Mu Hanxiao stood aside, watching Shen Yunyao introduce his younger brothers and sisters how to skateboard.

He had never seen anything like this before.

Why can she always come up with unexpected ideas and make unexpected objects?

After Shen Yunyao taught the two little ones, she turned around and saw Mu Hanxiao not far away.

She walked over and asked, "Is something wrong?"

Mu Hanxiao smiled slightly, "Can't you show up if nothing happens?"

Shen Yunyao rolled her eyes in her heart, "You can do whatever you want, I'll leave first."

Mu Hanxiao said quickly: "Wait a minute, cough, um, I also want to open a water-powered flour mill like yours. I need your design drawings. Can you tell me a price?"

He was really walking around casually just now and happened to meet her. In order to find something to talk about, he suddenly thought of this matter.

But Shen Yunyao didn't think so. She thought to herself, "Look, I came here because something happened, and I still refused to admit it."

Seeing that she didn't respond immediately, Mu Hanxiao thought she was unwilling, "I won't open this water-powered noodle mill locally. I will go to the capital or other places. If you really don't want to sell it, I won't force you."

Shen Yunyao said: "Okay. Tell me how much you plan to give. I will give it if I think it is appropriate."

"Ten thousand taels." Mu Hanxiao said as high as he could.

If he wants to open this kind of workshop, he will definitely not just open it in one place, but will open it in all prefectures and counties with rivers across the country. The profits will be huge.

Ten thousand taels, if you really want to calculate it carefully, is actually not too high.

Shen Yunyao said: "Okay. I'll give you the drawings later. I have something to do and leave first."

She doesn't think the price is low, and since she's an acquaintance, she won't raise the price.

Mu Hanxiao said, "Leaving so soon?" He didn't say a few words.

Shen Yunyao: "Well, something really happened."

Even if nothing happened, she didn't know what to say next.

She always felt that she could only communicate with him when she had something to discuss.

After saying this, she left.

The use of water-powered mills is a big deal. After all, many people know that water mills divert water for irrigation, but few people use water power to do things.

When the district chief heard about this, he reported it directly to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate Zheng Zhihao heard that there were such strange people and strange things under his rule, so he paid a private visit incognito.

On the morning when the noodle mill opened, many villagers lined up at the door of the noodle mill.

Liu specially found five people to be responsible for weighing.

There is no gap among the ten millstones, and they are all grinding the flour.

There is one person who is responsible for looking after the millstone, and the person who grinds the flour is also looking after it.

Zheng Zhihao transformed into a middle-aged old man and carried a bag of wheat.

The person behind him asked: "Hey, you are not from our village, are you? Where did you come from? How did you know that there is this flour mill in our village?"

Zheng Zhihao said: "My family lives far away from here, but I heard from Lincun that there is a noodle mill here. Come and see it. If it is really more cost-effective than buying noodles, I will grind noodles here in the future."

He is familiar with this kind of problem. After all, he often goes to the countryside to pay private visits incognito.

"It's really cost-effective to come to this mill to grind flour. For every ten kilograms of flour that is ground, one tael will be left for her family. If the flour is not enough, it will be counted as ten kilograms."

Yes, this question is very important. Zheng Zhihao already knows the answer before he even asks.

If you look at it this way, it's more cost-effective to come to this flour mill.

After waiting for a long time, when it was his turn, he weighed the wheat and found that the weight was fifty-five pounds and he had to pay six ounces of flour.

Then someone helped him pour wheat into the millstone.

The millstone grinds very quickly, and the dough is ready in just a quarter of an hour.

This novel experience made Zheng Zhihao unable to help but look at how the stone mill was connected to the waterwheel even if he needed to leave.

He was very excited. If there were such flour mills in other places under his rule, and there would be no middlemen making the difference, it would be easier for the people to afford white flour.

He couldn't wait to go and talk to the owner of the mill.

So I picked up a random person and asked, "Where is the owner of this flour mill?"

"That's it." The person in question pointed to Ms. Liu who was standing next to the stone mill and observing.

Zheng Zhihao hurriedly walked over and asked: "Are you the owner of this noodle mill? Can you speak further?"

"Okay, let's go out and talk." Ms. Liu was slightly surprised when she was called, but then calmly reached out to guide her.

Mrs. Liu took the people to Youyuan Jutang room, and after letting the servants serve tea, she said, "Who are you? What do you want?"

"My official name is Zheng Zhihao, the magistrate of this county. I heard that you have a water-powered flour mill. You can come in and check it out. I have actually experienced it. This mill is really beneficial to the country and the people. Can I present its design drawings to the court?

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Although this was dedicated to the imperial court, through his hands, it was a tribute to his discerning eye for people and his real political achievements.

Mrs. Liu quickly stood up and saluted, but was stopped by Zheng Zhihao.

"No need to be polite. I am incognito. I don't want to reveal my identity outside. Please keep it secret."

Mrs. Liu said: "Yes. I'm sorry that the woman can't agree for the time being. This mill was originally built by my eldest daughter. Wait a moment, the woman will call her eldest daughter to ask."

Shen Yunyao was called to the main room. After learning Zheng Zhihao's origin and purpose, she said succinctly: "The design drawings have been sold. The court is aware of it."

What else could Zheng Zhihao say? I didn’t expect that this small farm family could have direct access to Tianting and actually have a big background.

When he spoke again, his tone was less majestic and more gentle, "In that case, forget it. Can you tell me how to report it?"

Shen Yunyao frowned slightly and said: "A member of the royal family."

She wanted to use her power to save her property and make people worry about it. Who knows if this county magistrate is the kind of person who takes things by force.

If the county magistrate knew what he was interested in, he would also protect him.

Zheng Zhihao was about to open his mouth to say, "Who is from the royal family?" but swallowed his words. Since the girl didn't say it clearly, she obviously didn't want to say who it was.

He had no choice but to say: "If the girl has something novel like this that can benefit the country and the people, can you report it to me?"

He didn't want to offend anyone with his commanding tone. After all, the person who could build such a flour mill was not a mediocre person, so he naturally needed some courtesy.

Shen Yunyao said: "Let's talk about this later. I can't make a clear commitment now."

She wasn't familiar with him, so she didn't know what his character was like. She already had a big golden leg to hug him, and she didn't want to cause any more trouble.

Zheng Zhihao heard what she meant and had to say: "The girl and the little girl are of the same age. Can my little girl come here to disturb me and have more contact with her?"

Shen Yunyao smiled and said: "No problem. Welcome your daughter to come to my home. The courtyard behind here is used as an inn. Miss Zheng can stay here for a few days to relax."

Only then did Zheng Zhihao begin to take a closer look at the house he was in.

No wonder he thought the room was quite bright. He felt something unusual as soon as he entered. He didn't notice it because he wasn't paying attention to it just now.

He looked down and was instantly horrified. He suppressed the anger in his mouth and asked, "Is there porcelain buried in the ground?"

Shen Yunyao explained: "This is a ceramic tile. A kind of tile for paving the floor. It's not even porcelain."

Zheng Zhihao took a deep breath and was shocked. He thought that this small courtyard was so rich that it paved the floor with porcelain.

However, these tiles must be expensive to make.

He had never seen it even in the capital.

He suppressed his shock and said, "Is this homemade by the girl?"
Chapter completed!