Rebirth of marriage

Gu Xiao inspected the border checkpoint for two days. As soon as he returned to the palace, he heard Li Qiye come to report, "Master, a dozen assassins entered the Lu family last night, but they were fine. Instead, they arrested the person alive and tried to find out the person behind the scenes." It's the third prince.

It is said that Your Majesty mentioned Lu Shangshu, and the third prince speculated that the Lu family might be resurrected, so he wanted to kill the Lu family, leaving only the eldest son of Lu, and then be kind to him. On the other hand, he also wanted to sow a relationship between you and Your Majesty. "

"He has been moving a lot recently. It seems that the grounding is light." Gu Xiao took the handkerchief and covered his face, his voice was calm, "I remember that no one in the Lu family practices martial arts, and those who followed him were ordinary slaves. .”

They couldn't resist a dozen assassins, let alone capture them alive.

Li Qiye hesitated for a moment, and then said, "When my subordinates rushed with people, they encountered the Lu family disposing of the corpse. After listening to a few words, they realized that someone had saved them, and it was that person who asked the assassin's words. "

He glanced at Gu Xiao and saw that there was no impatience on his face, so he continued, "The one who helped them is Xie Jiu.

Master, you don't know how scary that girl is. She actually dismantled the assassin alive and frightened the other assassin so much that he peeed and confessed everything.

Not only was she cruel to the assassin, she was also cruel to herself. In order to get close to the assassin, she took the initiative to put her body on the assassin's sword. This was simply a risk of her life. "

When Gu Xiao listened to Mo Li's words, the scene of her killing the guy that night suddenly flashed through his mind again, his eyes dark and unclear.

Li Li was a little admired by Xie Jiu, but also a little scared. He said in a broken voice, "I have never seen a woman with such cruel methods. I am still afraid. Fortunately, she didn't do anything to the master that night. But master, you will still have to do it in the future." Be careful, I heard that women hold grudges the most, she was sent here after being stunned..."

"Why did she appear there?" Gu Xiao interrupted him coldly.

This Li Qiye really paid attention and replied, "He said he was going to the mountains to find something that could be used to warm himself by the fire."

Gu Xiao frowned slightly, "You didn't give me what I asked you to give?"

Li Moli noticed Gu Xiao's displeasure and said hurriedly, "It's a gift. I'll prepare it. Grandma Wu will send it to me personally."

He suddenly realized, "Yes, the master gave her charcoal and money, and she even went into the mountains..."

"Go get a hundred lashes." Gu Xiaobing's cold voice blocked his words.

"Master..." Li Li regretted not going to deliver it in person, but if the prince wanted to give something, Aunt Wu must have given it to her if she didn't dare to disobey, and he still wanted to explain something.

"150 lashes."

Mo Li was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything anymore, so he went down obediently to receive the punishment.

Gu Xiao looked out the window thoughtfully.

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Time was tight before the snowstorm, so Xie Jiu decided to start work the next day. Lu Laoer went to the next village to recruit a lot of laborers to help dig and wash coal.

The washed coal is then carried to a specially set aside courtyard in Lujia Village, where it is crushed, mixed with yellow mud, and made into coal cakes.

For the sake of standardization and efficiency, Father Lu asked a servant who was good at carpentry to make several molds for making coal cakes based on Xie Jiu's description.

Just step hard on the mold into the mixed coal slime, pour the coal slime into the mold, and with a gentle tap, a very beautiful and neat coal cake will be completed.

This step was performed by the Lu family's servants. Due to lack of manpower, Lu Hongyuan resolutely bought ten servants who signed death contracts.

The method of handling coal is not difficult, and outsiders can understand it at a glance, so the Lu family leaves the last process to be completed at home.

Lu Laoer personally supervised the work to prevent secrets from being leaked.

Although the rest of the workers were curious about the Lu family's purpose of doing this, the wages paid by the Lu family were not low. They cherished this job and did not dare to go into details, lest they would make their master unhappy and lose their jobs.

Based on the master's description, Xie Jiu drew a drawing of an iron barrel with a small opening at the bottom, and asked Lu Laosan to take it to the blacksmith shop to make it as soon as possible and bring back some quicklime.

Lu Laosan's heart, which had been settled for more than ten years, was excited to be able to do business again. He added money and stayed at the blacksmith shop to quickly make things.

When he entered the city, Xie Jiu also had yellow mud and sawdust prepared. As soon as the quicklime arrived, she mixed the yellow mud and quicklime and planned to make a mud tube.

