Chapter 24: Ambition
Whether it is a big profit, we have no way of knowing, but the business of the hotel is still the same tepid, and then Li Bai also came to the restaurant once, saying nothing more than some, that day was out of shape, and please forgive the words, but also full of praise for the wine in this store, saying that even the saint has never drunk such wine today.
Li Bai was invited by Tang Xuanzong and wrote poems for Yang Guifei in the court, and the imperial wine of this court was naturally drunk, so this statement is also credible. Although after that, Li Bai has been depressed and has not been reused, and has served as a petty official in some inconsequential positions. But its name was still very influential in the Tang Dynasty, at least it was not difficult to enter and leave the court.
Now, with Li Bai's bold temperament, with such a fine wine, he will naturally not hide it, if he goes to beg him, he will fall behind, and he will inevitably be underestimated, so he can only go with the flow. Then Li Bai was not attached to the wine, and after drinking a few glasses, he walked away, like a proud person like him. It was not easy to let him look at the door of the store twice.
This time parting, I don't know when I will be able to meet this poet again, Li Bai was born but he is not a sentimental person for these parting things, he met Du Fu in history, Du Fu later attached great importance to it, and frequently mentioned Li Bai in the poems, but on the other hand, Li Bai's poems and texts can hardly see any traces of mentioning Du Fu, of course, Li Bai is already famous all over the world, Du Fu is still a person who has just debuted, which is also the reason. Although he also has a poem and a jar of wine, but in the eyes of the poet, it is just a cloud of smoke, and he is a hairy boy, if he is really like-minded with Li Bai, he can ignore the age gap. You can also accompany him, follow him to the great mountains and rivers of the motherland, and play in the mountains and rivers, but he is not here, knowing the general trend of history, he naturally has a kind of melancholy, and there are more hidden worries and burdens of thousands of mountains and rivers after all, and the prosperity is like smoke, and he feels that the long river of history for thousands of years is too far away from himself after all. We will return our eyes to this small restaurant called Drunken Immortal Building in the twelfth year of Tianbao.
In the warm morning, the morning sun is rising, Shuangyue has just finished helping his father Xu Dashan finish distilling wine, Xiaoqiong's nose is dripping with fine beads of sweat, facing the rising sun, a little lazy waist, at this time is not very busy, looking at the restaurant backyard door next to a small stone, well-proportioned, just right, walked over, sat on it, two hands on the knees, looking at the courtyard on the lush banyan tree, the birds are singing. Although it is still a little busy these days, the business of the hotel is not as hot as before, plus the young master, plus Yi Bo said, this wine should not be distilled like this every day, but changed to a limited supply, so that it can be a strange goods, and because there is no hired person, Yi Bo saw that they were too busy, and often sent small cigarettes to the restaurant to help.
This is not a difficult matter, and Pei's naturally does not care about these subtle things to the extent that they are exhaustive. Therefore, after brewing wine in two months, maybe you only need to go to the hotel to do chores or something, and the rest of the time is free. Although such a day is still a bit monotonous, but for the past, it is really a heaven and an earth, full of food and drink, at least there is no need to worry about three meals a day, and there is no need to worry about the debt collection of creditors, carefree but it seems a little comfortable.
The morning glow on the horizon is burning, the wind of the morning light is gusting, Shuangyue casually picks a small grass next to it that is not famous, and weaves it in his hand, which is a little interest when he was a child, and now he has time to savor it, and unconsciously hums some unknown songs in his mouth at will, and during the immersion, he is slightly distracted. However, a slight rise of dust and heavy footsteps woke her from her intoxication. Looking over his head, it was Yi Bo, with some sandbags tied to his feet, wearing a single coat, the sweat stains and dust on his face were all smelted into one, a bit like a big cat, at this time he wiped the sweat beads on his face with his sleeve, and looked at it with a smile, "Morning...... What are you playing......" Yi Boyang greeted with his hand.
