Speaking of leeks, Hu Xinxin's face showed a look of coyness. The last time he had a conflict with Su Hao, it was because of leeks, and after that, he specially planted a few leeks and sent them to Su Hao, which was regarded as reparation. However, it is the weather in September, which is the end of autumn in the mainland, but it is already early winter in this plug, and it is completely impossible to grow vegetables outdoors.

"If Miss Lin wants to eat leeks, the villain will find a way to make a warm cellar and plant a few trees for her. However, this warm cellar is very difficult to serve, and the villain is afraid that it will disappoint the eldest lady. Hu said confidently.

Ge Ling was originally a pseudonym, in order to hide people's eyes, she claimed that her surname was Lin and she was the granddaughter of Li Zhen, who was known as Lin Zhi, so Hu Xin called her Miss Lin, which was right. The warm cellar that Hu Xinxin said is actually somewhat similar to the greenhouse of later generations, which was already used in the Ming Dynasty. It's just that due to the influence of technical conditions, the scale of the warm cellar can not be very large, and the price of the out-of-season vegetables grown in the warm cellar is almost more expensive than gold.

However, since Su Hao came to the door to talk about leeks, Hu Xinxin felt that no matter how difficult it was, he had to find a way to give it a try. Su Hao found coal for the military households in Pingyu City and dug a well, this kindness should have been repaid by everyone.

"Will you make a cellar?" Su Hao asked with a smile, the purpose of his trip was to let Hu Zixin build a warm cellar, but this kind of warm cellar is not what it was like in the past, but a transparent greenhouse that was very common in later generations.

Building a greenhouse is a very simple technology, and there is no advanced scientific reason. The people of the Ming Dynasty could also think of this method, but they did not have the kind of transparent greenhouse film of later generations, so no matter how good the idea was, it could not be implemented.

Since the last time he talked to Xiao Ruxun about the supply of vegetables at the border, Su Hao had the idea of building a greenhouse, of course he didn't have the ability to produce film materials, but greenhouses don't necessarily have to be built with film, if there is enough glass. It is also possible to build a greenhouse.

Due to the technical route of potassium-based glass, the scale of glass production in China in the Ming Dynasty was very small, and the products were mostly colored glass, which was mainly used to manufacture various jewelry. With Su Hao's suggestion, Hao Qing has solved the production process problem of sodium-based glass, and has been able to produce transparent glass in large quantities at a very low cost. This time, Su Hao asked Hao Qing to produce large pieces of transparent glass in Pingyu City, which was intended to be used to promote greenhouses.

"The villain himself has never made a warm cellar, but he has seen it once in Ningxia City. The warm cellar was specially used for the governor's yamen to grow vegetables in winter, and a large amount of firewood was burned every day to keep warm. I heard that the cost of planting a cucumber is enough to buy a cart of cucumbers in the summer. Hu said confidently.

"Well, it's good to have this technology." Su Hao said that he was originally worried about the technical obstacles to growing vegetables in winter, but now it seems that as long as the problems of light and temperature can be solved, there is no problem with the technology of growing vegetables themselves.

"Hu Baihu, my idea is like this......" Su Hao took out the glass he brought, and then explained the principle of the greenhouse to Hu Xinzi.

To put it bluntly. A greenhouse is a closed house with a completely transparent sunny side, and the sunlight can shine directly into it during the day, promoting the photosynthesis of plants and increasing the temperature of the greenhouse. By the time of the evening. It is necessary to cover the glass with some straw to prevent the heat from escaping. If the outside temperature is too low, the greenhouse also needs to be insulated by fire, in the case of sufficient coal supply. The problem of heat preservation is easy to solve.

The military households in the military tun all came forward to listen to Su Hao's explanation. These military households farm all year round, and they are all old crops. As soon as they heard Su Hao say the beginning, they all understood. Su Hao himself didn't know much about it, and the military households gave you a word of supplementation, and it didn't take much effort to design a Ming Dynasty version of the greenhouse.

"General Su is really a Wenqu star, and he can come up with such a good way. According to the villain's opinion, this warm cellar is completely feasible, and with this warm cellar, we all have fresh vegetables to eat all winter. A middle-aged military household said excitedly.

"Zhu Lao Liu, what are you talking about!" Another soldier reprimanded, "The vegetables produced in this warm cellar must be given to the generals and generals Su and their families, we are all cheap lives, a little cabbage is enough to gnaw on the gang, how can we eat such expensive dishes." ”

"That's right, that's right, this dish was planted for General Shen and General Su, how can we eat such an expensive dish with our cheap life." Zhu Laoliu hurriedly corrected, and at the same time symbolically patted his face, indicating the meaning of his palm.

