What? !
You should have told me earlier.
If the money doesn't chase Cheng Yi, then let Cheng Yi come back to pick up the money.
Ning Wuyang immediately called to Yunfei and asked him to help call people.
The two of them put their hands to their mouths and shouted loudly.
"Brother Cheng! Come back!"
Two people are not loud enough.
But when the children nearby heard him calling someone, they all imitated him.
"Mr. Cheng! Come back!"
"Mr. Cheng! Come back!"
The clear and sweet children's voice spread far and wide.
When the villagers working in the fields heard it, they all shouted.
"Mr. Cheng! Come back!"
Wave after wave of sound caught up with the galloping horse's hooves.
When Cheng Yi was at a fork in the road, he finally heard someone calling him to stop. He turned his horse and looked back.
In the golden rice fields, the nearby villagers, both familiar and unknown, all looked at him intently.
When he turned around, the villagers in front stopped shouting, and all the people behind him also stopped.
This wave of sound once again aroused turbulent waves in Cheng Yi's heart, which was originally like a pool of stagnant water because he had not found his target for many years.
"I don't care about high-ranking officials receiving generous salaries, but the feeling of being admired by everyone is quite good."
He will definitely not disappoint everyone's expectations.
We must let more villagers enjoy the benefits of going to the village to study.
Cheng Yi beats the horse and returns.
I learned that Shen Youchu had donated another 20,000 taels of silver to support the construction of village schools.
I am more confident about the future of village school.
With a huge sum of fifty-five thousand and five taels in his arms, Cheng Yi rode on horseback this time. Instead of leaving in a hurry, he looked at Qin Fenglan with a smile.
"Brother Qin, don't you express your gratitude?"
Qin Fenglan, who was flipping through the book, didn't even raise his eyelids when he heard this.
Shen Youchu donated money, but the Shen family had so much money that they spent it as casually as paper.
Ning Wuhao donated money, it was profitable, and he wanted to take the opportunity to win people's hearts.
If he is asked to donate money, is he going to take the credit from Cheng Yi?
Cheng Yi hit a brick wall. He knew Qin Fenglan's temper very well and knew there was no hope, so he left.
Only this time.
Cheng Yi turned around every step of the way, always feeling like someone would stop him.
It wasn't until he walked out of the fork in the road that he realized that Brother Qin really didn't intend to do this with him.
"what a pity."
Since Brother Qin doesn't intend to participate in this matter.
It seems that Brother Qin will return to the capital soon.
Then, before Brother Qin leaves, build a few more village schools and make some achievements so that Brother Qin can leave with peace of mind.
…
In the afternoon, the sun was just setting towards the west.
A group of fast horses got off the merchant ship from the northwest waterway and ran towards Jinling City.
The leader was Jiang Yan, who also served as the chief historian of Jiangnan Province.
Tong Buhuo, the inspector of Jinling Winery who was also appointed by the emperor and attached to the Ministry of Industry, was protected at the center by the team.
When they arrived at a restaurant in a county town less than fifty miles away from Jinling City, the group dismounted and took a break to make up for a late lunch.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the restaurant, they were greeted by a sense of coolness, which dissipated the heat of running around in the scorching sun.
"So cool."
Everyone couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
Thinking that this restaurant is located in a busy city, facing north and facing south, with excellent lighting, I don't understand why I feel so cool after entering.
Was wondering.
At the stairway leading to the private room on the second floor, several bamboo curtains suddenly lowered.
While blocking the way to the second floor, the coolness in the room also decreased a lot.
"Are the guest officers working as top managers or staying in hotels?"
The shopkeeper saw Jiang Yan each riding a horse. Just by looking at the sleek horses, even though Jiang Yan and his group were wearing simple clothes, he knew that this was not a group of ordinary people, so he came to greet him personally. .
After Jiang Yan ordered two tables of home-cooked meals, he looked towards the second floor.
