Chapter 197: The Matter of Oil Extraction

When Changle saw Li Chuan, he was slightly uncomfortable, but after seeing the gourd silk, his eyes lit up, and the idea disappeared when he was uncomfortable.

And after Li Chuan barely played a song intermittently, Changle was even more interested.

"The sound is so good, it's different from the piano, there's a kind of, um, a special charm, as if the instrument itself has a fragrance of plants and trees, a kind of natural artistic conception." Changle squinted slightly and said how he felt.

Li Chuan handed a new gourd silk to Changle, marveling at her keen sense, "Practice hard, don't be like me, blowing hard to speak." ”

Changle covered his mouth and smiled, and comforted: "Brother Millennium is a person who does great things, and it is normal that he is not good at musical instruments. ”

Is he the one who does big things? Changle will really beautify him.

But this is not unreasonable, after all, he has been in Datang for so long, and what he has done is really a big thing.

Of course, there are no less things to do.

For example, he was trying to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to go to the fiefdom again, gather the villagers in the fiefdom, and teach them to extract oil.

There is a reason why Li Chuan remembered the matter of oil extraction, and it was not just to give the fiefdom villagers a chance to make a fortune, the reason was that he was tired of eating lard, and he was afraid that he would continue to eat like this, and he would be entangled by the three highs before he was middle-aged, and if he died before he lived to eighty, how unjust.

Even in Datang, Li Chuan hopes to live a long life.

stayed at home for two days, received guests for two days, most of them were the second generation, the second generation of officials, the second generation of the emperor, and the second generation of the family did not know whose way to go, all in the name of giving New Year's gifts, sent to the door to mix up a familiar face.

Li Chuan can't recognize everything, but Xiao Yin and Xiao Tong have all recognized it, so it's okay, if there is anything in the future, there will be people around to remind him.

After two days of this bustle, Li Chuan took the oil extraction equipment he bought from Mo Lianhua and went to the fiefdom.

Speaking of this oil extraction equipment, it is quite simple, Li Chuan also wants to buy the fully automatic kind, but the price discourages him, and another one, no matter how sophisticated, the craftsmen of Datang can't imitate it, so the oil mill will definitely not be able to expand, this is not the result that Li Chuan wants to see.

Of course, it's good to be able to make money in secrecy, but Datang is not without smart people, and it's not that people themselves can't study it, isn't it just oil extraction, how difficult it can be.

Li Chuan thinks that he can make a fortune, the people of the fiefdom are better, and he collects taxes justifiably, right?!

As soon as he arrived at the fiefdom, soon Old Man Chen automatically came over, his face was full of red light, and he was smiling and carrying a basket.

When he walked in, Li Chuan heard a cooing sound coming from the basket, which seemed to be coming with chickens.

The little old man put down the basket, rubbed his hands and said embarrassedly: "There are no good things, the big guys are all pointing to the adults to eat enough, don't dislike it." ”

"Don't dislike it, this is my heart, I took it." Li Chuan received it happily, and asked in surprise: "Can you eat enough this year?" ”

"But it's not, don't look at our harvest a lot, but it's hard to eat enough, this year is a disaster, but His Majesty the Emperor has exempted us from agricultural taxes, my lord, you also confiscated it, and you also gave us so many poultry, isn't life better?" The little old man smiled contentedly.

"But it's hard to eat enough." Li Chuan frowned, this year's situation, how can it be considered that he can't eat enough.

"It's okay, it's not worse than in previous years, there are always half-full, the old and the young are not starving, this is a good year."

Li Chuan was a little embarrassed, and after the sigh, he said: "I have a way to increase my income here, but this time you have learned, it is best to keep it secret, otherwise if others learn it, it will not be easy for you to make this unique money." ”

The spread of technology is actually nothing to Li Chuan, and if there is more oil squeezed out, the common people can eat it.

But for the people of his fiefdom, it was a world of difference.

He's not a fool, of course he has to cling to his own people if he has good things.

If someone else cracks it, or inadvertently reveals it, and someone else learns it, then it will be learned, and there is no way to do it, but if you spread it yourself, it will be a bit stupid.

As soon as he heard Li Chuan say this, the little old man immediately became excited, standing there and wanting to turn around, rubbing his hands and opening his mouth, he didn't know what to say.

