Do it boldly, this is what the emperor said to Liu Yulian.
The emperor must know how to use people and trust them. For people like Liu Yulian, the emperor can see that she really wants to do things.
As long as Liu Yulian is used well, she can accomplish a lot.
"Rewards, all." The emperor believed that since the institute could make money, those researchers should indeed be rewarded.
The court still took the lion's share, and the emperor was still happy with it.
People in ancient times attached great importance to imperial power, and it was great if the emperor could give more money to scientific researchers.
The emperor summoned the Ministry of Revenue that same day and asked them to discuss the relevant rewards with Liu Yulian. The emperor believed that such matters should be done early so that those people would work harder.
It was the first time that the Minister of Revenue heard someone talk about sharing the money. The court gave you money and asked you to do things. Now that you have done the work, you still want a share of the money. What's the logic behind this?
Liu Yulian said, "No matter how surprised the Minister was, some people embezzled money without knowing how much it was, and it was difficult for researchers to embezzle. Maybe some people embezzled a little money, but that was mostly because they were poor."
If you arrange it well at the beginning, everything will be fine later.
"If they weren't at the research institute, they might earn more outside. Even if we gave them a hundred or so taels of silver at a time, that wouldn't be bad. It's not a lot," Liu Yulian said. "A concubine's daughter from a prominent family might need five hundred taels of silver for her dowry."
Liu Yulian had already inquired about this. "How many times would it take for them to pay a hundred taels at a time to equal the dowry of a concubine's daughter? Besides, sometimes it might only be a few taels, or even dozens of taels at a time. How many times a year can this happen?"
The Minister of Revenue had to admit that the amount of silver given was really too little. If the emperor had rewarded them with silver, perhaps he would have given them more.
Liu Yulian thought that the emperor could not always reward them, so one or two times would be a big deal, and not everyone could get it.
If not everyone gets it, it will greatly dampen people's enthusiasm. Liu Yulian believes that some people can get less, but it is important that everyone gets it.
"The emperor doesn't need to reward them with anything else. At most, he can give them an honorary title, such as the Science and Technology Progress Award. Of course, there can also be some rewards, but the number of people is small, not too many." Liu Yulian was following the ideas of later generations, who had already formed a set of rules.
Liu Yulian wasn't very familiar with it, but she had an impression of it, and it was quite good. This would also reduce the time spent on exploration, and Liu Yulian hoped that those researchers would be respected.
"That's a good idea." The emperor nodded. He hadn't really thought of this.
"..." The Minister of Revenue felt that Liu Yulian had finished speaking. No, he could reduce the bonus a little.
The Minister of Revenue was not reluctant to give it up, but everyone was working for the court. If those researchers took too much, it would probably cause objections from others.
The Minister of Revenue couldn't just let the researchers take so much; he had to come up with a plan. According to Liu Yulian, the research teams had to share the money, and the larger the team, the less money they'd get.
If you compress it further, it is actually not suitable to compress too much money.
The Minister of Revenue understood this. The emperor clearly wanted to encourage those researchers, so he couldn't do the opposite. At most, he would see if the reward money was too much, and he didn't know how much research those researchers could produce in a year.
According to Princess Rongning's research speed, she didn't come up with many things in a year. One or two, two or three, that would be fine.
Even Princess Rongning couldn't figure out so many things at once, so it would be even more difficult for others to do so.
The Minister of Revenue had a plan in mind. He wanted to further subdivide the items and decide who would buy the technology. The buyers might not necessarily be the imperial court, but the merchants.
"Think about it carefully." The emperor looked at the Minister of Revenue, "Now that you know this, come up with a feasible plan."
"Yes." The Minister of Revenue understood what the emperor meant, which was to establish a set of rules.
This is actually a good thing for the Ministry of Revenue. The research institute uses the national treasury's funds, but if the institute can still make money, then the pressure on the national treasury will be reduced.
However, the Minister of Revenue also understood that they could not expect the research institute to make more money. Some departments only spend money and do not make much money.
When Liu Yulian returned to the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion, Liu's father and others did not ask Liu Yulian what she said when she entered the palace.
They couldn't ask too many questions. If they did, others would think they were trying to control the institute.
Both Liu's father and Liu Yanjing understood this truth, but they didn't ask and just did their own thing.
