Playing intrigue is worse than engaging in infrastructure

The oil press in the courtyard was still working in an orderly manner, but Song Qingyuan, who had been standing outside the courtyard for a long time, couldn't stop the cold, and under the leadership of the steward, entered the office specially prepared for him.

Sitting on the couch, the silver silk charcoal under his feet continuously provided him with heat.

Song Qingyuan looked at the slightly red charcoal, and his heart suddenly became clear.I remembered that when I was on a field trip in the northern countryside, I lived in a fellow villager's house, and what I fell asleep at night was the kang connected to the stove.

This kang is simply perfect for the current situation.

Although when making caustic soda, they worried about the danger, so they set up the stove outdoors.

But steaming beans can be done entirely indoors.

At that time, whether it is for people to live in or transformed into a greenhouse, it will be very suitable.

Song Qingyuan did what he said, and ordered people to bring back a lot of soil embryos without hesitation.

When I built a stove in the military camp a few days ago, there were still a lot of soil embryos left, which just came in handy today.

The soldiers in these barracks were young and strong, and they were all good at work. After a while, they built the kang road according to Song Qingyuan's request.

This kang road is a bit similar to the back-shaped railings in the scenic spots of later generations, which are laid flat on the ground row by row.

One end of the kang road is the stove, and the other end is the chimney for exhausting smoke.The heat generated when burning the fire can travel along the kang road, and the warmth can be transferred to the people on the kang to the greatest extent.

The sun always sets very early in winter, and after a while, the sky darkens.

Simply making soap was not in a hurry for this day, so Song Qingyuan asked people to rest first and continue working on the next day.

But these soldiers on the kang can't be idle.

This was the first time they had seen a new thing like a kang, and they heard Song Qingyuan talk about how warm it was, and how could they wait until the next day to do it.

When the soldiers who were sent to do other jobs came back and heard what they said, they were also very curious.Simply join them in the cause of Panhuokang.

The power of the people is always great, and this time they really let them build the kang before dark.

Looking at the clay kang that occupied half of the room in front of them, some soldiers with sharp eyesight and quick hands quickly jumped on it, urging those colleagues on the ground who hadn't reacted yet or were not as fast as them to light the fire quickly.

"Hey, it's really warming up!"

There was only time to spread a straw mat on the kang, but it didn't affect the soldiers to put their bodies on it one after another, feeling the warmth from the kang under them.

Hearing this, the soldiers who were standing on the ground burning the fire couldn't stay any longer, and they were about to squeeze onto the kang in a row.

On the earth kang several meters long, more than [-] strong soldiers were piled up in all directions.

The soldier who came up first grabbed the most spacious seat and was lying upright in the middle.

The heat from under the kang made his whole skeleton loose, and he couldn't help sighing: "Oh, if we put a low table on this kang again. We eat and drink on this kang on weekdays. How comfortable!"

Someone next to me heard it, and laughed and joked: "I'll give you to Mei, you don't train on weekdays! You're still lying on the kang, drinking and having tea, and you will have to be scolded for the school exam next month."

"That's right." The man touched his head, "However, I don't know if I can give one to my grandparents. They are old and have bad legs and feet, so they can't stand the cold. With this heated kang, You can also suffer less in winter."

Speaking of this topic, everyone started discussing it in a hurry.

The soldiers in this barracks, who are not the parents who are far away from the family.On weekdays, not only can't perform filial piety at the knees of the elderly, but also make them worry about themselves.

I was afraid that one day my son would die on the battlefield and never return home.

For a while, the atmosphere in the room was no longer as cheerful as before, and everyone felt a little uncomfortable.

Suddenly someone suggested: "Why don't we go to His Highness to intercede. His Highness is kind-hearted, maybe if we ask for mercy, he will agree to let us go."

Everyone's topic gradually turned to Song Qingyuan.

Everyone agreed that a person like Song Qingyuan, whose appearance and temperament are so extraordinary that he is not ordinary, who can invent countless novel things, and who is so kind-hearted, must be some kind of immortal from the sky.

But this time, Song Qingyuan really let these people down.

