After the Lantern Festival, Shen Shoufu and his men were going to court.
Yan Bao also wants to visit various factories, such as the yellow peach canning factory.
There is no canned yellow peach production at the moment, and those workers have gone to work in Yanbao's other factories.
They come back to work when they need to process the yellow peaches.
Canned yellow peaches have been sold for many years and the brand has been established. Everyone in Dajin knows Junxiji’s canned yellow peaches. Although it is expensive, the taste is really good. Many people know that this is the property of Princess Taining.
Some people also make canned yellow peaches themselves. Anyway, the best-selling ones are all from Junxiji, which basically monopolizes the canning industry.
Yan Bao's industry is basically outside the capital. It is a large piece of land with many factories built on it. They are next to each other, so it is convenient to go out.
Now there is a spicy noodle factory, an instant noodle factory, a canning factory, a glass factory, and a lighting factory.
There are electrical wires here and electric lights are used. When they are turned on at night, it is very bright.
Many people nearby bought land, built houses, and started businesses, forming a factory-like scale.
There is also a section of railway track right behind Yanbao's factory, which is specifically used for delivering goods.
Yan Bao has money, so he must plan well.
After spending a day at the factory, I returned to the capital before dark and found that there were many pedestrians on the road. Many of them were going to Beijing to take the imperial examination. There was a spring examination this year, and Xie Zhiluo was in charge of it. No wonder it felt lively.
The students who went to Beijing for the imperial examinations did not expect that the capital had changed so much.
Some well-informed people knew that the capital had electricity, and it was said that after the lights were turned on, it was as bright as day.
Now I see that it is more than just daytime.
Every shop on the main road had its lights on, illuminating the ground so brightly that you could even see a dropped penny.
Yan Bao discovered that although the shop was closed, the sign had not been changed and was still the old sign. It was fine during the day, but it looked a little dark at night.
Although not many people go out shopping at night, Yan Bao still decided to get a sign light to decorate the night scene of Dajin.
Neon lights are a bit troublesome, and the lighting factory can't make them. Yan Bao wrote to Tao Yuanyuan, asking her if she knew how to make neon lights. They would be so beautiful in all colors!
Tao Yuanyuan replied very quickly. She herself didn't know, but she used points in the system to redeem the production method and asked Haiyan to send it to Beijing to Yan Bao.
Yan Bao was curious: "Why did you return to the capital?"
Haiyan didn't hide it: "The general's wife's factory has started to open, and they still need some manpower. Let me go to the orphanage and pick a few to go to Taining Island."
Yan Bao became interested and asked about the situation on Taining Island. Haiyan didn't know much, so she told him what she knew.
With the information on making neon lights, Yan Bao looked through it himself and found that although his eyes could see it, his hands were not yet able to do it.
Everyone looked at him and said nothing.
She didn't intend to make things difficult for herself, so she copied the information and gave it to the people at the lighting factory, letting them worry about it.
Prince Jason was reluctant to return to Britain even in the spring. He was waiting for news from Britain. The whole year was short.
According to Xie Zhiluo, Prince Jason has bribed power stations and train repairmen many times in an attempt to extract some useful information, preferably the blueprints.
Because the power station was dangerous, he frequently traveled between Taining Island and the capital, as if he had fallen in love with riding the train. He even wanted to see the locomotive, but unfortunately he never got to do so.
Xie Zhiluo said, "He hasn't given up yet and is unwilling to exchange two cities."
Yan Bao leaned against him: "He definitely doesn't want to. As long as our drawings are not exposed, he has to agree even if he doesn't want to."
Xie Zhiluo agreed: "Don't worry, the drawings have been kept and will never be leaked."
"That's good!" Yan Bao felt relieved.
He asked about the Spring Examination again.
Xie Zhiluo said, "This is my first time in charge of the Spring Examination. My father has instructed me to recruit the talents selected this time. Once I ascend the throne, they will become my trusted confidants."
Yan Bao was surprised: "The emperor is so generous."
Other emperors were afraid their sons would become too powerful, fearing the crown prince would steal their limelight, and would suppress the crown prince in various ways. There's no room for two tigers in one mountain, but I didn't expect this emperor to be so tolerant.
Xie Zhiluo thought to himself that his father had indeed been doing his best to cultivate him.
During the days of the Spring Examination, the atmosphere in the capital became invisibly tense. The Dingsheng Cakes and Zhuangyuan Wines launched by various restaurants to meet the market demand were selling very well, all in the hope of bringing good luck.
Yan Bao took her three nephews out to buy some cakes. They couldn't drink alcohol yet, and it would be boring for her to drink the champion wine alone, so she bought some back for Shen Shoufu and his son.
With the end of the Spring Examination, Yan Bao's neon lights were made. She went to the factory to take a look. The lights were well made, similar to the ones she saw in modern times. When they were lit at night, they were colorful.
Yan Bao immediately replaced the signs at Junxiji, the lighting store, the instant noodle shop, and her milk tea shop with signs that would light up at night.
Many merchants saw that Yan Bao's shop had changed its signboard, and they asked curiously about the many shiny signs on the lighting shop. After asking, they found out that it was not cheap and the packaging was guaranteed.
People with business acumen immediately placed an order and had the sign hung up on the third day, which happened to be the day when the results were announced. The candidates stranded in the capital indulged themselves in various ways after the exam, and some were even strolling on the streets at night.
Yan Bao knew that Da Jin was filial, so in order to show off her sign, she acted like a spoiled child with the emperor, hoping that the curfew would be postponed. If the curfew was after 9 pm, her sign light could stay on for a while longer.
The emperor agreed.
The main reason was that Yan Bao gave too much, and the emperor felt embarrassed to refuse.
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