In the blink of an eye, on the 25th, Li Weijian had breakfast, changed his clothes and was about to set off. Fu Qiufang and Hongyu were extremely reluctant, one carefully sorted out their clothes, and the other pulled Xiu Ying, who was accompanying them, to admonish them.

The group sent out of the gate, and when Li Weijian turned over and got on the horse, Fu Qiufang was blessed: "May the master have a smooth journey." ”

Li Weijian said with a smile: "Come back, I will always return in mid-June, and the family will be entrusted to Qiu Fang and Hongyu." ”

After the explanation, Li Weijian turned his horse's head, led Xiuying, Wu Zhong, Wu Haining, and Jia Yun out of the alley, and then went straight to Dongzhimen along the street. The sentry camp was waiting outside the Dongzhi Gate.

In the dead of winter, Jingshi was gray in the morning, filled with soot, mixed with white mist spit out from the mouth and nose. The five horsemen went out of the Dongzhi Gate, and saw a sign of people and horses parked on the side of the road, without Li Weijian's instructions, Jia Yunce immediately stepped forward to negotiate a few words with the leading officer, and the officer hurriedly dismounted and walked over, hugged his fists and saluted: "The general sentry of Wuyi Town, Cheng Ao, has seen Master Li." All 87 of the 27 sentinels brought by the lower officials are all there, please show your lordship. ”

Li Weijian bowed his head and said, "Let's go." ”

That Cheng Ao received the order, turned his head and ordered the soldiers, and in a blink of an eye, all eighty-seven people got on their horses and walked along the official road.

On the way, Li Weijian learned that this post was full of cavalry, and it was considered full with eighty-seven people. If it is replaced by a sentry, it will be twenty or thirty more people.

Li Weijian paid close attention to it, this sentry horse was a bright red military coat inside, covered with leather armor, a rucksack on the side of the horse, a saber in the middle, a flint fire gun, and two short fire guns on his waist, which can be said to be elite to the teeth. After that, there were more than a dozen people carrying mounted bows, all of whom were good at riding and arching.

That Cheng Wu said: "Master Li doesn't know, since the prince suffered a loss in Qinghai, he turned around and heard the sage, saying that the Junggar elite cavalry is full of double guns and three guns, and my Wuyi Town cavalry is dressed like this." ”

Li Weijian bowed his head, and secretly thought in his heart, it was really a matter of eating a trench and growing wise. It is expected that the cavalry will fight in the future, and Dashun will at least not suffer.

Seeing that Li Weijian was quite concerned about the military, and hearing that Li Weijian had made a new type of firecracker, he immediately started to talk about it. Among the generals, Li Weijian's heart shook and he yearned for it.

The twenty-seven posts to which Cheng Ao belonged were light cavalry, and there were two heavy cavalry posts in Wuyi Town, wearing double armor and charging with a cavalry lance. On the same day, Qinghai was besieged and supplies were cut off, and the Dashun army relied on heavy cavalry to break through a bloody road, which maintained an invincible and undefeated situation with Dzungaria.

Speaking of the fierce battle in Qinghai, Cheng Ao frowned and said: "If the battle is dignified, how can Dzungar be my opponent of Dashun?" This thief is accustomed to avoiding the heavy and light, and when he sees that our soldiers are invincible, he will slowly retreat, leading our army to go deep alone, and then cut off the grain road.

If this is not the case with the previous mistake, where will the prince retreat in a hurry? The battle that day was really a wreck. In my opinion, against the Dzungars, it is necessary to send more cavalry, and first to protect the grain routes; After that, step by step, the army built a fort to persecut, and when the Dzungar thieves had no place to move, our army took advantage of the situation to fight a decisive battle with them. ”

Hearing these words, Li Weijian was extremely surprised, and asked thoughtfully: "Listening to Cheng Whistle always talking, could it be that he has read a book?" ”

Na Cheng sneered: "Ashamed! Xiaguan was born as a child in his early years, and when he saw that the Junggar thieves frequently attacked the border, he couldn't help but be angry, and simply threw his pen into the army. ”

Li Weijian was in awe, hearing that this person was only twenty-two years old, and decided that this person would have a great future in the future, because he had the intention of making friends.

