noffsinger Chapter 119 Oil Mill
Chapter 119 Oil Mill
After lunch, Yun Xi gave Dad Yun a cup of tea with a little spiritual spring water in it. She didn't dare give him too much at once, fearing that the effect would be too obvious and difficult to explain.
Yun Zhen drank the tea happily, feeling that the tea his daughter brewed was different from others. But he never thought it was a problem with the water, he just thought it was for his own psychological satisfaction. His daughter, whom he had loved since she was a child, still thought about him as an old father even after she got married. Moreover, even after she married into a wealthy family, his daughter's character did not change at all, and she was not blinded by wealth.
Yun Xi said to him, "I squeezed out oil from soybeans yesterday. Dad, how about you open an oil press? Soybean oil can be eaten and used as a light, and the oil residue can be fed to cows and pigs. Let's build a few more pig pens on our farm, raise more livestock, and then buy more properties in the future."
She has accepted the fact that oil is used as fuel.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand that there is no other fuel at all.
Kerosene came into being only later. For a long time before kerosene appeared, people used vegetable oil and animal oil for lighting.
Although everyone worked from sunrise to sunset, went to bed as soon as it got dark, and worked in the dark, there were times when they needed to light a lamp, and that required oil.
The system also gave her some information about the development of lighting technology in this era. "Candles" made of animal fats and vegetable fats had already appeared, including grease candles, honey candles, hemp candles, gourd candles, and wick candles. They were not exactly the same as the candles mentioned in later generations, but were considered an early form of candles.
Paste candles are made of animal fats, and the better quality is fish fat, which is solid, has a high melting point, and is durable. Honey candles are made of beeswax, which is both high-end and rare. The only ones are in the homes of royal relatives, but even the palace cannot afford to light beeswax every day. Hemp candles are made of water chestnuts, gourd candles are made of oil squeezed from gourd seeds, and wick candles are made of wick seeds.
The next three types are candles made from plant oils. The last one appeared the latest and has the highest quality. Some people say, "The color of sesame oil is lovely green, and its smell is fragrant... It is far more delicious than sesame seeds, and can also be used as candles."
After the system explained the situation, it said disdainfully: "Host, the General's Mansion is lighting a candle, didn't you notice it?"
Yun Xi said: "Why did I find that? I am not responsible for lighting the lights, nor for turning them off."
She was careless, would she admit it? Impossible!
Yun Zhen looked at her and asked tentatively, "Is it because your expenses are high and you don't have enough money?"
My daughter was married to be a second wife, and her dowry was not very generous. Could it be that life in the general's mansion was not easy?
The worried old father will think a lot without realizing it.
"No, my dowry has not been touched. I don't have much to spend money on. The mansion gives me twenty taels of allowance every month, which is enough for me. I just suddenly thought of it. Dad, just tell me, is my idea feasible?"
Yun Xi said it simply, but Yun Zhen thought more about it.
Since there was enough money to spend, why did the child suddenly want to make money? His daughter had never had this awareness before. Could it be that she had developed a long-term vision in a complex environment and started to plan for the future?
Most of the Mu family's assets will be inherited by the son born to the original wife in the future. If his daughter gives birth to a child, how much can she inherit?
In ordinary families, the division of property is more or less fair. If the parents are too partial, they will be criticized. But in wealthy families, partiality is normal. If the property is divided, the eldest son can inherit more than 7% of the property, and the other children can get the remaining %.
Therefore, many second, third, and illegitimate sons of wealthy families would not think of splitting up even if they felt uncomfortable living in a large family, because the things they could get were too little, and if they left the family, the protection they could receive would be greatly reduced. It would be better to stay in the large family and live on a fixed monthly allowance. Even if they could not be the master of the family, they would just endure it.
In fact, if you just want to have enough food and clothing, this kind of life is pretty good. You don't have to worry about anything, just eat and drink every day. But if you want a little more, this kind of life is not good.
Is the daughter planning to split the family property in the future? Does she not want her child to live under the control of her stepbrother? So she plans to work hard from now on to save some money for her child?
Yun Zhen's eyes twinkled and he smiled, "Okay, that sounds great, I'll give it a try. Tell me how to extract the oil."
He worked hard to earn a fortune for his daughter and grandson.
His grandson doesn’t get much of the Mu family’s earnings, but everything he earns belongs to his own grandson, and no one else can get a share of it.
Yun Xi smiled and said, "That's great, Dad. I'll have someone send you my set of oil pressing tools and the blueprints for making them. You can try them first."
"Row."
After the two finished chatting, Yun Xi set off for home without waiting for Mu Sheng to pick her up.
When she got home, she sent someone to deliver the set of oil pressing tools to Yun Dad.
Yun Zhen is a very down-to-earth person, accustomed to working hard step by step. Just like his 100-acre farm, that's how he got it. General Mu helped him by buying him 10 acres of land, and he expanded it little by little, and eventually it became 100 acres.
He is used to controlling the risks within the range that he can absolutely bear and does not want any unnecessary risks. His family background is even smaller and he cannot afford it.
He still plans to run an oil mill.
Bronze Bean (Lamp)
Renzi, also known as white perilla seed and purple perilla seed, is actually purple perilla. Renzi oil is also edible.