When the incomparable comfort spread throughout his body, Wu Lai suddenly opened his eyes...

No, I'm not dreaming, Woolley said to himself...

"Oh, Elise, you are so naughty." Wu Lai rolled away from the hot body and wiped the sweat from his forehead. In the dreamlike moment just now, he kept asking for more with an unprecedented madness. The suppressed moans, sobs and trembling turned his joy into a tsunami.

"Hmm..." The dreamy response confirmed Wu Lai's just-mentioned arrogance.

"I'm going to take a shower. I'm all sweaty." Wu Lai patted his still dizzy head, stood up and fumbled to open the bedroom door.

The lights in the living room were still on, so Wu Lai saw Mengbao occupying most of the long sofa and Elise taking a nap on the armrest on the other side.

Elise? Wu Lai was stunned. If the person taking a nap in front of him was Elise, then who was the one in the room?

After thinking of the answer instantly, Wu Lai's heart was suddenly in a mess: "Oh my god, I got tricked..."

The girl in the bedroom was a lolita, but she was obviously not in a good condition. She had never experienced sex before and had no idea that Wu Lai would be so "barbaric". During the whole process, she felt like she was in a storm. Of course, it was not that she did not feel happy throughout the whole process. At least at the beginning, when she secretly touched Wu Lai's body, the uneasiness and excitement still brought her a lot of pleasure and satisfaction.

When Wu Lai left her body, Loli suddenly felt relieved, but an uncontrollable feeling of grievance also arose spontaneously, especially when she thought that as a pampered girl of the Kochi family, she had to dedicate herself to the man she loved in this way, Loli simply shed tears.

He was actually calling Iris's name... When Wu Lai got up and walked out of the bedroom, Loli wiped her tears and thought to herself.

After a while, there was a slight knock on the bedroom door.

He's back. What should I do? Scare him? Or pretend to sleep? Loli's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Why should I hesitate? He made me... Loli bit her lip, breathing a little faster.

"Elis, go to bed first. I'm going out to do something." Wu Lai's voice came from the door.

Going out to do something? Loli was just startled when the bedroom door closed again. Outside the door, Wu Lai breathed a long sigh of relief, took the robe that Yi Leisi brought, and waved at her again. Yi Leisi pursed her lips, turned around and walked into the small bedroom, looking quite disappointed.

After getting dressed as quickly as possible, Wu Lai woke up the cute baby who either did not sleep or slept all night long, and then tiptoed out of the apartment with him.

After rushing onto the street at the fastest speed, Wu Lai turned around with lingering fear and saw that no one was following him. He then breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the commercial and entertainment district.

Oh, what should I say tomorrow? Wu Lai pondered as he walked.

…

The next morning, the Winter Festival Banquet in Salt Marsh Town was ready.

This is the first time that the dragon-shaped banquet has appeared in the Assyrian territory and even the entire continent. According to Woolley, if it were in the "old days", it would definitely be a Guinness World Record in a minute.

This statement is absolutely not an exaggeration, because in addition to all the townspeople, the participants of the dragon banquet also included foreign builders, vendors, travelers, and even slaves were allowed to attend. Although their seats were in the back row, it did set a precedent for nobles, commoners and slaves to feast at the same time.

The Common People's Assembly had raised objections to Woolley's arrangement, but after listening to their explanation, Woolley smiled and shook his head, and asked in return: "Why does Salt Marsh Town have to follow the practices of other places? Why can't Salt Marsh Town be harmonious? The role played by slaves in the construction of Salt Marsh Town is definitely no less than that of common people and citizens, so why should they be excluded?"

After carefully thinking through Wu Lai's three questions, the representatives of the Common People's Assembly lowered their heads in shame.

But the purpose of the dragon banquet is not just for drinking and entertainment. The fundamental reason why Wu Lai did this is that he felt that this method, in addition to promoting the unity of the townspeople and increasing the cohesion of the ruling party, could also become an experimental measure to shake the class barriers. At least for now, the nobles and commoners of Saltmarsh Town have accepted the propaganda of the Common People's Assembly and have dinner with the slaves to celebrate the Winter Festival.

The table stretched from the east gate to the west gate. In order to achieve this length, in addition to mobilizing all the tables in the town, the municipal government also hurriedly made 120 long tables that were 12 cubits long and 6 cubits wide, thus achieving the goal of all Wu Lai staff participating.

When Wright and Loli saw the scene of the dragon banquet, they were shocked at the same time——

The place is made up of a series of connected tables, each of which seats eight to ten people. The long tables are covered with dark blue printed cloth. There is a large copper hot pot on each table. The hot soup in the hot pot is already boiling, emitting a fragrant meaty aroma. Next to the hot pot are two large plates of thinly sliced ​​pickled meat and chicken and two baskets of washed lettuce. Of course, bread, flatbread and wine are also indispensable.

