Chapter 867 Xinbao has three generals

Xiang Xiaojun said: "It won't be too high." He thought for a moment and said: "But it should be around 200-300 taels."

"Two or three taels..." Xu Zhiyu had never given it away before, so he hesitated and asked, "Is it a lot?"

"Not a small amount," Gan Baibi answered him accurately. "Two or three taels of silver is enough for a family of three to live on for a year. They would not be willing to spend it to buy a hoe. They would rather spend more effort."

Xu Zhiyu nodded.

Gan Baibi said, "But we can make a stone mill. Usually, a village has one or two stone mills. If we can modify the stone mill, maybe the whole village can buy one together."

Yuan Shenjue said: "But they may still make do to save money... It should be possible to make agricultural products, but they should make them in a way that they can benefit from, rather than 'saving effort', otherwise it will be difficult to promote among the people."

Several people had a serious discussion.

Emperor Mingpeidi and his men were getting ready to come over for lunch, but the meeting here wasn't over yet.

Emperor Mingpei did not disturb them, and the three of them stood behind the screen and listened for a while.

Yuan, Shen, Jue and a few others heard it, but since the emperor didn't allow them to report it, they could only pretend they didn't hear it. However, Xinbao didn't hear or see it.

Yan Shirong felt happy as he watched, and motioned for them to go see Xinbao.

This time, Xinbao rarely used the table to block it.

She sat in the place where Emperor Mingpeidi usually sat, imitating Emperor Mingpeidi's appearance, with a serious face and a book on her lap.

But Emperor Mingpei was an emperor all his life. Even before he became emperor, he was a prince. He had practiced his manners since he was a child. He had straight shoulders and back and was full of imposing manner.

Xinbao is small and can’t hold on any longer. He tries to hold on for a while, but before he knows it, he becomes weak. Then he remembers it again and tries to hold on for a while longer… This cycle repeats itself over and over again.

And there was a small table next to her, Ming Peidi would sometimes put his elbows on it. She couldn't reach it, but she insisted, so she had to stretch out her arms to reach the table... She might think she was being pretentious, but it was really fun to watch.

Although the leaders are funny, their words are very interesting.

Emperor Mingpei thought Wang Ronggui was very good and would be a talent who could enter the cabinet in the future.

But now I think Gan Baibi is also very good. She is really considerate and understands people's livelihood.

It was not until noon that Emperor Mingpei coughed and walked in.

Several people were left behind to have lunch together. While eating, Yan Shirong asked, "Xinbao, what are you talking about?"

Xinbao looked up at him with a strange expression.

Yan Shirong looked at her blankly.

Then Xinbao asked him, "Do you understand?"

Yan Shirong: “……?”

He asked, “What should I know?”

Xinbao pointed at his own face and said, "Isn't it written on Xinbao's face?"

She took out a small mirror and looked at it. When she turned around, she suddenly became three degrees more fierce: "It's clearly written, can't you understand it?"

Yan Shirong: “……?”

He stared at his sister's face for a long time: "Does this mean you don't want to answer?"

Xinbao nodded heavily.

Yan Shirong asked: "Why? It doesn't comply with the procedures?"

"This is not a process issue," Xinbao said proudly, "This is the result of our hard work. This is Xinbao's credit. Although we are a family and Xinbao is close to her brother, public is public and private is private. Xinbao has already done half of the work. Even if her brother continues to do it, it will be Xinbao's credit."

Yan Shirong was speechless and said, "Who taught you this?"

Xinbao glanced at Emperor Mingpei and said, "Yes. Yes."

Emperor Ming Pei: "...??"

Yan Shirong said: "When did Ye.Ye... No, how did Ye.Ye teach you?"

Emperor Mingpei also wanted to know, but he remained calm.

Xinbao said, "Hua Shi wanted to help his wife with disaster relief, so Ye Ye taught Hua Shi that although you are all related to Xinbao, you don't have to learn his style. You have to continue to do his work, but you won't get any credit if you do it, and it will be in vain. So you still have to think of something to do, even if you have nothing to do. You will get credit only after you finish it. Since you are going, you must not go in vain... and so on and so forth, a lot of things."

Emperor Mingpei: “…”

Is it just a waste of time? Is it okay to find something to do? ?

He discovered that when he was talking to people, he really couldn't always have Xinbao listening nearby. Even if she added her own understanding to a nice thing, it would always leave people speechless.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

But the problem is, it's not wrong, the main problem is that this kind of words are too straightforward, and most adults don't say them.

Yan Shirong said silently: "Okay."

So he finished his meal and left, and Xinbao continued his meeting.

When the work was almost done, Xinbao came to report to his superiors.

She told Emperor Mingpei, "Xinbao now has three generals under his command, Xie Wenkai who is very good at weapons, Huang Yu who is very good at precision machinery such as wooden armor and Yiling, and his younger brother who is more practical."

Emperor Ming Pei: "...??"

He thought Xie Wenkai was his.

Frankly speaking, even Huang Yu thought it was his.

So these are the generals under Xinbao’s command?

Fine then, he didn’t argue with his granddaughter and just listened seriously.

Xinbao continued, "Weapons are very useful. Besides, A-niang has trained Hai Dongqing to fight the Jurchens, so they need to make weapons first. So Xinbao decided to give this person to Ye Ye! Then Ye Ye can find some people to secretly make weapons!!"

She looked surprised or not? Emperor Mingpei had actually already made arrangements, and answered seriously: "Thank you, Xinbaoer, Yeye will definitely make good arrangements."

Xinbao continued in a serious tone, "And Huang Yu, he and his brother look a bit similar, but they are actually different. Everything his brother makes is useful, even the figurines, which are used to grind ink and crack melon seeds. Anyway, they are all useful. But Huang Yu is the kind of person... the kind of person who studies technology. He doesn't care whether it is useful or not. He just wants this inheritance, this super powerful technology, and he spends a lot of effort and time to study it."

She paused: "So Xinbao is really smart. From the beginning, he asked Huang Yu to make a clock! He took this route!! Then his brother made something useful like this..."

She remembered something: "Oh, yeah, my brother said that Mujia Yiling gave him a lot of inspiration when he did this, and he wanted to give him some credit. Should we share this?"

Emperor Mingpei shook his head: "Don't divide it."

He explained to her seriously: "Craftsmanship is important, but Huang Yu did not teach Xiang Xiaojun. Xiang Xiaojun dismantled the wooden armor artist and learned it by himself. Although this can be considered stealing, it is a recognized stealing among craftsmen. Of course, this is not the key point. The key point is that what Xiang Xiaojun wants to do is related to the country and the people, so the requirements for personnel are also higher. If he wants to bring Huang Yu into the industry, he will have to go through some inspection. So for this matter alone, it is best not to mention it."

Xinbao understood and nodded.

Emperor Mingpei added: "The three of them can be friends and communicate with each other, but they are not suitable to work together."

Xinbao asked, “Why?”

(End of this chapter)