Chapter 383 Water Pressure Well Promotion
Empress Dowager Shen was in the imperial study, discussing matters with three regent ministers.
The three regent ministers were Lin Shoufu, Gao Taishi and Zhang Taiwei.
The little emperor sat aside, trying hard to keep a straight face.
Empress Dowager Shen said, "The prince will be five next year, so there is no time to delay his enlightenment. My intention is to let Zhiyan be the prince's tutor."
The little emperor naturally started studying at an early age, but what he learned were the ordinary Thousand Character Classics and the Four Books and Five Classics. He only started to formally start his education after he was five years old, and what he learned was the art of being an emperor and how to govern the world.
Prime Minister Lin and others frowned slightly.
They naturally knew that Shen Zhiyan was the most suitable candidate, but the Shen family...
Their existence was originally meant to restrain the Empress Dowager and the external relatives.
The late emperor died with his eyes open!
The late emperor’s favorite candidate was the third prince, but unfortunately he was defeated. The late emperor was also seriously ill at the time, and the previous princes had all died, leaving only the youngest legitimate son.
The late emperor had no choice but to establish this legitimate son as the heir.
Before his death, he found three regents for the young emperor, but he was afraid that the three regents would sideline the young emperor in the future. He did nothing to the empress dowager and let her rule the country from behind the curtain.
The two sides are restraining each other.
The current Shen family is already prominent enough. If Shen Zhiyan becomes the Taifu, the Shen family will be even more prominent.
Master Gao said, "This is not appropriate."
Empress Dowager Shen raised her eyebrows: "What's wrong? Grand Master, take a look, who in the entire capital is more qualified than Zhiyan?"
Master Gao tried to hold it in for a long time but couldn't utter a word.
Regardless of his background, qualifications or strength, he really couldn't find any shortcomings in Shen Zhiyan.
Prime Minister Lin and Mrs. Zhang should be more lenient. Over the years, neither the Empress Dowager nor the Shen family has behaved improperly because of their high positions.
They were regents, not enemies of the Queen Mother.
While restraining him, we are also considering the future of the little emperor.
Lin Shoufu said: "Your Majesty, please let us think about this matter!"
Empress Dowager Shen nodded: "Okay, let's talk about this after the new year."
To her, it's no big deal. As long as she wanted to, she could raise the issue in the court and most of the officials would not dare to object.
Asking one more question is a sign of respect for them and not wanting to cause conflict.
If she were more domineering, she might even be able to join forces with the court officials to depose them in a few years.
What restraint? She is the empress dowager and the emperor is her biological son.
Which minister in the court does not consider himself or his family? If you want to last long, you have to work hard for your only master.
These three old guys are still relatively well-behaved at the moment. She is very generous. As long as they behave themselves, she will give them the respect they deserve.
Lin Shoufu and others retreated.
Empress Dowager Shen rubbed her forehead. At this time, Eunuch Yu walked in: "Your Majesty."
Empress Dowager Shen raised her head and asked: "Has the gift been delivered?"
"Yes. In addition, I also saw something interesting in Ye Yiren's house. Ye Yiren made a special well. The well mouth was sealed, but water could be shaken out."
Empress Dowager Shen was very interested: "Really? What is the well like?"
Eunuch Yu described the water well in detail: "Here are the drawings."
As he said this, he showed the drawing.
Empress Dowager Shen didn't quite understand what she was saying: "Send the Minister of Works and the Vice Minister of Works to the palace."
Eunuch Yu responded and retreated.
Empress Dowager Shen continued to look at the blueprint.
If what Grandpa Yu said is true, it can not only avoid some safety accidents but also reduce some diseases.
Not only humans can slip and fall into wells, many animals can do so as well. If the food rots inside, it can easily cause epidemics.
If the well can be sealed, it can protect the water source very well.
Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Shen felt even more relieved towards Ye Caiping.
She knows everything about Ye Caiping.
