After returning from Xinfeng County, Zhang Ran felt a lot more relaxed. After knowing that the current emperor was Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Ran didn't dare to say anything else, at least it was certain that within a hundred years, there would be no large-scale war in the Guanzhong region, and the war would not affect them Zhangli.

As the saying goes, it is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled world. After experiencing the difficulties of life in ancient times, Zhang Ran had a particularly deep understanding of this sentence.

Although his family is still very poor, as long as it is not a troubled time, Zhang Ran is sure that his family's situation will become better and better, and finally embark on the road of being well-off without worrying about food and clothing.

As for how to get rich, it is a piece of cake for a "traverser" like Zhang Ran, who has more than 2,000 years beyond this era.

In the evening, Zhang Ran, who was distraught, hurriedly ate dinner, then plunged into the house, lay on the wooden bed, and began to think about his plan to make money and the way to get rich.

Influenced by countless online texts in later generations, Zhang Ran is familiar with the methods necessary for travelers, such as soap, glass, perfume, distilled spirits, etc., and is convinced of their ability to make money.

However, although Zhang Ran knew that he could make a fortune by making these things, it was not a simple matter to make these things in his current situation.

Moreover, Zhang Ran did not know all the above methods, such as how to make glass, Zhang Ran didn't know too much, he only knew that it was fired with quartz stone, as for how to fire and what kind of glass to be fired, Zhang Ran didn't know.

As for the rest of the soap, perfume, and distilled spirit, although it is much simpler than making glass, it also requires a lot of special tools to assist, but Zhang Ran does not have any of these things now.

As the saying goes, how big a bowl to eat, how much to eat, in terms of Zhang Ran's current actual situation, it is difficult to afford, the various auxiliary tools needed to make perfumes, glass and other items, even if you make some money by selling fish in the future, after having the first pot of gold, you have enough money to buy tools, but you must spend a lot of time to experiment to be successful.

Moreover, even if the above items are successfully produced, the market is still a big problem.

Whether it was soap, perfume or glass, these things that were more common in the previous life were luxury goods in this era, and only the dignitaries had enough financial resources to enjoy them.

But in the upper corner where Zhang Ran is located, it is just a remote and backward small mountain village, and the residents of the village are already poor, so how can they have the money to buy these things?

Therefore, if Zhang Ran wants to sell these good things, he must go to Chang'an City, which is dozens of miles away. Moreover, the positioning of these things is a luxury for the powerful, so it is definitely not possible to set up a stall in Chang'an City.

But if you lease the storefront, the housing prices in Chang'an..., even if Zhang Ran sells all his belongings, I am afraid he will not be able to pay a month's rent.

The only way to do this may be door-to-door sales, but... What if someone hacks and eats black?

Thinking about it, Zhang Ran felt that with his current status as a common man, engaging in these things was tantamount to a child holding gold in the downtown area, and the probability of being shot by someone was too high.

As the saying goes, the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. Sometimes, before you have enough strength to protect yourself, blindly pursuing huge profits and pursuing overnight riches is not a good thing. This is especially true in such ancient societies.

But fortunately, the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was more than 2,000 years away from later generations, and such a long time span caused Zhang Ran, a "modern man" from more than 2,000 years later, to become an "inventor" no matter what tricks he made.

Therefore, Zhang Randa does not have to hang himself on these "crooked neck trees", and can try to get rich by other methods.

And after taking stock of the existing resources at hand, Zhang Ran found that there were very few things he could use. Because in addition to some freshly bought corn, there are only two jars of soybeans left in the house.

Corn, needless to say, there is not much prospect for development. Moreover, the ancients had already played all kinds of tricks with it, and Zhang Ran felt that he didn't need to stumble on this thing.

However, soybeans can make a difference! In later generations, soybeans have many uses, not only can be used to extract oil, but also can be used to make tempeh, soy milk, tofu, tofu brain, bean paste, bean skin, dried beans, bean curd... You can also use it to brew soy sauce and stir-fry vegetables...

Hiss~

At the thought of soybeans being able to make so many delicacies, Zhang Ran couldn't help but drool, and he couldn't wait to do it now and get all these things out...

What's more, these things, in this era, except for soy milk and tempeh, are all else! All! Not! Yes!

Nowadays, the most common way to process soybeans is to boil them and eat them, and this kind of food is the so-called bean soup!

As for how does the bean custard taste? This Zhang Ran himself obviously has a lot to say.

When he just crossed over, Zhang Ran had eaten boiled beans for several days, not to mention how uncomfortable the taste was. Soybeans are already very hard in texture, and the current cooking methods are extremely simple, so it is not easy to cook them completely when steamed. And not only do you scratch your throat when you eat, but you also tend to bloate your stomach and produce nitrogen...

Therefore, he would rather eat grilled fish every day until he gets tired of it, and rarely touches the bean soup cooked by his mother Zhang Li...

"Deep processing of soybeans is definitely the most suitable way for me to make money at present!"

When it comes to soybean deep processing, the most profitable one is undoubtedly oil extraction!

As mentioned earlier, the edible vegetable oil in this era has not yet prevailed, and the Han Dynasty still uses anointing oil (animal oil) as the most important edible oil.

But animal fat, it is difficult to obtain, and the production is very small, so the price is ridiculously expensive.

The ancients said that the children of the anointed rice were the descendants of the landlord's powerful family. Ointment, the fat of the flesh. Liang, the eater. It means that only the descendants of the landlord are qualified to eat minced meat and rice every day. And ordinary farmers, it would be good to be able to eat corn or see some meat once every ten days and a half months!

If Zhang Ran can make soybean oil, it will undoubtedly be a way to make a lot of money. Moreover, after soybean oil is extracted, the remaining waste can also be made into feed to feed poultry and livestock, and there is no waste at all.

But...

"Oil! Oil? How to squeeze? No machines, no electricity, nothing! It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice! ”

Zhang Ran thought about the situation at home, and had no choice but to give up this idea for the time being. I plan to wait until the conditions allow to consider this later.

Soy sauce, bean paste is not good, the brewing cycle is too long, often more than half a year, can't wait... Give up for now!

Soy milk is called soy juice in this era, and it is already there, give up. Tempeh is also there, give up!

After counting, Zhang Ran found that only tofu is the one that has a simple process to make and a short time, even if you add the time to soak beans, it will only be more than a day at most.

Moreover, tofu can also make tofu brain, tofu skin, dried tofu..., although the latter two also need a certain period, but at most it is only a week or two, which is much faster than soy sauce or something.

Thinking of tofu, Zhang Ran slapped his thigh violently, and almost jumped up with joy. As we all know, the main ingredient of tofu is soybeans. The production method of tofu is simple, just soak the soybeans and soften them, grind them into a pulp, boil them, add brine or gypsum, and then they can be made into tender and refreshing tofu.

And Zhang Ran's family lacks everything, and there is not even an iron pot at home, but the only thing that is not lacking is soybeans.

If you can make soybeans into tofu, you can not only turn waste into treasure, but also satisfy your own taste, and you will never have to eat boiled beans again. It can also be sold in the bazaar in exchange for some money to improve life and subsidize the family. No matter how you look at it, it's a good thing to have the best of both worlds.

The most important thing is that the tofu production method is simple, and it does not require a large machine or too much cost, and it can be made by hand by yourself, which is simply one of the most ideal methods at present.

So Zhang Ran made up his mind and said: "Yes, just make tofu!" ”