After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is getting hotter day by day, and the students of the county school begin to reach the most difficult time of the year, compared with the coolness of the countryside, the houses in the county are like steamers, the heat is unbearable, and there are many mosquitoes, which is unbearable. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At night, the magpie and the chrysanthemum sister-in-law lit the rope wormwood, not long after, a puff of green smoke began to permeate every corner of the room, the rope wormwood is the mosquito repellent of the Song Dynasty, with artemisia grass and wormwood woven into a grass rope moistened and ignited, the ignition of the green smoke will drive away mosquitoes, the effect is not bad.

This is a mosquito repellent for ordinary people, two pennies a piece, one can be managed overnight, but the trouble is that it can't be lit all the time, and it has to be waved once in a while.

In addition to incense, the rich and noble people also installed brocade windows, and there were silk nets on the bed, mosquito nets had been popularized in the Song Dynasty, as long as the family was not too poor, almost every family had a few mosquito nets.

"Little official, there are no mosquitoes over there anymore, I'll repel mosquitoes for you!" The magpie probed in and grinned.

Li Yanqing was sitting on the bed studying "Mao Shiyi" hard, surrounded by a ten-axis tent covering the entire bed, like a tent, the tent was brightly lit, and the tent was crawling with mosquitoes.

"Good! I get upset when I hear them call. ”

Although mosquitoes can no longer bite people, the buzzing of the house really affects learning.

The magpie ran in and waved a moxa rope with a burning moot in his hand around the mosquito net, and soon the room was filled with the smell of wormwood, and the mosquitoes gradually disappeared.

"Little official, it seems that there are no mosquitoes anymore."

"Hmmm! Except for an oversized mosquito flying around, nothing else. ”

The magpie glanced at him, "If you have no conscience, people are kind enough to help you repel mosquitoes, and they say that they are big mosquitoes, so they ignore you!" ”

The magpie turned around and was about to leave, Li Yanqing hurriedly said to her: "I'm a little hungry, let's see if there's anything to eat in the kitchen?" ”

"Got it!"

Not long after, the magpie brought a plate of steamed buns, which were meat buns made by Sister-in-law Ju herself, which tasted very delicious, which made Li Yanqing full of praise.

Li Yanqing asked while eating, "How is Brother Yue'er?" ”

"He is in a big tent like you, but people are more attentive to reading than you, neither asking people to chase mosquitoes, nor shouting that they are hungry, and they don't laugh at others for being big mosquitoes."

The magpie is still haunted by the joke that the petty official just made.

At this time, Wang Gui's roar was faintly heard in the distance, "Kill you damn mosquitoes and bite Lao Tzu to death!" ”

The magpie covered his mouth and laughed out loud, and whispered to Li Yanqing: "Little official, your brother is practicing weightlifting in the yard!" Brother Tang is too, he was bitten by mosquitoes miserably. ”

Since deciding to take the martial arts exam, Wang Gui and Tang Huai have completely given up their studies, and they spend most of their time practicing martial arts every day, even at night, they are very diligent, one is practicing weightlifting hard in the yard, and the other is walking back and forth on a one-foot-high wooden stake with an iron sand bag tied to his legs.

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "There is no way, the path I chose, no matter how hard it is, I have to go on, but ..... They're stupid, so they can practice in the house! Why do you have to feed mosquitoes in the yard? ”

"He said it himself, so that the master can see how many mosquito bags he has on him, so that he can know how diligent he is."

Li Yanqing pouted, when did Wang Gui also learn to engage in face engineering?

Now the smoke cleared, and the mosquitoes covered the net again, and the magpie stamped her foot in anger, and turned and ran towards the kitchen, where she had just snuffed out the moxa rope, and now she had to go to the flint and steel to rekindle it.

Li Yanqing looked at the dense little black dots on the tent, but in his heart he was thinking about how to make mosquito coils, in fact, it is very simple, mix dry inulin with toner and realgar powder, and then dry it.

Although it is simple and easy to make mosquito coils, where does he have time to think about these trivial things, there are still five months to go through the imperial examination, he will carefully sort out the interpretation, it will take at least half a year, and he will spend time practicing calligraphy, writing arguments, and the huge academic pressure makes him want to not sleep at night.

Li Yanqing sighed lowly, if the grain bank is not disbanded, this is a new way for the grain bank.

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In the afternoon of the next day, when Li Yanqing and the four of them came back from the county school, the weather was so hot that it seemed that the ground was on fire, and they were sweating profusely when they moved.

