After transmigrating into the villain's daughter, I lie down and win

Chapter 795 The whole family is a rebel (79)

In early March, after the weather warmed up, Jin Yan led the farmers to start cultivating new crops.

The new crop was called "potatoes".

There is no doubt that the name was naturally chosen by Jin Yan, but its origin is quite mysterious.

Jin Yan said that these potatoes were brought back from the Western Regions by merchants sent to the Western Regions, but all the Mohists working in the North knew that no merchants had returned from the Western Regions since the beginning of spring.

The Western Regions are thousands of miles away, with a harsh environment, no roads, and yellow sand desert everywhere. It's okay in the summer, but trying to cross the vast bottomless desert in the long winter is tantamount to seeking death.

Since it was not brought by the merchants, where did it come from?

Who brought it?

Everyone already had the answer in their hearts.

Just like the curved plow and paper, which were suddenly invented and modified in the north and have long been circulated throughout the world, the reason why "potato" came into the world was for one and only one reason, and that was Jin Yan!
Haven’t there been enough miracles happening to the little princess?
This is God's will!
God's will is in the north!

Unconsciously, the rumor that Jin Yan was possessed by auspicious signs and God's will was with the North spread in the North. The usually low-key Northern Palace, after no longer having to hide its shortcomings to protect itself, also chose to add fuel to the fire.

The emperor was assassinated, chaos broke out all over the country, and various rebel forces raised auspicious slogans in an attempt to win the hearts of the people. The North, which truly possessed auspicious signs, naturally did not need to hide anything for the sake of self-preservation.

The curved plow was modified by a little princess in the north.

Composting was improved and promoted by the little princess.

The high-quality seeds that can greatly increase the yield were found by the young princess.

Paper was invented by the little princess.

Printing was also invented by the little princess.

The coal was discovered by the little princess.

There are also many inventions that are widely used in the North and are beneficial to the people. They are all related to the young princess Jin Yan, and their successful promotion and use are also inseparable from the support of the Northern Palace and many officials.

Food is the most important thing for people. There is no doubt that the curved plow, compost and good seeds are enough to capture the hearts of countless people in the world.

However, paper is the life-saving straw for countless scholars.

For thousands of years, books and knowledge were in the hands of wealthy families. People at the bottom of society would never even see the shadow of a letter in their entire lives, let alone learn to read and write.

However, Jin Yan invented paper, and printed the contents of those precious letters that were locked up in the cabinets of the wealthy families on paper, and sold them to poor scholars at a low price, so that children from poor families could afford books and the common people at the bottom could also get a glimpse of the secrets.

Such a good deed can be described as that of a saint.

Therefore, when the secrets of paper and printing became known, countless people with lofty ambitions turned their attention to the North, and many had even set out for the North with great ambitions.

At this moment, another shocking news shook their hearts.

"Old man, what did you just say?"

Several young men dressed as scholars surrounded an old shoe seller, all of them looked surprised and their eyes were full of disbelief. The old shoe seller was eating a cake with big mouthfuls. The cake looked dry and hard, but he was enjoying it very much, as if the dry cake was more delicious than meat.

The old man finished eating half a piece of cake, took a big sip of water, and then licked his lips happily.

Obviously the old man's eating manners were very rough, and what he ate was not high quality food, but several scholars from good family backgrounds could not help but drool when they saw him.

The old man carefully put the remaining half of the cake back into the pocket on his chest. After putting it away properly, he said in annoyance, "Look at my memory. What did you ask just now?"

The fat man with a round face asked, "Uncle, what kind of cake did you just eat?"

The others all looked at that person immediately. The fat man was stunned for a moment before he remembered what he had asked.

He clearly wanted to ask about the North, but how come everything turned into a "cake" as soon as he opened his mouth?
The old man laughed when he heard this and said to everyone, "I thought it was something else, it turns out to be a cake?"

He opened his pocket again and took out a whole cake, which was round and bigger than the previous one. He handed the cake to a few people and said, "This is a rough country food. If you don't mind, try it?"

Upon hearing this, several young scholars declined. Although they were not from a wealthy family, their family background was definitely better than that of the old shoe seller. They were also scholars, so how could they compete for food with such an old man who was still working hard?

But the constant swallowing of saliva proved their true thoughts.

The fat man was the first one who couldn't resist the temptation. He took out a few coins from his pocket and handed them to the old man. Then he took the cake and broke off a piece and started eating.

The others turned their attention to the fat man.

Seeing that the fat man continued to pay after finishing his meal, the others couldn't help it and grabbed the pancakes to taste them.

The old man looked at the others and wanted to take some food out of his pocket, but the fat man quickly stopped him, "Uncle, no need, keep it for yourself, this piece is enough for us."

After that, he asked how the cake was made and what it was made of.

The old man laughed. “I knew you were going to ask me that.”

Fatty and others: "..."

The old man explained: "I started from the north. Along the way, no matter it was the people in the north where wheat cakes were not yet popularized or the folks from other places, when they saw me eating wheat cakes, they would always ask me how I made them. When they heard that it was wheat, they all shook their heads and said that wheat rice was so hard and so unpalatable, how could I make such delicious cakes? But how could I lie to them?"

Fatty: "So how do you do this?"

They have already accepted the fact that the cake is made of wheat, but they still find it a little hard to believe. After all, they have also investigated among the people and know that if the people have surplus food at home, they will not eat wheat rice. Only those criminals will have to eat this hard-to-swallow wheat rice.

The old man showed a nostalgic look on his face, and he slowly said, "I know that no one believes it. At first, I didn't believe it either. In the early years, my family was poor, and I had eaten wheat rice, so I naturally knew its taste. So when the head of the village asked us to take the wheat to grind flour, we didn't want to. Wheat rice tastes so bad, who would want to eat it? But the head of the village said that wheat flour is different from wheat rice after it is ground into flour, and the general and the princess and their families also eat wheat noodles. The general and the princess have been very kind to us, and we knew that they must have their reasons for asking us to do so, so we all went to grind flour."

Under the skeptical gaze of all of them, the extremely hard wheat was turned into fine, snow-white flour by the grinding of the stone mill. Then in the kitchen next to the mill, the chef specially sent by the palace made the flour into hand-rolled steamed buns and cakes, and even used local ingredients and freshly baked wild vegetables to show them how to make buns and dumplings.

Since then, flour has become popular in the north and has become unstoppable.

And now, the old man's introduction has attracted the hearts of several scholars again.

If pancakes are so delicious, how much more delicious must hand-rolled noodles, steamed buns, dumplings, and more be?