Steel Dynasty - Chapter 20

[Chapter 20 The first snow through time]

“Your Highness.”

Qin Mu entered the main hall first, followed closely by Sun Dong and Wei Qing.

Seeing Wang Shijie arriving, Qin Mu was surprised and said: “Brother Wang always came late in the past, why did he come so early today?”

“I didn’t sleep all night because of the gas stove thing last night. I was anxious, so I came today.” It’s a little early.”

Wang Shijie felt guilty and did not dare to look at Qin Mu.

“Hmph.” Qin Mu sneered. He believed that Wang Shijie was the one with the evil spirit. Just by looking at Wang Shijie’s sinister look, he knew that his purpose for coming so early was not simple.

Sun Dong looked at Wang Shijie, then at Qin Mu, and said: “His Highness is busy with official duties, so we should not disturb His Highness here. We should give our secret messages to His Highness.”

Wei Qing said in a loud voice: ” That’s right, now we each take out the secret letter and let His Highness open it in public. I believe His Highness is still fair.”

Xiao Ming secretly laughed. This Wei Qing put a high hat on himself first, fearing that Xiao Ming would be biased. He said: “I have to go to the Equipment Department later. In this case, please give me the secret letter.”

Wang Shijie immediately submitted his letter to Xiao Ming, and the other three people also submitted it in turn.

After sorting out the secret letters, Xiao Ming opened them one by one. Wang Shijie’s quotation was five taels, Sun Dong’s was three taels, Wei Qing’s was also three taels, and Qin Mu’s was six taels.

“Your Highness, what’s the result?” Qin Mu asked worriedly. This time the Qin family paid a big price.

Xiao Ming spread out all four letters, “I did not cheat. It seems that the operation of this briquette stove belongs to Qin Mu.”

Wang Shijie looked unhappy. He did not expect that the Qin family would spend such a large amount of money, but for him It is said that the briquettes are the most important thing, and the briquettes stove does not appear to be important.

“I accept it, I accept it.” Qin Mu stood up and handed over to the three of them, looking triumphant.

The expressions of Sun Dong and Wei Qing did not change much. They knew that they could not compare with the Qin family and the Wang family in this matter.

The Wang family controls coal and the Qin family controls water transportation. These are advantages they do not have.

“Since Qin Mu has come out on top, this matter has been settled. I will order the equipment department to produce it, and Brother Qin will just come and get the goods every day.” Xiao Ming said.

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Qin Mu was overjoyed.

The matter of the briquette stove was settled, and the four of them went their separate ways. They still needed to report the matter to their families.

Counting the banknotes in his hand, Xiao Ming happily said, “Technological monopoly is the most profitable.”

As an engineering major, Xiao Ming knew very well what it meant to be technologically backward. In his time, if there was no technology, he would have to spend money to learn from it .

Buy it from someone else.

In this case, you have to pay as much as others say you need. Technology monopoly is definitely a huge profit.

Now he has infinite technologies in his mind. When he develops all these technologies, he will establish his own technology monopoly system.

At that point, he can just sit back and wait to collect the money.

The smile on Qian Dafu’s round face was almost gone. Ever since he came to Qingzhou, their palace has never been so rich.

“Dafu, this is one thousand taels. Mine hunting is very difficult, so this is your fee.” Xiao Ming slapped the two silver notes into Qian Dafu’s hand.

Qian Dafu smiled even more happily, “Your Highness earned this money, so I accepted it.”

Xiao Ming shook his head helplessly, there was no way, the palace was too poor before.

After accepting the banknote, Qian Dafu asked: “Your Highness, now that I am going out to look for mines, what will happen to the affairs of the palace?”

Xiao Ming glanced at him and said lightly: “You are so protective of Zi Wan, don’t you have some idea in mind? “

Are you here?”

“His Highness is still smart, and I can’t hide anything from His Highness. This Lu Luo and Zi Wan are the people around the empress, so they will not harm His Highness. This girl Lu Luo is timid and fearful, and she will definitely not be able to control the servants in the house. This Ziyuan has a fierce personality and is smart, so he is more than capable of taking charge of the palace,” Qian Dafu said.

“Then let her take care of it. You are my confidant. You may have to deal with a lot of things in the future. You can’t always stick to the trivial matters of the palace.”

The word confidant made Qian Dafu excited. Xiao Ming trusted him so much. , he is willing to go through fire and water.

The prospecting matter was imminent, and Xiao Ming explained some details to Qian Dafu. He would start preparations today and leave tomorrow.

For the safety of Qian Dafu, Xiao Ming specially asked Lu Fei to send ten loyal cavalry to accompany him for protection.

With money in hand, the first thing Xiao Ming naturally did was the hydraulic lathe workshop.

Because the dignified vassal king enjoyed the ultimate privilege in his own fiefdom, Xiao Ming easily enclosed a piece of land in the place where the Mi River flow was the fastest, and no one dared to say anything.

Then, he asked Chen Wenlong to post a notice to recruit craftsmen. The hydraulic workshop was one hundred meters long and fifteen meters wide. It was a big project.

Winter is coming soon, and he hopes to put the workshop into use within one winter.

At the same time, the craftsmen in the Machinery Department worked overtime to produce lathes. When the workshop was established, the machines could be moved there.

The production of briquette stoves is also in progress. Because of the simplicity of manufacturing, the Equipment Division can produce thirty gas stoves a day.

After winning the right to operate the briquette stove, the Qin family came to pick up the goods the next day. However, even though they spent a lot of money, the Qin family did not dare to buy too much at once. They were still worried about the sales of the briquette stove.

In such busyness, the weather is getting colder day by day.

At the end of the first month of Xiao Ming’s journey, a heavy snowfall from the north covered Qingzhou City.

The snow was heavy and falling. When I woke up the next day, Qingzhou seemed to be buried in the snow.

“Your Highness, look how big the snow is.” In the snow, Lu Luo’s little face turned red from the cold. She stepped on the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow. She smiled sweetly at him.

Xiao Ming sat at the door of the dormitory, guarding a briquette. Warm your hands, the weather today is at least 17 or 18 degrees below zero.

In the past, he was a southerner and had never experienced such cold weather. Now he just wants to hug the stove and not move.

However, Pothos and Aster seemed to have long been accustomed to such weather, and they had fun playing in the snow.

Zi Wan also smiled at Xiao Ming and said, “Your Highness, come on, it will warm you up if you move.”

“You guys can play, I won’t go.” Xiao Ming said, it is also a pleasure to enjoy the beauty playing.

Aster and Luluo looked at each other, and suddenly one of them picked up a snowball and threw it at Xiao Ming.

“Bold!” Xiao Ming pretended to be angry, dodging left and right at the same time, and the two snowballs fell into the air.

Aster and Luluo smiled when they saw it, but suddenly they stopped smiling because they saw Pang Changshi coming from the front hall.

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