Fight the Giants

  Huo Xi sent a letter asking her father to deposit a hundred stones of rock candy and go to Beijing.

   After preparing for a few more days, while wandering around the inner city, I "ran into" Wu Youcai again.

  A catty of rock sugar is still three taels of silver per catty, but in just a few months, the market price of pepper has dropped from six cents per catty to five cents. Huo Xi easily exchanged five hundred stones of pepper from Wu Youcai.

   Another five hundred pieces of brocade were replaced. And asked him to press his fingerprints.

  Wu Youcai easily solved the pepper that Shibosi had piled up and had no place to put it, and he was very happy. Although Yunjin was a tribute and could only be used as a reward to Fan Guo, it was still very easy for him to secretly exchange it.

  Looking at the rock candy in his hand, Wu Youcai smiled so hard that his teeth could not see his eyes. He didn't see the emotion hidden in Huo Xi's eyes.

  Huo Xi escaped again and hid on Zhuangzi.

  Pepper may not be able to sell for one tael per catty when it is transported to the north. If it's just selling like this, there's no need for her to contact Wu Youcai and take a risk.

  Pepper is pungent and hot, and it is an excellent seasoning for removing fishy and greasy and helping digestion.

   Originally, the DPRK and China did not open the sea ban, and the price of pepper was horribly expensive, and they could not be bought with money.

  Nowadays, every ship that goes to sea brings back a large amount of pepper, and every ship that comes to pay tribute also carries a large amount of pepper to defend the dynasty. The pepper brought back by Zheng He's dozens of large ships from his voyages to the west squeezed the warehouse so that there was no room for other goods.

  Looking at the five hundred shi pepper in his hand, Huo Xi pondered for a long time. If you only sell it in this way, you may not be able to sell it at a higher price.

  After thinking for two days, he returned to Zhuangzi.

  As soon as she went back, she asked two Zhuangzi's servants to chop back a lot of wood. She decided to make a pepper grinder and sell freshly ground pepper.

   Pepper is not the same as ground pepper.

   Pepper can only be made into a seasoning if it is ground into powder, but the ground pepper is easy to volatilize and difficult to store.

  Grind and use it now, so that the taste of pepper can be released more. Freshly ground and used, it can better volatilize its unique aroma, and it can also allow people to better absorb the nutrients in pepper, which has a certain health care effect on the human body.

  She decides to make a batch of grinders.

   There is not much in it, just put one or two peppers, then mix it with salt, grind it into salt and pepper, and sell it to the farther north, or sell it to the grassland.

  There is no salt production in the north, so the salt is sandwiched in and sold, and the salt can also be sold along the way. She just makes salt and pepper, who said she sells illegal salt?

   This is another double profit.

   At that time, it will be made into a pepper fresh grinder that can be held in the palm of the hand. It is easy to carry on the body, and it is very easy to use. It will definitely become a must-have for travelers, caravans, and grassland peoples.

  Huo Xi drew a pattern and asked Zhuangzi to make a wooden grinding cylinder, and then went to the city to find a blacksmith who had previously made hidden weapon waist fans, and asked them to make the drive shaft and thread grinder.

  Huo Erhuai only listened to it, but he didn't make anything, and he couldn't imagine what it was. He only heard from his daughter that he could sell for money, so he carefully watched the two Zhuangzi's work.

   Being so busy until November 14th, Huo Xi returned to the city.

  Because I'm going to Pei's house to attend a wedding banquet tomorrow to celebrate the marriage of Pei's family. Huo Erhuai was not good at dealing with this kind of situation, so he had to watch everywhere in the village, so he didn't go into the city.

  On the next day, Huo Xi took Yang Shi, An An, and Shen Qianzhong.

  Huo Nian, she didn't take him there. One is that he doesn't have Xiu Mu, and the other is that she doesn't know if Dong Pei's family will invite Wu Youcai, so she tries to avoid appearing with Nian'er as much as possible now.

  Pei's house was dressed in red and colorful, and there were so many guests that they blocked an alley tightly.

  Huo Xi and the others had no choice but to get off the carriage at the entrance of the alley and walk over.

  Mr. Yang was holding An An, Shen Qianzhong was holding a gift, Xiang Cao and Xia He followed behind them with their bags and gifts, and Tayue couldn't keep up with the car.

