Jiang Jingyang attacked this time and was ordered to capture Zhao Chanyu alive. Naturally, she was extremely confident.
The basis of self-confidence is naturally her own skills. She is indeed a capable person, she is agile, and she is very skilled in using various weapons. She is also very knowledgeable about hidden weapons. Jiang Jingyang has some knowledge of any ability that can increase her combat effectiveness.
Secondly, Jiang Jingyang is no longer a young boy who has just entered the world. She has experienced many times of life and death, and there is no shortage of experience in fighting with others. She has suffered enough of martial arts training when she heads east with the old Taoist priest. In her eyes, ordinary people have no chance of winning against themselves, and her victory has always made her feel full of confidence.
However, what Jiang Jingyang didn't know was that what she was about to face was not just a simple Zhao Chanyu, but also a monster-like character Chen Zhao.
Return to Chen Zhao's perspective.
The next morning, Chen Zhao mysteriously called his sister Chen Xuan to his small yard and performed the so-called turning stones into gold for her. He didn't know that a beautiful warrior with high martial arts skills had already set his sights on his subordinates and his White Lotus power. He just moved forward his plan step by step.
Chen Xuan was very excited. She got up early all morning and waited for her brother to fulfill their promises. Chen Zhao also smiled. The recent work has been progressing smoothly and is progressing relatively smoothly. In addition, Qianqian is pregnant, he is in a very good mood.
What was Chen Zhao prepared for Chen Xuan to turn stones into gold?It's very simple, it's a small chemical experiment of zinc replacing copper.
Chen Xuan looked at her brother fiddling with bottles and jars on the table, looking forward to how her brother turned stones into gold.
Chen Zhao first showed his zinc rod in his hand to his sister, and asked her to check it carefully. Chen Xuan took the zinc rod into her hand. From the perspective of material, it looked no different from the kitchen knife at home. In Chen Xuan's perception, it should be iron. Then Chen Zhao inserted the zinc rod into the copper sulfate solution and told Chen Xuan to carefully observe the surface of the zinc rod. Not long after, the golden copper was replaced, and a very dazzling copper-plated layer was formed on the surface of the zinc rod. Chen Xuan's mouth was big, and Qianqian and Liu Yue'er, who were basking in the sun and watching the fun behind, also widened their eyes in surprise.
Chen Zhao smiled and put the copper-plated zinc rod into his pocket. He definitely could not use this thing to his sister to verify whether it really turned into gold. After all, the texture of copper is still very different from that of gold, but it looks a bit similar on the surface.
elder brother!Could you really be a god descending to earth?!Chen Xuan ran to Chen Zhao excitedly, and she admired Chen Zhao so much.
Chen Zhao smiled and said: Of course, my brother is not a god descending to earth. Everyone can learn this craft of turning stones into gold. But I told Xuan'er that to learn this craft, you must work hard and think about it. Are you willing to learn it with me?
Chen Xuan nodded hurriedly.
Chen Zhao rubbed Chen Xuan's head intimately and said: To learn this skill, Xuan'er still has a long way to go, but Xuan'er can read and write now. My brother will teach you when he has time. This skill of stone turning into gold is called 'chemistry', which is a science to study the laws of changing everything.
Chen Xuan looked at Chen Zhao with admiration, hugged his arm and said: Brother, Xuan'er is not afraid of hardship, Xuan'er will learn the law of changes in everything!
Not only do you have to endure hardships, you must not let outsiders know about studying chemistry, and even the Chen family members cannot say that if you tell me, the emperor will send someone to capture me.
Chen Xuan promised with a serious look: Brother, Xuan'er will definitely keep the secret for you!
Chen Zhao nodded with a smile, then took out a periodic table of elements and handed it to Chen Xuan, and said: Xuan'er, the first job you have to do is memorize this table intact. It's not enough to memorize it. You have to memorize it backwards. When I talk about something in this table, you have to answer what the previous and next ones of this thing are. Only then can you pass the qualifications. After you memorize it and I pass the exam, we can officially start learning chemistry.
When Chen Xuan heard that she had to memorize something, she must have shirked everything, but today she was quite active. After taking the form, she couldn't wait to read it. However, she didn't know most of the characters on the form. There were many characters next to the golden characters, and many characters with the beginning of the characters were quite unfamiliar. Fortunately, Chen Zhao marked the pinyin on these elements, which did not delay her reading and writing these elements.
Brother, Xuan'er will be able to memorize this afternoon, and then my brother will come to take Xuan'er exam!
Chen Xuan said confidently that, indeed, for the Ming Dynasty intellectuals who had received primary education, memorizing was simply a simple basic skill.
OK, my brother will go to take your test in the afternoon!
Chen Xuan carefully put away the periodic table of elements and went back happily.
Liu Yue'er walked to Chen Zhao's side, looked at Chen Xuan closing Chen Zhao's courtyard gate, and asked curiously: Young Master can really turn stones into gold?
Chen Zhao laughed and took out the copper-plated zinc rod and handed it to Liu Yue'er. When Liu Yue'er touched it, she knew that the golden metal was not gold. She bit it with her teeth and confirmed that this hardness should be copper.
There is no stone turning into gold, it is just a layer of copper plated, which looks like it has turned into gold.
Liu Yue'er felt a little relieved. She was really worried that Chen Zhao would have the ability to turn stones into gold. All the starting points she thought were Chen Zhao, so she was naturally afraid that the young master would be targeted because of this ability.
But even if it is not gold, how did the young master turn iron into copper?This is also a skill that only Taoist priests and gods have!
Liu Yue'er asked in confusion, and Qianqian also walked over slowly, waiting for Chen Zhao to explain with interest.
Chen Zhao said: This is the knowledge I want to teach Xuan'er. Everything in the world has its own internal laws. As long as you master the rules, you can transform all things in the world back and forth like me. Because I master this knowledge, I can turn water into air, wood into dry ice, and steel into liquid... I can even call wind and rain, go to heaven and earth, but I have to pay a certain price to make this transformation...
Qianqian was very interested at first, but when she heard the price, she immediately thought about whether the young master had shortened his lifespan because of this conversion spell. She immediately wrinkled her nose and was about to cry. Chen Zhao hurriedly hugged her and explained: This price is not lifespan, it is energy. The explanation to you is too complicated. It is harmless to the young master. Otherwise, how dare I let my real sister learn this chemistry?
Qianqian and Liu Yue'er felt relieved when they heard this.
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Qianqian said: Young master, Qianqian is stupid and illiterate, and can’t learn this ability, but Qianqian also wants to help the young master. Qianqian knows that Sister Yue'er is busy fiddling with that "radio station" every day, but Qianqian is useless...
Chen Zhao smiled and said: Qianqian, don’t worry, there are so many places you can help me in the future. Even if you are illiterate, I will have places to help you in the future. It won’t take long. Young Master, I will build a place called the “Science and Society Research Institute”. This place is the foundation of our future and is a very, very important place. At that time, I need you to be responsible for the logistics work of this research institute.
When Qianqian heard this, she became a little scared. This place is so important, she was afraid that she would not be able to do it well.
