Fight the Giants

  Hearing Wu Youcai's question, Huo Xi's heart skipped a beat.

   She knew one day he would ask. I also had a presupposition in my heart, and quickly responded: "It's a small country in Nanyang, which country it is, and I have never been to a small one."

  Seeing Wu Youcai frowned, he smiled and said, "My lord, I haven't seen white sugar and rock candy for sale in the capital."

  Wu Youcai raised his brows. It's not enough for him to give away the benefits. Can he sell it?

   "My lord, tell me, could it be my lord, who also doesn't want their country to know that he makes white sugar and rock sugar, and then secretly sends it abroad for sale?"

  Wu Youcai was relieved when he thought it must be like this.

   "It must be like this. If there is such a good thing, why don't we see the tribute from the Fan Kingdom. We have collected so many tributes, but we have never seen rock sugar or white sugar."

  Thinking again, the ships that came to pay tribute all reported their cargo, how did they hide it?

  But I thought about it again, the ship that came in the tribute was from a friendly country, and they didn’t make any mistakes. The Shibo Department didn’t open the box to check one by one, and the other party might have hidden one or two valuables.

  How can anyone be so honest. Who doesn't want to earn more? As for making a living, it is not easy to come all the way.

  After thinking it over, he waved Huo Xi back.

  Huo Xi let out a long sigh of relief, it seems that he can no longer fool Wu Youcai.

  She has grown up now, and it is estimated that her appearance will not change much in the past few years. Even if she puts on women's clothing, she may not be able to change her voice, so she should be careful.

  On Zhuangzi's side, Huo Erhuai invited the carpenters from the surrounding area to help, and the grinding cylinders were made more and faster, but the blacksmith shop couldn't keep up with the work.

  Huo Xi had no choice but to make orders in other blacksmith shops, and also placed orders in blacksmith shops in cities near the capital.

  So, at the end of November, I sent a boatload of grinding cylinders and five hundred stones of pepper to the north.

  Shen Qianzhong personally sent the goods to Huai'an, where he was going to sell 250 halite from the palace family in Huai'an, and fill them into the grinding cylinder.

  In this way, the salt alone can get more than one thousand taels of silver. A thousand stones of pepper with a grinder can get at least three to four hundred thousand taels of silver.

  Huo Xi was satisfied.

   After a few days, I received the principal of 100,000 taels and the interest of 20,000 taels returned by Patriarch Ren himself. Huo Xi also returned the deed that the other party had pressed in his hand.

   "It's really thanks to Huo Dong's family, otherwise my Ren family might not be able to recover in the capital."

   Patriarch Ren personally returned the money. His family opened a silk shop, and sent half a carload of silk as a thank you gift, but Huo Xi refused, so he had to accept it. It seems that there is no need to buy fabrics for clothes this year.

   "You are too polite. Everyone is begging for food in the capital, and we are united in the same spirit. It is time to help each other and be each other's arms."

  Patriarch Ren ironed in his heart: "You can create such a family business at such a young age, it is really a formidable young generation."

  Patriarch Ren really admires the child in front of him. He was not led by his father to contact the family property until he was eighteen years old. But the person in front of him, who is only a teenager now, is still a girl, and he has created a business name such as Guangfengshui that cannot be ignored.

   Others don't know, but he knows that Guangfengshui has semicolons in every city in the canal. I also know the details of Guangfengshui. It's really scary.

   As the saying goes, there are still three thousand nails on the rotten ship, and it took only one year for the Ren family to recover.

  His family has silk shops, mulberry gardens, weaving workshops and dyeing workshops all over the place. Nowadays, there are many boats traveling to and from the Wei Dynasty, and the supply of silk and satin is in short supply. If you don't go to sea, you can make a lot of money.

  The two chatted enthusiastically for a while. Huo Xi also accepted the Ren family's invitation and went to the Ren family head's son's wedding banquet a year ago.

  Multiple friends and multiple paths, it is time for you to come and go to build a stronger relationship.

  Beyond the Great Wall, the army camp of the Wei Dynasty.

   After changing the guard, Mu Yan was planning to go back to his tent. It was very spectacular to see dozens of grain trucks approaching the camp from a distance. I stood and watched for a while before I got into my tent.

  He was resting with his eyes closed, and came in with a big burden just after the first hurdle.

   "Master, the supplies from the army."

  Mu Yan raised her eyelids, hummed, and continued to close her eyes to rest.

  Arranging materials one by one from one hurdle. Now the young master is with the emperor, and the supplies he received are quite rich. Occasionally there are vegetables to eat. Now it's freezing outside the Great Wall, and there is no shortage of meat, just thinking that a bite of vegetables can make people's eyes pop.

   "Hey, what is this?" A tube? The workmanship is exquisite, the two ends are round and the middle is narrow, and it fits well in the hand.

  Turn to the bottom and look down: "Guangfeng water?"

  Mu Yan's eyes opened suddenly.

   "Master, this thing seems to be purchased from Guangfengshui. When was Guangfengshui included in the military procurement list?"

  Just as he was wondering, he saw that Mu Yan had turned over and sat up, reaching out to take the things.

Turning the small wooden cylinder over and over again, I saw a blade at the bottom, which was thread-shaped, and the wooden cylinder was divided into several sections. When I pulled it out, the twisted cover on the top was lifted off. I saw something inside, and poured it out in my hand. Look, it's pepper, with some salt mixed in.

"What's this?"

   "Pepper storage? It's so big, I'm afraid there won't be two taels in it, but why do you store peppercorns in it instead of just grinding it into powder?"

  Kan Er just finished speaking, Mu Yan's eyes moved, he put the twist cap back, turned the wooden barrel, and it moved!

  Mu Yan twitched the corner of his mouth.

   Said that she would not do such a boring thing, just make a wooden barrel to store pepper. Twist your hands again, and there is a creaking sound inside, as if something is being crushed.

  Continue to twist, nothing happens.

   "Oh, something fell, master, it fell on your clothes!"

  Mu Yan looked down and saw that there was fine powder on the hem of the clothes, and some were floating down from the tube.

  Kan Er picked up a few grains and put them in his mouth, "Master, it's ground pepper! It also tastes like salt!"

   "Nonsense, it contains pepper and salt, but what comes out is not pepper, could it be sugar?" Li Yi couldn't help but yell at him.

  The two brought a piece of rice paper, and Mu Yan turned it around a few more times, and a pile of finely ground pepper powder on the white paper appeared on the rice paper.

   "Oh, this stuff is good. I didn't expect that this pepper can be eaten and ground immediately. This small one is very convenient to carry around. Master, let me grind it."

  Mu Yan shrank his hand and rolled up his sleeve.

  Li patted him, "It's only a little inside, less than two taels, I've finished grinding it for you, the young master still has something to eat?"

  Kan Er is not convinced, he hasn't tried it yet. "Then I'll go to the quartermaster for another one."

   "I want one too." Li Yi shouted.

   "See if there is any barbecue in the kitchen today, I want to try this pepper." Mu Yan said lightly.

   "Okay, young master, I'll go right away!" He ran away quickly.

  Kan Er was the first to discover the function of the grinder because he received supplies earlier. Others only thought it was a container for storing pepper. After discovering its magical function, the quartermaster had no more grinders.

  In the evening, the camp did not intend to eat barbecue. Unexpectedly, the emperor, the grandson of the emperor, and the generals all wanted to eat barbecue.

  Dele, the kitchen has been arranged immediately.

   Slaughtered more than 20 sheep, and the sheep were still on the fire, surrounded by a group of people, each holding a small wooden tube in his hand, with green eyes, waiting to taste its taste.