Chapter 353: Waiting in torment

Liulizhai.

After Yang Reform came, it was different from usual, after coming, he didn't do anything, he fell asleep on the bed, these days, he was too tired, he ran under the sun, and finally the energy of the strong beating also evaporated to the sun, and he couldn't stand it, so he fell asleep.

After waking up, although his hands and feet were still a little soft, his spirit was much stronger, and what he saw at a glance was Sun Liniang.

"Hehe, Li Niang, it's so fragrant for you to sleep here" Yang Gengai saw that the beauty was watching him sleep, and laughed.

"Childe woke up?" Sun Linian looked at Yang Reform happily, and asked with concern, as soon as the emperor came to her, she couldn't help but say, she fell asleep, and the bloodshot in her eyes showed that the emperor hadn't rested well in the past few days, and Sun Liniang was very distressed.

"Well, wake up, this sleep is really comfortable" Yang Gengai stretched his arm, feeling that his whole body was sour and soft, and there was a lazy sense of comfort.

"Childe hasn't rested well these days, has he stayed up late?" Sun Linian asked with concern, the matter of Shaanxi is by no means a secret, everyone in the capital knows that something happened in Shaanxi, Sun Liniang saw the emperor's appearance, and knew that the emperor was tired in the past two days.

"Hehe, it's okay,...... By the way, I have something to show you today, but it's a good thing...... "Yang Gai woke up and immediately prepared to do business.

"Oh, what's good? Is it worth a trip to Childe? Sun Liniang asked curiously.

Yang Gengai looked for the things he brought in, took out the "lamp oil" refined by Li Yanyi from it, and said, "Li Niang, look, what is this." Yang Reform said with a smile.

Sun Liniang took it, opened the lid of the porcelain altar, and an indescribable "smell" made Sun Liniang immediately take the porcelain altar far away, and complained: "Childe is really, this stinky thing I got there, I thought it was a good thing, it stinks to death...... Sun Liniang was like Yang Reform, and kept complaining about Yang Reform for scolding her.

Yang Gai looked at it and smiled, this oil refinement, that kind of unique taste, people who have not seen it, definitely do not like that taste, they must not know its benefits, people who have seen it, will definitely like him very much, because it represents energy, money, and the future.

"Li Niang, don't underestimate it, this thing, but it is extracted from oil, it can be used as lamp oil, you think, how many people in the world use lamp oil, what a big business, after this son got it, he was busy and ran to Li Niang, Li Niang actually dislikes this thing stinks, hehe, no matter how smelly, it is valuable, it will not stink, it should be cute, it should be happy." Yang Gengai just wants to praise oil fiercely, even if it smells a hundred times worse than dung, it is power, energy, wealth, and a necessity for the future world to function.

Sun Liniang heard about the magic of this thing, and also became a little interested in this thing, and took the porcelain altar again, and looked at it carefully, it was a turbid liquid inside, and then smelled it, it was still that unique smell.

"Childe, what is this? Why does it stink like this? Sun Liniang couldn't stand the pungent smell of lamp oil.

"Hehe, I said, it's oil." Yang Gengai explained with a smile.

"Oil?" For Sun Liniang, oil belongs to something like "Shenma", and she doesn't know what it is, since the emperor said it was oil, it was oil.

"Hehe, yes, Li Niang, how did you do with the lamp you made last time?" Yang Reform asked, glass is their own exclusive business, the glass industry, but also their own money bag, the glass industry chain, but also their own money-making machine, Yang Reform has long been aimed at the horse lantern this thing, the horse lantern was born, with its advanced, will immediately sweep the entire Ming Dynasty, not to mention, just the army's military needs, is a considerable market, this piece of fat, Yang Reform is no matter what, will not give up.

