Chapter 238 Weights and Measures

In the red sunset, everyone began to eat and drink.

The kitchen is constantly served with a variety of delicacies that can only be found in modern times.

Although Xiao Ming has been working hard on hard power, he is also concerned about soft power. In addition to food, he is still preparing for the revival of literature and art, and this is the war against Confucian feudalism.

But now he does not dare to act rashly, even if he is a vassal king, he does not dare to be the enemy of all scholars in the world at this time, he will only wait to gradually strengthen the authority of Bowen College, and then try it with Qingzhou as a pilot.

After all, most of today's scholars still take being an official as their lifelong goal, which greatly affects his cultivation of talents.

While eating, several people still kept their mouths shut. Pang Yukun said, "Your Highness, the sales of fine wine, soap, and perfume are now flattening out. Your Highness is talented, haven't you considered new products during this time?"

Pang Yukun got the point of this question. In this drunken state, soap and perfume have been tossing around for a year now, and the freshness has passed.

The most important thing is that he has auctioned the sales rights of these three kinds of goods, and he can only make profits from direct sales of goods for a long time in the future.

Moreover, the merchants who won these three kinds of commodities were all big merchants in each state, and the small merchants in the Great Yu Kingdom could not drink soup.

At that time, Xiao Ming was trying to make money to promote the rapid development of Qingzhou, but the problem arose when he passed this period smoothly. The monopoly of big businessmen made the business still inactive.

Therefore, he has been considering launching new products to provide business opportunities for the people in the fief.

And now he has identified new merchandise.

He said: "I already have it. In the past two days, I ordered the workshop to produce one or two pieces. This time, I will not auction the right to sell this product, but let all merchants buy it."

Pang Yukun was overjoyed. During this period of time, the Chamber of Commerce was a little dead, and few new merchants joined. If new products were launched, it would definitely stimulate the business again.

As soon as Pang Yukun's voice fell, Lu Fei said: "Your Highness, the last commander also has something to say, Luo Xin's artillery has a special school, should our other soldiers also have one, otherwise I'm afraid the soldiers will not accept it, after all In the Battle of Cangzhou, they played a much bigger role than the artillery."

He had already thought about this question during the day, and he said to Niu Ben: "This king has left a school for you, old general, how much do you know about the flag language?"

"His Royal Highness, I am quite proficient in this semaphore. Do you mean to select some soldiers to serve as semaphore bearers?" Niu Ben said.

"More than that, there are also drummers and trumpeters." Xiao Ming said.

"Drummer, trumpeter?" Niu Ben stopped the wine in his hand and looked at Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming explained: "This drummer is trained for the future, and this trumpeter can issue various orders by blowing trumpets during wartime, such as charge horn, wake up horn, outgoing horn, closing horn, assembly, and emergency assembly. , rest number, lunch number, etc., can be said to be no worse than semaphore, but you may not know what a bugle is, and when the equipment department produces it, this king will show it to you."

Niu Ben nodded when he heard the words, it seems that the normalization of the army is going a step further.

Now that the banquet has become a small meeting, Xiao Ming simply said: "There is one more thing, this matter involves everyone, and this is unified weights and measures."

Xiao Ming said this to Pang Yukun. Pang Yukun said in surprise: "Your Highness, this weight and measure has been unified since Qin Shihuang unified the six countries. This is..."

Xiao Ming said: "Indeed, but this king is talking about another set of weights and measures, and this king will write a special textbook."

As the industry gradually pursues refinement, the reform of weights and measures is inevitable. Whether it is chemistry or industry, a set of scientific weights and measures is required.

At this banquet, Xiao Ming just reminded them that these things will be done one by one in the future.

The banquet lasted for an hour, and everyone left with a full meal.

When Xiao Ming returned to the dormitory, he officially wrote the textbook. One of them was the semaphore, bugle, drummer operation, etc. in the army. The second one was the unit of weights and measures.

However, when writing about the units of measurement, Xiao Ming had some difficulties. These units are easy to write, but the real difficulty is the tools of measurement.

For things like rulers, he has to find a way to produce them precisely.

After a busy middle of the night, Xiao Ming fell asleep. The next morning, Li San arrived at the palace very early.

He said: "His Royal Highness, Zhao Yuanliang has been living in the Wei family restaurant since he left the palace and did not leave, and the man named Zhao Kuan who followed him also had contact with the merchants of Zhao in the city, and he didn't know what he was planning. "

While washing his face, Xiao Ming listened to Li San's report. He asked Li San to report the matter to him every day.

"It's definitely not going to plan anything good. In that case, we'll put a long line to catch big fish. Hmph, this Zhao Yuanliang will definitely rely on Queen Zhao as his aunt and not be afraid of this king, but I can't let him come around in Qingzhou." Xiao Ming said. .

Li San nodded, "Since that's the case, it's time to take a break. I'll inform the craftsman to get ready."

"Well, let's get started. Get this guy away as soon as possible, and the king's heart will be a little more comfortable." Xiao Ming said.

"Yes, Your Highness." Li San bowed in response, then turned and left the palace.

Back at the secret guard, Li San prepared and went to the equipment department, where he found three craftsmen who acted as bait.

These three craftsmen are all natives of Qingzhou, and their wives, daughters and children are all local.

Although Xiao Ming has always been very tolerant to craftsmen, he has to be a villain when it comes to the secrets of Qingzhou. All the craftsmen and their families will be placed in a private workshop in Qingzhou. It gave a lot of benefits, but at the same time, it was also to prevent craftsmen from selling the secrets of the equipment company.

The craftsmen are sharp in their hearts, but they don't say it, because it seems to them that this is normal, and they used to live a stricter life than this.

"If someone finds you, you will pretend to sell them artillery technology, and the secret guards will always follow you, but you must be vigilant to prevent any accidents." Li San said.

"Yes, follow Li Dutong's words." The craftsmen said, they were still grateful to Xiao Ming from the bottom of their hearts.

The craftsmen were very low in the country of Yu, but Xiao Ming gave them dignity and a generous salary. At the same time, their children could enter the school for free. Now they have nothing else to ask for.

Li San nodded. He had ordered all the secret guards in the city to act on this day. If evidence was found, Xiao Ming would have reason to drive Zhao Yuanliang away.