July is the last season of sericulture, after which it will wait until the beginning of spring next year.

In response to the upcoming New Year's coin business, after returning to Suzhou, Song Che began to hoard a large amount of silk, purchase, silk reeling, weaving, bleaching and dyeing, and all the workshops entered a busy period.

Scorching summer, high temperature and scorching heat.

In ancient times, there was no air conditioning, let alone a fan, and the ancients dressed conservatively, especially women, no matter how hot they were, they would cover themselves tightly, so people had to find ways to escape the heat.

The weather is really hot and ruthless, Song Che will take advantage of the sun in the morning to stay in the shop for a while, and then he simply doesn't go, anyway, the business of the shop is stable, and the piano shopkeeper is shrewd and capable, be a foot boss, enjoy it.

In these days at home, in order to escape the summer, Song Che was not idle, and did not hesitate to dig a boxy pit in the courtyard, surrounded by stone slabs, pasted the inner wall with blue bricks, and lined the bottom with glass, drained three wells in a row, and built an open-air swimming pool.

Then, a two-zhang high shanty was built around the courtyard, and a batch of grape vines were introduced from Linzhou, covering a large area on the swimming pool, two swings were set up, a few rattan chairs were placed, the grape forest was shaded, the swimming pool was playing, and the beloved wife was taken to escape the summer and enjoy the joy of family.

At noon when the sun was shining, Song Che was naked, lying on his back on a rattan chair, raising Erlang's legs high, humming a small tune in his mouth, and holding a pair of "sunglasses" on the bridge of his nose, which was polished with black crystal.

"Gollum." Shen Wenjun got out of the water and wiped the water stains on her face, she was only wearing a private room, her proud posture was vivid, and she was wet.

She went to the shore of the pond, put on a strand of gauze, picked a bunch of grapes casually, walked to the rattan chair and sat down next to Song Che, kicked the ground lightly with her legs, and threw herself into Song Che's arms, picked a grape for herself and ate it, and picked another one to feed to Song Che.

"I don't even peel the skin, how can I eat it?" Song Che said quietly.

Shen Wenjun skillfully peeled off the grape skin and handed it to Song Che's mouth, Song Che just opened his mouth to eat, but Shen Wenjun withdrew his hand, threw the pulp into his mouth, and snorted softly: "If you want to eat and peel it yourself, I won't serve you." ”

Song Che smiled first, and then sighed lightly: "Alas, I originally wanted to say that I would like to invite Miss Shen to drink chilled grape juice, but with your attitude, I have to hesitate." ”

"How?" Shen Wenjun approached and was surprised, "In the hot summer, where did you get the cold water to drink?" ”

Song Che sighed: "My mouth is a little dry, and I want to eat peeled grapes......"

"Then you open your mouth."

"Ahh

"Too!"

A grape, from her mouth, spit into his mouth, crossed her tongue, and went straight into her throat, choking Song Che and coughing repeatedly.

Shen Wenjun rode on him, "Hehehe......" laughed heartlessly, "You dare to order me." ”

"You don't have to drink this chilled grape juice!"

"Hey."

Song Che was just about to get angry, and a slippery peeled grape was handed to his mouth, "Quickly bring the ice drink, I have something important to tell you after drinking." ”

Song Che ate the grapes, picked up the "microphone" on the side, pulled it twice, and then said to his mouth: "Fu'er, Fu'er, quickly bring me the 'refrigerator' I hid in the quilt in the ear room, it's over." ”

After a while, the microphone came: "Got it, uncle." ”

Song Che hurriedly corrected: "How many times have I talked to you, and when you finish speaking, you have to add a sentence of 'answered', over." ”

The other end of the earpiece: "Got it, I know, I'm done!" ”

Shen Wenjun picked up the microphone and sighed: "Husband, are we too ...... Something worldly? All day long, it's either the bed and the love, or the rattan chair lingers, and now you don't even have to move your ass to the subordinates. ”

Song Che smiled: "Isn't the purpose of making money just to enjoy life?" We are not saints, so why can't we be worldly? ”

After a while, Fu'er ran into the courtyard with a wooden box in her hand, which was less than two feet long, but she had a lot of trouble lifting it.

"It's really a disgraceful box, I'm afraid there are more than ten catties." Fu'er made her little face flush, and she looked straight at her face and fanned her face.

Shen Wenjun curiously circled around the box, "What kind of 'refrigerator' is this?" Looking horizontally and vertically, it doesn't seem to be able to hold ice drinks. ”

Song Che didn't speak for the time being, broke the box buckle, and listened to the "bang", the lid was opened, and a large stream of frost and white mist was spit out.

When the white mist cleared, a small urn with a flat mouth resting in the center of the box was revealed, which was filled with green grape juice, and even a little crushed ice floating in it.

Song Che picked out the small urn, mixed the juice of the three tea bowls, took one bowl and handed it to Shen Wenjun and Fu'er: "How about tasting the ice power?" ”

"Thank you, uncle!" Fu'er excitedly held the tea bowl and took a big sip, her face that was still red before instantly cooled off a lot, "It's so cold, it's so cool, it's delicious!" ”

"Husband, how did this refrigerator come about? I heard you say that you still hide it in a quilt, why can it still be chilled? Shen Wenjun asked while enjoying the ice drink.

