Watching Lin Daiyu's slender back gradually fade away, Jia Chen's heart seemed to have been kissed by Daiyu. An indescribable warm feeling came to his heart, and a tender desire for care arose in his heart.
Jia Chen secretly made up his mind:
I want to protect Lin Daiyu for the rest of my life. If there is an afterlife, I will search the ends of the earth to find her and stay with her forever, never to be separated.
It wasn't until Lin Daiyu's petite figure disappeared into a sea of hibiscus trees that Jia Chen looked away and walked into the Ronxi Hall.
Jia Zheng was sitting on the main seat, holding a tea cup and chatting with the guests.
After getting along with each other these days, Jia Chen somewhat understood Jia Zheng, a pedantic and old-fashioned nerd.
The reason why he is willing to let so many Qing guests come to Rongguo Mansion to eat and drink is actually because he is not familiar with world affairs and is not good at sociability, and not many dignitaries are willing to associate with him.
In order to relieve his loneliness, he had to pay to support a group of homeless people who chatted with him to relieve his boredom.
When he saw Jia Chen Shiran walking in, Jia Zheng suddenly burst into laughter.
Jia Chen was both civilized and military, had outstanding poetic talent, could write books, and had a promising future. This made Jia Zheng feel honored and had a lot of face in front of the Qing Dynasty guests.
"Chen'er is here, sit down and have a cup of tea." Jia Zheng greeted him enthusiastically.
If it were another nephew who came to visit, he would definitely have to put on airs and wait for the other person to finish saluting him before he would respond.
The only exception is Jia Chen. Who makes Jia Chen so outstanding?
Jia Zheng liked him so much that he really wanted to accept him as his godson. However, due to etiquette and law, it was a bit inappropriate to do so, so he had to give up.
Jia Chen saw that Jia Zheng's smile was a little too exaggerated, and thought he had some habit of cutting off his sleeves. After all, Jia Baoyu was a double plug, and it was difficult for his father to tell whether he had such weird habits. It seemed that he could get it in the future. Just keep your distance from this political lord.
"My nephew, I would like to send my greetings to my second uncle!" After recovering his thoughts, Jia Chen saluted Jia Zheng in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.
Jia Zheng smiled and said:
"You've always been busy with schoolwork. Why are you here today?"
Jia Chen looked at the crowd of pilgrims sitting on both sides and replied with a smile:
"We have something important to discuss, but I don't know if it will delay the time of the Qing guests."
The Qing guests were all good at observing words and expressions, so they immediately stood up and left.
Jia Zheng was not at all careless. The combined weight of these purges was not worth the weight of one finger of Jia Chen. They could recognize each other and leave, so they had some eyes.
When everyone dispersed, Jia Chen smiled and said:
"I came to visit my second uncle today because I have an opportunity to make a fortune and I want to share it with Rongguo Mansion."
Jia Zheng's eyes lit up. Jia Chen wrote a "Disciple Rules" and cooperated with Rong Ning's Second Mansion to engrave and sell it. This opened up financial resources for Rong Guo Mansion. Although it had only been sold for two months, it only brought Rong Guo Mansion a lot of money. A share of income of several hundred taels.
But this is a long-term investment that can flow steadily, and sales are rising month by month, nearly doubling in the second month compared to the first. It is simply unimaginable how astonishing the income will be in the future.
Unexpectedly, Jia Chen had another way to make money and wanted to cooperate with Rong Guofu.
This guy is simply the God of Wealth!
His own family knew their own affairs, and although Jia Zheng was not concerned with worldly affairs, as the head of the Rong Mansion designated by Jia Mu, he naturally knew that the Rong Mansion's inner pockets were almost exhausted.
Although the "Disciple Regulations" income of several hundred taels in the past two months is nothing more than a drop in the bucket for the huge Rongguo Mansion, it is no less than a timely rain.
If Jia Chen helps Rong Mansion open up a new source of income, it might be possible for Rong Mansion to balance its income and expenditure, or even turn a loss into a profit.
Thinking of this, Jia Zheng asked impatiently: "My dear nephew, please tell me."
