about the consequences."

"The imperial court is not short of money now, so there is no need to take that risk. A long flow of water is the long-term solution."

The gold content of Datang's new coins is only one-third of the currency's value, and the profit is more than doubled even if costs such as fire consumption and labor are removed.

It can be said that Datang is the only one that has made money without losing money since ancient times.

Many people want to counterfeit in private for profit, but the quality of the money produced by the stamping machine is so good that you can tell the real money at a glance.

Some people gave up the idea of ​​making counterfeit coins, and some people were not reconciled, and kept trying to spy on the mint's secrets to steal new coinage technology.

Especially when the Tang Dynasty stipulated that only coins, grain, and cloth could be used as equivalents in transactions, and scattered gold and silver were not allowed, more and more people wanted to steal coinage technology since then.

This is still a legal tender, and the law stipulates that the smugglers of the Yi tribe are felony, and there are still some people who do not give up.

Not to mention things like glass, which can be called a money printing machine, if someone knows where the workshop is, some people even dare to rebel and rob it.

As long as the technology can be obtained, the death of the whole family is nothing. As long as one bloodline escapes, it will take a few years to give birth to a tycoon with an incomparable wealth.

The most important thing is that glass can be made by anyone, regardless of national law.As long as you can get the technology, you can create it aboveboard.

It's not that the eldest grandson Wugou doesn't understand this truth, she was just intimidated by the figure of 500 just now.Even if a set is only sold for a hundred guan, the income is 6000 million guan a month, and [-] million guan a year, no one is tempted.

Of course, [-] sets is not a nonsense made by Yueshan. If the price is lowered by [-] sets, it will not be enough for domestic consumption.But if you want to keep the price high, you have to sell the goods all over the world, which is too difficult.

Up to now, the business scope of Huang Commercial Bank has been circulating in the countries surrounding Datang, and has not really gone out.If you want to rely on your own strength to expand your business to the whole world, you still need a long way to go.

Now it is very appropriate to keep shipping [-] sets a month.

Next, the two discussed the issue of sharing. At first, Changsun Wugou said that it would be [-] percent, and she would be [-] percent.This is because watches and clocks are easy to imitate and there is no way to monopolize them exclusively, otherwise at most [-].

Yue Shan began to cry about being poor, saying that Shili Hongzhuang had spent all his previous savings, and after marriage, the family had a big business and a lot of expenses, and there was not enough money to spend.

Knowing that he was talking nonsense about Changsun Wugou, his heart softened, and he gave Qi San it.

Yueshan is very satisfied with this division. The labor, materials, processing fees, sales, etc. are all in charge of the Royal Commercial Bank.

In later generations, if you simply use the patent to do business with others, you will not be able to give it to seventy-three.

After that, the two discussed the production and marketing of clocks and watches.

They just set the general direction, and the specific details will be perfected by the people below.

Don't hide it too much, just open a watch factory openly, recruit workers to produce in large quantities, and wait until the inventory is enough to sell in one-off nationwide distribution.

Of course, there must be hype.It's too easy for them.

Get a few clocks and put them in public places such as Hanyuan Hall, Xuanzheng Hall, and Zichen Hall.Let Li Shimin give one to the family of meritorious ministers... Is there any better publicity than this.

At that time, people who don't know the reason will definitely rush to buy it.

Of course, the price of the clock should not be too high, as it would be detrimental to the reputation of Changsun Wugou and Huangshang.Second, too high a price will scare away a lot of buyers.

There are no technical barriers, and you can only make money by taking advantage of opportunities.

Yueshan proposed to set up three levels of high, medium and low. The high-end ones make the big clock as luxurious as possible; the mid-range ones are moderate in size and have glass doors;
The low-end ones are the smallest. There is no glass door and only a cloth curtain to prevent dust from falling. Just lift the curtain when you need to check the time.

The high-end price is [-] guan; the mid-range ones range from [-] to [-] guan;

After discussing the matter, Yue Shan took his leave and left, but was stopped when he reached the door.

"Did you ask Director Zhou to investigate the data on women's dystocia?"

Chief Zhou is the chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Yue Shan was not surprised, she would have a problem if she didn't know about it, so she replied: "It is true."

"Why are you investigating this matter?" Changsun Wugou asked strangely.

Yue Shan didn't answer the question and said, "Is there any data reported?"