"Oh...... Childe is saying that this is the oil used for that horse lantern? Childe's meaning, Li Niang understood. Sun Liniang immediately reacted, a few days ago, the emperor did make a glass cover lamp for her, a lamp that is not afraid of the wind and can be used on horses, and said that this kind of lamp is used in the entire army of the Ming Dynasty, saying that it is her own business, Sun Liniang is also concerned, knowing that the entire Ming Dynasty has more than 2 million troops, which is a very big deal. Wealthy people don't buy it yet? How big of a deal is that? Sun Liniang immediately asked the craftsmen of her Liulizhai to start and find a way to make the kind of lamp that the emperor said would be used immediately. ,

“…… Childe wait a minute, this thing, the craftsmen thought of some ways, according to Childe said, use a sealed jar to make the lamp oil, so as not to spill the lamp oil, in order to make this thing, the craftsmen have thought of a lot of ways, in the end, a craftsman knocked a box out with copper, only to solve the problem, the jar is loaded with a wick, the wick can also be twisted, as Childe said, this thing, Li Niang let people try, riding on a horse, you can indeed use this lighting, called a horse lantern, it is really appropriate, Li Niang let go to get it... "Sun Liniang, very happy, her ambition is to colonize the world, and now, there is finally something that can be done in the world, this sense of accomplishment makes Sun Liniang feel very happy, because the emperor did not lie to her."

After a while, Sun Liniang brought a few "horse lanterns" over, Yang Reform looked at it, and the future horse lantern is not much different, the middle is a glass cover, the two ends are metal, some differences are that this thing is made of copper, think about it, Yang Reform is relieved, now, iron smelting technology is not very developed, can not make iron sheets, it is estimated that it can only be replaced by copper, which is more malleable, and the shelf supported in the middle is also much thicker than the kind of iron wires in later generations, and it is estimated that there is no good iron, so, which is also replaced by copper, so it will be much more cumbersome.

Yang Reform mentioned it and compared it, and sure enough, it was much heavier than the horse lantern mentioned in later generations.

"Childe, this lamp is made, but the lamp oil is a troublesome thing, Liniang uses the lamp oil made of vegetable oil, but it doesn't seem to be very bright......" Sun Liniang also said the shortcomings of this thing.

Yang Gai didn't say anything, took a porcelain altar and poured the "kerosene" inside into a horse lamp, Sun Liniang looked at the emperor's "skillful" fiddling with this kind of fresh thing she had made, and was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.

"Li Niang, there is a ......" Yang Reform was about to say the lighter, thought about it, and said: "Li Niang, is there a fire fold?" Light it up and see if it's lit or not. "Bright or not, Yang Reform has already tried it with Li Yanyi.

Sun Liniang quickly found the fire fold, then uncovered the glass cover, lit it, and then covered the glass cover...... The room is well sealed, the light is not very strong, and the light inside the horse lamp is quite bright.

"It's become a ......" Yang Gai breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the "kerosene" refined by Li Yanyi is quite successful, at least, it is no problem to use it as lamp oil.

Sun Liniang looked at this magical scene and was very surprised.

"Hehe, Li Niang, this is a good thing, hurry up and make this kind of horse lantern, this son first purchased two thousand for the new army, hehe, this son said, help you to conquer the world, never break your word, with glass, do this kind of lamp that is not afraid of the wind, hehe, everyone in the world has to break their heads to grab the ......, what a big deal is this? Li Niang, hurry up and expand your business......" Yang said with a smile.

"This ...... Li Niang knows, thank you Gongzi...... "Sun Liniang was so moved, she ordered 2,000 at a time, although the money may not make much, but it is real, the road to the world has taken a step.

"No thanks, this thing, in fact, can't make a lot of money." Yang Reform told the truth, this horse lamp, even if it is one or two silver, two thousand, but only two thousand taels of silver, it really can't make much money, the place to make money is not here, just like the office consumables in the future, such as printers, buy printer merchants bluntly say that they don't make money, what they earn is your consumables in the future, such as ink cartridges, such as paper, this is the big head.

"Childe, don't say that, although there is not much silver, but the road of goods and colonization of the world is considered to be going out, and Childe still has not forgotten his promise to Liniang, and Liniang is satisfied." Sun Liniang said with great satisfaction that it is enough to have a man who cares about herself, supports herself, and values herself.

"Huh...... Although the lantern is not profitable, but the lamp oil is a big business, the more the lantern is sold, the more the lamp oil is used, I Ming, how much lamp oil do you have to use every year? Candle? Although this business is fragmented, it is also inseparable from people's daily life, and in the long run, it is also a big business...... "Yang Gai said.

