However, under Fu Tianqi's strong request, Lu An still took the soldiers and spent most of the day to make a batch of rubber saddles that were enough for them to use.

Just this batch of rubber saddles consumed almost half of the wild chrysanthemum grass roots, which made Lu An'an feel painful.

While Fu Tianqi and Cheng Xuefeng and their subordinates were desperately replacing their mounts with new rubber saddles, Lu An led people to modify the wheels of their carriages.

After the new carriage wheels were modified, a rubber tire was added to the outside of the wooden wheel, and three highly malleable leaf springs were added under the wheel, which instantly raised the shock absorption of the carriage to a huge level!

In this way, these carriages can transport valuable goods such as porcelain in the future, and the loss rate can be greatly reduced.

"Brother Lu An, our brothers follow you, they are the right person!"

Sitting on the newly modified carriage, Fu Tianqi sighed with emotion, "Alas! I don't know how General Lei is doing now......"

Speaking of Lei Jin, Fu Tianqi, Cheng Xuefeng and Lu An were all silent.

"Brother Fu, the last time you saw Brother Lei, is he okay?"

Fu Tianqi shook his head with a solemn expression, "Although General Lei used to be strict with his brothers, he could joke with us privately from time to time.

But since the death of the Hou Ye, General Lei seems to have changed as a different person.

Last time on the battlefield of Suizhou...... We remember it very well now!

General Lei's indifference makes people chill!

Even to the brothers who were born and died with him, he was ruthless! ”

"Tianqi, you can't say that." Cheng Xuefeng sighed on the side, "If it were me, in order to avenge my father, I would be the same as him!" ”

When Lu An heard this, he asked tentatively, "What if Brother Lei intends to recruit you to King Sui?" What will you choose? ”

When the two heard this, they were instantly silent.

Just when Lu An thought that they didn't know how to answer, Fu Tianqi said, "The reason why our brothers fled to Baishi Mountain is because they don't want to be too embarrassed!"

If we want to make a move against General Lei and make him an enemy, it is naturally impossible.

However, if we take refuge in King Sui, what will our family do if it is known by the imperial court? ”

Cheng Xuefeng echoed, "So, our brothers have already regarded ourselves as dead people!" ”

On the carriage, there was silence again.

In a month's time, all the rock salt and wild chrysanthemum grass roots that were transported over in Baishi Mountain Cottage have been processed.

Fifteen truckloads of rock salt are processed into nearly 60,000 catties of snowflake salt!

As for the coarse finished natural rubber, there are more than 100 pieces of coarse material of one foot square.

The total value of these two things alone is enough for Fu Tianqi, Cheng Xuefeng and others to wake up from their dreams when they are happy.

And Lu An was anxiously waiting for news from Mu Lingfeng and Lian'er.

Finally, Mu Lingfeng and the others finally returned to Baishi Cottage before the year.

To Lu An's surprise, in addition to Lu Yuyan, there were also his little followers who came back with them!

"Young Master!"

Seeing Lu An, the little pillar cried and pounced.

"What's wrong? Could it be that something happened to Meishan Villa? Seeing the little pillar crying non-stop, Lu An's first thought was Meishan Villa.

That's his main root in the capital!

If you are implicated because of Lei Jin, the loss will be great!

Meishan Villa is not only the place where he trained the orphans of the fallen soldiers, but also the place where perfumes and essential oils were made, and if something happened, his previous hard work would be in vain!

Xiao Zhuzi wiped his tears and shook his head and said, "Young Master, don't worry, there is nothing wrong with Meishan Villa, it's just that there are only a few dozen people left in our place now, and most of them are the girls and Raksi who were brought over from the Light Smoke Pavilion before." ”

When Lu An heard this, his brows furrowed, "What about the others?" ”

Xiao Zhuzi glanced at Mu Lingfeng next to him, and said hesitantly, "Those people ...... They were all taken away by the master. ”

"Sir? Where did my dad go? He's fine, right? Lu An asked again.

"The master is fine, it's just that, according to the young master's intentions, I planned to send those girls to various Qinglou for training, but later they were taken away directly by the master, saying that they would arrange some safe places for the young master."

"Then the Duxiu Fang, perfume, and essential oil businesses are still going well, right?"

Before Xiaozhu could reply, Lu Yuyan next to him shook his head and said, "After Master Lu left the capital, the perfume was discontinued, and Duxiufang no longer sells perfume except for the underwear business." ”

"Why?" Lu An faintly felt that something was wrong.