Li Yanqing turned over and dismounted, and just walked into the gate, only to see the magpie trotting all the way up to catch up, Li Yanqing only felt a heat wave rushing towards him, he smiled bitterly: "My little aunt, don't run, as soon as you run, the whole heat will come up." ”

The magpie smiled and slapped Li Yanqing's fan, and whispered, "Little official, my uncle is here." ”

Magpie's uncle is Li Dongdong, Li Yanqing hasn't seen him for a year or two, and he just thought of him last night, so he came, so coincidentally.

"Where are the others?" Li Yanqing hurriedly asked.

"Drink ice and snow licorice soup in the study!"

Hearing that there was ice and snow licorice soup at home, Wang Gui and Tang Huai couldn't help but sweat profusely, and rushed to the kitchen together, "Sister-in-law Ju, where is the ice and snow licorice soup?" Are there any ice and snow cold meatballs? ”

"Brother, it's been a long time."

Li Dongdong walked out of the inner courtyard quickly, he was wearing a straight jacket made of light silk and a sweat scarf on his head, and his appearance was no different from a few years ago.

Li Yanqing smiled and asked, "Brother Dong, where did this come from?" ”

"Of course, it's from the capital! I came to see the little brother. ”

Li Yanqing wiped the sweat from his forehead, pulled the sweat-soaked underwear again, and said to Li Dongdong: "It's too hot here, let's go into the house and sit, magpie, pour two bowls of ice and snow licorice soup, it's really hot this day!" ”

"Yes! The capital is also hot, in comparison, Tangyin County is a little better, the whole capital is like a big steamer, stay for a few more days, and people will be steamed. ”

The two walked into Li Yanqing's study and sat down, the magpie brought them two bowls of ice and snow licorice soup with a smile, Li Yanqing took the bowl and drank it all, a cold breath came out from the soles of his feet, and his whole body was suddenly cool.

"Little official, let's have another bowl! We bought a jar. ”

"Good! Another bowl. ”

"Uncle wants another bowl too?"

Li Dongdong hurriedly waved his hand, "I'm enough, just give it to your little official." ”

The magpie walked out quickly, Li Dongdong looked at her back, shook his head and sighed: "In the past, at home, she was beaten and scolded by her father at every turn, and she was frightened all day long, and she never saw her smile, and she became so happy after following the little official, it can be seen that the little official treats her very well, and it is also her blessing!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and didn't say anything, Li Dongdong groaned and said, "Your father and I have already disbanded the grain store, and the virtuous brother should know about this matter!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "Actually, I don't think you should disband the grain bank, it was not easy to open the situation, so you turned it off like this, and five years of hard work were in vain." ”

"There is no way to do this, without the patriarch, we will have no backbone, the grain bank will lose sooner or later, rather than losing all the money we earn, it is better to stop it in time, your father and I both think this is the best decision."

After a pause, Li Dongdong asked again, "Where is your father?" After Anyang broke up, there was no news of him. ”

"He's gone to CD now, and he wrote to me saying that he was going to play in Bashu for a month or two, and then take a boat to Jiangnan."

"What an envy!"

Li Dongdong let out a long sigh, "Your father is single and relaxed, unlike me, there are old and young, and he can't rest for a day, and he has to continue to support his family." ”

"What business does Brother Dong plan to do in the future?"

"My Hun family wants to open a tavern or inn or the like, the capital is enough, but I am always a little unwilling, I just want to ask the virtuous brother to see if the virtuous brother can help me show me a way to make money."

Li Dongdong admires Li Yanqing very much, and the reason why he can have a net worth of thousands today is all due to Li Yanqing's guidance back then, so when he fell into the wrong path again, he thought about asking Li Yanqing again.

Li Yanqing smiled and said: "Actually, it's good to open a tavern, the market is right, you can make a steady profit, and there is a small business right now, I think you can do it, you should be able to make a small fortune." ”

"Brother Xian, please speak!"

"It's the mosquito that is annoying right now, we only use our brains a little, and there is money to be made in it."

Li Dongdong perked up and hurriedly said, "Is there any way?" ”

"In fact, it's very simple, the rich and noble families use incense, and the poor people use moxa ropes, so what about ordinary people? Combining incense and moxa rope, isn't it a mosquito repellent for ordinary people's homes? ”

Li Yanqing thought of mosquito coils last night, but he didn't have time to make a living, and it happened that Li Dongdong was here, so he could give this idea to Li Dongdong, maybe they could continue to cooperate in the future.

