Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Two days later, Shen Ada came again. This time he brought a roster to confirm the list of Zhang family's service personnel.

"Lord Shen, I want to negotiate a deal with your general to exempt my family from military service this year." Xiao Lan said.

"Miss Xiaolan, it's not that I'm unflexible. It's the general who has given his order. You either spend money to bribe him or send someone else." Shen Ada's attitude this time was much tougher than last time. Xiaolan understood this. After all, it's better to use courtesy before force.

"Sir Shen, you don't even know what business I want to discuss, and you just rejected it like that. Don't you know what will happen later?"

At this moment, Shen Ada recalled the scene where Xiao Lan shot the enemy in the neck and killed him with every arrow. He hesitated a little, but curiosity prevailed. "What kind of business can be so profitable that the general would agree to exempt your family from military service?"

Xiao Lan led Shen Ada into an empty room and motioned for the family to wait outside.

There was a tank of water and a bucket in the room.

Xiao Lan scooped half a bucket of water from the vat, covered it with a lid, and then put the half bucket of water into the vat, and put the saltpeter powder into the vat and stirred it. Shen Ada was confused, why did Xiao Lan call him in here, was she here to watch her work?

Not long after, Xiao Lan signaled Ah Da to bring out the bucket, "General Shen, when you bring the bucket, be careful not to let the water in the tank flow into the bucket."

Shen Ada carefully brought out the bucket. Xiao Lan smiled and said, "General Shen, open the lid of the barrel."

Shen Ada could already feel a slight chill, but he was afraid it was just an illusion. When he heard Xiao Lan asking him to open the lid of the wooden barrel, he saw that the water in the barrel had already frozen.

Shen Ada showed a surprised expression. After all, no one had ever made ice in the summer. Everyone stored ice cubes in the winter for use in the summer. And just now, Miss Xiaolan made ice right under his nose. This explained why she only let him in to demonstrate the ice-making process. This is a business with no capital and huge profits. If General Shen got this ice-making recipe, he wouldn't have to worry about food and grass. He finally understood why Miss Xiaolan had the confidence to say that she would do a business with General Shen.

Shen Ada calmed down and said to Xiaolan, "Miss Xiaolan, could you please write down the recipe so that I can report back to the general."

Xiao Lan smiled and said, "Of course you can, but I need to receive the document of my family's exemption from military service first. Lord Shen, I believe General Shen will be interested in this deal. You just need to go back and tell the general that the formula for making ice is cheap."

Xiao Lan doesn't need to say much about how popular the ice-selling business is now. As long as Shen Liu masters this technology, he can sell ice not only in the capital city, but also in the capital city. Moreover, the production method is simple and can be sold anytime. Xiao Lan feels that anyone who is not a fool knows the value of this formula.

Shen Ada couldn't make the decision on such a big matter. He urgently needed to go back and report this to Shen Liu. "Miss Xiaolan, can I take this bucket of ice away?"

Xiao Lan smiled and said, "As you wish."

Shen Ada carried the wooden barrel and led her men to the general's residence at full speed, but Xiaolan's family surrounded her.

"Xiao Lan, what's going on? Why did Lord Shen leave in such a hurry? He just took out the roster and asked us to report the name to him." Zhang Shanfeng said.

"Grandpa, I can't tell you about this for now, but there is one thing I am almost certain of, our family will not have to serve in the military." Xiao Lan said.

"Really, Xiaolan? Thank you, aunt." Fu and Liu held Xiaolan's hands and said with tears in their eyes.

"We'll know the result tonight at the earliest and tomorrow at the latest, don't worry," Xiao Lan comforted.

The whole family knew that Xiao Lan had been tinkering with saltpeter at home these days, and they knew that this incident might be related to saltpeter. But the fact that they could solve the problem of military service was beyond the family's expectations.

Zhang Shanfeng had originally made up his mind to serve in the army, but now that things have taken a turn for the better, it is impossible for him not to be moved. "Xiao Lan, whether this thing succeeds or not, Grandpa thanks you."

"Grandpa, don't be so formal. We are a family, so we will naturally work together to find a solution if there is any problem. You just stay at home and this matter should be resolved."

"Okay, okay." Zhang Shanfeng said the word "ok" twice in a row, showing his inner excitement.

You have to know that serving in the army in this era is almost like going to die. His two sons are in their prime, and he can't bear to leave them. As for himself, he will die if he dies. Although he also misses his family, if he has to give up one person, he would rather give up himself.

Xiaolan's family was discussing in full swing the possible turnaround in their family members' military service, and the Shen family was also uneasy.

When Shen Ada told Shen Liu everything he had seen, he shook his head in disbelief at first, jokingly asking if he had been tricked by Xiao Lan. But when Ada took out a wooden bucket of ice, although Shen Liu still remained skeptical, he couldn't help but become more serious.

"Is it really as you said, if I add some powder into the tank and stir it, the water in the bucket will freeze?" Shen Liu confirmed with A Da again.

Shen Ada is Shen Liu's confidant, and it is impossible for him to deceive Shen Liu. However, since Xiaolan's family can make ice, it is easy to get her by paying a ransom of 100 gold. As for exchanging such a precious recipe for her family's exemption from military service?

But after thinking about it, he figured it out. A man is innocent but guilty of possessing a treasure. Xiao Lan knows her own worth. Her family has no strong backers, so she can only rely on herself to fight in this world. She knows that this ice-making recipe can bring disaster to her family. She is holding a huge treasure, but she dare not cash it out.

So, did she show Ah Da her ice-making skills just to exempt her family from military service? Ever since he saw Xiao Lan calmly shoot the man who was chasing him last time, and after he came back, he also found out that this little girl and her uncle had killed a Hu person, he knew that this little girl was not simple.

What was she going to get in exchange for the ice-making recipe? No matter what it was, if this recipe could really make ice, and the powder used was cheap, then she had completely grasped his lifeblood. What was he most lacking now? It was silver. Otherwise, he wouldn't have racked his brains to come up with ways to make people not want to serve in the army, and families who didn't want to become military households pay high amounts of silver.