Chapter seventy-three, Yang Yanzhao grows vegetables in winter

This time Zhou Yunjing took Chai Xichun, Geng Jinhua, and Ma Saiying to Tianjing New Town together, She Lao Taijun did not arrange their positions, because She Lao Taijun was worried that Yang Peng was afraid of the Yang family's power in Tianjing New Town, the Yang family did not have a big official position except for the ninth sister, and the others were all big officials, especially Yang Paifeng, who has now become a noble lady and gave birth to a son, and has not mentioned his name until now, Zhang Xiang smiled all day long, and She Lao Taijun also took Yang Paifeng to his home when Yang Paifeng was pregnant.

When Zhou Yunjing and they left, Yang Peng specially explained to Zhou Yunjing, asked Yang Yanzhao to plant vegetables in winter, and also transported a large number of glass, Yang Peng also took the trouble to teach Zhou Yunjing, until Zhou Yunjing learned, now Yang Yanzhao's family is not bad for money, because the cake makes Yang Yanzhao earn more than 100,000 taels of silver a year, and now he wants to plant vegetables in winter, Ma Saiying doesn't know how happy he is, when Zhou Yunjing left, Yang Peng gave the women of the Yang family, one person and one dressed mirror, and there were people at home, which made a group of daughters-in-law of the Yang family happy.

Yang Yanzhao laughed, "How can I see, you don't want to follow me to the north, but to the northwest?" "Feng Lin's purpose was seen through by Yang Yanzhao, and he didn't hide it, and happily admitted it." Young master, my subordinates really want to go to Fuzhou. Yang Yanzhao tapped his forehead with his index finger and said in a low voice: "Fuzhou is the territory of the Zhe family, and the Zhe family has 30,000 elite soldiers in Fuzhou. Our family is in Fuzhou, there is only one partial division, the number is less than 3,000, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, what can you do if you go. ”

Yang Yanzhao's mind flashed, "Do you want to go ......" Halfway through his words, Feng Lin and Ma Mian were already nodding in agreement.

Yang Yanzhao also understood the intentions of the two. Yang Yanzhao pursed his lips and asked without being salty, "You two fools, isn't it good to stay by the side of Young Master Ben?" You have to go out and suffer and suffer. Feng Lin squeezed out a wry smile on his face, "Since there is one more cold guy by your side, young master, our brother has basically been idle. If this continues, our brother is only afraid that it will rust. ”

Yang Yanzhao was stunned for a moment and smiled. Hearing Feng Lin's words, he also understood what Feng Lin and Ma Mian were thinking. Feng Lin was right, since there was one more fallen leaf by his side, basically most of the things were left to the fallen leaf and the volcano camp to do. What was handed over to Feng Lin and Ma Mian was all trivial. Basically, Feng Lin and Ma Mian are idle people on weekdays.

Feng Lin and Ma Mian are self-motivated, and Yang Yanzhao naturally can't stop them. After thinking about it for a while, Yang Yanzhao asked the two to help him back to the study. Yang Yanzhao repaired a letter and handed it to Feng Lin. "Take this letter and go to Fuzhou, someone will take care of you." Feng Lin got the letter, glanced at the horse, and the two fell to the ground on one knee.

"Thank you, young master." Yang Yanzhao waved his hand, "Don't fix these vains, I'll say hello to our people when I go back, and you can go on the road with him." Feng Lin kicked the letter in his arms, and after saluting Yang Yanzhao with Ma Mian, he left the study without looking back.

Yang Yanzhao sat down on the simple sofa in the study and cursed. "What has no conscience, if you don't enjoy good blessings, you have to suffer, cheap." Yang Yanzhao doesn't know many people here. Feng Lin and Ma Mian are counted as two. But these two goods were unwilling to stay by his side, but chose to go to the northwest. This annoyed Yang Yanzhao. "Cheap ......"

Yang Yanzhao scolded again. Chai Xichun's head stuck in from the outside, staring at Yang Yanzhao with big eyes. "Lang Jun, are you scolding?" While speaking, Chai Xichun had joy on his face, put his hands behind his back, and entered the study in a lively manner.

Yang Yanzhao glanced at Chai Xichun, and most of the anger in his heart disappeared. There is a big beauty like Chai Xichun, which is enough. Feng Lin and Ma Mian are two fools, let them go. Yang Yanzhao straightened his waist, sat upright, and said indifferently: "I didn't scold, I scolded the wolf's heart and dog lungs......"

