After the opponent was beaten severely, Chen Ze immediately retreated with his men.
Before leaving, Chen Qingling did not forget to kick her feet hard to vent her anger, but Chen Ze pulled her away.
"Why are you running? It seems like I'm afraid of him!"
"This is not called running, this is called a tactical retreat. The officials will definitely rush over soon if they hear the noise. If we go to court, won't our identities be exposed? The situation in Anzhou City is very complicated. It’s hard to tell if this guy is a relative of any royal noble!”
"Then you still fight?"
"No matter what you say, you are still my little sister. How can I, as a brother, see you being bullied? I must help you to stand up for you! Are you fair enough?"
Chen Qingling made a sound, curled her lips and said: "I don't recognize you as my brother! Don't be so sentimental!"
"Whether you admit it or not is your business, and whether I help you or not is my business."
Chen Ze was too lazy to argue with Chen Qingling about the matter and led his people directly out of Anzhou City.
Anyway, he had almost bought what he needed to buy, and Chen Ze went to the real destination of his trip, Datong Township in Anzhou.
I heard Lu Qingyun say before that there is a specialty here in Datong Township, which is not food, but a plant called corn.
Of course, this is not Chen Zeyuan’s dialect nickname for world corn, but a plant that can extract oil.
Because it looks similar to rice and the fruit is wrapped in a thick skin, it is named Baogu.
This time Chen Ze came over to see Baogu to see if this crop had any value in promoting its cultivation.
Datong Township is not far from Anzhou City, only half an hour's drive away. After arriving at the place, I asked all the way and found Baogu's pressing workshop.
It's said to be a workshop, but it's actually a farmer's home where he makes simple tools and presses the oil.
However, this oil-extracting tool is still very complicated. It is more like a bell-bell, with seven or eight farmers hitting the oil-extracting device together.
Chen Ze also saw Baogu fruits. When ripe, they are round fruits, about the size of a thumbnail. However, the skin is very difficult to peel. It is hard and feels a bit like a walnut. After peeling off the skin, The fruit inside is also yellow-brown and can be eaten raw, but the taste is a bit complicated after eating. It tastes much better after frying, so it can be eaten as a snack.
Chen Ze feels that it is a plant similar to nuts. If we really talk about the taste, it is more like walnuts that have been stored for too long. The taste is a bit bitter, and the same is true for the squeezed oil, which has a hint of bitterness.
Grain oil like this one is usually consumed by farmers themselves, usually mixed with soybeans in a rotation, but the planting area is not large. After all, the oil extracted does not taste very good, and almost no one sells it in Anzhou City. Ordinary people prefer to choose soybean oil or animal oil. Baked rice oil is indeed not very tasty, but fried rice dumplings have become a special snack, which is fragrant and crispy, and even has a bit of coffee flavor in it.
Chen Ze looked at the squeezed oil again. It was dark brown in color and looked a bit viscous. Of course, this was just the first oil, and it would need to go through many processes before it could become edible oil.
"Get a spoon!"
Li Yuankang quickly handed over a spoon. Chen Ze took a spoonful, observed it carefully, and touched it with his fingers. His expression couldn't help but become quite weird.
"Master, what's wrong?"
"This thing feels like it can be used as a lubricant..."
Chen Ze quickly called the farmers over and asked the local carpenters or craftsmen if they used packets of grain oil as lubricant. Everyone looked at each other in confusion, shook their heads, and said they didn't know.
The output of this thing is not much, and besides, food is so valuable these days. Although it is a little bit unpleasant to eat, it is better than the fact that this bag of grain is easy to feed, and it can barely satisfy the stomach.
Chen Ze was not sure whether this pack of grain oil could be used as a lubricant. He didn't have time to study it now, so he wrote it down for the time being and organized a group of craftsmen to try to study it after he returned to Qingzhou.
After visiting the oil pressing workshop, Chen Ze didn't stay long and took the people back to the place where the guards camped.
After arriving at the camp, the captain in charge of the escort took the initiative to report the situation. He said that the Anzhou Prefecture had already sent people to greet him and sent a lot of gifts. The captain had already sent The things that came were temporarily stored in the camp.
This Anzhou government order is quite right.
Chen Ze immediately went over to take a look at the gifts. Not to mention, there were a lot of valuable things. It seemed that they had been carefully prepared. Not only that, the Anzhou Prefecture Order also personally handed over the invitation. A banquet has been prepared and I hope Chen Ze can come and attend.
Chen Ze looked at the invitation with a hint of amusement on his face.
Ordinarily, Anzhou should have known about his sixteenth birthday. Chen Ze didn't believe that the Anzhou Prefecture had not heard anything for such a long time. Under such circumstances, he dared to invite himself to the banquet. Aren't you afraid of being cut off?
Or are you willing to take the initiative to make this leek and take this opportunity to join the line of Prince Zhennan?
Although he didn't know what the purpose of this Anzhou government order was, Chen Chu didn't mind going over there.
He is short of money right now.
So he asked someone to go over and reply that he would come over for the banquet in the evening.
Knowing that the Prince of Zhennan was coming, the Anzhou Prefecture was extremely happy. Among the eight southern states, the Prince of Zhennan was the most powerful person to talk to. As long as he could establish connections with the Prince of Zhennan, he could go there. Later, life became easier in the eight southern states.
The life of Anzhou Prefecture is really difficult.
Whether it was the Great Sui Dynasty or the current Great Chu Dynasty, he, the Anzhou Prefecture, had spanned two dynasties. The people above him had never looked at him seriously, and no matter how many things he sent, they would all end up in vain.
Even if you don't promote yourself, you will at least transfer yourself to other places. The land of Anzhou is really difficult to live in. Everyone is connected with the nobles of the palace, so that the Anzhou government officials can't do anything at all, for fear of offending. These honorable men are not happy.
Now the opportunity has finally come.
I no longer want to serve you, I want to surrender to His Highness and become His lackey!
In a blink of an eye, Zuo Shun, the commander of Anzhou Prefecture, was waiting for Chen Ze at his residence. After waiting for a while, he finally saw the royal palace's motorcade coming, and hurriedly greeted it. When Chen Ze got off the car, he immediately He bowed and saluted: "Xiaoguan Zuo Shun has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"There is no need to be polite, Zuofu Ling."
"Your Highness, I have prepared a banquet in Fuzhou. Please move on."
"good."
Chen Ze nodded slightly and followed Zuo Shun into the mansion.
Compared with Song Zhizhang's big house, Zuo Shun's house seemed much shabby, not even big, and there were not even a few servants in the house.
"Zuo Fu Ling looks quite frugal!"
"It makes the prince laugh. I have always upheld the principle of being an official with integrity and loving the people. I have always been very harsh on myself. I don't have any extra money to buy a big house. I am very happy to have a house." ”
