Yin Yuli was flipping through it casually, but his eyes suddenly lit up, and he became more and more fascinated as he took a closer look. When he finished flipping through the book, although he was filled with praise, he had to suppress the excitement in his heart and pretend to be calm.
"Okay! Just as you said, after one month, if you cannot satisfy me, I will chop off your head and send it to Emperor Luo Qi's desk!"
"The Emperor is the king, and he speaks with his words, so that's settled."
Yin Yuli pursed his lips with an unclear smile: "Okay, please step aside. I have to review the memorials sent by the ministers."
"Wei Chen resigns."
"Su Mou resigns."
Huo Ji and Su Zhen looked at each other and resigned.
There is no rush to win the trust of the little emperor. If you are too eager for quick success, it will be counterproductive.
After the two of them left the palace, they came to the dessert house where Yu Qingwan had come.
When I got off the carriage, I saw people and music not far away. Surrounded by a group of boys, a girl in a green dress lifted up the red silk covering the plaque with a pole.
On the plaque, there were five characters "Jinxuan Candy House" carved with flying dragons and phoenixes. Huo Ji walked quickly towards the dreamy candy house with a smile on his face.
When everyone saw this, they all knelt down and saluted.
"The common people bow to the prince!"
Hundreds of people were kneeling on the ground. They looked at Huo Ji with only admiration and respect in their eyes.
"Okay, okay! No courtesy! Everyone, please get up." Huo Ji's eyebrows were dancing and his eyes were shining.
"My lord, did you also know that you are here to support the opening of this candy house? My daughter has been looking forward to it for a long time. Fortunately, I caught up with it today."
The speaker was a woodcutter in his late thirties. Judging from his hurried appearance, he must have set out from the mountains before dawn.
He was holding a seven or eight-year-old girl in his hand. Although she was dressed in civilian clothes, she was cute and lovable.
Weeping Hutchison's appearance was about twelve or thirteen years old, with a cunning and clever look. She squatted in front of the girl and made her eyes level with her.
"Little sister, do you also like sweets?"
"Yeah!" The little girl nodded, "I love it so much!"
Weeping Cod dug around in his arms and took out a piece of kraft paper bag. He opened the paper bag and found that it was filled with transparent fruit candies in the shape of small animals. They were cute in appearance and overflowing with sweet smell.
"Here, here you go."
The little girl was pleasantly surprised, but did not take it. Instead, she raised her head and glanced at the woodcutter.
The woodcutter hesitated: "Little girl, the money we brought is not enough to buy the candy in your hand."
"This is a gift to my sister. It costs nothing. Besides, these candies are five cents each, so they are not expensive."
Qi Hu took out a few more paper packets and distributed them to the people.
They took it dubiously, originally out of curiosity to join in the fun, but after tasting it, they all started to express doubts.
"Such sweet candies! The taste is so unique, five for a penny?! So cheap?"
"This shop was opened by the prince. I thought a piece of candy was worth a hundred taels of silver!"
"That's right! Your Majesty, what other candies do you have in this store?"
Huo Ji said: "The food in our dessert house is reasonably priced. We have all kinds of candies and desserts, as well as coffee, milk tea and all kinds of cakes. They are all the best that you have never seen before. There is also a secluded pavilion courtyard for tasting.
rest."
"But we have never tasted it, so how do we know if it tastes good or not?"
"We have set up a tasting point for guests to taste, but the quantity is limited."
"Try it? No money?"
"nature."
"That's great! Let's go in and take a look!" Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted.
The people immediately rushed towards the entrance of the dessert house. In order to prevent casualties from being trampled, Huo Ji's guards immediately stepped forward to maintain order.
Su Zhen stood a few feet away from the crowd with her hands behind her back. After a long time, she whispered a few words to Weeping Cod, who nodded and quietly disappeared from the place.
Su Zhen nodded to Huo Ji, and then acted as a hands-off shopkeeper, leaving Huo Ji to take care of the situation while she quietly entered the courtyard next to the dessert house.
This place was originally a theater and was later bought by Huo Ji.
After Su Zhen entered the gate, she walked along the corridor to the backyard. Before she even got close, she could hear bursts of harsh sounds of "prick, prick, prick".
A group of men are holding various tools, some are cutting wood, and others are responsible for assembling.
She covered her mouth and nose with a cloth in advance, but she could still smell the fragrance of wood and the smell of rubber.
The smell of rubber came from a certain room. Someone should be processing natural rubber.
A rough-looking man with short hair in yellow clothes was wielding a hammer in his hand, building something unknown. After hearing Su Zhen's footsteps, he raised his head and shouted: "Master! You are here!"
Su Zhen nodded and stepped in front of him, stepping on the sawdust everywhere.
"Ben Lei, how is the development of red bricks and cement going?"
"Very successful! Master, come with me."
Ben Lei led Su Zhen to an earthen kiln. Su Zhen saw the piles of red bricks at a glance. Some of them looked slightly flawed, but most of them were qualified. This shows that their forging skills have been improved.
Gradually become more proficient.
The new batch of red bricks happened to be fired and cooled, and several little demons under Ben Lei took out the red bricks.
Su Zhen checked it several times, nodded and praised: "Not bad! But you still have to pay attention to the process to avoid any mistakes, and it must be burned thoroughly. Wait until it cools down naturally before taking it out. Don't be impatient."
"Okay! Master, don't worry, with the drawings you gave me, there will definitely be no mistakes."
Later, Ben Lei took Su Zhen to the yard next door. He saw an older man instructing the craftsmen to grind the prepared materials into powder, and then mix the limestone according to the proportion. After everything was ready, he sent
Enter the cellar and start calcining.
It takes about two hours to turn off the flame, so there is no rush.
The old man skillfully ground another batch of clinker into powder with a stone mill, added some gypsum and other substances, and waited until it was ground again before it was completed.
‘Pah-pah-pah-pah’
After hearing the applause, the old man looked up and found that Su Zhen was coming. He quickly bowed and saluted.
"I've met Mr. Su!"
"Uncle Sun, there's no need to be too polite. I've been busy with Uncle Sun for the past half month!"
"What are you talking about, Master? It's because you took a fancy to Lao Chen and entrusted him with such an important task that you gave him this opportunity!"
The two of them were polite, Su Zhen smiled, ordered someone to fetch water, mixed it into a paste according to the proportion, and spread it between the bricks. When the cement solidified, Su Zhen grabbed the top piece and the bottom piece.
Then it rose up without any shaking.
"Not bad!" Su Zhen praised.
"Master Su, you said earlier that you wanted to build a playground. It seems we can start taking the first step."
"There's no rush. I plan to build the brick factory and cement factory first, and then hire more craftsmen. It's winter now, and people don't need to work in the fields. As long as they put up notices, there will be no shortage of manpower."