Xingnong invited Zhang Zheng into the yard.
Zhang Zheng put down the backpack and took out a number of unique and exquisite fuel-saving lamps from it. He said excitedly, "Sister Shen, the fuel-saving lamps you asked me to make are ready!"
He couldn't wait to take out the fuel-saving lamp from the backpack as if he was presenting a treasure, and wanted to show them all at once.
Xing Nong watched him take out the fuel-saving lamps one by one as if he were presenting treasures. She couldn't help but ask, "So many?"
"Not much, it has to be cooked anyway. Sister Shen, this thing is very good. I tried it and it can save almost half of the oil. It's just that it's a little difficult to control when cooking, and it will fail if you're not careful, but it's not difficult for me!"
And not all of them can save nearly half of the fuel. He tried many methods and specially picked the one that saved nearly half of the fuel to send to Sister Shen.
Xing Nong nodded, "Thank you, how much silver is this?"
Zhang Zheng waved his hand and said, "No need for money. Sister Shen, can I make some of these oil-saving lamps and sell them at the market? This thing saves oil, which is a good thing for ordinary people. In the future, every household can use oil lamps with these oil-saving lamps."
Xing Nong nodded indifferently: "It's up to you."
Zhang Zheng said happily, "Thank you, Sister Shen. I'll go back first! I'll come to play with you later."
Sister Shen is such a good person! He will give her half of the money he makes in the future.
"Wait a moment." Xing Nong went into the kitchen and took out a basket of strawberries and some freshly steamed corns for him. "I picked them from the mountain. Take them back to eat."
She also placed a piece of paper at the bottom of the basket with a method for making a glaze written on it, hoping it would be useful to him.
There were no strawberries or corn in ancient times, and no one knew what they were. Zhang Zheng had never seen them before, so he thought they were really wild fruits from the mountains. He happily took them and said, "Thank you, Sister Shen. I'm going back now!"
He came out secretly and couldn't stay out for too long.
After saying that, he happily went home carrying a basket of wild fruits!
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After the tender corn was steamed, Xingnong called Shen Ruoxi and Xing Qing to come out and eat. They both exclaimed that it was delicious, fragrant and sweet!
After they finished eating, Xingnong left two corns in the pot for Gu, then took the two corns and carried a basket to the city to buy seeds.
These two ears of corn are brought to Xinghui. He is now a serious student of the academy. From today on, he has to stay in the academy for rest before he can go home.
Xingnong was just about to go to the city to buy wheat seeds to try whether they could be improved, so he brought two seeds for him to try.
In addition to two cooked corns, there were also a few fuel-efficient lamps in the backpack.
As Xingnong walked on the road, he continued to harvest tender corn and strawberries with his mind.
Xingnong always felt like she had forgotten something, but she couldn't remember it.
On the mountain, the bison ate their fill of grass and peach leaves, then found a cool place to take a deep sleep.
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county seat
When Shen Mingzhu returned home, she hurried back to her room to draw a blueprint for an oil-saving lamp, and then ran to find Yao.
Shen's Main House
Nearly half of the Shen family winery was sold, and their family's reputation was also damaged. Yao fell ill due to anxiety these two days, and is now lying in bed, resting while thinking of ways to restore some of his reputation.
Shen Mingzhu ran in: "Mom! I have thought of a way to make our family famous."
Yao said listlessly, "What method?"
Shen Mingzhu handed the drawings to Yao.
Yao looked down and said, "Is this an oil lamp?"
Shen Mingzhu is a famous talented woman in Futai County, who excels in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. In this painting, she depicts a fairy child offering an oil lamp as a birthday gift. The fairy child is lifelike and full of blessings.
Shen Mingzhu shook her head and smiled mysteriously, "No, this is not an ordinary oil lamp, this is an oil-saving lamp, which can save nearly half of the oil! Mother, do you think this is good news for some poor students?"
Yao became more alert after hearing this. She sat up and said in surprise, "Save nearly half the fuel?!"
That year, a lot of money must have been saved
Yao had also come from a poor background, so she knew exactly what this fuel saving of nearly 50% meant!
This is not only good news for poor students, it is also good news for the people of the entire Chu State!
"Can this really save nearly half the fuel?"
Shen Mingzhu was a little uncertain after hearing this, but it was certain that it could save fuel: "Almost the same, but it can definitely save fuel!"
Shen Mingzhu explained.
Yao also understood, "I'll find someone to make it right away to see how fuel-efficient it is."
She hugged Shen Mingzhu excitedly: "My precious daughter is so smart and clever. Mother knows that you will be extraordinary in the future! Isn't this a great thing that will benefit countless people? I will go to the county magistrate now. I heard that one of his relatives is an official in the Ministry of Works in the capital. Let the people in the Ministry of Works publish the blueprints to the world and benefit the people. Then you will be famous throughout the country! By then, the emperor will definitely know you, and you will be selected to enter the palace for sure!"
Shen Mingzhu smiled, but also felt a little worried: "But that's not necessarily true. The fuel-saving lamp is not a very powerful thing."
"Of course you can! When the late emperor was in power, there was a general election. A beautiful girl invented a loom and was appreciated by the late emperor. She successfully entered the palace. Do you know what happened to her later?"
Shen Mingzhu shook her head, with a hint of expectation: "How is it?"
Yao whispered, "After she entered the palace, she was deeply favored by the emperor and rose all the way to become the queen! The current emperor is her biological son, but it's a pity that she was so beautiful and had a tragic fate. She didn't live to old age and died in a difficult childbirth. Otherwise, there would be no empress dowager today!"
No one dared to mention these things after the current empress dowager became queen, so she still heard it from the wife of the county magistrate.
Of course, the reason why the current queen mother became the queen mother was because she had no children and asked the late emperor to take the newborn current emperor to raise him. Otherwise, she would not have become the queen mother.
Shen Mingzhu widened her eyes. She really didn't know all this. However, with her beauty, it was inevitable that she would be favored after entering the palace. An image of herself wearing a phoenix robe and being the mother of the country immediately emerged in her mind.
Yao got out of bed, feeling refreshed and feeling better. "Draw a few more pictures. I'm going to give this one to the county magistrate. Make the other pictures simpler so that they are more suitable for ordinary people. Then I'll find someone to make the oil-saving lamps and ask your eldest brother to give them to the students in the academy for free. Then we'll give them to students in other academies, as well as to the poor people in the city and the village, to build up our reputation!"
The more Yao thought about it, the more he figured out how to build up his reputation as quickly as possible.
Shen Mingzhu stood up immediately: "Okay! I'll go and draw it now! Mother, can you tell me if this fuel-saving lamp can help the county magistrate rescue my grandmother?"
"Your grandfather has divorced her, and the county magistrate has separated our household registrations. It's better to have less trouble than more. I will go to the county government office to find the county magistrate first." Yao hurried out.
Shen Mingzhu was also worried that the credit for saving the oil lamp would be used to save Li, so it would offset the loss. After thinking about it, she decided to give up.
Poor Li was huddled in a corner of the prison, feeling hungry and cold, and felt like she was going to die.
She waited and waited but no one rescued her, and even no one showed up to visit her or bring her food!
The food in prison was the worst. She couldn't get used to it at all and would vomit after eating it. She just wanted to wait for her family to bring her food.
Next time the yamen runners brought her food, she would never say she didn't want to eat it.
I'm so hungry!