"Haha~" Zhang Ran couldn't help laughing twice when he saw this, and finally showed a satisfied smile. He hurriedly stepped forward and helped Wang Yu up and said in a gentle voice: "Wang Lushi, my brother is like me, he is a country man. He does not understand the etiquette of the officialdom. He will ask you to work hard in the future and take care of him more!"

"I dare not, I dare not!" Wang Yu was flattered and waved his hands repeatedly, "Zuo Cheng is so serious. Assisting this young man is Wang Yu's part of his affairs. How dare he work hard?"

Zhang Ran laughed and said to Wang Yu very enthusiastically: "Wang Lushi, for some reasons, some things were not good to reveal to you before. Now we are all our own people, so I simply opened the skylight and said something! This time, we two brothers, following the order of the emperor, built a house here to try a secret method called the kang hatching chicken. The core of this method is to use artificial replacement of hens to hatch chickens... If it is successful, you can get tens of thousands of chicks in just over a month! The cost is only more than ten thousand chickens!"

"Ah?" Wang Yu couldn't help but exclaimed: "Zuo Cheng's skill has such a magical effect? ​​Yes, yes, no wonder Zuo Cheng wanted to be subordinate yesterday and went to Ji Sufu's place to ask for so many chicken-raising people..."

"Yeah," Zhang Ran nodded slightly and said to Wang Yu earnestly: "The price of chickens in Chang'an is only one qian, while the price of chicks is as high as eighteen qian. If this method is done, it will be enough to make tens of thousands of dollars a month... Therefore, the emperor also attaches great importance to this. Wang Lushi, you must do your best to help my brothers realize the secret technique and make this happen as soon as possible!"

"No!" Wang Yuqiang pressed the turbulent emotions in his heart, bowed to Zhang Ran solemnly, and said respectfully: "I respect the orders of the Zuo Cheng, and I am willing to do my best to the Zuo Cheng!"

Compared to just now, Wang Yu's words were completely from the heart this time. At the same time, Wang Yu also deeply understood why his boss, who is obviously a half-aged child, has been so loved by the emperor! It turned out that he was holding such a powerful secret technique for making money in his hand...

After drawing a big cake for Wang Yu, Zhang Ran pulled Sankui over and gave him some instructions, and told him that he didn’t have any psychological burden. On this construction site, his brother is the biggest one. Just do it with confidence and boldness. Even if something happens, Zhang Ran will take care of him!

When Sankui heard Zhang Ran's words, he was very moved. However, Sankui was honest and stupid. Sankui could not say those big principles or beautiful words. He could only slapped his chest and repeatedly assured Zhang Ran that he would never let down his expectations...

Regarding this, Zhang Ran just smiled and encouraged Sankui.

In fact, Zhang Ran is very familiar with Sankui's abilities. Although this guy looks careless, he is still quite reliable in doing things.

Moreover, when Zhang Ran was experimenting with artificial hatching technology before, Sankui Ke participated in the whole process. After three times of hatching chickens in the kang, Sankui has accumulated rich experience in hatching chickens with kangs. In terms of familiarity with hatching chickens in the kang, it is not much worse than Zhang Ran!

Therefore, Zhang Ran felt that with Sankui's experience and ability, there was no problem in being in charge of manual incubation. What's more, didn't Zhang Ran have found a helper for Sankui? With an elderly official like Wang Yu to assist Sankui in handling various trivial matters, Sankui's pressure is not very big. Just follow the steps and manage the hatching rooms according to previous experience in hatching chickens!

Zhang Ran believes that after this training, even if Sankui cannot stand alone, he will be able to slowly adapt to the atmosphere of the officialdom... This is very important for his future growth.

Zhang Ran wanted to be able to become a right-hand man who could help him in the future, rather than a "little follower" who would only hide under his wings, so he did not hesitate to create a chance to take the lead... in order to exercise his abilities!

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It was almost noon that the hundreds of carpenters who were to be dispatched by the office finally arrived at Zhangran on time.

Among these hundred carpenters, the leader was a 40-50-year-old assistant. After a conversation, Zhang Ran learned that although the assistant, named Zhou Cang, had a small official position, was one of the most skilled carpenters in the East Garden Office. He was previously responsible for creating imperial supplies for the emperor.

Because Zhang Ran's requirements were relatively strict and he needed the best carpenter, Zhou Cang was temporarily transferred to Jianzhang Palace Garden to assist Zhang Ran.

Considering that soybean oil pressing also needs to be kept confidential, Zhang Ran stepped back and held a meeting with Zhou Cang alone, and told Zhou Cang about the idea and principles of soybean oil pressing.

However, Zhang Ran had never personally contacted the oil press. Therefore, Zhang Ran had a limited understanding of it.

He just happened to see videos of others using ancient wooden oil presses to squeeze oil in those short videos of later generations.

Fortunately, the structural principle of the wooden oil press is very simple. It uses physical extrusion method, and human-powered pulling stones hitting the pressing rod, using the huge pressure generated by heavy objects hitting the wooden wedges to squeeze out the oil and water in the oil... The principle is the same as those juicers used to squeeze fruits, except that the process is a little more complicated and is much larger in size.

In fact, the technical core of soybean oil pressing is not on the oil press, which can really influence the success or failure of soybean oil pressing, and the early steaming and cooking processes.

Because only after the soybeans are softened by steaming, can the oil and fat in the soybeans be squeezed out by physical pressing.

Simply squeezing raw beans will only flatten the beans, and it is unlikely that they can squeeze out oil.

Due to different status and status, Zhang Ran no longer needs to work hard to make the oil press as hard as he was in Zhang Li.

Therefore, after talking to Zhou Cang about the principle of soybean oil press and the structure of the oil press, Zhang Ran directly became the manager and directly instructed Zhou Cang to manufacture the oil press according to the principles he told him!

...

In the next few days, Zhang Ran inspected the progress of the incubation room and the newly built oil press workshop, while discussing the specific details of making wooden oil presses with Zhou Cang. His life was both busy and fulfilling.

However, unlike Sankui and others who must stay on the construction site every day and not leave without leaving, Zhang Ran, as the chief official and the sole person in charge of this matter, does not have so many concerns. He has a special choice to choose to stay or leave freely.

Therefore, in the past few days, Zhang Ran would ride a carriage back to the mansion of Jiaque Beidi and accompany his sister Sui'er. If he had time, he would visit Dong Zhongshu's mansion and chat with King Qiu Shou.

As for setting an example, aren’t I already asking my brothers to stay with you?

Through chatting with King Shou of Wuqiu, Zhang Ran learned that Dong Zhongshu had written a memorial about Sumai cyclone two days ago and submitted it to the emperor.

The emperor has ordered that in two days, the next court meeting, Dong Zhongshu and Zhang Ran will be invited to Weiyang Palace to discuss the matter of Sumai rotation with all the officials and ministers.

However, because of the low official position, Zhang Ran was just a formality this time, and Dong Zhongshu was mainly involved in the discussion.

Zhang Ran basically has no say in this matter that is related to the formulation of national policies!
Chapter completed!