Li Xun is now ready to grab the mine. He has absolute confidence that others can't grab him. In his own fief, no one except the emperor and two fathers can do it, and the emperor and two fathers don’t have to follow him. He snatches it, just call him if necessary.
He is now thinking about how to develop it. It is easy to collect, but it is difficult to sell it. Some people don't even know this thing.
Zhang Xiaobao is familiar with this aspect, pondered for a moment, and said: "You can only occupy the marble mine alone, and you can't stand the copper mine alone. Now the court is short of copper, you can sell the ore directly to you if the copper is mined. Uncle, the emperor, only charges a mining fee and environmental damage fee.
A small amount of money must be collected and must be collected, but if you can’t make money from it, it’s just organizing manpower to do it for your uncle for nothing. Don’t be afraid of being greedy for money, you are afraid that you don’t know what money to be greedy and what money you should not be greedy , This copper mine belongs to the basic natural resources needed by the society, it is not renewable, and it is about people's livelihood.
Don’t say the money is your status, you can’t take it up, even I, Zhang and Wang’s family can’t do it. Marble is another thing. Don’t worry about it. It’s like sugar and salt. No matter how high the price of sugar is, no one will say anything. , Especially the court will not control, but if you want to monopolize the price of salt, just wait to die.
Marble is a luxury product. There is no one and no one will die. It is enough for you to use marble to make money. You can mine it first, then transport it to the capital, and build a beautiful house with marble for your uncle. It is best to use it before winter. I will provide furniture and heating equipment.
Let me give you a beautiful large fish tank and the same rare ornamental fish raised in Luzhou. Let your uncle use it in winter. As soon as the spring starts tomorrow, your marble will be valuable, thank me. "
Li Xun nodded and had to admire the idea, but then he thought about it, and said: "Marbles are valuable, but aren't your glass fish tanks and ornamental fish more valuable? And what is the heating thing? Is it a kang? ?"
"Can the kang work? Heating, you will know in the future. The local heating is very convenient. It happens that there is coal in Huayuan County. I will also give you a few thermometers for you to offer them. Keep them in the room as much as possible. Thirteen to twenty-seven degrees."
Zhang Xiaobao finally understands why the master is reluctant to teach his apprentices. If the apprentices are shrewd, they can't be fooled.
Li Xun agreed, as if understanding or not, anyway, Zhang Xiaobao said, then his family must have a way, just do as he said, and when he turned his head, Li Xun saw the house again, and thought of seeing him just now. I'm not afraid of bumps, and after the house can move back and forth, I have more thoughts.
"Xiaobao, Xiaobei's house..."
"Do you want to rob my younger brother and sister's house? No, absolutely not. My family is going to offer it, without your share." Zhang Xiaobao understood what Li Xun asked, and quickly expressed his thoughts so that Li Xun was not allowed to do anything. The benefits are taken up.
"I didn't grab it, just ask, can I make it, I also want one." Li Xun is indeed planning to bring in the technology and make more for his family, or if someone has a baby in his family, others will give money to him. Silver's is too tacky, he sent the house.
"If you want to make a car, the wheel can be used, but the house can't move back and forth. That's too much stuff, unless you are going to make the car the size of a house, go away, and go boating."
Zhang Xiaobao agreed partly, and followed the team to the edge of Taihu Lake.
Li Xun followed along and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "Xiaobao, are there any new gadgets in your house? Let me see, maybe I can use it. If you have one, you must tell me."
"Don't worry, as long as it is something that can be mass-produced, I will tell you, and doing business will bring you a copy." Zhang Xiaobao let the horse run faster to get rid of Li Xun's entanglement.
By the time the team arrived at Taihu Lake, it was already evening. Li Xun still went to the lake for a circle and really caught a few fish. Unfortunately, this season's crabs are not good enough. He can only eat fish and shrimps.
Everyone had a big meal. Zhang Zhong was in a good mood. This time he knew a lot of things, and Li Xun was also happy. There are two mines, even if he can only occupy one in the end, that’s not bad. The record of joining the army and others are also Relax, things can be dealt with.
Li Xun drank some wine and was a little confused. After dark, he wanted to find Zhang Xiaobao to discuss ways to make money, so he didn't care about others. He stood up and wandered to find Zhang Xiaobao, but he found that something was wrong before he got there. Why is it so bright
"How much wax is needed for this, bright, really bright, oh, it's still on the other side of the house, Little Treasure wants to kill his younger brother and sister, can't, I have to go over and take a look."
