Seeing this, Wu Di thought to himself that you were just drinking tea, and you still raised your head with a hammer? Do you really think you drink on your own?

And he didn't get up, so naturally he didn't raise his glass, watching Xiao Lishan finish drinking, stretched out his hand and waved, signaling him to sit down first.

"Boss Xiao, you better sit down!"

"Wu Gongzi, you ......"

As he spoke, Xiao Lishan stretched out his hand and pointed to Wu Di's teacup, thinking to himself that I had done it, you are a little faceless?

"Hehe, I won't...... I'm not thirsty, just drink it when I'm thirsty! ”

Wu Di almost said that he pouted baldly, and if he drank tea and said that he wouldn't drink it, it would be a bit insulting to other people's IQ......

In the past, who dared to give Xiao Lishan such a face?

But now the situation is special, Xiao Lishan still has a request for Wu Di, so he can only swallow his anger and keep silent.

"Boss Xiao, how much worse are you from this year's saltpeter?"

At the mention of this, Xiao Lishan was immediately dejected.

"Hey, it's still nearly a thousand catties!"

"Then how much is the total amount of tribute that Boss Xiao pays in a year?"

"This ......"

Xiao Lishan has always treated the matter of paying tribute to saltpeter as a top secret, and he will never tell anyone else, but now that Wu Di asked like this, he naturally hesitated.

"Well, since it's inconvenient for Boss Xiao to talk about it, then just don't talk about it! Anyway, it really won't help much! ”

Wu Di spread his hands and said that it didn't matter.

However, Xiao Lishan was in a hurry this time.

Wu Di said that he couldn't help much, but he believed that he could, otherwise why would he say that?

Gritting his teeth, he finally made up his mind and said: "Don't hide it from Wu Gongzi, Xiao will pay a tribute of 100,000 catties to those adults in the palace and the capital every year!" ”

100,000 catties, just by sounding like this, it doesn't seem to be too much.

After all, there are also 180 miners in the mine, and the mining cycle is not short, only 100,000 catties, how can they not make up the same?

Perhaps understanding Wu Di's doubts, Xiao Lishan explained: "Does Wu Gongzi think that it is only 100,000 catties, what is so difficult?" ”

Wu Di did not shy away from it, and nodded directly.

"Yes, if you can keep mining, 100,000 catties is really not much, and it won't take more than a month at most, and you can get it together! However, this saltpeter mine is not very ......."

As he spoke, Xiao Lishan babbled to Wu Di.

It turns out that although Xiaojia Mine is called a mine, not every place has saltpeter, and the stock of saltpeter in each location is also somewhat different, some may exceed 100,000 catties, and some are not even half.

Every year, Xiao Lishan has to make great efforts to find the source of the mine, and then spend a long time digging the mine, and after these tasks are completed, the rest of the things are much simpler.

And close to winter, the weather turns cold, not conducive to mining, can only wait for the beginning of the spring, this is removed for three or four months, and then find the source of ore, dig the hole, the time is more urgent.

After listening to him, Wu Di understood.

However, the disgust for Xiao Lishan in your heart has not been reduced, you only know that you have difficulties, can you impose these on others and disregard people's lives?

Thinking of the gaunt bodies and thin backs of those miners, the soulless mechanical work like the walking dead, Wu Di felt as if his heart had been pricked and painful.

"Wu Gongzi, Xiao knows that you are a capable person! Now that the mine has been destroyed, I won't say anything more, but now there is still a thousand catties of saltpeter, and it is about to reach the tribute period, where can I dig it? ”

Xiao Lishan has seen the situation in the mine, and it will take several days to dig out a passage, let alone dig out the mouth of the mine!

At this time, he could only use a dead horse as a live horse doctor and beg Wu for the enemy.

Looking at Xiao Lishan's pleading appearance, it must have been badly destroyed in the mine, and Wu Di couldn't see the huge power of the black powder with his own eyes, and he felt sorry in his heart.

Although Xiao Lishan is respectful to him now, it is because he has asked him, looking at this person's face, if he doesn't need himself in the future, he may not know how to deal with him!

Let yourself help him?

He's afraid he's thinking a little too much!

But now that Xiao Lishan has put down his shelf and begged to come to the door, if Wu Di refuses on the spot, he is still a little afraid that this guy will jump off the wall in a hurry and do something out of the ordinary.

He wants to help, but he has to help him, and he has to have a level of pit, so he can't see it.

Wu Di thought about it, and suddenly a flash of inspiration occurred in his mind, and he thought of a brilliant idea!

………………

Wu Di picked up the teacup again, blew a few sips unhurriedly, and then drank it, and Xiao Lishan, who was next to him, scratched his ears and cheeks in a hurry, like a monkey.

Putting down the teacup, Wu Di said loudly: "I don't know if Boss Xiao has ever bought rice?" ”

Buying rice? What rice? Aren't you talking about saltpeter, how did it get to the rice?

Xiao Lishan was a little confused by Wu Di's question, but he still replied truthfully: "When I was young, I also bought it!" It's just that I've been busy with business all these years, and I haven't bought it for a long time! ”

If you have money, which turn will the owner do the work of buying vegetables and rice?

"Well, the rice that Boss Xiao bought at that time, after cooking, is it all the same delicious, and there is not even a grain of fine sand?"

"Of course not!"

Xiao Lishan immediately shook his head, not to mention the original, even now, the rice he eats can't guarantee that the quality of each grain is the same!

Wu Di listened and smiled without saying a word.

Xiao Lishan's brain is still spinning too slowly, a little unable to keep up with Wu Di's brain circuit, seeing him laugh, he is even more puzzled, after talking for a long time, he still only talked about rice, and it has a relationship with saltpeter!

Wait a minute......

Suddenly, some images appeared in Xiao Lishan's mind, and then he burst out laughing!

"Wu Gongzi, are you saying that if my saltpeter is like rice, and it is also adulterated, just fill the hole of nearly 1,000 catties?"

But no, 100,000 catties of saltpeter, mixed with 1,000 catties of other things, as long as the difference is not too big, who can see it?

Besides, when he goes to deliver saltpeter every year, how can he check it? Just unload it in the library!

When the ice is made in the coming year, the saltpeter is put into the pool together, who can tell the difference between the real and the fake?

"Non-yes, non-......"

Wu Di waved his hand, shook his head and smiled: "I didn't say this, I just came up with it by Boss Xiao himself!" ”

As a person from the 21st century who has been exposed to all kinds of new things, it is not uncommon to do shoddy things, but Wu Di is still a little ashamed to bring this lack of virtue to this era so early......

But after thinking about it, the lack of virtue is also Xiao Lishan's lack of virtue, and it has nothing to do with him, Wu Di's mood is much better, although adulteration is not easy to be discovered, but once it is discovered, it is a matter of losing his head!

It's just a matter of abduction and deception, but it turned out to be on the heads of the royal magnates, and Xiao Lishan's ten heads are not enough to cut off!

Wu Di even looked forward to it......

(Thank you Brother Tianbao for the tip, and then ...... It's pounced. Well, it's too hard, it's a bit too much today, I've been running outside for a day, and I'll try to watch four more tomorrow! )