The crossed scholar

"I told you that you don't like this kind of tea, but you still want to do it. Now I don't know what to do? Besides, your tea leaves are too poorly roasted. No one wants to give them away for nothing!" Zhu Xiaobao Yi Shanshou said helplessly, this batch of tea leaves was roasted by Ji Zhijun and others, and they haven't been sold out yet!

"Little Treasure! Just help Mr. Ji! The mansion is also expensive!" Unexpectedly, the voice of the Nineteenth Princess came from outside the door at this time. Although it was still very soft, it also revealed a trace of fatigue.

Behind the princess, Wu Yue looked at Zhu Xiaobao a little timidly, since Zhu Xiaobao threw Zhu Xiaobao out last time, Zhu Xiaobao never talked to her again, so Wu Yue was really depressed in her heart. Knowing why, she was used to practicing martial arts and having meals at Zhu Xiaobao's place, and there was a lot of noise, but now there was a sudden estrangement, Wu Yue was a little sad!But he was not reconciled, Zhu Xiaobao's request was too much!

"Hmm! Let me think about it!" Zhu Xiaobao became very serious when he heard the princess speak. Zhu Xiaobao is still very obedient to the nineteenth princess. He likes the nineteenth princess's soft and gentle appearance. Every time I look at it, the bones are crisp!

After a while, Zhu Xiaobao said to Ji Zhizhen, "Go and bring over all the unsalable tea leaves!"

"Okay! I'll go now!" Ji Zhizheng heard Zhu Xiaobao's words, and Zhu Xiaobao thought of some good idea again, so he ran out immediately without asking!

"Xiaobao! Is there really a way?" Princess Nineteen asked suspiciously. Although Zhu Xiaobao's ideas emerged endlessly, could the already processed tea be reprocessed?

"Try it! It is my duty to help the princess make money!" Zhu Xiaobao returned to his smiling face!

"Little Treasure! You are very important to me, and also to the Princess Mansion. If I obtain the fiefdom, I will let you out of slavery as soon as possible! But I hope you can stay in the mansion and help me!" Nineteenth Princess said softly Said.

"Of course! I want to get out of slavery, but I don't want to get out of the princess mansion? I'm very happy here! I'm a little bit annoyed by those people who don't count!" Zhu Xiaobao He said it very sincerely, but in the end he started to let go again, and even glanced at Wu Yue!

"Then I'll go first! Wu Yue, stay here and see if Ji Zhizheng comes back later, if there is anything I need to help with!" The nineteenth princess looked at Wu Yue with a sad face, and consciously kept her away. down.

When the nineteenth princess left, Zhu Xiaobao also turned around and went back to his room. He didn't respond to Wu Yue. He was really a little angry. Last time he was thrown out by Wu Yue, he scratched a big piece of flesh!It's still scabbing up to now, and it's still a bit unnatural to walk!

"Xiaobao! I'm sorry! Last time I really didn't mean to hurt you!" Wu Yue walked under the window and whispered to the inside. She heard from Ying Xiuxiu that Zhu Xiaobao was injured. In desperation, he shot a little harder, but he did not expect to really hurt Zhu Xiaobao!Wu Yue actually wanted to apologize these two days, but Zhu Xiaobao ignored her!

"Huh! You go, my little arms and legs can't stand your toss! I still want to live for two more years!" Zhu Xiaobao's voice came from inside.

"Brother Xiaobao! Sister Wu Yue has come here several times. She really didn't do it on purpose! Let me open the door for her, okay?" Ying Xiuxiu was also helping Wu Yue in her room with good words. Yue's condition is a bit miserable, she seems to have lost some weight!

"Don't go! If you dare to go, you get out too! Don't come here again! Hmph, I haven't fulfilled any of the three conditions, so I won't deal with such people!" Zhu Xiaobao called out domineeringly. road.

"Oh! Got it!" Ying Xiuxiu didn't dare to open the door immediately, but she was a little bit aggrieved for Wu Yue: "Your condition is really too much! And in front of so many people!"

"Hmph! What's too much? Why don't you think it's too much when I'm killing all directions with my little treasure knife? Isn't it just spanking her ass, and it's not like making her take off her pants!" Zhu Xiaobao was indignant shouted.

