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As Ning Fei expected, once soybean oil was launched, it was wildly welcomed by the people at the bottom of the industry.

I am used to eating bean rice early in the morning, and the tofu sandwich is delicious for poor people. They have no resistance to soybean oil at all, especially Shunkang Youfang can also use soybeans for oil, which sounds like a white pick.

How much are beans worth?A few ridges can be harvested. Although Shunkang Youfang has requirements for the quality of beans, it cannot be more expensive than raising pigs.

There are also many people raising pigs in the city now. As long as they take the piglets to the frontier army's house, the piglets will no longer have troubles, and there will be no unbearable fishy smell. They are well-behaved and easy to raise.If we use the pig food specially made by the army above, the piglets will have a great appetite and grow fat as quickly as they blow air.When the bill is collected at the end of the year, the slaughtered meat can almost be exchanged for money, and the slaughtered meat has no smell.

Pork without miscellaneous flavors has become very popular recently, and all the butcher stalls in the city are accepting pigs, and the price of a pig can double what it used to be.

The pigs in Ding'an City are delicious, and many merchants from other places have heard of the news.If it is not easy to carry, it can be smoked. As long as it can be safely transported to the Central Plains, the price can be doubled.

Of course, the most profitable or soybean oil.

Because of its low price and no peculiar smell, soybean oil spread like wildfire, and there was no obstacle for the common people to accept it.On the contrary, it is the aristocratic family, especially the so-called high-ranking surnames in the family lineage. After hearing the news that the fat in the bean is edible, many gentlemen directly scoffed.It is said that the things of poor and humble birth, every branch and leaf are imbued with poverty, and it is harmful to eat.

I don't know why it's so harmful. Anyway, the blood of a noble family is determined not to be contaminated by poor and humble things.

But if I don't eat it myself, I won't delay the provision for the soldiers.

Now that the world is in chaos, if you want to really gain a foothold, you still have to rely on swords and guns. Therefore, the attitudes of various families towards the government soldiers have changed a lot, from being easily blamed to being gentle, and they are not hesitating to give some benefits appropriately.

Soybean oil is delicious and cheap, which can greatly improve the food standard of soldiers. Simple and cheap desires are best used to buy people's hearts.

As a result, Shunkang Youfang gathered a large number of merchants every day.Before the door opened, the carts pulling beans almost blocked the entire square street, and the middle-aged people in the city haunted every corner of the square, trying to get more soybean oil shares for their employers.The oil tags used to pick up the goods are at least tripled as soon as they leave the oil workshop, and the black market price is even higher.Even so, there are still people scrambling to buy them.

There is no other reason, the market demand is so great that even Lu Shiwen, who is temporarily living in Ding'an City, was alarmed.

Speaking of which, Lu Shiwen's life during this period was not very good.

As soon as they entered Ding'an City, Lu Shiji and his followers were knocked down by Guoziniang mixed with fake wine. They were drunk for three days, had a splitting headache, nausea and tinnitus, and were so uncomfortable that they almost couldn't even get out of bed.

On the fourth day, I was finally able to move on my own, but the unlucky boy Twelve Lang came to the door again, insisting on dragging his future "cousin-in-law" to watch the lanterns.Lu Shiwen came and went, expressing euphemistically that he was unwell and wanted to rest in the inn.

But that kid Feng Kang couldn't understand euphemism at all, he just wanted to pull him out without telling him, and even misinterpreted his meaning, insisting on pulling him to drink flower wine.Lu Shiwen now has a headache when he hears the word "wine", and he is in a hurry to refuse.

Unexpectedly, the kid surnamed Feng immediately turned his face, yelling that he looked down on him, looked down on their Feng family, and there was no sincerity in coming to get married.

What is insincere?He, Lu Shiwen, even came to Ding'an City to deliver the dowry in person, is that insincere? !What kind of stuff is he Feng Kang?Are you worthy of telling him sincerity?

Although I thought so in my heart, I couldn't say it like that.None of the spies released before came back, and Lu Shiwen became more and more uncertain, but he also knew that now was not the time to turn against the Feng family.

In desperation, as long as he agreed to the appointment, he was dragged by Feng Kai to Caiyunfang to watch a sideshow.

Naturally, he drank again this time, but Lu Shiwen was on guard, after only one drink, he refused to drink, and refused to continue.

He thought that this glass of kumiss would be fine, even if it was strong, it wouldn't cause a hangover like the previous fruit brew.What I didn't expect was that the kumiss from the border town was more spicy than fermented fruit. Not long after drinking a glass, Lu Shiwen's face turned red, his eyes doubled, and the smell of alcohol rushed to the top of his head.

In the end, he was carried back to the inn by his entourage, and was hungover for another three days, almost tossing half his life into it.

When he really woke up, the coastal defense artillery of the frontier army had sunk most of He Yue's fleet, and he had completely gained a foothold in Bailukou.

When he received the news, Lu Shiwen sat up from the bed "teng", ignoring his forehead that was still aching, he grabbed Chang Sui and asked anxiously.

"But have you found out? Xianyun's fleet is gone?!"

Lu Shiwen didn't think it was very surprising that the Feng family took over Bailukou. After all, Feng Kai, Feng Bosheng's son, took down Shizikou by himself and beheaded King Shatuo directly; The Yesaha people are not considered to be the most capable fighters in the Xihu camp, and it is quite normal to lose to Feng Kai's black armor army.

