Villager of Daming

Chapter 924: Ripe apricots turn red and are difficult to transport

The prince and the people in Xiaqiu Village happily finished their dinner and went back to rest. The officials did not leave, but continued to drink and gathered together to discuss things.

The maids and eunuchs responsible for taking care of the ceremony were not accompanying him, and the dance was no longer available. The maids and eunuchs of the four palaces had to serve their princes at any time.

Playing, singing, and dancing for the officials, not getting enough rest, and failing to serve the prince well are dereliction of duty. They don't want to be kicked out of the palace.

A guard came over to help grill the skewers and listened to the officials chatting.

The officials understood that this was surveillance, but it didn't matter, that was the rule.

They said that there were still any difficult or unclear things, and they quickly listed them down and took the time to ask them when they accompanied them to Qingyuan County tomorrow.

"We have discovered that your highnesses have great staff. Of course, your highnesses are equally great."

Governor Cao Longzhao told others that he called the li chief a staff member. Although the other party was a li chief, no one really dared to treat him as a li chief.

"Get ready, while they are here, don't wait until they leave to find out there are unresolved problems."

Tongpan Tian Jiang emphasized and looked at the county magistrate Wang Shitong, meaning if you don't tell us now, don't ask us then.

Wang Shitong: "..."

He became troubled, nodded vigorously, and expressed his understanding, and planned to ask the county magistrate, the chief registrar, Dian Shi, and other officials to think about it together, and the government officials would also ask.

Tian Jiang looked at a few more commanders: "You too, you may have only this opportunity in your life to meet the staff of His Highnesses, so you must seize it."

The village chiefs even promised to ask the villagers tomorrow and then go to Qingyuan County to ask their colleagues.

At this time, a little guard from the Jin Palace said: "Zhu Lichang from Xiaqiu Village is not an aide to other His Highnesses, he is asking for temporary help.

Xiaqiu Village is called Prince Village in Nanjing. It belongs to His Royal Highness the Prince, so please remember.

But you are right, no matter what situation you encounter, if you write it down and ask, there will definitely be a solution. "

Officials have realized that they should avoid being taken advantage of by people with malicious intentions. Whoever belongs to them belongs to whomever they belong to, and there should be no confusion.

Otherwise, others will use various rumors to drive a wedge between the Ming princes. In the end, they may have no choice but to kill the staff.

"Zhao Sheren, do you guys still have a mission? If something happens and you can't protect it... just... um!"

Li Chang was thinking too much, and he made a gesture on his neck with his hand as he spoke.

Royal Guards: "..."

"Chief Wang, you are overthinking. The people in Xiaqiu Village do not need our protection. In fact, they... uh... anyway, everyone knows that they don't need our protection."

Zhao Zhi, the knife-wielding man in the Jin Palace, wanted to say that it was actually the people from Xiaqiu Village who were protecting His Highnesses and that they were the last line of defense, but he held back after all.

People outside don't know about this arrangement and keep it secret. If an assassin really shows up, and they think they will be fine if they break through the guards when they don't know the situation, the people in Xiaqiu Village will tell them how fierce the firepower they face is.

Under normal circumstances, assassins have to pay an absolute price to break through the perimeter. Only a few can get in, and they may still be injured to the point of death.

The moment he was happy to see His Highnesses was the moment of despair.

There is always a strange iron shelf that looks like a bonfire next to Hanhan. There is a box on it. There is something growing out of the shelf. There are also many holes in the front. It is just a pipe that has hollowed out many places.

That thing is great! The one itself weighed more than fifty kilograms, and the box next to it contained more than a hundred kilograms of things. Xiaqiu Village rushed out such a one, including a few replacement pipes. When Hanhan is grilling, he always puts things in front of him. When needed...

The other guards suppressed their laughter, and no one said anything. They just nodded.

The officials looked at each other, but they didn't feel comfortable asking. When it came to the security situation, they quickly changed the subject.

……

"There are only a lot of mulberries here now, the rest will have to wait." The village chief continued to look for Hanhan to learn from.

Zhu Wentian still grilled skewers, but he couldn't get enough to eat. The main reason was that he didn't eat much at the table, otherwise he would look like a loser.

He handed me a string of beef ribs and said, "The moon will be full tomorrow. The next time the moon is full, the white peaches will gradually mature. Eat the peaches."

In addition, we will go to Qingyuan County tomorrow. The apricots there are gradually maturing now, but there are few apricot trees now, so we need to plant more varieties. This does not need to be grafted.

Just plant them locally, and then plant them in other places after more time. The apricots are delicious and have big fruits. When ripe, they are different from yellow apricots. When they are ripe, the whole apricot is red.

Graft now. The quantity is not enough. We must develop it locally and maintain the original varieties. We would rather wait two more years for fertilizer to keep up.

When you eat it tomorrow, you will know whether it is almonds or medicinal materials. The key is the red apricot. There are less harmful things in the almonds. You can eat them after they are dried, as long as they are mature.

Unlike some almonds that are not processed, they will be poisoned if eaten directly, and even if they are processed, you will feel a headache. "

Zhu Wentian introduced Jinsha red apricots. There is no large-scale special cultivation of apricots yet. It is the common people who discovered this kind of apricots and planted any kind.

Today is April 14th, which is June 2nd in the Gregorian calendar. At this time, golden sand and red apricots can be eaten one after another.

What he meant was to first cultivate the original species separately, and then find early-maturing apricot trees, peach trees, and plum trees for grafting, so that there would be grafted Jinsha red apricots that could be on the market in May.

Once the quantity is increased, the seedlings will be raised in advance. Once the grafting is completed, they will bear fruit in two years, which is very fast!

The chief listened and chewed, and after swallowing a mouthful: "There are such good things? The fiefdom of His Highness Prince Jin is quite good!"

"It depends on how to use it. Taiyuan Prefecture has sulfur mines and sodium nitrate, that is, salt and nitrate, which can be used to prepare black gunpowder.

Of course, salt and salt can also be used to make ice. There is no shortage of ice in summer, but the cost is higher. Usually the salt and salt here are accompanied by gypsum.

There is a lot of Glauber's salt and sodium sulfate in the salt pond, which can be used to make watermelon frost with watermelon rinds, but they are not expensive and are under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Prefecture.

There is potassium nitrate locally, so there is no need to convert it into salt and nitrate. It can also be used to make black powder, which is particularly good as fertilizer. It is a pure natural potassium fertilizer. "

Zhu Wentian said that he also picked up the skewers and chewed them hard. This one is thick, not as thin as cut into paper. It is a lie. In order to save raw materials, it is too dry when eating. Similar.

Now this kind of thick one is most suitable for stir-frying with chili peppers. If you stir-fry it without chili peppers, add some dogwood sauce, it will taste equally enjoyable, but there is too little beef, and there are fewer tendons on the beef.

"We bought the ribs and ribs of the cattle killed at the market in Nanjing, but they won't eat them. There's no oil or water on them, and their teeth are stuffed. How can they smell like meat?"

The director didn't care about sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, and sodium sulfate. Anyway, Hanhan could give me a picture when the time came, so I could just follow the drawing myself.

He thought of the problem of purchasing ribs that others didn't like to eat. People in the village and palace liked to eat them, so they had that texture!

"The ribs are not easy to preserve, so they can only be frozen. If they are dried and then soaked in the sun, it is useless. Ordinary ice cannot be used, and the temperature cannot reach minus 18 degrees."

Zhu Wentian also wanted to eat more beef ribs. He considered the processing technology and distance and shook his head.

(End of this chapter)