"But...but... you should whisper this condition!" Ying Xiuxiu said with some hesitation.In fact, it was hinting to Wu Yue that Ying Xiuxiu was used to being taken advantage of by Zhu Xiaobao, so she didn't think it was difficult to fulfill Zhu Xiaobao's request.

Wu Yue outside the door was also moved in her heart, that's right, let him hit it when no one is around!But I can't say that!Fortunately, Wu Yue also came prepared, and shouted dissatisfied outside the door: "You are the one who is not trustworthy! You said you want to make toilet paper that is better than the leaves, and you said that I will be the first to use it." , You didn't do it either!"

"Hey! Waiting for me here? Are you reasonable?" Zhu Xiaobao was stunned for a moment, thinking of Wu Yue's white butt, he couldn't help showing a very obscene smile, and he stuck his head out of the window : "Okay! My sister, if I make toilet paper, will you keep your promise?"

"Well! I will meet your request! But you are not allowed to tell others, and no other people are allowed to be present!" Wu Yue gritted her teeth and went all out!I haven't eaten barbecue for several days, and I'm hungry and thin!

"What you say is what you say? You won't play tricks again?" Zhu Xiaobao confirmed again and again.

"Hmm! What you say is what you say!" Wu Yue was about to cry, her head was so low that it almost touched her chest!

"Okay! I'm bored! I'll show off my ingenuity once more and convince you to lose!" Zhu Xiaobao suddenly regained his energy. In fact, he still likes staying with Wu Yue. Wu Yue is very happy. Has a personality, doesn't want Ying Xiuxiu to be completely obedient, and has no temper at all!

"Okay! Then help me re-sharpen this knife first. The last time I cut against Gao Tiehua, there was a small gap left!" Wu Yue finally let out a sigh of relief and became energetic again!

"What? Can you see a gap in my knife? It seems that her knife is not so bad!" Zhu Xiaobao exclaimed very dissatisfied, it seems that his knife casting skills still need to be improved!

"Pfft! In fact, it's already very good. Gao Tiehua was stunned at the time, otherwise she wouldn't be so miserable!" Wu Yue immediately regained her forgotten cheerfulness, and said happily.

"How about I make you a new knife, this knife is a bit ugly!" Zhu Xiaobao was thinking that it is necessary to improve his knife-making skills!

"No, no, no! I just like this knife! I don't think it's ugly at all when I'm used to it! Well, you can engrave that 'small' character on it!" Wu Yue waved her hands again and again, and said in a low voice. Hardly audible!

"Huh? You like Xiaobao again?"

"Huh! Ah? No, get out!"

"It's still so fierce!"

At this moment, Ji Zhizhen had already rushed back panting, and there was a carriage behind him, which was full of unsalable tea leaves.Everyone is watching Zhu Xiaobao, how to turn decay into magic...

Chapter 44 Patience

Zhu Xiaobao thought about it carefully, and then asked the carpenter in the mansion to make dozens of wooden boxes half a meter square!Then Wu Yue was asked to take all the maids and female guards in the mansion to pick jasmine, the man was not careful enough.It turned out that Zhu Xiaobao wanted to use these unsalable tea leaves as tea germs and reprocess them into jasmine tea!

Less than an hour later, all the jasmine flowers in the nursery were picked. Although it was not enough, it was enough!

The picked jasmine flowers have to be cooled, maintained, sieved, and finally the magnolia flowers are used as a primer to enhance the fragrance.

Then comes the key step - cellar flower blending, which is to mix flowers and tea together, so that the fragrance of flowers can be directly absorbed by the tea leaves.Those wooden boxes made by carpenters are to put tea embryos and flowers inside, which is called box cellar!The amount of tea scented in each box is about ten catties, and the tea embryos and flowers are laid alternately layer by layer.Under normal circumstances, the fragrance time of jasmine can reach six hours!

When the fragrance of jasmine is finished, the flowers that have lost their fragrance are picked out. This process is called flowering!There are also several steps for blooming, so I won’t describe them one by one here!

The next day, Zhu Xiaobao's new product was freshly released, and it has a very useful name, Jasmine Tea!

