Jingle bell~~

With a wonderful sound, another brocade box was placed on several cases.

Wu Youxu opened it and saw that one by one, white as jade, and slightly transparent, like a gem like a crystal!

At this time, Li Shan didn't need to sell Guanzi, and said: "This is also sugar, and people call this thing rock sugar." ”

Of course, this is also Cui Geng's handiwork.

The sugar is decocted, put in the egg white to remove impurities, wait for the heat to be suitable, cut the new green bamboo into one inch long slices, put it into the melted white sugar, and after overnight it will be condensed into rock sugar.

It's still a thin layer of window paper, which is very magical if it is not broken, and it is not worth mentioning at all.

"Rock candy? Candy like ice and jade, good name! Wu Youxu took one and put it in his mouth, nodded incessantly, and said: "Good things, good things, as soon as this thing comes out, I'm afraid no one in the world will be willing to eat caramel anymore." ”

Of course, Li Shan understands that it is not so simple, although rock sugar is sweeter than caramel sugar, although rock sugar is better than caramel appearance, but it has a very important disadvantage - expensive! Even if you sell it at full cost price, you can only afford it now from a well-off family.

Wu Zhuang thought about it a layer deeper than Wu Youxu, and he had a little more of his own little Jiujiu: rock candy, like a jewel and crystal, is still a very delicious food, and more importantly, this thing has never been seen before!

What is it? Auspicious!

Can Her Majesty the Empress admit it? Will she admit it?

When the time comes, the Zhengdan court will feast the envoys of Fanbang, and each person will present a plate of rock candy in front of him, and Her Majesty the Empress will have a lot of face!

It was seven or eight years ago that I saved His Majesty, and without new credit, no matter how big the Holy Grace would slowly fade with time.

Unexpectedly, after coming out on such a business trip, the credit was automatically sent to the door.

As for Lai Junchen? him!

Thinking of this, he smiled all over his face and said, "Mr. Li, it is really gratifying that you have been blessed by God to make rock candy and decorate the prosperous world." But ......"

"How?"

"Such a good thing, you don't want to give it to Your Majesty, are you worthy of the name of the great Confucian in the world?"

Cui Geng hurriedly said: "Gonggong Wu misunderstood, as soon as Mr. Li made rock candy, he couldn't wait to present it to His Majesty." It's just that he has no official position and no position, and he has no way to see His Majesty, so he found this county. It was precisely because of knowing this that the county had just decided that the recipe of Lijingmen was definitely not stolen by him. ”

In fact, Wu Zhuang didn't really believe Cui Geng's words, in fact, it was very doubtful whether this thing was invented by Cui Geng or Li Shan.

But, so what?

With auspiciousness is the last word!

Not to mention the bad things between Cui Geng and Li Shan, even if there is definite evidence that the secret recipe for frosting was stolen by Cui Geng, it must be suppressed.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhuang said: "So that's the case, dare to ask Mr. Li how much rock candy he is going to pay to His Majesty?" ”

Without waiting for Li Shan to answer, Cui Geng hurriedly said: "Mr. Li once said to the county that Ouchi will pay as much sugar as he needs every year with frosting and even rock sugar. ”

After a pause, he glanced at Meng Shenshuang and said, "What Lijingmen can do, Mr. Li can also do." ”

"You ......"

Hearing this, Meng Shenshuang didn't squirt out a mouthful of blood, Cui Erlang, you are digging the roots of my Lijingmen!

In addition to providing funds for the Lijing Gate, the Frosting Workshop was also responsible for the supply of frosting for the court.

Although this palace supply will lose a lot of money every year, at the same time, it is also the hardest backer in the world for Lijingmen's monopoly on frosting.

Others want to compete fairly with Lijingmen? No way! Lijingmen can't make money, which affects the supply of palace frosting, what should I do?

This is also what Cui Geng has been worried about, so he paid tribute to Shangguan Wan'er.

Now that she has dropped the chain, don't do it, that's his Shangguan Wan'er's business.

Now that Wu Zhuang has mentioned the matter of paying tribute to the palace, can Cui Gengyan miss this opportunity?

The profit of frosting is too great, and this tribute is not worth mentioning at all compared to the income that will be obtained!

With this reliance, no matter how vicious the competition is, it will inevitably be a failure!

As for Wu Zhuang, no matter whether the annual palace frosting tribute is enshrined by Lijingmen or Li Shan's workshop, as long as he takes the rock candy back to Chang'an, it will be a great achievement for him.

In the same way, how could he miss such a great opportunity to invite credit?

