Chongguo Mansion, study.

Chongguo Gong sat there with a gloomy face.

The steward stood beside Chongguo Gong.

The door creaked open.

Duchess Chongguo walked in, and when she saw Chongguogong's face was cold, she glanced at the steward.

The steward shook his head.

Duchess Chongguo said, "It seems that the emperor is determined to hide the news of General Xie's recovery from illness to the end this time, and he is just chanting and praying in the Buddhist hall, even if General Xie is safe, the lord of Nanzhang should pray for him, why should Grandpa Guo take it to heart?" ”

Chanting and praying in the Buddhist hall is indeed not a big deal, but the lord of Nanzhang can't swallow this breath.

She punished the female bandit for kneeling in the Buddha Hall, and after kneeling for a while, the emperor came to relieve her siege, and it was the turn of the lord of Nanzhang, and the emperor still protected the female bandit.

The county lord of Nanzhang lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot, and stayed in the Buddhist hall for a few days, and the female bandit was not allowed to laugh behind her back for a few days?

Duke Chongguo looked at Duchess Chongguo and said, "The Queen Mother also knows about this." ”

The county lord of Nanzhang can be said to be raised by the queen mother, and he is the top of the queen mother's heart, in order to make the queen mother happy, he also has to help the county lord of Nanzhang.

Duchess Chongguo smiled, "I have a plan." ”

"Listen to it," Chongguo is fair.

Duchess Chongguo leaned into his ear and whispered a few words.

The gloom on Chongguogong's face dissipated, and he boasted, "Madame's brilliant plan." ”

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the little servant said outside, "Mr. Wang." ”

Manager Wang hurriedly went over to open the door and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The little servant said, "Your distant nephew came to you to tell you about the ice shop. ”

Manager Wang glanced back at Chongguo Gong, and then said, "Let him in." ”

The ice shop belongs to the Chongguo Mansion, and the distant cousin of Mr. Wang is only in charge of the accounts, and the ice shop business is very good, and it looks like it is about to enter the summer, and it is time for the ice shop to make a lot of money.

After a while, Wang Chengcheng, the nephew of Mr. Wang, came over.

When he asked Chongguo Gong to say goodbye, Manager Wang asked, "What's wrong with the ice shop?" ”

Wang Cheng hurriedly replied, "Today, the king of Nan'an County sent someone to buy ice from the ice shop, and he asked for four hundred yuan when he opened his mouth. ”

Manager Wang frowned, "You sold it?" ”

Wang Cheng shook his head, "I dare to sell it, at that time, I said that a piece of ice was ten taels of silver, and I sent people away, and the little guy of the king of Nan'an County almost didn't fight with me." ”

Duchess Chongguo stood beside Chongguo Gong, and she said, "Isn't the shop of the eldest grandmother of the Zhenguo Mansion selling charcoal, what do you want to buy so much ice?" ”

Wang Cheng shook his head, "The small one doesn't know, but the number of ice cubes she wants is so large, except for our ice shop, she has nowhere else to buy it, although the other shops are all together, but the small one has already gone to say hello, no one will sell it to her, the small one is to ask if the grandmother of the Zhenguo Mansion accepts the price of ten taels of silver a piece of ice, will the ice be sold to her?" ”

Duchess Chongguo smiled coldly, "The Chongguo Mansion is not short of that money. ”

Wang Cheng should be again and again.

Duchess Chongguo said with a smile, "Manager Wang, your nephew is quite clever, and he will be rewarded with ten taels of silver." ”

Wang Cheng thanked him again and again.

Agarwood Xuan, backyard.

Xie Jingchen and Chu Shun sat on the stone table and drank tea.

After drinking a cup of tea, the king of Nan'an County picked up the teapot and poured tea for himself, but the teapot was empty.

The Dark Guard is not there.

Apricot went to the kitchen.

Su Jin was in the bamboo house, and no one added tea to them.

In the distance, Xing'er brought a porcelain basin over, and a small porcelain basin was placed in the porcelain basin.

