Trucks of coal and face were sent to a designated place for people to pour water on. The three of them stopped performing and telling stories for the tourists. They leaned together to see what Xiaobao and the cuckoo were doing.
"Do you want to use coal cakes? This is only when the Kangs are burned in the north of the Yellow River. I have only seen the Zhang family tell others how to prevent that called carbon monoxide poisoning. People here don't burn the kangs."
Old Man Bi looked at the busy people and said to himself.
"Look." Old man Zhang just slept on a Kang bed when he entered Beijing before the Chinese New Year. He was hard and he was not used to sleeping, but he was warm. He couldn't think of what Xiaobao and Cuckoo would do to buy a lot of coal to save face. He stood on a high point. Place to watch.
As soon as the coal face was delivered to the place, the people in the inner courtyard of the Zhang family organized manpower to do the work without covering it. Whoever wanted to see it would look at it. In addition to the coal face, there were also yellow mud, rice straw, sorghum stalks, and wheat stalks. Crushed charcoal powder left over from burning charcoal at home.
The iron molds that have been made long ago were also moved out and put down, and then they started playing with mud. Someone was in charge of the mud, and someone made a record. According to different proportions, each proportion produced a mixture of more than one hundred things. The ball is placed in the mold and pressed into a cylinder, with many holes in the middle.
More than half an hour later, the cylinders with more than 30 ratios were all finished, and they were put out to dry and watched by a special person.
Old man Yao pulled a maid from the Zhang family, "Little Tao, what are you doing?"
"If you go back to the old man, let the little boy and little girl make briquettes to see which ratio is good and cost-effective. They will be specially made in the future. They will be used for boiling water and cooking. There are special stoves, one-hole and four-hole. Even nine holes, arranged according to the number of people.
Coal face is not valuable, and other things are not valuable. Briquette can save firewood and fodder when it is made. The most important thing is that it is convenient to use and is not easy to cause fire. "
The maid did not conceal, and answered any questions.
"What's the use of saving firewood?" Old man Yao still couldn't figure it out.
"It can be used to make charcoal. Charcoal has more uses, and the price is much higher than briquette. The most important thing is that the more difficult the Yellow River is, the less coal it likes to be used. The straw saved can be used for distilling alcohol, even if people don’t drink it, it can be used for other purposes."
Maid Xiaotao didn't speak loudly this time, but went to Old Man Yao's ear and whispered to him.
Old man Yao was taken aback for a moment, "Straw can also distill alcohol? Then you have to surround this place too. Now that you have seen it, others will learn it as soon as you learn it. Could it be the stove said."
"The little boy said that he could do it. The little boy said that the distilled straw can be made into paper. The good straw and other orange stalks are used to feed the cows. It is a pity that they are burned.
This doesn’t need to be kept secret, the stove is easy to do, just look at it, and when the best ratio is adjusted, post a notice so that everyone knows how to use coal face to make briquettes. The saved orange stalks can be established everywhere. When purchasing processing sites, our family's major issues concerning people's livelihood have never been kept secret. "
The maid knew a lot, and answered another question from Old Man Yao.
In the last words she said, the three old men selectively believed. If they did not keep secrets, they did not keep secrets. The methods of raising poultry, intercropping and intercropping were all taken out, and the methods of building greenhouses in the north were also handed in, but That was when the Zhang Wang family did not need to rely on this method to make money or when they needed to exchange benefits.
Is this briquette now ready to be used in exchange for benefits, or is it not necessary to rely on it to make money? It's elusive.
Maybe she also felt that what she said was a bit untenable. The maid Xiaotao explained again, "In fact, doing this in Baoxin County has another effect, which is to combat the cross-industry economic strategy of the Sihai Academy. Some days ago, they came to sell silver. Ore is a series of plans.
It’s just that I met the little boy, and they were cut off before they planned to connect together, but there was still a little trouble in the follow-up. The woodland they bought, the straw purchased at a high price, would cause the county to lack firewood for a certain period of time. If it is used, transporting firewood from elsewhere will increase the cost.
The little boy meant to let others know that as long as he is still there, don’t think about gaining personal gain by hitting my Datang people’s livelihood, don’t report that you are lucky, and you will not give it a chance, even if it’s only for a short time. The calculations on the firewood and straw killed the heart as soon as possible. "
When she said these words, Xiao Tao raised her head proudly, as if the world was so big, who would leave me alone.
The three old men understood. It turned out that it was Xiaobao who was angry. The people at Sihai Academy dared to come over to look for things when they knew that he was an official in Baoxin County, and did not concede defeat, and wanted to specifically attack each other. Once, it played the role of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger and killing the chicken and the monkey.
Just tell other people who don't have this idea, don't play tricks in front of me, if you do tricks, as long as I pass, you have to retire me, and there is no room for negotiation.
Old man Zhang smiled, "Haha, good, domineering enough to match the cuckoo."