I heard that she also built a new toilet that has no smell at all. She passed on the toilet-making skills to her second brother Ye Erquan, which became one of Ye Erquan's means of making a living.
If Ye Caiping used this water pressurized well to make money, she would definitely make a fortune.
But Ye Caiping presented the drawings to the imperial court, asking the court to promote them and benefit the people.
She was right about the person.
After a while, the Minister of Works and two vice ministers arrived.
After seeing the blueprint, the Minister of Industry widened his eyes and gave a thumbs up: "Great! Great! Can I go and take a look now?"
The Minister of Works wished he could fly over there immediately.
To be honest, Queen Mother Shen also wanted to see it, but she couldn’t go, so she nodded: “You go.”
"Thank you, Madam. I will take my leave."
After saying this, he took the two assistant ministers to Ye Caiping's house.
Ye Mansion——
Ye Caiping sat aside, staring in amazement for a full hour!
The eldest princess, Madam Shen and others have been playing for an hour! After eating, continue playing!
All the pots and pans in her house that could hold water were filled, and they were having a lot of fun, just like children.
Chang Xi walked over quickly: "Madam Ye, the Minister of Works is here with his men."
Ye Caiping stood up: "Okay, please come in."
After a while, the Minister of Works and others arrived. When they saw the water pressure well, their eyes lit up and they hurried over to study it.
After studying it, he stepped forward and said, "Ye Yiren, I wonder... can I open it and take a look?"
Ye Caiping: "Uh... let's not tear it down! By the way, there is a well to the east of my house, and I'm planning to install it. I have a lot of parts and materials for the water pressure well. If you are interested, shall we go and install it now?"
The Minister of Industry said excitedly: "That's even better. Please lead the way!"
Ye Caiping personally took the Minister of Works to the well at the other end.
He also asked Chang Xi to call Ye Daquan and others over, because they were the ones who installed the well.
The eldest princess and others were also very curious, so a group of people walked to the well on the east side and watched them install the water pressure well.
After looking for a long time, the women got bored and went home.
The Ministry of Works and others waited until dark before leaving.
The next morning, they came to continue installing the water pressure well. It was finally completed at noon.
The Minister of Industry gently cranked the handle and watched the clear water rush out. He was so happy that his eyes almost narrowed into a line: "Wonderful! I will go back and report right away."
After saying that, he bowed to Ye Caiping and left with his men.
The next day, during the morning court session, the Minister of Works mentioned the issue of pressurized water wells, and it was finally passed unanimously without any obstacles. After the Chinese New Year, the court would fund the replacement of all public water wells with pressurized water wells.
Ye Caiping knew that the water pressure well would be promoted after it was launched.
So she didn't just make two sets of materials, but thirty sets.
He used two sets for his own family, gave two sets to the Shen family, gave two sets to the Grand Princess, gave two sets to the Prince Qi'an's Palace, and the rest were all sent to the palace.
Empress Dowager Shen was overjoyed when she received the things, and immediately ordered people to start replacing a few sets in the palace. The rest were handed over to the Ministry of Works, which replaced them in several public wells in the capital.
The Ministry of Works worked very quickly. Within five days, several public wells in the capital had been replaced with pressurized wells.
The people around looked at the water well with amazement and admiration:
"There's actually such a sophisticated mechanism that can squeeze out water just by pressing it!"
"It's still for us to use!"
"That's great. Last year my grandson almost fell into a well. With this, we will have less worries in the future."
"No need to worry about mice falling into the well!"
"I heard that this was created by Ye Yiren?"
"Is it the one who discovered Cassava, the future daughter-in-law of the Shen family?"
"That's her!"
The common people praised Ye Caiping. If they had this skill, they would be able to charge dozens of taels for each installation. They could make a fortune just by installing this thing.
But Ye Yiren actually paid tribute to the court for free, allowing them to benefit from it.
As for those families who had their own wells, they all had some wealth, so they asked the imperial government for the blueprints and spent their own money to build them.
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