Both the guests and the host had a great time at this dinner. Wu Da raised his glasses frequently and toasted to Su Hao. Su Hao was inexperienced at the wine table and could not resist Wu Da's enthusiasm. In the end, he was tragically overcome by Wu Daniu and Lu Xiuer.
The two of them carried it home.
The next day, Su Hao slept until midnight before waking up dizzy. He sat on the bed, rubbed his eyes, and shouted loudly: "Xiu'er, Xiu'er!"
"Brother, are you awake?" Lu Xiuer came in response. She didn't drink alcohol the first day. She got up early in the morning and was cleaning the inside and outside of the house.
"What time is it now?" Su Hao asked.
Lu Xiuer said: "It's already past time."
"It's time!" Su Hao was stunned for a moment, slapped his head, and jumped out of bed, "Wow, it's past 9 o'clock, and I asked the college students to go to the county government office early in the morning to wait for me to get off work together.
I'm going to the countryside! Xiu'er, why didn't you call me?"
Lu Xiuer looked innocent: "You didn't let me call you. Besides, you drank so much last night, and the room still smelled of alcohol in the morning. I thought you couldn't get up."
"It's bad, it's bad, the image of a leading cadre is ruined." Su Hao hurriedly put on his clothes.
Lu Xiuer came forward and combed Su Hao's hair while asking: "Brother Hao, didn't you always sleep until noon every day before getting up? It's only midnight now, why are you anxious?"
Su Hao smiled bitterly and said: "Sister, we are in the countryside, okay? Now that I am a civil servant after all, I have to get up early. Remember from now on, you have to wake me up very early in the morning. If I am late every day, the county magistrate will have to do it."
I can’t fire you.”
After hurriedly washing up, Su Hao rushed to the kitchen, grabbed two pieces of rice cakes that Lu Xiu'er had fried, and ran out. Only then did he remember to turn around and shout to Lu Xiu'er: "Xiu'er, I'm going to take care of the baby today."
If we go to the countryside, we may not be able to come back in the evening. If I don't come back, you can stay at Wu Da's house."
"Okay." Lu Xiuer responded crisply.
Su Hao ran towards the county government office at a trot. As soon as he crossed the small stone bridge in front of the county government office, he saw the dozen students who had been trained yesterday waiting for him in the open space.
Because Su Hao had informed everyone that they were going to the countryside to do work the day before, everyone did not wear t-shirts. Instead, they changed into blue cloth shirts and trousers like ordinary people, and wore thick-soled blue cloth shoes, which looked more beautiful than ordinary people.
I was more energetic before now. Everyone brought a big baggage with them, including a change of clothes, pens, ink, paper, inkstones and other items. There were a few students from well-off families who also brought servants.
"I'm sorry, brothers. This is my first time on duty. I don't have the habit of getting up early, so I have to wait for a long time." Su Hao apologized to everyone with cupped hands.
"Brother Gai, you're welcome. Just now Wu Yamen came to tell everyone that after you left the county government yesterday afternoon, you went to Wu Yamen's house to discuss the technique of a province's firewood stove with him, and didn't go home until the middle of the night.
Brother Gai's spirit of seeking truth is worth learning from us." Scholar Ma Yu stepped forward and said politely to Su Hao.
"Ahem, this is what it should be, it should be." Even though Su Hao had the experience of two lifetimes, he couldn't help but blush at this time. Fortunately, before going out in the morning, he chewed a few mouthfuls of tea leaves.
It was like he had covered up the remaining smell of alcohol in his mouth. Otherwise, if Ma Yu and others could smell the smell of alcohol in his mouth, and combined with his being late, his image as a leading cadre would really fall to the ground.
"Brothers, we all have to wait here for a while. I have some things to explain to the workshop. In addition, I have to report some things to the magistrate. Please be patient and wait for a while." Su Hao said.
"Brother Gai, please go away. I'm waiting here, just in time to discuss the art of studying objects learned yesterday." Everyone said to Su Hao together.
Su Hao hurriedly entered the county government office. He came to the workshop first. Dai Qi and all the government officials were waiting for him. When they saw him coming in, everyone saluted him.
Su Hao bowed his hands to everyone as a return gift, and then said to Dai Qi: "Lao Dai, I discussed the firewood-saving stove with Wu Da last night, but it was too late that I forgot an important thing. Now I will do it right away.
I want to take people to the countryside to dig wells, and I have to ask you to handle this matter."
"Master Su, please speak." Dai Qi said respectfully.
Su Hao walked to the desk, took a few pieces of paper, and picked up a piece of charcoal left over from the previous day, and began to draw pictures on the paper. While drawing, he explained to Dai Qi: "Old Dai, there are several things like this
These are things we need to use when we go to the countryside. Please find someone to make them for you. One is a tripod, it looks like this..."
As a person who has been engaged in surveying all year round, Su Hao's drafting ability is undeniable. He took a piece of charcoal and drew it, and it almost had the effect of a formal mechanical drawing. There were already carpenters and blacksmiths in the workshop, and they stood there.
Looking at the drawings nearby, you knew what kind of thing Su Hao wanted to make, but no one had ever seen these things before, and they didn't know what they were used for.
"These are all surveying and mapping instruments. Please prepare 15 sets first. How long do you estimate it will take to complete them?" Su Hao asked Dai Qi.
