Datang Nongwang

Chapter 412

"I said, what exactly is the golden pastry in Yingbinlou made of? Have you found out? If this continues, my business in Changminglou will really be robbed by Yingbinlou Let's go, when the time comes, you won't have a good life!" Inside Changming Tower, the shopkeeper was training his subordinates.

As the spokesperson of Empress Changsun.

No matter what, he had to manage the Changming Building well.

It was a good day.

At least it can compete head-on with Yingbin Building.

Although the food in Changming Building is not as good as Yingbin Building, people who know the background of Changming Building will basically choose to come to Changming Building to eat.

Even if the food in Changming Building is not as good as in Yingbin Building, those officials and nobles will eventually come to Changming Building to eat from time to time after thinking about their future.

It can be played from this day onwards.

The wooden sign outside the Yingbin Building reads "Golden Crisp Together".

Not to mention that the business of Changming Building began to decline, even other restaurants began to wither.

The shopkeeper lost his temper.

The people below will naturally have a hard time.

And this time.

In the welcome building, it was full of guests and friends.

Let Qi Huo and Xiang Zhong, the two shopkeepers, laugh from ear to ear.

This is not.

At this time, Xiang Zhong was in the backyard, asking Qi Huo for advice in a low voice, "Steward Qi, what do you think about Xiao Langjun's head, why even this cicada eats in such a strange way, and there is such a The many functions are really an eye-opener for me. Butler Qi, you have been with Xiao Langjun for several years, please tell me, the changes in Xiao Langjun in the past half a year are too strange."

After Qi Huo finished listening, he shook his head and sighed: "Oh, I have no idea when you ask me that. Since Xiao Langjun was beaten unconscious by the prince last year, his personality has begun to show changes. The little man in the past could be ignited as long as there was a little spark, but now the little man is becoming more and more stable. I really like the current little man, at least he won’t cause trouble for the old lady .”

While talking here.

Outside the Yingbin building, a large group of diners came again.

And this time.

Li Chongyuan of Li Zhuang continued to buy a lot of cicadas.

Although Li Chongyuan couldn't imagine the popularity of Cicada, he could guess a little bit.

after all.

As long as there is a suitable marketing outlet, or marketing point.

People in Chang'an will definitely be disturbed.

Beautiful things are pursued by individuals, let alone related to health.

Again.

Knowing that it can raise Yang, such an important point, it will definitely be regarded as a delicacy on the table, even if it is unpalatable, those people in Chang'an will treat it as a fetish.

at dusk.

On the west side of Lizhuang.

All the little ones gathered together.

"Little lady, mine, mine."

"Little lady, I also caught some today, you take mine first."

"Little lady, I have a bucket here."

Hearing his voice, one knew that this was Wan'er, a little profiteer who was buying up the little children in the village.

Wan'er counts, Xiaohong weighs.

The two of them cooperated seamlessly.

Wan'er saw that the kids didn't know much about the buckets they brought over, she raised her eyebrows, wondering what she was thinking.

Cicadas cost ten cents a catty.

Even if you can catch it again, this thing is not worth it.

and.

It doesn't matter if it's Li Zhuang, or it's on a nearby tree.

After these few days of catching, as soon as this zhi saw people coming, he started flying around. If he wanted to catch a large number of them, he had to go to the mountains.

the next day.

The children seemed to have received some orders.

Early in the morning, he took his own farm cattle and tied them somewhere, and then went to Niushou Mountain with a holster and a wooden barrel.

And Wan'er, the girl.

Because of being restricted by Li Yuan, he had to stay in the small courtyard to read and write.

Hot summer.

Everything is better, but the heat is really unbearable.

Li Chongyuan, already in shorts and jacket, was outside the blacksmith's room, looking at the iron thunder that the old Xu's family needed to improve themselves.

"Xiao Langjun, what are these iron mounds you want for? It's too thick, and it's too thin. We have smelted it twice. If this continues, I don't know if the iron can still be used. Use it." Old Xu complained to Li Chongyuan.

Indeed.

After the two batches of iron thunder shells were cast, Li Chongyuan was very dissatisfied. In the end, the old Xu's family was re-melted, and the old Xu's family felt helpless.

