He was crouching on the ground, not daring to move, and his whole body was shivering like chaff.
Tears welled up in Bai Chun's eyes from time to time. In so many years, this was the first time that the prince was so angry with him. He knew clearly that he was wrong in this matter, but for some reason, he always felt aggrieved in his heart.
After being stunned for a long time, he finally turned around and continued to follow the crowd towards the last restricted area, the 'Medicinal Food Room'.
The inspection in the medicinal kitchen is extremely strict. Even Li Hong needs to remove all metal objects from his body, let alone others.
Including silk items, no one is allowed to bring in, and even hair needs to be tied up before passing.
Fortunately, today Xia Zhi and others were all as pure as white, wearing shirts and skirts made of pure cotton. Li Hong and his party had made sufficient preparations before arriving.
And for so many years, Bai Chun has been wearing pure cotton white shirts and skirts. The reason why she doesn't have a bun is because of the existence of the 'Medicated Food Room'. Dressing like this will naturally make it much easier to get in and out.
Gunpowder is naturally the top priority of the medicinal kitchen, but black gunpowder is only one of them. Yellow explosive is the top secret matter, but now there has been no way to make great progress.
In his previous life, Li Hong knew that yellow explosives are the most stable of all explosives, and only this kind of explosives can become the most reliable in this era of extreme lack of production safety.
Picric acid is another kind of explosive that is extremely unstable. Li Hong is only letting a handful of people slowly explore the natural caves in Taiyi City. He doesn’t know whose idea it was to actually synthesize nitric acid and sulfuric acid. Glycerin is treated together, and a yellow, clear liquid emerges, nitroglycerin.
Sun Simiao also knew the formula of gunpowder at this time. In his "Sun Zhenren Alchemy", the formula of gunpowder is recorded: "The sulfur fire method of burning sulfur, saltpeter, and saponin together."
Everyone who enters the 'Medicated Food Room' will be covered tightly. As the technology of glass becomes more and more perfect, glasses to protect the eyes are naturally produced.
Each person has a pair of goggles, including a thick mask, gloves, etc. In short, everyone can see each other's eyes under the goggles.
The 'Medicinal Food Room' with more than a hundred people occupies a considerable area. Most of those caves belong to the 'Medicinal Food Room', and Lawless is one of the persons in charge.
Walking around the 'Medicinal Food Room' made Xia Zhi and others feel like they had walked away from the gates of hell. The Crown Prince, who never took the rules seriously, was rare and cautious in his actions in the 'Medicinal Food Room', even when he touched those things. Black, yellow, or other liquids are all very cautious.
But this was also the first time they discovered another side of the prince. When communicating with the craftsmen of the 'Medicine Room', a real man seemed to appear in front of them: serious and focused.
Looking at those clear eyes, I couldn't help but feel a little moved, as if my heart was tightly connected to the prince.
Everyone was sweating profusely when they came out. There was nothing they could do. Although the cave was cool and dry, they couldn't hold up their thick cotton clothes and full armor.
After coming out, Li Hong didn't say anything. He just got on the carriage and just said lightly: "Go back home."
As for Bai Chun, Li Hong was not even interested in taking a look. At this moment, he was still holding back his breath.
Is this really the tradition of the Chinese nation? Why do some people unconsciously lower their standards? Bai Chun was not clear about all the pros and cons, but why did she dare to hide it from herself and sell the defective glass to merchants!
Everyone knows that speculation and shoddy goods can make temporary profits, but Bai Chun doesn't know the disadvantages of doing so
Bai Chun looked lonely and was the last one to get on the carriage, while Kenfu followed behind the carriage with one man and one horse. No one knew how the prince would punish them next.
Xia Zhi and others have become cautious since they got in the car. They are not as relaxed as when they came here. They rarely see the prince angry once a year, and they can't even remember the last time the prince was angry.
Cheetah and the others were doing better. In any case, the four of them were outside the carriage, so naturally they felt less about the depressing atmosphere in the carriage.
Li Hong leaned against the carriage window and didn't speak. He just looked at the scenery outside quietly and thought about his own thoughts. As for the people in the car, he naturally knew that if he was in a bad mood, they would not be in a good mood either.
But Bai Chun must have a longer memory about this matter, otherwise we don’t know what will happen in the future.
"Master, I know that Bai Chun is guilty, please punish me." Bai Chun said with fear and grievance in his tone.