"The data from Guanzhong came out yesterday, I asked her to copy a copy for me, you can have a look." Changsun Wugou took out a document from a drawer and handed it over.

This document was very thick and heavy in his hands, and Yue Shan's heart was equally heavy.

Open the file, the content is very detailed, including the mother's age, home address, etc., to make sure that this data is not fake.But Yue Shan would rather this list be forged, because every name is a life.

He turned the list page by page to the end, and the idea in his heart was completely firm.

At first he did this survey just to explain to Li Lizhi why he didn't want to have children now, but this list made him understand that he could do more.

No matter what kind of population policy the court has, it shouldn't waste so many lives.

Turning the file to the last page is the statistical table he needs most.

14岁以下产子难产死亡率高达40.00%，十四到16岁占20.00%，十六到20岁占15.00%，20岁到30岁只占5.00%不到，30岁以后总共才占20.00%五多一点。

(Relevant data cannot be found on the Internet, and this data is fabricated.)
Yue Shan knows that this data is very watery, reincarnation is the most dangerous, and the rate of dystocia will be relatively low in the future.For example, after the age of 20, there are basically two and three children, and the low rate of dystocia is also related to it, not simply a matter of age.

But it doesn't matter, what Yue Shan wants is this data, and with this data, he can be confident with everyone.Whoever dares to oppose it is waiting to be scolded by the people of the world, or it will be infamous for thousands of years.

He showed the final data to his grandson Wugou, and said, "That's why I did this survey."

The eldest grandson Wugou had also seen this data and had a deep memory. She also guessed what Yue Shan was going to do, but she still asked, "What are you going to do?"

"When there is more data, I will report to the imperial court to postpone the marriage age of women, at least until after Jiji." Yue Shan said.

"It's difficult to postpone in the form of decrees, but it's easier to persuade." Changsun Wugou shook his head.

"It's hard to do, and persuasion has almost no effect. Only mandatory laws can effectively curb the custom of early marriage and early childbearing." Yue Shan said firmly.

"Okay, even if you are a man, how can I back down as a daughter. I have no choice in the court, but I can contact the imperial court woman to build momentum for you." Changsun Wugou said excitedly.

"That couldn't be better." Yue Shan said happily.

Needless to say, the power of pillow wind can be found in the history books.It is directly related to the life and death of his own daughter, and those ladies who have nothing to do will definitely support this matter.

Not only these noble ladies, but also the power of the people in Beijing can be mobilized.

Take out the iron-like data, publicize the high risk of early marriage and early childbearing, and even link early marriage and early childbearing with disregard for human life, and the people will make the right choice.

When the time comes to work together, I don't believe that the court will not compromise.

After discussing the details of this matter again, Yue Shan bid farewell and left.

After leaving the palace, he turned around and took a look at the six doors.

These days, Six Doors is also busy at both ends. While fighting abductions, they also have to cooperate with the household department to carry out inventory work. Everyone is very tired.

Hard work is nothing but life-threatening at any time, human traffickers are inhumane animals and will not be caught without a fight.

It is common for the anti-trafficking team to encounter resistance, and almost everyone is injured.The most heartbreaking thing is that 25 police officers have died so far.

Yue Shan knew that this was unavoidable, so he could only give heavy rewards to the injured, and the compensation for sacrificing the arrester could not be less.

Although those families who received a lot of money and [-] mu of land compensation were sad to lose a relative, no one blamed Six Doors.He even took the initiative to ask the young and strong family members to take the place of the deceased.

Yue Shan did not refuse, this is also the unspoken rule of the times, low-level officials can be hereditary, otherwise, who would work for the court?

The generous compensation is indeed very useful. The Six Doors burst out with strong fighting spirit, and even some people with poor family conditions took the initiative to undertake dangerous tasks, which is the idea of ​​using their own lives to change the family situation.

Yue Shan was both sad and helpless about this.

……

The eldest grandson Wugou acted very quickly. The next day, he converted a courtyard in the royal garden into a watch workshop, and gathered more than a hundred craftsmen to start making watches.

In order to let the clock-making technology leak out later, a team of imperial guards was dispatched to guard it.

Naturally, such a big move cannot be concealed from others. Many people quietly inquired about what they were doing, but naturally they couldn't find any news.

These people did not give up, and soon found out that the workshop purchased a large amount of wood and paint.

Are you making furniture?But what kind of furniture needs to be kept secret like this, so there won't be any new furniture.

