Because Yunni did not live in the Hejian Palace, and the King of Hejian was also busy preparing for the 80th birthday of the Emperor, Jia Baoyu did not stay in the palace for too long.

However, a word with the king of Hejian made Jia Baoyu feel that he had gained a lot.

Mainly, there are topics that no one dares to talk about between the government and the opposition, and there seems to be no taboo here at the King of Hejian.

Therefore, Jia Baoyu learned a lot of secrets about the past of the royal family and the court from the mouth of the king of Hejian.

I also know why there are so many princes of Emperor Taishang, and in the end, only Emperor Jingtai and King Zhongshun are left.

It is worth mentioning that the king of Zhongshun is only the king of the county.

It is rumored that this is because the blood of the King of Zhongshun is not right. Probably because his mother was not from the Central Plains, but a Fanbang woman who was favored by the Emperor Taishang at will when he was young......

Later, the state was destroyed.

Therefore, King Zhongshun's low background allowed him to live peacefully to the end.

Of course, as far as Jia Baoyu knows, all this is also due to the fact that he hugged one of his thighs tightly - Emperor Jingtai.

King Zhongshun is a loyal supporter of Emperor Jingtai, he has no ambitions, and everything is based on Emperor Jingtai's horse, so even if he only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, and even does a lot of illegal things, no one dares to touch him in the government and the opposition.

If there is no accident, I am afraid that as soon as the emperor dies, he will be promoted to the prince, and maybe he can also control part of the power for Emperor Jingtai.

However, the more he learned, the more he knew, the more awe of imperial power in Jia Baoyu's heart became thinner and thinner.

It seems that there is nothing unusual about the sacred and inoffensive emperor and imperial power in the hearts of all the people in the world.

As long as you have the ability and courage, anyone can dominate these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

The royal blood can reign over the world. If you are not of royal blood, you also have the opportunity to tilt the power into the opposition.

However, he can't do it yet, at least, far from it now......

Since it can't be done for the time being, you must shrink, and only by surviving to the end can you have a chance.

……

"Selling chilled sour plum soup...... Selling sweet and cool sour plum soup......"

Coming out of the Imperial City, enter the Fang Market in Gude Fang, where there are many hawkers.

Among them, a seller of iced sour plum soup attracted Jia Baoyu's attention.

He rode to the vendor.

An elderly couple, pushing a simple wooden cart with four large wooden barrels on it, all covered with lids.

Under the wooden barrel, it is wrapped with countless coarse cloth and twine, etc., and the exact situation is not visible, but it is conceivable that the bottom is filled with ice.

"This lord, do you want to drink sour plum soup?"

When the old man saw Jia Baoyu's line, he asked cautiously.

Jia Baoyu nodded and said, "I don't know how to sell this sour plum soup?" ”

"Ten, twelve dollars a bowl...... However, if the adults want to drink, the small ones can be given to the adults for free, and no money is required. ”

The old man had a smile on his face.

Jia Baoyu couldn't help but glance at him. Judging from his dress, although he is an ordinary person, he is clean, and he looks like a solid person.

He jumped off the horse and reached out to feel it, and indeed the temperature on the cart was very low and cool.

"Bring me a bowl."

Jia Baoyu said so, and the old man's mother-in-law immediately found a good-looking one from the bowl and handed it to the old man, and then the old man opened the wooden cover, and handed it to Jia Baoyu with a bowl.

Mingyan took it first, "Second master, I'll drink it first." ”

Although Jia Baoyu felt that Mingyan's move was a little too nervous, he also knew that he was loyal, so he did not refuse.

So Mingyan raised his head and drank a bowl of iced sour plum soup in a few gulps.

"Hiccup~"

This kid actually hiccuped, and then faced the crowd looking at him, smiled embarrassedly, and said, "It's delicious......"

Jia Baoyu also smiled and said to all the soldiers: "Come down and drink a bowl." ”

The soldiers immediately dismounted happily.

This ghost weather is already hot, and they are still wearing armor, so it is naturally even hotter. Being able to drink a bowl of chilled sour plum soup is naturally a very longing thing.

