Chapter 431: See Through
Say it earlier! Yu Xiaocao rolled her eyes in her heart, and again instructed the little eunuch who was far away to send a pot of water, untie the colorful stone from her wrist, and soak it in the water for a while before putting the purple clay pot back on the small clay stove.
"Is your stone clean, I won't have a stomach upset if I drink it, right?" Zhu Junfan has nothing to do. When he saw Xiaocao's movements, he automatically released his spiritual power from the Heaven Replenishing Stone, as if it had to be in contact with the water through the multicolored stone.
Before Xiaocao could speak, a golden light floated out from the multicolored stone, forming the image of a palm-sized golden kitten on the stone table. Compared with the fat doll, the little mending stone prefers to show people in the image of a cat.
"Stupid humans! The bath water of this god stone has always been only good for the human body, how can it make a stomach? If you don't want to drink it, there are people waiting in line to drink it! The golden cat stretched out in a big way, its mouth opened and closed, and the words spoken could only be heard by Xiaocao and Zhu Junfan.
Zhu Junfan looked at the purple clay pot on the clay stove, and his expression was like stepping on stool: "What? You say that's your bathwater? It's disgusting, isn't it? How long has it been since you showered? ”
"You don't care about hygiene like you humans? This god stone is bathed every day, and sometimes it has to be washed several times a day! "The little mending stone is naturally water-loving, so from time to time it runs to a nearby waterhole or well to stay. However, its spiritual power is now free to retract and release, and without the instructions of its master, it will not let its spiritual power flow out easily.
Listening to Zhu Junfan's ears, he understood that for the sake of good crops, Xiaocao used the Heaven Replenishing Stone to make spiritual stone water every day. This small stone, if it wants to produce enough spiritual stone water, must not be light. It seems that the small mending stone is not omnipotent. Since the effectiveness of the multicolored stone is not as he expected, he naturally loses the desire to possess it. Hope.
Thinking about it like this, the water on the stove boiled, and when the water cooled down a little, I washed the tea again and made tea. Before the tea is eaten, the fragrant and pleasant smell wafts away. The tea leaves are still made from the best Da Hong Pao, which is said to have been picked from a thousand-year-old tea tree on the cliff and made through a complicated roasted tea process. The output is more than two catties a year.
The re-brewed Da Hong Pao has a more mellow taste, and the fragrance is light and elegant. Zhu Junyang gently sniffed the fragrance of the tea and took a sip of it cherishedly, and a stream of sweetness was simply unstoppable.
"Hmmm! That's the smell! Zhu Junfan finished tasting the tea in the cup and poured a cup with his own hands. The third brew of tea seems to have a richer taste than the second brew.
Seeing that the emperor was only concerned about drinking tea, and seemed to forget that she was still waiting for instructions on the side, Xiaocao said after the other party drank the third cup: "Your Majesty, you Xuanweichen entered the palace, won't it be just for this pot of tea?" ”
"Of course not!" After drinking another glass, Zhu Junfan put down the cup and said, "I saw the excerpt on Junyang!" You were the one who wrote this excerpt, right? ”
"Hehe, didn't I look at the mountains near Huangzhuang and think it's a pity, so I decided to use it! Besides, if the fruit is produced, if it tastes good, can you miss a portion? Yu Xiaocao was very dogged with a smiling face.
Zhu Junfan barely thought about it, then nodded and said, "There are too few types of fruits here, and the taste is not very good." The apples from Yantai are far from the taste of the red Fuji in the previous life. The pears have large pits and thick flesh, and there is little juice, so the sweetness is not enough. Grapes are more sour and less sweet...... There is also watermelon, which is quite sweet, but what does the melon look like? It's still the watermelon you grow, close to the appearance of your previous life, big, red, sweet and juicy! It shows that you are also very good at growing fruits! Yes, the mountain near Huangzhuang will be used for you free of charge. However, the fruits in the harem are all up to you for free! ”
"The fruits in this palace don't include the supplies of those eunuchs and palace maids, right?" Yu Xiaocao frowned and bargained.
Zhu Junfan tapped her with his finger, and said angrily and funny: "If the mountains near Huangzhuang are planted with fruit trees, let alone the palace, the entire capital will not be able to digest it." I said, how stingy are you, and you don't even want to eat this loss? ”
"The eunuchs and palace maids in this palace are added together, and there must be hundreds of them without a small thousand. If everyone could provide it, how much fruit would it get! Small business, can't afford to toss like this! Yu Xiaocao carried out the door slamming to the end.
"Alright! It only supplies the masters and eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, and the total number of people is only thirty or forty people, isn't this down, isn't it a loss? Zhu Junfan said angrily.