Liu Yue'er smiled beside him and said: Young Master, you scared Qianqian. I guess Qianqian is now worried about how to raise the young master's child!
Qianqian blushed and said: Young Master, Qianqian really thinks that!
Chen Zhao smiled and said: Qianqian, don’t belittle yourself. Young master, there are too few people around me who can trust. You two are people around me. Important work cannot be handed over to people I don’t trust. You have to work hard to give birth and raise children, and you have to pay attention to your future work. I can count on you two.
Qianqian nodded bravely. Qianqian and Liu Yue'er had some thoughts about the male lead in this era, the female lead in the outside and the inside. However, under the influence of Chen Zhao in recent years, they have also made positive changes in their mentality. Chen Zhao advocated the idea that women are not ashamed to work, and this kind of equal rights idea is still too advanced. Most people in the Chen family cannot accept it very quickly. However, as the two closest women around Chen Zhao, they must have been more or less affected. Therefore, when Chen Zhao explained work to Liu Yue'er and Qianqian, neither of them would feel that they should not do these things as women.
Chen Zhao had actually started planning to build the White Lotus Science and Society Research Institute long ago.
It is easy to understand to establish scientific research facilities and develop science and technology. Science and technology is the primary productive force. The growth and progress of science and technology directly affect the life and death of the country. However, the name of this institute is not the Academy of Sciences, but puts science and sociology side by side. As a historian, Chen Zhao knew very well that the importance of developing sociology is no less than that of developing science.
We can start from a small example and understand the importance of sociology to the entire white lotus system.
Today, the two concepts of country and society that we are very familiar with have not been widely understood by humans in this era. When Europeans face a foreigner, they pay most attention to not the people from which country they are. What they pay most attention to is what religion the other party believes in. If you and I both believe in Catholicism, then they can be regarded as their own people. This ideology cannot be understood in today's society. For example, a Buddhist will not think that the other party is his own person when he sees an Indian Buddhist, and he will not be able to form a consensus on the level of basic ideology.
At this time, under the feudal system in Europe, there were many states, and there were thousands of large and small states in the German Empire. These states only had limited obligations to the emperor and only had limited power. This was by no means a country in the modern sense.
How did the concept of a country be born in Europe?
Textbooks tell us that it was because of the rise of nationalism that the initial form of the country was formed, but this statement does not conform to the concept of historical materialism.
The essential reason that really led to the sequel of the country is: capital has emerged, and capital requires extensive mobilization and concentration of productivity, thus creating a scale cluster effect and forming a more efficient capital accumulation. However, the feudal productive group with many countries is too dispersed, and land resources are also dispersed, which leads to the extreme dispersion of the productive elements of capital. Under the demand and promotion of capital, a series of scholars who study nationalism and natural human rights were sponsored, creating the entire ideological discourse system that serves conducive to capital reproduction, giving justice to the revolution, and the modern revolution that swept Europe, and the emergence of a truly modern state in Europe.
This is a very easy-to-understand concept. In a modern factory, to recruit people, labor force must be recruited from all over the country. Because the resource values of each region are different, capital will inevitably choose the cheapest labor force for recruitment. However, if there is no unified country, the recruitment of cross-state countries will inevitably incur higher costs, which is not in line with the logic of capital development.
This point has been pointed out in Marxist theory... Production relations determine the superstructure.
Looking at China in this era, by the same token, the Chinese in this era almost did not have the concept of nationalism, nor did they have a broad concept of sociality, because in the production relations system of natural small peasant economy, there is no need for the superstructure of modern countries, a common people in the Ming Dynasty, whose collective concept is still within the scope of clans and villages. At this time, the word society is used separately.
The society is the lord of the land.The land is vast and cannot be respected all, so the land is enthroned as a society to repay the merits.
Before the late Qing Dynasty, people on Chinese land understood the word "social" in this way. Under the conditions of natural economy, people obtained their most basic living materials from the land...
Food, wood, etc., they naturally developed a kind of worship and repay kindness to the land. As a modern human being, we have a scientific explanation to understand and analyze the scientific nature of land production crops, but the ancients did not have this perspective. When discussing the social concepts of the ancients, the Marxist perspective must be indispensable. This is a typical example of the production relations determining the superstructure.
Under this simplest emotional impulse, there was a concrete object like the God of Land in ancient times. The land was vast and people must find a limited and concrete object to worship and express the infinite and abstract objects of the land.
Therefore, people enacted land as a society, built a land temple, and held sacrificial activities in this society temple to express gratitude and worship for the abstract land. This kind of land temple is small, the small altar in the fields, and as big as the Temple of Heaven, it is the same.
On this basis, the initial social form condensed...
Township and village communities, and later, poetry and tea communities gradually developed. The concept of society was widely used to refer to a loose group composed of people with similar interests.
The word "Cheng" naturally means assembly. Assembly is held for different purposes. Of course, the form of assembly is also dominated by natural economic production relations.
Therefore, starting from the word society and looking at the social concepts of ancient people from the perspective of historical materialism, we can find that the social concepts of ancient people are completely different from those of modern people. Therefore, under the constraints of productivity conditions, the ancient people did not have the concepts of modern state and modern society.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty people at this time also had a very limited concept of state, and the concept of state was not formed by nationalism. This simple patriotism still cooperated with productivity, production relations, and natural resource allocation. How did China form a unified country as early as the Qin Dynasty?
The root cause lies in geographical factors and natural resource allocation.
How to understand this sentence?
If we compare the 400mm precipitation line in the entire China region with the map of the Great Wall, we can find that these two lines are actually highly overlapping. That is to say, north of the Great Wall, there is a area with sparse precipitation, and south of the Great Wall, there is a area with more influence from the Pacific warm current and relatively abundant precipitation.
Of course, the ancient Chinese people and rulers did not have the concept of waiting for the precipitation line, but they were able to build the Great Wall just in the location of waiting for the precipitation line. What does this mean?
The nomadic peoples in the north naturally live in northern areas with sparse precipitation. Natural resource conditions such as temperature and precipitation are destined to have nomadic activities. Once they suffer from major disasters and cattle, horses and sheep die in groups, they must go south to plunder the farming areas. This plunder is tribal and extremely large in scale. After all, natural problems will not explode in a single point but in a super-large area. Therefore, the tribes in the north will be more inclined to tribal union, and a single small southern country cannot fight against it by its own strength. This prompts the farming nations in the south to form a unity and jointly resist the plunder in the north.
When a farming nation in the south encounters a major disaster, it can be unified in the form of state annexation because of the homogeneity of natural resources. Once a small country encounters a major disaster, it will inevitably be annexed by a larger neighbor. A unified country is also conducive to forming resistance to regional disaster risks. The nomadic peoples in the north have difficulty in completing highly centralized unification like southern nations, and can only form a limited alliance.