She walked over and placed the porcelain basin on the stone table.

The king of Nan'an looked at her, "What is this for?" ”

Xing'er shook her head, "I don't know, the girl asked me to go to the kitchen to get it." ”

Hou Shizi of Beining knocked on the porcelain basin, and his voice was crisp and pleasant.

In the bamboo house, Su Jin sat at the desk, holding a pen and ink, writing and drawing.

The dark guard carried a bag into the house and said, "Grandma, you have bought what you wanted." ”

Su Jin put down the pen, pressed the drawing paper with the paperweight, and got up.

She walked over to the bag, opened it, looked at it, grabbed some and put it in the stone scoop, and smashed it vigorously.

She walked out with a stone scoop.

By the time she reached the stone table, Xing'er had already placed the small porcelain basin in the large porcelain basin as she had instructed, and both porcelain basins were filled with water.

Chu Shun saw her coming over and asked, "Sister-in-law, what are you going to do?" ”

"You'll find out later," Su Jin said.

She poured the crushed powder into a large porcelain basin and stirred it with a wooden stick.

Chu Shun and the others watched quietly.

And then—

They saw small Xiaoice floating in the small porcelain basin.

The king of Nan'an County thought that he was dazzled, and reached out to take the Xiaoice block, but his finger touched the water, and he took it back.

"What's wrong?" The eldest young master of the Dingguo Mansion asked.

"This water is so cold," the king of Nan'an exclaimed.

Chu Shun stretched out his hand to take out the ice and said in shock, "It's really ice!" ”

More than half an hour ago, Su Jin said that the ice shop in the Chongguo Mansion would be closed, and they all thought that Su Jin was bragging.

Su Jin only smiled and said, "If you're not busy, just stay longer." ”

They were idle and panicked, and they stayed until now.

As he spoke, there was more and more ice in the small porcelain basin.

The kings of Nan'an County looked at each other.

Chu Shun swallowed and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Su Jin said with a smile, "I just asked Di Qing to buy saltpeter and come back, saltpeter dissolves in water will absorb a lot of heat, causing the water in the small porcelain basin to condense into ice." ”

The king of Nan'an looked at the ice cubes in the porcelain basin and said, "No wonder my sister-in-law has the confidence to let the ice shop in Chongguo Mansion close down." ”

"How did my sister-in-law know that ice could be made in this way?" Hou Shizi of Beining said curiously.

"Reading," Su Jin said.

“……。”

Hit.

A heavy blow.

A blow that is not exhaustive.

Xing'er's maid said that her grandmother didn't like to read.

is such a female bandit who doesn't like to read, and she actually knows more than the five of them.

What could be more devastating?

Absolutely, yes, no!

Xie Jingchen looked at Su Jindao, "What are you going to do next?" ”

"Buy the shop near the ice shop of the Chongguo Mansion and sell the ice," Su Jin said seriously.

“……。”

"The ice cubes in the Chongguo Mansion are sold for two taels, and I sell them for one tael," Su Jin said.

“……。”

Chu Shun said silently, "In less than three days, the ice shop of the Chongguo Mansion will be closed." ”

This is what Su Jin wants.

Xing'er went to the kitchen and brought lotus seed soup.

Su Jin put it in a porcelain basin and froze, one bowl per person, cold and cold, not too cool.

After they finished eating, Su Jin took a few pieces of paper.

It was a share book written by her, Xie Jingchen and the five of them were one percent, Su Jin accounted for two percent, and the remaining three percent was given to the Dongxiang Hou Mansion.

Chu Shun looked at Su Jindao, "Sister-in-law, this is giving us money." ”

This is clearly a money-making business, and it is a guaranteed profit.

Su Jin smiled, "Send it first, I'll rob you if I'm short of money." ”

Chu Shun, "......." ”

King of Nan'an, "....... ”

Hou Shizi of Bac Ninh, "....... ”

The eldest young master of the Dingguo Mansion, "......." ”