"That's it, son, but ......" Sun Liniang was moved that the emperor did not forget his promise to her, as for making money by horse lanterns and making money with lamp oil, to be honest, now I am used to seeing the business of Liuli Zhai Rijin Jin, and some of them are not interested in those "small businesses", as the emperor said, it is troublesome to divide the two. ,

"This business, you have to hurry up, this oil, produced in Shaanxi, how to refine oil, this son has let people find a way, now, is to hurry to Shaanxi oil production place to build an oil refinery, recruit local people to engage in oil refining, the horse lamp, lamp oil business, quickly do it, so that the oil refining industry quickly bigger and stronger............ as much as possible to absorb as many local people as possible" Yang reform for the sake of Shaanxi, exerted all his strength.

Sun Liniang actually doesn't look down on this "small business", if it weren't for the emperor asking her to do it, he may not be interested in any horse lantern, let alone oil, hearing the emperor say things seriously, suddenly remembered, the emperor has been saying Shaanxi, Shaanxi, oil is in Shaanxi, to recruit local people to refine ......, Sun Liniang instantly understood what the emperor meant.

Sun Liniang looked at the emperor in surprise and said in a lost voice: "...... Childe, Childe means to provide employment for the local people by refining oil? Sun Liniang heard the word employment for the first time, but she can also understand it, to put it bluntly, that is, the emperor wants to find a way to live for the victims of Shaanxi, and with a place to make a living, the people will naturally not rebel. It's not easy to be an emperor

Yang Reform looked at Sun Liniang, who understood what he meant, and wanted to cry or not, and smiled reluctantly: "Hehe, Liniang can understand, this matter, maybe not much money, but it must be done, and it is worth doing, this thing, we must become bigger and stronger as soon as possible, and the more people we can absorb, the better, hehe, Shaanxi's affairs, it hurts my brain......" Yang Reform really tried his best for Shaanxi's affairs.

"Li Niang understands what the son means, understands, Li Niang will order to go down, immediately expand the scale of Liulizhai, try to absorb more craftsmen, and reduce some pressure for His Majesty, that horse lantern, even if it is not profitable, Li Niang will also make it in large quantities, the more the better, it is best for everyone in the world to love to use, in this way, the more lamp oil is needed, so that the more people who need to refine oil, and they can reduce the pressure for His Majesty......" Sun Linian understood what the emperor meant, and absorbed the farmers who lost their land in the factory. Give those peasants who have no way to live a mouthful of food, the more peasants they absorb, the less pressure the emperor will face, thinking of the emperor with bloodshot eyes and a tired body, Sun Liniang couldn't help but shed tears.

"It's good to understand, it's good to understand......" Yang Reform tried his best to smile and said, Shaanxi has not been further news, and it is not a matter of being in a hurry, Yang Reform can only do what he can, although an enterprise, a workshop can not solve the problem of how many people eat, but, talk is better than nothing, at least, the population pressure is diverted, in reducing, as the saying goes, not afraid of slow, afraid of standing, not afraid of the water flow small, afraid of not flowing, this is enough.

"By the way, there's one more thing, we have to play a double reed." Yang Gengai thought about it and said again.

"Childe say it, Liniang listen." Before Sun Liniang knew it, she was already leaning on Yang Reform's arms.

"The halls in the Forbidden City, I am going to install glass windows, hehe, this matter, you have to publicize it everywhere, just say that Liulizhai received my order of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and also said, in addition to the Forbidden City, other yamen, are also ready to install glass, hehe, just say that the order may be more than one million taels ......" Yang Reform said with a smile, this double reed is for "some people" to see, so that people have a new understanding of Liulizhai's ability to make money, let Liulizhai's stock become popular, and make the stock a hot thing.

