To the west of Longtou Mountain, a large area of rice waves fluctuates with the wind like a golden lake, and Wang Yuwenwen, the governor of Huangzhou and Xiyang, stands on the Yangtze River embankment on the south side to enjoy the beautiful scenery in front of him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The vast rice field in front of him was originally just a barren beach by the river, which was invaded by floods, and there were snails everywhere, which was reclaimed by Yu Wenwen by all means.

There are also the Yangtze River embankment and the Santai River embankment, these paddy fields reclaimed from wasteland have been cultivated for several years, and all kinds of pig manure, chicken manure, and duck manure are taken out to compost it, so that there is today's scenery.

Yu Wenwen took back the clairvoyant mirror and asked, "Seeing that autumn is coming, how much is the production capacity per mu here?" ”。

Shi Hao Wubo, the governor of Huang Prefecture on the side, replied: "Wang, according to last year's output, it will be slightly increased, and it can reach about half of the output of the ripe fields." ”

"It's finally halfway through, and it's really hard work." Yu Wenwen was very satisfied with this result, "This year, the paddy fields in this area will have to pay field rent, is the granary ready?" ”

"Ready, absolutely no problem."

Yu Wenwen led the officials to talk while walking, the autumn harvest was imminent, he came out to inspect the farmland, what he wanted was to know in his heart, and the large farmland on the west side of Longtou Mountain surrounded by the river embankment was the top priority.

After repairing the river embankment, extinguishing the snails, and draining the stagnant water, part of these original barren beaches were distributed to the soldiers who had made military achievements, and the other part was distributed to the people who settled in Huangzhou.

In order to help open up the wasteland, the government also rented farm tools and seeds, organized everyone to build ditches together, taught seedlings and transplanted seedlings and other skills, and also brought in fertilizer from the city to apply it uniformly.

Considering that it takes a long time to clear the land to ensure that the land has a good yield, the land is rent-free until this year.

During the rent-free period, the amount of grain collected from the land belongs to you, and the rent is collected after the deadline is reached, and the more grain you have left after paying the rent, the more you will take, so everyone's enthusiasm for farming is very high.

This year's wind and rain are good, so it is foreseeable that the autumn will inevitably be a bumper harvest, and the land rent paid by these newly cultivated farmland this year will bring a large amount of grain to the Huangzhou Prefecture Treasury.

Only with sufficient food can more soldiers be raised, and the grain and grass can last for a few more months when the soldiers are used externally, which is the problem that Yu Wenwen is most concerned about.

Sooner or later, the imperial court will have to make a move against the Chen State in the south of the Yangtze River, no matter what year the war starts, it is always right to stock up on food, and the soldiers and horses will go first before the grain and grass are moved, so Yuwenwen has been farming while training his troops.

It was already noon in the middle of the inspection, and Yu Wenwen and his entourage did not go to the village to open fire and eat, but solved the problem on the spot next to a beacon on the river embankment.

The state government official kitchen has prepared some cooking cakes and boiling cold water, and the weather is still very hot, so it is easy to eat cooking cakes with cold water.

Of course, Yu Wenwen would not let go of the opportunity to sell the product, and motioned to his entourage to take the soda out to share with everyone, but there were a lot of preparations on the "logistics carriage" where he traveled.

Seeing Shangguan's treat, a group of officials are naturally respectful rather than obedient, the reputation of soda is now very loud in Xiyang City, many of them have admired it to consume, that refreshing feeling is really good.

However, it is more expensive, and many people still have to rely on officials to support a large family, so they can't spend as much as they want, so they can only wait for a family and friend to entertain them.

"It's lunch time now, and it's not in the official office, don't be restrained, you really want to burp after drinking soda, then feel free, don't be afraid of being said rude."

Yuwen Wen first set the tone, since he had already expressed his attitude as a superior, his subordinates naturally dared to let go of their hands and feet, and the soldiers of this beacon were also stained, and each person opened a bottle of cold soda.

