The Taoist took out the kerosene lamp, and Li Shaoyan asked, "What is this?" ”

Cao Zongshen said: "This is a new type of lamp. ”

The Taoist on the stage wiped another match, lit the twist of the kerosene lamp, and picked up the glass cover to cover the flames.

The Taoist blew on the kerosene with his mouth and fanned the wind with his fan, and the flames of the kerosene lamp were not moved at all.

Isn't this the "dead wind" lamp?

In order to prevent it from being blown out by the wind, lanterns are used to cover the outside.

But after all, it is woven and papier-mâché, and there are still gaps, and it will run out of air and leak after a long time.

The cover of the "kerosene lamp" is also made of transparent glass, which ensures its sealing effect.

How much does this lamp have to sell for!

Wealthy people use bronze lamps, which are expensive but not fuel-efficient.

People with slightly worse conditions use celadon lamps, which are low in cost, but very fuel-efficient, also called fuel-efficient lamps.

No matter how bad the conditions are, just use a large black porcelain bowl, and use dead animal oil.

Wealthy people will burn vegetable oil, and the base is tung oil.

Vegetable oil produces less oil fumes. The worst is animal fat, which has a high freezing point, is dimly lit when burned, and is prone to black smoke.

There are even some black-hearted small workshops that specialize in the business of the dead, refining the bones and selling them as lamp oil.

"Don't use copper lamps for book lamps, but porcelain is the most fuel-efficient."

Lu You once said in an article, "There is a porcelain cup in Shu, and water is poured into the lip of the cup, which can save half of the oil." ”

In the Song Dynasty, fuel was a major expense for every household.

At night, if the conditions are a little worse, they don't light the lights at all, rely on the light of the day to work, or rest early.

Look at the oil in this kerosene lamp, it's all full.

Looking at the oil quality, it is also clear and bright, and it is not animal fat at first glance, but a good vegetable oil.

Not to mention the glass of the "kerosene lamp", just this full bottle of oil is worth a lot of money.

Whether it is the material, production process, or oil material of the oil lamp, it all reflects conscience.

As the Taoist on the stage said, in order to reflect His Majesty's imperial grace and His Royal Highness the Prince's love for the people, in order to celebrate the marriage of Zong Shu and His Royal Highness Zhuzhu.

The Taoist showed matches, candles, and kerosene lamps, and immediately someone spread out the pen and paper.

"Listen, everybody, a pack of matches, a bundle of candles, and a kerosene lamp for each person. Register over there, take the person from that side, keep order and don't mess up. ”

Under the organization of the students of the Great Song Academy of Sciences, people began to line up.

More than 2,000 people, including officials, came to the scene today.

In other words, more than 2,000 packs of matches will be sent away, and more than 2,000 bundles of candles and kerosene lamps will be sent, how much will it cost?!

More than 2,000 packs of matches!

Liang Shicheng calculated, his match factory produced without sleep, and it had to be produced for half a year.

However, Zong Shu didn't blink an eye, and gave them all away for free.

Free doesn't count, the point is that it's free forever!

Zong Shu was afraid that no one would want free matches, so he attached two conditions: within seven days, everyone can come here to receive free candles and kerosene lamps!

It's not too much!

Liang Shicheng turned around and looked at the matches made in the past month, and just used a few for the demonstration to everyone.

The other matches were piled up there, and no one moved, let alone bought.

In addition to the more than 200 officials standing on Liang Shicheng's grounds, other merchants and ordinary people lined up at Zong Shu to receive free matches, candles and kerosene lamps.

The venue on Zong Shu's side was crowded and full of people.

On Liang Shicheng's side, more than 200 officials did not even make a coughing sound as if they were waiting for His Majesty's arrival when they were in the court.

Tong Guan took a look, it's over, tens of thousands of taels of silver, how long will it take to get it back!

Zhao Gou's flesh hurt, and the silver he had finally accumulated was all gone at once.

Li Baishi said, the daughter is scattered and comes back. The thousand gold I threw away has no hope of coming back at all.

The officials are very confused, what should they do with their own money?

Looking at the current situation, Liang Shicheng's match factory is finished.

Zong Shu, this demon! The tricks used are really too bad! What did Liang Shicheng's match factory do?

His policy of free of charge for all matches and free for candles and kerosene lamps does not give Liang Shicheng a chance to turn over at all.

Some officials, like Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan and Zhao Gou, were bleeding in their hearts.

They even went to the gambling house to bet on Zong Shu's loss to Liang Shicheng.

Now, I sent a lot of money to the gambling house, and I lost even more.

Some regret it, how good it would be if they didn't invest in Liang Shicheng, and how good it would be if they invested their funds in Zong's gambling house!

Even if you don't win the bet, you can become a shareholder of Zong's Group, and you can pay dividends and interest every year, which is better than the current situation.

Some officials thought to themselves that now that Liang Shicheng's match factory had just been put into operation, he should have working capital.

Seeing that Liang Shicheng's match factory was crushed by Zong Shu, he had to get back the principal he had invested.

Looking at the scale of this match factory, it should have cost a lot of silver, and Liang Shicheng's reserve silver was not much.

A low-level official, seeing that others had voted, also borrowed a part of the silver and invested it in Liang Shicheng's match factory.

Seeing that the silver could not be returned, he was in a hurry, ran to Liang Shicheng and said, "Father-in-law Liang, please return the five hundred taels of silver to me." ”

Liang Shicheng's face was very ugly, if it was another official, Liang Shicheng would have criticized him a long time ago.

But this guy is a speech official, and it's not easy to offend. In addition, Liang Shi's success or failure was very thorough, and he didn't dare to be too temperamental.

The official doesn't have much savings, and he is embarrassed to ask him for five hundred taels of silver!

Although he was very angry, Liang Shicheng still agreed, asked him to register, and then returned the five hundred taels of silver to him.

The officials, who had stood still at first, were now in an uproar.

The silver invested in Liang Shicheng's match factory can still be returned!

You have to hurry, it's too late, Liang Shicheng's spare funds will run out!

Someone took the lead, and the officials immediately surrounded Liang Shicheng and wanted their principal back.

Liang Shicheng was dumbfounded, he didn't expect this official to return the principal, which caused a chain reaction.

After agreeing to a few people, the officials came over more and more, and they also pushed and shoved, competing to squeeze Liang Shicheng.

These officials usually see Liang Shicheng, and they are all respectful, but they don't care about everything in front of financial interests.

Some officials were squeezed down, and the officials behind pressed up.

An officer who had been squeezed down barely got up and grabbed him in the face.

The official's face was scratched with a blood mark, and he immediately became angry and scuffled with the man.

Many officials also had red eyes, rolled up their sleeves, and joined the battle group.

As soon as the officials got into a fight, they immediately tore their faces and fought regardless of it.

Some people scattered the earth, some found stones, some picked up bricks, and after a while, some screamed, and some cried in pain.

There was chaos on the field side.

On the contrary, the merchants and people who had just been bustling with activity were quietly lining up.

Liang Shicheng's side became a mess.

The merchants and the common people couldn't help but despise the more than 200 officials who were fighting each other.

Aren't they all officials? Aren't they all literati? What's wrong today, why is the quality so low?