Chapter 42: Recruitment (II)
Mrs. Han noticed her son's abnormality: "What's wrong with you?" ”
"I won't eat it." Zheng Shang shook his head. "This fried chicken is not as delicious as the first time."
Zheng Shang thought silently in his heart, he ate this fried chicken every day in the other courtyard, Zheng Shang didn't know that it was so expensive.
When Zheng Shang heard Zheng Shang say this, he thought in his heart that the first time Zheng Shang ate it, it was the time when he fried paste, right? Could it be that Zheng Shang's taste buds are different from others?
Eaten. Zheng Shang and Wang Ru enjoyed the shade in Maoqingju.
Zheng Sheng took a sip of a kind of yogurt called "cheese" with ice. This is one of the few drinks that can satisfy Zheng Sheng. This tastes very much like the dairy product of modern yogurt, and Zheng Sheng has wanted to change its name several times, otherwise the feeling of drinking yogurt and saying "this cheese is so delicious" is really weird.
However, Mrs. Wang did not agree to Zheng Sheng's strange suggestion.
"It's been too hot this year." Mrs. Wang also drank "cheese": "The ice in our ice cellar has run out, and the summer is just halfway over." ”
"The ice is gone?" Zheng Sheng looked at the ice-water mixture in the small basin beside Mrs. Wang, My mother, no matter how much ice is stored, you can use it to cool down in the summer, even an iceberg is not enough.
However, Zheng Sheng looked at the scorching mountains and forests without a trace of wind, and thought that now there are no electric fans and no air conditioners, and using ice cubes to cool down is also a means of cooling that only rich and noble families can do.
"The ice is gone, what should I do? Go buy it? Zheng Sheng was also a little worried.
"Nowhere to buy." Mrs. Wang eats cheese, "In Nanyang and Xiangyang, there may be big businessmen who have extra ice." In the mountains of Shunyang, there must be none. ”
Zheng Sheng was silent. Then he began to think of ways to make ice. What a joke! His dignified high school science graduate, can he make ice?
In other words, it was said in high school textbooks that what kind of ice was used?
Zheng Sheng's memory was a little confused, and he needed to think about it.
Just when Zheng Sheng was thinking about how to make ice, the person he was waiting for finally came.
Wan Yun, Wan Ziying's younger brother, he came. Speaking of which, Wan Yun, the little friend, came for him. After Wan Ziying experienced the debate between Zheng Sheng and Qiu Fuzi about the "discipline", he wrote a letter to his family, explaining the magic of Zheng Sheng, the son of the world, so Xiao Wanyun came to Zheng Sheng to study.
Zheng Sheng's cognition of Wanyun comes from Qiu Fuzi, from Wan Mao, and also from Mrs. Wang, Steward Wang, Dongye and so on. Well, it turns out that Wan Yun is a prodigy who is more famous than him.
Wan Yun, nine years old this year, has become famous since childhood, can compose poetry, can write, has the ability to never forget, is intelligent, good at arithmetic, and likes to talk about military affairs. The so-called meaning of talking about military affairs is just talking about military affairs on paper in Zheng Sheng's view. Zheng Sheng understands it this way.
But in short, in everyone's opinion, this is a very good prodigy.
However, when Zheng Sheng saw Wan Yun for the first time, he felt that this was not just an ordinary person?
At second glance, I felt that Wan Yun's eyebrows were somewhat similar to Wan Mao, and he was really an uncle and nephew! Similarly, he also has a bit of Wan Ziying's bookish spirit.
In summary, this is a young version of Wan Ziying!
Wan Yun saluted Zheng Sheng with some restraint. After Zheng Sheng expressed his welcome, the two talked a little awkwardly. Zheng Sheng asked people to take him down to rest.
Well, the coming day will be long, and I will slowly get to know this little prodigy in the future.
Today is July 13, and there are only a few days left before the time of exchange, and Zheng Sheng is not in a hurry to think about the exchange.
Because about ice-making, he finally remembered some eyebrows.
Zheng Wen came, he came to talk to Zheng Sheng about business.
Before he could wipe the sweat off his face and take a sip of cold cheese, Zheng Wen was stopped by Zheng Sheng's question, "Saltpeter?" What is this? ”
"Huh? Saltpeter is ......" Zheng Sheng didn't know how to explain it.
Zheng Wen shook his head, "Then find someone to ask." Saltpeter? Maybe the healer will know about it. ”
So, Zheng Sheng invited Shen Huai, the doctor of the manor.