"It seems that the two people really got the truth. The most important thing is not simply defeating others. If only defeating, my good granddaughter Xin'er can also do it. The main reason is that Xiaobao did not forget to take care of the people's livelihood when he was cleaning up his opponents. Hidden is hard to find, but if you plan it out, you will be connected.
Well, the Zhang family taught his masters to kill two birds with at least one stone. "
The old man Bi, who knows the ways of the Zhang family best, is now relieved. He feels that even if the expert who has been hiding behind the Zhang family has died, there is no need to worry that no one will inherit it. When the time comes, Xiaobao and the cuckoo will be big again. , And teach others the ability, the next generations of Datang will not have to worry about encountering sudden crises.
Unless the emperor I met was faint, it is estimated that such a thing would not happen. If the current emperor is faint, perhaps the superiors of King Zhang's family can... can... Li Xun? Can't think about this anymore.
Thinking of something, Old Man Bi couldn't help but shudder, and at the same time had a trace of fear for the Zhang Wang family.
Old man Yao did not follow the family of Zhang Wang from Sanshui County like Old Man Bi. He did not know the two families as well as Old Man Bi. He didn’t know that Zhang’s actions had always been tactical, and he would never know it. It's just for one purpose, and it's hard to figure out when it's used, and when you see it, you can't stop it.
For example, the promotion of Sanshui from Zhongxian to county, eight-handed continuous push, was all laid out a little bit when others could not think of it.
He almost died after being ill, and he gradually integrated into the lives of King Zhang's family after being taken to Shuzhou. Compared with the old man Bi, he also knew some of the situation, such as the construction of Shuzhou. , The arrangement of the river embankment was decided, as well as the various practices of Yizhou.
When they first learned about Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, they were two different wars. The two people joined together. Not only did they win the two wars, but they also calculated the Tubo and gave Jiannan Road a low price in exchange for a lot of livestock. No one would have thought of a counterattack immediately when the Tubo economic war was repelled.
According to this statement, it is estimated that Xiaobao still has something to do.
With that in mind, Old Man Yao asked the maid Xiaotao again: "What else is there besides this?"
"More? Is there any more?" Xiao Tao asked rhetorically, lowered her head and said: "Maybe, I have heard from the little son and the little lady. In the future, I will make more paper and continue to study printing so that more people don't need it. Bother with paper, bad paper is used to make egg stuff, which is convenient for transportation and can also build a house.
I don't understand the others, there should be more. The little lady and the little master discussed this matter for three days, and it didn't take such a long time. "
"That's more," the three old men thought at the same time.
After a lot of things, the three old men were in a good mood. Seeing that the briquettes didn't dry for a while, they ran to the model to have fun again, and looked very happy.
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Some people are happy but others are worried.
Zhang said that he is now worrying about who to arrange for Xincai County. First of all, he must be his own person, and secondly, he must be able to support himself and know how to advance and retreat. In the future, Xincai County will not be as simple as it is now.
"Zi Shou, help me think about who should be sent to Xincai County. It must be capable, able to do practical things, and be able to deal with Zhang Wang's business there, without restricting Zhang Wang's business talents. Okay, if the faction is stunned and fails to find the fault of the original county magistrate, first start with the business of Wang Zhang's family, then it will be a disaster."
Zhang said that he had no idea at the moment, and turned to ask Zhang Jiuling, who had been brought to discuss matters by him.
Zhang Jiuling is also worried. He really doesn't want to get in with each other. He doesn't want to offend both sides. Can Wang Zhang's family act to stop it? The emperor can only exchange terms with others, let alone others.
Hearing Zhang talked about asking himself, I had to say: "Just send an obedient person over and bring two flexible deputies to check the accounts of Xincai County, but Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan cannot be involved, let alone Tongan County King. , After finishing Feng Changgong and the others, they put their minds away and worked hard.
If you have trouble, ask Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan for advice. Don't make your own claim. Just like those who are officials in Luzhou, Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, it is estimated that there will be no accidents. "
Zhang Said also thought of this, but he was worried that Yu Wenrong would oppose him, stumbling behind his back, retreating to advance, surrendering his position, and not letting the person he arranged for him to pass, but to use his own ability. Those who can't go to Xincai, waiting to see the excitement.
There are really not many people who can really go down and do things here. They can do things and have a background in imperial examinations. There are people like this, such as those who are admitted to the Jianjia Academy. They are so easy to use, but they are not their own people. , It's from the family of King Zhang, no, absolutely no.
After thinking for a while, Zhang said he sighed slightly, "Officials above Rank 6 cannot go. They can only be sent from Rank 6 to Rank 9 people. Just six of them. Write three first, then three, etc. Others object to it again."
"Alright." Zhang Jiuling saw Zhang's decision had been made, knowing that it would be useless to object, and she agreed.
Zhang said that he got the pen and ink and wrote the names of three people on the top and three more on the bottom. After thinking about it carefully, he began to write the official text.