Chapter 252: What I Saw in the Capital (2)
Zhang Si nodded and said: "That's right, it's this heating stove, and now this new thing is being installed everywhere in the palace, and even the old queen mother said that it was good." This thing was presented by Lu Yueding's father-in-law, and he received a lot of praise from the inner court for this, saying that he would be a man. ”
Li San sneered: "The surname Lu can be a man and do business, he is filial to the heating stove in the inner court, but in the market, he has also started the reputation of the heating stove, I sent a housekeeper to rush to buy the heating stove early in the morning, so far there is no news, I heard that it has been ordered out a long time ago." That Lu Yueding also typed the words of the inner court to make a name for himself, and the heating stove looked simple, but other blacksmith shops were imitated, and no one cared about it, because everyone felt that the heating stove produced by the Lu family was authentic. ”
At this time, a tea shop guy came up to add black stone to get hot water, only to see him open a hole next to the stove, which suddenly flowed out of the hot water, and then added cold water, it turned out that this stove can be heated or boiled hot water, the storage of hot water is in the furnace body, there is no need to set up another pot, his own guy carries hot water to add water to the guests, and the guy who stood by the stove, and used iron tongs to clamp a few pieces of black stone into the furnace.
Zhang Si nodded at the black stone and said: "Lu Yueding's real way to make money is not in the heating stove, but in this black stone! This black stone is combustible, no one knew about it before, but Lu Yueding didn't know how to learn such secrets, so he secretly started to buy several black stone mountains in Beijing in the name of his distant nephew, and used the wasteland price that was not worth three or two yuan. Wait and see, when everyone in the whole capital uses this stove, this eggless guy surnamed Lu will make a fortune!"
It seems that there is no shortage of people who understand, Li San and Zhang Siyi shook their heads and sighed when they thought of Lu Yueding's wealth in the future, but Lu Yueding was the most intimate servant of the old emperor, and the words of the inner court were endorsed by the old emperor, and everyone could only be red-eyed, could they really sue him?
At this time, a burst of gongs and drums suddenly sounded outside the teahouse: "Old and young masters, idle people, etc., come and see, in the grace of today's saints, the little ones have come to demonstrate the dangers of improper use of heating stoves in public, so as to warn everyone." ”
There were already tea customers in the teahouse who were curious, opened the window panel, and a cold wind suddenly blew in, but everyone was still full of interest and crowded the window, including Zhang Si and Li San.
Zhang Si and Li San saw that on the street downstairs, a few young men with a cage, the cage was a rabbit, chicken and other live animals, and the other person was carrying a lit heating stove in his hand, and there was a cloth cover to cover the cage completely, and then the iron cigarette barrel of the heating stove was introduced into the cloth cover, after a few incense, the cloth cover was opened, only to see that the live rabbit and live chicken had kicked their legs - dead!
The onlookers next to him exclaimed, shouting that there was evil magic, and the young man raised his voice: "This is not evil magic, but the smoke from the heating stove is poisonous, and if you accidentally inhale it in the body, you will die. ”
Hearing that the heater was so poisonous, the tea guests exclaimed: "Shopkeeper, quickly extinguish the heater!
The shopkeeper was sweating profusely: "Don't get me wrong, this heater is only harmful if it is used improperly, the small shop has a special flue to discharge the toxic gas from the outside, and our teahouse is constantly in and out of people, there is what fresh air to add in, so there is no worry about life." If you don't believe it, there is an instruction manual next to this stove, and the various ways to use it are clearly written. ”
Li San and Zhang Si and other tea guests came to the fireside to take a look, and sure enough, there was a manual, which was also equipped with pictures to tell people how to use the heating stove correctly, but the manual used a new style of punctuation and typesetting, but everyone read the new books such as "The Legend of Monkey King" and "The War of the Three Kingdoms", and they have subtly accepted it.
After reading the manual, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Zhang Si smiled and said: "I'm really confused, this thing is even used by today's saints, if it's really poisonous, then it's not a killing--"
Li San kicked Zhang Si, so he didn't spit out the word "killing the king".
However, some tea guests opened their minds and discussed whether hundreds of heating stoves could be placed at the border pass, and a large array of poisonous smoke could be set up at the border pass, so that all the Hu people could be smoked to death -- if Guo Dalu was present, he must praise this old man for his foresight, and the smog of the 21st century did not come from this way, but hundreds of heating stoves were not enough, and Guo Dalu had to lead the Li Dynasty into the four modernizations in order to make the pollution so serious.
This bad idea immediately attracted a burst of ridicule, and the Hu rode back and forth like the wind, and before the poisonous smoke could arrive, he had already gone far away.
