This time Zhou Yunjing brought Chai Xichun, Geng Jinhua, and Ma Saiying to Tianjing New City. Old Mrs. She did not arrange their positions because Old Mrs. She was worried that Yang Peng was afraid of the Yang family's power in Tianjing New City. My sister does not have a big official position, the others are all big officials, especially Yang Paifeng, who has now become a noble lady. She gave birth to a son, whose name has not been mentioned yet. Zhang Xiang is smiling all day long, and Mrs. She It was also when Yang Paifeng was pregnant that he took Yang Paifeng into his home.
When Zhou Yunjing and others left, Yang Peng specifically told Zhou Yunjing to ask Yang Yanzhao to plant vegetables in winter and transport a large amount of glass. Yang Peng took the trouble to teach Zhou Yunjing until Zhou Yunjing learned it. Now Yang Yanzhao's family is not short of money, because cakes are sold every year Let Yang Yanzhao earn more than 100,000 taels of silver, and now he has to grow vegetables in winter. Ma Saiying couldn't tell how happy she was. When Zhou Yunjing left, Yang Peng gave the women of the Yang family a dressing mirror, and everyone at home also had one. This made Yang A group of daughters-in-law at home were extremely happy.
Yang Yanzhao laughed out loud, "Why do I see that you don't want to follow me to the north, but to the northwest?" Feng Lin's purpose was seen through by Yang Yanzhao, and he did not hide it and readily admitted it. "Young Master, I really want to go to Fuzhou." Yang Yanzhao tapped his forehead with his index finger and whispered: "Fuzhou is the territory of the Zhe family. The Zhe family has 30,000 elite soldiers in Fuzhou. Our family has only one army in Fuzhou. There are less than three thousand people in the partial division, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled. What can you do if you go there?"
An idea flashed in Yang Yanzhao's mind, "You want to go..." Halfway through, Feng Lin and Ma Mian were already nodding in agreement.
Yang Yanzhao also understood their thoughts. Yang Yanzhao smacked his lips and asked in a nonchalant manner, "You two idiots, wouldn't it be nice to stay with me? You have to go out and suffer." Feng Lin squeezed out a wry smile on his face, "Since the young master Now that you have a cold guy by your side, our brothers are basically idle. If this continues, our brothers will probably become rusty."
Yang Yanzhao was stunned and smiled. After hearing Feng Lin's words, he also understood what Feng Lin and Ma Mian were thinking. Feng Lin was right. Since he had Luo Ye next to him, most of the things have been left to Luo Ye and Huoshan Camp. What was left to Feng Lin and Ma Mian were trivial matters. Basically, Feng Lin and Ma Mian spend their days doing nothing.
Feng Lin and Ma Mian are ambitious, so Yang Yanzhao cannot stop them. After thinking for a while, Yang Yanzhao let the two of them help him back to the study. Yang Yanzhao wrote a letter and gave it to Feng Lin. "Take this letter, and when you get to Fuzhou, someone will take care of you." Feng Lin got the letter, looked at each other with Ma, and the two of them knelt on the ground.
"Thank you, Master." Yang Yanzhao waved his hand, "Don't be ridiculous, I will say hello to our people later, and you can go on the road with him." Feng Lin kicked the letter in his arms and met Ma Mian After saluting Yang Yanzhao together, they left the study without looking back.
Yang Yanzhao slumped down on the simple sofa in the study room and cursed. "You are a heartless person who will not enjoy good blessings but suffers, you bastard." Yang Yanzhao doesn't know many people here. Feng Lin and Ma Mian count as two. But these two guys didn't want to stay with him, and instead chose to go to the northwest. This made Yang Yanzhao very angry. "You bitch..."
Yang Yanzhao cursed again. Chai Xichun's head stuck out from the outside and stared at Yang Yanzhao with his big eyes blinking. "Lang Jun, are you swearing?" As he spoke, Chai Xichun's face was filled with joy, his hands were clasped behind his back, and he entered the study cheerfully.
Yang Yanzhao glanced at Chai Xichun, and most of the anger in his heart disappeared. With a beautiful girl like Chai Xichun here, it's enough. Feng Lin and Ma Mian are two fools, let them be. Yang Yanzhao straightened his waist, sat upright, and said calmly: "I didn't curse, I cursed the wolf's heart and the dog's lungs..."
