Early the next morning.

Stone Tablet Hutong, Zhao Guogong Mansion.

Respect the righteous hall.

Jiang Duo, the old man, was wrapped in a bearskin mattress, revealing a small brain melon outside, which at first glance looked like a potato.

But no one in the country dared to underestimate this old man......

Jiang Duo's hairless eyebrows were raised, his shriveled mouth was pursed, and he looked at the eldest grandson Jiang Tai and said, "The emperor said that the three major battalions of the divine machine should be handed over to people who are absolutely loyal and reliable. Because the little deflated calf of the Jia family is about to blow the firearm into the sky...... That forgetful eight calves, he knows the military affairs of a ball, and he knows that he is buzzing in front of the emperor. However, the firearms battalion is indeed a place of concern. The emperor said that there are not many people he can trust, and the Jiang family ranks first. Therefore, I want to hand over the Candle Dragon Camp to the children of the Jiang family, and call your name. What do you say? Eh, just listen and talk well, don't raise your face, the face of the ball is so long, Lao Tzu is dizzy when he looks at it! ”

Jiang Tai: "......"

He pondered for a while and said, "Ancestor, I don't know much about the firearms camp, and my grandson still wants to return to the water master......

Before he finished speaking, his father Jiang Bao scolded him: "Damn brute! Lift you up and give you face? Don't pee and see, you deserve to be here to talk back! Doggy ......"

I didn't finish scolding here, but I saw Jiang Duo's little brain melon suddenly stretched out, and spitted fiercely in the direction of Jiang Bao, scolding: "Dog's obscene seed!" Lao Tzu didn't finish speaking, you inserted your mother's mouth? Lao Tzu sees that Tai Ge'er is ten times stronger than you, in this Jiang family, everyone thinks that he is the king of heaven, Lao Tzu, there is nothing he can't do, the stubborn children of the bison, and the face to scold others? Why don't you pee and see your virtues! ”

Jiang Bao saw that Jiang Duo suddenly became short of breath, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "It's easy for my father to beat and scold, can you call someone to beat and scold, you are old and broken, won't your son become a big unfilial person?" ”

Although he had prayed countless times in his heart that this old immortal would swallow his breath quickly, after all, he was not stupid enough to go home, knowing that the reason why Emperor Long An was courteous to the Jiang family at this point was because of Jiang Duo's supreme prestige in the army, and the Heavenly Family needed this prestige? Adjust the pattern of the military and reinstate the military power.

The Jiang family wants to take advantage of this opportunity to get more benefits? When the benefits are in hand, it's never too late to die.

What's going to go wrong here? Then the Jiang family is really going to have a big problem......

Jiang Duo may understand this thought, or maybe he doesn't care, he snorted? said: "Tai Ge'er has indeed grown up? Know where you are, know what you can and can't do. However, the more so? On the contrary, Lao Tzu is more relieved to let you go. Go well to be a battalion commander and find out the tactics of the firearms battalion. I vaguely heard that Western firearms are different from before. The firearms of the firearms battalion at the moment, the kung fu of a fire? Can you shoot five or six rounds of archery? Difficulty. Rainy and snowy days, windy days are all scrap metal? It's not as good as a burning stick. But now there is a new firearm? Brave the rain, snow and wind......"

Jiang Bao couldn't help but say, "Master? The son of a self-propelled firearm has also heard of it, but the cost is extremely high, and a firearm is almost worth hundreds of taels of silver, which is extremely labor-intensive. Coupled with the sub-drug, how can it be assembled in large quantities? ”

Jiang Duo wanted to scold, but when he was old, he only said, "Huh...... Bah", and continued to say to Jiang Tai: "After you go, take charge of the troops and watch and learn." If the firearms battalion is really as divine as the Jia family's forgetful eight calves said, your position in the future is very important, write it down? ”

Jiang Tai nodded, and suddenly saw Jiang Lin standing on the side, his face was a little gloomy, he hesitated for a while, and said, "Ancestor, or ...... Let Brother Lin go? ”

Jiang Duo scolded: "Just after praising you, you dog will be confused!" Is this the emperor's Chrysostom appointing you as a general, and you also used it as a courtesy? Xiao Linzi, your eldest brother is afraid that you will be jealous and hateful, and cause trouble to Xiao Wall, what do you say about this nasty seed? ”

Jiang Lin knelt down with a wry smile and said: "Ancestor, my heart is a little weak, but that's my eldest brother, where did it get to this point?" ”

When Jiang Duo heard this, he rarely showed a smile and said, "Lao Tzu knows that Lao Tzu's seed is not so stupid!" All right, get up. By the way, Lao Tzu heard Brother Lin's daughter-in-law say that the Lin family has a thing called heating, which is very warm. It doesn't seem to be a brazier, it's hot water or something...... The gods are chattering, the Jia family's small ball is not doing serious things, and the gods and ghosts are messing around all day long, but it is also a kind of ability, which can make a golden mountain. Tsk, if only Lao Tzu's seed were the seed. You go and ask, can you also put a set for Lao Tzu, although the red basket charcoal given by the palace is good, but I still feel a little dry. ”

When Jiang Lin heard this, his face became entangled, but he didn't dare to say a word......

