Chapter 144: CH 157

there are many plants that can extract oil from it, the common ones are sesame, peanuts, and soybeans.

sesame and peanuts produce a lot of oil, but the cost is relatively high. if one extracts oil from soybeans, the cost is very low. the oil-extracted soybeans can also be used to make tofu.

lu yanzhou explained it to xie chengze in detail, saying that he could make money with it.

“aze, it’s easier to do things if you have money. making more money will be good for you and me.” said lu yanzhou.

as a powerful eunuch, xie chengze is not short of money, but he also has a lot of expenses.

looking at the situation at xie chengze’s manor…xie chengze probably doesn’t have much money.

xie chengze looked at lu yanzhou with bright eyes: “lu lang, we can do this but the profits must be shared a lot.”

lu yanzhou asked: “to whom?”

xie chengze smiled sweetly: “of course it’s his majesty. ”

he hates the person on the dragon throne, but he has to admit that this is the person he has to rely on now.

his majesty, who has been spoiled, is much easier to fool than those big families.

lu yanzhou believed in xie chengze’s ability and choice: “aze, i don’t understand these things, you can handle it.”

lu yanzhou generously gave xie chengze the oil extraction method and also the method of making tofu without hiding anything.

xie chengze was a little surprised seeing lu yanzhou do this, but then he realized that lu yanzhou could only do this now.

it doesn’t matter what lu yanzhou wants now. if he doesn’t give him this method, what will happen?

xie chengze came to lu yanzhou, sat on lu yanzhou’s lap, then gave him a sweet kiss: “lu lang, you are so smart. i have never seen anyone smarter than you in this world.”

lu yanzhou hugged and kissed him back. after kissing for a while, he picked him up and walked into the bedroom.

his injury was completely healed now. since he was fully healed, he started taking the initiative regarding the bed matter.

especially after discovering that xie chengze was not indifferent during the intimacy, lu yanzhou did not reject the matter at all.

what he likes is xie chengze’s soul from beginning to end, it has nothing to do with his body.

what’s more…the xie chengze of this world kept calling ‘lu lang’ one after another, which really made him excited and made him want to rub xie chengze into his body.

when lu yanzhou got up the next morning, he had breakfast with xie chengze, and then rode out of the city with his guards.

jia, yi, bing, and ding have been following him. there is also an eunuch running errands for him and an older guard beside him.

these six people help him with things, but they also keep an eyes on him. anyway, lu yanzhou is used to this.

when xie chengze is jealous, he either follows him himself or finds someone to follow him. these people usually listen to him, but if someone with good looks appears next to him…regardless of gender, these people will definitely report it to xie chengze.

during their normal interactions, though xie chengze didn’t stop him, he would also make out with him on the pretext of jealousy.

when lu yanzhou arrived at the place, he was told that the kiln was ready for use, and all preparations had been made, so he could try firing porcelain.

with the help of craftsmen who were specially recruited by xie chengze and were good at firing porcelain, lu yanzhou began to fire the first porcelain in his life.

this was not something that could be fired in a short period of time. it was not until the next day that lu yanzhou had someone open the cave dwelling. he found that most of it had been burned and only a small part remained.

this obviously doesn’t work and needs to continue to be improved.

lu yanzhou took a look at the finished product, picked the most beautiful one and took it with him, and then sped towards the capital.

capital city, heaven prison.

dayan has a saying, ‘it’s better to be a starving ghost than a third.’

this is not because dayan’s people have high moral character, but because in dayan, ordinary people will be imprisoned if they commit theft. then once in prison…even if they commit a small crime, their families will be destroyed.

the yamen servants are all blood suckers. they will torture those who enter the cells just to squeeze out money and water from them.

in addition, the environment in the cells is also very bad. many people live in the same room, eating and shitting together, all dirty and smelly. the food provided by the yamen is even less…there are more people who die of illness in prisons every year than those sentenced to be beheaded every year.

