Jiang Yuntian said: "Should I choose Director Han?" Song Che shook his head: "He should not give you military power."
"Then I choose He Qiu's side?"
"He's a jerk, so you won't get much benefit from him."
"Does this mean that I can only choose Gao Chen? He is a military attaché and I am a general, so it should be the most suitable."
"Gao Chen is indeed more suitable for you to join the team, but he still has old feelings for the previous dynasty. With Brother Liao's temperament, I don't think he will treat him well. If you choose him, you may suffer a loss."
"Tsk...it's really troublesome. I have to choose! What I hate the most is these intrigues and deceitful things! I was so desperate that I resigned from my job to do business with you and live a life of wealth and wealth."
"The emperor probably won't let you go."
"Then I will elope with the princess and go back to Nantian Valley, where I can escape the world and be free and happy!" Jiang Daxia is really a cute and innocent person.
Song Che laughed. Jiang Yuntian said angrily:
"Why are you laughing? It's really tiring to talk to people like you. You don't say it directly when you have something to say, and you laugh for no reason in the middle of the sentence. It's really hard to understand!"
"Hey, don't be angry. I'm just teaching you. The higher a person stands, the wider his horizons and the more temptations he will have. The same fall will hurt more," Song Che said with a smile: "I have seven people here. As long as you learn these words, no one in the court will depend on you. Listen carefully, these seven words are - 'I don't know' and 'Someone knows'."
"Don't know? Does anyone know?"
"The three words 'I don't know' are used to deal with ministers. When they have political disagreements and ask for your opinion, you should respond to them with 'I don't know'; the four words 'someone knows' are used to deal with the emperor. When you When you don’t want to answer the emperor’s question, tell him you don’t know first. If he insists on asking, tell him ‘someone knows’.”
"Then if the emperor asks me, who told you 'someone knows'? How should I answer?"
"Just tell him you don't know."
"Does he have to know?"
"Just tell him 'someone knows'," Song Che smiled and patted Jiang Yuntian's shoulder.
"Anyone with a normal mind, after asking twice in a row, would know who this 'someone knows' could be." Jiang Yuntian exclaimed, "It's you!" Song Che smiled and said, "Look , even you know it’s me, how could they not know?”
"Ah... I must give birth to a son and then marry your daughter. In this way, my grandson will become as smart as you in the future!"
"Hahaha, then you have to work harder with the princess." Song Che was not teaching Jiang Yuntian tongue twisters. He knew the character of his brother very well. Jiang Yuntian was born to be a knight-errant who took pleasure in revenge. , how can you understand the worldly ways of people in the court?
The three words "I don't know" are often the most moderate and the most insufferable choice.
The four words "someone knows" allow him to make the most moderate and aloof choice for him.
Hopefully, no one will force him to make a choice. ...Jiang Yuntian rested for the night in the Song Mansion, and took the princess back to Jinling the next day.
In mid-July, the trade fair also ended successfully. In just one month, Yunshuifang received orders for 100,000 pieces of silk. Other stores such as the jewelry store also had a bumper harvest.
The turnover of banks all over the world is as high as 800,000 taels of silver, and many Tibetan merchants are willing to deposit their gold and silver coins in the bank.
A trade fair traveling from north to south restored the sluggish market to its original appearance. On the second day after the fair, Tang Hulu, a wealthy Persian businessman who had cooperated with him at the beginning of the year, finally returned to Hangzhou with his goods. Thirty large ships and nearly 50,000 barrels of oil occupied half of the Qiantang River port.
As agreed, Song Che ordered the corresponding quantity of silk to be shipped, and thus concluded the first transaction with Tang Hulu.
"Boss Song, the amount of oil you want is really too large. I also found many royal connections to transport these thirty cargoes of oil. Our King said that only after wearing your silk can we get the oil." Let’s carry out the next round of cooperation.” What Tang Hulu meant was that the next batch of oil would not arrive until these 50,000 pieces of silk were shipped back to Persia.
It will take at least three or four months to ship the silk back, and it will take the same amount of time to ship the next batch of oil. This transaction will take a year.
Song Che knew nothing about oil refining, but from 50,000 barrels of oil, it was estimated that he could refine 10,000 barrels.
"Fierce oil", right? Fierce fire oil, when he was fighting against the Japanese in Chuzhou in the past, Song Che had seen him in the weapons prison.
"Fierce oil" is extracted from petroleum. The refined heavy oil is poured into iron cans and thrown into the enemy's formation through catapults during battle, thereby causing a fire to burn the enemy; the reason why it is called "Fierce Oil" for
"Fierce" is precisely because the burning flame is extremely strong, and it can adhere to the body's skin. Once ignited, it will be scorched until it is scorched. It can be said to be a very cruel firearm.
Now Dijon has turned from attack to defense and is entrenched in the city. To drive them back to the north, the first step is to fight a siege. After the battle in Xuzhou, Dijon has seen the power of artillery and will definitely strengthen the city walls and gates. , in the siege battle, artillery seemed to be no longer the dominant force, and more powerful firearms must be used - fierce fire oil, which was one of the big killer weapons prepared by Song Che for the coming Northern Expedition.
Before Dijon was cleared last year, Song Che asked He Qiu to buy a set of oil refining equipment, which is now installed on She Island. The 50,000 barrels of oil purchased from Persia will be refined on She Island in the future. The purified kerosene will be used as a strategic reserve to regain the mountains and rivers in the future.
For this reason, Song Che made a special trip to She Island to visit the alchemy and oil refining technology.
The gold mine in Shedao is amazing. It can mine 500 tons of gold-bearing ore in a day. Each ton of gold ore can be refined into about half a penny of gold sand. Calculated, the gold output is about fifty taels a day, which is a month. One thousand five hundred taels of gold!
No wonder the great pirate king of the past built his lair here. This island is really a beautiful place.
"Golden Mountain". Regarding the oil refining process, Song Che originally thought it was very complicated, but after seeing it, he realized that he thought it was too complicated. Furthermore, with the backward technology in ancient times, it couldn't be complicated even if he wanted to. In general, it can be said in one word - boil!
In ancient times, most purification processes relied on heating and cooking, such as salt, spirits, ironware, and even gold. For example, it is just like boiling eggs. What matters is
"Fire temperature", the egg white will solidify at 80 degrees Celsius, the egg yolk will solidify at 100 degrees Celsius, the eggshell may be damaged at 200 degrees Celsius, and will be burned into charcoal at 1,000 degrees Celsius; the same is true for the oil refining process, craftsmen The masters will increase the fire and heat the temperature to between 300 and 400. The oil and impurities will be separated by heat. After sedimentation, they will be separated into layers. The oil floating on the surface will be scraped away to get the fire oil!
