Chapter 59 Umami

As for the progress of the research on the explosives package, as Wen Tianxiang said, it is quite smooth, the new formula of gunpowder is powerful, and the volume needs to be further compressed to make a simple finished product.

Although it was far less powerful than the grenades of later generations, the roar and ring-breaking force that made when thrown during the test were terrifying.

I laughed and said, "Guys, think about it, if a row of bombs were thrown together, how powerful would it be?" ”

After Yun Bofei and the others left, I asked, "Is the recruitment of the whole villa going well?" ”

Quan Jue said: "Back to the emperor, the current number is still only more than three hundred, Zhang Shijie began to expand the scope of recruitment while training, and it is estimated that the recruitment of five hundred will be slightly delayed for ten days and a half months." ”

"Well, let Zhang Shijie hurry up, it seems that the musket will not be around for long."

At this time, Xiao Qi whispered: "Official, it's already halfway through the hour (21 o'clock), it's time to go back to the palace." ”

"Ah, it's so late, time flies, this time is enough to talk for an afternoon and most of the night." I twisted my neck and said, "Song Rui, if the musket sample comes out, you must ensure safety when testing the gun, especially the safety of several masters. Mr. Shen, Quan Jue, let Yun Zhongfei send you to Shifeng Commercial Bank in the afternoon, and remember to call me the son of Huyan outside. Okay, Xiao Qi, go back to the palace. ”

When Quan Jiu returned to Ningqian Palace, he had just finished transcribing the introduction to the physical arts in my handwriting. After returning from the meeting, I relied on my memory to memorize the knowledge I knew about mathematics, physics, chemistry, geography, astronomy, etc., because I did not like to use a brush, the manuscript was written in a mess, and I could only be sorted out and proofread by the neat handwriting of Quan Jiu.

"Jiu'er, it's hard work." I looked at Quan Jiudao, who was a little tired.

"The official family, Jiu'er is not hard, in fact, there is something to do, Jiu'er feels that it is a lot more fulfilling, not to mention doing things for the official family, but the official family is too messy, and the content is not known to Jiu'er, so it has just been finished."

The ancient harem concubines basically had nothing to do, which led to countless court gossip stories, so that they were once popular in later generations.

This is a fact, most of these concubines rarely see the emperor, and there is no TV and the Internet, it seems that the biggest pleasure is to chat around, and if you talk too much, there will naturally be things that chew the root of your ears, and in order to compete for favor, they keep interpreting the secret history of the harem.

It seems that we have to find something for Quan Jiu and the others to do, otherwise, over time, it will inevitably lead to mental illness.

I picked up the manuscript that Quan Jiu had copied, and the paper was neat and the handwriting was legible, except that the illustrations seemed nondescript.

"Official, is it okay?" Quan Jiu asked a little nervously.

"It's okay, I think it's pretty good, Jiu'er, I'm tired, it's not too early, we should also rest, let's copy it when we have time, and think about it by the way." I want to see if Quan Jiu will have the kind of mind that Quan Jiu has.

"Well, Jiu'er try, Guanjia, is Quanjue okay?"

"Quanjue and Mr. Shen are fine, Jiu'er rest assured."

Recently, Fang Ling was handling affairs in the dart bureau in the morning, and he would basically go to the Shifeng Commercial Bank in the afternoon.

"Xiao Qi, call Xiao Tian up, and Ling'er will help us make tea."

Fang Ling smiled: "Brother, you are becoming more and more proficient at calling people." ”

"There's no way, brother loves to drink tea made by Ling'er."

"Hmph, it's not like you're using Ling'er as a maid." Fang Ling said with a smile as he made tea.

Xiao Tian went upstairs and said, "What's the matter with Childe?" ”

"Xiao Tian, there will be two guests in a while, and the products they have developed are our main sales products in the future, such as the MSG that I told you about before to increase umami, and the hard pen that improves the speed of writing."

"Brother, you will talk about things later, Ling'er and Sister Qiu'er will go shopping."

I knew what Fang Ling meant and smiled: "Hehe, Ling'er, it's okay, is my brother still afraid that you will leak secrets, once these things are made, they will have to be transported to various places by relying on Ling'er's dart bureau, by the way, brother still wants to further cooperate with Ling'er's dart bureau." ”

"Cooperation, what do you mean?"

