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Chapter 538 Self-igniting Lamp

Malanhua rode a horse and went back to her residence. Not far from her residence, there is a "secret room", which hides the secret of Malanhua. This place is a forbidden area of ​​the oil base, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter. There have been rumors outside. The shopkeeper's whip and washboard are enshrined here.

After Li Yanyi followed, Ma Lanhua said to the followers and servants behind: "You are all waiting here, you are not allowed to come in, the head of the house, come with me."

As he said that, he led Li Yanyi, who was a little blushing, into the "secret room". There was a group of stewards and servants who wanted to laugh but couldn't bear it. Thinking about it, the shopkeeper had to resort to family law again.

"Honey, what's the matter?" Li Yanyi asked with a blushing face. His wife, Ma Lanhua, had a whip and a washboard in her hands, and she controlled him to death. He had no room to resist, so he could only let his wife It was flattened and rounded, but as he walked, he looked at the secret room curiously, and it was his first time to come to the secret room.

"Master, look at this..." Ma Lanhua went straight to something, and excitedly lifted the thing covered by the cloth, and said with great joy.

"This?" Li Yanyi was a little surprised, an unknown thing appeared in front of his eyes.

"Master, look at..." Ma Lanhua said happily, and after she finished speaking, she lifted a small glass cover.This strange thing is composed of two parts. The first part is an oil lamp, which is the kind of oil lamp with a glass cover. This kind of lamp is specially used to burn the oil they extract. The other part, if you have seen it Everyone knows that this is a "grinding wheel", a "grinding wheel" with a rotating wheel.

"Honey, what is this for?" Li Yanyi asked curiously.

Malanhua first lifted the glass cover of the oil lamp, and then shook the "grinding wheel", just like the spinning wheel she had shaken at home. With this shaking, the "grinding wheel" immediately started spinning. Malanhua held a small spinning wheel in her left hand. The iron rod slammed under the fast-rotating grinding wheel.

"呵...呵..." A sharp voice sounded, accompanied by a burst of dazzling sparks emerging from the contact between the grinding wheel and the iron, hitting the oil lamp, and the oil lamp was suddenly lit.

"Ah!..." Li Yanyi looked at this miraculous scene in disbelief, was stunned, and quickly wiped his eyes. This magical way of lighting a lamp can be lit without an open flame, which is beyond Li Yanyi's imagination. imagine.

"How about it, master, your daughter-in-law is amazing." Malanhua said proudly. In order to expand the sales of petroleum products, she tried every means. This is her most proud secret weapon.

"Honey, how did you do it?" Li Yanyi asked in disbelief, looking at his daughter-in-law in amazement, her daughter-in-law is really amazing.

"How did you come up with this idea? It's not easy. If our lamp oil can be ignited directly without a fire or an open flame, is it much better than the vegetable oil we use now? I have tried vegetable oil, and it is not flammable,... Think about it, if a person forgets to bring a fire book one day, and there is no open flame around him, and wants to light a lamp, is it very troublesome? Wouldn’t it be much more convenient to use something like ours that can light a lamp by itself? Is it better than the lamp oil we use now? Strong? Will there be more and more people using our kerosene in the future? Will the sales of our oil get better and better? If the sales are good, can we recruit more people?" Ma Lanhua said happily.

"Yes, yes, yes! Daughter-in-law, you are really smart. How did you come up with this method?" Li Yanyi looked at this self-igniting oil lamp, and was very happy. He said excitedly, if they have this thing, then they Petroleum kerosene is much better than the kerosene used now. The problem of oil sales was immediately solved. There was originally a problem of transportation. Isn't there a carriage?Are you still thinking of a way now?From this point of view, the expansion of their oil refinery is just around the corner, and it is basically no problem to better complete the tasks assigned by the emperor.

"It's not that simple. It's not like you haven't seen Ouchizao before." Ma Lanhua said very proudly.

"Ouchizao?... Oh, daughter-in-law, you mean that Ouchizao spontaneously became angry?" Li Yanyi suddenly understood. It's not like he has never seen Ouchizao before. Now he has an oil refinery, and other places in Shaanxi Not many, definitely enough bandits.

