webnovelfull Chapter 515: How Natural Lighting Was Used in Ancient Times
Chapter 515: How Natural Lighting Was Used in Ancient Times
As for Shen Zhiqiu himself, he was not idle after coming to the Warehouse Office. He was not someone who could sit idle at all, so naturally he didn't know what County Magistrate He was thinking.
"Shitou, have Lao Shen and his team's first batch of summer clothes arrived?"
"Third uncle, it has been delivered. I have counted it and will arrange for someone to load it onto a truck and send it to the army tomorrow."
"This old Shen was really good to the rich businessman. I just mentioned that weaving cloth, but I didn't expect that only half a year later, plastic cotton cloth would be available on the market."
Wang Shitou also said happily:
"Yes, the cost is low, about the same as linen cloth, but our plastic cotton cloth has a good gloss and is soft. When Yoyo's supermarket opens, we can also ask Lao Shen and his team to supply us."
Shen Zhiqiu nodded. He had already discussed this with Lao Shen and others.
This new cloth was jointly developed by Lao Shen and other clothing merchants. Those people are financially strong and have no shortage of manpower. I believe that this kind of cloth will soon replace linen and become the common cloth used by the people.
He also gave this new cloth a name, called new fiber cloth. Not only is it cooler to wear in summer, it is also cheaper and can be recycled.
At this moment, Shen Dabao hurried in and said, "Uncle San, this is the contract signed by the three hundred villages. We have sent people to teach them how to make silage with wild grass.
As soon as the corn is harvested, everyone can make their own food, and the army will no longer be worried about lack of fodder this winter."
"Okay, well done."
The first thing Shen Zhiqiu did after taking office was to suggest to Lord Wei that he should cooperate with the people to produce silage.
In fact, there are already some prototypes of silage in Daqing, but they are not yet complete.
However, the military has been using methods such as harvesting weeds in summer and autumn and storing them in sealed containers to make fodder for many years.
As for what Shen Zhiqiu proposed to Lord Wei, it was to use corn stalks to make silage.
Nowadays, most farmers grow corn, so it is a waste to use corn stalks only for burning.
The signed agreement also stated that the court would teach the method of making silage, and the people of the 300 villages would be responsible for making it, and the court would buy it back at a certain price.
In fact, people don't have to burn corn stalks.
And the time to make feed is after the autumn harvest.
Cooperating with the imperial court not only did not delay the autumn harvest, but also provided more money to supplement the household income.
The imperial court only had to pay less than one-tenth of the cost of feeding corn to cattle and horses in winter.
The main reason is that, although the existing winter stored grass is better than eating only hay, most of the nutrients will be lost and the war horses will still lose a lot of weight.
Therefore, in order to maintain the health of war horses, the officials of the Taifu Temple would ask their horse grooms to cross-feed the horses with concentrated feed such as corn and soybeans.
This resulted in the monthly cost of feed for a warhorse being between one tael and five cents of silver and two taels and one cent of silver.
According to the average calculation, the feed cost for a horse in a year is about twenty-one taels of silver.
This does not include the cost of purchasing horses for the court and other expenses related to horses.
Remember, horses also require regular veterinary services and maintenance, which, while not as expensive as feed and purchase costs, are still a significant expense.
So after Shen Zhiqiu submitted this proposal, Lord Wei and Lord Mao discussed it and approved it.
The two adults both thought that snatching him away was the right thing to do, but they didn't expect that he would make another contribution not long after taking over.
In fact, he chose to take out the silage stored in the future not only for the war in the north,
It should be said that he still has a backup plan, but now is not the time to talk about it...
Shen Zhiqiu took the contract from Shen Dabao, gave the two of them a few words, and then walked out of the office.
At this time, several offices next door were preparing to lock their doors and leave.
His colleagues greeted him: "Are you still busy, Mr. Shen?"
Shen Zhiqiu returned the greeting with a fist salute and politely asked the other person to take his time.
See, everyone else has gone off work, but he still has to go to Lord Wei to report on the green fodder matter.
"Has everything been dealt with?"
"Yes, we can start making it after the autumn harvest."
The cheerful Lord Wei stood up and patted Shen Zhiqiu on the shoulder: "Not bad, not bad. If after the first year of experiment, it is confirmed that war horses are more suitable for eating this kind of grass, Lord Mao said that he would personally recommend you for merit."
Shen Zhiqiu handed the contract to Lord Wei.
He didn't care about whether he had achieved any merit or not, he just hoped that what he did could be of some help to the war situation and that the battle could be ended quickly.
The main reason was that there had been no news of Fu Huaian and his son for such a long time. If something really happened, it was probably because the Northern Yuan army had fortified their defenses and cleared the countryside, preventing them from replenishing their food supplies.
Of course, he certainly didn't want anything to happen to the Fu father and son, so by storing this kind of fodder, perhaps the Northern Expedition Army would have an easier time this winter.
The great man stood in front of the window, watching Shen Zhiqiu lock the door and leave with Dabao, Shitou and Dahu.
I thought: "This person can get started quickly, much faster than when he first took over this business. He is also very methodical and considerate in leading people.
How can this be a farmer who is just a scholar and has never been involved in any court affairs?"
But Shen Zhiqiu had no idea what Lord Wei was thinking. After leaving the yamen with the three boys, he first went to the storefront bought by Shen Youyou in Shuntian Prefecture.
After leaving the government office, they would come here to help check the decoration inside.
Who would have thought that I would be shocked as soon as I entered the door.
Shen Youyou, Erhu, and Shen Fugui were directing the decorators to remove the tiles in the store.
"Why are you here?"
I haven't seen his father for a while. He looks like a man in his official uniform.
"I thought that the indoor lighting in the storefront was poor, but burning candles could easily cause fires, so I made some light guide systems to collect sunlight for indoor lighting."
Shen Zhiqiu knew about the light guide, but he didn't feel anything.
But Dahu, Dabao and Shitou were extremely surprised.
What does it mean? Just install these silver pipes on the roof and it will be extra bright?
"No need to light candles or oil lamps at all?"
Shen Youyou nodded: "Yes, have you seen the plastic ball in this pipe? It can collect light from different directions.
Then all the light is concentrated, passed through this silver cylindrical pipe, refracted multiple times, and enters the room for lighting.
Look at the bottom of this pipe. There are structures similar to small round plates with a hole in the middle. I call them diffusers.
The incoming light is collected, passes through the holes in the diffuser, and then refracted onto these small silver plates to form diffusion.
Although they didn’t quite understand, they felt it was magical.
"Sister, do you mean that in the future, as long as we have this kind of light guide tube, we won't need candles?"