Happy Little Scholar

As a poor and hungry commoner, Lao Fang couldn't help wanting to convert silver into food when he saw it. Tianlai Novel

This has become his instinctive reaction.

But this time, seeing the fist-sized silver ingots on the ground, Lao Fang felt that his brain was not enough.

How much food these silvers can buy is obviously beyond the scope of Lao Fang, whose IQ is limited to addition and subtraction within ten.

"Son-in-law, what did you do last night?"

Forcing his eyes to move away from those tempting silver ingots, Lao Fang swallowed hard and looked at Li Yi and asked.

Li Yi glared at the clumsy little maid, leaned over to pick up the silver ingots on the ground one by one, put them in the bag, and then raised his head and said: "I picked it up on the road when I got lost last night."

"Pick it up, pick it up..." Lao Fang's voice trembled a little.

This is almost more than one hundred taels of silver. He can't make so much money in his life, and it was picked up by the son-in-law so casually?

Even if he made a net profit of 100 coins a day from selling candied haws these days, and she could get half of it, it would take several years to save so much money without eating or drinking!

As for the little maid, little stars flashed in her beautiful big eyes again.

The son-in-law has always been lucky. Every time he goes out, he can always pick up something. Although he hasn't picked up a pheasant for a long time, he picked up so much silver this time. Even God is helping the son-in-law!

The girl's mood experienced ups and downs overnight. At this time, her heart was full of joy. She secretly looked at Li Yi with her eyes, and she couldn't bear to look away.

Watching Li Yi and others walk into the yard, Wu stood there blankly, as if struck by lightning. Until now, she still couldn't believe what she saw in her eyes just now.

That was white silver!

She was afraid that she would never see so much silver in her next life.

For those poor families who are still struggling to make ends meet, all the expenses for a year only add up to about one or two taels of silver, which is enough for them to spend their whole lives...

It was unknown how long it took before Wu came back to her senses from her trance, picked up the copper basin from the ground, and walked into the room with a look of despair on her face.

One hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, and how to spend it is still a problem.

Li Yi naturally would not be like Lao Fang and the others, who would think of buying food as the first thing they thought of when they had money.

In the case that there was no shortage of food at home, what he needed to consider was, of course, how to maximize the value of the money and how to make more money out of the one hundred taels of silver. After all, no one could guarantee that he would always meet a local tyrant like the Ning Wang and his son...

Silver is common, but local tyrants are not common. If you want to make enough money and enjoy your old age, you have to rely on yourself.

Originally, he thought of slowly accumulating enough funds by selling candied haws, but changes often come faster than planned. At this time, he already had a small amount of assets, so he could obviously skip this step.

However, the candied haws business still needs to be continued. At least in the short term, when there is no market competition, candied haws still have great profits to be made.

Of course, another important reason is that although this money is nothing to him, it is enough to change the lives of Lao Fang and others in the future.

Li Yi did not think about leading the entire village out of poverty and becoming rich, but Lao Fang and others are his own people. He can't just eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks while watching them eat dirt...

Li Yi's only ideal at this stage is to make money, make a lot of money, at least enough for his retirement in the second half of his life.

As for the specific amount, Li Yi has no number in his mind, anyway------the more the better!

With a hundred taels of start-up capital, according to Li Yi's previous plan, he can now consider purifying high-concentration alcohol or making soap to make money.

Before the distillation and purification method was discovered, the alcohol content in this world was actually pitifully low. Most of the alcohol content was less than 10 degrees, and the highest was no more than 20 degrees. Only under this premise could one drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. If it was replaced with 50 or 60 degrees of white wine in later generations, those so-called wine heroes would have died of alcohol poisoning many times before they drank a thousand cups.

The alcohol content of the wine that the shopkeeper brought out last night should not be very high, but when he met Li Yi, who would faint at the smell of alcohol, he was knocked down by a gulp.

The wine culture in this world is also very prosperous. They are more fond of the higher the alcohol content of the wine, and it must be a smooth way to make money.

The sterilization and disinfection of wounds also cannot be separated from high-concentration alcohol. Li Yi still cherishes his life very much. It would be a great shame for a modern person to die from wound infection in the future.

In addition to distilled alcohol, the production of soap must also be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

The legendary thing called pancreas used for bathing is also a rare thing in this world.

Li Yi once specially looked for it in the market of the prefectural city, but did not see anyone selling it.

After asking, he learned that the production method of pancreas is very complicated, and the secret recipe is only in the hands of a very small number of people such as the royal family. It is a luxury that only a few people can use. It is hard to find it on the market. Even if it appears, it will be quickly bought at a high price.

Things that were common in the later world have become luxury goods in this world, which is of course a good thing for Li Yi.

He used to make handmade soap for fun. The materials needed were not many and the process was not complicated. He still remembers the method.

Water, vegetable oil and sodium hydroxide can make the simplest handmade soap.

The soap made in this way does not contain any additives, has strong decontamination ability, and does not harm human skin.

Although sodium hydroxide is not readily available, it can be easily prepared with slaked lime and soda ash without any difficulty.

After thinking it over in his heart, Li Yi decided to start with making handmade soap.

He was really fed up with the days of bathing completely by hand rubbing.

Thinking about how to implement this plan, he walked into the inner courtyard unconsciously. Suddenly, he heard a strange sound. Li Yi raised his head and saw a graceful figure moving around in the courtyard. A long sword with a cold glow was as light as a spirit snake. Seeing Liu Ruyi make a beautiful sword flower and jump several feet away, Li Yi was extremely envious.

If he could have such skills, would he still be afraid of being bullied?

If he met that scarred face again, he could easily solve it by himself.

At that time, with his extraordinary skills and this pretty face, wouldn't he be able to become a handsome man with both literary and martial arts skills, easily gain a large group of female fans, and easily reach the peak of his life?

Seeing that smile on Li Yi's face from a distance, Liu Ruyi put away the long sword and resisted the urge to kill him with a sword...