Since successfully capturing the mountain of Xiao Tong with cakes and delicacies, Xiao Yao's status at home has also risen, and no one dares to bully him anymore!

Xiao Yao often changed his methods to make all kinds of modern food, firmly catching Xiao Tong's stomach, and Xiao Tong, a foodie, for the sake of deliciousness, all kinds of requirements for Xiao Yao were obedient, so Xiao Yao, who was a fox and a fake tiger, kept getting more and more various materials from the housekeeper!

"Childe, these sea salt soda ash, you have to save some use, now that Qi and Zhou are ready to fight again, our relationship with Chen is not good, and many goods can't be transported to our Jiangling." The housekeeper saw Xiao Yao running over to ask for one, and he was already complaining, but under the obscenity of his sister-in-law Xiao Tong, he didn't dare to attack Xiao Yao.

"War again? Who will win? Xiao Yao suddenly went astray.

"It doesn't matter who wins, as long as it doesn't affect our Xiao family's business." The housekeeper said as if he didn't care about himself.

"War?" Xiao Yao suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly asked the housekeeper, "Do we have gunpowder here?" ”

"Gunpowder? What is gunpowder? If you want to get medicine, you have to go to the pharmacy. The housekeeper was confused.

"You haven't heard of gunpowder?" Xiao Yao asked in surprise.

Suddenly, a bold idea appeared in Xiao Yao's mind: a shot in hand, I have it!

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"Brother Tong, I'm ready to think about what kind of food recipe that the Hu chef had with me back then, you and your eldest brother's study is relatively quiet, can you let me go in and sort out my thoughts?" Xiao Yao watched Xiao Tong gulp down this semi-finished dessert called double skin milk, and asked with a grin.

"Something good to eat again? How could that Hu man back then have so many things with you? We saw that he was hiding far away. Haha, but you used to be weird and scared, you really smell like each other, weirdos like weirdos! Xiao Tong laughed at Xiao Yao.

"So you agreed?" Xiao Yao said excitedly, because in the entire Xiao family, only the two brothers Xiao Fu and Xiao Tong have a study, and the study room has all four treasures, Xiao Yao can only go to their study if he wants to record his thoughts and the materials he needs.

"Yes, but you'll have to make me something to eat later!" Xiao Tong, a foodie, agreed without hesitation.

When Xiao Yao walked into the study of Xiao Fu's two brothers and saw a few shelves of books, he couldn't help but sigh: "The study of their two brothers is different, much cleaner and tidier than ours, and there are so many of these books, at least a few hundred, can they read them?" ”

I took out an ancient book and flipped through it, I damn it! All of them are in classical Chinese, which I can't understand at all, and they are all traditional characters, and many of them are not very recognizable. "I knew that when I was in Chinese class, I would have listened to the teacher's lectures!" Xiao Yao couldn't help but let out a science student's sigh.

Touching the brand-new paper and smelling the faint fragrance of ink, Xiao Yao reacted: these books are still new, and they haven't been turned at all, it turns out that they have put so many books in this study room to pretend!

It's no wonder that the ancients worked at sunrise, rested at sunset, and slept after dark, and Xiao Fubai, who was an official of the imperial court, was busy with that, entertaining this and that, how could he have time to read! Xiao Tong doesn't need it anymore, he can only eat and play!

"I remember that black powder has been invented by alchemists a long time ago, why don't the housekeepers know what gunpowder is now?" Xiao Yao sat down and thought carefully.

But how could Xiao Yao have imagined that the ancient production technology actually relied on the master to teach the disciples, and it was passed on by word of mouth, and there were no technical books to read! Moreover, there were not many people who knew words in ancient times, and these craftsmen relied on their crafts to eat, and naturally there were few who knew words, so even if they made gunpowder by accident, they would not write it down on paper and pass it down! Even if this master knows how to read, he will not write it into a book and spread it, after all, these technologies are his own job, and if he teaches others, isn't it tantamount to suicide! As the old saying goes: Church apprentices, starve to death Master!

"It really helps me! I can't imagine that they still don't know what gunpowder is, so if I make gunpowder and then make a musket, haha, then who will be my opponent in this era! Xiao Yao said domineeringly, and then immediately wrote down the key points and materials in his mind on paper.

