Chapter 048: Digging up some sand
Shopkeeper Ju was stunned at once. He was dreaming of getting ten or twenty taels of silver.
Hey, how can this be possible?
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that this was the technology of our Shenwei Army. He said that he would let Manager Ju earn as much as three porcelain workshops in a year and he would definitely keep his promise.
Shopkeeper Ju then came to his senses and said with a smile, "That's right, thank you very much, Third Young Master."
Zhao Yulin nodded and smiled without saying anything.
This is his patented technology.
Everyone knows that if you scoop up a handful of sand from the Jinsha River and burn it to make glass cups, then he is making no money at all.
Soon, wine merchants and jade merchants flocked in. Each merchant was limited to purchasing fifty sets of wine and wine glasses for fifty taels of silver. The two thousand kilograms of wine that Chen Zhongshun had been storing for half a year were sold out in less than half a month.
Shopkeeper Ju wanted to sell wine glasses, but Zhao Yulin said no, he had to keep his promise and not sell wine before the time came. If he didn't sell wine, he wouldn't sell wine glasses. The wine merchants could hype it up, and the wine glasses they sold next time would be more exquisite and elegant.
Because Zhao Yulin told the glassmaker that the key to the technology lies in stirring. There is no other trick. Only by fully stirring to remove impurities and bubbles can high-quality glass be made.
After returning, Chen Xian and his team started thinking about improving the mixing equipment. They needed to make glass for telescopes, not glass cups for drinking.
In the city of Jiangbei, Mr. Wang was staring into the distance at the glass that his eldest son, Wang Deyi, had bought with the help of his connections. He was so angry that he vomited blood several times.
Ever since the Litchi Green Shaofang was ruined by illegally making explosives, the Wang family's business has been on the decline, and today's sales volume is less than 20% of previous years.
Mr. Wang's family is large and powerful, but his business has been in a complete slump since it suddenly shrank. His four wives are all spendthrifts, so how can he bear seeing money flowing out of his house?
Look, something bad happened again.
Mr. Wang was in a daze when his eldest son Wang Deyi ran in and said something had happened. Something had happened. His second sister had kicked his husband to death.
When Mr. Wang heard this, the glass in his hand immediately fell to the ground and shattered. He screamed "Ah!" and spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.
His second daughter, Wang Dehui, has been practicing hard ever since she married Mr. Liu. This guy is simply a fool. He read enough books when he was young. Now with the financial support of the Wang family, he has become carefree. He even uses magic tricks to make Wang Dehui happy and joyful.
In broad daylight, he pulled Wang Dehui into the house again to observe and study the woman's privacy.
This fellow studied hard under the oil lamp for the imperial examination and became extremely myopic, so he naturally wanted to see things as close as possible. He kept getting closer, and his hot breath was unbearable for Wang Dehui, so she couldn't help but kick him off the bed.
Poor Mr. Liu was kicked without any preparation before he could see clearly. He fell on his back with a groan, blood gushing out from the back of his head. His feet struggled twice and then there was no movement.
Wang Dehui's fetal position was disturbed because she kicked too hard, and she screamed in pain.
When the maid entered the room and saw Mr. Liu convulsing, she started shouting in fear. The whole yard was in chaos.
Mr. Liu died without saying a word.
Wang Dehui gave birth prematurely, and two fetuses, a boy and a girl, came out of her belly one after another, with the babies crying "wa, wa, wa" one after another.
Wang family's butler Du Wei was ordered to rush over to deal with the aftermath. Master Wang had instructed that his daughter Wang Dehui must be saved at all costs.
However, Mr. Liu's family had already spread the word that his daughter-in-law was unfaithful and extremely cruel, and had even kicked his virtuous son to death. What should Du Wei do?
He had no choice but to use the Wang family's last trick: using silver.
He said to Mr. Liu's mother: His aunt, you have to think carefully. Once you report to the authorities, the Wang family will definitely not care about anything. It doesn't matter whether Wang Dehui is dead or alive. Mr. Wang will grieve for at most half a month and then marry a gentle concubine to continue having children.
The people of the Liu family died in vain and gained nothing.
Not only that, the Wang family also wants to take back the house and kick them out.
He asked the Liu family where he could find such a nice and luxurious courtyard to live in.
The Liu family thought that using a dead person in exchange for a comfortable life in the second half of their lives would definitely be the best option.
They fully accepted the solution proposed by the housekeeper Du Wei: the Wang family took Wang Dehui and his mother away, modified the house deed, gave the yard to the Liu family for free, and gave them 1,200 taels of silver as pension money.
The Liu family happily went to the government to report that their son had accidentally fallen and died of suffocation.
Both parties were happy to resolve this murder case.
Zhao Yulin went to the city to attend the militia training meeting. The county government office was already crowded with dubao from all over the country. The chief dubao were discussing the interesting stories of the Wang and Liu families.
When everyone saw him arrive, they came up to greet the Third Young Master, and they all made him dizzy.
County Magistrate Yang Zhishan said that those attending the meeting were only the governors of various venues and towns. I will host a banquet for them at noon today. How about beggar’s chicken?
The county magistrate rarely spoke, so Zhao Yulin had to agree. He asked someone from the guards to greet Duan Xiaolin. Then they sat down for the meeting.