When he first came here, many bandits tried to plot against them, and he had servants by his side. As a member of Jinyiwei, he made a lot of self-defense, and for a while, he couldn't leave his body with a gun Only then did he dare to settle down in Yan'an Mansion, and even had a movie with bandits big and small, and he was very familiar with Da Neizao. His wife was originally a Xiaojiabiyu, a housewife who didn't care about things, but the environment was threatening, and she wanted to live in Shaanxi This bandit den has done a lot of business, fighting with many bandits and bandits, and many officials who want to eat their flesh. With Li Yanyi's body, he really can't resist, and Malanhua's potential is just like this. It broke out, fighting against local officials, there is her figure, arranging craftsmen, arranging workers, building an oil refinery, she is also there, fighting bandits, beating bandits, and even more, Malanhua knows about Da Nei Zao, That's not surprising at all, now he has a pistol in his body all year round, and he can play better than him.

"That's right, your daughter-in-law was inspired by that. Since Ouchizao can get angry without using fire, why can't our lamps be lit by themselves?" Ma Lanhua said proudly, benefiting from her understanding of the Musketeer The proficiency of gunpowder, when making this natural oil lamp at the beginning, put the wick directly in the firing slot of the handgun, as soon as the handgun is fired, the gunpowder ignites the lamp. This is the earliest "self-ignition lamp" of Malanhua, and later , Malanhua discovered that even without gunpowder, the lamp could be ignited, which aroused Malanhua's interest even more, and began to continuously improve the self-igniting lamp. The spontaneous fire depends on the impact of flint, so she also used the impact of flint to light the lamp, but the effect has not been good, because the sparks cannot guarantee that the lamp will be lit every time. Once, Malanhua met a pottery maker. , used that wheel to polish pottery, so, inspired by her, she asked the craftsman to directly polish the whole fast wheel with flint. It was like a spinning wheel, with a small handle installed on it. It’s no different from a spinning wheel. For this rotation, just put a small iron rod on the wheel, and there will be as many sparks as you want, and the lamp can be lit every time, which is the "self-ignition lamp" you see now.

"Oh my god, daughter-in-law, you are really amazing! This thing is really amazing, even if there is no open flame, no fire switch, our lamp can still be lit, it is much better than those..." Li Yanyi was very happy Jump up quickly, he can imagine the usefulness of this thing.

"However, this thing is still too stupid, no, my wife! I have figured out a smaller self-igniting lamp..." Ma Lanhua said happily and excitedly.

"Where is it, let me see!" This is the first time Li Yanyi has entered this secret room of his wife's. His wife never let her in this secret room. Because of his wife's whip and washboard, he really dare not enter. It was the first time I saw this thing in this secret room.

Ma Lanhua uncovered another cloth-covered object. This object is indeed much smaller than the previous one. In the front one, the oil lamp is the oil lamp, and the grinding wheel is the grinding wheel. They are separated. When lighting the lamp, the oil lamp has to be placed in front of the grinding wheel. Go, now this one is different, the oil lamp and the grinding wheel are put together.

This self-igniting lamp is the size of a person's palm. The oil lamp is still the main one. It is obvious that you can see the appearance of an oil lamp, but on this oil lamp, a "grinding wheel" the size of a silver coin is installed. On this grinding wheel, it is still like a spinning wheel. , installed a small crank.

Ma Lanhua carefully turned the small handle, and immediately a burst of sparks spewed out from under the grinding wheel, and the oil lamp was successfully lit.

"Head of the house, how about this, isn't it amazing..." Ma Lanhua said happily.

"Daughter-in-law, you are amazing, how did you come up with this idea?" Li Yanyi looked at the self-igniting lamp that his daughter-in-law had concocted, and asked miraculously.

"I've said it all, Ouchi can ignite spontaneously, why can't our lamp? Your daughter-in-law! It's just that you made this wheel with flint, and then it's like this, hehehe..." Ma Rulan smiled happily , She has been worrying about oil sales and transportation. Up to now, she has nothing to worry about. She believes that the emperor will definitely give her the carriage she wants after seeing this. Thanks to the many craftsmen in the oil refinery, She has to make various "parts", not a problem.

