"Jia Qiang is here."

Li Shi, the king of Kerong County, saw Jia Qiang and Li Xuan came in. He also stood up to greet Jia Qiang.

If you were an ordinary person, seeing this scene, you would inevitably feel grateful.

As far as Li Shi's status is concerned, he is very noble.

It's just that Jia Qiang didn't have so much awe in the first place, and secondly, she always felt that it was difficult for the popular candidate to stick to the end.

Furthermore, Li Shi's mission this time was to force Jia Qiang to sell his son to Ruixiang at a low price in exchange for Tian Fu's help.

In the end, it was he who gained the favor, and Jia Qiang who suffered the loss. Jia Qiang didn't think she could be regarded as Corporal Li Xian if she stood up to greet him.

He looked calm and after bowing as per the rules, he said nothing.

Seeing him like this, Li Shi narrowed his eyes slightly and his heart turned. It was not difficult to guess the reason why Jia Qiang was unhappy. He looked at Jia Qiang seriously and said: "Jia Qiang, the lonely king understands your difficulty in this matter, and he also Remember you as a favor."

At this point, Jia Qiang didn't know what to say anymore and said: "Your Majesty made serious remarks. In fact, it has nothing to do with you. It was just what we had agreed upon."

After that, his eyes fell on a middle-aged man he had never seen before. Seeing him standing there with a smile on his face and a slight bow, he guessed his identity.

On the other hand, Uncle Tian Fu's aura was more than twice as strong as in the past few days, and he almost had the word "bossy" carved on his face. He glanced at Jia Qiang with a sneer and said: "Well said, originally it was What we promised! Jia Qiang, when the Supreme Emperor was here, he always showed kindness to you, and even gave you the title of "good minister". How much kindness is this? Without the Supreme Emperor, you are probably just a person who was kicked out of the Jia family, and almost Are you just a little gangster who has been expelled from the family tree? How can you be qualified to stand here and talk to us? Now that the Emperor is leaving, the Empress Dowager is left alone to mourn. As a good minister of the Emperor, shouldn't you show some filial piety?"

Jia Qiang said calmly: "Uncle Tian Guo, isn't this the reason why I came here today to honor my filial piety? Furthermore, didn't I agree in advance that the seller's three hundred thousand taels will be used by you, and you will take one hundred thousand taels to honor the empress dowager?" Huh? I don’t know if there is anyone in the government or the public who is more filial than me."

Hearing this, Tian Fu's expression suddenly fell, while Li Shi, Song Zhe and others "highly regarded" him.

Li Xuan was like a transparent person, enjoying himself on the sidelines. If it weren't for the national mourning period, he would have really wanted to laugh three times.

Tian Fu said with a dark face: "These are minor, but if you try to deceive the Zhao family again and give you a fake prescription, then the Queen Mother, Prince Kerong, and I will never let you go. you!"

Compared to Tian Fu's stern threats, Jia Qiang seemed much calmer. He said calmly: "The reason why the Dongsheng Zhao family got the fake prescription was because they colluded with Jia Zhen and wanted to rob without spending a penny. They were also sellers. , why did the Hengsheng Wang Family get the real prescription? If I were not a monster, with dirty thoughts and despicable methods, how could I have brought shame on myself?"

However, these words made it increasingly difficult for Tian Fu and Song Zhe to come to power.

Li Xuan became more and more happy. He stood in front of Li Shi, winked and laughed softly: "Quack, fourth brother, have you seen it? This kid can't bear any loss! I begged my father several times to ask Jia Qiang to come to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to help me. , Father is not allowed, because he is worried that this boy will ruin the shabby place of the Ministry of Internal Affairs! No, I will ask my father later, or transfer Jia Qiang to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I will not watch him, he There's always something going on."

Li Shiqi smiled and said: "Are you looking at him? After all, my father is wise and knows not to let you get into trouble. But this Jia Qiang..."

Where does he have the confidence to dare to be so tit-for-tat in everything?

But thinking about it again, Jia Qiang really has some talent for fooling around.

Let’s not talk about the Jia family. Although they have two families, the Ning Mansion has been in decline for many years. Although the Rong Mansion has another Jia Daishan, leaving many old troops in the army, but Jia Daishan has been dead for more than ten years, Yuan Ping has also been

The line of heroes has almost been pulled out.

However, there is Lin Ruhai behind Jia Qiang.

A noble person like Lin Ruhai, who was in the heart of the emperor and had made great contributions to the country and the country, was destined to join the military and become the prime minister in the future. Even he, the prince, had to be treated with courtesy before he ascended the throne.

