Kyojuro, the life of a Hokage since the age of one

While Uchiha Boyan was racking his brains to figure out the wonderful uses of melon rinds, and had already found some ways and was discussing the feasibility of the plan with Uchiha Izuna, Uchiha Shin did not miss this new variety that was delicious and easy to use.

He was very concerned about the effect of cold melon in removing heat and relieving fever, and applied before Kyojuro went to the Senju family, and also got a cold melon pitcher for the medicine hall.

Of course, he also had to make sure that the melons of this cold melon pitcher would not be stolen by Izuna.

He found a few Uchiha clan members with oral inflammation to be guinea pigs. When they heard that they could eat cold melons wantonly, all those who met the conditions squeezed in. The Uchiha family played fire escape every day, and it was inevitable that they would accidentally burn the flesh in their mouths once or twice. The wounds in the mouth were not easy to heal and could easily develop into inflammation, so there were quite a few people who signed up to be guinea pigs.

Then, the Uchiha clan members who were excitedly holding spoons and preparing to eat melons looked at each other in bewilderment at the pot of bluish-white melon rind and flesh.

"Elder! We are going to eat this?!"

Turning around, the group next to them had all the red melon flesh in front of them!

"Why can they eat melon flesh!!"

They were going to make a scene!

Uchiha Shin violently suppressed them, "Control the variables! If you don't understand, just shut up!"

The melon flesh group sighed while eating the melon,

"That's right, just be obedient and do what you are told."

"Alas, this melon flesh is too sweet, it's not so convenient to eat it with too much juice~"

"It's too sweet, I'm worried that I'll have a toothache after eating it these days~"

(♯▼ plate▼)!

The melon skin group's eyes turned red.

Uchiha Shin coughed lightly, "Eat quickly, when this stage is over, I won't stop you from coming to the pharmacy to get the cold melon."

Well, they can only eat it,

Several people picked up the white melon flesh in front of them with bitter faces and put it into their mouths, silently hypnotizing themselves in their minds that they were sheep,

Crack, crack, crack, crack!

"It has no taste... I want to dip it in sugar."

"Do you think this thing can be used to make soup? I feel that it tastes a bit like winter melon when eaten raw."

"I don't know, but the people in the Wind Country who eat sand every day must think it tastes good."

"Tsk, what you said, everyone would think winter melon tastes good."

"Then bring some to sell when you go on a mission next time?"

"Remember to apply in advance. Now there are many procedures to take new things out of the clan."

"The clan leader is very strict. It is quite convenient after the application is approved."

After several years of development, Uchiha once again optimized the clan's industry. The planting of peas, corn and cabbage was handed over to farmers. They were only responsible for selling seeds, purchasing and processing. The processed products would be sold at several times or even dozens of times the price of raw materials.

People from other regions can grow and sell them. Anyway, Uchiha has a firm grasp of the source of seeds and the most advanced processing technology, and is not afraid of being surpassed by others.

I just don't know how the Sixth Elder managed to tamper with the seeds. The seeds bought by each family grew large and full in the first year. If they were kept and planted, they would become shriveled and bitter in the second year.

After the reminder of Tachibana Masakazu, the daimyo paid more attention to agricultural taxes than commercial taxes, and this autumn was the time to re-measure and divide the land. Uchiha Madara simply pulled people out of agriculture and focused on processing and selling. Now you can find Uchiha shops in any town in the Land of Fire, and there are also many in the Land of Lightning.

Relying on the big-money white porcelain, oil and Tachibana's special cloth share, as well as other high-quality processed agricultural and sideline products for ordinary people with a path of small profits and quick turnover, the wealth accumulated by the Uchiha clan is already much more than some relatively wealthy businessmen can imagine.

It's still easier to make money from the nobles.

In the towns far from the capital, they also used money to push more than a dozen ignorant clansmen into the official system. Thanks to the excellent clan studies of the Uchiha clan, the Uchiha clan was able to handle ordinary official duties like a duck in water. The best ones had successfully sent their paid superiors to the position of county governors, and they successfully took over the position of town mayors. (Japan is divided into prefectures, which are divided into cities and towns. The county governor is higher than the mayor and town mayor. Because I only found the official ranks of the central government in ancient Japan, and did not find the officials from other places, I wrote it according to modern Japan. If there are big guys in the comment area who know, please @me)

At other times, they always keep in mind the purpose of making a fortune in silence. When they go out to do things, they are still as simple and ninja-like. In addition, the Kaguya clan, who seem to have no business, cooperates with them. It is just a small business, and they can't make much money by tinkering with crops.

