Moreover, Sheng Hong also transferred twenty people from the Shuji of the Hanlin Academy, and asked these twenty people to assist Li Qiao along with Li Qiao's manpower.

He knows that Li Qiao's family does not have many people, so if this is the case, then the Shuji scholars who are studying in the Hanlin Academy will graduate early.

And Li Qian opened the treasury, and asked Li Manli to recruit Li Qian and Li Yi to bring 50,000 taels of silver each, and go to the four mansions with these Jishi and the officials of the Ministry of Industry. The time is tight, the task is heavy, the people of the Ministry of Engineering are in front of the site, and the four of them are holding silver in the back and hiring people to excavate.

Dig as much as you can, dig as much as you want.

Do all in one's power.

There were 200,000 taels of silver missing from the family all of a sudden, and this is just the beginning, and silver will definitely be used in the future.

Although there are many shops that earn money from their own families, 200,000 taels are not a small amount for his family.

Moreover, Li Yu'an and Li Yuning married one after another, as a good uncle, he prepared 50,000 taels of money for each sister and brother, and also gave them 50,000 taels of silver to buy wedding things, that is to say, the dowry expenditure of the sister and brother is 100,000 taels each.

In addition, wherever he cultivated the land, the construction of rivers and ditches was carried out all the time, and these cost money.

After the river ditch and pond were dug, he had to arrange for the keel waterwheel.

The expenditure on the purchase of cotton is not a small amount.

This year, the price of cotton has risen, and the purchase price of his family is still higher than the market price.

This is still some big expenses, and there are smaller expenses on weekdays, such as the daily meals of the students of the three schools, as well as the raw materials and wages of the keel waterwheel, the herbs purchased by the medical hall, and so on.

These are small expenditures, but in fact, they also cost a lot of silver, and there are a total of 2,000 students in the three schools, and three meals a day, even if they only eat coarse grains, they will consume 10,000 catties of food.

Whenever Li Liang mentioned this, he would say that he and Tao Zhu were stupid, the so-called half-sized son eats the poor man, but their husband stipulates that a student only pays 300 catties of grain a year, and there is no limit to coarse grain and fine grain, so what is the difference between these 2,000 students and eating for nothing?

Therefore, his family has many ways to make money, but there are also many places to spend money.

However, in the coming years, there will be more places to spend money.

A bicycle is ready to appear.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, there are quite a lot of things going on in the DPRK and China, and all departments have to make a year-end summary, and in addition, officials from all over the country will also hand over New Year's greetings.

Moreover, the temperature in the northern region this year has dropped a lot compared with last year, and the magistrates who have dealt with the low temperature invasion well have truthfully told their deeds of saving the people and fighting the cold in the excerpts.

In this way, many folds become thicker.

Sheng Hong did not act as a shopkeeper this year, he carefully checked the list of local officials' achievements this year, the officials submitted them, and his secret agents submitted them, and in addition, he also called the officials of the DPRK and China to talk to each other and corroborated them in many ways to ensure the authenticity of the achievements of these local officials.

If it is left in the past, some officials who do not act, as long as there is no public resentment, then Sheng Hong actually likes it.

For example, Peng County is the magistrate of the county.

He has no ambition and will not take the initiative to improve the local economy, but he will not bully the people, but only seek stability.

Sheng Hong, this kind of official, is really satisfied, because people always like to use the power in their hands to embarrass others, and the magistrate of Peng County is in charge of the power of a county but does not bully the people, and it is really not easy for an official to do this.

As an emperor, he knew too well how much self-control it required.

In fact, he also has personal desires and preferences, but he has suppressed them, and the only thing he can't suppress is when he raids the courtier's house, he has to pick the things in the treasury first, and after he finishes picking, the rest will be sent to the treasury.

Therefore, he is really satisfied with officials like Peng County.

But now, this kind of official seeking stability makes his brows furrow.

In the face of this year's low temperature, he wants officials like the prefect of Jiang, the prefect of Jincheng Prefecture, and the prefect of Cangzhou Prefecture who immediately find a way to deal with the situation as soon as they see that the situation is not right.

Therefore, in this wave of low-temperature invasion, the magistrates who were located in the low-temperature area but did not act were all marked by him with a red pen.

At the same time, he began to pay attention to the jinshi of the previous three imperial examinations.

These three Jinshi are the talents who fought in his off-topic and strange topics, especially the session of Li Qiao and the fraud of the three princes, each of these two Jinshi is familiar with the people's livelihood, knows agricultural affairs, and has a sense of agriculture.

In these two Jinshi, some of them entered the Hanlin Academy as Shujishi, some were assigned by him to the Six Ministries and other departments, and some were arranged by him to serve as magistrates.

In fact, in terms of the current number of officials in Dasheng, there is no shortage of officials in various places, but in the end, it is the Jinshi that he finally selected, all of them are active and not rigid, and he is reluctant to let these talents wait to fill the vacancy and waste time, Sheng Jing can't be stuffed, so he is stuffed to the place.

Moreover, next year will be a triennial temple exam.

At that time, there will be at least nearly 100 new science and technology scholars.

With so many talents, he has to hurry up and find a place for them, since he has worked hard to get out of the exam, he has to shine in the official position.

As for those officials who do not take the initiative to deal with natural disasters, he will focus on them next year, and if they still do not act next year, they will be out of the way.

Ah no, phew! There will be no natural disasters next year, and tomorrow Dasheng will be smooth!

Li Qiao sat behind the screen, and Sheng Hong's small mutters all entered his ears.