After the nineteenth princess brought people to taste it, she was once again shocked by this little fat man!Intuitively, the Nineteenth Princess had a premonition that this kind of flower tea should be able to open up the market, because it is easy to brew, and has a strong floral fragrance, and it is also very resistant to brewing!The cost is also very low, definitely a product for the masses!

"Hmm! Very good! I think it should be very popular! Xiaobao, how much money should this jasmine tea sell for a catty?" Princess Nineteen asked with a smile after tasting it. She was not only happy Another problem is solved, and Wu Yue and Xiao Bao are back together again!

"Nine coins!" Zhu Xiaobao said after thinking for a while.

"Huh? It's only nine silver coins?" Princess Nineteen frowned a little dissatisfied!She is eager to make big money!

"My princess sister! The former factor is already very profitable! The key to this kind of tea business is the traffic, and the customers are also poor people!" Zhu Xiaobao said helplessly, this princess is also a little impatient now. , In fact, the cost of a catty of this kind of jasmine tea is only a dozen copper coins!One tael of silver is equivalent to one thousand copper plates!This price is already a huge profit!

"You're presumptuous!" Wu Yue whispered on the side, rather than scolding Zhu Xiaobao, it was more like reminding Zhu Xiaobao.Zhu Xiaobao is the first one who dares to talk about siblings with the princess!

"It doesn't matter! It sounds very kind!" Princess Nineteen covered her mouth and laughed, the closer Zhu Xiaobao got to herself, the more at ease she felt!And the nineteenth princess, like Wu Yue, now likes staying with Zhu Xiaobao very much, because being with this guy is really joyful, as if all the troubles can be put aside at once!

"Hey! The princess is still good to me!" Zhu Xiaobao smiled heartlessly, seeing Wu Yue puffed up his mouth angrily, leaned over and whispered: "You are not bad!"

"I hate it! Who wants you to flatter me!" Wu Yue snorted with a bit of resentment.

"Come here! Send this new tea to Princess Seven as well!" Of course Princess Nineteen will not forget Princess Seven, even if there is no news yet, she will still deliver Princess Seven's favorite delicacies on time every day Now, today is just one more thing!

"Okay! I'll deliver it myself right away!" Ji Zhizhen immediately prepared the gift box and started packing it!

"Wait!" The nineteenth princess and a famous person brought a piece of jade silk, thought for a while, and wrote on it: "The scent of wine, tea, and soap are all refreshing." '

But there is no more after that. After Ji Zhizheng looked at it, he asked a little puzzled: "This seems to be a Shanglian?"

"What about the second couplet?" Princess Nineteen asked with a faint smile.

"Barbecue, fried meat, and Dongpo meat are all delicious!" Ji Zhizhang opened his mouth and came, but this second line is just a foodie's face!

"Haha! I'll add a horizontal comment---eating, drinking and having fun!" Zhu Xiaobao couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

"Well! Seventh sister should understand what I mean!" The nineteenth princess said with a faint sigh.

"Oh! Then I'll send it off first!" Ji Zhizhen was bored and left with Manager Wu.To send things to the Seventh Princess, Manager Wu has always been there in person to show respect!It's not always possible to just send a servant to send it over!

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Unexpectedly, the newly launched jasmine tea became popular all of a sudden. This thing does not need to be advertised. After brewing a cup, the fragrance of jasmine will come out, and it also has the fragrance of green tea, which is very delicious. Desire to taste!Besides, the price is not expensive, so the sales are very hot. In just one afternoon, half of them have been sold, almost [-] catties!

"Hmm! The nineteenth sister really has a lot of new things, right? Could it be that Wu Xiaobao made it again?" The Seventh Princess is also tasting this jasmine tea at this time, and finds it very novel, and the taste is really delicious , so he couldn't help asking Duanmu Qi with a smile.

"It should be made by that Ji Zhizheng! Wu Xiaobao is a cook, so he can't do everything! But Princess Nineteen really has a few capable people under his command! This kind of tea should be marketable, the price is low, it's easy to brew, and It is also very resistant to brewing!" Duanmu Qi also gave a very good evaluation of this jasmine tea!

"What's the meaning of this sentence written by the nineteenth sister? It seems to be a couplet?" Seventh princess picked up a piece of fried stinky tofu and asked while eating.She has developed a habit now, pickled pepper chicken feet in the morning, fried stinky tofu in the afternoon, and stone barbecue in the evening!Unknowingly, Seventh Princess has gained a lot of weight, and this kind of high-oil and high-fat food is still very fattening!