It's really hard for him to get involved in this matter.

But these people's appeals are very reasonable, and he himself has the intention to promote the kang, so he directly pushed the matter to Lian Ti.

As for himself, he was busy making soap.

The soap produced in this batch is mainly for sale.Therefore, Song Qingyuan added sheep oil and rosin to it.

This not only increases the hardness of the soap, but also enhances the cleaning effect.

As for spices, Song Qingyuan has no plans yet.rich;

Aristocrats usually use natural saponins to mash and add cleaning balls made of various spices to clean.

And his soap is made as a cheap alternative to cleaning balls for ordinary people to use.

Adding spices instead increases the cost, making it unaffordable for many people.

After a large batch of soap is produced, it is transported to the market for sale.

At first, people didn't believe that this mediocre soap could clean things, so they hesitated to buy it.Surrounded by the stall, they curiously looked at the soap that looked like a small brick.

"Give me a piece to try!" A very loud voice suddenly came from outside the crowd.

I saw a hulking man with a beard walking over.

The man's name was Subudan, and he specialized in slaughtering livestock.A few big knives in his hands made him a tiger, because he was the third in the family, and he was good at slaughtering livestock, and he got a reputation of "three knives".

In the past few years, with his own skills, although he could not become rich, he was able to live comfortably.

People in their line of work will inevitably be stained with blood and filth on a daily basis.But the saponin balls sold from the Central Plains are really expensive.

So, hearing people say that soap can clean dirt, Subudan immediately surrounded him.

Seeing that he wanted to buy soap, the boss quickly took the rope and was going to wrap a piece for him.

Seeing this, a person who was fairly close to Subudan in the crowd quickly shouted to him: "San Dao, why don't you just try it for the big guy here, if it is really as useful as he said, then We'll buy one back too."

Subudan thought for a while, and agreed to the man's proposal.

The shopkeeper who was wrapping the soap was stunned for a moment, and said with some annoyance: That's right, why didn't he think of letting people try it first?If everyone saw the beauty of this soap, wouldn't they be willing to buy it?

This person was originally a small commander in the military camp. Before he was sent to buy soap, he had no business experience at all.

But he was not stupid, he reacted quickly, handed the soap tied with a rope to Subdan, and said to him: "You take this piece of soap away. If you are willing to try it for the big guy, then Just use the soap from my stand."

Seeing his frank appearance, the onlookers already believed in the efficacy of soap for the most part.

Soon, someone came over with a basin of clear water.

According to the method taught by the shopkeeper, Subudan first soaked his hands, and then rubbed them on the soap a few times.After a while, a lot of foam was produced.

"Look, it's really a bubble." Someone in the crowd began to whisper.

But the more amazing thing is yet to come.After Subudan stretched his hands into the basin again, as the foam was washed away, all the dirt on his hands disappeared.

Everyone looked at the many dirt floating in the water, and exclaimed: "It's really cleaned!"

Now, the onlookers were convinced of the effect of the soaps in front of them, and they all gathered around and snapped up all the ordinary-looking soaps on the stall.

Jokes, they're just being cautious, but not stupid.

Although the soap in front of me looks ugly, its cleaning ability is not inferior to those soap balls brought back from the Central Plains.But the price is only less than [-]% of the saponin ball.Such things, what are they waiting for if they don't rush to buy them home.

They can't afford soap balls, and they can't afford the soap in front of them, can't they?

Soon, these high-quality and cheap soaps were snapped up by everyone.

Rao is that the quantity of these soaps has been the result of the people in the military camp rushing to make them for several days, but there are still many people who have not bought them yet.

When the shopkeeper repeatedly assured that there would be soap for sale tomorrow, these people left with regret on their faces.

"Let's come over early tomorrow and buy a few yuan directly." The people in front of the stall gradually dispersed, and from time to time they discussed with their companions the plan to buy soap tomorrow.

Looking at those people who sighed again and again, Subudan carried his piece of soap and walked home happily.

Hey, it made you reluctant to buy it at first, but now you can’t even buy it if you want to!