"Do you still know that you were wrong? In the past few years, I have safely handed over Taiyi City to you, but what have you done? Don't you know that at this time, the reputation of our Taiyi City is more valuable than those copper coins? Now you are the only one and you have a monopoly on the market, but when this chamber of commerce is over and merchants from both the north and the south can make this glass, how can you compete with them? "
Bai Chun's words completely ignited the powder keg. Li Hong looked at Bai Chun kneeling in the carriage and continued to say coldly: "When merchants no longer trust you, even if you lower the price, you can't recover the losses you have lost." At any time, you must always remember that quality is your only foundation. If you lose this creed, sooner or later you will lose all the merchants in Taiyi City. By then, what will you get? To restore Taiyi City’s reputation?”
Getting more and more angry as he spoke, Li Hong said the last thing. Looking at Bai Chun who was kneeling there with his head bowed and saying nothing, he couldn't help but slap the table in the carriage in anger. With a bang, the tea sets and other items on the table shook.
The five people in the carriage were so frightened that they trembled involuntarily. The tea on the table was knocked over and flowed freely, but no one dared to clean it up. They just knelt in the carriage fearfully and remained motionless.
The carriage slowly drove into the manor. The weather above seemed to match Li Hong's mood. From the cloudy sky, large raindrops began to fall slowly.
"Reflect on yourself. You have worked hard and have no complaints. I have given you full power. Don't they know how to stop you? How much glass like that was sold? All are recovered! Whether it is the countries in the Western Regions or the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, all are doubled The price will be compensated and all the glass will be replaced for free!" After finishing speaking, Li Hong walked into the hall without looking back.
Hearing Li Hong's faint voice, Bai Chun almost fainted! She knows better than anyone how many of these defective products there are and how many have been sold. If they were all recovered and then paid twice the price and replaced the glass for free, this would be a shocking expense!
"Master..." Bai Chun shouted sadly.
"Those who disobey will be killed." Li Hong's tone was full of ruthlessness and coldness.
The raindrops became heavier and heavier as time went by, and Bai Chun and Kengong Kankuan watched the carriage slowly drive away from the door of the main building. Xia Zhi and others secretly patted her shoulders to express comfort, and hurriedly followed Li Hong. Went into the hall.
In front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows on the fourth floor, Li Hong was sitting on a recliner, while Xia Zhi was waiting on her carefully and gently. The rain outside seemed like Li Hong's mood at this time.
"Master, why don't you call them in." Xia Zhi peeked out the window.
In the pouring rain, Bai Chun's upright and thin figure was kneeling in the rain. Behind him, to the left and right, were the hard-working people lying on the ground.
"What are you asking her to do? Kneel down if you want. If you have done something wrong, you should be conscious and responsible!" Li Hong said coldly, obviously still angry.
"Sir, if Bai Chun's body continues like this, if she gets sick, your chamber of commerce will not be able to open. Aren't you still counting on her?"
"Count on her? Expect her to bring down Taiyi City sooner or later. With such reckless behavior, ask her, how much money has Taiyi City lost just because of her reluctance? Am I short of money? Is Datang short of money? In recent years, I think she has become too greedy to make money. If she sells defective products like this, Taiyi City can afford the loss, but her credibility is gone. That’s irreversible! Don’t you understand this, Xia Zhi?”
"Yes, I am guilty." Xia Zhi saw that Li Hong was still angry and did not dare to speak anymore, so he hurriedly lowered his head to apologize.
Li Hong sighed deeply and said helplessly: "Go ahead and call her in. It's not easy for you these days. You are so old and you don't have a husband. Should I marry her off?"
"No, sir." Xia Zhi hurriedly knelt down and said.
"Why?" Li Hong stood up from the recliner, looking at the blurry Taiyi City in the mist for a while, and then at Bai Chun kneeling downstairs.
"Master, you know that Bai Chun only has you in her heart. She has been busy running around for so many years, just because she doesn't want to live up to your expectations of her. What's more, she has never thought about getting married, she just wants to be like a slave. , serve you forever.”
"Go, go, don't just say nice things." Li Hong looked at the already shaky Bai Chun and softened his tone and said.
"Yes, Master, I'll go right away." Xia Zhi said, unable to hide the excitement in her voice.
Looking up, I saw Xia Zhi holding a brightly colored oil-paper umbrella and running quickly towards Bai Chun in the rain.
Although he couldn't hear what the two said, looking at Bai Chun's stubborn look, Li Hong knew through the window that she didn't want to get up.
Li Hong knew that what Bai Chun was feeling was probably because of her mistake, which caused Taiyi City to lose a lot of money, so she knelt there so stubbornly and couldn't get up.
But she didn't know that Li Hong didn't care about the money at all. What he cared about was the golden signboard of Taiyi City and her personal credibility!
(End of chapter)