Another hour passed, and the Twelve Chen Chariots were still very accurate, which made everyone amazed again. The amazement of these wealthy businessmen contained endless benefits.

With the commercialization of the entire country, time is becoming more and more important. The concept of time in the small peasant economy is relatively weak. It is to work from sunrise, and the sun goes in and rest, and there are only two moments a day, and it will not go to a specific moment because it is not necessary. However, commercialization requires the calculation of the accurate time, because workers cannot work from sunrise and rest on sunrise. In this way, summer is late for work, and winter is early for work, and sunny and cloudy days are different.

The emergence of watches is actually because of demand. Even if it does not appear today, everyone will think of ways to accurately determine the time. As long as the demand is demanded, there will be benefits. If there is profit, you can obtain funds.

It can be seen that as long as you apply for a patent, the funding is by no means a problem.

Why did Li Chunfeng say that he would apply for a patent first and raise funds? This big cabinet still cannot be commercialized. He has to make it smaller, at least it can be placed in the living room, and it has commodity value.

Han Yi nodded with satisfaction, and came to the house with Li Chunfeng, Qiu Mo, and an official from the patent office to discuss the patent application.

"Brother Han, although this twelve-chen chariot was thought out by the villain, it would be impossible for the villain to do without Li Taishi. If the patent application is successful, it should be jointly owned by the villain and Li Taishi." Qiu Mo said very directly.

Li Chunfeng waved his hand and said, "I have always been indifferent to fame and fortune. I help you, but I am just out of interest and don't do anything else, and you don't need to give me any benefits."

Qiu Mo said: "How can this be done? The villain is so ashamed to bear it!"

Han Yi sat aside and suddenly laughed.

Li Chunfeng said curiously: "Why are you laughing at?"

Han Yi said: "Li Taishi, there is a term in business called the celebrity effect. Take me as an example. I am quite famous in the business world, so as long as the product comes from Fengfeilou, the people will be interested. By the same token, whether the twelve Chen chariot is made by Qiu Mo or by you two, the difference is very big. If it can be named Li Taishi, it will attract many people's attention, and if you are full of trust in the twelve Chen chariot, it can also attract more investment. In short, there are many benefits."

"I see!"

Li Chunfeng glanced at Qiu Mo.

Qiu Mo was so scared that he was sweating and hurriedly said, "The villain is definitely not this intention, it is definitely not this intention."

Han Yi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether you have this intention or not. The key is that this is a win-win situation. It is good for both of you. Although Qiu Mo gave up some of the benefits, he can get more. If Li Taishi hopes that the 12-Chen Chariot can be done better, then don't refuse."

Li Chunfeng still seemed a little hesitant. After all, he was a scholar and he felt that doing so would go against his traditional values.

Han Yi said again: "Otherwise, you will get 30% or 7% of the profits from this patent, Li Taishi Des 3, Qiu Mo Des 7, Li Taishi can declare that he will use the money to do good deeds, or donate it to the Sixth Academy of Sages for research and development. This is OK, and this will not damage Li Taishi's reputation."

Li Chunfeng's eyes lit up, he smiled and nodded, "This is not bad."

Qiu Mo was also very happy. He originally thought that he was satisfied with 30% of the position he had. After all, the difference between him and Li Chunfeng was too far away. Of course, he would give as much as Li Chunfeng wanted.

Han Yi said again: "In addition, if you want to make a product, I think you need to change this name, called the Twelve Chen Chariot. This is a bit difficult to describe, so you have to change it to a simple and simpler one, such as a clock."

The official from the Patent Office suddenly said: "Li Taishidao is named Huang Guanzi, or it is called Huang Guanzhong."

Huang Guanzhong? Han Yi glared at the official with a dark face and said, "This name doesn't work, just call Taishi Zhong."

Li Chunfeng waved his hand and said, "I'm going to call Qiu Mozhong directly. This will also inspire more people to invent and create."

If he invented it, the people would think that this is what they should do. If he is not capable, how can he be the Grand Historian? But Qiu Mo is a craftsman. If Qiu Mo invented it, the people would think that Qiu Mo is OK, so can I do it.

Han Yi smiled and nodded and said, "It's better for Li Taishi to think carefully. OK, just call Qiu Mozhong."

Qiu Mo's face turned red and said, "This...how can this work? Little...small man..."

"Stop villain!" Han Yi said: "It won't take long to become a famous wealthy businessman in Chang'an. This habit must be changed."

"Ha ha......"

