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Chapter 81 Emperor Jingwen

Xiao Yichen, Shen Jia and others returned to Bozhou with Xu Shaoyu.

The sugar workshops built with government funding were no longer small workshops but were renamed sugar factories.

Building greenhouses, building stoves, and squeezing out the water from sugar cane are very critical, and a press must be built.

This is the age of cold weapons, not the industrial age. It is impossible to make a fully automatic press like the one in the previous life. At least not now, we can only make semi-automatic presses.

Shen Jia drew a few drawings of a manual press and said, "Xiao Yichen, I drew a drawing of a semi-automatic press. Let's go find a blacksmith to make it and see the effect. What do you think?"

Xiao Yichen took the drawings and looked through them. He found that the drawings were all similar and asked, "Miss Shen, there are only a few minor changes in these drawings. Why is that?"

"The most critical step in making sugar is to squeeze out the water from the sugar cane. I took these drawings to consult with the blacksmith and tried to make a semi-automatic juicer that saves manpower and improves efficiency."

"I see!"

Shen Jia raised his eyebrows, "I either don't do it. If I do it, I have to strive for the best. If I still can't do it after trying, I'll just let it go."

"Either you don't do it, or you have to do your best if you do it!" Xiao Yichen murmured to himself, and then said: "Well said!"

Shen Jia smiled and said, "I said it casually, don't take it seriously."

The little girl has curved eyebrows, bright eyes like paint, and a smile that makes people's hearts brighten. Xiao Yichen felt his heart tighten suddenly, as if something had hit him.

The two soon arrived at the blacksmith shop.

Several shirtless men were beating hard with heavy hammers, and the noisy sound of metal collision echoed throughout the blacksmith shop.

Xiao Yichen frowned slightly. He didn't want Shen Jia to see other men shirtless.

Xiao Yichen grabbed Shen Jia who was about to go into the blacksmith shop and said, "Miss Shen, it's hot inside. You wait outside. I'll ask Xiao Ping to go in and call the blacksmith inside."

Shen Jia thought for a moment and realized that the blacksmith shop was indeed very hot. It would be better if Xiao Yichen called people out. He smiled and said, "Okay!"

Xiao Yichen said a few words in Xiao Ping's ear.

Shen Jia had a good ear and heard what he said. She put her fist to her lips and suppressed a smile.

He was just shirtless. In his previous life, there were many people wearing bikinis on the beach, so he was already used to it.

But Xiao Yichen was also thinking about her reputation, so she couldn't brush off his kindness.

Xiao Ping quickly called three blacksmiths out of the blacksmith shop.

Shen Jia took out the drawings and discussed them with them. Finally, he chose one of the drawings and changed it in a few small places before he was barely satisfied.

Xiao Yichen gave them the drawings and asked them to build it as quickly as possible.

The next step is to plant herbs.

In the next few days, Xiao Yichen, Shen Jia, Shen Hao, and Xu Shaoyu traveled around Bozhou for inspection.

The largest herbal medicine market in the Dragon Kingdom in the previous life was in this area, so there were a lot of herbs that could be grown.

Shen Jia recommends some herbs that are easy to care for and commonly used, such as white peony root, platycodon, poria, salvia, mint, Tianqi...

Xu Shaoyu invited a doctor from the medical clinic to learn from Shen Jia about growing medicinal materials. Shen Jia wrote a pamphlet about the precautions for growing medicinal materials and gave it to Xu Shaoyu.

The sugar cane press was ready, and Xu Shaoyu went to several nearby villages and bought hundreds of sugar canes. Shen Jia put the sugarcane into a juicer to squeeze the juice, put it into a vat, boiled it over fire to make a yellow-black syrup, waited for it to condense into brown sugar, and then used yellow mud water to drain the brown sugar in the funnel, and the black residue flowed into it from the funnel. Below, the white frost left in the funnel is the white sugar.

Xiao Yichen dipped a little white sugar into his mouth and praised: "The sweetness is pure, the particles are crystalline and uniform, and the color is white, not bad."

Xu Shaoyu also praised: "Xiaguan has never seen such white frosting sugar."

Then several people decided to plant sugar cane and make sugar.

Xu Shaoyu took out a contract document and handed it to Xiao Yichen and Shen Jia, "Your Highness, Miss Shen, this is the contract document for the sugar factory. After the sugar factory officially starts production, 10% of the profits will be sent to you at the end of each year. "

Shen Jia didn't expect such a good thing. He happily took the document and found that it was clearly written on it. Xu Shaoyu had already signed his name, and their signature was considered complete.

This sugar factory belongs to the imperial court. No matter who becomes an official in the future, they cannot take it for themselves. Shen Jia was able to take 10% of the profit because of Xiao Yichen's contribution.

Xiao Yichen handed his copy of the document to Shen Jia, "Miss Shen, put the two copies together."

Shen Jia looked confused, "You put yours, I'll put mine, why should we put them together?"

"Xiao Ping is in charge of all my things, but he's a bigot, and I'm afraid he won't be able to get them back if he loses them." Xiao Yichen lied seriously.

When Xiao Ping heard this, he took a look at the sky. The sun was still shining brightly and there was no September snow! Why is it so unfair?
  Shen Jia Ni glanced at Xiao Yichen and said, "Xiao Yichen, if you want to take the opportunity to come to my house often, just say so. Why make such a bad excuse?"

The tips of Xiao Yichen's ears instantly turned red. Just as he was about to defend himself, he heard Shen Jia say, "You just want to ask me for help or advice! Don't worry! As long as it doesn't break the law or violate public order and good customs, as long as you ask, I can help." I will definitely help you."

Xiao Yichen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Now I'll thank Miss Shen in advance."

Shen Jia waved his hand, "No need to be so polite, we are all so familiar with each other, shouldn't we help each other?"

"That's what Miss Shen said."

"Xu Shaoyu, Bozhou's people's livelihood issues have been solved for you. Don't let me down." Xiao Yichen said expressionlessly.

"Yes, I will do my job well and will never let His Highness down." Xu Shaoyu promised.

Capital City, Imperial Palace, Yanghe Hall

Emperor Jingwen was sitting on the collapse table, looking at the memorial and reviewing it carefully. He is wearing bright yellow uniforms, with a jade crown tied up in his hair. His temples are already gray, and the facial features on his face are still handsome and sharp. It can be seen that he was also a handsome man when he was young. His face is peaceful, and his eyes are as deep as the ocean. His eyes, the momentum revealed inadvertently makes people unable to help but surrender.

"Your Majesty, Long Yi is back." The great eunuch Fulu reported in a low voice.

"Long Yi? Why is he back? Let him in." Emperor Jingwen put down his pen and said.

"I see you, Your Majesty! These are the secret documents and letters that His Highness, the Emperor's eldest grandson, asked me to hurry up and bring back." Long Yi bowed and presented the secret documents with both hands.

"Pingshen! Fulu, bring up the secret fold and the letter."

Long Yi was a high-ranking bodyguard, so he became a minister.

Fulu took the secret fold and placed it on the imperial case in front of the emperor.

Emperor Jingwen opened the secret fold and read the contents carefully. At first his face was serious and solemn, but at the end the corners of his eyes were filled with smiles, and he said happily, "Chen'er has finally grown up and knows that you can share your worries for me."

Emperor Jingwen then opened Xiao Yichen's letter. After reading it, he thought for a long time before saying, "Long Yi, tell me about this Miss Shen."

(End of this chapter)