When Wright approached the table and took a look, he found that in addition to these, there was also a large plate of white and tender things that were cut into neat circles and stacked neatly.

"What is this? Loli, have you seen it?" Wright pointed and asked.

Loli didn't pay attention to what Wright said. At this moment, her attention was all on Wu Lai not far away.

"Does he have to be so busy?" Loli pouted.

Of course Wu Lai had to be busy. It was not that he didn't see Wright and Loli, but because it was "better to be busy" at the moment.

"Please take a seat, citizens. Everything is ready. We are just waiting for the order from our Lord Wu Lai." A member of the Civilian Assembly who was responsible for maintaining order warmly invited Wright and Loli to take their seats.

Wright nodded and chose an empty seat to sit down. Although he felt a little uncomfortable sitting opposite a civilian, he also knew that this was Wu Lai's territory and he really had to adapt to the local customs.

However, Loli did not sit down, but walked straight towards Wu Lai.

Wu Lai had been paying attention to Loli for a long time. When he saw her coming over angrily, he was startled. He rolled his eyes and patted Baker: "It's started."

Baker was stunned, thinking that he had just been told to wait a little longer. However, since Wu Lai had already given the order, there was no time to hesitate. He immediately raised the small red flag in his hand, and then, with three consecutive "踽踽踽" sounds, three flaring arrows shot rapidly into the sky.

The red flags were flying, arrows were whistling, and the street leading to the South Gate was suddenly filled with the sound of gongs and drums. Loli was stunned and involuntarily slowed down her pace...

As the sound of gongs and drums approached, two long colorful dragons danced over happily. These were the two colorful dragons designed by Wu Lai. They were majestic and powerful, with gorgeous scales and claws. However, this was not the first time the townspeople had seen them. When the municipal building was completed, these two colorful dragons had danced to celebrate. That time, their appearance was so vivid that it scared and cried many children who were watching the show.

The slave army dancing with the colorful dragons was led by Ma Long. This army, which had expanded to 860 people, now had its own flag and number like the Bandit-Suppressing Army - they were named the Tiger and Leopard Army.

After seeing Loli being attracted by the colorful dragon, Wu Lai immediately ran away to find Guru. It would be better to gain Guru's understanding and sympathy for these matters first.

When Loli came to her senses and went to look for Wu Lai, he was nowhere to be seen...

"Let's raise our glasses!" Baker raised the megaphone, "Let's celebrate together! Citizens of Saltmarsh Town! Builders of Saltmarsh Town! Friends of Saltmarsh Town! Happy Winter Festival!"

"hapiness!"

"cheers!"

The loli's searching gaze was immediately drowned out by everyone's enthusiasm and noise...

"What is this?" Wright carefully picked up a "white cube" and watched it trembling on the tip of the fork with some fear, as if it was about to fall apart.

"Citizen, it's called tofu." An old woman sitting opposite said with a smile, "It is a gift from our Lord Wu Lai to Salt Marsh Town."

"Tofu?" Wright was startled and asked involuntarily, "Is it related to beans?"

"Of course." The old woman's face was full of pride, "and they are beans grown in Salt Marsh Town itself."

"Grown it yourself? Did you reclaim wasteland dozens of miles away?" Wright asked curiously.

"No." The old woman shook her head proudly, "Our Lord Wu Lai led everyone to improve the soil..."

When the banquet was about to end, Wu Lai went to the slave seating area to toast and express condolences, while Guru found Loli.

"I heard from Wu Lai that last night you..." Guru felt it was difficult to continue.

"Yes, that's right. You just need to tell me where Wu Lai is. Don't worry about anything else." Loli said.

"No, Loli, what I mean is..." Gulu hesitated for a moment, leaned closer and lowered his voice, "Hurry up and try to finalize the relationship with Wu Lai in the next few days, otherwise my father..."

"Oh? So that's what you think." Loli giggled, "Then you have to help me, Guru?"

"I've always been helping you." Guru said. He knew that Loli's willful and capricious temper would only be restrained in front of Wu Lai. Of course, he also felt that only Wu Lai was worthy of his sister.

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"Wulai is a responsible man. You have to tell him directly what you want. The way you did last night is not the best way to impress him." Guru sighed softly and added, "After the banquet, he will go to the open-air theater. Go find him there. I think he may be waiting for you."

Guru did not lie. Wu Lai was indeed in the open-air theater and was indeed waiting for Loli. Just as Guru said, he was a responsible man and always had been.

Although Loli's way was not what he liked, he could understand the deeper meaning behind this behavior.

"Okay, I'm a warm-hearted Oriental." Wu Lai said to himself when he saw Loli approaching.

"Wu Lai, I want to marry you." Loli said with a blushing face.

"I think..." Wu Lai smiled slightly, "It's not a big problem."