Song Che smiled and pointed to the groove around the wooden box that was still emitting white smoke and said: "This is the 'saltpeter' I bought from the nitrater, saltpeter mixed with water will absorb a lot of hot gas, enough to make the water freeze, and then place the urn in the box, and seal it in a low-temperature environment for half an hour, you can get a cold ice drink;

As for why it is placed in the quilt, it is because the quilt can insulate and reduce the loss of ice power,"

Speaking of this, he put the empty urn back into the wooden box, closed the lid and sealed it tightly, and instructed Fu'er: "With the current ice power, you can still make another bowl of ice drink, and there is grape juice I have squeezed in the dining room, you can add some more to the urn, and when it is almost cold, send it to my father and mother." ”

"Uncle is the most powerful person I've ever met!" Fu'er drank the grape juice in one gulp, breathed a long sigh of relief, and ran out of the courtyard with the refrigerator in her hand.

"Hey, since this refrigerator is so magical, why don't we make a bigger one, put it in Yunshuifang, cool it, and cool off the female celebrities." Shen Wenjun proposed.

Song Che shook his head, "The refrigerator can only be sealed and stored, and saltpeter is very expensive, and Yunshuifang is all cloth products, and it will lose color if dyed with water vapor." ”

Shen Wenjun said with a smile: "Then making a few small Xiaoice boxes, every hot hour, give everyone a bowl to drink, is also a good way to cool off the heat." ”

Song Che lay back on the rattan chair, "Madame said earlier that she has something important to tell me after drinking the ice drink, what is the matter?" ”

Shen Wenjun put down the tea bowl, leaned closer and said: "In the few days you stayed in Hangzhou, a major event happened in Suzhou Mansion, and Lord Zhou resigned and returned to his hometown!" ”

Song Che took it for granted, "That old man, you are greedy for money enough, and your age is also up, so it's normal to retire." ”

"He didn't retreat normally, but was forced," Shen Wenjun said: "Outside the city of Suzhou, there has recently been a 'stick gang', all of which are composed of homeless people, robbing passing merchants, listening to rumors, they still want to enter Suzhou Mansion, and they want to ...... Rebel! ”

Shen Wenjun pressed the word "rebellion" very low in the end.

In ancient times, the biggest taboo was "rebellion", and anyone who had anything to do with this word would either die or wipe out the three clans.

The appearance of the stick gang, Song Che was surprised, but he was not surprised. Even "rebellion" feels reasonable.

Men don't have enough to eat, they only steal and become thieves; Women can't eat enough, they can only sell themselves.

If you can't even steal and sell your body, then you can only expose the rebellion of the emperor and the old man.

Since the first time he went out of the city to recruit workers, he was smashed in the head by a stone, and Song Che knew that there would always be trouble outside Suzhou one day.

"Madam, whether it is true or not, the word rebellion must rot in the stomach, and it must not be spread to the outside world, lest trouble come out of your mouth." Song Che solemnly persuaded.

Shen Wenjun sighed lightly: "I just solved the Feiyun Gang, and finally opened up the business road, but there was a 'stick gang' again, our father originally planned, and when he resumed business after this heat, I am afraid that he will have to resign again." ”

"After the resignation of Lord Zhou, who will take over the cash cow of Suzhou?" Song Che asked.

"This is exactly what I want to mention to you," Shen Wenjun said, "According to the news that our father inquired, the new Suzhou Governor is the first-class jinshi in this year's imperial examination, and his name is 'He Qiu'. ”

"Oh? A Jinshi and the first from a professional class, but can the official worship the five products of Zhizhou? ”

With the imperial examination system of the Great Liang Dynasty, the general Jinshi and the first, the ninth grade, the eighth grade, even if it is the first-class champion, at most as a secretary from the sixth grade. This He Qiu has been a five-pin governor since he came, and he is also an administrator of every inch of land in Suzhou, and the relationship is definitely not ordinary.

"Do you remember when I was choosing a business at the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce before, I told you about Chen Rencai's bird's nest business?" Shen Wenjun asked first.

"This He Qiu, could it be Chen Rencai's relative?"

"It's not a close relative, it's a cousin from my mother's side, according to generation, He Qiu is still Chen Rencai's cousin," Shen Wenjun said more and more melancholy, "Originally, when Lord Zhou was here, the Shen and Chen families could still deal with each other, but now the relatives of the Chen family are the parents of Suzhou, alas...... I'm afraid our business will not be good in the future. ”

Song Che snorted lightly: "Let's do business in a bright and bright way, pay taxes on time and on time, why worry about dogs fighting people?" ”

Shen Wenjun sighed: "You can't let our father hear this, otherwise he will have to count our family without a backer." ”

Don't have a backer?

The first high-ranking official of the Privy Council, the Minister of Military Aircraft, and the powerful Gao Chen Gao of the government and the opposition, all have to call him "Aunt Song", which is not a backer, but an iron mountain!

"When will the new officer take office?"

"He said he would come tomorrow, and our father even prepared a housewarming gift for him."

"Okay, tomorrow we will go and see if this new governor is a human or a dog."