After thinking for a while, Li Sipang picked up his wine glass to Xu Qilin, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, I saw the hanging "Pure Heart Mantra" in front of my father's book, and I knew that it was Qi Lin's handwriting. The word is majestic, multi-forced, and has the model of a grandmaster. I was very impressed when I saw it, and I wanted to ask for a picture to hang in front of the case, and I thought about it from time to time. I wonder if Qi Lin can satisfy Lonely's heart? ”

As soon as Li Sipang's words came out, the hall fell silent.

The scribes here are all very well written. And Li Si is good at literature, Gongcaoli, calligraphy can be called excellent, and he was also a connoisseur of calligraphy and painting at that time.

Therefore, he said that Xu Qilin's words are good, and he said it in public, then it must be good, it is impossible to cheat people, and Xu Qilin wants to make a fool of himself. Instead, he gave Xu Qilin the opportunity to perform, and he was promoting Xu Qilin.

But Xu Qilin didn't want to show it, Li Sipang naturally had good intentions, which made him very embarrassed. Let's refuse, in front of so many people, it is equivalent to slapping Li Sipang in the face.

After pondering for a while, Xu Qilin had an idea, so he smiled and said to Li Sipang: "Your Highness also knows that books follow your mood, if your mind can't be peaceful and quiet, this writing will be out of standard." Today, a certain drinking has passed, how dare you touch the pen and ink? One is disrespectful to His Royal Highness, and the other is afraid of showing ugliness and shame. ”

Li Sipang thought for a moment, nodded and smiled: "Qi Lin is reasonable, then when will he be calm, and write another word to send to the Lone King?" ”

Xu Qilin arched his hand and said with a smile: "The lower officials dare to disobey their orders." ”

Although Xu Qilin did not wave it in public, Li Sipang had already said that His Majesty Li Er's handwriting was hanging in front of the case, which would not deceive people, and it can also be seen that Xu Qilin has reached a deep attainment in calligraphy.

Therefore, everyone's gaze at Xu Qilin has changed a little. Moreover, Li Tai spoke politely and did not force Xu Qilin at all, which shows Xu Qilin's status in his mind.

Li Tai ordered the kabuki to come on the stage and present a song and dance, and this little episode was over, leaving only the different conjectures in everyone's hearts.

After the singing and dancing was over, Xu Qilin deduced that the wine had been excessive, and he was afraid of losing his temper and said goodbye to Li Tai and others.

Li Taiwan left a few words, and when she saw Xu Qilin's insistence, she didn't force it, and asked people to send Xu Qilin home.

If he was alone with Li Sipang, Xu Qilin would like to mention him a few more words. But with so many people present, he had to wait for another opportunity.

When he returned home, Xu Qilin splashed ink and wrote a word for Li Sipang, but he would send it in a few days. Then, he wrote two more letters and asked Wu Xiang to send them to Zhuangshang immediately, one to Xiao Zhao and the other to the Chen family.

Wu Xiang was Xu Qilin's number one personal bodyguard, and he shouldn't have gone to deliver the letter. But Xu Qilin had a deep meaning, and also ordered Wu Xiang to stay in the village for a few days and then come back.

It's just that, looking at this fool's expression that he didn't understand, Xu Qilin wanted to kick him twice.

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The ancient book contains: "Squeeze its juice and expose it for a few days to become a syrup, and the entrance is dissolved, which is called stone honey." "In the Han Dynasty, sugar production was a very crude technique.

Most people probably think that sugarcane sugar production is a very simple thing, just boil the cane juice for a while. Actually, cane juice is actually a mixture with complex ingredients.

As a complex system of cane juice containing a variety of mixtures, if it is simply boiled, it will appear as a paste-like mixture, which is called syrup. If you boil it any further, it will become a yellow to dark lump, that is, stone honey, which is broken into small pieces when you eat it.

Although from the Tang Dynasty onwards, the term white sugar began to appear more and more frequently in ancient Chinese books. However, with the sugar production process at that time, the so-called white sugar was only slightly whiter than brown sugar.

To make the sugar whiter, the first thing to do is to add a fining agent, such as lime milk or activated charcoal, to remove the mixture and some of the pigments from the cane juice; Then take the method recorded in the "Heavenly Creation", use a tile tank, and then pour yellow muddy water on the sugar, and adsorb the remaining molasses dissolved with pigment through clay minerals, so as to obtain real white sugar.

According to Xu Qilin's instructions in the letter, the officials of Dayingku have prepared lacquer urns, commissioned the kiln to fire tile slip cylinders, purchased cane sugar from the market, and built a new production workshop.

Although the new workshop has not yet been completed, Xu Qilin has already had a place to experiment where he borrowed the textile workshop.