They need to purchase wood and paint in bulk, and they can only think of making furniture.Moreover, Yueshan had done this before, designing new furniture and quietly hoarding it, looking for opportunities to make a fortune.

So this statement was quickly accepted by everyone, and even those who had doubts did not dare to take the risk to spy on information.The pay is not proportional to the return, and it is not worth it.

Because of this misunderstanding, the watch workshop is safe.

Some people who want to take a gamble have also started to stock up on wood and paint, ready to follow the trend and drink some soup when the Royal Commercial Bank launches new furniture.

……

Time passed day by day like this, and Yue Shan's life was fulfilling and meaningful.

I go to work during the day and go home to accompany my wife at night.

I'm not tired at work, either I just sit at the six doors to handle official business, occasionally wander around in front of Li Shimin, or skip work to play in the East Palace in a fair and honest manner.

After all, he still bears the titles of the master of the princess concubine and the master of the prince's tutor, and it is only natural for him to teach the two of them.

Of course, he didn't really do it for fun, he still had to take the lessons he should have.

Li Chengqian's surgical wound has healed, but he is still unable to walk on the ground.After [-] days of injury, the arch bone of his foot was kicked and broken, and he would not heal within three or two months.

He was very grateful to Yue Shan who had saved him, and he accepted Yue Shan from the bottom of his heart to be his close relative, instead of being half a teacher, half a courtier, or brother-in-law.

Yue Shan could also clearly feel this, so he was naturally very happy.

The close relatives recognized by the prince are fundamentally different from the prince's teacher and brother-in-law.In game terms, this is a wave of fat, as long as there is no reason to lose.

The stone in Wu Chang's heart was also put down, and he began to raise his baby with peace of mind.

Naturally, there was a plan specially formulated by the imperial doctor for the concubine's pregnancy, but after reading the plan, Yue Shan tore it up and wrote a new one.

Strengthen exercise. Three months ago, I mainly took walks and avoided a lot of exercise.Between three months and seven months, the amount of exercise should be increased, and some simple physical labor can even be performed.After seven months, the amount of exercise was reduced, and the recovery was mainly walking.

Remember not to be lazy and stay in bed.

A large number of supplements are also removed from the diet, and delicacies from mountains and seas are also eaten less. The food is mainly vegetarian, and the so-called nourishing and anti-fetus drugs used for nourishing are also eaten as little or as little as possible.

The imperial physicians in the palace naturally had opinions on this, but they dared not object when it came to Yue Shan, so they could only report to the eldest grandson Wugou.

This is not a small report, but for self-protection.

No matter which method they adopt in the end, they must report to the queen in advance, otherwise they will also be held responsible if something goes wrong.

The eldest grandson Wugou called Yue Shan over for an exchange, and finally decided to adopt Yue Shan's method.

In his past and present lives, Yue Shan had never served a pregnant woman, how did he know this?Of course I read it in the book.

Especially Xiangzi Luotuo, the first time he read this book was in junior high school, Hu Niu died of dystocia, which made him unhappy for a long time.So I remember this episode very clearly.

One of the paragraphs is to analyze the reasons for Huniu's dystocia: women from poor families have to work even if they are pregnant, and their bodies are very strong.Pregnant women do not eat well, the fetus will be thinner, and it will be easier to give birth.

Hu Niu is a lady from a wealthy family, and she has money in her hands. After she is pregnant, she does not do anything and her body is relatively weak. She eats whatever is delicious and has excess nutrition, and her fetus is relatively large.

So when giving birth, it was difficult to give birth, and finally died of exhaustion.

Of course, the main reason for her death was the outdated production method. If she had called a doctor or sent her to the hospital early, there would be no big problem.

(Here we only talk about the mode of reproduction, without discussing the meaning of the whole book of Luotuo Xiangzi.)
But Mr. Lao She’s description of the causes of dystocia is also very reasonable. Pregnant women who do not exercise and are overnourished will definitely increase the probability of dystocia.

Proper exercise and proper diet are the best ways to raise your baby.

After Yueshan rescued his husband, Wu Chang trusted him very much, so he naturally raised the fetus strictly according to his method.

……

In the middle of the night, he was sleeping with his wife in his arms when he was suddenly awakened by a knock on the door: "Mr. Lang, the saint is urgently calling you into the palace to have an audience."

(End of this chapter)