Villager of Daming

Chapter 1280 Project Added: Visit the Park

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished talking about his future plans and the singing and dancing began, everyone started to eat and drink.

Zhu Wentian understood that many things could obviously be discussed in private, but he had to say them in front of his ministers in order to urge the experts in Xiaqiu Village to use the rubber as soon as possible.

It was obvious that Lao Zhu was anxious because the pie that had been painted for him before was too big and so delicious.

Then we have to hurry up and build the diesel and gasoline engines. The nozzles are difficult to make and require precision. The bearings also need to be improved. Should we make a single-bar diesel engine first?
This is good and relatively simple, you just need a tractor.

I'll go back and get the blueprints, and then see if the rubber I brought back is good. The technology for collecting it there isn't very good, so next time I go, I'll ask someone to teach the locals how to do it.

First, we will make inner and outer tubes, as well as medical products. We will replace the seals of some existing equipment with rubber ones and upgrade the equipment in the industrial zone.

There was no need for Lao Zhu to rush him. He was even more anxious than Lao Zhu! A bunch of skewers were ready, so he sent them up first.

As the singing and dancing began, the officials began to talk and laugh, and walked around looking for people to drink with. No one cared, and they could leave the table if they wanted to.

As the only person from the Northern Yuan Dynasty who could attend today's welcoming banquet, Gege Haji stayed with the women of Xiaqiu Village.

She looked around and found that Hanhan, the village guard of Xiaqiu Village, was always in the most awkward position. He did not sit in the chairman's seat, but was very close to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the Empress.

The Emperor's harem allowed him to hold the little girls, even the younger ones, with His Majesty's permission.

Empress Ma even helped him to smooth his hair, and the Crown Princess did not avoid him, this...

Looking at Xiaqiu Village again, the villagers were different from what he had imagined and seen before. The clothes they wore were not gorgeous, but the fabrics were good.

Many people carry pistol boxes with pistols in them on their waists. Do you trust them so much?

The people in Xiaqiu Village give people a very comfortable feeling, a kind that is hard to describe, they are very easy-going and polite.

The Crown Princess's daughter was breastfeeding, but the Crown Princess didn't feed her and she didn't have a wet nurse, so a woman from Xiaqiu Village went over to bring her a bottle.

Why do people in Xiaqiu Village have such good skin? Do they all use the same cosmetics that Sister Ling'er gave them?

"Sister Ling'er, everyone uses cosmetics? Isn't that very expensive?"

Gegehaji finally couldn't help it. She knew the price of cosmetics. They were sold in department stores. The better ones were very expensive, but there were also cheaper ones. The set that Sister Ling'er gave her cost more than four guan, and if she sold it, it would cost eighty-eight guan.

"Our village is not short of money. We have a few hundred strings of cash in our homes. If we really need money, one person can take out a thousand strings of cash.

The main materials of cosmetics are similar, including glycerin and petrolatum. We are now learning to prepare aldehyde and ketone compounds.

It will be ready soon. Once these are prepared, we can make better things and give them to you then.

There are pearls in cosmetics, and bad pearls are used to make cosmetics.

We can now extract benzene from petroleum, and then we get salicylic acid, which is added to cosmetics, but not sold outside.

I gave you this mask. Do you feel your skin is better after using it? Let’s take a few days off and we’ll make a better mask for you!”

Ling'er understood what Gegehaji meant. All the elderly people in the village used cosmetics.

Many people who used to do rough work had cracks on their fingers, and they have had them repaired and maintained.

The key is to have good nutrition and a good mood. I take a hot spring bath when I have nothing to do. I just want to live a few more years and see what the Ming Dynasty will be like in the future.

Gegehaji didn't understand what those compounds, acids, or stupid things were. She only knew that Xiaqiu Village was rich and had more technology, and would soon have better cosmetics that couldn't be bought outside. Yes, not being able to buy them was the most important thing.

She was envious, because she had seen Sister Ling'er making facial masks with her own eyes and giving them to herself. She did this when they were in the mountains and on the boat.