Chai Xichun blinked, not understanding the meaning of Yang Yanzhao's words. However, this did not prevent her from giving Lang Jun a surprise. "Lang Jun, you close your eyes." Yang Yanzhao was stunned for a moment, and his mind turned, and he understood what Chai Xichun was going to do. Slowly closed his eyes.

Chai Xichun took out a basket made of bamboo strips from his back, and the basket was full of melons, fruits and vegetables. Chai Xichun put the basket in front of Yang Yanzhao and said with a smile: "Lang Jun, you can open your eyes." Yang Yanzhao opened his eyes and saw the fruits and vegetables in the basket, pretending to be shocked. Chimkins with thorny topflowers...... Kunlun purple gourd ...... Mustard...... Big Peach ...... "The greenhouse is successful?" ”

"Hmm~" Chai Xichun nodded excitedly, "The concubine didn't expect that the greenhouses recorded in ancient books were really useful." It is really possible to grow green vegetables and fruits in winter. The success of the greenhouse was expected by Yang Yanzhao. After all, what he provided to Chai Xichun was mature greenhouse technology. has mature technical support, and there is no need for Chai Xichun to explore much. You only need to prepare the corresponding materials and follow the steps step by step.

However, Yang Yanzhao still praised Chai Xichun, "This is all your credit, if it weren't for your unremitting experiments, the greenhouse might not be successful." Chai Xichun smiled shyly, "The concubine doesn't dare to take credit, it all depends on Lang Jun's guidance." "You and I, husband and wife, don't chase each other." Yang Yanzhao hesitated for a moment and asked: "Chai Xichun, how much have you made in the greenhouse, if it is more, pick some every day, and send some to my father-in-law and mother-in-law, Uncle Huyan, Master Shen, and Zhao Xianggong." ”

Chai Xichun smiled sweetly, "This Langjun can rest assured, the concubine has planted two hundred hectares, and it is no problem for them to eat for a winter." "Two hundred hectares?!" "Questions?" Chai Xichun tilted his head, blinked his big eyes, and looked at Yang Yansi with a stunned face. Yang Yanzhao shook his head and smiled: "Could it be a little too much......" Chai Xichun counted with his fingers and gave a very pertinent answer. "It's not too much, except for the ones that are sent out, the rest is only barely enough to supply one-tenth of the restaurants in Bianjing."

Yang Yanzhao raised his eyebrows, "Do you plan to treat the greenhouse as a business?" Chai Xichun blinked, "Isn't it?" Yang Yanzhao shook his head slightly and did not continue. The purpose of asking Chai Xichun to build a greenhouse was just to eat a bite of green vegetables in winter, but he didn't expect Chai Xichun to treat this as a business. And so much land.

I have to admit that Chai Xichun is quite talented in doing business. After cultivating green vegetables in the greenhouse, she has contacted many restaurants. And negotiated a cooperative relationship with the restaurant. In just three days, the vegetables in the greenhouse have been placed on the dining table of one-tenth of the restaurants in Bianjing. After the eighth prince received the green vegetables from his goddaughter and son-in-law, he sent craftsmen from the house to learn greenhouse technology the next day.

was rudely kicked out by Chai Xichun. After Shen Lun received the green vegetables of Yang Yanzhao's filial piety, he repaired a letter. He first said that he had received Yang Yanzhao's filial piety, and then persuaded Yang Yanzhao that he should devote himself to national affairs and not put his mind on greedy pleasure. After Zhao Pu received the green vegetables, he behaved very roughly.

Directly sent two maidservants over, guarded outside the greenhouse, picked the best on time every day, and sent him back. The Yang family's greenhouse. It instantly became popular in Bianjing City. Inside the Imperial Palace.

Zhao Heng ate the melons and fruits produced in the greenhouse, and picked some of them that did not meet his appetite. "Wang Daban, this Kunlun purple melon is good, you send someone to select some, and according to the practice of previous years, send them to all the Qing families." Wang Jien looked a little embarrassed, "Official, how much to send?" Zhao Heng was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Send it according to the practice of previous years." Wang Jien hesitated.

