The feudal lord is on Taobao every day

Seeing the honeycomb briquettes that were indistinguishable from those of later generations, Xie Jingan was almost ecstatic. He suppressed and suppressed so that he didn't laugh on the spot, but he couldn't hold back the corners of his mouth raised a little, and his eyes were brighter than usual.

Xie Jingan was in a good mood, and the surrounding guards and servants also showed smiles, and Xiao Wu cleverly flattered him: "Your Highness, this blueprint is really good, and the villain can understand it without thinking too much. The utensils produced are also extremely useful, the villain only thinks that His Highness is good at martial arts, but he doesn't want to have so many wonderful ideas, the villain really admires it."

He was quite proud of Xie Jingan who Xiao Wu said earlier. After all, he didn’t come from a serious school of painting. It was not easy to be able to draw a blueprint like a cat like a tiger, but when he heard the latter sentence, he felt like he was shot in the knee, and his smile subconsciously subconsciously converged.

Before time travel, the time travel novels written by other people are all inherited memories. No matter how bad they are, they still have physical instincts, but when they come to him, they have nothing. Let alone the original owner’s memories, they don’t even have the physical instincts to practice martial arts. Should they be afraid of the cold? Afraid of the cold, except that he learned how to ride a horse faster and his strength was stronger than before he crossed, he didn't inherit any benefits.

Seeing that Xie Jingan was upset because of Xiao Wu's few words, Director Qin frowned immediately, stepped forward and scolded Xiao Wu: "What are you talking about, Your Highness, with such a noble status, only takes drawing pictures as a pastime. Compared with the third-rate painters, Your Highness, you are living too comfortably, do you want to be punished?"

Manager Qin is someone who is useful to Xie Jingan's side, and was appointed by Concubine Hui. When he reprimanded him like this, Xiao Wu was so frightened that he knelt down, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly kowtowed to forgive him.

Xie Jingan was immersed in the disappointment of not inheriting the original owner's martial arts, only came to his senses when he heard Xiao Wu's terrified voice, hurriedly waved his hands and said: "It's okay, Xiao Wu did a good job on this errand, it's too late for me to reward him, you What to scare him into doing."

He asked Xiao Wu to get up, and asked him again: "Is this coal machine easy to make? Ordinary craftsmen can easily learn this craft. How long does it take to make one?"

Xiao Wu felt that he had narrowly escaped death, and he became more careful when speaking, and said respectfully: "Reporting to Your Highness, this thing is easy to make, as long as a blacksmith who has been working for several years can make it according to the blueprint, this thing doesn't need very good iron. A pot of molten iron can make more than a dozen."

A pot of molten iron can make more than a dozen, so how many more pots of molten iron can be made, wouldn't it be possible to make dozens or hundreds of them in a day?Xie Jingan was thinking in his heart that although the population in his fief is not large, briquettes are daily consumables, and when every family builds a kang in the future, they will use more every day, even if he recruits more man-made briquettes. Coal machines are probably not enough.

Thinking of this, Xie Jing'an had a plan in his mind, and was about to call Manager Qin to give him some instructions, when he saw Lin Yan, who was wearing a plain robe, a black cloak and neat clothes, stepping into the courtyard.

Wei Changshi has recently gotten used to the palace tossing new things every day, and also knows that whatever Xie Jingan tosses out is beneficial to the people's livelihood, so as soon as he entered the courtyard, his eyes lit up, and he immediately looked at Xie Jingan with curiosity. , even Lin Yan was quite curious, and he didn't forget to look at him from the corner of his eye when he walked along the way to salute.

Xie Jingan also likes the fun of sharing new things with others, so seeing Wei Changshi's appearance, he couldn't help but twitch his lips, pointing to the honeycomb coal made by Xiao Wu and introducing: "This is a fresh product newly made by this king. The stuff is called briquettes."

"Honeycomb coal?" Wei Changshi murmured and repeated, then looked down at the newly made coal, and admired for a while: "Your Highness, the name is very good, this coal is full of holes, and at first glance it looks like a bee's honeycomb." It’s the same, but it’s called honeycomb coal.”

Xie Jingan ignored his flattery, and continued to popularize science: "This briquette seems to be just a coal block with a few holes, but it is actually very different from natural coal blocks. It is not only resistant to burning, but also more prosperous. It always takes a stick of incense to boil a pot of water, but it takes less than a cup of tea to boil the water with this briquette. This piece of briquette may not look big, but it can burn for an hour, enough for a household People still have leftovers after a meal, and in the future, the common people will set up kangs at home, and burning two pieces of briquettes a day will be enough to keep them warm for a day."

Xie Jingan spoke in detail, and Wei Changshi listened carefully. Because he had prepared himself before listening, he was almost shocked by these words and lost his composure on the spot. He asked in disbelief, "Your Highness, are you serious?"

Xie Jing'an nodded: "Of course it is true. As a feudal lord, how could I tell lies to deceive you?"

With Xie Jingan's personal guarantee, Wei Changshi was relieved and said excitedly: "The briquette newly made by Your Highness is really useful, but I don't know how easy this briquette is to make? The raw materials used are rare and expensive? How much is the principal? How long does it take for a few manpower to make one?"

