Chapter 89 As a fine female matchmaker chooses to farm (38)

  In the middle of snowy winter, with the sale of goods from south to north, novel foods from Nanman, especially the newly launched soy sauce, appeared in Beijing.

  The aristocrats are talking about these foods in their spare time. Sugar and soy sauce are better than the same kind of seasonings they used before, and canned fruits have replaced fresh fruits as their current favorite foods.

  In the house with charcoal fire and heating kang, come to a cup of sweet and refreshing canned fruit, happy like a fairy!

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

  The nobles in Beijing are not enough to eat, let alone the common people.

  Thus those merchants began to drive up the price. Originally transported thousands of miles to Beijing, the price was already several times higher than that of Nanban.

  In Furong County, it can be sold at a commoner price, but in Beijing, it is actually raised to a noble price.

  The emperor even rewarded several capable ministers as rare items.

  After Prime Minister Xu submitted his resignation last year, the emperor refused to approve, but his attitude was quite amiable. He even asked the **** to send some canned fruits when he retired this day.

  Prime Minister Xu returned to the mansion dazedly holding the can.

  The prime minister's wife was puzzled when she saw this, "Master, this is..."

   "Oh, it was rewarded by the Holy One."

Seeing that Madam didn't believe it, Xu Xiang stroked his beard and explained: "Madam doesn't know, this item has become an extremely rare and rare item in Beijing. The Holy Majesty got a few of them by chance, and rewarded me and Old General He early in the morning. .”

  The prime minister's wife choked, and couldn't believe it:

   "This canned orange was tasted last year at the mansion. Before winter this year, Jinnan Palace sent someone to deliver canned pineapple. Your Majesty..."

   "My lord is busy with official duties, and Xiao Si must have arranged the gift giving. She is not sensible, so she didn't send it to the palace. You and I are rotten in our stomachs about this, so don't talk about it outside."

In fact, it's not that Xu Yin didn't understand, but she also temporarily learned that the bodyguard agency had picked up a bodyguard not far from the middle of Beijing, and was going to deliver a batch of silk there. By the way, she asked them to send some newly developed rock sugar and Canned pineapples and peaches. I also brought my brother a small toy that he might like.

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

   Central Beijing is too far away from Nanman. Last year, the guards who sent New Year gifts to the palace set off at the beginning of October. At that time, there was no soy sauce, and there were only a few catties of brown sugar and white sugar, and the canned food only had a single orange flavor.

  The palace has very strict control over the food brought in from outside the palace. 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 rejected.

   It is said that the crown prince said a few words in front of the emperor, blowing a wave of medicinal materials that Beidi paid tribute to.

  Then the emperor spoke, saying that the Nanmans were not rich in the first place, so let them keep what they had for themselves instead of sending it to the palace.

   Tut! Who is this looking down on!

  Since the emperor looked down on her, Xu Yin didn't bother to prepare.

  With this kind of time, it is better to cultivate a few crops of high-yielding grain seeds, which is better than putting a hot face on a cold butt.

  As for the natal family, no matter what is sent, the natal guard will always send a cart of supplies back.

  They always feel that they are not doing well in Nanban, so they send some supplies over every year.

  If there is coming and going, it is human, and if there is no going, sooner or later the relationship will be broken.

   No, when she learned that the bodyguard bureau was going to go 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.

  Pineapples and yellow peaches are two kinds of canned food that were newly released in midsummer this year. Nanban couldn’t sell them locally. Naturally, they didn’t have any to supply to Furong County and other areas in the Central Plains.

   This point, Xu Yin made it very clear in the letter, so the prime minister's office did not send it out.

   Married aunts and girls only opened a can for them when they returned to their natal homes.

   It can be stored in a cool and dry place for a year, so it’s not delicious to keep it slowly.

   Unexpectedly, this treatment is unique to the prime minister's mansion, not even the emperor.

   This is embarrassing.

  Xu Xiang once again told his wife to cover up the batch of canned food and be careful when eating.

   "Understood." The prime minister's wife pressed her forehead, and once again realized that the fourth girl was acting out of control, "Master, didn't you say that you plan to retire and return to your hometown? Have you ever decided?"

"Soon!"

  Xu Xiang vaguely guessed what the emperor was thinking.

  Last year, when the emperor submitted his resignation letter, if the emperor granted it immediately, it would inevitably give people a feeling that he couldn't wait for Xu Xiang to return to his old hometown, so he held on for a year. Before I close the pen this year, I will play it again, and it will probably be approved.

   "Daddy! Daddy!"

  Xu Zhe rushed in sweating profusely. Seeing that his aunt was there, he quickly saluted before jumping up to Xu Xiang:

"Father, do you want to bring something to the fourth sister? Then can you write a letter to the fourth sister for me? Tell her that I have been doing well recently. I have listened to my master's lectures and practiced martial arts. What's more, The little pistol she gave me, I like it very much, it's much more fun than a knife, it's just..."

   Speaking of which, he twisted his chubby fingers, "Could you take a bigger one next time, this one is too small, I can't hook my fingers into the wrench she mentioned in the letter."

