"Chengqian, can you really squeeze out the vegetable oil you mentioned with this soybean?”
Zhangsun Wuji asked in confusion as he watched Li Chengqian begin to instruct the servants of the squeezing factory to work.
After all, no matter how he looked at these dried beans, he felt that there was no oil in them.
Li Chengqian smiled and said,"
"Of course, Uncle. The oil content in these soybeans is actually not low.
"Moreover, from another perspective, this thing is cheap and can save us money.”
Facing Zhangsun Wuji's doubts, Li Chengqian was not worried at all.
It was just a pity that there were no peanuts now. Otherwise, using peanuts to extract oil would be a better choice.
The oil content of soybeans was only about 10%, but peanuts were 30%.
Under the busyness of the servants, bags of soybeans were carried into the steamer and steamed.
Then, it was unloaded and placed into the oil press designed by Li Chengqian.
Although it was called an oil press, it was actually a very simple mechanism.
Using the lever principle to increase the weight.
Just like Zhangsun Wuji, the manager of this crushing plant was also suspicious of using soybeans to extract oil.
At this moment, there were many people surrounding the oil press.
When the first bag of steamed soybeans was placed into the groove of the oil press.
When a worker stepped on the pedal of the lever, the press board above slowly descended.
The fragrance of soybeans filled the air.
However, no one paid attention to this for the time being. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the position of the oil outlet.
After all, the soybeans purchased by the factory had already filled several warehouses.
If the oil press didn't work, or if the soybeans couldn't be used to squeeze out oil, then the oil would have to be refined.
That would be troublesome.
Someone with the sharpest eyes suddenly shouted in the crowd,"
"There's oil. The soybeans are really producing oil!”
With his reminder, everyone also saw the location of the oil outlet.
Drops of transparent oil began to drip down and gradually formed a line.
"That's great. This soybean can really produce oil, and it's quite a lot!”
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is really too smart. He actually thought of such a method to extract oil.
I think it's impossible to squeeze oil out of soybeans by relying solely on human strength!”
"That's right. Although there's only one person stepping on the pedal over there, the force exerted is very large!”
……
The people around him were all servants of Zhangsun Wuji's residence. Of course, they knew Li Chengqian, the current Crown Prince.
At this moment, when they saw that the oil press was really producing oil, praises could be heard for a moment.
Even Zhangsun Wuji looked at Li Chengqian in shock.
Originally, after he heard Li Chengqian say that he wanted to build a vegetable oil crushing plant, he felt that this plan was feasible.
The only thing he was worried about was whether Li Chengqian's method of extracting vegetable oil was reliable.
However, from the current results, he was worried for nothing.
Thinking of this, Zhangsun Wuji said to Li Chengqian,"
"Chengqian, since the plant can produce vegetable oil now, our plan can be carried out smoothly.
As the Crown Prince, you can't leave the palace as you please. But don't worry, I'll take care of everything here.”
Li Chengqian nodded and said,"
"Uncle, Chengqian is of course assured in handling matters. However, there is one more thing that Uncle needs to pay attention to.
That is the confidentiality regulations of the crushing plant. The crushing technology of vegetable oil is not high, so…"
"This old man naturally saves it!"
Zhangsun Wuji nodded. Even if Li Chengqian didn't say it, he would still pay attention to this thing.
Just as Li Chengqian had said before, if he could control the vegetable oil supply of the restaurants in Chang 'an City, he would be able to control the supply of vegetable oil.
The annual profits would be in the millions.
Even the Duke Zhangsun Wuji would not let his guard down when it came to such a lucrative business.
What happened next, Li Chengqian did not really worry about it.
He earned money just to achieve financial freedom and live a comfortable life.
If he spent so much effort on these things, it would go against his original intention.
On the other hand, Zhangsun Wuji became a frequent visitor to Yiqiu Palace.
Every time he came back, he basically talked to Li Chengqian about the sales of vegetable oil.
Li Chengqian was just casually listening and conveniently made a copy of the accounts.
Time passed.
The cold early spring finally passed, and the temperature gradually rose.
Li Chengqian looked at the small tree that had already sprouted in Yiqiu Palace's courtyard and suddenly sighed.
It had been almost a month since he left the palace.，
The vegetable oil squeezing factory had brought him nearly 30,000 strings of profit.
It was a pity that he was in the depths of the palace. Even if he had money, he had nowhere to spend it.
"The old man hasn't been here for a while. I don't know what he's busy with.
I wanted to get the right to leave the palace at any time from him, but I couldn't find a breakthrough.”
Li Chengqian muttered gloomily.
What he did not know was that Old Li was currently immersed in his troubles and had no time to care about anything else.
As the emperor of the Great Tang, Old Li had many things to manage, and the most important thing at this stage was spring plowing.
In this era of the Great Tang, agriculture had always been the most important matter.
This was not only for the stability of the world, but also whether the income of the national treasury could be balanced with the expenditure.
At this moment in Xian De Hall, Old Li and the ministers were frowning.
"Dear ministers, do you have any good suggestions for the spring plowing?”
Seeing that no one took the initiative to speak, Old Li had no choice but to ask. His eyes swept across all his confidants.
Fang Xuanling finally couldn't hold it in any longer. He stepped forward and said,"
"Your Majesty, the spring plowing plan is related to the foundation of the country. We should urge the various prefectures to do their best to ensure that the spring plowing of the people goes on.”
"I agree. I think we can also let people write a letter to persuade farmers to let the people know the importance of spring ploughing.”
Du Ruhui nodded and said.
On the other side, Zhangsun Wuji suddenly interrupted,
"Your Majesty, this old subject believes that the most important thing is to increase the number of cattle our Great Tang has.
Those whose cattle fell to their deaths must be severely punished.”
Hearing this, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Old Li coughed in unison.
Old Li's expression was even more awkward.
After all, he had already eaten several meals of dead beef when he had a private gathering with his confidants this year.
Thinking of this, Old Li quickly ended the topic and instructed,
"Alright, the suggestions of the beloved ministers are quite reasonable. I think we should implement them one by one.
Keming, arrange for someone to write a letter to persuade farmers. Let me read it first and then send it to the various prefectures and counties.
Xuanling, you will be in charge of the rest. You must ensure that the spring plowing of the people goes smoothly.”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui replied in unison," Yes!"
Seeing the three of them leave at the same time, Old Li still had a worried expression on his face.
These actions just now were nothing more than platitudes. Only God knew if they were useful or not!
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