The scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty were all from famous families. Even Cai Jing, Li Bangyan, and Bai Shizhong were from scholar-official families. Li Qi knew that people like this cherished their face the most, so he deliberately said that he could only supply food for the time being.
Two or three families, this chalk and blackboard paint are originally urgently needed supplies, but those scholar-bureaucrats will not be willing to take second place, so there will definitely be fierce fighting.
The result of the fight will definitely be that the one with the highest price wins.
However, the facts also proved that Li Qi's guess was correct, so that Li Qi sold the chalk and blackboard paint at a very high price without much discussion on the business.
Of course, this is just a small business, canned food and instant noodles are the big ones.
After the gourmet feast, the magical instant noodles spread all of a sudden. Many people came to order instant noodles, but Li Qi declined them one by one because he knew that once he opened the door, he would not sell them.
Just finish it and send it to the homes of the dignitaries. This is definitely not a good thing for the development of instant noodles. He is still considering whether to implement a purchase limit system at the beginning.
In the early morning, the sun set out of the east. After Li Qi came to Zuixianju to have morning tea, he was going to go to Taishi Academy to check it out. However, when he came downstairs, he found that the guy from Maqiao was missing again. He rolled his eyes in anger.
Now he was beginning to wonder if Maqiao had also traveled through time. He was so out of touch with the consciousness of the current people. He came to the kitchen and asked Lu Meimei: "Ms. Lu, have you seen your senior brother?"
Lu Meimei shook her head and said, "No, do you want me to help you look for it?"
"Forget it, just get busy."
Li Qi sighed and cursed secretly, where did this idiot go? He came to the door again, looked around, suddenly his face was stunned, and then he showed a wry smile, and saw the idiot Maqiao lying on the horse, his arms crossed.
With their feet hooked on the reins, one hand resting on their head, the other hand holding a wine jar and filling their mouths with wine, they slowly walked towards this side.
Not to mention, this action is really beyond the capabilities of ordinary people.
This guy is still awesome, so is this guy. Li Qi wiped a cold sweat, and when the guy came to him, he sneered and said: "Hey, Uncle Ma, are you doing acrobatics?"
Ma Qiao glanced out of the corner of his eye and quickly rolled off the horse. He said he was rolling, but in fact he was still doing acrobatics. He smiled at Li Qi and said, "Deputy Commander, you have finished eating."
Li Qi glared sideways and said: "You still know that I am the deputy commander, and I told you that you were wandering around so early in the morning. Also, how many times have I told you, don't drink in the morning?
If you know how to drive, you still have to drive. Drunk driving is very dangerous. If you don’t consider yourself, you should consider me at least."
Ma Qiao said aggrievedly: "Deputy Commander, I went to ride a horse in the countryside. As you know, since you tricked me from the Prime Minister."
"What?"
"Oh, since the king gave you that carriage, I have hardly ridden a horse. Just now, my hands were itchy, so I went for a run in the countryside twice. As for this wine, it is meant to quench my thirst and be drunk as water.
no other meaning."
This is true, he has been staying with me in the college these days and has no chance to ride a horse. Li Qi also knew his drinking capacity, so his expression softened a little and said: "I will forget about today's incident. If you still
There will be a next time.”
Ma Qiao said displeased: "You are going to separate me and my junior sister."
Li Qi was stunned and said with a smile: "As long as you know, let's go."
Ma Qiao snorted and suddenly said: "Deputy Commander, I have something I don't know whether to say or not."
"explain."
Ma Qiao rolled his eyes and said: "I think Deputy Commander, you should also learn to ride a horse. All the guards and the deputy commander said that you don't know how to ride a horse. It would be so embarrassing if you let this out."
Li Qi frowned and felt a little excited. Not being able to ride a horse these days is just like not being able to drive a car in the future. He said: "Actually, I have also considered this matter, but I am very busy now. How can I have time to learn these things."
Ma Qiao said hurriedly: "It's easy. We can learn on the way to the academy. I'll teach you this. In this way, you won't be delayed in your work, and you can learn to ride a horse at the same time. Kill two birds with one stone."
Why did this guy become so diligent all of a sudden? Li Qi glanced sideways and understood immediately. He said with a smile: "Okay, that's it." But he thought in his heart, after all, if you learn to ride a horse, you can also ride in a carriage.
.
Ma Qiao's face lit up with joy, and he nodded his head and promised that he would do his best to teach him how to ride a horse.
At this moment, someone suddenly heard shouting, "Brother Li, Brother Li."
"Huh? It seems to be that boy Anan's voice." Ma Qiao looked around and saw Chen Anan running towards this side on his old donkey. He chuckled and said, "This boy's riding skills have improved a lot.
Pretty big."
Li Qi was not in the mood to care about this now. When he saw Chen Anan being so anxious, he knew something must have happened and hurried over to greet him.
Chen Anan came to Li Qi, got off the donkey, and gasped: "Brother Li, it's bad, your house was broken into last night."
"What!"
Li Qi exclaimed, then lowered his voice and said, "But the thief has been caught?"
Chen Anan shook his head and said: "No, it was Master Liu who discovered the thief at that time, but the thief's methods were so powerful that Master Liu not only failed to catch him, but also received several punches from him, and he is still lying on the bed now."
The Master Liu he was talking about was the cook who came out of the Taishi Mansion and is now responsible for making canned meat.