"Hey! Isn't the princess right? The answer is in the second line!" Duanmu Qi asked with a smile, he doesn't like stinky tofu very much, he prefers stone barbecue!

"Hmph! Do you think I'm sorry? This princess is also capable of both civil and military skills, okay?" The seventh princess looked at Duanmu Qi angrily, then lowered her head and thought for a while: "Yes! The upper line is: the fragrance of wine and tea The scent of soap is refreshing. Then my second couplet is right: State affairs, family affairs, and world affairs are all concerned!"

"Wonderful! The princess is so talented!" Duanmu Qi clapped his hands and smiled.

"Thank you, sir! I know that sir is reminding me not to be greedy for pleasure, and forget to strive for hegemony!" Seventh Princess said with gratitude after she suddenly understood Duanmuqi's deep meaning after reading the first and second couplets.Recently, I have been a little greedy for food and drink, and I am a little bit reluctant to leave!

"Haha! The princess is a person who does great things after all! It's good to understand the meaning of the old man!" Duanmu Qi also nodded, and then pondered for a while and said: "It seems! The nineteenth princess is a little impatient to wait. Yes! But I'm really worried that she won't be able to defend Xiyuan City!"

"Hehe! What's the rush? How can it be so convenient? The ministers of the court are all recommending their own candidates! The nineteenth sister is still too impatient!" Princess Seven snorted with disdain. She knew that as long as she didn't occupy the West Yuancheng, those ministers will still support me!

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Wu Yue has been tossed so much by Zhu Xiaobao these days, and she doesn't know what he is going to do, so she built a big pond, which is full of broken wood, and just soaked it all the time!These wood and other things were all chopped by Wu Yue, some were picked up, and they had to be cleaned!So can Wu Yue not be tired?It's all physical work!

That’s not to mention, these pieces of wood and bark are still being boiled in the cauldron in the original storage room!It's been cooking for days!Now fish it out, wash it clean, put it in a stone pier, and beat it repeatedly with a wooden hammer!until beaten into a paste-like pulp.Of course, this is the work of Wu Yue and Ying Xiuxiu again!Of course, Zhu Xiaobao did this to keep it secret. The craft of this kind of thing is simple, and it is too easy to be learned by others!It can only be done by trusted people!

But Zhu Xiaobao was also quite busy, asking the carpenters in the mansion to make some very strange things, and even invited the master bamboo strip maker to weave several large bamboo strip plates for filtering!

Wu Yue and Ying Xixiu finally smashed all the raw materials in the stone pier into a pulp, and now they were sitting around Zhu Xiaobao, Ying Xiuxiu took a small bench and sat under Zhu Xiaobao, with her arms Pillowing Zhu Xiaobao's knee, this is her most daring move, and it is also the moment when her heart beats the most. This is the way she came up with!In contrast, Wu Yue can't do this, she is tall and big, so doing this is neither fish nor fowl!Besides, she didn't dare to get so close!

"Xiaobao! What do you mean by the princess's first couplet? Is Ji Zhizhen's second couplet right?" Wu Yue sat aside and asked. She had also read books and knew characters, but she was only able to read and break characters. , to be right, it is unlikely!

"Hey! Xiao Yueyue, listen to Teacher Zhu's explanation!" Zhu Xiaobao grabbed Wu Yue's hand in a rascally way, and refused to let go.Wu Yue struggled symbolically, and had no choice but to let him go!Anyway, this guy won't be reconciled if he doesn't have a cheap site!

"Hate it! Don't call me that, it sounds disgusting!" Wu Yue said a little coquettishly.To be honest, the hand held by Zhu Xiaobao trembled slightly at this moment.

"Yeah! Ji Zhizheng's second line is not on the table! It's just for fun! I guess the old man Duanmu Qi's second line should be: State affairs, family affairs, and world affairs are all concerned! The princess means to ask about Xiyuan City! But I think the princess is a little too anxious!" Zhu Xiaobao looked a little more serious!

"Bah! I don't believe it, you can even guess Mr. Duanmu's second line?" Wu Yue said in disbelief.