"Excellent, amazing! Daughter-in-law, can I take this self-igniting lamp with me? It won't spill oil, right? If so, we will have to earn a lot of money just by selling this self-igniting lamp!" Li Yanyi has already begun to realize How important is this gadget made by my daughter-in-law? This thing has the same function as Huozhezi, but it is obviously better than Huozzizi. Huozzizi can only be used for a day, and it will be gone after a few hours. The lamp can obviously be used for many days, and it is not afraid of water, let alone the problem of burnt out fire pockets. If the self-igniting lamp is ignited, then the lamp oil of this natural lamp must use their oil, because his wife said just now that vegetable oil is not flammable, which means that this thing is specially made for oil.

"No, this one is much tighter than a horse lantern. I'm not afraid of a horse lantern, and this lantern is even more so. Even if it's turned upside down, it's fine. We even asked the craftsman to make a hood for it. When it's not in use, you can cover it up..." As Ma Lanhua said, she put the hood on, and the self-igniting lamp went out immediately, and then turned the lamp upside down, but no lamp oil leaked out.

"This is really amazing. With this thing, you can carry it with you as a fire pocket. If everyone in the world replaces the fire pocket with this, our oil refinery will be considered developed." Li Yanyi realized this spontaneous combustion The huge value of the lamp has to be praised, and the look in the eyes of my daughter-in-law is even more reverent.

"This is not the most useful, does the head of the family know about the new army?" Ma Rulan asked mysteriously.

"I remember, why don't I remember, didn't you help us fight the flying diamond and the ground tiger a few days ago? What's the matter?" Li Yanyi asked.

"Do you still remember the grenade thrown by the new army?" Ma Lanhua said with a mysterious smile.

"Remember! What's wrong?" Li Yanyi continued to ask in puzzlement. Yan'an Mansion has always been the hardest-hit area for bandits and bandits in Shaanxi. It's not just one time that their oil refinery was robbed. Therefore, the new army even deliberately suppressed them. After a few times of bandits, what Li Yanyi said about flying diamonds and waddling tigers are well-known bandits. The Xinjun and their oil refinery belong to the same family, and they are both the emperor's confidantes. Several bandits, this incident was quite a shock at the time.

"Does that grenade have to be ignited before it can be thrown?" Ma Lanhua continued to ask.

"Yes! What's the matter?" Li Yanyi continued to be puzzled.

"When the new army was fighting, we paid attention to it, and we asked them specifically. They said that when they were fighting, those who threw grenades and those who shot guns should not be mixed together. Those who threw grenades had to use fire to light incense. Then use the incense to light the fuse of the grenade. After the time of one stick of incense has passed, another stick of incense will be lit. It is very troublesome. If there is a strong wind, the incense will burn very fast. In rainy days, the incense head will be easily extinguished. At that time, we thought, if there is something that can ignite fire at any time, it would be great, not afraid of wind, let alone water! Isn’t the new army several times more powerful than it is now when fighting? Hehe, it’s this thing... "Ma Lanhua said proudly.

"Ah!..." Li Yanyi stared at his daughter-in-law dumbfounded. It was unimaginable that such a woman would put her mind on the new army, claiming to change the way the new army fought, and to make the new army fight better. All kinds of things really surprised Li Yanyi. It turns out that her daughter-in-law has been in this "secret room" day and night these days, and this is what she's messing with, not just some hot topic...

In an instant, Li Yanyi's eyes became wet, and he immediately understood what his wife was doing. The reason why her daughter-in-law fiddled with this thing was not only for the idea of ​​making a fire, nor was it all for the sale of oil in the refinery. Or for the emperor, and ultimately, for him.

"...We've thought about it. Your Majesty is currently training the new army to destroy the Tartars. Now he is fighting fiercely with the Tartars outside the customs. It will be difficult to tell the winner for a while. Your Majesty must be very anxious... ...Your Majesty has shown kindness to our family, and our family has to repay it. If we can help His Majesty, we must help. As a human being, we must not forget our roots..." Ma Lanhua said proudly, she believed that this self-igniting lamp would be of great benefit to the new army It is of great help to the emperor. She believes that this thing will definitely impress the emperor.

Li Yanyi whimpered a few times, feeling extremely uncomfortable, and even more moved, tears flowed out unsatisfactorily.