The emperor asked the Crown Princess and Princess Zhaoyang to assist Princess Rongning, mainly to let Liu Yulian take responsibility herself, rather than letting Liu Yulian be suppressed by the Crown Princess and Princess Zhaoyang.
Different fields have different meanings. The Crown Princess and Princess Zhaoyang were at most doing administrative work.
Liu Yulian went to find Princess Zhaoyang, and she did not hide what she had told the emperor.
"This morning when I was sitting in the carriage, I had a new idea and changed it." Liu Yulian said.
"If you have new ideas, then change them." Princess Zhaoyang thought this was not a problem. She didn't understand scientific research and only knew how to manage some simple things.
Princess Zhaoyang went to the research institute not to work there, nor to give orders. She just went to observe, so that those people could focus on their work, and she asked them to handle miscellaneous matters.
"Just tell me what you think." Princess Zhaoyang said. The emperor himself liked Princess Rongning's true nature of researching things.
"Yes." Liu Yulian nodded. "If there is anything wrong, remember to remind me."
"You're all focused on research. How could I possibly understand that?" Princess Zhaoyang said, "I'm afraid I'm missing the point."
"Maybe you have good ideas too, but maybe not many of them." Liu Yulian thought about it and felt that Princess Zhaoyang was right. If people who don't understand say it, there may be more mistakes.
"People like you... let's not talk about it." Princess Zhaoyang knew her own limitations and there was no way she would say such things.
"That's fine." Liu Yulian said, "I won't go to the research institute today. I'll go and rest later."
"Okay, go and rest." Princess Zhaoyang said with a smile, "Don't worry about what those people think. They are just jealous of you."
How could Princess Zhaoyang not know what those people were like? They just wanted to be the director of the academy. They thought the emperor attached too much importance to the academy, and they thought the academy had a bright future, so they all wanted to get a piece of the pie.
In the Northwest City, when Aunt Qing saw the maid Su Qiuya bought, she was not in a good mood. Su Qiuya did not buy a young maid, but a maid of a certain age.
Such a woman can indeed do some work, but Aunt Qing doesn't like her.
Aunt Qing felt that her son was wronged. When he was in the capital, Aunt Qing wanted her son to have a better future and didn't want him to be obsessed with beauty too early, so she didn't give her son a maid.
When Liu's mother arranged for maids to serve these young masters, Aunt Qing refused.
Seeing that Concubine Qing refused, Liu's mother did not make any arrangements. Liu's mother's main purpose was not to arrange for maids to serve as concubines, she just wanted them to serve with writing materials, and if the young masters requested, they could sleep with them.
This matter is so simple. If Liu's mother did not let a maid serve those illegitimate sons, I am afraid that someone would criticize Liu's mother.
In short, no matter what Liu's mother did, Aunt Qing could always find something to be dissatisfied with.
Aunt Qing was worried that Liu's mother would kill Liu Yanbo, so she did this.
"Bring this bowl of noodles over." Su Qiuya said.
After the shop opened, people came one after another. With the help of Lai Po, Su Qiuya felt much more relaxed.
Su Qiuya did not ask Aunt Qing to help her more. Recently, Aunt Qing had been angry with Su Qiuya and was unwilling to do more work.
Su Qiuya didn't make things difficult for Aunt Qing, so she let her rest more. If she said more, Liu Yanbo might be dissatisfied.
No matter how many foolish things Qing Yi Niang had done, she had always considered Liu Yanbo a lot. Liu Yanbo would never say much about Qing Yi Niang, as he was very filial to her.
"Here it comes." said the old woman.
When Aunt Qing saw that scene, she felt that Su Qiuya clearly wanted others to serve her, rather than letting the maids serve her mother-in-law.
But Aunt Qing couldn't let the maid leave. If the maid helped, the shop would make a little more money. They couldn't let the maid make more money for nothing. It was not right to let the servants do nothing so that the master could do more work.
No matter how unhappy Concubine Qing was, she couldn't say it now. She wanted to arrange for Liu Yanbo to have a concubine, but she couldn't say it directly.
She had told Liu Yanbo before that he should not indulge in beauty until he achieved success, and that he should not be fascinated by those women.