Chai Xichun blinked, not understanding what Yang Yanzhao meant. However, this does not prevent her from giving her husband a surprise. "Lang Jun, close your eyes." Yang Yanzhao was stunned for a moment, then his mind turned and he understood what Chai Xichun was going to do. He slowly closed his eyes.
Chai Xichun took out a basket made of bamboo strips from behind, filled with fruits and vegetables. Chai Xichun placed the basket in front of Yang Yanzhao and said with a smile: "Mr. Lang, you can open your eyes now." Yang Yanzhao opened his eyes and saw the fruits and vegetables in the basket, pretending to be shocked. "Big cucumbers with thorny top flowers...Kunlun purple melons...mustard greens...big peaches..." Is the greenhouse a success? "
"Hmm~" Chai Xichun nodded excitedly, "I never thought that the greenhouses recorded in ancient books are really useful. They can actually grow green vegetables and fruits in winter." The success of the greenhouses was what Yang Yanzhao expected. middle. After all, what he provided to Chai Xichun was mature greenhouse technology. With mature technical support, Chai Xichun does not need to explore much. All you need to do is prepare the appropriate materials and follow the steps.
However, Yang Yanzhao still praised Chai Xichun, "This is all your credit. If it weren't for your unremitting efforts in experimenting, the greenhouse may not be successful." Chai Xichun smiled shyly, "I don't dare to take credit, it's all Rely on your husband's guidance." "You and I, husband and wife, should not pursue each other." Yang Yanzhao hesitated for a moment and asked: "Chai Xichun, how many greenhouses have you made? If there are more, pick some every day and give them to Father-in-law, mother-in-law, Uncle Huyan, Master Shen, and Mr. Zhao, please send some over."
Chai Xichun smiled sweetly, "Don't worry, sir, I have planted two hundred hectares and it will be enough for them to eat throughout the winter." "Two hundred hectares?!" "Is there a problem?" Chai Xichun tilted his head and blinked his big eyes. , looked at Yang Yansi with a stunned look on his face. Yang Yanzhao shook his head and smiled: "Isn't it a bit too much..." Chai Xichun calculated on his fingers and gave a very pertinent answer. "It's not too much. After excluding those given away, the rest can barely supply one-tenth of the restaurants in Bianjing City."
Yang Yanzhao raised his eyebrows, "Are you going to treat the greenhouse as a business?" Chai Xichun blinked, "Isn't it?" Yang Yanzhao shook his head slightly and did not continue. He originally asked Chai Xichun to build a greenhouse just to have a bite of green vegetables in winter. Unexpectedly, Chai Xichun regarded it as a business. So much land is planted.
I have to admit that Chai Xichun is quite talented in business. After cultivating green vegetables in the greenhouse, she has contacted many restaurants. And negotiated a cooperative relationship with the restaurant. In just three days, vegetables from the greenhouse have been put on the tables of one-tenth of the restaurants in Bianjing City. After the eighth prince received the green vegetables from his goddaughter and son-in-law, he sent his craftsmen to learn greenhouse technology the next day.
But he was violently kicked out by Chai Xichun. After receiving the filial green vegetables from Yang Yanzhao, Shen Lun wrote a letter. He first expressed his acceptance of Yang Yanzhao's filial piety, and then persuaded Yang Yanzhao to concentrate on state affairs and not focus on pleasure. After Zhao Pu received the green vegetables, he behaved very rudely.
He sent two maids over directly to guard outside the greenhouse, picking the best ones on time every day and sending them back to him. Yang's greenhouse. It instantly became popular in Bianjing City. Inside the Imperial Palace.
Zhao Heng ate the fruits produced in the greenhouse and selected some that did not suit his appetite. "Wang Daban, these Kunlun purple melons are good. Send someone to pick some and send them to all the Qing families according to the practice of previous years." Wang Jien looked a little embarrassed, "Guan family, how much are you sending?" Zhao Heng was stunned and waved his hand. : "Let's give it away as usual in previous years." Wang Jien hesitated.
"Your Majesty, I think it's better not to give it away this year." Zhao Heng glared, this was a rare opportunity to show kindness, how could he miss it. Seeing Wang Jien's hesitant expression, Zhao Heng frowned and asked, "Is there something wrong with the greenhouse?" Wang Jien smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Guan, you are busy with government affairs all day long, and you may not know about some trivial matters. This winter, there is no shortage of green vegetables in every house." Zhao Heng was stunned, "What's going on?"