This is the perspective of historical materialism. When looking at historical issues, if you understand the problem from the basis of ideology, emperor personality, national character, language and culture, autocratic system, etc., it is not enough to touch the essence of the problem. These conditions are catalysts and have a certain effect. However, the lowest element that truly determines historical development is still the natural resource conditions and the production relations formed based on such natural conditions. The invasion of the grassland tribes in the north was not because they were barbaric in nature, and the formation of a unified country on the land of China in the south was not because the Chinese were docile and easy to manage.
The greatness of Marx's theory is also fully reflected here. Analyzing history is not something you think. History is all non-subjective and can be analyzed with the basis of productive facts.
When superstructures have a severe conflict with the productivity mode, it is the moment when reform and revolution come.
Obviously, in this situation where national consciousness and social consciousness have little foundation, modern industrial society cannot be established.
Now Chen Zhao hopes to incubate an industrial embryo, that is, to build a society with superior production relations. If the superstructure that is equal to production relations is not actively constructed through the development of sociology, contradictions will inevitably arise and revolution will inevitably break out. The White Lotus regime faces the colonialism of Western Europe outside and the Ming regime that is still strong internally, and the internal revolution will inevitably fail.
Therefore, the need to develop sociology became urgent. Sociological research concerns the life and death of the White Lotus system, which is comparable to technology.
As for the specific plan, Chen Zhaoze was not eager for quick success and instant benefits. The first thing he had to do was to popularize basic education. If it were put in the past some time, Chen Zhao would have accelerated the launch of this big project. Even if he had no money on hand and no basic education conditions, he had to do it. After all, if he wanted to build such a huge system, it would be impossible to complete without a decades of layout. Chen Zhao wanted to ensure that the project system was completed in his lifetime. He was not sure whether people would continue his thinking and promote social construction after his death. But after all, the situation has changed now. Chen Zhao has an infinite lifespan, and things can be done step by step.
From the perspective and change to the Bailian area of Yushan, I will briefly introduce the current development status of the Bailian base.
It has been a while since Chen Zhao made drastic reforms, and the entire Yushan... Ishise area has undergone great changes.
The biggest change is the core area of Bailianyuan Hall, which is where Chen Zhao came to the door with a submachine gun and a bulletproof vest.
The six masters and the masters of the hall have moved, built new houses around Bailian headquarters, and brought their families with their families to the construction of Bailian First Hospital. A large amount of labor was invested in the construction of Bailian First Hospital. Moreover, the experimental field of scientific planting method planned by Chen Zhao at the beginning was mainly centered around Bailian headquarters. It was originally just a courtyard, a tea shop, and several thatched huts. A cluster effect was quickly formed at the foot of Yushan Mountain. Farmers who learned the scientific planting method and the laborers who built the hospital made the population prosperous here. The relevant managers of Bailian Sect gathered nearby during the day. This was also a propaganda and dissemination base for the White Lotus Doctrine. This place where birds were not shit quickly became lively.
The gathering of population has attracted more industries to enter, and restaurants, snack stalls, and various shops have also settled in. Some rich farmers with unique vision have also begun to build houses around them. From the perspective of modern investment, the appreciation of nearby land is the main driving force for building houses, but the rich farmers in this era have no economic concept, they just follow the simplest principles to gather...
This neighborhood is getting more and more lively, and it is also convenient to learn the scientific planting method of the Holy Son nearby.
If it is just a population aggregation, it is not enough to quickly improve the local construction level. The initial foundation and relative concentration of roads, safety guarantees, water resources, medical resources, and public health resources have also played a key role.
When Chen Zhao popularized the scientific planting method, he introduced a spiral pressure water intake irrigation system, and also guided the construction of a hydraulic mill. These two relatively primitive machinery are not complicated and do not require high-standard power and manpower, which has a significant improvement in the efficiency of the agricultural system, making it more convenient for farmers to get water intake and irrigate and make processed food.
The White Lotus Guard is stationed nearby for training, so there is no need to worry about the harassment of bandits and robbers.
The newly built gravel road is quite convenient. It only takes half of the time to walk the same journey.
This is the invisible benefit brought by basic construction.
For the White Lotus regime that Chen Zhao had just established, the entire White Lotus area was in an extremely backward and primitive and natural state. From the perspective of improving the degree of development, the first thing Chen Zhao needed to do was to invest in basic construction. The investment in basic construction paid the initial cost needed to develop productivity, and this cost was extremely huge, without any return and no substantial benefit. However, once this cost was advanced, people would naturally migrate to areas with lower production and living costs.
This is the classic sunk cost theory.
Never believe the logic of the so-called great entrepreneurship of Americans and personal efforts to change their destiny, represented by Bill Gates' garage entrepreneurship, which is a pure ideology. The reason why Bill Gates succeeded is because during the space war between the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, the United States' military system invested huge amounts of manpower and material resources to develop an Internet system, relying on this system to conduct space communication. The Internet is the product of the military battle between the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Internet system was lifted for civilian use. Bill Gates only transformed this military system into civilian operation.
Astronomical huge military investment has created nearly unlimited sunk costs. Once this sunk costs are transferred to civilian use, it can provide huge growth space, so Bill Gates' story is far less inspiring and legendary. He took the free ride of national investment, and the US military has already paid his early costs in advance.
What Chen Zhao is doing now is to constantly add basic investment in the area controlled by Bailian to pile up the sunken cost as much as possible. The more investments such as this kind of investment without seeking returns, the greater the space for future growth and development. The short-term benefits pursued by personal capital, no one will spend money to build roads and houses, and spend such huge costs to do business at a loss, but Chen Zhao, who is standing at a higher level, has a natural and broad vision.
Of course, the most important prerequisite for making these sunk costs truly work is that Chen Zhao can take confidential measures so that he will not expose his developing Bailian power to the Ming government too quickly. All investments must be kept and belong to the Bailian regime.
So after guiding Chen Xuan to the path of chemistry majoring, Chen Zhao was about to go to Hangzhou Prefecture to train the young ladies in the rice noodle shop to treat customers and do business. Secondly, it is also the most important thing. He was going to give high-quality mirrors to the powerful and wealthy people in Hangzhou Prefecture like Wang Shizhen.
Glass business is given first and then done, and then lost money and then made money. This is a big move that must be taken.
It can be imagined that when Chen Zhao used points to exchange for modern glassware and artworks, as well as a series of high-end glass products such as floor-standing mirrors, it would inevitably cause great shock. All forces would turn their attention and attention to Chen Zhao, greedy for this huge piece of fat. When the powerful and powerful found out that he was just the son of a landlord, they would definitely attack Chen Zhao. But if Chen Zhao added several layers of identity, such as Wang Shizhen's age-lost friendship?
Another example is the guest minister of Hangzhou Prefect Zhao Shoucheng?
Or are the celebrities around the powerful people in various places in Hangzhou Prefecture?
When people who were jealous of this glass business asked, oh, it turned out to be someone supported by Lord Wang Shizhen. Isn’t Chen Zhao’s cake just a cake that touched Wang Shizhen?
Don’t mess with such a great master who can reach the top of the world.
For safety reasons, this mirror gift must be arranged.
