After the three richly dressed businessmen entered the room, they bowed respectfully and respectfully: "Wu Chenghou." ”

Zu Mao's whole energy was put on Sun Jian, he didn't understand what the lord asked him to cooperate, mainly because these people came too timely.

Sun Jian sat on the couch in the center, with a book on the low table in front of him, and a wisp of green smoke was slowly wafting out of the incense burner, and he was just humming in a nasal voice, slightly displeased.

"Humph!"

Zu Mao turned his head at the voice, and looked at the three largest merchants in the city in front of him, and he was angry.

Half a month ago, he went to collect donations on the order of Sun Jian, so he couldn't deduct the money from the pockets of these three people no matter how he explained, and he almost didn't get his nose crooked when they cried poor, just like they were yellow turban thieves.

Now, Sun Jian's 'hum' Zu Mao directly borrowed the topic to play: "Three, when it comes to the donation, I will return to the lord, and I will explain the ugliness of the day by myself." ”

Although several wealthy businessmen were respectful on the surface, they were actually not afraid at all, among which the businessman surnamed Cai took the lead and said: "Qi Yu Taishou, Cai's business is all over Jingzhou, when the yellow scarf started, the Cai family was robbed by those thieves, and it was already the end of the crossbow; Later, Ou Xing rebelled, the rich merchants in the city were slaughtered, and my Cai family was poisoned for the second time, and now I can't get any money except for some jewelry in the storefront to barely maintain business......"

The same is true of the businessman surnamed Kuai: "Taishou, what the shopkeeper Cai of the Treasure Pavilion said is very true, and I only have some cloth left in the Linlang Pavilion to fill the façade, how can I have any money left to donate to the country." ”

The merchant surnamed Ma sighed and just shook his head.

The main reason why Sun Jian has no way to take these three wealthy businessmen is that they are all local scholars, the Cai family is a famous family in Xiangyang, and the Kuai family has also begun to rise since the two brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, as for the Ma family, it is a little low-key, but the next generation of their family is gradually becoming the pillars and has now begun to emerge......

Of course, there are not only these big clans in Jingzhou, for example, Pang Degong, the spiritual leader of Jingzhou scholars, is a character who will tremble when he stomps his feet in Jingzhou.

In this case, can these rich people look down on Sun Jian, who relied on military exploits?

"Da Rong, after all, these are my famous families in Jingzhou, be polite."

As he spoke, Sun Jian waved his hand at his subordinates, and when the subordinates walked into the house with urns of iced sour plum soup, he spoke: "I heard that a few people are very dissatisfied with the requisition? Don't worry, let's talk slowly, come on, tea. ”

The servants poured the iced sour plum soup into the tea cup one after another, and casually took out the ice cubes from a small jar with chopsticks and put it in, and at that second, the eyes of several businessmen were straight!

It's ice!

In the middle of summer, the ice is visible to the naked eye!

You must know that Changsha is the south, and Jingzhou is also the south, in this place, in the middle of summer, your dignified Changsha Taishou actually entertained guests with ice, and was embarrassed to ask merchants for money??!!

And shameless!

When they saw the contents of the bowl clearly, Sun Jian immediately became furious: "Who asked you to bring these!" ”

"Ben Taishou is talking about tea!"

"I don't understand!"

Several shopkeepers can feel the coolness emanating from the ice cubes in their hands holding the bowl, when they pick up the bowl and touch the sour plum soup with their lips, take a bite, sweet and sour to quench their thirst and cool off the heat - cool!

But just as he was about to take a second sip, he heard that Sun Jian was already angry, so he quickly stopped what he was doing and looked up.

Seeing that several people drank it, Sun Jian continued: "This is a loss of ice, if it is an important military situation, won't it be leaked by you?" Daiei! Drag these unsuccessful things down for me and beat them hard! ”

Zu Mao is worthy of being a sibling brother who has followed Sun Jian for so many years, and he immediately understood: "Lord, spare them." ”

"These subordinates also made an unintentional mistake, it was the last general who called the liquor merchant to discuss the sale of ice, urging them to prepare samples, and the subordinates really did not know the order in which the guests came...... This is the news that we have the method of ice making leaked...... A few of you, you still don't admit your mistakes to Taishou! ”

The people were completely stunned, and they didn't know what to look at when they stood still, but those businessmen were not vegetarians!

The words "ice-making method" have already penetrated into their ears, which is equivalent to a thunderbolt in the clear sky!

"Wait!"

The businessman surnamed Cai, who was still prevaricating just now, hurriedly raised his hand to stop him: "Taishou, General Zu, the villain took the liberty to interrupt, what the two adults said just now, is it true?" In this world, can anyone really make ice? ”

Sun Jian suppressed unhappily: "Is this what you should ask?" ”

The merchant surnamed Cai made a gesture again and again: "Taishou, if you really have the method of making ice, why do you give this thing to a merchant who sells alcohol?" Isn't this a tyrannical thing? ”

He doesn't care whether Sun Jian is angry or not, how much profit can this ice making bring, can a few businessmen who have been in the mall all year round know what to count?

"I don't know where Taishou got the method of making ice?"

Sun Jian let out a long sigh, put on a 'stop' look, waved his hand to drive away his subordinates, and said:

"Does Shopkeeper Cai know Yu Ji?"

"But Yu Ji, who preached the teachings of Huang Lao in Jingzhou and Jiangdong?"

"Exactly!"

"A few days ago, I was in the Taishou Mansion, and a person drove a crane into it, and this person had a childish face, saying that he was the ancestor of Yu Ji, and he came here to purify all sentient beings. also said that Dong Zhuo caused trouble in the Han court, and he should be crusaded, and he hoped that the heroes of the world would respond. ”

"Ben Taishou is also embarrassed, Changsha is overstretched by the district star, I really can't change the ordnance and prepare military rations, after explaining the reason, the old fairy laughed."

"Say, 'It's not easy?' So, he passed down the method of making ice and ordered to raise troops as soon as possible. ”

Shopkeeper Cai took the first half seriously, and simply closed his eyes in the second half, what is this? Fooling the hell, right?

This is how Gaozu played when he killed the white snake!

The question is, is that what he cares about?

What he cares about is whether this ice can be mass-produced, whether it was made by you Sun Jian.

"Taishou works for the country and the people, no wonder there are gods visiting." Shopkeeper Cai kicked the smiling shopkeeper next to him, which meant to make him more restrained, and continued: "But why did Taishou hand over this ice to ordinary wine sellers? ”

Sun Jianyi said righteously: "People have donated money!" ”

In one sentence, the three people in front of them were speechless.

"My Sun Jian has not been in Changsha for a long time, and I have not yet thanked the people of Changsha for their kindness, this is finally an opportunity to repay, how can I miss it?"

Sun Jian pointed down: "Look at the ice cubes in the bowl, does it look like copper coins are rolling?" Since there is such a way to make money, is there any problem in giving priority to the people who support Ben Taishou? ”

Shopkeeper Cai didn't listen to his nonsense at all: "Taishou, dare to ask how much ice can be produced every day?" ”

Sun Jian patted the jar: "Three hundred per day." He initially estimated that his study was full, and he had to stack them, and he could put three hundred clay pots, and any more, it would be inconvenient. After all, this new gadget was the most profitable when it first came out, and once people learned how to make ice, it was not worth much. Therefore, it is difficult to control the place when it is large, so it is better to reduce some output and concentrate on speculating on prices.

"Then how much does Taishou plan to sell, and how to sell it?"

"Haven't we discussed this yet, and besides, the liquor vendors haven't come either."

Sun Jian took a sip of the bowl himself, and the expression on his face - beautiful!