As a commoner who was afraid of poverty and starvation, Fang couldn't help but want to convert the silver into grain when he saw it.
This had already become his instinctive reaction.
But this time, when he saw the fist-sized silver ingots on the ground, Fang felt that his brain wasn't enough to process it.
How much grain could this amount of silver buy was clearly beyond the scope of Fang's understanding, since his IQ was limited to adding and subtracting ten.
"Son-in-law, w-what did you do last night?"
Old Fang forcefully shifted his gaze away from the alluring silver ingots. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty and looked at Li Yi as he asked.
Li Yi glared at the careless maidservant girl and bent over to pick up the silver ingots on the ground one by one. He placed them in his bag and then raised his head to say, "I got lost last night and picked them up on the road."
"Picked, picked them up …" Fang's voice was trembling.
This was almost a hundred taels of silver. He wouldn't be able to earn so much money in his entire life, yet it was so casually picked up by the son-in-law?
Even if he earned a hundred copper coins a day from selling candied haws for the past few days, and he could get half of it, it would take several years for him to save up so much money without eating or drinking!
As for the young maidservant girl, her beautiful big eyes sparkled with little stars.
The son-in-law's luck had always been good. Every time he went out, he would always pick up something. Although it had been a long time since he had picked up a pheasant, he had picked up so much silver this time. Even the heavens were helping the son-in-law!
The young maiden's mood had experienced great ups and downs overnight. At this moment, her heart was filled with joy. She secretly looked at Li Yi and couldn't bear to look away.
Seeing Li Yi and the others walk into the courtyard, Madam Wu stood there in a daze. She felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Until now, she still couldn't believe what she had just seen.
That's a lot of shiny silver!
She probably wouldn't be able to see so much silver in her next life.
For those poor families who still had to fill their stomachs, their annual expenses were only about one tael of silver. That amount of silver was enough for them to spend for the rest of their lives …
After an unknown amount of time, Madam Wu finally recovered from her daze. She picked up the copper basin from the ground and walked into the room in a daze with an unknown expression on her face.
One hundred taels of silver was not a small sum, and how to spend it was still a problem.
Naturally, Li Yi would not be like Fang and the others. The first thing he thought of when he had money was to buy food.
Under the situation where there was no shortage of food at home, what he needed to consider was of course how to make the most of the money, how to use the one hundred taels of silver to make more money. After all, no one could guarantee that he would always meet a rich man like Prince Ning and his son …
Silver was common, but tycoons were rare. If he wanted to earn enough money to enjoy his old age, he had to rely on himself.
Originally, he wanted to slowly accumulate enough money through the candied haws, but changes often came faster than he planned. Now that he had some assets, he could obviously skip this step.
However, the candied haws business still had to continue. At least in the short term, there was still a lot of profit to be made from the candied haws without any market competition.
Of course, there was another important reason. Although the money was nothing to him, it was enough to change the lives of Fang and the others for the rest of their lives.
Li Yi did not want to lead the entire village out of poverty and become rich, but Fang and the others were his people. He couldn't just watch them eat dirt while he lived a luxurious life …
Li Yi's only dream at this stage was to earn money, a lot of money. At least, it would be enough for him to retire for the rest of his life.
As for the specific amount of money, Li Yi did not have a number in his mind. In short, the more the better!
With a starting capital of one hundred taels, according to Li Yi's previous plan, he could consider purifying high alcohol content or making soap to make money.
Before distillation and purification was invented, the alcohol content in this world was actually very low. Most of the rice wine was below ten degrees, and the highest was no more than twenty degrees. It was only under this premise that it was possible to not get drunk after a thousand cups. If it was the white wine with fifty to sixty degrees in the future, those so-called wine heroes would have died of alcohol poisoning many times before they could drink a thousand cups.
The alcohol content of the wine that the shopkeeper brought out last night should not be very high. How could it encounter someone like Li Yi who would faint at the slightest smell of alcohol? He was knocked out in one gulp after drinking it.
The wine culture was also very prosperous in this world. The higher the alcohol content of the wine, the more they sought after it. Presumably, this would also be an unimpeded way to make money.
The sterilization and disinfection of wounds also required high alcohol content. Li Yi still cherished his life very much. If a modern person died from an infected wound in the future, it would be a great shame.
Apart from distilling the alcohol, the production of soap had to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
The legendary thing called pancreas, which was used for bathing, was also very rare in this world.
Li Yi had specially looked for it in the market of the prefectural city, but he did not see anyone selling it.
After asking, he found out that the production method of pancreas was very complicated. The secret recipe was also in the hands of the royal family and very few people. It was a luxury that only a few people could use, and it was basically impossible to see it in the market. Even if it did appear, it would be quickly bought at a high price.
Something that couldn't be more ordinary in the future had immediately become a luxury in this world. This was naturally a good thing for Li Yi.
In the past, he had also personally DIY handmade soap with the mentality of playing around. It did not require many materials, and the process was also not complicated. Even now, he still remembered the production method.
The simplest handmade soap could be made with water, vegetable oil, and sodium hydroxide.
The soap made with this method did not contain any additives, had a strong ability to remove dirt, and did not cause any harm to the human skin.
Although there was no ready-made sodium hydroxide, it could be easily produced with slaked lime and soda ash. There was no difficulty.
After thinking about it in his heart, Li Yi decided to start with handmade soap.
He had really had enough of the days where he had to rely on his hands to bathe.
As he was thinking about how to carry out this plan, he unknowingly walked into the inner courtyard. Suddenly, he heard a strange sound. Li Yi raised his head and saw a graceful figure moving around in the courtyard. A long sword that shone with a cold light was as agile as a snake. Seeing Liu Ruyi draw a beautiful flower with the sword and jump several feet away, Li Yi's heart was filled with extreme envy.
If he could also have such skills, would he still be afraid of being bullied?
If he encountered that scar-faced man again, he could easily deal with him by himself.
At that time, with his extraordinary skills and pretty face, wouldn't he be able to become a handsome man with both the pen and the sword, easily gain a large group of female fans, and easily reach the peak of life?
Looking at Li Yi's face from afar, Liu Ruyi sheathed his long sword and resisted the urge to kill him with one strike …
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