Chapter 113 Gathering the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought
Young Master Gao kept telling Meng Yi and Jiang Lu what to take with them and what not to take.
Meng Yi and Jiang Lu listened very carefully.
Finally, Meng Yi asked: "Second Young Master, is it enough to just bring salt?"
"No, there are two more farm tools."
"I understand." Meng Yi said.
"Jianglu." Gongzi Gao said, "After you go out, you and Meng Yi will build a salt-making workshop in Xianyang City, and then build salt farms across the country so that the people can eat this refined salt."
"Second Young Master," Meng Yi said, "I'm afraid it's inappropriate. Once this salt-making workshop is opened outside, those nobles will definitely take notice of it."
"It doesn't matter, sir, the salt in the outside world is all private salt, and the cheap ones can be bought for the price of a bun." Gongzi Gao said, "So there is no need to worry about the method of making salt being known to everyone."
"What does this mean?" Meng Yi asked, "Everyone regards this secret recipe as a top secret. Why would you, sir, reveal it?"
"Because after everyone knows about it, the price of this salt will not go up."
"I understand." Meng Yi said, "Everyone can make salt, especially those who live near the sea. They only need a bowl of seawater to make salt. Who would buy too expensive salt?"
"That's right." Gongzi Gao said, "Sir, you should say that the price of salt should actually be set by the state.
Different salts have different prices, and the price of salt should also be considered in terms of cost, such as how much manpower, material resources and time it takes to extract a pound of salt.
Meng Yi, I hope you will do this. After you are done, hand it over to your brother, who will then hand it over to your father. "
Meng Yi and Jiang Lu immediately understood Gongzi Gao's thoughts. It turned out that all this was for Fusu.
"Second Young Master, don't worry." Meng Yi said, "Yi will definitely complete the mission."
"Okay." Young Master Gao said with satisfaction, "Remember, your brother must not know about this."
"No." Meng Yi and Jiang Lu responded solemnly.
"Let's go back."
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Back in the yard, Meng Yi and others saw Gong Shuyang busy installing things.
"Mr. Gongshu, what is this?" Meng Yi asked.
Hearing this, Gong Shuyang looked at Meng Yi and said apologetically: "Meng Yi, I'm really sorry. I'm too busy to salute Meng Yi at the moment."
"Mr. Gongshu, you're welcome." Meng Yi glanced at Qin An, who was drinking water next to him, and said with a smile, "I just don't know what this is?"
"Waterwheel." Gong Shuyang said, "I originally thought that after Mr.'s drawings were completed, I would need to make them down here, but I didn't expect that Mr. Sir has already had all the parts made. Now I just need to assemble them down here."
Meng Yi frowned slightly, then walked towards Qin An and said, "Sir, since the parts have been made, can you install it faster by yourself?"
Qin An smiled and said, "That's natural. Did I design it?"
"Then why did you let Mr. Gongshu install it?" Meng Yi asked, "I really don't understand."
"There are two reasons." Qin An replied, "First, I want to know Mr. Gongshu's craftsmanship level.
Secondly, I have to do everything myself, so how can I teach Zhao Su and the others to study? "
"Li understands." Meng Yi nodded, "Sir, the next time Li comes, he must bring more people here for him."
Qin An suddenly smiled and said: "Businessmen are really smart, and they can tell the truth at once, so thank you Brother Meng Li."
"You're welcome." Meng Yi said, "I'm just very curious. Since you are short of people, why don't you mention it to the village chief?"
Qin An smiled bitterly and said: "My job is to teach. I have never thought about making waterwheels or paper.
I know the village is very poor, so I bought a lot of seeds so that I can grow whatever I want to eat.
However, I never expected that the village was so backward and had nothing. Everything had to be made by ourselves.
This makes me really helpless. If I had a dozen or hundreds of technicians now, let alone something as simple as a waterwheel. As long as I had the materials, I could build a car for you. "
"Car? What kind of car is that? Is there a carriage that can run fast?" Meng Yi said confused.
"A carriage is not good enough in front of a car. Let's talk about the car later. I want technicians now. I know you won't know anything that is too profound, so the people you have hired are craftsmen like Mr. Gongshu." Qin An said.
He was too lazy to explain the profound scientific knowledge, so he would wait until Zhang Han and the others came back.
Meng Yi didn't want to talk when he saw Qin An, and he didn't force Qin An. Instead, he walked to Gong Shuyang to study the waterwheel.
Young Master Gao came to Qin An and said, "Sir, can students participate in this waterwheel?"
"Of course. If you like science, I can teach you alone in the future and make you the first scientist in the village." Qin An said.
"Yes, I do." The young master said excitedly, "Sir, what kind of family is a scientist? There seems to be no such family among hundreds of scholars."
Qin An smiled and said: "That's because scientists are a general term that combines the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought. But it's still early for you to become a scientist. Even I can't be called a scientist."
"Is it that difficult to be a scientist?"
"Of course." Qin An said, "The most important thing for you now is to learn my knowledge and lay a solid foundation. You will slowly discover that the world is so novel."
Gongzi Gao closed his eyes and began to imagine all kinds of novel things in the world.
"Okay, I've put it together. I've finally put it together." Gong Shuyang shouted loudly.
Everyone was attracted by his voice.
Ying Zheng and Fu Su walked out of the house, while Li Xiao and others walked out of the kitchen.
"What's done?" Ying Zheng asked in a deep voice.
"Father, the waterwheel is put together." The young master replied.
When Ying Zheng heard this, he couldn't wait to say: "Bring it to me quickly?"
"Village Chief, there is nothing to see here. It would be more interesting to go to the river. Now that the first reservoir has been dug, I can just test my water wheel."
"Okay, let's go to the river now." Ying Zheng said.
Immediately, Qin An asked people to carry the water cart to the river. The villagers passing by looked over curiously, but their eyes were full of fear.
So Qin An invited the villagers to go together.
Seeing this, Ying Zheng asked everyone to follow him to the river to witness the function of the waterwheel.
So a group of people came to the river in a mighty manner.
Under Qin An's instructions, more than a dozen Black Dragon Guards went down to the river and installed the waterwheel in the river in an orderly manner.
The villagers watched the Black Dragon Guards at work curiously and nervously.
After a while, the waterwheel was completely wheeled into the river.
As the river flows, the waterwheel begins to rotate.