Li Xun didn’t feel anything when he was sitting and drinking a while ago. Now when he stood up, Jiujin punched his head, and found a house over there, bright and bright, he was just the kind of person who was intoxicated at this moment. Not drunk, in a state of being distracted, and knowing that too many candles are not good for the little children.
When he was getting closer, he was blown by the cold wind, and when he was awake again, he finally realized that things were not what he thought. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were guarding in front of the house, leading his younger brothers and sisters to play there. Look at the candles in the house.
Hey? Surprisingly, when is there such a candle
When he got closer, Li Xun finally realized that this was not a candle at all, it was a glass that was lit up. New things could replace candles.
"Xiaobao, what did you say during the day? If you have something good, just hide it, right? Why is it so bright? Give me a hundred, and I'll go back and hang it."
Li Xun rubbed his face with his hands, and poured some water on his face from the basin where the little baby was washing the handkerchief. After he was sober, he stood in front of Zhang Xiaobao and questioned him. He knew that he could not scare the child.
"It can’t be mass-produced yet. Two of them were broken last night. Even twelve hours were not enough. It’s useless for you. Now it’s an experiment. This is in the house, and the experiment is also synchronized at home. The sides are different, point consecutively, and see if you can point them a little longer.
When it is really done, you must not be missing, especially this generator. Look at the things that people are driving there. You can sell them cheaper, a thousand guan, not expensive. If there are more rich people, buy it. Three and one free. "
Zhang Xiaobao did not deceive people. The life of the light bulb is too short to be used at all. It is not at the time of him and Wang Juan. The price of glass is cheap. This is a luxury item. It took a few hours, slap, broken, that's all.
You have to find a way to take a longer time. Compared with candles, at least the service life of the bulb must be exchanged for the price of candles at the same time.
The reason why generators are so cheap is because the bulb technology is in their hands. If the conditions meet the requirements, Zhang Xiaobao can even give the generators for nothing, such as buying a hundred bulbs at a time.
While Zhang Xiaobao was talking, the light bulb on the second floor of the house went out. The four little guys found that the light was wrong. They turned and looked at their house together. Seeing that the light on the second floor was off, this was anxious, pulling Wang Juan. Sisters screamed there, and the little hand was still pointing to the second floor.
Zhang Xiaobao hurriedly replaced the light bulb. Li Xun also believed Zhang Xiaobao's words and said, "Sure enough, it is easy to break. Then you have to study it quickly. Good things are bright and really bright. The fire is wrapped in glass. No need to add lamp oil. Don’t be afraid of the wind. If the entire mansion is lit, there will be no difference between night and day."
Zhang Xiaobao changed the light bulb, and the second floor turned on again. The four little guys smiled happily, turned around and continued to play. Li Xun could see that the little guys could not go in, but he definitely did not allow his house to go dark. .
He squatted down and pulled a little guy to kiss his face hard, and said, "You can enjoy the blessing. All the good things are for you first, and there is no such treatment in the palace."
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The people who had stayed in Taihu Lake all night rushed back after daybreak and watched them all go. The magistrate of Taihu County sat on the cowl, looked at the sky, sighed, and said to himself: " I'm gone, I'm gone, and finally it's clean, mine, money, and floating clouds, all floating clouds."
"Master, there is also light breeze." A man who was a master next to him came over and said.
The county magistrate put his hand on the master’s face and pushed, "Go away, what breeze? It's all gone."
No one in Zhang Xiaobao's team would care what a county magistrate thought, let alone experience the magistrate's philosophical thoughts, and drove slowly, and did not return to the mansion after three days in a row.
They didn't go back, but some people had already arrived, the people who came down from the dock.
Cars, either pulling people or loading goods, came to the yamen of Shuzhou Mansion on the fourth night after leaving the dock. Of course, the gatekeeper did not dare to stop them, so they let them go. Go in.
The old man Yuanzhi’s family was also temporarily arranged to the mansion, but there was no one in the mansion, not even a person to watch the yard. The only person who could breathe was the Yamen Yamen who was guarding outside.
After some inquiries, he knew that everyone had gone elsewhere, and the old man who accompanied the old man Yuanzhi said: "Don't worry about them, just don't go to their main house. Just look around to see if something new has been made. , I find that every few days, they will make something new."
At this time, a gatekeeper came over and said to the old man who had just spoken: "Master Bi, I don't know what's going on these days. As long as it gets dark, a courtyard in Cishi's house will light up. It’s bright, sometimes it’s on for a long time, and sometimes it’s on and then stop.
