People really don't want to work overtime in Daxia

Chapter 23
The next day
Yu Qing came to the Ministry of Industry early in the morning, and An Guangze greeted him very warmly when he saw him.

"Sir, why are you here so early?"

"Well, where are the people?" Yu Qing looked up at the sky and said, "It's already this hour, and everyone here is later than my servant?"

An Guangze invited Yu Qing into the room to pour a cup of tea and explained, "My lord, everyone went out early to buy saltpeter. Our Ministry of Industry's reserves are not enough, so everyone dispersed."

Yu Qing nodded. After walking all the way, he was also thirsty, picked up his teacup and took a big sip, "Pfft!"

The moment he entered, Yu Qing felt nauseated and spat out, "Bah! What kind of bastard is An Guangze, you're going to poison me to death!"

Seeing this, An Guangze took a sip in panic and said, "My lord, this is my freshly brewed tea this morning, it's okay."

"This thing is tea?" Yu Qing was taken aback. At this time, his mouth was filled with the smell of condiments, and he felt like he had taken a big mouthful of something sticky with a strange smell.

"Of course, sir. Didn't we have no conditions before? Now that we have money, we must prepare some." An Guangze said triumphantly, "I added green onions, ginger, garlic, cinnamon, Peppermint, orange peel and salt, thick and fragrant."

At this time, Yu Qing complained in his heart, you add onion, ginger and garlic as a stir-fry, cinnamon, mint, orange peel and salt, how about you give me this stew?

After drinking several times of cold water, Yu Qing still felt weird in his mouth.

"Okay, okay, go and call everyone back."

An Guangze asked suspiciously, "My lord, why don't we stop collecting saltpeter to make ice?"

Yu Qing glanced at him and said, "Aren't you stupid? To buy saltpeter with such a big fanfare, a fool would know that saltpeter is needed to make ice. I'm afraid that in a few days, children in the imperial capital will be able to do it."

"Then what should I do, my lord, this was created by our Ministry of Industry, they are plagiarizing!" An Guangze became anxious when he heard that the Ministry of Industry's financial resources were about to be cut off.

"Then what can we do? Hurry up and call someone back. There's no need to waste time on making ice, do something else!" Yu Qing thought for a while and added, "In that case, then you will make ice It’s all about making it public.”

"Ah, let's announce it ourselves?"

"It's also for the people of the imperial capital. You and I have ice in the scorching summer, but ordinary people still don't want to buy it. If you know how to make it yourself, can you still be reluctant to use it?"

After hearing Yu Qing's explanation, An Guangze bowed deeply, "Your Excellency cares about the common people, you are really a role model for my generation."

Not long after, people from the Ministry of Industry recalled them one after another, and a notice full of ice-making methods was posted at the gate of the city.

"Hey, junior, do you know what the notice says?" an old man asked with narrowed eyes.

The scholar beside him said, "Old man, this is a notice from the Ministry of Industry."

"What? The Ministry of Industry? Is it going to recruit civilian husbands again?"

"No, no, have you seen the ice sold in the streets?" He pointed to the ice seller at the intersection, and the old man nodded.

"It was invented by the Ministry of Industry. It was announced that Mr. Yu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, cares about the common people, and wrote down the methods of making ice and told everyone, so that every family can use ice."

Scenes like this appeared in every corner of the imperial capital. At first, some people didn't believe it, but after trying the method, the well water turned into ice in an instant, and they were all surprised.

More and more people planned to thank the adults of the Ministry of Industry, so they walked to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry in groups.

At this time, everyone in the Ministry of Works had just returned, and when they were about to close the door, they saw a large and dark crowd approaching. The man was so frightened that he closed the door with a bang.

"My lord, my lord! It's not good!"

Yu Qing was also surprised when he heard this, "Don't be anxious and speak slowly. What's wrong?"

"My lord, I just closed the door and saw a group of people coming from not far away. There are quite a few people in the dark, and they are rushing towards us."

Yu Qing hurriedly looked at An Guangze, "The Ministry of Industry still has such unscrupulous enemies?"

An Guangze shook his head hastily, "My lord, if Grandma of the Ministry of Industry doesn't love Uncle, she can have no enemies."

"Bring me a knife!" Yu Qing said triumphantly after thinking about his martial arts and overlord's power, "Whatever it is, I will kill anyone who dares to mess with it, and don't care whether to bury it!"

On the other side, Su Boxiu was processing the memorial when a servant ran in and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the yamen of the Ministry of Industry is surrounded by people."

"Oh?" This caught Su Boxiu's attention, "Tell me what's going on?"

"His Majesty, there seem to be two groups of people, one is the ice seller in the imperial capital, and the other is unknown."

Su Boxiu pondered for a moment and said, "Explore again, and make the imperial guards ready to rescue at any time."

At the entrance of the engineering gate, a group of people had already come to the door, and a big man in the lead shouted, "The people inside come out!"

As the voice fell, the door of the Ministry of Industry was accompanied by a "creaking" sound, and the door opened wide on the left and right. Yu Qing led the people from the Ministry of Industry out.

I saw Yu Qing holding a shining big knife, and the people behind him were holding hammers, scorpions, iron tongs... all kinds of things.

"Who dares to cause trouble in our Yamen of the Ministry of Industry!" Said Yu Qing, pointing his sword with great momentum.

"I" the leading man involuntarily took a few steps back, "I'll come and ask for an explanation!"

"An explanation?" Yu Qing squinted his eyes and looked around and said, "If you want an explanation, come with a pole? Do you know what crime it is to storm the yamen?"

"Then I have to ask for an explanation, the big guy said it!"

"Yes, we want to speak!"

"That's right, the days haven't passed!"

As soon as the leading big man instigated it, the people behind him echoed, and everyone was startled by a "bang bang".

Following the voice, I saw that a young man dropped the hammer, "My lord. I."

Yu Qing waved his hand and didn't pay attention, "What do you want to say, why don't I know what heinous things our Ministry of Industry has done?"

"Sir, we are common people in the imperial capital. We make a living by storing ice in winter and selling it in summer." The leading man said with tears, "I didn't expect that the Ministry of Industry announced the method of making ice, and our ice was instantly worthless. This makes us How to live!"

"That's right, I can't live anymore!"

“I can’t even sell the ice I have worked so hard to store for so long.”

"Our family is still relying on this business for a living, and my old mother is still waiting to get the medicine!"

You were telling me about your own difficulties, and it was only at this time that Yu Qing realized what was going on.

At this time, An Guangze pulled Yu Qing and said in a low voice, "My lord, I know the leader. They are indeed ice sellers. In the past, those big families would buy ice from them, but now no one will buy it."

"Guangze, what do you think?" Yu Qing asked pretending to be calm.

"My lord, this matter is not easy to handle. The method of making ice is probably known to everyone in the imperial capital, and we have no way to stop it."

Yu Qing thought for a while and said, "How about buying the ice in their hands?"

An Guangze's eyeballs almost popped out, "No way, my lord, what's the use of buying this thing, besides, the price is not cheap."

At this time, the two groups of people are confronting each other, and the war seems to be imminent.

(End of this chapter)