Chapter 32

Yan Liqiang walked and strolled alone in Huanglong county. After asking two people for more than an hour, he came to Chaoyang Lane in the county and found the ice shop in the lane.

The name of this ice shop is Chaoyang ice shop. In the middle of the alley, Yan Liqiang walked to the entrance of the alley and saw the sign hanging outside the ice shop. Seeing the sign, Yan Liqiang walked over.

In his last life, Yan Liqiang also thought that eating popsicles in summer was the patent of modern people after the invention of the refrigerator. Until once he saw a cultural relics auction on TV, one of the cultural relics was the ice box of ancient people. After hearing the introduction of the host, he knew that ancient Chinese people could drink cold drinks and eat popsicles in summer since the Tang Dynasty, He suddenly found himself illiterate.

When ancient people made ice, they didn't use a refrigerator, but saltpeter. When saltpeter was dissolved in water, it would quickly absorb the heat in the water and turn the water into ice. The ancients made ice by using the characteristics of saltpeter - filling two large and small basins with water, putting the small basin in the large basin, and then pouring saltpeter into the large basin until the large basin freezes, The small basin is also frozen.

The world is the same. Only those who can enjoy ice in summer are rich people. Therefore, ice shops are only available in economically prosperous counties or big cities. Of course, some local tyrants have ice rooms in their homes to make ice. For example, Yan Liqiang remembers that when he was a child, when the weather was the hottest every year, Hong Tao, who is two years older than himself, comes to the town school with a popsicle with rock sugar every afternoon. That kind of prestige is like a local tyrant driving a Rolls Royce to the countryside. He still remembers it.

It's summer now. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, cicadas are chirping on several old trees in the alley, the sun is poisonous overhead, and the ground is steaming hot. Outside the ice shop, several children are salivating and peeping into the ice shop, while a man in blue clothes is standing at the door of the ice shop, Like the scarecrow driving sparrows in the rice field, he was shouting at the children, "go, don't block the door here. If you want to eat ice, ask your father for money..."

When the waiter blew the children away, Yan Liqiang walked into the ice shop.

Different from the outside, as soon as he entered the ice shop, Yan Liqiang felt that the temperature in the ice shop was several degrees lower than that outside, and a burst of coolness hit him, which was extremely comfortable.

There is a counter in the shop. Behind the counter are several wooden freezers with tin layers inside.

A guy stood behind the counter. After looking at Yan Liqiang, he felt that Yan Liqiang was not like a little kid who came here to cheat on food and drink. He just smiled. "Does this guest want to buy ice? We welcome all kinds of ice, pure ice, ice with ice sugar and red bayberry juice, and the price is reasonable, I wonder which one the guest wants? "

When Yan Liqiang heard that there was ice with red bayberry juice, he felt that the saliva in his mouth suddenly came out. Unfortunately, he knew that the ice sold in these ice stores was at least one large washbasin, which supplied the needs of each family. Like the popsicles eaten by Hong Tao before, only large families were willing to do these small stores, I can't make ice cubes as small as popsicles at all, because the cost is high, and ordinary children can't afford it at all.

Yan Liqiang tried his best to show a pure smile on his face, and then opened his mouth to the man, "cough, do you have saltpeter here?"

"What are you talking about?" The clerk in the shop looked surprised.

"I mean saltpeter, saltpeter for ice making. I want to buy some!"

"We only sell ice here, not saltpeter!" The smile on the guy's face converged little by little. If it hadn't been for the smile on Yan Liqiang's face, I'm afraid he would have kicked Yan Liqiang out.

"I know. I'll buy some. I don't know if it's convenient!"

The man shook his head firmly, "we don't sell saltpeter here. You'd better go to other places. Besides, the shopkeeper is not here, and I can't be the master..."

"Do you know where to sell saltpeter?"

"I don't know!"

Just as he was saying this, a guest came in, and the man directly ignored Yan Liqiang and went to greet the new guest.

Looking at the guy's face, Yan Liqiang knew that the deal might not be possible. He touched his nose and came out of the store.

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For the next few hours, Yan Liqiang wandered around the county seat of Huanglong county. He didn't expect that it would be so difficult to buy some saltpeter.

He has been to all three ice stores, but none of them is willing to sell him saltpeter, which makes Yan Liqiang almost crazy. Things like saltpeter have very narrow uses. In the whole county, he doesn't know where there are saltpeter except the ice store.

However, Yan Liqiang's communication skills are very strong. Since he can't buy saltpeter in the saltpeter store, he finally learned from the clerk of an ice store that saltpeter is available in a fur buying firm in Shiqiao Town, a large trading town outside Huanglong county.

Yan Li patted his head. Then he remembered that saltpeter could be used to tanning leather besides making ice. The firm in Shiqiao Town not only received leather, but also supplied some raw materials for tanning leather, such as lime and saltpeter.

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When Yan Liqiang came out of the firm in Shiqiao Town, it was almost evening and the sun was about to set.

The saltpetre in the firm is supplied to customers in large quantities. Those customers often buy dozens of kilograms or hundreds of kilograms. Just when he went in and said he would buy a kilogram of saltpetre, he was almost driven out by the guys in the firm. People thought he was going to amuse people. Finally, Yan Liqiang took out the silver, and the guys in the firm sold him a little with dubious confidence, But the price, relative to the saltpeter, is the "sky high price". I bought only one kilogram after two dollars of silver.