Jinmen is 250 miles away from Jingshi, and if you take an ordinary carriage, you have to walk on the road for three days. Now that Li Weijian is riding a horse, unless he doesn't want his thighs, how can he spend two days.

It's a shame that the carriage pulling the steam engine and centrifuge set off two days earlier, otherwise it would have cost Li Weijian three days for such a small journey.

Gossip aside, the group waited for the light car to be simple, stayed in the Wuqing Foreign Official Store on the first night, and went to Jinmen the next day. By the end of the afternoon, the Najin Gate was finally close at hand.

Xiu Ying changed into a small dress, looked at the tomboy, and pointed to the city wall in the distance and said, "Master, the Jinmen has arrived." ”

"Hmm."

Li Weijian responded, turned his head to look, and saw Xiu Ying's red little face full of smiles. Li Weijian asked, "Why are you so happy?" ”

"Huh? I finally came out for a walk, and I was naturally happy. Xiu Ying said this on her lips, but she had another thought in her heart. She has been with her son since Jinling, and a year has passed, Li Weijian's children have gathered a lot of warblers and Yanyan, but she has become the most inconspicuous.

This time, with Li Weijian's trip, Na Qingwen and Xiangling are all behind her, and she can at least be alone with her son for more than a month...... Yue Yu, it's fun to think about it!

Li Weijian didn't pay attention to the little girl's thoughts, just urged the horse forward, and entered the city of Dejin Gate in a short time. At this time, the Jinmen was completely different from the former Ming period.

In the pre-Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent border passes, this Jinmen was more like a military town. When it came to this dynasty, Dashun ploughed the court to sweep the cave and level the pass, and because Taizong Li was outdated, he set the policy of river and sea at the same time, because it was only three days' walk from the capital to Jinmen, which became a prosperous commercial port.

Li Weijian and his entourage walked along the street, and saw a forest of shops on both sides, selling goods from the north and south, selling goods, selling fat powder, selling silk and satin, and so on. Pedestrians range from Korean merchants wearing towering black hats to Japanese people wearing hats in a bun.

Xiu Ying accompanied the luggage to be frugal, looking left and right, only to feel that her eyes were not enough, and couldn't help but say: "Master, why is this Jinmen so prosperous?" Look, it's not worse than Yangzhou. ”

Li Weijian said: "The grain by sea is unloaded here, isn't it prosperous?" The prosperity of Yangzhou is also because of the canal. ”

Looking at the prosperity on the street, Li Weijian couldn't help but think to himself, it is said that the strategy of parallel travel to rivers and seas for a hundred years should be focused on now. Naturally, the sea is far better than the canal, but for some reason it is still a river and the sea in parallel.

But he didn't know that from now on, he will go to the royal pole, and he will focus on the sea and light the river. If it weren't for the fact that hundreds of thousands of workers would have lost their livelihoods, I am afraid that river transportation would have been completely abolished.

But even so, now shipping also accounts for eighty percent of the grain, and the remaining two percent can be transported by river. Rao is like this, the cost of these two is still the majority of river transportation.

Li Weijian didn't know that now the court was arguing about it every once in a while. The river transportation is scrapped, saving a lot of throwing fees along the way, and there is also less entrainment. That's it, the most important thing is that there is no canal delay, just sort out the Huanghuai, and completely control these two rivers that have been a disaster for hundreds of years.

But if river transportation is abolished, then the remaining tens of thousands of workers will have to be resettled. Regardless of whether it is a field division in Liaodong or a pioneer, it always costs a lot of money. Dashun has been short of silver in the past few years, and it has caught up with the continuous natural disasters of the previous year, so it is because of this matter that it has been delayed.

This wharf is outside the city of Jinmen, and a group of people come out of the east gate and arrive at the wharf after a few miles. The little official who escorted the steam engine had been looking forward to it for a long time, and when he caught a glimpse of Li Weijian, he hurriedly came over to pay attention.

Over there, Cheng Ao negotiated with an officer, and then led Li Weijian and others to a ship.

Xiu Ying and the others caught a glimpse of the ship, and they were extremely staggered. Not to mention that the ship was two sizes larger than the previous merchant ships, and the side sides were two levels above and below, revealing a full twenty guns.

