The next day, Xu Chuan rubbed his head and got up from the bed.

Suddenly, his face changed instantly, he didn't care about dressing, he ran directly towards the thatched house, and after a large and long flood discharge, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I poured a stomach full of wine last night, and I was able to hold it until I got up, which means that my kidneys are excellent.

Returning to the wing room refreshed, as soon as Xu Chuan put on his shirt, the little girl Xiao Yun hurriedly broke in.

"Less, young master, it's a big deal."

Xiao Yun blushed and shouted out of breath.

"What's wrong? Did the bandits attack at night? ”

Looking at the little girl's flustered appearance, Xu Chuan hurriedly asked, thinking that maybe the thieves were coming at night.

"No, it's not, young master, it's the Ba Ku Ye that is in the bucket that has a problem." Xiao Yun hurriedly said.

"It's not like bandits are taking advantage of the chaos."

Xu Chuan let go of his hanging heart, and then asked, "What's wrong with Ba Kuye?" Is it broken? ”

"There are a lot of dry leaves in the barrels that seem to rot and smell bad."

The little girl nodded her head, a little nervous and aggrieved, a little self-blame, and a little crying in her tone. The young master asked her to take care of these dry leaves, but she didn't do a good job, and these dry leaves can be sold for ten taels of silver, if they are all broken, she can't afford to lose them if they are sold.

"It's okay, don't worry, take me to see it first, even if it's broken, just get it again."

Xu Chuan touched the little girl's head and comforted.

Although tobacco is related to the salary of the town guards and whether the residents of the Sanzhi area can become rich, it is not a valuable thing after all.

It doesn't matter if it really breaks, just get some more and experiment again.

But this little girl looks like she is about to shed tears when she is aggrieved, which makes people see it, and they think he has done something bad.

......

One after the other, the two soon came to the room where the tobacco was fermented.

As soon as he entered the door, Xu Chuan smelled a pungent smell, which smelled a bit like ammonia mixed with rotten eggs.

Smelling this smell, he relieved his heart slightly.

Before the crossing, he studied chemistry in college, and he still had an understanding of the process of fermentation, and the smell in the room was produced during the fermentation of many items.

And it's an inevitable process.

For example, in the production of wines and spirits, fermentation is necessary for the production process.

During the fermentation process, through yeast and microorganisms, sugars in organic matter can be converted into alcohol.

The principle of tobacco fermentation is roughly similar, except that this process should be to soften the taste of tobacco leaves, making them less astringent and bitter.

As for some pungent smell coming out of the process, it should be normal.

Of course, he wasn't sure, so he still had to open the fermented barrel to see what the tobacco looked like.

As long as it's not the kind that has grown worms or rotted into mud, there's nothing wrong with that.

.......

When the lid of the wooden barrel was lifted, a more pungent smell rushed to his face, Xu Chuan slapped his nose, and then took out a handful of fermenting tobacco leaves from the barrel and took a closer look.

In addition to exuding a more pungent smell, the integrity of the tobacco leaves itself is quite good, some are softer, but they are not rotten, rubbing them with their fingers, and there is no dross or anything.

What's more, in the pungent stench, he also smells a faint tobacco scent, somewhat like almond and neroli.

It's not much, but it smells pretty good, but it's masked by the stench of fermentation.

Xu Chuan nodded, roughly confirming that there should be no major problems with these tobaccos, and then put them back and closed them again.

After checking the other tobacco that also smelled like it, and after confirming that it was basically the same, Xu Chuan smiled and comforted the little maid who followed behind him with a small face full of grievances and wrong things.

"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with these tobacco, you take good care of it, this smell belongs to its normal phenomenon in the fermentation process, there is no problem."

The little girl raised her head, looked at him with a wink, and said, "Really? Master. ”

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Really, when did the young master lie to you, if you don't believe it, wait another three or four days, this smell will be gone, and there will be a fragrance coming out at that time." At that time, these tobaccos will be used to make cigarettes and sell them for money. ”

"Uh-huh, I believe in the young master."

Xiao Yun nodded her head, a little relieved, her well-behaved appearance made people feel that everyone could abduct her.

......

After coming out of the fermentation room and having breakfast, Xu Chuan came to the barracks.

I just finished a tough battle yesterday, and I still have a lot of things to do today.

For example, whose pigs and sheep were eaten last night, and whose wine was drunk, these are all to make up for it.

Of course, the town guards can now make up for it.

In yesterday's battle, I looted a lot of broken silver, gold leaves and other valuables from those bandits.

Don't underestimate the things on these bandits, for the little brother of the bandits, most of the property they rob will be replaced with valuables such as broken silver and gold leaves.

After all, if you put it on the mountain, someone will take it away, and for most of the bandits, maybe one day they may escape from the thieves' den, and then these valuables will be the foundation of their home.

And whether it was the seized weapons, or the war horses, or the broken silver and gold leaves that were groped from the bandits, they were all sent back to the barracks yesterday, and then counted.

It is time to establish a military merit system.

The first time Xu Chuan fought against the bandits, he didn't do this, because the situation was urgent at that time, and all his attention was on how to fight the bandits, and he didn't think about it so much at all, so in addition to the war horses and prisoners, the loot was basically whoever got it.

However, from this operation onwards, all the trophies captured by the town guards had to be handed over, and at the same time they were handed in, they were recorded by people, and they were rewarded and promoted afterwards.

Of course, teams like the one that are fighting with trebuchets are getting the same amount of credit.

However, the special teams that carry out special missions must have obtained more military merits than ordinary guards.

In addition, there is also the pursuit of those escaped bandits after the war, and if there are heads or captives brought back, it will definitely be counted as military merit.

Little by little, he had to guide the guards in the direction of the regular army, whether it was training, discipline, or ascension.

The current town guards, the leaders are still selected by themselves before, although they serve the public, but they can't block the upward path of others forever.

The army, no matter what era it is, has always been based on military merits and respected the strong.

Therefore, if a soldier fights bravely and obtains military merits, or if a commander commands properly, he can climb up.

It is also a way to stimulate the military to maintain a strong combat capability.

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