The middle-aged blacksmith is an old craftsman, after listening to Fan Ming's explanation, he thought about it carefully, and said: "This doesn't need to be made entirely of iron, but the fit and top need to be carefully built, but this structure is not easy to temper, maybe it is better to use copper." ”

Fan Ming thought about it carefully, isn't it, copper is rust-resistant, more suitable for distillation equipment than iron, and it is lighter to use, but the Song Dynasty is famous for the lack of copper, and it must cost a lot of money to build with copper, and there seems to be a ban, so he said to the blacksmith: "Can this be made, is there no limit to bronze in the imperial court?" ”

The middle-aged blacksmith pondered for a while, nodded and said, "It's okay not to use much, maybe I can make it, but I don't have a lot of copper slag here, if the guest officer has his own bronze utensils at home, I may be able to try it." ”

Fan Ming was silent for a moment, what he thought was a little too simple, it costs a lot of money to rebuild a device, science and technology are not so developed in this era, all kinds of metals are more precious, if you want to rebuild, it is estimated that it will cost dozens of dollars, which also takes into account the future sales and variables, if it can't be turned into income, this is just a fantasy, "Shopkeeper, you help me calculate, if you want to build a full set of big retorts, big retorts, how much copper will be used at least." ”

"About five pounds."

"How about this, you help me make a mold first, and I'll go to my home to collect it in the next few days." Fan Ming finally made a decision to make this thing, if he was afraid of wolves and tigers, he would always be able to pin on someone else's roof, and it would be a big deal to go back again, five catties of copper plus manual fees are estimated to be about ten dollars, which should not be much of a problem.

"Okay, whatever the guest officer says." The blacksmith smiled heartily, then remembered something, and said: "It's best for the guest officer to go next door and let the woodsmith make the chassis first, so that I can judge the size according to the mold and then build it." ”

"Hmm!" Fan Ming nodded, "If you want to do it completely, how many hours will it take?" ”

"About ten days."

"So it's decided, this 200 wen is a fixed amount." Fan Ming took out two hundred yuan from his body and handed it to the middle-aged man.

From the blacksmith shop, he went directly to the carpenter shop next door, thinking about it, he couldn't help but smile, he didn't think that there was a one-stop service in this era, maybe this east street and alley are all craftsmen doing handicrafts, and it is much more convenient to gather together.

It is not much difficult to make the chassis, and the same structure as the usual big retort and big ring, but it is twice as big as the price, and after clarifying some of his specific requirements with the carpenter, Fan Ming also paid a deposit of 200 Wen, got up and left the East Street.

When he was on the road, he suddenly thought that this wine dew can also be used as a seasoning, I remember that Li Yu recorded an interesting story in "Idle Love", entertaining guests with "flower dew with rice", the specific method is to pour a cup of flower dew on the rice when the rice is just cooked, cover the pot and stuff for a while, and then mix well and put it out.

If you add some ingredients to it, won't it become something that can be smelled and eaten, so that the market will expand several times.

The raw materials of flowers are easy to say, you can specially let people pick them, or plant them yourself, but some other medicinal materials, such as musk, bezoar, mint, etc., will cost a lot of money, if all of them are used this estimate, no one can afford to buy, and it is still possible to specialize in the high-end market, it seems that after going to the county newspaper, I really have to go back to Qinghe.

And it seems that these can also be used in the city restaurants in the future to add an extra dish.

On the way home, Fan Ming actually met the shopkeeper Wu of the pen and ink shop again, "Fan Gongzi, I am fortunate to be honored, please take a step to speak." ”

Since the last time, his pen and ink have been purchased in his store, and Fan Ming can only smile and walk to the side with him, "Shopkeeper Wu, what's wrong?" ”

Shopkeeper Wu nodded lightly, "Master Fan, I want you to help inquire about something." ”

"What's the matter?" Fan Ming couldn't help but be curious, what would the shopkeeper of this small pen and ink shop have to inquire about himself.

"The county lord is new, it seems that there will be some measures recently, I heard that Fan Gongzi is going to be close to the yamen, so ......"

"I'm going to enter the yamen, who said that?"

Shopkeeper Wu smiled and was silent, Fan Ming remembered that Wang Jiaxuan had said that he had to hire recruiters to enter the yamen before Wang Jiaxuan said that he had to hire recruiters to enter the yamen, could it be that this shopkeeper Wu was talking about this?

This Wu shopkeeper's news is quite well-informed!

Although he has just arrived in the county seat, he doesn't know what is going on with the diversion of the merchants, but he also knows very well that the new magistrate of the county must regard this matter as the most important merit to grasp, and of course this will affect the interests of some local businesses, some big businesses may be able to inquire through the relationship between the county government accumulated over the years, but the small businesses of the pen and ink shop shopkeeper are at no avail.

The county school is the place where Wang Zhixian usually goes to the most in addition to the county government, and some of the students in the county school often have some people who will serve in the county government in the future, and it is not a good channel to inquire about the students, thinking of this, Fan Ming can't help but pay more and more attention to the matter of the diversion of the business gang, as if his father's case is also related to this matter, and it may not be possible to overturn the case for his father through this matter, it seems that he will pay more attention to this matter in the future, and immediately made up his mind secretly and asked: "Shopkeeper, Do you have anything else to buy? ”

Shopkeeper Wu smiled slightly, nodded and said, "There are a few salt and sugar shops in the city. ”

As soon as the shopkeeper Wu finished speaking, Fan Ming knew that he was a little underestimated him, it seems that this shopkeeper Wu is still a big business name in Chuqiu County, but the county is newly appointed, and he can't get along for a while, so he came to have a relationship with himself, a little student, but this shopkeeper Wu doesn't know where he learned that he had dealt with Wang Zhixian, "Shopkeeper Wu, I'm just a new student, not to mention that I can inquire about such important things, even if I want to meet the county lord, it's not easy!" ”

"Don't be modest Fan Gongzi, if Gongzi doesn't have any ability, why are dozens of students in the county school, and the county lord only summons you......" An ambiguous smile appeared on the face of the shopkeeper Wu.

Fan Ming couldn't argue, so he had to nod and say: "That's it, I'll try it, if there is really news, I will be the first to notify the shopkeeper Wu, how about it?" ”

"Eh, good, good!" Shopkeeper Wu's face bloomed with a smile, and he handed over the letter he had just prepared, "It's a small meaning, it's not a tribute." ”

"No!" Fan Ming immediately pushed back, he didn't want the money, in fact, he wanted to go next very much, but he didn't know the bottom in his heart, and helped Sun Xuezheng for him and said that there should be no problem with this, thinking that Sun Xuezheng would not be as knowledgeable as a businessman, but he asked him about Wang Zhixian's measures and asked himself if he was not qualified.