Wu Haining was overjoyed and said, "Master, are we going to take the battleship of the sailor?" ”

Cheng Ao smiled and said: "The prince knew that Lord Li was taking the sea route, for fear of being disturbed by the passing Japanese robbers, so he simply sent the Gu Diao to send Lord Li to Guangzhou. It's only been three years since it was launched, and it's now one of the few clippers available. ”

Cheng Ao said that Xiuying and others were amazed, that is, Li Weijian couldn't help but sigh again and again, the fault was not that Li Guo died early, but I was afraid that Dashun would have been different a long time ago.

This Gu Diao number is mainly a hard sail, supplemented by a soft sail, the top sail and the wing sail are soft sails, look at the shape is a proper Western ship, but the ship building is carved beams and painted buildings, flying eaves and arches. Zhenzhen is a combination of East and West...... It's weird!

The hanging basket hanging by the iron cable fell, and an officer of the Naval Division walked down from inside, and Cheng Ao hurriedly saluted and introduced: "Master Li, this is Sun Chengliang, the deputy general of the Yellow Sea Division. ”

The deputy general is an official position from the second rank, Li Weijian is an official of the fifth grade, and the title is the second grade, which is also a level higher than Sun Chengliang. Because they met each other in peace, they immediately got on the boat on the hanging basket.

Li Weijian was on top of the huge sail warship, and his heart was full of pride. The foundation laid by Taizong Li Guo is too good, just from this Gu Eagle tube, although the Dashun Sailor is not able to compete with the Xiyi fleet in the ocean, he is not afraid at all.

When his steam engine is rolled out, a little bit of iterative upgrading, sooner or later he can build a steam engine for use on the ship, so that the situation will inevitably be reversed.

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Li's house.

A carriage stopped slowly at the corner gate, Menzi hurriedly handed over the stool, the curtain was opened, and Ping'er got out of the car first, and then turned around and helped Wang Xifeng behind him to get out of the car.

After settling down, Wang Xifeng glanced at the face of the new mansion, and said with a smile: "Although Brother Jian's house is smaller, it is better than exquisite, especially there is a side garden, which is stronger than Rongguo Mansion." ”

Ping'er said: "The old lady also said that now the girls are old, but they are playing naughty everywhere in the house. When the old man was there, he remembered a garden, but he never got up until today. ”

Wang Xifeng snorted: "Who doesn't think of the garden? There are hundreds of people up and down, people eat horses and chew horses, and they have to use silver money everywhere, and the public middle school is even more out and less in and in, I think this garden will not be able to get up. ”

While he was talking, Hongyu had already come out of the corner door, and Yao Yao greeted with a smile: "Second grandmother." ”

"Yo, little ...... Ruby. Wang Xifeng smiled and approached, looking up and down at the red jade dress.

The inside is a foundation collar, the outer cover is white and blue, and the bamboo leaf skirt is decorated with a pleated skirt.

Wang Xifeng couldn't help but praise: "Look, when you come to the Li family, you look like an aunt when you dress up, and Hongyu is blessed now." ”

Hongyu hurriedly said: "Look at what the second grandmother said, I learned that the second grandmother came to the house, I don't have to dress up, if I dress shabby, and the second grandmother says that I am rude, then I will have a hard time arguing." ”

Wang Xifeng said happily: "This mouth is really smart." If you don't leave the house, I'll really want to ask you to come to me. ”

Hongyu said: "Then thank you for the second grandmother." "I don't think so, what if I go to the second grandmother and listen to it? It's a character like Zhou Rui's family, and sooner or later he has to be matched with a boy.

Hongyu said again: "Second grandma, please, Aunt Fu was going to welcome her in person, but at noon, the factory manager couldn't make the account, and the aunt saw that it was still early, so she went to the factory to reconcile the accounts first." ”

"Factory?"

"It's the steam engine factory run by our fourth master."

Wang Xifeng walked inside, and exclaimed: "Qiu Fang still has to take care of the accounts in the factory? ”

"To make a living from joint stocks, someone always has to look through the accounts, and the fourth master is impatient with these, so he will hand them over to Aunt Fu."

Wang Xifeng bowed slightly, and his heart tasted it. She is just in charge of the inner house of Rongguo Mansion, and the outer house depends on the big disposal, and the treasury and accounts are disposed of by other stewards. That Fu Qiufang was silent, not to mention being the home of the thrifty brothers, and also took care of the accounts of the steam engine factory of hundreds of people!