Lu Laosan saw that her girl was injured and wanted to take action himself, so he quickly stopped her.

Xie Jiu didn't show off, so he guided Lu Laosan on what to do.

Soon the mud tube was ready. When it was half dry, it was put into the iron barrel. Then the sawdust and mud for heat insulation were filled around the mud tube. Finally, the top of the iron barrel was sealed with yellow mud mixed with quicklime, leaving only The round hole in the mud tube is convenient for taking and placing coal cakes.

A stove for burning coal cakes is ready.

The next day, after the coal stove was dried, Xie Jiu put the previously prepared coal cakes in the stove and burned them, then put them into the coal stove to try them out.

Open the stove door to get the fire going, put a pot on it and you can use it to cook food and boil water. If you close the stove door and leave a little gap, you can keep the coal in the stove alive overnight, which can raise the temperature in the house and use it at any time. Warming hot water, the stove is very successful and very easy to use.

Lu Laosan seems to have seen a new way to make money. Why can't he sell coal cakes with a stove?

He excitedly ran to tell Xie Jiu what he thought and asked if he could order more stoves.

This is what Xie Jiu planned when she drew the drawings, but she slightly improved the stove. Iron is relatively expensive, so the cost of the stove will not be cheap, and it will be difficult for ordinary people to afford it.

So she decided to use only a thin layer of iron around the stove to prevent it from falling apart, and use burn-resistant stones to replace the iron under the clay cylinder, so that the price of the stove could be greatly reduced.

Lu Laosan had already learned from his eldest brother that Xie Jiu had no money, so he decided to pay the deposit first from his own pocket.

Xie Jiu saw through his good intentions and didn't say anything. He only reminded him that he could take the coal cakes to the blacksmith shop. The blacksmith shop needed a lot of charcoal and firewood every day, so coal cakes were naturally needed for them.

Lu Laosan was shrewd and understood the meaning of thanking the wine in a flash. He gave her a thumbs up. This not only promoted the coal cakes, but also paid for the money.

good idea.

Xie Laosan did have a business acumen. After the stove was ready, he took the coal stove briquettes directly to the snack street. He saw a shopkeeper with a booming business cooking food for customers while busy lighting the fire and washing dishes. Lu Laosan will After his busy coal stove was given a trial run by his busy boss, the business was done immediately.

Following the same pattern, he won the business of several snack shops in one day.

Xie Jiu stayed at Lu's house for seven consecutive days, during which Lin Shu came over for a follow-up visit. Xie Jiu didn't like bitter medicines and only used topical medicine. His injuries did not heal as quickly as the others.

The Lu family was united and worked very efficiently. The coal matter was going smoothly, so Xie Jiu planned to go back.

Before going back, Xie Jiu asked them to organize the money they earned these days, which totaled more than 600 taels. She wanted to use all of it to buy medicinal materials to treat wind and cold.

There were still more than 20 days before the snowstorm, so she had time to rush to the capital. She looked at Lu Hongyuan and said, "Once the coal cake business starts, people will be watching over at Meishan, and some skilled people will be needed to guard it." Just stay on."

Lu Hongyuan agreed, "Lu thinks so too. I will find some of my former subordinates to come over. In addition, I will ask the girl for instructions. We want to give [-]% of our [-]% profit to my wife's family, the Xu family. Please give it to me." Their refuge.”

"You can make your own decisions on [-]% of the profits, but I don't want them to interfere and disrupt my plans."

In fact, Meishan is Gu Xiao's territory, and Xie Jiu is confident that Gu Xiao will take care of it so that no one will interfere with it, but her ambitions don't stop there.

Coal is by no means only available in Yuyouguan, and she also needs the Xu family's path. A [-]% profit may not sound like much, but if you find more coal mountains, the profit will be very considerable.

Lu Hongyuan acted steadily and dared to mention this idea. He was also sure that the Yue family would not be greedy. "Don't worry, girl, Lu will never let that happen."

He thanked the wine and nodded, and handed the money to him, "Then I would like to trouble you, sir, to go to the capital in person. In addition to completing the things just mentioned, please also exchange all the money into medicinal materials for treating wind and cold. It will take up to twenty days. Please be sure to Rush back to Yuyouguan with the medicinal materials."

After a short pause, she took out another letter from her sleeve and said, "I'd like to trouble you sir to send this book to my father again."