Chapter 1508 The lost old man Xu
Of course, compared to the flush toilet, rice transplanters are much more important in Han Yi's mind, not to mention the size of their functions, because rice transplanters are the crystallization of wisdom of contemporary craftsmen and have little to do with him. The flush toilet is completely brought by him, so it is like perfume. He will not feel that I should be so excited to make perfume.
He valued the whole system problem because he knew that what he could do was actually very limited. Without the support of the system, future history books would only record that Han Yi, the Minister of Revenue in the Tang Dynasty, invented perfume, and Su Dongpo and Grand Secretary Su of the Song Dynasty, invented Dongpo Pork. That's all, and the significance is not very great. Only when these inventions grow in the system will its value be highlighted.
For example, the spinning machine on the eve of the British Industrial Revolution, the Song Dynasty's spinning technology was ahead of the West for many years, but so what? Without system support, it cannot promote social progress.
This is why Han Yi made the rice transplanter so complicated, and even did not hesitate to subsidize himself and fry the price. In fact, he gave it directly, and no one would say anything. Anyway, he had gains and money, but he gave it directly, that is his personal gains and losses, not the interests of the rice transplanter.
After the negotiations with the Yuan family, Han Yi did not immediately announce these news. He could not let people know that this had been planned long ago. He had either stayed in the Sixth Academy of the Sages or went to the Yuan family these days, making people think that he was fighting for it, rather than discussing it in advance, and the play was still done in full.
Moreover, successful research and development means successful research and development, and products are commodities. These are two different things. It does not mean that the research and development can become commodities immediately. This also needs to be improved. For example, changing the rice transplanter to assembled type is the trend at present. The integrated type has gradually been eliminated because one component is broken, and the entire component may have to be replaced, and the assembly type can buy parts.
But the entire Sage Sixth Academy was no longer a problem. In just a few days, the drawings of the commercial rice transplanter were released.
After repeated confirmation, Han Yi took the drawings of the rice transplanter to "formal negotiations" with the Yuan family. In fact, he went to see his daughter every time he went back to Yuanjiabao, but after three days, the two sides "finally" reached a cooperation. The Yuan family bought the drawings of the rice transplanter from the Sixth Courtyard of the Sage at a price of 1,000 yuan.
Han Yi then released the news.
This is also his routine. He first made some noises and let everyone argue, and then the Tang Daily published an article to confirm it.
One thousand slabs of drawings?
What's going to do this again!
The previous garden tour was already very surprising, but now this is even more outrageous. This is different from the Jingjing weaving machine in the past. The Jingjing weaving machine is directly sold to the public, but this time, a drawing is worth 1,000 yuan. It is not a product, but a pure technical flow. Isn’t this the strange and lewd trick that was despised in the past? It is also a book that is not good at the Garden Tour. Why are your strange and lewd tricks sold more expensive than books? Is there any reason for it?
Deyue Tower.
"Is this news true or false? This drawing can sell a thousand cents?"
"I have heard of this, but this thousand stakes are probably not true. This is really outrageous."
"I don't think so, don't forget who the president of the Sixth Academy of Sages is. He is Brother Han, the most powerful businessman in Chang'an. I heard that he personally went to negotiate this deal. This thousand-month transaction is nothing to Brother Han."
"That's right? Don't forget the couple named Lu in Xicheng. They only have a few days of business and are said to have made hundreds of coins. The business is so good that they can't be busy, but their products are basically just a few transactions."
"Yes, yes, yes, I have also heard about the Lu couple. Their family was not well-off in the past. Lu Yonggui was just an unknown young painter. If you want to talk about painting skills, there were more people who were better than him, but those painters now did not earn much."
"Brother Han is not wrong at all. Nowadays, you have to rely on your brain to make money nowadays."
On the pier.
Because the south is about to go south, Yuanzhe came here almost every day to supervise the work, and today is no exception.
But today, as soon as he arrived at the dock, he was immediately surrounded by many people.
"Young Master Yuan, I heard that your Yuan family spent 1,000 guan to buy the rice transplanter drawings from the Sixth Academy of the Sage. Is this true?"
"Well. That's the case."
"Wow! It's really true."
"Young Master Yuan, what is this rice transplanter for? It's so valuable?"
"A rice transplanter, as the name suggests, is a tool for rice transplanting."
“That’s all?”
“That’s all.”
"This - is this worth a thousand guan?"
"Um."
"Haha, I think there must be some mystery here."
"Yes, Master Yuan, don't hide it, just talk to me."
"Actually, there is nothing worth saying about this. I believe you all know that the two seasons of rice were brought by our Yuan family and have been widely planted in Jiangnan. However, there is a very big problem with the two seasons of rice. It is that when we communicate with each other, we have to plant the second season of rice in a very short time. Otherwise, we will face failure. This requires a lot of people. There are not so many people in our Yuan family, and we still ask people to help from outside last time.
