Chapter 39: Black Technology
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When I got up early in the morning, I looked at the window lattice in a daze, and the huge colorful butterfly nailed to the window lattice in the morning light, and the gorgeous wings were still beautiful.
"Shannon, you brought it?" He asked, staring at the butterfly.
Xia Nong was getting dressed, and came over with his shoes on his feet and hugged Ziqi from behind, "I brought it over last night, you just didn't pay attention, I know you still think about her in your heart!" ”
Ziqi took Xiannong's hand and pulled her from behind to his chest, Xia Nong's pale blue eyes were as clear as water, and his slightly upturned lips were exotic.
Although she doesn't want to be as spicy and capable as her sister Xiannong, she has that kindness and delicacy in her bones, and she is more understanding, gentle and lovely than Xiannong. Ziqi kissed her bright red and warm lips, "Thank you!" ”
Xia Nong buried his face in Ziqi's arms and hugged his waist tightly, "Your Highness, Fei Xian and Yishu are so pitiful!" ”
Ziqi was like a fish in his throat, gently touching Xia Nong's hair, "Don't worry, I swear with my life that I will definitely avenge them and will not let any of you be hurt again!" ”
"Are they all buried?" Shanon asked in Ziqi's arms.
Ziqi exhaled a long breath, "Not yet, Li Jiao said that the day after tomorrow is an auspicious day for the zodiac." The coffin is resting in Merlin, and I will send soldiers to watch over it! ”
Xia Nong nodded, waiting for the sub-period to bathe and dress neatly.
Out of the middle gate, Zi Ji met Wudu, this old man who was close to Jiazi was pale, and he walked tremblingly, like a dead leaf about to wither. Seeing that Ziqi subconsciously wanted to worship, he stopped and said as if he remembered something: "Your Highness, there is a person in the front yard who is called Liao, and he wants to see His Highness, and he has brought a lot of weapons. ”
Ziqi hugged Wu Du and said, "Uncle Wu, I have told you many times, don't do physical work in the future." Run inside and outside to send the young servant, you just give me a good look at this home. I promised Yishu that I would support her in your old age! ”
Wudu is full of tears, he can't speak, and he is sad to lose his daughter in old age!
Ziqi took Wudu to the front of the mansion, and the soldiers were busy moving their blades to the courtyard, looking at the golden bronze spears one by one and couldn't put it down.
Liao even stepped forward to salute the child, "The spears that His Highness wants have been completed, please check them yourself!" ”
Zi Qi sincerely said: "I don't have to check, I don't have to worry about what you do!" What was your previous wage? Who else is in your family? ”
Liao replied: "Back to Your Highness, the salary that the workshop used to give me was 600 yuan per month. He has a wife in his family, and his children are still young. ”
Ziqi nodded, "You go back and bring the family into the house, you live." In the future, in the house, I will give you three punbes a month! ”
Liao was even more surprised, in this year, it was the price of 180 acres of good land (the land was vast and sparsely populated during the Yin Shang period, and the land was not too valuable)! "Your Highness, this salary is too high!"
Ziqi waved his hand, "It's not high, you are worth this price, and there will be many skills that depend on you in the future." You took over the family, and by the way, you bought the following things for me. Two smooth and thin copper plates five feet square, paint, bone glue, spices, buy as much as you can, and hollow out Chaoge City as you can.
In addition, find four or five more young craftsmen, be honest and diligent. Opportunistic and unfaithful one don't, pay two punbes a month! ”
It's not that the sub-period is not inappropriate to take Qianbei, and he understands the protection of intellectual property rights better in the two lives. Now there are more than a dozen shops selling bamboo slips and sheep's hair in the entire Chaoge City, just because this thing is simple to make, but people didn't expect it at that time.
This layer of window paper was pierced by him, and driven by profits, there was no businessman who did not follow the trend and peddled it. But ink making is the same, with a wide variety of materials and complex processes.
I'm just making a recipe based on the memory of my previous life, and as for how far I can do it, I have to rely on Liao to practice it repeatedly. With such a lot of effort, if someone else steals the technology, the loss will be great. Therefore, it is the first thing to attract technical talents, which is the black technology of this era!