Sun Liniang saw that she was playing a double reed, and said with a smile: "Liniang knows, and she also posted recruitment notices on the streets and alleys, recruiting in large quantities, the more the better, although it is recruiting workers in the capital, it has nothing to do with Shaanxi, but it can be regarded as a way to solve the life of many poor people, Gongzi said yes?" Sun Liniang has also figured it out now, and understands that her business, in addition to making money, has a greater purpose, to help the emperor absorb those who have no place to live, the emperor's world is different from the world of ordinary businessmen, since she has participated in the emperor's life, sharing worries for the emperor, doing things for the emperor, and taking the emperor's purpose as the purpose, it has naturally become her first choice.

"Hehehe...... Yes, that's exactly how it should be. "Yang reform's silver has been exhausted, Shaanxi's civil uprising is imminent, is worried that there is no place to get silver, so, stepped up the operation of stocks, ready to raise silver, although I don't know the details of the situation in Shaanxi, but one thing is certain, that is, more silver is definitely needed, whether it is the army, or disaster relief, absolutely need to invest more silver, this is absolutely not wrong, the 21st century Yang reform is by no means naïve to believe that there is a free lunch in the world, everything, always have to pay a price, everything, You have to use money, no money? There is no money to see the world. ,

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Out of Liulizhai, Yang Reform instructed Wang Chengen: "Companion, send someone to summon the old man Tian Hong as soon as possible to meet him, in the Qianqing Palace, I have something to ......do" Yang Reform looked at the sky, the sky was still hot, it was very hot, there was a rain in the capital a few days ago, it was not too hot, but in that place in Shaanxi, it had not rained for two months, and the drought was extreme, Yang Reform sighed secretly, and now he has done everything he can do, and the rest can only wait for news, Shaanxi, he has arranged enough.

Yang reformed the front foot into the Qianqing Palace, and on the back foot, Tian Hongyu arrived.

"Chentian Hongyu knocks to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live." Tian Hongyu was at home to enjoy the coolness, and was urged by the little yellow door to burn his buttocks, and entered the palace as fast as possible, and he didn't know what the emperor was going to do.

"Excuse me, old man, how did you do when I asked you to go to Shaanxi to recruit workers?" Yang Reform opened his mouth and asked, not about making cotton coats and harvesting cotton, but directly about recruiting workers in Shaanxi.

Tian Hongyu looked at the emperor in surprise, and then said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has already sent a housekeeper to the recruitment of workers in Shaanxi, and now, he is waiting for news." ”

"Okay, old man, you must have heard about Shaanxi, so I also urge you to step up the handling and recruit more people,...... Shaanxi recruitment can reduce the pressure of the civil uprising, do you understand? ”

Tian Hongyu had heard about the recruitment of workers, and he also knew the meaning of the emperor's explanation, so he immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister understands, the minister understands, this time, the minister plans to go to Shaanxi to recruit 3,000 people, and the other 2,000 people, and the minister will recruit near the capital, so that you can start making cotton clothes and ...... as soon as possible, so as not to miss Your Majesty's affairs, and also take care of the victims in Shaanxi......" Tian Hongyu thought about it and replied.

"Three thousand? It's not enough, in this way, you recruit 5,000 from Shaanxi, try to recruit from Shaanxi, the situation over there, now, it's different, don't find some way out for the disaster victims over there, I'm afraid that the civil uprising will get worse and worse, do you understand? Yang Reform has nothing to do, so he can only deal with these "trivialities", or in other words, deal with trivial matters, and solve the resettlement of as many disaster victims as he can.

“…… Decree of the Minister. Tian Hongyu didn't say much, since the emperor said so, then do it, anyway, the emperor pays for it.

"Okay, let's go, this matter, we must be attentive, we must do it as soon as possible, the situation in Shaanxi is now unknown, I can settle the victims as soon as possible, I can feel at ease, do you understand my painstaking efforts?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Your Majesty's painstaking efforts, the minister understands, and he will not mistake His Majesty's affairs, Your Majesty can rest assured." Tian Hongyu patted his chest and agreed, spent the emperor's money, and naturally did things for the emperor, there is no problem at all, as long as there is silver, are you afraid that you will not be able to recruit people?

After dealing with another matter, Yang reformed his anxious heart and calmed down. There is no updated news, it can only be endless waiting, endless suffering, now, what should be done, I have done it all, even trivial things, I haven't let go, it depends on what kind of answer God gives him, Yang Reform secretly prayed.