Seeing Pei Yaoqing, Li Yi was not surprised at all, and asked with a smile: "Ming Mansion?" ”

"Brother Yi, don't come unharmed." Pei Yaoqing gave an answer.

Li Yi understood, didn't have to be official, and said: "Brother Pei has leisure today, it is close to noon, let's talk while eating." ”

"Good!" Pei Yaoqing smiled and nodded, and introduced his colleague sideways: "This is Fan Xiancheng." ”

"It was Fan Shaofu who came to the door, and there was a lot of neglect." Li Yi clenched his fists.

Fan Ai was still thinking about a series of things that had just happened, and was stunned for a moment before reacting, "It's really a teenager." ”

"Shaofu praised it." Li Yi is modest.

He didn't know what Pei Yaoqing meant by bringing a county prince.

I have heard of Fan Ai's name, and the shopkeeper Yu was looking for Fan Ai to go to Pingkangfang to play that day, and then a group of people threw down the shopkeeper Yu and ran away.

As a result, the shopkeeper collapsed early the next morning and was sent to Zhuangzi for rescue.

Fan Ai saw this legendary young proprietor for the first time, thinking about the stories, and couldn't help but look carefully.

It looks like this young man is more delicate, but it doesn't give people a sense of weakness.

There was a kind of indifference in his clear eyes, and nothing would confuse him at all.

"Brother Yi, what are you eating today?" Pei Yaoqing didn't want to stand all the time.

"Kill the pig!" Li Yi said three words.

It is indeed a pig-killing dish, entertaining the people who do the work, and killing a few extra pigs.

Then there was a lot of blood sausage, and I just asked the people from the yamen to help eat it.

When a group of people went to the cafeteria, the officials were familiar with it, and they heard that there was a pig-killing dish to eat, and they found a place when they smelled it.

A few people in a small pot, to a little garlic sauce, relax and eat.

"Brother Yi, if it weren't for my brother coming over today, I wouldn't know that you had made a new object, and if you have such useful things in the future, you have to take the initiative to take it out." Pei Yaoqing said with a complaining look.

Li Yi thought for a moment, nodded and said: "It is true that more people should know about preventing shoes from slipping, but the iron used in the tools for drilling ice is better, and I am afraid it cannot be promoted." ”

"Don't be afraid, you have to make ice lamps next year, not to mention that the rich have also stored a lot of ice this year, and they will be comfortable next summer, and they will definitely have to store more in winter."

Pei Yaoqing looks at the problem from the perspective of development.

Fan Ai next to him was a little anxious, and he and the others came over to ask about the craftsman, why did he get involved in making things?

He coughed next to him and reminded Pei Yaoqing of the key issue.

So Pei Yaoqing continued to complain: "Brother Yi, you are recruiting before, but you can make me miserable for my brother!" ”

Li Yi blinked, as if asking: What are you talking about? I'm looking for someone to have a relationship with you?

"That's the case with proprietor Li." Fan Ai explained: "Chang'an recruitment is a layer of selection, the excellent are up, and the insufficient are down. ”

As soon as he said a word, Li Yi understood, so it was.

But the wages you give to the good ones are too low, and they only give five feet of silk on the day they engage in ice carving.

The tone in the rent is to let people work for free, and if a person doesn't go, he needs to hand in three feet of silk a day.

On weekdays, when you hire someone, you will take these three feet as a day's wages.

In the winter, find someone to carve ice, five-foot silk, how do you negotiate the price?

I'll rob your people if I give ten feet? I will also provide food.

Think so, but things have to be solved.

"Shaofu, but the good craftsmen are leaving, and the slightly worse ones are waiting?" Li Yi asked.

"Yes, I've been here several times." Fan Ai was helpless.

"It's easy to do, raise the price." Li Yi said casually.

He picked up a blood sausage, dipped it in garlic sauce and stuffed it in his mouth, and squeaked and chewed, and the casing of the blood sausage had been boiling for a long time.

