The Prodigal Son's Happy Life - Chapter 921

[Chapter 921 What is a steam engine?]

“Ahem,”

the British official Fang Xiu asked, with a strange expression on his face, as if he had a guilty conscience, and said, “Actually, there is no profit at all. We just transport our Dachu goods to Nanyang and earn some price difference.” When

Fang Xiu heard this, She instantly understood what he meant and said, “What’s the big deal? Just say it.

It’s very simple. The cloth from Wuxiu Cloth Factory costs a penny a piece in Kyoto Prefecture and is transported from Jinzhou Prefecture to Anchuan Prefecture. It was twenty cents per horse, and then transported from Anchuan Prefecture to Nanyang, it was two hundred cents per horse.

With just a few ships, one penny was turned into two hundred cents. This profit was indeed high. “

When the British public heard this, he actually blushed

because what he was selling was the cloth from Wuxi Cloth Factory!

At present, Wuxiu Cloth Factory’s cloth is the most profitable!

Except for the low price of cloth in Kyoto Prefecture, you can never find such low price of cloth anywhere else!

Especially in Nanyang, cloth is not cheap.

Some time ago, a fleet sailed from Anchuan Prefecture to Nanyang. It was just a round trip and earned tens of thousands of taels of silver in a month!

Nowadays, the shipbuilding trade

is an extremely hot thing. Not to mention the dignified British prince, the old man named Xu, and many vassal kings are all rebuilding ships and preparing to go to Nanyang.

Nanyang is not a small place and there are not many people there. In addition, they also have things like rubber and gold.

Transporting colored glaze, cloth, and silk to Nanyang, and then transporting rubber to Kyoto Prefecture, all this time is worth ten thousand taels of gold!

All that is needed is to prepare some food and the boatman’s wages for the round trip.

This is huge profit!

Therefore, both princes and nobles, as well as ordinary people, have set off the enthusiasm for shipbuilding!

What the princes and nobles wanted was to build ships and go to sea to make money.

Common people cut down trees for shipbuilding, or they help build ships, so they can earn some money.

It happened that the Central Plains Road was hit by a disaster, and there were many refugees everywhere.

At this moment, these refugees have their whereabouts.

Even with Fang Xiu’s drive to build roads, the number of refugees in Kyoto Prefecture is no longer enough.

It is even necessary to go to the villages outside the government to recruit some young men.

These days, after having sweet potatoes, eating is not so worrying.

There is a shortage of staple crops, including sweet potatoes.

Therefore, there are also many young and middle-aged people who are willing to go to Kyoto Prefecture to build roads.

The British Duke suddenly thought of this.

The refugees, sweet potatoes, Nanyang, everything seems to be related to Fang Xiu.

For a moment, he was stunned.

Then

he looked at Fang Xiu and asked: “Uncle Shi wants to ask you something, please tell the truth.”

Fang Xiu heard this, glanced at the British father, waved his hand and said: “Don’t ask, I’m not interested. “

” The British Duke took a deep breath and asked again: “Is it because you made up the rumors about the Golden Land back then for the grand occasion in Nanyang today?”

Fang Xiu smiled and said nothing.

This smile fell in the British father’s eyes, making him feel even more mysterious.

More and more elusive.

What kind of monster is this kid!

There was no answer, but there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the yard.

A boy came in, stood upright, bowed respectfully, and then said: “Master, there is a scholar outside the door. He said he is a student of the Mechanical College and has important news to report.”

” What’s the news?”

When Fang Xiu heard the words “Mechanical Academy”, he immediately became interested, looked at the boy and asked.

The boy thought for a while and replied: “It seems to be some kind of steam engine.” In

such a short time, the steam engine has been improved again?

Yes, I have given you such advice. If these guys still can’t improve the steam engine, it can only be said that their talent is too poor!

Might as well let them go back to planting sweet potatoes!

Fang Xiu thought this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said: “Tell him, I know it, and I will go and take a look.”

Next to him, the British man saw Fang Xiu being so emotional about something for the first time .

interest.

Therefore, he was also interested and asked: “What kind of chicken is that steam engine? How about letting me take a look?” Fang Xiu glanced at him, thought for a while, waved his hand and

said

: “Whatever you want.”

, then turned and left the yard.

When the British Duke heard this, he stood there and hesitated for a moment. After all, he couldn’t hold back his curiosity and followed him.

As soon as he walked out of the gate of Fang Mansion, he saw a young man dressed as a scholar standing at the door, looking anxious.

Fang Xiu walked up and said, “Are you a student of Mechanical College?”

When the scholar heard the voice, he turned to look at Fang Xiu, then saluted hurriedly and said, “It’s a student.”

“Has the steam engine improved?”

Fang Xiu didn’t mince words, he asked very straightforwardly.

The scholar nodded hurriedly again: “Yes, Dean Xu, Miss Zhu’er, and all the senior brothers and sisters have tried to improve the steam engine. Now the steam engine can continue to work, and its effect far exceeds that of the students.” Imagine.

Because of this, Dean Xu asked the students to come over immediately and report this matter to you. “

Improvement? Continue working?”

The British gentleman next to him heard the conversation between the two, and his expression became a little strange.

I don’t know what he was thinking.

Fang Xiu didn’t pay attention to him at all. After hearing the news that the steam engine had been improved, a smile appeared on his face and he said: “It’s been improved, very good, very good! I want to go take a look!

” After finishing, he turned around, called a carriage, and walked up.

The British father also followed him shamelessly.

On the way, he couldn’t help but asked curiously: “My nephew, what kind of chicken is this steam engine? What does it mean to keep working?” When

Fang Xiu heard this, he was slightly startled, glanced at him, and said leisurely: “This The steam engine, also known as the perpetual motion machine, is an ancient mythical beast. As long as you feed it some water, it can continuously generate energy.

This energy can do many things, and can even move thousands of people from Kyoto Prefecture to Yasukawa Prefecture! “

“This”

When the British Duke heard this, he took it seriously and was completely stupid.

He knew that Fang Xiu’s words were never without purpose.

However, at this moment, he was still full of doubts.

Ancient mythical beast?

You only need to feed a little water to continuously generate energy?

If this kind of chicken really exists in this world, why have I never heard of it before?

The British Duke became even more curious after hearing Fang Xiu’s words.

The carriage walked along the newly built official road and soon arrived in front of the Mechanical Academy.

Fang Xiu got off the carriage, and the British Duke followed him, but it was not pretentious.

At the door, Xu Ze had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Fang Xiu, he hurriedly greeted him.

With a happy face on his face, he said loudly: “My lord, you are fortunate to have lived up to your command!”

(End of this chapter)