In the palace, Xia Qi and Brother Zheng sat opposite each other.
"Imperial Father, the Craftsman Bureau has a lot of things to do. I want the Craftsman Bureau to make some new things for sale!”
Under Brother Zheng's insistence, Xia Qi had already called him 'Imperial Father' very fluently, but he still found it difficult to say the words 'son.'
Brother Zheng frowned.
Great Qin's government had never been responsible for its own profits.
Xia Qi clearly wanted to do business through the Craftsman Bureau.
However, Brother Zheng couldn't voice his objections.
Xia Qi had been wandering among the people since he was young. No matter what he did, he was used to being independent and self-reliant.
Brother Zheng was glad that the prince could stand on his own.
In any case, the main reason why he let Xia Qi take over the Craftsmen Bureau was that he did not want him to do business in the Imperial Palace.
As long as this goal was achieved, the rest did not matter.
Anyway, it was just a nearly abandoned craftsman bureau. He could do whatever he wanted.
"Yes!" Brother Zheng nodded.
"Father, please take a look at this."
Xia Qi handed the things he had written to Brother Zheng.
Brother Zheng couldn't help but laugh after reading the contents.
The thing Xia Qi had written was the specific regulations on intellectual patent protection.
The main content was to clarify the ratio of the profits earned by the Craftsman Bureau to the country and Xia Qi.
Brother Zheng could not help but shake his head.
He thought that the reason Xia Qi had proposed this was because he was afraid of the matter of smelting iron and salt, as well as the impeachment of Fengyue Brothel.
Brother Zheng felt that the reason why Xia Qi specially made this thing was because he was afraid that he would take over his business.
"I can promise you that all the profits of the Craftsman Bureau will belong to you.”Brother Zheng said calmly.
"Father, there are no rules!”
Xia Qi had long expected Brother Zheng to say this, but he did not intend to agree.
"Father, have you ever thought that there is no lack of intelligent people in the land of the Xia Dynasty, but I am the only one who thought of the method of smelting iron and salt? To put it bluntly, there was nothing strange about these two methods. As long as one was willing to study them, they would eventually discover them. However, for thousands of years, no one had tried them.”
This sentence made Brother Zheng fall into deep thought.
"The biggest difference between me and the others is that I know that as long as I produce these things, I will earn a lot of gold and silver. His father had already seen the result.”
Seeing that Brother Zheng was deep in thought, Xia Qi continued,"I wonder if Imperial Father has such thoughts. Since Shennong made the plow and planted the grain, the people of our country can live in peace in this world. The improvement of skills had a considerable effect on strengthening the country. This was the way of salt and iron, but the world was so big, how could there not be other similar skills waiting to be discovered?”
"If this patent law is implemented, even if it is only a fraction of the profit to the creator, it will definitely stimulate the desire of people of insight to explore new techniques. At that time, there would definitely be more and more salt and iron methods, and Great Qin would be able to prosper.”
Following Xia Qi's description, Brother Zheng's expression gradually became serious.
After obtaining the method of smelting iron and salt, Brother Zheng put in all his effort to manufacture it.
In less than half a month, the people in charge of these two matters reported to Brother Zheng excitedly, and the results were gratifying.
Even though Great Qin's Bronze Weapons were the best in the world, their craftsmanship was too complicated, and they could not increase their production. They could only barely equip the elites of the army.
However, it was impossible to replace it with iron weapons.
The iron smelting technology was too backward, and the quality of the iron refined was extremely garbage, unable to be of great use.
Xia Qi's blast furnace iron-making method had completely solved this problem.
It could be said that this alone had greatly increased the combat strength of the Qin army.
As for the art of making salt, it was called divine art by the people below.
Humans had to eat salt, but before Xia Qi appeared, the best salt in the land of the Xia Dynasty was just green salt with an ugly color.
Generally, an army that could be equipped with stinky vinegar cloth could be considered well-equipped.
As for the solution to the problem of eating salt for ordinary people, it was simply impossible to describe it directly.
The salt-making method that Xia Qi came up with could produce snowflake refined salt in large quantities, solving this problem in one fell swoop.
Moreover, although the salt and iron official camp had only just taken shape.
However, how could Brother Zheng not see what kind of benefits these two items could bring to the national treasury?
If the patent method that Xia Qi mentioned really had such an effect, it would definitely be a good plan for the country and the people.
Brother Zheng didn't dare to hope for another iron smelting and salt production. As long as there was a new technique that could yield one-tenth of the profits, he would be satisfied.
Thinking of this, Brother Zheng nodded.
"In that case, we will act according to your plan.”
Success!
A smile appeared on Xia Qi's face.
Since Brother Zheng agreed to the patent protection regulations, Xia Qi could proceed with the next step boldly.
Xia Qi had also thought about it carefully before choosing which project to work on.
Ever since Great Qin was established, it had been united and had always been working hard.
This fine tradition had been passed down to this day, and after Great Qin had unified the Xia Empire, it was no longer luxurious.
Xia Qi had tried to sell luxury goods in Guanzhong before, but he found that there was no market.
However, there was one thing that Old Qin would definitely like very much.
The next day, Xia Qi came to the Craftsman Bureau early in the morning and handed the three old craftsmen a pile of blueprints that they had worked on overnight.
"Your mission today is to make the thing on the blueprint. Is there a problem?”
The three old craftsmen looked at each other.
"What are these things used for?" Jing asked boldly.”
"Brewing wine!" Xia Qi answered straightforwardly.
That's right, he chose to brew wine.
The people of China had a long history of drinking.
As early as the Shang Dynasty, drinking was regarded as a privilege of the royal family.
During that period, the brewing process was relatively crude. There were only simple steps such as steaming and fermentation. It was called the tiller method.
In the Zhou Dynasty, the technique of mixing medicinal herbs with grain to make wine had already appeared.
In the Rites of Zhou, there was the saying of five Qi and three wines. The so-called three wines referred to Shi wine, Xi wine, and Qing wine.
Now, Great Qin's wine brewing method had also improved.
"The Book of Rites" said: In midwinter, the order of the chief, the rice must be neat, the seedlings must be timely, the water must be clean, the spring must be fragrant, the pottery must be good, the fire must be neat. Use six kinds of things, the chief supervisor, do not have to borrow money.
These were the six must-have methods that Great Qin used to brew wine.
However, this method was still too crude in Xia Qi's opinion, and the wine produced was tasteless.
Even so, alcohol was not something that ordinary people could afford.
Because brewing wine required a large amount of food, since the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, wine had always been the privilege of the nobles.
It was even more difficult for ordinary people to taste it.
It could be seen that the quality of life of Great Qin's nobles was quite average.
What Xia Qi wanted to do was to improve the current wine-making method and add a crucial step.
Distillation!
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