After hearing this, Emperor Jing felt a little disappointed.
It's the same as saying nothing.
It seems that more experience is needed.
The dispatch of an envoy by the Northern Rong is a major event, so such matters naturally need to be discussed in advance.
However, considering that Fang Zheng had just entered the court, it was understandable that he did not understand.
Emperor Jing didn't care and turned to ask someone else.
Li Yuanzhao on the side was already extremely excited!
When he heard that there was going to be a war, he was more excited than anyone else.
Do I finally have a chance to display my bravery?
He was so excited that he kept looking at Fang Zheng with a smile on his face.
Fang Zhengyi naturally didn't bother to pay attention to him.
He knew exactly what Li Yuanzhao was thinking.
But now is not the time to think about this issue.
I have to go see the princess after the court session.
I don’t know whether the princess has eaten this morning. Does she miss me since I haven’t seen her for a few months?
We have to find a way to trick the prince away first!
So that I don’t have to be bothered by others no matter what!
The discussion in the court was heated.
The two heartless people each had their own concerns and held on until the end of the court session.
Just like before, Li Yuanzhao came over first with a sly look on his face.
Seeing that there was no one around, the left and right whispered, "Old Fang, Beirong, together, we will definitely have a battle with Dajing in the future!"
"You said the delegation is here... Could it be that they are here to cause trouble?"
Fang Zheng glanced at him and was speechless.
You say it's about stirring up trouble in the diplomacy between the two countries.
You are afraid that the matter is not serious!
They haven't said anything about fighting, but you're already looking forward to it?
The prince is becoming more and more like a gangster.
"What are you picking? I don't want to go to war. Good times will only last a few years."
"A war can easily cost hundreds of millions of taels of silver. Who will pay for it?"
"The treasury is out of money now, so you want to take money from the people? Your Highness, can you bear it?"
Li Yuanzhao smiled awkwardly and didn't dare to say anything.
Fang Zhengyi couldn't help but nodded secretly.
The good thing about the prince is that he cares for others.
"Your Highness, if you have nothing else, go to the newspaper office! I can't leave you then!"
Li Yuanzhao looked puzzled: "Why should I go to the newspaper office? Isn't Xie Xian in charge there? I think he manages it pretty well."
"I went there yesterday and heard that all the advertising space in the newspaper was sold out in less than a day."
"It was sold for 3,600 taels! All of it was bought by one family, who put an advertisement in the newspaper for half a year."
Fang Zheng showed a delighted expression: "Oh? Which one is so powerful?"
"Chen's Grocery Store."
Fang Zheng smiled. He didn't expect that the owner of a small grocery store could rise so quickly.
Sure enough, the first person to try something new benefits the most.
The newspaper work is going so smoothly.
Three thousand six hundred taels were enough for the newspaper to survive, at least I didn't have to invest any more money.
It's really a happy event.
"Mr. Fang, since you're making so much money, shouldn't you give the reporters a monthly raise?"
Fang Zhengyi looked at Li Yuanzhao with a troubled look on his face: "Huh? Didn't you just add me a few days ago?!"
Why isn’t your father as generous as you!
I'll work for you...
\"Two taels a month is not enough for me.\"
Fang Zheng touched his chin and looked at Li Yuanzhao.
Two taels a month is actually not less at all.
He can be called a senior worker in Dajing. The prince must have spent a long time with him.
Normally, when we talk about silver, we are talking about thousands or tens of thousands of taels.
Are you numb and have lost your concept of money?
"Lao Fang, why are you staring at me with lustful eyes?" Li Yuanzhao looked alert.
“Who is being lewd?!”
"I'm thinking... forget about raising the monthly salary! Raising the salary all the time is not good for their growth. What if they become lazy and gluttonous in the future?"
"Use 3,600 taels of this money to buy a mansion, build some landscape gardens, and get some animals. Let the reporters move in and improve their working environment."
"Leave the other six hundred taels for them as operating funds. When they go out to work, the newspaper will reimburse them for any expenses they spend."
"As for the monthly salary, we will have to set a standard in the future. It will increase every year. As for how much it will increase, it depends on the newspaper's revenue."
At worst, I can just support them for another year! Fang Zheng gritted his teeth and was generous again.
"Your Highness, you have to make them remember the good things about the newspaper!"
"If we only increase their monthly salary, they will think they have earned it with their own ability!"
"Isn't that the money we gave? Think about it, isn't it?"
Li Yuanzhao said thoughtfully: "It seems you are right!"
"Okay, Your Highness, go and tell the reporters the good news. Say it was you who arranged it!"
Li Yuanzhao hesitated for a while and said hesitantly: "Forget it, it's too far. It doesn't matter if you say it earlier or later. Let's go another day!"
Fang Zheng was confused. This wasn't right.
This guy used to be more active than anyone else in leaving the palace, but why is he making trouble here whenever I want to see the princess?
Are you trying to make things difficult for me?
"What's the point of going to the palace!? Your Highness should hurry over!"
Then Li Yuanzhao sighed, "No, my butt hurts."
"Father beat me again yesterday..."
As he spoke, he began to grit his teeth: "If you and the emperor's uncle hadn't been talking nonsense, I wouldn't have been beaten!"
"I said the earth is round, and he started hitting me!"
“........”
Ignorant thoughts can kill people!
It will be difficult to chase the prince away like this...what should I do?
Li Yuanzhao kept complaining to him, and Fang Zhengyi was scratching his head anxiously.
Suddenly, an idea struck him: "Hey! Your Highness, didn't I give you a microscope? Why haven't you mentioned it before?"
Unexpectedly, Li Yuanzhao said with disdain: "I suspect there is something wrong with your thing. Could it be that the guards were also transformed from tadpoles? This is impossible! I took it apart long ago!"
"I thought it was something good, but it turned out to be just a tube with a few layers of glass and some odds and ends!"
"fraud!"
"What! You tore it down for me!?" Fang Zhengyi was in tears.
Prodigal! Prodigal son!
The structure of the microscope in Taoyuan County was indeed not very complicated. It was completely incomparable with those in later generations, and might even be slightly inferior to the looms in the county.
To put it simply, it is a complicated magnifying glass.
It's just some simple mechanical structures and lens arrangements.
Practice always goes ahead of theory, just like a monkey's lack of understanding of the principle of leverage does not prevent it from using a stick to pry things.
The people of Taoyuan County don't understand optics, but that doesn't stop them from experimenting bit by bit, not to mention that there are people who provide them with ideas.
His next decision was to focus all of the research institute's efforts on this one thing and put aside all other work.
Just grinding the glass takes so much effort.
The county received letters complaining that many people had become bald from grinding glass!
All the skilled craftsmen in the county conducted repeated experiments and used trial and error at all costs to finally make this machine.
Even Leeuwenhoek would have shouted “Awesome!” when he saw this!
If I hadn't provided any ideas, it would have taken another 100 or 200 years to develop this thing even if glass had been invented.
You treated it as garbage and took it apart for me?
Fang Zhengyi said with a bitter face: "Your Highness, if you can install it for me today, I will give you one thousand taels!"
"Okay! It's a deal!"
Li Yuanzhao showed a look of joy and ran away...
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