I couldn't help but feel pantothenic acid in my heart, and the fault was not to marry Jia Lian, but to marry a frugal brother, so she ...... It's just a dream, and it's too late to think about anything now.

Hongyu led Wang Xifeng and Ping'er into the door, entered the main room, and hurriedly beckoned the maid to serve tea and snacks. After accompanying Wang Xifeng for a long time, Nian Xia came to report: "Sister Hongyu, my aunt is back." ”

Hongyu hurried to greet him, and after a while, he saw Hongyu turning the screen with a person. The inside is a candied date-colored dress, covered with thistle pink embroidered plum blossom gown, and the lower body is dressed in a cinnabar-colored embroidered chrysanthemum horse-faced skirt, and covered with a dark cloak. The line does not leak feet, smiles without teeth, and is a housewife.

Fu Qiufang smiled and said annoyed: "This is my fault, it's just that the factory is in charge of looking for it, and it is about to be counted at the end of this month, so it is never good to delay." After a while, I will definitely punish myself with three cups to compensate the second grandmother. ”

Wang Xifeng had already gotten up, came over with a smile and grabbed Fu Qiufang and said, "Where is it?" There are still three emergencies in my spare time, not to mention that my sister is now at home, and she is still in charge of the factory accounts. ”

"Second grandmother—"

Wang Xifeng suddenly said angrily: "What grandma is not grandma?" Hongyu came out of Rongguo Mansion, and she just called the second grandmother, and her sister was from the outside, what is the second grandmother called? With my relationship with Brother Jian, you and I should be commensurate with each other. ”

Fu Qiufang was also cool, and when she saw that Wang Xifeng had a request for herself, she took the opportunity to admit it: "Then I'll call Sister Feng?" ”

"That's it."

The maid came over to help Fu Qiufang take off her cloak, and the two sat down separately. After gossiping for a while, Fu Qiufang saw that Wang Xifeng was still not on topic, and couldn't help but say, "Sister, the master told me before." My sister came back and began to discuss the livelihood of the greenhouse? ”

Wang Xifeng said: "Exactly." It is said that the thrifty brother knows everything, and he also transferred the vegetable farmer's employment contract, which should not have troubled his sister anymore. It's just that I told my wife, but she didn't pay much attention. After thinking about it, I thought about doing it myself. It's just that my sister also knows that our women are only a little bit considerate, and if we take them all, I'm afraid that we will have to pawn the dowry.

It takes at least one or two years for this greenhouse to make a living, and in this way, won't all the money earned be taken away by the pawn shop? ”

said so, in fact, a few days ago, Wang Xifeng asked Mrs. Wang again. Mrs. Wang was a little moved, but Gongzhong is not rich now.

Wang Xifeng asked repeatedly, and Mrs. Wang told the truth. It cost 30,000 taels of silver to buy water stocks before, and now the rest will only be enough for a year's expenses.

Wang Xifeng was shocked and said that if this is the case, wouldn't the family be completely empty? Mrs. Wang said, the loss of the water shares was divided, so the account was just settled.

Wang Xifeng was skeptical, and finally made up his mind when he turned around, and he would build the greenhouse first.

Fu Qiufang smiled and said, "What my sister said is true." The old man has explained, if the two ...... My sister didn't have any money, so she just wrote an IOU, within 10,000 taels of silver, and her sister spent it at will; If my sister is not worried about this livelihood and wants to join forces, then how much money is missing, I will make up how much money. ”

Wang Xifeng ironed in his heart, and secretly said that this thrifty brother is really a proper one, and he wants everything in his head.

Wang Xifeng thought for a moment and said, "If you borrow, I don't know the interest-"

Fu Qiufang hurriedly waved her hand: "They are all their own relatives, but they are used for some time, where can they use the interest?" The master said, my sister will get it back when she returns to her book, and she won't count the interest. ”

Frugal brothers, benevolence and righteousness!

Wang Xifeng thought about it by drinking tea, and when he put down the teacup, he had already made up his mind, and said with a smile: "I don't know how to make a living in this outside world, so it's really inappropriate to do it rashly." My sister even manages the accounts in the factory, which shows that she is more knowledgeable than me.

