The next day, Jiang Wenyuan and Wuyi continued to build a stove.

Seeing that it reached a certain height, Jiang Wenyuan asked Wuyi about his height and Wuyi said, "I don't know how tall I am, I'm shorter than our girls anyway!"

Jiang Wenyuan said: "Stand by the stove and let me take a look!"

Wuyi stood by the stove as he said.

Jiang Wenyuan spread his five fingers and measured them from her waist to her thighs.

Wuyi's little face was so blushed that it was almost exuding the fire. He thought the other party would behave uncleanly, so he stammered: "Young Master... What are you going to do? Many people around you can see here..."

Jiang Wenyuan held her waist with one hand and pushed his shoulder with the other, making her bow and fold it to a certain angle. Wuyi's heart beat loudly, and she was so nervous that her legs were shaking, and she thought to herself: "What should I do? How can I be here..."

Suddenly, Jiang Wenyuan said, "You try pressing your hands on the stove!"

Wuyi thought to himself: "Does he want to come from behind..." But his hands did as the other party asked.

Jiang Wenyuan did not say as she imagined, but said: "The height of this stove should be appropriate. It won't bend too much or put arms too much. It's OK!"

Wuyi said "Yeah", with a look of confusion, and his hands supported the stove without any change.

Jiang Wenyuan said: "Get up, I want to build a stove that suits your height!"

Wuyi stomped her feet in anger and said to herself, "You said it a long time ago, I thought...oh it's so embarrassing!"

Jiang Wenyuan didn't care about his daughter's family's concerns, so he went to build his stove. He first put out the inner liner of the stove, then put it in a fire ring, and finally opened the other pot and tried it. It was the size of the pot.

Wuyi clapped and shouted, "Finally it's successful!"

Jiang Wenyuan said: "Where did it work? Not yet, he picked out bricks of the same size, built a chimney next to the stove, and then smeared the surface with lime.

It was not until the sun was southward that it was completed. Jiang Wenyuan said to Wuyi: "You can use this stove to cook at noon today!"

Wuyi was worried, so he added water to the pot and tried it. He found that the stove was really useful. After igniting it, the wind was sucked up by the chimney under the fire grate. There was no need to blow the fire at all. He just needed to keep the fire in. Moreover, there was a chimney as a duct, and there was no smoke in the kitchen shed.

He was so happy that he jumped so high that he shouted: "Sure enough, this stove is easy to use. Not only does it not require fire, but there is no smoke!"

In fact, the stove built by Jiang Wenyuan is today's fire-saving stove. The principle is very simple. Through the pulling force of the chimney, the wind can be sucked under the fire grate, and it can burn well without a bellows. Then the fire power is gathered through the fire ring to achieve the purpose of fire-saving.

Although many rural people can easily build such stoves now, they were advanced at that time.

Jiang Wenyuan said: "And this stove is very cheap to use firewood!"

Wuyi widened her beautiful eyes, "Really!"

Jiang Wenyuan said: "You will know when you finish cooking a meal, but there is one more thing!"

When Wuyi asked, Jiang Wenyuan did not answer him, but pointed to a room not far away and said, "It seems that there is someone doing carpenter work there. Are you with you?"

Because the canal transportation was stopped and abandoned, many ship workers in Xingwu section switched to craftsmen for their livelihood. Some had built boats before, knew the skills of carpenters and blacksmiths, and some learned the skills of masons with not too high technical content, etc.

Wuyishun glanced at him with a finger and said, "He is not from our Xingwu Liu, but Xu San, the leader of Xingwu Qi, and he always leaves the house to repair furniture for others. I don't know if he is back now!"

As soon as he said this, he saw a man walking out from behind the wooden board. Wuyi pointed at him and said, "He is at home, but he just doesn't know what carpenter work the young master is going to do?"

Jiang Wenyuan said: "I want to make a kitchen plan and put it on it. You can cut vegetables on it. In the grid below, you can put bowls and basins and other cooking utensils!"

Wuyi said happily: "So it's possible!" He stood up and looked at the grids carefully. He didn't understand at that time, but now he knew the use, and he even praised him even more.

Jiang Wenyuan hesitated and said, "Would I pay if I go to him to make things?"

Wuyi said: "Although Xingwu Qi is also under the leadership of our Xingwu Sixth General, it is not a ship gang after all, and I think it will be collected!"

As he said that, he took out a few copper plates from his waist and threw them into Jiang Wenyuan's hand: "I heard that a kitchen case costs a lot of money, but I don't know if this is enough."

