Chapter 11 Visitors
Shen Yanqing would come to the stone temple every afternoon, and it seemed that she really wanted to learn the new bookkeeping method. And Yang Bo also has to start his hot pot plan, so he seems very busy.
The alcohol content of Ma Daochang is still too high, and quicklime can be added to remove the water. After purification, liquid alcohol is very flammable, in case it is spilled, the current building is mainly wooden structure, and it is conceivable that the safety hazard is still very large.
Add a coagulant to turn liquid alcohol into solid alcohol, which is easy to use.
The coagulant is the key, Yang Bo uses calcium acetate, made of white vinegar and quicklime, the raw materials are readily available, and the process is simple and crude.
However, Yang Bo can't learn from Ma Daochang and doesn't hide his secrets, he plans to develop it secretly, this technology is a layer of paper, and it won't work if it is pierced.
As for the hot pot, Yang Bo went to the blacksmith Gan, found a small-caliber iron pot, made a round stand, and added a tray, and it was all alive.
This afternoon, there was a strong wind blowing on the sea, and the rain was falling like a pendulum, and the wind and rain were violent for a while, and then it stopped and stopped.
Shen Yanqing came very early, Yang Bo found that her eyes were red, as if she had just cried, Yang Bo asked with concern, Shen Yanqing just said, "Five years ago, my mother died here, and today is her death day." β
Yang Bo comforted him a few words, and then went on to talk about the modern accounting knowledge that he heard. It is nothing more than the kind of double-entry bookkeeping in which there must be a loan and the loan must be equal.
For example, the treasury asked the general treasury to spend a hundred taels of silver, and bought firewood, rice, oil and salt with silver, using the double-entry accounting method, this hundred taels of silver needs to appear on the three accounts (the cash account of the general treasury, the cash account of the treasury and the material account), which is the double-entry bookkeeping, which is not available in the Ming Dynasty at present, so that it is easy to summarize and check each other, which is very useful to the Shen Mansion with a big business.
Shen Yanqing was a little distracted, and when the shower stopped for a while, she proposed to go home, saying that she had something at home and wanted Shen Yiming to return home. Yang Bo happened to have something to do with the blacksmith Gan, so he walked with the two sisters and brothers, and they did not part ways until the blacksmith shop.
Yang Bo learned that there were two or three iron anchors on the wooden boats to prevent them from getting stuck in the water, so the boatmen had to use an axe to break the anchor chain, and the iron anchors in the water were simply discarded.
"This is the first time I've heard of it, hehe," Yang Bo said to Gan Blacksmith with a smile.
"That's good, it's good, otherwise no one will find me to be an anchor, it's not a loss, hahaha." Gan Xin laughed and said, he was directing a guy named Hou Gui to add ingredients to the iron-making furnace, "Monkey ghost, what are you fucking on, quickly add quicklime to it.."
Add quicklime? Yang Bo vaguely remembered that quicklime was also added to steelmaking in later generations, as a slag remover, quicklime can remove non-metallic substances such as sulfur, phosphorus and silicon, which can greatly improve the strength of steel, even under the current process conditions, the iron smelted is very close to steel.
This Gan blacksmith can even be?
Yang Bo asked a few more words, and Gan Blacksmith said that this was the recipe taught by Ma Daochang a year ago, out of respect for the horse fairy, since then, Gan Xin has not changed.
In the conversation, Gan Xin didn't seem to realize that this was a major technological improvement. Yang Bo moved his mind, thinking that one day he would buy this blacksmith shop at any cost, and he would monopolize this technology.
Yang Bo stayed in the blacksmith shop all afternoon, and did not leave until it was dark.
At the beginning of the heavy rain, the air was clear, the earth was like a wash, and the stars were faintly visible in the gray-blue sky.
Yang Bo felt that he had gained a lot today, and he was in a good mood, so he whistled and rushed home, and when he returned to the stone temple, it was already completely dark.