The county magistrate took the lead, talked about the great significance of joint defense and joint protection among the villagers, and then asked Zhao Yulin to make arrangements.
He didn't waste time talking about it and just said that he would send a Shenwei Army soldier to each township and fort to serve as deputy captain, who would be responsible for training and actually manage the militia. The salary of the deputy captain would be paid by the Shenwei Army, and everything else would remain the same as before.
In the future, he will determine the organization of the militia, equip it with weapons, issue military uniforms, etc.
The guards were all delighted to hear him say this. This meant that they had gained a man who knew how to fight without increasing any expenses, and the militia's combat effectiveness was improved. Why not do it?
But Zhao Yulin immediately made a request, saying that the militia must truly shoulder the responsibility of protecting the country and the people. The local militia must catch thieves, patrol and stand guard, and all the necessary things must be done.
The militia must abide by the rules and not do anything illegal or disorderly. If anyone dares to do so, he will punish them severely.
After a lecture, everyone gradually understood that the Third Young Master wanted to build the local militia into the reserve force of his Divine Power Army.
No matter what you do, you must listen to the Third Young Master. You must listen to the Third Young Master.
Because, Zhao Yulin then announced that the local residents could apply to buy his Chengyishao in the future. Each person would have a quota of 30 kilograms. He would sell it at cost price, and those who did not want to eat it could transfer the quota to a third party.
Wow, this is really good stuff. Even if you don’t eat it yourself, you can still make a lot of money by reselling it.
Now the Third Young Master is saying that we can directly resell the quota tickets, and we can make money by just reselling them. If not him, who else can we follow?
At noon, of course, there was plenty of beggar's chicken and a delicious meal.
Zhao Yulin told Xiao Duan to go to the accounting office to withdraw the fees at cost price and then cross the river to go directly to the military camp. He asked Zhu Congwen to select personnel to be sent to various places and arrange them after centralized training.
From now on, more than half of the Yibin militia will belong to him.
Zhao Yulin was in a good mood and asked Fan Zheng to make tea for him when he got home.
Chen Xiaomin came in and leaned on him, saying that his fourth sister had fallen in love with him and had gone to the bamboo forest to beg for chickens twice in the past few days.
Zhao Yulin said that's the head office over there, and it feels different.
Chen Xiaomin said that he didn't go there to eat chicken, but to see people, you know. He went to see the shopkeeper Duan Xiaolin.
Zhao Yulin said, “It’s just about looking at a person, what’s the big deal?”
Chen Xiaomin said that his fourth sister was flirting with someone, and that Xiao Duan had brought beggar chicken across the river yesterday. Duan Xiaolin also said that it was for the fourth sister to eat.
The fourth sister immediately said that he only had that little salary and he could eat three or two chickens, so even if they were eaten at home, they had to be charged to our brother's account. She also affectionately asked someone to send a chicken over after some time .
Zhao Yulin was amused when he heard this and said that as long as our sister likes it, it’s just a chicken, what’s so great about it?
Chen Xiaomin said that he was asked to supervise Sihan's studies. Now that she is in this condition, how can she have the mind to study?
Zhao Yulin smiled and turned Chen Xiaomin over and kissed her on the face, saying that she should be allowed to combine work and rest.
Chen Xiaomin was delighted and touched his shoulder and asked if everything was okay.
You used so much strength just now, aren't you hurt?
Zhao Yulin asked, "Didn't you see him practicing boxing this morning? He's all right now."
Chen Xiaomin stood on tiptoe, kissed him lightly, and then slipped away quietly.
Zhao Yulin was still savoring the moment, but when he opened his eyes the person was gone.
At night, Lu Youpeng came to talk to him and said that the patrol team in the city had discovered some night walkers in the past two days.
He asked in which area?
Are there any abnormal circumstances?
Lu Youpeng said that no other problems have been found in the area of the river-blocking cableway.
He said that the night patrols had to be more cautious, especially since Wugufeng Distillery and Cuiping Guigu were top-secret areas, so they had to be careful.
Lu Youpeng said that the burden on him was too heavy and he felt a little overwhelmed. Zhao Yulin was thinking about establishing a special city defense organization to deal with the increasingly heavy defense work of Cuiping Mountain.
The next day, someone from Xuzhou Prefecture asked him to go to Liubei Pool for a drink, saying that the prefect of Jiazhou had arrived.
It was almost Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Yulin put on his mother's new Republic of China clothes and asked Chen Xiaomin to pack up and go to the banquet together. The couple boarded the boat, followed by a ten-man guard. Zhu Congwen raised the security level again.
When Zhao Yulin and his team arrived, many people were already seated at Liubei Pool. There was a woman wearing a cloak and veil beside the Jiazhou prefect who was sitting at the main seat. Chen Yun called him over. Zhao Yulin bowed to everyone and took Chen Xiaomin to sit down next to Chen Yun and Yang Zhishan.
A group of scholars of letters were fooling around with their elegance, and their written poems and songs had been hung one after another on the wooden racks at the mountain pass.
Yang Zhishan smiled and said that his fairy dance made a sensation in Chengdu last year, so how about letting everyone open their eyes today?
Chen Yun also said happily that the prefect came all the way to Yibin just to catch a glimpse of the fairy couple.
Haha, what is this called?