The mirrors given out are also beneficial. When Wang Shizhen and other top celebrities in Hangzhou Prefecture played with the mirrors given by Chen Zhao, they invisibly advertised for Chen Zhao. The circle of powerful people in Hangzhou Prefecture is so big. Who has some new things? After a cocktail party, the poems party will basically spread the next day. If a trend can be formed, Chen Zhao's glass market will naturally be full of vitality.
Chen Zhao spent some time in selecting specific glass product gifts.
Modern glassware was too high-end to the ancients. Why?
Because of the maturity of the cutting process, a modern glass cup can cut extremely regular and flat glass surfaces. The reflection and refraction formed by multiple glass surfaces are shining colorfully under the light. Chen Zhao took a simple and ordinary glass cup that had just been exchanged and looked at it again and again, but he still felt that such gorgeous and dazzling things were not easy to send.
As the leader of the last seven sons of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shizhen was noble and honest. In addition to being a little unrestrained in his private life, he was still strict with himself on the issue of corruption. This kind of gorgeous thing that seemed to be sold at a high price, but Wang Shizhen really might not be able to accept it.
But a large floor-standing mirror is different. Although modern floor-standing mirrors are also extremely magical in the eyes of people in the Ming Dynasty, this thing has a useful value after all, unlike glassware and handicrafts. In the eyes of people in the Ming Dynasty, handicrafts are almost equivalent to gold and silver. They are not used, but are valuable items that collect and play with, and improve their identity. The floor-standing mirrors have some practical value. Who doesn’t look in a mirror?
In this way, giving a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror also has a reason. It is not as heavy as giving gifts directly like giving glass crafts. Wang Shizhen has many wives and concubines. It is impossible for the women of the Wang family to refuse the temptation of mirrors. Mirrors can also improve the quality of private life, and Wang Shizhen must like it.
The place where Wu Zetian and her many lovers had fun was the mirror room. The whole room was filled with bronze mirrors, which shows that the ancients were quite creative in sex life and could use mirrors completely.
Under this guiding ideology, Chen Zhao selected more than a dozen floor-to-ceiling mirrors.
The highest-standard large floor-standing mirror was naturally given to Wang Shizhen. The whole mirror was thick and heavy, one meter long and one meter wide, close to the golden ratio, and is a ratio that humans naturally love. Chen Zhao of the frame decoration has been carefully studied. The wooden decoration on the frame is absolutely forbidden to dragon patterns, dragon shapes, dragon phoenixes and seals. If these decorations that mark the royal elements are made, it is not a gift, but a gift to others.
The principle of pattern decoration design is simple and elegant, which conforms to the literary temperament. The material of the frame is made of bamboo, mahogany and other materials.
Chen Zhao himself did not have a high level of research on design and aesthetics. He picked it up again and again in Mr. Shanshui’s exchange mall, and even exchanged it for Dream of Red Mansions to study the aesthetics of the ancients, and finally finalized this mirror.
The overall cost was beyond Chen Zhao's expectations. Such a large floor-standing mirror cost less than 2 points. After all, in this era, the West could already produce high-quality glass. Although mass production of large-scale glass is far from enough, technical generation difference is one thing, and whether there is one thing is another. As long as there is high-quality glass, the price of ordinary glass in the mall is bargain. Of course, high-tech glass products such as atomized glass, one-way perspective glass, and electric dimming glass Ah are still outrageously expensive.
After thinking about the logic before and after, Chen Zhao immediately started to act. He took several servants of the Chen family to wrap more than a dozen mirrors prepared in silk and load them on the carriage. After taking certain shock absorption measures, he drove to Hangzhou Prefecture and arrived before noon.
Li Li's department is very efficient in its service. The store has been prepared for Chen Zhao, and all kinds of land deeds are complete. The store itself is large and has a second-story structure. Several young ladies brought from the Bailian area are temporarily living here. Chen Zhao has only been away for a day. Zhou Lin is aiming at the end of the street behind the small window on the second floor every day, waiting for when the Holy Son will come to arrange tasks for them.
As soon as Chen Zhao arrived, he was immediately warmly welcomed by seven women. Chen Zhao first sent a post to Wang Shizhen and other powerful people's houses as planned, informing the younger generation that Chen Zhao was about to visit, and then teaching the seven little ladies while waiting for Wang Shizhen's reply.
The training of waiters in rice noodle shops should not be done quickly. Chen Zhao always believes in one truth: if you have big steps, it will be nonsense. Especially for service industry training, let alone in the Ming Dynasty, even modern waiters training requires a long time, and all actions and arrangements must be realistic.
Chen Zhao first introduced to these seven women that this store was used to sell rice noodles. After a brief introduction, he focused on emphasizing the issue of food hygiene. In fact, the people of the Ming Dynasty were not as demanding as modern people about whether the food production process was clean or not. They could eat it and didn’t have a stomachache. However, these seven women were senior service talents trained by Chen Zhao. In the future, they would lead and train large-scale service teams, so the theoretical foundation must be laid for them.
After teaching a lesson, Wang Shizhen's people came to pass on the oral message. Wang Shizhen invited Chen Zhao to the palace for a dinner.
Chen Zhao immediately set off and headed straight to the palace with the gift.
When he arrived at the royal palace, what unexpectedly happened to Chen Zhao was that it was not only Wang Shizhen who went out to welcome Chen Zhao, but also his younger brother Wang Shimao and Zhejiang General Li Chao. In Chen Zhao's memory, Wang Shimao should be the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple in Nanjing at this time, the fourth rank, and the Zhejiang General was nominally the second rank, but in fact, the general in the court did not have a high voice. After Zhang Juzheng was sovereign, the tendency of civil servants to completely suppress military officers became more and more serious. After seeing the combination of these three, Chen Zhao flashed his spirit and suddenly felt that his understanding of the history of Wang Shizhen's family had a further step.
Although Wang Shizhen and his younger brother Wang Shimao were both civil servants in the true sense, the Wang family had a close relationship with the military officer system. Their father Wang Jun and his father were rectified in the Zhejiang area during the Jiajing period. The famous "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" was once in the hands of Wang Jun. Chen Zhao vaguely felt that he had grasped a hidden line in history, which was the dispute between civil and military affairs in the Ming Dynasty. The history of the entire Ming Dynasty was the history of the changes in the civil servant system that completely overwhelmed the military officer system.
One of the reasons why Zhang Juzheng was so inconsistent with Wang Shizhen was probably a struggle between civil and military. Since Wang Jun, the Wang family has been inconsistent with the eunuchs and civil servants. They are likely to be the spokespersons of military officers in the court, representing the interests of the military officer class. Wang Jun was even controlled by Yan Song and Yan Shifan, a treacherous father and son. In the end, Wang Jun was beheaded by Emperor Jiajing in the West City because of his ineffective response to the rebellion. Wang Shizhen and his younger brother Wang Shimao ran through the court for more than ten years, until the dynasty changed. In the first year of Qinglong, Emperor Muzong of the Ming Dynasty rehabilitated Wang Jun, who had been wrongly killed for more than ten years in order to stabilize the court and the people.
Now Chen Zhao met the General of Zhejiang in Wang Shizhen's family. Looking back at the entire history, it is not surprising to think of the close relationship between the Wang family and the military officer system.