Is it haunted? It's better than you and this... This adult takes a rest outside, otherwise it will be difficult to explain if something small happens. "
"Oh? There are things like this? Okay, what haunted things, can his house be haunted? Yuan Zhi happened to be with me to have a look, and your family arranged to be here, and the subordinates in the family should be sent to my house to be resettled as much as possible. Not everyone can see the things."
When Old Man Bi heard that he was haunted, he didn't believe it at all. Which ghost got bored and went to Zhang Wang's family to make trouble? Talked to the old man Yuan Zhi, and started to walk towards the courtyard that the Ya Ya said earlier.
There were only two people, and the other people weren't ready to follow, not even the guards. When the two old men came to the yard, they saw the lights inside, not just one spot.
Old Man Bi looked at the ground carefully, gave a startled voice, and said, "This is the yard where the four youngest children of Wang Wang's family play. There should be a house in front of it. And this ground..."
"Longze, wait a minute, what did you just say? The house was installed and taken away? What house can be taken away?" If the old man Yuanzhi didn't know who Bi Gou was, he really thought he had a ghost, something else. It’s not uncommon to take things away. It’s the first time I heard that the house was taken away.
"Don’t believe it, it’s the house of four little guys. It is so high and has three floors. Only one house is used for countless money. What can I take away by installing a wheel? The house can float in the water and be used as a boat. , Even if someone is pressed into the water, the little boy inside can hold on for a long time.
There is also this ground. It was not a marble in the past. I don’t know where they found so many marbles. If they want to come, they can only see it in this yard. Isn’t it beautiful? It's a pity that the person is not there, otherwise you must ask carefully. "
Old Man Bi explained to Old Man Yuanzhi that he could understand the other person's thoughts. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, no one would believe it.
The old man Yuan Zhi really didn't believe it, and said next to him: "Is there no marble in Zhang Zhong's main hall?"
"It depends on whether there is leftover after paved yard. If there is, there is enough to paved the main hall. Then there is it in the main hall, otherwise it will be gone. They gave the best things to the four little children in the house. , And see what the shiny thing is."
Old Man Bi explained again, stepping on the marble floor, felt that the feeling under his feet was indeed different.
When the two people got close to the shiny object, they discovered that there were twenty such objects in one share, and six of them were broken.
"What is this? A candle? An oil lamp? It is said that they have been gone for several days. There shouldn't be anyone coming in to add oil. It is even more unlikely that the candle will burn for such a long time. That's weird."
Old man Bi had looked at the light bulb, and when he turned his head to talk to the old man Yuanzhi, he suddenly found that the surroundings were so dark. When he turned his head to look at the light bulb, his eyes were shaking with discomfort.
Fortunately, for the two of them, the hanging position of this thing is not high. The old man Yuanzhi just arrived at the place, he had to be polite, and he didn’t move. No matter what the old man is polite or impolite, he will always be polite with the Zhang family. Don't think about getting good things.
"I'll take it off and see what it is." The old man Bi stretched out his hand to pick a light bulb. He thought it was a gourd, so he picked it up, and when his hand touched the light bulb, he retracted. .
"It's hot, how did this happen, this hand is hot, see, where is it connected?" Old Man Bi blew the finger that he had just burned twice, and said as he followed the line connecting the luminous thing. Looking elsewhere, the feet move along with it.
As they walked, the two people came to the front of a few large rotating windmills nearby.
Under the windmill, the two people saw a thing that they didn't know was spinning. The windmill turned, the thing turned, and the windmill stopped and the thing stopped.
After watching for a while, the old man Yuanzhi finally found the connection and said: "When the windmill stops, it will be dark, and the windmill will be bright when it turns. Is it related to the windmill?"
"Yes, yes, that's it. Yuanzhi, you don’t know. Look here. You can use your pedals. Now you can ride on a windmill. The Zhang family is lazy. Those who can use wind and water absolutely You don’t need livestock, and those who can use livestock do not need people.
I will, look at me, jam the place where the windmill is connected, and then take it off. Okay, right? The next step is to go up. "
Old man Bi took a connecting shaft, and the generator could no longer rely on the rotation of the windmill to provide power. Old man Bi went up to the generator, stepped on the pedal, and grabbed the handle. It started to kick up, and he kicked it, and it really lit up again.
He stopped, and it was dark over there. Needless to say, the old man Yuanzhi understood what was going on this time. It turned out that it really had something to do with the windmill, but the reasoning behind it was that he couldn't think of it.
The same is true for Old Man Bi. He put back the connected thing of the windmill. After the light turned on, he sat there with his chin in his hand and said, “Why? Add this thing to replace the candle?"