The new process introduced by Xu Qilin spanned thousands of years, and suddenly raised the sugar technology to the advanced level of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the experiment of white sugar, Xu Qilin also injected the dissolved syrup into a lacquer urn inserted in a row of bamboo shoots according to the process of "Heavenly Creation", and let it crystallize naturally to produce rock sugar.

This crystallization process takes about a few months, and in the absence of crystallization tanks and crystal seeds, we can only wait patiently for this natural change.

Even with the craftsmanship in "Heavenly Creation", failure is still inevitable. For example, the amount of lime added needs to be tried constantly, and if you don't get it right, it will be bitter and hard, and it will be difficult to eat.

Throughout the day, Xu Qilin was instructing the craftsmen in the process and operation of sugar making. Obviously, it will take at least three to five days to see results.

Back at the house, Boss Xu had been waiting for a long time to report to Xu Qilin about the rental of the shop.

The real estate projects outside Chunli Gate and Jinguang Gate have already been completed and delivered, and according to the agreement with His Majesty Li Er, Xu Qilin has obtained a total of 16 shops. Except for the four rooms left for their own use, the rest were rented out and entrusted to Boss Xu.

Boss Xu now has three restaurants, Zuixiao Lou is a joint venture with Xu Qilin, and the other two are operated by himself.

As Xu Qilin continued to add new dishes to the drunken restaurant, Boss Xu's other two restaurants were also wiped out, and the business was quite good.

This time outside Jinguangmen, through Xu Qilin's secret accommodation, Boss Xu also got a cheap shop, and he was still ready to open a restaurant to make money.

"In the past few days, a total of eight shops have been rented, and the rent is collected every year, with a total of 280,000 yuan." Boss Xu handed the accounts to Xu Qilin and said, "Steward Xu has finished counting and loaded them into the warehouse." ”

Xu Qilin just looked at the account book, put it down, and politely arched his hand: "Uncle Shi is hard. A certain official business is busy, and there is a shortage of business talents in the house, so he has to work for Uncle Shi. ”

Boss Xu smiled and waved his hand and said, "Ah Lang said this very well. The matter of raising hands, if it is compared with Ah Lang's help to make money, it is not worth mentioning, but it is a big bargain. ”

Xu Qilin said with a smile: "Uncle Shi's words are also outside, his own family, make money together, help each other, don't have to be so clear." ”

"Yes, yes, you don't need to be polite." Boss Xu nodded again and again, thinking that Xu Qilin's words sounded good, although he was a fifth-grade official, he was still so kind, and he was not arrogant and domineering.

After a pause, Boss Xu said, "By the way, there is another thing that Ah Lang may not know yet. ”

"What's the matter?" Xu Qilin asked suspiciously.

Boss Xu said: "This afternoon, when the shop outside the city was arranged, I saw that Carpenter Sun seemed to have an argument with someone, and even the sign in front of the store was knocked down. ”

Xu Qilin frowned and said, "But I didn't see him come to me, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?" ”

Boss Xu thought for a while and said, "At that time, the city gate was about to be closed, and I was in a hurry to go back." Maybe Carpenter Sun wanted to come back, but he was locked out of the city, right? ”

Xu Qilin bowed slightly, groaned for a while, and said, "Thank you Uncle Shi for telling me, I will go outside the city early tomorrow morning to have a look." ”

Boss Xu hesitated for a moment, and then kindly reminded: "Ah Lang should bring more people, if the matter is not small, he will not suffer." ”

"Thank you Uncle Shi for your concern." Xu Qilin smiled and expressed his gratitude.

The two chatted for a while, and Boss Xu got up to say goodbye.

Xu Qilin sent Boss Xu away, and when he returned to the room, he took out the account book and taught Scarlett to calculate and sort out.

The rent is almost 100 yuan a day, and a shop is 36,000 yuan a year, which is 36 yuan. This is only the price of the first year, and with the development of commerce and the opening and retreat of the Western Regions trade route, the rent can still increase year by year.

Listening to Xu Qilin's explanation, Scarlett took the notes and accounts seriously, but in her hand was the quill pen specially made for her by Xu Qilin.

"Wait until all the twelve shops are rented out, well, thirty-six times t......welve," Scarlett counted on the paper for a while, came up with a number, but looked at Xu Qilin with uncertainty.

Xu Qilin smiled and said, "It's good, it's a total of four hundred and thirty-two." ”

Scarlett pursed her lips and laughed with relief, and said, "The slave family is very stupid, if it is a little lady, it will be out at once." ”

Well, Xiao Zhao is very smart, and the genes of the Xu family are good. Sister A can be called a prodigy, the eldest brother is eight years old and can write, and the younger sister is also very smart, but herself, if she doesn't rely on cheats, she is really the worst one in the Xu family.

However, Xu Qilin still gave encouragement to Scarlett. In the past few months, I have basically learned all the arithmetic, and I can calculate the multiplication of two-digit numbers, and I can also calculate correctly, which is already very hard. A crooked nut, you can't ask too much, can you?