Now, if Concubine Qing were to ask Liu Yanbo to take a concubine, I'm afraid he wouldn't agree so easily. He might even say he'd wait until later, or he might even say he didn't want a concubine outright.
Aunt Qing thought that they had to wait, because as time went on, the relationship between Su Qiuya and Liu Yanbo would not be so good.
When Aunt Chai came, she saw Aunt Qing resting more while the maids worked in the shop. Aunt Chai was quite envious because her son and daughter-in-law didn't hire anyone, so she sometimes had to help out.
"I came to talk to you." Aunt Chai said.
"What happened?" Aunt Qing wondered if something had happened in the third room.
"Nothing much, I just envy you. Your daughter-in-law treats you well, so you don't have to work too much." Aunt Chai said, "If I were in the shop, I would always have to help them with the work. So I came to see you."
"Come if you want." How could Aunt Qing say no? Their family was still counting on the people from the third family to clear themselves. Oh, no, they wanted outsiders to know that they also had relatives.
If a family has no relatives, people will think there is something wrong with you.
"Your house is like that... If you don't want to work and want to rest, just come over." Aunt Qing said, "There are rooms here. If there's no room, you can always make a bed in my room and sleep there for a night or two."
"I'm sorry to have cost you money." Aunt Chai said.
"What's the big deal? How much can you eat?" Aunt Qing didn't care.
Qing Yi Niang was willing to let Chai Yi Niang take advantage of her, and at most she felt that Liu Mu was not a good person. She was very tolerant of Chai Yi Niang, and she didn't even think about making things difficult for her.
When Su Qiuya saw Aunt Qing and Aunt Chai gathered together, she didn't say anything else.
Both of them are concubines, so they must have a lot of common topics.
Su Qiuya just didn't want to chat with Aunt Chai or Aunt Qing any more. She had already discovered that both of them had problems, so she couldn't continue on the wrong path.
In the academy, Liu Yanbo did not deliberately conceal his identity, but he did not want others to know his identity, but there were still people who knew his identity.
"Oh, so he is the illegitimate son of the Marquisate whose marriage was severed by his father."
"With his level, he even said that it was the people in the Marquis' Mansion who prevented him from passing the imperial examination. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. If it were me, I wouldn't dare to say that. It's too embarrassing."
"Why did he come to our academy instead of going to a better one?"
"Of course, it's because you couldn't get into other academies, so you came to our academy."
…
Someone was talking about Liu Yanbo over there, but when Liu Yanbo heard it, he didn't go over to talk.
Liu Yanbo knew that he had done a lot of stupid things in the past, and that he deserved what those people were saying. If he argued with them, it would be useless.
This matter itself was Liu Yanbo's fault. Liu Yanbo originally thought that getting into a good academy would be a way to feel proud.
However, he simply didn't have such strong abilities, and he didn't get admitted to that academy, so he could only study in this academy.
"They are talking about you." The classmate who had a good relationship with Liu Yanbo was very angry when he heard what those people said, and he wanted to step forward.
"They're right." Liu Yanbo stopped his friend from moving forward. "They're not to blame for this. It's my fault."
"Even if you were wrong, it's over." said a good classmate.
"It's okay." Liu Yanbo said.
"It's a good thing you brought some cakes to share with them." A good classmate sighed.
"It's just a little thing." Liu Yanbo knew that these people could not be bribed by a few cakes. He was unhappy in his heart, but he couldn't rush forward.
If he rushed forward, it would be difficult for him to get more and he would also be criticized.
Liu Yanbo knew that choosing silence was the best option. He should not say too much to those people and just endure it silently.
Sometimes he wondered if the first wife had tolerated them for a long time. Liu Yanbo found it ridiculous, as he realized he was not that good at all.
After Liu Yanbo returned home, he did not tell anyone what happened at the academy. He just wanted to study hard and pass the imperial examination as soon as possible.
After passing the examination, they returned to Beijing.
Liu Yanbo thought that it was not a good idea for them to stay in the northwest forever. His sister, Madam Mei, the Second Young Master, was not living well, and he could not expect the people in the first house to help Madam Mei more.
Once upon a time, they thought that the people in the first house would harm them. Mother Liu had originally arranged other candidates for Madam Mei, the second young master. Madam Mei and Concubine Qing used all means to make Madam Mei marry Madam Mei, the second young master.
