Chapter Forty-Six: Cabin Gossip
Yuan Yun was really a little surprised until he saw such a huge sand boat at this moment, he only knew in the account book that the Wang family had such a huge sea ship, but those were just some words in the account book, and he was only impressed when he saw it at this moment. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Uncle Wang next to him saw that Yuan Yun was so interested in the big ship, so he hurriedly explained diligently: "I didn't know the true identity of Yuan Hou last time, so I let you take the boat of our palace, this time the head of the family said, our palace began to move materials to the North Sea, Leling will only be used as a helmsman for us in the future, and our Wang family will rely on Yuan Hou to take care of it in the future, so I specially let the old man use this best sand boat to send Yuan Hou back to Beihai." ”
Yuan Yun touched the wide mast, and felt quite awkward about Uncle Wang's horses, so he could only turn around and smile bitterly and replied: "Uncle Wang, you always took care of me when you were in the palace in the past, why do you speak so sour now, how you used to be, and how you are now, you don't have to care about those statuses." ”
Uncle Wang immediately nodded in agreement, but his face was still respectful, even if Yuan Yun said it was useless, in his heart he felt that Yuan Yun was a marquis, that is, a noble man who was high above, and in the future, if the palace wanted to gain a foothold in Cao's Beihai and Xuzhou, it would have to rely on Yuan Yun, which could not be neglected at all.
Yuan Yun saw that although Uncle Wang agreed, he still did not change his humble attitude, and he could only sigh secretly, this era is like this, but if you are a nobleman, even if you are a fool, ordinary people will treat you as a god.
Wait, isn't that tantamount to calling yourself a fool?
"Bad luck!"
Yuan Yun scolded secretly and decided to go back to his cabin, lest Uncle Wang surround himself with a strong sycophant and be complimented by such an old man, which is really not an enjoyable thing.
When passing by a few sailors, they said hello to them respectively, when they were in the palace before, they were also familiar with these sailors, but at this moment Yuan Yun's identity has been known to everyone, but these sailors were scared half to death, some of them had called Yuan Yun brothers and sisters before, and they also said a lot of yellow jokes, now in retrospect, everyone is in a cold sweat.
After returning to the cabin, Shi Shen was stuffing a large handful of dried tofu into his mouth, and when he saw Yuan Yun suddenly come back, he immediately smiled awkwardly, and then prepared to put the half-eaten dried tofu back into the jar.
"Damn, if you dare to put leftovers in the jar, Lao Tzu will chop off your hands." Yuan Yun hurriedly drank to stop.
Shi Shen was startled and took his hand back again, but he felt that it was inappropriate to hold this large handful of dried tofu in his hand, so he simply opened his mouth and swallowed it directly, choking so much that he almost lost his breath.
Yuan Yun frowned very unhappily, then walked a few steps closer, kicked Shi Shen away, and then held the jar and looked at it, good guy, half of the jar has been killed, this jar is ten catties, and I don't know if Shi Shen can digest it after eating so much?
Shi Shen chewed the dried tofu in his mouth quickly, stretched his neck and swallowed it desperately, and then gasped: "I didn't plan to eat so much, who knew that I couldn't stop eating a piece, so I took a piece every once in a while, and confiscated it at once, hehe, the lord is not strange, anyway, there are dozens of jars in the cabin." ”
Yuan Yun sighed helplessly, and said unhappily: "Those in the cabin are all made in batches, and I am here to be a fine product, and I am ready to go back to honor the sister of the Hou family, if you are greedy again, Lao Tzu will let you not drink water for three days and are not allowed to eat." ”
After scolding Shi Shen, Yuan Yun carefully put the jar back to the bed in the cabin, and then asked Xiao Liu, who had been following him, "Where is Qing'er?" As soon as the boat opened, she didn't see it, and it wouldn't have landed on the shore, right? ”
Xiao Liu said with a smile: "As soon as the boat left the dock, Qing'er went to Miss Wang, and Miss Zhen was also there. ”
Yuan Yun smiled slightly, knowing that Diao Chan deliberately called Zhen Mi and Qing'er over, Qing'er was fine, she was happiest when she was going home, but Zhen Mi was a little worried.
