Seeing that Liu Xiu was in high spirits, Cai Yong immediately invited Liu Xiu to visit the workshop. Although Liu Xiu was a little tired, he was inspired by the news and went there happily.

The workshop is not big, it is just a room in a corner of the school. Several Taoist priests from Tianshidao were working in front of the stove. They poured the molten glass into pieces of mud, which was square. When the mud flask was cooled, it was formed window glass.

Mrs. Lu was in front of the workbench. When she saw Liu Xiu coming in, she hurriedly greeted everyone. Liu Xiu was in a very good mood and greeted everyone with a smile. Then she turned to the workbench and asked them to continue working. After watching for a while, he shook his head.

Mrs. Lu was a little nervous: "Sir?"

An old Taoist priest in charge of the workshop came over and gave a courtesy to Liu Xiu very restrainedly. Liu Xiu returned the courtesy and asked with a smile: "Can the money you earn be worth the cost?"

The old Taoist priest carefully calculated: "It will probably be a 10% profit."

Liu Xiu smiled. This was higher than he estimated, probably because this thing was very ordinary to him, but it was still very expensive to others and sold at a relatively high price. However, for a new product that has a certain technical content and is exclusively operated, the profit is obviously too low.

"Your thing should have at least double the profit, or even double to triple the profit." Liu Xiu pointed to the operating table that was not as wide as a bed: "And your output is too small, how much money can you make with this speed."

"The reason is reasonable, but the speed is too slow." The old Taoist priest laughed and looked at Liu Xiu with a warm look: "We have too few people and have to spend time to make a watchful mirror. We are really too busy."

Liu Xiu suddenly understood his implication: "I want to increase the number of people?"

The old Taoist priest smiled and nodded repeatedly.

"No." Liu Xiu interrupted his hopes directly, "If you increase the manpower, you will have to increase the quota. I am very poor now and have no money to give to you." He shook his head while saying that, looking at the old Taoist priest very seriously: "Master, do you know that everyone here is holding an annual salary of at least 400 stones. You don't need to support your servants. Your actual income is higher than that of a county magistrate. If you increase one person, you will have to increase the expense of 400 stones. Based on the current grain price in Bingzhou, it is 60,000 yuan."

"Sir, you are right." The old Taoist priest was a little depressed, but he did not dare to show it, so he had to nod.

Liu Xiu further enlightened: "Look for a few strong men and trained a little, they will not do worse than you. The commission price in Jinyang seems to be only 15 to 20,000 a month. In a year, it is only 20,000 to 25,000 yuan, at least half less than you."

The old Taoist priest was stunned, then understood, and his eyes lit up.

"And I invite you to come here to study new technologies, but not to be ordinary operators." Liu Xiu further enlightened them. He spent the salary equivalent to a county magistrate to let them develop new technologies here. As a result, these people turned themselves into operators. The cost was too high and it was not worth it. He gave them the idea to find some workers to do it first. The labor cost was less than half, so they could naturally earn more, and they also provided job opportunities. Taoist priests also spent their main energy on research and development. Once there was new progress, they could experiment in their own workshops and then launch new products. Research and production should be related, but they should not be confused. Taoist priests and workers had their own division of labor, so that they could make continuous progress. If Taoist priests devoted all their energy to these simple tasks, not only was a waste of talents, but technological progress would also be greatly affected.

"For example, I am a general, of course I have to fight, but if I had been fighting like an ordinary soldier, what if I had been fighting like an ordinary soldier?" Liu Xiu pointed to his bandaged left arm: "Here, this is the price."

The Taoist priests next to him couldn't help laughing when he saw him teasing him and taking the great achievements of killing Tan Shihuai in the face of the army as an inappropriate thing. They understood what Liu Xiu meant and knew what to do.

Liu Xiu continued to induce things in a row: "Leave the specific production to workers, you should do something more meaningful, such as how to remove these bubbles, such as how to make them smoother, and those with bubbles and those without bubbles, then the price is not the same."

The old Taoist priest nodded happily.

Liu Xiu gave him another idea, for example, if you plate gold or silver on the flat glass and make a mirror, it would be much more valuable than making a window, and it would not take too much to make a mirror, just one piece as big as a palm is enough.

The old Taoist priest agreed half-believingly. He agreed with the management method that Liu Xiu said just now, but he felt that the suggestion of making glass into a mirror was a bit unreliable. Mirrors are all cast, so how can they be made of glass? Is this possible?

Mrs. Lu noticed the old Taoist disapproval, so she stayed there and said to the old Taoist priest very seriously, don’t think that Lord Liu is not familiar with these craftsmen’s affairs. He was able to gain a foothold in Luoyang because he made major improvements to soup cakes. At that time, the Luofu Noodle Restaurant and the Tai Chi Taoist stadium were all written by Lord Liu. Now the popular noodle restaurants in Bingzhou are strictly the result of the adults. After hearing this, the old Taoist priest did not dare to be careless and agreed to arrange for someone to try immediately.