however, if the person in prison is rich enough, it’s not impossible to eat and drink as they want in prison.

the ordinary prison looks like an ordinary prison, and the heaven prison is almost like that too.

however, this place is relatively cleaner, but more people died here.

the prison was not built underground, but it was somewhat eerie. xie chengze walked through a long corridor and came to the execution room to see zhang quan.

zhang quan, who had always shown off his power by xie chengze’s side with a smile before, was now covered in dirt and hung on a wooden stick.

after xie chengze seized power from him, he did not let him go. while he was still sick and confused, he had dug several holes for him, and then let the emperor discover that he resented the emperor…

the emperor was furious. at that time, the courtiers who had never got along well with zhang quan did not need to be reminded by xie chengze, they had already begun to collect charges against zhang quan.

zhang quan had committed many crimes. the emperor was furious and handed zhang quan into his hands and asked him to interrogate zhang quan.

zhang quan could hold on at first, but after only one day of torture, he has confessed everything. now, zhang quan was already numb.

seeing xie chengze come in, zhang quan begged for mercy with tears streaming down his face: “xie gonggong, xie gonggong, i have already confessed everything to you, please let me go…”

xie chengze stood in front of zhang quan.

zhang quan’s fingernails were all pulled out, he really looked miserable.

most of the eunuchs who acted recklessly because of the emperor’s favor ended badly. the one hanging here today is zhang quan, and it may be him someday too.

“please, let me go…i really did it all, i did it all…” zhang quan used to be a decent man, but now there’s nothing decent about him at all.

xie chengze stared at him expressionlessly for a while, then suddenly smiled, his usual sinister smile: “zhang gonggong, in order to embezzle other people’s fields, you asked your men to disguise themselves as thieves and kill all the people in a village; you netted charges and arrested people and put them in prison in order to get a treasure; you killed a wonderful young girl in order to satisfy your selfish desires…you still think i will let you go.”

“xie chengze, i have a lot of money, if you let me go, i will give you the money…”

xie chengze asked everyone around him to leave.

zhang quan’s dead eyes lit up with a light.

however, xie chengze did not discuss the deal with zhang quan. instead, he asked: “more than ten years ago, did zhang gonggong take his majesty to the outskirts of the capital for hunting?”

“which time are you talking about?” zhang quan asked.

“the time he shot a child to death and killed the child’s parents,” xie chengze said.

zhang quan remembered, and suddenly realized something: “you…you…”

“that’s my younger brother and my parents. did zhang gonggong remember it?” xie chengze smile again.

zhang quan’s throat made a ‘haha’ sound and his pupils contracted.

xie chengze said: “zhang gonggong, since i have a grudge against you, i naturally won’t let you out alive.”

zhang quan suddenly laughed: “i was the one who asked his majesty to go to the outskirts of the capital that time! his majesty went hunting in the woods, and the one who suffered was me! when i encounter danger, i am more likely to lose my life. his majesty took that child as a prey, i saw it but didn’t warn, huh? his majesty killed that child and i helped him dispose of the child’s parents…his majesty liked me even more since then!”

xie chengze’s eyes turn cold.

zhang quan was a little crazy: “did you know that the child was still alive after being hit by the arrow and was crying for his mother? what about the couple? they didn’t know his majesty’s identity and rushed up to demand an explanation. they scared his majesty, so they deserve to die…”

zhang quan didn’t get to finish his words because xie chengze cut his throat with a dagger.

dedicated blood gushed out and flowed along the dagger to xie chengze’s hand.

it wasn’t until blood soaked his sleeves that xie chengze suddenly regained his senses. he blinked, threw away the dagger in his hand in disgust, then walked out.

his men were guarding outside, so xie chengze said, “chop him into pieces and throw him outside the city to feed the dogs.”

“yes, lord qiansui.” xie chengze’s men obeyed the order.

xie chengze continued: “find some clean clothes for me.”

xie chengze briefly washed and changed his clothes before leaving the prison and returning home.

he was delayed outside for a while, so it was already a little late when he got home. lu yanzhou even got home before him.