Jia Chen smiled calmly and said:
"Second uncle, does he know what makeup women in Dazhou usually use?"
Jia Zheng was startled for a moment, and then he guessed that Jia Chen's way of making money must be related to this, so he smiled and said:
"Although I am not a woman, I have a wife and two concubines. I see that they usually use rouge and gouache for makeup."
Jia Chen smiled and said:
"I'm going to use a brand new cosmetic, called Snowflake Cream, to completely replace all Da Zhou's rouge and gouache."
Jia Zheng took a breath, good guy, why are you breathing so loudly?
"Chen'er, although you are talented, you can't talk arrogantly or brag about yourself." Jia Zheng advised earnestly.
Jia Chen smiled casually and said:
"Second uncle, I am not lying. This replacement process will not be achieved overnight, but after many years, it will definitely be achieved."
Jia Zheng asked dubiously:
"Then what kind of raw materials is this cream you mentioned made of? How is it better than the previous rouge gouache?"
Jia Chen smiled and said:
"It's actually very simple. You only need four raw materials: beeswax, flower juice, milk and glycerin."
Jia Zheng frowned and asked:
"I've heard of the first three things you mentioned, but what is this glycerin?"
Jia Chen said:
"Glycerin is a colorless, sweet, viscous oil."
In fact, Jia Chen wanted to make money by producing cream, which was only one of his purposes. There was another hidden purpose that he did not mention, that is, glycerin was one of the ingredients of yellow gunpowder.
In the Zhou Dynasty, black gunpowder had begun to be widely used in the military. The Ministry of Industry had two bureaus of war and weapons, which were responsible for making firearms and ordnance. However, although there were many varieties of cannons, the technology was very backward, so they were called Man's Gypsophila Cannon.
There are three types of shells used by the Starry Star Artillery: shotgun shells, solid shells, and blooming shells, but they are not very powerful.
Da Zhou also introduced the Western Folan cannon and Hongyi cannon. These two types of artillery were more powerful, but because the shells were also made of black powder, their lethality was still limited.
This year is the seventh year of Chongrui of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which is equivalent to the first year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty in the previous life.
At this time, the Hou Jin established by the Northeast Jurchen Nurhachi continued to grow and repeatedly invaded the frontiers. The Great Zhou Dynasty did not have effective weapons to restrain the Hou Jin's Eight Banners cavalry, and mainly relied on Gypsophila cannons, Hongyi cannons and Folang machine guns for field operations and city defense.
However, because the power of the Gypsophila artillery is only equivalent to that of large fireworks and firecrackers, the Folan cannon has a short range and lacks power, and the Hongyi cannon has a longer range, but its rate of fire is too slow, and all three types of artillery cannot fire continuously, resulting in
When the armies of the Great Zhou Dynasty fought against the cavalry of the Eight Banners, they lost more than they won, and the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty was constantly being encroached upon by the Hou Jin Dynasty.
Jia Chen knew that if things continued like this, the Great Zhou Dynasty would inevitably be like the Ming Dynasty in the previous life, swept across Liuhe by the powerful Eight Banners of the Jurchens and swallowing up the whole world.
Instead of sitting back and waiting for death, why not take a chance and give it a try!
Jia Chen decided to mass-produce glycerin and secretly synthesize yellow gunpowder on the pretext of manufacturing and selling cream.
Then relying on the huge sum of money earned from writing books and selling cream, he recruited soldiers and horses, and hoarded weapons and food.
To blatantly train a private army under the nose of Jinyiwei is tantamount to seeking death, but Jia Chen has a clever plan of his own.
While training a private army that only takes orders from oneself, one also has to take the imperial examination. In the future, one has to join the army and take charge of the military.
At this time, Jia Zheng thought briefly and said with a smile:
"Chen'er is really a talented Qilin from my Jia family. I have lived for so many years and have never heard of such a rare thing as glycerin. Since Chen'er is full of confidence, I am also very confident in you, but I don't know how to make this
How much money does it cost to grow cream? How much money is Chen'er willing to pay?"