Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

Just after the 20th day of the first lunar month, good news came from the backyard.

"Big brother, the tool you brought over a few days ago is really useful. Just press and lift, and the honeycomb will be formed. It's not troublesome at all. After the 'honeycomb coal' is dried, I have tried it. It is both durable and flammable. The smoke is much less. The most important thing is that the cost is not high. In addition to coal, it is loess, which saves 20% to 30%!"

"It's a pity that this utensil is made of iron, which is expensive. If I were to buy it and make coal briquettes myself, I would not be willing to do so!"

Honghui did not explain anything to the servant. He believed that honeycomb coal, a heating tool, was more suitable to be led by the royal family and sold after it was made. How could ordinary people be willing to spend money to buy equipment to press down honeycombs?

Wait, since iron tools can be used, then wooden tools should be able to be used as well. Although wood is easy to rot, it is easy to obtain and with just a little effort, you can save a lot of money.

For the common people, a few cents are still money and are very important. Every penny saved counts, so we should take a two-pronged approach to the honeycomb coal issue.

Honghui turned around and asked the two servants to go to the front yard with the iron tools for pressing coal and the prepared honeycomb coal.

Yinzhen was quite surprised when Su Peisheng reported that "the eldest prince is here". Was there something important that made his eldest son come back after finishing his martial arts class?

"My son pays respects to my father."

"Get up, what are you doing here...Oh, it's about coal!" Yinzhen raised his head and saw what the servant was holding in his hand.

Honghui truthfully told the servants about the results of the experiment and his idea of ​​taking a two-pronged approach. At the end, he asked, "Does Father have any good ideas? My son's ideas may be a little immature."

Yinzhen stood up, walked around the desk and came to his eldest son, with a trace of disbelief on his face: "Really? Didn't you say it was very troublesome? How much does it cost?"

Honghui replied without hesitation: "One pound of coal can make two pounds of honeycomb coal at most, but the fire may not be very strong. If you want it to be both durable and flammable, one pound and four ounces is the best. And you don't need a complete coal block to make honeycomb coal, coal slag and coal ash are enough. You can make two pounds of honeycomb coal with just one penny."

Yinzhen was not the kind of person who was out of touch with the world. He roughly estimated that ordinary people could save at least twenty coins a winter, and for a large family, at least a hundred coins could be saved.

The current price of rice is about twelve or thirteen cents per dou, and it can drop to ten or eleven cents during the autumn harvest. These one hundred cents can buy ten dou of rice!

Ten dou of rice is not too little! Even if there is only an extra three or two dou of rice, it can feed a lot of people.

"Good! Great! Su Peisheng, take a look."

The two servants who made the honeycomb coal were each rewarded with twenty taels of silver, promoted two ranks, and then taken out of the study.

With no outsiders present, Yinzhen said earnestly, "Honghui, don't worry about this matter for now. Father will report it to you and let the emperor handle it. But spring is coming soon, so there is no rush for the honeycomb briquettes. Let's talk about it in the second half of the year."

According to his thinking, the honeycomb coal issue was not urgent and did not need to be brought up immediately. It had only been less than two months since the smallpox incident, and the imperial doctors were still vaccinating the people in full swing. If he could come up with another merit at this time, it would be to put the Fourth Prince's Mansion on fire!

"Yes! My son always listens to me." Honghui did not insist on his own opinion.

That's how it is. What Ama said makes sense. It will be spring in less than half a month. What can be done in half a month? The court has always been cumbersome. When honeycomb coal can be sold, there will be no need to burn coal for heating.

"Father, the formula and drawings of honeycomb coal are all here, just keep them."

"Just put it in." Yinzhen was not too excited. This honeycomb briquettes looked very simple to make and could be figured out without a recipe. He would ask the craftsmen in the mansion to try it more and improve it.

"Okay, let's talk about the honeycomb coal later. I want to tell you something. Your Majesty intends to visit the capital in early February. I will go with you. Do you want to go with him?"

Honghui became interested and nodded as he said, "Of course we have to go. My son has always wanted to see the world. Now that we finally have the chance, Ama must take him with us."

As he spoke, his voice became low: "It's just that my mother will miss me very much when I leave. I can't bear to leave her alone in Beijing."

"I know you are filial, but this time you will be back in about twenty days at most, which is not a long time! Come on, don't act like a child. When you enter the palace to study, you will not be able to return home for ten days or half a month. Your mother has her own life to live."

Well, twenty days is not a long time and it passed in a flash. Honghui agreed directly.

It's a pity that I can't take my mother with me on the tour! When the father and son go on a tour of the frontier together, I will definitely take my mother with me.

After Honghui returned to Haitangyuan, he told his mother about this.

"Really? We're leaving in early February!" Yixiu felt a little lost. Honghui had never left her side since he was a child. Even when he had cowpox, they could still see each other from time to time. Now he would be away for more than 20 days, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

But in front of her son, she pretended nothing had happened.

"During this tour, you must listen to your father. You must not run around and you must not get close to the side of the boat. If you accidentally fall into the water, it will be difficult to rescue you." She knew that the Emperor would most likely be on tour by boat, so she was worried about her son falling into the water.

"Also, this is your first time on a boat, and you might get seasick. You should bring the mint ointment with you, and wear more clothes. It's windy on the boat, and it's still cold in early spring..."

Yixiu kept repeating this to herself. It was the first time her son left her side, and she was really worried.

Honghui just listened quietly. He could feel the love in his mother's words. Was she nagging? No, she was just talking.

In the following days, there was a great commotion in Haitang Garden, with maids and servants coming in and out, preparing luggage for the eldest prince.

"This, yes, you must bring this, but you don't need that..."

Hearing Yixiu's voice from afar, Yinzhen touched his nose in dissatisfaction. He had witnessed in the past few days that Yixiu's heart and eyes were full of the eldest prince. Obviously, he also had to accompany the emperor on the tour, so why didn't Yixiu show more concern for him?

Yes, Yixiu did not ignore the existence of this prince, but compared with the treatment he received from his eldest son, Yinzhen suddenly felt a little upset.

"Xiao Yi..."

"Master is here? I pay my respects to you." Yixiu walked forward gracefully and interrupted Yinzhen's words with a smile.