Downstairs, the young man and others changed places, and continued to demonstrate the dangers of the careless use of the heater, at this time, another team of people and horses rushed over, but it was a team of carriages, and the carriage was piled up with many things, and it was actually covered tightly with linen, which was obviously very cherished, and looked at the flag planted on the cart, which was actually on the prince's farm.
Zhang Siqi said: "What kind of wolf is this car? It was actually escorted by the guards of the Prince's Mansion? Could it be some kind of gold and silver treasure?"
Before a word fell, there was a creak, but the wheels of a carriage were stuck in a crack in the stone, and they broke and snapped, and the cart toppled over, and the things under the linen rolled out, but they were fist-sized balls of mud.
Zhang Si was dumbfounded: "A bunch of mud lumps are actually escorted by the guards of the Prince's Mansion?
At this moment, the idlers in the four corners shouted: "Divine beans! It is a divine bean with a yield of 10,000 catties per mu! Hurry up and grab it!" Suddenly a group of people on the street crowded into a ball, pouting their buttocks and picking around. The guards of the Prince's Mansion scolded angrily and whipped with their scabbards, and finally drove the idlers away, but many of the divine beans were still missing.
Zhang Siyi clapped his palms: "Originally, this is the divine bean that has been spread since yesterday?
Li Sandao: "This is true, but the second uncle of the third son of my father-in-law's family, is doing a small job in the imperial garden, he personally watched the long live master plant the god beans yesterday, the jade bottle of pure water is sprinkled, obediently, a lot of god beans are drilled out of the ground at once, once the scale, although it does not reach 10,000 catties, but there are also seven or eight thousand catties!"
Zhang Siran sighed: "The people take food as the sky, and our Great Li Dynasty has a divine bean to appear in the world, bless the people of the world, and will protect the country for thousands of years." ”
Bang bang, there are officials banging the gong and shouting: "All the good people, idle people, etc., listen, for the heavenly bean auspicious, the holy decree, within three days with the people to celebrate, Jin Wu can't help it." ”
In fact, the nightlife of the capital is extremely rich, like the eight big hu are all open all night, but it is always a good thing to cross the bright road, otherwise, if you bump into the night patrol, you have to stuff a few points of silver before you are willing to let go.
Li San and Zhang Si chatted a few more words, and then they went home, Li San returned home, and saw that the steward actually brought back three heating stoves, it turned out that the steward's cleverness, seeing that the heating stove in the snow sugar shop in Houlong Village was in short supply, and he simply didn't queue up, and waited outside.
Li San's family has money, and he doesn't care about these little things at all, so he greatly exaggerates the affairs of the housekeeper, and now he has set up a heating stove in his room, another one is sent to Gao Tang's parents, and another one is sent to Gao Tang's parents, but he doesn't know where to put it - because there are many wives and concubines in the house, no matter who puts them in the house, the others must be noisy.
But the housekeeper came up with an idea: "Uncle, the rest of the heating stove might as well be installed in the newly built bathroom." ”
Li Sanyi slapped his thigh: "Yo, this method is good!"
This newly built bathroom is a new trick implemented by the snow candy shop in Houlong Village - in fact, with all kinds of things bought and sold today, it should have been called a grocery store a long time ago, but because it started by selling snow candy, everyone is still used to calling it a snow sugar shop - a new trick implemented. The bathroom is all paved with snow-like tiles, and there are mosaics made of bathtubs, and toilets made of ceramics - in fact, they are not all ceramic, the bottom is made of ceramics, and the top is made of sandalwood, and the upper and lower pipes are made of large and small pottery pipes and copper pipes. This is the freshest fashion gadget in the capital, and a small bathroom costs 4,000 taels of silver!
Don't bargain about the price, because whether it is tiles, the installation of water and sewer pipes, or faucets, only the craftsmen from Houlong Village will do it, and how many officials in the palace are waiting in line - if it weren't for the figure of the three princes behind the snow sugar shop in Houlong Village, these craftsmen would have been snatched away by others.
After Li San ordered someone to put the heater into the bathroom, the room was as warm as spring, he and his two concubines washed sex in the bathroom, and after a series of fights, he was so tired that he sat in the bathtub, and he didn't even bother to move his fingers, and suddenly a concubine exclaimed: "Master, your bird-the bird is dead!"
Li San looked up and saw his favorite thrush, which was originally hanging on the bathroom hanger, and he liked to listen to its tactful call the most while having fun, but now, the little thrush fell at the bottom of the cage, motionless.
Li San suddenly remembered the scene of the poisoning of the heating stove that he saw in the teahouse during the day, and he exclaimed: "Not good! We are poisoned! Leave the bathroom quickly!" But when he struggled to climb out of the bathtub, he found that his hands and feet were completely weak -- he had been poisoned! This poisonous gas was so powerful that it could kill people silently, and if it weren't for the thrush warning him to die, Li San wouldn't even know how he died! )