dhibooks Chapter 211 Cold Resistance 4-Piece Set
Chapter 211 Cold Resistance 4-Piece Set
"You don't know?" Master Ji Kong took a bite of strawberries: "Such a delicious thing can be grown in any season, and it tastes so good, and it's so expensive, so it's a lot of money, right?"
"I'm really not sure about this." Wu Youwei said inexplicably: "It's all Shang Ming's management, oh, Shang Ming Shang's father-in-law is the father-in-law in charge of Huangzhuang. He is very capable. It was he who was selling it, and he gave me a lot of money last year, but it was all handed over by the housekeeper."
He is a "scholar", of course he can't be contaminated with "copper stink".
Even Master Kong was amused by him: "Stop pretending, if you haven't made money, then no one will make money."
The emperor said that the money in the private treasury has been increasing.
Those who can make money with the emperor, how can he have less money?
Master Ji Kong couldn't believe that Shang Ming would give him less money.
"It's quite a lot, right?" Wu Youwei scratched his head. To be honest, he really didn't remember how much it was!
The money is kept by the housekeeper and used for family expenses. It used to be fine, but now he has ten more younger sisters. Butler Lin Su's abacus is fast. Why do you want to set the wedding date for next year?
Because housekeeper Lin Su wanted to save money, besides the married eldest lady, wouldn't there be second to tenth misses?
Everyone wants money!
And he occasionally sells some top-quality mutton fat jade, which is also worth tens of thousands of taels, which are exchanged for gold and stored in his space.
Although silver is the current currency in this era, he is afraid that silver is impure, and gold is different. The land of the Central Plains was short of copper in the feudal era, and I have never seen a shortage of silver. Gold is a high-end currency, and I have never seen it short.
So he thought that gold was the most valuable, so he replaced all of them with gold and stored them in the space. He was worried about putting them in other places.
"If you make a lot of money, some people will be jealous." Master Ji Kong persuaded, "Why don't you find a few people to partner with? The emperor is not afraid, but you and Shang Ming... are a little..."
Wouldn't it be disgusting and troublesome for people to not do anything to him on the surface, but to use some tricks behind their backs?
"I understand." Wu Youwei nodded: "It's just that this thing has just been planted, and I don't know what kind of habit it is. I'm afraid of cooperating with others rashly, in case I lose all my money..."
A new crop cannot be planted on a large scale in the first three years, or even in the first five or ten years.
How long has corn been in Daming?
Isn't it treated as an ornamental plant?
Even if you know you can eat it, you don’t know how many years later, because of the arrival of the Little Ice Age, the local crops in Ming Dynasty have not been harvested well in a large area, and the people are so hungry that they are thinking about eating flowers and grasses. Fill your hunger
Only then did I discover that golden wheat can still be eaten!
It was not until the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty that it was planted on a large scale. It was known that this kind of thing was beaten more than wheat, and it tasted good even if it was full. It was just that there was no rice and white flour to support people, but at that time it would be good to be able to eat a full stomach.
"That's how it is." Master Jikong nodded: "Don't worry, they cried and begged you to cooperate. You can try again next year, and find two clans that have a good relationship with the emperor to cooperate with you in the year after. It’s just strawberries!”
In fact, what those people mean is that they even want the technology to grow watermelons and cantaloupe, but Master Jikong thinks they are wishful thinking!
Strawberries are already pretty good, at least the strawberry seeds are something they haven't figured out in the past two years of research; but watermelon and cantaloupe are different, this thing is expensive, and the key is that the taste they planted by Wu Youwei is better than summer Everything that grows is better
It may be that the seeds of melons are different, but they cannot grow the melon flavor that other people grow.
"Oh, it's okay to only grow strawberries!" Wu Youwei said: "But I don't care about this matter. If they want to, they can go to Shang Ming. He is the one who handles this kind of matter."
Shang Ming is a member of the royal family anyway, he can't control this as a small person, it is better to leave it to Shang Ming to deal with these relatives of the royal family.
