Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 288 The Helmsman of the New Business

"My name is Jiang Wuyang, nice to meet you, Mr. Su."

"Sit down, and I'll serve you tea."

"Thank you, Master Su."

Jiang Wuyang thanked him and sat down.

Su Chen looked at Jiang Wuyang. From his appearance, Jiang Wuyang obviously met his inherent impression of a scholar.

However, it was such a scholar who, by holding the account books from Henan Prefecture, escaped being hunted down again and again.

"Are you happy with your work at Su Bin's place?"

"Master Su Bing treats me very well."

Jiang Wuyang smiled and said, "If Master Su Bing hadn't taken me in, I wouldn't know where to go."

Su Chen nodded, "Then do you know why I called you to Chang'an City this time?"

Jiang Wuyang shook his head. "Master Su Bing said that when I come to Chang'an City, Master Su will tell me what to do."

Su Chen smiled and said, "Listen carefully, I can give you two choices now."

"First, work with me. I will set up a separate business for you to manage. The glory and wealth will be self-evident."

"Second, I will send you to be an official, but there is no very good position for you at the moment. Even if you have the Crown Prince's secret help, you still need to start from the ninth rank."

"you consider it."

After Su Chen finished speaking, he picked up the teacup and waited quietly for Jiang Wuyang's choice.

Jiang Wuyang's previous official title in Henan Prefecture was only the ninth rank. Now that he has come to Chang'an City, although it is still the ninth rank, he is ultimately under the feet of the emperor.

Same position, different status.

Otherwise, there would be no such thing as Beijing officials.

Jiang Wuyang frowned and thought about the pros and cons of these two options.

If you choose the former, it will undoubtedly be much easier with the support of Su Chen, and it will be more than enough for you to be a rich man.

If one chooses the latter, even with the relationship with the crown prince, it will be extremely difficult to stand out from the crowd of officials and enter the emperor's hall.

After thinking it over, Jiang Wuyang smiled and said, "I choose the former."

Su Chen put down the teacup, "Why?"

Jiang Wuyang said in a deep voice: "My previous experience has taught me a lot of things. Ordinary people cannot handle the officialdom."

"Even if you have a relationship with Master Su and the Crown Prince, you still can't rise to the top without enough ability."

"It's better to settle for the next best thing and live a stable and wealthy life, without so many intrigues and live a carefree life."

Su Chen smiled and said, "But since you have entered the Prince's Residence, you are destined to be scheming in the future."

Jiang Wuyang was not in a hurry and said cheerfully: "Even if there is intrigue, don't we still have Mr. Su, Yu Changshi and others to support us?"

Su Chen laughed. It must be said that during the time that Jiang Wuyang worked under Su Bin, he had a thorough understanding of many things.

"Okay, if that's the case, then you will be in charge of the coal and furnace business from now on!"

"Su Bing said in the letter that you have made a lot of outstanding achievements in business management. I hope you won't let me down."

Jiang Wuyang frowned and said, "Young Master, are you talking about what Lu Fei and others are doing outside?"

"Not bad!"

“Is it something new?”

"It's not that new, it's just a certain amount of improvement on the original basis."

Su Chen waved his hand and said calmly: "You have met Lu Fei. I will let him cooperate with you in handling this matter."

Jiang Wuyang: "I'm very happy!"

If it weren't for Lu Fei, he would have been killed long ago. How could he have reached Su Bin and successfully worked under Su Bin?
"However, I don't quite understand what you mean by coal and stove."

"It doesn't matter. You'll understand after you look at these things."

Su Chen smiled and stood up, took out the prepared materials from the bookshelf, and placed them in front of Jiang Wuyang, "You are a scholar, and the things in it should not be difficult to understand."

"I'll have someone prepare a place for you to stay. You can stay at the Prince's Residence for the next two days."

"Thank you for your help, sir."

Jiang Wuyang thanked him.

dong dong.

Sun Qiang's voice came from outside, "Sir, the furnace has been made, do you want to check it out?"

Su Chen smiled and stood up. Jiang Wuyang then put away the information and stood up. "Can I go with you to look at this thing?"

"of course."

Su Chen nodded, "After all, these businesses will be handed over to you to handle later."

Jiang Wuyang followed Su Chen with a smile and walked out of the study.

"Brother Sun, I have heard of your great name for a long time."

Jiang Wuyang smiled and cupped his hands, "I am Jiang Wuyang, from Henan Prefecture."

Sun Qiang nodded, "I've heard of you."

When we arrived at the yard, the hastily made stove had already been delivered. Its shape was somewhat similar to a simple fireplace.

The square stove is made of iron sheet with a small round hole on it. It is covered with a round iron sheet that can be rotated to place the iron pot. Behind the stove is a long chimney.

"Is this the stove?"

"good."

Su Chen smiled and nodded, walked forward to check it out, and took down the chimney, which left everyone stunned.

No one had thought that the chimney could be taken down.

Moreover, it is made up of layers of splicing, one ring after another.

When not in use, it can be removed from the stove.

“Although the workmanship is a bit rough, the overall quality is good.”

Su Chen put down the chimney, spliced ​​it together, and asked Cao Yuan and the others to go to the kitchen to get some firewood to try it out. "Sir, let me do it."

"it is good."

