Little Peanut was glared by Xian Yunhe, and wanted to clarify that he didn't say it himself, and he was vague and perfunctory when Zhang Shou asked, but who knew that he was broken by Ah Liuyi, which revealed the flaw, and had to admit it. But this is in vain Xian Yunhe's hard work. So, he dodged and didn't dare to look at Xian Yunhe, until someone patted him on the shoulder, and he saw that it was Ah Liu.

Seeing that there was a clear expression in his eyes that he didn't worry, he mustered up the courage to look at Xian Yunhe: "Uncle Yunhe, Dr. Zhang and the eldest lady are very good people, and the old man Qi's family has all been cleaned up!" ”

Those who colluded with the eldest prince would never end well, this was what Xian Yunhe had already concluded in his heart when he saw Xu Cheng's official hat shot off by Zhu Tingfang after he was arrested. Therefore, at this time, he listened to Little Peanut's defense, and he was more concerned not about how those families were cleaned up, but about the two very strange names in Little Peanut's mouth.

Soon, he recognized Zhu Ying, who was dressed as a man, and immediately his eyes fell on the handsome young man who had just said that Xiao Peanut was also guilty of a felony. He knows a little more than Little Peanut, who is not deeply involved in the world, or a gentleman like Jiang Dashao, after all, he not only beat the eldest prince severely, but also quietly tested the eldest prince in the dead of night, so he knows a little bit of the inside story.

Therefore, he stared at Zhang Shou for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "Childe is Dr. Zhang?" You single-handedly built the new textile machine with several times the efficiency of the past, but now you see the scene of Cangzhou, I don't know how you feel? ”

The old salted fish was silent at this time, and of course he knew his nephew's temper very well. Ordinary people are forced to a dead end, at most, they occupy the mountain as the king, and it is already very courageous to dare to take the court officials under the knife, as for holding the eldest prince hostage like Xian Yunhe...... Hehe, that's simply eating the bear's heart and leopard gall.

Therefore, people dared to question Zhang Shou at this time, although he was a little worried about angering this Dr. Guozi, but he didn't stop it, just quietly peeked at Zhang Shou's expression.

And Zhang Shou stopped Zhu Ying, who was about to lose her temper, but said calmly: "As early as when I made something, I knew that it might be beneficial or harmful. But if I hide it and open one or two workshops by myself to make a fortune first, there will be people who will do everything possible to steal the technology, and it will not be long before the world will know about it. ”

"Unless something is made and put on the shelf, it is impossible to bury such a sharp weapon once it is available. Profiteers rely on it to squeeze the spinners and oppress ordinary machine owners, which is naturally a great harm, but if it can be promoted well, then there will be more and more people in the world who grow cotton, more and more cotton yarn will be spun, and more and more cotton cloth will be made into cotton clothes. ”

Xian Yunhe's eyes suddenly sharpened: "That Dr. Zhang didn't think that now it is just a big profiteer seeking profits, so he will force a group of textile workers to die." If the peasants in the world also do not grow rice and wheat because cotton is expensive, but instead plant cotton, then how much less grain land in the world will there be, how much will there be a shortage of grain in the world, and how many people will starve to death? ”

"And, how can you guarantee that cotton will really be cheap? How can you guarantee that the poor of the world can afford that 'cheap' cotton cloth? The cheapness in your eyes is never the same as the cheapness in the eyes of ordinary people! ”

Little Peanut only felt that what Zhang Shou said was very reasonable, and what Xian Yunhe said was also very reasonable, so he could only look at Ah Liu with a pleading gaze, but found that the indifferent young man who was about the same age as himself on the side was actually unmoved. As if sensing his gaze, Ah Liu glanced sideways at him, and then shook his head.

Seeing that Little Peanut was at a loss, Ah Liu said lightly: "I never thought about it so much. ”

Since you can't understand it after thinking about it, then it's better to believe in the person who should believe it.

But Zhu Ying didn't notice the awkward exchange between Ah Liu and Little Peanut, because Xian Yunhe's words really angered her. Without waiting for Zhang Shou to speak, she said bluntly: "According to what you say, the Suiren clan should not go to drill wood to make fire at all, because once people master the use of fire, if they accidentally let the fire spread, it will destroy houses, fields, and even forests, causing great losses." ”

"Moreover, people with ulterior motives will also set fires for their own selfishness!"