"Hmm...... Young master, it's early, ......" Shuangyue was slightly timid, and didn't notice that Yi Bo had arrived in front of him for a while, and replied subconsciously. Then he quietly blocked what he was holding. She is now following her sister to call Young Master Yi Bo, and her brother-in-law also knows that she was also casual that day, and there are indeed many inappropriate places to call out.
Yi Bo looked at her action of hiding her hands behind her back, quite a playful and lovely feeling, in fact, Shuangyue has a good face, and her complexion is also excellent, she used to lack food and clothing, so she was a little malnourished, and now after such a period of recovery, she seems to be more and more watery, and the whole person reveals the vigorous vitality of a young girl in the flower season, just like a lotus flower with buds waiting to bloom, over time, it is estimated that she is more beautiful than her sister. "What do you have in your hand......" Yi Bo asked with interest.
Shuangyue was a little hesitant, but he slowly pulled his hand out from the back, this is a weave similar to a Chinese knot, but the grass is green, there is no such a feeling of red and purple, verdant, such a short thatch can be woven into such a delicate little thing, which shows the ingenuity of its craftsmanship. Yi Bo took it and looked at it, and said, "Yes, it's very good-looking......" "When I was a child, I learned it from those aunts and mothers-in-law in the village, and I don't know what the name is, but I heard that it can bring good luck to people......" Shuangyue explained in a low voice.
"It's still you girls who are skillful, when we were at that time, where would we learn these little crafts, all day long running crazy in the fields, after school, just playing marbles or something, and there are many fights and quarrels, um, but I have more fun thinking about it, it's better when I was young......" Yi Bo seemed to fall into the memory and muttered. The young master also lived in the countryside when he was a child? Shuangyue asked with some confusion, "Is this ...... I've lived for a while," Yi Bo said vaguely, knowing that he was speechless. Then he returned the gadgets in his hand to Shuangyue: "Although I like it very much, I still don't answer it when I return to Shuangyue, and whispered: "If the young master likes it, take it, it's just a random fabrication, where can it be compared with treasures like He's Bi......" Shuangyue heard those storytellers mention He's Bi when he was a child, so he also knows about this.
"Then I took it...... 'Yi Bo is just a casual remark, this gadget is actually quite good-looking, but it won't take long for it to wither and yellow, and the verdant is not there, which is the beauty of this moment. Shuangyue was very happy to see Yi Bo accept it, just thinking about whether it would be too shabby to just think about whether it would be too shabby to make such a thatched object, but seeing that Yi Bo's expression did not seem to be fake, he put his mind at ease, and then took a look at Yi Bo's legs: "When the young master usually runs over, he doesn't seem to be so tired, why do you suddenly tie something to your feet and run......" In her opinion, it is already strange for a pampered son to get up early in the morning and run around.
Now they even tie heavy objects to their legs, and it's inconceivable that they can do such a thing of asking for their own hardship. "It's called exercising, this body is too weak, and lately, it's been a steal of a piece of leisure time, and there's nothing to do. I'll have to rely on it to do a lot of things in the future, but I can't help it, so I'm tired now......" Yi Bo explained, not caring if Shuangyue could understand it. "Aren't you busy now...... Actually, I'm really embarrassed to ask you to take over this restaurant alone, and I will sit back and enjoy it myself, but it's your family who can be trusted, and this is no way to do it......"
Shuangyue shook her head: "No, my father and brothers can't earn the money given by the young master during this period of time even if they live their lives, and compared to farming, what kind of ...... is this busyness" Indeed, although it is in an era like the Tang Dynasty, but the prosperity and luxury are always only the upper-class nobles and officials, the more these people enjoy themselves, the more they spend money, where does this money come from, it is not exploited from the bottom, so the life of the common people has been relatively hard and poor, and happiness is relative, Compared with those who are still struggling for food and clothing, the situation of Xiaoyan's family is already good, but I didn't expect that the little boy named Xiaoyuan didn't buy it at all: "Now that you know, let's go quickly, what are you still playing here, if you don't leave, I'm going to call someone......"