However, applying for a patent is not a day or two, so the Patent Office has to spend some time observing.

Han Yi also forgot the purpose of his visit, so he never forgot. He didn't have the time to check the information and could only come again tomorrow.

In the evening, Li Chunfeng and Han Yi went out of the patent office. Before leaving, Li Chunfeng said: "Brother Han, nowadays, the demand for steel and forging among the people is increasing, but there are obviously many shortcomings in this technology. We can think of some things, but we can't do it. Our Sixth Academy of Sages has improved this steelmaking technology a lot, but I think it can go further. If the court can allocate more funds to Sixth Academy of Sages......"

Han Yi nodded and said, "I will find a way to do this."

Li Chunfeng nodded with a smile.

After leaving Li Chunfeng, Han Yi took a carriage home and came to the door and happened to meet Yuan Mudan, who had just returned.

"Yuanzhe, is Yuan Xiu missing his arms or his legs? It's so outrageous to make my wife so busy."

Han Yi walked forward, holding Yuan Mudan's slender waist with one hand, but complaining in her mouth.

Yuan Mudan glared at him and said, "What nonsense is that they are not idle. Are they busy dealing with trade with Northwest merchants?"

Han Yi said curiously: "Then what are you busy with during this period?"

"Let's talk about it when you go in!"

The two of them came to the house. Yuan Mudan said without waiting for the tea to serve him, "I have been managing the steelmaking workshop for several days."

Han Yi nodded and said, "I remembered it, you mentioned this before."

Yuan Mudan said: "As far as I know, the Sixth Academy of Sages has been studying steelmaking technology."

Han Yi said: "You know this too."

Yuan Mudan said: "There are constant steel transportation to the Sixth Court of the Sage. Do you think it can be hidden?"

"It's been so many years since I can't hide it." Han Yi said angrily.

Yuan Mudan smiled awkwardly because not everyone knew about this. She specially sent someone to inquire and said, "I think we can cooperate. I know that smelting technology is a state secret, but our Yuan family can guarantee that it will never be leaked and is willing to share this smelting technology with the country."

Hey! This is a coincidence! Han Yi couldn't help but be stunned.

Yuan Mudan also said: "After all, the research of the Sixth Academy of the Sage requires the imperial court to allocate funds, and steelmaking is very expensive. At the same time, steel is very important for machines now. Our Yuan family is working hard to improve steelmaking technology. If we can cooperate with the Sixth Academy of the Sage, I believe this will be very beneficial to us and the entire country."

Han Yi smiled and said, "You kiss me and I will promise you."

Yuan Mudan was stunned for a long time and said angrily and hilariously: "I'm talking to you about the serious matter."

Han Yi shrugged and said, "So I am using public for personal gain. I am an official for this."

"You..." Yuan Mudan said anxiously: "If you don't agree, we can do it ourselves."

"Okay then!" Han Yi nodded and asked again: "When do you have free time? Let's go to the manor to live there. I've been busy these few days."

Seeing that he was really changing the subject, Yuan Mudan hated her so much that she wanted to beat Han Yi up. She knew her character in her heart. She bit her red lips lightly and said with a red face: "I...I want...if I kiss, will you really agree?"

Han Yi said: "Do I dare to lie to you?"

"You're still cheating on me?"

"Then I swear, I will never lie to you."

Yuan Mudan gave him annoyed look. In fact, they were all old couples. Even if she didn't kiss her now, she would have to kiss Han Yi at night. She hated her so much that she had itchy teeth, but there was no way. Who told her to have such a husband? She took the initiative to offer her beautiful red lips.

She wanted to kiss Han Yi's face, but Han Yi suddenly turned her head and kissed her plump and rosy lips in an instant. At the same time, she carried her over with her hands and kissed her for a long time before she could give up.

Yuan Mudan lay in Han Yi's arms, panting, her face was as sunset as the sunset, and she rarely showed a charming look on her face, saying, "You are always satisfied with this."

Han Yi was still unsatisfied and said: "Of course I am not satisfied. The time is a little short and it is completely incompatible with the value of this deal."

"you......"

"You listen to me first." Han Yi said: "No matter how dissatisfied I am, I will definitely keep my promise. There is no problem with this matter, I agree."

Yuan Mudan said in surprise: "But this matter is related to the court's secrets. You agree now. Will someone impeach you?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "No, I met Mr. Li before, and he happened to tell me that steelmaking requires funds. I was just about to talk to you about this, but I didn't expect you to come to your door by yourself, haha..."

"You...you bastard."