"Besides, according to this, there is no need to make any swords and weapons, let alone try to think about gunpowder, because with these things, there are more dead people in battle, and in ordinary conflicts, it will also cause casualties at every turn. As for the development of gunpowder, how many people died when the ordnance superintendent exploded several times? But today, many mines are all blown up by gunpowder sent by the ordnance superintendent, how many miners don't need fire and water to explore the caves? ”

The more Zhu Ying spoke, the louder she became, especially when she saw Xian Yunhe's eyes staring at her full of incredulity, she felt even more unhappy in her heart: "Did I say something wrong?" The good things made by Ah Shou are obviously to ease the work of the world's textile people, but those profiteers make profits because of this, what does this have to do with him? Before Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu went to Xingtai, he also asked them to make all kinds of coping plans, and asked Zhang Chen to help them! As for what you said about the world's pursuit of profit, this is also something else that can be found! ”

Seeing that Zhu Ying's face was flushed with anger, Zhang Shou suddenly felt that he didn't have to worry about this eldest lady at all.

Seeing that Xian Yunhe was silent, he said calmly: "What Yingying said is also what I want to say. What you are worried about is indeed very likely to happen, but you can't choke on food. If something I didn't make, then maybe someone else will make it. So, I don't regret it. ”

"The world is so big, there is not only one Ming, if people from other countries find such an opportunity, then businessmen will pursue profits, and constantly improve technology, do you think it is possible for them to reduce the price to half of the current price of cotton cloth, or even one-third, one-fifth? And if there is too much cotton cloth, the country can't sell it all, and then it will be transported to Daming, where the cloth price is high, isn't it impossible? ”

"At that time, these cotton cloths will flood the world, do you think that spinners like you, cotton farmers, including weavers, will be able to live? Of course, the encroachment of cotton fields on grain fields must also exist on their side. At that time, there are two possibilities, one is to expand the territory and grow grain on the land of other countries, and the other is to study how to spin and weave cloth efficiently, and study how to grow grain efficiently. ”

"If the latter attempt succeeds, when they can grow one or two times as much food as we do on the same land, then do you know if there will be a shipload of grain coming from abroad and selling it all over the world? This doesn't even use other people's boats, as you said, those profiteers who are profit-seeking, they sell high and buy low all day long, and they will not let go of this opportunity to make money. ”

Not to mention Xian Yunhe, even the old salted fish was shuddered by Zhang Shou's simple but terrifying truth.

They are not those small people who don't know anything, they know that when the foreign rice and cloth are all cheaper than the local ones, it will definitely not be a thing for the people to applaud. At that time, countless people will surely starve to death and freeze to death in the face of lowly rice and cloth......

But even so, Xian Yunhe still pretended to be disapproving: "How can there be a big country in the world that can overthrow the Ming Dynasty with rice, grain and cloth?" ”

"The world is so big, there are no wonders." It was not Zhang Shou who answered Xian Yunhe, but Lao Salted Fish. The expression on his face was extremely complicated, and seeing that Xian Yunhe was slightly stunned, he said, "Don't forget that in the far west, it's not like there are no big powers......

Zhang Shou saw that the two uncles and nephews were looking at me, and their eyes were obviously not quite right, so he drew a bigger question mark in his heart, and then said bluntly: "So, I am very interested in the crops that your uncle got from overseas. If it can be cultivated successfully, not only will there be a lot of fresh dishes on the table, but perhaps the poor will have other options when they want to be full. ”

"I have already told the emperor in detail about his affairs, and suggested that an agricultural department be set up in the Guozijian and that he be hired as a doctor of agricultural science. Of course, only if he can really guide people to cultivate success, and those crops are indeed proven to be non-toxic and edible. ”

Xian Yunhe was stunned for a moment. When he looked at the old salted fish again, he saw that his uncle was not only not much better than himself, but even muttered to himself, and slapped his face with both hands, clearly to make sure that he was dreaming!

He took a deep breath, and then said in a dry voice: "Guozi supervises the establishment of agricultural science...... Dr. Zhang, aren't you afraid that those Confucian scholars in the DPRK and China who think that Guozijian should read the books of sages and write articles about sages will abuse you endlessly and poke your backbone every day? ”

"Of course I ...... Fear. ”

Zhang Shou deliberately paused for a moment before spitting out the word of fear, and then said casually: "But thanks to Emperor Taizu, he left a lot of good precedents." And at his time, Guozijian already had these subjects. Therefore, the reopening of the arithmetic department before, that is the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu of the restoration of our dynasty, and the reopening of the agricultural department is the same as ...... Restoration of the Ancestral System! ”

When Zhang Shou mentioned the four words of Emperor Taizu, the old salted fish suddenly became as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

Waiting for Zhang Shou to restore the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu again and again, he who wanted to be polite and humble before, suddenly burst out with words that surprised even him.

