The cottage was dimly lit and the atmosphere was depressing.

On the small black table covered with greasy black was a plate of crispy fried peanuts and a plate of scrambled eggs with greasy leeks. Feng Tongqiang snotted and cried, and his old face turned red: "If I hadn't run fast, I would have been afraid of dying in Prince Xiao's Mansion!"

His elder brother Feng Tonghui frowned and said unhappily: "Second, why do you dare to provoke the nobles of the royal family? If there is any mistake, our Feng family will follow you to suffer disaster. You are harming people and everyone!"

"I'm hurting people!" Feng Tongqiang fought back dissatisfiedly: "It's him, Li Xingzhou, who doesn't give us a way out for now."

"What don't give you a way out? He doesn't want you. If you go elsewhere, you can still live." The eldest brother Feng Tonghui slapped the table and said.

He was the oldest at home and was also a famous blacksmith of this generation. He knew many friends from blacksmiths. He wanted to go to the palace when he first recruited people, but the palace said that he was too old and didn't want him.

"You two, please say something. The family is like this, so you don't worry about embarrassing!" The youngest old fifth brother Feng Tongcai scolded.

The two brothers looked at each other and did not dare to refute. The fifth brother was the youngest, but he was ignorant of Sun Banzhang, but he was very capable and could greet dozens of people at will.

Feng Tongqiang whispered: "You don't understand that the water wheels outside the palace are three people taller. Do you know what they are used for?"

Feng Tonghui shook his head, Feng Tongqiang stood up, looked through the crack in the door, carefully closed the door, and then said mysteriously: "That is used to make ironwork! As soon as the river flows, the wheels of the water turn around, and then the hammer in the house weighs hundreds of pounds, you can make ironwork by yourself, and you can make ironwork by yourself day and night!"

Both brothers were stunned: "There is such a thing, are you lying to others?"

"Lie to you! If you don't believe it, go and see it yourself. Just beside the river, you can see it across the river, clearly." Feng Tongqiang said in dissatisfaction with the two brothers.

Feng Tongcai frowned and grabbed a peanut and put it in his mouth: "Brother, it will make a blacksmith, what does it have to do with you? What are you excited about..."

"It's not my business!" Feng Tongqiang raised his hand and drank a large bowl of rice wine, then whispered the wine and shouted loudly: "There are five such big things in the royal palace now, and new ones under construction. What do you know what it means?

Those things can be made in iron every day and night, and the hammers raised are not lifted by both men. When there are dozens of people and hundreds of things in the palace, why do we have to do with iron? That thing can be done without rice, shit, and rest. We can finish the iron in the entire capital, and we brothers eat dirt!"

After hearing this, Feng Tonghui gradually looked solemn. He slowly put down the chopsticks in his hand and couldn't drink the wine. As an old blacksmith, he suddenly understood the truth.

"This..." The youngest brother Feng Tongcai couldn't speak anymore.

Feng Tongqiang's face turned red and he was drunk. He was the only one of the brothers who had read a book, so he spoke more frankly: "Do you think I want to make trouble, and I want to offend Prince Xiao?"

I work in the palace, and I know better than you. Li Xingzhou is not just on the surface. The court ministers often come and go in and out of the palace. There are shining jade hanging on their waists. A horse that pulls a cart is a good horse with a hoof that is bigger than a bowl, and taller than a person. They are all nobles! I am not stupid, I offend him for no reason. I am fighting for a way out for us!"

As he said that, he took another bowl and took a big sip, looking angry.

"What should I do?" The boss Feng Tonghui was silent for a long time, and was a little anxious.

The second brother was depressed and answered unhappily: "Ask me, who should I ask? Because of this, I was almost beaten to death by Li Xingzhou. If you hadn't run fast, you both would have to go to the royal palace to collect my body!"

The hut suddenly became quiet, and the night wind was whistling outside the house, and the sound of neighbors next door cursing their children came from time to time.

A long time later, the fifth brother Feng Tongcai said, "Why... make a fuss?"

"What are you making trouble? You don't know how many people in the royal palace are. There are hundreds of guards with high and large clerks. Do you dare to make trouble and seek death!" Feng Tongqiang disagreed.

