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"Is this the little thing you said you would give me?" When Zhao Lang got the thing Lu Mingfei gave him, he couldn't figure out what this strange little thing was used for.
But it looks quite small?
"You don't know what this is, right? Come, let me show you." Lu Mingfei chuckled, turned the small fan in a direction, pointed the front of it at Zhao Lang's face, and began to manually turn the handle on the back.
As soon as the handle at the back is turned, the fan blades at the front start to rotate and wind starts to blow.
"Do you feel it? Is there wind?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"Yeah, there's wind." Zhao Lang had already felt the leaves of this little thing turning, and the wind was blowing towards him.
"That's right. This is a small hand-cranked fan, used for fanning in the summer. I made this small hand-cranked fan, which can generate wind by turning it with your hand. Or we can make a large foot-operated fan, so that it won't be so tiring to step on it with your feet."
"Or, we could make a waterwheel-powered fan. As the name suggests, the rotation of the waterwheel drives the fan, thus converting water energy into wind energy."
But this time, Zhao Lang interrupted Lu Mingfei before he could finish his words.
"What is hydropower and what is wind power? What are these two things?" It was the first time that Zhao Lang heard these two words. He was very interested and curious about the conversion of hydropower into wind power.
“Bang!”
Lu Mingfei suddenly raised his hand and slapped the back of Zhao Lang's hand. Meeting Zhao Lang's gaze, he asked, "Did you feel it?"
What do you feel? Zhao Lang asked with his eyes, "Do you feel me?"
"Feel the pain! The harder I hit you, the more pain you will feel, so this is called force. Man-made power is called human power. For example, this hand-cranked fan is turned by human power, which is called converting human power into wind energy." Seeing that Zhao Lang was still looking at him with an expression that seemed to understand but not understand, Lu Mingfei had no choice but to continue teaching Zhao Lang this physics lesson.
"If you go outside on a windy day, do you feel a breeze blowing you along? That's wind power. If we can convert this wind power into usable energy, it's called wind energy."
As far as he knows, the most widely used area of modern wind energy is to generate electricity.
However, with the technological sophistication of the time, it would likely take centuries to realize wind power. However, wind energy was also used in ancient times. "In some places, windmills were used to pump water for irrigation, large rice pounding machines, and stone mills for grinding flour."
"You haven't seen these things before, so you won't quite understand what I'm telling you."
Seeing that Zhao Lang became more and more confused, Lu Mingfei knew that this prince must have never seen the things he was talking about. "When I have time in the future, I will make these things one by one and show you what they are."
"Okay." Zhao Lang's eyes lit up. He was very interested in what Lu Mingfei said. If a windmill could be used to pump water for irrigation, could it be used in Beijun?
Or take it to other places where farmland needs to be irrigated?
"The last one, hydropower, as the name suggests, is the energy generated by water. For example, water drives a waterwheel to rotate, which is the force generated by water, which we call hydropower. If we use the energy of water to make a fan rotate, the water energy is converted into wind energy." Lu Mingfei's knowledge of physics is still at the high school level. He has used up everything he learned in his previous life to explain these basic physics knowledge to Zhao Lang.
As for whether Zhao Lang understood it or not, he had already tried his best. There was nothing he could do if he didn't understand. He became more and more confused as he spoke.
After finishing the physics class, he went back to their business.
"Let's continue talking about this fan. It's perfect for use in the hot summer, and wealthy families definitely need it. It's going to get hot in Kyoto in half a month. If we can open the workshop and start producing fans before the end of this month, we can make some money this summer."
"The mold I made is made of wood. It would be better to change it to iron. It will be more durable. If it is made of wood, it will fall apart after a while." As long as there is a legitimate reason to use iron, they will have the raw materials to make bows and crossbows, so this is also the main reason why he wants to make this fan.
"We can make a batch of small wooden toy fans. Children will probably like them very much."
"How about we open a small shop that sells all kinds of children's toys? My father and I have been discussing opening a woodworking shop, but we haven't been able to get it off the ground because we haven't had the money. We can work together to open a toy store, or a children's supplies store, too. You put up the money to open the store, and I'll come up with the ideas. We'll split the profits 70% and 30% of the profits. How about that?"
"Wuwu, I'll run the shop and provide the money, and you'll be in charge of the shop." Zhao Lang said generously.
"How can I feel embarrassed?" Lu Mingfei said he was embarrassed, but the smile on his face did not show any embarrassment at all.
