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Chapter 280 Ice Making
Zuo Qiuyue has developed a great enthusiasm for this work since he entered the kitchen for the first time to light a fire.

Every time Fourteen entered the kitchen after that, he would take the initiative to help.But after exercising for two or three times, the control of the heat is very proficient.

……

June, seven, eight and three months are the hottest period of the year. From the end of May, the ice in the home ice cellar began to be consumed rapidly.

On the [-]th, Xiao Yan was issued a task - to bring out ten cylinders of artificially made ice cubes.

The method of making artificial ice is very simple, mainly using the chemical property that saltpeter dissolves in water and absorbs heat.The general process is to find a tank first, fill the tank with more than half of the tank water, and then put it in a pool slightly larger than the tank.Add an appropriate amount of saltpeter to the pool to cool the water rapidly.After a while, the water in the tank will freeze.

After saltpeter is dissolved in water, it can also be extracted by cooling and crystallizing for repeated use.

Xiao Yan led people to build a half-person-high square pool at home, and Fourteen bought a large amount of saltpeter from a Taoist priest who liked alchemy through someone he knew.

The next ten days will be Xiao Yan's ice-making project. While operating, he feels the pain of backwardness in the industry. The efficiency is really too low.He really seemed to experience what kind of life people should live in the world connected to the computer in Niangqin's space!

Xiao Yan originally planned to teach the method of making ice to the people in the village once the experiment was successful, just like Fourteen popularized pepper planting.People in the village can make ice at home, and then sell it to wealthy households in the county, which is definitely a considerable income.

But there is a gap between the ideal and the reality. Regardless of efficiency, first of all, the cost is not affordable for ordinary families.If you want to make one hundred catties of ice at once, you need to equal the proportion of saltpeter which is almost one hundred catties.

And saltpeter, also known as Beidi Xuanzhu, is not common just by hearing the name, so the price is naturally surprisingly expensive.

So temporarily dismissed the idea of ​​benefiting others, and honestly made a thousand catties of ice for myself.Under the eyes of all the young men looking at the fairy magic, he extracted the saltpeter in the pool and kept it, planning to continue to use it in the future.

When Xiao Yan was practicing the piano, he mentioned his thoughts and regrets to Zuo Qiuyue, but unexpectedly, he broadened his thinking.

"I've never heard of the method of using the Northern Emperor Xuanzhu to make ice before. Did you discover it or Miss Xiao?"

The longer Zuo Qiuyue stayed in this home, the more amazed he became.What kind of strangers are these mother and son?
"I discovered it by accident." This is what Fourteen and Xiao Yan said. If someone asks, they will say that he discovered it by accident.Anyway, everyone who is acquainted with him knows that Xiao Yan likes to tinker with weird things since he was a child.

And my mother said that the method of artificial ice production has not yet appeared in the Dali Dynasty.

"Since you discovered it, it's your original creation, and no one else knows about it." Zuo Qiuyue didn't think Xiao Yan was bragging, because he had never heard of anyone in the circle he lived in. It can make ice cubes in the hot summer.Know better that Xiao Yan is different from ordinary children, and better than most people who claim to be smart.

"Although your method is costly, not everyone can afford it." He continued, "If those high-ranking gentry know that there is a way to make ice in summer, they will definitely flock to it. You can directly put the prescription If you sell it to them, the price is not up to you.”

"That's it." Xiao Yan really didn't expect this step, but then he said, "But I don't lack money to spend. It doesn't matter whether I earn this money or not. My mother gave me enough pocket money."

He wants to promote the method of making ice because he wants to make money for those who are short of money, not because he wants to make money.

"Why do you want to help them earn money?" Zuoqiu Yue said, "Isn't it just to make their lives better? Since that's the case, of course you can use another method, as long as the effect is the same. "

"You mean..." Xiao Yan understood, "I made money by selling prescriptions, and then directly give them to those who need them?"

"Ruzi can be taught!"

"But my mother said that it is better to teach people to fish than to give them fish." Xiao Yan said, "Giving them money directly will not help them get rid of poverty completely, and sometimes it may cause the opposite result."

For example, if a certain family is specially helped, other people who have not been helped will definitely feel unbalanced, and then they will probably unite to exclude the helped family.

Is this helping people or hurting people?

Moreover, giving money directly will encourage them to get something for nothing, which can be regarded as "harmful" in a sense.

So Niangqin will not give money directly to anyone, but will create opportunities for them to make money and let them make money through their own labor.

"You're right." Zuo Qiuyue was amazed that an eight-year-old child had such deep thinking, and at the same time made troubles.It turns out that helping people is also a problem.

The two fell into deep thought together, and after an unknown amount of time, Xiao Yan's eyes suddenly lit up: "I thought of it!"

"What came to mind?"

"I can use money to change everyone's living environment." Xiao Yan said, "When the general environment improves, it is equivalent to helping everyone."

Just like the era of computer connection compared with the Dali Dynasty, because the entire era was thousands of years ahead, the living standards of the most ordinary people in that era were to some extent higher than those who stood at the pinnacle of power in the Dali Dynasty.

In the simplest example, even the empress cannot enjoy the joy of using electricity.

"I can sell the prescription, and after getting the money, I can help build roads and dig wells in the village." After getting inspiration, my thinking expanded, "I can also build a house and buy a lot of books in it. If you want to see it, you can come and borrow it without spending money.”

……

Xiao Yan told Shishi about the idea of ​​selling ice-making recipes, and of course Shishi would not object.

First of all, I helped him contact the richest families in Huangliang County, and asked him to negotiate by himself.

Xiao Yan has been traveling around with Fourteen since he was a child, so there is no such thing as stage fright.Fourteen made an appointment for him, and he went over to talk by himself.

It's just that before the negotiation, I first came to Zuo Qiuyue to discuss how much the price should be more appropriate.

"It depends on the situation of the family who wants to buy your prescription." Zuo Qiuyue said, "If the family background is so deep that it has reached the point where money is treated like dirt, such as those aristocratic families that have been passed down for hundreds of years or nearly a thousand years, They have no concept of money."

"But if you cooperate with merchants, even if they are rich and want to know how to make ice, they will not ignore the price."

"I understand." Xiao Yan said, "Then set a real price for those who don't consider the price, and set a false price for those who consider the price. Then, after negotiation, lower the transaction price to make them feel that they got what they want." Affordable."

"With your talent, what can't you learn?" Zuo Qiuyue praised sincerely.

"Hee hee." Xiao Yan said, "It's my honor to be praised by such a smart person as Master Zuo."

"Between you and me, there is no need to say such beautiful words." Zuo Qiuyue smiled, "I wish you a successful start, and I will wait for the good news at home."

(End of this chapter)