Wang Jien reported back: "This winter, Yang Yanzhao made something called a greenhouse. This thing can produce fruits and vegetables in winter, and it is similar to the greenhouse in the palace. According to the old slave's observation, this thing seems to consume a lot of energy. We don't have much money, so the Yang family has planted two hundred hectares of fruits and vegetables. Now in Bianjing City, as long as they spend a little more money, even ordinary people can have a bite of green vegetables in this winter. "Zhao Heng stood up and paced in front of the Long Case.
After a while, he said: "Pass an oral instruction to Yang Yanzhao and ask him to present this skill." Wang Jien lowered his head and responded in a low voice. "promise!"……
In the other courtyard of the Yang Mansion, Yang Yanzhao was in a daze as he listened to the words of the eunuch who was delivering the oral instructions in the palace. Pretending not to know, he said, "Chai Xichun, when did our family have the skills to grow fruits and vegetables in winter?" Chai Xichun sat next to Yang Yanzhao and chuckled: "You are usually busy with military affairs and don't care about trivial matters at home. , so you don’t know. That girl Chai Xichun, when autumn comes, built something called a greenhouse, which can grow fruits and vegetables in winter. "
Yang Yanzhao was stunned, shook his head and smiled, "No wonder there are always a few green vegetables on the dinner table recently. I thought they were given by His Majesty..." After laughing, Yang Yanzhao hesitated, "Since this girl Chai Xichun made this thing If it came out, then could this skill belong to the Eighth Prince? Your Majesty asked me to present this thing, I’m afraid it’s not in line with etiquette!” Chai Xichun said with a smile: “I’ve asked about it, this thing is from a book written by Da Lang. Those found in ancient books cannot be considered the skills of the Eighth Prince."
Yang Yanzhao nodded, "That's very good." Yang Yanzhao returned to the study, repaired a letter, and called a soldier to deliver the things to Yang Dezheng. The soldiers mounted fast horses, rushed to the guild hall, and delivered the letter to Yang Dezheng. When Yang Dezheng read the letter, Shitou stood aside. Shitou finished reading the letter and slapped the table. "This is simply an open robbery!" Yang Dezheng smiled, "An open robbery is the emperor's prerogative."
Putting down the letter in his hand, Yang Dezheng smiled at Shi Shi and said, "Tomorrow, you can sort out the skills of the greenhouse and send someone to another courtyard to give it to my father." Shi Shi was unwilling to accept it, "Lang Jun, we really Do you want to donate this thing?" Yang Dezheng said nonchalantly: "It's just a greenhouse, it won't make you fall out with the royal family." But they don't have glass and it's useless. If they want to buy glass, they have to go to my brother Peng to buy it. Okay Our glass is free of charge. If it costs money, I don’t know how much it will cost. Ha ha. We just don't want to give in. "
"Every time you suffer, you gain wisdom." Yang Yanzhao of the Yang family felt relieved after seeing Yang Dezheng's letter. Yang Yanzhao held Chai Xichun's hand and said with a smile: "The skills in the greenhouse have been robbed, so you have to guard your wine-making skills closely. Compared with the greenhouse, wine-making is the real profitable business." Chai Xichun gritted his teeth and said fiercely. Said: "I will definitely guard the art of wine-making. If the emperor dares to steal the art of wine-making again, I will fight with him to the death."
Yang Yanzhao quickly covered Chai Xichun's mouth and whispered something in her ear. "Don't say this nonsense, just keep it in your heart." After comforting Chai Xichun, Chai Xichun angrily went to tidy up the skills in the greenhouse. Yang Yanzhao sat alone in the study, with a slight smile on his lips.
"Zhao Heng, Zhao Heng! Are my things really that easy to swallow?" Early the next morning, Chai Xichun personally sent the greenhouse skills to the Eighth Prince. Yang Dezheng saw fallen leaves in the study. Yang Dezheng was sitting on a simple sofa, and Luo Ye stood in front of him with a bow.
Yang Dezheng held the tea and asked nonchalantly: "How did the spies in the house conduct their investigation?" Luo Ye said coldly with a straight face: "My subordinates have confirmed that there are sixty-three of them so far." Yang Dezheng held the Make a move. "Sixty-three, that's quite a lot...continue to investigate and be sure to dig out all the spies in the house."
