A few days after the new year, a group of hundreds of chariots and horses came under the guard of soldiers and came to the city of Lan. From a distance, they saw Zhang Junzheng and others waiting under the city gate.
Most of the people in this group are men with thick hands and feet, ranging in age from seventeen or eighteen to sixty or seventy, with tired faces. Although he had arrived at his destination, he didn't look very excited, but rather uneasy.
"Second Uncle, it's been a long journey." Zhang Junzheng led Zhang Heqi and Zhang Heju to meet him, and said to an old man with white beard and hair and mental exhaustion who got off the carriage.
This group of people is the craftsmen of the Zhang family, and many of them are well-known figures in the manufacturing industry. After Zhang Junzheng's bet failed, he received a letter and discussed it before heading to Lancheng. Just arrived.
The old man didn't answer, he first looked up at Lancheng, which was close at hand, and said: "Let's talk about it after entering the city."
Turning his head to a big man riding on a horned bull next to him, he said: "Thank you, Captain, for sending me all the way, come here, and bring the things up."
While talking, someone brought a plate of silver ingots.
"It's hard work these days, everyone, please be careful and invite you to drink." The old man said with a smile.
The big man looked at the plate of silver ingots and waved his hands to take them away. "Escorting you was ordered by the guardian, otherwise you may not be able to reach Lancheng."
After finishing speaking, he ignored the group of people and led them away roaring away.
A while later, Zhang Junzheng took everyone to the house that had been prepared for resettlement, and then the old man took another six or seven people to sit in the same room with Zhang Junzheng.
"Believe me, I've read it, and you can talk about it in detail." The old man asked.
Afterwards, Zhang Junzheng explained the details of the bet against each other. After speaking, he carefully pulled out a heavy box from the cabinet and put it on the table. When he opened it, there were torsion springs of various sizes inside.
"Second Uncle, look, this is what he made."
Before he could speak, the people around the old man couldn't help but took out the torsion spring and observed it carefully.
The old man observed for a long time before he sighed and said, "It's amazing, I never thought that someone could do better than my Zhang family's thousands of craftsmen. Now that the bet has been lost, then I am willing to admit defeat, and my Zhang family will work for this person." Yes. But after all, this matter involves the safety of thousands of people in my Zhang family, in your opinion, how is this person?"
Zhang Junzheng thought about it for a while, and then slowly said: "Although it looks ordinary, there is a universe in the stomach."
"Your evaluation is not low."
"This person looks ordinary, not very outstanding. But the methods are indeed very vicious.
Not to mention anything else, the title of Poisoner alone was earned by the lives of countless people.
Moreover, he is also extremely proficient in mechanism manufacturing. When Great Xia struck last year, if it weren't for those extremely powerful mechanism devices, Great Xia would not have been defeated so quickly. Coupled with Yunguo's move, the situation might be completely reversed.
Uncle already knew about forging, dyeing cloth, and brewing wine. He also founded the Zizhu Academy to teach arithmetic and other knowledge. "
"These old men already know, they are indeed extraordinary people." The old man nodded. "You know what the old man wants to know. The fortunes and lives of so many people in the Zhang family are on him, so you can't be careful."
"There is one thing that the second uncle probably doesn't know. He went to the land of Tianjing last year and brought back thousands of Hao country immigrants. The royal glass shop and spice shop he runs have those Hao country immigrants working in it. In addition, there are also a few in the imperial beast garden and the imperial palace.
I have inquired with those Hao country immigrants, but I got very little information. Judging from his actions, he seemed to want these Hao country immigrants to live together with the ancient people. "
"It seems that he prefers to use people other than the ancient clan. After all, he is not from the ancient clan." The old man said.
"As for the character, it doesn't look like a cool person, but the most important thing is to see if our Zhang family is worthwhile. For the details, the second uncle has to see it with his own eyes." Zhang Junzheng said.
"I always want to see you when you come, so you can arrange it." The old man said.
In fact, before they entered the city, Ren Baqian already knew of their arrival, and when he received the invitation the next day, he met a few people in the teahouse.
In addition to Zhang Junzheng, there are also his second uncle Zhang Zishan and several old craftsmen of the Zhang family. Seeing that Ren Baqian was so young, although everyone already knew about it, they still murmured in their hearts, how did a person at such an age learn so much.
"Master Ren, old man Zhang Zishan, this is the first time we have met, and this time we are discussing about my Zhang family." Zhang Zishan stood up to greet Ren Baqian when he saw him.
Ren Baqian nodded and sat down opposite the crowd.
"The old man is a rough man. He doesn't understand too many things, and he can't speak. I just want to know that Mr. Ren is planning to resettle my Zhang family? What can he give us to the Zhang family?" Zhang Zishan cut to the chase, and placed himself in a lower position. .
Ren Baqian laughed, and turned his eyes on the faces of several people: "Is it too late for you to ask about the willingness to gamble and admit defeat?"
After Ren Baqian finished speaking, the faces of several people immediately changed color.
Zhang Zishan's face changed first, and then he said: "Master Ren misunderstood, my Zhang family is not bargaining, but wants to know how we will be arranged, after all, it is about thousands of lives in the Zhang family, and there are many words in my Zhang family. We just hope that Governor Ren can speak clearly, and we also know something about it."
"Senior is not a vulgar person!" Ren Baqian said with a smile.
"Dayao lacks everything, such as talents and ordinary technologies. You have come here to make use of it. You have to bring everything that the Zhang family knows and make it into this industry.
But in Dayao, not in Yunguo, I can't bring over your Yunguo's set, and it's impossible to control all aspects, because the best things are all in my head.
Specifically, each industry must have a certain amount of ancient people participating in it, and both parties contribute their own money and efforts. Among them, the ancient race needs to account for 70% to 90%, which doesn't seem like a lot, but if there are more, I'm afraid you will be jealous. And this is a whole country, only the two of us are doing it, what does this mean? This is a monopoly, monopolizing a certain industry in a country. Of course, this will slowly be released in the future, but that is a matter for the future. "
"If you do this, after a few years, I'm afraid my Zhang family will be swallowed up alive." Zhang Zishan said in a deep voice, and the faces of the others were also not good-looking.
According to Ren Baqian's words, it is equivalent to the Zhang family handing over all the technology and occupying a small part of each industry. After a few years, when these industries develop in Dayao and the ancient people understand all these industries, it will be really useless. What happened to the Zhang family.
"I said before, the best things are in my mind, not in your hands. Don't think too highly of yourself." Ren Baqian said unhurriedly. In fact, he understood the Zhang family's worries in his heart, but he was not forgiving at all.
This Zhang family still needs to beat them more to make them understand their position. This family has been used to being proud for a hundred years, always forgetting that the best technology is with me, and I have to remind them all the time.