“aze, you are finally back!” lu yanzhou greeted him with a smile, “i made porcelain!”

seeing lu yanzhou, xie chengze also smiled. he stepped forward and leaned on lu yanzhou: “lu lang, today i felt a little uncomfortable after going to the heaven prison.”

“what’s wrong? were you scared? don’t go to places like that anymore…” lu yanzhou comforted him.

xie chengze leaned on him and responded obediently.

lu yanzhou felt a little sorry for xie chengze. although xie chengze was smart, he was very simple at heart. in this world, he had to stay in such a terrible place as the palace, then he also had to serve people. he didn’t know how much grief he had suffered.

holding xie chengze in his arms and going into the room, lu yanzhou said: “this dayan is rotten from the root. aze, when the time comes, leave with me, okay.”

xie chengze said: “where can i go like this?”

lu yanzhou wanted to say more, but xie chengze already leaned in his arms and cried out that he was hungry.

lu yanzhou immediately asked someone to bring dinner.

xie chengze said that he was frightened by the sight in the prison, but he was eating meat happily during dinner with a good appetite.

lu yanzhou suspected that he just wanted to be coquettish to him.

after dinner, lu yanzhou talked about making porcelain.

after a few more experiments, xie chengze’s manor will be able to fire a steady stream of porcelain. however, if they want to make fine porcelain, they need suitable soil.

now they lack such soil, so the porcelain they produce is always a bit unsatisfactory.

xie chengze said: “lu lang, this is all a trivial matter. tomorrow i will send someone to find the soil you want.”

“okay.” lu yanzhou agreed.

“lu lang, you have made another good thing. i don’t know how to thank you.” xie chengze kissed lu yanzhou.

lu yanzhou said: “just don’t be shy tonight!”

on the first night, xie chengze was very bold, then after that he became more shy that sometimes he was not even allowed to touch his mutilated parts.

xie chengze looked at lu yanzhou, stunned, and then laughed: “okay.”

xie chengze had been worried that lu yanzhou would dislike his body, but lu yanzhou didn’t seem to.

yes, many men actually like him like this.

lu yanzhou doesn’t dislike his body, that’s good.

in the future, lu yanzhou would definitely get married and have a child, but before that, he could monopolize this person and squeeze him dry.

this evening, xie chengze was not shy at all.

zhang quan, who was once feared by everyone and was powerful, died quietly and the capital was still the same.

that is to say, one day the emperor remembered it and asked him about it.

xie chengze said that he committed suicide out of fear of his crime and presented zhang quan’s belongings. the emperor became happy and even cursed zhang quan — zhang quan actually had a lot of money, even more money than what the emperor had in his hand and could use.

the emperor ate various fried foods, accepted zhang quan’s property, and expressed his intention to build a palace outside.

of course, the money to build the palace was not enough…so the emperor urged xie chengze to sell oil and tofu quickly, so as to make a lot of money.

the emperor felt that the palace was too small, he couldn’t wait to build a big palace and live in it! for the first time, he even asked someone to get him a brush and paper to draw what he wanted the palace to look like.

“your majesty’s paintings are so good. it’s a pity that i haven’t read any books and can’t say anything to praise you.” xie chengze looked at the emperor with admiration.

the emperor felt very comfortable when he saw xie chengze, then he asked xie chengze to think about making some other fresh dishes.

xie chengze agreed with a smile and encouraged the emperor to hold a banquet to promote tofu.

the emperor agreed immediately and immediately expressed his intention to hold a tofu banquet in the palace.

of course, in addition to tofu, other varieties of fried food are also available.

xie chengze told lu yanzhou the news that night.

“lu lang, when the palace holds the tofu banquet, your tofu will definitely sell for a good price.” xie chengze said with a smile.

lu yanzhou: “…” his tofu sounds really weird.