Prince of Chaos

Chapter 476 The layout is small
Emperor Wanli sighed in his heart, and Zhu Changluo was almost done with him.

Therefore, Emperor Wanli and Zhu Changluo came out of the hot spring pool naturally.

After coming out, Zhu Changluo did not leave immediately.

Because, today, another cow that had just been delivered from Ningxia was overly homesick. When it was pulling goods outside, it accidentally fell into a deep snow-covered ditch and froze to death.

Emperor Wanli and Zhu Changluo were very sympathetic to what happened to the cow, so they decided to commemorate the homesick cow with a hot pot meal.

Because the cow was frozen to death, its meat was also frozen very stiff, and the slices of meat cut out with a knife were as thin as wings.

This kind of beef will wrinkle into earth-colored slices of meat after lightly simmering in the shabu-shabu, with an aroma that makes people move their index fingers and salivate.

Then dip it into a small bowl containing sesame sauce, chili oil, shallots, garlic, peanut foam, sesame seeds, sesame oil, balsamic vinegar and other seasonings, and the taste of this beef will be sublimated immediately.

It is not in vain that Emperor Wanli and Zhu Changluo felt sorry for this homesick cow.

After all, the dynasty established the world with agriculture.

Cattle are the representatives of productivity in agricultural society, and the emperor and prince are the models of the empire.

The feelings of the two of them for this cow are naturally extremely sincere.

"Father, what about the chiming clock sent by the engineering institute?"

Zhu Changluo was sweating profusely, and he still didn't forget to ask about the chiming bell.

When Emperor Wanli heard Zhu Changluo asked this, Emperor Wanli's eyes turned cold and he said, "Not bad, not bad, I like it very much. I didn't expect Xishan Institute of Technology to have such a capable person."

Zhu Changluo said: "Father, not only the Xishan Institute of Technology, we have no shortage of talented people anywhere in Ming Dynasty, they just lack a chance to show themselves."

"Like this self-ringing clock, the craftsmen of Xishan Institute of Technology put in all their efforts to make it, and the difficulties in it must only be clear to them."

Zhu Changluo didn't even mention Matteo Ricci who contributed to the self-ringing bell, he directly gave the credit to Xishan Institute of Technology.

What he did was actually no different from Emperor Wanli who took all the credit for himself.

The Wanli emperor in history liked the chiming bells that Matteo Ricci paid tribute to.

According to historical records, after Matteo Ricci dedicated Western objects such as self-ringing bells to Emperor Wanli, Emperor Wanli fell in love with self-ringing bells.

At that time, a large part of his daily happiness came from the chime bell.

He will ask people to adjust the time from the bell to the time when the bell rings, and then invite his ministers to share it.

This shows how much Emperor Wanli liked the new mechanical gadget of the chiming clock.

Later, after Matteo Ricci died in Beijing, according to the convention he was to be buried in Macau.

However, after the mediation request of some ministers who had good relations with Matteo Ricci, Emperor Wanli made an exception and allowed Matteo Ricci to be buried in Tenggongshilan in the western suburbs of Beijing, making him the first Western missionary to be buried in Beijing.

Speaking of this, I have to mention another major hobby of Emperor Wanli.

According to the author's observation, if any of the courtiers of the Wanli dynasty died, the Wanli emperor would give them funerals and sacrifices.

As long as there are some officials at the sample level, almost everyone has a share. It has to be said that it is also a wonderful historical scene.

From this, it can also be seen that Emperor Wanli was an emotive emperor.

Although Emperor Wanli's ability to govern is limited, it is undeniable that he is a kind and righteous emperor.

Based on this alone, he is better than many emperors in history.

Zhu Changluo brought the topic here, so naturally he didn't bring it up casually.

The reason why he said that was also for his purpose.

Zhu Changluo continued: "Father, my son plans to build a self-sounding bell factory, but because my son has used all the money from Xishan Huangzhuang to open a bank, so I am a little nervous at hand, I wonder if my father can support one or two."

As soon as Emperor Wanli heard this, he became interested.

Emperor Wanli asked, "How much do you need? How much can you earn?"

Emperor Wanli asked two very critical questions at once.

Zhu Changluo replied: "It takes about 10 taels of silver, and it is conservatively estimated that it can earn 50 taels a year."

When Emperor Wanli heard this, he actually got five times the return in one year!

Emperor Wanli's little eyes shone with excitement.

He immediately waved his hand, "It's small, the layout is small. I'll give you 50 taels! Get a big one!"

Zhu Changluo was taken aback by the generosity of Emperor Wanli. Usually, Emperor Wanli was cautious when investing.

Like the ice cream shop, bakery, and spicy bar shop he opened on Wanli Street, he only invested 3000 taels of silver at most.

This is the first time Zhu Changluo has seen this kind of pride of 50 taels with a wave of his hand.

Zhu Changluo also had no reason to reject the large investment from Emperor Wanli.

So Zhu Changluo stood up and said, "Thank you, father."

Emperor Wanli happily ate a piece of beef between his hands, and then said: "The money earned from the Ziming Bell Factory is also put in my internal money, and I will keep it for you."

Zhu Changluo said with a smile: "Yes, Father. I am very relieved to have my father save money for my servant."

Then, Emperor Wanli said happily: "Eat meat, eat meat, this meat is a bit old, you have to fish it quickly. I am very experienced in eating hot pot now."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Changluo immediately scooped up a slice of cooked beef from the hot pot soup.

Zhu Changluo is also in an excellent mood at the moment.

Because the investment in the Ziming Bell Factory was originally intended to make Emperor Wanli happy.

Emperor Wanli was happy, and it was easier for Zhu Changluo to supervise the country.

It's hard not to make money in such a unique business.

However, it may be a bit difficult to make the chime clock as profitable as the fairy happy water.

After all, the self-sounding clock is not a consumable item, and the manufacturing process requirements are relatively high. It is not the high-tech talents of this era, and there is no ability to make a self-sounding clock.

Moreover, according to today's technical level, this kind of technical difficulty factor is almost comparable to that of later generations of lithography machines.

Therefore, it is still difficult to mass-produce chime clocks.

However, even so, chime bells can still earn a lot of money.

Because, Zhu Changluo has already thought of a way to make the chime clock continue to make money.

In this way, Zhu Changluo also learned from the mobile phone manufacturers of later generations.

Zhu Changluo plans to learn the Thunder Monkey model at the beginning and engage in hunger marketing.

After the production capacity and production technology are improved, Zhu Changluo will play the model of a new machine every year.

For example, the first generation of self-ringing clocks did not have a second hand, while the second generation added a second hand.

After that, new features are added every year like a squeeze of toothpaste.

Or add new colors or something.

In short, it is to carry over the set of smartphones from later generations.

After all, with the technological content of chime bells, they are qualified to do such marketing in this era.

Therefore, Zhu Changluo is also very optimistic about the future profit-making market that rings the bell.

When Ziming Clock Factory can produce pocket watches and wrist watches, then its profits will explode, and it will definitely be able to catch up with the fairy happy water.

Zhu Changluo was looking forward to this day.

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