Of the four routes, the most promising water route, the flying pigeon was the first to send the reward, failure! Because one section of the waterway was extremely difficult and dangerous, it delayed the entire trip. It turns out that without practice, many superficial beliefs will mislead our intuition.
Poor Li Shande, since he came to Lingnan, the government has basically ignored him and ignored him. Only businessman Su Liang and Lychee Garden Atong have given him substantial help. Businessmen have always been interested in profit, and the help Li Shande received from him was a huge loan to conduct route experiments. The only thing that could be used to offset the payment was the Pass Talisman of the Five Prefectures. Li Shande changed from his normal behavior and tried his best to pretend to work for the saint, half forcing and half threatening Secretary Zhao of the Jinglue Mansion to ask for the Pass Talisman. He really had no money and could not do anything. An honest person will jump over the wall if he is pushed into a hurry.
The pass talisman was about to arrive, but he didn’t know that the Jinglue Mansion had already made plans. When Li Shande couldn’t complete the task, as soon as the accountability letter arrived, they would put all the blame on him and ask those businessmen to take responsibility. Eat it and spit it out ten times as much! By the way, when he gave the talisman, he gave Li Shande a servant called Kunlun slave. Good guy, that was not a kindness, it was an spy. Being in the officialdom is like a fish in water, and it will definitely not work without scheming skills.
The four lines only lasted for five or six days at most. Over two thousand miles, there was still a big gap between the target and the goal.
But Li Shande thought he would try again. He chose two of the four lines that were smoother and closer, and set out on the road carrying half-ripe green lychees.
Even if you don’t see the Yellow River, you won’t give up. Sometimes you look stupid, sometimes you look silly, but you feel you are very resilient. You have to admire it!
A Tong is the kind of person who obeys. She called Li Shande to drink and dance with her tribe...
"Don't take it off", which caused a roar in the hall. Laughing, Li Shande didn't take it seriously. He was moved by the honesty of Atong's tribe. He sang and danced to his heart's content and got drunk. He even really wanted to bring his wife and children to Lingnan and hide in the deep mountains and old forests as Atong said. Although he was free from the world, he still couldn't help but think about how to make the lychees not taste bad. A Tong said again, "Don't take it off." But Li Shande got drunk and was too drunk.
Six days later, all the flying pigeons returned.
The result was better than last time. The shelf life was extended by half a day and the journey was two hundred miles longer.
There is improvement, but the significance is extremely limited. What should I do?
Li Shande bought a large amount of ancient historical materials and checked them all day in the dark, but unfortunately found nothing.
Li Shande came to the lychee garden again and experienced picking lychees for himself. The third time he heard "Don't pick them off!" He then thought about the information he read about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty transplanting lychee trees, and then he suddenly realized, The shelf life of lychees can be extended by half a day at most. What if the lychees are cut into stems instead of branches?
Cutting the stems and using the "branch planting method" may solve half of the problem, but cutting off half of the branches to put in an urn will destroy a lychee tree. Atong is heartbroken. After all, these The lychee tree is a memory left to her by her parents.
While Li Shande continued to borrow money from Su Liang, he was busy with Atong's clan members.
Seeing that things seemed to be getting better, Su Liang actually gave him an extra thousand gu, which meant that he was equivalent to sponsoring and investing in Li Shande. If he becomes prosperous in the future, don't forget to do something to make money.
Secretary Zhao got the secret report from Kunlun Slave and hurriedly communicated with Mr. He. Only then did he realize that this Zhao Xinning was really not a good person. He reminded Mr. He again and again that this would require Li Shande to show off The delivery of lychees was successful. What would the saint think? Why hadn’t such a delicious thing been delivered earlier? What does the Lingnan Economic Envoy eat? The more Mr. He listened, the more uncomfortable he became. The two discussed quietly and decided what to do...
Li Shande is on the road. The mountains are long and the rivers are far away. What accidents and obstacles will he encounter? Listening to what Mr. He and Secretary Zhao mean, it’s best to slap those annoying mosquitoes to death! Can Li Shande's life be firmly held in his hands?
To be continued...
Sometimes, when things are difficult, it is not difficult in the matter itself, but there are always some invisible hands behind the scenes, stirring or trying to confuse the situation. Water, touch some fish by the way, or don't want you to get things done at all, and want to take this opportunity to drag you into the water so that I can get on top.
I want to believe that there are always good people in the world, but it really cannot be denied that villains are still everywhere.
Our kindness should not only have a sharp edge, but also have sharp eyes.
Well, it’s a pity that I can only write but can’t do it.