Chapter Forty-Four: Weichen Dare to Have an Idea

The name of green ant brew is actually freshly brewed rice wine, which is named because of a layer of unfiltered green foam floating on it.

At this time, breakfast had just run out, and Ding Yu brought up two jars of rice wine newly brewed in Yeting Palace this year, and for some reason, the master suddenly asked her to prepare these.

If the master wants it, he will naturally bring it up when he has time.

When Chen Fang saw the rice wine, he patted off the sealing mud and opened the lid, and sure enough, there was a layer of green foam on the newly brewed rice wine, and the ancients did not deceive me.

The aroma of the wine is tangy, mellow and abnormal, but not strong.

Seeing the wine, how can a plate of peanuts be missing at this time.

Chen Fang went to the Shang Food Bureau, personally took charge of the spoon, a spoonful of hot oil, and the peanuts were fried in the hot oil to create an attractive fragrance.

Simple method, simple condiments, with this tribute from the land of Qilu peanuts, perfect.

Stir-fried two more side dishes, both of which were appetizers, cut a chicken, and several cooks were idle at this time because they had just finished breakfast, and couldn't help but watch Chen Fang's stir-fry on the side, looking at it, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Gluttonous!

"You guys are busy, why don't you go have some drinks together."

Hearing that Chen Fang asked them to drink, several cooks cheered, and the young one jumped up early.

At this time, the stove is very busy, and it has already warmed the green ants that are newly brewed this year.

When the wine was warmed, Chen Fang took matters into his own hands and filled several white porcelain bowls on one table. It's just rice wine, but I'm not afraid that these cooks will get drunk and make mistakes.

In fact, the chefs of the Shangshi Bureau drink a lot of alcohol on weekdays, but in this era, due to the brewing technology, the wine is more mellow, but the alcohol content is not very high. It's basically hard to get intoxicated.

Outside, the snow is long, and the world is white.

The fire in the house is vigorous, and the smell of wine is fragrant. With peanuts and rice, a table of people eat very happily.

When he was done, Dingyu ordered the tables and stools to be removed, and the dishes and empty wine jars were naturally brought back to the Shangshi Bureau.

Someone had already come to the Ganlu Palace, bringing the rewards of His Majesty and his mother. The two little princesses brought toothpaste to the Manna Hall in the morning, and the reward had already arrived.

Or soap and toilet paper, Chen Fang looked at the reward, and felt a little depressed.

Why can't you change some tricks every time it's like this? On second thought, maybe this is the usual practice.

"Lord Chen, Your Majesty and Niangniang asked your Excellency to go to the Ganlu Hall to discuss matters."

"Oh, my father-in-law leads the way!"

The old eunuch walked in front, and Chen Fang followed. His Majesty's mother recruited herself, which must have something to do with toothpaste.

Although this thing is not much now, it is still enough to satisfy His Majesty and a few nobles in the palace. Of course, he also had to satisfy Chen Fang, after all, he didn't want to use coarse salt, so he made it.

In fact, Chen Fang has always acted for his own needs, such as rapeseed oil and toothpaste. As for the chrysanthemum wine recipe that time, it was just a convenient one, and for him, it was just a recipe that he remembered in his head, just write it down.

"Weichen knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Weichen knocks on the mother..."

"Aiqing excuse me, get up quickly!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I don't know what His Majesty's mother is doing to invite the ministers? ”

Chen Fang asked knowingly, this must also be asked, the king's heart is unpredictable! Wouldn't it be embarrassing to say it yourself if it wasn't for the toothpaste.

"Aiqing, how many things did you send from Anding and Taiping today?"

Sure enough, His Majesty cares about this matter, but this question is a bit strange, and he directly asks how much, does His Majesty want to popularize toothpaste in this palace.

Or, taking it a step further, using this thing as a bargaining chip for foreign trade, the purchase of soap and glass and toilet paper over the years has made many huge profits in the Western Qin and Northern Han Dynasty.

Datang has long had grievances about these, but this thing can be done by the national workshops of other countries, monopoly, if you want to buy it, you have to follow other people's prices.

Obviously, the aristocrats of the Tang Dynasty can't do without these things, and they are used to toilet paper, who wants to use toilet chips and dirt lumps. Accustomed to soap, who wants to only wash their faces with water every day. knew that he would be slaughtered, but he had to stick his head over and be stabbed.

No one wants to be slaughtered, but there's nothing you can do about it.

Datang has also sold porcelain and silk tea well over the years, but these few things can be done by others, if you want to sell at sky-high prices, others will do it themselves.

Coupled with the long distance, these are actually not very profitable, compared to glass soap, it is a world of difference. It's a bit of the feeling that later Huaxia countries exchanged shirts for passenger planes.

Whoever let these two countries be built by the Qin and Han people, the technology you have, others have it, and others have it, but you don't have it.

Technology crushes and squeezes, and Datang has no power to fight back.

Your Majesty doesn't say it on weekdays, but can you be happy in your heart? Above the court, the market and countryside have long been full of complaints.

A roll of toilet paper, ordinary people can't afford to use it at all, even if it is a rich family, Xiaogui can only use it occasionally, which is a benefit to the buttocks.

As for soap and glass, it really can only be used by real nobles.

At this time, the toothpaste made by the oil mill appeared, and it was inevitable that His Majesty would not have the urge to give the Western Qin and the Northern Han a punch.

On the one hand, it is enough to show that the toothpaste is extremely satisfactory to His Majesty's mother, and on the other hand, it seems that His Majesty's mother has long had a deep grudge against the Western Qin and Northern Han trade methods.

"Back to Your Majesty, this thing is called toothpaste, and the oil mill can only make a small amount at this time!"

"Oh, if you want to make more, what's missing?"

Chen Fang listened to His Majesty's words, and it seemed that His Majesty was really annoyed by the national workshops of the Western Qin and Northern Han Dynasty.

In fact, Chen Fang was not annoyed, and even had the idea of making soap glass, so that the monopoly trade of the Western Qin State Workshop could no longer be carried out.

Of course, Chen Fang did not take action, because the manpower and force required for these two things were not something he could afford at this time. The second is to make it, and I am afraid that some people will be suspicious. Third, Chen Fang's need for these two things is not so urgent.

After all, Chen Fang couldn't explain how he obtained the recipe and process.

Chrysanthemum wine is just an improvement on the original recipe, rapeseed oil is barely an innovation, this toothpaste is made, in fact, His Majesty Niangniang is afraid that he already has some ideas in his heart.

If glass soap is also made, it is not just some ideas.

said that it was obtained from the envoys of Western Qin, the problem is that this is the secret of the Royal Workshop of Western Qin, and it is impossible for the envoys to know it.

Seeing that Chen Fang was silent for a long time, Li Zhi coughed softly.

"Your Majesty, if you can, please send some more people into the oil mill."

"This Aiqing can directly find the steward of the Ting Palace, you want someone to give people, and you want things to give things."

Chen Fang didn't expect that Li Zhi was so generous, and it seemed that toothpaste was bound to be used as a trade weapon with the Western Qin and Northern Han Dynasty.

Chen Fang felt that he seemed to be able to go further at this time, but he didn't know the emperor's intentions, so he might as well try.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has the courage to have an idea, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?"