42. Chapter 42
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, but Shen Zhizhi is becoming more and more troubled and entangled.
Her husband is getting more and more inches.
Hugging and hugging is still a trivial matter, last night, he actually kissed her, kissed her......
The first kiss of her two lives was gone.
In fact, Shen Zhizhi didn't know that her first kiss had already been attacked by someone.
Xi'er looked at the young lady with a puzzled face, who always sat quietly on the soft couch in a daze this day, her face changed back and forth, and she touched her lips with her fingers from time to time...... I always felt that the young lady seemed to be bubbling with pink bubbles.
Only the Yang family on the side was a little excited at the same time, it seemed that the uncle had made a move, these two people were dragging the unround house slowly, the Yang family was so anxious that he couldn't do it, and now he finally made progress.
Mama Zhang silently took the soles of her shoes on the side, stitches and threads, very focused, she had no hope for the eldest young master, and even the old lady gave up.
She didn't dare to tell Xi'er and Yang, so she could only pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Just stay in this cool room to get the soles of the young lady's shoes.
At this time, the door curtain moved slightly, the chief steward came in, he wiped a handful of sweat, and the chubby old face smiled like a chrysanthemum, maybe he was in a hurry, and his breath was a little panting.
"Madam, madam, our ice cubes are selling like crazy, and in just one morning, we have received 500,000 taels of silver...... "This is the cost of the General's Mansion and the private army for a year......
The chief steward was very excited.
"Okay, good ......" When Shen Zhizhi heard this, her eyes were bent when she smiled, the little tangled was gone, and her eyes were bright and scary, sure enough, the money of the rich and noble people was the best to earn.
Take advantage of these three days, make a good profit, after three days, after Fang Zi is dedicated to the emperor, it is estimated that the price of ice cubes will drop, and the General's Mansion can no longer sell ice cubes.
As for the rich and noble families who bought ice cubes at a high price in the past three days, Shen Zhizhi didn't feel guilty at all, these big families even bought ice cubes ten times higher than the price, and they didn't take silver as money, and they didn't make money in vain.
According to Lord Fujun, there are several special places in the Apocalypse Dynasty, which are full of saltpeter and other things.
In the past, because it was useless, these things were everywhere.
She instructed the steward to collect saltpeter as much as possible and store it, and the next few places that specialized in producing saltpeter would be taken over by the imperial court in a few days.
"The general said, we can only sell ice cubes for three days, and you will work hard for these three days, and each of you will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver after three days." Shen Zhizhi waved his hand and was generous.
When the chief steward heard that there was a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, the fat meat trembled with excitement, thanked the young lady again and again, and continued to work in a hurry.
Where is Shen Zhizhi still thinking about the first kiss or something, she is now energetically holding the abacus and crackling and calculating.
You should be able to earn a lot of silver in three days, just in time to buy some grain.
Now the grange in the house and her own dowry, the private property, Zhuangzi, have begun to dig large ice cellars to store ice.
Xi'er saw that Miss was busy again, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to bring cold mung bean and lotus seed soup.
Shen Zhizhi finished eating the mung bean lotus seed soup, took the handkerchief handed over by Xi'er and printed the corners of his mouth, but saw the tall and handsome figure of his husband.
"Husband, are you back?"
Shen Zhizhi was a little entangled, now Zhao Yuanhao went to the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing to train a cadre of elite soldiers brought back from the northwest in addition to the previous dynasty, and rarely came back at noon.
Xi'er and Yang's, Mama Zhang hurriedly got up and said goodbye.
Zhao Yuanhao strode forward, saw the iced lotus seed soup in front of him, and immediately sat down to eat, eating ice on a hot day, cool, and talking to his little wife while eating.
"I came back at noon because I had just heard something surprising."
"What's the matter?"
"Shen Wuflawless was 'heroically saved by the four princes', and many people saw Shen Wuflawless being taken to the hospital by the four princes, and now Shen Wuflawless got married as he wished." Zhao Yuanhao ate all the mung bean lotus seed soup, and a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Poof...... They can't wait, right? ”
Shen Zhizhi smiled, it was really Shen Wufang's style.
"It's strange if you're not in a hurry, if it's a little later, Shen Wufang and the four princes' plans will come to naught, I heard that An Guogong's second son, An Qing, is interested in Shen Wuxi, and grinds the Duchess of An Guo to come to the door to propose, no, yesterday An Guogong's wife came to the door, and today Shen Wufang made a fuss, and this family affair will definitely come to an end."
Zhao Yuanhao said unhurriedly.
Only then did Shen Zhizhi understand why Shen Wufang had to act in advance, it turned out that he was forced.