Li Chongyuan actually smiled, "The more times you smelt the iron, the more essence you get. Is there anything else that can be used? By the way, did the charcoal I asked you to improve last time have any results?"

"Xiao Langjun, I really don't know how to improve this charcoal. This is a burning thing. How can I improve it? According to the method you said, this charcoal that has been added with water to extinguish the fire, after drying it, That's all." Old Xu replied.

Li Chongyuan was also helpless after hearing this.

Li Chongyuan really doesn't have the skills to make coking coal.

even.

Li Chongyuan didn't even know how the coking coal was smelted.

He just wants Old Xu's family to try to improve it, try a few more times, maybe it will work.

But at the moment, what Lao Xu said poured a basin of cold water on Li Chongyuan, "Keep trying, one day we will be able to try it out. As long as this coke comes out, its temperature will be higher than the existing coal, and it will melt out." The molten iron can even reach the level of a hundred steel smelting."

After hearing this, Lao Xu just smiled, but didn't reply.

In his cognition, it is impossible to turn everything into steel.

Li Chongyuan doesn't know how to make iron and steel.

He could only find some directions that he thought were reasonable from his limited knowledge, and gave instructions to Old Xu's family.

Success or failure.

It's not that Li Chongyuan can control him.

As for the matter of coking coal, it can only be done slowly.

But the matter of Tie Leizi is something that Li Chongyuan needs to speed up to produce in the recent period.

There is a saying.

With the existence of these iron thunders.

Li Chongyuan thought that his own life was guaranteed.

at the same time.

Somewhere in Niu Shou Mountain.

A stone house is also under construction.

"Eya, Mr. Xiao Lang built a stone house here, wouldn't it be used to store those iron thunders?" Looking at Le Dao who built the stone house, he guessed Li Chongyuan's plan.

Liao Xian shook his head lightly, then nodded again, "I can't guess what Mr. Xiaolang thinks with my head, but, according to the situation, it should be."

Indeed.

This stone house.

It occupies a small area, but there is a different kind of world inside.

People who don't know why look at this stone house, it is estimated that it is just a stone house.

But if you enter the stone house, you will find out.

Inside is a cave.

and.

At this time, there are still some helpers inside, who are digging holes hard. According to the situation, it is going to open a large underground laboratory.

Craft gunpowder in the workshop.

The transport is too far away, and there are still sparks.

to this end.

Li Chongyuan could only think of such a way.

There is a saying.

The more dangerous things are, the better to hide them.

and so.

Li Chongyuan came up with the idea to dig out a cave in the depths of Niu Shou Mountain in case of emergencies.

After the cave was dug, several stone houses were built outside.

At that time, even if his affairs are exposed, he will have a place as stable as Mount Tai to save his life.

Plan ahead.

Everywhere is working overtime.

Even the stores in Hu County are preparing to stock up.

Just like that.

Li Chongyuan's shop is being decorated according to his design.

Not far away, the shopkeepers in the three shops of Empress Changsun were standing outside the shop, pointing at Li Chongyuan's shop.

"What is Li Xianbo doing? This restaurant is not like a restaurant, and the grocery store is not like a grocery store. Could this be selling rouge and gouache?"

"Who knows, but judging from the layout, it looks like what you said."

"I see, you all underestimate this County Uncle Li. Have you ever thought that the Yingbin Tower was built by him, so how could he only sell things for women because of his money-loving nature?"

Just waiting for the three shopkeepers to speak.

Xiang Qi was escorting a batch of shampoo from the workshop to Hu County.

to seven.

The steward of the workshop.

The old lady's ability to put this person in the workshop shows that this person is definitely a good hand at work.

And Li Chongyuan's ability to Xiang Qi is obvious to all.

From the purchase of the workshop Zhuangzi to the construction.

Then to the acquisition of shampoo materials, to the production and so on.

It can be said that the arrangement is well-organized.

at dusk.

Wan'er, who was finally liberated, once again took Xiaohong to buy the cicadas that the little babies had captured.

After half a day.

The acquisition closes.

"Xiaohong, hurry up and put these into the warehouse, and ask Manager Qiao to come over and settle the accounts for me later." When the purchase was over, Wan'er spoke.

Nowadays.

Good harvest.