……

At this time, Meng Shenshuang's face was cloudy, and he already understood in his heart that the moment Li Shan took out the white sugar and rock sugar, the frosting produced by his Lijing Gate had already lost.

The products of the two are not comparable at all, but absolutely crushed!

As for the palace offerings, hehe, where did he go to find rock candy?

Lost!

Suddenly, he stood up, not angry, nor depressed, but said extremely calmly: "King Anping, Gonggong Wu, if there is nothing else, the lower official will retire." ”

"Go ahead!"

"Yes!"

Meng Shenshuang walked out, and when he arrived at the threshold, he suddenly stopped, turned his head and said: "Cui County Order, congratulations, this game, you have won again!" But it's not over! Again, our days are still long! ”

Cui Geng smiled and said, "If you have any means, even if you use it, the official will not go anywhere, just waiting for you in the Jiangdu County Yali!" However, Mr. Meng should be leisurely, don't be careless, and lose all the money of Lijingmen! ”

"Thank you for the reminder!"

"It's better to go, don't send it!"

……

……

The next day, Wu Zhuang took 50 catties of rock sugar and 300 catties of exquisite sugar, and led his troops and horses back to Chang'an to restore his life.

As for a crisis between Cui Geng and Li Shan, even if it is over.

However, the frosting battle between Lijingmen and Li Shan has just begun.

The next day, the price of Lijingmen's frosting dropped to one-third of the original, and Li Shan did not show weakness and immediately followed up.

The price war lasted for five days, and Li Jingmen realized that the situation was not right, and began to make a shady move to spy on Li Shan's sugar workshop.

The two sides fought happily, and the winner was inseparable, and it seemed that at least in the short term, it was impossible to steal the sugar making process of Li Shan's workshop.

If you can't make a plan, you will have another plan.

One day, the people of Lijingmen disguised themselves as bandits and launched a surprise attack on the sugar factory.

Who knew that Li Shan had already prepared under Cui Geng's advice, so that Lijingmen could not steal chickens and lose a handful of rice, which damaged many people.

Next, the market situation of the two sides finally tilted, Li Shan's workshop began to gradually gain the upper hand, the Li family made money every day, and the sugar workshop of Lijingmen only had expenditure and no income within half a month, and the judgment was made.

The frosting market in Lijingmen has finally declined.

During this period, the manpower sent by Lin Zhixiang and Zhang Yuanchang had arrived, and with the help of Li Shan, the head snake of the land, and Cui Geng, the parent official, the felt hat workshop was also successfully built.

Although I don't know if Chun Yuliang's carefully made hat is a Yangzhou felt hat, once it was launched, it was indeed very popular.

It is foreseeable that the market prospect is not a small good, but a big good!

In the battle of wits and courage with Lijingmen in the business field, Cui Geng's side won great victories one after another, allowing everyone to see the dawn of defeating Lijingmen.

This kind of day lasted for a long time,

Until one day, Jiangdu County Yanai ushered in a special guest.

This man wore a huge hat on his head, wrapped in a face scarf, couldn't see his face clearly, and came on a fast horse, and he was in the dust!

It wasn't until he saw Cui Geng that he ripped off the face towel and said with a wry smile: "Eunuchs are not allowed to go out of Beijing for no reason, Erlang, it's really not easy for my brother to come back to see you this time!" ”

It's none other than the old acquaintance Liu Laosi!

"It turned out to be Brother Shiro, we haven't seen each other for a while!"

Although the words were hot, Cui Geng's face was not necessarily very enthusiastic.

It's no wonder that Cui Geng treats Liu Laosi slowly, originally, Shangguan Wan'er didn't help last time, you Liu Laosi is so short of my brother's eldest brother, and every time you come to me, you don't take away anything, why don't you show me a little mouth? It's a bit excessive.

And you, Liu Laosi, are now Shangguan Wan'er's people, and you won't receive news from Shangguan Wan'er?

Liu Laosi observed his words and looks, and saw that Cui Geng was obsessed with the beginning, and he also knew that he was wrong, sighed, and said: "Erlang, Your Majesty has made up your mind at that time, no wonder Shangguan Sheren?" ”

Then, he briefly told Cui Geng about the situation that day, and emphasized again and again that in the end, Shangguan Wan'er pleaded with Cui Geng, hoping that Wu Zetianwang would open up and be light.

Cui Geng didn't really want to fall out with Shangguan Wan'er, after all, in terms of the current situation, if he didn't get closer to Shangguan Wan'er, who else could he point to? Could it be that it is confused with Wu Sansi and Wu Chenghe? Or is it Junchen? Or is it that the rivers are declining, and they will continue to persecute Li Tang Laochen's gang for more than ten years?