Luo Ye bowed, "No." Luo Ye hesitated for a moment and said, "Although my subordinates have verified the identity of the spies, they are all staying in the Yang Mansion's other courtyard. With your father here, I don't dare to take people rashly. ."
Yang Dezheng put down his teacup and put his hands behind his back, "I came to you today just for this matter." Yang Dezheng paced: "The more than 60 people in the house are probably not only some remnants of the Northern Han Dynasty, but also various government officials. And spies from the Imperial City Department. We must muddy the waters before we can arrest people."
There was finally an expression on Luo Ye's cold face. "Young master, do you have a way?" Yang Dezheng chuckled, "Not only that, but it is also a way to kill two birds with one stone. Once this method is completed, it will not only take the opportunity to eliminate the spies in the house, but also recover some interest from the royal family." "Hmph. Huh, the greenhouse is not easy to handle..."
After finishing the recruitment of new soldiers, Zhang Xiang took some time off. On this day, he was sitting in the house with Yang Paifeng teasing his son Shitou. Shi Shi is already ten months old and can already crawl around on the bed. This child likes to laugh very much. He giggles when Zhang Xiang hugs and touches him. Yang Paifeng scratched the soles of his feet, which made his son laugh and keep kicking the soles of his feet. Zhang Xiang liked the childish look of the baby very much.
Yang Paifeng looked at Zhang Xiang and said, "Husband, it's time to give your son a good name!" Zhang Xiang looked at his son who was giggling on the bed and said, "This child likes to laugh so much, let's call him Huan, Zhang Xiang." joyous."
Yang Paifeng thought for a while and said, "Why does it look like a girl's name?" Zhang Xiang said, "How does it look like a girl? There used to be a self-made emperor named Huan." Yang Paifeng nodded and said, " Then call him Zhang Huan!" Zhang Xiang picked up his son with a smile and said loudly to him: "Zhang Huan, do you like this name?"
I don't know why, but as soon as Zhang Xiang approached Shitou and spoke, Shitou frowned and started crying. When Yang Paifeng saw his son crying, he felt particularly distressed. He quickly snatched his son from Zhang Xiang's hand, hugged his son and kept shaking him, saying: "Shitou is good! Don't cry if you don't cry! Mother loves Shitou!" Zhang Xiang asked sarcastically Said: "Why is he crying? Don't you like this name?"
Yang Paifeng came up to Zhang Xiang's face, smelled it, and said: "The smell in your mouth is so strong, you didn't rinse your mouth!" Zhang Xiang smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't rinse my mouth, I brushed my teeth morning and night." People from the Song Dynasty To prevent tooth decay, teeth are also cleaned. After eating, the poor rinse their mouths with water and remove the food residue from their mouths with their fingers. Rich people would buy toothbrushes made of horsetails to brush their teeth. Since Zhang Xiang knew how to make toothbrushes, he thought that Yang Peng should be able to do it. Zhang Xiang wants to brush his teeth with a toothbrush morning and night, but there is no toothpaste these days, and brushing with water cannot clean the teeth. After a long time, his mouth still smells.
The smell burned the stone and made him feel bad, so the stone started to cry. Zhang Xiang looked at Shi Shi, who was crying non-stop, and secretly hoped that the city lord would schedule the invention of toothpaste. "You look at the stone, I'll get rid of the bad breath!" Zhang Xiang went to Yang Peng and told Yang Peng about his bad breath.
Without wasting any time, Yang Peng left the official hall and walked to the soap workshop. When Li Yousheng saw Yang Peng coming, he said, "City Lord, are you here to check?" Yang Peng nodded, looked around the soap workshop, and found no problems, so he said to Li Yousheng, "Make a room for me! I want it." Make something new!”
Li Yousheng said, "Are you going to make something new again?" "Don't worry about it. Get a few cans and a stove in the vacated room, and get some quicklime, salt and soybean oil." Li Yousheng agreed and went to vacate the factory. . Li Zhi rode out of the city with several servants, found a reed field outside the city, cut the reeds and burned them to ashes in an iron pot. Then he took the ashes back to the soap workshop.