At least compared to the previous two days, it was much better.

The little boy in the village has earned a lot today, although he still remembers it.

As for those who sell to Wan'er, they don't worry that Wan'er won't pay.

If Wan'er didn't give the money, they would definitely find Li Chongyuan.

Lead the ox home.

Go to the fields to drive ducks and geese home.

This is what the little ones are going to do next.

Fortunately, there are many children in each family, the older one takes the younger ones, one leads the cows, and a few drive poultry.

But right now.

In the fields, there were the mournful cries and cries of the children.

"My duck, my goose, woo woo woo woo. Father, mother,"

No one knew what had happened.

Seeing the children in the village, Wan'er ran back crying, she really didn't know, "Er Niu, what's wrong with you? Why are you all crying?"

"Little lady, my ducks and geese are dead, many of them have died, and none of them are alive. Woohoo, my parents will definitely beat me to death." The second girl cried and yelled, and replied, He hurried to the side of Niu Shou Mountain to inform his parents.

Such is the case.

Not just Erniu.

It can be said that the children in the whole village are like this.

of course.

Except for one person who is not like this, none of the other babies are like this.

And this person is a little lunatic.

At this time, the little lunatic was driving his twenty big white geese towards home.

No, it's nineteen.

At the foot of Niu Shou Mountain, all the helpers and all the villagers were taking their own pancakes, drinking some mung bean soup, and preparing to go home.

When they saw the little children in the village rushing towards them crying, the minds of the people began to flash with confusion and incomprehension.

"What's the matter, what's the matter, Erba, why are you crying?"

"Er Niu, what's the matter? Did someone hit you?"

"Xiao Shui, you are talking, you are going to kill me in a hurry."

The adults and elders of the children's families, hurriedly grabbed their own children.

but.

The babies were afraid of being beaten, but they didn't dare to respond to their adults' words, they could only howl loudly.

It's been a long time.

Under the consolation and persecution of their parents and adults, the children finally revealed the truth.

"What!!! They're all dead!"

"My duck!"

"My goose!"

As soon as the news came out, the villagers in the village started to throw their feet up and ran to the fields.

The helpers were also curious, and rushed over one after another.

When everyone saw the dead ducks and geese in the field, they didn't know which woman couldn't stand it anymore, sobbed loudly and burst into tears.

"Thunder strikes from the sky, whoever killed a thousand swords killed my ducks and geese,..."

If there is one, there must be another.

The woman cried, and the man began to cry too.

Babies, that's even more crying.

"It must have been killed by someone, and with poison."

"Yeah, so many ducks and geese died, someone must have been jealous and poisoned."

"."

When Li Chongyuan heard the news, he was stunned for a long time.

Qiao Su stood in front, waiting for Li Chongyuan's instructions, "Young Lord, I went to see it just now. There are dead ducks and geese everywhere in the field. Someone must have poisoned it."

"How many? Are there any alive?" Li Chongyuan asked anxiously.

As soon as the question was over, Li Chongyuan ran out of the small courtyard, didn't even cook, and ran directly into the fields.

Qiao Su was about to reply, but seeing his young man running out so fast, it was too late to respond.

When Li Chongyuan rushed to the field, a large group of people surrounded him, looking at the dead ducks and geese in the puddle.

When the villagers saw Li Chongyuan coming, they hurried over, "Young man, you have to make decisions for us, the ducks and geese that we have worked so hard to raise for nearly two months all died in the blink of an eye. "

"I beg Mr. Xiaolang to be the master for us."

"I beg Mr. Xiaolang to catch the murderer and make the decision for us."

Don't guess.

Don't even think about it.

From the dead ducks and geese in the swamp, one can guess that someone used poison to kill all the ducks and geese in Lizhuang.

and.

Even some other creatures in the puddle were poisoned to the point where they were all turned upside down.

What small fish, bugs, snails and so on.

All were killed.

As soon as Li Chongyuan looked over, he already had a rough idea in his mind.

How many ducks and geese are there in Lizhuang?

Excluding those sold to the helpers, the remaining ones are also a huge amount.

Looking at the dead ducks and geese in front of me, there are tens of thousands of them, among which there are not many that have just hatched, some are half-sized, and some are old.

(End of this chapter)