"Your Majesty, the old slave thinks that it is better not to send it this year." Zhao Heng glared, this was a rare opportunity to show grace, how could he miss it. Looking at Wang Jien with a look of wanting to speak and stopping, Zhao Heng frowned and asked, "Could it be that there is a problem with the greenhouse?" Wang Jien smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Official, you are busy with government affairs all day long, and there are some trivial matters that you may not know." This winter, there is no shortage of green vegetables to eat in every house. Zhao Heng was stunned, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Wang Jien replied: "This winter, Yang Yanzhao made a thing called a greenhouse. This thing can produce fruits and vegetables in winter, and it is similar to the greenhouse in the palace. According to the old slave's observation, this thing does not seem to cost much money, so the Yang family has planted two hundred hectares of melons, fruits and vegetables. Right now, in Bianjing City, as long as you spend some more money, even ordinary people can eat a bite of green vegetables in this winter. Zhao Heng stood up and paced in front of the dragon case.

After a while, he spoke: "Send an edict to Yang Yanzhao and let him dedicate this skill." Wang Jien bowed his head and answered in a low voice. Promise! ”……

In the courtyard of the Yang Mansion, Yang Yanzhao listened to the words of the eunuch who passed the word in the palace, and was a little stunned. Pretending not to know, he said, "Chai Xichun, when did our family have the skills to grow melons, fruits and vegetables in winter?" Chai Xichun sat beside Yang Yanzhao and laughed softly: "You are busy with military affairs on weekdays, and you don't care about trivial matters at home, so you don't know." Chai Xichun's girl, in autumn, got something called a greenhouse, which can grow melons, fruits and vegetables in winter. ”

Yang Yanzhao was stunned for a moment, shook his head and smiled, "No wonder there are always a few green dishes to eat at the dinner table recently, I thought it was a ...... given by His Majesty" After laughing, Yang Yanzhao was a little hesitant, "Since this thing was made by Chai Xichun's girl, then will this skill be the eighth prince's thing." Your Majesty asked me to offer this thing, I'm afraid it's not in line with the etiquette! Chai Xichun smiled lightly: "The concubine has inquired, this thing was found by Da Lang in an ancient book, and it is not the skill of the eighth prince." ”

Yang Yanzhao nodded, "That's very good." Yang Yanzhao returned to the study, repaired the book, called a personal soldier, and asked him to deliver the things to Yang Dezheng. The soldiers rode fast horses, rushed to the hall, and delivered the letter to Yang Dezheng. When Yang Dezheng read the letter, the stone stood aside. The stone finished reading the letter and slapped the table. "It's just a robbery!" Yang Dezheng smiled, "Ming robbery, this is the emperor's prerogative." ”

Putting down the letter in his hand, Yang Dezheng smiled at the stone and said, "Tomorrow, you will sort out the skills of the greenhouse, send someone to the other courtyard, and give it to my father." Shi Xin was unwilling, "Lang Jun, do we really want to sacrifice this thing?" Yang Dezheng said indifferently: "It's just a greenhouse, and it's not enough to turn against the royal family." "But it's useless for them to think about it without glass, and if they want to buy glass, they have to go to my brother Peng to buy it, but fortunately, we don't need money for glass, and if we ask for money, I don't know how much it costs. Ha ha. We just don't give in. ”

"Eat a trench and grow a wisdom." Yang Yanzhao of the Yang family was relieved when he saw Yang Dezheng's letter. Yang Yanzhao took Chai Xichun's hand and said with a smile: "The skills of the greenhouse have been robbed, and you have to cover the skills of winemaking." Compared with greenhouses, winemaking is the real profitable business. Chai Xichun gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "The concubine will definitely guard the skill of winemaking." If the emperor dares to snatch the skill of wine-making again, the concubine will fight with him. ”

Yang Yanzhao hurriedly covered Chai Xichun's mouth and whispered in her ear. "Don't talk nonsense, just keep it in your heart." After comforting Chai Xichun, Chai Xichun went to tidy up the skills of the greenhouse. Yang Yanzhao sat alone in the study, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a light smile.

"Zhao Heng, Zhao Heng! Is my stuff really that easy to swallow? Early the next morning, Chai Xichun personally sent the skills of the greenhouse to the eighth prince. Yang Dezheng saw fallen leaves in the study. Yang Dezheng sat on the simple sofa, and the fallen leaves stood in front of him.