The basis of self-confidence is naturally her own skills. She is indeed a capable person, she is agile, and she is very skilled in using various weapons. She is also very knowledgeable about hidden weapons. Jiang Jingyang has some knowledge of any ability that can increase her combat effectiveness.
Secondly, Jiang Jingyang is no longer a young boy who has just entered the world. She has experienced many times of life and death, and there is no shortage of experience in fighting with others. She has suffered enough of martial arts training when she heads east with the old Taoist priest. In her eyes, ordinary people have no chance of winning against themselves, and her victory has always made her feel full of confidence.
However, what Jiang Jingyang didn't know was that what she was about to face was not just a simple Zhao Chanyu, but also a monster-like character Chen Zhao.
Return to Chen Zhao's perspective.
The next morning, Chen Zhao mysteriously called his sister Chen Xuan to his small yard and performed the so-called turning stones into gold for her. He didn't know that a beautiful warrior with high martial arts skills had already set his sights on his subordinates and his White Lotus power. He just moved forward his plan step by step.
Chen Xuan was very excited. She got up early all morning and waited for her brother to fulfill their promises. Chen Zhao also smiled. The recent work has been progressing smoothly and is progressing relatively smoothly. In addition, Qianqian is pregnant, he is in a very good mood.
What was Chen Zhao prepared for Chen Xuan to turn stones into gold?It's very simple, it's a small chemical experiment of zinc replacing copper.
Chen Xuan looked at her brother fiddling with bottles and jars on the table, looking forward to how her brother turned stones into gold.
Chen Zhao first showed his zinc rod in his hand to his sister, and asked her to check it carefully. Chen Xuan took the zinc rod into her hand. From the perspective of material, it looked no different from the kitchen knife at home. In Chen Xuan's perception, it should be iron. Then Chen Zhao inserted the zinc rod into the copper sulfate solution and told Chen Xuan to carefully observe the surface of the zinc rod. Not long after, the golden copper was replaced, and a very dazzling copper-plated layer was formed on the surface of the zinc rod. Chen Xuan's mouth was big, and Qianqian and Liu Yue'er, who were basking in the sun and watching the fun behind, also widened their eyes in surprise.
Chen Zhao smiled and put the copper-plated zinc rod into his pocket. He definitely could not use this thing to his sister to verify whether it really turned into gold. After all, the texture of copper is still very different from that of gold, but it looks a bit similar on the surface.
elder brother!Could you really be a god descending to earth?!Chen Xuan ran to Chen Zhao excitedly, and she admired Chen Zhao so much.
Chen Zhao smiled and said: Of course, my brother is not a god descending to earth. Everyone can learn this craft of turning stones into gold. But I told Xuan'er that to learn this craft, you must work hard and think about it. Are you willing to learn it with me?
Chen Xuan nodded hurriedly.
Chen Zhao rubbed Chen Xuan's head intimately and said: To learn this skill, Xuan'er still has a long way to go, but Xuan'er can read and write now. My brother will teach you when he has time. This skill of stone turning into gold is called 'chemistry', which is a science to study the laws of changing everything.
Chen Xuan looked at Chen Zhao with admiration, hugged his arm and said: Brother, Xuan'er is not afraid of hardship, Xuan'er will learn the law of changes in everything!
Not only do you have to endure hardships, you must not let outsiders know about studying chemistry, and even the Chen family members cannot say that if you tell me, the emperor will send someone to capture me.
Chen Xuan promised with a serious look: Brother, Xuan'er will definitely keep the secret for you!
Chen Zhao nodded with a smile, then took out a periodic table of elements and handed it to Chen Xuan, and said: Xuan'er, the first job you have to do is memorize this table intact. It's not enough to memorize it. You have to memorize it backwards. When I talk about something in this table, you have to answer what the previous and next ones of this thing are. Only then can you pass the qualifications. After you memorize it and I pass the exam, we can officially start learning chemistry.
When Chen Xuan heard that she had to memorize something, she must have shirked everything, but today she was quite active. After taking the form, she couldn't wait to read it. However, she didn't know most of the characters on the form. There were many characters next to the golden characters, and many characters with the beginning of the characters were quite unfamiliar. Fortunately, Chen Zhao marked the pinyin on these elements, which did not delay her reading and writing these elements.
Brother, Xuan'er will be able to memorize this afternoon, and then my brother will come to take Xuan'er exam!
Chen Xuan said confidently that, indeed, for the Ming Dynasty intellectuals who had received primary education, memorizing was simply a simple basic skill.
OK, my brother will go to take your test in the afternoon!
Chen Xuan carefully put away the periodic table of elements and went back happily.
Liu Yue'er walked to Chen Zhao's side, looked at Chen Xuan closing Chen Zhao's courtyard gate, and asked curiously: Young Master can really turn stones into gold?
Chen Zhao laughed and took out the copper-plated zinc rod and handed it to Liu Yue'er. When Liu Yue'er touched it, she knew that the golden metal was not gold. She bit it with her teeth and confirmed that this hardness should be copper.
There is no stone turning into gold, it is just a layer of copper plated, which looks like it has turned into gold.
Liu Yue'er felt a little relieved. She was really worried that Chen Zhao would have the ability to turn stones into gold. All the starting points she thought were Chen Zhao, so she was naturally afraid that the young master would be targeted because of this ability.
But even if it is not gold, how did the young master turn iron into copper?This is also a skill that only Taoist priests and gods have!
Liu Yue'er asked in confusion, and Qianqian also walked over slowly, waiting for Chen Zhao to explain with interest.
Chen Zhao said: This is the knowledge I want to teach Xuan'er. Everything in the world has its own internal laws. As long as you master the rules, you can transform all things in the world back and forth like me. Because I master this knowledge, I can turn water into air, wood into dry ice, and steel into liquid... I can even call wind and rain, go to heaven and earth, but I have to pay a certain price to make this transformation...
Qianqian was very interested at first, but when she heard the price, she immediately thought about whether the young master had shortened his lifespan because of this conversion spell. She immediately wrinkled her nose and was about to cry. Chen Zhao hurriedly hugged her and explained: This price is not lifespan, it is energy. The explanation to you is too complicated. It is harmless to the young master. Otherwise, how dare I let my real sister learn this chemistry?
Qianqian and Liu Yue'er felt relieved when they heard this.
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Qianqian said: Young master, Qianqian is stupid and illiterate, and can’t learn this ability, but Qianqian also wants to help the young master. Qianqian knows that Sister Yue'er is busy fiddling with that "radio station" every day, but Qianqian is useless...
Chen Zhao smiled and said: Qianqian, don’t worry, there are so many places you can help me in the future. Even if you are illiterate, I will have places to help you in the future. It won’t take long. Young Master, I will build a place called the “Science and Society Research Institute”. This place is the foundation of our future and is a very, very important place. At that time, I need you to be responsible for the logistics work of this research institute.
When Qianqian heard this, she became a little scared. This place is so important, she was afraid that she would not be able to do it well.