  Xu Xiang twitched the corners of his mouth: "That's because you are too fat! Don't always eat meat in your diet from now on."

  Xu Zhe's fat face wrinkled into a bitter melon face: "How can I not eat meat? Can I grow taller if I don't eat it? I will be a general in the future! How can there be a general like a short winter melon..."

  Xu Xiang pinched his brow with bulging veins: "You can't be a general just because you are tall..."

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

   "..." What a mess, "Don't listen to your fourth sister's nonsense in the future, she can't even understand her own life."

   "Hmph! I don't care! Anyway, Dad, you must write what I said in a letter and tell Fourth Sister! I won't tell you anymore, I'm going to practice martial arts!"

   After finishing speaking, he ran away and disappeared.

  Xu Xiang and his wife looked at each other helplessly, neither of the siblings could be at ease.

   "Speaking of which, Zhe'er's health has indeed improved a lot in the past two years. Aunt Liu has not hired a doctor from the government in the past two years, but it has saved a lot of expenses for the government."

  The prime minister's wife smiled.

  It's not easy to be a concubine's mother. If the children of the concubine are all in good health, it will also show her reputation if it spreads.

  Xu Xiang shook his head with a broken smile when he heard this. It seems that being out of tune sometimes has the advantage of being out of tune.

  Eastern Palace.

  The Crown Princess tirelessly reminded the Prince:

   "You really don't want to send someone to find out the origin of these cans? The news I inquired about may be related to Jinnan Palace..."

   "So what if it's related to him? It's just cheap food, what can you do?" The prince snorted contemptuously, "You like to think too much, no wonder you married Gu and never got pregnant with Gu's son."

  Prince Buddha left.

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

  She is planning everything for him, but he is fine...

  If it wasn't for this person who finally sat on the dragon chair in her previous life, how could she choose him as her husband! Simply stubborn!

  After being resentful, he couldn't help but frowned, worried that if the canned food was really the property of the Jinnan Palace, the way to acquire it might not work.

  Yan Kejin's disciples are full of talented people, and there are still people who know how to do this.

  It is easy to boil fruit into sugar water, but the hard part is the packaging. I don’t know what is made of the tough but thin canned packaging...

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

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

  Xu Yin wrapped her brocade robe tightly, the temperature dropped a bit fast, a while ago it was too hot to wear a single dress, but today she still feels cold in a thick robe.

   "My lord is back home?"

  Nurse replied: "The prince hasn't come back yet, but he sent someone back and said that he will definitely arrive before dinner."

   "Okay, let the kitchen prepare meals, heat a pot today, and I'll make some warm soup."

"yes."

  After soaking in the hot spring, it was much hotter. Xu Yin wrapped in a cotton robe and made a plate of dipping sauce by herself. As soon as she was done, Yan Kejin hurried back to accompany her for dinner.

   "It's cold?"

  He took her hand, stroked it, and kept her warm with his big warm and dry hand.

   "Winter is more relaxing, do you want to go to Qin County? It's warm there."

"now go?"

   "Why not! The gold mine opened in central Guizhou on November 1st has a lot of reserves. It's all thanks to the princess. No reward can be overstated. It's just going to Qin County to spend the winter."

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

   "But judging by the expression on your face when you came in, it doesn't look like you got good news. Are there other troublesome things?"

   There is bad news. The Escort encountered a wave of bandits on the way to deliver goods.

"Fortunately, our people robbed the bandits. That mountain used to be the most troublesome bandit mountain in Qianzhong County. They didn't go there unless they had to. Now that the bandits have been suppressed, it can be regarded as a service for the local people. It's a real thing."

  The mountain road was rough, the wheels of the carriage were shaken to pieces, and about half a carload of cans was lost.

  Yan Kejin showed a bit of annoyance after speaking.

  Xu Yin stretched out her hand to smooth his frowning in a funny way: "It's just a few cans, the prince is the one who dug a gold mine overnight."

   "That's different! The canned food, both the packaging and the preparation of the sugar water, are all thought out by the concubine. Let alone half a car, one or two of the king feel distressed."

  Xu Yin's heart warmed when she heard that, she stood on tiptoe and kissed his chin.

  The latter took advantage of the situation and wanted to ask for more comfort, but saw her clap her palm: "That's right!"

  She suddenly thought that the technology of using rubber on boats has matured, can it be used to produce tires?

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

  Concrete road with rubber tires, although the experience is not as good as asphalt road, but in this era, it is enough to describe it as perfect.

  Yan Kejin saw that she didn't say enough, and wanted to find a charcoal pen to draw drawings on the spot. All charming thoughts flew away, and she hugged her dumbfoundingly:

   "Wait for Qin Bei to come back, then get busy with these things."

  Xu Yin thinks so too. This busy work is estimated to take another ten and a half months, and the electric motor that pulls the cart has to be redesigned.

   "When you come back, let's open a two-wheel or three-wheel non-motor vehicle workshop."

  Yan Kejin: "..."

  Do you understand or not?

  But... as long as the princess is happy.

  (end of this chapter)