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Ningguo Mansion, inside five terraced houses on the west side of the stable.

Li Xuan looked at the warm room like spring and the rows of vegetables, and his eyes were straight......

He even ignored the smell of livestock manure that almost made him gag when he first came in......

"Good ball! How much money did the Taiguan Garden of the Internal Affairs Mansion spend, and the dishes were just wilted, and his mother's group of people forgot to burn the kang with silver frost charcoal, but they couldn't cook good dishes. It's either leeks or soybean sprouts all day long, and the master eats a cucumber like sleeping with his daughter! ”

As he spoke, Li Xuan picked a green cucumber from a cucumber rack, wiped it with a handkerchief, and took a bite, his mouth was full of fragrance!

"It's gone!"

"Jia Qiang, you have a lot of ways to make money, but you have to come the same, isn't there still a gold mountain in Xishan that hasn't been finished? How did you make a green gold mountain? ”

"I am afraid that this business is more interesting and expensive than pounding coal!"

Jia Qiang shook her head and said, "Who can afford this among ordinary people?" Even if it's a nobleman...... Most of the homes also have cellars, stored. Except for a few who are really expensive, not many can afford this. ”

The cellar is a good thing, that is, ordinary people can cellar cabbage or something, of course, they eat more pickled vegetables.

In winter, try to warm a plate of garlic sprouts on the kang head of the fire and send a pot of bean sprouts, even if it is a taste for the New Year.

However, in the homes of dignitaries and nobles, there is a special cellar for storing fresh food, which is called a vegetable cave.

A few extremely noble families even grow vegetables on the kang.

And the price of doing so is extremely high.

In contrast, Jia Qiang's greenhouse seems to be expensive, but it is not.

The greenhouse uses glass as a window, and the heating room grows vegetables in fertile soil, which is not much different from the greenhouse in the previous life, and the effect is of course good.

Although glass is also a valuable thing at the moment, the windows of Ning Rong's second mansion have long been sealed with glass.

If you don't pursue the same strict transparency and clarity as in your previous life, it is not difficult to get some glass.

And the biggest secret of these five greenhouses is not actually the glass and heating, but the insulation layer built outside the greenhouse.

Using slag as the medium, supplemented by cotton and linen as the core, and then building a layer of insulation layer against the wall, this can make the temperature of the greenhouse rise evenly enough and can be maintained.

Otherwise, it is too expensive to drive such a large space purely by burning coal, and it is too extravagant to rely purely on money.

Second, the burning is too hard, and the heat index is uneven, which is easy to cause dry and scorched roasting near the stove, and the heat away is not enough.

And with this layer of insulation, even the most primitive layer of insulation, the role played is immeasurable.

Coupled with fermented livestock manure, this shed of vegetables has become a green gold mountain in Li Xuan's eyes.

"It's not this that I let the prince see, it's the stove and radiator. The briquettes burned by the stove are the ones that are piled up. This stubborn child, one piece can be burned for half an hour, and two pieces at a time can be burned for an hour and a half. The house is small and dense, and it is impermeable, so it can keep it cold overnight.

Those coal squares on the market are far worse than this, a piece costs three yuan, our one, a piece only costs two yuan, a night of four yuan is not cold, and six yuan is hot. It's less than 200 yuan a month, save a little, more than 100 yuan is enough.

This price is very low, and it is affordable for ordinary people.

With small profits and quick turnover, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will have a stable source of revenue that will never be exhausted, and it will also benefit the people.

After all, there will always be winter, and every winter in the capital, to say the least, 100 people will freeze to death.

I don't know how many people died of cold and cold.

Therefore, selling coal so cheaply is also the kindness of the heavenly family to the people.

And not only briquettes can earn silver, but also stoves. An ordinary briquette stove is simple and nothing.

The most profitable thing is still this kind of heating.

It takes the time of a skilled blacksmith to do it, polishing it little by hand, and some of the components require unusual tools, which only the Delin can do......