   "Little Xi'er, you're here! Are these your mother and your little brother?" Pei Youjing was dressed in red, no different from a groom official, and stood at the door to welcome guests.

   "Those who didn't know thought you were the groom's official, tsk tsk." Huo Xi looked him up and down and joked him.

  Pei Youjing stretched out her hand to tease An An, who was not timid, praised him a few words, then turned her head and glared at Huo Xi: "I kiss my sister, don't make a point!"

   "Is there any sister in this house who is not your own?"

  Pei Youjing choked, and stared at her angrily: "Is this girl especially kissable?"

   "Fortunately your father is not here."

   "My dad said the same to me!"

  A girl born out of a mother’s belly, can it be the same as that born by other aunts?

  Looked at her, disgusted: "It's a beautiful day, you still dress like this, is it because you can't walk in a skirt?"

"My pleasure."

  Pei Youjing was so angry that she nodded at her, and chatted with Shen Qianzhong.

   Shen Qianzhong had a smile on his face. The Dong family has a good relationship with the Pei family, which is of great benefit to Guangfeng Shui. Seeing people coming and going at the door, he congratulated a few words, and was welcomed into the mansion by Huo Zhong who was standing aside to welcome the guests.

  Take two steps, and there is a big happy event, where all the people who come to congratulate will present money and gifts.

  Shen Qianzhong presented a cash gift on behalf of Guangfengshui.

  A deacon at the door who was in charge of collecting money sang inside: "Guangfeng Shuihe, happy money of one hundred and ninety-nine taels! Happy tent with two beds..."

  Mr. Yang clucked her tongue when she heard this.

   "How much do I have to charge for this day?" My family has to give away in this way, how much I have to give out in a year, and my heart hurts.

  Shen Qianzhong whispered from the side: "That's not true, this can only be recouped if Xi'er gets married."

  Mr. Yang took a look at Huo Xi, feeling a little worried. She didn't know when. Thinking of my daughter's marriage, I feel worried.

  As a daughter, you have to marry someone. The rich people look down on her, while the small ones are afraid of wronging Xi'er. My heart is full of worries.

  An'an, however, had a happy face. After entering the bustling place of Pei Mansion, her eyes were wide open, as if she couldn't see enough, and she didn't even blink once.

  There are so many people and the place is so big, everyone is dressed in colorful clothes, and their heads and hands are shiny, which made him drool.

  Eating a stomach full of delicious food made him so happy that everyone was so happy to see him. Many people saw him cute and came to tease him.

  Yang's family is better at socializing than Huo Erhuai, and he doesn't feel timid when he enters this rich nest, he can chat with anyone. Others don't know her identity, and they are willing to chat with her when they see her dressed in rich and noble clothes.

   It's like a duck to water.

  Although the Pei family is a merchant, the Longxing House can be regarded as a high-ranking number in the capital. It is also a married daughter of the owner's family, or a daughter-in-law, and congratulatory people crowded the courtyards. The voices of those who sang joy rose and fell, and they never stopped.

   When the auspicious time came, everyone flocked to see the dowry again.

  Good guy, the red boxes of water were heavy and heavy, and they were carried out one after another. Yang was stunned.

  How long will it take to prepare so much dowry? Taking a look at Huo Xi, it seems that she and his father have to start preparing Xi'er's dowry.

  The wedding banquet lasted from noon to noon, and the whole family went home after the stomach was full.

  An An was so hungry that she couldn't walk, and she was so energetic that she didn't cry, make trouble, or feel sleepy. She didn't lie down in Yang's arms until she got into the carriage.

  Huo Xi poked him a few times but failed to wake him up.

  Not two days after the wedding banquet, Huo Xi wanted to go back to Zhuangzi to see how the grinding cylinder was being made. The blacksmith shop made a lot of them, and she just wanted to take them back to Zhuangzi to assemble them to see if they could be closed. If not, she had to improve them as soon as possible.

  Just as he was about to leave, Huo Sanhe personally led his youngest son into the city, carrying a basket full of catches.

   Periodically, Ai Ai asked Yang if he could send Huo Cang to the workshop and school to learn a few words.