Subdan can be the first person to eat crabs without hesitation, except that he is not short of this little money.Another very important reason is that he heard from the shopkeeper who bought the soap that Song Qingyuan invented this soap.

He was deeply touched by the third prince of Yanyun, who had become famous in Mobei in just a few months.

The woman sitting on the kang was mending the children's fur coats. When she saw Subutan came back, she quickly put down the needle and thread in her hand, and said in a loud voice, "Isn't it cold outside? Hurry up and get on the kang to warm up!"

The kang in their house was made by craftsmen sent by Song Qingyuan a few days ago.

After discussing with Lian Ti that day, Song Qingyuan decided to train a group of professional kang people first.Like those engineering teams in later generations, they are specially responsible for setting the heated kang for people.

For the family members of those soldiers, Song Qingyuan also specially sent someone to record their addresses, and this team came to the door in person to provide free heating kang business.

As for the kang in the barracks, those soldiers had to solve it by themselves.

Once spread to ten, ten to hundreds, the beauty of the heated kang soon spread throughout the entire royal court.

Now anyone with a little extra money at home invited these craftsmen who made the kang to come to their door, and slept on this warm kang within a few days.

But today, Subudan didn't get on the kang in a hurry as usual.Instead, he picked up the soap in his hand and said to the people on the kang, "Daughter-in-law, look at this."

Subudan's daughter-in-law looked at the khaki cube in her husband's hand with some doubts.

After touching it with her hands, she couldn't figure out what it was, so she asked involuntarily, "What exactly is this cube?"

"You don't know that!" Subudan said with a smile, "This thing is called soap, and it has the same effect as the soap horn balls on the Central Plains. Look at my hands, are they much cleaner than usual?"

As Subudan said, he stretched out his hands for his daughter-in-law to look at.

Sure enough, although the hands that have been holding the knife all year round are still a little rough, they are clean, not at all like they just finished work.

Although she knew the function of soap, when she thought about the price of soap balls, Subudan’s wife still felt a little distressed about the silver, “This product is good, but it’s too expensive. If I use it to clean it every day, I’m afraid it will cost a lot of money.” .”

Even though she said so, when she thought of the fact that Subutan slaughtered livestock on weekdays, it would inevitably be stained with a lot of dirt, she gritted her teeth and said to her husband: "I will work with you in the spring of next year to make more money. We can use the soap too."

After hearing this, Subudan touched his wife's shoulders with distress, and said happily: "There is no reason for you to do that rough work. Don't worry, this soap is very cheap!"

"Really?" She looked at Subudan in disbelief.

"Of course it's true. When did I lie to you? The price of this soap is just a fraction of the soap ball." Subudan untied the string on the soap and handed it to his wife, "You can try it soon Try it. From now on, you will use this soap when you wash your face and clothes.”

Subudan's daughter-in-law hurriedly got off the kang, washed her hands with the soap, and listened to her husband talking about various things that happened outside today.

"You said that His Highness also invented this soap?" She asked in disbelief.

There is no one in Mobei who can be called "His Royal Highness".

The people followed the rules and called Song Qingyuan, the third prince from Yanyun, His Highness, as if he was a member of their own country.

Subudan nodded, and heard his daughter-in-law muttering with some emotion: "Your Highness is really not an ordinary person!"

"Isn't it?" he agreed.

Ordinary people can invent things that they have never heard of, such as heated kang and soap, and the price is not expensive. Ordinary people like them can also benefit countlessly.

A few days later, seeing that the production of soap has been on the right track, the demand for it from the common people is not as huge as it was a few days ago.

Song Qingyuan asked the people in the barracks to slow down the progress of making soap, and began to plan for the next thing.

The bean dregs left over from soybean oil extraction in the past few days have piled up a lot.And before winter came, they had already prepared enough hay for their livestock, so they didn't need bean dregs as feed for the time being.

Therefore, Song Qingyuan planned to ferment all these bean cakes to make soybean fertilizer.

The author says:

Lian Ti: My wife is really amazing, but she still feels a little different from me.

Song Qingyuan: It's just an ordinary traveler, don't cue.

——The dignified Mobei King can only show his face today only here.