My father is Jiajing

Chapter 265 Prince Yu’s Mission
Zhu Zaigui, who had been waiting in Jinshan for most of the day, finally received the final news. Emperor Jiajing still wanted him to be in charge of the Divine Medicine Institute, oh no, it should be the Divine Medicine Palace.

Zhu Zaigui sighed and said, "Since Your Majesty trusts me so much, I will not let Your Majesty down!"

Zhu Zaigui adjusted his state very quickly, and then he said to Meng Chong: "Go to Li Shizhen and ask him to send two disciples who are keen on inventing new drugs. Tell him that anyone who is willing to come will be given ten times the previous subsidy. But also make it clear that if you really come, you may not be able to go home for three to five years."

"Allocate some more money to find a secluded and safe place within the forbidden area of ​​the Divine Medicine Palace to build a family compound. Bring in the families of those who have access to the secrets of the Divine Medicine Palace so that they can live here in peace. At the same time, build a school so that those who have children who need to start school can also do so here."

"As for the other issues, let's leave it like this for now. We'll solve them when we encounter specific problems in the future. Remember, this matter must be handled beautifully, and these people must not have any psychological burden or difficulties in life."

After hearing Zhu Zaigui's instructions, Meng Chong quickly took note of them and started to handle them after returning.

Then Zhu Zaigui did not stay in Jinshan any longer, but took a group of people to the Divine Medicine Palace.

When he came to the Shen Yao Palace this time, Zhu Zaigui clearly felt the difference of this place. Not only had the number of guards increased, but there were also guards patrolling back and forth outside the Shen Yao Palace to ensure that no outsiders or suspicious persons were allowed to approach the confidential place.

After Zhu Zaigui arrived at the Divine Medicine Palace, Lei Dezi and Nuo Dezi, who had been knocked unconscious, had woken up. Although they still felt a little dizzy, they were generally fine.

When Zhu Zaigui saw the two, he greeted them with a smile, saying, "Thank you for your hard work, both immortals. I heard that Your Majesty has issued an edict to confer the title of Immortal Master upon the two immortals, and I am extremely delighted."

When Lei Dezi and Nuo Dezi heard Zhu Zai's congratulations, they happily and excitedly bowed to Zhu Zai, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your support."

Zhu Zaigui waved his hands and said, "How can I help you two immortals? You two immortals were able to be conferred titles by Your Majesty because of your own abilities. From now on, I will ask you two immortals to take care of the confidential matters of the Divine Medicine Palace. After all, I am also busy with worldly affairs, and the number of times I can come here is limited. So in the future, you two immortals must worry more and guard the confidentiality of the divine medicine with the most vigilant spirit. At the same time, you must strictly and standardizedly test it, and never be careless in the slightest."

"I don't need to elaborate on the power of this magic medicine. I'm sure the two immortals have already felt it deeply, right? So, you must be very careful in the future. Don't let any accidents happen due to carelessness, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

When Lei Dezi and Nuo Dezi heard Zhu Zaigui's warnings, they agreed with them deeply.

Ever since the two of them realized that the magic medicine would explode, they have begun to be extremely careful. After all, when they were learning alchemy from their master, they had watched their master and fellow apprentice being killed by an exploding and out-of-control alchemy furnace.

Therefore, from then on, Lei Dezi and Nordzi became extremely cautious about refining pills and medicines. Whenever they sensed a hint of danger, they would try every possible means to deal with it carefully and never make any mistakes.

This is also the important reason why they have been refining elixirs for many years and are still alive and well.

Otherwise, they would have been blown into pieces.

Lei Dezi and Nuo Dezi said, "Your Majesty's teachings will be remembered by us two, and we will never entertain any flukes in treating the magic medicine." Zhu Zaigui nodded and said, "In the future, there will surely be many talents here to help you two immortals develop ways to use the magic medicine. So before that, I hope you two immortals can set a good example and not treasure your own possessions.

"Don't even think about teaching your disciples to starve themselves to death. You must be broad-minded like a master and pass on your lifelong learning to future generations. This way, even after you two immortals pass away in the future, your legend will continue to be passed down in the world."

Zhu Zaigui was very serious when he said this, because he knew how difficult it was to pass on ancient skills. Many people with skills and abilities, when they invented or produced a certain highly skilled object, were unwilling to pass on their true skills to their disciples because they were worried that they might lose their unique skills in the future because they taught them to apprentices, making their future unprotected.

Or they think that their skills are so special that they can only be passed down in the family, and can only be passed down to males and not females.

It is precisely because of these ideas that many high-level skills have been lost, causing later generations, when seeing some of the remaining words, to either brag about how smart the ancients were, or to express great regret that the skills were not passed down.
In fact, the most fundamental reason for this result is the unfavorable protection of technology in ancient times.

If the ancient imperial court and government could allow these highly skilled craftsmen to apply for patents for their inventions, just like modern civilization after the industrial age, they could also obtain corresponding social wealth and social status with these patents.

Then naturally, there will be many capable people who won’t have to worry about the situation of “teaching the apprentice and starving the master” happening in the future.

Because the apprentices who want to learn their skills need to use this skill, they also need to give them constant rewards, so naturally there will be masters who are willing to teach more apprentices.

In this way, there will naturally be no problem of lost skills, and there will only be continuous inventions that bring forth new ideas.

Therefore, one of the things Zhu Zaigui is building now is to ensure the protection of technical patents.

Allowing those who are intelligent and talented to dare to invent and teach students is the right way for development.

Otherwise, even if Zhu Zaigui lived another 200 years, he would not be able to change the world much. At best, he could only be regarded as a selfish tyrant who claimed to be just, enlightened and great.

So in the end, Zhu Zaigui also promised: "In the future, I will build a place specifically to protect personal invention patents, so that all talented and capable people, as long as they can invent and create technology that can be used by the world, I guarantee that their technology can obtain a patent for at least 18 years. If anyone dares to plagiarize without paying, I will definitely seek justice for them and compensate for their losses!"

As soon as Zhu Zaigui said this, Lei Dezi and Nuo Dezi's eyes lit up instantly. Although they were monks, they were not alone, because some Taoist sects allowed monks to marry and have children, and that was exactly the practice of their masters.

So when Zhu Zaigui said that he would protect their invention patents in the future, they were instantly excited beyond words.

Lei Dezi and Nuo Dezi bowed deeply to Zhu Zaigui, "Your Highness, I admire your words very much. From now on, I am willing to serve you at your utmost and will not let you down!"

(End of this chapter)