Chapter 8 Preparing for Oil Extraction
In half a day, it is not surprising that these two bags of rapeseed were found with royal efficiency.
"Childe, Peach still doesn't understand, how to eat this thing, I tried to eat a few just now, it's hard to eat."
"It's not like that! You need to squeeze the oil first! ”
"Oil extraction?"
"Niangniang must have other wills, right?"
"Well, just tell me what Childe needs, and I'll prepare it for Childe."
The meaning of this sentence, Chen Fang pondered in his heart, I don't know if I can change places now, living here, Chen Fang always felt uneasy, anyone who knows that someone wants to harm themselves, and they don't know anything about the other party will be upset!
"Then we'll go to the Pavilion Palace now!"
Chen Fang tentatively mentioned that it would be best if he could go, and if he couldn't go, Chen Fang would not insist, so as not to make others suspicious.
The palace is the place where the palace maids and the women of the families of the guilty ministers live, and it is also the place where the palace people work. If you want to squeeze oil, obviously you can't do it here in Taiji Palace, so you can only go to Yeting Palace.
"Okay, you guys will carry the rapeseed to the Yeting Palace!"
Hearing Taohong's words, Chen Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he thought that he couldn't go to the Ting Palace, but it seems that it is obviously not now.
And when several palace maids heard this, their faces turned green. The distance between the Yeting Palace is not far, and these two heavy bags of rapeseed have to be carried to the Yeting Palace.
Leaving this palace, Chen Fangchang let out a sigh, he could finally leave here, he was terrified every day here, and he even had to carefully check it before he dared to eat it.
Yeting Palace, although it is also called a palace, but compared with Taiji Palace, there are obviously not so many carved beams and paintings, so many pavilions and pavilions, as for the garden and other places for leisure, don't even think about it.
Because it is a place of labor, there is no need for tall buildings, let alone beautiful gardens. This is not so much a palace as a patchwork of workshops and residential areas. Compared to the imperial palace, it is more like the market square of Chang'an City.
The palace is divided into three parts, the north is Taicang, and the south is the province of inner servants, the so-called inner servants are eunuchs. And Chen Fang came to the place where the palace maid and the wife of the family of the guilty minister lived.
This is simply a daughter country, and as far as the eye can see, there are all kinds of hurried and busy palace maids and women. Except for a man from Chen Fang, there was no man to be found here, except, of course, the eunuchs who were in a hurry.
It's not that men can't come here, it's not as strict as the harem, but it's rare for a man to appear here on weekdays, and even if he does, it's all on business.
Of course, Chen Fang is also on business at this time, after all, it is the rapeseed that Niangniang asked people to find.
Chen Fang walked with Taohong, and the palace maids on the road all looked at Chen Fang curiously, Chen Fang looked over, and several palace maids quickly turned aside with blushing faces.
Chen Fang scratched his head, what is going on, he has such a great charm.
came to a secluded courtyard, where the palace maids had moved away, and the entire courtyard was empty. The yard is not small, very simple, surrounded by houses, and there is a lot of space in the middle, only a well in the middle of the courtyard.
"Childe needs anything, just ask."
"Two carpenters, two healthy women, and a few more burly and powerful men."
"Ahh Childe, this has to be reported to the mother and slave before you dare to help the son find it. ”
"Hmmm! You just go and report it. ”
Taohong rushed to the Ganlu Palace, while Chen Fang found paper and ink, to squeeze oil, you need an oil mill, and some utensils are indispensable.
Chen Fang hadn't actually fried oil himself, but when he traveled with the old Chinese medicine doctor, he had seen an oil mill in a village in the south of the Yangtze River to extract oil.
It was a rare workshop that squeezed oil according to the ancient method, and Chen Fang thought it was interesting at that time, so he watched the whole process of how the workers cleaned and fried seeds, how to grind and steam embryos, and how to wrap cakes and squeeze them, and pressed them by manpower.
The utensils needed were relatively simple, and Chen Fang also remembered clearly that with the skills of Tang Dynasty craftsmen, there was no problem in making them.
Soon, Chen Fang drew all the drawings of the equipment needed for oil extraction according to his memory, and looked at the drawings several times to confirm that nothing was missing.
At dusk, Tao Hong led Chen Fang to the courtyard with the men he needed, two carpenters, two healthy women with a tiger's back, and a few sturdy soldiers in armor.
Looking at the costumes, the two healthy women should be the family members of the guilty ministers, and they should have been commanding characters before, but now they are being yelled at by others.
A few soldiers Chen Fang couldn't tell which guard was in the palace, the Tang Dynasty inherited the forbidden army system of the twelve guards of the Sui Dynasty, Chen Fang was not very clear, even if it was clear, the history of this world had already changed.
Chen Fang could only be sure that this was the transfer of the forbidden army from the palace, and the forbidden army would be forbidden, as long as he had strength.
Chen Fang handed the drawings to the two carpenters, and the two carpenters looked at the drawings, and they were a little puzzled, the things on the drawings could be understood, but they couldn't see what they were doing at all, and they had never done it before.
The two carpenters stared at each other with big eyes, puzzled, and could only look at Chen Fang.
"Just do it according to the drawings, I don't know when it will be done?"
"This, two days at the earliest."
Chen Fang nodded, two days is two days, and it just takes time to fry the seeds, dry, grind, grind and steam the embryos.
The iron pots and stone grinding pots required for these processes are available here in the Imperial Palace, and the tools made by carpenters are not needed until the bread is pressed. The time before and after is just right.
At this time, it was already dark, and Chen Fang had no idea of letting these people rush to work.
"Peach, can these people live here?"
"Yes, but you can't go out of the courtyard, everywhere else is where the palace maid lives."
Chen Fang's question is actually a bit of a throwing stone. These carpenters and soldiers can live in the Yeting Palace, so naturally they can, as long as they don't leave this courtyard.
Chen Fangben didn't plan to leave this courtyard either.
"Let's all go and rest first, and come here early tomorrow morning. Remember, everyone is going to be staying here from tomorrow, so it's time to prepare. ”
"Yes, slave and maid obey!"
"Yes! Obedience! ”
Several craftsmen, women and soldiers agreed one after another and saluted Chen Fang. Chen Fang nodded briefly, and everyone retreated.
In the past few days in the Tang Dynasty, Chen Fang, who has a respectful and humble status in this palace, has adapted to it.
Seeing that the people who came to her left first, Taohong picked up the drawings drawn by Chen Fang, but she couldn't understand them at all.
Childe, let's go back first, and come back here early tomorrow morning.
"No, I'll just rest here at night! Delay back and forth. ”
"Anyway, this is where slaves and maids live. How can Childe live here. ”
"I've got something to do here! Besides, I was just a Chang'an official before, and I couldn't live where the slaves lived. ”
"But Childe is not what it used to be."