Chapter 135 Jiajing’s Expectations

After hearing about Zhou Mengchen supporting his family business at a young age, Jiajing felt a little sigh in his heart. He thought that he lost his father at a young age and then supported his family alone. He fought with Yang Tinghe and others very hard. He felt a little empathetic and said, "Is Zhou Qing's life also very hard?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "I dare not say that I have a hard work. No matter what, I have a family business of hereditary Yin and Yang officials. Although the ninth rank official may not be anything to the eyes of Your Majesty, it makes my family a family of officials, and I don't know how many points it is better than ordinary people."

Jiajing said: "What do you mean is that if I can sell this thing?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Your Majesty naturally doesn't need to hear about such a bad thing, but I remember there is an imperial shop in the palace."

Huang Jin said: "What Master Zhou said is that Emperor Wuzong set up several imperial shops at the beginning, all of which were run by slaves."

Emperor Jiajing asked, "I remember that Zhou Qing's family was not rich, and the most expensive part of the industry was given to you by me. This watch business seems to make a lot of money. Why don't you run it yourself?"

Didn’t Zhou Mengchen think about running it himself?

Of course I thought about it, but I finally denied it.

First of all, Zhou Mengchen does not value money very much. The reason has also been mentioned in the previous article.

Secondly, when he was in Xia Yan's mansion, Zhou Mengchen understood one thing, that is, the Ming Dynasty was a society of power, not a society of money. With power, money naturally dependent on it, and without power, what if Zhou Mengchen had money?

All the power bases of Zhou Mengchen were obtained from Emperor Jiajing.

For Zhou Mengchen, the emperor's holy favor was far more important than money.

The thing of Shengjun is even comparable to a drug. If it has it, it will naturally soar, but when it is not available, it is likely to fall into the bottomless abyss. Before Zhou Mengchen himself became a boss, he naturally could not be cut off for a moment.

Of course, this cannot be said like this.

Zhou Mengchen said, "I am a small official in Wuchang. Although he has the skills of family history and calculation, he is only famous in the world. His Majesty simply defeats me today, and is above the court, participating in the revision of the calendar and keeping his name in history. If you don't have your Majesty, even if you have the skills of thousands of years, you are only a ninth rank of Wuchang. Your Majesty knows the kindness of your encounter, and the earth is so strong that I dare not do my best to repay you. Think of Your Majesty and think of what Your Majesty thinks. My mother once warned me that my high position is now the highest in the ten generations of the Zhou family, and I want me to serve Your Majesty with my heart. What do you want to do if your Majesty treats me well? What is the benefit of some ah-dog thing? Why should I take it out and let Your Majesty do something."

Jiajing sighed and said, "Only Zhou Qing treats me like this. The rest of the people are a group of money-seeking ghosts. I know what you mean. Huang Jin, open a store in your name and run this thing. How about the silver subsidy you receive to the Li Bureau?"

Huang Jin said, "I understand. I will definitely borrow some money from the Li Bureau first, so that I will not miss the major affairs of the court."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen muttered in his heart: "Emperor Jiajing is really a bit unlucky." This was actually used Huang Jin's private wealth. But speaking of this, the eunuchs did not have much private wealth. They all belonged to the emperor, so their money was naturally the emperor. Huang Jin also had a lot of knowledge as a big eunuch, but he often spent money on Jiajing. After all, Huang Jin always served Emperor Jiajing in close proximity, and did not leave anyone for almost twenty-four hours a day. Even if he gave him money, he didn't have time to spend it.

But no matter what, things finally came true. Zhou Mengchen's Tianxia Survey Plan finally had the expenses.

Emperor Jiajing said, "Zhou Qing, I have done what you want to do for you. But I have something I want to do, can you do it?"

Zhou Mengchen didn't know what Jiajing wanted to do for a moment. However, Jiajing had already spoken, and he could only say: "Your Majesty, please give me instructions."

