Chapter 17: Gadgets (I)

Mr. Wu was more diligent at the beginning, but now it is the time of coking, and there is no major event, so he is busy with many matters in the shop and has no time to come here. If it weren't for the steward of the canteen who came to report to him, he wouldn't know that the supply of meat and vegetables here in Zhu Xiaobao had doubled!

You must know that those craftsmen don't eat with these female guards, and they are very in awe when they see these female guards! Being selected as the escort of the princess's mansion is a very glorious thing in itself, and it is very respected in Qingliang Mountain, even if it is a slave, it is also very respected!

So those craftsmen all went to the canteen to eat, even if Zhu Xiaobao was very enthusiastic to invite them to eat together, but they all smiled and refused! Eating with those female guards, your aura is not enough, it will be very restrained!

Now that Zhu Xiaobao has such a large supply of ingredients here, of course it makes Chief Wu surprised! The expenses of these female guards in the princess's mansion are a lot of money, and the monthly expenses are not small! Food and clothing, as well as horses and blades, plus armor and bows and arrows, this is a very large expense!

Chief Wu hurriedly ran to the nineteenth princess and made a report first! The nineteenth princess was also a little surprised, she, like Chief Wu, also went more at the beginning, and she was busy with her own affairs at this stage!

All kinds of entertainment are the most annoying things for the nineteenth princess! I just sent away the butler of the King of the Third Highness today! King Wen's shot was even more generous, and he directly gave Xia Zhen'er a bigger shop, but the nineteenth princess still politely refused, how can there be any benefit in the world for nothing, of course, she still expressed her gratitude! So I'm bored right now!

"What? Twice as much? No, Wu Lijia is still very safe in doing things! Could it be that this little treasure has come up with a trick again? The nineteenth princess was a little surprised, and then said in a low voice. It seems that it's time to go to the forbidden place to see, whether these strange things made by Zhu Xiaobao have any effect!

"Hmmm! Let the canteen steward continue to deliver according to their request! Well, you go and see first, what the hell is going on? The nineteenth princess thought for a moment, and then commanded.

"Yes! Princess, I'll arrange it! Chief Wu replied very respectfully.

After three days, the head of Wu came back with a depressed face and reported to Xia Zhen'er, okay, no wonder the supply has doubled, dare to love Zhu Xiaobao to make those beef into sauce beef, since there is a stone mill and soybeans, Zhu Xiaobao is like a tiger with wings, and it is natural to make soy sauce and bean paste, so now a lot of sauce beef is processed at once, after cutting, held with lotus leaves, each female guard is carrying a lotus leaf bag in her arms, which is full of sauce beef, dare to love them as snacks!

That's not all, even the twenty female guards on duty in the forbidden place are one for each person! No wonder those female guards are rushing to go to the forbidden place to guard now, and every time they come back, they are full of joy! Anyway, when these things get into their hands, they don't have to worry about the heat and spoiling, and they will all be eaten before they go to bed at night!

"This little bastard! This is simply bad military discipline! Chief Wu shouted angrily.

"Tsk! It seems that I still underestimated the ability of this little fat man, but I didn't expect my guards to be bribed by him! Xia Zhen'er was also a little crying and laughing, she didn't expect that a chef could make a group of female guards active!

The next day, Xia Zhen'er came to the forbidden place in a hurry to have lunch! But this time there was no scene she imagined. Looking at it from a distance, in the utility room, only Zhu Xiaobao was busy around the stove, and the cauldron on the stove didn't know what was cooking, exuding a strange smell. The other female guards are not there, Xia Zhen'er is a little puzzled? It's time to eat, why don't you see Wu Lijia and these people? At this time, I saw Ying Xiuxiu holding a large handful of jasmine flowers in her hand, ran to the utility room, and asked excitedly, "Brother Xiaobao, are these flowers enough?" ”

"Enough is enough, you break these flowers and throw them in the pot!" Zhu Xiaobao sent Ying Xiuxiu very easily, and he was not polite at all! After a while, there was already a faint scent of jasmine in the air! And Zhu Xiaobao fished out the unknown things in the pot and put them in a square wooden box made in advance.

Xia Zhen'er didn't alarm Zhu Xiaobao, but went directly to the coking cellar, and saw that Wu Lijia and the others were busy taking out the burned cinders from the cellar, and then picking out the black coal pieces from the middle and stacking them together, everyone was wearing coarse cloth clothes, not wearing the usual samurai clothes, their bodies were all black, and their faces were dirty!

"This is what the little treasures want?" Xia Zhen'er thought a little puzzled, it was supposed to be eleven days, but today is only the tenth day. Already watered and turned off the fire?