After sending the liao watch, Li Jiao came over with a gun and shouted with great interest: "Second brother, you see that this spear is so handy, I just don't know when I can let it lick the blood on the battlefield and try its majesty!" ”
Ziqi smiled: "Brother, don't worry, in this chaotic world, are you still afraid that there will be no war?" ”
Li Jiao shook the barrel of the gun with both hands, the gun trembled for a while, and he smiled heroically: "Yes, then let's beat him out of the world." From now on, I will pass on the Tiger Power Nine Guns to the Flying Tiger Army! ”
Ziqi called Li Jiao, "Brother, let this go in advance." In the past two days, I have to bother my brother to take the soldiers into the mountains to collect pine resin and pine branches, and the more collected, the better. ”
Li Jiao smiled and said: "This is simple, these guys are suffocated in the house, let them enter the mountain and not kill them!" ”
Ziqi was also amused by Li Jiao's cold humor, "Then you have to restrain them even more, don't be too crazy, pay attention to safety!" These more than 100 people, without spending much effort on our brothers' training, have to be optimistic as babies! ”
Li Jiao said calmly: "Don't worry, I'll take them personally!" After saying that, they went to assemble the team, and when the soldiers heard that they were going into the mountain, they were so happy that their eyebrows fluttered. Zi Qi Yaoyao shouted: "Remember, when you encounter wolves, you will fight back, give me the tail, and whoever hits the wolf skin and wolf meat will belong to whom!" ”
Li Jiao's cousin Li Su was the most naughty, and shouted at Ziqi: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will definitely fight a few more, and I will save forty wolf skins, which is enough to ask for a wife!" The whole army burst into laughter.
He remembered that this kid was very desperate in the war, and the last time he was on the way back to Chaoge, he was seriously injured in an ambush outside Qishui Pass, and now he is alive again.
Ziqi walked over to look at him and punched him the shoulder, "As long as you fight bravely, I will promote you, and I will give you the money for your wife, what wolf skin do you save?" ”
Watching Li Jiao leave with the soldiers and return to the back house, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Princess Ji Huan for a few days, and he hadn't visited him since he entered the mansion, but he was indifferent to this cousin. He came to the east chamber of Lijiao, stood in front of the door and shouted, "Is Princess Ji Huan here?" ”
The little girl in the room hurriedly greeted her when she heard it, "Your Highness, the princess is here!" "Let's take it to the inner room. Ji Huan also heard Ziji's shout, and hurriedly came out and pouted and said, "Brother Siwang has forgotten Ji Huan a long time ago, so he remembered to look at me!" ”
Ji Huan became a wife for the first time, and she was much plumper and more radiant. Ziqi smiled: "Then dare to forget Ji Huan, there are just too many things these days." By the way, should I call you Mrs. Sister-in-law? Or is it called cousin? ”
Ji Huan's face turned red, "You can call it whatever you like, don't make me happy, little four, go and prepare tea for His Highness!" ”
The little girl next to Ji Huan is called Xiao Si'er, because Ji Huan's personal little maid Jiu'er stayed in Xiqi, and Li Jiao bought her Xiao Si'er again, it seems that Ji Huan is still quite related to numbers.
Xiao Si'er didn't know that Ziqi was pondering her name, so she just stared at her and smiled sheepishly, blushing. Just about to prepare tea, Ziqi stopped her and said, "Don't bother, I have time today, just take Cousin Huan'er into the palace to meet the king." Xiao Si'er heard this, and hurriedly went to prepare a change of clothes for Ji Huan.
Ji Huan said excitedly: "Then please ask the fourth royal brother to wait for Huan'er for a while, and I will go and change my clothes." ”
The child only cares about drinking tea, "You go!" Ji Huan said that it was a moment, and after waiting for half an hour, the child couldn't help but be sad, and the final conclusion was, "Women are really troublesome!" ”
Ji Huan, who changed into a phoenix crown and a xia veil, was finally helped out by Xiao Si'er. Ziqi hurriedly ran out to call He Bu, and after shouting twice, he remembered that He Bu had followed the Flying Tiger Army into the mountain. had to ask Uncle Wu to find an attendant to prepare a car and take Ji Huan into the palace.
The car drove to the inner garden, and Ziqi helped Ji Huan get out of the car with Xiao Si'er, and sent Tu Chang to report. Tu Chang's oily fat face pushed and smiled, "The king has already spoken, and there is no need to report when you see the driver in the sub-period, come with me!" ”
Entering Di Yi's bedroom, Di Yi was leaning on the bed and closing his eyes. Hearing that the child period was coming, he hurriedly opened his eyes, and saw that the child period was still with a young woman, and he couldn't help but squint his faint old eyes and look carefully
Ziqi hurriedly stepped forward, "Father, Princess Ji Huan has come to see you!" ”
Before Ji Huan could pay his respects, Di Yi sat up straight. "Shaoshu's daughter? No need to be polite, come close! ”
Ji Huan hurriedly walked to the bedside, and Di Yi grabbed him and looked at it for a long time, "It's really like your grandmother!" It's so similar! Are you used to living in Chaoge? Ji Huan looked at the uncle in front of him, who was the lord of a country, a little cramped, and answered Di Yi's question with a small wing.
