Princess Zhaoyang had long known that Liu Yulian was an optimistic person. When she saw her chatting and laughing with He Xiyuan, she had no intention of joining them. There were still a lot of papers on the stone table, perhaps Liu Yulian had asked He Xiyuan to sort them out.
"Put them like this, these sheets are together." Liu Yulian said. She specially asked someone to make clips so that she could hold all the papers together.
Liu Yulian didn't want to use any silk thread to tie the papers together. It would be better to use clips to hold the papers together when writing with a pencil.
Some of the papers had smears on them, which were because Liu Yulian changed the content while thinking.
"Those sheets over there are together," Liu Yulian said. "These papers are all sorted together. Each one is of the same type."
"Okay." He Xiyuan nodded.
"I'll have to copy it down later." Liu Yulian looked at the papers. "I can't just hand it over and then lose it myself."
Things like these are relatively important and need to be copied several times.
Liu Yulian couldn't just write one copy; she had people around her who were literate and could write, so they could copy the contents. She also asked them to get used to using pencils instead of brushes.
The ink used with a brush doesn't dry that quickly, so it's not easy to do something with it. If they use a pencil, they can be faster.
If people could develop something like a fountain pen, writing with a fountain pen would be faster.
"I'll copy the first copy for you." He Xiyuan knew that Liu Yulian liked to copy the first copy in order to avoid making mistakes.
"Okay." Liu Yulian said, "Wait a moment, I need to take a look."
Liu Yulian had to make sure that the content was correct. Sometimes she wrote too quickly and might make mistakes.
"Okay, no problem." He Xiyuan replied.
"By the way, do you want to go back to study? Aren't you going to take the imperial examination?" Liu Yulian asked.
"You have to study, but you also have to learn other things." He Xiyuan said with a smile, "You can't just sit in your room and study. What's wrong? Do you dislike me?"
"How dare I look down on you?" Liu Yulian said bluntly, "I'm just afraid of delaying your studies."
"No delay." He Xiyuan said, "I'll give you something. After I finish my scientific research, you can go to the research institute to work for a while before doing other things."
"Go to the research institute?" Liu Yulian was puzzled.
"Basically, if a Jinshi candidate doesn't enter the Hanlin Academy, they'll just go out and serve as a minor official. Those who do enter the Hanlin Academy can then go out and serve as an official, which will help them get promoted in the future." He Xiyuan said. He knew Liu Yulian didn't know this, so he explained to her, "The research institute probably needs people too."
"We do need some people," Liu Yulian said. "If we're not doing research, we'll need some administrative staff or other things."
"That's good too." He Xiyuan didn't think it was a bad idea and joked, "If I were to work under you, you couldn't be too strict or you'd scare me."
"I dare not scare you." Liu Yulian wondered how she could possibly scare He Xiyuan, as He Xiyuan was a grown man.
The impeachments in the court did not cause dissatisfaction among the emperor, who still valued Liu Yulian so much.
At this time, Liu Mu's brother and his family came to Beijing from other places. Liu Mu was born into a large family, but her biological mother was a stepmother, and the one who inherited the title of the Earl's Mansion was Liu Mu's legitimate brother, that is, the original brother.
The older brother from the original wife wasn't particularly kind to Liu's mother. Back then, the old lady valued her grandson from the original wife more and was wary of the second wife. Even Liu's father wasn't particularly kind to the second wife, and her own brother was also viewed with suspicion, fearing that her full brother would compete for the title.
Several years ago, Liu's half brother was transferred to another place to serve as an official.
When the incident at the Marquis of Jingning's mansion happened, Liu's mother's family ignored her. She also didn't write to her brother, who was born to the same mother as her. She didn't want to worry him so much, so she waited until she was in the northwest and everything was relatively stable before she wrote to him.
Now that his elder brother, born to his first wife, had inherited the title, he and his wife were worried about being implicated when things got bad for the Liu family, so they didn't bother with the Liu family much. Besides, their relationship with Liu's mother wasn't that good either.
Transportation in ancient times was not so convenient and the transmission of information was slow.