If Scarlett is not a woman, Xu Qilin really wants her to enter the arithmetic hall, and in less than a year, she will definitely be able to become a little expert in accounting and accounting.

Although the Arithmetic Museum is under the Guozijian, Xu Qilin got the privilege from His Majesty Li Er, which is to set up a branch library in Dayingku, and according to his plan, cultivate talents for Dayingku.

Now, Chen Jingxuan, the son of Chen Laocai, can be counted as one, and the rest of the students can only be recruited now.

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The moon rises and sheds light like milk and mist.

Sun Ah Si cleaned up the mess in the shop, sighed and sat down, very worried that those guys would come back tomorrow.

The mother-in-law silently served the meal, beckoning the man and a few buddies and apprentices to eat, and she was also worried.

"Master, will you go to the city tomorrow morning and ask Xu Lang for help?" The apprentice He Xiaogui said tentatively: "He is a fifth-grade official, even if he can't suppress the county prince, it will be more effective than our ordinary people if he talks about peace!" ”

When the mother-in-law heard this, she looked at the man with some hope, thinking that this was a good suggestion.

Sun Asi's chopsticks stopped, but he shook his head and said, "Xu Lang has helped us so much, I don't want to make trouble for him." It's a big deal, let the treasury out of the house for the Duke of Hubei tomorrow. ”

"But the Duke of Eguo has decided to pick up the goods the day after tomorrow!" He Xiaogui asked puzzledly: "It's too late for us to make it now!" ”

"Maybe, maybe-" Sun Ah Si snorted: "Talk to the Duke of Eguo, maybe you can give two days of grace." ”

The mother-in-law said sullenly: "Then I also need Ah Lang's help, the boy of the Duke of Eguo is very good with him." ”

Sun Ah Si was stunned for a moment, sighed helplessly, and said, "A few days of grace is better than working against others, right?" Although they are all going to be troublesome to Ah Lang, the size of the matter is different! ”

He Xiaogui thought about it and nodded in agreement. Seeing that others have no opinions, the matter is settled.

Sun Ah Si is also kind-hearted, even if it is troublesome, it must be as small as possible, so that Xu Qilin can easily solve it.

But he didn't expect that early the next morning, not long after the city gate opened, Xu Qilin rushed to the store with more than a dozen nursing homes.

Xu Qilin saw the bruises on Sun Asi's face, and immediately knew that something was wrong, what Boss Xu said was true, so he asked with a calm face: "Someone was looking for trouble in the store yesterday and beat you, yes or no?" ”

Sun Ah Si wanted to hide it, but when he saw Ah Lang's face sinking like water, he immediately trembled and was speechless.

He Xiaogui was a small and bold person, and interjected on the side: "It's a person from the Chai Ling Wu family, who came to buy furniture yesterday and asked them to pay a deposit and wait for a few days, so they started a fire, hit the shopkeeper, and said that they would move it today." If you can't hand it over, you will smash the store. ”

Xu Qilin glanced at this half-sized child, pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, and nodded slightly, slightly appreciative. He turned his head to Sun Ah Si and said, "I know that you are afraid of causing trouble for me, but if you don't go back to this matter, others will hear about it and force it to buy, how can this business continue?" ”

After a pause, Xu Qilin continued: "Leave this matter to me, and if you don't let the Chai family bow their heads and admit their mistakes and scold Diao slaves, it won't be over." Even if he fights him, this store is a big deal, but it can't make him do what he wants. ”

Mrs. Sun Ah respectfully offered the tea and said softly: "There are also furniture built for the Duke of Hubei in the warehouse, if you can't fight, you may be able to give the furniture to the Chai family first." Ah Lang and the son of the Duke of Hubei are familiar with each other, or they can be turned around. ”

Xu Qilin raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "That's right, it's okay." Well, I'll talk about it when someone from the Chai family comes. ”

Helping Sun Asi open a woodware shop was Xu Qilin's kindness, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. It can be imagined how difficult it is for a flat-headed person to do something.

Don't dare to say that everything will be fine if you compromise once, then you can fight with one punch, lest a hundred punches come. Anyway, although Chai Lingwu is a lieutenant of the horse, he is not a character that cannot be provoked.

Even if his father Chai Shao was still alive, Xu Qilin was not very afraid. He has a lot of ways to make a whole person, but he just doesn't want to reveal it easily and make it known to everyone.

Xu Qilin drank a cup of tea, and after thinking about it, he stretched out his hand to summon He Xiaogui and told him what to say when someone from the Chai family came. After explaining, he took the nursing home and hid in the back hall to prevent anyone from seeing the Chai family.

Then, Xu Qilin asked for pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and wrote and painted with a wicked smile.

The Chai family may really need a set of tables, chairs and furniture, Xu Qilin didn't wait long before he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside. This was followed by another uproar.