I'm a big dick

Chapter 312 Untitled
"Long live my humble minister." Yang Hanyi was about to salute, but Zhu Youxiao had already waved his hand to stop him, focusing on the little milk cat with a smile on his face.

Li Chengcheng was also grinning from ear to ear, pointing to each of them and introducing them to the emperor, "My lord, the youngest one came from Mr. I don't know if it's the elder sister or the elder brother."

Zhu Youxiao chuckled, and said, "You can't tell who's who if you raise them. It doesn't matter if you're the eldest or the second."

"I can tell the difference, long live." Tao Yan seemed a little dissatisfied with Zhu Youxiao's ignorance and carelessness, and suddenly said: "They all have small characteristics, and the one with black hair on the tip of the ear is the second child. , the one with the black tail is the third child..."

yeah?The little girl has a really good memory!

Zhu Youxiao was very surprised and couldn't help but look at Taoyan a few more times.

Li Chengcheng hurried to find a pen and paper, and muttered, "I'll write it all down, so I won't make any mistakes in the future. Name them in order, Xiao Da, Xiao Er, Xiao San..."

Zhu Youxiao rolled his eyes, he could handle it better than himself, Xiaosan, um, did you let it suffer discrimination and ridicule in the cat world?

Tao Yan pouted her mouth slightly, lowered her eyelids, she was too lazy to complain, but she could see the disgust on her face.

Zhu Youxiao resisted the urge to pinch the little girl's stinky face, and said with a smile: "It won't be too late to name them when they grow up, distinguish the denominator, and look at their habits. Maybe the little female cat is very naughty, so she will be called What about the name with Tao character!"

As if she was talking about me, Tao Yan blinked her eyes, but didn't look up, but the corner of her mouth twitched.

Xiao Bai was very tired, lying there resting; Ye Hei watched the outsiders vigilantly and took care of its babies.

This cat's appearance made Zhu Youxiao's favorability increase a lot, and he is still a responsible guy.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Yang Hanyi bowed and left.In fact, she didn't help much, she just watched the cat give birth to kittens, because she didn't give birth to the cat either.

Tao Yan was a little reluctant to part with her, she cast a hard look at the kittens before leaving with her master.

"Xiaobai is tired too, add two chicken livers to him, and then let him rest well." Zhu Youxiao didn't reach out to touch it. Although he likes it very much, he seems to have seen that if the kitten has other smells , the mother cat will not feed it.

Oh, Li Chengcheng nodded again and again, keeping his eyes on the little milk cat.

Six, that's great, but I can have ten!
Zhu Youxiao turned around and left, making up his mind that he would never lose to the cats.

If you can't give birth to one litter, then match the number of daughters-in-law.I still don't believe it, I am a dragon and a tiger are fierce, and ten or eight daughters-in-law can handle it.

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Although Zhu Youxiao's bill salt decree proposed in mid-summer was quite impressive, and he believed that it was quite characteristic of a market economy.But to implement it, he still needs to study it carefully and perfect it.

More importantly, it is necessary to control the salt factory well.If the officials in the salt factory are not strong enough and all the money is collected in their own pockets, but the salt does not receive much tax, then it is better to be mixed like now.

If the Ticket and Salt Law is implemented, the first obvious effect Zhu Youxiao can see is to "suppress the price of salt" and benefit all people.

You can buy it freely, and merchants big and small who sell salt, even ordinary people, can do salt business.

What is this called, competition!Under competition, the monopoly of big salt merchants and arbitrary pricing are not easy to use.

But competition is of course a good thing, once the ticket salt law is introduced, several major salt factories in the country will also be affected.In terms of cost, boiled salt is expensive, so few people buy it; sun-dried salt is cheap, so it must be favored by businessmen.

In other words, once competition is introduced, even the salt factories will be involved.In particular, the Lianghuai Salt Factory is already more expensive than Guangdong salt, and it relies on the protection of the salt industry boundary to maintain and obtain salt tax.

But from a national perspective, if the salt factory is strictly controlled, the increase in salt tax is a sure thing.

The big salt merchants are going to cry, the private salt dealers are going to lose their jobs, and the common people are going to be happy.In comparison of the three, Zhu Youxiao has already made a choice.

What made him even more gratified was that he got another talent.That's right, when Tang Mo wrote the letter, he was recommending Xia Zhong, and it was revealed between the lines.

Zhu Youxiao pondered for a moment, and prepared to call Xia Zhongshi to be a salt censor first, to get acquainted with the salt administration business, and then it will be of great use in the future.

Adhering to the thinking of a time traveler, Zhu Youxiao values ​​talents more than money.After all, in this era, it is not easy to get his appreciation.

