"What? Are you saying that boiled fish is not fish boiled in water, but with chili pepper added?"
Early in the morning, Mrs. Ding was dressing up. After hearing the servant's reply, she threw all the gold hairpins out in anger.
"Madam, that boy has no good intentions since he met us. He sincerely lets you bask in the sun!"
Ru Yun, the palace maid who had been tricked, picked up the gold hairpin and put more rouge on Mrs. Ding's pretty face.
Since getting tanned, Mrs. Ding has never left the house and has been doing whitening work.
But in this era, there are no cosmetics that can quickly whiten your skin. They use Chinese herbal medicines such as white peony root, angelica root, atractylodes macrocephala, and white tuckahoe. They are boiled in water and applied to the face, but the effect is average!
Looking at the tanned face in the mirror, Mrs. Ding gritted her teeth in hatred, "Go! Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion and send me a message!"
"yes!"
The palace maid leaned next to Mrs. Ding to obey the order, and appeared in Li Si's house only a moment later.
"Master Prime Minister, the young master is sincerely trying to trick our wife. If you have the chance, you can't just sit idly by!"
Ru Yun put a heavy small box on Li Si's desk and said.
"Madam, why are you so polite? Thanks to Madam's care over the years, Li Si is what he is today. But that boy is in the spotlight now, so I'm afraid it will be a little difficult!"
Li Si shook his head helplessly and was not prepared to accept the money.
He really wanted to deal with that kid, but he could never find a way to deal with that kid. If there was a chance, he would do it himself without anyone else telling him!
"Does it mean it's impossible? Please ask the Prime Minister to think of a solution. I'll leave everything to you!"
Ru Yun saluted and resigned directly, not giving Li Si a chance to shirk the blame.
The reason why Mrs. Ding found Li Si was not only because he had a high position and had the right to speak in the court, but also because the two were distantly related. Even if it was not for the sake of gold, it was because of this kinship!
After leaving Li Si's house, Ru Yun looked around, then quickly got on the carriage, being extremely careful for fear of being discovered by others.
Ying Zheng was very taboo about concubines colluding with ministers.
Especially concubines with sons!
But even though Ru Yun was very careful, he still didn't escape Ying Feiyu's eyes!
Early in the morning, Huang Yuan sent someone to tell him that the paper had been successfully developed and asked him to go over and take a look.
Just as he had finished learning the basic art of war, Wang Jian slowed down his learning. From now on, he would practice martial arts every morning and it would end on time. He could arrange the rest of the time freely!
Not long after leaving the palace, when passing by Li Si's Mansion, I saw the palace maid next to Mrs. Ding from a distance going out in a cunning manner!
"This is a reaction!"
Xiao Zhengtai smiled teasingly.
A lady's personal maid came to the minister's house. Apart from the two having an affair and exchanging letters, she was probably looking for reinforcements!
With Li Si's character, he would definitely not dare to touch Ying Zheng's woman, so the only option left was to send reinforcements.
It seems that Ying Zheng is not too interested in Mrs. Ding’s boiled fish!
"Feiyu, what did you say?"
Young Master Fusu walked side by side with him, but the street was so noisy that he did not hear what the young lady said clearly.
"Nothing!" Xiao Zhengtai smiled and shook his head.
"Young Master, why don't we take the carriage directly to the paper mill?"
Wang Li, who had a Qin sword on his waist, followed the two of them and asked suspiciously.
"There are business opportunities everywhere in Xianyang City. What's the point of being trapped in a carriage...?"
Little Shota skipped to a stall selling candy, paid for a piece, put it in her mouth, and ate it happily.
Although it is not as good as the White Rabbit of later generations, it can barely pass the entrance.
Wang Li took two quick steps and caught up with Young Master, "Young Master, I've been wandering around the city all day, why don't I see any business opportunities?"
“Business opportunities must be discovered carefully!”
"For example, the caramel stall just now, if it were replaced with maltose, the business would be much better. If he learned how to be a candy man, the business would be even better. If he makes some candied haws, I'm sure he will make a lot of money in Xianyang City!"
Koshota gave an example casually.
In this era, there was already the most primitive maltose, which was made from something called maltose plus starch. The taste was not very delicious, but it was still sweet.
If maltose comes out, all the children in Xianyang City will come running.
"Maltose? Tanghulu? What are these?"
What Ying Feiyu said made Wang Li confused and confused.
Fusu also looked at Xiao Zhengtai blankly, obviously he didn't understand either!
"Forget it, I'll make it for you to try some other time and you'll know!"
The process of making maltose is a bit troublesome, and it takes too much time to explain. It is better to make it directly another day to open their eyes.
Little Shota walked briskly and led the two of them to the paper mill after turning a few corners.
The situation at the back door was the same as before, crowded with people selling hay.
The front door is the shop. The previous owner of the shop sold cloth. In the past few days, Zhang Liang led people to clean it out and prepare to open the business!
According to Mr. Shota's wishes, the director has already sent over all the tables, chairs and benches that he has made, and also built a lot of bookshelves!
"Young Master, you are here!"
Ever since he lost to Xiao Zhengtai last time, Zhang Liang, a stubborn person, suddenly became obedient and no longer dared to look down on him.
No matter what orders are given, obey them all!
"Well, is everything ready here?"
Xiao Zhengtai looked at the displays in the room and nodded with satisfaction.
“Everything is ready and ready to open for business at any time!”
"Okay, I'll go take a look at the back!"
Across the pavement was the backyard. Wang Li looked around and saw nothing new.
Fusu was similar, looking around.
The last time I came here it was still desolate, with no one at the door. This time it was already busy with traffic.
The yard was previously full of fallen leaves and cobwebs, but now it has been cleaned and new furniture has been added, giving it a completely new look!
People are coming and going and it’s full of life!
"Young Master, come and see how this paper is made."
When Huang Yuan saw Ying Feiyu, he couldn't close his mouth and couldn't wait to drag him to the workshop.
"Young Master, do you know which one was made by us?"
There were two pieces of white paper spread out on the table. One was made by a paper mill, and the other was a sample given to them by Mr. Shota for comparison.
After several trials, paper that met the standards was finally produced.
Xiao Zhengtai first looked at the color, then stretched out his little hand to pick up the two pieces of paper for comparison, and then smiled, "There is almost no difference, it can be mass-produced!"
"Very good!"
The craftsmen in the workshop suddenly cheered.
In the past few days, Huang Yuan divided them into two teams and studied day and night. All the efforts were finally in vain!
"Each of the craftsmen will be rewarded with a gold. Go back to Yu Wenxuan to receive it!"
Xiao Zhengtai waved her hand and said very generously.
Here, rewards and punishments are clear. As long as you have merit, you will definitely be rewarded!
"One gold?"
"Did I hear correctly?"
"One gold, one thousand coins!"
"Thank you, young master!"
The craftsmen present were stunned at first, not expecting any reward.
After seeing Xiao Zhengtai's determined expression, warm applause immediately broke out!
