Chapter 356-357 [Li Mu is making inventions]
The warship sailed on the sea, and the bored crowd played mahjong after being full of wine and meat. There is a table for the Li family sisters, Xiao Loli and Nangong Rou, a table for the eldest sister and second sister of Wanniang, Man'er and Wanniang, and a table for Li Mu, Pang Kuo, Yang Zhankui and Yang Gen.
The three tables of people played mahjong in full swing.
Li Mu said while playing cards: "Old man, how is the business of the store?"
Old man Yang said: "This thing called 'popcorn' is really delicious, and it is sold in short supply every day from opening to closing...... Amu, I'm studying to get another popcorn machine, what do you say?"
Li Mu smiled: "Old man, I'm afraid this is a little difficult. ”
"Why?"
"Uncle Blacksmith's retreat may take a long time...... Well, it's hard for me to see him. ”
Old Man Yang's expression was gloomy: "There are also many blacksmiths in our imperial capital, and they can't build a scoop based on the gourd?"
Li Mu raised his head, and everyone stopped what they were doing.
Li Mu said: "Old man, think about it, why is our family's business so good?"
"Uh...... Popcorn is delicious and new, so of course business is good?"
"There is also the most critical issue, which is monopolistic business. Now the entire empire, including the residents of several other main cities, who want to eat popcorn, can only come to our store to buy it...... What if there were a few more popcorn shops? Can our business still be as good as this?"
Old Man Yang was silent.
Li Mu played out a card and continued: "Other blacksmiths may be able to build a popcorn machine from a gourd drawing scoop, but. You let outsiders master the technique of popcorn machines...... It's a good thing for the Haiping Empire. But it's not necessarily a good thing for our family. ”
"What Mu said is very true. Yang Zhankui agreed: "Dad." Nowadays, our family is not short of food and drink, and we do not have to worry about food and clothing. There is still a deposit of more than a dozen taels of silver left every month...... In the past, I am afraid that several generations will not be able to save our savings for a month. Your old ...... Hey. ”
Old Man Yang patted his head and laughed loudly: "I'm worldly, worldly, haha, haha......!
"Huh!" Li Mu pushed the card, and the laughter of the old man Yang Gen stopped abruptly.
Li Mu settled the account and said: "Green is the same color." Eighty-eight, a family of eight hundred and eighty Wen, take the money!"
Pang Kuo smiled bitterly and said: "Father-in-law, you take it easy, Wanhui and I have just a few taels of silver." ”
Yang Zhankui said with a smile: "Is it just that you have a little deposit? Everyone knows that the store belongs to our daughter, and the profits every month go into the pockets of our mother, Wanling, and Wanhui." Brother-in-law, my sister didn't give you any money?"
Pang's face flushed. For so many years, he has been the breadwinner of the family. All the expenses of the family are back from his hard work, when will he reach out and ask his wife for money to spend?
However, the world is so unpredictable. Who would have thought. Since marrying him, the lady who has not been out of the door has actually had her own property one day? The most important thing is ...... This industry is really making money every day. The net profit of each month is more than forty taels of silver! Even if Old Madam Yang takes the lion's share, the amount of silver in the hands of Wanling and Wanhui is more than ten taels.
The income of ten taels of silver a month is something that Pang Kuo never even dared to think about before.
Old Man Yang played a round and said, "Zhan Kui, don't talk about your brother-in-law like that." Your brother-in-law is still in the study stage, and in a few years, your work in the fishery will depend on your brother-in-law's support. ”
Yang Zhankui smirked.
The crowd began to stack cards. Li Mu smiled: "Money is such a thing, it can't really starve people to death." Too much is not good, and those who can burn do not follow the right path. Our family really doesn't lack this silver......"
A long time ago, Wan Niang told Mr. Yang that the money earned by the family was enough to spend, and when she was short of money, she would go to her......
Half of the silver was taken out of her pocket!
So far, Wan Niang has never taken a tael of silver from the treasury for the establishment of the Haiping Empire...... However, everyone in Hai'an knows that after the silver taels from the imperial tax come up into the treasury, these silver taels account for 20% of the royal family, and Wanniang accounts for 30%!
The remaining fifty percent really belong to the empire!
It's just that whether it is the royal family or Wan Niang, they have never touched the silver of the treasury.
So Li Mucai said to Old Man Yang that our family really doesn't lack this silver.