Liu Mu's half-brother, Xue Erye, was also not informed of the incident at the Jingning Marquisate so quickly. By the time Xue Erye learned that the mansion had been raided, he had no time to make other arrangements. Furthermore, Xue Erye was not in the capital at the time and was an official in a relatively remote area. His share of the family property was small, so the most he could do was send something to Liu Mu.
Liu's mother and Mr. Xue had not seen each other for a long time. Mr. Xue came to Beijing this time mainly because he had made political achievements as an official in other places.
The Xue Er family naturally did not live in the Bo Mansion. Back then, the old Xue Bo was worried that his second wife would favor his biological son after his death and would cause trouble. So, before he died, he asked his second wife to move out with the Xue Er family, and the same was true for his other sons.
Uncle Xue had thought that Second Master Xue might have a promising future, but he had seen Second Master Xue's hatred for his eldest son. He felt that Second Master Xue would not be able to help his eldest son, so it was better to let Second Master Xue go as soon as possible.
In this way, Uncle Xue would not have to worry about his eldest son not being able to control his second son, nor would he have to worry about his second son seizing his eldest son's title.
"Your uncle has returned to Beijing." As soon as He Xiyuan left, Liu's mother came to find Liu Yulian. She had once thought of letting her daughter marry her nephew, but later, by coincidence, her daughter was betrothed to the second son of the Duke of Chengguo. "Your cousin and his family are back too."
"Very good." Liu Yulian said. She put the piles of papers on the table together and used something heavy to press them down to prevent the wind from blowing them away. "When did they come back?"
"They just got back today, but they can't come over so soon. They need two days to sort things out first." Mother Liu said with a smile, "Your uncle and his family have finally come through all the hardships. They can be said to have made it through."
Mother Liu originally thought that as long as the Liu family's problems did not affect Master Xue, it would be fine. She certainly wanted her brother to be fine, as he had climbed to his current position mainly through his own ability.
The people in Xue Bo's Mansion don't care about Mr. Xue Er. Mr. Xue Bo doesn't like Mr. Xue Er, and Mr. Xue Er doesn't go to the Mansion often.
Why is Liu's mother so dignified and virtuous? This is also related to her biological mother's experience in the uncle's mansion. Old Uncle Xue is not a very good person. He is so afraid that his stepson will harm his original wife's legitimate son. So why did Old Uncle Xue marry again and why did he let his stepmother get pregnant?
Liu Mu's mother, the current Madam Xue, has never failed to teach her daughter. Madam Xue wants her daughter to be dignified and virtuous. Madam Xue's background is not that good. She is the daughter of a minor official, not a lady from a famous family.
After marrying Uncle Xue, Mrs. Xue lived a cautious life, afraid to make any mistakes. She taught her daughter so much because she only hoped that she could become a dignified and virtuous woman. A dignified and virtuous woman would have a better life in her husband's family and be respected by them.
Sometimes, Liu's mother thought that no matter how dignified and virtuous her biological mother was, her father didn't like her much. However, Liu's mother did gain the respect of Liu's father because of her dignified and virtuous character. She, a daughter of a second wife, was able to marry the prince of the marquisate because the former marquis's wife thought she was good.
In order to marry into a good family, Liu's mother worked very hard.
"It's better to get through it." Liu Yulian had met Mr. Xue a few times, but Mr. Xue was transferred out not long after she was born.
Liu Yulian was not that familiar with Master Xue, so since she was not familiar with him, it was impossible for her to think anything of Master Xue. Liu Yulian just felt that her mother was happy. If her mother was happy, Liu Yulian would be happy too.
"But are we going to my uncle's house?" Liu Yulian asked.
"Well, let's go to your second uncle's house." Mother Liu said, "There's no need to go to your eldest uncle's house."
Every time Mrs. Liu thought of Uncle Xue, she thought that Uncle Xue had never considered her as his younger sister, so there was no need for her to get closer to Uncle Xue.
After Liu's mother got married, she rarely went back to her parents' home, and when she did, it was mainly to visit her mother and brother. After her father died, her brother was transferred to another place with their mother, and Liu's mother saw Uncle Xue even less often.