Jiang Wenyuan looked at the money in his hand and felt a little embarrassed. Wuyi was a girl and a servant, so it was not easy to save some money. But when he was rescued from the water, he had no penny on his body, so he could only walk over with these copper coins.

Although many people in the canal transport ships were engaged in handicrafts at this time, the place where they lived near the river was not a market. Some of them could open a storefront in the market with good economic conditions, but more were merchants. Some were merchants who were selling repairs in nearby towns, while others sold small finished products directly on the street. And this Xu San was merchants because they didn't have more money to open a storefront.

When he arrived in front of the room, Jiang Wenyuan met this person yesterday. He came to visit his stove with others yesterday. He just learned from Wuyi that his name was Xu San.

Seeing Jiang Wenyuan coming, Xu Sanyi looked puzzled. In his eyes, Jiang Wenyuan now had a problem with his mind and was at a loss for a moment, afraid that Jiang Wenyuan would be crazy in front of him.

Jiang Wenyuan did not, but said, "Xu...Brother Xu San, I want to make a kitchen plan!"

Xu San frowned and said to himself: "I was still building a stove yesterday, but I did a kitchen plan again today. Why..."

Although he was accidentally talking to himself, Jiang Wenyuan heard it and replied: "The stove has been built, so I need a kitchen plan."

"Ah, it's built? So fast, I'm going to see it!" Everyone has a rare desire to see it, and Xu San was no exception. When I saw the kitchen stove yesterday, I wonder what it would look like after it was built? Is it easy to use? As he said that, he walked towards the kitchen shed.

Jiang Wenyuan had no choice but to follow him back.

From a distance, Wuyi shouted: "Young Master Jiang, this stove is really cheap and easy to save firewood, and it's very fast. In just a moment, the water boiled!"

Listening to Wuyi's surprise voice, Xu San said to himself: "Is it really useful?"

Walking into the kitchen shed, I looked at the stove carefully. There was a table next to the stove and a pillar behind it. The top of the column was already high above the kitchen shed, and smoke came out on it. For Xu San at that time, he didn't know that this was called a chimney.

After taking a few glances, Xu San pulled Wuyi up and said, "I'll take a look!" He squatted in front of the stove door and saw the burning fire inside. He frowned, then stretched his head to look in. He thought the stove door was too small and could not see the structure inside.

At this time, it was almost noon, and many boatmen had gotten off work and came back to have dinner. At this time, they were no longer in the boat hall and the houses they were living in, and they all gathered in this small kitchen shed to watch the stove.

They were extremely puzzled because they had never seen it before. Some didn't know that the pillar behind the stove was a chimney, but they just said, "Why does this stove have a tail!" Some said, "I have never seen this stove before!"

But everybody squatted in front of the stove and tried to burn it for a while, and nodded obediently and said, "It's really useful!" "This is better than a bellows and stove!" When they looked at Jiang Wenyuan again, they also changed their eyes.

Even Guan Da looked at Jiang Wenyuan carefully for several times and asked, "How could he build such a stove with sir!"

Jiang Wenyuan said: "I have never seen it before when I think about it and design it myself!"

Although Guan Da couldn't believe it, he had never seen it before.

"There is nothing. You can use this chimney to pull up the heat and suck the air conditioner under the stove, and then you will get the wind you need to burn the fire. It's very simple, nothing!" Jiang Wenyuan said disapprovingly.

Although it was simple in his thinking, Guan Da, Xu San and some other boatmen stared at the scene with wide eyes, some were surprised, and some were thinking about the principle mentioned by Jiang Wenyuan.

Jiang Wenyuan didn't notice these people were dazed, but woke up Rash San several times and told him about his kitchen case. It happened to be next to the stove, so he told him about his length and width, and said that he would not have a desk leg, just a desk face.

At first, Xu San was very puzzled when he heard that he would not have a desk leg, but after Jiang Wenyuan explained it, he realized it quietly. As long as the desk is not a desk leg, it is more flexible to use it. He also knew the purpose of the table beside the stove, which is to put bowls, basins, kitchen knives and other cooking utensils.

When Jiang Wenyuan asked him about the price, Xu San insisted on not charging money, but said, "This legless kitchen case is convenient and flexible, and simple to use. It is a new thing and should be very easy to sell. I also have to thank you for providing me with a job. How can I charge you again!"

Seeing that the other party insisted on not accepting it, Jiang Wenyuan was not too persistent because these copper coins were still helpless.

Xu San's craftsmanship is also fast. In just half an afternoon, he made the kitchen plan and placed it on the built stove. It was just right to fit the silk. After cutting vegetables on it, it could be placed directly into the pot. In the grid below, it could be placed in the bowls and chopsticks and other kitchen utensils.