"I have quite a few shops. You can choose a suitable one and we will change it into the store you want to open. Let's go to the study and I'll give you the brochure to choose from." Zhao Lang stood up from the stool he was sitting on and motioned Lu Mingfei to get up and go with him.
Upon hearing this, Lu Mingfei stood up and followed Zhao Lang.
The two of them came to the study together. Zhao Lang took out a booklet from a box and showed it to Lu Mingfei. "Take a look and see which shop you like. I'll have someone vacate the shop for you to use."
Lu Mingfei was still looking at Zhao Lang's study when his attention was attracted by a booklet that Zhao Lang placed in front of him. He took the booklet and began to look through it. It recorded the shops opened by Prince Ding's Mansion in Kyoto City, as well as the farmland and fields that were all registered in the booklet.
After flipping through a few pages, he looked up at Zhao Lang, then flipped through a few more pages and looked at Zhao Lang again.
This Prince Ding’s Mansion is a little too rich!
No wonder the emperor and his officials were always thinking about reducing the power of the princes. These princes not only owned so much land and assets in their local areas, but also owned so much assets and land in the emperor's territory. The emperors of all dynasties had given away so much, so what was left for the current emperor?
There certainly aren't many left!
At this moment, Lu Mingfei began to understand the emperor's thoughts. If he were in the emperor's position, he would probably not be able to help but take action against the vassal kings.
However, you can attack adults, but attacking a group of children is a bit unfair, right? After all, he still stood in Zhao Lang's position.
Therefore, thinking of Zhao Lang's current position in Kyoto Prefecture, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but want to help Zhao Lang reduce the sense of crisis in the hearts of the emperor and the officials in the court. He had an idea in his mind, "It's better for you to manage this store yourself."
"Hmm?" Zhao Lang looked at Lu Mingfei with a questioning look.
I don’t know if it’s because of the dream last night, but today Lu Mingfei suddenly felt a little embarrassed to look at Zhao Lang, always feeling guilty that he had desecrated the young master.
After looking away a little and not meeting Zhao Lang's gaze, he continued, "Look, this shop we opened sells some small items. If the emperor knew about this, wouldn't he think you're not doing your job properly all day? As long as you're not doing your job properly all day, in the eyes of the emperor and the officials in the court, you'll be a non-threatening person, and they won't pay too much attention to you. This will also make it easier for us to do whatever we want in the future."
"After the first batch of our fans are produced, we will make a super-large waterwheel-powered fan, and you can give one to the emperor first. With the emperor helping us to promote our products, are we still worried that the others won't sell?" In this era, is there a better spokesperson than the emperor?
——That’s definitely not the case!
As long as it was something the emperor used, he didn't believe that the fans they produced couldn't be sold!
Now he suddenly realized that Zhao Lang being summoned to the palace all day seemed to have a certain convenience. That is, it would be convenient for him to ask Zhao Lang to deliver things to the palace in the future, whether it was for the emperor or for the women and children in the harem.
Zhao Lang immediately understood what Lu Mingfei meant.
After that, the two of them discussed it again and decided that Zhao Lang would still be in charge of the store and workshop, while Lu Mingfei would only be responsible for giving ideas and making molds.
As for dividing the profit, we split it 50-50.
There was no other way. The prince was generous and insisted on giving him 50%, so he had to accept it with a smile.
That night, Lu Mingfei talked with Zhao Lang until very late, and then he took a carriage to go home.
In the next few days, whenever he could spare some time, he would draw designs and do some handicrafts at home. Meanwhile, Zhao Lang had people building a workshop, looking for craftsmen, and preparing for the workshop.
Their duck shed and piggery were already built, and they'd bought some ducks and were raising them there. His father and adoptive father also bought a herd of piglets, twenty each, and by the end of the year they'd be fully grown. They'd slaughter the pigs and make sausages and bacon, as well as the braised meats they'd sell at their stall.
If there are any leftovers, you can save them for Chinese New Year.
After his father and adoptive father bought ducks and pigs to raise, Lu Mingfei encouraged his father and adoptive father to buy lambs to raise. When they grew up, they could be eaten with lamb hotpot in the winter, which was his favorite.
His father was a good father who loved his children. As soon as he made the suggestion, his father took his adoptive father and they went to buy a lamb together.
It just so happened that they had bought a lot of land, and it would be a bit of a waste to just raise ducks and pigs, so he later suggested that his father and godfather plant more crops if possible, even if it was to raise pigs and ducks, which could solve the problem of feed for livestock.
A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and on May 10th, the list of the provincial examination was posted. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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