Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

The weather is getting cold.

In order to cross the river faster, Zhao Yuanlan kept crossing the river day and night.

It took a total of seven days for the 7 people and their carriages to cross the river.

When they came back this time, there were many more horses, carriages, and cargo.

I heard that they are all the Sixth Prince’s belongings.

Zhao Yuanzhen was still wondering, weren't most of the Sixth Prince's belongings in her pocket? Why were there still so many?

Zhao Yuanlan said that they were collected from various manors, villas, and convoys.

Zhao Yuanzhen: She was careless. Poverty limited her imagination and she forgot that rich people all have their own manors and villas.

It feels wrong.

But there was nothing I could do. Time was very tight at that time. If I missed it, I would miss it. If I collected it too cleanly, it would arouse suspicion.

After the army had crossed the river, the governor came over again.

Zhao Yuanzhen likes to see the Zhidushi now, but this is not a Zhidushi at all, this is a boy who brings money.

Then call Zhang Xinbai over and let the envoy settle the account with him directly.

The last time there were more people, the cost of crossing the river was about 330 taels. Now it has increased five times with the addition of carriages, cargo, horses, etc.

The governor gave a total of 2000 taels.

Zhang Xinbai was extremely happy and quickly wrote a receipt to the envoy.

"Thank you, sir."

"You're welcome. If Miss Zhao hadn't investigated ahead of time and brought us the news about the Sixth Prince, we don't know when the Taiyuan City could be taken over. This is what you deserve."

Then he took the receipt and left.

Zhao Yuanzhen thought about it and it made sense.

If it weren't for me, this war would have been fought. They didn't know that I killed the Sixth Prince. They just thought that I provided the news of the Sixth Prince's death, so that they could quickly occupy Taiyuan Prefecture and didn't give the remaining forces a chance to breathe. Thus, they completely took over the Sixth Prince's property.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the trucks full of large boxes.

Just this little bit of ferry fee is really a drop in the bucket.

Of course, all these confiscated funds will be turned into the national treasury, but these people will also be rewarded according to their merits.

Zhang Xin happily took the 2000 taels of silver note, which was another income. He went back to give an account to the chief steward's wife.

It's too late now, so I decided to rest for a night and continue on my journey tomorrow.

While no one was paying attention, Zhao Yuanzhen put the bamboo raft away again.

Brother came back at a very good time. The temperature will drop in a few days and the Yellow River will be frozen.

These two thousand taels of silver can no longer be earned.

Zhao Yuanlan: I was just afraid that you wouldn't make any money, so I didn't even sleep in Taiyuan Prefecture, and I was frantically investigating and taking over, and eliminating the remaining forces.

The next day, Zhao Yuanzhen returned with the main force.

Zhao Yuanzhen and Zhang Qingyan were in one carriage, and Zhang Xinbai and his belongings were in another. Both carriages were driven by servants.

Seeing that the servants were also very cold, Zhao Yuanzhen bought two hats and gloves and handed them to them.

Sitting outside and catching a bus is colder than walking. The blood does not circulate for a long time, and people will become colder and colder.

So they came down and walked around for a while, so they would be warmer.

Fortunately, although the weather is very cold, there is no wind, it is just dry and cold.

After walking for more than three days, we arrived in the capital.

Zhao Yuanlan had to go back to report, so Zhao Yuanzhen and the others went back on their own.

"Mom, you're back. Come in quickly. You've had a hard journey."

Zhao Yuanzhen was quickly asked to go into the house first, and Zhang Xinnian helped to unload the car.

The daughter-in-law came over to stay with Zhao Yuanzhen.

Fortunately, my mother will be back soon.

The kang and the fire dragon were both burning hot, and even the kitchen was keeping the bath water warm.

Li Zhijuan excitedly told Zhao Yuanzhen that the charcoal was ready.

And it is better than the ones you buy, without any smoke. It is also more burn-resistant.

These days everyone is chopping wood and making charcoal.

Zhao Yuanzhen was also very happy as this saved a lot of money.

After a while, Zhang Xinbai and Zhang Xinnian also came back.

Zhang Xinbai took out a silver note worth 2000 taels and handed it over in front of everyone.

"This is the money for the crossing, a total of 2000 taels, and I'm handing it over to Gongzhong now."

"So many? Much more than we expected!"

"Yes, the envoy got a little more, and it was also because of my mother's help."

"Yes, all right, I'll keep it. There are now 2000 taels of silver in the treasury."

Then everyone left to prepare dinner to improve mother's diet.

Zhang Qingyan has already prepared the bath water.

Zhao Yuanzhen took a shower and changed her clothes. It was still warm and comfortable at home.

Zhao Yuanzhen began to study the production of glass. Now that Zhao Yuanlan has returned, it won't be long before he meets the third prince.

Zhao Yuanzhen was flipping through the books she had bought.

To sum it up: sand, baking soda, calcite, quicklime.

Soda is the water from saline lakes that has been refined.

Calcite and quicklime were both available in the Daliang Dynasty.