Who is rare, Yi Bo couldn't help but be a little indignant, if it weren't for the fact that this sulfur and potassium nitrate were really difficult to find under the current conditions, the ghost would come to your swaggering and deceitful alchemy room, but this was so embarrassed by the two little Taoist boys, it was really gruesome and unpleasant. Look at the appearance of this little boy, it is really impossible to enter, if you break through, although you are still a little confident in your skills, but after experiencing the last oolong to save the beauty, you have a serious lack of confidence in your body, and you break through, then all plans are in vain.
What's more, this alchemy workshop seems to be quite a small one, at this time, Tang Xuanzong did not have a queen, Yang Guifei is actually equivalent to a queen, and she came to the old nest where the queen once stayed. However, two children, don't you let me from the main gate of my own thin body, after some of my own more systematic training, has been a lot better, in the past, from home to the drunken fairy building sweaty, panting, body as if falling apart, after ten days of practice, can already put sandbags on the feet and run over, although still a little tired, but it has been much better.
Moreover, after having money, her life is also moisturized, Xiaoyan, this girl is very good at helping herself to eat, she sees her young master running every day, or doing some inexplicable things, weightlifting or gymnastics or something, she doesn't understand these, but she also knows that it is very physically demanding, so she always collects some precious medicinal materials from pharmacies everywhere, and then stews chickens and ducks or something for herself to eat, although she insists on exercising, but her body is still fat, in fact, she can't say that she is fat, I just feel that the whole person is a lot stronger.
If you are in a hurry, you will accumulate work and become ill, and everything is too much, and you also want to do some other things. When Yibo had just crossed over before, when he first went to the street, he wanted to find out the whereabouts of gunpowder, but he had no choice but to give up with his pockets empty, but now that he has capital, he naturally has to implement it.
The invention of gunpowder is inseparable from alchemy, and at this time, alchemy is a hot industry. Princes and nobles are very keen on alchemy, after all, everyone wants to live forever, this thing, of course, would rather believe in it or not. However, it was precisely this refined elixir that became their amulet, which they didn't expect.
Yi Bo knew that the current gunpowder was still very primitive, and it was unintentionally configured by alchemists in order to "subdue". Alchemists naturally don't attach much importance to this, on the contrary, because gunpowder often causes alchemy furnaces to explode, so they also stay away from this. Therefore, it is impossible to sell formed gunpowder on the market. However, the matter of finding gunpowder is still inseparable from the place of alchemy.
After so many days of wandering around Chang'an, naturally I also have some general understanding of the environment here, there is a large alchemy place in the north of the East Market, called Xiandanfang, named after the so-called elixir, and many elixirs of the Tang Dynasty royal family were also paid tribute from here. So Yibo planned to try his luck in the past. It's also inconvenient to take people with such things, although these recent actions of my own family and friends seem to be a little inexplicable, and I am too lazy to explain, to explain these things by myself, it is much more difficult than to really complete these things by yourself. Chang'an City is still as full of flowers as it is, pedestrians are like the sea, and it took Yi Bo a while to come to this alchemy field called Xiandanfang.
This place seems to be much cleaner, basically there are not too many idle people, etc., and the alchemy monks generally believe in Taoism, emphasizing a pure cultivation principle. Therefore, this alchemy workshop is cultivated within the Taoist temple. The whole Taoist temple, the clouds and mist linger, the trees next to it are lush, it gives people a feeling of ethereal like a fairyland, so that people look up and stop walking, Yi Bo walked up a hundred steps, only to come to the door, there are two little Taoist children guarding the door, a simple Taoist robe, with a dust, but also decent. It's not easy to guard the door at a young age, Yibo's compassion is overflowing. sighed in my heart.
However, the two little boys suddenly stopped him, and their crisp voices and words were also clear-eyed: "The Daomen is a clean place, and idle people are not allowed to enter......
was a little stunned by the two children's words, Yi Bo unconsciously looked at his outfit, is he so like an unscrupulous person...... Anyway, his clothes were also carefully selected by Xiaoyan's girl, but he spent a lot of money, so he shouldn't be left behind, and then he looked decent, took a folding fan, and installed Sven.