Because of Lin Ruhai, the emperor obviously regarded Jia Qiangwei as an ordinary foreign minister.

In addition, he somehow caught the eye of the queen and made the only legitimate daughter of the Yin family his wife.

Mrs. Yin's wife loves it very much...

Therefore, Jia Qiang does have some tough skills.

But, no matter what, the top priority right now is still the Queen Mother's business.

Thinking of this, Li Shi said to Jia Qiang: "Jia Qiang, the prescription must be authentic and there can be no mistakes. In this transaction, the lonely king can be regarded as the winner."

Jia Qiang smiled faintly and said: "Your Majesty, this is Jiuhua Palace. No matter how ignorant I am, I will not fool people in Jiuhua Palace with a fake prescription."

After saying that, he put the thick file in his hand on the tables beside him and said to Song Zhe: "The prescription is here, you don't need to test it here, because you can't understand it at all. You are an old man from Bu Xing, so you naturally understand.

There are only five primary colors of dyeing and weaving: cyan, red, yellow, white, and black, and the rest are secondary colors. But in my recipe, in addition to the five primary colors of cyan, yellow, red, black, and white, there are also green, ocher, and purple.

, the four colors of onion, there are nine primary colors in total. These nine primary colors are matched with the secondary colors, and then the secondary colors are matched with the secondary colors. Counting the shades, there are a total of 745 colors. Some colors

, it takes three, or even seven or eight intermediate colors to create a bright color. If you, the Ruixiang Hao, can really master these recipes, you will be the best in the world."

Seven hundred and forty-five colors?!

When Song Zhe heard this, he was so excited that he almost jumped up. He took out a thick stack of silver notes from his pocket, stepped forward and placed it on several cases, saying: "Here are the three hundred thousand taels of silver notes. Marquis Ning can count them."

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Jia Qiang shook her head and said: "No need, I don't dare to play tricks here, let alone you as a merchant? Just write the deed, if something goes wrong, the deed can be regarded as a witness."

Song Zhe heard this and said hurriedly: "It should, it should." He felt more and more relieved.

Li Shi was also happy and sent someone to fetch the Four Treasures of the Study. He watched the two of them sign the purchase and sale documents and signed and pledged them together.

There were three copies, one copy each for Jia Qiang and Li Shi, and the other copy Tian Guojiu held in his hand.

Jia Qiang counted out a banknote of one hundred thousand taels in person, handed it to Uncle Tian Guo, and said goodbye to Li Shi.

Li Shi was not willing to agree and said: "Today we have to wait until noon anyway to have a vegetarian meal together. The lonely king still has many things to say to you. You have always been close to Xiao Wu'er, why can't I be your son?"

Yu’s cousin?”

Li Xuan said in amusement at the side: "Fourth brother, how do you think this kid will obey obediently? My father and mother had a fight before! It's over now, he still has to go to nurse his heart with me.

I'm here on a mission. But let me tell you, fourth brother, Jia Qiang said he made a vegetarian noodle sauce that can be eaten with grilled mushrooms. It's delicious! We'll call you later and let's go together..."

Li Shi couldn't listen anymore. After looking around, he scolded in a low voice with a straight face: "When is this? Is this a place where you think about eating to satisfy your appetite? If people know, I will impeach you." The sin of disrespect! Nonsense!”

After Li Xuan was scolded, he frowned, said nothing, and was unhappy.

When Li Shi saw this, he twitched his lips. He knew that because of his young age, his fifth brother was favored by his father, the emperor and his mother, so he had developed such a lazy character. He could only helplessly shake his head and said: "I won't go. You two, please be careful." Keep it tight and don't let anyone look at you. Otherwise, my father will not be able to spare you."

When Li Xuan heard this, he became happy again and whispered: "Fourth brother, are you really not going together? We will also call the mistress from my grandmother's house. Jia Qiang has an excellent storyteller. Hey, let me tell you, that storyteller The book your husband mentioned was written by Jia Qiang herself, she is so stubborn..."

Li Shi slowly exhaled, unable to bear the noise, he turned towards Uncle Tian Guo and whispered a few words. Uncle Tian Guo collected the banknotes, put his hands behind his back, and walked unsteadily towards Shouxuan Hall. Went to see the Queen Mother.

Song Zhe held the secret recipe file and was led out of the palace by the chamberlain.

After Jia Qiang and Li Xuan looked at each other, Li Xuan almost cried out in joy and headed to the Hall of Cultivation of Heart together.

…

"The prescription is fake?!"

