In the middle of the snowy winter, with the sale of goods from the south to the north, the new food produced in Nanban, especially the newly launched soy sauce, appeared in Beijing.

The aristocrats discussed these things in their spare time, sugar and soy sauce were better than the same seasonings they had used before, and canned fruit was their favorite food at the moment instead of fresh fruit.

In the house with charcoal fire and hot kang, come to a sweet and refreshing canned fruit, happy as a fairy!

It's a pity that the amount is too small, and after eating these, there is no place to buy them if you have money.

The nobles in Beijing don't have enough to eat, let alone the common people.

So those merchants began to raise the price, which was originally transported thousands of miles to Beijing, and the price was already several times higher than that of Nanban, and this time it was even more than a height that the common people could not reach.

It can still be sold for a common price in Furong County, but it was raised to a noble price in Beijing.

The emperor even rewarded several powerful ministers as a rarity.

After Prime Minister Xu submitted his resignation last year, the emperor did not approve it, but his attitude was quite pleasant, and he asked the eunuch to send a few canned fruits on this day.

Prime Minister Xu returned to the mansion dizzily with the can.

Seeing this, the prime minister's wife wondered: "Master, this is ......"

"Oh, Holy Reward."

Seeing that Mrs. didn't believe it, Xu Xiang stroked his beard and explained: "Mrs. doesn't know, this thing has now become an extremely rare thing in Beijing, and the saint got a few pieces by chance, and the early dynasty rewarded me and General He." ”

The prime minister's wife choked and became more and more incredulous:

"This canned orange has been tasted in the year's mansion, and before the winter of this year, the Jinnan Wangfu sent people to send canned pineapples. Holy ......"

"The prince is busy with official business, and the gift must have been handled by Xiao Si, she was ignorant and did not send it to the palace. You and I are rotten in my stomach about this, don't say outside. ”

In fact, it's not that Xu Yin doesn't understand, but she also temporarily learned that the dart bureau picked up a dart not far from Beijing, and wanted to transport a batch of silk there, and by the way, she asked them to send some rock candy and canned pineapples and yellow peaches newly developed this year to the Prime Minister's Mansion. I also brought my brother a small toy that he might like.

I didn't have time to prepare anything else, thinking that it was just some cheap food, so I didn't send it to the palace with great fanfare.

Jingzhong is too far away from Nanban, and the guards who sent New Year's gifts to the palace last year set off in early October, when there was no soy sauce, brown sugar and white sugar were only a few catties of experiments, and the canned food only had a single orange flavor.

The palace has very strict control over the food sent in from outside the palace, and when Xu Yin prepared the gift list, she didn't add canned food, but she found a lot of high-quality medicinal materials.

I didn't expect to be disliked.

It is said that the crown prince said a few more words in front of the emperor, and blew a wave of medicinal materials from Beidi's tribute.

Then the emperor spoke, saying that the Nanban was not rich, so let them keep it for their own use and don't send it to the palace.

Tut! Who is this to look down on!

Since the emperor didn't look down on it, Xu Yin didn't bother to prepare.

With this kind of work, it is better to cultivate a few more high-yield grain varieties, which is better than a hot face and a cold butt.

As for the mother's house, no matter what is sent, the mother's side will always ask the guards to bring back a cart of supplies.

They always feel that they are not having a good time in Nanban, and they will send some supplies over every year.

There are contacts with each other for favors, and there are contacts with each other that will be severed sooner or later.

No, knowing that the dart bureau was going to take a trip to the direction of Beijing, she quickly packed up some newly developed and durable food, and asked them to go to her mother's house.

The two kinds of canned pineapple and yellow peach are newly produced in the middle of summer this year, and there are not enough local sales in Nanban, so naturally there is no supply to other areas of the Central Plains such as Furong County.

Xu Yin made this very clear in the letter, so the Prime Minister's Mansion did not send it out.

The aunts and girls who got married only opened a can for them when they returned to their parents' homes.

It can be stored in a cool and dry place for a year, and it is not fragrant to keep it and eat it slowly.

Which Cheng thought, this treatment is unique to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the emperor does not have it.

That's embarrassing.

Xu Xiang once again told his wife to let her cover this batch of canned food, and she should be careful if she wants to eat it.

"Got it." The prime minister's wife pressed the corner of her forehead, and once again realized that the four girls were acting out of tune, "Master, didn't you say that you plan to return to your hometown?" Has it ever been decided? ”

"It's coming!"

Xu Xiang vaguely guessed the emperor's thoughts.

Last year, if the emperor immediately approved it, it would inevitably give people the feeling that he couldn't wait to let Xu Xiang tell his hometown, so he pressed it for a year. Before the pen is closed this year, play it again, and most of them will be gracious.

"Daddy! Father! ”

Xu Zhe rushed in sweating, and when he saw that his mother-in-law was also there, he hurriedly saluted before jumping up to Xu Xiang:

"Dad, are you going to bring something to the fourth sister? Can you write a letter to the fourth sister for me? Tell her that I have been well-behaved recently, listening to my master's lectures well, and practicing martial arts well. Also, the little pistol she gave me, I like it very much, it's much more fun than a knife, it's ......"

