Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 83 Harvest
a few days later.

Shi Shiran appeared at the gate of Dingxing County with Fang Yi's red and purple clothes hanging a golden seal. Now everyone should call him Fang Zhifu.Gentlemen and officials from all over the county came out of the city to greet and congratulate each other with gongs and drums. The scene was extremely lively.Yang Menglong was also in the line of greetings, but what he was waiting for was not Fang Yizhi, but...

"Brother, brother!"

Seeing Yang Menglong, An Ning's eyes lit up, she couldn't wait to jump out of the carriage, and ran towards Yang Menglong, so panicked that Yang Menglong hugged her and called, "Why are you running so fast? Are you afraid of falling?"

An Ning even said and gestured: "I miss my brother, I miss my brother!"

Yang Menglong pressed her little nose lightly, and said to Xiao Yufang: "She is the little girl I adopted at the inn. I named her An Ning. An Ning, this is your sister Xiao, call me quickly." elder sister!"

An Ning looked at Xiao Yufang, and called out crisply, "Sister!"

Xiao Yufang stretched out her arms to hug An Ning, but she felt light and light, like a rag doll.In the past few days, Yang Menglong told her about An Ning's experience, and she deeply sympathized with her. Now seeing An Ning, she felt even more uncomfortable, her nose was a little sore, and she hugged An Ning tightly and said, "Good boy, you will be my sister from now on."

Xiaojun clapped his hands and laughed: "I have a younger sister! I finally have a younger sister!"

Yang Menglong pinched his face lightly: "Don't bully her, or I won't spare you!"

Xiao Jun said: "I won't bully her, I want to protect her, and won't let anyone bully her!"

Qi Polu snorted: "With me here, even if you want to bully her, you can't bully her!"

Xiao Jun was furious: "You!"

Qi Polu put his hands on his waist: "Why, are you not convinced?"

Xiao Jun was so angry that he wanted to beat Qi Polu, but he was no match for him at all. Annoyed and helpless, he yelled: "Brother-in-law, teach me some tricks, I want to beat him to death!" !" Before she finished speaking, she ate her sister's chestnuts, and Xiao Yufang blushed, "What are you yelling about! Shut up!"

At this time, Fang Yizhi came over and asked Xiao Yufang with a smile: "Niece, are you safe?"

Xiao Yufang let go of An Ning, bowed respectfully, and said, "Thanks to your lord's care, these days we, sister and brother, have no worries about food and clothing."

Fang Yizhi said: "That's good, that's good." Looking at her, then at Yang Menglong, seeing their intimate expressions, he said happily, "Brother Xiao can finally let go of a big stone in his heart."

Xiao Yufang blushed even more, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Fang, are you making fun of me like this too!?"

Fang Yizhi laughed loudly and said, "Okay, okay, no kidding, let's go in."

It is a great honor to be able to enter the city with the magistrate, but it is a pity that Yang Menglong is very shameless: "Master Fang, please go in first, I still have important things to do."

Fang Yizhi asked curiously, "Is there anything else you need to do?"

Yang Menglong said: "Waiting for a batch of goods, a very important batch of goods."

He didn't say what this batch of goods was, but Fang Yizhi could guess it, and knowing that Yang Menglong attached great importance to these things, he didn't say anything, turned around and entered the city with the gentry, who had already set up a water banquet to congratulate him on his promotion , entertainment is important, I don't have time to deal with Yang Menglong's messy things.

Xiao Yufang asked worriedly: "Will you anger Mr. Fang?"

Yang Menglong shrugged and said: "Even if it will anger him, I can't help it. My time is limited and I can't waste it on those boring entertainment."

Xiao Yufang had no choice but to let him go.

Qi Polu suddenly called out: "Come, come!"