Now the head of the family, Zhen Yan, after experiencing an inhumane torture, is unwilling to take over anything from the Zhen family, and just wants to hide in the back house and wait for death, so in desperation, the affairs of the Zhen Mansion are handed over to Zhen Mi's honest third brother, Zhen Yao.
However, Zhongshan should be safe now, Yuan Shang is now focusing all his attention on how to take revenge on his eldest brother Yuan Tan, and he has no interest in Zhongshan Zhen.
Moreover, there is an intelligence network of the beggar gang, once there is a wind and grass, the people of the Zhen Mansion can quickly flee into the mountains, as long as they wait for Cao Cao to conquer the north, this is also a matter of time or time, Yuan Yun is not worried.
Xiao Liu saw that Yuan Yun didn't reply, so he continued: "Miss Wang said that they made hot pot in the cabin, which is the kind of our family, Qing'er made it once before, but Miss Zhen seems to like it very much, so she has been eating this recently." ”
Yuan Yun sighed, then turned around and was about to leave the cabin, walked to the door and suddenly turned around, just in time to see Shi Shen about to stretch out his poisonous claws to the jar of dried tofu, and was caught red-handed, he just smiled, and then slipped to the window like no one.
Yuan Yun shook his head and sighed, laughed and scolded a few words, and then went to Diao Chan's cabin with Xiaoliu.
The three women of Diao Chan were really busy with hot pot in the cabin, using a small charcoal stove, because it was burning coal, so the fire was very strong, an iron pot was full of various dishes, and the mutton was also sliced, and the three of them were talking and laughing and tasting.
Seeing Yuan Yun coming in, Diao Chan ordered the seat, and then said: "Brother Yuan's ability to change teeth, I admire it, senior sister, Qing'er said that this hot pot was also made by you, plus I saw those dried tofu you made before, no wonder your hotel business is so prosperous." ”
Yuan Yun said a few words modestly, and then sat cross-legged on the edge of the stove, Qing'er hurriedly served the dishes and chopsticks, Zhen Mi peeked at it, and then ignored his head and brushed it aside, and moved a plate of mutton to his hand.
Because of the limited conditions in the cabin, if you want to fire in the cabin, you can only sit around the small stove, so although it is not in line with the etiquette, no one pays attention to it, but Yuan Yun likes this feeling of eating together the most.
Seeing Zhen Mi remove the mutton, Yuan Yun just smiled evilly, and then took out all kinds of seasonings from his arms, he has always been very particular about eating, when he followed Zuo Ci around, he carried the seasoning with him, and now he is still used to it.
took Qing'er's pottery bowl, then prepared the seasoning with the soup, and then made the Diao Chan's bowl again, ignoring Zhen Mi.
After a while, Diao Chan and Qing'er both shouted that with these seasonings, they immediately made the food in the hot pot even more delicious, and Yuan Yun smiled with satisfaction and put the few remaining seasonings into his bowl.
Zhen Mi stared and watched, seeing that Yuan Yun was very eccentric and only cared about Diao Chan and Qing'er, she was immediately unhappy, looked at Diao Chan and Qing'er's expressions, and felt that she didn't want to pretend, so she pushed the plate of mutton in front of Yuan Yun, and then said: "Exchange some of your seasonings with you, can you change them?" ”
Yuan Yun immediately shook his hand and said: "Don't change it, hot pot is a thing, seasoning is more important than meat, who would be stupid to change it with you?" ”
Zhen Mixiu frowned, pointed to Xiao Liu, who was standing at the door, and said, "Xiao Liuzi will change with me." ”
Yuan Yun subconsciously looked back at Xiao Liu, and found that Xiao Liu's face was inexplicable, and when he turned back to look at Zhen Mi again, he had already found that she was putting vegetables into her bowl, and the seasoning she had just made in her bowl was all gone.
Yuan Yun smiled bitterly, Zhen Mi, a little girl, has never been able to suffer a loss, but the seasoning she just made was originally for her, so she didn't find out.
After sandwiching a piece of mutton and sending it into the pot, Yuan Yuncai said to Diao Chan on the left: "Senior sister, how is the matter with transporting sword soldiers over there in Youzhou?" ”
Diao Chan put down his chopsticks and replied: "Things are going well, Uncle Wang has received the first batch of sword soldiers, and the sea ship to Youzhou should be on the way at this moment, I'm just wondering, how can that kid named Xu Yi get together two thousand weapons so quickly?" ”
Yuan Yun naturally knows how Xu Yi did it, now in the mines of Xuzhou, almost all of them have opened their own steelmaking workshops, these swords are not as strict as the general requirements in the new city, according to today's quality casting, it can naturally be quickly built, two thousand is just a decimal, if all the workshops are fully built, it is estimated that 20,000 can be made.
