Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2686 The Capital (42)

"What's so difficult about it, brother, I have my own way to hide it."

The two chatted enthusiastically, and they didn't leave until the wine shop closed.In the early morning of the next day, Liu Wei took out a token from Wu Hai's pocket from his luggage at the bottom of his pocket, then left Zhenhai Gate and headed for the Maojia Inn.

Zhou Lezhi accompanied Master all the way down the south of the Yangtze River to Dongyang, and he had a very pleasant journey this time.In order to win over the Hearthstone Immortal, Master Wang not only rented a big official boat for him, but also donated him the status of a supervisor of the Imperial Academy of the Imperial Academy.

Supervisors were originally "students of the Son of Heaven" and could be directly awarded official positions, so their status was quite noble in the early Ming Dynasty.Later, the system was loosened, and under the imperial examination system, the outlets for prison students became increasingly narrow, and later they could be donated to prison, and gradually became the protagonist of many jokes in society.

Having said that, after all, Jiansheng has almost the status of Juren. With such a status, he is no longer a commoner.

For Hearthstone Immortals, this is not a small gift.Zhou Lezhi knew that with his status as a so-called "Taoist" and "miracle doctor", not to mention that magistrates can detain him casually, he will only be embarrassed when he encounters rich people playing tricks.

But this meeting is different, Mr. Zhou is now an upright and upright student of the Imperial College of the Imperial College - even though he is just a registered member, he doesn't even know where the door of the Imperial College is open.But when you go out, you can hang a lantern with "Jiansheng" written in Song typeface on the boat, and when you pass the gate to ask for it, the gate guards should be more polite.

As for the main members of the family, they all went with them - firstly, they will live in Dongyang for a while this time, and secondly, they will leave for Guangdong next year, so there is no need to divide into two groups of people.

However, when told that she was going to Dongyang, You Rong told her husband that she couldn't go for the time being.

"The maidservant's menstruation has not come for two months, it probably has." When You Rong spoke, his expression was shy.

"What? You have it?!" The gentleman was taken aback.After all, he has been farming every day for the past two years, and his output has been zero.

Although there is Curie, people's reproductive instincts only need to eat and drink, and if they don't have to take care of their own children, they always hope to have a few more children.Now that Yourong has said it, Mr. is very pleasantly surprised.

Now that she is pregnant, she can't accompany her.After Master Wang found out, he patted his chest and said that he would send someone to take care of Yourong.After the child is one year old, escort Yourong mother and son to Guangzhou to reunite with him.

Mr. Zhou naturally said yes to the things that don't bother him, and assured Mr. Wang that he would think of more ways to make money when he came to Guangzhou, and Mr. Wang would also be able to make a lot of money by then.

So Zhou Lezhi happily took a boat with his family to Dongyang.In Dongyang Farm, Zhou Lezhi followed his husband to build a water anvil and a mosquito-repellent incense factory.Vigorously spent the 100 taels of silver gifted by Master Wang.I got [-] catties of mosquito coils.

Zhou Lezhi is now his husband's "beloved disciple" and has won his trust, and his husband has become unscrupulous in speaking in front of him.Regarding this "mosquito coil", Mr. Zhou said with a little contempt that it was just a "low-tech industry" and not "challenging".

Of course, that’s what he said about the water anvil house at the beginning. Originally, there were local craftsmen in Dongyang who specialized in building water anvils, but Mr. Zhou expressed his dissatisfaction with their construction methods, so he specially drew blueprints, such as "upper shot" and "mid shot" "Shooting down" made the craftsmen do not know why.However, the water wheel made according to the drawings designed by the husband did not appear to be much faster than the old one, and it cost a lot of money to modify it.The husband took Zhou Lezhi to squat next to the waterwheel every day, measuring and calculating, and calculated countless drafts on the blackboard when he went back.

Zhou Lezhi learned how to measure flow, how to calculate angular velocity, what power is, how to calculate...

In the end, the water anvil was stumbled and finally built. Seeing the surging power driven by the water wheel, the craftsmen were still convinced.

Be convinced, such a powerful power is useless, no matter whether it is pounding rice or grinding wood powder, such a large output power is not needed.Zhou Lezhi was very puzzled.

"The greater the power, the more things you can do." The gentleman's eyes sparkled. "This water power is very useful. It is too ingenious for pounding rice and grinding flour. When we have machines in the future, you will know its usefulness."

"What machine?"

Mr. scratched his scalp: "I haven't thought about it yet."

The work of making mosquito coils is much simpler.As far as the mosquito-repellent incense itself is concerned, the Song Dynasty had its embryonic form, but the more accurate mosquito-repellent incense was only obtained in the Qing Dynasty.However, the mosquito-repellent incense at this time is not yet scroll-shaped, and there is no pyrethrum as the main ingredient in the raw materials. The ratio is various spices plus arsenic, realgar and sulfur.