The next day, Wang Yun and Guo Xiang brought a group of Bingzhou tyrants to Jinyang Academy. At that time, the contract between Liu Xiu and them was about to be completed for three years, and it was time to sign a new contract. Over the past three years, they have borrowed a lot of money to Liu Xiu. The most feared thing is that Liu Xiu patted his butt and left. Liu Xiu was promoted to General Zhenbei and continued to serve as the governor of Bingzhou. This was the greatest good news for them.

Liu Xiu specially invited them to have tea in his residence and negotiate a contract renewal so that they could see the wonderful uses of this glass. In fact, Wang Yun and his friends had such glass at home, but most of them were only installed on the windows of the study, and no one was too luxurious to change all the windows to this. Although the weaker powerful men did not buy them, they had seen them some. However, Liu Xiu's house contains too much glass, and it was bright without lighting the lights in the room, which was really enviable.

"By the end of this year, Jintang University will install such windows." Liu Xiu smiled and said, "I hope that in ten years, the windows in your home can be changed like this."

Guo Xiang smiled and bowed, "Sir, let alone ten years, as long as we can be within twenty years, we will be satisfied."

Everyone smiled and agreed, but they were still reserved.

"Actually it's not that difficult." Liu Xiu waved his hand and signaled everyone to relax. "For example, this battle that ended not long ago, I originally planned to prepare for five to ten years first. I never expected that the war would start in this era, nor did I expect that we could achieve such great results. However, I do not regret the plan for the five to ten years. After all, even now, the plan at that time was nothing wrong."

Wang Yun and others nodded in agreement. This battle was won, but there were many problems left. The court had no money and the rewards from the soldiers could not be implemented yet. If they followed the plan formulated by Liu Xiu, and prepared for five to ten years, and had a certain amount of accumulation before fighting, there would definitely be such a cramped situation. If Liu Xiu had not killed Tan Shihuai in the setting sun, the overall result of this battle would have been a tragic victory as if it were the defeat.

From the topic of the war, Liu Xiu first thanked the Bingzhou family and the powerful support for him. Then he said that the war has ended and the next time is to rest and recuperate, the military expenditure will be greatly reduced, so everyone can rest assured that I will not borrow a lot of money from everyone on credit.

"Today is the last time. I will lend you some money to give pensions to the soldiers who have made meritorious service." Liu Xiugong bowed: "I also know that you have done your best and my family's fortunes have been almost done. However, so many soldiers fight with the Xianbei people for their lives for their family and country. If they can't even get a little pension, it would be a bit disappointing. I urge you to donate generously so that they can go home and visit their families with peace of mind, and feel that this battle is worth it."

Wang Yun didn't say anything. Liu Xiu borrowed money from them several times. According to the original estimate, the taxes for the next ten years were already theirs. If you borrow money, let alone everyone is not well-off, even if you have one, can Liu Xiu afford it?

"Sir, we also know that the soldiers have worked hard for the war. In order to kill Tan Shihuai, we are seriously injured. We are all very grateful." Wang Rou said slowly: "But sir, we also know that although we did not go into battle in person, the price we paid is not small. Many people in power now do not have food in stock, so they can only eat porridge for the whole family."

Liu Xiu nodded repeatedly: "I know you are in a difficult position, but I promise you that the money you borrowed this time will be paid off before the end of the year and will never be deducted."

"Before the end of the year?" Everyone was a little unbelievable. Liu Xiu is so poor that he can pay the debt before the end of the year?

Liu Xiu explained that the emperor arranged for Yinqiang Marquis Song Qi to go to Jiaozhou to sell the money. The money he received was a reward for the soldiers. It was just because no one expected that the war would end so quickly, so there was a time difference between them. Now you lend me the money to save me. When Song Qi comes back from Jiaozhou, I will have the money to pay back to you. If Song Qi makes any mistakes, I will not be damned. Even if I sell all the property in the capital and move my family to Jinyang School to live, it will not be damned.

When he said this, Wang Yun and others didn't have to say anything more. Everyone gathered together and raised more than 30 million, which was still a distance from what Liu Xiu needed. However, Liu Xiu knew that they had been almost squeezed by him recently, so he didn't force it. The rest had to think of another way.

This war is just a burning money. In less than half a year of war, it is estimated that the money spent in the past 400,000 people were invested in. Now more than 20,000 soldiers who died in battle need to be given a pension, and 50,000 and 60,000 soldiers who made meritorious service will be rewarded. It is probably impossible to deal with it without 2 billion. If it depends entirely on the court, from the emperor to the officials, sewing their mouths without eating or drinking, it will take two to three years to pay.