The prince said let's see, this kind of good thing, those high-ranking families will not like it? ”

When talking about serious things, Li Xuan was still very serious, he nodded and said, "Jia Qiang, it seems that the master taught you very well." Near Zhu Zhechi, you are careful for the sake of the Internal Affairs Office. ”

Jia Qiang nodded and said, "If you get too close to the pig, you will inevitably have to spend more time." ”

Li Xuan scolded with a smile: "Good ball, scolding master, you are careful." ”

While laughing, he squatted down, picked up a briquette from the fire tongs on the side, looked at it, and asked, "Jia Qiang, why are there eighteen holes on it?" ”

Jia Qiang said: "This is a big one, with eighteen holes, and there is a small one used by ordinary people, only twelve holes." These eyelets are for ventilation, so that the briquettes can burn more transparently. ”

Li Xuan nodded and said, "Good thing!" Good stuff indeed. The master estimated that most of the people in the house who have old people at home like this. ”

Jia Qiang said with a smile: "If you are in the bedroom, the stove is not inside, and you will build it outside." Not only the elderly, but most of the high-ranking families will like it. This heating effect is much stronger than that of the smoke cage and brazier, and the key is that it is cheaper. How much is a briquette, but what about charcoal? ”

Li Xuan twitched the corners of his mouth and said: "Every year, the Salary Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs cuts hardwood in the mountains around Yizhou and burns it into charcoal, and then transports it to the red basket factory, saws it according to the size, weaves small round wattle baskets, and uses red clay to brush the baskets and serve them. Each long ruler, the diameter of the garden is two or three inches, it is fragrant and warm when burned, one pound can be burned for half an hour, gray and white but not explosive, no smoke. However, it costs 30 yuan per catty! ”

Fifteen times more than briquettes.

However, in the previous life, the company had a more resounding name: the inner factory......

"Tsk!"

Li Xuan sighed and said, "Jia Qiang, Ye knows that you can make trouble, and they all say that you are a golden boy of good money, but Ye still underestimates you." You're too good at it......"

Jia Qiangqi said: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has added such a big entry, and the prince is not happy?" ”

Li Xuan smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't like it, it's just that you know how many people are fed by the bones of Red Luo Charcoal and Silver Frost Charcoal?" ”

Jia Qiang sneered: "Feed a bird feather!" Does the prince know why the people hate the extravagant life of the powerful and high-ranking families when they mention it? It was because they served the people to drive them like cattle and horses, and served them for their enjoyment, but they did not favor the people. This has been the case since ancient times, otherwise why would "The Charcoal Seller" come about? However, the coal kilns of the Ministry of Internal Affairs could not do this, and the hard work of craftsmen and civil servants must be rewarded. This is not only the moral conscience of the prince and me, but also the face of the heavenly family. ”

Li Xuan frowned and said: "What the master is talking about is not this, what the master is talking about is how many giants and how many high-ranking magnates have been fattened by this sect!" Jia Qiang, the two of us are amusing and playing majestic, others will let us, they will give us a smile, at most we will scold in our hearts. But if you cut off other people's financial routes, or such a big financial route, do you believe that they dare to kill people? The group of forgetful eight got up in the dark, and they had already ambushed and killed a commander of the embroidered guards, and it was Wei Yongming who escaped. You may not have as much luck as him...... Even the master may not be able to live in peace. How did the Emperor ......?"

Before he finished speaking, Li Xuan threw the fire tongs on the ground.

Jia Qiang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, if someone wants to murder, his first target must be me, are you sure of this?" ”

Li Xuan nodded, squinted at him, and said, "It's you who can't do it." Although Ye likes to make some money, he also wants you to help, but Ye didn't let you take your life to fill it? ”

Jia Qiang was moved, and said with a smile on her face: "What is the prince thinking? Do I need to trade my life for some money? As he spoke, he glanced behind him, and Li Yong, the housekeeper who was far behind, hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What does Master Hou want?" ”

Jia Qiang said: "Get a few potatoes and take two small sticks." ”

After Jia Qiang divided Li Xuan's small pestle, he sat down himself, opened the small page at the bottom of the stove, and put the potatoes into the coal ash one by one......

The stubborn idea of potatoes has been introduced to Dayan for many years, but it has not been popularized on a large scale, and corn is also the same.

In a relatively extremely conservative society, the spread of any new thing is basically impossible to spread without vigorous official promotion.

After all, tax collectors don't collect these ......

In the past two years, Jia Qiang has made the grange under the name of the Jia family more diverse, and more of them have been preserved, and when the new deal is implemented, let Lin Ruhai promote the world to help Li Shu's suffering.

Baking the potatoes into the oven, he closed the door and laughed softly: "Although I don't want to do this errand, but since I have taken on it, I can't hold back, I can't embarrass my husband, not to mention, there is still the love of the emperor and the mother, isn't it?" ”

"The incident in Wuqing Yang Village shows that there are indeed big black hands lurking in the dark, and they can even mobilize the army, which is very terrifying!"

"Although, my husband's advice to me is to respond to all changes with the same and wait for the right time......"