Yuan Mudan's face turned red with anger and raised her pink fist.

Han Yi easily grabbed it and kissed it suddenly. This move was not his strength, but he was just talking.

But this is not a coincidence, because the relationship between capital, market, productivity, means of production, technology, and these are mutually promoting and making progress together. One of the progress and the other points will definitely make progress.

Because the emergence of capital will inevitably expand the market and expand the market, then demand will increase, and demand will increase, and capital will increase investment in productivity and strive to meet demand. First of all, it will definitely recruit more labor. The increase in labor will further expand the market and demand will further increase, so that productivity must also be further improved. Then machines will inevitably appear. If machines are to appear, capital must increase investment in technology.

The emergence of hydraulic spinning machines and the expansion of the market have made many wealthy businessmen now pursue machine research and development. So smelting, forging and mining technologies have become the industries that wealthy businessmen care about the most. In the past, these were industries monopolized by the imperial court. The people didn’t need too much, just give me a rake. Few merchants were interested in this, but now they are different.

In fact, this has also reached a bottleneck.

But this bottleneck came a little too quickly, and Han Yi was somewhat unexpected. According to his plan, at least it would have to wait until the Canal Generation market stabilized before it could trigger this.

However, this will not disrupt his plan. As long as there is no problem with grain and textiles, other demands will not cause chaos.

While Han Yi was busy with trade, Changsun Yan, Cui Jiren and others were not idle either. They were busy revising the law. This time, the law was mainly to cooperate with the court's proposal of governing inaction, because the claim was a very empty thing, and it would not work just to promote it in newspapers. There must be practical policies to reflect your claim.

In the eyes of the minister, before promulgating other policies, the law must be revised and improved, and before revising the law, we must first determine whether a legal idea is based on Confucianism or on the law.

The two factions in the court were very fiercely arguing. This was not a dispute between the ministers, but a debate in the entire court.

The ministers cannot settle the matter, because they have been arguing internally and Wu Meiniang can’t handle it, so she went to find Li Zhi. I can’t control this matter, so you should do it. I’m just a temporary worker. For such a big thing, you can’t leave it to me as a temporary worker to decide.

Li Zhi was very satisfied with Wu Meiniang's attitude on this matter, so he held a court meeting to discuss the matter publicly.

After a series of fierce debates, Confucianism and Legalism took a step back and determined that the Legalism thought of severe punishment and minor crimes did not adopt the Legalism idea, but it did not continue the previous legal idea. In the past, morality and ethics were the main ones, and punishment was the auxiliary ones. Now, the law was the main ones, and then the punishment was reduced. Because morality is still unclear, it is very necessary to strictly enforce the law.

Of course, the overall premise is to maintain imperial power. This is a very distinctive sign of the Tang Dynasty's laws, which means that the imperial power must be guaranteed to be supreme. In fact, no one argues about this.

After this point was determined, the idea was implemented and the law was revised.

First of all, the hierarchy of the Tang Dynasty was much relaxed because the hierarchy was too strict, which was not conducive to freedom and also violated the idea of ​​governing by inaction. The key is that society also needs to change. The status of craftsmen is clearly rising, but the law is still suppressing others. Then there will definitely be conflicts and policies must be relaxed slowly.

The privileges of the landlord class have been weakened a lot. The most distinctive feature is to weaken the system of good and low quality, but this weakening is very clever. In the past, good and low quality was clearly stipulated by the Tang Dynasty laws, but because now the household registration is written as citizens, after the modification, the good and low quality system only looks at the contract. Although the contract has a legal effect, it is no longer explicitly stipulated by the court. It is equivalent to the court erasing most of the good and low quality system and introducing the contract bill to interpret good and low quality.

In the contract bill, the life of the slave is guaranteed. If the master kills the slave, no matter whether you are intentional or incorrect, you will have to face a very heavy punishment. If you accidentally kill the slave, you don’t need to go to jail, but you have to pay a huge fine to ensure that you can sell four or five more slaves. If you are intentional, you will not only have to pay a higher fine, but also face a prison disaster.

Although the system of good and cheap has not been completely abolished, Han Yi did everything step by step. First, it was the slave bill, then the household registration was changed, and finally the system of good and cheap has been weakened. This matter cannot be achieved in one step, because having slaves is either rich or noble.

Of course, it is limited to slaves with their own household registration, and those who do not have household registration will not care. When Han Yi was registered, he explained who could get household registration, and foreign slaves were not qualified to obtain household registration.
To be continued...