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Chapter 1327: Shu Yu Meets Qi Lie
🕑 Added 2023-08-20 02:50:20 +0000 UTCChapter 1327: Shu Yu Meets Qi Lie
Shu Yu suddenly realized and asked curiously, "Is the sunflower oil so important that the Emperor sent his trusted subordinate here?"
Hu Li lowered his voice, "According to Master Qi, it's not just about the sunflower oil. But he didn't say much, I believe he intends to talk to you privately, Miss Lu."
"Qi Lie had just arrived today, and he planned to meet Miss Lu personally, so he sent me to inform you."
Shu Yu got up, "Please wait a moment, I'll change my clothes and go out."
"Sure."
Shu Yu quickly changed and came out.
When Hu Li and her were leaving, Ren Huai immediately noticed. He exchanged glances with manager Xu, and saw the two of them hurrying towards the county government.
Manager Xu asked softly, "Young Master, is Hu Li taking Lu Xiangjun to meet Master Qi?"
He thought that Hu Li was just informing Shu Yu about something concerning Xiang Weinan.
But now that Lu Xiangjun was going to the county government, it couldn't be just to see Xiang Weinan.
Ren Huai's expression became serious, and he felt inexplicably anxious.
He threw a few copper coins on the stall and returned with Xu. This time, they went directly back to the inn they were staying at.
Shu Yu followed Hu Li and arrived at the county government, where she met the rumored Qi Lie.
Qi Lie seemed curious about her and looked her up and down for a while before smiling and saying, "Miss Lu, I've heard your name for a long time."
"The feeling is mutual."
Qi Lie: "..." What do you mean by mutual? I don't believe you've heard of me.
But Shu Yu really did know the name Qi Lie. When Hu Li mentioned him earlier, she didn't remember at first, but as they came along, she gradually recalled. This Qi Lie was indeed a character from the novel, mentioned a few times, and had frequent interactions with the male lead in the story. Shu Yu had some impression of him.
She thought that a general like him should be very burly, but now that she saw him, she was surprised to find that he was quite slender.
However, he was indeed tall, standing beside Xiang Weinan, he was about ten centimeters taller.
Qi Lie had not become a general yet, but he exuded a strong aura of killing, probably because he had been serving as a bodyguard around the Emperor for a long time.
But in front of Shu Yu, he still restrained it somewhat.
After exchanging pleasantries, he went straight to the point, "Miss Lu, how much sunflower oil do you currently have?"
"Not much, probably about ten barrels of the best quality."
Shu Yu knew that he was not asking about the total quantity but the quality of sunflower oil that could be supplied to the palace.
The sunflower oil produced in the oil mill was quite good, with the best looking a bit clearer, but the difference was not significant.
"Ten barrels? Indeed not much."
Although the daily consumption of cooking oil was not much, with such a large Imperial Kitchen and so many people in the palace, with the Emperor and his consorts eating multiple meals, ten barrels would be used up quickly.
Qi Lie asked, "When will the next batch of sunflower oil be available?"
"There is still some main material left for oil pressing here, probably enough for about five barrels. The rest will have to wait for two months until the next batch of sunflowers matures and is harvested."
Qi Lie calculated in his mind, "I understand. Send ten barrels back to the capital for now. As for the remaining five barrels, I will trouble miss Lu to arrange for someone to deliver them to the capital when the time comes."
"That's not a problem."