I see, it's better to merge shares. ”

Fu Qiufang readily agreed: "Then according to my sister's wishes, I will join the shares." ”

At that moment, the two agreed that Wang Xifeng would take out a Zhuangzi for marriage and give another 8,300 taels of silver, accounting for 50% of the shares; Fu Qiufang took out 8,500 taels, which also accounted for 50% of the shares.

After discussing and drafting the deed, and signing it together, Fu Qiufang asked Wang Xifeng to wait for a while, and returned to the wing room by himself.

pointed out eighty-five pieces and handed them over to Wang Xifeng, and the matter of the joint stock was completed.

Later, Fu Qiufang instructed the kitchen to prepare a wine banquet, and several women gathered together and drank one by one. At the end of the unitary period, Wang Xifeng and Ping'er returned to Rongguo Mansion in a carriage.

On the carriage, Fang had just drunk a few more glasses, and when he saw the wind again, Wang Xifeng had a headache. Ping'er rubbed her temples for her, and couldn't help but say, "Grandma shouldn't drink so much." Under the orders of the fourth master, Fu Qiufang still has to be concerned with grandma? ”

Wang Xifeng sneered and said, "What do you know?" Didn't you see that the silver ticket was taken from Fu Qiufang's room? ”

Ping'er was stunned and exclaimed, "Grandma is saying, that silver money-"

"Eighty percent is yes, Brother Thrifty is really a favorite of this. I can't say, the livelihood of this greenhouse is reserved for Fu Qiufang. ”

Ping'er said: "Hongyu followed the fourth master Jian early in the morning, if she knew about it, I was afraid that she would make trouble." ”

"Heh," Wang Xifeng said: "It's just a livelihood of 10,000 taels of silver, Hongyu is a clever one, but not as shallow as Aunt Zhao." Brother Jian gave Fu Qiufang a livelihood today, and he can shorten the red jade in the future? ”

Ping'er thought about it, and sure enough, this is the truth. It's just that if you don't throw money around like this, you can do it thriftily.

Because it was Ping'er, she couldn't help but sigh: "The fourth master is thrifty...... It's really rich. ”

Wang Xifeng's heart was bitter. She calculated for a long time, and moved around to make up eight thousand three hundred taels of silver, and in the end, Fu Qiufang took it out without blinking her eyes. It's really eye-catching!

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The hatch opened, Li Weijian entered the cabin, and saw Xiu Ying on the hammock rolling her dead fish eyes, looking half-dead.

Li Weijian leaned over and said with concern: "What's wrong?" ”

Xiu Ying shook her head and said, "You can't land, you want to vomit as soon as you land." ”

Who would have thought that Xiuying, who was born in a water town, would be seasick? It was okay when she set off more than ten days ago, but when she got out of the Bohai Sea, the wind and waves on the sea were getting stronger, and Xiu Ying couldn't bear it. vomited day and night, and almost vomited out the bitter water.

When anchored in Shandong, Li Weijian thought about simply letting Xiuying and Wu Haining get off the boat together and go to Jinling by land first. However, Xiuying bit to death, but refused. Later, Li Weijian asked Vice General Sun for a pair of hammocks, and Xiu Ying improved slightly.

Li Weijian said: "Bear with it a little longer, now it's about to cross the Lingding Ocean." ”

If Xiangling and Fu Qiufang were here, they would definitely echo and recite the famous sentences of the ages, but Xiuying didn't know a basket of big characters, and Li Weijian only expressed his wrong feelings.

The footsteps were loud, Wu Haining ran over, and said excitedly: "Master, there are many Xiyi boats on the sea!" ”

"Well, go and see, don't run around."

Wu Haining saw Xiu Ying glancing over, and said happily: "Fourth sister, are you still dizzy?" ”

Xiu Ying immediately gritted her teeth: "Leather monkey, wait for the shore, be careful of your skin!" ”

"I didn't say anything." Wu Haining shrank his neck, muttered and turned his head and ran.

Li Weijian pulled a stool and sat down on the side of the hammock, pulled Xiu Ying's hand and said: "Haining is not young, although she has jumped out of the way, she doesn't need to scold from time to time. ”

Xiu Ying said angrily: "I don't know why, I don't like him when I hit a child." ”

"That's it, whatever you want. Need something to eat? ”

"Gott~"

"Forget it, let's go ashore."