On the avenue outside the city gate, smoke and dust rose suddenly, and a long carriage came speeding.There are quite a few of these carriages, as many as a dozen. There are a lot of things piled up on the carriages, which are tightly covered with canvas. In the end, there are several extra-large clay pots on the carriage, which are poorly made. , the mouth of the cans was sealed extremely tightly, and each one was fixed carefully, for fear of bumping into each other.Yang Menglong smiled brightly: "I'm back at last!" He walked up to meet him quickly, put his hands on his waist, and called, "You two bastards, I've been waiting so hard for you!"

Zhang Zilong and Chen Lei, who were running at the front in the carriage, jumped out of the carriage in a hurry and fell to the ground: "See Xiao Yang..."

Yang Menglong stepped aside: "Get up, get up, I'm not a Bodhisattva, why do you worship! By the way, where are the things?"

Zhang Zilong motioned for all the carriages to stop, pointed to the dozen or so carriages, and said, "Fifteen thousand catties, all of them are here!"

Yang Menglong said, "Open it and let me see."

Zhang Zilong untied a rope, and the pile of things on the car was immediately exposed.Xiao Yufang, Xiao Jun, and Qi Polu all leaned over to take a look, and couldn't help being amazed: the car was full of large and small crystals, crystal clear, like crystal, like beautiful jade, the color, the texture, seemed to be even better than emeralds. prettier!Yang Menglong grabbed a handful to have a look, and said, "The quality is good, very authentic."

Xiao Yudu asked: "What is this, so beautiful!"

Yang Menglong said: "This is bile vitriol... Oh, you call it green vitriol. There is a lot of it in the copper mine pits. By the way, Zhang Zilong, where did you buy it? You bought more than 1 kilograms so quickly."

Zhang Zilong said: "The villain was ordered by General Xiao Yang to go to buy green vitriol. Before he set off, he specially asked a few alchemist Fang family warlocks and wandering Taoists to inquire about it. He learned that there were a lot of green vitriol in Miyun and Huairou, so he went to buy it. He took the risk and ran over there. There are indeed a lot of green vitriol in that area. You can pick up some in the fields and on the mountains, and some are even as big as a fist! The villain asked many people to help them find green vitriol in the abandoned mine. Green, they heard that this thing can be exchanged for money, and they were very excited. Many people went up the mountain with their families to look for green green. At most, they bought more than three thousand catties a day! Unfortunately, as General Xiao Yang said, this thing has to be in the There are only so many copper mines in that area, and they were collected in a few days, and only so much was received. I heard that General Yang had returned to Dingxing, so the villain found a convoy. I brought the things here." He reached out his hand and took out some silver from his pocket, and said, "The general gave you a few hundred taels of silver, after deducting the travel expenses, carriage and horse fees, and the purchase of green alum, there is still one hundred and fifty taels left over. ..."

Yang Menglong said: "Thank you for your hard work, hand in the whole number, and save the remaining five taels to buy wine."

Zhang Zilong was overjoyed: "General Xie Xiaoyang, General Xie Xiaoyang!"

Yang Menglong said: "Work hard, and your benefits will be indispensable."

Zhang Zilong nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Xiao Yufang picked up a piece of gallbladder the size of a broad bean, and asked curiously: "Didn't you say that green clay is as big as a fist? Why are there all these tiny pieces?"

Zhang Zilong did not dare to be negligent and said: "Replying to Miss Xiao, this green vitriol is very strange. It turned into pieces within a few days after being mined from the mine. Some even turned into powder. You can never find anything that big again. "

Xiao Yufang became more and more curious: "Why is this happening?"

Yang Menglong said: "Because this thing is very fragile. If the environment is too humid, it will melt. If the environment is too dry, it will break or even turn into powder. This is determined by its characteristics, and no one can do anything about it."

Xiao Yufang couldn't help sighing: "Colorful clouds are easy to disperse and glass is brittle. This is absolutely true. Things that are too beautiful can never last long."

Yang Menglong said: "It's better to break it apart. It saves trouble when refining sulfuric acid. You don't need to smash it." Put the bile alum in his hand back on the car, asked Zhang Zilong to cover it again, and asked Chen Lei: "Green alum. Where’s the oil?”