"Saltpeter?" Shen Huai nodded: "Saltpeter, also known as stone and miscanthus salt, is a commonly used thing for alchemists. It can also treat stomach problems. What did the son do with it? ”
"This saltpeter can be used to make ice." Zheng Shengdao.
"Heal?" Shen Huai nodded, "Naturally." Shizi has eaten a bad stomach recently? ”
"It's not a cure, it's ice." Zheng Sheng couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't have an accent! Pointing to the bowl of cheese in Zheng Wen's hand, "Ice." ”
"Ice-making?" Shen Huai and Zheng Wen looked at each other.
"Yes, yes!" Zheng Wen slapped his thigh, "Big business!" Big business. Haha, Guo Shuoru, my ice-making business is going to be interfered with by me! ”
Shen Huai shook his head: "Shizi, eating too much saltpeter will cause diarrhea." ”
Zheng Sheng thought that this ice-making method could be passed down forever, and it would definitely not be a laxative, "I know, I won't eat saltpeter!" ”
Shen Huai left helplessly.
Zheng Sheng looked at Zheng Wen's excited eyes and poured cold water on him: "Cousin, there is no saltpeter." ”
"It's okay, I'll look for it. Three days, three days, you must find saltpeter. Zheng Wen is full of confidence.
Zheng Sheng looked helplessly at this cousin who was always thinking about business. As for saltpeter ice, he just wanted to drink ice cheese and cool down.
"This thing? It's very comfortable. Zheng Wen, who had been sitting on the chair, moved his plump body, "Shizi, this thing?" ”
"Chairs." Zheng Sheng explained to him, and then he immediately realized that something was wrong.
"Business, big business!" Zheng Wen patted his thigh, "This chair is also a good name." ”
Zheng Wen's eyes lit up: "Shizi, let's talk about the business of ice making and chairs!" ”
Zheng Sheng nodded and called Wang Zhong: "Cousin, my mother said that I don't care about business. You talk to Steward Wang! ”
Zheng Wen nodded.
Then Zheng Wen and Wang Zhong began heated negotiations.
Zheng Sheng listened to their arguing words, and he was excited. I had to go to accompany Mrs. Wang to enjoy the coolness.
Mrs. Wang knew that her son had got business again, so she looked at Zheng Sheng strangely, "How did your head grow?" Where did you come up with these strange things? ”
"I saw it in an ancient book." Zheng Sheng said.
"......," Wang Ru didn't believe it, "are you still lying to me?" Did you learn to lie at a young age? I can't control you, anyway, your father will be transferred to Guanzhong, and I will go over when the time comes! ”
Zheng Sheng is no longer able to complain, my mother! How many times has Daddy Zheng been transferred by you? But hasn't his old man been freezing in Youzhou? Also, can't you give him a different direction?
Steward Wang reported the results to Wang Ru, and Zheng Sheng did not know the specific results of the negotiations.
However, before Zheng Wen left, he said to Zheng Sheng gloomily: "Shizi, I will make cattle and horses for you in the future!" In this way, Steward Wang's negotiation skills are still trustworthy.
On the third day after Zheng Wen left, the second person he was waiting for was finally late.
Single two bitter. Eh, isn't the second bitterness the "second bitterness", but the second "bitterness"? Zheng Sheng looked at the two cowering and thin children in front of him, very puzzled.
When I asked, it turned out that one was really single and two bitter, and the other was called single three bitter. Shan Sanku is the cousin of Shan Erku.
Speaking of which, Xing Fuyi, the old man, has been driving a carriage all his life, not to mention that he has not lived a good life, and he has only one daughter at the bottom, his daughter married the surname Shan, and the son born is this Shan Erku. Within two years, Shan Erku's father died. Xing Fuyi's daughter dragged her son to rely on her father and uncle to survive. Last year, his daughter also died. Xing Fuyi continued to provide relief to his grandson. By this year, Xing Fuyi had also died. The single two sufferings are not the two sufferings, they are the real sufferings.
The grace of saving his life, Zheng Sheng couldn't help but repay it, and after he learned about the situation of Erku, he decided to take him with him. Supporting his descendants, this is the best way Zheng Sheng can think of to repay his gratitude.
As for this Shan Erku's cousin Shan Sanku, it actually has nothing to do with Xing Fuyi. But since he came, Zheng Sheng also accepted him.
After all, he's really short of people right now!