Yancheng.

Within a month, except for the officials who were heading to Yunzhou, other officials returned one after another.

First there was Qi State, then the Xie Family, then Nanliang, and finally Wu State.

After all these four families agreed to this matter, Zhao Xu's blackmail was basically successful.

As for whether the Fan family finally agreed or not, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. After all, the Fan family is too far away, and it is estimated that it will take a year or two to go from south to north.

It has little impact on commerce.

As each family lifted restrictions on wounds, Yanzhou City became more lively than usual.

Yang He's bitter face also turned into a smiling face.

"Your Highness's method of plague blackmail is really amazing. In the future, unless they find a way to resist smallpox, even if they are beaten to the point of being beaten, they will have to pinch their noses and trade with us."

Yanjun Trading Company.

At this moment, merchants gathered in the business, and couldn't touch them. Yang He was spitting everywhere and danced with his hands.

After leaving the business, Zhao Xu looked at the sparkling golden scale pool and felt comfortable.

Yanzhou's commerce is gradually recovering, so he feels at ease.

Otherwise, Yanzhou's industrial entry into the city will be really affected. After all, no one can support a bunch of money-lossing workshops.

Especially Yanzhou is at a critical moment of the first revolution and reign.

He was very glad that the powerful people did not understand the importance of the industrial revolution at all. Otherwise, even if they died, they would not have allowed Yanzhou to successfully cross the door of the industrial revolution.

"Take the recovery of commerce and sell the backlog of goods quickly." Zhao Xu said to Yang He when he thought of something.

Fortunately, the goods they sell, such as wine, perfume, soap, glass, etc., will not break down for a year or two.

Otherwise, they will really suffer heavy losses.

"Your Highness, you need not say that I don't sleep or eat, I will sell the stockpiled things and exchange them for silver and raw materials."

"Well, this period of time will only make you work hard, thank you for your hard work." Zhao Xu said, looking towards Chengdefang.

There were several white smoke columns soaring into the sky, which was the smoke emitted from the chimney of the steam boiler.

"In addition to the previous goods, it seems that cotton yarn, cloth and other commercial goods can also be sold." Zhao Xu reminded again.

"Of course, the official always remembers that our cloth is of good quality and low cost. As long as we sell it, we will definitely be able to quickly occupy the local market." Yang He said proudly.

Zhao Xu nodded. It is only difficult to maintain trade and trade in troubled times.

Taking advantage of this period of time, of course, we should make the most profits during the period of trade recovery.

The way to make profits is to sell the hoarded goods, and the other is to increase the categories of commercial goods, that is, to create demand.

Moreover, in the past, the goods in Yanzhou were targeted at the powerful class of Dasong.

Now cotton yarn and cloth are targeted at all classes.

Although the profit is small, the price is large, which can also bring huge profits.

But he did not give up on the high-end market.

Steam engines, lathes, precise vernier calipers and glass that can make magnifying glasses.

These conditions allow the workshop craftsmen to master a certain level of precision manufacturing.

In his opinion, two types of time machinery can be created at present.

This is the pendulum clock and pocket watch.

In the 16th and 17th century, pendulum clocks have been developed.

It can be said that as long as you master the process of making flintlock rifles, you can create a pendulum clock.

Because the key structural spring in the pendulum clock is used for spring steel, and this steel is officially used in flintlock rifles.

However, the pendulum clock is just a decoration in the home. The small and easy-to-carry machine of pocket watch was only called an absolute luxury before the 20th century.

This kind of machinery also appeared around the 16th and 17th century, but because of the craftsmanship, the pocket watch at the beginning was only very large and was called the Huaizhong.

Later, as the craftsmanship became more and more refined, the pocket watch became smaller and smaller, and eventually became the style that people see today.

Thinking of this, he returned to the palace and drew out the design drawings of the pendulum and pocket watch, as well as the sizes and styles of the parts.

In recent years, as he draws more and more pictures, his ability to draw pictures is becoming stronger and stronger, and he is more like a professional.

Moreover, he has been drawing with pencils recently.

The principle of a pencil is very simple. Just grind the graphite into powder, stir and heat to solidify it into the shape of a pen, then find a wooden pole, drill a hole, and stuff the refill core in it.

So the appearance of pencils is like chalk without causing any trouble.

It just makes it more convenient for students in the school to draw and learn.

After drawing the pendulum and pocket watch, Zhao Xu sent it to the workshop.

He is not going to hand over these two machines to Wang Chong and others for research and development.

Instead, it is planned to be handed over to the old craftsmen in the workshop to make it directly.

The machinery that Wang Chong and others are responsible for is related to industrial development, and it is enough to leave this small matter to craftsmen.

Moreover, Zhao Xu was very confident in the craftsmen under his command. He always believed that craftsmen from Dongtu would not lose to craftsmen from Xitu.

The reason why they didn't create pocket watches is not that they couldn't do it, but that they didn't get the right guidance.

The drawings have just been sent away.

At this moment, Tsui Hark hurried in with a serious face.

"Your Highness, Qi State has had an abnormal movement." Tsui Hark said.

Zhao Xu frowned. He had been staring at Qi and Japan during this period.

I also learned that Japan sold a batch of flintlock rifles to Qi State.

In response, he scolded Zhou Yi and blamed him for not stopping this matter.

However, he also knew that Zhou Yi's troops were really short of strength, so they were not afraid of gathering to fight.

But it is very troublesome to play sparrow tactics between Japan and the Han family.

The entire sea area and on multiple routes were their merchant ships and warships, and the twelve warships were simply too busy to work.

However, they are not without any gains.

During this period, they seized several ships of potatoes.

He had asked Zhou Yi to transport the potatoes to Yancheng and was preparing to let the agricultural officials of the Agricultural Department cultivate potato seedlings.

Ning Jindushi, whom I just won, is very suitable for growing soil potatoes. After all, potatoes like cold but not heat.

In hot places, potatoes grow smaller and smaller year by year, while in cold places, they can slow down this trend.

"What abnormal movement?" Zhao Xu asked.

Tsui Hark said in a voice, "A Qi army composed of one thousand people sneaked into Yanzhou and would probably enter Yanzhou in one or two days."

Zhao Xu shook his head, "I thought it was such a big deal. This little man is not enough for the royal family to get stuck in the teeth."

Tsui Hark said: "If Your Highness is so simple, the officials would not have come here in such a hurry. Our people found that there were many soldiers in this army speaking Japanese."

"Is that true?" A fierce light flashed in Zhao Xu's eyes, and in an instant, he realized the purpose of this army.
Chapter completed!