Yang Dezheng took the tea and asked casually, "How are the spies in the house checking?" Falling Leaves grimaced, and said coldly: "There are sixty-three of the subordinates who have been verified so far. "Yang Dezheng's hand moved." Sixty-three, that's a lot...... Keep tracking, and be sure to dig up all the spies in the house. ”

Fallen leaves bowed, "No." Luoye hesitated for a moment and said, "Although the subordinates have verified the identity of the spies, they are all staying in the Yang Mansion Courtyard, and with your father here, the subordinates dare not take people rashly." ”

Yang Dezheng put down the teacup and put his hands behind his back, "I came to you today for this purpose." Yang Dezheng paced: "These more than 60 people in the mansion are probably not only some remnants of the Northern Han Dynasty, but also spies from various prefectures and the Imperial City Division." We have to muddy this pool of water before we can arrest people. ”

Fallen Leaves finally had a hint of expression on his cold face. "Childe has a way?" Yang Dezheng smiled, "Not only is there a way, but it is also a way to kill two birds with one stone." Once this method is completed, not only can you take the opportunity to get rid of the spies in the house, but you can also recover a little interest from the royal family. "Hmph, greenhouse, it's not easy to take ......"

After busy recruiting new recruits, Zhang Xiang was idle. On this day, he sat in the house and teased his son Stone with Yang Paifeng. The stone was ten months old and would already crawl around in bed. The kid loved to laugh so much that he giggled when Zhang Xiang hugged him and touched him. Yang Paifeng scratched the soles of his feet, and even made his son laugh, and kept kicking the soles of his feet. The appearance of the naΓ―ve baby made Zhang Xiang like it very much.

Yang Paifeng looked at Zhang Xiang and said, "Husband, it's time to give your son a big name!" Zhang Xiang looked at his son who was smirking on the bed and said, "This child likes to laugh so much, it's called Huan, it's called Zhang Huan." ”

Yang Paifeng thought for a while and said, "How does it look like a girl's name?" Zhang Xiang said: "Where does it look like a girl?" There used to be a self-made emperor who was also called Huan. Yang Paifeng nodded and said, "Then call it Zhang Huan!" Zhang Xiang hugged his son with a smile and said to him loudly: "Zhang Huan, do you like this name?" ”

I don't know why, as soon as Zhang Xiang approached the stone to speak, the stone frowned and cried. When Yang Paifeng saw his son crying, he was extremely distressed, so he quickly snatched his son from Zhang Xiang's hand, held his son and kept shaking, and said, "The stone is good!" Don't cry, don't cry! Mother hurts the stone! Zhang Xiang asked, "Why did he cry?" Don't like the name? ”

Yang Paifeng leaned in front of Zhang Xiang's face and sniffed it, and said, "The taste in your mouth is so big, you didn't rinse your mouth!" Zhang Xiang smiled bitterly and said: "Where I didn't rinse my mouth, I brushed my teeth in the morning and evening." "In order to prevent tooth decay, the people of the Song Dynasty also cleaned their teeth. After eating, the poor gargle with water and use their fingers to remove the food residue from their mouths. Wealthy people would buy toothbrushes made of horsetails to brush their teeth. Where Zhang Xiang would make a toothbrush, he thought that Yang Peng should be able to do it. Zhang Xiang wants to brush his teeth with a toothbrush in the morning and evening, but there is no toothpaste these days, and the toothbrush is not clean when he brushes it with water, and his mouth still smells after a long time.

The smell baked the stone, and it made him feel stinky, and the stone began to cry. Zhang Xiang looked at the stone that was crying non-stop, and secretly hoped that the city lord's invention of toothpaste would be on the agenda. "You look at the stones, I'll get rid of the bad breath!" Zhang Xiang found Yang Peng and told Yang Peng about his bad breath.

Yang Peng did not waste time, left the official hall directly, and walked to the soap workshop. Li Yousheng saw Yang Peng coming and said, "City Lord, are you here to check?" Yang Peng nodded, looked around the soap workshop, and found no problems, so he said to Li Yousheng: "Make room for me!" I'm going to make something new! ”

Li Yousheng said: "Do you want to do something new? "Leave it alone, get a few jars and a stove and get some quicklime, salt and soybean oil." Li Yousheng agreed to come down and went to vacate the factory. Li Zhi rode out of the city with a few family members, found a field of reeds outside the city, cut the reeds and burned them to ashes in an iron pot. Then he took the ashes back to the soap workshop.

