Unparalleled Fortune in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 143 Mechanical Pencil
After Tong Cheng'er discovered Yinzhen's "new face", she couldn't look directly at it at first, but recently Yinzhen has been arguing with people all day in the household department, and the thickness of her skin has increased visible to the naked eye.

He thought that Xiao Fujin was already disillusioned with his image anyway, so he might as well give up his image at all, and then Tong Cheng'er found out that she was still the same person, and she was "stalking" her like a different person.

Tong Cheng'er got used to being pestered.

She has been able to accept that she is marrying a person who looks cold on the surface, but is actually an idiot and shameless.

So what if you are disillusioned, you are already married, how can you still leave!
Make do with it!

Mainly inseparable.

However, after Yinzhen's personality collapsed, in order to dispel Tong Cheng'er's concern, Yinzhen made concessions on the bed.

For example, Tong Cheng'er rarely tried the feeling of dominance. Although she was a little tired, she still...

Keke...it's pretty cool.

So with Yinzhen's meticulous strategy in terms of language, actions, and all aspects, what else can Tong Cheng'er do?
Of course he chose to forgive him.

Of course, this is Yinzhen's forgiveness. In fact, Tong Cheng'er never blamed him, but he didn't know it.

Tong Cheng'er also didn't want him to know that a man shouldn't be too used to it, because if he's too used to it, he would easily float up.

this is not good.

After such a toss, the life of the two has returned to the past, but it seems that there is something more, and it feels that the two are more compatible in spirit.

For some things, when you look at each other, you can understand what the other party wants to express, which can be said to be a soul-to-heart connection.

The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it had been two months since Tong Cheng'er married Yinzhen.

There are two major events worth mentioning in these two months.

The first thing is the issue of borrowing money from the household department that Yinzhen has always been concerned about.

The rectification plan has gone through internal discussions again and again, and the specific measures have been approved by his emperor Ama, and the implementation has officially begun.

Although there are not too many officials repaying their loans, some of them have begun to repay their loans voluntarily.

It is a good thing to have such a beginning.

Not only that, but now there are very few officials who borrow money from the Ministry of Household Affairs. After all, the number of times to borrow money for an official in a lifetime is limited. When it is not urgent, borrowing money is a waste of opportunity.

In this way, the Ministry of Households is also considered to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

Less money was lent than ever, and more money was returned.

Of course, the main thing is not to pay back.

Yinzhen specially added a clause to the policy. Officials who fail to repay within the specified time will be included in a list of dishonest persons. Anyone who is included in the list will be suspended for three months and will not repay the loan after three months. , Suspension directly becomes unemployment.

Later, some people didn't believe it, and many officials of the United Nations refused to pay back, and then they really lost their jobs.

This list of dishonest persons was later called the blacklist that should not be entered in the officialdom.

At the same time, it was also the first time that officials of the Qing Dynasty saw Si Age's methods.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs did a good job at that time, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs is more of a family affair of the royal family. Except for the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, outsiders don't feel deeply.

The second thing is the pencil problem.

Driven by silver, the five craftsmen of KitKat Yard brainstormed together, and then unexpectedly made the ancient version of the mechanical pencil.

It is really similar to the modern mechanical pencil, that is, the kind of mechanical pencil that can produce lead with two clicks, does not lose a pen, and can be used for a year and a half with a box of pencil refills.

Along with the mechanical pencil, there is also a spring, after all, it is an associated product.

Tong Cheng'er didn't even expect that the spring would be made out by them.

A total of [-] mechanical pencils of the first edition were produced, and the [-] pieces had different shells. Because the shells were made of wood, and some of the craftsmen were good at wood carving, the [-] pencils were all exquisite and beautiful.

From Tong Cheng'er's point of view, this looks much better than the pencils she used in modern times.

After the matter of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Kangxi paid more attention to the issue of money in the Ministry of Household Affairs. From time to time, Yinzhen expressed some opinions in front of Kangxi about increasing income and reducing expenditure.

When Yinzhen saw this, he brought up the matter of doing business with the imperial court. When Kangxi first heard about it, he directly rejected Yinzhen's proposal, and Yinzhen didn't mind.

Just when he was about to take his time, Tong Cheng'er put the twenty mechanical pencils in front of him.

I asked about the cost. Well, although the price of a single pencil is a bit high, one mechanical pencil of this kind can be worth many, and it can be used all the time as long as it is not broken.

Then Yinzhen took ten pencils and went to Qianqing Palace.

"Huang Ama, my son-in-law Fujin asked the craftsmen in the mansion to tinker with something. My son-in-law feels that this thing can benefit the people of the world, so I present it to Huang Ama for a look."

Kangxi knew that he was a pragmatic person, since he said this, it must not be empty words, so he said: "What is it that you praise so much, I have to take a good look at it."

Yinzhen presented ten mechanical pencils.

Kangxi had never seen a pencil before, so he didn't know what he was presenting, so he asked him, "What is the use of this thing?"

It doesn't look big, it's long and thin, and the carvings on it are good, Kangxi can't tell what it's for.

Yinzhen: "Please trouble Manager Liang to bring a piece of paper."

"My son will show Huang Ama the usefulness of this thing."

Liang Jiugong took out the paper, Yinzhen took out a pencil, pressed it twice deftly, a bit too much refill came out, he pressed it lightly on the table twice, and then he started to write on the paper.

The writing is very small.

Kangxi already understood at this time that what Yinzhen presented was a pen for writing.

Yinzhen quickly wrote an ancient prose. Kangxi looked at the handwriting on it, it was not jet black, but a bit grayish black. Except for small dots, the written characters were similar to regular script written with a brush.

What Kangxi could tell at a glance was that this kind of pen would save paper.

But if it can only save paper, Yinzhen will not say that this thing can benefit the people of the world, then this sum should have uses that he doesn't know about.

Kangxi said directly: "Tell me about the usefulness of this pen."

Kangxi didn't quite believe that a pen could benefit the people all over the world, but it was his most prudent and pragmatic son who said this.

He had to listen carefully to what he had to say.

Yinzhen didn't speak, he first took a portrait from Su Peisheng, that portrait was a sketch that Tong Cheng'er drew for Yinzhen later, this painting was more realistic than the first one he drew for him.

After all, Tong Cheng'er taught several students, and while the students learned, she also improved a lot.

"Huang Ama, take a look at this portrait first."

Kangxi took the portrait, glanced at it, and his eyes widened immediately, then he looked at the portrait carefully, and then at Yinzhen. He did this several times before he stopped.

Kangxi put down the portrait, and couldn't help being shocked: "This portrait was drawn with this brush?"

Yinzhen nodded: "Exactly."

What Yinzhen can see, there is no reason why Kangxi can't see it. This sketch head is almost exactly the same as a real person. Not to mention, it will be much easier to arrest the criminal.

Kangxi nodded: "If that's the case, this thing can be regarded as a name for benefiting the people."

It's just that it can't be used in the name of benefiting the people of the world.

Immediately afterwards Yinzhen continued: "I still have something to say."

and also?

"Come on."

"This pencil can be used to enlighten children all over the world."

Enlightenment?

Kangxi did not have the fundamental idea of ​​education. Even, as a man in power of Manchu origin, he was not happy that all the people could be civilized.

The more people read, the easier things will be. Now, even though the people are illiterate, all they need to do is to feed them and clothe them warmly.

(End of this chapter)