Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 599

[Chapter 599 Changes]

Yan City.

Within a month, except for the officials who were still on their way to Yunzhou, other officials returned one after another.

First came Qi State, then Xie family, then Nanliang, and finally Wu State.

After these four families all agreed to the matter, Zhao Xu’s blackmail was basically successful.

As for whether the Fan family finally agreed or not, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. After all, the Fan family is too far away, and it may take a year and a half to travel from south to north.

little impact on commerce.

And as each family lifted the restrictions on wounds, Yanzhou City became more lively than usual.

Yang He’s sad face also turned into a smiling face.

“Your Highness, this method of plague blackmail is absolutely perfect. Unless they find a way to resist smallpox in the future, even if they are beaten badly by us, they will still have to hold their noses and trade with us.”

Yan County Trading Company.

At this moment, merchants gathered in the commercial bank, and they were so crowded that they couldn’t move their feet. Yang He was spitting and dancing.

Coming out of the firm, Zhao Xu looked at the sparkling Golden Scale Pond, feeling at ease.

Yanzhou’s commerce is gradually recovering, so he is relieved,

otherwise, Yanzhou’s industry will be affected if it enters the city. After all, no one can support a bunch of loss-making workshops.

Especially Yanzhou is at the critical moment of the first revolution and war.

He was very fortunate that the powerful people didn’t understand the importance of the industrial revolution at all, otherwise, even if they died, they probably wouldn’t allow Yanzhou to pass through the gate of the industrial revolution smoothly.

“Sell the overstocked goods as soon as business resumes.” Thinking of something, Zhao Xu said to Yang He.

Fortunately, the goods they sell, such as wine, perfume, soap, glass, etc., will not break down for a year or two.

Otherwise, they would really have lost a lot.

“Your Highness, you don’t need to tell me, even if I don’t sleep or eat, I will sell the things I have hoarded and exchange them for silver and raw materials.”

“Well, this period of time can only make you hard, hard work.” Zhao Xu said while looking in the direction of Chengde Square.

There are several white smoke columns soaring up to the sky, which are the smoke from the chimney of the steam boiler.

“In addition to the previous goods, it seems that we can also sell commercial goods such as cotton yarn and cloth.” Zhao Xu reminded again.

“Of course, I have always kept in mind that our cloth is of good quality and low cost. As long as we sell it, we will definitely be able to quickly occupy the local market.” Yang He said very proudly.

Zhao Xu nodded. It can only be said that it is not easy to maintain business contacts in troubled times.

Taking advantage of this period of time, of course, we must try our best to maximize profits during the period of business recovery.

One of the ways to obtain profits is to sell the hoarded goods, and the other is to increase the categories of goods, that is, to create demand.

Moreover, the goods from Yanzhou in the past were aimed at the powerful class of Dasong.

Cotton and cloth are now aimed at all classes.

Although the profit is thin, it is expensive because of the large quantity, which can also bring huge profits.

But he hasn’t given up on the high end of the market.

Steam engines, lathes, precise calipers, and glass from which magnifying glasses can be made.

These conditions allow the workshop craftsmen to master a certain level of precision manufacturing.

In his opinion, two types of time machines can now be manufactured.

This is the pendulum clock and pocket watch.

In the contemporary sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, pendulum clocks have been developed.

It can be said that as long as you master the craft of making flintlock guns, you can make pendulum clocks.

Because the key structural spring in the pendulum clock uses spring steel, and this kind of steel was first used in flintlock guns.

However, pendulum clocks are just decorations in the home. Pocket watches, a small and easy-to-carry mechanism, could only be called absolute luxury goods before the 20th century.

This kind of machinery also appeared around the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but because of the craftsmanship, the earliest pocket watches were only very large and were called pocket clocks.

Later, as the craftsmanship became more and more refined, the size of the pocket watch became smaller and smaller, and finally became the style that people see today.

Thinking of this, he returned to the palace, and drew the design drawings of the pendulum and pocket watch, as well as the size and style of the parts.

In the past few years, as he has drawn more and more pictures, his ability to draw pictures has become stronger and stronger, and he is more like a professional.

Also, lately he has been drawing with a pencil.

The principle of a pencil is very simple. You only need to grind graphite into powder, stir and heat it to solidify into the shape of a pen, then find a wooden rod, drill a hole, and insert the refill.

So the appearance of the pencil, like chalk, made no waves.

It is just to make it more convenient for the students in the school to draw and study.

After drawing the drawings of the pendulum and pocket watch, Zhao Xu sent people to the workshop.

He is not going to hand over these two machines to Wang Chong and the others for research and development.

Instead, it is prepared to be directly handed over to the old craftsmen in the workshop for manufacture.

The machinery that Wang Chong and the others are responsible for is related to industrial development, and it is enough to leave this small matter to the craftsmen.

Moreover, Zhao Xu is also very confident in the craftsmen under his command. He has always believed that the craftsmen of the Eastern land will not lose to the craftsmen of the Western land.

The reason they didn’t make a pocket watch or something is not that they couldn’t do it, it’s that they weren’t properly instructed.

The drawings have just been sent.

At this moment, Tsui Hark hurried in with a serious face.

“Your Highness, there has been a change in Qi State.” Xu Ke said.

Zhao Xu frowned, and he had been staring at Qi State and Dongying during this time.

I also learned that Dongying sold a batch of flintlock guns to Qi.

For this, he scolded Zhou Yi, blaming him for not stopping it.

However, he also knew that Zhou Yi’s military strength was really stretched, and they would not be afraid to gather together to fight.

But playing mahjong tactics against Dongpu and the Han family was a headache.

The entire sea area and many routes are full of their merchant ships and warships. Twelve warships are simply too busy.

However, they are not without any gains.

During this time, they seized several boatloads of potatoes.

He has asked Zhou Yi to transport these potatoes to Yancheng, and is preparing to let the agricultural officials of the Agricultural Affairs Department cultivate potato seedlings.

The Ning Jindu Division that was just won is very suitable for planting soil potatoes. After all, potatoes like cold and not hot.

In hot places, potatoes will grow smaller each year, and colder places will slow down this trend.

“What change?” Zhao Xu asked.

Xu Kening said, “A Qi army composed of 1,000 people sneaked into the territory of Yanzhou, and it will probably enter Yanzhou in a day or two.”

Zhao Xu shook his head, “I thought it was a big deal. This amount of troops is not enough for a thousand troops of the palace to fit between teeth.”

Xu Ke said: “If Your Highness were so simple, the officials would not have come here in such a hurry, our people found that there are many soldiers in this army who speak Dongying. ”

Really?” A fierce light flashed in Zhao Xu’s eyes, and in an instant, he realized the purpose of this army.

Dongpu is preparing to test his strength.

(end of this chapter)