Walking into the temple door, Yang Bo found that there was a light in the crack of the door of the main hall, which was unusual, the stone temple had been barren for many years, and there was no incense for a long time, who would be inside?
There are too many secrets in the stone temple, and Yang Bo has also increased his vigilance during this time. It's just that there is a generation difference between Ma Daochang's secret and the present, even if it is open for people to see, outsiders may not necessarily see the Tao, but it is good to be prepared.
Yang Bo gently pushed open the door of the hall, and sure enough, there was someone.
A person kneeling in front of a Buddha statue, his face obscured by a veil, revealing only a pair of eyes, this is a woman.
She didn't burn incense, she didn't pray, she just knelt there straight as if it were another statue.
A large candle was lit on the incense table, and the candlelight flickered, flickering and dimming, shining on the woman, which was indescribably weird.
"You areβ" Yang Boqi said.
The woman's eyes were slightly closed, her head was not turned, and she asked, "Your name is Yang Bo?" Seeing Yang Bo answer yes, he turned his head, glanced at Yang Bo, stretched out a hand, and said, "Help me up." β
The woman's deep voice contained a thin trill, full of charm, Yang Bo involuntarily stepped forward, grasped it, the little hand was as soft as jade, and a breath came over, and the faint and dark fragrance made Yang Bo's heart flutter.
The woman stood up with her strength and said, "Take the candle and follow me." β
It seems that this woman is more familiar with this hall than Yang Bo, through the beams and pillars on the left side of the hall, and then there is a passageway, and at the end of the walk is a meditation room.
Yang Bo followed the woman, walked into the meditation room, put the candle on the candlestick, the woman closed the door, and the latch was inserted.
Yang Bo became inexplicably nervous, and his heart was pounding.
The woman took off the veil on her face, revealing a beautiful and delicate face, Yang Bo was shocked, Yang Bo had already found that the statue on the Buddhist hall was similar to Shen Yanqing, and the woman in front of her was also very similar to Shen Yanqing.
It's just that she is fairer, like a pink carving in the candlelight, full of three-dimensionality, and her body is plump, and she looks like she is in her early thirties? Yang Bo is not sure, the age of a beautiful woman is always difficult to guess.
The woman suddenly put her hands together, made a dazzling and complex gesture, and then knelt on one knee, bowed her head, and said in a loud voice: "Subordinate You Suqing see the sect leader, the sect leader is reborn, and the sun and moon are reborn." β
Yang Bo was startled and took two steps back, he couldn't believe his eyes, nor his ears. When this woman said 'the sun and the moon are shining', she was almost chanting, which was really incredible.
Yang Bo opened his mouth wide and didn't speak for a long time, You Suqing saw that Yang Bo didn't move, so he raised his head, stared at Yang Bo with a pair of mist-like deep eyes, and said angrily: "Sect Master, you should help me up." β
"Ah yes, hurry up..."Yang Bo woke up like a dream, hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed You Suqing's arms with both hands, and helped her up. The breath on this woman's body was breathtaking, and Yang Bo felt as if he was electrocuted, and his body was numb.
You Suqing stood up, sat down on a futon, and beckoned Yang Bo to sit down, Yang Bo looked at the visitor in confusion, he had too many doubts and needed her to explain, 'What kind of sect leader am I?' How did I not know? You keep claiming that I am the leader, how do you feel that you are the leader? β
You Suqing didn't talk nonsense, and directly handed Yang Bo a piece of paper, and Yang Bo took it over to take a look.
Hey, this is the handwriting of Ma Daochang.
"Especially... This young lady..."Yang Bo didn't know what to call You Suqing, and asked urgently: "This is my master's handwriting, where is he now?" β
You Suqing frowned, savored Yang Bo's strange title, and then said: "I am Shen Yanqing's aunt, Yanqing's mother is my own sister, how does the sect leader think I should be called?" β
"I'll follow Yan Qing and call you aunt." Yang Bo immediately said, "Tell me quickly, have you seen my master?" Where is Master? β
You Suqing's answer was also ambiguous.
