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Chapter 1273 Treat Lao Wang to the most expensive ice cream

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    After dinner, Mr. Zhao met with Otomo Zonglin, who came from Nishikyushu on a special trip, on the balcony of the Marine Police Station.

    Under the parasol made of white reeds, Mr. Zhao sat comfortably on the bamboo lounge chair, and Qiao Qiao served the ice cream after the meal.  The milky white cream ice cream is served in a wide-mouthed glass, with steaming white steam, and is sprinkled with a layer of crushed peanuts. It looks very good.

    Since Qiaoqiao learned the traditional southern method of making ice with salted water, Mr. Zhao can have his favorite cold drink anytime and anywhere.

    The method is very simple. Prepare two pots, one large and one small. The big pot is not particular, but it is best to use an iron pot for small pots to conduct heat quickly.  If you can be more particular about it, use a copper basin.

    As for what Qiao Qiao uses, it is a silver basin, which not only conducts heat faster, but also has a disinfecting effect.  But the only drawback is that it¡¯s expensive.

    ¡°Then fill the two basins with clean water, and add a large amount of fire saltpeter to the big basin As one of the three basic materials of black gunpowder, apart from money, Mr. Zhao is most in need of this stuff.

    When fire salt dissolves in water, it will absorb a lot of heat, causing the water in the large basin to freeze, and then the water in the small basin to freeze, and it can be used.  And after you're done, you can reuse the evaporated saltpeter crystals.  Of course, you don¡¯t have to worry about this job

    As long as you don¡¯t think about where the saltpeter comes from, it will still taste delicious.

    "Actually, Mr. Zhao is overly worried. Sister Qiaoqiao loves him so much. How could she use urine to make ice for him? It is pure fire saltpetre obtained by using soil saltpeter grown in seaside caves and then purifying and crystallizing it.

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    "Sit down, Lao Wang." Mr. Zhao looked at the blue sea, scooped a scoop of ice cream contentedly, and said to Dayou Zonglin, who was standing awkwardly aside.

    "Oh, thank you, Master." Dayou Zonglin didn't know why the Master called him Lao Wang, but he thought it was a nickname given to him, so he accepted it with honor.

    He sat on the chair with half of his buttocks resting, and his overall condition was much worse than two years ago.

    Although he was very respectful back then, he had the forbearance of a hero.  But now, it's more of a feeling of loneliness after being deeply hit.

    "You eat, Lao Wang." Mr. Zhao urged him again.

    "Hey, thank you, sir." Dayou Zonglin quickly picked up the precious glass cup, followed Zhao Hao's example, scooped a spoonful of ice cream with a silver spoon and put it into his mouth.  I just feel cold, soft, smooth and comfortable, and the sweet and milky fragrance mixed with the taste of peanuts can even dispel the haze in my heart!  It makes Lao Wang so happy that he wants to put on his yukata and spin around in circles!

    Zhao Hao then asked with a smile: "Two years have passed. Has Kitakyushu been unified?"

    "Oh, I'm ashamed." Lao Wang lowered his head, and the ice cream in his mouth suddenly lost its sweetness.  "The past two years have been very unsatisfactory."

    "How could it be? Could it be that Duke Maoli is attacking again?" Zhao Hao asked with a strange look on his face.

    "That's not true. With the Marine Police Station here, the Kanmon Strait is an insurmountable barrier." Otomo Sorin sighed and said, "As for Mr. Mouri, he is already seriously ill and his death is not far away. Besides, the Mouri family has been busy these years.  How can he have the energy to attack the Ouchi family and the Nizi family?"

    "Then you are" Zhao Hao Zhuangruo asked in confusion.

    "Oh, last year I wanted to take advantage of the momentum from the great victory over the Maori family to win over the damn Hizen Bear, but I didn't expect that my unlucky Ou Doudou would actually end up winning a game with ten times the number of troops.  What a disastrous defeat" Dayou Zonglin replied sadly.

    As I said before, in the third year of Longqing, Otomo Zonglin attacked the Hizen bear.  Unfortunately, just when they were about to be done, the Maori family intervened. As a result, Lao Wang could only let Ryuzoji Takanobu go first, and the entire army made an emergency U-turn to attack the Maori family.

    In the end, Otomo Sorin defeated the Maori family with the help of Mr. Zhao. Although he let go of Yoshikawa Motoharu and Kobayakawa Keitaka, he wiped out the Maori navy and forced them to completely give up the Kitakyushu strategy.  For a time, the reputation of the Dayou family reached its peak, as did its territory and military strength.

    ??In the eyes of Kyushu people at that time, it was a certainty that the Mori family would destroy Ryuzoji and the Shimazu family would unify Kyushu.  Lao Wang himself thought so, so he took a short break, and last spring, he appointed his younger brother Dayou Qingzhen as the general, leading an army of 60,000 to continue the attack on the Ryuzouji family.

    At that time, there were only more than 5,000 people in the Dragon Army. Facing the absolute superiority of the Dayi Army, they could only retreat into the city and could not stand out.  Seeing that Hizen's bear had become a turtle in a urn, the surrounding township and county magistrates rushed to send troops to support the Otomo family. For example, the horse family sent cavalry, and the horseless ones sent infantry, in an attempt to get a piece of the pie.

    But the characteristic of bears is that they have rough skin and thick blood. As a result, the Allied Army surrounded them for five months and could not attack them. Instead, Ryuzou Temple took advantage of their fatigue and slackness to sneak out of the city and steal the camp.  Dayou's army was unprepared and was killed in his sleep. He fled.??No need, no need.  " Dayou Zonglin hurriedly kowtows like pounding garlic, and says without any words: "I will give you one million taels.  "

    After a pause, he said cautiously: "I just paid this year's installment, and I'm really short of money, so I can only owe it now."

    "How much do you owe?" Zhao Hao rolled his eyes.

    Secretary Ma took a bill from the folder and handed it to him. As a qualified secretary, of course, she must prepare the corresponding information for the meeting in advance.

    Zhao Hao took it over and saw that according to the "Oita Treaty", Lao Wang had to pay 1.5 million taels to Jiangnan Group, but he only paid 200,000 taels at that time.  The remaining 1,300,000 taels shall be paid off within five years with an annual interest of two cents.  So far I haven't even paid back half of it.

    ?????????????????????????????????? At the end of last year, I owed another protection fee for this year, and the result is that it¡¯s nearly two million taels

    If you add the shipping fee, it will be three million taels.

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