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Chapter 247 You Are Still Young

At the end of the night.

Xu Zhen'er punished Yue Zhu, then took Huang Mama and called Dr. Xu to Nie Rong'er's bedroom.

What happens outside can be heard inside the house.

'Tuk tuk ~'

Xu Zhen'er knocked for a long time before the door opened, "I heard that my sister is still not feeling well, so I brought Dr. Xu here for further consultation."

In the house, apart from Nie Ronger, who was lying on the bed and had fallen into a semi-conscious state, there were only two little maids who looked very nervous.

Nie Ronger married into the Yang family and was accompanied by a mother-in-law and three maids.

Yuezhu has been temporarily imprisoned in the woodshed. The other two maids are in the house, but the experienced Li Aina is missing.
Xu Zhen'er pretended to visit Nie Ronger in front of the bed, and asked as if accidentally, "My sister is not feeling well, why doesn't Grandma Li stay close to take care of her?"

The two maids looked at each other and quickly lowered their heads.

Xu Zhen'er immediately realized that Li Aimai might have secretly left the house by some means while she was dealing with Yuezhu just now!

"Huang Aina" Xu Zhen'er hurriedly looked at Huang Aina and called out once. The two made eye contact, and the latter immediately understood what Xu Zhen'er meant.

Grandma Huang immediately took four healthy women out of the house.

At the beginning of the child.

Grandma Li crawled out of the dog hole in the back house and hurried to Nie Ronger's grandfather Guan's house.

Grandma Li knew this well, and she knew that Aunt Xu of the Yang family was different from other aunts. Aunt Xu came from Tongshan together, and it was said that her maternal uncle had a close relationship with Master Dutong.

Furthermore, Aunt Xu has some social skills and gets along well with the ladies from various families who came to Caizhou with her husband.

From time to time, the wives of Peng Yuhou, Wu Yuhou and other families would invite her to banquets.

Whenever there is a chance, he will go to Sajin Alley to curry favor with Zhao Ren.

She is even more beautiful than her own eldest wife.

Grandma Li once reminded Nie Ronger, "If she continues like this, others will think she is our eldest wife." '

But my wife is soft-tempered and doesn't like fighting. She always says, 'What's the use of fighting over it?As long as Dalang treats me well, let her be.'

You see, the eldest lady only knows how to give in, but something will happen to her now!
Grandma Li guessed that Nie Ronger's sudden discomfort today was probably related to Xu Zhen'er.

But now is not the time to investigate this matter. The first priority is to find a doctor to examine the lady.
However, Grandma Li also knew that if she randomly asked a doctor to take her home, Xu Zhen'er would have 1 reasons not to let the doctor in.

Therefore, finding Grandpa Nie Ronger first, and then having him bring the doctor to the house is far more useful than the words of a servant girl like Aunt Li.

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As soon as I walked to the alley where the housekeeper was, I saw Huang Aina and someone waiting there.

What Li Aima could think of, Xu Zhener also thought of.

Coincidentally, a group of night patrol officers passed by here, and the leader was Gou Sheng, the head of Caizhou government office.

After Mrs. Gou moved to Caizhou, she often interacted with Xu Zhen'er. Gou Sheng naturally recognized Aunt Huang, who was always with the latter, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Aunt Huang, why are you here late at night?"

"Hey, isn't this a high-ranking official? I'm so polite." Aunt Huang didn't panic when she saw the messenger, she smiled and bowed.

Although Grandma Huang was just a servant of my concubine, Yang Dalang was now a well-known figure in Caizhou. Gou Sheng did not dare to neglect and hurriedly returned the greeting, "Grandma, you are so polite. How did I get the title of 'big official'? I don't know mom." here."

Huang Aina then whispered: "The policeman knows that a humble servant in my family stole the master's money and escaped overnight. I am leading people to look for him everywhere."

"Ah! This happened. Don't worry, grandma. Now that the city gate is closed, the thief can't escape! I can lead my brothers to search in the city!"

"So good."

The four strong women took a few police officers and scattered.

But the old lady Huang brought two people and continued to guard at the entrance of the alley.
Li Aina, who was hiding behind the far corner, couldn't help but become more anxious. She couldn't step forward until Huang Aina left.

Even if you tell the truth to the police, they will only believe Huang Aimai's words.

At the same time, Grandma Li was still a little frightened. The scene in front of her proved the power of the Tongshan Clan in Caizhou from the side.

