cool summer [farming]

The news that Fu Juyan and the others discovered the saltpeter mine shocked everyone in Ningfu.

When this incident reached the emperor's ears the next day, the next day, even before the sky was fully lit, the Ning Manor welcomed a mysterious guest in the twilight of the morning light.

This guest is naturally Dongfang Tuoyi. As an emperor, he is also an ambitious, wise and wise emperor. It can be said that he has dedicated his whole life to the cold dragon chair in the deep palace. For this dragon chair, he has to pay a lot of price to make Wanmin submit to the person sitting on it, so he is not willing to let go of any shred of hope.

Fu Juyan did not expect that just an ice-making technology could attract the king of a country, so he was still so impatient.

But Dongfang Tuoyi is not only interested in this little thing.

He thinks farther and farther.

Summer and winter are long, the Dongling is like this, and the Western Zhou Dynasty is also like this. In ancient times, the two sides have confronted each other. In addition to fighting each other, culture and economy can also become a beneficial weapon. The people of Dongling are rich, but the army is weak. After so many years, it is still the pain of the entire Tangling Empire.

Under such circumstances, Dongfang Tuoyi wanted to take revenge and realize his great cause, which was nothing more than a dream come true.

But Fu Juyan's ice-making technology is like sending charcoal in the snow-if Dongling can discover the secret of ice-making in advance, use it as a spear, and use softness to overcome rigidity, why not be able to break through the hard iron shield of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Vigorously develop the ice drink industry, and do not hesitate to deplete the national treasury to develop the ice drink industry, not only Tanglin, but even the Western Zhou Dynasty!

After listening to the emperor's words, the old master and the emperor did not speak for a long time. The ambition of Lingyun in his heart was completely provoked by Dongfang Tuoyi. .

Fu Juyan was noncommittal about their political views. Since he chose to tell them this secret, he tacitly allowed them to play their best. If this is what they want, win-win cooperation, he naturally has no objection.

King Fu, who was pulled over by the emperor, also agreed, "Recently, Juyan and I are planning to start a 'fruit salad'. The seeds cultivated by Juyan are soaked in a special medicinal solution, which grows rapidly and is not afraid of cold and heat. It is the best choice. .If not, use fruit to open up the market and gradually introduce iced drinks.”

The emperor pondered, finally nodded, and looked at Ge Zhengxiu: "This matter is of great importance, and the army is stationed in the outskirts, which is quite close to that place. I will leave this matter to you and Ning Ji. As for the revision of the verification method , submit it directly, and I will personally intervene.”

The implicit meaning of this sentence is to ask them to find an excuse to use the power of the army to mine saltpeter mines, and not let outsiders find out that it is wrong.

Ge Zhengxiu knelt to accept the order: "Your servant will obey the order."

Dongfang Tuoyi's sharp eyes looked at Ge Zhengxiu for a while, and finally said calmly: "You and Juyan are married, they are one body. He is the young master of the Houfu, I promise him not to kneel when he sees you, and you are the same."

Ge Zhengxiu didn't get up, but bowed his head even more respectfully, bowed deeply, "Your Majesty, thank you."

Then I got up.

Dongfang Tuoyi didn't look at him again, and nodded his head invisibly.

Fu Juyan watched this scene and did not stop it.It was only at this time that he stepped forward, "There are some characteristics of saltpeter that need attention. I will write down the points for you later, and you must pay attention to safety when mining." Ge Zhengxiu nodded.

Ning Ji said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the two ministers will definitely try their best to complete it."

With the emperor's secret help, Ge Zhengxiu and his group's mining progress was rapid. All the mined ores were secretly transported to an ancient temple outside the city, where they were buried under the golden statue of the thousand-year-old famous temple.

They opened up the underground passage from the saltpeter mine to the ancient temple, and in just ten days, it seemed that a large-scale underground city had been formed.

During the day, their voices still shook the sky, and the training was in full swing. At night, they sneaked into the ground quietly, carrying out secret work while the entire capital city was sleeping peacefully.

All the soldiers involved were concealed. They didn't know what the stones in their hands were, nor did they know that they were mined and piled underground. The so-called paving stones used to build dungeons are the most beautiful ice that can grow in time. of.

Under such circumstances, they would naturally not want to take away these useless stones, and in the wilderness, they needed the permission of the general to go in and out, and they could only go out after a body search. They had no chance to bring these stones to the world.

Fu Wang and Fu Juyan also started to get busy, buying a large amount of land, planting melons and fruits, purchasing fruits from fruit farmers in the city, and renovating the stores under the plate...

Even if the status is as noble as the King of Fu, it is inevitable to encounter a lot of soft nails in the process.

