Chapter 50: The Visit (I)
More than ten days have passed since the attack, of course, the nineteenth princess also reported to the official according to the process, but she also knew that it would definitely be over, but she also took this opportunity to publicize the senior year, so there were rumors everywhere in the imperial city that the attack was to rob the nineteenth princess's jasmine tea, so the number of people who came to the shop to buy tea suddenly increased sharply in the past few days. The car and a half of jasmine tea that I just pulled back are selling hot, and the price has increased!
At this time, Wu Yue led the people to transport the second batch of tea back! It's finally not sold out! At the same time, Wu Yue also brought back a hundred newly recruited guards, all of whom were about twenty men, and they were also the best martial arts among the clansmen of Qingliang Mountain! Ji Zhihui also came back, it's been almost a month in a blink of an eye, Ji Zhihui is also very hard, and even people have lost weight! During this time, Ji Zhihui is still working very hard! After all, it's the business project he is in charge of!
Next, the nineteenth princess is also ready to continue to increase the number of guards, and this incident makes her feel clearly that it is time to be fully prepared! Even the cotton cloth and medicinal herbs in the warehouse have increased several times!
In fact, there are many people in the Wu clan who have participated in actual battles, almost 20,000 people, because every year the country has to recruit soldiers, except for those princes, all major families have to send people. And civilian families will also apply according to the number of people in the family, in proportion to the number of people in the family! Because the fief of the eldest prince Yong'an King is in the northwest, and he has been confronting the Western Turks all the year round, and the small-scale battles have not stopped, so the country will give him additional troops every year! Of course, when the service expires, these people can go back! So over the years, there are not many clansmen who have participated in battles!
Of course, the newly recruited guards are just ordinary guards, and Wu Yue's two hundred female guards are the princess's personal guards, and there is still a difference in level! The princess is surrounded by people who need absolute loyalty and can be trusted!
This time, the guards recruited gave priority to better marksmanship! Any combat archer is the first to fight, and those who can draw a hard bow are the ones who are physically strong!
Zhu Xiaobao still lived in his elegant residence and lived a very comfortable life, but he could also feel that the atmosphere in the princess's mansion had changed, and Wu Yue took these guards to practice in the martial arts arena every day, especially the intensive training of archery! This attack is a loss in archery and range! Now the amount of training per day has also increased dramatically. Intensive training for more than eight hours a day! Even those subordinates added two hours of martial arts practice time every day! It can be said that all the people are soldiers!
In addition to those wounded, there are all kinds of treasures! He was busy making toilet paper and soap, and he was supporting the nineteenth princess from another aspect! Now those female guards are very close to Zhu Xiaobao! Although this little fat man sometimes makes a little cheap, the things they take out are really what they like very much, and it can be said that everything is very comfortable to use!
Now there are two more people around Zhu Xiaobao, that is, Lu Tong and Lu Fang, these two people are not injured and cannot participate in training for the time being, but they are asking to come to Zhu Xiaobao to help, in fact, they are very envious of Ying Xiuxiu's life!
Zhu Xiaobao really needs a few more helpers around him, and this time he has rushed to produce 15,000 pieces of toilet paper alone, which is already the limit of his humble workshop's output. But this time he adjusted the ratio of hardwood and the concentration of pulp in the paper trough again. The resulting toilet paper is thinner and softer. However, Zhu Xiaobao omits the bleaching step, so the toilet paper produced is completely natural.
But he repeated the filtration steps several times, so it was more hygienic and looked cleaner! This is thanks to Lu Tong and Lu Fang's sisters, these two sisters are very meticulous and serious, especially Lu Tong is also very smart, and many things are thorough!
Wait until the toilet paper is finished in a hurry. Zhu Xiaobao also processed the first batch of soap agreed with the Seventh Princess, except for the carvings that were not so elegant, the quality was not inferior!
Because the seven princesses did not send incense powder, but directly sent the original spices, which made it much more convenient for Zhu Xiaobao to process, tested several times, determined the most appropriate proportion, and then added the required fragrance, the finished product was actually more delicate and smooth than the last time, and the fragrance was more elegant. The quality of Lux soap is straight to the next generation! Zhu Xiaobao called this soap the best soap! The seventh princess is also very cooperative, and directly raised the price again, and each piece of soap costs three taels of gold!
Zhu Xiaobao looked at the spices in the clay pot and sighed a little: It's really a good thing, but I don't know how it was produced.
It turns out that this spice belongs to the Seventh Princess's exclusive refining, and this spice is not allowed to be refined privately in her fiefdom, nor is it allowed to be sold by other merchants! It's her exclusive monopoly. It is also absolutely forbidden to sell that kind of belly sweetfish, even if it is caught by accident, it must be handed over. The Seventh Princess's behavior is quite domineering, of course, this is also the deterrent power she has!
The toilet paper and soap were rushed out, and the atmosphere in the nineteenth princess's mansion was immediately changed, and the atmosphere that was still a little dull suddenly became vibrant! Six hundred pieces of toilet paper and two bars of soap for each female guard! This made all the female guards cheer, six hundred pieces of toilet paper, twenty a day, enough!
