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Blow off a few medicinal leaves floating on the surface of the herbal tea, and an invisible chill in your hand invades the herbal tea inside along the wall of the cup, quickly freezing the tea to an icy level.
The herbal tea provided at home is said to be the secret recipe of Li Erfu's hometown. Xia Nu asked for it. Shen Hao drinks this every year when the weather gets hot. It is not clear whether it can avoid the heat, but it is true that he is used to it.
It is said that people in Li Erfu's hometown set up a tea stall based on the gimmick of "Master Shen all drinks my tea", and the business was booming. Put it in a clay pot, wrap it with a layer of coarse cloth, and write "福" on it, which is called "Erfu Herbal Tea".
In this regard, Li Erfu insisted on giving money to Master Shen, but he had no choice but to give up after being kicked by Master Shen until a dog chewed his shit.
What is Mr. Shen’s pattern? Will he take a fancy to your tea stall? So Li Erfu smiled and touched the corners of his eyes. He knew that Master Shen did not blame him for using Master Shen's name randomly. If it were put anywhere else, he would be labeled as "contempting the official". In fact, when the family did this, Li Erfu was almost scared to death. He ran to plead guilty, but Master Shen didn't even look at him. Then he thought of sharing Master Shen's money, but he was kicked.
"Okay, just say it once or twice, don't take the initiative to yell! Forget it if Master Shen promotes you this time, and I will pluck out your pig skin next time!" Hu Tian warned Li Erfu from the side.
Everyone else thinks that Mr. Shen is some kind of "evil star", but only his family members know that Mr. Shen is not some kind of "evil star" and he is soft-hearted! Otherwise, which one of the Zhang family, who made Wuliangye, and Li Erfu, who makes herbal tea, would end well? Not to mention the fat and white servants in the house.
Forget it, Mr. Shen is a sharp knife in His Majesty's hands to the outside world. How can I not be more cruel? Master Shen is really a good person!
Hu Tian understood that he was probably the only one who understood Master Shen best in the world.
Shen Hao didn't know his image in the hearts of his family. He had never thought about this. Whether it was the Zhang family wine shop that made Wuliangye rich under his instruction, or the Li Erfu family who casually said "Master Shen is drinking my herbal tea" and it became a hit, there was nothing to lose to him. What's more, he has a lot of friends in Wuliangye, but he really doesn't like herbal tea. It's just herbal tea, and it's not called Jiaduobao.
"Okay, let's make a long story short. I'll have people come down to check these accounts carefully. Just give me a rough number and focus on the key points."
Standing in front of Shen Hao is Wang Jian. This guy's face has always been red recently, and he has a smile on his lips. He can tell at a glance that something happy is going on. After asking, I found out that Wang Jian's wife was pregnant. It had been more than two months, but I still couldn't tell whether she was pregnant with a boy or a girl.
It was a happy event, so Shen Hao raised his hand with a smile and took off the aquamarine pendant he had been wearing on his waist and handed it over, saying that he was giving it to his brother and his wife. This thing would strengthen his body until the baby was born. Just put it on the little one, it will definitely be effective in strengthening the body.
But after talking about personal matters, official matters still have to continue.
Wang Jian came here today and had a lot of things to do, and it would probably take him all morning.
What he had just crackled and said a lot, and was interrupted by Shen Hao's impatient wave, was the total amount of money and various consumables that Heishui had consumed from January to March.
Compared with last year's funding, this year's funding has increased significantly. The total number has more than doubled compared to last year. It was mainly spent on expanding the number of spies from various places and training them. In addition, there are several large new expenses, such as the "Primarch Project", such as the investment in research on the "Sky Eye", and the cost of intelligence informants in the City of Death, etc.
Although this is a huge number, it does not make Shen Hao find it difficult to accept.
This is now the largest expansion of Blackwater within the scope of the country, and there will be another expansion of similar scale in the second half of this year. It is normal to spend a lot of money. After all, most places are new, and there will definitely be a big investment in the early stage. A pen of money opens the way.
The intelligence-related expenses in Wusi City are also expected. Although the number is huge, the feedback is acceptable.
However, the consumption of those things such as talismans and magic weapons is a bit painful. The main reason is that these things are basically obtained from the commander's yamen, and the insufficient parts are exchanged on the black market. Money alone cannot cover this level of consumption.
However, Black Flag Camp's current accounts are very rich, and the benefits obtained from the previous elimination of so many aristocratic families can completely help Blackwater tide over this expansion difficulty, and it is not even difficult to calculate the numbers.
So Wang Jian said words such as "How much was spent here...how much was spent there", which soon made Shen Hao sleepy. He had people under him who specialized in sorting out and verifying accounts. There is no need for him to worry about things. He can just listen to the total and be confident.
When Wang Jian heard this, he quickly shortened his report, and then began to highlight the key points and said: "Sir, the original body plans to build a number of underground alchemy rooms. Firstly, it will be more conducive to defense, and secondly, it can also cover up people's eyes. But I have to ask you for the funds. Additional allocations have been made, and in terms of manpower, my subordinates think we can add more, focusing on arranging defensive tasks for these alchemy rooms."
"Okay. You can make a list of funds, and I will have someone transfer it to you. In addition, for manpower, you'd better choose from people in the core, and the newly expanded manpower will be ignored. In addition, the alchemists who come from the yamen will be commanded. Where have doctors and doctors taken their copying now?”
Shen Hao put down his tea cup. He had always paid attention to the original body plan, but the progress of replicating the "Red Scorpion" was not sent to him in time, and this aspect related to how much control Shen Hao still had over the original body plan. Once the reverse imitation of the "Red Devil" is completely successful, or the conditions for an expanded trial are met, the original plan will likely be slowly taken away from him. After all, the temptation of the "Red Devil" imitation is not something that Black Flag Camp can control with one hand.
"Sir, the progress seems to have slowed down. The consumption of death row prisoners recently tested is about the same as before. It is said that the effect of the drug can be more than 60% to 70%, but the survival of the drug is still very problematic. 70% survival is still far short of that.
However, recently, a new Xuanhai realm alchemist came to the commander's office. He was personally appointed by Pang Pang. With Pang Pang's order, he seemed to be ready to go to death. "
The commander made Shen Hao know about the Yamen's transfer of experts into the original body plan. The last time he went on an on-site inspection of the original body project station, the alchemist headed by him mentioned this matter to him, and Pang Ban also wrote a note explaining it later. However, when he arrived, he was an alchemist from the Xuanhai Realm, which was beyond Shen Hao's expectations.
There was even an alchemist from the Xuanhai realm in the Xuanqing Guard, which surprised Shen Hao. Only then did he realize that he had underestimated the background of Xuanqingwei, the emperor's personal army.