"When the senior sister arrives in Beihai, we will go to Xuzhou instead, and you will naturally understand after seeing the workshops there." Yuan Yun explained, and quickly scooped up the mutton that had just been put in the pot, because Zhen Mi's thief's eyes were already thinking about it, this hot pot was definitely starving to death, and it was shameless to die.
Diao Chan nodded when he heard this: "We can reach the port of Beihai in a few days, and then go to Xuzhou by land, it is estimated that it will be a matter of half a month, and then we will have to take a good look at these good things you got Brother Yuan." ”
Qing'er interjected this time: "Swords are murder weapons, but they are not a good thing, if Sister Diao Chan goes to Yuan's mansion, then we can see real good things, we never lack hot water at home, as long as we unscrew the switch, the hot water can be automatically set aside, and no matter how cold it is in winter, we are not afraid, there is always heating in the house, and we are too hot to wear single clothes in the inner house." ”
Zhen Mi sucked the vegetable leaves into her mouth, and then asked suspiciously: "Wear single clothes in winter?" Is this heating really so powerful? ”
Qing'er nodded with a smile and replied: "The young master has learned a lot of skills from the old immortals, in addition to geothermal heat and the toilet that will automatically flush, you don't need to let people carry it out and pour it every time you use it, which is very convenient, and many people in Xudu have changed to burning coal now, no longer burning firewood, and the iron stove for burning coal is also designed by the young master himself, and now only large families can afford it in Xudu." ”
Speaking of this, Qing'er seemed to be taken aback, and hurriedly looked at Yuan Yun and hurriedly said: "But when Qing'er came, it seemed that the price of the iron stove was falling, Sister Yiyi said that this was inevitable, and said that the young master must have estimated it, is this true, if the price goes down like this, our family will lose a lot of money." ”
Looking at Qing'er's nervous appearance, Yuan Yun laughed, sandwiched the newly scalded mutton into Qing'er's bowl, and then said: "Xincheng's steelmaking output is expanding today, once it is mass-produced, the price of the natural iron furnace will fall, which is inevitable, and our family can't afford to lose, before only some big families in Xudu could buy, and we could only make a few families' money, but now it's different, the price of the iron furnace has dropped, and there are more people who can afford it, and the profits from the base can still be guaranteed, Qing'er don't worry." ”
Qing'er didn't understand this, but since her young master said so, she would definitely not lose money, so she also let go of her little worries and began to taste the mutton that Yuan Yun picked up very much.
Diao Chan also looked at Qing'er at this time and said with a smile: "Qing'er came all the way, but told us a lot of novel things, I heard her say Brother Yuan, what kind of greenhouse you have made, almost all year round, and a lot of seeds from the Western Regions are cultivated in it, saying that you can also eat fresh vegetables and vegetables and fruits in winter, which I am very interested in." ”
As soon as Zhen Mi heard the news, her eyes rolled again, and she immediately followed: "I also want to see, this greenhouse can really grow food in winter?" ”
Yuan Yun looked at Zhen Mi's greedy look, and immediately guessed her thoughts in her heart, if she really has a advantage, she will never let it go, if Zhen Mi learns to warm the house, don't think about it, soon the Zhen family in Zhongshan will start to implement it, and then sell vegetables all over the world in winter.
But that's fine, anyway, according to the idea of the old man Zheng Xuan, these things will be popularized sooner or later, and the Zhen family was the first to implement it in the north, which can also play a propaganda role, and when these northern four Yuan Yun left Zhongshan, the intelligence news began to be provided by Diao Chan, after all, the speed of shipping is faster, and the beggar gang has not yet spread out in Yanzhou, and many things are known more by the shopkeepers of the palace.
Diao Chan listened to Yuan Yun's inquiry about Guandu's news, so he put down the dishes and chopsticks again, and said with some concern: "The recent battle situation is very unfavorable to Cao Sikong, and he seems to have plans to retreat. ”