This is why the Yuan family is tough. At present, only the Yuan family can raise so much money and food in a short period of time. They did not give it to them for nothing back then. The emperor didn't give them the result they wanted one day, so they just watched the emperor have a good show.

It’s really shameful to be an emperor to achieve this. I believe that the emperor’s sensitive heart is burning again.

The next thing was to discuss the treaty. After three years of operation, they discovered some unreasonable things and made some improvements. Disputes were inevitable, but fortunately, everyone's interests were consistent and there was no principle in terms of differences. Wang Yun took out the new treaty they discussed and revised and asked Liu Xiu to look at it. Liu Xiu took it, put it gently on the case, patted it with his hand, with a smile on his face, but his eyes became sharp.

Seeing this scene, Wang Yun felt a little sad. He subconsciously looked at the others. The others also noticed something abnormal. He slowly closed the smile on his face and looked at Liu Xiu's every move nervously. Liu Xiu was talking and laughing just now, but now he showed this expression. Could it be that they were unhappy in borrowing money?

Liu Xiu was silent for a long time before he slowly lifted up and glanced at everyone: "You still remember the three-year agreement, which is very good. But I want to ask, do you remember that we signed the contract three years ago, but do you remember the specific content we agreed on three years ago?"

Everyone looked at each other, wondering what Liu Xiu wanted to say. They have supported Liu Xiu a lot in the past three years, especially when the Yuan family wanted to seize Bingzhou last year, they chose to continue to support Liu Xiu, otherwise he would not have the chance to make a contribution.

They held their breath and listened quietly to what Liu Xiu said.

"Although you are all aristocratic families and powerful people, you have all read the books of saints. You must not understand the ideal of loving people. I said at the beginning that I hope everyone will learn from Zigong, and do not forget benevolence and righteousness while getting rich, and do not be rich but unkind bullies. If such a thing happens, the governor's house will never sit idly by. I wrote these words in the previous general outline, written clearly in black and white, but I found that it seems that you don't care too much."

He then pointed out the names of several people, and the people stood up hesitantly, wondering why Liu Xiu mentioned them in particular.

"I have received a report that your workshop is squeezing workers' wages and extending their working hours at will. This is not only contrary to the teachings of the saints, but also violates our original contract. I would like to ask, why do you do this? Did you not take this contract seriously at all and deliberately try the law with your own eyes?"

The faces of those people suddenly changed, and cold sweat dripped from their foreheads. Although they didn't think these things were big things, Liu Xiu specifically raised this matter, which was not a trivial matter. If they didn't sign the contract for this, their crime would be a big deal.

Liu Xiu stared at them and shouted loudly: "Is this happening?"

Several people hesitated for a moment and nodded to admit it one after another.

Liu Xiu snorted coldly, "Because your situation is not very bad and no death has occurred, I will give you a chance. I hope you will make rectifications as soon as possible and make compensation to those workers in accordance with the relevant regulations. Otherwise, I will interfere with you by force based on the power granted to me in the contract."

Not only were the few people whose names were pointed were ashamed and ashamed, and nodded repeatedly to agree, but almost everyone was shocked to change their colors. Liu Xiu spoke out for this matter and wanted to threaten it with force, which was not a trivial matter. Some people vaguely remembered that there was indeed such a contract. At that time, they just thought that Liu Xiu was using the storefront, and never thought that he was really going to do it now.

Liu Xiu turned his head and looked at Wang Yun: "I asked the relevant personnel of the governor's office to explain this. I know everything about this. Why has the governor's office not reported? If you know but don't report it, you are dereliction of duty and unethical. If you don't know, you are dereliction of duty and incompetence. No matter what, you, Wang Yun, have an unshirkable responsibility. According to the agreement that the parties involved should avoid suspicion, I will stop your function of being apart. Guo Hu is responsible for the governor's office, and Wen Shu will be responsible for the investigation and handling of the relevant responsible persons."

Wang Yun's face was red and his ears were red, as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

Liu Xiu looked at the people with different expressions seriously, and his voice was very stern. "A person cannot stand without trust. Since we have signed a contract, we must abide by it. For ordinary people, if they fail to fulfill their promises, they will only hurt one or two people. But if we, the powerful people, do not fulfill their promises, will they be hurt by a group of people, and the last one will hurt ourselves. Shang Yang even knew that building a tree to win the trust, would we, those who believe in benevolent people, only put the word "trust and righteousness" on their lips?"

Liu Xiu turned his head and stared at Wang Yun's eyes: "I don't care what you did, but I can tell you clearly that I will report what you did as a typical example to all Bingzhou. I also hope that you can be a real man and be brave enough to face your mistakes, rather than escaping reality like a coward. Zishi, if you can't even be a state or a lord, how can you be a real Wang Zuo?"

