"What do you mean, can't I do good deeds?" Hearing Cao Ying's questioning, Zhao Yan was also angry, and immediately opened his mouth and asked, doing good deeds is still complained about, does Comrade Lei Feng still want to live?

"Doing good deeds concubines naturally do not object, but before doing good deeds, please also ask the county king to consider the hundreds of people up and down the palace, these people are also going to eat, now the palace is short of money, as a result, the county king's words, let the palace lose a lot of income, and those disaster victims will have no food to eat in the future, you don't care, if you don't care, maybe those hungry and crazy people will do something, if so, the palace will have to spend an extra amount of money, where does the money come from?" Cao Ying also asked rhetorically without showing weakness, she did not object to Zhao Yan doing good deeds, but the premise was that the income of the palace must be guaranteed.

"This ......" Zhao Yan was also a little speechless when asked by Cao Ying for a while, the financial power of the palace has always been caught by Cao Ying, he only knows that Zhao Yan owed a lot of debts outside before, as for the financial situation of other aspects of the palace, Zhao Yan is almost dark-eyed, and now naturally he can't find an excuse to refute Cao Ying.

"Then what do you say, anyway, I've already said it, and the victims have been settled, you can't let me break my word and get fat, and then drive people away, right?" Zhao Yan cheekily played a scoundrel.

Seeing Zhao Yan's scoundrel appearance, Cao Ying couldn't help but snort coldly, turned her head and sulked, but only a moment later, I saw Cao Ying turn her head again and said: "Since the king of the county has already said it, it is naturally impossible to break his word, and the money that should be spent must be spent, I brought a lot of dowry from my mother's family, and I was going to sell it to pay off the debt, but I didn't make a move because of the rain, and I sold those dowries when the weather was clear, and I made up for this hole first......"

"Keep your dowry first, I'll find a way to solve the money matter!" Zhao Yan suddenly interrupted Cao Ying's words and said, this is the second time he has heard Cao Ying mention the sale of dowry, although the two are not real husband and wife now, but Zhao Yan still feels bad in his heart when he hears it, after all, he is a big man with hands and feet, but he still has to let his wife sell the dowry brought by her mother's family to support her, it is really a very shameful thing, and he also has some ideas about making money.

"What can you do?" Cao Ying looked at Zhao Yan with a suspicious gaze and asked, in fact, Cao Ying was also mixed about Zhao Yan's exemption from rent and taking in the victims, the good thing is that Zhao Yan has a sympathy for ordinary people, which is very rare for Zhao Yan in the past, and the worry is that Zhao Yan does things recklessly, and the palace has another expense.

"Don't underestimate me, this king is also a person who has been guided by immortals, and some money-making skills are not a problem at all!" Zhao Yan said confidently, in his opinion, he has more than a thousand years of knowledge than the Song people, and he can make money by doing it casually.

"Oh, then I don't know what the king wants to use to make money?" When Cao Ying heard Zhao Yan mention the guidance of the immortals, she couldn't help but have a little more confidence in Zhao Yan, and at the same time, she was also curious about what Zhao Yan would come up with?

"This ......" Zhao Yan thought that he could open his mouth and come, but when it came to the end, he suddenly appeared, although he had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but he couldn't think of a feasible way to make money for a while, and Cao Ying looked at him with anticipation, but the two stared at each other, and they didn't wait for Zhao Yan to speak for a long time.

"What, what do you think is the most profitable now, and let me find a way to make money, at least I have to know what the financial situation of the palace is?" Zhao Yan finally asked cheekily and embarrassedly again.

Seeing Zhao Yan's appearance, Cao Ying couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and said angrily: "The most profitable thing is naturally the profit of salt and iron, but it is all monopolized by the imperial court, as for the income of the palace, the most important thing is the county king's Yulu, in addition, there is also this Zhuangzi where we are can collect rent, and there is also a grain and oil shop and two grocery stores in the city, I don't know if it is flooded now!" ”

"That's it...... That's it? Zhao Yan couldn't believe that he was a county king, but he only had such a small industry?

"It's good to have these, I heard the old people in the house say that these industries are still the housekeeper Lao Fu finally saved money to buy them, you must know that the previous government expenses were huge, not only did not have any balance every month, but also owed a lot of foreign debts, Lao Fu can buy these properties, it is already a very effective housekeeper." When Cao Ying said the end, he glared at Zhao Yan fiercely again, if he hadn't spent money indiscriminately before, the property of the palace would definitely not be so shabby.

Zhao Yan was also a little embarrassed when he heard this, the tenants' rents have been exempted by him, and even if they are unavoidable, judging from the flood situation this year, I am afraid that they will not receive much rent, as for the grain and oil shops and grocery stores, even if they are not soaked in water now, these two shops will not make much money in a short time, so it seems that the only income of the palace is his money.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan couldn't help but have a headache, the palace owed a lot of foreign debts, and it was definitely not enough to rely on his dead salary alone, but the foundation of the palace was shallow, which made him feel a little clueless for a while, and he didn't know where to make money?

