Chapter 61 Selling Canned Food Earns Six Hundred Taels
"Kim! Small! Floor! Jin Xiaofeng's eyes were full of resentment, and he shouted hoarsely, "You are deliberately murdering, I will sue you and sentence you to beheading!" β
Jin Xiaolou stretched out his hand, pulled the clothes off Jin Xiaofeng's body, and threw them on the ground: "I didn't splash you, I splashed my own clothes, as for why you got into my clothes, then you have to ask the discerning Li Zheng to comment." β
"This dress is yours?" Jin Xiaofeng hugged his arm and protected him in front of him, "Just because you can afford to buy such good clothes, I don't believe it!" β
"I'm going to the county seat today, if you don't believe me, you can go with me, check the documents in the garment shop, in black and white, and see who paid for the clothes." Jin Xiaolou said and threw the scissors at Jin Xiaofeng's feet, "However, I advise you to boil water and wash your hair quickly, otherwise your long hair will have to be cut with a pair of scissors." β
"Jin Xiaolou, you wait for me!" Jin Xiaofeng had no choice but to put down the sentence, stomp his feet, and walked into the stove house.
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As soon as Jin Xiaolou arrived in Xinning, he saw a team of grain and grass trucks driving out of the city from the street.
Marching and fighting, the grain and grass are all responsible for the county magistrates, Jin Xiaolou went straight to the magistrate county government, this year's revenue is not very good, and it happens to be the rainy season recently, when the grain and grass are often transported to the barracks, they are already damp and moldy, presumably the county is also worried about the grain and grass.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Hefu, the housekeeper saw Jin Xiaolou and hurriedly greeted him: "Yo, Xiaolou girl, our lord is in a bad mood, and he is looking forward to someone who can recite poems against him and relieve depression, you came just in time!" β
Jin Xiaolou smiled embarrassedly: "I'm not good at poetry, but I have a way to deal with the depression of the master." β
The housekeeper's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this, and he hurriedly took Jin Xiaolou to the study.
He Zhengyi was sitting at the mahogany square table, holding his forehead with one hand and flipping through the books on the table with the other.
Jin Xiaolou looked in through the hazy screen window, and saw four big characters written on the cover of the book: "Qi Min Technique".
Qi Min wants to be skilled? This book is familiar with Jin Xiaolou.
They are all engaged in agriculture, and no matter how famous they are, she has still read such famous agricultural books.
The housekeeper knocked on the door of the study and called, "Master, the girl from Xiaolou is here." β
He Zhengyi frowned: "Dig a pit, fill in some soil, and bury the vegetables layer by layer, so that the vegetables can be kept hydrated and as fresh as when they were just picked, this is a good idea!" It's just that...... How did this pit move from Xinning to the Wuli River? β
Muttered and asked casually, "Miss Xiaolou?" What little building girl? Didn't I say it, don't bring those warblers and Yanyan to the house, if they are discovered by Mrs., I won't admit it, and then it will all be your favor. β
"Ahem." The housekeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead, glanced at Jin Xiaolou embarrassedly, and rushed into the house, "Master, it's Xiaolou girl, Xiaolou girl who talked to the master in the main hall on the day the young master took the concubine." β
"Oh, Jin Xiaotao's sister Jin Xiaolou?"
The door of the study opened with a thud, and He Zhengyi stood at the door wearing a blue jacket and a scruffy beard.
"Little Lou girl, please come in." And justice, cherish talents, love talents, and treat talented people with courtesy.
Jin Xiaolou smiled and saluted Zhengyi: "But Lord He is worried about transporting grain and grass?" β
He Zhengyi was stunned for a moment, and then put down the scroll in his hand: "Cough, don't talk about these annoying troubles, since the girl Xiaolou is here, why don't you talk to the old man about the poems?" β
and justice for the matter of food and grass troubled so much that the beard has grown, just come to a talented learner, slow down the brain.
But Jin Xiaolou smiled and shook his head: "Xiaolou's poetry is not good, but there is a way to do this grain and grass matter." β
He Zheng laughed, obviously he didn't take it seriously, a little girl talked about food and grass, and it was naΓ―ve to think about it.
At that moment, he just dusted off his sleeves and pulled out a scroll of poetry casually, and he was about to recite it.
Jin Xiaolou was distressed, and hurriedly said: "Are you worried about the storage of grain and grass with adults?" Recently, there has been a lot of rain, and the front line of marching and fighting is long, but I am afraid that a lot of grain and grass will rot and deteriorate by the time it arrives at the front. β
and justice's eyes lit up, he didn't expect that a little girl would know so much.
At that moment, he no longer underestimated Jin Xiaolou, so he nodded: "You are right, this problem has not been solved for hundreds of years, it is a headache, and the soldiers on the battlefield are tired and eat badly, which is really annoying." If this problem can be solved, we are still afraid that Da Zhou will not be able to win a mere Nanyi? β
Jin Xiaolou raised his head: "I have a way." β
He Zhengyi slowly walked behind the table, sat down slowly, and looked at Jin Xiaolou, who was standing upright in the middle of the study.
With her eyes in anticipation, she continued.
"Do you know the cause of food spoilage?" Jin Xiaolou said, "It's bacteria." β
"Fine ...... Bacteria? And justice has never heard the word.
"That's right, something we can't see with our eyes." Jin Xiaolou explained.