This is also ridiculous.
Mother Liu should have known long ago that there was nothing good about the Mei family, but Aunt Qing and Madam Mei Ershao were so determined that no one could change that.
"You're back." When Su Qiuya saw Liu Yanbo, she quickly brought him a bowl of hot soup and said, "Drink some soup first."
"Okay." Liu Yanbo nodded. "How's business in the shop?"
"It's not so bad today." Su Qiuya said with a smile, "With someone helping me, it's much faster. Eat something first to fill your stomach, and I'll cook in a while."
"Okay." Liu Yanbo had no objection. "Then don't work too hard. Get more rest."
"It's okay, I'm still young." Su Qiuya said, "By the way, I'll make some medicine for you later. You've worked hard studying, and you'll feel better if you take some medicine."
Su Qiuya was still taking medicine to regulate her body, so she made some medicine for Liu Yanbo as well, so that she wouldn't be discovered while taking the medicine herself.
"I'm a man, it's nothing." Liu Yanbo was very happy to see Su Qiuya being so nice to him.
There is no man who doesn't want his wife to treat them well. Liu Yanbo thinks Su Qiuya is a good wife.
In Shiyuan Village, Widow Zhang carried a basket of eggs and went to the fourth room of the Liu family.
Lin Xiaowan was pregnant and needed to nourish her body. The chickens at home didn't lay eggs every day, so she would buy some from other families. Widow Zhang raised several chickens.
There are many people in Widow Zhang's family. Some of them go to Liu Yulian's farm to do things, and they also do other things on their own.
"Let me count, there are twenty eggs in total." Widow Zhang first opened the cloth covering the basket. "These eggs are from the past few days. They are very fresh and won't spoil easily."
Widow Zhang picked up one of the eggs. The eggshell was still a little dirty. "Look, it hasn't been washed. Washed eggs tend to spoil easily."
Widow Zhang was willing to sell eggs to the people from the fourth branch of the Liu family, and the people from the fourth branch of the Liu family were quite good.
"That's right." Lin Xiaowan gave Widow Zhang money.
Widow Zhang counted the money and felt that it was unlikely that these people would give less money.
"Your belly is getting bigger. You should do less work and let the men do the work." Widow Zhang said, "You don't have to spoil them."
"I don't spoil them," Lin Xiaowan said. "I sent the one at home to work in the fields. He has to keep an eye on people when they're working."
"Yes, that's right," Widow Zhang said. "When you have people working, you have to keep an eye on them. How to do it? How deep should the hole be dug? Ten centimeters or thirty centimeters? There are many details to keep in mind."
Before, when Princess Rongning was still alive, Widow Zhang followed Princess Rongning's instructions and went to farm.
Widow Zhang saw that Princess Rongning's method was different from theirs, so she didn't dare say anything more to her. They just did whatever the master told them to do, because they were paid anyway.
Later, when Widow Zhang saw that the crops that Princess Rongning had asked them to grow had a high yield, Widow Zhang felt that Princess Rongning was still very powerful.
"The method Princess Rongning mentioned earlier was very effective," Widow Zhang said. "We are doing the same now."
Widow Zhang also asked her family to fertilize the fields with fermented fertilizer.
Widow Zhang didn't know what the principle behind this was, she just wanted to know that the thing was good.
"Did you make money?" Lin Xiaowan asked.
"Yes, yes, yes, we made a profit." Widow Zhang smiled, "It's just that everyone is flocking to grow the same thing, so few people dare to grow the same thing, for fear that the price will not be high when the time comes."
Widow Zhang still understood this point. If there are more people growing things and there are more of the same thing, then the price of this thing will not be that high.
"There are other types." Lin Xiaowan said.
"Even if I grow them myself, they're not as good as those grown here," Widow Zhang sighed. "I heard the princess talk about breeding earlier. There are some tricks to it, but unfortunately none of us know how to do it."
Widow Zhang wanted to learn more and hoped that her family could make more money, but Princess Rongning had returned to Beijing, so she could not learn more.
However, Princess Rongning has land in the northwest, so Princess Rongning might write a letter to ask how to farm it.
When Liu Yanqing came back, he saw Lin Xiaowan and Widow Zhang talking and laughing, and he wondered when the relationship between these two people became so good.
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