Li Chuan asked Xiao Yinzi to take out the oil press, and said: "In fact, there was an oil press technology as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it is also ......recorded in Jia Sixian's "Qi Min Yaoshu" that Li Chuan took the oil press, which is very simple, in fact, it is assembled with several pieces of wood, one of which has a hole dug in the wood, and a small hole below is used to leak oil, and the top is similar to a wooden hammer that can be moved, take the cake and put it in the hole, and then press it down with the protruding piece of wood, you can squeeze out the oil, this thing is the same principle as the squeezer of pressing garlic paste, Li Chuan made a demonstration, and continued: "The method I am using now has a very low oil yield, and the soybean is used for the cake, which is soybean oil, which is the same as lard, which can be used to cook and is good for the body, but in terms of tools, you have to think about whether it is better to use." ”

It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, and all difficulties are solved for them, so that they can pick up ready-made? Li Chuan is really unhappy, so he has to use some brains to try it.

I don't want to do this, I really deserve to starve to death.

Facts have proved that in the face of interests, the working people do not have the word 'lazy'.

Old man Chen looked at the shallow layer of oil in the small dish excitedly and curiously, and after obtaining Li Chuan's consent, he took the plate, sniffed it carefully, and his eyes widened: "It's fragrant." ”

Li Chuan: Of course, "......" is fragrant.

Although there are no peanuts now, soybean oil is actually good.

It's a big deal to let them grow more peanuts next year, and then these two oils can be sold until they fly.

"My lord, I can't express our gratitude by saying anything, thank you, thank you, thank you, think of us, rest assured, these people will be your people in the future, as long as you say a word, we will break through the sea of swords!" The little old man fell to his knees and shook his head, tears flowing like sprays.

Li Chuan was taken aback, and when he heard his words again, he couldn't cry or laugh even more, how could he say that he was going to rebel, and he was still in a sea of fire? Where is it so serious?!

"Come on, I know what you mean, you just need to live well better than anything else." Li Chuan lowered his body to help the little old man.

The little old man kowtowed a few more times before standing up along Li Chuan's hand, and then patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, this matter is handed over to us, and all the money earned at that time will be given to the adults, and we will only take the salary." ”

Li Chuan had a black line, he didn't mean that, as soon as he opened his mouth to speak, he was preempted by the little old man again: "Don't worry, my lord, we will definitely make this oil-squeezing thing, I don't believe it, there are still difficulties, our village can't overcome them." ”

Well, the will is very strong, but Li Chuan prefers that they will do it for themselves, not for him.

It's easy to say, the little old man just bit them to death and they were working for Li Chuan, not to mention giving them all, even if they wanted to share their share, there was no way.

Li Chuan was completely out of luck, and the little old man here was still worried and secretly poked and reminded him that the profit of oil was too great, so it was better to find someone to join him, otherwise it was likely that the production method would be robbed.

Li Chuan was so angry, could he not know this? He had already thought about using this oil to bribe His Majesty Li Er when the time came, as long as His Majesty Li Er was his backer, who would dare to do it.

Of course, the advantage is probably that the method has to be handed in, and the royal family will definitely set up an oil mill, which is many times larger than that in the village.

But so what, the money can't be earned, and the oil can't be eaten, just these people in the village, they can't supply the needs of Chang'an even if they are busy turning themselves into octopuses.

Just make money, but do you really want to monopolize? That's death!

Li Chuan shook his head speechlessly, no matter what the little old man thought, since this is already the case, he will just pay the villagers more wages when the time comes, otherwise what else can he do?!

There is even someone who pushes money out, and it is the first time he has seen it when he is so big.

The little old man saw that Li Chuan knew what he knew, so he left happily, and then ran all over the village to spread this message, and Li Chuan sat at home, and he could hear the cheers from outside.

After a while, he heard the shout of 'Thank you, sir.' from the door, and soon the porter came in to tell him that the whole village was kowtowing to him outside the door.

Li Chuan pursed his lips, his heart was sour and a little happy, and he couldn't say it.

"Go and sprinkle all the copper plates and sugar you have prepared, and be happy for the New Year." Li Chuan turned sideways and commanded Xiao Yinzi.

Xiao Yinzi received the order and quickly took people away.

Li Chuan squinted and smiled as he listened to the children's laughter and laughter, as well as the auspicious words of the villagers who wished him well.

My heart suddenly became steady, and I finally had a sense of belonging to Datang, no longer like duckweed, living in the house but not having any peace of mind.