Di Yi asked Ji Huan, and then asked Shaoshu about her current situation, and after talking too much, Ji Huan became natural little by little. Di Yi talked about Shaoshu when he was a child, and the two of them talked about each other, and they became an audience in the sub-period.
Tu Chang saw that Ziqi was standing alone and bored, so he whispered to him: "It's been a long time since I've seen the spirit of the king so good, this family affection is endless!" ”
Only then did Di Yi remember the sub-period, "Period, what are you doing standing?" Have a seat! ”
Ziqi knelt in front of the bed, Di Yi instructed Tu Chang: "Go to the inner library to choose some pearl jade pendants for Ji Huan, she entered the palace for the first time, how can she go back empty-handed?" Tu Chang answered and withdrew from the dormitory.
Di Yi said to Zi Qi again: "Period, I have discussed with the two adults of Jizi Shangrong, tomorrow in the palace to compete in the selection of the Praetorian Guard, how are you prepared?" ”
Ziqi replied: "Back to my father, Ziqi has been looking forward to this day for a long time!" ”
Di Yi nodded with satisfaction, "That's good, remember what I told you, or don't spare any strength!" Emperor Yi responded: "Father, don't worry, son-in-law remember!" ”
Di Yi took the trouble to instruct again, and every sentence in the sub-period must be answered, which is extremely humble. Tu Chang selected thirty-six high-quality pearls, nine beautiful jades, and put them in a tray to hold up the dormitory. Ji Huan gave a big gift and thanked Emperor Yi for his reward.
Ziqi helped her hold the gift in her hand, and resigned from Diyi and walked out of the dormitory. The carriage and horses did not move, and Wei Ziqi also entered the palace. When they met outside the palace, Ziqi greeted him and asked, "Brother Wang also came to visit his father?" His eyes were smiling, and he looked like a brother and a brother, and he was extremely friendly.
When Weizi Kai saw him like this, his heart was full of joy and he was very proud.
Walked up to him and grabbed the child, "How about the two beauties who gave to the fourth brother yesterday?" Can it be used? ”
Ziqi smiled, "Wonderful! ”
Weizi was full of joy, "Why did the fourth brother leave in such a hurry?" Wouldn't it be better to sit with my brother and sit with my father again! ”
The spring breeze on his face was full, "No, I still have to send Cousin Ji Huan home." By the way, cousin Huan'er, I've come to see Brother Wang! ”
Ji Huan hurriedly came over to give Weizi Qi a salute, and Weizi Qi said yes again and again, and asked Ji Huan to go to the mansion to catch up with Ziqi on another day, and then walked to Di Yi to the dormitory.
Ziqi returned to the Hou Mansion, Liao waited in the courtyard earlier, and when he saw Ziqi, he was busy saluting and said, "Your Highness, everything you want is ready." Ziqi asked Ji Huan to go back to the room, and said to Liao: "You are quick enough to do things, have you brought your family members here?" ”
Liao nodded with a smile, "The family is surrounded by walls, there is nothing to move, even if people leave, they are all settled by the ladies of the inner house." Xian Nong's ability to run the family really didn't say, Zi Qi was not satisfied, and asked Wu Du: "Uncle Wu, can they send back pine resin in Lijiao?" ”
Wu Du hurriedly replied: "It's been sent back twice, and it's been sent to the warehouse." ”
Ziqi beckoned to Liao Geng and walked into the west chamber, the door of the warehouse was open. Zi Ji chose a spare room, went into the room and took off his robe to do it himself, and Liao was even more busy stopping him, "Your Highness, what to do, you tell me, you don't need Your Highness to do it yourself!" ”
Ziqi looked indifferent, "Let's do it together, wait for a few experiments, you will understand, and it will be up to you to handle it when the time comes." After saying that, he moved a large clay pot and placed it in the center of the ground, and covered it with a copper plate with a bracket.
He took some pine resin and pine branches and threw them into a basin, lit them with a fire, and immediately black smoke billowed up the flames, and after a while, a thick layer of black soot was applied under the copper plate. The child asked Liao to replace it with another copper plate with long-handled pliers, and scraped off the black soot on this copper plate and collected it together.