Those who have drunk soda know that they should not rush, and those who drink it for the first time do not know the depth of it, and not long after drinking it like water, they can't help but burp and are very surprised by the effect of this drink.

As the driving force behind the soda, Yuwenwen naturally has no shortage of sodas, so there are a lot of soda brought by this trip, and seeing that everyone is happy to drink, he is also very generous, and asks his entourage to bring down all the soda in the car for a treat.

As long as there are no issues of principle involved, Yu Wenwen has always been very good at talking to his subordinates, so it is not surprising that the officials are so bold when they see Yu Wenwen, and the atmosphere is becoming more and more relaxed while drinking soda.

Seeing the popularity of soda, Yu Wenwen was very satisfied, and he was afraid that after the launch of this drink, it would be popular, and the research and development expenses he spent would be wasted.

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The principle of soda is very simple, let a large amount of carbon dioxide gas dissolve into the water, after drinking such water in the stomach, the carbon dioxide gas escapes, causing the drinker to burp, and the gas will also take away the heat when it leaves the body, so it can make the drinker feel cool.

However, the simple principle does not mean that it is easy to implement, there are two ways to dissolve carbon dioxide into water, Yuwenwen first took the physical route: pressurization.

Since he can make a pneumatic cannon, he can also pressurize the drink in a container, but if he wants to bring soda to the market, he can't use this method.

The compressed air technology tree that cost a lot of money is an important secret for Yu Wenwen, so he doesn't plan to share it with others, but he wants to make money from soda, so he has to choose another way, that is, chemical methods.

Later generations of families can make homemade soda, which requires baking soda, that is, sodium bicarbonate, as long as this thing is added to the water, and then put some fruit acid and then seal the container, the carbon dioxide produced by the chemical reaction will naturally dissolve in the water.

So you only need baking soda to make soda in large quantities, but this baking soda is the biggest problem.

Baking soda can be prepared by trona, so to find trona ore, the later known Nanyang Basin, which is now the boundary of Jingzhou Governor's Mansion, has a high content of alkali ore, which can be used as a raw material production area.

But I don't know where those mines are distributed, and the people sent by Yuwenwen searched for several years and went through a lot of hardships to find the alkali ore.

With alkali ore, you can proceed to the next step: make and purify baking soda, the premise is to make sure that you make sodium bicarbonate, Yuwenwen doesn't know how to determine, what to do?

Then rely on Mengbei.

Baking soda can be used to make dough, which is an essential additive for making steamed bread and fritters in later generations, so this has become a breakthrough for Yuwenwen 'Meng'.

Use the exhaustive method to experiment, use the 'suspected baking soda' refined from alkali ore to make noodles, see if it is really baking soda, screen out the synthetics that can make noodles and continue to try, and after confirming that it can effectively make noodles, use this pasta for human experiments.

Of course, the experiment used death row prisoners, and I don't know how many death row prisoners died of food poisoning and finally tried it, and then pondered the purification process, and finally succeeded in obtaining baking soda that "eats undead people".

Something is there, how to market is the key, Yuwenwen of course has to make a fortune by relying on soda, so he declares that the raw materials for making soda are "Huangzhou specialties", and uses the practice of paying tribute to the emperor to improve the style, and then launches the market to make money.

With baking soda, not only can you make a simple version of soda, but also can be used to make pasta, a recipe containing baking soda, Yu Wenwen has recovered the research and development costs through the "auction", and he is happy when he thinks that he will have soda to drink every day in the future.

Hao Wubo on the side was quite emotional about the soda, he thought this drink was really good, so he admired Yu Wenwen's whimsy, and seeing that he was in a good mood, he made a suggestion: "King, although the name of soda is straightforward, it is too ordinary, I don't know if there is a nickname?" ”

"Ya No? Hao Changshi's suggestion is good. Yu Wenwen nodded, Hao Wubo's business acumen was brought out by him, of course, the soda must have a good name, the kind that can be catchy and easy to remember.

Why don't you just order it and call it 'Coca-Cola'? But wouldn't it be more appropriate to call it 'Sprite'?