"Daddy, why is it so bright on Yunshan tonight~? How many candles did they light here? ”

At the foot of Yunshan, in a small farmhouse courtyard in Liujiazhuang, after a little fart child had dinner, he looked up in his yard and saw that the lights on Yunshan were obviously brighter than before, so he couldn't help but ask his father.

"Xiao Tao, that's not a candle, that's an electric light! Hou Ye's newly made electric lamp is much brighter than ordinary candles! ”

A middle-aged man came out of the house, patted the little boy on the shoulder, and said.

"Electric light? Why is it called an electric light? Is it a lamp made of thunder and lightning? ”

"Hmm! This oil lamp consumes oil, candles consume wax, it is said that this electric lamp consumes electricity, Hou Ye built a hydropower station on the Bahe River, and used water to generate electricity to power the lamp to shine! That's why this kind of lamp is called an electric lamp! ”

"Wow! Generating electricity from water? Master Hou is so powerful! Yanhuang Academy is also so powerful! Daddy, how much does an electric light cost? When will we be able to use electric lights in our house~? ”

“... This electric light can only be used by an immortal academy like Yanhuang Academy, and we ordinary people can't afford it! Xiao Tao: If you want to use electric lights, the easiest way is to be admitted to Yanhuang Academy, Hu Zhuang's Hu Sure You know, right? He is also the same age as you, but he was admitted to Yanhuang Academy last year, and I believe that our Xiaotao can also be admitted! ”

"Uh-huh! Father! The child must be admitted to Yanhuang Academy! ”

The location of Yunshan is close to the center of Lantian County, and it is surrounded by plain villages, among the villages, Yunshan is the existence of "standing out from the crowd", coupled with Li Zexuan's establishment of Yanhuang Academy on Yunshan last year, Yunshan's status in Lantian County "rubbed" up at once, and the people looked up at Yunshan from time to time, and their eyes were like pilgrimage!

In their eyes, Li Zexuan is a child of a fairy, and Yunshan is a fairy school and a holy place for learning!

Therefore, a very bright light was lit on Yunshan tonight, which immediately attracted the attention of the people in the villages around Yunshan.

At this time, most people have just had dinner, and they happen to be idle, so the family is moving a stool, sitting in front of the door, pointing to the bright lights on the cloud mountain, talking and amazed!

"Mountain chief! The electric lights in all the classrooms are working properly, which means that the power generated by the three generator sets is fully sufficient to supply the entire Yanhuang Academy! ”

In Yanhuang Academy, Mo Huai was in front of the teaching building and said to Li Zexuan with a smile.

"Good! In this way, I am relieved! However, the education on electricity safety in the college should not be left behind, and it will continue for another two weeks to ensure that students truly understand electricity and use it correctly! ”

Li Zexuan breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said to Mo Huai.

Mo Huai smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, the gentlemen of our physics department will definitely perform their duties, but with the electric light, can the students read a book in the teaching house at night before going to sleep?" ”

Li Zexuan said with a smile: "This matter Mr. Yan has already mentioned to me, recently the teaching office will formulate a new class schedule for all classes, after the students have dinner, there are still two classes to attend, their own study is the main, the teacher explains as a supplement, I call this evening self-study, after the evening self-study, the students can go to the dormitory to sleep, the dormitory power outage time, postponed to the sub-hour!" ”

Mo Huai said with a look of relief: "That's very good! Young people should be diligent and studious, and the mountain chief has now created the conditions for students to be diligent and studious, and students must cherish the current conditions! ’

Li Zexuan nodded, said a few more words to Mo Huai, and then said goodbye and left.

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Today, Li Zexuan came to stare at the electric light of the academy for a comprehensive trial, and now at this point, it is impossible for him to return to the county seat, so he has to stay with his daughter-in-law in Yunshan Courtyard for one night!

It is worth mentioning that the Yanhuang Academy has installed electric lights and wires, and the Yunshan Courtyard has not been left behind, all of them have used electric lights, and there are not many wires used horizontally and vertically!

Li Gang and Sun Simiao, these old guys, stared at the electric light in their homes tonight for a long time, and they were reluctant to look away until their eyes were dazzled in the end.

When Li Zexuan returned to the courtyard, the lights were on in the room, and Han Yuxi was sitting in the bedroom still looking at an unknown book, with a smile on her face, and she could see that she was very happy at this time!