The modern scroll-shaped mosquito-repellent incense containing pyrethrum was first originated in Japan.In this time and space, pyrethrum is still in Central Asia, and there is no commercial scale planting. Mr. Zhou has great skills and can’t do it. He can only follow the traditional way, using arsenic, realgar, mugwort and tobacco leaves as the main insect repellent. Element.Wood powder is used as a combustion agent, rosin is used as a combustion aid, and starch is used as a binder after all are mixed. After mixing, it is pressed into a mold and dried.

Mosquito coils are very simple in terms of composition, process and technology.It has two main advantages: one is that it uses repeatedly milled wood powder as a combustion agent, which emits much less smoke than the big stick incense made by directly burning mugwort branches and leaves, and can be used indoors; It is a vortex shape that can make an incense stick that burns for six or seven hours at a time and is not easy to damage.

During the trial production, Zhou Lezhi could see that, like making mosquito coils and water anvils, the husband actually didn't know much.He only knows how to make it roughly, but the specific process is not clear.So when it is made, it can only be tested repeatedly.The ingredients of this mosquito-repellent incense, how much to add each, is a little bit of trial and error to finally come up with a suitable formula.

In order to make this mosquito coil, two local coppersmiths were specially hired to make various measuring tools according to his requirements. The smallest spoon can only scoop up a few grains of rice.It's just such a small spoonful of small spoonfuls, a little bit of trial, about a thousand times during the period, and finally the mosquito coils came out.

During the period, Mr. Zhou took the trouble to explain the principle and process of the "experiment" to Zhou Lezhi, and the role of each raw material...

Zhou Lezhi felt that he had benefited a lot, but he still asked his husband a question that he had been puzzled for a long time: "Sir, you have such a great knowledge, why do you care so much about craftsmen?"

There was a wry smile on Mr. Zhou's face, and he said: "Isn't it important to be a craftsman? You are from a farming family. If you don't have a blacksmith to make a sickle and a plow, how can you farm? If you don't have a carpenter to build a house, where will you live?"

"Alas, sir, I don't mean that craftsmen are useless, but that..." Zhou Lezhi was at a loss for words, he didn't know how to express it, and he said after a while, "Mr. Wouldn't it be appropriate to raise a person to be a Jinshi..."

Mr. Zhou was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing, and said, "Come on, tell me, why do everyone think studying is the best way to learn art and get a good name?"

"There's no need to say it!" Zhou Lezhi was very clear about this, because the patriarch was very obsessed with fame, and at clan gatherings, he would repeatedly teach his children to study hard, so that they would be honored by their fame.Then it will be said that a certain clan has bought so many clan fields because someone is an official; because the clan does not have enough fame, it can only suffer from being dumb if it is bullied for something.Speaking of the excitement, I really burst into tears.

"...Once you become an official, you will have money and influence! Someone in the clan is an official, and the county magistrate is also a bit more polite, and the yamen servants are even more afraid to talk to them..."

The gentleman listened to him a lot with a smile, and then said: "In the end, being an official is good. There is Yan Ruyu in the book..."

"Yes, yes, yes, that's it!" Zhou Lezhi nodded again and again, "Even if he can't be an official, he will be a scholar in the village! Anyway, he won't have to worry about food and drink."

"Being an official is good, I think it's okay, but where do the benefits come from?"

"The salary of the imperial court..." Zhou Lezhi also knew it was not that simple when he said this, because the patriarch often cursed the county magistrate for "making money" and "collecting black money".

"Let's put it this way, whether it's salary or anything else, it's the blood and sweat of the common people," Mr. Zhou said, "If they really want to serve the world and the common people, that's all. What's the reality?"

Zhou Lezhi naturally knew what was going on.

"That's why I don't want to be an official of the Ming Dynasty." When the gentleman said this, the expression on his face was very complicated, "I don't even bother to do it."

"If you want to help the world, you have to join the WTO. Isn't it a pity not to be an official if you are so educated?"

Mr. Zhou was stunned for a moment, then he laughed loudly and said, "Well said! But you don't necessarily need to be an official to join the WTO. You can save the country and the people by doing business."

"Sir, he said before that industry will prosper the country, but if you don't become an official, how can you keep such a huge industry?" Zhou Lezhi said, no matter if you are in business or start a workshop, as long as any large industry, there is no official support. It is very difficult to operate without personal protection, and you have to find a backer.

"...I think it's better to rely on yourself than relying on the mountains and backstage. Master Wang favors you so much now, so why don't you take the opportunity to get an official job? As an official, it's easy for you to do anything."

Zhou Lezhi said these words from the bottom of his heart. Although he is Master Wang's undercover agent, he hopes from the bottom of his heart that Mr. Zhou will achieve great success.

With Mr. Zhou, he is a "student"; without Mr. Zhou, he is just a servant of Master Wang.Of course Zhou Lezhi can clearly distinguish which is more important.

The gentleman sighed softly: "You're right. In terms of power, this is indeed a good idea. But the officialdom of Daming is darker than a dye vat. A person like me would be dead if I jumped into it."

(End of this chapter)