Moreover, Sheng Hong also transferred 20 people from the Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy, and asked these 20 people to assist Li Qiao along with Li Qiao's manpower.
He knew that Li Qiao's family was short of manpower. In this case, the concubines who were studying in the Hanlin Academy should graduate early.
Li Qiao opened a warehouse and asked Li Manli to recruit Li Qian and Li Yi. Each of them took fifty thousand taels of silver and went to the four prefectures with these Shujishi and officials from the Ministry of Industry. Time was tight and the task was heavy. People from the Ministry of Industry were at the front to select the site, while these four people were behind with money to hire people to dig.
Dig as much as you can.
Do your best.
The family suddenly lost two hundred thousand taels of silver. Moreover, this was just the beginning, and the silver would definitely be used in the future.
Although there are many shops where he makes money, two hundred thousand taels is not a small amount for his family.
Moreover, Li Yu'an and Li Yuning got married one after another. As a good uncle, he prepared 50,000 taels of silver for each of the siblings. In addition, he also gave them 50,000 taels of silver each to buy wedding items. In other words, the dowry expenditure for the sister and brother is one hundred thousand taels each.
In addition, wherever his farmland is located, river construction and trenching projects are always in progress, which costs money.
After the rivers, ditches and ponds were dug, he had to arrange for the keel waterwheel to be installed.
The cost of purchasing cotton is not a small amount.
The price of cotton has risen this year, and his purchase price is still higher than the market price. Over the past year, he has spent a lot of money.
These are still some big expenses, and there are smaller expenses on weekdays, such as the daily meals for the students of the three schools, the raw materials and wages for the keel waterwheel, the herbs purchased by the medical hall, etc.
These are small expenses, but they actually cost a lot of money. There are two thousand students in the three schools together. Three meals a day, even if they only eat whole grains, will consume ten thousand kilograms of grain.
Whenever Li Liang mentioned this matter, he would say that he and Tao Zhu were stupid. They said that a half-grown man had to live in poverty, but the couple stipulated that a student should only pay three hundred kilograms of grain a year, not including coarse grains and fine grains. So this What is the difference between two thousand students and free food?
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.
The bike is ready to go.
As the New Year approaches, there are quite a lot of things going on in the DPRK and China. All departments have to conduct year-end summaries. In addition, officials from various places will also hand over greeting cards to celebrate the New Year.
Moreover, the temperature in the northern region this year has dropped a lot compared to last year. Local officials who have responded well to this low temperature attack have truthfully told the story of their actions in rescuing people from the cold.
In this way, many discounts become thicker.
Sheng Hong did not become the boss this year. He carefully checked the performance lists of local officials this year. They were submitted by the official department and submitted by his spies. In addition, he also called officials from the DPRK and China to talk and confirmed them with many parties to ensure that these The authenticity of local officials’ political achievements.
If we look back on the past, Sheng Hong would actually like some inactive officials as long as they did not cause public dissatisfaction.
For example, the magistrate of Peng County.
He has no ambitions and will not take the initiative to improve the local economy, but he does not bully the people either and only seeks stability.
Sheng Hong is really satisfied with this kind of official, because people always like to use the little power in their hands to embarrass others. The magistrate of Peng County holds the power of a county without bullying the people. It is really not easy for an official to do this.
As an emperor, he knew very well how much self-control this required.
In fact, he also had personal desires and preferences, but he suppressed them. The only thing he couldn't suppress was that when he ransacked the officials' houses, he had to pick through the items in the warehouse. After he finished picking, the rest was sent to the treasury.
Therefore, he is really satisfied with officials like the magistrate of Peng County.
But now, this kind of stability-seeking official made him frown.
Facing the low temperature this year, what he wants are officials like the prefect of Jiang, the prefect of Jincheng Prefecture, and the prefect of Cangzhou Prefecture who will immediately think of ways to deal with the situation as soon as they see something is wrong.
Therefore, during this wave of low-temperature attacks, he marked out all the local officials who were in low-temperature areas but did not act.
At the same time, he began to pay attention to the Jinshi candidates from the previous three imperial examinations.
These three times of Jinshi are talented people who fought hard through his weird questions, especially Li Qiao's time and the time when the third prince cheated. Each of these two times of Jinshi is knowledgeable about people's livelihood, farming, and experience. Agricultural conditions.
Of these two Jinshi, some entered the Hanlin Academy and became shujishi, some were assigned to the Sixth Ministry and other departments by him, and some were arranged by him to serve as local officials.
In fact, judging from the current number of officials in Dasheng, there is no shortage of officials everywhere, but after all, it is the Jinshis he has finally selected. They are all lively and not rigid. He is reluctant to let these talents waste their time waiting to fill the vacancies. Sheng Jing It couldn't fit anymore, so he stuffed it into place.
Moreover, next year will be another three-year palace examination.
By then there will be at least nearly a hundred new scholars.
With so many talents, he had to hurry up and find positions for them. Since he had passed the exam after all the hard work, he had to shine in the official position.
As for those officials who do not take the initiative to respond to natural disasters, he will focus on them next year. If they still do nothing next year, they will go away.
Oh no, bah! There will be no natural disasters next year, and the weather will be smooth in Dasheng tomorrow!
Li Qiao sat behind the screen, and Sheng Hong's whispers fell into his ears.
There was something funny about him.
But more of a sigh, he also hopes that the weather will be smooth next year, but this is just wishful thinking.
