System, help me be an empress

Chapter 173 Bagasse

"..."

Xu Youxi sighed in shock, when did Xu Ling acquire this characteristic of 'seeing money'?

Who broke it!

Or does she have to reflect on herself, does she look like the kind of robber who would sell the steamboat for 500 million taels?

At this moment, Xu Shengshi, who had been waiting for a long time, found Xu Youxi and Xu Youxi walking over, and asked, "What did you talk about just now?"

"For the design of the steam ship, I asked Han Beishi to invite General He Jiangyi to come and design the sketch of the ship together." Xu Youxi replied succinctly.

"General He is coming too?" Xu Shengshi hesitated, "I don't want General He to know about me. If he comes, I will try to avoid it."

"Okay, but have you thought about how to spend these few days off?" Xu Youxi asked.

Xu Shengshi looked into the distance in confusion: "I'd better go back to the boat."

No direction, no goal.

"Don't you have anything you like to do?"

Xu Shengshi shook his head: "I don't know."

"Xu Ling, is there anything you like to do?" Xu Youxi suddenly looked at Xu Ling who was following him.

"...Subordinates like to swear to the death to protect His Majesty's safety!"

Xu Youxi's brain automatically blocked these flattering words: "I will give you a few days off, and you take him around Guangzhou."

"How can a subordinate leave his position without authorization?" Xu Ling's expression was very resistant.

"You don't want to take a vacation?"

"Yes."

"Okay, I will arrange a task for you... The first thing, when you go out, you are responsible for finding out the ten favorite foods of the local people in Guangzhou. If you taste good, remember to pack it for me; the second thing is to find The most famous local historic site, and go to the historical site to bring back something; the third thing, visit all the elderly over 70 years old, and talk to them for at least half an hour... No.16 thing, find the most miserable person in the local area, Do your best to fulfill a wish for him."

Xu Youxi said that these seem to be trivial things, but they are actually very time-consuming.

"Yes, but, Your Majesty, do you have any deep meaning in these tasks?" As Xu Ling and Xu Youxi became more and more familiar, they both tried to bargain.

Deep meaning?

Can this trouble Xu Youxi?

"Naturally, it has deep meaning. Master Yu wrote "Shang Dao", won't it be widely praised by the people. As a follower, shouldn't you follow suit? After you complete these tasks, you can just organize the story and write a book by the way. I will replace the title of the book." Think it over, call it "Guangzhou Stories". When you finish writing this book, the whole city of Guangzhou will be famous all over the world because of your book, what a meaningful thing."

"But my subordinates don't know how to write."

Xu Youxi patted Xu Ling on the shoulder: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, and when you write other books later, it won't be so painful."

He doesn't want to have a future, okay!

He quit!He wants to go back to Nanzhen Prefecture!

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the next day.

Xu Ling didn't sleep all night, with two big dark circles still hanging on his face, he took Xu Shengshi out with a desolate face.

Xu Youxi got up late on purpose, and came directly to the Shipbuilding Bureau after washing up.

Han Beishi's efficiency was very fast. He took He Jiangyi to visit the steamship at dawn. At this moment, the two had just got off the boat and chatted about the design of the steamship while walking.

"General He, what do you think of steamships?"

He Jiangyi hurriedly saluted. He was hit too hard by the steamship just now, and he still hasn't recovered from it: "...Your Majesty, the steamship is very powerful. Once it is built, I can guarantee that there will be no enemies on Daqian Sea from now on. !"

Hearing what he said, Xu Youxi was in a good mood: "This is just the beginning. How is your discussion going? Is it convenient for me to listen?"

"Of course, of course."

Han Beishi summarized some details of the conversation just now, and Xu Youxi also listened very carefully.

"I think General He's analysis is very reasonable. The living environment on the military ship is very important. The noise of the steam ship is relatively loud. If you don't try to solve this problem, the soldiers will not be able to rest well, and they will not be able to fight at all."

"In addition to proposals such as earplugs, can some sound insulation materials be studied for the walls of the soldiers' rooms? The sea bumps often last for several months. Try to create a good rest and combat environment for the soldiers, and give priority to ensuring single rooms .At the same time, a large number of emergency beds are set up to prevent large-scale wars, and military ships need to carry more soldiers."

"Besides, what do soldiers do in their spare time? How to exercise? Can you prepare some books? Or arrange some military theory courses?"

"Yes."

