Chapter 14: Briquettes stove

　　 "Your Highness, this is not right."
　　 Qian Dafu knew that these four Xiao Ming would definitely not be able to sit still. After all, Xiao Ming was playful and could not withstand the four of them in the past.
　　 "The money steward doesn't have to worry about it. This time we brought a lot of servants. With our respect for His Royal Highness, will it still harm him?" Qin Mu let Qian Dafu take his mind.
　　 Xiao Ming stood up at this time and walked out, "Let's go, I will let Captain Lu follow."
　　He doesn't have many friends here, and only these few alcoholic friends can talk and talk about some interesting things, otherwise it will really be suffocating.
　　 "Lieutenant Lu will naturally have no problem following." Qian Dafu was relieved now.
　　 Surrounded by the four of Wang Shijie, Xiao Ming rode out of the south of the city in the carriage of Wang Shijie's house and went straight to Mihe Pier.
　　 On the wharf, a painted boat berthed, and the turquoise water of the Mi River rolled from west to east, giving it an aura of eastward flow.
　　 Qin Le was slightly surprised. He understood that in ancient times, because the natural environment was not destroyed, the water flow of the river was very large, but the Mi River is comparable to the contemporary Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.
　　 "His Royal Highness." Qin Mu made a please gesture.
　　The four great families in Qingzhou. The Wang family mainly deals in coal and iron. The Wei family mainly deals in cloth and silk. The Sun family focuses on ceramic smelting, while the Qin family controls the transportation of water.
　　 The painting boat in front of him is not gorgeous. In Xiao Ming's view, he hasn't seen anything gorgeous so far, but simple and simple.
　　 In the painting boat, there is a small table with a few dishes on it, and a jar of wine on it.
　　 A charcoal basin under the table is burning, and the season is about to enter the winter, which also means a bit of coldness, but the painting boat is warm, but there is a faint smell of coal.
　　 "His Royal Highness, in order to shock you, this time I specially prepared the green ant wine, as well as this lamb, tempeh, chrysanthemum, sweet and sour crucian..." Qin Mu is a treasured treasure.
　　 Xiao Ming glanced at what can be described as the standard of a luxurious meal, feeling in his heart that he, the prince, has really failed, and Qin Mu's life is more comfortable than him.
　　 But there is no other way. The Qin family’s water transportation business travels to and from all over the country. Naturally, you can buy all kinds of things that Qingzhou doesn’t have.
　　Wang Shijie clapped his hands and laughed: "Following Brother Qin is indispensable for good food and wine. It's like me, I can only eat some rough tea and light rice."
　　 "Brother Wang has broken me. The cane sugar of this sweet and sour crucian carp was specially purchased by my father when the boatman was in Chang'an. The same is true for this vegetable oil. It took dozens of silver patterns, otherwise there is no such sweet and sour crucian today."
　　 Sun Dong has always been the most gluttonous, and said, "Brother Qin, can you give me a little back next time? The steamed buns, radishes and leeks are too monotonous all day, it is really gluttonous."
　　 Xiao Ming couldn't help but his saliva was spinning in his mouth. There was no way. Compared with the abundance of modern food, this place is really horrible.
　　 In his memory, potatoes, corn, tomatoes, and peanuts have not yet been introduced into the country.
　　 The variety of vegetables is very monotonous, basically celery, radish, leeks, spinach, lettuce, eggplant these things.
　　 And these things are rarely grown, because the people can't eat it, whoever grows vegetables, these things are basically eaten by the rich and powerful.
　　 The five people sat down around the small table, the boatman shook his oar, and the boat slowly moved towards the river.
　　 I have to say that the environment here is still very beautiful. Both sides of the Mi River are covered with lush green farmland, endless, like an oil painting.
　　The two banks of the river are densely grassed, reeds form forests, wild ducks, and egrets can be seen everywhere. In the river, the waves are surging, and one or two fish sometimes jump out.
　　While enjoying the scenery, Qin Mu poured a glass of green ant wine for Xiao Ming.
