In this era, there were two kinds of things that people illuminated at night, one was torches made of oil pine, and the other was oil lamp made of animal oil.

However, no matter which one it is, it has inevitable disadvantages. It will cause a lot of smoke when burned and will emit an unpleasant smell.

If you read or do needlework under such conditions, your eyes will be greatly affected. Moreover, the price of oil is very expensive, which is not affordable for ordinary people.

Therefore, people in this era usually sleep in darkness at night and rarely stay up late with lights, even wealthy families.

Of course, there is something more suitable for lighting, which is honey candle, which is made of honey bee honeycombs made of honey bee honeycombs, which is very expensive.

When Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang was the emperor, the King of Minyue presented five hu of honey to Liu Bang and two hundred honey candles as tributes. Liu Bang was very happy and gave many rewards. It can be regarded as a tribute to the emperor, which shows the preciousness of honey candles!

Therefore, honey candles are definitely a luxury item among luxury goods in this era. Only royal or real wealthy houses can afford it, and the price is naturally very expensive.

Although Zhang Yu had never seen Mizhu, he had heard of this kind of thing and knew how precious it was.

Isn’t the whole man cooked now just the money!!

"Where did you get so many beehives?" Zhang Yu asked in a trembling voice. The liquid of this man can make at least dozens or hundreds of honey candles. If it can be sold to wealthy families, it should be fine if it exchanges for thousands or tens of thousands of yuan. At least it can buy food for the entire village to eat for months! The Zhang family is saved!

"Ah Father is talking about this candle, oh, is it a honey candle? It's shaved from the tree." Zhang Miao said lightly.

What is honey candles? They are just candles. However, the candles in later generations were mostly mineral paraffin wax, and this candle was insect wax, which was made by scraping off the secretions of ash wax wax from the ash trees. However, people had not discovered this kind of candle in this era. It was not until the Song Dynasty eight hundred years later that insect wax was widely used. Before, even in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there was only beewax!

"Shaved on the tree? Say nonsense!" Zhang Yu said unhappy, thinking that Zhang Miao was teasing him.

"Class leader, he really shaves on the tree." At this time, Zhang Ping stuttered. In fact, even Zhang Ping couldn't believe that this kind of dirty thing that is common on the willows can actually make expensive honey candles!

Hum? Zhang Yu's expression became solemn, because he knew that Zhang Ping would not lie.

The next morning, Zhang Yu followed Zhang Miao to the valley and watched him scrape off the white patchy secretions on the willows, watch Zhang Miao put this secretion into the Wengzhong to boil the fire, and watch Zhang Miao pour the boiled liquid into the bamboo tube, condensed and turned into a honey candle, and then he believed it.

"This kind of thing that can be seen everywhere can actually turn into a honey candle!" Zhang Yu murmured.

"Brother, we're rich!" Zhang Qi shouted in surprise.

Yes, I got rich, even if I only scraped off the secretions of the ash willows in this valley and made two or three hundred honey candles, the money I received was enough for the whole village to spend this winter!

Zhang Yu and the others' hearts were pounding, and they saw hope for their families to survive.

"This honey candle must be strictly confidential and cannot be let outsiders know!" Zhang Jin, who has always been cautious in his personality, suddenly reminded.

With this honey candle, Sanshui Village will have a steady stream of wealth. If the secret is spread, the honey candle will be worthless. Naturally, everyone understands this truth.

"If you pass it on, those who know will keep their mouths closed. Anyone dares to pass it on and get rid of the genealogy!" Zhang Yu said in a deep voice.

In this era, clans were the basis for people to survive. In the eyes of the Han people, clans were even more serious than the imperial court and were expelled from the clan. Everyone knows what it means, which is much more serious than expelling nationality!

On this day, Zhang Yu personally took his trusted and reliable tribe members to search all the willows in the valley, scraped off all the white secretions on the trees, and then secretly boiled them into honey candles, and finally got more than 500 pieces!

There are hundreds of cherry willows in this valley, all of which have grown for many years. Many cherry willows need several people to be surrounded by them. Almost every cherry willows have worms. The secretions of ashworms are layer after layer on it, and it is understandable that they can get so many.

It's just a one-time deal, and now it's gone after shaving it, which is a pity.

"We can plant rosy willows on a large scale, raise ashworms on it, and make candles specifically." Zhang Miao suggested.

Everyone's eyes lit up. Will it be possible to get honey candles continuously by artificially planting flower and willows on a large scale? That means a steady stream of money!

Of course, that is what we need to do in the future. The most urgent task is to sell these five hundred honey candles and exchange them for food and other daily necessities.

If you want to sell these honey candles at a high price, there is only one place to go, and that is Xiangyang a hundred miles away.

After the governance of Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, Jingxiang has not had a major war for more than ten years. Compared with the Central Plains, which are constantly war and life-defeating, this place is simply a paradise on earth. Countless Central Plains scholars and countless people in the Central Plains moved to Xiangyang with their families, resulting in the extraordinary prosperity of Xiangyang. It has become the cultural center of the Han Dynasty, and the most prosperous city, which is now Xuchang, the Han Dynasty.

Jingzhou is only more than a hundred miles away from Sanshui Village. From Xinye to the south, it is under the control of Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou. In terms of safety, going to Xiangyang is also the first choice.

"I will take people to Xiangyang in person!" Zhang Yu said in a deep voice.

Zhang Miao shook his head, "Father, it's more appropriate for you to stay in the village."

"Why is this?" Zhang Yu asked. In the Mizhu matter, Zhang Miao was the biggest contributor, and his voice naturally increased greatly. At least Zhang Yu was able to listen to his son's speech calmly.

Zhang Miao said: "The journey from here to Xiangyang is quite peaceful. Uncle Jin has always been safe and capable of doing things. I will help you with a few strong men to ensure that you are foolproof. The village has just experienced a major change. You need your father to stay in charge to stabilize the hearts of the people. Moreover, there are more important things that need to be taken with him."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Yu asked quickly. No one noticed it. Before he knew it, Zhang Miao had already controlled the situation and had the right to speak.

"The village was robbed by thieves and needed to rebuild the house. In order to avoid such a thing again, it is best to build a solid fort wall. In the future, when the thieves come, we can rely on the fort wall to resist. We can't come again in the future, and we still want to escape this time.

Moreover, it is not yet winter. If we are rushing, we can plant another crop of wheat before the land freezes. Father, you can take your tribe members and plow the fields first. We will buy a batch of wheat seeds after we go to Xiangyang to sell honey candles.

In this way, we can harvest a crop of wheat by next summer, which will be several months earlier than the harvest in spring and after autumn, which can greatly reduce the grain shortage.

After all, it will take at least one year to grow a little. For a long time, it may not be easy for us to make money by relying on honey candles."

Zhang Miao's words were very organized, which made Zhang Yu nodded in agreement unconsciously. However, he quickly reacted and asked quickly, "Are you going to Xiangyang too?"

Zhang Miao nodded naturally: "Uncle Jin is safe, but in case of precaution, I'd better help Uncle Jin."

Xiangyang, the cultural center of the Han Dynasty in this era, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, these great people are there. Well, there is also Huang Yueying, who is said to be a bit ugly. I wonder if she married Zhuge Liang?
Chapter completed!