"My wife often has some fantastic ideas, which I think is great."
Mo Qingling nodded, "It's really good."
He added: "The recipe for making ice has been submitted, and the award will arrive at the county in a few days."
The imperial palace now makes ice every day to cool down the heat, and many families in the capital have also bought saltpeter to make ice.
He also heard that many restaurants in the capital city had already used ice to make iced drinks, and iced mung bean soup and sour plum soup were very popular.
The herbal tea and popsicles of Shiqingluo Sect also spread to the capital, and there were often vendors selling popsicles on the streets.
Then he changed the subject, "The reward is gold."
Xiao Hanzheng was not surprised at all.
He smiled and said: "When we first came up with the ice-making recipe, we didn't expect anything. It's a pleasant surprise to be rewarded, even if it's gold. We are very satisfied."
Mo Qingling looked at him, "Aren't you a little disappointed?"
Many people offered prescriptions, but they all hoped to receive lavish rewards from the emperor.
Xiao Hanzheng remained calm and said calmly: "Why should I be disappointed? I think the reward is just right."
He added bluntly, "The reward is too high. Even a scholar like me cannot afford it."
A high position and a generous salary? How could it be possible for just a recipe for making ice?
Their purpose is just to register with the emperor. Even if he forgets, when he mentions it one day, the emperor will remember that you are the Xiao Hanzheng who offered the ice-making method! That's enough.
He is just a scholar now and has no noble family background. If the emperor rewards him too lavishly, it will be bad.
Mo Qingling looked at Xiao Hanzheng with a little more appreciation in his eyes, "You are very smart."
It's rare to be able to remain so calm and rational at this age.
Xiao Hanzheng smiled, "Thank you for the compliment, sir!"
Mo Qingling was very busy, so Xiao Hanzheng did not bother him any further and went to the open space in front of the county government office.
At this time, the young wife, Xiao Xiaomei and Erlang had already given out a lot of mosquito coils.
After all, it was given away for free, and it was delivered at the county government office, so everyone took the attitude of “not giving it away for nothing”.
After hearing about it, some people came specially to get it.
As for whether I will use it tonight or not, we will talk about it later.
Xiao Hanzheng went to teach people how to make ice.
Because the ice-making recipe was made public, many people in the county benefited or made money, so they were very polite to the couple.
When he returned home in the afternoon and did some shopping, he passed by the Bai family's house. Shi Qingluo took a few bundles of mosquito coils and asked the servant to deliver them to Bai Xu.
That night in the county town, many families lit the mosquito coils that were sent to them.
But I didn't take it seriously. I thought it was nothing magical and that the mosquitoes would disappear if I lit some incense.
At the Bai family, Bai Xu didn't have too many doubts after getting the mosquito coil.
After all, he already knew a lot about Shi Qingluo, and she would not do anything without confidence.
So I gave the mosquito coils to my grandparents and parents.
His mother looked at the not-so-delicate mosquito coil with some doubt, "Is this thing really able to repel mosquitoes?"
After sniffing it, "It doesn't smell as good as the incense I lit in my room."
Bai Xu smiled and said, "Mom, this is meant to repel mosquitoes. How can its smell compare to the incense in your house?"
“As long as it’s useful.”
Mrs. Bai thought the same and said, "Okay, let's try it tonight."
She is still happy that her son is filial.
Soon, the next day, those who doubted the effectiveness of mosquito coils were convinced that they were useful.
"Did you light the mosquito coils from last night? They really worked."
"I didn't order it, I forgot about it, is it really useful?"
"It works. I lit it last night and didn't hear any mosquitoes all night. There were no bites when I woke up in the morning."
"Where can I buy this mosquito coil? I want to go buy some."
"It seems that there is no such thing in the county town, only in Xiaxi Village."
"I'm going to buy some. I had a good sleep last night without any mosquitoes."
Word of mouth spread quickly, and the effectiveness of mosquito coils became known.
Shrewd businessmen and peddlers also drove horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts towards Xiaxixi Village.
Bai family.
Bai Xu went to have dinner with his grandmother and mother.
Mrs. Bai smiled and said, "The mosquito coils you gave me yesterday were really effective. Send some more over."
In the past, when there were mosquitoes at night, she would use mugwort to fumigate them, and the maid would help her drive them away in the middle of the night, but it would affect her sleep to some extent.
But after lighting the mosquito coils last night, I didn’t need a maid and had a good sleep all night.
Mrs. Bai also smiled and said, "Send some to me too. This mosquito coil may not look like this, but it is really useful."
Bai Xu also used it last night and the effect was really good.
He smiled and said, "No problem, I'll go buy some more today."
He also saw business opportunities and planned to find Shi Qingluo to discuss cooperation.
After finishing his meal, he took a horse-drawn carriage to Xiaxixi Village and found many horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts parked in front of the Xiao family sugar factory.
Upon asking, I found out that these people were queuing up to buy mosquito coils.
Bai Xu asked again and only then did he hear about Shi Qingluo distributing mosquito coils for free yesterday.
He was stunned at first, but soon figured out how to spread the word.
When he walked in the door, the people in front of him in line asked him not to cut in line.
Bai Xu was speechless, "I'm either here to cut in line or to visit a friend."
"Han Zheng, Han Zheng!" Then he saw Xiao Han Zheng standing not far away, shouted a few times deliberately, and squeezed in.
When everyone saw him like this, they thought he was visiting a friend and did not try to stop him.
Bai Xu quickly walked up to Xiao Hanzheng and asked, "Where is Shi Qingluo?"
Xiao Hanzheng smiled and replied, "She is arranging the shipment inside. Are you here for the mosquito coils as well?"
Bai Xu whispered, "That's for sure."
"Take me to talk to your wife."
Xiao Hanzheng handed over the task at hand to someone else and took Bai Xu into a room.
Shi Qingluo was busy arranging people to ship the goods according to the sequence numbers in the queue outside.
When she saw Bai Xu coming in, she said first: "You want to buy mosquito coils? Then don't ask, we don't have any."
Bai Xu: “…”
He said speechlessly: "Why bother with all this trouble when you can just buy it for me?"
Shi Qing rolled his eyes at him and said, "Why would I go to the county town to hand out free mosquito coils if I want to buy it all for you?"
"Don't try to take everything for yourself. Leave some meat and soup for others."
Bai Xu was puzzled. "It would be much easier to just buy it all. Why are you working so hard?"
Shi Qingluo replied: "I am a diligent person who can't sit still. I am happy to do it."
Bai Xu: “…” I don’t believe you.
"Come on, tell me the reason." This woman likes to save trouble most of the time, and is definitely not the kind of person who would bother herself with trouble just to find something to do.
Shi Qingluo finished arranging the orders in his hand.
Then he went over and sat down next to Xiao Hanzheng, "Okay, I just want to attract more people to our village and turn our village into a distribution and trading center in the future."
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