Chapter Forty-Six: The Great Merchant Grain
"Guifei Niangniang An" Concubine De saw that Guifei Niangniang walked in a little aggressively, and hurriedly greeted Shi Li.
"Ann what? It's almost deceiving! The concubine Niangniang rolled her eyes, went straight into the room and sat on the main seat, her face was full of displeasure, her eyes looked outside, and who was standing next to her probably didn't even think it was necessary to look at it with her eyes!
"I don't know who is so bold that he dares to hide something from the concubine!" Concubine De asked cautiously, already on guard in her heart.
"Oh! I can't see that you, a well-known benevolent and virtuous concubine who doesn't care about everything, are so scheming! "The concubine finally looked at the concubine who was standing respectfully with her head bowed!
"I don't know where the concubine angered the concubine, and I hope that the concubine will make it clear!"
"Stop pretending to be so sincere! Do you really not know the good deeds you do? The concubine glanced at her, and her tone was a little aggravated!
"Concubines are stupid! Point out to the mother! Concubine De hurriedly saluted.
"Let me ask you, did you persuade the queen to rejoice the third prince?" The concubine asked.
"Yes, the concubine sent Yuying to report the matter to her mother that day."
"It's true, this palace thought that you were instigating the queen to talk to Your Majesty about this matter to provoke Your Majesty's dissatisfaction, but today it seems that you are helping the Queen wake up her half-dead son!" The anger on the concubine's face is gathering!
"Mother's misunderstanding! The concubines did have this idea that day, because His Majesty didn't believe in these nonsense folk sayings of Chongxi or something! So thinking about it, the queen mother has been worshipping the Buddha in the palace, and she is also a little neglectful to Your Majesty, so if the queen mother goes to ask Your Majesty to play for the joy of the three princes, it will definitely cause Your Majesty to be even more dissatisfied, so the concubine has no intention of helping the queen mother! Concubine De hurriedly explained.
"Oh! Then you, the good old man in the palace, don't you always don't participate in anyone's business, and who is also very enthusiastic when you have something? How? Is it really unpleasant to see the queen this time? The concubine looked at Concubine De with some suspicion.
"The concubine doesn't dare, the concubine just thinks that the affairs of the harem are thanks to the fact that the concubine Niangniang is in charge, so she has always been obedient, so she has not been able to cause trouble for His Majesty, so she also wants to help Niangniang!"
"Oh~~ So this palace has wronged you! But now His Majesty has agreed to give joy to the three princes! And this happy woman is your distant cousin! ”
"Niangniang can rest assured, my cousin was born in that remote small county, and she has never read any books, that is, a wild girl who has never seen the market, even if she can enter the palace, it is not the same as the next person to be sent by Niangniang!"
"Forgive her and don't dare to be presumptuous! That's it, you also made an unintentional mistake, but when you first got married, the queen didn't support you less, how can you forget the queen's good? The corners of the concubine's mouth flashed with a sense of pride.
"At this time and that time, the concubine was not sensible at that time! It's just that over the years, it is not easy to see the concubine Niangniang running the harem, and I admire Niangniang very much, and I always think about how to help..."
"Don't talk about it later, it's all flattering nonsense, and this palace is not unreasonable. I don't want to ask more about what you think, just don't let this palace find any clues, if not, this palace will have clear rewards and punishments! ”
"Concubines don't dare"
"If your cousin can really enter the palace, just know what to do! If you dare to be presumptuous! Don't blame Hongu for being merciless! ”
"Yes"
"Okay, this palace is tired, this harem is not so easy to manage! Cuifen, go back to the palace" Zhang Guifei said with disdain, and raised her arm.
"Yes," her personal maid hurriedly came over to help.
"Congratulations to the mother" Concubine De and several maids in her house hurriedly saluted and sent them off.
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"Niangniang, are you really helping the queen?" After seeing that they walked out of the palace gate with great momentum, Minglan asked.
"What do you say? No matter how much people can't forget their roots! No matter how good it is, it can't be relied upon, and it only cares about the flames! Bengong's father taught Bengong since he was a child, he must distinguish between good and evil, and if there is kindness, he will repay it, and the queen mother is kind to me, and the queen mother is the real master of the harem, just for the sake of the three princes, I don't have the heart to manage the harem! That's why people get carried away! Arrogant! This is the only way to try it! ”
"Niangniang is benevolent, look at the concubine like that, if Niangniang's cousin comes, can she live in peace?"
"This Hongu is free! The key at the moment is to take care of the three princes, and hope that the three princes can wake up as soon as possible, otherwise I am afraid that it will be really messy! ”
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Wen Ying was arranged in the best house in the village, and naturally she was worshiped according to the position of God! Although it still looks so old, the grass house and wooden door may have been considered a good house at that time!
Since Wen Ying has accepted them, she will definitely fulfill it seriously, after all, it is in an ancient era, no matter how Wen Ying is a modern person thousands of years later, her thinking must be ahead of her time, and besides, Wen Ying is also quite interested in history and has read a lot of historical stories.
