There was not a trace of wind in Yujing City at noon.

The whole city seemed to be placed in the oven of heaven and earth, silently accepting the scorching sun, and even the cicadas on the trees seemed to be exhausted and slack.

Even the Huaxi Courtyard, which is located on the bank of Huanhua Creek, is difficult to survive in the boiling heat wave at this time.

Even the cicadas in those trees only have an occasional sound or two left at the moment.

As a result, the huge courtyard became quieter and quieter.

Li Chen'an and Zhongli Ruoshui had returned here from the old rain building, and after lunch, the two of them went back to their rooms, wanting to take a nap, but Li Chen'an found that even the mattress on the bed was hot.

So he got up and sat down in front of the window with a folding fan.

Opposite is Zhongli Ruoshui's boudoir.

The window on the second floor of the boudoir was open, and the curtains had not been closed because of the summer heat.

He retracted his gaze, looked at the bookshelf against the wall in this room, thought about it, walked over, took a random book from the shelf, looked at the title, and felt that his heart was not at peace, so he put it back and sat down in front of the window again.

Still shaking the fan, still looking at the window opposite, his mind was thinking about something else.

I don't know if Ye Po has recruited masters of the rivers and lakes these days.

Seeing that it was the fifth day of August, and the autumn grain in all parts of Jiangnan had entered the harvest season, Cai Zhengyao had already gone to Jiangnan, and the grain prices in Jiangnan should have been stirred up by him.

Shen Qiaodie, the Shen family who wants her own life, will she eat those high-priced grains?

Can Ye Po successfully intercept the food she ate?

And then send it to Shuzhou through the cover of the Guangling Water Division of Linshui City?

That's right, the grain of Jiangnan, his plan is to send it to Shuzhou.

Since Mrs. Fan is laying out Shuzhou, it is necessary to build that place into a solid place, and now I don't know the specific measures of Mrs. Fan in Shuzhou, but with the wisdom of her old man, she will definitely establish a private army belonging to Zhongli Mansion in Shuzhou.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have let Huang Sanlie's former subordinates all go to Shuzhou, and even occupied two tribes.

To build an army you need a lot of food.

And the center of gravity of his winery will also be Shuzhou, because that place will be safer in troubled times.

So his winery on the bank of Peach Blossom Creek did not expand again.

The other thing is the matter of the Reikag Division.

According to the calculation of time, those disciples of Wanxi Zhai should also arrive in Guangling City.

I don't know how many came, Xiao Sanniang said that there should be one hundred and eighty people, so that there are more than 100 masters of the rivers and lakes, but it is still not enough.

Let's take it one step at a time, this kind of thing is in a hurry after all.

Now it's all about making money.

There are several opportunities to make a lot of money next.

One is sucrose, which can be sold for a very good price after it is made, because the caramel in this world is more expensive, and this white sugar will of course be more expensive.

The second is salt!

Huo Chuanming will let his cronies master the salt and iron division of Guangling Prefecture, and he will be able to get the salt from his hands, and with the salt guide, he can buy a large amount of this green salt, and then process it into white salt, which will bring huge profits to himself.

The third is the iron ...... This thing is only bought, not sold.

Because of his own Li Jiajun's needs, and then after the relationship with Zhongli Ruoshui is confirmed, Zhongli Mansion will also need a lot.

That's all for the time being, if it works well, these things will already be able to support the construction of the future army.

It would be better if these things could be sold to other countries, but now I haven't been able to fully understand Ning Guodu, and other countries ...... I'll talk about that later.

Thinking about these things, Li Chen'an put down the folding fan, sharpened the ink on the inkstone, picked up the pen and began to write a letter.

It took him an hour to write four letters.

One is for the family, say hello to safety, and the rest don't say much.

One is for Ye Po, and this letter says a lot, because the matter of Jiangnan grain is extremely important.

One is for Xiao Sanniang, which is to ask about the disciples of Wanxizhai and the suggestions for their arrangements.

The last letter was addressed to Huang Sanlie, and this letter took the longest because he needed Huang Sanlie to set up a sugar cane crushing workshop and a green salt refining workshop.

These two things are not available in this world, so he also drew a lot of sketches so that Huang Sanlie could see more clearly.

It was already a long time since he finished writing these four letters, and it was still very hot, Li Chenan put down his pen, wiped the sweat from his forehead, picked up the fan and fanned it, only then did he feel that he should get the ice out.

His eyes lit up at the thought of ice, because this thing wasn't complicated.

If there is fire and medicine in this world, then there is saltpeter, and with saltpeter, this ice is easy to get out.

I will ask Zhongli Ruoshui if there is such a thing as saltpeter for sale in the market.

Thinking like this, he raised his head, and Zhongli Ruoshui was still not seen in the window opposite, she should still be sleeping.

So, Li Chenan went downstairs with a fan, wandered alone in this huge courtyard, and came to another small courtyard not far from the main courtyard.

The door of the courtyard was open.

He walked in and saw an acquaintance - Xiong Da!

Xiong Da was shirtless and sharpening his knife in the shade of the courtyard corner.

His back was covered with sweat, and he turned his head to look at it, and his face was also covered with sweat.

He stood up with some surprise, picked up a sweat towel from the side and wiped his face, and smiled: "Young master, why did you come here on this hot day?" ”

"What are you sharpening your knives for on this hot day?"

"Hehe, this knife is not sharp enough, in case you want to kill someone and set it on fire or something, shouldn't you have prepared earlier?"

Lo and behold, that's what it's like to be a veteran.

After returning to Guangling City, he had to think of ways to get these veterans into his Li family's army.

It's not that I expect them to go to the battlefield again, but to let my group of recruits learn this spirit in them.

"Come on, come on, help the young master do something first."

Xiong Da put down the knife in his hand, picked up the short coat that was put aside and put it on his body, and asked happily, "Young master, what's the matter?" ”

"Take me to the hut."

Xiong Da was stunned, "...... Young master, this is, it's the thatched house of the people, isn't there also the main courtyard? ”

"What do you want, the young master is going to the thatched house to find something."

Xiong Da was even more confused, his eyes widened, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, hesitated for a moment, and thought to himself what else could there be in the hut besides that thing?

"Don't think about it! Let's go, take the young master and you'll know. ”

So, Xiong Da took Li Chenan and walked to the thatched house not far away.

When the two arrived at the thatched house, Li Chenan squatted on the outside of the thatched house and looked carefully, and for a moment, in Xiong Da's shocked sight, he reached out and touched the root of the corner of the wall, and then put it in front of his nose and sniffed it......

At that moment, a man came out of the hut.

He was Zhou Huairen, and he also stood behind Li Chen'an in surprise, glanced at Xiong Da, and then saw Li Chen'an stand up, "That's it!" ”

Li Chenan stretched out a hand, and there was a little white powder on his fingertips.

"There should be more in it, young master, I want this thing, you send someone to collect more, and then send it to the main courtyard."

Zhou Huairen took a closer look and asked suspiciously, "Young Master, this thing...... What are you doing? ”

"Hehe," Li Chen'an grinned, "Young Master will conjure ice for you!" ”

Xiong Da's thick lips squirmed, and he stopped talking.

He felt that this Young Master Li was afraid that there was something really wrong with his brain.

On this hot day, he is not a god, how can he conjure ice?