From the top to the Tongzhi, to the generals, and to the police officers, they are all their people.

If Aunt Xu is more domineering by relying on her friendship with the wives of various families, I'm afraid that Guan Peiyuan, the master of the Guan family, may not be able to control her tonight if she comes in person!

At this time, Yang Dalang, the only one willing to protect Nie Ronger, was hundreds of miles away.
Grandma Li felt desperate for a while, and then thought about the misery that the eldest lady was still suffering in the house, and she couldn't help crying.

The rustling autumn wind blew by, and Li Aimai was so excited that she quickly wiped her tears and thought to herself: What's the use of crying!The lady is still waiting for me to save her!Need to think of something quickly.
Li Aima suddenly thought of Zhao Ren.

Speaking of which, this idea is a bit ridiculous. If the ladies from all the families in Tongshan are integrated, then Zhao Renren is the backbone of these ladies. To them, the eldest lady from Caizhou is an outsider. Will she help us?
But the next moment, Grandma Li remembered the scene when the eldest lady and Yang Dalang got married, a group of young men were teasing the eldest lady outside the new house, but Zhao Renren drove them away to teach and protect the eldest lady.

Grandma Li gritted her teeth, turned and walked away along the shadow of the wall.

It's a moment.

In the Chen Mansion in Sajin Lane, the study room on the second floor of Hanchun Hall in the back house, four or five candles were lit and the lights were brightly lit.

The desk was piled with various books and documents. The desk was more than four feet wide, enough for Mao'er and Cai Hua to sit opposite each other, each busy with his or her own business.

From time to time there were two coughs in the room.

With a creak, Bai Lu pushed open the door and entered. She glanced at Mao'er, who was filling in the numbers in the form, and couldn't help but feel distressed and said: "Madam, Dr. Wang has repeatedly told Madam that her wind-warm lung fever has not yet been cured, and she should not be angry or tired. Ma'am, but she doesn't take it seriously, it's too late to rest now!"

"It's okay. I'll take a rest after finishing this report."

The cat didn't even raise its head, writing smoothly with thin wolf hair in its hand.

Bai Lu was helpless and wanted to persuade her again, but she didn't know what else to say.

It would be nice if Cui Yuan was here. Cui Yuan and Mao'er are called masters and servants, but in reality they are more like sisters. If she were here, she would probably go up and blow out the candles without saying a word, and chase Mao'er to rest.

Bai Lu didn't dare, so she looked at Cai Wei with pleading eyes.

Cai Hua put down the brochure in her hand, smiled with her charming fox eyes, and said: "Bai Lu, cook us two bowls of vegetarian soup cakes, made with the flour milled by the newly harvested Langshan wheat this year. Stop by to see Yunong. Have you slept? If not, cook a bowl for her."

"Oh" Bai Lu agreed and went down to make arrangements.

In less than two quarters of an hour, he took the tray upstairs and was about to put the soup cakes on the desk. Cat raised his head and reminded him: "Put it aside first, don't dirty the books."

If you put it aside as she said, the cat who is immersed in work will not know when to think of this bowl of soup cakes.

Seeing this, Cai Hua stood up, brought the soup cake to the cat's face, and deliberately said in a sinister manner: "No matter how active you are in relieving the puppy's worries, he can't see how hard you are now. Let's eat first."

Mao'er was used to Cai Hua, who never spoke well, and only glared at her with feigned disgust, but finally she was willing to move away from the document in front of her, abandon her pen and pick up her chopsticks.

Cai Hua chuckled, sat back on the opposite side, and couldn't wait to put a chopstick into her mouth.

This is the most common soup cake, but he looked like he was enjoying it. After swallowing it, he couldn't help but praise: "Little wild cat, our Sihai Trading Company planted wheat in Langshan last year, ground the flour, and rolled it into soup cakes." It’s really a unique experience. I used to hate steamed buns, but I also like these steamed buns made from wheat.”

"Still hate steamed buns? I think you are very hungry!"

Mao'er criticized first, then took a sip of soup cake, and then explained: "This is the wheat seed brought back by the official from Aolai. He said that this is high-gluten wheat. We used to eat low-gluten wheat." Gluten wheat. The pasta made from this kind of wheat has a chewy texture and a very fragrant taste.”

"It's really good stuff!"

Cai Hua stepped on the chair and grabbed another chopstick in a fit of rage.

Her compliment was sincere. The wheat harvested in Langshan this summer was not only delicious, but the yield was four to five times higher than in previous years.

