NOVEL NEXT Chapter 237 It shouldn’t be them
"Really? Let me see."
Hearing someone say this, he, who has always been bolder, also reached out to touch it.
"Really." The man took his hand back, with an excited expression on his face.
After a while.
"Hey, hey, I saw some ice particles."
When they heard someone shouting, everyone behind them stretched their necks to get a closer look.
"The more water you use to make ice, the slower it will turn into ice. If there is too little saltpeter and too much water, it may not turn into ice."
While everyone was waiting for the water to freeze, the shopkeeper explained to everyone:
"But just because of this, we can't say that the saltpeter sold in our shop is not good..."
"It's done. Look, everyone, ice flakes have begun to form, but the ice has not completely formed into solid blocks."
Everyone's attention was focused on the water that was starting to freeze. Not many people listened carefully to the shopkeeper's words.
"This time, I don't have to go over there to buy hundreds of coins for a piece of ice."
"Yes, how can we, who have no money, be willing to buy a few hundred coins for a piece of ice?"
"Well, shouldn't we use the few hundred coins to buy meat?
How long does it take for the children at home to have a meal of meat? How could you be willing to spend so much money? "
Everyone started talking.
"I just don't know how much saltpeter is needed for this bucket of water?"
"Yes, there is too little saltpeter to turn into ice cubes, and too much saltpeter is expensive."
After hearing everyone's questions, the shopkeeper gave some advice:
"Generally, one pound of water uses eight taels to one pound of saltpeter. It mainly depends on how hot the weather is that day."
"My family doesn't have that much money to buy that much saltpeter."
"Hi! So does my family. But I don't necessarily want to make it into ice cubes.
It can make people in the house cool when the water is icy. "
"That's right! Isn't this what the old man often says: the poor live in poverty, the rich live in poverty."
"A few days ago, I asked when I was buying medicine at the drug store. Saltpeter was not expensive at that time.
I don’t know, the weather is hot now. This thing can also make ice. Will the price increase? "
"Hey, even if the shopkeeper raises the price, there's nothing you can do about it. Can you still buy saltpeter in other pharmacies now?"
"It must be the shop that sells ice a few days ago. It has bought all the saltpeter from all the pharmacies in the capital."
"It must be true. One kind of rice breeds hundreds of people. One person hid this recipe in order to make money, and even bought up all the ice-making materials.
The other one, while we were all asleep, quietly gave us a recipe for making ice in our room. "
"Even so, I don't know which kind person it is?"
Everyone started talking to each other again.
When the shopkeeper heard what those people said, he hurriedly replied loudly: "It's not expensive. Whatever the original price is, our store will sell it at that price."
"that would be great."
Originally, my family condition was not good and I just wanted to watch the fun.
But after hearing these words, those who were reluctant to buy changed their minds:
"Shopkeeper, how do you sell this saltpeter?"
At this time, those guests who were still paying attention to the bucket of water suddenly shouted:
"Look, it's all frozen."
Hearing him shout this, everyone looked towards the bucket of water.
"Shopkeeper, please weigh me two pounds first."
"Shopkeeper, I want twenty pounds."
"The shopkeeper..."
Soon, more and more people were paying for saltpeter.
The shopkeeper and the waiter started to get busy.
Shangguan Siyi received the news and immediately sent someone to investigate to find out who revealed the ice making method?
When I came to the hot pot restaurant, I saw no more people coming to buy ice cubes in my own hot pot restaurant.
Opposite them, Shangguan Yu's hotpot restaurant was as lively as it was on a cold day.
Shangguan Siyi entered the side room surrounded by ice cubes and felt that the heat in his heart was suppressed by the cold air.
"Have you found out who leaked the recipe?"
After sitting down, Shangguan Siyi immediately asked Su Qiumei who came in behind him.
"The people at the ice-making side have asked. It should be... that it wasn't someone from our side who leaked it."
Su Qiumei unconsciously suspected Li Ling again, and she was still worried about those VIP cards.
"Master, was it done by someone from the Second Prince's side?
I inquired about it and found out that the shop that just opened yesterday that specializes in saltpeter is owned by the Gu family.
They have gotten very close to the second prince recently. "
A staff member came forward and said what was on his mind.
"What do you say?"
Shangguan Siyi looked at Su Qiumei.
Shangguan Siyi still had the same idea in his mind. Su Qiumei and Li Ling once lived under the same roof. She understood, and the other party should also understand.
Just like how to eat hot pot.
Forget it, he always had a feeling that as long as it was something made by Su Qiumei.
If you do it on the opposite side, you will be able to do it much better than her.
Is this how to make ice? They just wanted to make ice and sell it, but no one thought that after making ice cubes, they would also start a hot pot business in the store.
If you sell ice, you only sell ice.
What about the other side? People know how to use ice cubes to boost their hot pot business.
"It doesn't look like it, it shouldn't be them."
And like them, Su Qiumei was a little confused.
If the prescription was given by Li Ling, then why would the hot pot restaurant across the street come to them to buy ice cream for the past few days?
“From the second day we started selling ice, people would come to buy ice from us every day.
Even yesterday morning, the people across from them came to buy a lot of ice cubes from us.
We don’t sell that much to them, and we even had a quarrel about this yesterday. "
Shangguan Siyi heard Su Qiumei say that there weren't that many sold to them.
I knew it must be Su Qiumei's instruction.
They have tons of ice cubes to sell, so how could they not sell so much?
However, after they came and sold the ice cubes and went back, their business started again.
She felt uncomfortable and just didn't want to sell it.
"What about today? Are you still coming?"
"I heard that yesterday everyone knew that saltpeter can make ice, and the Gu family's shop started selling saltpeter, so they stopped coming.
Not only them, but also the people in the city, officials and merchants no longer come to us to sell ice. "
Before going to court, Si Yi was still thinking about going to the warehouse to pick out some affordable gifts and go meet King Kang to talk about the supply of saltpeter!
Now it seems that there is no need to do this.
He tapped his fingers on the table for a while, then stood up: "Let's go, call a few cooks, let's go to the opposite side to eat hot pot.
Doesn't it mean they have various iced teas? There are also some delicious things that taste good to relieve the heat...cold dishes? "
"Yes!"
Su Qiumei immediately turned around and called for someone.
She had long wanted to see what the various iced teas sold across the street looked like.
The report from the person she heard back was not very clear, so she couldn't confirm it.
Let her go by herself?
But how could she have the money to buy all the new products in the store?