"Second brother, I'm not stupid. I mean, don't you know a lot of people? I know a lot of people, and I also call a few more people, those who make irons and carpenters, tell them, let's go to Kaiyuan Mansion to make trouble." Feng Tongcai said.

"Don't forget, just ten days ago, thousands of companies were making trouble in front of the Emperor's Palace. What happened in the end? The emperor was afraid, so he quickly sent troops. This time he was just a prince and the emperor's grandson. You asked some blacksmiths to explain the importance of the matter to them. He pulled hundreds of people to kneel in front of the Kaiyuan Mansion. Li Xingzhou must be afraid and then demolished the broken thing." Lao Wu said clearly.

The eldest and the second brother were in deep thought, and the second brother Feng Tongqiang was hesitant: "This...will this be too risky? Besides, why do they listen to us? I think it's better to think about it again, think about it..."

Lao Wu spread his hands: "You two are you, I won't make a fuss anyway, so it's not me who drinks the northwest wind at that time."

"this......."

The boss frowned and thought for a long time: "I can applaud my blacksmith friend. Tell them that the matter is serious. I will most likely agree, but there are not many..."

"What are you afraid of? Some of my words are brothers. I can just ask someone to come and call you a lot." Lao Wu Feng Tongcai answered confidently, then waved his hand: "I'm afraid you are timid and dare not do it."

"This is not a question of whether it is timid or not..." The second son Feng Tongqiang looked worried.

"What is that?" Lao Wu looked disdainful.

"This...I can't tell you clearly!"

"I'm not timid..."

"you!"

The boss raised his hand and interrupted them: "Now is not the time for brothers to make trouble. The key is that both of us will lose our jobs. There must be a way, there must be a way..."

Lao Wu looked unhappy and said, "I just said one thing, I want me to help you quickly. You have to think about it before talking. Let's leave this door tonight. Don't come to me in the future."

The eldest and second brother were silent...

.........

The emperor put down the memorial in his hand and rubbed his eyebrows: "The memorial from Yang Hongzhao, he said that the Guazhou Water Village was almost the same, but the morale of the army was not very stable."

The queen stepped forward and gently massaged his temples and said, "It's good that I can survive."

"Yes, it's a blessing to survive, but he also spoke out in his memorials, and the morale of the army was sluggish. Because of the prince's fault, many soldiers complained about the prince, especially after he heard that the prince was only confined to the Eastern Palace." The emperor sighed: "Hmph, the unfilial son caused me the trouble!"

"The prince is the prince after all, and is the Eastern Palace, and the foundation of the Tian family." The queen said while giving the emperor a massage: "How dare they judge with verbal words."

The emperor leaned against the back of the chair: "The ancient sages said, 'Defending the mouths of the people are more important than defending the rivers'. Even if I am the emperor, I cannot control the mouths of the world."

He closed his eyes as he said, "This time, the prince has really lost all the face of the Tian family and killed many soldiers. It is understandable that there are complaints in the army, and I have expected it."

"How will your Majesty be prepared to deal with this matter?" asked the Queen.

The emperor slowly stood up, and the palace maid next to him put on an exquisite purple fur cloak. Then, after a quiet moment, the queen picked up the teacup and was about to step forward, the emperor suddenly said softly: "I want Sin Chew to go to the south."

The teacup in the queen's hand trembled and almost lost her hand: "Your Majesty! This..."

"Listen to me." The emperor said with a hand, and then walked to the queen: "I did not let him go to war. As a child of the Tian family, he did not need to lead the army, surrender himself, and become a general and a pawn. As long as he is on the front line, he can stabilize the morale of the army, encourage morale, and win the hearts of the people in the world.

This is the reason why I sent the prince to the first time. I deliberately asked him to leave the capital in a few days in the evening. As long as he followed the army, the people in the world would say that the prince of the Tian family was on the front line and personally fought against the rebellion. They would cheer and cheer, but unfortunately he didn't understand!

Now that Anxiakou is defeated, the reputation of the Southern Tian Family is not as good as before. It is the time when someone is in the south, stabilizes the morale of the army, boosts morale, and reshapes the majesty of our Tian Family.

I have sent a soldier to protect him, and there will be no major issues. When the Privy Council is prepared, I will personally explain to you on the day when the troops are handed over. He does not need to go to the south, but must kill the enemy. He only needs to stabilize the morale of the army and wait for military merits."