The room in the soap workshop has been vacated, and the tools and materials are in place. Yang Peng started tinkering with toothpaste. The first step is to extract potassium carbonate from plant ash. Potassium carbonate is soluble in water. Li Zhi put the plant ash in the water, heated it, and stirred the jar of water to fully dissolve the potassium carbonate in the water. Then filter the pot of turbid plant ash soup through linen cloth while it is hot, and evaporate most of the water from the filtered water until crystals precipitate, thus obtaining a high-concentration potassium carbonate solution.
Then Yang Peng dissolved quicklime in water to obtain a calcium hydroxide solution. Pour the calcium hydroxide solution into the potassium carbonate solution, and the two react to obtain potassium hydroxide and calcium carbonate. Calcium carbonate is insoluble in water, making the reaction liquid cloudy. At this time, let the solution stand for a while, wait for the calcium carbonate to precipitate, and scoop out the potassium hydroxide solution in the upper part of the solution. Once you have the potassium hydroxide solution, you can perform a saponification reaction with the oil. Yang Peng heated potassium hydroxide and soybean oil in a jar and kept stirring. He saw a layer of paste-like objects on the mixed solution gradually precipitate and float on the solution. Li Zhi added salt to the solution to salt out, and the layer of paste quickly became larger and thicker, forming a thick layer.
Unlike solid soap made from sodium carbonate, toothpaste made from potassium carbonate is in the form of a paste. That layer contains a lot of impurities, is black, and looks very ugly. But this is the toothpaste that Yang Peng can currently make. Yang Peng fished out this layer of paste-like substance and mixed it with the calcium carbonate he just obtained. The black paste-like substance is mixed with white calcium carbonate and turns gray, making it look better.
Calcium carbonate acts as a friction agent in toothpaste, which can improve the stain removal effect of toothpaste. Yang Peng put the toothpaste he made into a wooden box and brought it back to the official hall. Yang Peng found his toothbrush in the wing, dipped it in a little toothpaste from the wooden box, and started brushing his teeth with the toothpaste.
As he brushed, Yang Peng really produced a lot of foam in his mouth and brushed his teeth cleanly. Yang Peng took a look in the glass mirror and saw that his mouth was full of toothpaste foam. He felt like he was back in time before time travel, when he got up early every morning to brush his teeth.
As I invent more and more daily necessities, my life becomes more and more like before. Yang Peng smiled, brushed a few more times, washed away the foam with water, and then went back to the main room to call Yang Tong out. "Madam, let me show you something amazing." Yang Peng asked someone to give it to Zhang Xiang to try.
Zhang Xiang was in the main room. Shitou was tired from crying and had fallen asleep in the cradle. Yang Paifeng was doing embroidery with a handkerchief and was bored. When she heard Zhang Xiang's call, she immediately ran out and followed Zhang Xiang to the side room where the toothbrushes were kept. "You put a little bit of this 'toothpaste' on your toothbrush, wet your teeth with water, and then try brushing your teeth!"
Yang Paifeng was stunned and said, "What is this gray thing? It's so ugly!" Zhang Xiang smiled and said, "You will know after you brush it, it can make your teeth clean." Yang Paifeng He dubiously dipped in some toothpaste, then drank a sip of well water to wet his teeth, and brushed his teeth with toothpaste in front of the mirror. After more than a dozen strokes, Yang Paifeng produced a mouthful of foam. Yang Paifeng saw his mouth in the mirror and said in a panic: "Why am I foaming at the mouth?"
"It's not foaming at the mouth, it's toothpaste foam, just like soap foam, it removes stains!" Yang Paifeng nodded and continued brushing. After brushing his teeth up and down, Yang Paifeng followed Zhang Xiang's instructions to rinse away the foam with water, and then brushed his teeth again with clean water. After brushing his teeth, Yang Paifeng gritted his teeth and said happily: "Husband's toothpaste works! The teeth are cleaned!"
After thinking about it, Yang Paifeng tilted his head and said, "City Lord, this toothpaste is so powerful, can it be mass-produced and sold for money?" Zhang Xiang shook his head and said, "I heard that City Lord said that plant ash is a good fertilizer, but the quantity is limited, and I can't get enough. We don’t have the raw materials to produce this in large quantities. This toothpaste can only be used at home to clean our own teeth! It can be supplied to the people of Tianjing New City at most!" Yang Paifeng jumped a little and said, "That's okay. Great! Clean your teeth and you won’t have bad breath!”
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