"How about we make another bet? If I guess right, let me kiss you, okay!" Zhu Xiaobao followed up.

"Hmph! What if you lose?" Wu Yue thinks it's still acceptable to kiss, and no one here will see it!Anyway, is it not enough for Zhu Xiaobao to take advantage of it?

"Haha! If I lose, I won't need you to work tomorrow! I will do it all!" Zhu Xiaobao said confidently.

At this moment, the nineteenth princess appeared with Wu Zongguan and Ji Zhixuan!Wu Yue and Ying Xiuxiu hurriedly jumped up, their movements around Zhu Xiaobao just now were somewhat ambiguous, so they jumped away in a hurry!It made Zhu Xiaobao very embarrassed, he was still sitting there alone!

"Little Treasure! It's a happy event, and three blessings are coming!" Ji Zhizhen hurriedly shouted away from a long way away!

"Hey! Princess, is there an echo from Princess Seven!" Zhu Xiaobao asked grasping the most crucial point.

"Well! Seventh Sister sent us a return gift today! In addition, the market for jasmine tea is very good, and it has been sold out. I asked Ji Zhizhen to go to Qingliang Mountain to stock up immediately! Also, Seventh Sister specially allowed our jasmine tea to be shipped Go to her fief, and she will manage the agency/sales! The profit is half of the family!" The nineteenth princess also looked very excited at this time!At the same time, I showed Zhu Xiaobao the reply letter from Princess Seven!

In fact, it is the piece of jade that the princess had last time, but I have a couplet: State affairs, family affairs, and world affairs are all concerned!There is also a big word 'waiting' written on the back!

Wu Yue stretched her head to the side and followed suit, and then suddenly exclaimed: "Ah! It's only one word away from your second line?"

Chapter 45 Patience

Everyone also looked at Zhu Xiaobao in puzzlement. Ying Xiuxiu had already briefly explained the bet between Zhu Xiaobao and Wu Yue!Princess Nineteen nodded approvingly!Ji Zhizhen blushed a little, her second line couldn't be put on the table at all!

"That's not right! Isn't Duanmuqi right? Obviously, the word 'Ju' is more neat and appropriate than the word 'Quan'! Could it be that the Seventh Princess is right?" Zhu Xiaobao was a little confused Said.

"Don't worry about it so much, you lost anyway!" Wu Yue shouted impatiently, because there was one word missing, Wu Yue decided that Zhu Xiaobao had lost!Otherwise, wouldn't he be taking advantage of him again, and now there are so many people present!

"This counts as my loss? Princess, isn't this fair?" Zhu Xiaobao said unwillingly, and asked the princess to judge him!

"Well! It seems that you lost! Who told you to speak so full!" The nineteenth princess said with a smile, and quietly helped Wu Yue. Seeing Wu Yue's anxious look, the nineteenth princess was really a little Distressed!Wu Yue is no match for Zhu Xiaobao at all!

"Ah! Well, even if I lose!" Zhu Xiaobao said a little dejectedly, what a chance to take advantage, and just flew away!Who is right in this lower line!It's really not up to standard!

"Yeah!" Wu Yue shouted in joy, this was the first victory other than the use of force!The nineteenth princess couldn't help laughing, this Wu Yue is quite innocent and straightforward!

"Ji Zhizhen! Let's set off tonight! Bring fifty, no! Bring a hundred guards, and go to Qingliang Mountain immediately to pick tea leaves and jasmine flowers. This time, the number should be as much as possible! With the seventh princess The distribution needs at least five thousand catties!" Although Princess Nineteen was smiling, she planned quite well and very quickly!

Originally, she wanted Wu Yue to lead the team, but Wu Yue didn't want to go with Ji Zhizhen. She was still waiting to see Zhu Xiaobao work in person tomorrow!Besides Ji Zhi's squinting look, Wu Yue also didn't like it very much, especially when she bought two maids recently and they messed around all day long, which made Wu Yue very disgusted!

Didn't Ji Zhizhen make a fortune?But the princess didn't let him buy a house outside, because he had completely offended the fourteenth princess, so she was worried that it would be unsafe for him to live outside, so Ji Zhizhen could only live in the princess mansion, but he was not idle either. He just bought two good-looking maids and came back.In fact, he also has normal physiological needs. After all, he is just in his early twenties, and it is the time when the needs are strong!