Regardless of what happened to the Marquis of Jingning Mansion, Master Xue never visited it often. Master Xue didn't want people to think that he relied on his stepmother's sister, so after the incident at the Marquis of Jingning Mansion, he didn't say much.
Uncle Xue is currently working at the Ministry of Works. He doesn't do anything important and sometimes stays at home. When he learned that Second Master Xue and his family had returned to Beijing, he thought that the wife of Marquis Jingning would go to see Second Master Xue. It was unlikely that the wife of Marquis Jingning would come to Uncle Xue's residence.
Regardless of whether the wife of Marquis Jingning would come to the Xuebo Mansion, Master Xue did not care. He believed that he did not try to gain connections with Marquis Jingning when he was rich and powerful, nor did he ask Marquis Jingning to help him do things. The Jingning Mansion was raided, but it was not because of him. He did not go to help the Jingning Mansion, so it was nothing.
He didn't care about what happened to Marquis Jingning or Mr. Xue Erye. He just stayed at home and went to the yamen to work.
At the Xue Bo Mansion, when Mrs. Xue learned that Mr. Xue and his family had returned, she had been married into the Xue family for so many years and had long known that her husband was far away from his other brothers and sisters.
The main reason was that Uncle Xue's grandmother took care of him and was wary of others, and Uncle Xue did the same. This precautionary approach reduced the affection between the brothers and sisters.
After Madam Xue married into the family, she was unable to change the situation. She could only obey her husband and not care about those people.
"Mother." Miss Xue San was sitting in front of Madam Xue.
"What's wrong?" asked Mrs. Xue.
"Can my daughter enter the research institute?" Miss Xue San wanted to go to the research institute.
Yesterday, Miss Xue San was gathered with her friends. Her friends said that Princess Rongning was her cousin and asked her if Princess Rongning would let her go to the research institute. Miss Xue San had no idea whether Princess Rongning was willing to let her go to the research institute, because Princess Rongning's own sister didn't go to the research institute.
Third Miss Xue and Liu Yulian had very few contacts. Before the Jingning Marquis's residence was raided, the two families had no contact. Third Miss Xue and Liu Yulian were of similar age, but they didn't spend much time together.
"How did you think of this?" Mrs. Xue was puzzled.
"My daughter just heard about it." Miss Xue San said, "There are not many officials in the institute, and Rong Ning can let people in directly."
"You haven't done those studies, so how can you go?" Madam Xue thought that even if they talked about this matter in front of Princess Rongning, Princess Rongning would not let Miss Xue go.
Princess Rongning's relationship with the Xue family wasn't particularly close, so Madam Xue wouldn't have the nerve to say such things. It would be best for the Xue family to avoid the people from the Jingning Marquisate. If they did, they would only be slapped in the face.
"You can learn it." Miss Xue San said the same thing as Mrs. Mei Ershao, "No one is born knowing those things. You still have to learn them."
Miss Xue San just wanted to go to the research institute to take a look, thinking how great it would be if she could also become an official.
"Then you should work hard and wait until you are admitted." Madam Xue said bluntly, "Your father never went to the Marquis of Jingning's mansion often before, and he didn't use his connections there. What will you do there?"
It is impossible for Madam Xue to bow down to Princess Rongning for the sake of her daughter, and it is impossible for Princess Rongning to let her daughter go to the research institute just because she bows down.
Princess Rongning became a first-rank official at the research institute, which meant she was officially in the officialdom. Even though the research institute was a little different, Madam Xue didn't think Princess Rongning would give in.
The next day, Liu Yulian entered the palace. She waited until the emperor left court before handing the item over to the emperor.
Liu Yulian didn't like the seriousness of the court. She was at most a scientific researcher. How could she like to watch those people in the court fighting against each other?
"The soap made using this method is more convenient to use." Liu Yulian said. That was the method she got from the system.
The materials used for soap are not particularly rare. You don’t have to use lard. You can also use other methods to make soap.