Li Weijian accompanied Xiuying to gossip with or without a ride, and the boat sailed across the Lingding Ocean and entered the Pearl River estuary. At this time, the water surface is getting busier and busier, the small boats for the inspection of the banknote customs are shuttling back and forth, all kinds of merchant ships have already been parked on the wharf, and there are several Western merchant ships waiting in line on the river.

It is now February, and the south wind will blow in March, and most of the Xiyi ships left on the water today are merchant ships that run the Guangzhou, Nagasaki, and Batavia triangle trade.

Near noon, the Gu Eagle finally docked on the dock. There was no need to get off the boat, the battleship had just entered the river, and Xiu Ying gradually eased up. The group waited for the boat to get off the sampan, and Li Weijian did not go far, and watched the hanging basket lift down two hundreds of pounds of machinery, which was a little relieved.

Cheng Ao and other sentry cavalry have now become infantry, most of these people are landlubbers, and although the seasickness is not as exaggerated as Xiuying, half of them are languishing. If you want to recover your spirit, you have to raise it for at least a few days.

Saying goodbye to Sun Chengliang, the deputy general of the Gu Diao, before he could get out of the dock, a green-robed six-rank official rushed over with a robe.

Seeing Li Weijian and the sentry horse, Yao Yao arched his hand and said, "But Lord Li in person?" ”

"Exactly."

The green-robed official suddenly smiled and said, "Sure enough, it was Lord Li in person, Wang Fang, the director of the Guangzhou Association of the Xiaguan Inner Mansion, who had seen Lord Li." ”

"It turned out to be the king's business."

This co-director is an official position from the six products, which is unique to the inner government.

The king said conveniently: "Please also ask Lord Li to forgive me, Xia Guan just received a message from the inner government yesterday, and hurriedly sent people to guard the dock." Now that the post house has been vacated, I also asked Lord Li to rest first, and the lower officials and others have prepared a reception banquet. ”

"Ha, in this way, there will be King Lao's business."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

As they spoke, the group walked out of the dock, and as soon as Wang Fang beckoned, several carriages drove over. At that moment, the two got into the carriage and headed towards Guangzhou City.

In February, the snow in Beijing has only disappeared, but Guangzhou has already entered summer.

Li Weijian asked, "Director Wang only received a letter from the Inner Government yesterday?" ”

"Exactly."

"Then I think I know what this official is doing here."

Wang Fang said: "The prince has already instructed in the letter that the people belonging to the inner mansion in Guangzhou should all listen to Lord Li's orders. ”

"Good. The king, I don't know the sugar cane, but I can collect it all? ”

Wang Fangdao: "Back to my lord, it is better to harvest sugarcane in winter." In the middle of last month, the Panyu Sugar Factory had harvested all the sugarcane, and now most of it has been squeezed into sugar paste. ”

Li Weijian blinked and said, "You haven't sealed all the mud, right?" ”

Wang Fang said with a smile: "My lord said that the mud sealing method is extremely time-consuming, and the sugar paste squeezed out of this squeezed out is good if you can seal all the mud in the autumn." ”

Guangdong, due to its climate, is extremely suitable for growing sugarcane.

Especially in Panyu Lanhe, Shaoguan, Yingde, Huizhou and other places, sugarcane is widely planted.

The car traveled into the city of Guangzhou, and a tower was seen standing in the distance. Wang Fang pointed to the tower and said: "The locals call this tower the flower tower, but it is actually the tower of the Six Banyan Temple. ”

After walking a short distance, I saw a Western building on the side of the road that was out of place.

Wang Fangyou said: "This is the British Yi built a business hall, 20 years ago, the British Yi Shangguo and Taishang, imploring trade. Taishang agreed, and allocated this place to build a merchant hall with England. ”

Anglican?

Li Weijian glanced at it, but when he saw that there were many Xiyi people coming in and out of the merchant house, there were also many Chinese people, and he was secretly worried in his heart, but he was afraid that this must be the East India Company's pretense of the country's name to deceive Dashun.

It's a pity that he didn't learn world history well, and I don't know if the British East India Company dominated South Asia at this time. If you have a chance, you will definitely give this vampire leech a good look.