Today, she expected that Li Zexuan would definitely not be able to return to the county seat after finishing the affairs of the academy, so she came with her!

"Xianggong, you're back!"

Hearing the movement at the door, Han Yuxi hurriedly raised her head, and saw Li Zexuan walking in, she got up and stepped forward.

"Hmmm! The lady is still reading! ”

Li Zexuan smiled and asked casually.

Han Yuxi helped Li Zexuan take off his coat and said with a smile:

"Hmmm! This hour is too early, the concubine is not sleepy, Xianggong, this electric light is really good! On weekdays, after we have dinner, we can only go to rest for a long time, but with the electric light it is very different, after dinner, you can read a book, and the girls can also embroider on the light, and then go to rest after a while, I feel that this day is much more fulfilling than before! ”

Li Zexuan couldn't help but laugh: "Hey! A small electric lamp, in the mouth of the lady is so good? ”

Han Yuxi's eyes sparkled and said, "Of course! Don't you think the nights used to be much more boring than the day? In addition to sleeping, or sleeping, this sleeps too much, and people are easy to lose energy! Nowadays, with electric lights, people can also do some of the things they do during the day at night, whether it is reading a book or being a female celebrity, it is much more meaningful than lying in bed and tossing and turning and not being able to fall asleep~! ”

Li Zexuan smiled and scratched Han Yuxi's white and tender nose, and said, "Hehe! What the lady said is reasonable, but ah, in addition to reading books and female celebrities this night, there is a more meaningful thing to do, do you want to know what it is? ”

Looking at the wicked smile on the corner of Li Zexuan's mouth, Han Yuxi quickly reacted, and suddenly his face was slightly red, and he hurriedly said: "The concubine doesn't know, and she doesn't want to know...... Xianggong, hurry up and wash and sleep! ”

"Hey, hey! If you want to sleep, of course, you can sleep together! ”

"Ah~! No! ”

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Electricity and electric lights were used on Yunshan, even in the dark night, it could be like day, and the news was like wings, and it spread throughout Chang'an and more than 20 prefectures and counties near Chang'an City in the next day!

The people were talking in private, after all, the appearance of electric lights made them too incredible, and everyone was doubting whether the rumors were true or false.

But soon, the official "official announcement" came!

It is today's "Datang Daily", and the headline news is the news about the official electrification of Yanhuang Academy last night, with the title: Epoch-making! That man brings light to the night of the world!

The writer is the famous "Datang Daily" gold medal reporter Li Yu!

After seeing everything that happened in Yanhuang Academy last night written in black and white on the newspaper, and a brief introduction to the principle of electric light emitting, people finally believed that Yanhuang Academy had mastered the method of generating electricity without using electricity, and that there was really a lamp in the world that was several times brighter than candles and oil lamps!

It is human nature to seek light and avoid darkness, and no one likes darkness, so thousands of people can't help but have a heartfelt yearning for the kind of electric light mentioned in the newspaper!

Some wealthy businessmen who thought they had little money began to send people to Qiqu Pavilion to ask if they could buy the electric lights mentioned in the newspaper, but without exception, they all got the same reply, that is, electric lights are easy to buy, but electricity is hard to find, at present, in the entire Datang, only the Bahe Hydropower Station in Lantian County can generate electricity, if you want to use electric lights, you can not only buy a few light bulbs, but also have to ask Yong'an Hou to supply electricity to your own house!

In this way, those rich people who are eager to try and want to use electric lights in their own homes have retreated, it is true that they have money in their families, but in front of Li Zexuan, they can really only be regarded as poor!

"Lord Hou, since the establishment of the Department of Commerce, a total of 23 cases of merchant disputes have been tried, and the lower officials have personally interrogated each case, all of which have been determined after multiple parties have collected evidence and the evidence is conclusive, and the lower officials are willing to guarantee, there is absolutely no unjust or wrong case, and all the officials of the Department of Commerce will treat these merchant dispute cases the same as the ordinary civil cases before!"

The county government of Lantian County, He County Lingzheng was making a work report to Li Zexuan with a serious face.

After Li Zexuan got up this morning, he simply had breakfast, and then took his daughter-in-law back to the Hou Mansion in the county seat, thinking about the vigorous commercial and tax reform and the "anti-gang and evil" movement in Lantian County some time ago.