…

Circus, opera, and then the lantern festival, the first day of the winter festival in Salt Marsh Town seemed to be lively at any time. All the people in Salt Marsh Town wanted to give off their joy on this day. They were so happy and forgetful. There were even men and women happily doing that in secluded corners. Of course, most of them were eventually given "light punishment" by the town management on the grounds of "infringing on morals" - no matter whether they were men or women, they would be whipped three times.

At the lantern festival, Wright, who had been patient for a whole day, "very rudely" disturbed Wu Lai and Loli's interest in viewing the lanterns - he quite rudely pulled the two of them to a corner where few people came.

"Wu Lai, I finally found you. Tell me, are you going to give me the technology to make tofu...tofu? Or, should we work together?"

"Oh, Wright, it's just a dish. The profit is so small that I can't take it seriously, but I'm in a good mood right now." Wu Lai smiled and took out a paper package the size of a baby's fist from his waist pouch and handed it to Wright, "Open it and take a look."

Wright opened it as he was told, and saw a smooth cube inside the paper package. He put it close to his nose and smelled it, then frowned slightly: "Alkali?"

"Almost, but it's called soap," Woolley said with a smile.

"Soap? What is it used for? For making tofu?" Wright held it up and sniffed it again.

Wu Lai couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Don't keep thinking about tofu, this is for bathing."

"Take a bath? Can this thing be used for taking a bath?" Wright was a little skeptical.

"Oh, Wright, you seem to be questioning me?" Wu Lai joked. Although it was the first time that Wright saw soap, Wu Lai had been using soap, even scented soap, to take a bath in this world for some years, at least as early as the beginning of the construction of the White Stone Building. So for the people in the White Stone Building and the Green Building, soap was really not a new thing.

Assyrians love bathing, which is why bathhouses are so prosperous in various cities of Assyria.

The Assyrians took bathing very seriously, even the civilians did. After entering the bathhouse, they would first remove their makeup in the locker room, then go to the greenhouse to warm up or go directly into the warm water bathroom to sit down and relax their bodies. They would also apply special scented oils on their bodies, then go to the steam drying room or the hottest hot water bathroom, waiting for the sweat to come, and then use a metal scraper to scrape off the sweat and oil on their bodies, and finally enter the warm water bath to wash. After washing, they would cover their bodies with olive oil, get dressed, and go home.

According to Woolley, the people of Assyria all smelled of olives.

Wu Lai didn't like this way of bathing. He liked to wash his body thoroughly, then put on his clothes directly without applying anything. That feeling made him feel comfortable.

"This is a long-term business," Wu Lai said. "I need to build a factory in Salt Marsh Town, produce here, and then ship to various parts of Assyria for sale. Sales are naturally no problem, but the problem is that I lack raw materials and a stable source of raw materials."

"What ingredients?" Wright asked.

"Strong liquor and oil." Wu Lai replied. When oil and caustic soda are boiled together, they will be hydrolyzed into sodium and glycerol, the higher fatty acids. The former becomes soap after processing and molding. However, oil is not easily soluble in alkaline water, so he needs to add alcohol to increase the solubility of oil in alkaline solution and speed up the saponification reaction.

Strong liquor can be purified to obtain alcohol, and Saltmarsh Town is not short of alkali, but oil is a big problem because there are few oil crops in the Lovington area, and nearly half of the oil used is imported from other cities.

"Why not build this factory in Assyria or a city near Assyria?" Wright asked curiously, because from a cost perspective, building a factory in an oil-producing area is undoubtedly the most cost-effective.

"No, I have to build it here. At the beginning of next year, I will launch a land reclamation plan." Wu Lai smiled slightly, "In three years at most, I will be able to achieve self-sufficiency in spirits and oil."

"Wright, Wu Lai is so good to you. I begged him for a long time before he reluctantly agreed to give me 10%." Loli said with a pout.

"Only 10% is Loli?" Wright was stunned and asked Wu Lai, "What about me?"

"You're thirty-and-a-half percent," Wu Lai replied.

"Wow, that's too little?!" Wright shouted exaggeratedly.

"For every ten percent, you need to invest one hundred thousand gold coins." Wu Lai said seriously.

Wright was stunned again, thinking to himself, Wu Lai, how come you can easily make hundreds of thousands of gold coins? However, there is really no other investment as secure as Wu Lai's.

"Okay, but I have to explain this to my family. Also, can I use other materials to offset the money?" Wright asked.

"Of course." Wu Lai laughed and said.

"Lord Wu Lai!" someone shouted loudly.

Wu Lai turned around and saw Plancy running towards him with two guards.

"What's wrong?" Wu Lai frowned because Plancy's expression was a little serious.

After glancing at Wright and the other two, Plancy invited Wu Lai to the side, took out an envelope from his bosom and stuffed it into Wu Lai's hand, lowering his voice and saying, "Assyrian war report, fighting broke out on the border..."