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Now that Situ Yuan has even invented a bicycle, Emperor Taihe is even more restless.

So he went straight to Xie Xiu to ask for rubber grass seeds and planting methods, intending to have people plant it on a large scale.

Anyway, there are a lot of saline-alkali lands in Daxia, and these lands can hardly grow much food, so they are just right for growing rubber grass.

In order to grow these rubber grasses well, Emperor Taihe specially sent Tu Yong there and promoted him from the seventh-rank official to the fifth-rank official.

In addition to planting rubber grass, Tu Yong also has to lead people to continue planting potatoes and sweet potatoes in the local area.

Although the task is quite heavy, once he gets it done, Emperor Taihe will naturally not miss out on his benefits.

Xie Ying's discovery of rubber grass was a great achievement, but she had already been conferred the title of Princess Fu'an at such a young age, so it was difficult to confer a higher title.

Emperor Taihe then arranged for Tu Yong to plant rubber grass and took the opportunity to promote him.

It can be considered that the good news does not flow to outsiders.

Because of this, I wonder how many people secretly envy Tu Yong for having a precious granddaughter.

Emperor Taihe treated his nephew Situ Yuan even better. He directly handed over the state-run bicycle factory to Situ Yuan for management and also assigned him a lot of staff.

Situ Yuan's Taiping Car Dealership can continue to operate, but the production volume is limited. Taiping Car Dealership can only produce high-end cars and do luxury car business in the future.

Because Xie Ying's rubber grass planting area was not too large, Taihe Emperor did not snatch it away, allowing her to continue supplying rubber to Taiping Car Dealership.

So Xie Ying didn't lose out either.

Although Taiping Car Dealership makes money, its production volume is not high after all, and the profit margin of low-end cars is also low.

Now that they have a government-run bicycle factory, Taiping Bicycle Shop can focus on developing high-end bicycles.

What's more, now that Situ Yuan has become the boss of the government-run bicycle factory, he will be able to do a lot more in the future.

Producing bicycles requires good steel and iron, so government-run bicycle factories can naturally build blast furnaces and produce steel and iron on their own.

By then, Taiping Bicycle Shop could purchase spare parts from the government-run bicycle factory for assembly.

You can make a lot of money and avoid trouble.

Situ Yuan could also take the opportunity to train craftsmen and cultivate useful manpower.

As he grows older and has more and more people under his command, his power in the court will naturally become greater.

By then, they will be able to reform the imperial examination system, add new subjects, develop science and technology, and improve productivity.

Instead of letting those corrupt scholars mess around, treating technology as a gimmick and then suppressing it madly!

Just when Situ Yuan was busy opening the government-run bicycle factory, Xie Ying's rouge and powder shop launched a new product - candles.

To be precise, it is paraffin wax extracted from petroleum by Situ Yuan.

In fact, at that time, some people had already used petroleum to make candles, which were called stone candles. However, the refining technology was not good enough, so the candles were not bright in color and produced a lot of smoke after burning.

Even so, this kind of candle is not cheap. A stone candle costs at least thirty cents, and good quality ones can be sold for hundreds of cents.

The paraffin wax extracted by Situ Yuan was pure white and indistinguishable from the candles of later generations.

Xie Ying put it on sale in the shop, setting different prices according to different specifications.

The cheapest one costs only one hundred coins.

This price is not cheap, but as soon as the news was released, the candles in the store were sold out in less than a day.

There is no way. Compared with it, the price of insect wax is more expensive, one stick costs at least two hundred coins!

In addition to this ordinary candle, Xie Ying also had someone make scented candles, which she sold for 200 wen each.

Then she asked Situ Yuan to bring candles into the palace to sell them, and took the opportunity to take over the palace's candle business and be responsible for supplying the palace.

Shops in the capital also began to sell various candles, which made people jealous.

Xie Ying didn't have the heart to care about those people because the provincial examination was coming.