GBP Chapter 189 Can Daxia sell saltpeter?
Chapter 189 Can Daxia sell saltpeter?
Song Yuntang let go of Xu Qingye's hand, turned around and looked at him, his eyes clear and bright.
"Do you know why it's cooler here than elsewhere?"
Xu Qingye suppressed all the emotions in his eyes and nodded, "This stone wall is very cold, it seems to be covered with a layer of ice."
"It's not like that, it is." Song Yuntang lowered his voice, "Have you heard of saltpeter making ice?"
The reason why he told Xu Qingye this news was because he knew the system and situation of the Great Xia Dynasty better than himself.
Saltpeter can be large or small.
She was afraid that she would get into some serious lawsuit.
"So you suspect that there is saltpeter under this mountain spring?" He was also curious about where Song Yuntang's cold sour plum soup came from, and it turned out to be this reason.
Song Yuntang nodded, "I do have this suspicion, otherwise there's no way to explain the source of the ice here."
"Do you want to make a profit from this saltpeter?" Xu Qingye asked.
Song Yuntang shook his head. "I don't have that idea for now. I'm thinking of building a yard at the foot of the mountain to escape the heat later on."
Xu Qingye understood.
"In that case, just keep this place a secret and pretend you don't know anything."
"Can Daxia sell saltpeter?"
"Yes, but you can't sell it to anyone. Without absolute authority, selling saltpeter might bring disaster."
Song Yuntang raised his eyebrows.
"Fortunately, I didn't think of buying and selling saltpeter before. In that case, I'll build a yard here to escape the summer heat."
After making up her mind, she took a small shovel and came to the pepper seedlings. After removing the net on top, she revealed the pepper seedlings that were growing well.
They are already three or four inches high.
Song Yuntang used a small shovel to dig out the tender seedlings from the soil one by one, while Xu Qingye put the seedlings neatly into a net bag.
After all the seedlings were dug out, Song Yuntang first took some mountain spring water and sprinkled it all over before he and Xu Qingye carried the net bag down the mountain.
It’s not that the net bag is too heavy.
If it is not lifted, the seedlings may be damaged.
Tu Shi is strong and works efficiently.
He had already turned over one-third of the land in a short while. Not only was he working very fast, but he also broke the soil into small pieces.
The weather has been dry for so long that the soil in the ground has become all lumpy.
Only he can have such speed.
Seeing Song Yuntang and the other man carrying the net bag down the mountain, Fang Tianci and Song Changbai hurried forward to take it from them.
"Girl, just give us an order for this kind of thing, we all know how to do it," said Fang Tianci.
Song Yuntang patted the mud off his hands and said with a smile, "Then the next job of planting and watering the land will be left to you."
Fang Tianci nodded, "Okay, young lady, just leave it to us."
Although I don’t know what these seedlings are, but when it comes to growing vegetables, any one of them will do.
After Song Yuntang handed the things to Fang Tianci, he and Xu Qingye returned to the courtyard. After washing their hands, they took Tao Xia to the town.
The additional floor of the wine shop has been completed.
Right now, Song Mazi is leading everyone to polish the tables, chairs, benches and the wooden structure of the first floor of the tavern, doing renovation work.
When Song Yuntang and others arrived, the polishing was almost finished and everyone was sweeping the dust.
"Brother Mazi, how many days will it take to complete this?"
"After sweeping the dust, apply a layer of varnish and we can call it a day tomorrow."
Song Yuntang looked back at Tao Xia and said, "Sister Xia, go clean the private room upstairs first. Then we can put the tables and chairs there after we paint them."
Tao Xia responded and went upstairs with a broom, rag and water.
"Brother Mazi, these refurbished old tables and chairs are still on the first floor. There are eight private rooms upstairs, and the newly made low tables and long stools are just enough for one room."
Song Mazi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll have someone move it up when the paint dries."
"Okay, then you guys go ahead and get busy. I still have to go to the cloth shop to order curtains." After Song Yuntang said that, he left the tavern and went to Chen's Cloth Shop.
The private rooms in the tavern are not very big.
There is just enough space for a table and chairs, and there will be no space left if you add a few ornaments.
If a door is installed, it will appear too closed.
It is most appropriate to install curtains.
If the guests don't mind, the curtains don't need to be drawn.
If you value privacy, just pull up the curtain.
This kind of decoration is different from that of ordinary taverns. It is not only suitable for women, but also for the gentlemen in the academy.
Song Yuntang came to Chenji Cloth Shop and ordered eight pairs of curtains according to the size of the private room.
Because it was not complicated to make and she bought a lot of fabric, the owner of the cloth shop did not charge her processing fee. He agreed to let her pick it up the next day. She paid a deposit of two taels of silver and left.
Come tomorrow and pay the remaining one or two taels of silver.
After leaving the cloth shop, she went to the porcelain shop again, intending to buy some porcelain to put in the shop as decorations.
But after a round of searching, I was discouraged by the high price of porcelain.
In the end, I settled for a few simple clay pots and put some dry branches and flowers in them...
Song Yuntang thought about it in his mind and it seemed that it was more in line with the temperament of the shop than those expensive porcelains.
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Had lunch at the farm at noon.
The pepper seeds that were previously sown in the yard have also sprouted.
Miao has already sprinkled a thin layer of chicken manure on top. After a few days when the seedlings grow up, they can be transplanted.
After dinner, Xu Qingye and Song Yuntang drove a mule cart back to Lushan Village.
There were also some medicinal herbs piled in the car, which Song Yuntang brought to make pills.
"Xu Qingye, do you know where to buy chicken and ducklings?" Song Yuntang asked while sitting on the other side of the mule cart.
Xu Qingye held the reins of the mule cart and glanced in her direction. "When we get back, you can ask my aunt. She used to raise quite a few chickens and ducks, and many of them were half-grown chickens bought directly from other places. She said half-grown chickens are easier to raise. You can ask her to help pick some out when the time comes."
When my grandparents were young, they suffered the pain of not dividing the family property. When their grandchildren gradually reached the age of marriage, they took the initiative to propose dividing the family property and let the two families live on their own.
Keeping distance can avoid many conflicts.
Before, the whole family supported his studies, and his uncle and aunt also contributed.
Later, he passed the imperial examination and became a scholar as he wished, which helped his whole family to be exempted from taxes. The burden on both families was reduced and their relationship became more and more harmonious.
Whenever help is needed, both families usually come together to help.
"Row."
When he got home, Song Yuntang made a pot of sour plum soup.
After it cooled down, she used the well water she had just brought home to calm it down, then asked Xu Wencheng to put down his work and took her to visit her grandparents and uncle's house.
When the family split up, Xu Qingye was in poor health, and the second son and his wife had to devote more energy to taking care of him, so the eldest uncle's family took the initiative to build their own house next to my grandparents' house.
It is also easy to take care of if you have a headache or fever on a daily basis.