The room in the soap workshop has been vacated, and the tools and materials are in place. Yang Peng began to tinker with toothpaste. The first is the extraction of potassium carbonate from plant ash. Potassium carbonate is soluble in water, Li Zhi put the plant ash in water to heat and stir the pot of water, so that the potassium carbonate is fully dissolved in water. Then the pot of turbid plant ash soup water is filtered with a burlap cloth while it is hot, and most of the water is evaporated with the filtered water until there is crystal precipitation, and a high concentration of potassium carbonate solution is obtained.

Then Yang Peng dissolved quicklime in water to obtain a calcium hydroxide solution. The calcium hydroxide solution was poured into the potassium carbonate solution, and the two reacted to obtain potassium hydroxide and calcium carbonate. Calcium carbonate is insoluble in water, making the liquid after the reaction cloudy. At this time, let the solution stand for a while, wait for the calcium carbonate to precipitate, and scoop out the potassium hydroxide solution in the upper part of the solution. With the potassium hydroxide solution, it can be saponified together with the grease. Yang Peng put potassium hydroxide and soybean oil together in a jar to heat, and kept stirring, and saw that a layer of paste-like object on top of the mixed solution gradually precipitated and floated on the solution. Li Zhi added salt to the solution for salting-out, and the paste-like object quickly became larger and thicker, forming a thick layer.

Unlike solid soap made from sodium carbonate, toothpaste made from potassium carbonate is paste-like. That layer contains a lot of impurities, it's black, and it looks very ugly. But this is the toothpaste that Yang Peng can make at the moment. Yang Peng fished out this layer of paste-like substance and mixed it with the calcium carbonate he had just obtained. The black paste was mixed with white calcium carbonate and turned gray, which made it look better.

Calcium carbonate acts as a friction agent in toothpaste, which can improve the stain removal effect of toothpaste. Yang Peng put the toothpaste he made into a wooden box and brought it back to the official hall. Yang Peng found his toothbrush in the wing, dipped it in a little toothpaste in a wooden box, and began to brush his teeth with this toothpaste.

Brushing and brushing, Yang Peng really brushed out a lot of foam in his mouth and brushed his teeth clean. Yang Peng took a glass mirror and looked at it, and saw that his mouth was full of toothpaste foam, and in a trance, he seemed to have returned to the time before the crossing, when he got up early every day to brush his teeth.

With the invention of more and more daily necessities, life has become more and more like before. Yang Peng smiled, brushed it a few more times, washed off the foam with water, and then went back to the main room to call Yang Tong out. "Lady, I'll show you something amazing." Yang Peng asked someone to send it to Zhang Xiang to try.

Zhang Xiang was in the main room, the stone was tired of crying and had fallen asleep in the cradle, Yang Paifeng was embroidering with a handkerchief, and he was bored. She heard Zhang Xiang's call and immediately ran out, and followed Zhang Xiang to the room where the toothbrush was placed. "You dip a little bit of this 'toothpaste' on your toothbrush, wet your teeth with water, and then brush your teeth!"

Yang Paifeng was stunned and said, "What is this gray thing, it's so ugly!" Zhang Xiang smiled: "You will know when you brush it, and you can brush your teeth clean." Yang Paifeng dipped some toothpaste in disbelief, then drank a well of water to wet his teeth, and brushed his teeth with toothpaste in the mirror. After brushing more than a dozen times, Yang Paifeng brushed out a mouthful of foam. Yang Paifeng saw his mouth in the mirror and said in a panic: "Why am I foaming at the mouth?" ”

"It's not foaming at the mouth, it's the foam of toothpaste, it's the same as the foam of soap, it's stainless!" Yang Paifeng nodded and continued to brush. After brushing his teeth up and down, Yang Paifeng rinsed off the foam with water according to Zhang Xiang's instructions, and then brushed his teeth with clean water again. After brushing his teeth, Yang Paifeng gritted his teeth and said happily: "Husband's toothpaste is useful!" Wash your teeth clean! ”

After thinking about it, Yang Paifeng tilted his head and said, "The city lord's toothpaste is so powerful, can it be produced and sold in large quantities for money?" Zhang Xiang shook his head and said, "I heard the city lord say that plant ash is a good fertilizer, and the quantity is limited, and I can't get enough raw materials to produce this in large quantities." This toothpaste can also only be used at home to clean our own teeth! At most, it can be used by the people of Tianjing New Town! Yang Paifeng jumped and said, "That's good!" Wash your teeth so you won't have bad breath! ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.