The old carpenter is highly motivated.

Previously, it took nearly a month to make a waterwheel according to the princess's drawings, and the princess rewarded him with twenty taels of silver, and after returning to his hometown, the eldest grandson spoke of his daughter-in-law very smoothly.

The princess also said that all the counties and counties in Nanban had to load waterwheels one after another, so that he could do it when he was free. Because these are not jobs in the mansion, he will be paid separately.

Today's sugar cube mold is also the same, and there will be a silver reward for completing a batch, which makes the old carpenter feel like ushering in the second spring, full of joy.

He learned carpentry when he was young, but it was only now that he realized the benefits of knowing a trade.

As soon as I was excited, I found a few pieces of wood that day, and took the little guy to cut the wood to make a mold.

After the first batch of brown sugar bricks cooled, they were taken off the mold, and they were round and moist, and the face was also printed with auspicious characters such as Fu Lu Shou or beautiful floral patterns.

I didn't know it, and I thought it was a pastry.

Xu Yin was in a good mood, put it on a plate, and brought it to the study in the front yard, wanting to find someone to share the joy.

Yan Kejin didn't go out today, and his father asked him to recommend the county guards of Baiyue and Minyue counties, so he was not welcome.

I was busy drafting a notebook, and asked two right-hand men to come over, and if nothing else, I could take office next month.

When he saw the princess coming in with a plate, she thought she had come to bring him snacks.

"On such a hot day, just let the maid run, why do you do it yourself."

He got up and took the plate, put it on the table, led her to sit down on the couch, and opened the folding fan to fan her.

"It's just a few steps, what's so hard about it." Xu Yin pursed her lips and smiled, "Don't you taste it?" I did it. ”

Yan Kejin raised her eyebrows.

He is not interested in sweets, but since it is made by the princess herself, he is still willing to give a taste of face.

Outcome......

"It's ......"

Xu Yin laughed when she saw his expression when he took a bite of brown sugar.

"It's sugar. The sugarcane sent by Chenjiazhuang, I boiled it into a brown sugar cube made of syrup, how about it? Doesn't taste bad, right? Two hundred pounds of sugarcane took about 30 pieces of sugar of this size. ”

Yan Kejin raised her eyebrows, her own princess has been silent for the past two days, and she has figured out something good again?

"Sugar cane found?"

"Found it. I also blame me, the sugarcane I saw in the miscellaneous books before was a little different from the actual one, they were misled by me, obviously the sugarcane was in front of them, and they missed it for a while. ”

Xu Yin described the skin and height of the wild sugarcane found in Chenjiazhuang in detail, and finally said:

"It can be seen that the skin of sugarcane may be different in different areas, there are green skins and purple skins, and the height is not necessarily one or two meters or three or five meters."

Yan Kejin took a pen and paper and wrote them down one by one, and then called Yan Qi to come in and ask him to implement it. Then he got up and took a brocade box from the desk.

"For me?" Xu Yin looked at him with a smile, "What is it this time?" ”

I had received the pearls and jade he had given several times before, and more than once I heard the maid who kept the jewelry complaining bitterly and sweetly: the jewelry box that was newly made by the old carpenter was almost out of place.

"Open it and see, is it what you like?"

Yan Kejin stuffed the brocade box into her hand and sat down next to her.

She was too hot, so he kept fanning her, but he just wouldn't move a little.

Xu Yin opened the brocade box, saw the contents clearly, and couldn't help but widen her apricot eyes: "This is...... A koi fish carved from jade? ”

Yan Kejin smiled: "It's not artificially carved, it's a natural treasure jade that people find from outside the gate, a blood gall golden lotus." ”

Blood gallbladder golden lotus? Isn't that the most expensive strange stone that was praised by later generations? It also seems to contain the meaning of auspiciousness and prosperity of the family and country.

"It's too precious."

"Well, so give it to the princess."

Xu Yin met his smiling gaze, and her heart trembled.

She spent half an hour in his study......

If it hadn't been for the guards who came in to report it, he would have almost lost his self-control.

Xu Yin hurriedly returned to the main courtyard with a brocade box with blushing cheeks, and fled to see that the back was a little deserted.