And Ji Zhizhen's luck was quite good. A few days ago, there were not a few people who lost money by betting, so many people were forced to start selling some assets!Among them was a son of a big family, who lost 300 taels of gold at once, so he was forced to sell a few beautiful maids around him!Ji Zhizhen bought two maids for 400 taels of silver!This once again made Zhu Xiaobao see the sadness of being a slave, and if he didn't do well, he would be sold!If you are selling to a master who is not easy to serve, it will be very miserable!

So this time Wu Yue didn't go to Qingliang Mountain with Ji Zhizhen!The Nineteenth Princess is also very fond of Wu Yue, generally speaking, she is always dependent on her!This is the nineteenth princess who doesn't know what Zhu Xiaobao is doing now, so ask Wu Yue, Wu Yue also falters with a blushing face, which makes the nineteenth princess even more curious!

The next day, Wu Yue was greatly disappointed. Zhu Xiaobao didn't need her help at all, because this was the crucial step!Even Zhu Xiaobao tried it for the first time!I have no idea!Besides, Wu Yue didn't have to work, so she wasn't qualified to enter the operating room to watch, where Zhu Xiaobao and Ying Xiuxiu were busy working!

In the end, Wu Yue couldn't help clamoring to work, so she was able to enter!I saw Zhu Xiaobao by the pool, holding a one-meter-square bamboo curtain, also called a paper-made curtain, paddling back and forth in the pool, and slowly a thin layer of paper pulp adhered to the paper-made curtain. up!The excess water flows back into the pool from the side of the paper curtain!Then turn the paper curtain upside down, and a layer of wet paper falls on the smooth stone slab.After repeating this several times, hundreds of sheets of wet paper were piled up, and the top was pressed heavily with wooden boards to squeeze out the moisture!Finally, separate the wet paper one by one and dry it to form the paper that Zhu Xiaobao said!

But the paper produced for the first time made Zhu Xiaobao a little embarrassed, because each paper is very thick and very hard, so the strength is no problem, but the softness is far worse!

"This is fucking kraft paper!" Zhu Xiaobao looked at the paper in his hand and said angrily.

"Ah? Hahahaha! Zhu Xiaobao, is this the toilet paper you mentioned? It's far worse than the leaves! What can this thing be used for?" Wu Yue couldn't help laughing when she saw this thick paper!

"Hmph! What's the use? Look after you! Xiuxiu, go get a pen and paper!" Zhu Xiaobao said angrily.

"Yes!" Ying Xiuxiu immediately went to get the brush and ink!

When Ying Xiuxiu finished studying the ink, Zhu Xiaobao seemed to be holding a brush, more like carving characters, and wrote the three characters "Zhu Xiaobao" crookedly!

"Huh? Can this thing write? But your handwriting is too ugly, isn't it?" Wu Yue said in surprise.She couldn't help but snatched the brush. She had been studying with Princess Nineteen since she was a child, so Wu Yue's handwriting was pretty good!Very neat!

Wu Yue also wrote her own name next to the word 'Zhu Xiaobao', which is indeed much more beautiful than Zhu Xiaobao's!

"Tsk tsk! I didn't expect your handwriting to be quite beautiful!" Zhu Xiaobao said in surprise, which really surprised him, it was much better than his own calligraphy!

"Of course! I have been studying with the princess since I was a child!" Wu Yue said very proudly.

"Mmm! Mmm!" Zhu Xiaobao hummed perfunctorily, he was busy writing!He added another word 'love' between Wu Yue and Zhu Xiaobao.The six words on the paper became: Wu Yue loves Zhu Xiaobao

Only then did Wu Yue realize that Zhu Xiaobao had changed it into such a sentence, and she was furious: "Zhu Xiaobao, don't run, stop for me! Cross out my name, I don't mean it!"

After fighting Wu Yue for a long time, Zhu Xiaobao is very experienced now!He knew that he couldn't beat Wu Yue in terms of speed, but he circled the big tree very slickly, and Wu Yue couldn't catch him for a while!

While circling around a tree, Zhu Xiaobao suddenly thought of something and stopped!Wu Yue took the opportunity to chase after her, and snatched the paper away!