Jiajing said: "You use machinery to metaphorize the human body. I think it's very good. When I see your clock, I feel that your talent is beyond the ordinary. I just want Yanshi's skills to be seen today?"

Zhou Mengchen was stunned when he heard this.

What is Yanshi's skill?

Isn’t it the one who can dance gracefully?

Zhou Mengchen was the first to say that this was impossible. You should know that many of the difficulties of intelligent robots in later generations have not been completely solved. Zhou Mengchen had no confidence and ignited this skill point in the Ming Dynasty. But after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly felt that it might not be impossible.

First of all, Zhou Mengchen took preconceptions.

When Zhou Mengchen mentioned this dancing Yanren, his first idea was a robot. However, ancient people did not have the concept of robots in their minds. Some standards were also very vague.

Secondly, Zhou Mengchen thought of something that could use legal rules to drive, and even make a fixed sound.

That's the music box.

Of course, even if Zhou Mengchen fooled Emperor Jiajing, he would not dare to fool like this. However, designing and building a large music box and then driving machine trunks with various gears seemed to have only design problems and no technical bottlenecks?

Zhou Mengchen even thought of the benefits.

Zhou Mengchen could also guess some of the thoughts of Emperor Jiajing, just to compare them with the theory of human body machinery mentioned by Zhou Mengchen. However, Zhou Mengchen thought that he could do private work, such as steam engines.

To be honest, what Zhou Mengchen envied the most were the craftsmen in the palace. These were the top craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty. Many of the requirements put forward by Zhou Mengchen can generally meet. Zhou Mengchen really wanted to smash the design drawings of the steam engine, and I wonder if the craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty could do this.

However, Zhou Mengchen's identity and status are difficult for all these craftsmen to obey. These craftsmen are controlled by the eunuchs.

He could only ask them for help by doing private work.

If Zhou Mengchen had a name, he would naturally be able to use these people well, let alone, this was for the emperor, so Zhou Mengchen should not have to worry about money.

However, Zhou Mengchen still left room for himself and said, "I have never thought about this thing before. I have no idea for a while."

Emperor Jiajing could see at a glance that Zhou Mengchen had something else in his mind and said, "You just do it, I don't blame you whether it succeeds or not."

Zhou Mengchen said: "Can you think about how many months?"

Emperor Jiajing said: "I know, will the exam be held next year? This thing will be done after the exam."

Zhou Mengchen said, "I thank Your Majesty."

Emperor Jiajing said in his heart: "I originally wanted to give Zhou Mengchen a big gift, so it would be fine. Now it seems that I need to add some codes to this matter. Perhaps Zhou Mengchen has a Jinshi and is more useful in the court."

Emperor Jiajing was just thinking about it.

Of course, he would give Zhou Mengchen some convenience. However, his principles would not be destroyed. After all, the imperial court's talent rituals involved in the safety of the country was definitely not a joke. Emperor Jiajing himself only did some things to go against the edge, and he would never do anything to cheat.

However, before Emperor Jiajing, he just wanted to do a little move. Now, seeing that Zhou Mengchen was so loyal, he was willing to give up some money for the sake of the great affairs of the court, and was ready to do more things in this matter.

Zhou Mengchen didn't know what kind of gift he would bring to him today.

After he left the palace, Huang Jin immediately sent Teng Xiang to open a new watch shop in Beijing, and transferred a group of craftsmen from Da Nei to learn the manufacturing process of watches. At the same time, he created a batch of fine clocks and watches for Zhou Mengchen to prepare for the world's measurement plan.

Tengxiang even participated in the formulation of the plan, calculated the entire plan, and gave a total of 50,000 taels of funds.

Everything is done one by one.

For example, the carriage carrying clocks and watches was too bumpy because the carriages of this era were too bumpy, which led to the serious error of clocks. Zhou Mengchen worked hard to transform the territory of the carriage and added one or several soft steel lines. Although it was not as good as spring steel, it was also refined with refined steel. After adding it, the bumps were greatly reduced and the precision of the clocks was increased.
Chapter completed!