I heard bursts of laughter coming from the private room on the second floor, including words like "This life is worth it" and "Eat more".
Jiang Yan couldn't help but curiously asked: "Shopkeeper, why is it so cool upstairs?"
When the bamboo curtain is rolled up, cool air seeps out, indicating that the cool air comes from the second floor.
In addition, there are private rooms on the second floor and the consumption is relatively high. It should be because the restaurant has adopted cooling measures.
It's just that Jiang Yan couldn't imagine how a place as big as the second floor could be completely cooled down and spread to the first floor.
When the shopkeeper heard Jiang Yan's question, he asked instead of answering, "Isn't your distinguished guest from Jinling?"
"I have been working as a sergeant in Jinling for several years. I am half a native of Jinling. I only went to Jing'an City last month and I just came back today."
The word "errand" was mentioned, coupled with Jiang Yan's aura, and the military spirit displayed by Jiang He and the guards next to him.
The well-informed shopkeeper quickly bowed his hands and said, "No wonder the distinguished guests don't know about it. The ice cubes were only delivered to us yesterday, so as long as there are guests in the private room on the second floor, ice can be used."
Are you using ice cubes to cool down?
Jiang Yan naturally knew such a simple method.
But he didn't expect that this restaurant, which didn't look big, was willing to use ice cubes to cool down.
Jiang Yan couldn't help but ask one more question: "With such a business, the box fee will be a lot more expensive, right?"
"It's a little more expensive. Originally, the private rooms were only for the nobles. After using the ice, the price per table increased by half a tael."
"Only half a tael of silver increase?"
Jiang Yan was shocked.
The Jiang family is a wealthy family after all.
But even Jiang Yan has never enjoyed ice cubes to cool off a few times in the summer since he was a child.
Somehow you know how expensive this ice is.
The shopkeeper had seen Jiang Yan's reaction many times. With a smile on his face, he patiently explained: "Your distinguished guest doesn't know something. Boss Ning... is the boss of Jinling Shixian Ning, who made cheap ice cubes. Now, In Jinling and other nearby counties with a radius of fifty miles, anyone with a private room can afford ice to cool down."
Having said this, the shopkeeper lowered his voice and pointed to the upstairs, which was busier than downstairs, and smiled so hard that his eyebrows formed into a straight line.
"For this reason, many guests now don't eat at home and come to the private room to eat."
Jiang Yan expressed his understanding of this behavior.
Don't talk about others.
Even if he learned that eating in a private room, with ice cubes to cool down the whole process, and only increasing the price by half a tael, he would want to experience it. In the past, only dignitaries could enjoy the treatment.
However, he didn't understand that he had only left Jinling for less than a month and Ning Wuhao had a new way to make money.
"How did Mr. Ning transition from selling perfume to selling ice?"
If you ask the shopkeeper about this secret, he will naturally not know.
Full of questions, Jiang Yan hurriedly finished his meal and continued on his way under the scorching sun.
Stay until late afternoon.
Finally arrived at Jinling Mansion Office.
From a distance, I could see people coming and going in front of the government office.
Just when Jiang Yan thought that it was Su Rui who was thoroughly investigating the Ye family's case, which involved many people and involved all the victims.
When I got closer, I saw that everyone who came in and out had a beaming face, and they were holding the official shop approval documents in their hands.
"Old Zhao, have you started putting perfume in the box too?"
"Otherwise, in order to avoid having to go through tax inspections every day, I specially registered the receipt for buying perfume. Mr. Wang next door bought it from the black market. Now I am begging grandpa to tell grandma to buy the receipt from a private person."
"This perfume is really expensive. Fortunately, adding a few drops to ice cubes can dispel the smell. The business in the private rooms has been so booming recently. How about we join forces to raise the price by half a tael?"
"Increase by half a tael? I heard that a restaurant invited a waiter from the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to play the piano. The price of a meal in the private room has increased by ten taels. There are so many rich people in Jinling, are you worried that they won't be able to pay for it? ?”