Wei Changshi asked the point, and Xie Jingan didn't intend to hide it from him, so he repeated what Xiao Wu said just now.

The more Wei Changshi listened, the more excited he became, as if he had imagined the popularity of this product after it was launched on the market, his entire face turned red, and he was about to speak.

Xie Jingan was one step ahead of him, looked at him with a funny expression and said, "Forget it, I know what you want to say, but now you have an important errand, and you are going north to Xiangyu County soon, so don't worry about this errand." I have to remember, I have my own king to preside over it."

After being reminded by Xie Jingan, Wei Changshi remembered that he was here to bid farewell and set off to investigate the case. He couldn't help but look embarrassed, and didn't dare to say anything about the errand of briquettes. go.

After Wei Changshi left, Xie Jingan looked at Lin Yan and said with a smile, "You are going on business? You just rushed to Mozhou day and night, why don't you rest for two more days?"

Lin Yan is now only thinking about repaying his kindness. If he hadn't arrived too late yesterday, he wished that he would not miss a cup of tea. How could he be in the mood to rest? He shook his head and said, "The general has practiced martial arts since he was young. It's not comfortable to come down, it's better to go to work as soon as possible, even if you can't share your highness's worries, you can always do something practical."

"Sharing your worries, why isn't this king sharing your worries?" Xie Jing'an said, "Your job is to be in charge of the city guards in Mozhou. Don't look at these hundreds of soldiers and horses just patrolling the city and outside the city every day. They are all concerned with trivial matters. , in fact, for this king, it is much more useful than Mozhou City Guard."

Seeing that Lin Yan didn't believe it, Xie Jingan simply explained it clearly to him, and said patiently: "The city guards are mainly responsible for the defense of Mozhou city. If these troops are in the three states of Tanjiping, they are naturally important, but Mozhou is not one of these three states. In Zhouzhou, there are no wars on weekdays. Except for opening and closing the city gates to inspect the people entering and leaving the city gates, they hardly use their time. The city guards are different. They have to send people to patrol outside the city every day. The situation in the city and nearby villages is the clearest. Furthermore, winter has started early this year, and there have been four snowfalls in less than November. Wei Changshi got the news that there may be snow disasters this year. It is the first time to know the situation of the disaster in the city and outside the city, and at the same time bear the heavy responsibility of disaster relief and resettlement of the victims after the disaster, do you think this is to share the worries of the king?"

After Xie Jingan's explanation, Lin Yan suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was a thousand catties, but the more he was like this, his back became straighter, and his expression became more solemn and resolute. He cupped his hands and said, "The general understands." In the end, the general will live up to His Highness's entrustment, so that he can handle errands and share His Highness's worries."

After comforting Lin Yan, watching him walk out of the palace with long legs, Xie Jingan was free to continue dealing with the briquette matter.

When they were talking just now, Xiao Wu had been using the briquettes of the coal-burning mechanism for a long time. He made more than a dozen of them in such a short period of time. Looking at the neat rows of briquettes, Xie Jingan only felt ambitious The temperature was not so low anymore, so he beckoned Director Qin to come forward and tell him: "Send someone to call the head of the Equipment Department, this king has something to tell him to do."

Director Qin always only did things and didn't ask too many questions. As soon as Xie Jingan finished speaking, he casually pointed to a dexterous follower and asked him to ride a fast horse to the Department of Equipment.

Let Xiao Wu continue to make briquettes in the courtyard, and then told his servants to put the briquettes in the courtyard to dry for a few days, and then pack them up after the skin of the briquettes started to turn white from the sun, and then turned around and went into the bedroom .

After a day and a night of drying, the kang in the bedroom was basically ready for use. Xie Jingan asked his servants to light up the stove on the kang, and ordered his servants to spread the straw mats. A layer of cushions, and then he took off his shoes and climbed up.

Feeling the long-lost heat, Xie Jing'an was in a good mood immediately, and even forgot about the sad incident that Xiao Wu had brought up just now, and excitedly asked people to bring over the desks in the study, spread paper and ink, and began to study what to do next What is beyond the times, so as to extract money from those rich families.

When it comes to inventions and creations in ancient times, thanks to the time-traveling novels he read, the first four things that come to Xie Jingan's mind are white wine, soap, perfume, and glass.

Leaving aside the cost and difficulty, these four things are indeed fresh and attractive in this era. Xie Jingan thought with his ass and knew that if he really tossed these four things out, he would definitely be able to sell them all over the world and make a lot of money. surplus.

It was just a good idea, but when Xie Jingan carefully analyzed the current situation of his fiefdom, his heart suddenly turned cold.

It’s okay to say that perfume mainly consumes plant raw materials, and it can be refined by the simplest distillation method. Even if it is winter, the plants are withered, and the flowers are not even there, but it can be made with spices instead, but white wine and soap will not work. up.

As we all know, the raw material of liquor is grain, and the raw material of soap is oil. It sounds cheap, and it is not as valuable as the raw material consumed by perfume, but that is when there is no shortage of such raw materials.

But what about Xie Jingan's fiefdom?Poor people can't fill their stomachs enough, so how can they get food and fat to make liquor and soap in large quantities.