Liu Yue'er smiled beside him and said: Young Master, you scared Qianqian. I guess Qianqian is now worried about how to raise the young master's child!
Qianqian blushed and said: Young Master, Qianqian really thinks that!
Chen Zhao smiled and said: Qianqian, don’t belittle yourself. Young master, there are too few people around me who can trust. You two are people around me. Important work cannot be handed over to people I don’t trust. You have to work hard to give birth and raise children, and you have to pay attention to your future work. I can count on you two.
Qianqian nodded bravely. Qianqian and Liu Yue'er had some thoughts about the male lead in this era, the female lead in the outside and the inside. However, under the influence of Chen Zhao in recent years, they have also made positive changes in their mentality. Chen Zhao advocated the idea that women are not ashamed to work, and this kind of equal rights idea is still too advanced. Most people in the Chen family cannot accept it very quickly. However, as the two closest women around Chen Zhao, they must have been more or less affected. Therefore, when Chen Zhao explained work to Liu Yue'er and Qianqian, neither of them would feel that they should not do these things as women.
Chen Zhao had actually started planning to build the White Lotus Science and Society Research Institute long ago.
It is easy to understand to establish scientific research facilities and develop science and technology. Science and technology is the primary productive force. The growth and progress of science and technology directly affect the life and death of the country. However, the name of this institute is not the Academy of Sciences, but puts science and sociology side by side. As a historian, Chen Zhao knew very well that the importance of developing sociology is no less than that of developing science.
We can start from a small example and understand the importance of sociology to the entire white lotus system.
Today, the two concepts of country and society that we are very familiar with have not been widely understood by humans in this era. When Europeans face a foreigner, they pay most attention to not the people from which country they are. What they pay most attention to is what religion the other party believes in. If you and I both believe in Catholicism, then they can be regarded as their own people. This ideology cannot be understood in today's society. For example, a Buddhist will not think that the other party is his own person when he sees an Indian Buddhist, and he will not be able to form a consensus on the level of basic ideology.
At this time, under the feudal system in Europe, there were many states, and there were thousands of large and small states in the German Empire. These states only had limited obligations to the emperor and only had limited power. This was by no means a country in the modern sense.
How did the concept of a country be born in Europe?
Textbooks tell us that it was because of the rise of nationalism that the initial form of the country was formed, but this statement does not conform to the concept of historical materialism.
The essential reason that really led to the sequel of the country is: capital has emerged, and capital requires extensive mobilization and concentration of productivity, thus creating a scale cluster effect and forming a more efficient capital accumulation. However, the feudal productive group with many countries is too dispersed, and land resources are also dispersed, which leads to the extreme dispersion of the productive elements of capital. Under the demand and promotion of capital, a series of scholars who study nationalism and natural human rights were sponsored, creating the entire ideological discourse system that serves conducive to capital reproduction, giving justice to the revolution, and the modern revolution that swept Europe, and the emergence of a truly modern state in Europe.
This is a very easy-to-understand concept. In a modern factory, to recruit people, labor force must be recruited from all over the country. Because the resource values of each region are different, capital will inevitably choose the cheapest labor force for recruitment. However, if there is no unified country, the recruitment of cross-state countries will inevitably incur higher costs, which is not in line with the logic of capital development.
This point has been pointed out in Marxist theory... Production relations determine the superstructure.
Looking at China in this era, by the same token, the Chinese in this era almost did not have the concept of nationalism, nor did they have a broad concept of sociality, because in the production relations system of natural small peasant economy, there is no need for the superstructure of modern countries, a common people in the Ming Dynasty, whose collective concept is still within the scope of clans and villages. At this time, the word society is used separately.
The society is the lord of the land.The land is vast and cannot be respected all, so the land is enthroned as a society to repay the merits.
Before the late Qing Dynasty, people on Chinese land understood the word "social" in this way. Under the conditions of natural economy, people obtained their most basic living materials from the land...
Food, wood, etc., they naturally developed a kind of worship and repay kindness to the land. As a modern human being, we have a scientific explanation to understand and analyze the scientific nature of land production crops, but the ancients did not have this perspective. When discussing the social concepts of the ancients, the Marxist perspective must be indispensable. This is a typical example of the production relations determining the superstructure.
Under this simplest emotional impulse, there was a concrete object like the God of Land in ancient times. The land was vast and people must find a limited and concrete object to worship and express the infinite and abstract objects of the land.
Therefore, people enacted land as a society, built a land temple, and held sacrificial activities in this society temple to express gratitude and worship for the abstract land. This kind of land temple is small, the small altar in the fields, and as big as the Temple of Heaven, it is the same.
On this basis, the initial social form condensed...
Township and village communities, and later, poetry and tea communities gradually developed. The concept of society was widely used to refer to a loose group composed of people with similar interests.
The word "Cheng" naturally means assembly. Assembly is held for different purposes. Of course, the form of assembly is also dominated by natural economic production relations.
Therefore, starting from the word society and looking at the social concepts of ancient people from the perspective of historical materialism, we can find that the social concepts of ancient people are completely different from those of modern people. Therefore, under the constraints of productivity conditions, the ancient people did not have the concepts of modern state and modern society.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty people at this time also had a very limited concept of state, and the concept of state was not formed by nationalism. This simple patriotism still cooperated with productivity, production relations, and natural resource allocation. How did China form a unified country as early as the Qin Dynasty?
The root cause lies in geographical factors and natural resource allocation.
How to understand this sentence?
If we compare the 400mm precipitation line in the entire China region with the map of the Great Wall, we can find that these two lines are actually highly overlapping. That is to say, north of the Great Wall, there is a area with sparse precipitation, and south of the Great Wall, there is a area with more influence from the Pacific warm current and relatively abundant precipitation.
Of course, the ancient Chinese people and rulers did not have the concept of waiting for the precipitation line, but they were able to build the Great Wall just in the location of waiting for the precipitation line. What does this mean?
The nomadic peoples in the north naturally live in northern areas with sparse precipitation. Natural resource conditions such as temperature and precipitation are destined to have nomadic activities. Once they suffer from major disasters and cattle, horses and sheep die in groups, they must go south to plunder the farming areas. This plunder is tribal and extremely large in scale. After all, natural problems will not explode in a single point but in a super-large area. Therefore, the tribes in the north will be more inclined to tribal union, and a single small southern country cannot fight against it by its own strength. This prompts the farming nations in the south to form a unity and jointly resist the plunder in the north.
When a farming nation in the south encounters a major disaster, it can be unified in the form of state annexation because of the homogeneity of natural resources. Once a small country encounters a major disaster, it will inevitably be annexed by a larger neighbor. A unified country is also conducive to forming resistance to regional disaster risks. The nomadic peoples in the north have difficulty in completing highly centralized unification like southern nations, and can only form a limited alliance.
This is the perspective of historical materialism. When looking at historical issues, if you understand the problem from the basis of ideology, emperor personality, national character, language and culture, autocratic system, etc., it is not enough to touch the essence of the problem. These conditions are catalysts and have a certain effect. However, the lowest element that truly determines historical development is still the natural resource conditions and the production relations formed based on such natural conditions. The invasion of the grassland tribes in the north was not because they were barbaric in nature, and the formation of a unified country on the land of China in the south was not because the Chinese were docile and easy to manage.