Speaking of this, he twisted his chubby fingers, "Can you pick up a bigger one next time, this one is too small, and I can't hook my fingers in the wrench she said in the letter." ”

Xu Xiang twitched the corners of his mouth: "That's because you're too fat!" Don't always eat meat in your diet in the future. ”

Xu Zhe's fat face wrinkled into a bitter gourd face: "How can you not eat meat?" Can you grow taller without eating? I'm going to be a general in the future! How can there be a general like a dwarf winter melon......"

Xu Xiang pinched the forehead of the sudden burst of green tendons: "The general is not a tall ......"

"But the fourth sister said that generals are tall and big, and dwarfs can only be soldiers."

"...... "What kind of nonsense, "Don't listen to your fourth sister's nonsense in the future, she can't understand her own life." ”

"Humph! I don't care! Anyway, Dad, you must write what I said into the letter and tell the fourth sister! I won't tell you, I'm going to practice martial arts! ”

After that, Knock Knock ran away and disappeared.

Xu Xiang glanced at his wife helplessly, none of the sisters and brothers were worry-free.

"Having said that, Zhe'er's body and bones have indeed improved a lot in the past two years, and Aunt Liu hasn't asked for much of the house doctor in the past two years, but she has saved a lot of money for the house."

The Prime Minister's wife smiled.

It's not easy to be a mother-in-law, if the children are all in good health and spread out, it will also show her reputation.

Hearing this, Xu Xiang shook his head with a smile. It seems that sometimes there are advantages to being out of tune.

East Palace.

The crown princess took the trouble to remind the prince:

"Ye really doesn't send someone to find out the origin of these cans? The news that the concubine inquired about is probably related to the Jinnan Palace......"

"What about what it has to do with him? It's just cheap food, what can it do? The prince sneered disdainfully, "You like to think a lot, no wonder you have never conceived Lone's sister-in-law for so long." ”

The crown prince Buddha sleeve left.

The crown princess was so angry that she clutched her chest and couldn't breathe.

She's planning everything for him, and he's good......

If it weren't for the fact that this person finally sat on the dragon chair in her previous life, how could she choose him as her husband! It's just stubborn!

After being indignant, he couldn't help frowning, worried that if the canned food was really the industry of Jinnan Palace, the acquisition of this road would not work.

Yan Kejin's subordinates are capable of producing many people, and there are still people who understand such a practice.

It is easy to boil fruit into sugar water, but the difficult thing is the packaging, I don't know what the hard but light canned packaging is made of......

Xu Yin, who was far away in Nanban, sneezed.

Mama was worried that she would catch a cold, so she quickly brought a thick brocade robe and put it on her.

Xu Yin wrapped her brocade robe tightly, the temperature dropped a little quickly, it was too hot to wear a single dress and skirt a while ago, and she still felt cold wrapped in a thick robe today.

"Is the prince going home?"

Mama replied, "The prince has not yet returned, but he has sent someone back and forth to say that he must arrive before dinner." ”

"Okay, let's prepare food in the kitchen, burn a pot today, and I'll make a warm soup."

"Yes."

After soaking in the hot spring, it was a lot hotter, Xu Yin wrapped a cotton robe and personally mixed a plate of dipping sauce, and just after she was busy, she saw Yan Kejin hurrying back to accompany her to eat.

"It's cold?"

He took her hand and rubbed it, warming her with his large, warm and dry hands.

"It's more leisurely in winter, do you want to go to Qin County? It's warm there. ”

"Go now?"

"Why not! The gold mine opened in Qianzhong by the eleventh is not small, which is the credit of the princess, and it is not too much to reward, but it is just to go to Qin County for a winter. ”

Xu Yin was also very happy when she heard this, there was another gold mine and more workshops could be opened. When the quartz ore is opened, glass can be made.

"But judging by the look on your face when you came in, it doesn't look like you got good news, and there are other tricky things?"

There is bad news that the dart bureau encountered a wave of mountain bandits on the delivery road.

"Fortunately, our people robbed the mountain bandits. That mountain was originally the most troublesome bandit mountain in Qianzhong County, and they didn't go there until they were forced to do it, but now that the mountain bandits have been leveled, it can be regarded as doing a practical thing for the local people. ”

It was the rugged mountain road, and the wheels of the carriage shook and fell apart, and about half a cart of canned food was lost.

Yan Kejin said that he showed a little annoyance in the back.

Xu Yin smiled and reached out to soothe his frowning brows: "It's just a few cans, the prince is the one who dug a gold mine overnight." ”

"That's different! This can, whether it is packaged or prepared with sugar water, is all thought out by the princess, not to mention half a car, one or two kings are distressed. ”

Xu Yin's heart warmed when she heard this, and she stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the chin.

The latter wanted to ask for more comfort, but saw her slap slapped: "That's right! ”

It occurred to her that the technology for the use of rubber on ships was mature, and that it was possible to produce tires.

With rubber tires, the stability of the carriage will be better.

The cement road is equipped with rubber tires, and although the experience is not as good as the asphalt road, it is enough to be perfectly described in this era.

Yan Kejin saw that she didn't say enough, and wanted to find a charcoal pen to draw drawings on the spot, but all the charming thoughts flew away, and hugged her with tears and laughter:

"Wait for Qinbei to come back, and then be busy with these."

Xu Yin thought about it, it is estimated that it will take another ten days and a half months, and the motor of the car has to be designed again.

"When we come back, let's open a two-wheeled or three-wheeled non-motorized workshop."

Yan Kejin: "......"

I don't understand.

But...... The princess is happy.