Ma Qiao said displeased: "Anan, don't scare the deputy commander. If you defeat Master Liu, it doesn't matter. He might just be an ordinary little thief."
"Shut up." Li Qi glared sideways and cursed: "You dare to steal from me like a dog. What did he steal?"
Chen Anan shook his head and said: "That's not true. It's strange to say that instead of going into the back hall to steal, the thief went to the kitchen to steal and made the kitchen a mess."
"kitchen?"
Li Qi looked shocked. He immediately said: "Maqiao, go and bring the carriage. Let's go to the western suburbs first."
"Deputy Commander, you don't want to learn to ride a horse anymore."
"I'll learn from your sister."
On the way, Li Qi asked in detail. It turned out that at the fourth watch last night, Master Liu suddenly remembered that there were still some dishes in the kitchen that had not been put away. He was afraid that they would be eaten by mice, so he got up and went to the kitchen. Unexpectedly,
As soon as he entered the door, he suddenly saw a black shadow coming out. He struggled with the thief for a while and was knocked down. By the time other people heard the sound and rushed over, the thief had already disappeared, but the kitchen was ransacked.
very messy.
Arriving at the Xijiao Manor, Li Qi first visited Master Liu. Although his injuries were not serious, fortunately his life was not in danger and he only needed to nurse himself back to health for half a month. Li Qi felt relieved and asked after some questions.
Unfortunately, Master Liu was knocked down without even seeing clearly whether the thief was a man or a woman. Li Qi gave him some money as compensation. He went to the kitchen again, but at this time the kitchen had been cleaned, and the chefs were working
Busy making cans.
Li Qi walked around but found nothing. He came to the front hall with a gloomy face. It was obvious that this was by no means a simple theft. The thief clearly came after the cans. Fortunately, the cans were stolen.
The key lies in the method, not the formula, so Li Qi is not worried about the secret recipe of the can being leaked, but this also reminds him that his protection work is still not enough, and he must prevent similar incidents from happening again, not only
Cans, and you have to be careful in the workshop, but the problem is, the thief is so powerful, the servants in the manor are no match for him, and they are impossible to guard against.
Chen Anan said: "Brother, do we want to report to the official?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "I am an official, why should I report it? Besides, we don't even know whether the thief is a boy or a woman. We don't have any shortage of things, so it would be useless if we reported it. Also, don't tell Madam about this matter."
Let Uncle Wu know so as not to worry them."
Chen Anan nodded and said: "Oh, I understand."
Ma Qiao suddenly said: "I underestimated this thief. His skills are really good. He can actually beat Master Liu for half a month with one punch."
Li Qidao: "More powerful than you?"
Ma Qiao rolled his eyes and said: "How is this possible? I, Ma Qiao, am not bragging. Apart from my master, I have only been defeated by Brother Guo Yue once in my life. If I were here last night, how could the thief escape?
I had to break his legs, and he dared to steal things from the kitchen where my junior sister used to work. It was really abominable."
"Brother Ma, you are really amazing." Chen Anan admired Ma Qiao from the bottom of his heart, and his admiration was beyond words.
Ma Qiao waved his hands and assumed the posture of a master.
Is it such an exaggeration? When Li Qi heard what happened, he felt angry and funny. He glanced at him and said to himself, it's a pity that this guy wants to protect me, otherwise it would be perfect to let him stay here. Alas, if he is by my side
It would be nice to have more talents like Ma Qiao. Suddenly he said: "Ma Qiao, do you miss your master?"
When Ma Qiao heard this, his face showed fear. He shook his head like a rattle and said, "I don't want to at all."
So simple? Li Qi asked curiously: "Why is this?"
Thinking of those dark years, Ma Qiao couldn't help feeling gloomy and sighed: "He always forced me to steal wine for him to drink." After a pause, he added: "But he specially picked some restaurants that were unkind to get rich. If not,
I won't help him."
Is it reasonable to steal things? Li Qi exclaimed, "Wow! Is your master so shameless?" But as soon as the words came out, he felt something was wrong.
Unexpectedly, Ma Qiao curled his lips and said: "What does this mean? He has done even more shameless things. I think back then, the reason why he accepted my junior sister as his disciple was just to drink from my junior sister's house. My junior sister's family
He is honest and righteous, but I am always deceived by him. If he were not my master, I would have fought him to death."
Sweating! There are such shameless people in this world. Li Qi shed a cold sweat and said: "So, your master is not your opponent?"
"That depends on the time."
"Look at the time? What do you mean?"
"When he is sober, junior sister and I together are no match for him. If he drinks a jar of wine, I can tie him. If he drinks two jars of wine, then he is no match for me.
Of course, I, Ma Qiao, never take advantage of others, if he wants to compete with me, I will drink as much as he drinks." Ma Qiao said truthfully.
There is no difference between you drinking and not drinking, and you are still wasting wine. Li Qi said: "Then how many hours a day is your master awake?"
"That depends on how much wine there is."
"Understood." Li Qi nodded and said to himself, Lu Meimei and Ma Qiao are no match for that drunkard. He is really a talent. He just loves drinking. To me, it's a drop in the bucket. He said: "Ma Qiao, again
After all, he is also your master, I think you should invite him to the capital and take good care of him."
Ma Qiao was stunned. He had been with Li Qi for so long, and he knew very well that Li Qi was a man who was always attentive to anything, and would either kill or steal. He said: "Deputy Commander, if you want my master to help you, I advise you to do it anyway."