The car drove through the small south gate of the inner city, all the way to the north, crossed the Mingyue Bridge, and arrived at the clouds in a blink of an eye. The east side of this place is the Hebo Office, and the diagonal opposite is the hall and the division's house, a three-entry courtyard, but it is where the yamen of the inner government is located.

There is more than one sugar factory in Guangzhou, and there is also a tea farm for buying tea, buying Western goods, and collecting rare and exotic beasts Fengchen Yuan.

There is no doubt that Li Weijian, the inner court, is one level older than the outsider here, not to mention that he has the imperial order.

Wang Fang found a post house near the left, and when Li Weijian rested a little, he invited him to the banquet. Most of the people who can be sent out by the inner government to do errands are not deep, because they are very good at observing the style.

It was a happy banquet, but no one dared to underestimate Li Weijian because of his age.

In fact, yesterday's letterhead in the inner government had already listed Li Weijian's deeds in the past year. Not to mention the side, just by relying on water affairs to earn nearly 10 million taels of silver for the inner government, no one dares to offend Li Weijian.

Tens of millions of taels! provoked this one to be unhappy, and turned around to sue the prince, where are they good officials who go out on business?

Not to mention, he was accompanied by a guard guard.

Many officials secretly stumbled, the mistake is not the right age, I am afraid that some people will think that Li Weijian is the illegitimate son of King Zhongyong.

A reception banquet, the guests and hosts are happy. Li Weijian immediately returned to the post house for resettlement, and did not mention it.

The next day, early in the morning, the king came to the post house to wait.

Li Weijian had breakfast, so he said to Wang Fang: "Lord Wang, if you are not busy today, go and see the sugar factory first." ”

"Okay, the sugar factory is in the outer city, Master Li will come with me."

The two of them rushed to the outer city by horse-drawn carriage, and the sugar factory was located in Shiting Lane, near the left side of Jinghai Gate.

When he arrived, Li Weijian carefully observed the sugar making process, and calculated that it was the first time in two lives to see how to make sugar.

To make sugar, it seems to squeeze sugar.

The sugar cane was spread on the bluestone slabs, and the oxen pulled the stone rollers and crushed them repeatedly, and the juice from them collected into the wooden barrels next to them along the gaps between the stone slabs.

When the barrel was full, a worker brought it to clarify. How to clarify? Sprinkle lime directly into the juice. This step must be carefully observed by the old craftsman, not more or less. After sprinkling lime, you have to take a spoon to beat the foam.

After clarification, it is necessary to boil and concentrate. After that, the artificial sanding became a piece of sugar paste.

After asking Wang Fang, I learned that a hundred catties of juice can probably leave fifteen catties of sugar paste after boiling. At this time, if the sugar paste is fixed and formed, it is the most sold brown sugar on the market.

If you want to eat white sugar, you have to use the mud sealing method to remove the color, so it takes two months, and the resulting frosting sugar is sold for three taels of silver.

Then recrystallize with frosting sugar to obtain rock sugar, so rock sugar will be more expensive than frosting sugar.

Li Weijian asked again: "If you don't use the mud sealing method, how much cost can you save?" ”

"This ......" Wang Fang calculated and said, "Lord Hui, if you don't use the mud sealing method, you can probably save five coins of silver?" ”

Li Weijian frowned slightly, the steam engine can consume fuel, and in the end, it can save three coins of silver.

Turning his head and nodding at Jia Yun, he ordered, "You go back and transport the machine over." Debugging and installation today, let's see if we can make frosted sugar. ”

"Yes."

Jia Yun was instructed to lead a team of forbidden troops back. It took nearly an hour for the steam engine and centrifuge to be transported.

These two machines were dismantled for ease of transportation, and Li Weijian transferred craftsmen from the inner government here, and it took a whole day to install them.

Seeing that it was getting late, I could only try again tomorrow in this sugar-making business.

Wang Fang said that he wanted to arrange a banquet, but Li Weijian was impatient to eat wine, so he refused to go over because he was not very happy. The carriage and horses returned, and the post house that had just arrived was close to the left, and suddenly a young man rushed out of the crowd, bowed down and held up the paper with both hands: "Wronged, the grass people are wronged!" Please also ask Lord Qingtian to call the shots! ”

(End of chapter)