"Childe, there are a lot of things you want that I don't know, what are they? And the words you write are either missing a few strokes or missing a side, and the words are scribbled, oblique and crooked, so ugly! The housekeeper looked at the list written by Xiao Yao and looked at Xiao Yao with disgust.

"Well, I'm not old, I don't know a few words, and I don't usually have time to practice words." Xiao Yao was a little embarrassed and said, asking a science student to write calligraphy is the same as asking a calligrapher to write code.

"Also, these iron, copper and other things, we do have them in the warehouse, but these are valuable things, and the lord is very strict with the use of these materials." The butler looked at the ghost-drawn list, and finally recognized a few words on it.

"These things are all asked for by Brother Tong, you all give them?" Xiao Yao pulled out Xiao Tong's banner again.

"Don't be Tong Gongzi, even if the eldest prince wants these things, he must ask the master first." The butler shook his head.

"Then what you mean is these things, our Xiao family has them." Xiao Yao changed his train of thought and asked.

"Of course, our Xiao family's trading house is the largest trading house in Jiangling! Even if there is no now, as long as the master asks for it, and then sets a good price, a large group of merchants will be shipped from all over the world! The butler replied proudly.

Leaving the warehouse, Xiao Yao shook his head a little discouraged and sighed: "It seems that I have to reorganize my thinking, it is difficult to get so many materials, and even Xiao Tong's name is not good!" Don't do any musket bombs now, you can't even make a hard knife! ”

"But the housekeeper too, as long as you can afford it, you want anything! That's right, it's about having money! No money to solve the problem! With money, you have everything! No guns, no cannons, we build ourselves! Yes, now the first step is to make money first! Xiao Yao readjusted his thinking, and then ignited hope again, and his ambition was authentic!

"Brother Tong, I don't feel very fresh about the materials that the housekeeper gave me recently, so I want to go out with him in person, and go to our shops to see if there are any fresh and useful materials, and then I can make some delicious food!" Xiao Yao is currying favor with Xiao Tong again, because children from big families are not allowed to go out casually, especially Xiao Yao, who is only ten years old.

"Is there really something delicious again? Then you go out directly with the housekeeper, and I'll help you go from your father's side. Xiao Tong was holding a big bowl of honey popcorn, and a group of brothers and sisters were eating happily, of course, these are all rice popcorns popped with rice, after all, corn is still on the other side of the distant ocean.

With Xiao Tong's holy decree, the housekeeper could only take Xiao Yao to leave the Xiao family and come to the streets of Jiangling City!

It has been more than half a month since he crossed here, and Xiao Yao walked out of the house for the first time, truly experiencing what kind of living customs and customs the ancient society was, and then felt very curious and interesting about everything around him!

"Childe, you have to follow me, don't run around, you're going to run away, I can't afford it." The housekeeper held Xiao Yao tightly, with a constipated expression on his face, why did this kid get entangled with me recently, not only asked me for this and that, but now he wants to go out with me!

"Don't worry, I will definitely follow you, I don't know a lot of things, there will definitely be a lot of questions to ask you at that time, you have to introduce it to me carefully." Xiao Yao looked at the already stupid housekeeper with an innocent smile on his face and said with a smile.

When he was at home, the housekeeper kept talking to Xiao Yao about how powerful the Xiao family business was, but Xiao Yao didn't feel anything, and it wasn't until he came to the street now that Xiao Yao felt that the Xiao family was really rich for the first time!

Because on every street, there is at least one shop opened by the Xiao family's trading house, which does all kinds of business inside: the largest rice shop in Jiangling City, opened by the Xiao family! The largest silk shop in Gangneung City, opened by the Xiao family! The largest inn store in Jiangling City, opened by the Xiao family! The largest brothel in Gangneung City, opened by the Xiao family! Gangneung City's largest...

After walking for most of the time, the housekeeper's mouth was dry, and Xiao Yao was still asking unsatisfied, what is this, what is that.

The housekeeper finally couldn't help it, so he pointed to the shop in front of him and said to Xiao Yao: "Son, if we go in first and rest, everyone is almost exhausted." ”

"This store is also opened by our Xiao family?" Xiao Yao looked at this storefront with a big word "dang" written on the façade, it turned out to be a pawnshop, fortunately, I still recognize this traditional character pawn.

"Of course, who doesn't know that this largest pawnshop in Jiangling City is also our Xiao family's business!" The housekeeper was proud, and then led Xiao Yao in.