"Hmmm! This is the right way for the government to treat merchants! ”

Li Zexuan nodded and said approvingly: "We have collected heavy taxes from the merchants, so we have to provide them with protection, to put it mildly, in fact, the government is no different from those ruffian bullies who ask for protection fees from merchants, and the ruffian bullies will fulfill certain protection obligations after collecting the protection fees of merchants, then if our government is not as good as the bullies, then it will be difficult to collect the commercial taxes in Lantian County again in the future!" ”

He Xianling nodded solemnly and said: "The lower officials should remember the teachings of the Hou Ye today, and they will do their best to make the Commerce Department better and better!" ”

"Hmmm! Let it go, and if you encounter any resistance, just say to Ben Hou, I will clear the obstacles for you! ”

Li Zexuan said with a straight face.

"Thank you Lord Hou for your support~!"

He County Ling hurriedly thanked him, paused, and said: "Master Hou, the new business decree issued by the Department of Commerce, there were indeed many people who opposed it at the beginning, but with the later destruction of all the gangs composed of local ruffians in Lantian County, the trend of public opinion suddenly developed in the direction of being friendly to us, and the merchants in the city began to actively file taxes, and even the merchants outside the city rushed to Lantian County to buy shops in order to enjoy the preferential policies provided by our Department of Commerce for merchants in Lantian County.

According to the lower officials, these businessmen who suddenly came to Lantian County to open shops, firstly, in order to get an equal status with farmers and craftsmen, merchants have always been a despised class, and now the Hou Ye ordered that merchants, farmers, and craftsmen have the same status, and from then on, there are only scholars and civilians in Lantian County.

As for the second reason, those merchants who want to come to Lantian County to open shops, they mainly want to send their children to the county school in Lantian County, after all, this treatment is in other states and counties, and it can't be bought with money!

Among these businessmen, the most prominent representative is the first cloth merchant in Chang'an City, and also a member of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce of Master Hou - Cao Wendong, on the day of the establishment of the Department of Commerce, he directly dragged his family to Lantian County, saying that he would directly settle in Lantian County in the future, and he even bought the house in advance!

Under the leadership of Cao Wendong, businessmen from other states and counties have followed, and the prices of shops in Lantian County have risen again and again. ”

He County Ling was excited between his words, and he also had reason to be excited, the small Lantian County at the beginning has now become a prosperous county within a radius of 100 miles, second only to Chang'an City, with many shops and endless crowds! Although the specific strategies and guidelines were set by Li Zexuan, he is just a "tool man", but with such political achievements, he is happy even if he is a "tool man"!

"Hmmm! These Ben Hou know it! After the implementation of the new tax law, in the first month, how much commercial tax is the county government expected to be able to collect~? ”

Li Zexuan smiled with satisfaction, and then asked again.

Hearing Li Zexuan ask about this, He Xianling smiled even more happily, and he arched his hand at Li Zexuan and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, judging from the current month's profit data reported by the major shops in the city to the county government, the county government can collect more than 4,000 commercial taxes this month, which is simply more than the commercial tax revenue in previous years!" ”

"Four thousand! It's okay, too! ”

Li Zexuan frowned, and then muttered in a low voice.

This whispered muttering just made He Xianling listen to it, and He Xianling suddenly couldn't help but want to vomit blood!

Xindao is still not satisfied with the monthly business tax income of 4,000 yuan? You can simply lead the troops directly to the major shops in the market to grab money!

As if he saw what He County Ling was thinking, Li Zexuan said lightly: "You don't have to think that Ben Hou has a big heart, but the commercial tax income of Lantian County must exceed the agricultural tax as soon as possible, only when the commercial tax is much greater than the agricultural tax, we will have the capital to reduce or reduce the field tax of the farmers, so that all the people in Lantian County can eat enough and dress warmly!" ”

Hearing this, He Xianling's heart set off a storm, he didn't expect that Li Zexuan's purpose in raising commercial taxes was to reduce or reduce agricultural taxes, and at the same time, he couldn't help but be in awe of Li Zexuan, and said in his heart that the Hou Ye is really thinking about the people!

"Lord Hou treats the people with benevolence and kindness, and the officials admire him!"

After a moment of silence, He Xianling bowed his hand to Li Zexuan with a look of admiration.

"For the official side, you should benefit the people! This is what Benhou should do, and this is what you should do! ”

Li Zexuan said lightly.