Wen Qing sat behind the counter, staring at the passers-by outside the glass door in a daze. After Yinzhen bought the gems, she withdrew those guarding them, but because of the two notices pasted on her door, no one came. Her small shop.
Wen Qing was reckoning that there would be no business today, when two people walked in from the door. The person in the lead had a thin figure and a handsome face. Although he was dressed plainly, his imposing manner was not to be underestimated. Followed by a low-browed servant with a clean and beardless face, Wen Qing could tell at a glance that he was an eunuch.
The one who brought the eunuch out was either a dignitary in the palace or an elder brother of the prince. Wen Qing had confidence in his mind, so he said lazily, "Thank you for your patronage, please pay the money first."
The person who came was the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, who was ordered by Kangxi to inquire about the reality of this small shop. Before entering the door, he had already seen the notice posted on the glazed door, so he winked at Su Peisheng, and Su Pei hurriedly took out two liang of silver and put it on the counter.
Wen Qing picked up the silver, threw it into the bamboo basket casually, and said to Yinzhen with a smile, "Guest officer, please take a look, if you like it, I will give you a discount!"
If she expected it right, this should be her cheap fourth uncle—Aixinjueluo Yinzhen. That is, Yongzheng, the cold-faced emperor in history. This is a serious person, much more reliable than eight, nine, and ten! Perhaps, she can open a breakthrough from him.
With his hands behind his back, Yinzhen walked slowly and watched in the store. Like Yinzhen and the other three, he didn't know many things in this store, but he read a lot and dabbled in a wide range of things, so he could guess some of them.
Suddenly, he pointed to a place and asked, "What is this?"
Wen Qing glanced at what he was pointing at, and sighed in his heart, he deserves to be an emperor, but his vision is different! But admiration is admiration, the principle is that it cannot be broken.
"Pay the money first and I'll tell you later!"
"How much?"
"One hundred thousand taels!"
Yinzhen was calm, and didn't react when he heard such an outrageous price, so he turned around and continued to look. Wen Qing knew that he would not buy it.
After a while, Yinzhen pointed to a corner of the cabinet and asked, "Is this also for sale?"
Wen Qing took a closer look, and it turned out to be a grain of rice. She smiled, "Of course, everything that is displayed is for sale." She thought that the grain of rice was inconspicuous, and no one would find it.
Yinzhen asked, "How much is this rice worth?" Everywhere in this store was unusual, and Yinzhen felt that even a grain of rice should not be underestimated. Facts have proved that his intuition is very accurate.
Wen Qing said, "I reckon, apart from you, guest officer, no one else will pay attention to this rice, so I'll give you a cheaper one, one thousand taels."
"Bold!" Su Peisheng behind Yinzhen couldn't bear it anymore, and finally jumped out. Is this playing the master like a monkey? If the master didn't say anything, he would have wanted to scold her when she asked for a hundred thousand taels just now, and now it's even more outrageous, a grain of rice costs a thousand taels! Rice made of gold is not worth the price!
"You profiteer, you have tricked people into my master's head! How many heads you have are enough to chop off!"
Wen Qing raised her eyebrows, watching how Yinzhen would deal with it, if he thought so too, she wouldn't sell her things!
Yinzhen frowned, and gave Su Peisheng a warning look, "Don't be rude." Then he said to Wen Qing, "Sorry, the servant is not sensible."
Su Peisheng was not happy about being warned by his master. He always felt that his master was cheated by this weird woman, but his master wouldn't let him speak, so he had no choice but to shut up.
Wen Qing waved his hand, as if he had uncovered the problem, "Do you still want to buy it?"
"One grain of rice is one thousand taels of silver, the girl always wants to let me know how expensive it is?" Yinzhen said calmly.
"I can only tell you if you buy it, but I can tell you that it is worth more than one thousand taels of silver, and it can even be said to be incalculable." If it wasn't for the fact that she would snatch his throne in the future, she wouldn't bother to talk to him. Waste of time! Not to mention giving him ninety-nine thousand taels cheaper!