Chen Lei commanded two coachmen to carefully remove a clay pot that could hold fifty or sixty catties of water from the cart, and everyone surrounded it. Chen Lei deftly pried open the mud seal, and a strong sour and pungent smell rushed out. The inspector's neck, who wanted to see something new, only felt their eyes were astringent, their respiratory tract was aching, and they could hardly breathe. They ran away in a hurry, and only after running more than twenty steps away did they catch their breath.Xiaojun shouted angrily: "What the hell is this, why is it smelling so bad!"

Yang Menglong's nose is also uncomfortable, but after all, he is from the 21st century. He has dealt with three acids and one alkali, so he still has the ability to bear it.He avoided the white smoke coming out of the tank mouth, and said, "The pungent smell is so strong, it seems that the concentration is very high! Chen Lei, get some out and show me."

Chen Lei took a pottery spoon and carefully scooped out a little sulfuric acid from the jar. Judging from his carefulness, he must have suffered from sulfuric acid.This sulfuric acid is similar to water, but it is not as clear as water, and the color is not right. There are more or less impurities in it. It must be unqualified for modern sulfuric acid, but this is the Ming Dynasty, and it is already possible to have such a concentration. Very rare.Yang Menglong said: "Yes, yes! This thing should be very useful. By the way, are the other cans like this?"

Chen Lei said: "Yes! This is something handed down from the ancestors of a large family. Several elders in their relatives like to refine gold and built many alchemy furnaces. As a result, gold was not refined, but a lot of green vitriol oil was refined instead. They were not interested in this stuff, they all poured it into clay pots and stored hundreds of catties."

Yang Menglong grinned. When pyrite is smelted, a large amount of sulfur dioxide will be released. When sulfur dioxide meets water, it will form sulfurous acid. After the sulfurous acid is dehydrated, it will become concentrated sulfuric acid. This is a very simple principle.I don't know how long this thing has been stored, the concentration is so high!Seeing Xiao Jun approaching, he pushed the little kid away: "Don't touch it, if it splashes in your eyes, you might lose your eyes!" Ask Chen Lei to pour the sulfuric acid in the spoon Go back, seal the clay pot, and say, "Thank you for your hard work, how much did you pay for this thing?"

Chen Lei said: "This thing is very expensive. The villain has spent most of the 500 taels of silver you gave me, General Xiao Yang, and there is still more than 150 taels left!"

Yang Menglong said: "Keep five taels of silver for yourself as a reward from me, and hand over the rest. Do you understand?"

Chen Lei and Zhang Zilong looked at each other and smiled happily.After running this errand, I earned five taels of silver after half a month of hard work, which is really a bargain!

Yang Menglong looked at the dozen or so truckloads of goods and was very excited: "It's really great. With so much sulfuric acid and gallic acid, I can make a lot of good things. Now it's hard not to make a fortune, Ula—— —" Amidst the cheers, he turned three somersaults in a row, showing how excited he was.

Xiao Yufang smiled and shook her head, this big horse monkey doesn't understand what is the way of imperial servants at all, what's the matter with you acting like his child in front of your subordinates, are you not afraid of losing your majesty?Well, it seems that Yang Menglong is really not afraid.

After a few somersaults, Yang Menglong remembered the business again, and said to Chen Lei and Zhang Zilong: "You have worked hard during this time, go to the city, today is a big day in Dingxing County, and the gentry in the city have a big feast to celebrate Fang Zhifu's promotion , you go back quickly, take a shower and change your clothes, and then go to the banquet with me, and you will be so dazed! Such a good thing doesn’t happen every day, let’s eat it for nothing!”

The two servants both grinned: "If you don't eat, you don't eat!"

There are so many more people who want to eat for free, the gentry can't do without some blood, because the purpose of Yang Menglong's banquet is to enter and exit with the help of the wall...

(End of this chapter)