"Yes, but the south is a chaotic place, and rebellion is rampant..." The queen was still worried.

The emperor waved his hand: "I will give him some time to receive the imperial guards, but as a royal family, I must be responsible. Many ministers believe in their talents, so there is no need to worry. Yu'er is useless, King Lin and King Xiao died young, and he was the only one of the emperor's grandsons who were attracted by court officials."

"But..." The queen wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the emperor's hand.

"I have decided, but I'll just tell you that I must worry." After that, I ignored the queen and turned around and entered the inner hall.

The queen opened her mouth and finally didn't dare to speak.

......

Li Xingzhou gradually discovered something was wrong with the poem. In the past few days, she mentioned the matter of Zhenbao Pavilion several times when she was alone with Qiu'er. When they were alone, she would ask herself to listen to her lyrics from time to time, but when she mentioned moving to the royal palace, she still insisted on opposing it.

"Why do you want to sign such a contract?" Shiyu pointed to a stack of paper on the desktop and looked at him in confusion, looking dissatisfied.

Li Xingzhou looked down and saw that the contracts that were shipyard workers were blank.

He pulled the woman gently and pulled her into his arms: "Your husband has his own plans, be obedient and let everyone sign it."

"But this...this is so ridiculous!" Shiyu was still puzzled.

He didn't know how to explain: "One day you will understand." Shiyu gave him a blank look and accepted these new contracts.

Of course, this contract is not a labor contract for later generations. More personal power protection can stimulate labor enthusiasm and liberate productivity, but the problem is that there is a lack of supervision in this era.

Jing Chao even said that the national laws of this era were not so strict, and were more ruled by man.

In later generations, when a dispute comes into people's attention, no matter whether the law can be implemented in place, whether it is exploited for legal loopholes or superficial work, there must be a reasonable statement. This is the rule of law, and everyone must rely on or comply with the law, even if it is done.

But the times are different now. In a word, the emperor said that even the kingly laws of the Jing Dynasty must give way, and it is legitimate.

It is even necessary for the emperor, ministers like De Gong, to decide things in one sentence.

In this case, supervision is powerless.

Even if his contract states that the workers are granted various freedoms and rights, the court does not recognize them, and Kaiyuan Mansion will not. So who will supervise? He can't supervise himself, and it is not convincing at all, and it cannot inspire enthusiasm for labor.

The contract route is not working, but as the royal palace continues to grow, the current employment method has begun to limit the liberation of productivity.

Li Xingzhou can only go another one, which is to use biological instinct.

The human brain operates by feedback. From a psychological perspective, this means that people do not actually understand or completely control themselves, and need motivation and feedback to stimulate their inner potential.

Many things are not difficult, but the loss of will caused by long-term lack of feedback, which is difficult to persist.

For example, the college entrance examination score is 600 points and the college entrance examination score is 400 points, and the gap is 200 points. The actual gap is likely to be the difference between motorcycles and BMWs, rental houses and small villas, both in the sky and under.

But in fact, 200 points are not much. In three years of high school, 900 days are counted less. On average, every day, from 400 points to 600 points, you only need to make progress 0.2 points per day, that is, you only need to make progress 2 points in 10 days, and then you can make progress from 400 points to 600 points. During this period, you still have 195 days to spend on rest and relax.

The problem is that it is rare to be able to achieve a situation where people are, and there is a huge gap between theory and reality.

The biggest problem is the lack of feedback.

Have I made progress after students work hard to do exercises for a day? How much has I made progress?

Don't know at all...

No feedback, no sense of accomplishment.

The human brain produces stimulation after receiving feedback, and then becomes excited, and then becomes a new driving force.

This is a cycle, but if you have no feedback for a long time, have you made progress? I don’t know how much it has made? I don’t know that this fruitless effort makes the brain lack feedback and consumes people’s will. People who do not have feedback will lose the motivation to move forward and cannot persist.

So this is obviously a very simple thing to make 0.2 every day and 2 points in ten days, but few people can stick to it because there is no motivation without feedback.

People are not afraid of hard work, but are afraid of hard work without results. This is determined by the way our brain works.
To be continued...