The game system is from later times, and some of the content is quite advanced.
Pork was not cheap in ancient times, and people liked fatty meat. This was mainly because people in ancient times rarely ate meat, so they inevitably liked fatter meat.
Liu Yulian thought they didn't have to use lard to make soap, as many time-traveling women did. Liu Yulian didn't like that, believing lard was also a kind of food, and in the absence of food, they shouldn't use edible things to make soap.
Even though soap leaves, used to make soap, are not inherently toxic and would be safe to ingest, they are unpalatable and generally not consumed by humans. Some soap leaves may be slightly toxic, but that toxicity is neutralized after processing.
Some women who travel through time use lard to make soap, which is mostly related to the fact that they don’t have any other cheats.
Liu Yulian had a cheat. She wouldn't have suggested using lard to make soap, knowing full well that it could be made without it. Games, novels, and other things with fantasy elements always seem more developed than reality.
"There are other things as well." Liu Yulian didn't elaborate on them one by one. "The research institute can earn a portion of its own profits, half of which goes to the national treasury, and the remaining is divided into two halves. This is then divided again, with one-fifth being left as a reward for the research team. I don't quite understand these things, but researchers have worked so hard to develop so many new things. If they were forced to live in poverty forever, they would lose their motivation."
Liu Yulian thought for a moment and added, "Not every family is originally so wealthy. Some are very poor."
"That's a good idea." The emperor himself thought that the institute could bring great benefits to the court, so he didn't think about the institute making money in other ways.
"The research institute doesn't sell these things individually; it's technology transfer," Liu Yulian said. "The revenue is divided according to the technology transfer fee."
"Don't let the research institute sell it?" The emperor originally thought that Liu Yulian wanted to sell the research institute.
"No." Liu Yulian shook her head. "I thought about selling it last night, but I didn't think about it this morning. They're researchers, not businessmen. If they were asked to do business, wouldn't they always have to worry about whether they could make money? We can just transfer the technology directly, and those people can just pay for it."
Liu Yulian thought this was the best approach, as it would allow those people to focus on research. Patents could make money, so those people would have to do more research.
"Technology transfer requires special technology," Liu Yulian said. "The imperial court must protect such technology..."
Liu Yulian said a lot of things, but the Internet in ancient times was not that developed. If one person used it in the south and another used it in the north, one bought the technology and the other didn't. It would probably take several years for the one who bought the technology to find out that it had been stolen.
Therefore, Liu Yulian knew that simple technology that could be easily copied was useless. What was needed was technology that was not easily copied, so that the buyer would not have to worry about the technology being easily cracked.
The emperor understood some of what he heard, but not others. He thought to himself that he was not a scientific researcher and did not understand these things at all.
However, the emperor felt that it would be better if the institute did not sell those products separately, but only sold technology. The court could also provide guidance, which would prevent the institute from dominating. After all, the emperor had to consider the overall situation and the long-term, not just the immediate.
"Write a memorial and ask the people from the Ministry of Revenue to discuss it." The emperor said that the money would have to go to the Ministry of Revenue sooner or later.
"I've finished writing." Liu Yulian took out the letter. "Don't worry about the parts that were crossed out. I crossed them out this morning. I didn't have that much time, so I didn't write another one."
"Okay." The emperor thought this was not a problem.
The emperor thought Liu Yulian really loved research. When Liu Yulian talked about her research, she was very knowledgeable, and she also talked about hybrid rice, grafting, etc. The emperor really didn't know that those crops could be made in that way, and he also knew that some people might raise ethical issues.
Those are plants, and as long as those plants can produce more food, that's fine.
The emperor didn't think there was anything wrong with doing so. Perhaps those people hadn't come up with anything because they simply didn't open their minds.
"A mule born from a donkey and a horse is good." The emperor also knew a little about hybrid rice and asked people to study it.
Those people haven't researched anything themselves, so how can they say that other people's methods are bad? The emperor let Liu Yulian take charge of the research institute, hoping that Liu Yulian would come up with good ideas.
"Go ahead and do it," said the emperor.
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