But the problem is that Feng Kai not only destroyed Yesaha, but also defeated He Yue's team from Xianyun in one fell swoop.

It is said that He Yue Jingsheng was seriously injured in the naval battle, and he is still lying on the couch without waking up. In the end, the Xianyun fleet only returned two old-fashioned warships, and a total of only 200 people survived. Lu Shiwen's imagination.

How did Feng Kai do it?

When did the Feng family have a big ship? !

Even if there is a ship, with Feng Kai's qualifications, how can he compare with the century-old He Yue fleet?

Although He Yue Jingsheng is self-willed, he is only a son of a family who has experienced sea experience, and before the Feng family occupied Bailukou, what they had was just a shoal on the Xiaoshaling River, not a river port, at most a wharf.

The Lu family in Nanjun has been engaged in shipping for generations. The ancient waterways of the Nanjiang River and the coastal waters of the estuary are the places where the children of the family must experience. Lu Shiwen is very clear about the rules of the shipping industry.If you want to build a large ship that can be sailed, it will definitely not be completed in a year or so.

Even if you build a big boat with all your family resources, if you don’t have good water skills, experienced sailors, and a head-sweeping boat, the whole boat will capsize in one wave, which is not alarmist.

It's impossible for the Feng family to have a boat, and they don't have sailors and captains. How did the Xianyun fleet and He Yue Jingsheng lose?

Lu Shiwen couldn't figure it out, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

The spies and dead men who were released before fell into the sea without any news, even if Lu Shiwen was drunk with fake wine, he also knew in his heart that the situation was probably not good.

There have been constant movements in Ding'an City recently, and the few contacts of the Lu family in the city have not moved at all. They don't know if they are hiding from the limelight or what, making people feel completely uncertain.

But this time the situation is too special, the Lu family can't just sit back and watch the frontier army rise and do nothing!

He didn't care too much, and took the risk of sending out all the people he could use, so that his capable subordinates could contact the family's eyes in the border towns and the Central Plains, and then go to investigate the situation.

This time, the spies returned the information in time.

According to the news from Pingshuo City, He Yue Jingsheng's fleet encountered a thunderbolt missile at Bailukou, and the Feng family didn't know who invited them to install a huge cylinder capable of launching thunderbolts on the shore.As long as the fire is ignited, the iron marbles will be ejected, similar to a super powerful siege crossbow. As long as the big ship is hit by a shot, it will be damaged and burned, and there is no resistance.

Hearing this news, Lu Shiwen's face turned pale, and he stood there for a while, his fingers clenched tightly on the military newspaper were almost bloodless.

As the only shipping family that could match, the Lu family knew the strength of He Yue's family very well, and also knew He Yue Jingsheng's strength.

If the Xianyun ship can't carry it, then his Lu family may not be the opponent.Although they also have a secret weapon - kerosene bottle.

But the throwing of kerosene needs to be close to the side, and it also needs an open flame. At present, it can only be launched with rockets.

It's not that the Lu family has never tried using a crossbow. Making a crossbow that is too large will seriously affect the stability of the ship, and the kerosene is very easy to burn. If you don't pay attention, you will hurt yourself. It is not that the Lu family did not fail to learn such a tragic lesson. eaten.

Therefore, although they have kerosene bombs, they can only be limited by the range, and they can only exert their miraculous effects during close combat on the ship's side.

Such a kerosene bottle can't deal with the Feng family's Thunder Fire Flying Cannon at all.Before his own fleet approached to throw kerosene, when the other side fired a thunderbolt, it probably had the same fate as He Yue Jingsheng.

"Does the patriarch have any other orders?"

Lu Shiwen was silent for a while, then turned to ask the messenger.

He knew that the Patriarch would not write important words in the secret letter, and most of them would ask the dead men under his care to relay them.

Once the incident happened, the dead man would take the poison and die immediately. Even if the secret letter fell into the hands of others, he would not know the real secret of the Lu family.

"some."

The dead man nodded, leaned closer and said.

"The head of the family asked you to settle the marriage with the Feng family as soon as possible. The family may form an alliance with the Feng family in the short term to investigate the other party's background, so it is best that you have a result this time."

Hearing what he said, Lu Shiwen frowned slightly, but he was not too shocked.

Ever since he received the tip that Feng Kai had defeated He Yue Jingsheng, he knew that his marriage might be a fake.

Before coming to give the dowry was just a gesture, neither the Patriarch nor himself was prepared to really marry the Feng family.

But now that the Feng family is showing its ferocity for the first time, it may affect the important affairs of the head of the family. His marriage already has a reason to succeed.

Not only does he want to marry that girl from the Feng family, but he also wants to marry her beautifully, so that she can become the "good son-in-law" that the Feng family values, and help the two families form an alliance.

Thinking of this, Lu Shiwen nodded with deep eyes.

"Patriarch, please rest assured, Shiwen knows what to do."

"The mother of the little lady of the Feng family comes from a third-class family, and she admires my Lu family and the Patriarch very much. I have tried to get in touch with her, and she promised to do her best to facilitate this matter."

"Tomorrow at a quarter of a hour, the incense will be offered at the Daqingyun Temple in the North City. It may have a miraculous effect."