Yinzhen was silent for a long time, as if he was thinking about whether it was worth buying a grain of rice for 1,000 taels of silver. But in the end he still bought it, because he felt that one thousand taels was probably the cheapest thing in this store. Huang Ama asked him to come and find out the reality of this small shop, he would never return empty-handed.
Wen Qing counted the silver bills and found that there was no difference, then casually threw the silver bills into the money basket. Yinzhen could see clearly that what Huang Ama said was right, in this store, the silver was indeed stored in baskets.
Wen Qing smiled and took out the grain of rice, and put it in Yinzhen's palm, "Okay, the money and the goods are cleared, and there will be no refund or exchange."
Yinzhen's forehead was bulging, and he always felt that he had been fooled!
He took a deep breath, "Now, girl, can you tell me what's so special about this rice? It costs a thousand taels of silver!" The last few words were said through gritted teeth, which shows Yinzhen's appreciation for the thousand taels. A grain of rice is also quite resentful.
"This rice is called hybrid rice, and the yield per mu can reach a thousand catties." This is Wen Qing's estimate based on the agricultural level of the Qing Dynasty. In later generations, it will only be more than this.
Yinzhen turned pale with shock, "A mu yields a thousand catties?!"
No wonder he was so surprised. We must know that the average yield of rice in the Qing Dynasty is only two stones per mu, which is more than 300 catties. So how could Yinzhen not be surprised when he heard that the output of this small grain of rice could reach a thousand catties
Wen Qing is very satisfied with his expression, this is a normal reaction after buying her things!
She went straight to a bookcase in the corner and rummaged through it. Yinzhen followed involuntarily, he also saw this cabinet just now, but it was pasted on it not to open without authorization, so he didn't move. Now that Wen Qing opened it by himself, he came over to take a look. He felt that even a single grain of rice had given him such a big shock, so he couldn't tell if there was any big secret in this cabinet.
Inside the cabinet are rows of wire-bound books with names written on the spines. Yinzhen took a closer look:
"horrible! This happened after the man bent over to pick up the soap! "
"Shocked, my brother-in-law broke into my sister-in-law's room in the middle of the night..."
"Sigh! The father-in-law and daughter-in-law actually do such shameful things in the room! "
"I can't ask for a child! The young woman actually did this kind of thing in the ruined temple! "
"Unbelievable! An old man in his sixties is actually a groom every night! "
…
Yinzhen is messed up, what the hell is this? !
At this time, Wen Qing took out a book and said happily, "I found it! This is it!"
He took a look, "Terror! Why is the young newlywed screaming every night? "
Yinzhen: "..." He didn't want to know why the newly married young woman screamed every night!
"This is a detailed explanation of hybrid rice technology. That grain of rice is not worth a thousand taels, but this one." Rather than saying that what Wen Qing sells is goods, it is better to say that what she sells is technology, which is beyond the technology of this era!
Yinzhen didn't care about complaining about the weird name, so he quickly opened the inside and glanced at it. Unlike the ridiculous name on the cover, the content inside was very reliable and serious. If the content recorded above is true, it will definitely be a great blessing for the Qing Dynasty.
Yinzhen collected the books and hurried into the palace with the rice bought for one thousand taels of silver.
"Father is overjoyed!"
As soon as he entered Qianqing Palace, Yinzhen couldn't help but announce the good news. He was one of the few princes who cared about the common people. He was a little excited when he got such a good thing.
"Father, look, this is the rice I bought for one thousand taels of silver." Yinzhen carefully held the precious rice and sent it to Kangxi. Kangxi opened his eyes wide and saw the grain of rice through his fingers, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "You bought one grain of rice for one thousand taels of silver?"
"Not only that, but also this, Father, look."
When Kangxi heard that he didn't lose his fortune and bought a grain of rice for one thousand taels of silver, his expression softened a little, and he took a look at the book he presented, "Horror! Why is the newlywed young woman screaming every night?"
The veins on Kangxi's forehead were throbbing, "Bastard! What the hell are you looking at!"
Seeing that he had misunderstood, Yinzhen quickly opened the content, "Father, look, this is a detailed explanation of the cultivation of hybrid rice with a yield of one thousand catties per mu."
"A mu yields a thousand catties?! Are you serious?" Kangxi's expression was exactly the same as when Yinzhen heard it for the first time.