Xia Zhongshi was not the only one regarded by Zhu Youxiao as a talent, but also Chen Zizhuang, Xu Fuyuan and others.Of course, they are still being tested.

However, now they are in the house Zhu Youxiao bought, taking turns to observe the new objects in their hands, and they are amazed again and again.

If it is said that new knowledge broadened their horizons, the objects made by Zhu Youxiao made them see the wonder and inconceivability of the microcosm.

What Zhu Youxiao made was a wooden instrument, and he called it a microscope, but he himself knew that it was just a magnifying instrument similar to a microscope.

Of course, although this is a simple microscope, it is composed of composite lenses.Thanks to the successful manufacture of lead glass, the magnification reached fifty times.

Zhu Youxiao is still continuing to study, but he didn't do it himself.He knew that the world's first practical microscope had only one lens, but the high-quality product polished in an innovative way had a magnification of 720 times.

Therefore, as a founder, he looks for and trains masters of grinding lenses. This work of showing a brand new world in the field of vision of mankind will be completed sooner or later.

"Is this an ant?" Xu Fuyuan stared wide-eyed, looked at Qi Qi under the camera, and swallowed hard, "This thigh, really, really disgusting."

As soon as he finished speaking, the microscope in his hand was snatched away. Zhang Yitai couldn't wait to observe the ant, and made a surprised sound from his mouth.

Chen Zizhuang scratched his head and said, "You think it's strange? There is also such an object in the teacher's study. I asked the source, but he didn't say it. It's even more precious."

Xia Yunyi thought for a while, and said: "I think there is a place to buy it, but it's not something ordinary people ask to buy it. Mr. Xu didn't say it clearly."

"You mean the imperial forbidden items?" Xu Fuyuan saw that Wang Jizhong was queuing up again, so he had to wait in peace for the time being, and guessed casually: "It makes sense. Brother Shen is not an ordinary person, so it's not surprising that he can get it."

Chen Zilong nodded, and said with emotion: "It's been a while since I saw Brother Shen, and I'm really looking forward to his high-spirited talk."

Xu Fuyuan agreed, and said: "Last time, I heard him explain the principle of gunpowder explosion, and I was very impressed. I tried it with firecrackers, and it was indeed right. Now the thunderbolt in the army has killed and wounded many Eastern captives. Compared to Jin Dynasty's Zhentianlei, its power is even more incomparable."

Xia Yunyi saw the timing, stepped forward, pushed Xu Fuyuan to the back, took the microscope, and concentrated on observing the little ants.

"Aside from ants, are there other things?" Wang Jizhong was still not satisfied, rubbing his chin and pondering, "It's a pity that the weather is not warm enough, so it's not easy to find a living thing!"

Zhang Yitai blinked and walked out.Not much time, he turned back again, urging Xia Yunyi: "Come on, make another observation, the ants are too big."

Xia Yunyi didn't know what Zhang Yitai got, and out of curiosity, she happily gave up the microscope to Zhang Yitai.

Zhang Yitai carefully put the rice grain-like thing on the fingernail on the glass, and impatiently put his eyes into the eyepiece.Then, his mouth suddenly opened wide, making a weird sound.

"Let me see, let me see." Xia Shou was beside him, yelling and moving closer.

Zhang Yitai had a strange expression on his face, shaking his head again and again and handing the microscope to Xia Yi.

Xia Yunyi looked left and right, but couldn't recognize what it was, with claws and sharp teeth, it looked very vicious.

"What is this?" Xia Yunyi looked at Zhang Yitai very strangely, and asked, "Where did you get it?"

Zhang Yitai blushed slightly, but shook his head in silence.

Xu Fuyuan and others looked at it one after another, but they didn't know why, so they circled around Zhang Yitai and questioned.

Zhang Yitai was helplessly entangled, so she smiled bitterly and said, "This is a lice."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, seeing Zhang Yitai's expression, and instantly understood.

For modern people, lice are a rare species; but in ancient times and old societies, especially in rural areas, most people had them.

In the living conditions at that time, I was very happy if I could eat enough and wear warmth.

As for personal hygiene, that's about it.The number of showers and hair washes is small, and there are few clothes.Even if it’s just one piece for going out, if you wash it too much, you’re worried that the fabric will be worn out and it will be damaged easily!

Especially on the head, lice and gnats are common.

Therefore, there was a special tool for combing hair at that time, called the grate.The teeth are denser than ordinary combs, mainly for scraping dandruff and lice hidden in the hair.

"You look so vicious—" Chen Zizhuang stroked his forehead gently, as if he was still in fear, and changed the subject, which relieved Zhang Yitai's little embarrassment.

Xia Yunyi shook her head and said nothing, looking at her face, she seemed to be frightened.