So, Jia Baoyu and his entourage of more than ten people came over, and suddenly surrounded the not spacious place.

Most of the soldiers are big men, how can a bowl of soup be enough, at least two, three, or even four bowls......

The old man smiled and offered it.

His mother-in-law took advantage of the vacancy, pulled the old man aside, and said in a low voice: "You still send it, it's all over the barrel." ”

She pointed to the empty barrel.

Good guys, they launched four barrels of sour plum soup at noon, and it took half an hour to sell less than a barrel, which is good, and after a while, more than one bucket will be gone.

The old man glared at her, snatched the wooden scoop from her hand, and continued to serve soup to everyone.

Jia Baoyu sat at the only small table, saw this scene in his eyes, smiled, and when everyone was almost drunk, he called the old man in front of him.

"How many bowls can you sell in a day?"

Jia Baoyu asked casually.

The old man didn't hide it, hunched his waist and replied: "Back to this adult, the small ones also came out to sell soup when the weather began to get hot these days, they are all small businesses, and they can sell 300 bowls a day, and the bad ones are about 100 bowls." ”

"It's all twelve dollars a bowl?"

"Hehe, when it's hot, it sells 12 wen, and after the afternoon, 10 wen and 8 wen are also sold......"

The old man replied very honestly. It's not that he doesn't know how to do business, but Jia Baoyu's group of people look too noble.

Not to mention anything else, just for a knife worn casually on these people's bodies, he doesn't know how long it will take to sell sour plum soup to make money, will people still want him to have such a small business?

Jia Baoyu was obviously very happy about the sincerity of the old man, and silently calculated in his heart, according to this harvest, even if it was only sold for half a month, it would be dozens of taels of silver, which was much more than the harvest of an ordinary household in a year.

Sure enough, as long as you can use your brain, there are always some people who can live well.

Let's just say that this sour plum soup, in normal times, no one buys it for three or four yuan, but at this time, it can be sold for more than ten yuan with ice, and many people are willing to buy it.

casually praised the old man, and he said: "I don't know where the ice used to chill the sour plum soup comes from?" ”

"This ......"

The old man paused.

Everything else is easy to say, this question about ice, he naturally hesitated.

He naturally knew that the reason why he made money from this small business was all on this ice cube.

Jia Baoyu smiled and asked Mingyan to pay for the soup.

The old man suddenly panicked, and said again and again: "This, since it is said to be free, how dare the little one accept the money of the adults......

He also thought that his hesitation had offended Jia Baoyu.

So he immediately said: "Don't dare to hide it from adults, this small ice cube was stored last winter." The little one dug a cellar under the ground of his house and hid some ice. ”

Jia Baoyu waved his hand and said, "I have never had the habit of not giving money when I eat, so take the money." ”

Jia Baoyu was polite, but Mingyan was already unwelcome, he stuffed half a piece of broken silver into the old man's arms, and said disdainfully: "My family is a first-class Uncle Jing Yuan, and he will covet your little cheapness, you only take it!" ”

As soon as he heard this, the old man was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "It turns out that the earl is the earl's master, and the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and I ask the lord to forgive me." ”

The people at the feet of the Son of Heaven are usually more knowledgeable and probably know the meaning of the earl.

Jia Baoyu stretched out his hand to let him get up, and then said: "Dissatisfied with the old man, the reason why I asked this ice cube is actually to make a deal with the old man."

Many elders in my family have always suffered from heat, so I want to buy some clean ice cubes with my husband and go back to use.

As for the price, don't worry, you must earn more than you use to sell sour plum soup, I don't know if my husband is willing? ”

The reason why Jia Baoyu sat down to drink sour plum soup was indeed because he wanted to buy ice.

For the era when there was no refrigerator, the ice cubes in summer were as precious as you can imagine!

The royal and state coffers had a lot of ice, but it had a fixed purpose.

Even if he is now in charge of dealing with the affairs of the eldest prince, the palace will send a large amount of ice to the Fukang palace every day.

Jia Baoyu had the opportunity to ask for more, but when he thought that it was to preserve the body of the eldest prince, he naturally wouldn't do it.

Therefore, it would be great if you could buy ice cubes from the private sector.