Suddenly remembering another stubble, he continued: "There is also the greenhouse you said to grow vegetables, if you use glass, the cost is too high, and you can't plant it in a large area." A few years ago, when I was fiddling with rubber wheels, I easily smashed out a plastic film, which is still tough, that is, transparency. Because it didn't matter so much, and it polluted the environment, it didn't go on. If you are going to plant out-of-season vegetables on a large scale, I will make a decree that those people in the Ministry of Industry will work overtime to get them out for you? ”
Yu Xiaocao was overjoyed, nodded like pounding garlic, and said continuously: "If there is plastic film, it will be better!" This has just entered the summer, so let's not be in a hurry, or ...... Do you ask the people from the Ministry of Engineering to improve and see if you can develop a plastic film with higher transparency? ”
"Done! Isn't that a matter of words? Don't underestimate the ability of the ancients, sometimes I just put forward an idea and a preliminary idea, and people can quickly come up with a feasible plan. There is no shortage of talents in any era! ”
Zhu Junfan sighed. Because of his engineering background, he attaches great importance to some craftsmen with special skills, and the Ministry of Engineering has gradually grown under his intentional training.
"Hey, hey! If the greenhouse vegetable planting is successful, I will cover the supply of vegetables in your palace! Yu Xiaocao patted his chest and took care of the authenticity.
Zhu Junfan glared at her and said, "Only provide vegetables for eating in the palace?" That's too cheap for you!! Huangzhuang first set aside 200 acres for you to try to plant greenhouse vegetables, and the income is four or six, and I will be four and you six! ”
Yu Xiaocao just wanted to protest, but he stopped her and continued: "Don't open your mouth yet, I'll settle the account for you!" Fields, plastic films, and labor, all from the imperial court, you only account for the technology shares, and all the benefits are taken care of by you alone, right? ”
Yu Xiaocao calmed down and thought about it, indeed, except for the greenhouse technology and the spirit stone water, she really couldn't help much. However, he was very unhappy when he was divided into forty percent of the profits, and muttered: "The fields are ready-made, and the manpower is all from the Huangzhuang, so you just have a plastic film, but you want to take up forty percent of the profits, it's too dark, right?" ”
"If there is no plastic film, if you use glass to cover the greenhouse, not to mention the high cost, how many acres can you plant? How much profit can I make? Have you counted? Now more than 200 acres of land are allocated to you, this is still the first year, if it succeeds, there will be more greenhouses. Do you calculate, how much more have you earned in a year? What kind of bargain is it? ”
Besides, this forty percent of the profits, although it went into his private treasury. But since he ascended the throne, he has been lightly endowed and recuperated. In the first two years, the tax revenue has been unable to make ends meet, and it is not until the last two years that the pressure has been slightly reduced by vigorously revitalizing industry and commerce. The gold and silver mountains he earned by going to sea in his early years have gradually shrunk due to the subsidy of the national treasury. If he doesn't add more, what he will pass on to future generations will be an empty shell!
Yu Xiaocao had already figured it out in her heart. If it is just a glass greenhouse to grow vegetables, it will produce tens of thousands of catties of vegetables a year, and if the price is good, it will only be a few thousand taels of silver. If it is replaced by a plastic film greenhouse, there will be millions of catties of more than 200 acres of land. If converted into silver money, it is tens of thousands of taels or even more, even if it is distributed to the emperor forty percent, there will be at least thirty or forty thousand taels of income in a winter. If you don't make a profit, it's stupid! Yu Xiaocao decisively agreed to the emperor's request.
Before leaving, Zhu Junfan asked her to go to the imperial dining room again, and hung the colorful stones in a bucket and put them in the well in the courtyard of the imperial dining room. Last time, this little girl went to the imperial dining room for a walk, and in the future, the taste of the imperial dining room has greatly improved. I thought it was the reason why the chefs improved their cooking skills through the guidance of the little girl. Who knew that after a while, the taste of the meals coming out of the imperial dining room returned to its previous state.
Now he finally figured out the way out, it turned out that it had nothing to do with the craftsmanship of the imperial chefs, but the quality of the well water. Just like just making tea, the little girl must have quietly soaked this stone in the well water last time, so that the meal made tasted very good.
Now that he came to the imperial dining room, Yu Xiaocao showed his hand again and made two good snacks. One is a honey cake and the other is a crispy egg tart, both of which are loved by children. When I met the little prince in the Imperial Garden, I promised him a chance to cook something to eat, and now I finally fulfilled it!
When she taught the imperial chefs to make dim sum, the emperor's henchmen and eunuchs quietly put the colorful stones into the well. When she left, she got it back. In fact, even if the multicolored stone forgets to get it back, it doesn't matter, the small mending stone will automatically take back its body.
This time when he entered the palace, Yu Xiaocao came back after having lunch in the palace. Those imperial chefs were able to enter the imperial dining room, and naturally they had their own dishes. In addition, there is spiritual power in the well water, and the taste is on a higher level. Yu Xiaocao ate a mouthful of oil in the palace and was satisfied.
Even the masters of the palace were quite satisfied and rewarded a lot of good things. It is said that the little prince and the little princess are very satisfied with today's dessert after dinner, especially the egg tarts, and they can't get enough of it. He also sent a little eunuch over and named him to make this kind of snack.
The little prince even made a bet with the queen that today's dim sum must be from Yu Xiaocao's hand. After the inquiry, he proudly accepted the bet of the queen mother, and begged the queen mother to often announce Yu Xiaocao into the palace in the future. The meaning is obvious......