In the quiet and cold Hall of Mental Cultivation, two figures suddenly appeared there out of thin air.
Ren Baqian was still holding a huge cardboard box and a small bag in his hands. After seeing the surrounding scenery clearly, he lowered his head to look in the Empress' hands, but there was nothing there.
"The one in my hand just now disappeared in an instant." The empress said while looking at her left hand.
After Ren Baqian's second medicinal bath, his current strength is about 150 jin, and the box in his hand plus the Empress is about the same. I wanted to see if the empress could bring some, but now it has been confirmed that it can't be done, the things disappeared directly, and I don't know if they stayed on the earth or disappeared somewhere during the shuttle.
"Your Majesty!" Qing Yuan and Hong Luan's voices sounded behind them, and the empress withdrew Ren Baqian's hand as if she was electrocuted.
"What time is it?" the empress turned around and asked.
"Your Majesty, it's time." The two walked up to the empress and said after bowing.
Judging from the appearance of the two, they have been staying here after the empress left.
Zishi is between 11:00 and 1:00 in the middle of the night, which is exactly midnight.
"Did something happen in the palace?" the Empress asked again.
"safe and sound."
"You two go down first." The empress waved her hand.
After the two left, they looked at the box in Ren Baqian's hand and asked, "What is it?"
After Ren Baqian ordered the box to be tightened into the room, the two came back, before she had time to ask.
"A device that uses sunlight to melt steel is for demonstration. I will make glass and mirrors after preparation, and make a larger equipment to melt Mount Damo little by little. I think that if I build a factory to make glass, there may be Weici, I prepared such a one, presumably others have nothing to say." Ren Baqian patted the box and said.
This is a demonstration solar furnace, which also shows its capabilities.
It's not that he is not clear about his current situation, but he can see a lot from Fenghou's attitude in the Jinluan Palace that day and Tao Jiyuan's attitude at the beginning.
Not counting these, even if you think about it yourself, you will come to the same conclusion.
Therefore, he has to show some things to others, and when his abilities are recognized by everyone, it will be much more convenient to do various things in the future. After all, he doesn't like being questioned about everything.
"Okay." The empress nodded, turned and returned to the couch: "Tomorrow, tell me when you are ready, and I will let the second elder and some people watch together."
"Yes. The minister will go back first." Ren Baqian carried the box and walked out carefully, and found two guards outside to help him go back to Pingle Garden.
Back in Pingle Garden, Ren Baqian first practiced "Ruyi Contemplation" and then fell asleep on the bed.
In the morning of the next day, Ren Baqian asked the guards to move the box to an open space in Pingle Garden after watching the sun rise.
Anyway, to demonstrate this, all you need is an open and sunny place.
Ren Baqian opened the box, revealing a metal plate in the shape of a pot lid, about one meter in diameter, with grids on it, and two boxes inside the box, which were neatly placed. The lenses are said to cost two thousand pieces.
I have to say that this job is quite troublesome, and the guards of the ancient clan with rough hands and feet can't help much. Ren Baqian was afraid that they would destroy the metal plate with force, so he had to do it himself, which took more than an hour After installing the lenses, my arms are sore.
The two guards didn't leave, they watched Ren Baqian busy there not far away, wondering what he was doing.
Occasionally seeing those small lenses, the two of them subconsciously felt that these things were very precious.
"Come on, hold it for me." Ren Baqian said to the two, and went to find a branch by himself.
"Turn this towards the sun at this angle." Ren Baqian told the guard with his hands.
The light in the disc was shining like a treasure, and another guard subconsciously wanted to take a closer look.
"Don't get close, stand to the side." Ren Baqian was taken aback by his actions, the focal point of the disc reflecting sunlight could directly melt steel, let alone a person.
"Okay, hold it, don't move." Ren Baqian directed the guard to stand still, and at the same time stretched out the branch to a position one and a half meters away from the center of the disc.
The moment the branch reaches the focal point, it smokes and then catches fire.
This scene made the two guards stunned. What kind of treasure is this disc
Ren Baqian went back to the room to find a small copper ring, put it on a tree branch and stretched it towards the focal point, only to see that the branch was instantly lit, but within seven or eight seconds the copper ring also began to melt, and finally fell to the ground Only half of it is left.
The sun of this world is bigger and hotter than that of the earth, so metals melt faster.
"Fu Cheng, what kind of treasure is this?" The two guards couldn't help but ask, speechless.
Ren Baqian smiled without answering, and said: "Go and inform His Majesty... Forget it, I'll go by myself."
Ask someone to put the disk back into the box and put it inside the house, and then rush to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to find the Empress.
"Your Majesty, I'm done. I've tried it just now, and there's no problem." Ren Baqian said with a smile on his face.
"Well, I'd like to see what you've done. But there's no rush. At this moment, I'll send someone to inform Elder Erzhi, Tu Wan and the others that you can have dinner with me here first. "The empress said softly.
After the Empress finished speaking, she asked Hongluan to ask the guards to inform the Erzhi Laohe and Hubu Shangshu Tuwan, Taifu Secretary Gu Yue, Industry Minister Tong Zhenye, and Ordnance Secretary Fenghou and others.
"Your Majesty, mirrors are needed to make such a solar furnace. I feel that a glass factory can be established in the name of the palace. The glass and mirrors produced can be circulated in the market or sold to wealthy people in other countries. I believe they are willing to pay for it." The price is not cheap, and then the money can be used to buy materials and transport them back to make up for the country.”
"In the name of the palace?" The empress didn't have much concept of making money.
"Yes, the palace sent manpower to do it, the palace opened its own shops to sell, and organized its own caravans to ship to other countries. Then use the money from the sale to buy supplies and sell them back to China at a small price increase, which can benefit the people and thank your majesty. , It can also guarantee the financial resources of the palace.
At the same time, it is completely controlled by the palace, which can also avoid many things, such as other people intervening in it. "Ren Baqian explained.
"It's okay to say that." The empress nodded and said.
"You want to form a caravan?" the Empress asked.
"Yes, it is imperative. After all, transporting items from one place to another and selling them again can make huge profits, which can completely fill the treasury when needed.
For example, if the cost of a mirror is half taels of silver, it can be sold for five taels of silver in China, but it can be sold for fifteen taels of silver when transported to other countries. This money flows into the country from abroad, and this kind of trade will make the country rich.
And all along, they have been selling items to us. Although they can make up for the various supplies that Dayao lacks, but if this continues, Dayao's wealth is constantly flowing out, and Dayao's wealth is used to support other countries. nobleman.
And we also form a caravan, so that this kind of trade flow can form a balance. At the same time, news from other countries can also be sent back to the country through the caravan. "Ren Baqian simply said the economic knowledge that everyone on Earth knows.
The third change, now the monthly ticket is doubled, ask for the next monthly ticket, if you can enter the top six of the new book monthly ticket list before October 1st and keep it, add eight more chapters. (I haven't saved the manuscript, of course I will return it a little bit.)
Thanks to the wandering zombies, thanks to Eli, and thanks to the leader who is still in the mood for the reward. I owe another seven chapters.
I'm going to write another chapter and pay back the last one first.