In the Yangxin Hall, Emperor Long'an saw Li Xuan laughing and complaining, and after repeatedly saying that Jia Qiang was "too bad", he lowered his face and asked.

Li Xuan didn't give Jia Qiang a chance to speak, and laughed a little. After suppressing the pressure, under the disgusted and annoyed look of Emperor Long'an, he hurriedly said: "Father, the prescription is the real prescription, and the Ruixiang number is matched according to the prescription." , can also be dyed into cloud brocade, but if they dye it according to that recipe, they will have to die!"

"Wu'er, shut up!"

Seeing Li Xuan talking to himself, he was so happy that he couldn't even express his laughter clearly.

Empress Yin saw that Emperor Long'an was about to get really angry. After scolding her, she said to Jia Qiang: "Jia Qiang, tell me, what's going on? Since the prescription is real, why can't the Ruixiang Hao be dyed?"

Jia Qiang couldn't help but feel complacent on her face, and said: "It can be dyed, and it can be dyed exactly the same! Just follow the steps mentioned in the secret recipe, and the cost is twice as expensive as Yun brocade. Moreover, many raw materials are only available in Jiangnan, and there are not many in Jiangnan. The labor required is more than ten times more expensive than ordinary weaving and dyeing.

For example, the silk produced from silkworm cocoons is called raw silk. However, there is a layer of sericin on the raw silk. With this layer of glue, it is difficult to color. If there are impurities in the glue, the silk will not be bright, so the raw silk must be Degummed into cooked silk.

Normal degumming is done by pasting and pounding the silk, which can remove the gum in the silk and loosen its fibers. The silk thus obtained is cooked silk.

But most silks can be degummed at most to 50%, and most even only need to remove 30%. However, for Yun brocade, 70% must be removed.

For this alone, the Song family would have to spend at least three times the labor force to achieve this step.

Coupled with the difficulty in finding other raw materials, it is impossible to even think about weaving and dyeing on a large scale!

However, didn’t the Song family and Uncle Tian Guo want to weave and dye some pieces of cloud brocade to make clothes for the Queen Mother? I guarantee that as long as they work hard, they can definitely do it!!”

The degumming method used by Delin is to crush the pig liver and pancreas, and then use some rough refining techniques to extract biological enzymes to degumming.

No matter how many skilled craftsmen of Ruixiang Hao use this method, they would never be able to think of this method. They can only use crude benzene to degumming.

"Hahaha!"

Li Xuan's laughter was a little too low. Hearing Jia Qiang's serious explanation was more enjoyable than listening to the cross talk talk by Mr. Mipian. In the end, he got carried away and put his arms around Jia Qiang. He gave a thumbs up and said: "Jia Qiang, you are too stupid.

It’s a thief, but it’s so beautifully done!”

"How outrageous! Are there any rules?"

Empress Yin scolded and asked Li Xuan to stand properly, then turned to look at Emperor Long'an, who saw Emperor Long'an staring at Jia Qiang with a strange look on his face, saying: "So, you used such a recipe, from the Song family

Got three hundred thousand taels of silver?"

Three hundred thousand taels was by no means a small number for Emperor Long'an.

Even now, he doesn't have that much money in his treasury.

Jia Qiang always felt that her eyes looked a bit like the big bad wolf, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, apart from the 100,000 taels given to uncle Tian Guo, the rest of the three hundred thousand taels of silver will be invested in the carriage factory."

Emperor Long'an was silent. Queen Yin narrowed her phoenix eyes, looked at Jia Qiang and said with a smile: "Of these two hundred thousand taels, you and Wu'er each have one hundred thousand?"

Jia Qiang nodded, and Li Xuan also smelled something bad, and said hurriedly: "Mother, invest these 100,000 taels in the carriage factory. When you make a lot of money, I will build a garden for you and your father.

There is warm soup in Tangshan..."

Empress Yin smiled and said: "It's good if you can have this filial piety, but your father and mother don't have the time to wash the warm soup at the moment? Besides, there is no need to rush for a year or two. Now that the Emperor is doing great things,

The national treasury and the internal treasury are all very empty. You should not be fooling around with so much money. How about spending 150,000 taels to share the worries of father and mother?"

Li Xuan almost burst into tears, but he was so sad that he burst out laughing again, as if he was a guest. He looked at Queen Yin and said strangely: "Queen Mother, one hundred and fifty thousand taels?"

Jia Qiang, who also had a black question mark, leaned forward slightly and looked at Empress Yin with an expression of "I'm sorry to bother you."
To be continued...