He Zheng was a little hesitant: "Since you can't see it, how do you know that such a thing exists?" β
"My lord, can you see the wind?" Jin Xiaolou smiled, "You can't see the wind, but you can see the wind passing through the trembling branches, you can see the fluttering flags, in the same way, we can't see the bacteria, but we can see the food that is rotten after the bacteria ferment." β
"If you want to better preserve food, you need to kill the bacteria in the food and try to isolate the air for sterile preservation." Jin Xiaolou took out a can from his arms that he had prepared when he went out, "My lord, please look, this is canned food, I cooked the food and used the steam to kill the bacteria in it, and then sealed and preserved, just such a can, it can be stored for three months at the shortest." β
"Three months?" He Zhengyi stood up from his chair with a shocked face, if he could put food for three months, then the military food problem would be solved.
"That's right, adults don't believe it, you can give it a try." Jin Xiaolou handed the canned food to Hezhi County, "I have six hundred cans here, you can transport them to the barracks first, if the food in the canned food spoils when the soldiers eat, I don't want a penny, and I will pay you another hundred taels." But if it is well preserved, I will sell these six hundred cans for six hundred taels of silver. β
"It's a deal." He Zhengyi stared at the iron can in his hand, "How to eat this can?" β
Jin Xiaolou replied: "It's very simple, pull out the cork and heat it in the fire." It's convenient, nutritious, and delicious. β
"Okay, I'll send someone to pick up six hundred cans tomorrow!"
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Outside the Xiangxue Pavilion, the wood hibiscus turned up layers of red waves with the wind.
In the pavilion, Meng Guangmei held a small pair of scissors to cut off the stumps in the vase, looked up and asked the maid standing on the side: "How is it?" β
The maid hollyhock hurriedly said: "As soon as she left, as soon as she left, the master ordered someone to bring an iron box to the kitchen, saying that it was hot to taste the taste." β
"Iron box?" Meng Guangmei was a little strange, "What kind of taste?" β
Hollyhock shook his head: "I don't know, that box seems to contain some food." β
"Huh, eating? I eat a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas at home, and I want to taste some strange things. Meng Guangmei's hand was forced, and with a click, she cut off a whole begonia that was blooming brightly, "Tell the kitchen to heat up and send one to my house first." is a good Jin Xiaolou, and he has been in the master's study for so long, and the women of the Jin family are really more annoying than the other. β
"Yes."
Hollyhock hurriedly responded, and was just about to go out, when he heard his wife say again: "Call that golden peach." β
After a while, Jin Xiaotao waited outside the door.
She wore a short gown embroidered with peach blossom patterns in concubine-colored silk, a pair of silk trousers, and a folding fan with tortoiseshell inlaid yarn in her hand.
Meng Guangmei glanced at it, and couldn't help but slander, what came from this village was a small family, as if he had never seen a fan, and he still held it in his hand in the cold weather.
How do you know that as soon as Jin Xiaotao entered the door, she handed the fan in her hand to Meng Guangmei: "Mother, I saw that this fan was beautiful on the street yesterday, so I bought it back and sent it to my mother." β
"On a cold day, what do you mean by giving me a fan?" Meng Guangmei was unceremoniously, and her words were sharp and sharp, so frightened that the maid who followed Jin Xiaotao on the side pounced and knelt on the ground.
Jin Xiaotao smiled: "There are fewer mosquitoes in autumn, so it is not suitable to bring a fan, but it is also good to bring a folding fan by your side." Look, this fan is made of agarwood, and the fan is fragrant, which is both beautiful and elegant. β
Meng Guangmei sneered, she is a young lady born in a scholarly family, she has been familiar with poetry and songs since she was a child, and she is good at dancing.
She also used a peasant girl from the village to teach elegance?
It's laughable.
Meng Guangmei didn't pick up the fan handed over by Jin Xiaotao, and Jin Xiaotao's outstretched hand in the middle of the air was embarrassed to take it back.
"You are Jin Xiaolou's sister, do you know what Jin Xiaolou reads on weekdays, what he knows, embroidery? Singing and dancing? Cooking? β
Jin Xiaotao was stunned, she didn't expect her wife to call her to ask about Jin Xiaolou.
Then he shook his head: "She won't know anything." β
"Nonsense, you heard it with your own ears on the day she got married, she at least knows poetry."
Meng Guangmei opened her mouth lightly.
Jin Xiaotao has never been able to figure out how Jin Xiaolou, who has never even read big characters, suddenly knew poetry: "Maybe she will only know that sentence, mother, you believe me, I grew up with Xiaolou since childhood, she is only responsible for feeding pigs and chickens in my house, where she has studied, she can't even write her own name." β
"That's strange, so what kind of food did she bring to the master?"
Meng Guangmei was thinking about it, and outside the door, hollyhock led the cook in.
The cook was holding a wooden plate in her hand, and there was a small white jade bowl on the plate, and in the bowl was the mashed beef roasted with potatoes, which was steaming hot, and the fragrance wafted into Meng Guangmei's nose along the heat.
"This is the food that Jin Xiaolou gave to the master?" Meng Guangmei beckoned and asked the cook to come closer with the plate.
The cook nodded hurriedly: "Back to Mrs., according to the master, this is called ...... Canned potatoes and beef were brought by Miss Xiaolou. β