Sending a formal quotation at night? The boss of this horse must be too anxious. On the carriage back home, Gai Rencong kept thinking about what Ma Hanshan said about sending the quotation at night. He thought about it for a long time and still didn’t understand why Ma Hanshan wanted to send it at night.
Can't the quotation be done tomorrow? Could it be...could it be that he chose to send the quotation at night just to make it easier for him to send things to me?
Giving gifts during the day is a bit ostentatious, but giving them at night can be done quietly. However, Mr. Ma, you underestimate me, Gai Rencong. Do you think I am the same as others? I have never accepted bribes. If your peach blossoms are like this
Wonderful effect, even if you give me a gold mountain, I will not agree to purchase it.
This problem has been troubling Gai Rancong, and he didn't come up with a result until the evening.
It was going to be dark soon. Gai Rencong stood in the corridor in the backyard of the government office and looked at the sky and murmured to himself: "Oh, the master of the horse hasn't arrived yet. I'm afraid he will come after it gets really dark."
Does he really want to give me property? But the price has already been quoted, so what does he ask for by giving me property?"
Ma Hanshan really came here after dark, and when he arrived at the government office, it was already midnight.
Of course, Ma Hanshan came by car. Haha, if you don’t ride in the donkey cart driven by Lai Wenjin, the most famous Yi Xue master in the Dasong Dynasty, it would be useless. Anyway, the fare is a monthly fee.
"Master Ma really came to visit late at night." Gai Rencong stood in front of the living room in the backyard to greet Ma Hanshan, which was really a great honor.
"Isn't it just Xushi? Why is it late at night?" Ma Hanshan replied with a smile.
For the ancients, Xu Shi was really late at night. If you were in the Tang Dynasty, the gates would have been locked at this time. If you were still wandering around on the street at this time, you would not only be unable to return home, but you would also be imprisoned if caught.
However, the Dasong Dynasty was different. This dynasty was almost the same as Mahanshan's previous life. People had a rich nightlife. There were even many big restaurants and tile houses open all night. Of course, the place that men liked to go to the most was even more popular.
It doesn't close at two o'clock.
"Eh... what are you... is it a lamp? What kind of lamp is this? Why is it so bright..." Gai Rencong originally wanted to discuss with Ma Hanshan what late night means, but when he saw Qi Nanyue holding a
He was attracted by the wind lantern.
The Qi Si Feng lantern carried by Qi Nanyue is indeed the brightest lamp in this era that can be used for outdoor lighting. It is many times brighter than those lanterns.
"Sir Gai, am I not even qualified to enter your living room?" Ma Hanshan interrupted Gai Rancong.
"Oh...haha...I've lost my composure...I've lost my temper, please come in...Master Ma, please come in." Gai Rancong very respectfully invited Ma Hanshan to enter the living room.
He suddenly felt relieved, of course because of the lamp in Qi Nanyue's hand. Moreover, he suddenly understood why Ma Hanshan came at night. It turned out to be to display his lamp. He guessed that Ma Hanshan wanted to give him this weird lamp.
of lamps.
I will definitely not accept anything else. If you give me this lamp, I must accept it, Gai Rencong thought in his heart while ordering tea.
"Master Gai, are you very interested in this lantern?" Ma Hanshan sat down and drank the tea brought by his servants. He found that Gai Rencong was still staring at the lantern.
"Haha, Master Ma's science is really amazing. I have never seen this lamp before. I wonder what kind of lamp it is? Can you adjust the brightness?" At this time, Qi Nanyue had lowered the wick to the lowest level, and the light was really bright.
beans, and the brightness is less than the oil lamps used by ordinary people in this era.
"This lantern is called the Fire Water Qi Death Wind Lamp. Don't say that Mr. Gai has never seen it before. Except for me, the people in Wagang Village, Quan Dasong, no, no one in this world has seen it." Ma Hanshan said proudly, "
I can also guarantee that there is no brighter light in this world than this."
Although Ma Hanshan was full of pride, he was extremely regretful because he also designed a gas lamp that was a hundred times brighter than a wind lamp.
That's right, it was a gas lamp that turned kerosene into mist and ignited it. During a period of time in his previous life, the gas lamp was popular all over the world. What annoyed him was that although two prototypes of the lamp were built, the gauze covered him
But it can't be done well no matter what.
The secret why gas lamps are so bright and the light is so white, whiter than fluorescent lamps, is the gauze cover.
Ma Hanshan, who is illiterate in chemistry, only knew that the gauze cover of the gas lamp was a mesh cover woven from cotton rope, but he did not know that the cotton gauze he saw was castor fiber or asbestos yarn, and the knitted gauze cover was also made of cotton.
It must be soaked in thorium nitrate, gadolinium nitrate, ytterbium nitrate and other solutions.
In fact, the blazing white light is emitted by the burning of rare earth elements such as nitric acid. If the gauze cover did not have these elements, the brightness of the gas lamp would not even be as bright as the wind lamp.
Travelers are not omnipotent. Ma Hanshan could not get a lampshade, so he had to lock the two gas lamp prototypes in the cabinet and go out with the wind lantern to show off.
"Bright, indeed bright, much brighter than a lantern. But its name is weird. Why is it called the Fire, Water, Qi, Dead Wind Lantern?" Gai Rancong is not a prefect now, he is a problem child, a studious problem child.
