Great Tang’s Talented Little Landlord

“Brother Qiu, I dont know what you and Gong Qiu have prepared in these days?”

“haha, speaking of which, thanks to the small master reminder this time Ah!” Qiu Kun’s face was sullen.

Qiu Kun picked up the water bowl and drank slobber and continued: “My father has sent a letter to Jiannan Road and Hebei Road, and shipped all the grains to Ch_ng’n. In addition, he also transferred funds to various places. I bought a lot of food, but my family’s money vault was basically emptied.” Li Wangyou didn’t expect Qiu Yuanliang was so courageous that he actually suppressed all his wealth after learning that the locust plague might break out.

Looking at the proud fatty, Li Wangyou thought for a while and then asked: “The Qiu Gong will not hoard food. He intends to take advantage of the locust plague…”

Before finishing talking, Li Wangyou didn’t know how to continue speaking. In Shangyanshang, Qiu Yuanliang would be fine if he hoarded food and made a fortune, but he felt that this would be too inferior.

If this is the case, it’s all if this enemy doesn’t make friends.

Qiu Kun stood up suddenly and glared at Li Wangyou: “What is the meaning of small master? My enemies have been doing business for generations, but they have been upright and standing well, and never made ambiguous transactions.”

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Seeing that Qiu Kun was so excited, Li Wangyou was also a little sorry, and smirked and touched his nose: “Don’t blame the enemy, how did the enemy plan?”

“hmph!” Qiu Kun glared at Li Wangyou dissatisfiedly and sat back again: “My family is not hoarding food for profiteering. My father meant that when the locust plague happens, all the food shops in my family will operate as usual. How much food you want to buy depends on my warehouse. There is still in it, so I will definitely not sell it.”

His words made Li Wangyou eyes shined and raised the water bowl to Qiu Kun in one fell swoop: “I will use water instead of wine to respect Brother hatred a bowl.”

After speaking, he drank up the water in the bowl.

Although the locust plague will reduce food production, not all places in Great Tang will suffer from locust plagues.

One of the main reasons for the great famine was that unscrupulous grain merchants deliberately hoarded grain and did not sell it in order to make huge profits. As a result, people were alarmed and grain became more precious.

In fact, Great Tang is not short of food at all, especially in the second year of Zhenguan.

When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty became the throne in the previous dynasty, the population of the country had reached 8.9 million households. With a household of six, the population of the country was no less than 50 million.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and there were countless casualties.

After Great Tang calms down the Country, the Ministry of People Statistics during the Wude period will have only 2.19 million households and a population of less than 20 million.

Not to mention the annual grain produced by Great Tang is only Huiluocang inherited by Great Tang at the end of the Sui Dynasty. The total amount of grain stored exceeds 300 million catties, which is enough for the people of Great Tang to eat for 50 years. .

In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Supervising Imperial Censor Ma Zhou told Emperor Taizong Li Shimin: “The Sui family stores Luokou, and Li Miyin does it. The Xijing government library is also used by the state and has not been exhausted. “

At this time, the Sui Dynasty had been perished for 20 years, but the food cloth had not been used up at that time.

Li Wangyou doesnt believe these words, after all, how can this thing be stored for several decades? Is there a black technology for storing grain in the Sui and Tang Dynasties?

However, it is the second year of Zhenguan at this time, and the Sui Dynasty is only 11 years old. If the old grains are properly stored, there should be no problem.

It can be seen that Great Tang is absolutely not short of food. The famine caused by the locust plague is actually simply because the Aristocratic Family aristocrats and large grain merchants sat and watched the people die in hunger for personal gain.

For Li Wangyou’s praise, Qiu Kun is a bit sorry: “Small master, don’t get me wrong about the meaning of my lord. Although it will cause food to be sold, the price will still follow the market, and will not deliberately lower the price. “

“This is natural, haha, I naturally understand what Brother Qiu said.” Li Wangyou said with a smile.

Of course he understands what the enemy means, and the price follows the market. Firstly, the enemy will make a fortune with the increase in food prices. Secondly, he will not attract the hostility of his peers. Thirdly, he will not be rejected by the government. note.

Otherwise, you are a grain merchant who deliberately sells grain at a low price, what do you want to do? Pin you a hat of “inviting people to buy people’s hearts”, who can stand it?

After clarifying the enemy’s thoughts, Li Wangyou’s grievances disappeared, and Li Wangyou greeted Li Heng to prepare dinner and water and wine. Tonight, I will have a good drink with Qiu Kun.

Li Familys current rule is that all meals are served at the table regardless of the master and servant. Qiu Kun had lived in Li Family for a few days before, and he knew the rules of his family, but he didn’t feel awkward.

As soon as the sky was wiped out, Li Family gave fatty Qiu Kun a shock.

In the front yard, old steward Li Heng saw that the sky was getting dark, so he took out the fire fold and lit a lamp.

Qiu Kun hadn’t cared yet, but when the lamp was lit, he was surprised to find that this lamp was not an ordinary candle or oil lamp, but a lamp that had never been seen before.

The lamp lit by Li Heng is much brighter than ordinary oil lamps or candles, and there is no black smoke coming out, which makes Qiu Kun very curious.

“Li Steward, what kind of lamp is this? It’s strange.”

“Haha, this is a biogas lamp made by my Master. No lamp oil, no black smoke. The old man didnt know what kind of biogas the Master said. In short, this lamp can be lit all night, which is very magical.”

Li Heng praised the biogas lamp constantly when he talked about it. It seems that the biogas lamp is simply the Immortal Family means and the treasure of Li Family!

So lighting the biogas lamp at home every night is Li Heng’s favorite thing, even Little Missy Pei Lan wants to interfere.

Actually, the biogas lamp made by Li Wangyou is very simple, limited by the material, he can only be simple because of the crude.

In the past, biogas digesters were built in many places in the countryside. Because of his mischief and curiosity, Li Wangyou dismantled the biogas lamp in his home into parts, and wanted to study the theory of this thing.

Although grandfather later gave him a beating because of this, Li Wangyou remembered what the structure of the biogas lamp was because of the beating.

Normal biogas lamps are composed of nozzles, ejectors, mud heads, gauze covers, glass lamp covers, reflectors and other main components. But obviously Li Wangyou couldn’t make these things in Great Tang, any glass lampshade reflector, it was all dreams.

In addition, his biogas digester is just the simplest biogas digester, without even pressurized equipment.

So Li Wangyou can only try to simplify it as much as possible, and finally came up with the nozzle and mud tip of the biogas lamp. The most important copper wire mesh was handcrafted with copper wire by old coppersmiths in the county.

The outer glass cover is naturally impossible, and it is replaced by an ordinary tulle lamp cover.

Even so, such a crude biogas lamp is a remarkable thing in the era of Great Tang.

At this moment, Qiu Kun is like discovering the New World. He has not even waited for the most anticipated Li Family delicacy. He follows the old steward Li Heng like a rare treasure and looks at him. Light up the biogas lamps in the house.

Whenever a biogas lamp lights up, Qiu Kun yells hello, and then moves closer to observe.

The old steward Li Heng has a look of pride and contempt. He feels that Qiu Kun is simply a Farm Master and has too little knowledge.

Li Heng is like that, causing Li Wangyou to secretly laugh.

He clearly remembers that a few days after the biogas digester was built, the manure of cattle and horses piled into the biogas digester began to ferment to produce biogas. When Li Wangyou lit the biogas lamp for the first time, Li Heng had a ghostly expression. It seems to be worse than Qiu Kun.