He didn't go out, and he didn't know if it was cowardice or a little embarrassed, anyway, just listening to the voice, he felt it was enough.

Sitting on the warm kang, come to a plate of braised pig's trotters, fragrant very much.

The next day, Li Chuan left 1,000 taels of silver to Old Man Chen, which was the money for building an oil mill and making oil extraction tools.

Otherwise, he would have to find a reason to support these villagers.

Li Chuan returned to Beijing, and he didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the oil mill, but only told Xiao Yinzi to inquire about the progress occasionally, and told the little old man that if there was any problem that could not be solved, he would send someone to find him.

"Oh, I thought you weren't coming back." Xu Jingzong completely let go in front of Li Chuan, and he was angry when he didn't go his way.

Li Chuan was surprised and asked, "What's the matter?" Didn't you say you've been busy lately? ”

"Who's not busy for the New Year." Xu Jingzong said angrily: "I came over as soon as I was busy, but I found out that you were not there." ”

"Do you remember that you're going to be in a few days? The personnel have been selected, what about the school uniform you want to make? And what about books? Don't need to print? Xu Jingzong was a little crazy, and he didn't understand that it was Li Chuan who was going to open the hall, why was he the one who was worried? !

"Ah, the school uniform will arrive in two days, and as for the books, they will be elementary school textbooks." Li Chuan rolled his eyes and said, "Haven't you seen it, didn't you still say it's okay?" ”

"I'm ironic, don't you hear that?" Xu Jingzong was almost angry with him, "Who are the people here?" They all have a foundation, you directly use the traditional and simple comparison, they can learn, as for learning pinyin from scratch? ”

"Pinyin is a must to know, learning pinyin is equivalent to learning to look up the dictionary, so that they will have any words in the future, you can check it yourself, otherwise what to do if you can't? Asking people everywhere? Pinyin is what Li Chuan has always insisted on, and it must be learned, not negotiable.

Xu Jingzong took a deep breath and said, "Okay, you have to learn pinyin, but you don't need to use such a naΓ―ve book, right?" Isn't there a bit of depth? ”

"Deep, there must be, from simple to difficult, from shallow to deep, if you don't learn to walk, you have to learn to run, and you're not afraid of falling to death." Li Chuan waved his hand, looking as a matter of course, and said: "If you think those things are shallow, you should learn them quickly, it was originally a one-semester class, you can finish it in half a semester, leave more homework, and let them strengthen their memory." ”

The corners of Xu Jingzong's mouth twitched, quite helpless, he and Li Chuan's opinions were different, and the brain circuit for thinking about problems was not on the same route, how could he say it clearly.

"It's too much time."

"The foundation is important."

See, that's it, he doesn't convince him.

Xu Jingzong rubbed the corners of his aching forehead, "Okay, listen to you." ”

Who let this be Li Chuan's school, even if he is a lecturer, he is not the one who makes the idea.

Li Chuan nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

"How do you go to physical education class?" Xu Jingzong suggested: "It's better to stand in a military posture." ”

He went to the barracks and thought it was very good, that is, it could exercise his body and strengthen his discipline.

Li Chuan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It's okay, the physical education class at the beginning can be military training, and then, let's teach a set of exercises, and then when the spring blue court is built, you can play." ”

As for those who want to play football, there is no way, and there is no place for his house to build a football field.

Xu Jingzong frowned, he felt that military training was fine, and nothing else was necessary.

can think about Li Chuan's personality of not listening to persuasion after he decided it, he didn't say it.

I just turned around and went to the classroom to check it out.

At this time, the classroom was already full of tables and chairs, all of which were single people and single tables, and no one bothered anyone.

There is still room to move around with each other, but fortunately the classroom is big enough, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate so many students.

In addition to these tables and chairs, Li Chuan also arranged a whole row of chairs in the last row of the classroom, which was specially prepared for those who wanted to come to the class.

Of course, not everyone can come to listen to the class, Li Chuan just thought that there might be some officials who pay attention to what he teaches here, if people come, then come in and listen, even if Li Shimin wants to come and listen, anyway, he can understand these basic things.

When you learn the esoteric in the future, it's even more fine, anyway, it's not a systematic study, no one can understand it, and who are afraid of listening?!

What worries Li Chuan the most now is that there are not so many qualified teachers, and most of the time he can only be on top of himself.

So, let's prepare for class, you can't really take students to the ditch.