Old man Yang himself also knows that there is a big and small affair in the family, but whenever he opens his mouth, his daughter and son-in-law have never refused.
Mahjong will continue.
Li Mu suddenly said: "Perhaps, we can add one more project to our store......
The three of them stopped their movements at the same time, "What project?"
Li Mu was taken aback by their reaction, and then pointed to the clouds in the sky and said, "Have you seen the clouds in the sky?"
The three of them nodded in a daze.
Li Mu smiled: "Have you ever thought that one day you can reach out and touch the clouds in the sky? Well, yes, eat the clouds in your mouth and taste the taste of the clouds?"
The eyes of the three of them became brighter and brighter, and Pang Kuo said, "Brother-in-law, can this cloud still be taken down and sold?"
Li Mu shrugged: "I don't have the ability to take it down, but ...... We can make something exactly like the clouds in the sky...... Well, I call it 'Marshmallow'!"
"Marshmallow ......?"
"Hmm......" Li Mu pondered for a moment, simply pushed the mahjong in front of him, got up and said, "I'll give you a demonstration." He went to the mechanical cabin of the battleship, found a piece of iron sheet for repairing the battleship, and returned to the deck of the battleship.
Use the dagger to cut the iron sheet into the desired shape, and use the power of the law to bend the iron sheet...... Soon, something that resembled a small iron bowl was made. He asked Jiang Cheng for a few arrows and broke them off.
In this way, under the puzzled gaze of everyone, Li Mu put the sugar into the small iron bowl a little, held the small iron bowl up with the power of the law, and heated it under the small iron bowl with a torch, and the small iron bowl rotated quickly!
In a flash.
Wisps of white cotton-like things floated out from the inside of the small iron bowl!
Li Mu hurriedly stirred it with the arrow that broke off the arrow, and there were more and more marshmallows hanging on the arrow!
Soon, a marshmallow was made!
At this time. Everyone was completely shocked by the marshmallow that Li Mu had made!
Even the little Lori and Li Caier sisters don't play mahjong anymore. Little stars in the eyes. Come to Li Mu's side...... There are also Xiaobao, Xiaoyuan and the half-grown children of the princes and nobles, all gathered over.
Li Mu smiled and handed the first marshmallow to Xiaobao's hand.
Xiaobao said: "Daddy, what is this?"
"Can you taste it and see if it tastes good?"
"Is it okay to eat?"
"Of course!"
Xiaobao swallowed his saliva, but didn't eat it in one bite, but handed it to Xiao Yuan next to him, "Sister eat first." ”
Xiao Yuan seems to be used to Xiao Bao being the first to share delicious things with her. You're welcome, after eating it in one bite, her big eyes suddenly lit up, "Third uncle, it's delicious!!"
Xiaoyuan pushed the marshmallow to Xiaobao, Xiaobao took a bite, and his eyes were shining: "Daddy, it's delicious!"
At this moment, everyone's curiosity was aroused by these two children.
Especially Li Caier, she was so anxious that she almost didn't pounce on Xiaobao and Xiaoyuan to grab food!
Li Mu hurriedly asked Jiang Cheng to bring some more arrows over. I got a ...... for the people around me.
Well, okay.
The effect exceeded Li Mu's expectations.
Both adults and children. They all eat like a big cat!
Thinking about it carefully, Li Mu quickly figured out the reason: in this world, there are no candies!
The beard that Old Man Yang Gen ate was full of marshmallows. The old man approached Li Mu, "Son-in-law, I think you made this marshmallow with martial arts, if you don't have martial arts, ......"
"Just make a fixed shelf, fix this thing on it, and use the lever principle to make a pedal to shake, and you can do it. I'll make this when I get home. ”
However, Old Man Yang Gen was not too happy: "This sugar ...... The price is not low!"
"Sugar...... Li Mu thought for a while, "There is an assembly line for producing sugar in the Great Xia Empire...... Well, we'll just have to buy that workshop then. ”
......
In the evening, Lai Choi Er organizes a bonfire party.
Just on the deck of the battleship, a bonfire burned, and four whole sheep swirled on the stands, and the fragrance was permeating.
Shi Wanwan found Li Mu and said straight to the point: "The popcorn you got and this marshmallow, can you teach me the technique?"
Li Mu was surprised: "Why do you want this technology?"
Shi Wanwan rolled her eyes: "Of course it's making money!"
Li Mu smiled evilly: "If you talk about making money, I have a more profitable deal than this!"