"What are those old pedants who read dead books and die dead books...... It's not like I didn't read back then! ”

Hearing this, Zhu Ying finally couldn't help laughing, and when the old salted fish showed embarrassment, she immediately said seriously: "Among the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, there are reasonable, tolerant, far-sighted, and complacent, and even more unreasonable...... When you arrive in the capital, you will know that all kinds of people are not just old pedants who read dead books and dead books. ”

Although he was weak due to the reduction of his meals and weakened due to the untimely change of dressings, because of his words with Zhu Ying and Zhang Shou, Xian Yunhe also seemed much more energetic at this time.

He looked at his energetic uncle, the surprised and happy little peanut, and finally laughed in a low voice: "It seems that those rich and unkind profiteers can't escape, dare to ask Dr. Zhang, what are you going to do with those spinners and cotton farmers who once followed me into this palace because they had no way to live, and were temporarily sent home by General Zhu because of their minor crimes?" ”

He said in an accentuated tone: "I know that if you follow the laws of the imperial court, you will be beheaded, exiled, and beheaded...... Either is possible. ”

"Only ask about the first evil, and don't ask about the rest. If I'm not mistaken, most of them are. Zhang Shou didn't seem to see Little Peanut's face turned pale again at that moment, and said with a smile, "But how to wait for the court to decide." By the way, I sent a capable guy and the Jiang family to visit each family. Under the nest, there are eggs. If you don't show a little bit of responsibility at this time......"

Zhang Shou put away his smile, and his voice became a little cold: "Then they will follow their evil family master and go to drink the northwest wind together!" Although I don't like the sentence of breaking the county order and destroying the door order Yin, I don't mind killing chickens and monkeys...... Oh, I don't mind asking General Zhu to make an example of the monkeys. As for me, I can only kill two real chickens. ”

Zhu Er, who had been silently acting as a background board on the side, finally couldn't help but pout his teeth when he heard this. However, the next moment, his stomach screamed loudly. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he coughed dryly and said, "Aren't we going to the palace to find a small kitchen to make food?" It's not too early, isn't it time to sacrifice to the Five Organs Temple? ”

It doesn't matter if Zhu Er doesn't say it, as soon as he says this, Zhu Ying can't help but feel a little hungry, especially when she looks at the basket carried by the old salted fish, she immediately urges: "Ah Shou, let's go, it's almost noon!" ”

Seeing that the little peanut didn't want to think about it, he pounced, grabbed Xian Yunhe's hand and whispered something, but after the old salted fish sighed, he went up and patted his nephew's head, but he simply turned around and left, Zhang Shou groaned for a moment and said, "I'll let the little peanut bring you something to eat when I go back." Of course, if you haven't had a meal before, you can only eat something light. ”

"I am to blame, and Dr. Zhang does not need to sympathize with me...... Some of the people who were tied up with me that day couldn't help but scold me, why didn't they think about beating the drums, but instead took them to make a big fuss. ”

"Is it so easy to beat the drums? It is very likely that I was stopped before I reached the place where the drum was beaten, and I died silently on the way before I even arrived in the capital, but now this trouble, the matter of Cangzhou can at least reach the heavens, even the eldest prince can't cover the sky with one hand. Now, knowing that I only ask about the first evil, I am relieved, and I have no regrets. ”

When Zhang Shou came to the small kitchen of the palace, he was still thinking about Xian Yunhe's three words of no regrets.

Therefore, it was not until he found a jade hand shaking in front of him that he woke up. Seeing that it was Zhu Ying, he rolled up his sleeves with a smile and said, "What's the matter, are you in a hurry?" Don't go into the kitchen when you're in a hurry, I'm terrible for you! ”

"I won't go in, otherwise you will yell at me again if you fall!"

Zhu Ying saw that Ah Liu had already followed the old salted fish into the kitchen, and the little peanut was losing his soul there, but Zhu Er was talking to people with a bull's head and a horse's mouth, so she lowered her voice and said, "Ah Shou, do you think that old salted fish is a little cold-blooded?" Little Peanut is so sad, he shouldn't be an uncle? ”

"Being cold-blooded may not be ...... I'm afraid it's true if you're good at disguise. Zhang Shou smiled and pouted at the kitchen, "Otherwise, why do you see Ah Liu not leaving him an inch?" But it doesn't matter, I'm not afraid that people have secrets, what I'm afraid of is that people are incapable. It's good that you take a good look at your second brother, I'm worried that he will be sold by that old salted fish when he turns around! ”