The more I think about it, the more surprised the old man will be. If it is true, as long as the wind is blowing in a stable place, and there is water next to it, wouldn’t it be that candles and oil lamps are no longer needed, and this glass has something added to it. The candle is much brighter.
Putting it in a hall, as long as one is brighter than lighting more than ten candles, how much does it cost? How much oil is saved? How many households can benefit from this oil
What's more, this thing is not afraid of wind blowing, and there is no oily smoke. Apart from the uncomfortable direct use of the eyes, it is much better to look at other places than candles and oil lamps.
What Old Man Bi could think of, Old Man Yuanzhi could also think of. He also knew that this luminous thing was covered with a layer of glass.
"Longze, there is this thing coming out, Datang is lucky, I should write a report and report it immediately, and I will go back." The old man Yuanzhi had a very calm face just now, and he became excited after thinking about the application of this thing. , I'm going back when I'm talking.
"You can’t do anything, wait until the people of the Zhang family come back. Now you write a booklet and send it up. Then this thing is the last thing in the Zhang family. Don’t just expect other things to come out in the future. You have to know that the Zhang family is Every few days, a good thing is made."
When Old Man Bi saw that the old man Yuanzhi was going to write a booklet, he quickly stopped him and asked him to write it and send it up. That's okay. He has had a lot of contact with the Zhang family. He knows what the Zhang family is like. Discuss with him. If it is, then sometimes it is an exchange of benefits, sometimes an exchange of rights, and sometimes nothing is exchanged. As long as you talk carefully, it does not have too much influence on the profitability of the Zhang Wang family, then you can hand over the technology.
Another example is things that really concern the national movement and people’s livelihood. You don’t need others to ask for it. The first thing you make is to send it up. If such a person gets irritated by Yuanzhi’s excitement, then don’t count on their family anymore. It's impossible to kill the chicken to get the eggs when something is out.
After Old Man Bi grabbed the old man Yuan Zhi and said this, the old man Yuan Zhi also stopped. He also wanted to understand that it was indeed the case, and he would be angry if he replaced him.
What is under the world, is it Wang Tu, the shore of Li Tu, it is Wang Chen.
That's a lie. Wang Tu was all shot down. For example, the Dadaozi found by the Zhang family was a place of Datang. In fact, it has nothing to do with Datang at all. It is not to send troops to it. It only needs the gold mine, copper mine and grain there.
"I understand, the Zhang family does not lack righteousness, but you can't suppress it with righteousness. It seems that this thing will definitely be used to make money, and ordinary people won't be able to use it."
The old man Yuanzhi said with emotion, he didn't leave, he stood by the lamp and watched it shine.
"Normally people don’t need candles. Oil lamps are only lit when they encounter special things. They start at that point, not to mention this. How much do you get for the things you just transferred? Can the people buy them? Stuff.
What's more, there is nothing wrong with the Zhang family making money. You will know when they come back. They usually eat well, but they will never make a big table and can't throw them away. The clothes they wear are good, but they will never wear them once. Up.
Except for the four little guys who don’t care about money, other times his family rarely wastes it. That is to say, most of the money they earn is not used on their own body. Look at Sanshui County, Huayuan County and Yaozhou, look at Luzhou and the money borrowed by the people in Shuzhou now.
It was their family who paid in advance for building roads and water conservancy. Many times Zhang Wang’s family paid for it themselves, and they reported very little. Besides, no one reported it to them. They secretly paid for the disaster. Things were transported there, and when they arrived, they were given to the victims in the name of the court.
The imperial court also paid for the repair of things. Other wealthy families are rich in wealth, which is not seen in the Zhang family. This is the real home of the rich and the rich. Gao is majestic. This is how Zhang Wang's family is. If you make a profit, you can make a profit. "
The old man Bi made a summary of Zhang Wang's family, and the facts are true. The two family members have never been like other people. They have never done anything outside a certain city. They really want to help the people in a certain place. If they do, they will definitely open a business there, and then use the business as an excuse to build roads, water conservancy, and so on.
All of this requires manpower. Others are charity on the surface, and the Zhang family is helping the people find things to do, and it's not on the same level at all.
The old man Yuanzhi used to think he knew enough about the Zhang Wangs family. On the way, he also heard Old Man Bi talk about the Zhang Wangs family. The main reason was that there were too many things to mention here.
At this time, I heard what Old Man Bi said, and finally understood a little more, and said: "So that's it, I thought the Zhang family saved up all the money, and the more I saved it."