Duxiufang is a business that he and Sun Zhaohui cooperate, even if the Great Xia Kingdom changes the emperor, there should be no one who threatens Sun Zhaohui's status as an emperor, right?

Lu Yuyan shook her head and smiled bitterly, "It's not just perfumes, even essential oils were discontinued three months ago!" ”

"Miss Lu, please come with me." Lu An saw that Lu Yuyan wanted to speak and stopped, and immediately called her aside alone.

"Miss Lu, what happened? In addition to Duxiu Fang, Sanssouci Fang also had an accident? Could it be that the Qinghe Lu family made a move? ”

After not seeing her for nearly a year, Lu Yuyan was obviously a lot haggard, and nodded when she heard the words, "Just as An Shao said." ”

"Since the new emperor ascended the throne, the chaos in Great Xia has become increasingly serious."

"In the past, the second prince controlled the four great families of Great Xia, and after ascending the throne, the four great families relied on the imperial power and became even more unscrupulous against opponents who were once inconvenient to shoot."

"Although Duxiufang has Emperor Sun, once a son of heaven and a courtier, the Gaoyang Wang family has long been eyeing the perfume business of Duxiufang."

"Soon after the death of the first emperor, the Gaoyang Wang clan sent people to Duxiufang from time to time to make trouble, even if it sued Jing Zhaoyin, it was ultimately over."

"Emperor Sun fell ill in a fit of rage, and simply told Steward Liu that he would rather not do perfume business than bow to the Gaoyang Wang family."

"Since then, Duxiufang has cut off the perfume business."

"In today's Great Xia Kingdom, perfume is already a short-lived and scarce thing, and it can no longer be seen."

Bang –

When Lu An heard this, he smashed his fist on the table.

"What about essential oils? Without essential oils, wouldn't Sanssouci be closing? ”

"Not really." Lu Yuyan stroked her hair, "Thanks to the Illusory Cloud County Lord taking care of him behind him, even if the Qinghe Lu clan is embarrassed and wants to get a piece of the pie, they don't dare to do it blatantly." ”

"So, the essential oil business has not been cut off until now."

"It's just—"

Speaking of this, Lu Yuyan paused again, with an embarrassed expression on her face.

"But what?"

"Alas! The concubine didn't expect that Qinghe Lu couldn't get the essential oil formula, so she actually started the idea of a porcelain bottle! ”

"Porcelain vase?" Lu An was also stunned when he heard this, "What do you mean?" ”

Lu Yuyan smiled bitterly, "Our essential oil production is not high, and the essential oil that can be filled in a small porcelain bottle can only be used for about half a month, and it has always been ordered from the Plains Chen family." ”

"The main reason why the Plains Chen family can become one of the four great families of Great Xia is that their Chen family controls all the porcelain business of Great Xia!"

"I don't know what the Qinghe Lu clan has done, the Plains Chen clan would rather not make our money than sell us the small porcelain bottles that used to contain essential oils."

"We can't use a bottle the size of a vase to hold essential oils without a small porcelain vase, right?"

"So, in the last two months, we have also reduced the production of essential oils, and we dare not produce too many ......"

"An Shao, I'm sorry, this matter is the concubine body that has affected you, and the Qinghe Lu family is obviously targeting the concubine, so that An Shao's essential oil business has also been affected......"

Speaking of this, Lu Yuyan's eyes turned red.

When Lu An heard this, he was laughed at angrily.

"Hehe, what a Qinghe Lu clan!"

"What a Plains Chen!"

"If people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone!"

"Since they made a move, then don't blame Lu for being ruthless!"

"An Shao, whether it is the Qinghe Lu clan or the Pingyuan Chen clan, they are all hundreds of years old families, with rich heritage, and there is royal support behind them, you-"

Seeing Lu An's ugly face, Lu Yuyan immediately reminded.

Lu An waved his hand and looked directly at Lu Yuyan.

"Miss Lu, do you remember the promise Lu made to you?"

When Lu Yuyan heard this, she nodded shyly.

Lu An stood with his hands in his hands and said in a deep voice, "Lu Mou said that whether it is the Qinghe Lu family or the four great families, in Lu An's eyes, it is just a mustard!" ”

"They want to play, so Lu will accompany them!"

"It won't be long before the four great families, hehe!"

"You and I join forces, and we will become the first family in the world!"

You and I join forces?

The first family in the world?

When Lu Yuyan heard this, her face turned even crimson in a trance......