If Sister Ling'er makes such good cosmetics herself, she will never be short of money. If she runs out of money, she can just make a bunch and sell them.

Ordinary people can't do that. I guess someone will try to steal the secret recipe by various means. If there is someone with the same secret recipe in my place, it will definitely be coveted by others. I will wait for the opportunity, and when the other party is forced into a corner, I will make a move, and then let the other party come to my place to make things.

"Sister Ling'er, are you eager to learn?" Gege Haji asked with anticipation.

"I can't teach you. If I teach you, you won't be able to go anywhere. If you know this, you can make all kinds of explosives, including poisoning people silently.

Your Majesty only allows the people of Xiaqiu Village to learn, and the craftsmen who are restricted in their movements are only able to learn a part of it. They cannot leave the designated area, let alone contact outsiders.

You should learn more about people's livelihood! If you need these things, I will give them to you."

Ling'er said she was powerless. Not only you, but anyone else was not allowed to learn it except His Majesty, Empress Ma, Concubine Sun, the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, and Zhu Xiongying.

Among those people, only Zhu Xiongying can be trained. The others don't even bother to learn. They find it tiring to study and they can't use it.

"Oh! I won't learn." Gegehaji nodded vigorously and pointed at the sashimi that had just been served: "Sister Ling'er, what kind of fish is it?"

"Puffer fish! Puffer fish sashimi, delicious! Eat it! You won't die from eating it. It's the puffer fish raised in the village.

The reason why pufferfish are poisonous is because of what they eat. You first catch the pufferfish, wait for them to lay eggs, then raise them until they are big enough for them to lay eggs again. This is called the third generation.

First test the internal organs for tetrodotoxin and then process them, so you can eat them freely.

The Fuhua Restaurant opened by General Xu's cousin has the puffer fish meat that has been gutted and tested to be qualified and provided by us.

A piece of sashimi costs one kan of money, and the tax is 30%. It's not 10% tax but 30% tax. It's a luxury product.

There was a gross profit of 700 wen left, he took 100 wen, Xiaqiu Village took 100 wen, and 500 wen were given to the palace.

Anyone who wants to eat can make a reservation in advance and pay first, and when you have enough fish, tell them to come and eat.

Even though he makes little money from this dish, who eats puffer fish sashimi just to eat sashimi?
He has to donate some money every month, but too much money is too much to handle, and General Xu can’t protect him either.”

After Ling'er finished speaking, she picked up a piece of puffer fish, dipped it in the sauce and ate it, indicating that everything was fine.

Gegehaji: "..."

She glanced around and found that the officials didn't eat anything else, so they ate all the puffer fish sashimi once it was served.

"Is this all right? Is the puffer fish not poisonous after it's been raised? Let me try it."

Gegehaji muttered something and reached out to pick it up with his chopsticks. "One piece costs one string of money!"
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The next morning, after the people of Xiaqiu Village had finished their meal, Zhu Wentian took his friends into the laboratory to analyze the rubber they brought back and see how to add other things.

Nahachu and others continued to wait, and a royal doctor came to check them out, and asked them to take some medicine and regulate their bodies.

Normally you have to eat a vegetarian diet for three days, which includes not eating onions, ginger, garlic, etc., for fear that the smell will disturb Your Majesty when you answer questions in front of the king.

Bath fumigation serves the same purpose, except that they don’t have to eat a vegetarian diet, just brushing their teeth and taking lozenges can solve the problem.

Zhu Chong asked Gege Haji to come out and play, and Xiaqiu Village had added some new projects, so it was a good time to take a look.

The first stop was Zhu Xiongying’s amusement park. As Zhu Xiongying grew older, the number of rides offered in the amusement park increased.

"The steam engine was first invented to make this small train, and before it there were trams. They said there is a place to shoot, shoot soybeans, let's go over and take a look and shoot a few shots."

Zhu Chong held up a color picture of the amusement park and told Gegehaji that he had never seen that gun being fired.

(End of this chapter)