This has always made our Yuan family very distressed. It just so happened that the rice transplanter invented by the Sixth Academy of Sages can plant about ten acres of land in one day. If this rice transplanter is available, it can help our Yuan family solve many problems, and we can also sell it to others. One thousand guan is a little more, but it will not lose money. It can also help our Yuan family solve the urgent needs. Therefore, our Yuan family does not want to spend money with the Sixth Academy of Sages, so they agreed."
This news was confirmed by Yuan Zhe, so naturally there would be no falsehood. The people in Chang'an City were completely excited. This is really exciting. It can be hundreds of guan and thousands of guan. And I buy something that is invisible and intangible. Simply put, it is wisdom.
This is really exciting. This background cannot be changed. There are only a few people who can become talented in studying. If they lack talent, they will have little hope. Most people are destined to be poor all their lives, but now it is completely different. At all levels, as long as you have talent, you can become rich in one day, and the people of Chang'an seem to feel full of motivation.
Especially those craftsmen began to fantasize that if they could invent a wheat cutting machine in the future, wow! This thousand guan will be obtained. If they don’t fight, they will become fools.
After the hype was almost done, the Tang Daily finally officially announced the news.
Of course, it is not just announcing this transaction, but it is just secondly. You know it is worth a thousand stead. The most important thing is to boast about the Sixth Academy of the Virtue. What kind of Age of the Virtue adheres to the spirit of serving the people. After many days and the hard work of many people, it took to create a rice transplanter. This is a very great invention.
Next, this thousand guan is actually a material worth one thousand guan, not real money. Why did Han Yi rewrite this area? I hope that the people can see from this point that the Sixth Academy of Sages is not doing this for money, but requires more materials and develop more tools. At the same time, it also shows that the Sixth Academy of Sages did this because of insufficient funds. Therefore, I hope that people from all walks of life can donate to the Sixth Academy of Sages. The Sixth Academy of Sages was created for the people. The more technology it invented, it is very beneficial to the people, including merchants. The Sixth Academy of Sages is good, everyone is good.
Through this transaction, we announced the new model of the Sixth Academy of the Sage, which is that some tools and technologies invented by the Sixth Academy of the Sage, which will no longer be promoted by the court, but will give some inventions that can benefit the people to merchants for promotion. It also stated that it is very slow to promote by the court, and the government will not help the people make agricultural tools, but if it is promoted by merchants, it will be very fast. In addition, we also promised everyone that among some tools that need to be popularized, the Sixth Academy of the Sage, will limit the price and strive to make more people use it, etc.
Finally, there is a big easter egg, that is, the bicycle has become more perfect.
That's all.
Many people could not help but scold Han Yi for being cunning. Isn’t this just to lure others to buy bicycle drawings?
Xu Mansion.
“More – how much?”
"One thousand stakes, the Datang Daily has confirmed this news. This is today's Datang Daily."
"One-one thousand stakes?"
When Xu Jingzong heard the news, he was stunned and disbelief. After a while, he snatched the Tang Daily and looked at it, he shouted: "This - how is this possible? How is this possible?"
Wang Dejian said: "That's the case. According to the Yuan family, the two-season rice is very busy when the two-season rice alternates. It is necessary to plant the second-season rice within a limited time. This is too high for manpower. The rice transplanter can make up for this very well. With the promotion of the two-season rice, more people will need this rice transplanter. Although the profit is not high, at least it will not lose money, and it also solves their urgent needs."
After hearing this, Xu Jingzong was silent for a long time and said in great relief: "In other words, I was deceived by Han Yi again."
He was still immersed in the joy of defeating Han Yi. This was a blow, who could bear it!
Wang Dejian frowned and said, "This is possible, but it may not be necessary. Uncle, the main reason is that the rice transplanter can sell at this price is that the timing is good. If it weren't for two seasons of rice, the rice transplanter could not be able to sell at this price. Then it can't be like this every time. If the funds are increased, then the Sixth Academy of Sages can rest assured. Even if Han Yi had this plan for a long time, I think this is a bad idea. His original purpose should be to hope that the court can increase its funds."
After saying this, Xu Jingzong felt much better, but thinking about the fact that the Sixth Academy of the Sages directly got 1,000 guan, it was very uncomfortable. It would be impossible to increase the amount of funds. No matter how you look at the Sixth Academy of the Sages, it seems like a blessing in disguise.
Wang Dejian said again: "But I think Han Yi will submit an application for bicycles soon."
Xu Jingzong hummed, "This bicycle is not a tool that benefits the country and the people, and I will not let him pass easily."
Chapter completed!