This is not surprising, anyone who knows that there is such a scary guy on his body can't feel comfortable.

There was a short silence in the room, the key is that everyone didn't know what to say for a while.

"My dear friends——" Zhu Youxiao walked into the hall, and saw that everyone was quiet, and he didn't know what happened, so he hesitated to speak strangely.

"Brother Shen." Chen Zilong turned his head to see the person coming, immediately beamed with joy, cupped his hands and said, "Be polite, be polite. Fortunately, very fortunately."

Xu Fuyuan and others also calmed down and went up to greet Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao returned the salutes one by one, asked about what happened just now, went up to take a look at the "rare animal" lice, and felt a chill.

After sitting down, after a few words of greeting, Zhu Youxiao talked about his plan.

"Brother Shen invited me to study—" Xu Fuyuan didn't understand Zhu Youxiao's new term for a while, and he drew his hand twice in the air before he remembered, "The latest chemical knowledge, to become the top scholar of this era?"

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and said: "Not only chemistry, but also physics, all of them are profound knowledge, related to state secrets, related to our Ming Dynasty's knowledge of maintaining technological leadership and ensuring our Ming Dynasty is stronger."

Everyone looked at each other, shocked and puzzled.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhu Youxiao smiled, and continued: "Less talk about one year, at most two or three years, whoever has the heart for the country and the people, is willing to be lonely, and can study hard with his heart, can go forward. Go for further studies. If you have doubts in your heart, I will not force you."

Xia Yunyi pondered and asked: "Just a few people waiting for me, or—"

"There are more than a dozen people, and you are all talented people." Zhu Youxiao said: "This is a secret plan planned by the imperial court. If you can learn it well, you can be a master in the scientific and technological circles."

In the field of chemistry, science and technology, and confidential projects, everyone's expressions became serious, and they looked at Zhu Youxiao with complicated eyes.

Zhu Youxiao didn't explain much, the more he explained, the more he revealed, so it was better to keep the mystery.

"Everyone can think carefully, and reply in three days." After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he changed the topic, and continued to talk about the unfinished topic of the last meeting.

The emperor is the leader of the country, so he naturally has to do his job properly, conduct some physical and chemical experiments, and come up with some theorems and conclusions.

Zhu Youxiao has compiled physics and chemistry knowledge equivalent to junior high school level, which is already a milestone achievement.

Because these theorems and conclusions are correct and true.As a teaching material, it can cultivate Daming's own scientists, and it is still ahead of the world.

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Guiyang.

Since the beginning of the year, eye-catching notices have been posted on various traffic arteries and crossroads in villages and towns, and some people have explained it to the people who came to watch.

"... Regardless of the Yi Han people, they are all the people of Ming Dynasty. The imperial court will treat them with good governance so that they will not be bullied and poor. Now they recruit Yi people to join the army, wipe out the rebels, and pay off their peaceful and happy lives..."

The proclamation was made by Zhu Youxiao himself. It is relatively easy to understand, and he puts more emphasis on the benefits, so as to attract the barbarians to naturalize, join the Ming army, and become a force to wipe out the rebellion of An Bangyan and She Chongming.

Among the onlookers were Han, Miao, and Tong people.There are also Yi people with bare feet and woolen cloaks.

"Suppress the traitors and share happiness." The commentator finished reading the announcement and raised his arms and shouted, wanting to add some enthusiasm to the atmosphere.

But the effect was almost ineffective, and the onlookers did not respond, and their eyes were still full of bewilderment and curiosity.

"As long as you can shout these two sentences, you can get one or two salt bars. Those who sign up for the recruitment will be given five catties of salt and thirty acres of land." The commentator took it lightly and took out his trump card.

Literacy alone is not enough, and if it is affordable, someone must be tempted. He has seen it many times.You can recruit a barbarian to join the army, and he can get a reward, one yuan silver coin!

Hearing the salt being given in vain, there was a quiet commotion in the crowd.

Salt is a precious thing in Guizhou.Many poor people cannot afford salt, so they can only eat light food, or replace it with other flavors, such as sour food.

"Did you see that? That's a cart full of salt." The narrator pointed out that there was indeed a salt cart under the bamboo shed not far away.

If you don't take it for nothing, who doesn't take it for nothing?This kind of thinking is no different from that of later generations.

Seeing the white flakes of salt deliberately exposed on the car, people's eyes shone with enthusiasm.

Finally, some barbarians took action, ran quickly to the bamboo shed, asked some questions, and shouted slogans.Then, everyone saw that the guy who acted first got a small bag of salt, grinned with a big mouth showing black teeth, smiled happily, and strode away.

(End of this chapter)