Dai Qi looked back at the yamen servant standing next to him. A yamen servant named Xie Sizhi quickly answered to Su Hao on his behalf: "Master Su, I am a carpenter. I am responsible for the carpentry work here."
Arrange people to do it, and it can be done in two or three hours."
Another government servant named Jiang Youbao was a blacksmith. He made a rough estimate and said that the ironwork would only take two or three hours to complete.
"Okay, then I'll ask you two to get it done as soon as possible. After it's finished, send someone to Dengxian Township, where we'll be surveying the well today," Su Hao said.
"Don't worry, Mr. Su." The two government officials took the pictures and strode out.
After explaining the matter of making surveying and mapping instruments, Su Hao called Dai Qi and Wu Da and went to the lobby of the county government office to meet the county magistrate Han Wen.
No one complained in the lobby today. Han Wen was sitting with Fang Mengjin drinking tea and chatting. When he saw Su Hao and others coming in, Han Wen laughed and said: "The change has come, Ting Qian... uh, I heard from Master, you yesterday
The lecture on the theory of inquiry was very exciting."
"Master Han, thank you very much." Su Hao said, "Master Han, Mr. Fang, the students and the college students have made an appointment to go to the countryside to explore wells today. Now I came here specifically to bid farewell to Mr. Han and Master Fang."
"Thank you for your hard work. When you come back from the countryside, this county will give you some wine to wash your hands of." Han Wen said.
Su Hao said: "Master Han, before the students go to the countryside, I have something to report to you, and I also want to ask for your support."
"What's the matter?" Han Wen asked.
Su Hao said: "Yesterday, the students, together with Secretary Dai and Yamen Wu, combined the principles of Western thermodynamics to develop a firewood-saving stove. After our testing, we are convinced that it can save more than half of the firewood. A family of four can save more than half of the firewood in a year.
Save fifteen loads of firewood. The student came here to report this matter to your Excellency and Master."
Han Wen frowned, but did not express any dissatisfaction. He just said: "Oh, this county knows about this."
Fang Mengjin understood the meaning of the Korean and said to Su Hao: "In other words, the most important thing in the county now is to dig wells. Saving firewood for stoves is just a small trick. You don't need to put too much thought into such things.
superior."
Su Hao said: "Master Han, Master Fang, please allow the students to finish speaking."
"Go ahead." Han Wen said expressionlessly. He was very unhappy that Su Hao had reported such a trivial matter to him, but thinking that Su Hao was about to go to the countryside to dig a well, this was a matter of great importance.
It was not convenient for him to refute Su Hao's face at this time.
Su Hao said: "Master Han, Master Fang, and the students think that the firewood stove in this province is a very important invention. According to the students' understanding, farmers in the county currently use traditional earthen stoves, which consume a lot of firewood and grass.
Straw is not enough, and many farmers have to cut down branches to provide firewood. The students thought that if we could promote this kind of firewood-saving stoves throughout the county, then not only would every household not have to spend effort to collect extra firewood, but the straw would also be used.
It can also be saved, whether it is used for fertilizing the fields or raising cattle, it is of great benefit to ordinary farmers."
"Promote it throughout the county?" Fang Mengjin thought, and he vaguely understood what Su Hao meant. As a master, he was not aloof from the world. He could imagine that if this kind of stove could really be used
It saves half the firewood and is being promoted throughout the county. This impact is indeed great.
Southern rural areas have known the principle of retting straw and returning it to the fields since ancient times. However, because there is not enough straw to burn, few families can do it. If firewood-saving stoves are promoted, farmers can have extra straw for returning to the fields. For
Agricultural production will play a great role in promoting this. Who wouldn’t like this kind of beneficial and cost-effective political achievement?
"How can you promote it to the whole county?" Fang Mengjin asked.
Su Hao said: "What I want to report to Mr. Han now is an idea of our workshop on promoting firewood-saving stoves. We have calculated that a firewood-saving stove can save half of the firewood, and a family of four can save a year.
Firewood costs no less than five cents of silver. We plan to charge the people one cent of silver per stove, and I believe any household will be very willing to adopt it. We plan to train a group of plasterers and popularize firewood-saving stoves throughout the county in one year.
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"One penny per stove is indeed not expensive." Han Wen also understood, he nodded and said, "In what name do you plan to promote it?"
Su Hao said: "It's very simple. We promote it in the name of the county government. This kind of stove can help people save money, and the price of the stove is very favorable. This is definitely a good thing that benefits the people. We have discussed it.
, for every stove promoted, we can pay a management fee of 2 cents of silver to the county government. If 30,000 households in the county renovate firewood stoves, then we will be able to pay a management fee of 600 taels of silver to the county government."
"Haha, that's not necessary. Just keep the money in the workshop." Han Wen understood what Su Hao meant, and the unhappy expression on his face suddenly disappeared. He chuckled and waved his hand,
So he wiped off the management fee to Su Hao. For Han Wen, promoting firewood-saving stoves was more important to produce political achievements. This small amount of money was not in his eyes.
"Change it. Does the stove you designed have a name?" Fang Mengjin asked, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.
"This stove..."
Su Hao was about to say that this stove should be called a firewood-saving stove. Dai Qi interrupted him and stepped forward and said to Han Wen: "Master Han, Master Su and the boys have discussed it together and we want to name this stove."
I asked the Han family to save firewood and ask Mr. Han to agree."