And you don’t have to bend down when cutting vegetables. The previous kitchen plan has four legs and is very short, so you have to bend your waist with difficulty when cutting vegetables, so naturally it is not as labor-saving as this. Wuyi tried it and said vigorously: “It’s really great, everything is good!”

That night, Jiang Wenyuan was invited by Guandao to the room, put on tea, and said respectfully: "I arranged a house next to me!"

Jiang Wenyuan was puzzled for a moment. For several days, he was sitting by the river. Others did not communicate with him. Naturally, he did not have his own house. It was summer and it was not cold at night. Jiang Wenyuan didn't care. He suddenly said that he had arranged a room for himself, and was extremely surprised.

Just as he was about to ask, someone outside the door asked, "Is Mr. Jiang in this room?"

In response to the voice, he walked into someone, at age about forty, with a mustache on his lips.

Jiang Wenyuan also recognized him, it was Li Nengzhang, because he built the stove in the kitchen shed before, and he tried his best to deny himself yesterday, so he was very impressed.

After coming in, Li Nengzhang was not polite, so he pulled a chair and sat down, smiled at Jiang Wenyuan and said, "I just went to see my husband's handicrafts. The stove is very good, and I have never seen it before. I just don't know if I can tell me the specific way to build this stove!"

Jiang Wenyuan was about to say something, but Guan Da reached out to stop him: "Stop! This is the stove built by our Xingwu Sixth. Why tell you Xingwu Fourth?"

Li Nengzhang said: "Why should we share the same Xingwu Gang so clearly!"

Guan Da smiled coldly: "Why should we share so clearly? I didn't see you Xingwu Si's money to give us a copper plate. I know that you, Li Nengzhang, use your skills to do the work of building a cultivator for the people. At present, the stove in Xingwu Liu is obviously better than you. We know how to make money. And who said yesterday that the stove can burn the word Li to write it upside down?"

Li Nengzhang laughed and said, "Write it upside down and then read it upside down, isn't it still the word Li!"

Although he blushed, he was just embarrassed and said, "Guan Ling Guo, the stove is new at the moment. Not only is it simple to burn the fire, but there is no cigarette. I believe that many farmers will strip their stoves before and choose this again. This will create a large market. You Xingwu Liu are too busy, right?"

Jiang Wenyuan finally understood and said in his heart: "Is the stove I designed for a while still so valuable?"

Guan Da did not accept Li Nengzhang's words, but instead made a plan in his mind.

Li Nengzhang suddenly pointed at Guandao and said, "You Guanda always talked about Xingwu's six benevolence and righteousness, but you let Mr. Jiang sit by the river for several nights for a while, and don't even give him a room. Is this kind of benevolence and righteousness?"

Guan Da sighed, his face turned red for a while, and then whiter. He didn't know how to respond, but his skin was thinner than Li Neng's palm.

Just then, I suddenly saw the little maid Wuyi walking in with a tray. It turned out that he had prepared supper and it was time to start dinner. Seeing the little maid, Guan Da's eyes lit up, and he stood up and whispered to Wuyi.

Then he said, "Wuyi put the food on the table first, and I'll call other sailors to come and have supper!" After that, he walked out of the door.

Wuyi put the food on the table, came to Jiang Wenyuan and said, "Young Master, I know that our uncles and uncles of Xingwu Liu are disrespectful to you these days, but you must not be angry about this? You can't leave because of this!"

Jiang Wenyuan laughed in his heart, and naturally guessed what Guan Da said to Wuyi. He must have told her that Xingwu Si would poach him and let him keep him. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't leave!"

Wuyi then felt a little relieved, looked at Li Nengzhang, and said, "Yesterday, we said that our Master Jiang's stove could not be boiled. We said that if we could burn it, we would write the word Li upside down. At that time, we laughed at Mr. Jiang, and now we have to take Mr. Jiang away again. This face is so thick!"

Li Nengzhang bowed to Jiang Wenyuan again: "I am just apologizing to me, Li Nengzhang, here I apologize to you. As long as the teacher is here in our Xingwu Fourth, we will definitely be guests as guests, and we will never let you blow the wind by the river like others!" As he said that, he pulled Jiang Wenyuan up and was about to leave.

He heard Guan’s loud voice from the door and said, “Li Ling Gang is too tough!”

"Yes!" "Yes!" There were many people's voices in the noise. When Jiang Wenyuan looked at it, they were all the boatmen and sailors of Xingwu Liu. They entered the room with great momentum, seven or eight clenched their fists and looked at them, and three or four clenched their shoulders by the door.
Chapter completed!