Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 573 Patent Law

The establishment of the General Administration of Customs did not happen overnight, but proceeded slowly.

Today's newly established customs is basically under the jurisdiction of the eunuchs, with the help of some recruited civil servants, and Jin Yiwei provides military support.

It looks messy and unplanned.

Therefore, the decision to establish a real financial department is of great significance.

"Customs, factories, and mines must be added."

Zhu Yixi muttered, copper mines, gold mines, and silver mines all belong to the imperial court, and he opened up iron mines online because they can collect taxes.

That doesn't mean he's an idiot.

And here, Zhang Qi was overjoyed after getting the ZTE machine, and hurriedly ordered the carpenters to improve it, trying to make an eight-thread spinning machine as soon as possible.

But he is also a businessman after all, and he immediately smelled the benefits. Even though the imperial power is suppressing him, he still has a little luck in his heart.

When he was able to spin five threads, he immediately sent craftsmen to Tongzhou to make dozens of machines overnight, and started spinning impatiently.

The so-called yarn is the most basic yarn in the textile industry, such as wool and cotton thread. What restricts the development of the textile industry is the insufficient supply of yarn.

After producing a large amount of hemp thread, cotton thread, silk thread, etc. at several times the speed, the yarn was sent to his family's cloth yard.

After that, they were sent to their own cloth shop and sold in the market.

In this way, a large amount of cheap cloth was dumped along the canal to Shandong, Henan, North Zhili and other places, and a lot of money was obtained.

After all, silk is only exclusive to dignitaries, and a large amount of cheap cloth is what ordinary people need.

As a result, in just a few months, he made more than [-] yuan in wealth.

Although these things were done in secret, the news in Beijing was well-informed, and the news that Zhang Qi made a lot of money spread.

Although it bears the status of the head of the country, many people still don't buy it and want to figure out why it is sold so cheaply.

Although it is protected in every possible way, in the end it has leaked the secret.

After all, as long as you see the ZTE machine, you will understand it at a glance-turn the spindle upside down.

Now, there was a commotion in an instant, Shaanxi merchants were eager to try, Shanxi merchants coveted a big job, and Huizhou merchants gritted their teeth and scolded their mothers while doing it.

When Zhang Qi found out, he was so angry that he couldn't eat, and was furious. He hurriedly spread the news that the ZTE machine was made by the emperor, and no one else could get it.

Although there is no patent law today, the emperor's prestige still deters most people:
Put an end to it publicly, but secretly do it in private.

Helpless, Zhang Qi could only tell the truth to the emperor, crying:

"It's all because of my greed. I just thought that I could spin wool, and I could also make hemp thread and cotton thread. This group of people found an opportunity and stole it..."

That crying made me sad, and I don't know if it was because I stole the technology or was stolen by others, so I couldn't make monopoly money.

Zhu Yixi didn't bother to pay attention to him, and said lazily: "How can there be such a good thing in the world? Let you have a unique business?"

"It's enough to earn a few months of money, enough is enough!"

"But Your Majesty, you made this machine. They all learned it secretly. Is it okay? This is contempt for the majesty of the king!"

"Hey, stop feeding me those messy things, I think you've been fooled by money."

The emperor was not used to him, so he directly exposed him: "You learned that machine and got it to Tongzhou, hundreds of miles away, have I ever banned you?"

Zhang Qiyou refused to accept it, and opened his mouth and said, "But they are outsiders!"

"That sentence makes sense."

Seeing the rising sun, Zhu Yixi moved around and came to a place where the spring water was tingling, and the shade was cool, which was very comfortable.

"This ZTE machine is a good deal after all, and it cannot be made by others for no reason."

The world's first patent law was born in the United Kingdom, and it was called the "Monopoly Act".

The essence of this illegal act is to limit the power of the king, because after the patent was invented at that time, the king would give it the privilege to monopolize production, and the king could draw part of the money from it to enrich his private treasury.

In the later period, those high-ranking officials declared their privileges for money, and even those ordinary objects, such as glass, salt, and paper, were all authorized to be produced by the nobles, and the economy was chaotic.

The "Monopoly Act" restricts monopoly, that is, some specifications of patents, such as licensing only to inventors; not licensing products that have been born long ago; licensing time is 14 years after birth; not violating laws, etc.

It is conceivable that if the patent law was implemented in the feudal era at this time, the common people might benefit somewhat at the beginning, but in fact, as in Britain, a large number of patent fruits were usurped by the nobles.

After thinking about it, Zhu Yixi could only remain silent.

The immaturity of the patent law, coupled with the hasty implementation of this era when the imperial power is greater than the law, will definitely be unacceptable.

"How about this!"

Zhu Yixi made up his mind and said, "After all, I made the ZTE machine. If anyone wants to use it, just pay a hundred silver dollars."

"And if you abuse it without my authorization, you will be fined ten thousand taels if you find out."

"Your Majesty is holy..." Zhang Qi said weakly: "In this case, who would dare to mess around with those profiteers?"

After arguing for a long time, the emperor still benefited, and his monopoly power was gone.

Thinking of this made him miserable.

Zhu Yixi didn't have time to pay attention to his feelings, the patent law was not acclimatized, but if you want to carry out the industrial revolution, you must have the patent law, otherwise no one would dare to innovate.

Suddenly, I saw him get up, with his hands behind his back, pacing to the edge of the spring.

A group of colorful goldfish are playing and playing in the spring water, which can be said to be free.

"You said, no one in this world dares to violate my will?"

"Under the whole world, is it the king's land, who dares to be bold?"

Zhang Qi couldn't understand what the emperor meant, so he could only cooperate.

Yes, with Tianxian in his mouth, no one dares to disobey, at least on the surface, no one dares to violate the imperial decree face to face.

"Superficiality is enough."

Zhu Yixi sighed, and suddenly cheered up: "Anyone who has a sharp weapon like a ZTE machine, but presents it in front of me, will be rewarded with more than a thousand to ten thousand dollars in silver."

"Your Majesty Shengming, you mean ZTE is like this?"

Zhang Qi was shocked, and blurted out: "This group of craftsmen, who are as humble as mud, how can they reward silver coins!"

"Hahaha!"

Zhu Yixi shook his head and showed a smug smile. He figured out the localization of patents, and he was in a very good mood.

"As long as this group of craftsmen can modify the machine, such as the ZTE machine, so that you can benefit greatly, why not reward them?"

Zhang Qi nodded, that's fine, but it's not good for the emperor, why is it rewarded by the emperor?

Seeing his puzzled face, Zhu Yixi smiled and said: "After receiving the reward from me, this thing naturally belongs to me. Whoever wants to use it has to give money."

"Like ZTE, a family is worth a hundred yuan, a family of ten is worth a thousand yuan, and a family of a hundred is worth ten thousand yuan. Who would dare not pay?"

"Give up the bait to catch fish, and make money for my internal money, no matter what."

(End of this chapter)