At this time, Wu Lijia and they had almost picked out all the coke, and the nine of them were happily going back, and today they were eating barbecue again, they were looking forward to it, although Zhu Xiaobao gave them a lot of tricks, but these female guards still liked to eat that kind of slate barbecue the most, especially they all liked the spicy and fragrant feeling, although they were sweating profusely, but they felt very enjoyable!

After Wu Lijia and the others left, Xia Zhen'er walked up to these picked out 'coal blocks', looked at them carefully, and picked up a piece with her hands, which felt different from ordinary coal blocks, with some black tar on them, and she couldn't wipe it clean even if she wiped it on her hands! But she doesn't know what it will be used for! It's all about these things?

Xia Zhen'er left the cellar with a full stomach full of doubts, and returned to the utility room, but saw that Chief Wu was reprimanding these female guards, because these female guards had only been seen for a few days, and they were like a group of people, chattering and laughing. How can she still look like the serious and arrogant female guards in the past! Wu Lijia and the others were really scared when they saw Chief Wu, and the ten people stood straight and listened to Chief Wu's reprimand! Zhu Xiaobao watched stupidly from the side, he had never encountered such a scene! The barbecue on that slate is already charred! Bursts of green smoke came out!

"That's it! None of them are armed today, so don't be too strict and let them relax! I just went to the cellar and saw it, and they did a great job! Xia Zhen'er walked up from behind and said softly. In fact, this is also a means for Xia Zhen'er and Mr. Wu, one sings with a white face and the other with a red face.

"Humph! Now that the princess has spoken, I won't pursue it today! Don't be so presumptuous next time! Manager Wu followed up in a timely manner.

But even if Chief Wu is no longer reprimanding, Wu Lijia and the others are still very restrained, because now the nineteenth princess is present! Who dares to eat without any image!

But since Chief Wu no longer reprimanded, and the nineteenth princess did not express her dissatisfaction, these female guards were a little bolder! They surrounded Zhu Xiaobao, begging for things in a low voice, and Xia Zhen'er felt very strange when she saw it!

"Alright, alright! Sisters, I've been ready for you a long time ago, and now I'm sending a master with a knife to help me cut a big piece into small pieces! Zhu Xiaobao still said with a smile, and then asked Ying Xiuxiu to beat out the big wooden box in the utility room, and the contents had solidified into a whole piece, pale yellow, and exuded a jasmine fragrance!

"I'm coming!" A female guard volunteered to take out her own knife, first removing the planks around the wooden box, and then stabbing three horizontally and vertically. A whole piece of pale yellow solid is neatly divided into sixteen pieces, and the size is uniform, showing a good technique.

However, these divided solids are still a little unsatisfactory, Zhu Xiaobao asked for a knife in the horizontal, which made the female guard a little embarrassed, this kind of knife method she can't do when she can't do a whole piece, she may not be able to divide it into two layers up and down! Now that it's sixteen pieces, it's even more difficult, or you have to take out the sixteen pieces one by one and cut them one by one!

"Hmmm! Give me the knife! At this time, Chief Wu said lightly, and the female guard hurriedly handed over her knife.

I saw that Chief Manager Wu stabbed casually, and the sixteen solid threads did not move, but they had already been cut off!

Zhu Xiaobao was still a little unconvinced, and walked forward to try to pick up the middle piece, and sure enough, this pale yellow solid had been cut into two sections, and the length of the two sections was exactly the same.

"Hey, hey! It's really remarkable! Mr. Wu, this piece of soap will be given to you! Zhu Xiaobao stretched out his thumb and said with a smile.

"Huh? What is it? Although Chief Wu was a little crying and laughing, he still took it and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"It's called soap, it's a little bit of a gadget I made, but it's definitely much better than the soap horn you use!" Zhu Xiaobao raised the soap in his hand and said very confidently, and then said to Wu Lijia and the others: "One piece for each person!" No need to grab it this time! ”

It turned out that Zhu Xiaobao saw that the fat cut off by him was about to deteriorate yesterday, and he was going to throw it away, but he had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and suddenly wanted to use waste, so he boiled it into oil, and then asked Ying Xiuxiu to buy some caustic soda back, and also bought some coarse salt, but he didn't expect it to succeed in one fell swoop, but the shape was ugly!

But after using it for these female guards, they found that this simple trial product was very easy to use, and the female guards were rushing to use it, which was originally washed with a mallet and soaphorn hammer, but now it only needs to be gently rubbed to wash it clean. So in the end, everyone was waiting for the soap, although the small piece of soap was divided into several small pieces, but it was still not enough, and in the end, a few female guards still did not wait, because the soap was used up by the people in front!

These female guards were very unwilling, clamoring for Zhu Xiaobao to do some more. So today, Zhu Xiaobao deliberately stayed in the utility room to make soap again, but Zhu Xiaobao was more attentive this time, and specially asked Ying Xiuxiu to go back with some jasmine, and sandwiched it inside, it became the current pale yellow, jasmine-scented soap!