After walking away, Zhang Xiaoshan and Li Dong calmed down. Zhang Xiaoshan murmured: "Is it sold out?"
"Well, it's sold out." Li Ping'an said with a smile. Two hundred copper coins were very important. Holding them in his arms was like putting them on his heart. It made his heart feel much more at ease. "Let's go to see Wang now." Master, please finish your work and go back early, we will make more jelly tomorrow, and I have also made an agreement with Juwei Pavilion about the sale of sweet-scented osmanthus, so we have to make arrangements."
"Oh, yes, there is also the matter of selling osmanthus, I almost forgot." Zhang Xiaoshan slapped his forehead and asked curiously, "How much does Juwei Pavilion give?"
Li Ping'an stretched out his hand and slapped him. Zhang Xiaoshan and Li Jun's eyes widened for a moment, and then they looked ecstatic. Nowadays, everyone is short of money. It's not that there is no money, but that there are too many places to spend money. There is no income and nothing is left. Therefore, every way that Li Ping'an finds to generate income is so important.
Zhang Xiaoshan said: "I told my elder brother last night, I told him to go into the mountains to find the osmanthus tree when he has free time in the past two days."
Li Pingan nodded, "Let's go."
The post station is located in the northeastern area of the county seat, not far from the county government office. The post station of the Dajing Dynasty was divided into two parts: post and station. The post was a transportation organization for the government to receive guests, deliver official documents, and arrange government supplies. The station was an organization for delivering important official documents and military intelligence, and was exclusively used by the military system.
It took some time to arrive at the inn, and then the three of them, Li Ping'an, were disliked by the inn's waiters. They refused to believe that Mr. Wang would know and make an appointment with these three mud-legged people in rough clothes, and even drove them away. Don't get in the way here. caught the eyes of noble people.
He didn't know the identity of Mr. Wang, but he knew that the county magistrate personally came to the small courtyard where Mr. Wang stayed to have dinner and drinks with Mr. Wang last night.
Li Ping'an didn't have a bad temper, so he walked further away and squatted to wait. Anyway, Mr. Wang didn't say when to go find him yesterday, so even if something happened, it wouldn't be an emergency. Besides, this is an inn, and even though the other party is just a waiter, if a quarrel breaks out, even if he is reasonable, he, an ordinary citizen, will not be in a good position. This is not an unreasonable place.
It's just that the guy didn't even want to report it, which was a bit annoying.
Speaking of which, what he wore today is not considered impolite. He is a relatively polite person. He knew that when he came to see Mr. Wang today, he was wearing his best clothes. Although it was not a good material, it was better. clean.
After waiting for about two-quarters of an hour, he finally saw Butler Wang coming out of the inn, looking around as if he was looking for something. Li Pingan stood up and waved to Butler Wang.
"I was looking for you, I think you're almost here." Butler Wang came forward with a smile.
Li Ping'an said: "I arrived two quarters of an hour ago, but unfortunately I couldn't get in and I didn't dare to call anyone loudly."
Butler Wang understood immediately and didn't say anything. Instead, he took Li Ping'an's wrist and dragged him towards the inn, "Hurry in, don't keep me waiting for too long."
When he got to the door, he stopped and said to the guy: "Go and put their carts away."
The boy was in a panic and ran to pick up the cart pulled by Zhang Xiaoshan. I felt regretful for a long time and wished I could give myself a slap in the face. If I had known, I would have gone to report it just now, and it was just a quick trip to say a word.
Butler Wang then said: "After all, it is an official's place, and the people who serve are all nobles, so the servants will inevitably get a little carried away."
Li Ping'an smiled and nodded. The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister has always been like this throughout the ages. Even in his previous life, when the legal system was sound and the Internet was developed, there were many people who used the smallest power to embarrass others to the maximum extent.
Mr. Wang lived in an independent small courtyard. When Li Ping'an arrived, Mr. Wang was sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard. There were three bowls of white rice and two plates of vegetables on the small round stone table. One plate was meat. The other plate was also meat.
"If you want to eat, you can eat later."
"Then we won't be polite."
Li Ping'an sat down carelessly, picked up a bowl of rice and put it into his mouth. Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoshan and Li Dong also sat down to eat together, but their expressions and movements were very cautious, and they looked a little flattered.
"You have to learn from him." Mr. Wang had a warm smile on his face, but he was increasingly doubtful. Li Pingan's behavior was not like that of an ordinary farmer. Generally speaking, a normal farmer should behave in front of him. It’s only right to be as cramped as Zhang Xiaoshan and Li Dong.
Zhang Xiaoshan and Li Dong hurriedly put down their bowls and chopsticks and stood up to say yes, which made Mr. Wang speechless. He hurriedly asked them to sit down and continue eating, and then stopped talking to them.
After eating, Li Ping'an looked satisfied and sighed: "I haven't had a full meal in a long time!"
Mr. Wang smiled and said, "Are you full? Now that you're full, let's talk about business."
Then he glanced at Zhang Xiaoshan and Li Dong. Li Ping'an understood what he meant. It was not convenient for them to listen to the business, so he asked them to wait for him outside.
After the two left, Mr. Wang got straight to the point: "You are a busy man, so I won't waste your time. I came to you this time mainly because someone asked me to ask you, do you have any thoughts on the current farm equipment? "
"???" Li Ping'an looked confused, "What do you think?"
Mr. Wang: "Don't pretend to be stupid. If you can tinker with a threshing machine, I don't believe you don't have any ideas for other farm tools!"
"Mr. Wang, I'm just a farmer! I work on the land!" Li Ping'an looked innocent, "To be honest, before I fled the famine, I didn't know a single word!"
Mr. Wang: "You can tinker with a threshing machine without knowing a word of Chinese characters. Now that you are literate, isn't it even more amazing? I talked to Dr. Zhu yesterday. He told me that you learned Chinese characters very quickly, which is amazing." Called a monster."
Li Ping'an collapsed, with a bitter look on his face, "Okay, I admit that I have had ideas, but I haven't figured it out myself."
Mr. Wang asked happily: "What do you think? Tell me."
"I think it would be nice if the plow in hand could save a little effort when plowing, and make it easier to turn around."
Li Ping'an mainly had ideas about plows. The plows in the Dajing Dynasty were different from those he had seen in his previous life. They were a bit like the straight-shaft plows he had seen in books in his previous life. After taking a look at them, he wanted to make a curved-shaft plow. The plow came out, but he had never plowed a field in his previous life. He knew very little about plowing and had no idea how to start.
The threshing machine is different. He has actually used and observed this thing and knows its general structure. Regarding plows, he only had a comparison between curved shaft plows and straight shaft plows in the history textbook, and he still couldn’t remember them all! The moment he finished the college entrance examination in his previous life, his brain automatically cleared the memory.
He only remembered that the shaft of a straight-column plow was straight, and that of a curved-column plow was curved. What else was there to facilitate the rotation and deep plowing, but he didn't know how it was implemented. I haven't been able to figure out anything over the years. The main reason is that his family doesn't have a plow, and they can only see it once a year during spring and summer plowing.
"As long as you have an idea, do you know why I came to you to ask this?" Without giving Li Ping'an time to answer, Mr. Wang then gave the reason, "What my second brother told me, the people only know Work hard, there are too few people who can find problems and ask questions, and even fewer people have ideas. If you can tinker with a threshing machine, it shows that you are a person who can find problems and have ideas. You are the only person we know now. Someone who studies agricultural equipment, so I came to find you.”