"What?"
"Hmmm......"
Shi Wanwan hurriedly said: "You said it!"
Li Mu asked, "To put it this way, for example: all of them are ordinary powerhouses of a major holy realm, one hundred people defend the city, one hundred people attack the city, who wins?"
Shi Wanwan's head was full of black lines: "You asked me such an idiotic question...... Of course the defender wins!"
"Why?"
Shi Wanwan stared at Li Mu's eyes, making sure that he was not joking, suppressed the anger in her heart, and said angrily: "The defender has a city wall to defend it, which can block Yin Lizhu's blasting." The attacker, on the other hand, is completely exposed to the attacker of the defender...... If you want to conquer a city defended by 100 men, you need at least 300 men to attack the city. ”
Li Mu seemed to smile: "Take this example just now, do you believe that I can use ten people to defend the city with a hundred people?"
"Impossible!" Shi Wanwan was like a cat with its tail stepped on, suddenly bounced up from the ground, and waved her big hand, "If you can do this, my life is your !!"
Li Mu said with a smile: "Tonight, I will tell you that this is feasible." ”
Shi Wanwan gradually calmed down: "What kind of ghost idea did you think of again?"
Li Mu shrugged: "This is not a ghost idea, but a ......" His eyes looked at the little Lori who was busy eating and drinking: "This is what I promised Su Su a long time ago...... Keep your eyes peeled and let's wait and see. ”
In fact, long before boarding the ship, Li Mu had already made a plan: to use the time of the voyage to make hot air balloons and batwing suits.
The materials needed, Jiang Cheng had already prepared.
That night, after the bonfire party ended, Li Mu took out the materials he needed from the mechanical cabin. The first is the production of bat wing suits, which is relatively simple, as long as the material of the fabric is not breathable...... Well, of course, the materials used in the real batwing suit contain a lot of high-tech stuff in it, but this world can only be achieved in the most primitive and simple way.
In less than an hour, the first batwing suit was made by the tailors.
It's just that ordinary batwing suits can't meet the needs of the Great Sage Realm at all. Li Mu drew two more formations on the bat's wingsuit, all of which were wind-based blessing formations, and in the absence of power, as long as the powerhouse of the Great Sage Realm released the power of the law, he could make the effect of the bat's wingsuit to the fullest.
After the blessing of the formation was completed, Li Mu personally demonstrated it to everyone.
He put on his batwing suit and flew to the top of the ship's mast with a light feat. Then, he tried his best to perform light exercises, and his body was as high as possible......
Call!......
The pupils of the people watching on the battleship quickly contracted!
In their field of vision, the man who had just climbed the mast disappeared into the night!
Compared with these people who watched the excitement, Shi Wanwan and Bai Qi were even more shocked!
The dark night can't stop the eyes of a strong man like them, and at the same time, Li Mu's breath can't escape their perception either...... They can clearly feel Li Mu's trajectory!!
This guy ...... In the !!! of flying
Literally flying in mid-air!!
Bai Qi's eyes widened, and he muttered to himself: "How can humans fly in the sky......"
Shi Wanwan didn't hear what Bai Qi said at all, she was also muttering to herself: "Just such a piece of clothing can fly into the sky?" The two armies are fighting, if one side of the people flies in the sky and throws Yin Lizhu to the ground...... Oh my God, oh my God!!"
Call!......
Li Mu felt the thrill of flying!
In his dream world, he had flown on an airplane I don't know how many times, but it was the first time he had tried this kind of extreme sport!
This feeling...... It's so wonderful!
It's like an eagle with wings outstretched, when he turns a corner, he only needs to move his arm and release the power of the law, and through the blessing of the wind formation on the bat wing suit, he can achieve it immediately!
A quarter of an hour...... Two quarters of an hour......
After half an hour, Li Mu finally felt that there was not much law power left in his body.
He controlled his body and flew over the battleship to hover over, and there was an exclamation from the battleship immediately!
Li Mu threw the small stones that had been prepared in advance from mid-air......
As the stones fell, the uncultivated people on the battleship immediately let out a cry of pain and ran back to the cabin as if they were fleeing.
Bai Qi and Shi Wanwan had already ignored the pain of the stone hitting their heads...... They were thinking about a problem: what if, it was not the stones that fell, but the Yin Lizhu!
Only Li Mu can destroy this battleship!! (to be continued.) )