"Ling'er, if you have the opportunity, I want to make your Chengwei Dart Bureau the largest logistics firm in the Great Song Dynasty."

"Wait, what is logistics?" Fang Ling and Xiao Tian asked at the same time.

I laughed dumbly, how did I come up with the modern words of my brother: "To put it simply, logistics is the transportation of goods, and its extended meaning has many meanings." ”

"Dude, you're always coming up with a bunch of new words. Well, Ling'er has no opinion on this, but I have to agree with my father. ”

"I know, find a chance to visit your father."

Fang Ling suddenly became a little twisted and said, "Well, my father also wants to meet you." ”

"Hehe, that's it."

Fang Ling whispered: "Well, Ling'er listens to my brother." ”

"They should have arrived." Yuan Jian had excellent hearing, and suddenly interjected.

Sure enough, as soon as the voice fell, Shen Yiqiu and Quan Jue walked in accompanied by Xiao Qi.

"Childe."

"Mr. Shen, Quan Jue, come and sit down, this is Miss Fang, this is Xiao Tian."

After a few people exchanged pleasantries, I took out the manuscript and handed it to Quan Jue and said, "Mr. Shen, Quan Jue, this is a brief description of the physical techniques I wrote, you can take a look at it when you go back." Has there been any progress in MSG, hard pens and other items? ”

After placing the manuscript, Quanjue took a few items from his baggage and placed them on the table. Quan Jue first picked up some powdered things and introduced: "Childe, this is the monosodium glutamate that Childe said." ”

I reached out and dipped some powder into my mouth and tasted it with my tongue. After a while, I said, "Ling'er, Xiao Tian, you can also try it." ”

The two of them followed my example, reached out and dipped some powder into their mouths, and after only a short while, they heard Fang Ling exclaim, "There is really a taste of umami." ”

"Xiao Tian, you are an expert, how about it?"

"Childe, it does have umami, but how to eat this monosodium glutamate, eat mouthful food, eat some powder?"

I laughed: "Naturally not, it's put in the dish to make condiments, the same as table salt." ”

Xiao Tian said excitedly: "I'll try it later." ”

"Mr. Shen, the concentration of this monosodium glutamate is not enough, I guess it is a problem of fermentation, and you will think about improving it after you go back." When the kelp is available in May, you can try extracting it from the kelp. ”

"Yes, Childe, look at this second thing, hard pen."

This hard pen uses goose feathers as the barrel, and the refill is made by cutting the root of the feather diagonally to make a notch, and then cutting a knife upwards in the middle of the bottom as a groove for injecting ink.

I tried to write on paper, and although I wasn't very fluent, it was much faster than I could with a brush: "Yes, yes, it's much better than a brush." ”

"Childe, it's just that the ink of this hard pen is more difficult to adjust, too thick, too light."

"There is a problem with blending with ink, so you can try the black dye that dyes the cloth."

Quan Jue thought about it and said, "You can try this, the intensity of the dye is relatively easy to adjust." ”

Then Quanjue showed us soap, magnifying glass, and other items.

These things seemed to me to be sparse and shoddy, but in Fang Ling Xiao Tian's eyes, they were regarded as treasures.

"How is Xiao Tian?"

"Childe, these things are really unheard of, and I am now more convinced of what Childe said about the world's business."

"Among these few things, monosodium glutamate and soap can be immediately arranged for small batch production, Quanjue, after you and Mr. Shen go back, you and Mr. Shen will step up the improvement of the formula while arranging production, and strive for the second generation of products to be listed as soon as possible, Xiao Tian, looking for a place in the suburbs of Lin'an, opening a workshop, a magnifying glass requires certain process equipment, as well as the packaging of monosodium glutamate, soap and other items, just won a lot of silver taels in the first two days. And if the hard pen wants people to change their writing habits, it will not sell so quickly, and only make a small batch. ”

"Childe, Xiao Tian doesn't see it that way, I think this kind of hard pen will be sold soon, and those gentlemen who are in charge of the accounts will use a hard pen to write, which will definitely greatly improve the speed."

"yes, why didn't I think of that?"

I always think that people in this era have solidified thoughts, but in fact, why shouldn't I?

The accounting office (finance) should use a computer.

"Xiao Tian is reasonable, it just so happens that the palace test is coming soon, Quanjue, you can make a batch of magnifying glasses, and give a hard pen to the students who come to Beijing to try."