At this moment, suddenly the little bean sprouts next to him interjected timidly: "King Jun, didn't you say that you would make soap before, the soap of the little bean sprouts has been used up by the nurses, and they all say that it is better than bath beans, in this case, why doesn't the king of the county make some soap and sell it in the store, someone must be rushing to buy it." ”

"That's right!" As the so-called words woke up the person in the dream, the words of the little bean sprouts were like a gust of breeze, which suddenly made Zhao Yan's chaotic thoughts clear, "Soap is indeed a good way, this thing is not complicated to make, and the effect is excellent, even the bath beans are so precious, if there is a better soap, I'm afraid no one will want to use bath beans!" ”

Cao Ying had also heard Xiao Bean Sprouts mention that Zhao Yan would make soap, but she thought that soap was such a valuable thing, and the materials must be very precious, and the process of making zuò was also very complicated, generally speaking, it was difficult to produce something like this in large quantities, so even if Zhao Yan could make zuò soap in small quantities, it could only be given away as a valuable gift, and it was basically impossible to sell it, but now seeing Zhao Yan's excited appearance, it seems that soap is not as complicated as she imagined.

"Cao Ying, please help me prepare alkaline noodles, lime and oil, all of them will be sent to the kitchen, and I will make soap on the spot!" Zhao Yan's interest was very high, because he had finally found a feasible way to make money.

Cao Ying was also surprised that the raw materials of the soap were so simple, and asked Mi Xue to buy these things in person, alkaline noodles and oil were originally used in the kitchen, and lime was very common, so after a while, Mi Xue was ready, and Zhao Yan also took Cao Ying and Xiao Bean Sprouts to drive out the other people in the kitchen, leaving only four of their master and servant.

The making of soap is not complicated, as long as you are a person who has learned primary chemistry in later generations, you will understand the saponification reaction, Zhao Yan put the alkali surface and quicklime into the water respectively, to obtain sodium carbonate solution and calcium hydroxide solution, and then mixed the two solutions, the resulting calcium carbonate became a solid sinking, leaving only sodium hydroxide solution.

Finally, Zhao Yan heated this solution with oil and stirred constantly, and soon the oil layer was slowly disappearing, which was the result of the reaction between oil and sodium carbonate, when the oil disappeared completely, Zhao Yan picked up the salt in the kitchen and sprinkled it in, and as a result, some light yellow solids appeared in the clear solution, these are the most basic soaps, as long as additives such as spices are added, they can be turned into ordinary soaps.

Cao Ying and the other three women looked at Zhao Yan as if they were playing tricks, mixing several irrelevant things together, and finally made something they had never seen before, which made them all stunned, and Cao Ying also believed that Zhao Yan had really met the immortals, otherwise it would be impossible to understand this wonderful method, and even in Cao Ying's opinion, this was simply like an immortal method.

Wait until the soap is salted out, Zhao Yan then used chopsticks to carry the soap into a large iron spoon, and then boiled a pot of water, the iron spoon was put in the water, because the melting point of the soap is very low, so after a while, you will see the soap turn into liquid, then Zhao Yan found some rosin and spices into it, the spice naturally increases the fragrance of the soap, and the rosin can make the soap easier to foam, and after stirring evenly, the soap should be poured into a mold, but because the time is too late to prepare, So he could only pour it into a small bowl, and when the soap cooled, a soap was ready.

"It tastes good!" Zhao Yan took the hemispherical soap in his hand, put it under his nose and smelled it, and then stuffed it into the hand of the little bean sprouts and said, "Little bean sprouts, how about you try the effect, see if it is the same as the one I gave you?" ”

The little bean sprouts looked at the pale yellow soap in his hand, and then smelled it seriously, but asked with a puzzled face: "King Jun, why is this soap different from the original soap, and the fragrance is different?" ”

"Color and fragrance are secondary, what fragrance you want, what kind of spice you want to add to it, the key is that the effect is the same!" Zhao Yan explained with a smile. After hearing this, the little bean sprouts nodded as if they didn't understand, and they didn't ask any more questions, which in Zhao Yan's opinion was one of the biggest advantages of the little bean sprouts.

Next, Mi Xue helped to get a basin of water, and the little bean sprouts washed their hands with the newly made soap, and now it turned out to be the same as the original soap, not only can the hands be washed cleaner, but there is also a trace of soap fragrance left on the hands, which makes the little bean sprouts very satisfied, and showed a sweet smile at Zhao Yan.

Cao Ying was also incredible, took the soap and looked at it for a long time, and finally even tried it herself, and now this kind of soap is indeed the same as the soap that the little bean sprouts took last time, and then she stood up excitedly and ordered Mi Xue: "Go and find Lao Fu, our county palace is going to set up a soap workshop!" ”

Tips: The new domain name "biquge.info" has been launched by Biquge, and the original domain name is about to be discontinued. Please tell each other, thank you!