"That's fine, it depends on how brave they are." Master Ji Kong stretched out his hand after finishing speaking: "Where's the little story book?"
"You are an old monk, why are you so serious about reading short stories instead of reading Buddhist scriptures?" Wu Youwei took out a new short story book for him while murmuring, "Won't the Buddha be angry?"
"How do I know if I'm angry or not?" Master Ji Kong snatched the short story book: "I just want to live freely, read my little story book and recite my scriptures."
Wu Youwei.......
You are a monk like this, does the Buddha know?
Had a few fast meals in Fahai Temple, stayed overnight, and went to the capital the next day. First, I took a look at my own house. It was well cleaned up. Housekeeper Lin Su had sent someone to guard it. Look after the house.
Wu Youwei has a filial piety, so it is not convenient to go to Wantong, so he stayed here for one night. During the day, he asked people to go out to buy a lot of things, especially at this time when there were a lot of New Year's goods, so he also asked people Bought many things over the years.I also went to the Silver Building, where I bought some gold and silver jewelry. The women in the family had a set of gold and a set of silver, and the sisters-in-law added a coral bracelet.In the past, they were not qualified to wear red coral bracelets. You must know that red is the color of the royal family, especially coral is also one of the precious jewels. How could the concubine's room have it?So Wu Youwei specially picked out red coral bracelets and bought three back, one for Aunt Haijuan, one for Aunt Azhen, and one for Wang Qianqian.The two adopted daughters have more sets of pearl heads than others.
He brought a lot of things back, thinking that he had already bought a lot of things, but Butler Lin Su was still dissatisfied, so he brought people back to buy a lot of things in a daze.
It doesn't matter to Wu Youwei, this person is so particular, let's forget it, after all, he didn't think thoroughly.
It's just that the weather is getting colder and colder. The four-piece set of hats, gloves, scarves and masks is waiting for Wantong to pick it up.
On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Wantong came.
Also came with eight carts of gifts, a lot of things!
Especially the ice fish, which pulled a large cart over. It is said that it was salvaged from the big river in the north, and it was a tribute.
It was only a thousand carts of ice fish that were paid as tribute, and only a hundred carts entered the palace in the end, and the rest were either greedy or rewarded by the emperor to the people below.
Every official has a share, it's just a question of how much, the emperor rewarded the Wan family with five cars.
Wanxi took two cars, and Wanda took one car back to his hometown; Wantong had two cars, and he gave Wu Youwei one car.
"There are a lot of fish in Moling Lake, why send them here?" Wu Youwei couldn't help laughing when he saw a big cart of fish: "Is it worth sending it all the way?"
"These are all big fish, not ordinary fish in your small lake." Wantong took one out casually, and when it stood up...it was only a head shorter than Wu Youwei.
What a big fish!
Wu Youwei lifted the sackcloth and took a look, completely dumbfounded. His fish was at most medium-sized, only five or six catties a piece, but the ones sent by Wantong were at least ten or thirty catties!
Twice the size of the fish in his lake!
It's rough, it's big, it's old!
"How is it?" Wantong said with a smile: "Last year, the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, so we couldn't make it through. A few years ago, because the fish hadn't grown up, we didn't salvage them. Now it's just right, and the first batch of salvages has been very rewarding."
Along with the tribute caravan, there were many caravans selling fish. The fish were huge, and there was a fish selling fever in Beijing.
"It's too big!" Wu Youwei pointed at a big fat fish that weighed at least ten and said, "Take this to the kitchen, stew it in a separate pot, add more sauce, and put more cabbage and tofu!"
"Don't put frozen tofu." Wantong quietly said beside him: "Put water tofu."
The tofu in Wujia Village is also unique, especially tender. Wantong has never eaten such delicious tofu in the palace.
"Yes, put the tofu in water!" Wu Youwei said happily: "Don't put all the fish in the storage, and send ten fish to Wu's house first."
One weighed more than ten kilograms, and a carriage pulled up to twenty or thirty, and he divided ten of them to the second room.