Li Dongdong lowered his head and pondered for a long time, shook his head and said, "I really can't figure it out, let's teach me the virtuous brother!" ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "We usually burn incense, incense is very cheap, you can buy two sticks for a penny, why can't we mix wormwood powder with incense, and then plug it on the incense burner and burn it overnight, can't we sleep with peace of mind?" ”

Li Yanqing found the inconvenience of the moxa rope, one is that the smell of smoke is too strong, which irritates people's eyes, and the second is that it burns too fast, and it must be extinguished every time the mosquitoes are repellent for a while, and then ignited the mosquito repellent after a while, so that you have to toss three or four times a night, and you can't sleep well, and the mosquito coil solves the trouble of getting up all night.

Li Dongdong's eyes lit up, "That's right! Why didn't anyone think of such a simple solution? We can make the incense a little longer and light it overnight without any problem. ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "The incense doesn't need to be too long, it is too long and easy to break, it can be made into a vortex, circled around, calculate the time, just can be lit overnight, in addition, in addition to using mugwort powder, you can also use dried chrysanthemums to grind into powder, mixed in toner and realgar powder to shape incense, after ignition, the mosquito repellent effect is also very good, and it is also very fragrant, much better than mugwort rope." ”

"Chrysanthemums can also repel mosquitoes?"

"Of course you can, the effect is much better than wormwood, I don't believe you can try it tonight."

Li Dongdong rubbed his hands excitedly, he happened to know a few craftsmen who made incense, he could ask them to make a few mosquito repellent coils to try, if they sold well, they could earn at least a few hundred yuan in a summer.

Li Yanqing reminded him with a smile, "The signboard is very important, I think it's called Li Ji brand mosquito coil, and I will teach you to make mosquito repellent in the future, it is necessary for rich and noble families in summer, maybe the emperor will not be able to do without it in the future, and then our reputation will come out." ”

Li Yanqing's few words seemed to open a window for Li Dongdong to make a fortune, which opened his eyes, and there seemed to be a glittering mountain of gold and silver in the distance.

How could he wait for later, took Li Yanqing's hand and pleaded: "My little God of Wealth, please tell me how to make mosquito repellent now, don't wait for later." ”

Of course, Li Yanqing will not tell Li Dongdong about the way to make a fortune for no reason, he actually still wants to find something to do for his father, although the grain store cannot be opened, but they can do other businesses, they have been cooperating for five years, and they can continue to do it.

Now that Li Dongdong has already hit the road, Li Yanqing smiled and said: "It's better for one person to get rich than for everyone to get rich, how about we join forces again?" ”

Li Yanqing's suggestion said to Li Dongdong's heart, although he can do business alone, but their husband and wife are illiterate, and they are always deceived, if Li Daqi can continue to do business with him, then with his mind and Li Daqi's help, I believe they will be successful.

Li Dongdong's face bloomed with a smile, "Actually, I came to you because I had this idea, although we can't do the grain business, we can do something else." ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "Mosquito repellent coil is just my initial idea, you can go back and try it first, if it can be successful, we will talk about cooperation again, after a long time, there will be many opportunities." ”

"Can you tell me the formula of mosquito repellent, I think the two things are made together, and the possibility of success is a little greater."

Li Yanqing thinks a lot, he can also make soap, perfume, shampoo, shower gel, etc. in the future, of course, Ruth has to go step by step.

Mosquito repellent products are just an idea he had last night, whether the market can accept it or not is one thing, let Li Dongdong try it first, if the market can accept it, then they can continue to cooperate and make the business bigger step by step.

Li Yanqing immediately told Li Dongdong the formula of the mosquito repellent, in fact, it is very simple, after squeezing and soaking with wild chrysanthemums and honeysuckle, apply water to the skin, mosquitoes will not bite, this is a very effective home remedies.

Li Dongdong didn't even bother to eat dinner, so he rushed back to the capital overnight and began to find craftsmen to start making Li Ji brand mosquito coils and mosquito repellent, in fact, Li Yanqing also knew that mosquito coils were simple, but it was not easy to make, the key was to light them for more than three hours to ensure that they could not stay overnight.

But it's better to let Li Dongdong try, try a few more times, and you will succeed in the end.

The other two agreed that if the two mosquito repellent products were successful, they would join forces to open a new business house and bring more trendy products to the market.

Li Yanqing immediately wrote a letter to his father, telling his father about his and Li Dongdong's thoughts, and asking him to go to the capital as soon as possible to prepare for the establishment of a new Li Ji firm.