In fact, besides repaying the emperor, my daughter-in-law wants to use this to impress the emperor. Now there are carriages dedicated to transporting oil, but now the news from the court is that they want to provide disaster relief, arrange stagecoaches and public carriages, and build them. I'm afraid they won't be able to get a large number of oil carriages at once. If they can't get a batch of carriages first, this year will be over again. He is in a hurry, and his wife is even more anxious than him to burn the emperor's money for nothing. Therefore, his wife tried every means to impress the emperor, so as to get a large number of oil carriages as soon as possible to relieve the urgent need of the oil refinery. With the oil carriages, the life of the oil refinery is really alive.

Li Yanyi's tears, like beads with a broken thread, fell down one by one. Li Yanyi tried to hold back several times, but couldn't help it.

Ma Lanhua saw Li Yanyi's tears, her heart became sour, and her eye circles were red. She worked hard for Li Yanyi and the Li family. Sales, all these, came to mind one after another. This kind of dream-like life was something she didn't dare to think about before. All she had the courage and perseverance to get to where she is today, apart from being grateful to the emperor, There is even more love for family and affection for Li Yanyi.

"Don't cry, head of the family... It's so uncomfortable..." Ma Lanhua couldn't help but shed tears. These things and things were things that she didn't even dare to think about before, but now, she has done everything one by one. , The difficulty of this process is really unimaginable, and it is impossible to say that it is not sad.

Ma Lanhua took out a handkerchief and wiped Li Yanyi's tears. Li Yanyi stood there weeping like a log with heartache. After Ma Lanhua wiped his tears for him, he regained consciousness. In addition to a silk handkerchief, what came into view was a silk handkerchief. Only hands with calluses and scars.

Li Yanyi was even more sad when he saw this hand. Before, he thought it was his wife who played with muskets, but now he knows that his wife is not only playing with muskets, but also playing with this self-igniting lamp in this secret room. It's impossible to be so rough, with so many scars, his wife has paid too much for him.

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

Ma Lanhua couldn't help crying with red eye circles, she held Li Yanyi in her arms with one hand.

"master……"

"master……"

"The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper..."

The stewards outside, the servants heard the wailing in the secret room, crying so desolately and miserably, as if they belonged to the master, and they didn't care about any prohibition. When the secret room was opened, they rushed in and saw When I arrived, it was the master and the shopkeeper who "huddled" together and cried loudly. Looking carefully at the master and the shopkeeper, it seemed that they were not injured, let alone nothing happened. I don't know why they were crying for something sad. The embarrassing thing, the people who rushed in at the moment were all extremely embarrassed, and hurriedly withdrew, and then closed the broken door, not even daring to ask a word.

After the person rushed in, Ma Lanhua was stunned for a moment, and then she withdrew the hand that Li Yanyi was holding in shame.

Li Yanyi also quickly wiped away tears, this appearance is really shameful.

"Daughter-in-law, if we have this thing, His Majesty will be very happy. We have contributed to the fight against the Tartars. In the future, when we are done, His Majesty will not forget us, and he will certainly not treat our family badly. Then Let's send this self-igniting lamp to the palace right now..." Li Yanyi's originally lazy, sluggish, exhausted heart also rekindled his fighting spirit at this moment. Not worthy of being a human being, my wife is a bit domineering, a bit like a shrew, but all of this is for him, he is a man, so he should shoulder this burden even more.

"Well, let's send it to the palace in an expedited [-] miles. We have to think about how to deliver it. We have to think about the rhetoric and title, otherwise, I'm afraid this thing won't reach His Majesty's hands... "Ma Lanhua wiped away her tears and returned to her strong woman posture.

"Okay! Then let's do it now..." Li Yanyi said.

"...Well,...it's a pity that this thing was originally planned to be made better, made smaller and then sent to the palace. It must be more confident, but now, it can only be sent to the palace first. Now, I just hope that Your Majesty can understand the usefulness of this self-igniting lamp..." Malanhua murmured to herself with some regrets, she originally wanted to make this self-igniting lamp smaller, more delicate, and more practical. Unfortunately, time is running out now, and she has no time to improve.

(End of this chapter)