So Zhu Xiaobao has now become the most popular person among the female guards, and when he was fine, Zhu Xiaobao went to the martial arts arena to see them train, and no one stopped him at all, but they all smiled very kindly. Even Wu Lijia personally instructed Zhu Xiaobao to practice archery, but he had to move the arrow target forward a hundred steps in advance, almost a distance of thirty steps, and Zhu Xiaobao could shoot! Zhu Xiaobao looked at the arrow target and shook his head, he really wasn't the material for martial arts! But now being able to shoot an arrow target thirty steps away is already a big improvement, it used to be twenty steps!
Although it is very scummy, it does not affect Zhu Xiaobao's mood, and I am still very interested in seeing Wu Yue and their martial arts, the beauties are well-proportioned and well-proportioned, and they wear less when they train, so Zhu Xiaobao is still very willing to come and watch!
It's just that his residence is too far away from the martial arts arena, and it takes almost twenty minutes to walk, which is a bit depressing for Zhu Xiaobao! wanted to borrow Ji Zhichen's donkey, but Ji Zhichen still refused! This made Zhu Xiaobao very angry!
The result of being angry is that Zhu Xiaobao solves the problem of difficult travel on his own! Of course, this little thing is not difficult for Zhu Xiaobao! He asked the carpenter to help him build some wooden parts! Includes two wheels......
After some tinkering, Zhu Xiaobao assembled all the parts, and the world's first bicycle was born! However, his bike does not have chains and flywheels, and the pedals are directly mounted in the center of the rear wheel! The seat cushion is also directly above the rear wheels! , the wheels can't be too high, otherwise his little short legs won't be able to reach them! Kick a lap, the wheels really spin around! You can advance about 1.5 meters! It's a completely casual ride, there are no brakes yet, and it all relies on two feet to brake!
The wood used is also the lightest weight selected, except for the part of the force, it can be fine, and it can be light! So overall, the weight of this bike is not very heavy! That is, every path in the princess's mansion is paved with bluestone slabs, so it is not very bumpy to ride, otherwise, the riding feeling of this bicycle without springs and tires is not so comfortable!
Watching Zhu Xiaobao ride the two-wheeled car swaying, Ying Xiuxiu and Lu Tong sisters were stunned! What is this thing, why does it run and not fall? They all rushed to try it, and it was strange that they couldn't ride it, and if it weren't for the slow speed, they would have fallen!
With the new invention, of course, the little treasures are going to show off! Otherwise, there will be no sense of accomplishment! When he rode slowly and leisurely into the martial arts arena, all of a sudden, those female guards were very surprised, gathered around, and asked this and that, and Zhu Xiaobao's vanity was greatly satisfied!
"Sisters! Look ahead! These are two pieces of soap, and if anyone can ride them under that tree and not fall, I will give them to her! Zhu Xiaobao was very proud, took out the soap from his arms and shouted!
This reward is still very tempting, don't look at the female guards two pieces of soap per month, but their training volume is huge, they have to take a shower twice a day, plus morning and evening washing, two pieces of soap are not enough, and some people have to use soap instead! So now the temptation of two bars of soap is unconsciously huge!
However, seeing that Zhu Xiaobao is so relaxed, when it is the turn of these female guards, Gu is completely different, and she can't ride it at all, either she will hit the ground halfway, or she will fall, and the two wheels will not stand no matter how you think about it! A dozen people tried it in a row, but no one could ride this car, and Wu Yue was also very embarrassed to barely hold it with her feet, so she didn't fall!
"Stinky little treasure! Tell me, how the hell did it! Wu Yue asked a little annoyed.
"Because I invented it, it only listens to me! Don't even think about it! Zhu Xiaobao smiled very proudly.
"The devil believes! Say it quickly, or I'll tear these two broken cars apart! Wu Yue simply threatened directly.
"Alright! All right! In fact, it is whichever direction it falls, you turn in that direction! It's that simple! "Zhu Xiaobao is not selling anything, this thing is originally a plaything, there is no need to be so mysterious!
But even if this is the case, it is impossible to learn it right away, and of course there are a few smart people, after several attempts, they finally rode up and really rode under the tree. In the envious eyes of everyone, I got two pieces of excellent soap!
Wu Yue was even more annoyed, she still couldn't ride, so she said very fiercely: "You don't come to me in the future, every time you come, it will affect their training!" ”
"Humph! Then you don't come to me less, and eat me every time you come!" I'm not happy yet! Zhu Xiaobao also said unceremoniously, the two of them hadn't quarreled for a few days, and they both felt a little uncomfortable!
When the saber was rattling, Ji Zhihui hurriedly ran over: "Xiaobao! Hurry up and go back and prepare, that Duanmuqi is here, and he wants to go to you by name, I guess I want to fight the tooth sacrifice! Wu Yue, Chief Wu asked you to go to the front hall quickly. ”
"What? Want to come to me? Not good! Mine is going back quickly! Zhu Xiaobao was shocked when he heard this, there were many things in his processing workshop that Duanmuqi couldn't see, and now he had to hurry back!
Zhu Xiaobao got on the bike and kicked up quickly, and he was able to run very fast! Ji Zhihui shouted in surprise from behind: "What is this?" Can you actually run on your own? Oops, wait for me! ”