This is just a political attitude, and he has been abandoned halfway, so he naturally has to have an attitude. After being so wronged, and you haven't lost your temper, who will take you seriously in the future?

Now under Liu Laosi's kind words, he also came down the steps and said: "It seems that the younger brother has spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and the kindness of Shangguan Sheren must be remembered in his heart." ”

Liu Laosi said: "Uh...... Erlang, you still know the overall situation, how can Shangguan Sheren treat his own people badly? You see, this time it was Shangguan Sheren who sent me out of Beijing to give you some compensation. She said she couldn't let you suffer in vain! ”

As he spoke, he opened the burden on his body and said, "Erlang, look at what this is?" ”

Cui Geng was too familiar with such a thing, and blurted out: "The official sue himself? Why so many? ”

"Have you forgotten the last time you asked my brother? If the elder brother did it, it would not be so fast. However, after Shangguan Sheren heard about this, he mediated it, and with her help, hey, this matter will naturally be soon! ”

"Tell me, what kind of officials did you ask for for them?"

Liu Laosi was angry and said, "Erlang, you can see for yourself." ”

Cui Geng took the farewell and looked at them carefully one by one......

Feng Changqing, Yao Du and Song Genhai are all Xuanyi Lang from the seventh grade, but the rain and dew are evenly wet, and there is no favoritism.

Although it is said that if the seven-rank scattered officials have no functions, their salaries will be reduced by one level. But don't forget, they were just minions before!

Eight rank officials, it's not small!

Let's take the current Jiangdu County Wei Yongguang as an example, he is now just an official residence!

Liu Laosi continued: "Erlang, it's not that the Shangguan Sheren are unwilling to arrange a job for them, it's really that you, as a sixth-grade county commander, can't arrange a seventh-rank official under your seat. If it is placed elsewhere, it will not be beneficial to Erlang. Therefore, the Shangguan Sheren temporarily asked them for the rank of loose officials, and as for the specific functions, they will make arrangements when the time is ripe. What do you think? Is this gift of Shangguan Sheren enough? ”

"Enough, enough!"

For the three people under his hands who can never enter the stream, Cui Geng was naturally surprised and delighted to take a rocket to the rank of seventh-rank official, his original expectations were not so high.

Some people who have entered the imperial examination will not be able to get a seven-rank official rank in their lifetime.

This gift is not only thick, but also heavy!

Cui Geng, who was heavy, muttered a little in his heart, and asked tentatively: "Shiro, Shangguan Sheren should have spent a lot of money on asking for three copies of the seven grades for my brothers at once, right?" ”

"Uh... It's natural... Therefore, Shangguan Sheren also asked the miscellaneous family to bring a message. ”

Liu Laosi conveyed the words of Shangguan Wan'er on his behalf and said it slowly.

Sure enough, how can there be such a deep love in this world for no reason? Shangguan Wan'er also put forward two requirements, one of which is that since the secret recipe of the Li family's workshop for frosting (white sugar and rock sugar) is fine, how can there be a reason to refuse to leave money out of the door? So the old thing was brought up again, and she hoped to be able to reintegrate it into her hands because of the three components of the Li workshop that Cui Geng had promised her.

This was originally meant to be given to her, and Cui Geng felt that there was no problem.

However, the second requirement is difficult for some strong people.

She hoped that Cui Geng would come up with another 300,000 yuan.

Because Shangguan Wan'er and Wu Sansi's subordinates saw that their bigwigs didn't support Cui Geng anymore, they all concluded that Cui Geng's pills. So they took advantage of the price drop of the frosting to hoard Juqi and bought a lot of frosting to save it. It's good now, Li Shan and Meng Shenshuang have started a price war, and the lower it is getting lower and lower far than before, so all the hoarded goods are smashed into their hands, and they will lose money as soon as they are sold.

Therefore, Shangguan Wan'er meant that these merchants under their command were allowed to return the goods at the original price, which was almost 300,000 yuan!

Damn, dare to love these three seven-grade confessions, they were bought with 300,000 yuan, this is really not cheap!

Cui Geng was awkward for a while, and hesitated: "Is this ......?"

"Why don't you just return it? 300,000 yuan, of course no problem! Someone outside the window suddenly answered.

Immediately after that, the curtain was lifted, and someone flew into the window.

It was Cui Xiufang.

She waved her hand very happily and said, "Return all the goods, the slave family agreed on behalf of Li Shan." ”