Because he knows very well what those boring women in the harem like to do? Women who already have a sweet tooth will be ecstatic to see this lovely white sugar! I can offer such a good thing. If these women are willing to help me say a few words of kindness in front of the Holy Master, I might have a chance to enter the royal study!
Especially after Zhang Shunping offered a generous gift and explained his family's situation, the eunuch in charge immediately said that he could issue and buy the documents! With this document and the purchase, Zhang Shunping can guarantee that even if Li Shangshu dies, there will be a one-year buffer time!
Zhang Shunping was like a treasure after getting and buying the documents! Then he arranged for someone to deliver letters home to stabilize the rear. At the same time, the family was asked to help the Liu family purchase enough brown sugar. After all, currently, the South is the main producing area of brown sugar!
According to Liu Haojia's plan, Zhang Ji's next step should be to purchase a certain amount of land in the north to grow sugar beets, and at the same time sign sugar beet purchase and sales contracts with a large number of farmers to stabilize the supply of raw materials in the future.
Beets originated along the Mediterranean coast. Later, after a long period of artificial selection, white beets and red beets had appeared by the 4th century AD. By the 8th to 12th centuries AD, sugar beet had been widely cultivated in Persia and ancient Arabia, and its cultivated varieties were later introduced to the Caucasus, Asia, Eastern Siberia, India, China and Japan. But at that time, China mainly used the roots and leaves of beet as vegetables. It was also included in the ranks of traditional Chinese medicine and was not used to make sugar.
As time goes by, it’s getting closer and closer to the end of the year! The atmosphere in the capital gradually became lively! In particular, merchants are trying their best to sell goods, hoping to sell the goods they have on hand before the New Year so that they can have a happy New Year!
At this time, the Liu family is also busy preparing for the New Year! The atmosphere of the Liu family’s Chinese New Year this year is hugely different from previous years! Because the Liu family has no shortage of money this year, they will naturally have a happy New Year! Even the tributes given to ancestors of all generations this year are extremely rich!
On this day, the Liu family is undergoing a thorough cleaning! Everyone was working hard to clean with joy. Even Liu Haojia was assigned an important job, which was to clean the room that was temporarily used as an ancestral temple and scrub the ancestral tablets!
This is a very important job! Generally speaking, when the ancestral tablets are cleaned every year, it is done by the head of the family or the head's direct relative to show respect for the ancestors! So Liu’s father does this work every year! But this year, Liu's father named Liu Haojia instead of Liu Haonian to do this, obviously because he wanted his ancestors to see his Qilin'er!
And it’s a lot of work! First of all, each ancestral tablet is made of thick iron wood, which is already very heavy! Because the Liu family is a noble family, the ancestral tablets must be larger, so it is extremely heavy to move!
The most important point is that scrubbing the memorial tablet does not mean just going up and wiping it, but there is a complete set of procedures! When entering the ancestral temple, you must first burn incense and pray, and then pay homage with great ceremony! Moreover, when moving each ancestor’s tablet, you have to pray separately, so it consumes a lot of energy! Especially since the Liu family has been heirloom for nearly two hundred years, the number of ancestral tablets is daunting!
At this time, Liu Haojia was in the room where the tablets were placed, and began to carefully take care of each tablet as required. He didn't do it perfunctorily, but started cleaning in a strict manner according to the rules.
In fact, if he were Liu Runze in modern times, he might really be perfunctory! Not to mention that I still have to bow down and pray, I'm afraid even the memorial tablet will just be dusted and it will be considered a thing of the past!
But after living in ancient times for such a long time, he has become more and more aware of how these ancient people were so respectful to their ancestors! Because this is a kind of worship of ancestors from the bottom of our hearts, and our ancestors also deserve this kind of worship!
When the sky fell, our ancestors did not flee like Westerners, but simply went to patch up the sky! When there was a flood, our ancestors did not build huge boats to escape, but dredged the rivers! When they were sick, our ancestors did not pray to gods and demons, but actively tasted herbs to find herbs to treat the disease!
Therefore, it is definitely not an accident that our Chinese civilization has reached this day, but it was created by our ancestors who overcame all obstacles and thorny paths! Therefore, our ancestors deserve respect from future generations!
Especially since the Liu family came from a noble family, the wealth and superior status he and his family enjoyed were all created by his ancestors' swords and shots! Therefore, as a descendant of the bloodline, Liu Haojia must be full of gratitude and respect for his ancestors!
But Liu Haojia, who was cleaning, suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, and later he heard Zhang Shunping's voice. Liu Haojia wondered if something had happened to Xuetang, so he put down his belongings and walked out of the room to see what happened.
When he came out of the room, he unexpectedly saw Zhang Shunping walking into the yard with more than ten strong servants. These people kept carrying gifts into the yard. Seeing him come in, Liu's father hurriedly tidied up his work clothes and asked: "Brother Xian, why are you still in the capital? I thought you had returned to Nanjing!"
After Zhang Shunping came up and saluted, he said: "Brother also knows that what is going on now is so important. How can I think about going back to Nanjing to celebrate the New Year! Only when the dust here has settled, can I feel relieved!"
Father Liu nodded and said: "That's true, business matters are more important! But why are you bringing so many people here today?"
Zhang Shunping said: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so I have to send some festive gifts to my brother!"
Father Liu said: "You can just send the housekeeper to do this kind of thing. Why come here in person?"
Zhang Shunping said with a smile: "This year's Boxing Day is different from previous years! My brother will definitely like it after seeing it!"
Liu's father thought that Zhang Shunping might want to give a generous gift, so he said: "The relationship between your family and ours is unmatched by others! With the relationship of my good brother, I can have a good year this year, so why do you have to spend money!"
Zhang Shunping didn't speak. Instead, with a little smile, he took out a document from his arms and stuffed it into Father Liu's hand and said, "Brother, you read it first and then talk!"
Father Liu felt familiar when he got the document, and then his eyes widened, obviously reacting! But he still opened the document and looked through it, as if he wanted to confirm something! As a result, when he saw the contents of the document, his eyes were red and his hands were shaking! It turns out that this document is nothing else, it is the agreement signed by the two to rent Gu Ningbo's mansion!