However, since their products rely on excellent processing equipment, the newer the invention, the more audit procedures it has to go through if it wants to be taken out of the clan, and the personnel, destination, and date must be fully recorded.

It's good, but it's troublesome. I heard that the Intelligence Department has opened a new room to store these messy application files.

... Half a month later...

When the group that can only eat the rind tastes like rind even when they blow fire escape, Uchiha Xin finally called a stop with satisfaction.

The people in the rind group ran to the cold melon pitcher without saying a word and waited for the cold melon, while the people who could only eat the flesh collapsed on the ground and burped silently, thinking that they might not be able to eat any cold melon this summer.

They were hurt.

After comparing the two groups, Uchiha Xin confirmed that the rind had a better effect in removing heat and swelling, and the group that ate the flesh even had a little toothache because the watermelon was too sweet.

But it would be too troublesome to chew cold melon on the spot every time you treat a fever. If you can make a powder that can be carried with you, it can not only be distributed to tribesmen who go out, but also sold.

Considering that there is mainly a lot of water in the melon rind, Uchiha Shin first tried drying it, but the dried melon rind was like an old radish, unpalatable and chewy, and difficult to break into powder.

Air-drying has similar results, and it takes too long. Even with Feng Dun's help, it will take several days to completely dry.

After drying and air-drying, Mikiko took it home and picked it up.

By the time Anjuro returned from the Senjus' house, the full-moon feast for the Eikichi family's child Mirror had begun. Uchiha Arata was still confused, so he could only go to the meal first despite his confusion.

At the banquet, Uchiha Jin asked his grandfather sincerely, "Don't you have very effective gunpowder at home? Grandpa, are you looking for trouble?"

Boom!

Jin covered his forehead and decisively changed the table to eat.

Although Jin was hit hard and his brain collapsed, Uchiha was reminded why he didn't try to combine saltpeter with melon rind. Maybe he could invent a gunpowder that was more effective and could be eaten.

Although soil salt can be used to dispel fire, because there are too many impurities in soil salt, it is usually used only when there is real depression. If you can make the two medicines take advantage of each other, use the water in the cold melon to dissolve the soil salt, and then The impurities are trapped inside the melon rind, allowing finer nitrate to seep out from the outside. The nitrate obtained in this way can be taken into the mouth to make medicine and applied directly to the affected area of ​​the mouth. There is no need to worry about the impurities causing illness!

Just do it. After eating and drinking, Uchiha Xin returned to the medicine hall, took a cold melon and returned to the studio. He first cut the cold melon into pieces, scooped out the pulp, and filled the hollow skin with earth salt. Then cover the other half of the melon rind, secure it with bamboo sticks, tie the hemp rope into a net bag, put the entire melon rind in, and hang it where he can observe it at a glance.

After a few days, hoarfrost began to ooze out of the melon skin. The color was pure white, many times cleaner than the gray soil saltpeter. Uchiha Shin took the brush and carefully swept down the hoar frost to collect it.

After another half a month, the melon rind had dried and the hoarfrost no longer seeped out. Uchiha took off the melon rind and opened it, only to see darker and dirtier earth salt inside.

He calculated the harvest ratio and said, "Less than 10%, there are too many losses."

He also compared the white frost exuding from the melon rind with the slightly purer saltpeter he obtained after dissolving, filtering and drying. The efficacy of the two was almost the same.

These frosts are indeed pure nitrate, and the role of cold melon in them is minimal, even just playing a filtering role.

Uchiha Xin put away the white frost that he had been struggling with for so long, and murmured to himself,

"...Don't make it a gimmick. It just so happens that these powders as white as snow are not like saltpeter at all. They are called frost. They are specially designed to treat oral ulcers and other diseases that are easy to get from nobles who eat a lot of meat."

"...Those at home should just nibble on the melon rind."