Calcite is formed when groundwater corrodes limestone. Calcite is a transparent crystal, usually used to make glass or in buildings. For example, in royal buildings, many surfaces are decorated with calcite. Calcite is also used with quicklime in iron smelting and alchemy.

Quicklime is made directly from limestone. Generally, people use quicklime to remove moisture and mix it with soil to build walls. For example, the walls of her house are made of quicklime powder.

These materials are placed in a high temperature of more than 1500 degrees and fired into liquid form. This temperature requires carbon or nickel (coal) and a blast device to reach this temperature. In fact, carbon-containing substances can also be added to improve flame stability.

This is why in some stories, the swordsmith will jump into the furnace to complete the sword-making. Because the flame temperature is not high enough at the end of the sword-making, human bones can increase the flame temperature and help complete the sword-making.

After the glass becomes liquid, it flows into a machine with two rollers, and under the squeezing of the rollers, it becomes large pieces of glass.

There are also various patterns carved on the roller, and the glass produced in this way is frosted glass, patterned glass, etc.

During this process, liquid glass can also be directly taken out with tools and made into various glassware, such as glass cups, bowls, etc.

After the glass is squeezed into large sheets, it will slide out of the drum, and then the roller cutter will be used to cut the glass after it slides out to get the required size of glass.

Then just let it cool naturally.

After reading it, Zhao Yuanzhen found that it was not difficult, except that the machine required would use iron.

In fact, stainless steel is better, but it was not available in the Daliang Dynasty.

You'll just have to make do with iron.

In the Daliang Dynasty, people could buy iron privately, but they had to register, which was very troublesome.

Zhao Yuanzhen decided to ask Zhao Yuanlan to get him some iron.

But she was just pretending, she didn't want to make the machine herself.

Customize the system directly.

"System, I want to customize a set of iron glass burning, extrusion, cutting, and cooling equipment. I also need a blower. It has to be big and made of wood."

"Okay, host, this set is ready-made and requires 800 points."

"The finished product?"

"Yes, host, this mall has been customized."

Zhao Yuanzhen thought about it and guessed that it must be some systematic time-travel master.

Then I bought a set directly.

Zhao Yuanzhen decided to go find Zhao Yuanlan tomorrow, and then wondered where to put the machine. There was no suitable place at home.

Finally, after thinking about it, he decided to put it in Zhao Yuanlan's yard. It would be hidden and allow the Third Prince to see it himself.

I also have to think about how to make up a lie to increase the Third Prince's credibility.

It is not impossible to give the prescription directly, but the advantage and share gained during the negotiation will be smaller. After all, the third prince needs to research and develop the manufacturing machines, etc.

Moreover, according to their thinking habits, they may not understand many things, and it is unknown how long it will take to develop them.

So I developed a set of equipment in advance, and they just copied it.

What this shows to some extent is: I can do it, and I have done it, but I can show my grace and cooperate with you.

This way, the share you can get will be greatly increased.

And the most important reason was that Zhao Yuanzhen wanted to take the opportunity to buy more glass and install glass on all the windows in her house.

The weather is really getting colder.

So no one knows how much glass she has fired, although she only needs to fire one piece to test the machine.

You can also fire several cups.

Since I can even burn glass, it seems reasonable that I can smelt iron and make machines, right?

If the Third Prince asks, I said that I developed it at home and the recipe was written in ancient books.

Then I bought a book on traditional glass making methods.

It is deliberately made to look old, using the characters commonly used by the previous dynasty.

Put the raw materials, machines, blowers, etc. in.

It constitutes a teaching method for making glass from scratch.

Zhao Yuanzhen has to go find Zhao Yuanlan tomorrow to get some iron, and then go buy materials.

After dinner, Zhao Yuanzhen went to bed. It was too cold near the Yellow River recently and she didn't sleep well. She went home and had to have a good rest.

The next day, Zhao Yuanzhen said she wanted to go to the city, and Zhang Xinbai said that she happened to be going to buy charcoal, so they could go together.

Zhao Yuanzhen agreed.

Then he gave them some further instructions.

"The wood for making charcoal cannot be cut down in one place. We have a large population, so we try to cut wood in the deep mountains. Secondly, when cutting wood, we must cut it evenly and not cut it all down in a row." We must pay attention to the reproduction of trees in the mountains.

As long as you don't cut down a whole area, the roots left behind will give rise to small saplings the next year, and then grow into a big tree in a few years.

"Mom, I know. Don't worry."

After dinner, Zhao Yuanzhen put on her black cloak and prepared to go find Zhao Yuanlan.

"Mother looks so beautiful in this cloak."

"Yes, your uncle brought it back from the palace in Taiyuan Prefecture for your mother. He also brought many gifts."

Zhang Qingyan sorted out the gifts and placed them in her second sister-in-law's room.

Then I asked my second sister-in-law to put it directly in the safe in the wardrobe.

Zhao Yuanzhen had a carpenter install the safes she bought into her wardrobe, and usually used them to store valuables.

But Zhao Yuanzhen put them all in the space.

For now, her space is still the safest, but that may not be the case in the future.