The lighter is also a unique invention of Yanyun County, and I have to thank Sister Lin for it.
Because Chen Jisheng was old and liked to drink tea when reading official documents at night, he always had to get up once or twice at night. Sister Lin was worried that he would fall or bump, so she would light a lamp to hold his hand every time.
But now there are no matches, so we can only use flint to make fire. This thing is actually quite laborious to operate.
Especially at night when I can't see my fingers, when I wake up in a daze and my mind is still not quite clear, the flint and steel will often hit my fingers. Not only will the flint not burn for a long time, but my fingers will still hurt from the blow.
One accidentally dropped it on the ground and couldn't see it or touch it...
For this reason, Sister Lin complained to Xiao Chen. What she complained about was not that flint was difficult to make fire, but that Chen Jisheng was too frugal and was reluctant to light a lamp to boil oil and use candles at night, which caused her to suffer.
In fact, Chen Jisheng is not short of such a small amount of money for lamps and candles. He just hopes to set an example and promote frugality.
Xiao Chen slapped his chest loudly, Sister Lin, don't worry, leave this matter to me!
Sister Lin said that the old man is stubborn. Even if you personally persuade him to light candles and oil lamps all night, I'm afraid he won't agree, and maybe he will scold you for being extravagant and greedy and unable to live a good life!
I'm just complaining to you, so I don't want you to get scolded.
Doesn't Xiao Chen know the old man's temper? It's too difficult to convince him, but it's easy to make a lighter...
It's really easy, because you only need cotton thread, cotton, a grinding wheel, and flint. The consumables are also very cheap. Every household has kerosene.
He simply drew a blueprint and gave it to Liu Fuhai. Liu Fuhai built dozens of them in just three days. Their appearance and practicality are almost the same as today's kerosene lighters.
This thing is convenient and safe. When you sleep, put it under your pillow. When you use it, you can light it up when you take it out.
It can even be used as a small oil lamp, which consumes less fuel and is windproof.
Not only did Sister Lin feel like she had found a treasure, but Chen Jisheng was also amazed when she saw it. He praised Xiao Chen very rarely. You finally did something serious. This is something serious!
Xiao Chen raised his tail immediately after being praised. What does this mean?
Wait until I invent a match for your old man!
Maybe you don't believe it, but making a match is much more difficult than making a lighter, because Xiao Chen didn't know the composition of the igniter coated on the head of the match, so he thought he could just use phosphorous fire.
But it actually doesn't work, because yellow phosphorus is flammable, but yellow phosphorus is poisonous. It's okay to use it outdoors, but it's easy to be poisoned inside the house.
If sulfur is added, the poisonous gas can theoretically be reduced, but Xiao Chen doesn't know how to extract this phosphorus sulfide.
But phosphorus sulfide is extremely flammable. Not only is it very dangerous to make this chemical, it is also very unsafe to use. Is it okay if it explodes with just a little friction?
Ask crazy Liu Fuhai. Both of them were at a loss. They didn't know what nonsense Xiao Chen was talking about?
After all, there are specialties in the arts, and they don't know much about this kind of thing.
Go find Wu Xiuping. Of course Xiuping knows what a match is and probably knows the chemical principles, but he doesn’t understand the refining process. I study mechanics, not chemistry!
So so far, Yanyun County already has awesome lighters, but matches have not been fully invented yet.
The uses of lighters are so wide. Once they were mass-produced and launched, they were immediately praised by the majority of wealthy people.
Don’t you think the common people don’t like it?
Nonsense, of course I like it!
But is it really affordable?
We don’t know how much a lighter costs, but the market retail price is as high as five taels of silver each.
This is an ordinary version. If it is made of pure copper, pure silver, or pure gold, it can be sold for hundreds of taels of silver each!
Xu Wenzhou is good at doing business, and he has also launched limited editions, customized editions... They are high-end consumer products.
This time Xiao Chen learned his lesson and instead of taking the newly built lighter factory under his own name, he made Ling'er the boss.
Of course, Ling'er definitely wouldn't do it for nothing. As for how the two brothers divided the spoils behind their backs, it's not open to outsiders.
Ling'er is also the only person in Yanyun County who can compete with the old man. Although she also respects the old man, once money interests are involved, the little girl will fall out anytime and anywhere.
When she started to cheat, even the old man couldn't rule her out!
The significance of the invention of lighters, telescopes, repeating muskets and pocket watches far exceeds their own value, because they represent the level of industrial development in Yanyun County!
Alexek and others looked at the essence through the phenomenon, and had to re-examine this small Yanyun County from a different perspective.
Liu Congshu visited Ross's ministers as the governor of Yanyun County. There were three giants in Yanyun's political circles, but in fact there were only two because Xiao Chen basically didn't care about anything.
The old man was in charge of the overall situation, and he had to take care of every detail before. Now that he has discovered that Liu Congshu is capable of taking charge, he basically does not manage specific affairs. All major and minor matters in Yanyun County are actually handled by Liu Congshu.
Jurisdictional.
Therefore, he is not only the leader of Yanyun in name but also in reality. When talking to these princes and ministers, he is also very confident and can make decisions at any time.
He not only talked to these ministers about the significance of economic cooperation between the two sides, but also about bilateral relations, including multilateral relations with the Great Zhou Dynasty, Japan, Gao Juli, the Western Regions, and Northern Xinjiang.
Ross's ministers were surprised to discover something. The Yanyun County Sheriff was not only clear-minded and forward-thinking, but also extremely arrogant!
Because when he talked about these complicated diplomatic relations and the domestic situation of the other party, he not only talked about it in an orderly and detailed manner, but also always centered on Yanyun County.
It seems that their Yanyun County is the center of the East, the link between all countries, and they are unabashedly outspoken. In this situation, every move of our boss Xiao Chen is related to the rise and fall of all of you!
If you are not convinced, argue.
Maybe it's because he speaks Russian so well that these Russian ministers really can't defend him...
Although he is very unconvinced, he has to admit that many of his views on the current situation in the East do make some sense.
Most of the people Wen Chengxu visited were the princes and nobles in charge of economics and trade in Russia, as well as some important local officials who came to meet the Queen one after another. The main content of the discussion was bilateral trade.
Specifically, it is divided into three points, the first point is to make money, the second point is to make money, and the third point is to still make money!
He promised the princes, nobles and local officials that no matter whether our cooperation can be concluded or not, I would like to personally invite you to visit Yanyun County and I will definitely receive you warmly.
Of course, we can also do business as individuals, in the name of friends.