Wen Ying remembered reading in the book that during the Shang Dynasty, there was a kind of rice called "Ji" which was later millet, which seemed to have evolved from the dog's tail grass, so at this time, as long as you find the dog's tail grass with big ears to pick, crush it into noodles, and teach them to boil porridge and drink, for these people who don't know at all, is it also a kind of "divine gift"!
Thinking of this, Wen Ying felt a sigh in her heart: "Reading more books is beneficial, and the more you read, you will naturally understand more, and there is a golden house in the book!" ”
Wen Ying led the young adults in the village to the side of the hillside to pick those big ears of dog tail grass, and within a few days, they picked a lot of them in the yard.
She also taught those young adults to chisel the big stone into a circle, chisel grooves on both sides, use the kind of thick wooden sticks that can be bent to stick at both ends, and then tie a thick rope, ready to press those grass ears, and then let people use big stones to chisel out and grind, looking at these early stone tools, Wen Ying is full of joy.
After the ears were dried, she first asked the young men to take turns pulling the stones to crush the dried ears, and then let the women turn them back and forth so that they could press them, and finally put the grains on the container and sprinkled them from a high place, so that the chaff would float to the side with the wind, and on the ground would be the grains of a little small weight.
The grains were made, and then put on the mill and pressed them, and after pressing them into coarse noodles, they began to boil porridge and drink, although Wen Ying didn't know how to cook, but she knew that these grains were put in some wild vegetables, plus a little salt, it was a delicious dish.
Then, Wen Ying taught them to discover the apricot tree, the fruit of this tree can be eaten, but not too much, it is better to eat it when it is ripe, otherwise it will be very sour.....
The people in this village are grateful to this "immortal", even if they know that this is not obtained from mana, but in terms of Wen Ying's cleverness, it is a "god" for people at that time.
Wen Ying happily lived a life of worship as a god here, studying with the farmers during the day how to discover new food, how to keep the seeds of this food so good that it was planted forever, and at night in the dim light of the house, listening to the villagers tell them their hearts and wishes. Of course, you don't have to worry about the food at all, and someone specially delivers the best food in the village on time.
"Immortal, this is made from the seed noodles you taught us to crush that day, this is just made at the village chief's house, please eat the first one first" A young man respectfully handed over a bamboo strip
"Isn't it water don't call me a fairy? How can there be such a direct call? ”
"That's it, how many times have you said you, why can't you change it?"
"Hehe, I thought you were a god in my heart, so I called it with one mouth"
"It's okay, my name is Wen Ying, so everyone just calls me Wen Ying"
"That's not possible, you know so much, and you can also help us solve the food, especially this one, we all pick out the big grains, and prepare to plant them in the ground according to the method you taught"
"Well, it should be possible to plant in this weather now, and it is best to produce a batch of real seeds, and then you will choose some larger and fuller seeds as the seeds of the second season every year, and so on, I believe that your harvest will gradually increase, and at least you can solve your food problem at that time."
"Thank you Fairy Wen"
"How can you become an immortal master again?"
"We don't call you that, it's really unreasonable"
"Whatever you want to call it, there are also the kinds of wild vegetables I told you can eat, and this kind of noodles are mixed with the noodles with those kinds of wild vegetables written to make cakes or boiled into porridge."
"Yes"
"Come, Master Wenxian, you can taste this cake first and see if it still suits the taste."
Wen Ying looked down and saw a little boy in disheveled clothes looking at the cake and swallowing saliva, so she took the cake and tore it into several pieces and gave it to these children to eat."
"This can't be done, you don't all go out, we'll go to the village chief's house together later"
"Let's go~~" The children still ran out happily.
"I'm sorry, Master Wenxian, the children are not sensible"
"It's okay, it's okay, it's still young, try to keep them full"
"Yes, it's much better than before, thanks to you coming down to earth"
"This..."Wen Ying really didn't know how to explain it to them! This is obviously a mortal, but no matter how you explain it, you have become a god!
"Come to the Immortal Master, please eat the first one"
"In the future, you don't have to let me eat the first one first, just eat together"
"That's not going to work, we don't want the gods to blame"
"Hey!" Wen Ying was really speechless.
Reluctantly, he picked up the cake that he handed over.
"Well, it tastes good! This kind of noodles and wild mushroom minced pancakes are more fragrant than wild vegetables, and they are very delicious, so you can go back and eat them alone! In the future, we will continue to improve and try to find more food."
"This still needs to be tested by the master!"
"It must be" Wen Ying thought to herself: Just be a master, otherwise it will be even more awkward.
"Have you picked that one?" Wen Ying asked.
"I've picked out all the big grains, and the fertilizer you said is ready."
"Okay, then tomorrow we will find a fertile piece of land first, plant the seeds, and one stubble will produce fuller food crops."
"Good"
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