But fortunately, it went smoothly in general. Zhang Ji, whom Fu Juyan brought from Huaqu, was already able to take charge of himself in Fu Wang's place. During this process, Zhang Ji, who knew how to deal with those fruit farmers, really helped a lot. busy.

As soon as the news spread that they opened a fruit salad shop, people in Kyoto began to boil.Because of Wei Qingning's vigorous propaganda, there are very few people in the upper class who don't know about fruit salad.Suffering from Fu Juyan's deep residence in the Ning Mansion, they couldn't find a way to obtain it, and they were already very depressed.Hearing this news now, he was naturally very happy.

And Wei Qingning, who thought he had completed the task, was surrounded by his classmates again, trying to find out some useful information from him, such as when the fruit salad shop will officially cut the ribbon, they are going to prepare a gift for the house, and Or all those fruits, are there any exotic fruits he brought over these days, are there any jams, and so on.

It's annoying.

It's not just him, even the fierce Ning Ji who has been shunned by women in the capital city, these days, he has actually experienced the grand occasion of melons and fruits when he goes out, and finally understands why handsome men have always been short-lived since ancient times.The round or long melons and fruits flew towards me while riding a horse, even for a martial artist like him, sometimes he couldn't bear it.

What's more, his legs were not fully healed yet, the medicine Fu Juyan gave him was a panacea, but it hurt his bones after all, so it's not suitable to make big moves.He even got on the horse with the help of a servant.

It's not that the emperor doesn't understand him, but that Ge Zhengxiu's status is not enough to convince the public. If there is no Ning Ji to suppress him, relying on his previous reputation and the title of the husband of the young master of the Hou's mansion, he might not be able to suppress some cheating and cheating soldiers.

Everything is slowly moving forward in the expected direction.

Just when Fu Wang and the others thought everything was going well, luck finally stopped favoring them.

The Qi family moved to the capital for more than two months, and there has been no movement, but they did not expect that they would give them the final blow at this critical moment.

On the opposite side of the "Juefang", which specializes in fruit salads that Fuwang and the others are planning to open, a shop named "Fruit Salad" opened bustlingly. After the fruits in the store were extremely affordable, they began to buy frantically.

It's the Qi family.

When the servants came to report, Fu Wang and Fu Juyan were watching Zhang Ji teach some good pastry cooks to make jam in the backyard. Fu Juyan was watching and giving pointers from time to time.

When the two of them heard the news, their faces darkened.

Misappropriating other people's achievements, but rushing to open a store before them, is not only a naked provocation, but also a war.

Fu Wang said angrily: "The villain's behavior! Shameless person! Send someone to investigate for me to find out who leaked the formula!" He said so, but there was nothing he could do.

Fu Juyan stopped him, and calmly said: "It's useless, they took the first opportunity, we followed closely, and we can only pick up the leftovers. And when we bought the fruits, they didn't move, obviously they have already done so. The preparations, the reason why we waited until now, is just to make us mess up."

"Then what should we do?" Fu Wang said, Qi's family gritted their teeth with hatred, thinking of Chu Huaiqing, he couldn't help but vent his anger, "It's not enough to succeed, it's more than failure!"

"Chu Huaiqing has feelings for Miss Qi's family, and Miss Qi's family is not stupid, so naturally she won't easily come to our side."

"Now that the recipe has been leaked, it seems that we can only take the next step." Fu Wang said in a deep voice. The mining of saltpeter is nearing completion. In the underground city, craftsmen are already rushing to make the "refrigerator" painted by Fu Juyan overnight. The finished product has been tested and can be put into use.

Fu Juyan shook his head, "It's not needed yet." He narrowed his eyes, "Since they think this is the real finished product, why don't we make real fruit salad."

Fu Juyan didn’t have the idea of ​​making milk before, because few people in Dongling drink milk. Cows are an important means of agriculture and transportation. The killing of cattle is forbidden in Dongling, so no one wants to eat beef, and because of the importance of cows , and few people specialize in breeding cows that are only used for milk production, just to drink that bit of tasteless milk.

But it's not impossible, at least in the capital city, Fu Juyan knew that there was a concubine in the harem of his cheap emperor's uncle who was raising cows.

These concubines drink and bathe with fresh milk, which they believe will make their skin white and smooth like milk.

Such a little hobby, the emperor will naturally not refuse it.

Follow the example, Fu Juyan believes that there will be many Yingying and Yanyan in the backyard stealing cows in the Dongling Baiguan's house.

So, when Fu Juyan expressed to Yi Keshu that he wanted to enter the palace to meet the emperor, within half an hour, a car entering the palace stopped in front of him.