The greatness of Marx's theory is also fully reflected here. Analyzing history is not something you think. History is all non-subjective and can be analyzed with the basis of productive facts.
When superstructures have a severe conflict with the productivity mode, it is the moment when reform and revolution come.
Obviously, in this situation where national consciousness and social consciousness have little foundation, modern industrial society cannot be established.
Now Chen Zhao hopes to incubate an industrial embryo, that is, to build a society with superior production relations. If the superstructure that is equal to production relations is not actively constructed through the development of sociology, contradictions will inevitably arise and revolution will inevitably break out. The White Lotus regime faces the colonialism of Western Europe outside and the Ming regime that is still strong internally, and the internal revolution will inevitably fail.
Therefore, the need to develop sociology became urgent. Sociological research concerns the life and death of the White Lotus system, which is comparable to technology.
As for the specific plan, Chen Zhaoze was not eager for quick success and instant benefits. The first thing he had to do was to popularize basic education. If it were put in the past some time, Chen Zhao would have accelerated the launch of this big project. Even if he had no money on hand and no basic education conditions, he had to do it. After all, if he wanted to build such a huge system, it would be impossible to complete without a decades of layout. Chen Zhao wanted to ensure that the project system was completed in his lifetime. He was not sure whether people would continue his thinking and promote social construction after his death. But after all, the situation has changed now. Chen Zhao has an infinite lifespan, and things can be done step by step.
From the perspective and change to the Bailian area of Yushan, I will briefly introduce the current development status of the Bailian base.
It has been a while since Chen Zhao made drastic reforms, and the entire Yushan... Ishise area has undergone great changes.
The biggest change is the core area of Bailianyuan Hall, which is where Chen Zhao came to the door with a submachine gun and a bulletproof vest.
The six masters and the masters of the hall have moved, built new houses around Bailian headquarters, and brought their families with their families to the construction of Bailian First Hospital. A large amount of labor was invested in the construction of Bailian First Hospital. Moreover, the experimental field of scientific planting method planned by Chen Zhao at the beginning was mainly centered around Bailian headquarters. It was originally just a courtyard, a tea shop, and several thatched huts. A cluster effect was quickly formed at the foot of Yushan Mountain. Farmers who learned the scientific planting method and the laborers who built the hospital made the population prosperous here. The relevant managers of Bailian Sect gathered nearby during the day. This was also a propaganda and dissemination base for the White Lotus Doctrine. This place where birds were not shit quickly became lively.
The gathering of population has attracted more industries to enter, and restaurants, snack stalls, and various shops have also settled in. Some rich farmers with unique vision have also begun to build houses around them. From the perspective of modern investment, the appreciation of nearby land is the main driving force for building houses, but the rich farmers in this era have no economic concept, they just follow the simplest principles to gather...
This neighborhood is getting more and more lively, and it is also convenient to learn the scientific planting method of the Holy Son nearby.
If it is just a population aggregation, it is not enough to quickly improve the local construction level. The initial foundation and relative concentration of roads, safety guarantees, water resources, medical resources, and public health resources have also played a key role.
When Chen Zhao popularized the scientific planting method, he introduced a spiral pressure water intake irrigation system, and also guided the construction of a hydraulic mill. These two relatively primitive machinery are not complicated and do not require high-standard power and manpower, which has a significant improvement in the efficiency of the agricultural system, making it more convenient for farmers to get water intake and irrigate and make processed food.
The White Lotus Guard is stationed nearby for training, so there is no need to worry about the harassment of bandits and robbers.
The newly built gravel road is quite convenient. It only takes half of the time to walk the same journey.
This is the invisible benefit brought by basic construction.
For the White Lotus regime that Chen Zhao had just established, the entire White Lotus area was in an extremely backward and primitive and natural state. From the perspective of improving the degree of development, the first thing Chen Zhao needed to do was to invest in basic construction. The investment in basic construction paid the initial cost needed to develop productivity, and this cost was extremely huge, without any return and no substantial benefit. However, once this cost was advanced, people would naturally migrate to areas with lower production and living costs.
This is the classic sunk cost theory.
Never believe the logic of the so-called great entrepreneurship of Americans and personal efforts to change their destiny, represented by Bill Gates' garage entrepreneurship, which is a pure ideology. The reason why Bill Gates succeeded is because during the space war between the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, the United States' military system invested huge amounts of manpower and material resources to develop an Internet system, relying on this system to conduct space communication. The Internet is the product of the military battle between the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Internet system was lifted for civilian use. Bill Gates only transformed this military system into civilian operation.
Astronomical huge military investment has created nearly unlimited sunk costs. Once this sunk costs are transferred to civilian use, it can provide huge growth space, so Bill Gates' story is far less inspiring and legendary. He took the free ride of national investment, and the US military has already paid his early costs in advance.
What Chen Zhao is doing now is to constantly add basic investment in the area controlled by Bailian to pile up the sunken cost as much as possible. The more investments such as this kind of investment without seeking returns, the greater the space for future growth and development. The short-term benefits pursued by personal capital, no one will spend money to build roads and houses, and spend such huge costs to do business at a loss, but Chen Zhao, who is standing at a higher level, has a natural and broad vision.
Of course, the most important prerequisite for making these sunk costs truly work is that Chen Zhao can take confidential measures so that he will not expose his developing Bailian power to the Ming government too quickly. All investments must be kept and belong to the Bailian regime.
So after guiding Chen Xuan to the path of chemistry majoring, Chen Zhao was about to go to Hangzhou Prefecture to train the young ladies in the rice noodle shop to treat customers and do business. Secondly, it is also the most important thing. He was going to give high-quality mirrors to the powerful and wealthy people in Hangzhou Prefecture like Wang Shizhen.
Glass business is given first and then done, and then lost money and then made money. This is a big move that must be taken.
It can be imagined that when Chen Zhao used points to exchange for modern glassware and artworks, as well as a series of high-end glass products such as floor-standing mirrors, it would inevitably cause great shock. All forces would turn their attention and attention to Chen Zhao, greedy for this huge piece of fat. When the powerful and powerful found out that he was just the son of a landlord, they would definitely attack Chen Zhao. But if Chen Zhao added several layers of identity, such as Wang Shizhen's age-lost friendship?
Another example is the guest minister of Hangzhou Prefect Zhao Shoucheng?
Or are the celebrities around the powerful people in various places in Hangzhou Prefecture?
When people who were jealous of this glass business asked, oh, it turned out to be someone supported by Lord Wang Shizhen. Isn’t Chen Zhao’s cake just a cake that touched Wang Shizhen?
Don’t mess with such a great master who can reach the top of the world.
For safety reasons, this mirror gift must be arranged.
The mirrors given out are also beneficial. When Wang Shizhen and other top celebrities in Hangzhou Prefecture played with the mirrors given by Chen Zhao, they invisibly advertised for Chen Zhao. The circle of powerful people in Hangzhou Prefecture is so big. Who has some new things? After a cocktail party, the poems party will basically spread the next day. If a trend can be formed, Chen Zhao's glass market will naturally be full of vitality.