Han Beishi used a pen while listening, and recorded all Xu Youxi's proposals. This habit was formed when he was in Shengong Bureau.

Anyone who came out of the Shengong Bureau knew that every suggestion from His Majesty was crucial to their final success.

Xu Youxi thought of a lot of details last night, and now he just said: "You have to make room for the treatment of wounded soldiers. After I go back, let Tai Hospital and Xinyi Pavilion participate in the site design .General He, you have military doctors with the army, right? You are in charge of arranging these military doctors to take turns to learn new technologies at the New Medical Pavilion."

"There is another suggestion. Although seawater is not edible, seawater can be desalinated and separated by distillation. Although the desalinated water may not be suitable for drinking, at least it can ensure that soldiers can wash easily." Xu Youxi paused, "The steam engine itself can generate a lot of heat. Is there a way to add a seawater desalination machine to the steam engine?"

Xu Youxi's idea was good, but for Han Beishi, it was not so easy.

"Yes, I will do my best."

"Your Majesty, I just discussed with General He the issue of the copper cannon on the ship. Since our warship will be made very large, the copper cannon can also be enlarged in proportion, but the disadvantage is that the copper cannon must be made by a special person..."

"There are quite a few craftsmen under the Shenji Camp, but these people are too busy making the firearms that the Shenji Camp uses on a daily basis."

Xu Youxi didn't know how to transfer people, but this side is too far away from Shangjing, so it's hard to control.If a second Shenji Battalion is established here, wouldn't it be convenient for those who want to rebel?
"I still need to think about this matter."

Xu Youxi felt that when he went back, he would definitely expand the scale of the factory behind the Shenji Camp.

"My lords, what other problems do you encounter? I'll see if I can solve them for you."

……

Xu Youxi chatted with them all morning and passed on a lot of new ideas, but how much Han Beishi can do depends on his ability.

After lunch.

The weather has not been as hot as before.

Xu Youxi rode a horse to the nearby farmland alone, and accidentally broke into a sugarcane field.

This season, sugar cane is ripe.

"Old man, can you sell me some sugar cane?" Xu Youxi asked loudly when he saw a farmer watering the field.

"Okay, how much do you want?" The old man had an accent in his hometown, and Xu Youxi was struggling to sound it.

"Two first. Old man, do you accept cash or banknotes?"

"Paper bills, so I don't have to go to the bank to change them." The old man started cutting sugarcane after he finished speaking, and tied up the cut sugarcane thoughtfully. "Would you like to hang it on the horse for you?"

"Thank you." Xu Youxi took money out of his purse, and at the same time did not forget to ask, "Old man, can you sell so much sugar cane?"

"It's selling well!" The old man smiled brightly, "Sugar cane can also be refined into sugar. Even if you can't eat it, you can still sell it with sugar."

"If it's used to refine sugar, what do you usually do with the bagasse?"

"It's useless, it's all burned. Feed it to the animals, and the animals won't eat them."

"It's not necessarily useless. Old man, you never thought of making good use of the bagasse. In this way, you can get an extra income."

"How to use it?"

Xu Youxi considered that the conditions for making bagasse into feed were insufficient, but it was still very easy to make fertilizer: "After you dry the bagasse, mix it with some crushed bean cake or something, and let it sit for a few days until the bagasse turns black. Natural fertilizer. Isn't it easier than you working hard to make manure?"

"That statement sounds interesting."

The old man smiled and didn't take it to heart.

"Old man, have you ever heard of a steam car? You can also burn sugarcane bagasse in a steam car, which can be regarded as reuse."

"Don't be so troublesome."

Seeing that the old man didn't listen to what she said at all, Xu Youxi didn't intend to give up: "Old man, I will pay you 30 yuan for all the remaining bagasse, and I will add an extra 20 yuan to help me make the bagasse into sugar cane." How is the fat?"

"Girl, why are you so stubborn and stubborn? No one will buy this bagasse. What you do is a waste of money. No matter how rich your family is, you can't do such a stupid thing!" The old man tried to persuade him.

Xu Youxi didn't answer, and handed 50 yuan directly to the old man's hand: "That's the agreement. I will come to pick up the fertilizer in ten days."

The old man's eyes seemed to be looking at a prodigal son, but he just sighed silently, he had to do things after taking money from others.

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ten days later.

Xu Youxi brought a few Jin Yiwei over to carry sugarcane fertilizer.

"Girl, I can't take this money." The old man took out the 50 yuan card and wanted to return it to Xu Youxi.