Yan Kejin listened to the guard's reply, but her eyes locked the delicate figure through the carved wooden window, and a happy smile flashed in her eyes.

Xu Yin returned to the main courtyard and patted her hot cheeks to calm herself down.

"The princess is in the sun?" Mama asked someone to bring a basin of clean water.

After washing her face with cold water, Xu Yin calmed down.

She personally collected the blood gallbladder golden lotus, and did not let the maid take it to the warehouse.

The peace and prosperity of the family and the country will definitely be realized in my lifetime!

Grip the claws!

There is a lot of sugar cane, and she wants to try white sugar.

I don't know if the lively koi on the "Blood Gall Golden Lotus" can bring good luck to people, and this car is thinking about how to make white sugar, so I was super lucky to brush out a limited-time free white sugar sugar making skill book in the system mall.

After reading it, I feel that it is not difficult to make white sugar, that is, to decolor the brown sugar.

There are two kinds of decolorization methods written in the skill book: yellow mud water leaching method and activated carbon decolorization.

In order to save costs, small workshops generally adopt yellow mud water drenching method for decolorization. Regular sugar factories mostly choose activated carbon for decolorization.

Xu Yin felt that either she didn't do it, or if she wanted to do it, she would do it properly.

The yellow mud water feels dirty just thinking about it, although the sugar water after pouring it has to evaporate at a high temperature to become white sugar, but it is always a bit diaphragm.

Anyway, the system mall has a method for making activated carbon, and the steps of activated carbon for coconut shell burning are quite simple.

Coconut shell is not a scarce material in the south, and can be reused, the use of high-temperature steam method can make its adsorbed impurities separate, restore the original activity.

Xu Yin decisively spent 500 energy points to get the recipe for coconut shell activated carbon.

As soon as the housekeeper sent out to collect coconut shells returned, he began to make activated charcoal.

There must be a kiln for charcoal burning, and it is not suitable in the house.

It just so happened that the sugarcane head was about to be planted in the experimental field, so Xu Yin asked people to pull a wagon of coconut shells to the farm.

There is a small hill behind Zhuangzi, and the lychees are planted on the mountain, which is also from the palace.

After discussing with Uncle Wang, Xu Yin chose a leeward place at the foot of the mountain near the river bank and built a kiln.

For this reason, she stayed in the village for two days.

Yan Kejin didn't see her when she returned home, and when she asked, she went to Zhuangzi to live, and rushed to Zhuangzi that night with a black face.

"Why is the prince here?" Xu Yin was surprised when she saw him.

Yan Kejin glanced at her, snorted, and untied the button by herself.

Xu Yin received the look from Mama Feng, and only then did she realize that she hadn't returned to the palace for two days to make him angry.

After retreating, she stepped forward to unbutton him, waited for him to change into a comfortable nightgown, and asked the maid to bring in a basin of clean water, and personally twisted the handkerchief to clean his face.

"It's me who didn't say anything to you beforehand, don't be angry."

Her soft-spoken apology instantly put the fire in his belly to rest.

But she still had a cold face on her face, so quickly let her know that she was deflated, wouldn't she have to kick her nose in the face in the future?

"Humph!"

Xu Yin: "......"

In fact, it can be seen that he is deflated.

After the two get acquainted with each other, they can still roughly distinguish each other's small actions and tempers.

Knowing that he is just awkward, like a child who loses his temper and needs to be coaxed.

"Okay, don't be angry, have you eaten dinner?"

This question, yes! and he arched the fire of men.

He went home hungry and wanted to eat with her, but she was fine, and she ate and slept well in the Zhuangzi.

"Do you have a heart?" He scooped her into his arms, obviously gritting his teeth to bite her, and finally turned into a sigh.

"Yes, yes, yes." Xu Yin raised her head, held his face with both hands, and coaxed repeatedly, "Shall I go and make you a bowl of sour noodle soup?" Uncle Wang's sour soup tastes very good, keep it and want to eat it after you eat it once......"

"I don't want to." He took off her clothes.

"......" and so on, "Aren't you hungry?" ”

"Hmm." But he can endure it.

“……”