Xi'er and the others, who listened to it for a while: "......" didn't understand, and always felt that what the young master and young lady said was very profound, wasn't Shen Wufang the eldest lady of the Shen family and Li?
Listening to the words of the young master and the young lady, it seems that they secretly hooked up at some point......
However, the eldest lady of the Shen family really had no vision, and she actually caught up with the most squishy four princes.
"I'm afraid my father is going to be angry." Shen Shangshu is only loyal to the emperor and has never had anything to do with the princes, but now Shen Wufang has intimate contact with the four princes in public, except for marrying the four princes, there is no second way.
"Young master, young lady, there are a few people from outside the mansion, saying that they are the stewards of Shen Shangshu's mansion." A maid's voice came from outside the door.
Shen Zhizhi raised her eyebrows in surprise and looked at Lord Fujun: "Husband, didn't you say that the Shen family was dealing with Shen Wufang's affairs at this time?" Why did you suddenly send someone to our house? ”
Zhao Yuanhao squinted his eyes and pondered for a moment, "It should be for the ice cubes." ”
I see, let people go to the lobby of the house to wait, Shen Zhizhi and Zhao Yuanhao tidied up and went to the lobby.
As soon as the two entered, they saw two familiar stewards, one from the big room and the other from the second room.
"The old slave has seen my lord, ma'am." When the two stewards saw the two, they hurriedly saluted with a sneer.
In his heart, he secretly slandered the second lady for really taking shit luck and marrying General Zhao.
"What's wrong with the two stewards? Is there something going on with the Shen family? Shen Zhizhi asked with a faint face.
Zhao Yuanhao sat there with a cold face, and his powerful momentum made the two stewards tremble.
Seeing that the second lady's attitude was a little detached, the two stewards couldn't help but be a little embarrassed and annoyed, but there was no show on their faces.
"The old slave heard that the shop in the General's Mansion is selling ice cubes, and there is not enough ice in the mansion, so I came here this time to buy some ice cubes to go back."
What the two stewards said soundly sounded like they were buying, not asking her to give it away, but can Shen Zhizhi accept her mother's money?
No.
The two stewards also knew it, but they said beautiful things on the surface.
Shen Zhizhi frowned slightly, and reprimanded unhappily: "What did the two stewards say, what did they buy or not, am I so ruthless and disregard my mother's family?" When there is a shortage of ice cubes in the house, just tell me, and I will have two truckloads of ice cubes sent over. ”
"Husband, do you think that's the reason?"
The two stewards were immediately overjoyed when they heard this, but when they saw General Zhao who was silent next to him, they chuckled in their hearts, for fear that General Zhao would not agree.
Zhao Yuanhao nodded lightly: "Hmm." ”
Shen Zhizhi immediately called someone to prepare two carts of ice cubes.
"By the way, didn't the eldest sister let people sell ice cubes in the shop for a day the day before yesterday, and made a lot of money......" Shen Zhizhi said casually, if it weren't for the fact that Lord Fujun found out that the owner behind the shop that sold ice cubes the day before yesterday was Shen Wuflaw, she wouldn't know that Shen Wuflaw still had this ability.
In fact, she didn't know more, Shen Wufang was reborn, of course, she knew that this summer's ice cubes were particularly scarce, and she couldn't even buy them with silver.
So last winter, she secretly had people store a large amount of ice cubes, preparing to make a windfall this summer.
Because it is carried out secretly, the storage amount is not very large, and you need to keep one for your own backup, so the amount sold is not large, but the price is very high.
When Zhao Yuanhao found out, he was speechless about Shen Wufang's behavior.
The two stewards were stunned when they heard the second lady say that the eldest lady sold ice cubes, and the two looked at each other, their eyes were full of surprise, how did they not know that the eldest lady had opened a shop to sell ice cubes?
"The old slave doesn't know about this, maybe the lady is mistaken, the amount of ice in the house is not small." No matter where the eldest lady got the ice cubes to sell, she can't admit it.
Zhao Yuanhao suddenly glanced at them coldly, and snorted coldly, "Are you doubting General Ben's ability?" ”
The two stewards turned pale with fright, and said again and again that they didn't dare.
But I thought that I had to report it when I went back.
If it's true, it's a shame.
Just when someone came to report that the two carts of ice were ready, the two stewards breathed a sigh of relief, the purpose of today's visit was finally achieved, and they hurriedly left the general's mansion.
Shen Zhizhi watched them leave, her smile was bright, she leaked Shen Wufang secretly selling ice cubes to make a windfall, just to take a small revenge on her.
Zhao Yuanhao shook his head speechlessly and dotingly.