"The son does not dare to deceive the emperor, that's what the boss said. It needs to be verified whether it is true or not."
Kangxi calmed down, "If this is the case, it is my great fortune!" He read the book in his hand carefully, and the more he read it, the more he felt that what was said above was true. That's right, knowing that the above records are true, suppressing the shock in his heart, Kangxi told Yinzhen, "I will leave this matter to you, and the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry will assist you. This hybrid rice research is a success!"
"yes."
Today is probably Wen Qing's lucky day. I just saw off Yinzhen and welcomed another big client. This one is much more imposing than Yinzhen. She is dressed luxuriously and hugged her back. She has a faint evil spirit on her body. She should be in the army. man of.
"Did you buy Lao Shi's firecracker?" He asked unceremoniously as soon as he entered.
Of course Wen Qing was not intimidated by him, and said with a smile, "Thanks for your patronage, please pay the money first."
The one who can be called Yinbi's tenth brother must be his elder brothers, and this person is full of evil spirits. If she guessed correctly, he must be the elder brother Yinyi who often leads soldiers.
Yinfei was a little impatient, and waved at the people behind him, "Give it to her."
He only heard about this place when he happened to see Yinji playing with a delicate firecracker. Seeing that he was interested in the firecracker, Yinbi gave it to him. He is not that idiot of the old ten. How can a person who leads troops all the year round fail to see the true value of the firecracker? Sure enough, he just tried the power of the firecracker and was shocked!
He hit three shots in a row, without missing a shot, with a range of more than 300 feet, and an effective range of 150 feet, which can literally take the enemy's head from a thousand meters away! How does this not shock him? So as soon as he came out of the firearms camp, he went straight to this family to ask for money.
After receiving the money, Wen Qing said, "I don't know who the old ten you mentioned is, besides, this store will not disclose customer information."
"You!" Yinbi glared, suddenly thought of something, snorted coldly, lost his temper, turned and entered the shop.
He walked around the store and locked on to something at a glance, "This is..." There was surprise and surprise that could not be concealed in his tone. Wen Qing looked up, and it happened to be the one that Yinzhen didn't buy after asking.
"The red-clothed cannon? No, this is more complicated than the red-clothed cannon!"
I have to say that Yinyi's military sense is very keen! He stared at Wen Qing eagerly, "Take this out, I want it!"
He called himself the king, which was also showing his identity, but Wen Qing didn't care who he was, and said with a smile, "Thanks for your patronage, one hundred thousand taels of silver, give the silver first and then deliver the goods!"
Yin Yin laughed back in anger, "You want one hundred thousand taels from me for a model?"
Yes, what was placed in the glass cabinet was just a model of a howitzer. It was so big that Wen Qing's small shop couldn't fit it.
Wen Qing still looked calm, "No, no, of course it's not just this one model. You have to pay the money first, and I'll tell you later."
Yinfei squinted his eyes and stared at her, with dangerous signals in his eyes, but Wen Qing was not afraid at all, Yinfeng and her looked at each other for a moment, and finally had to compromise, and told the guard behind him, "Go back to the house and take one hundred thousand taels Banknote!"
The guard took the order to go, and came back without a cup of tea. The one hundred thousand taels of silver bills were packed in a box, a thick stack, Wen Qing checked it clearly, threw it into the money basket, and greeted Yinyin happily, " As soon as I saw the guest officer, you are a straightforward person, and I will not play tricks with you, come, come, follow me, the real big guy is in the backyard."
Yinyi followed her into the backyard, and was stunned by the big guy in the yard. It was not a model, not a sample, but a real cannon!
"This one is called a howitzer. It is much more advanced than the red cannons of the Ming Dynasty. The muzzle velocity reaches 930 meters per second. Do you know what a second is? It is the time for your pocket watch to take one step. The maximum range is 27150 meters, and the direct firing distance 1100m…”
Yin Yin listened to her explanation in a daze, completely forgetting what kind of reaction he had. In the end, Wen Qing gave him a book about howitzer making. Of course, the title of the book is not this, it is called—
"Men watched silence, women watched tears."