"But I thought it was too passive. The prince only knows that if we move their red charcoal, it will provoke them to kill, but he doesn't know what kind of interests the emperor and Mr. will touch when they implement the new policy. In front of this benefit, it is not a dime! ”

"I'm also old, I can't always let the emperor and the mother indulge, let my husband bless me, so if I can take the first step to startle the snake, lead the snake out of the hole, and then draw the sword to cut the snake, maybe I can share a little for the emperor and Mr. and do something good."

"Alas, it's also a little annoying to say, I really didn't want to enter the officialdom at the beginning, so I was tired of mixing into such a big thing with a lot of calculations."

"I thought I was just an orphan without a father or mother, and I just wanted to live this life in peace. It's good to take a test for fame and fame and not be bullied. ”

"Who would have thought that creation would make people come to this point now...... I don't like it, but I want to do it. ”

When Li Xuan heard this, he turned his head to look at Jia Qiang, who was stunned and had perfect Versailles skills, and persuaded: "Jia Qiang, don't be too sad, many people can't get it if they want to be an official and become a knight." Besides, depending on what you can do, it is rare for you to be pure anywhere, so it is better to do it now. Although I am a little tired and confused, isn't this teaching you? ”

Jia Qiang: "......"

Seeing that Jia Qiang was speechless, Li Xuan laughed for a while, then picked up a briquette with fire tongs and said, "Forget it, since you have this heart, the master is not a coward, so I will accompany you to make a big scene." It's just that the one who stopped us may not be the guy from Wuqing Yang Village? ”

Jia Qiang laughed and said, "Don't worry, no matter who jumps out, slap it to death, and no one will be wronged." What's more, where is there to wait for them to jump out because of the briquettes? When the embroidery clothes and guards were handed over, they began to clean up the Internal Affairs Office, and the seven divisions and three courtyards checked the account books one by one......"

"You're trying to eat fart, too!"

Li Xuan scolded with a smile: "Don't you know that fires often break out in the palace when the water is walked? Many times it was caused by the fact that the carbon fire was not extinguished. It's also a coincidence, every time there is a fire in the water, most of the account books will be burned. No one paid attention to it afterwards, so there was nothing wrong with the current account books. ”

After Jia Qiang was speechless for a long time, she asked, "The emperor doesn't care?" ”

Li Xuan shook his head and said: "A few years ago, when the Emperor Taishang was there, the Internal Affairs Office was arranged by the Emperor Taishang to be in charge. It's not that the Emperor doesn't know the depth of the Internal Affairs Office, but his old man even told his father that this Internal Affairs Mansion is the treasury of the Heavenly Family, like the 'money in the official' as other high-ranking families say. The clan is all relatives, so if you come to work hard as an errand and do things, how can you let people go home empty-handed? As long as it's not too much, don't be harsh, the water is clear, there are no fish. Clan kiss, do a good job in the world. ”

Jia Qiang sighed and said, "Even so, there is also a way. After the handover of the embroidered clothes and guards, he began to clean up the Internal Affairs Office ruthlessly. This time, it may not be possible to directly fight the masterminds behind the Wuqing incident, but it will definitely make them hide in the dark. It's better to jump out of one or two, I'll kill them!! ”

Seeing him like this, Li Xuan scolded with a smile: "Look at what you can, you are confident, and you will definitely beat others?" ”

Jia Qiang said with a smile: "In the land of Duzhong, it is absolutely impossible to mobilize the army without permission, and the Jiang family will not allow it." Therefore, we have embroidered guards in our hands, and we have soldiers and horses, as long as the guilty dare to show their heads, we can get whichever one we want! ”

As he spoke, he used tongs from the bottom of the stove to pinch out a few roasted potatoes with a strong aroma, six in all, three for each person.

"Come on, the prince eats quickly, please take a host today!"

Li Xuan looked at Jia Qiang in shock and scolded: "The silver in the world is almost finished by you, you invite the master to eat the host, just eat this?" ”

Jia Qiang smiled and said: "It's almost enough, what's the fun of eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas?" If you really want to eat, let's go to the prince's mansion another day to eat again. ”

When Li Xuan heard this, he nodded again and again, looked at Jia Qiang as if he had re-acquainted himself, threw the burnt potatoes on the ground, and after removing the scorched skin, he bit it hard, and as a result, the hot tears came down, and he turned around and roared at Lu Feng: "Take the big basket and pick some vegetables for the master!" By the way, pick more cucumbers and give them to the princess in the evening! ”

Jia Qiang smiled and ignored it, as long as the Internal Affairs Office set off a big wave tomorrow, it would be good if the energy of all forces could be concentrated on him and Li Xuan. The bigger the trouble, the more stable Daiyu's boat going south will be......

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