Really scary.

This year, Caizhou was able to survive the flood smoothly and at least take care of the refugees who came to seek refuge. This new wheat has made a great contribution!

Mao'er glanced at Cai Hua, who was sitting in an inelegant posture, and refrained from criticizing, but praised: "You are smart in doing business, otherwise the officials need so much relief food and military rations, I can't think of a way. "

This summer and autumn, first the disaster victims came in, and then the left-behind troops went out to fight.

I hope the court will allocate food and grass, but I don't know that I have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.

This part of the grain and grass is basically all self-raised by Sihai Commercial Bank and Luliuwei Farm Reclamation.Even this year's high-yield wheat from Langshan is not enough to support such huge consumption.

Cai Hua came up with a way for Mao'er to grind high-gluten wheat, which tastes far better than ordinary wheat, into powder and sell it to major cities such as Tokyo, Jinling, Yangzhou, and Lin'an.

For the wealthy families in Dayi, as long as the food is delicious, price is never an issue.

Miao Kui, Sihai Commercial Bank's partner in Lin'an, started selling Langshan's "Snowflake" brand high-gluten flour at a sky-high price of [-] yuan per catty. The supply exceeded demand.

Ten thousand kilograms of flour is not enough to supply all the mansions of adults.
After getting the money, he purchased ordinary rice from the local area at a price that was more than ten times lower and shipped it back to Caizhou.

Only by going back and forth in this way can the food needed by the people, disaster victims, and army be supplied.

But when Cai Hua heard Mao'er's praise, she didn't show much joy. Instead, she put down her chopsticks in frustration and said, "Everything is not going well in that iron smelting plant."

The iron smelting workshop is an important part of the industry that Chen Chu values ​​most. Although such a workshop will inevitably move closer to the military industry in the future, Chen Chu hopes that it can produce civilian products that meet market demand, rather than just relying on subsidies to survive.

For example, the Luliuwei Firecracker Factory that Huang Huihong is responsible for can privately produce flares and gunpowder, as well as fireworks and firecrackers. It is profitable and can support himself, which reduces Chen Chu's financial burden.

However, after several months of trial production at the Iron Smelting Institute, except for the shovels, which had a certain sales volume, the other products were not going well.

"Sister Cai, didn't you make it according to the booklet the official gave you?" Mao'er had seen Chen Chu's booklet, which had all kinds of strange objects on it.

She had a kind of adoration-like trust in Chen Chu, and she always felt that the things produced by her officials would definitely sell well all over the world.

Cai Hua held her head and said depressedly: "The frame and hub of the bicycle in the brochure are easy to produce, and the tires are made of Eucommia gum and filled with beef tendon and fur. But the chain is very difficult to make. Pig iron is too soft, wrought iron is too brittle, and it has been tried for several months, but it still doesn’t work.”

The iron smelting institute is jointly owned by Chen Chu and Cai Hua, and the latter is usually in charge of it. Mao'er doesn't know much about the progress of the research and development, and when he heard that it was not going well, he couldn't offer any good advice.

"What about the hand-cranked popcorn machine that the official mentioned?" Mao'er asked again.

"This is not difficult!"

Cai Wei finally lifted his spirits and explained: "The hand-operated popcorn machine only needs to be cast with sand molds, but the finished product is quite unstable. Sometimes it can pop rice, millet, and corn into crispy rice crackers, and sometimes the popcorn machine But it will blow up. Now the iron smelting plant has blown up three or four units."

"I heard officials say it has something to do with pressure."

"Yes, he also told me. But what exactly is pressure?"

"I don't know either. What about the hand-cranked pasta machine?"

"This is done!"

After talking so much, one thing was finally done. Mao'er just smiled when he heard this, but then heard Cai Hua say: "But it can't be sold."

"., why?"

"I didn't understand it at first, until I did some calculations later. A hand-cranked noodle machine requires seventeen kilograms of iron, and the cost of one kilogram of iron is nearly thirty yuan. In addition to the costs of casting, losses, etc., At least the sales must be consistent and above to make enough money.

But in Caizhou we hire a woman, and the monthly salary is only the same.That is to say, the poor cannot afford it, but it is not necessary for the rich to afford it.They have a maid who cooks, which proprietor would kindly buy a noodle press for the cook?Just to make the slaves easier? "

The market positioning of the hand-cranked pasta machine is very embarrassing.

It is also related to today’s extremely cheap labor force.