Su Hao said with a smile: "Everyone's lives are the same, how can there be any precious life." I have asked the craftsmen to step up production, and a large number of transparent glass will be sent over in the near future, and we can build a few greenhouses in each military camp. General Xiao and I are not pigs, how can we pour so many cabbages? ”

Everyone laughed together, and Hu said confidently: "If it is really as General Su said, we have more vegetables, and the elderly and children in the family can really taste it." However, even if General Su and General Su can't eat these dishes, let's not keep them for ourselves, and send people to Ningxia City, and sell them for a pound of vegetables for one or two silver, and it is estimated that someone will grab them. ”

"That's right, we can sell the vegetables to Ningxia City, the vegetables in the winter are really much more expensive than silver." The soldiers' faces were flushed with excitement, as if they saw the white silver rolling in.

"With silver, you can tear a piece of cloth for your child to make new clothes for the Chinese New Year this year, and the yellow-faced mother-in-law in my family has been crying and shouting for a silver bracelet, maybe I can really buy her one this year." Zhu Lao Liu said with a smile.

Su Hao listened to their beautiful ideals, and was relieved and a little bitter. Who doesn't want to be able to eat some fresh vegetables in winter, but these simple men, the first thing they think of is to offer fresh vegetables to the chief, and the second is to think that these vegetables can be sold at a good price and earn a few taels of silver for the family. As the soldier said earlier, they think that their lives are cheap and unworthy of this precious food.

"How to dispose of the vegetables grown, let's talk about it later, now let's find a way to build the greenhouse first, I don't know if there are masonry craftsmen in our military camp?" Su Hao said.

Hu Xinxin smiled: "General Su relaxes, I can do any work for military households." Isn't it all our military household's own work to do the masonry work, carpenter work, and blacksmith work on weekdays. General Su can supervise the work here, and see how we build this greenhouse. ”

As he spoke, he shouted, and the soldiers all moved. Years of border life, has indeed cultivated the military households into generalists, only to see the men, women and children in the military camp shuttle back and forth, busy but not chaotic, not a little time, a greenhouse prototype appeared. The soldiers used wattle sticks to build lattices, which were used to lay out the glass sheets, which were then fixed with lime. Since glass is very precious and easily broken, the rest of the work can only be done by experienced military households, and it seems that it can be completed in a day or two.

"Great, that's what I imagined the greenhouse to look like. Hu Baihu, with this greenhouse, I don't need to worry about how to grow vegetables, right? Su Hao asked Hu confidently.

"There is absolutely no problem, with this greenhouse, I guarantee that I can let several female dependents in General Su's mansion eat dumplings filled with fresh leeks every day." Hu confidently patted his chest and promised.

"Great." Su Hao said, "Hu Baihu, you can go into the city with me to see General Xiao now, and let's report the matter of building a warm shed to him." The next step is to ask you to help guide other military tuns to build greenhouses. This winter, don't be idle, grow some food, whether it's eating it yourself or selling it, in short, you can always improve everyone's life. Military households want to settle fields and fight wars, how can they do without having enough to eat? ”

"General Su, you are really thinking about us military households, you are the great benefactor of our military households." Hu said confidently and sincerely.

Su Hao accepted Hu Zixin's compliment with a smile and took him back to the city to see Xiao Ruxun. After Hu Xinxin stammered and reported the matter of building a greenhouse to Xiao Ruxun, Xiao Ruxun was full of emotion and said to Su Hao: "Brother Change, how can you thank you for being a brother?" If this greenhouse can really be built, my city will really be plugged into the south of the Yangtze River. You know, it's hard to get some food here in winter, and some of our officers' families don't want to stay here because they can't eat. ”

"We're pretty much better in the Kannai, and we can get some cabbage in the autumn and keep it for the winter. The Tatars of the steppe could not even eat grass in winter, that is, their chieftain could buy some brick tea and chew it, which was the right to eat vegetables. Hu confidently added.

"Tatars?" Su Hao's eyes lit up, "Hu Baihu, are you saying that the Tatars are more short of food than us?" ”

Hu confidently said: "Isn't it, or the brick tea on the market can be sold at a sky-high price, because the Tatars have no vegetables to eat in winter, and they are easy to get sick, and sometimes chewing some brick tea can save lives." ”

Su Hao said to Xiao Ruxun: "Brother Xiao, since this is the case, if we grow vegetables, can we sell them to the grassland?" ”

"You want to do business with the Tatars?" Xiao Ruxun asked strangely, "Most of the Tatars are very poor, can they afford the vegetables grown in the greenhouse?" ”

Su Hao said: "We don't take their money, let's barter with them, how about it?" ”

"What do you want to change?" Xiao Ruxun asked.

Su Hao said: "Last time, the younger brother told the eldest brother that the military households were malnourished, which was the result of a long-term lack of meat. It's very difficult for us to provide our own meat. But with the Mongols, meat and dairy products were commonplace. Let's exchange vegetables for beef and mutton with them, so that our military households can eat strong and strong, what does Brother Xiao think? ”

"Good! Just do what Brother Su said! Xiao Ruxun also figured out this section, and said excitedly patting the case. (To be continued......)

PS: That's all for today...... This old bone is really not suitable for such a game.