Pei Yaoqing spoke up: "The price is high this year, won't it be impossible to lower next year?" ”

"Why do you want to go down? This year, the ice sculpture and ice lantern are successful, and the people who sponsor the money find the benefits, and more people will have to pay next year. ”

Li Yi gave another set of truths, how beautiful the ice lantern is, and it can be without curfew.

This is called promoting economic development, but it is a pity that the commercial tax is confiscated, otherwise you will earn more.

However, it is also good for the rich to pay and the workers to make money.

In the winter, people come out for a stroll and look at the beautiful ice lanterns, which can lighten the mood.

Pei Yaoqing and Fan Ai looked at each other and felt that it made sense, but ......

"Brother Yi, pay more money, the expert comes to you, it's too late to rush to work in the city." Pei Yaoqing said the crux of the problem.

"When I do carpentry work, the initial processing is done by the apprentices, and then the craftsmen get started."

Li Yi gave a solution at will.

"That's right, Huanzhi, ask the craftsmen who were eliminated before to do the work in front of the ice carving, and they can do it carefully."

Fan Ai's mood improved instantly, it was simple, and he would do it when he went back.

Li Yi also felt simple, and then said: "In this way, more ice sculptures can be made, deliberately made rougher, and the price will be reduced to those who were hesitant to pay before." ”

Fan Ai listened, stopped his chopsticks, looked at Li Yi again, and said secretly: This young man is bad, how did you pretend to have pure eyes?

Seeing that you are so good to others, willing to spend money, and thinking that you are a good person.

I didn't think that you have a lot of means to trick people, and you deliberately make it rough and cheap.

"Good!" Pei Yaoqing was moved.

Li Yi continued to add: "In fact, there is no need to force people to pay, there are merchants on the street who make money, and they are not willing to buy ice sculptures and give them away." ”

"Given away for nothing?" Pei Yaoqing asked.

"Yes, it's given for free, the ice sculpture sent is not picked out to put the position of the lamp, and it looks good during the day.

If they have the ability to chisel out their own place to install lights, we don't have to care, our lights are made in large quantities, and the price is cheap.

Moreover, candles are better than oil lamps, and the tallow candles made on Zhuangzi basically do not emit black smoke. ”

After Li Yi finished speaking, Pei Yaoqing's eyes lit up, and Fan Ai trembled.

Fan Ai hurriedly drank the soup in the pig-killing dish to give himself a trace of warmth.

"Brother Yi, last time I said that the candle was not good to use silk and silk as a lamp heart, what did you use?" Pei Yaoqing wanted to know.

"After all, you can't keep the secret, the candle is given to you, and you will know when you break it, in fact, it is made of reeds and silk silk." Li Yi told the secret.

But what he didn't say was that the reed was straight, and then dipped the melted oil layer by layer.

Instead of a utensil put there, the oil melts and pours into it and then inserts the core and cools.

The process is cumbersome, so the candle is not dripping oil when burning.

His paraffin wax at that time didn't dwell oil, because there was a layer of plastic on the outside, and it didn't dwell without plastic.

Pei Yaoqing didn't know the doorway inside, he gave Fan Ai a look: See? Li Yi is so kind, he will say anything.

Fan Ai was a little confused, he always felt that he couldn't see through Li Yi.

Stretch out your chopsticks to pick up a piece of trembling pork belly, dip it in soy sauce, and eat it with a satisfied look in your mouth, delicious and not greasy at all.

He asked Li Yi with a smile: "But proprietor Li wants to buy a few ice sculptures next to the avenue in the city?" ”

Li Yi raised his head to look at him, and then smiled: "Okay, Shaofu will help introduce a few places." ”

"Joke joke." Fan Ai hurriedly refused, he always felt that if he really sold his position, something would happen and he would be in great trouble.

"I do want to buy it." Li Yi's expression was sincere.

"It's not for sale." Fan Ai's tone was firm.