The fruit salad shop of Qi's family is booming, and the whole of Kyoto and even the surrounding cities have heard of it. Even when Qi's family has already raised the idea of ​​​​opening a branch, Fu Juyan and his party, who first proposed to open a shop, are not there. gone.

The people in Kyoto all speculated that this was a battle between King Fu and the Qi family. Fu Wang missed a move in chess and was pulled from the bottom by the Qi family. He was hiding in his own mansion and had no intention of fighting again.

There are also people who feel that the Qi family is not kind, but without evidence, no one can clearly say that the Qi family stole the formula of Fu Juyan's jam.

What's more, the news that the adopted son of the young master of the Ning family spread the jam in the Imperial College, and there are many eyes and ears. If someone tastes it and figured out the recipe, it is his ability, and it is not a crime of theft. blame.

It's strange, the young master's qualifications are still inexperienced, and he doesn't know people's feelings and dislikes. Such an important thing is so generous that people can see it clearly.

Propaganda is one thing, leaking the recipe is another.

In fact, Fu Wang did not hide in his mansion, but lived in the same palace as Fu Juyan.

When the emperor heard about this, he was also very angry. Hearing about Fu Juyan's intentions, he immediately called the queen and told her to share some of her milk with Fu Juyan so that he could "do research".

The harem of Dongfang Tuoyi is a family with a clean family background. They have been loyal to the royal family for generations, so they are loyal to Dongfang Tuoyi. Fu Juyan and King Fu, who are very fond of the emperor, naturally care about it. In order to come, he personally led the two of them to the palace ordered by the emperor, "The feng shui here is unique, and it can be used to avoid the summer heat. In previous years, your majesty couldn't bear to run here when it was hot in the summer. This year, by coincidence, the emperor has never Come, you two can stay here in peace."

After finishing speaking, he sent the servant girl beside him to invite someone to repair it, and he led the two of them to the gate of Niuyuan before leaving.

The queen had set an example, and the other concubines of the emperor in the harem were not to be outdone, and expressed their willingness to donate their own milk for the research of King Fu and the young prince of the Houfu.

There was even a beautiful lady who asked someone to invite two people, and said with a smile that the Niu Yuan can be borrowed, it's just the same, and I hope that if the two of them have researched something, when they try it, don't forget I got a copy from her palace.

With a smile, it seemed that he was quite intimate with Fu Wang, and Fu Wang's face was also blushing.

This surprised Fu Juyan, he walked out of the palace gate, and kept staring at King Fu, making him angry from embarrassment, "What are you looking at?"

Fu Juyan hesitated for a moment, "You, with that lady..."

"What are you thinking! I have nothing to do with Concubine Yuan!"

Fu Juyan was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice, "I didn't say what's wrong with you two, why are you so excited?"

King Fu shook his sleeves, and said uncomfortably: "It's nothing, she's a prostitute from Ji's family. When I was young, I was acquainted with my mother's younger brother, so we got closer."

Fu Juyan snorted, but still felt that something was weird.

"Ji's family?" He said, "Master Ji Shuji is also Ji's family?"

"Do you know him?" Fu Wang raised his voice again, "Oh, yes, he was the one who found you at the beginning... So, you are really destined...but obviously..." He murmured.

Fu Juyan didn't hear what he said at the end, but he could tell that Ji Shu was indeed a member of the Ji family. Judging from King Fu's tone, it seemed that the two had a good relationship. It seemed that he was the younger brother of the empress, and knew Wei Qingning The little fat man is a family member, he said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I don't have to thank him, after all, without him, brother Zhengxiu and I wouldn't be able to come to the capital."

King Fu frowned, "There's nothing to thank, it's just my duty."

He suddenly looked back and forth at Fu Juyan several times, and said with disgust: "You are white enough, don't take any health and beauty pills all day long."

Fu Juyan was taken aback for a moment, he didn't understand why, he had already exhausted his poison, so what's the use of eating that?

"Ji Shu likes little boys. If you're like this, aren't you looking for a rival for Big Brother Zhengxiu?"

"what?"

After a while, Fu Juyan couldn't laugh or cry and said: "So you also know that we have a baby kiss? You said it was a baby kiss, how can you take it seriously? He likes it. I already have brother Zhengxiu. What's the use if he likes it?" ?”

Thinking of when Ji Shu looked at him in Huaqu, Fu Juyan shrugged his shoulders with a cold expression. He didn't think that person liked him.

Looking at King Fu's sullen face, Fu Juyan suddenly felt blessed, "We are like this, when Ji Shu knew the truth, wouldn't he be with you...! Ugh!"

Fu Juyan pushed his hand away and glared at King Fu, "What are you doing!"

Fu Wang looked around carefully, and whispered: "What are you talking about! Go and see if your milk is fermented!"