The reason why wind lamps and kerosene lamps are bright is actually related to the design of the lamp and the lampshade. People who have used kerosene lamps will know that the brightness of the lamp with the kerosene lamp cover is higher than that of the lamp with the lampshade removed. Probably, this is
Because the light flux affects the air flow, which affects the burning of the wick.
"Haha, fire water is the fuel for this lamp. As for why it is called Qi Si Feng, you will know if you ask someone to use a fan to stir the wind." Ma Hanshan smiled, picked up the tea cup, poured the tea on the wind lamp and said, "Actually,
, it can also make the water angry."
The top of the wind lantern is where the smoke is exhausted, but a cover is added on top to allow the smoke and gas to be discharged from the side. Therefore, this thing is not afraid of water splashing. Of course, it is impossible to throw it into the water.
"Ah! What a good lamp...what a...good thing. It's really irritating to the wind and water. It's wonderful...wonderful thing, haha..." Gai Rencong saw that Ma Hanshan poured a cup of tea on the lampshade and there was nothing wrong with it.
He actually took a folding fan and fanned it against the lamp a few times, but it actually couldn't extinguish the big lamp seedlings inside. He was excited.
Gai Rencong looked left and right to study the wind lantern. At this moment, Ma Hanshan took out the formal quotation for the hemostatic package and peach blossom powder and other items, as well as the draft contract... which was the contract and handed it to him.
"Sir Gai, here is the quotation and the contract I drafted. Please take a look at it." Ma Hanshan said with a smile.
"Oh...ah...let me see..." Gai Rencong reached out and took the quotation, but his eyes were reluctant to look at the angry lantern placed on the table.
When the servants in the hall saw that Gai Rencong wanted to see the quotation, they came over with a candlestick without waiting for instructions. The candlelight was too far away, and the adults couldn't see the words clearly.
Ma Hanshan waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to bring the candle over.
With a snap of his fingers, Qi Nanyue took out a translucent bottle from his bag. Gai Rencong thought the lid of this bottle was a bit strange. The yellow lid had something growing on the side... Well, why did the lid look like a lotus platform? No,
Why is there a pillar in the middle of the lotus platform?
With a ding sound, the fire seal in Qi Nanyue's hand lit up... Oh my god, what kind of fire seal is this? Why is it so beautiful?
Gai Rencong was surprised, but Qi Nanyue's actions made him even more surprised. He actually used a fire stick to light the pillar on the lotus seat of the bottle cap. The pillar was actually lit like a candle...
Is this also a candle? No, this is a lamp...yes...it's a lamp...Oh, why does this lamp have a...a cover...Why is the cover so long and transparent? It's so transparent and so bright...
When this lamp is turned on, the so-called tallow candles in the hall are eclipsed... Of course, the tallow candles lit in the hall are not the tallow candles used in the palace. The brightness of a kerosene lamp is definitely not as bright as an arm-sized torch.
of butter for a large candle.
That thing is for the exclusive use of the palace. Even the prefect cannot afford it and cannot use it.
"Sir Gai, please." Ma Hanshan waved his hand and said.
"This... what kind of lamp is this?" Gai Rencong didn't look at the quotation, but asked while looking at the lamp.
"Well, this one is called Fire and Water Lamp No. 1." Ma Hanshan named the large kerosene lamp No. 1 lamp and the small one Lamp No. 2.
"It's fire water again? What kind of water is this fire water? Does this lamp have to use this fire water as lamp oil?" Gai Rancong asked.
"Fire water is an oil invented and produced by our science department. It can be used not only to light lamps, but also has many uses. However, these lamps can only be lit with fire water." Ma Hanshan was not polite at all.
He simply regarded the oil that emerged from the ground as his own invention, and he did not feel shameless.
It was the science sect again. Gai Rencong felt that this science sect was really powerful. This sect did not study martial arts, but specialized in studying these amazing things? He became very interested in this science sect.
"The science sect is amazing. They are all amazing things." Gai Rancong looked up at Ma Hanshan and said, "I think the science sect's martial arts are also unrivaled in the world."
"Haha, my science department does not study martial arts. What my science department studies is the latest science and technology, science and technology that make the world progress and make life better." Ma Hanshan smiled and said, "Including astronomy and geography, including military and people's livelihood,
Including food, clothing, housing and transportation... You can say that, except for gods, demons, ghosts and martial arts, we study almost everything."
"When I have time, I must visit Ma Zhangmen's science gate." Gai Rancong said yearningly.
"Okay, you are welcome. But now, Mr. Gai, would you like to take a look at this quotation and contract?" Ma Hanshan said with a smile.
"Well, a contract is just a contract...Okay, I'll take a look at it tomorrow. I'm not in a hurry. Boss Ma chose to deliver it at night just to let me see these two lamps." Gai Rencong said, stroking his chin.
, "I estimate that the master of these two lanterns is going to give them to me."
"Haha, aren't you afraid that others will sue you for taking bribes?" Ma Hanshan laughed. This Gai Rencong is really smart, and he lives up to his reputation.
"No matter how much of this kind of thing I have, I dare to accept it." Gai Rencong held up the No. 1 fire and water lamp and said, "What a wonderful thing, Mr. Ma, how much does this lamp cost?"
"This lamp is not cheap. The first lamp costs twenty taels of silver, the second lamp costs one tael, and the angry wind lamp costs five taels of silver. However, this lamp will not be sold to Mr. Gai, it can only be given to Mr. Gai." Ma Hanshan said with a smile,
"No matter where Mr. Gai takes office from now on, the lamps and lanterns will be provided by me at Watan Village."