He's a little funny.

But it's more of a sigh, and he also looks forward to a smooth ride next year, but it's just wishful thinking.

Soon it was noon, Sheng Hong was busy all morning, and his abdomen was empty at this time, so he asked Li Qiao to stay for dinner while passing the meal.

He wanted to inquire about Li Aiqing's snack shop.

Because this snack shop involves chestnuts, yams, taro and other grains.

Li Qiao's snack shop is developing very well.

There are not many chestnut trees transplanted, and there are no big results this year, but his snack shop in Peng County has been opened, and the business is very hot.

Assorted crisps made of yams, taro, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc., are popular.

Mashed taro made from taro and sweet potatoes is also popular as a snack or in a drink.

Of course, duck shops, fried chicken shops, needless to say, business is also super good.

In the past, when there were only snack shops, even if you added guests from other places, the monthly profit was only seven or eight hundred taels of silver.

But now that these shops have been opened, the monthly profit has soared to more than 2,000 taels.

Again, this is a case of understaffing.

Wait for next year to recruit some more people, and then contact the supply in advance, then the profit will definitely be doubled.

After all, it is Jiangshu Province, Jiangnan, and there are many rich people.

Now Peng County has become a famous scenic spot in Jiangshu Province, and people from other provinces specially take a boat to Peng County to taste the signature food of the Li family.

There were too many guests, and he couldn't get busy just by relying on Li guys, so Li Li hired locals to do some chores.

There are also the raw materials needed to make these delicacies, according to Li Wei's estimate, the local yams, taro, chickens and ducks in Peng County can be consumed before the year, and after they are consumed, they will have to be transported from other counties.

This can be regarded as a small boost to the local economy.

"Yes, the food in your shop tastes good, and it can also allow the people to earn some copper plates. The model of your shop works no matter where it is placed. ”

Sheng Hong was very satisfied after listening to Li Qiao's words.

"In fact, Weichen earns hard money, although the food tastes good, but in the end, it is food, and it can't be sold at the price of gold."

Li Qian sighed.

"What? Do you still want to sell the gold at a price? Sheng Hong glanced at him, Li Aiqing was a little greedy!

"Wechen is blaming himself." Li Qiao straightened his expression and said with a serious face.

"What are you blaming yourself for?" Sheng Hong was suddenly curious.

"Because Wechen recently tossed out an object that can be sold for gold, compared to the hard-earned money he earned in the past, Wechen couldn't help but blame himself, if he had tossed this object out earlier, it wouldn't have been so hard to make money."

Sheng Hong: "...... Do you work hard to earn money? Speak with a conscience, Li Aiqing. But what is the object you are talking about that can be sold for gold? ”

He didn't care about eating, his eyes were as bright as light bulbs, and he stared at Li Qiao without blinking.

"Wechen named this object a bicycle."

Li Qiao is a serious way.

"Bikes?" Sheng Hong was a little confused, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, what is this?

"Because this car can walk without being pulled by cows, horses, mules and donkeys, and it runs extremely fast, so Wechen named it a bicycle."

Li Qiao explained.

"What? Can you move around without being pulled by animal power? ”

Sheng Hong's eyes widened, and his hands couldn't help but get up on the dining table, the object Li Aiqing said was definitely not a scooter, and the scooter could not be moved by livestock, but the scooter could not be sold at the price of gold.

"Where's this bike you're talking about? Bring it to me. ”

Chapter 220 Bicycles are popular, and the New Year is a luxury bicycle

Li Qiao spent a whole year "researching" the bike, and in order not to be suspected, he made hundreds of scrap items before making the finished product.

It's like Einstein's little bench, the first one is rough, and each one of the next ones is better than the last.

At first, the whole car was made of wood, and later, for durability, he replaced individual parts with iron, so that one by one was perfected, and the final product was iron + wooden.

In order to dispel Sheng Hong's suspicions, Li Qiao specially asked Sheng Hong to move to Loei Mansion and take a look at the hundreds of scrap cars with his own eyes.

Sheng Hong's curiosity is very strong, on the one hand, he is curious about what a bicycle is, and on the other hand, because Li Qiao said that the bicycle can be sold for gold.

He happily went to Loei, and after seeing with his own eyes the piles of waste products that filled the entire warehouse in the warehouse in the west of Loei, he was not only shocked, but also admired.

Li Aiqing's head is really good!

I'm so patient!

He squatted in front of the finished bicycle, and he didn't feel dirty, and directly touched the pedals and chains of the bicycle with his hands.

Shake the pedals and the bike can move forward.

Magical.

"Li Aiqing, how did you come up with this object?" He turned his head to look at Li Qiao, his eyes staring back and forth at Li Qiao's head.

"Back to the saints, Wechen was inspired by the keel waterwheel. When Wei Chen saw that the keel waterwheel could carry water from the pond stream to the fields, he began to have a whimsical idea, since this kind of teleportation can transport water, then why can't it teleport people? ”

Li Qiao had already prepared an excuse.

Although the chain drive technology is magical, but it does not appear out of thin air in this time and space, the keel waterwheel uses the chain and sprocket, he will make the keel waterwheel himself, and he also makes tens of thousands of keel waterwheels, at this time he stuffed his inspiration into the keel waterwheel, which is completely in the past.

"At first, Wechen was just idle and thinking, but after pondering, I found that it seemed that I could turn my whimsy into reality, so this year, Wechen experimented again and again, and finally made the finished product in front of you."

He pointed to the bicycle in front of Sheng Hong.