Soon it was noon. Sheng Hong had been busy all morning, and his stomach was already empty. He passed the meal around and asked Li Qiao to keep the rice.
He wanted to find out about Li Aiqing's snack shop.
Because this snack shop involves grains such as chestnuts, yams, and taro.
Li Qiao's snack shop is developing very well.
Not many chestnut trees have been transplanted, so no big results have been seen this year. However, his snack shop in Peng County has opened and business is booming.
Assorted crisps made of yam, taro, sweet potato, potato, etc. are very popular.
Taro puree made from taro and sweet potatoes is also very popular whether in snacks or in drinks.
Of course, the duck shop and the fried chicken shop, needless to say, the business is also very good.
In the past, when there was only a snack shop, even if we included customers from other places, our monthly profit would only be seven or eight hundred taels of silver.
But now that these shops have been opened, the monthly profit has suddenly soared to more than 2,000 taels.
This is still a situation of insufficient manpower.
When we recruit more people next year and contact the supply sources in advance, our profits will definitely double.
After all, this is Jiangshu Province, Jiangnan, and there are many rich people.
Now Peng County has become a famous scenic spot in Jiangshu Province. People from other provinces take boats to Peng County to taste the Li family's signature delicacies.
There were too many guests, and it was too much for the Li family to keep them busy, so Li Shangli hired locals to do some chores.
There are also raw materials needed to make these delicacies. According to Li Shanli Shou's estimate, Peng County's local yams, taro, chicken, duck and other items will be consumed before the year. After consumption is completed, the goods 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 also allows people to earn some copper coins. The model of your shop is effective no matter where it is placed."
After hearing what Li Qiao said, Sheng Hong was very satisfied.
"Actually, what Wei Chen earns is hard-earned money. Although the food tastes good, it is still food and cannot be sold for the price of gold."
Li Qiao sighed as he spoke.
"What? How much do you want to sell the gold for?" Sheng Hong glanced at him sideways. Li Aiqing was a bit greedy!
"Wei Chen is blaming himself." Li Qiao straightened his expression and said seriously.
"What do you blame yourself for?" Sheng Hong was suddenly curious.
"Because Weichen recently created an object that can be sold for gold. Compared with the hard-earned money he earned from his busy life, Weichen couldn't help but blame himself. If he had sold this object earlier, he wouldn't have made much money. It’s going to be so hard.”
Sheng Hong: "...You have a hard time earning money? You have to be conscientious when you speak, Li Aiqing. But what is this item you are talking about that can be sold for gold?"
He didn't care about eating anymore, his eyes were as bright as light bulbs, staring at Li Qiao without blinking.
"Weichen named this object bicycle."
Li Qiao said seriously.
"Bicycle?" Sheng Hong was a little confused and frowned slightly. What is this?
"Because this car can move without being pulled by oxen, horses, mules and donkeys, and it can run extremely fast, Wei Chen named it Bicycle."
Li Qiao explained.
"What? Can you move around without relying on animal power?"
Sheng Hong opened his eyes wide and couldn't help but put his hands on the dining table and stood up. The object Li Aiqing mentioned was definitely not a scooter. Scooters can move around without relying on livestock, but scooters cannot be sold for the price of gold.
"Where is this bicycle you mentioned? Bring it over and show it to me."
Chapter 220 Bicycles are popular, Chinese New Year luxury bicycles
Li Qiao spent a whole year "researching" bicycles. In order not to be suspected by everyone, he made hundreds of scraps before making the finished product.
Just like Einstein's little bench, the first one was rough, and each subsequent one was better than the last one.
At first, the entire car was made of wood. Later, for durability, he replaced individual parts with iron. In this way, each car was perfected one by one, and the final product was made of iron + wood.
In order to dispel Sheng Hong's suspicion, Li Qiao specially asked Sheng Hong to move to Li Mansion and see with his own eyes the hundreds of junk cars.
Sheng Hong is very curious. On the one hand, he is curious about what a bicycle is, and on the other hand, it is because Li Qiao said that this bicycle can be sold for the price of gold.
He happily went to Li Mansion. In the warehouse in the west courtyard of Li Mansion, after seeing with his own eyes the piles of scraps that filled the warehouse, he was not only shocked but also admired.
Li Aiqing's brain is really good!
You are so patient!
He squatted in front of the finished bicycle and directly touched the pedals and chain of the bicycle without feeling dirty.
Shake the pedals and the bicycle can move forward.
magic.
"Li Aiqing, how did you come up with this object?" He turned to look at Li Qiao, looking back and forth at Li Qiao's head.
"Returning to the Holy Spirit, Weichen got the inspiration from the keel waterwheel. When Weichen saw that the keel waterwheel could transport water from ponds and streams to fields, he began to have whimsical thoughts. Since this kind of transmission can transport water, why can't it? Where are the people?”
Li Qiao had already prepared an excuse.
Although the chain drive technology is magical, it did not appear out of thin air in this time and space. The keel waterwheel used chains and sprockets. He could make the keel waterwheel himself, and he also had tens of thousands of keel waterwheels made. At this time, he would It makes perfect sense that he stuffed his inspiration into the keel waterwheel.
"At first, Weichen was just idle and thinking about it, but after pondering over it, he discovered that it seemed that his whims could be turned into reality. So over the past year, Weichen experimented again and again, and finally made the finished product in front of you. "
He pointed to the bicycle in front of Sheng Hong.