Chen Zhao spent some time in selecting specific glass product gifts.
Modern glassware was too high-end to the ancients. Why?
Because of the maturity of the cutting process, a modern glass cup can cut extremely regular and flat glass surfaces. The reflection and refraction formed by multiple glass surfaces are shining colorfully under the light. Chen Zhao took a simple and ordinary glass cup that had just been exchanged and looked at it again and again, but he still felt that such gorgeous and dazzling things were not easy to send.
As the leader of the last seven sons of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shizhen was noble and honest. In addition to being a little unrestrained in his private life, he was still strict with himself on the issue of corruption. This kind of gorgeous thing that seemed to be sold at a high price, but Wang Shizhen really might not be able to accept it.
But a large floor-standing mirror is different. Although modern floor-standing mirrors are also extremely magical in the eyes of people in the Ming Dynasty, this thing has a useful value after all, unlike glassware and handicrafts. In the eyes of people in the Ming Dynasty, handicrafts are almost equivalent to gold and silver. They are not used, but are valuable items that collect and play with, and improve their identity. The floor-standing mirrors have some practical value. Who doesn’t look in a mirror?
In this way, giving a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror also has a reason. It is not as heavy as giving gifts directly like giving glass crafts. Wang Shizhen has many wives and concubines. It is impossible for the women of the Wang family to refuse the temptation of mirrors. Mirrors can also improve the quality of private life, and Wang Shizhen must like it.
The place where Wu Zetian and her many lovers had fun was the mirror room. The whole room was filled with bronze mirrors, which shows that the ancients were quite creative in sex life and could use mirrors completely.
Under this guiding ideology, Chen Zhao selected more than a dozen floor-to-ceiling mirrors.
The highest-standard large floor-standing mirror was naturally given to Wang Shizhen. The whole mirror was thick and heavy, one meter long and one meter wide, close to the golden ratio, and is a ratio that humans naturally love. Chen Zhao of the frame decoration has been carefully studied. The wooden decoration on the frame is absolutely forbidden to dragon patterns, dragon shapes, dragon phoenixes and seals. If these decorations that mark the royal elements are made, it is not a gift, but a gift to others.
The principle of pattern decoration design is simple and elegant, which conforms to the literary temperament. The material of the frame is made of bamboo, mahogany and other materials.
Chen Zhao himself did not have a high level of research on design and aesthetics. He picked it up again and again in Mr. Shanshui’s exchange mall, and even exchanged it for Dream of Red Mansions to study the aesthetics of the ancients, and finally finalized this mirror.
The overall cost was beyond Chen Zhao's expectations. Such a large floor-standing mirror cost less than 2 points. After all, in this era, the West could already produce high-quality glass. Although mass production of large-scale glass is far from enough, technical generation difference is one thing, and whether there is one thing is another. As long as there is high-quality glass, the price of ordinary glass in the mall is bargain. Of course, high-tech glass products such as atomized glass, one-way perspective glass, and electric dimming glass Ah are still outrageously expensive.
After thinking about the logic before and after, Chen Zhao immediately started to act. He took several servants of the Chen family to wrap more than a dozen mirrors prepared in silk and load them on the carriage. After taking certain shock absorption measures, he drove to Hangzhou Prefecture and arrived before noon.
Li Li's department is very efficient in its service. The store has been prepared for Chen Zhao, and all kinds of land deeds are complete. The store itself is large and has a second-story structure. Several young ladies brought from the Bailian area are temporarily living here. Chen Zhao has only been away for a day. Zhou Lin is aiming at the end of the street behind the small window on the second floor every day, waiting for when the Holy Son will come to arrange tasks for them.
As soon as Chen Zhao arrived, he was immediately warmly welcomed by seven women. Chen Zhao first sent a post to Wang Shizhen and other powerful people's houses as planned, informing the younger generation that Chen Zhao was about to visit, and then teaching the seven little ladies while waiting for Wang Shizhen's reply.
The training of waiters in rice noodle shops should not be done quickly. Chen Zhao always believes in one truth: if you have big steps, it will be nonsense. Especially for service industry training, let alone in the Ming Dynasty, even modern waiters training requires a long time, and all actions and arrangements must be realistic.
Chen Zhao first introduced to these seven women that this store was used to sell rice noodles. After a brief introduction, he focused on emphasizing the issue of food hygiene. In fact, the people of the Ming Dynasty were not as demanding as modern people about whether the food production process was clean or not. They could eat it and didn’t have a stomachache. However, these seven women were senior service talents trained by Chen Zhao. In the future, they would lead and train large-scale service teams, so the theoretical foundation must be laid for them.
After teaching a lesson, Wang Shizhen's people came to pass on the oral message. Wang Shizhen invited Chen Zhao to the palace for a dinner.
Chen Zhao immediately set off and headed straight to the palace with the gift.
When he arrived at the royal palace, what unexpectedly happened to Chen Zhao was that it was not only Wang Shizhen who went out to welcome Chen Zhao, but also his younger brother Wang Shimao and Zhejiang General Li Chao. In Chen Zhao's memory, Wang Shimao should be the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple in Nanjing at this time, the fourth rank, and the Zhejiang General was nominally the second rank, but in fact, the general in the court did not have a high voice. After Zhang Juzheng was sovereign, the tendency of civil servants to completely suppress military officers became more and more serious. After seeing the combination of these three, Chen Zhao flashed his spirit and suddenly felt that his understanding of the history of Wang Shizhen's family had a further step.
Although Wang Shizhen and his younger brother Wang Shimao were both civil servants in the true sense, the Wang family had a close relationship with the military officer system. Their father Wang Jun and his father were rectified in the Zhejiang area during the Jiajing period. The famous "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" was once in the hands of Wang Jun. Chen Zhao vaguely felt that he had grasped a hidden line in history, which was the dispute between civil and military affairs in the Ming Dynasty. The history of the entire Ming Dynasty was the history of the changes in the civil servant system that completely overwhelmed the military officer system.
One of the reasons why Zhang Juzheng was so inconsistent with Wang Shizhen was probably a struggle between civil and military. Since Wang Jun, the Wang family has been inconsistent with the eunuchs and civil servants. They are likely to be the spokespersons of military officers in the court, representing the interests of the military officer class. Wang Jun was even controlled by Yan Song and Yan Shifan, a treacherous father and son. In the end, Wang Jun was beheaded by Emperor Jiajing in the West City because of his ineffective response to the rebellion. Wang Shizhen and his younger brother Wang Shimao ran through the court for more than ten years, until the dynasty changed. In the first year of Qinglong, Emperor Muzong of the Ming Dynasty rehabilitated Wang Jun, who had been wrongly killed for more than ten years in order to stabilize the court and the people.
Now Chen Zhao met the General of Zhejiang in Wang Shizhen's family. Looking back at the entire history, it is not surprising to think of the close relationship between the Wang family and the military officer system.
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