Wujia Village is not divided, they will fish and eat in Moling Lake by themselves, the fish in Moling Lake can only be salvaged by the people of Wujia Village, Wu Youwei also let them catch and eat, and the big fish raised with spiritual water Fish, it tastes good.
"Unload the car, unload the car!" Xiao Xiao walked around the carriage happily.
Wu Youwei said to Rawantong: "Come in with me, I'll have someone make something for you."
Wantong followed him into the door, and then saw the four-piece suit.
"Is this mask... a bit awkward!" Wantong was not used to wearing a mask.
"The mask is wind-resistant, and won't frostbite the face." Wu Youwei said: "Gloves are more flexible than muffs; the scarf can prevent cold wind from pouring in from the collar...
In addition to the four-piece suit, there are also cotton vests, elbow pads, and knee pads.
They are all plush and very wind-resistant.
Wantong deliberately went out for a walk after wearing it, and found that he was wearing quite thick clothes, and took off a layer of quilted clothes on his body. After going out for a walk, he found that he was really wind-resistant and warm!
Immediately overjoyed, the northern soldiers are blessed.
In particular, it looks like it uses less material and is simple in workmanship.
Wu Youwei had already prepared the blueprints in the room, and handed them to him when he came back: "It's all ready, take it.
"Yeah." Wantong took it over and put it away: "Don't talk about this thing, it really keeps you warm!"
"Of course." Wu Youwei said: "However, this thing has to be agreed in advance, and only real materials can play this role. If you cut corners, it will be harmful."
Cutting corners has to freeze something wrong.
"I know, the emperor will find someone he can trust to do this matter." Wantong nodded.
"Why don't you ask the people in the palace to do it?" Wu Youwei thought of an idea: "There are many women in the palace, and all of them know how to needle and thread. When the things are finished, they can be given to the garrison in the north in the name of the emperor." , that is, the extra cold-resistant clothes that the emperor gave.
Wantong's eyes lit up!
The emperor now wants to show kindness to the generals, but he is afraid of raising the hearts of the generals, but it is different to give favors to the soldiers. The base of soldiers is so large, they must be grateful to the emperor.
"The most important thing is that people in the palace are more at ease than people outside." Wu Youwei reminded him: "I am not afraid of the emperor's wishes, but in the end it will feed the corrupt officials below.
Wantong was silent for a while: "That's right, the emperor's will cannot be trampled upon."
Even if it is someone the emperor can trust, what about the subordinates of the trustworthy person?
They won't all be loyal, otherwise there wouldn't be so many annoying things happening.
Wantong had dinner here, and met Xu Niang again in the guest courtyard that night.
"It's very convenient, and the method is very simple. As long as it is made of real materials, it is definitely a good thing for cold resistance." Xu Niang also sent a cutting drawing.
Wantong didn't take her drawing: "Youwei has already given it."
Xu Niang was taken aback for a moment, then took it back: "This subordinate doesn't know."
"Besides these, what else is there?" He asked about things, not spying "discoveries."
"No more." Xu Niang said: "Everything is normal, but there is still no... news."
She was talking about those mysterious masters.
"Well, protect him well." Wan Tao said, "Go back!"
"Yes." Xu Niang said with a blessing, "This subordinate will resign."
Wantong nodded, looked at the blueprint Wu Youwei gave him, and thought about Wu Youwei's proposal, it is really suitable
The next day, Wantong left and told the emperor when he returned to the palace, and he had his own rhetoric: "Instead of fattening the pockets of those corrupt officials, it is better to let the maids in the palace do it themselves. "
Emperor Xianzong even extended it: "Let the concubines and concubines in the palace do it, even the empress, the empress dowager will make two sets symbolically, and I will keep it.
So, the palace began to get busy.
Even Concubine Wan of Zhaode Palace started to get busy. She made eight sets, one set for children was naturally for the princess; one set was given to the emperor; two sets were given to the empress dowagers; Gave it to my three younger brothers.
The last set, as a handmade product, was handed over to the emperor and donated to the garrison in the cold place.
Of course, she didn't know, that set was also secretly kept by the emperor, how could Zhen'er's needlework be used by others?