Cao Yuan stepped forward, stuffed the firewood into the stove and lit it.

Soon, flames filled the entire furnace cavity, and smoke rose from the chimney as the flames rose.

Cao Yuan then opened the rotatable round iron cover, and jumping flames immediately emerged from the furnace cavity.

"Sir, this thing is good."

Cao Yuan looked surprised and pointed at the stove and said, "When cooking, just open this lid. If not in use, just cover the flame."

"The smoke will go out through the chimney, and the whole room won't be filled with smoke."

Everyone nodded.

The wonderful use of this stove can be seen from Cao Yuan’s operation.

Su Chen smiled and waved his hand, "In fact, there is one most important point, which you didn't notice."

"what?"

Su Chen did not respond, but turned his head to look at Jiang Wuyang and asked, "What do you think?"

Jiang Wuyang frowned and wanted to take out the information in his sleeve to check, but then he changed his mind and thought that Su Chen was testing him. If he looked through the information, he could indeed quickly figure out the principle of the stove. After all, he had lost the ability to think for himself.

Jiang Wuyang walked around the stove and suddenly felt the temperature around the stove getting higher and higher.

In an instant, Jiang Wuyang understood, "When the lid covers the hole, the flame in the furnace cavity cannot come out, and it will continue to burn the walls of the furnace, and then emit an inaccessible high temperature."

Jiang Wuyang glanced at Cao Yuan, who was still stuffing firewood, and said, "That's enough. No need to put in any more firewood."

Cao Yuan nodded and closed the entrance.

Jiang Wuyang frowned, pointed at the firewood delivery port and said, "The shape here is a bit strange, but what does it mean?"

popping.

Su Chen clapped his hands, "That's right, it is indeed the heat emitted by the flames burning the walls of the stove that ensures the temperature in the room."

"However, if you continue to put in more firewood, the temperature of the stove will only get higher and higher. If you accidentally touch it, you are likely to get burned."

"So……"

Jiang Wuyang suddenly realized, "This firewood delivery port is the key to controlling the temperature of the furnace!"

"correct answer."

Su Chen pointed at the baffle plate at the firewood delivery port and said with a smile, "Look carefully, what's different about this baffle plate?"

Jiang Wuyang and others squatted down curiously and studied the baffle. They found that the baffle could be adjusted up and down to adjust the size of the firewood fed into the furnace.

"Is it used to adjust the size of firewood?"

"If that's the case, what is the need for this baffle?"

"That's right, just open it and you can put any size of firewood in. Why bother with so much trouble?"

"I can't figure it out..."

Sun Qiang and others all shook their heads.

Jiang Wuyang found that the flame in the stove sometimes got bigger and sometimes shrank after adjusting it up and down. He was really puzzled: "Sir, why does adjusting the baffle up and down cause the flame in the stove to change?"

“Because the air is blocked.”

Su Chen smiled and explained, "Fire needs air and firewood to burn. The firewood has been ignited, so the only thing left is the air that needs to be regulated."

"If the firewood inlet is large, more air will enter, and the flame in the stove will naturally burn faster and more vigorously. But if less air enters, the burning speed of the firewood will naturally slow down."

"The temperature of the stove walls will not rise too quickly, to prevent others from getting burned by the high temperature when they accidentally touch it."

Air?

Jiang Wuyang was as confused as Sun Qiang and others.

Su Chen smiled and patted Jiang Wuyang on the shoulder. "Take a good look at the information I gave you later, and you will understand the working principle of the furnace."

Jiang Wuyang nodded and pointed at the finished honeycomb briquettes. "What about these things?"

Su Chen smiled and pointed to the hole in the center of the stove, "Take a closer look at the size of this hole."

Jiang Wuyang frowned and stared at it, thinking for a moment, then suddenly said, "These funnel-like holes, what's placed underneath are these honeycomb coals?"

Su Chen smiled and nodded, very satisfied with Jiang Wuyang's reaction.

I think there will be no problem in handing this business over to him.

"Young Master is a genius."

"No need to flatter me. Since this matter has been handed over to you, the decision on how to build the furnace and make the honeycomb coal also falls on you."

Su Chen waved his hand and said with a smile: "Lu Fei and the others all know how to make honeycomb coal. The process is simple and can be easily taught to others."

"Then Su Wang will prepare 10,000 taels of silver for you. How you use it depends on your ability."

"it is good!"

Jiang Wuyang is full of confidence.

Although he was a ninth-rank official, he was still a small official. Moreover, if he did not go along with others, Jiang Wuyang was destined to live on a low salary. Sometimes, even his salary would be deducted by others!

This also made him very clear about the daily lives of the people.

Such a stove is very tempting to ordinary people, and even to some families with a small fortune, it is a rare and valuable item.

Once it is sold, it will surely attract the attention of countless people.

It is definitely not difficult to become a rich man through this!

"Lu Fei, you and Jiang Wuyang are the only ones here who have met once, so you can be considered familiar with each other. From now on, you will follow him to manage the furnace coal business and ensure the safety of the business."

"Good son."

Lu Fei smiled and nodded, then turned his gaze to Jiang Wuyang. Jiang Wuyang smiled and bowed, "I will have to trouble you from now on, Brother Lu."

"polite."

(End of this chapter)