This is repeated until the pine resin in the clay pot is burned out, and half of the pot of black soot has been collected. In the same way, they collected the soot of the lacquer. Even though it was winter, both of them were busy sweating.
In the sub-stage, pine soot, lacquer soot, bone glue, and spices are combined in proportion. He remembered that the ink-making process in later generations was very cumbersome and exquisite, and it still needed to be rinsed, but the environment in front of him was still free! In addition, the ink of later generations is used on paper, and the ink of the sub-period is used on bamboo slips, and the adsorption force must be strong. Therefore, he increased the proportion of glue a little more.
During the sub-period, he explained to Liao Geng, let him remember them one by one, and he would have to experiment and improve step by step in the future, which had to be completed by Liao Geng.
After adding water, the sub-stage kneades these things into a dough like dough. Place it in a stone mortar and pound it with a wooden pestle until the ink does not stick to the wooden pestle. And told Liao Geng, this is called "ink does not get tired of pounding".
Seeing that the heat was almost over, he put the ink on the board and rolled it out with a short wooden stick until it was thick and even. Finally, like cutting tofu, use a knife and a piece of wood to cut the same thickness into long, short, thin and thick ink blocks. Place them on the bamboo joints one by one and let them dry in the shade.
Ziqi clapped his hands, he was busy all afternoon, he didn't care about eating, and he could finally straighten up and take a breath.
Liao even pointed to the small black square and asked, "Your Highness, this is too troublesome, is it very valuable?" ”
Ziqi pouted, "Such a small piece can be sold for twenty to thirty punbes, do you say it's worth it?" Liao's eyes suddenly turned into copper bells, and he swallowed, "Your Highness, is it really fake?" ”
Ziqi's eyes became stern, and he looked directly at Liao Geng and said: "These materials are worthless, but this technology is valuable, because others don't, this is called black technology!" Later, you find a few more craftsmen and let them do the work.
However, tobacco ingredients should never be allowed to be touched. I'm not going to tell anyone but you that if this gets out, you're the one who made trouble. Be careful, I won't spare you! ”
Liao was even more frightened, and then he understood why he wanted to take his family to the house. "Your Highness, rest assured, you give me such a high wage, and you still support our family, and I will never be an ungrateful villain!"
Ziqi nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, I trust you." When the ink is dry, I still have to experiment, you have to keep improving until I'm satisfied, go back and rest early! ”
He instructed Liao to lock the door before returning to the backyard. Several girls were waiting for him, and when they saw his appearance, they all looked at each other, and then leaned forward and fell back with a happy smile. After Fei Xian and Yishu were killed, they had not been so happy, and Ziqi was so stunned by laughter.
Lai'er clutched her stomach and pointed at him and shouted, "How did you get it, you became a flower-faced cat, and you are laughing to death!" ”
Xia Nong forced a smile, took a wet cloth towel, and wiped it for him little by little affectionately. Lai'er suddenly stopped laughing, and thought to herself, why didn't she think to wipe it for him, no wonder he liked Shanon so much.
Xiannon picked up the tableware, "Let's go wash it, the warm water is ready." The clothes are dirty, wash and eat! ”
Ziqi took Xia Nong's hand away, "Why, you haven't eaten?" ”
Xiannon glanced at him, "If you don't eat it, do we dare to eat it?" ”
Ziqi hurriedly said: "Didn't I tell you? Eat when the time comes, don't wait for me! After speaking, seeing that everyone was silent, the child period regretted a little, and several girls were full of love, allowing themselves to be donkey lungs.
Shannon took him to bathe in a playful way, the large wooden barrel in the center of the room was steaming, and the four corners were filled with charcoal fires, and the room was as warm as spring. Shanon took off his clothes for the child, pushed it into the big wooden barrel, and took off himself until he was left with only a belly pocket.
She took a cloth towel and dipped it in it, and carefully wiped her back for the child, "You're smiling as soon as you come back tonight, what's the good thing to be happy like this?" ”
"I made a black technology with Liao this afternoon, and I have a lot of money to earn, can't I be happy?" Ziqi said proudly.
Xia Nong was confused, "What kind of black technology, always say something inconsequential, I don't understand!" The pink and slippery arm rubbed against the child's back, making his heart itch.
Ziqi looked back at Xia Nong's petal-like pretty face, and his flower-like body couldn't help but ripple in spring, "You wash with me, I'll tell you slowly!" ”
After all, Xia Nong was not as spicy and open as Xiannong, and immediately blushed and red-eared, and before he could say a word, he was carried into the barrel by the early sub-period, and immediately became a wet beauty.