There is not a breath of wind in Yujing City at noon.

The whole city seemed to be placed in the oven of heaven and earth, silently accepting the scorching sun. Even the cicadas on the trees seemed exhausted and slack.

Even the Huaxi Villa located on the bank of Huanhua River can hardly survive the rolling heat wave at this time.

Even the cicadas chirping on the trees only had one or two occasional sounds left at this moment.

As a result, this huge courtyard became increasingly quiet.

Li Chenan and Zhong Liruoshui had returned here from Jiuyulou. After having lunch, they each returned to their rooms. They wanted to take a nap, but Li Chenan realized that even the mat on the bed was warm.

So I got up and sat in front of the window, swinging a folding fan.

Opposite is Zhongli Ruoshui's boudoir.

The window on the second floor of the boudoir was open, and the curtains had not been closed due to the heat. Li Chenan looked around expectantly, but he could not see the lively and fragrant scene he had imagined.

He withdrew his gaze and looked at the bookshelf against the wall of the room. After thinking about it, he walked over and randomly picked up a book from the bookshelf. He named the book and felt that he was not at peace, so he put it back.

, sat in front of the window again.

He was still waving his fan and looking at the window opposite, but there were other things on his mind.

I still don’t know if Ye Po has recruited any masters in the martial arts these days.

Seeing that it was already the fifth day of August, the autumn grains in various places in Jiangnan had entered the harvest season. Cai Zhengyao had already gone to Jiangnan, and he should have driven up the grain prices in Jiangnan.

Will Shen Qiaodie, the Shen family member who wants her own life, eat those high-priced grains?

Can Ye Po successfully intercept the grain she ate?

And then sent to Shuzhou through the cover of Guangling Navy in Linshui City?

That's right, his plan is to send the food from Jiangnan to Shuzhou.

Since Mrs. Fan is planning to establish a stronghold in Shuzhou, she must make that place impregnable. We still don’t know the specific measures that Mrs. Fan will take in Shuzhou, but with her wisdom, she will definitely establish a team in Shuzhou.

Belongs to the private army of Zhongli Mansion.

Otherwise, she would not have let Huang Sanlie's former subordinates go to Shuzhou and even occupy two tribes.

Building an army requires a lot of food.

The focus of his winery will also be Shuzhou, because that place will be safer in troubled times.

Therefore, he did not expand the scale of his winery by the Peach Blossom Creek.

The other thing is the Lijing Division.

Judging by the time, the disciples from Wanxi Zhai should have arrived at Guangling City.

I don't know how many people came, but Xiao Shisanniang said that there should be 180 people coming, so there would be more than 100 martial arts masters, but it was still not enough.

Take it step by step. After all, this kind of thing cannot be rushed.

What matters now is making money.

There are several opportunities to make big money next.

The first is sucrose. Once this product is produced, it will be sold at a very good price, because maltose in this world is relatively expensive, and this white sugar will of course be even more expensive.

The second is salt!

Huo Chuanming will let his cronies take control of the Salt and Iron Division in Guangling Prefecture, so that he can get the salt from his hands. With the salt, he can buy a large amount of green salt and then process it into white salt.

This will bring you huge profits.

The third thing is iron...this thing can only be bought, not sold.

Because his Li Jiajun needs it, and after the relationship with Zhongli Ruoshui is established, Zhongli Mansion will also need it in large quantities.

That's all for now. If they work well, these things can already support the construction of the future army.

It would be better if these things could be sold to other countries, but I don’t fully understand Ningguo yet. Other countries... I’ll talk about it later.

Thinking about these things, Li Chenan put down his folding fan, sharpened the ink on his inkstone, picked up his pen and started writing a letter.

It took him an hour to write four letters.

One was for my family, to say hello and to say hello, but the rest didn't say much.

One is for Ye Po. This letter talks a lot because Jiangnan food is extremely important.

One letter is for Xiao Shisanniang, asking about the disciples of Wanxi Zhai and suggestions for their arrangements.

The last letter was to Huang Sanlie. This letter took the longest because he needed Huang Sanlie to start building a sugar cane crushing workshop and a green salt refining workshop.

These two things did not exist in this world, so he also drew many sketches so that Huang Sanlie could understand them better.

It was too late to finish writing these four letters, and it was still very hot. Li Chenan put down the pen, wiped the sweat from his forehead, picked up a fan and fanned himself, and then he felt that he should get rid of the ice thing.

Thinking of ice, his eyes lit up, because this thing is not complicated.

This world already has fire and medicine, so it has saltpeter. With saltpeter, this ice can be easily produced.

I'll ask Zhongli Ruoshui later if there is any saltpeter for sale in the market.

Thinking of this, he raised his head and saw that Zhongli Ruoshui was still not seen in the window opposite. She was probably still sleeping.

So, Li Chenan went downstairs, waving his fan, wandering alone in this huge courtyard, and came to another small courtyard not far from the main courtyard.

The door to this courtyard is open.

He walked in and saw an acquaintance - Xiong Da!

Xiong Da was sharpening a knife in the shade in the corner of the yard, shirtless.

His back was covered with sweat, and when he turned his head, his face was also covered with sweat.

He stood up in surprise, picked up a sweat towel from the side and wiped his face, he smiled: "Master, why are you here in this hot day?"

"What are you doing sharpening your knife on this hot day?"

"Hey, this knife isn't sharp enough. If you want to kill someone and set him on fire, shouldn't you be prepared earlier?"

Look, this is what it takes to be a veteran.

After returning to Guangling City, I had to find a way to get these veterans into my Li family army.

It’s not that we expect them to go to the battlefield to charge into battle again, but we want our group of new recruits to learn this spirit from them.

"Come on, let's do something for the young master first."

Xiong Da put down the knife in his hand, picked up the short coat lying aside and put it on, and asked happily: "Master, what's the matter?"

"Take me to the hut."

Xiong Dayi was startled, "...Master, this is the hut for the servants. Isn't there also one in the main courtyard?"

"What are you thinking about? Master, go to the hut to find something."

Xiong Da was even more confused, his eyes were wide open. He swallowed and hesitated for a moment, thinking what else could be in the latrine besides that thing?

"Don't think blindly! Take a walk, take the young master and you will know."

So, Xiong Da took Li Chenan and walked towards the hut not far away.

When the two arrived at the latrine, Li Chenan squatted outside the latrine and looked carefully. For a moment, under Xiong Da's shocked gaze, he reached out and touched the corner of the wall, then put it in front of his nose and smelled it.

…

At this moment, a man walked out of the hut.

He was Zhou Huairen. He stood behind Li Chenan in surprise. He looked at Xiong Da and then saw Li Chenan stand up, "That's it!"

Li Chenan stretched out a hand, with a little white powder on his fingertips.

"There should be more inside. Master, I want this stuff. You send people to collect more and then send them to the main courtyard."

Zhou Huairen took a closer look and asked doubtfully: "Master, what is this thing... for?"

"Hehe," Li Chenan grinned, "Master, let me conjure ice for you!"

Xiong Da's thick lips wriggled and he stopped talking.

He felt that Mr. Li might have something wrong with his brain.

It's such a hot day, and he's not a god, how can he create ice?
Chapter completed!