Yan Liqiang, who went out of the firm, touched the two saltpeter stones in his arms and breathed out a long breath. This time he only bought some and went back to see if he could make gunpowder. If he could, he would naturally have a way to get saltpeter in the future.

Looking up at the sky, it's getting late. If it's too late to return to the craftsman's camp, it's not good for Qian Su to worry.

Thinking so, Yan Liqiang walked towards the square in the center of the town not far away.

Shiqiao Town is a large commercial town, with a large number of merchants from south to north. There are shops and restaurants around the square in the center of the town. Many people directly set up floor stalls on the side of the square, selling some herbs, soil and other things. If you rent a carriage, it is also in the square.

Yan Liqiang just walked to the side of the square and was about to call a carriage when he saw four rhinoceros horses rushing to the square mountain from a distance like the wind. As soon as the four riders on the rhinoceros horse jumped off the horse's back, one of them picked up a Gong from the saddle and knocked quickly.

In my previous life, when I visited forums on the Internet, if I wanted my comments to be watched and spread, I would put my posts on the top, or let big V forward them. In this world, there is no network or forum. I heard that there are newspapers in some big cities, but Yan Liqiang hasn't seen them. In addition to the government's ability to post all kinds of announcements, ordinary people want to make a voice in public, The quickest way to attract people's attention is to strike the Gong in a crowded place.

Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, the four horsemen riding rhinoceros horses to the square gathered a large number of people around the square.

Because it was the voice around him, Yan Liqiang crowded into the crowd with the idea of watching the excitement, trying to see what the two people were doing.

One of the four riders is older, and the other three are very young. The older one seems to be in charge of a large family according to his clothes, while the younger three riders seem to be house guards and so on.

At this time, both the older caretaker and the three younger caretakers are sweating and anxious. The young caretakers are better. The older caretaker is panting and pale.

"Isn't that man in charge of the Lu family? What are you doing?"

A small businessman who set up a stall next to Yan Liqiang looked at the steward and said curiously to the people next to him, which was just heard by Yan Liqiang.

Lu family, before Yan Liqiang came to Huanglong County, he seemed to have heard that there is a big family in Huanglong county that has been inherited for hundreds of years, but Yan Liqiang doesn't know whether the Lu family mentioned by the people around him is the Lu family he heard of. After all, there are more than one large family surnamed Lu in Huanglong county.

Seeing hundreds of people gathered around, the steward took a few breaths and calmed down. As soon as he raised his hand, the servant who knocked on the Gong suddenly stopped.

Lu Guan punched around in advance, looked around, and then spoke loudly, "fellow villagers and friends, I'm the manager of lujiazhuang in Lianhua Mountain. My name is Lu Wenbin. Some friends may know me. I came here today to ask for an urgent matter. I don't know if there is a secret recipe for treating drowning people among fellow villagers and friends, There is a child drowning in Lianhua villa today. He came here for help! "

Steward Lu looked at the onlookers with hopeful eyes, but the onlookers were silent for a while. Everyone was confused. Yan Liqiang was also confused. It was strange that someone in the Lu family drowned and came here to find someone for help.

"Steward Lu, there are children drowning in lujiazhuang. You should hurry to find a doctor. The Lu family is so rich. What kind of doctor can't be found? Why are you here?" Among the crowd of onlookers, someone immediately asked the doubts in their hearts.

Lu Guanshi was silent for a few seconds, then said astringently, "the doctor has been found. The best doctors in hepingxi City, Huanglong county are already in lujiazhuang. Only three or four hours after the child drowned, the doctors are helpless. That's why I came to ask my friends from the countryside to see if you have a secret recipe. If you can save people, The Lu family must thank you very much. Even if they can't save it, the Lu family won't blame... "

As soon as the people around him heard it, they immediately understood that the Lu family, the best doctor in Huanglong county and county city, had invited them, but they didn't save them. The supervisor Lu said that three or four hours had passed, which means that the drowning child had been silent for three or four hours. Twelve hours a day, three or four hours have passed, and people can't die anymore, The best doctors that the Lu family can get have no way. Who else may have any way?

After all, the art of bringing the dead back to life is just a legend. How can a drowned child be saved after such a long time? It is estimated that the Lu family is also a dead horse as a living horse doctor. There is no hope and there is no other way to let the steward try it outside with a chance. The people around them shook their heads and dispersed. The Lu family's heavy thanks naturally attracted people's saliva, but they didn't have the ability to bring the dead back to life. It was a waste of time to go. If they didn't have the ability to fool around, they might get into trouble. The scattered people whispered and guessed which child the Lu family drowned would make the Lu family so nervous. Watching the people around him disperse, manager Lu's eyes showed a look of despair and helplessly lowered his head... At this time, Yan Liqiang faintly pondered, went directly to manager Lu's face, and calmly said, "manager Lu, maybe I can try..." when he heard Yan Liqiang's voice, manager Lu suddenly raised his head, When he saw that only a 14-year-old boy in ordinary clothes was standing in front of him, the surprised expression on his face solidified....... PS; It's Monday. I'm looking for recommended tickets and collection for new books! Cough... Cough... By the way, sometimes the tiger writes and feels like he is still on the black iron as soon as he invests. Zhang tie runs out carelessly, resulting in clerical errors. The tiger will try to strengthen the inspection. If there are mistakes and omissions, please forgive me! This novel has been translated by www.novelhall.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stolen our translation.