As a low-class citizen who is afraid of poverty and hunger, whenever he sees money, Lao Fang can't help but want to convert it into food.
This has become his instinctive reaction.
But this time, when he saw the fist-sized silver ingots on the ground, Lao Fang felt that his brain was a little weak.
How much food this money can buy is obviously beyond the comprehension of Lao Fang, whose IQ is limited to addition and subtraction within ten.
"Uncle, you, what on earth did you do last night?"
Forcing his eyes away from those tempting silver ingots, Lao Fang swallowed hard, looked at Li Yi and asked.
Li Yi glared at the fussy little maid, leaned down to pick up the silver ingots on the ground, and put them in the bag. Then he raised his head and said, "I picked them up on the road last night when I got lost."
"Picked it up, picked it up..." Lao Fang's voice trembled a little.
This is almost more than one hundred taels of silver. He has never made so much money in his life, so his uncle picked it up so casually?
Even if his net profit from selling candied haws a day these days is one hundred cents, he can share half of it. It will probably take several years to save so much money without eating or drinking!
As for the little maid, little stars shone again in her beautiful big eyes.
My uncle has always been very lucky. Every time he goes out, he always picks up something. Although he hasn’t picked up a pheasant for a long time, he picked up so much money this time. Even God is helping my uncle like this.
Woolen cloth!
The girl's mood went through ups and downs overnight. At this time, her heart was full of joy. She looked at Li Yi secretly and couldn't bear to look away.
Seeing Li Yi and others walking into the courtyard, Wu stood there blankly, as if she had been struck by lightning. Until now, she still can't believe what she just saw in her eyes.
That’s nothing but free money!
She was afraid that she would never see so much money in her next life.
For those poor families who are still living to fill their stomachs, all their expenses for a year only add up to about one tael of silver. That money is enough for them to spend a lifetime...
I don't know how long it took before Mrs. Wu came back to her senses from her trance, picked up the copper basin from the ground, and walked in the door with an unknown expression on her face, a little lost.
One hundred taels of silver is not a small amount of money, and how to spend it is still a problem.
Naturally, Li Yi would not be like Lao Fang and others. The first thing he thought of when he had money was to buy food.
When there is no shortage of food at home, what he needs to consider is of course how to maximize the value of the money and how to use the one hundred taels of silver to convert more silver. After all, no one can guarantee that he can get it every time.
Meeting rich people like Prince Ning and his son...
Money is always available, but rich people are not. If you want to make enough money to enjoy your old age, you have to rely on yourself.
He originally planned to slowly accumulate enough funds by relying on candied haws, but changes often come faster than planned. At this time, he already has a small amount of assets, so he can obviously skip this step.
However, the business of candied haws on a stick is still going on, at least in a short period of time, when there is no market competition, there is still a lot of profit to be made from the candied haws on a stick.
Of course, another important reason is that although the money is nothing to me, for Lao Fang and others, it is enough to change their future lives.
Li Yi didn't want to lead the entire village out of poverty and become rich, but Lao Fang and the others were his own people, so he couldn't just eat the popular food and watch them eat rubbish...
Li Yi's only ideal at this stage is to make money, to make a lot of money, at least enough to support him for the rest of his life.
As for the specific number of this number, Li Yi doesn't have a number in his mind yet. In short--the more, the better!
With a start-up capital of one hundred taels, 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 invented, the alcohol content in this world was actually very low. Most of them were rice wine with less than ten degrees, and the highest was only twenty degrees. Only under this premise could one not get drunk after a thousand cups.
Perhaps, if it were replaced by the 50-60% liquor of later generations, those so-called heroes of wine would have died of alcohol poisoning countless times before they drank a thousand cups.
The wine that the shopkeeper brought out last night should not have a very high alcohol content. How could he encounter a Li Yi who would faint at the slightest smell of wine? He drank it hard and was knocked down in one gulp.
Wine culture is also very prosperous in this world. The higher the alcohol content, the more they pursue it. Presumably, this will also be an unimpeded way to make money.
The sterilization and disinfection of wounds is also inseparable from high-concentration alcohol. Li Yi still cherishes his own life. It would be a big shame for a modern person to die from wound infection in the future.
In addition to distilling alcohol, soap production must also be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
The legendary thing called soap used in bathing is also a scarce commodity in this world.
Li Yi once specifically searched for it in the market in Fucheng, but he didn't see anyone selling it.
After asking, I found out that the method of making pancake is very complicated, and the secret recipe is only in the hands of a very few people such as the royal family. It is a luxury product that can only be used by a few people. It is difficult to see it on the market. Even if it does appear, it will be
It was quickly bought at a high price.
Things that were commonplace in later generations immediately turned into luxuries in this world, which was of course a good thing for Li Yi.
In the past, he also made DIY handmade soap with a playful attitude. It did not require many materials and the procedures were not complicated. He still remembers the production method.
Water, vegetable oil and sodium hydroxide can make the simplest handmade soap.
The soap made by this method does not contain any additives, has strong decontamination ability, and does no harm to human skin.
Although sodium hydroxide is not readily available, it can be easily prepared using hydrated lime and soda ash without any difficulty.
After thinking about it in his mind, Li Yi decided to start by making handmade soap.
He was really fed up with the days when bathing was all done by hand.
Planning in his mind how to implement this plan, he walked into the inner courtyard unknowingly. There was a sudden strange sound in his ears. Li Yi raised his head and saw a graceful figure moving around in the courtyard, with a cold light shining.
The long sword was as light as a snake. Seeing Liu Ruyi holding a beautiful sword flower and leaping several feet away with a single leap, Li Yi felt extremely envious in his heart.
If he could have such skills, would he still be afraid of being bullied?
If I encounter that Scarface again, I can easily handle it by myself.
At that time, with his extraordinary skills and this pretty face, wouldn't he be able to become a handsome man with both civil and military skills, easily win a large group of female fans, and easily reach the top of his life?
Seeing that smile on Li Yi's face from a distance, Liu Ruyi put away her sword and resisted the idea of killing him with a sword...