　　 Suddenly, a sour taste of rice wine came out. In Xiao Ming's opinion, this green ant wine was really of poor quality.
　　 Because this green ant wine is freshly brewed, the dregs are not filtered cleanly, and the dregs turn green, so it is called green ant wine.
　　 This kind of wine can still be drunk by Xiao Ming before, but it is really hard to swallow for Xiao Ming now.
　　 But there is always no good, he still picked up a few sips and ate his first stir-fry here, sweet and sour crucian carp.
　　 Painted boats flowed down the Mi River. While enjoying the scenery, Xiao Ming was also observing the situation on both sides of the Mi River.
　　 In Dayu, fertile fields are basically the fields on both sides of the river because it is easy to irrigate.
　　 He took a look. There are few irrigation tools like waterwheels on both sides of the Mi River. Even if there are, they are owned by large families, and ordinary people have no money to build.
　　 Seeing Xiao Ming looking at both sides of the Mihe River in thought from time to time, Wang Shijie asked: "His Royal Highness seems to have something on his mind during this trip, I don't know if I can tell it to Brother Yu."
　　Xiao Ming was thinking about how to improve the water power irrigation facilities of the fief. Naturally, he was unwilling to tell Wang Shijie about this.
　　 This is when he saw the charcoal basin burning under the table, remembered something, and said: "There is nothing in mind, but the craftsman of the Department of Equipment is making a fun thing, which is a hundred times stronger than this charcoal basin. I don't know if you are interested.
　　 "Oh?" Wang Shijie showed a surprised look, "His Royal Highness was busy at the Department of Equipment that day. Is it because of this thing?"
　　 Qin Mu and the three people also showed interest. Qin Mu said, "In this case, we have also swam through the Mihe River, so it's better to go and see the novelty things your Highness said."
　　 Wei Qing, Sun Dong applauded in unison.
　　 Yesterday, when Qin Le taught the artisans about lathes, he asked the artisans to make him a very practical tool today.
　　 This is the contemporary briquettes stove. After living in the palace for several days, he feels awkward looking at the firewood burned by the servants every day.
　　 So nothing else was made, but the briquettes were given out in advance.
　　 Seeing that these children of the wealthy family lived more joyously than his own prince, Xiao Ming was upset, which fully shows that the economy of Qingzhou is now in their hands. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
　　 Correspondingly, Qingzhou’s taxes are getting worse every year. As for why, it is naturally that they evaded taxes.
　　 This Qin Mu easily said a few dozen taels of silver, his palace dare not say such big words.
　　 Now that he has the science and technology library and doesn't need some novel things to drain their money, how can he have the money to build his own government-run economy?
　　On this trip to Mihe River, Xiao Ming has a basic understanding of the irrigation conditions on both sides of the Mihe River. He said: "In this case, let's go to the Equipment Department to see.
　　 Qin Mu immediately let Huafang turn the bow, and the five returned to the dock.
　　 On the shore, Qin Le tightened the clothes on his body, and it was about to enter the winter. The weather was getting colder. This briquettes stove was ready to be used at this time, and they were not afraid that they would not buy it.
　　 Especially this Wang family, these briquettes and iron ore are so expensive to sell themselves, can he get around them?
　　 In the equipment department at this time, a briquettes stove covered with iron pieces has been produced.
　　 This is a simple briquettes stove, inside the iron sheet is the inner ring of baked clay, and the base is a mesh iron sheet.
The 　　 style does not look modern and exquisite, but the functions are basically complete.
The craftsmanship of 　　 briquettes stove is very simple, this is the first object that Xiao Ming gave to the craftsmen.
　　 When the five people arrived at the Equipment Department, they saw such a briquettes stove.
　　 "His Royal Highness, what is this?" Wang Shijie wondered.
　　 Qin Le smiled slightly and asked Chen Wenlong: "Have you made briquettes?"
　　 "Back to your Highness, it has been manufactured, and it is drying outside now." Chen Wenlong replied.
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