Xu Youxi took the time to throw [Identification] at the fertilizer.

【Bassage fertilizer (successful): suitable for fertilizing various crops, can be used as flower fertilizer, and can increase production by 2%-18%】

It seems that there is nothing wrong with the production of sugarcane fertilizer.

"Old man, I'm sure I'll only make money from this business. If you're worried, you can go and have a look with us. Also, your sugar cane is very delicious. Can you sell us another thousand?"

Xu Youxi planned to buy some sugarcane and distribute it to He Jiangyi's soldiers, as well as the Shipbuilding Bureau, odd goods shops, and public schools.

The old man really couldn't bear it, so he agreed to go and have a look with Xu Youxi.

Xu Youxi and his group brought the sugarcane fertilizer to the door of the 'Odd Goods Shop'. Pei Yao, who had been prepared, grabbed a handful of empty cloth bags and handed them to the door. Jin Yiwei took them and began to use the bags to distribute the sugarcane fertilizers on the spot.

The boy next to him received Xu Youxi's eyes, and immediately began to sell: "The chemical fertilizer made from sugarcane is pure natural and has no peculiar smell. Does anyone want to buy it and take it home to grow flowers?"

"Sugarcane fertilizer is clean and nutritious, because it is a new product that just came out, and it costs a dime a bag."

Because of the signboard of "Odd Goods Store", people came to watch the excitement one after another. Some people were interested and bought a bag to try, but most of them just took a look and left.

The old man said in a tone of someone who has experienced it: "Girl, I told you that you are going to lose money."

"Don't worry."

At this time, Pei Yao brought a few cups of tea from the strange goods shop to the few people who were selling.

Xu Youxi's selling in the early stage was just to spread the reputation of 'bagasse fertilizer', and she had already chosen the real buyer.

The wife of Zhou Yuanwai, who is nearby, has planted all kinds of flowers in the outer garden of the house, and takes good care of them on weekdays.But Zhou Yuanwai's wife has a cleanliness habit and is unwilling to use manure for flowers.In order to make the flowers grow beautifully, she has to spend a lot of manpower and material resources every time, and ask the servants in the family to go out to pick up the decaying flowers outside and use them as fertilizer.

Even so, the flowers she raised still lacked a bit of grace, and this incident became a joke among the local people.

From this point of view, this sugar cane manure is tailor-made for Zhou Yuanwai's wife, and in various places in Dagan, there are countless people like Mrs. Zhou who are unwilling to use manure. After all, growing flowers is for a good mood, who wants to garden It stinks all day long?

These things were all investigated by Jin Yiwei.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhou Yuan's family servant also arrived, and said proudly: "How much sugar cane fertilizer do you have left, Madam told me, she bought it all."

Xu Youxi pointed to the cloth bag: "There are 188 cloth bags left here, and you get a discount of 18 yuan, and there are [-] bags of sugarcane fertilizer that are not packed in cloth bags. The quantity is a lot, and each bag sells for five yuan. If you pack them all , give you a change, one hundred and sixty."

"Okay." The servant threw down 180 yuan directly, "The extra money is a reward from Mrs. Zhou. If you have sugarcane fertilizer in the future, you must first think about our wife, you know."

Xu Youxi pulled to look at the dumbfounded old man: "Ask you, did you hear clearly?"

"I heard it." The old man smiled wryly, "But I feel ashamed that a piece of bagasse with almost no cost can be sold for so much money."

"The bagasse is worthless in your hands; but in my hands, I have made a net profit of more than 100 yuan; how do you know that these sugarcane fertilizers will not become two or three hundred yuan in the hands of that lady?" What about the value? Otherwise, why would she pay so readily?"

As soon as Xu Youxi finished speaking, another servant from an unknown family ran over and hurriedly asked, "Is there any sugarcane fertilizer? Our wife wants to buy it!"

"Sorry, it's sold out, but the goods are still being moved."

Xu Youxi pointed to the side.

The belated boy was in a hurry: "How much money they paid for it, we paid double, no, triple!"

"It's gone now, you can discuss it with that person yourself."

Xu Youxi is not short of money, but it does not affect her mood after making money.She took the money to treat the old man to a meal, and bought another pile of sugar cane with the 120 yuan she earned from selling bagasse, and gave it to everyone to taste in a few days.

What is an empty glove white wolf, fully demonstrated!
(End of this chapter)