She seemed to be more inclined to think that Ma Daochang had ascended to heaven, and to Yang Bo's surprise, Ma Daochang turned out to be the acting sect leader of the southern sect of the Wenxiang Sect, and before that, the sect leader was Shen Yanqing's mother-in-law You Keqing, that is, this You Suqing's own sister.
When You Keqing was alive, Ma Daochang was the dark military advisor of the Wenxiang Sect.
Yang Bo then looked at Ma Daochang's letter, ".. Now that the Spark is coming to the world, the Fire One is born, I teach to take refuge in the Spark Sect, and Yang Bo, the one who honors the Fire, is the leader of the Spark Sect... The leader is reborn, and the sun and the moon are renewed. β
Ma Daochang's letter meant that the Wenxiang Sect was too ostentatious and inconvenient to act due to historical reasons, so he took advantage of the birth of Yang Bo, the firer, to simply change its name to the Spark Sect and respect Yang Bo as the leader.
Yang Bo's experience in his previous life taught him that all religions, whether good or evil, were just means and tools for rulers to use the power of believers, and Yang Bo claimed to be scientifically trained and an out-and-out atheist, so he was respectful of religion and the like.
"Auntie, I don't want to be a sect master, since my master has been feathered and ascended to heaven, it is better for you to be the sect leader yourself." Yang Bo sincerely suggested.
When You Keqing was dying, he passed the throne to Ma Daochang, and Ma Daochang also insisted on not accepting it, Ma Daochang is a world-famous person in the Ming Dynasty, and Mr. Ma has been possessed, I believe that in the eyes of all believers, Ma Daochang is really a fairy, and finally Ma Daochang became the acting leader for five years.
You Suqing's beautiful face burst into anger, "Nonsense, the position of the sect leader is determined by heaven, who wants to do it?" β
So, You Suqing thinks that Yang Bo is the leader of the sect is a destiny? No wonder Ma Daochang took great pains to make an inexplicable Tianhuo show a few days ago, so demagogic, it just makes people feel that Yang Bo is destiny?
"It's not early, I have to rush back to Haizhou overnight, what else does the sect leader have to order?" You Suqing paused, calmed down her anger, raised her hand and brushed the falling green silk, revealing a section of her arm as white as a lotus root, her eyes flowing, and she was charming. Yang Bo's eyes straightened.
Shen Yanqing has been running around all the year round, her face is not so fair, and she is heroic between her eyebrows, You Suqing is beautiful and plump, and Zhou is everywhere, and Shen Yanqing's mother, Yang Bo has not seen a real person, judging from the statue, she belongs to the graceful and luxurious type. The three of them have their own strengths, and they can all be called the beauty of the country.
"I need silver, I need craftsmen." Yang Bo is also not polite, since I am the sect leader, you should also show loyalty, don't want to say a few words and want to run.
"Hmph... You Suqing glanced at Yang Bo and said, "Your subordinates respect you as the sect leader, but they don't want the sect leader to insist on changing the sect name to the Spark Sect, you marry Yan Qing first." β
Yang Bo was stunned, does this have anything to do with Shen Yanqing?
"There is one thing, I have to tell you, Yan Qing has been engaged, and the man is Ji Sixian, the son of Ji Shun, the housekeeper of the Shen Mansion, and that person refuses to join my incense sect, and he is bent on gaining some fame, so let me kill him." You Suqing said expressionlessly.
Yang Bo was shocked, jumped up, looked at You Suqing with wide eyes, and had the urge to run away in his heart, his lips moved slightly, but he couldn't speak.
You Suqing looked at Yang Bo with a look of disdain, and said sarcastically: "Yo, I'm about to cry." Pretending to stretch out his arms, he said, "Do you want my mother to hug you and feed you?"