Wang Yun was ashamed of himself and could not afford to stand there.

"Wen Jun, I will give you a month. In a month, I hope to see your investigation results." Liu Xiu turned his eyes to Wen Shu: "I want to ask you to understand that I ask you to do the investigation is not because you have any connection with your Zishi, but because you have not held any official position in Bingzhou. I hope you can handle it impartially, be impartial, be worthy of your conscience, and stand everyone's doubts, including Zishi."

Wen Shu was shocked and sweated. He began to think that Liu Xiu gave him this task to him to give him a chance to retaliate against Wang Yun. After hearing this sentence, he realized that it was not that simple. The investigation results must be confirmed. If he didn't do it well, he would be reported to the whole province like Wang Yun. If he succeeded, he would be famous, and if he failed, he would be disgraced.

Liu Xiu also explained some truths with great thoughts, so that these aristocratic families and powerful people could leave some room while exploiting the people. He used Shuofang and Wuyuan as examples. Because of the long winter, there were many handicraft workshops in these two counties. In addition to the military, the large amount of goods produced were also many civilian items. Some of these civilian items were used to trade with the Xianbei people and some were sold domestically. If the people were not guaranteed to get the wages they deserve, where did they get the money to buy these goods?

Money can only generate value when circulating, and it is just a pile of copper piled up in the treasury. Only when the people have money can they drive consumption, and the goods you produce can be sold quickly and generate profits. If the people have no money, who do you sell to and trade with each other? Even if you have money and spend more, how much can you consume?

These people are half-knowing about Liu Xiu's words. Some people can understand it, while others don't agree. However, with a contract, they dare not take it openly. The saints can be regarded as a nonsense, but Liu Xiu's force is real. Even famous scholars like Wang Yun were controlled by Liu Xiu, and others dare not act rashly.

"Stay the contract with me first. After I look at it, if there is no problem, I will renew the contract with you." Liu Xiu glanced at everyone: "However, I hope you take this contract seriously and don't think that it's just a few empty words, otherwise, I will be very happy to see the result of the breach of the contract."

Everyone was shocked. If the contract was broken, they would be miserable. Liu Xiu had soldiers in his hands, and they were no match for them at all. Now he was playing with fire when doing anything that had a contract.

Everyone looked at Wang Yun and Wen Shu, especially those who did not violate the contract. In their opinion, Wang Yun covered up those who breached the contract was actually unfair to those who did not breach the contract. He not only let Liu Xiu down on his trust, but also let other families down on his support. Whether Wen Shu could come up with an investigation result that satisfies Liu Xiu as soon as possible also largely determines whether the contract can be signed for another three years. This is not only a matter of whether they can make a fortune, but whether they can recover their investment.

Everyone was in a heavy mood, and Wen Shu felt that the burden was on his shoulders was not light. They left together, but did not divide each other. Instead, they made an appointment to continue the discussion in the lecture hall, hoping to give Liu Xiu a result as soon as possible so that the contract could be signed first and everyone could feel at ease.

Wang Yun was in a heavy mood. He came excitedly today, but he didn't expect this result. Speaking of which, since Liu Xiu came to Bingzhou, he has made contributions. Liu Xiu scolded him in front of so many people and even informed the whole province of the matter, which made him feel very embarrassed. He really wanted to leave, but when he thought that so many people knew about this, he had no chance to turn over once he left, and he could not make up this decision.

"Zi Shi, who is not wrong? If you can correct your mistakes, there is no greater good." Cai Yong felt unbearable when he saw Wang Yun's lonely back, and walked over to comfort him: "The general still values ​​you. It is precisely because of his respect that he treats you as an example, so that others will not speak out. The general does this and hopes to sign the contract. Otherwise, if you violate one thing today, someone will violate three things tomorrow. Isn't this contract a name in name only, how can the general explain it to the court?"

Wang Yun smiled bitterly and bowed to thank him: "Thank you, Mr., for your explanation, Yun knew you were wrong."

Cai Yong smiled gently: "You are a smart person and I don't need to rap. But I lived in Jinyang School with a comfortable life. I didn't expect it to be ruined just now when I saw a little improvement, so I'm talking a little more. Master Zi, what I want to say is another thing. After three years of schooling, a group of students are about to graduate. How to arrange their employment? You have to discuss with the general more. Otherwise, this place will become an Imperial Academy. There are countless students, but it goes against the original intention of the establishment."

Wang Yun slapped his forehead and smiled gratefully. Cai Yong could report this kind of thing to Liu Xiu himself and asked him to say that it was just an excuse to have a private talk with Liu Xiu. "I was going to mention this matter to the general, but I forgot this interruption. Please rest assured, I will report to the general now."

Cai Yong laughed and said nothing.

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