Throughout the first industrial revolution, small and medium-sized countries with relatively small populations emerged.

Such countries all have one thing in common, that is, labor scarcity.

Just like the Great Yin Empire, where the Industrial Revolution originated, its population at that time was only over 300 million.

Therefore, they are very enthusiastic about various machines that can improve labor efficiency.

At the same time, empires with large populations were not sensitive to such changes.

For example, a textile machine that can match the labor efficiency of ten female textile workers costs [-] guan, and the combined monthly income of the ten female workers is only [-] guan.

In this case, the owner of the weaving yard naturally has no intention to purchase machines.

However, the upper limit of human labor efficiency is very low, and machines are constantly developing and evolving.

When a machine can surpass the efficiency of one hundred or two hundred workers, if you want to catch up, you will face a huge technological gap.

At the same time, in order to prevent latecomers from catching up, first-mover countries will also set up a barrier called 'patent' on their way.

Because the hand-cranked noodle machine was not selling well, Chen Chu, who was far away in Shouzhou, thought about this.

It's three quarters.

After eating the soup cake, Caihua seemed to put the documents and books on the desk into the bookshelf in order to prevent Mao'er from continuing to work overtime.

Without these things, the book desk, which is one foot long and four feet wide, looks even larger.

This study room is usually shared by Chen Chu and his wife. Cai Hua couldn't help but curl her lips and said, "This puppy is as big as a desk. If you didn't know, I would have thought it was your bed!"

Cai Hua originally said casually, but Mao'er was stunned when he heard this. He glanced at the former in surprise, and two red clouds flew up on his little face.

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Cai Hua was so smart, she immediately reacted when she saw this, and couldn't help but said in shock: "No way! You two have really struggled with this bookcase???"

"Ahem~" Mao'er hurriedly turned her head away to cover up with a cough.

In the past month or so, Cai Hua often lived with her in Hanchun Hall, sharing the same bed.

During the long night, the two men's conversation, from shallow to deep, had already covered all aspects. Cai Hua even discovered the latter's secret weapons in Mao'er's closet.

Therefore, at this time, Cai Hua accidentally knew some little secrets, and Mao'er was too shy.

On the contrary, I am still a bit uncontrollably proud of what I have done with the officials. You have never tried it, hehe.

Sure enough, as soon as Cai Hua opened her mouth, the whole room was full of jealousy, "I pretend to be serious all day long, but in private..."

Anyway, Cai Sanniang feels that among the two sisters of the Chen family, when it comes to bed matters, none of them is obedient. She will do whatever the puppy tells her to do, and she will be obedient; while the little wild cat is coquettish and will do whatever she wants when no one else is around. , I don’t know how unrestrained she is in front of the puppy.
It’s better for you young people to have fun!

"Aren't you leaving tonight?" Mao'er changed the topic at the right time.

"I'm not leaving! I'll sleep with you!"

"Qingpu Garden is empty, but you don't live there, but you come to bother me every day!"

"I'm annoying you to death!"

"Ha ha."

After closing the study door, the two of them walked side by side to the bedroom. After walking a few steps in silence, Mao'er suddenly said in a gentle tone: "Sister Cai, thank you for helping me handle business and talking to me these days."

Since the incident with Zhao Kaiyuan, Mao'er has been in a very depressed mood, thanks to Caihua who bickers with her at home every day to relieve her boredom.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, are you sensationalizing again?"

Cai Hua curled her lips, but finally said: "I'm not talking about you, you need to recover first before talking about anything else. Recently, you always have a low fever at night."

"It's okay. Doctor Wang said it's still caused by wind-warm lung heat. It'll be fine in a few days."

The two walked to the door and were about to enter the house when they saw Bai Lu hurried upstairs.

"Madam, Li Aimai, who is beside Mrs. Yang, would like to see you."

"Grandma Li?" Mao'er stopped and turned around. She was not surprised that Grandma Li had come to her, but she was just surprised that she came here at this hour.

"Yes, Grandma Li looks very embarrassed. She looks like she is in an emergency." Bai Lu added hurriedly.

"Quick, bring it here!"

Mao'er couldn't help but worry. She had promised Yang Dalang to help him take care of Nie Ronger.

After a while, Li Aimai walked in.

There were still more than ten steps away from the cat, but Grandma Li, who was covered in mud, knelt down with a thud and said with tears in her eyes: "Please help my eldest lady!"

(End of this chapter)