"Brother, please treat Xiaoyue well! Before marrying eldest brother, she was my adopted sister. As a sister, I can't see her being bullied."
"Girls are sensitive. Just because they don't say anything doesn't mean they don't mind... If the girl recommended by the elder brother is capable and willing to work hard, and let her take over the planting, then the elder brother will not have to worry about it."
Wen Jin was blowing ink on the paper.
But a gentle voice came from above her head, "Just because you don't say it, doesn't it mean you don't mind?"
Wen Jin raised his head suddenly and saw Xiao Yuchen smiling but not smiling, with a slightly censorious expression.
"Why do you walk without making any sound?" Wen Jin scolded him.
Xiao Yuchen waved his hand and told Fengchun to leave.
He sat next to her and studied ink, "Is this the same for you?"
Wen Jin raised his eyebrows, "What kind?"
Xiao Yuchen glanced at her letter and said, "You don't say anything, but you secretly mind it?"
Wen Jin snorted softly, "Your Majesty, you can give it a try and see if I am the kind of person who will 'secretly' care in your heart."
Xiao Yuchen shuddered suddenly.
He suddenly remembered what she said back then...if he had feelings for someone else, she would take Yu'er and leave him.
Now it’s not just Yu’er!
Xiao Yuchen lowered his eyes and looked at her belly.
"Of course you're not someone who secretly mind."
"I will never let you mind. If I do something wrong or something that doesn't suit your liking, you must tell me openly."
He reached out and gently caressed her belly.
When you touch it with your hands, you can already feel the slightly bulging belly under the soft home clothes.
"There are doctors in the Imperial Hospital who can tell whether it's a boy or a girl based on the pulse..."
"Jin'er, just ask him to take a look? I guarantee he will keep a tight mouth and will never leak anything!"
Xiao Yuchen looked at her eagerly and a little bit flatteringly.
Wen Jin waved his hand away and said, "If you want to practice ink, do it well. If you can't do it well, ask Fengchun to come in."
Wen Jin doesn't mind if it's a boy or a girl. Xiao Yuchen really wanted to have a daughter.
Xiao Yuchen had no choice but to study the ink obediently.
When Wen Jin's letter was delivered to Yunning County.
The craftsmen brought by Mr. Qi have already installed their various equipment in the workshop.
Wen Shengjun is now mainly responsible for sugar production.
He also moved from the fields to a house near the workshop.
He followed his husband and stared at the equipment.
"Master Wen, you see, peel the sugar cane, insert it from here, turn here, you can squeeze and grind the sugar cane and squeeze out the juice inside."
Wen Shengjun touched his chin and observed carefully, "The design is exquisite! In order to ensure the cleanness of the raw materials and to save labor, the pole is designed to be very long. The bagasse is also very dry! Good, very good!"
The craftsman smiled and said, "This instrument was made by many skilled craftsmen in Kyoto, together with the Queen, by paying attention to details and modifying it bit by bit! The Queen is so ingenious! Thank you to the Queen!"
When Wen Shengjun heard this, he was proud of you.
He smiled and nodded, "Yes, the empress is working hard for the people and for the great beams."
"Then let's not delay. The workshop has been built and the equipment has been partially completed."
"We will start work here first, and the remaining sugar cane will be harvested batch by batch, and the workshop will be gradually improved, all at the same time!"
Mr. Qi stroked his gray beard and nodded.
He pulled his beloved disciple aside.
"Master..."
"Your Majesty gave me a rare thing. I don't feel safe giving it to anyone else, so I can only give it to you!"
Wen Shengjun looked serious, "What kind of strange thing?"
Mr. Qi looked back at the workers in the workshop who were already busy.
"Let's do it tonight. We will start to cook the sugar tonight and crystallize the sugar. I will show you how to do it myself tonight, and you will definitely understand!"
Wen Shengjun nodded cautiously.
He ordered workers to cut down the green-skinned sugar cane specially used for sugar production.
In fact, these sugar canes can also be eaten, but the taste is not as good as purple sugar cane and the bite is harder.
People with bad teeth or who are not good at eating sugar cane will grind their mouths.
Even so, there are still many workers picking up the cut sugar cane roots.
"Wash and stew the soup, it's so sweet and delicious!" the ingenious worker said with joy.
After saying this, the worker regretted it!
Because sugarcane roots have become a hot commodity, it is not easy to pick them up.
Some careful old doctors even discovered, "Hey, at this time of year in previous years, more people would get coughs and catch colds. Wind evil is most likely to infect the lungs!"
"This sugarcane root stewed in soup and made into tea has a miraculous effect on colds and coughs! How wonderful! How wonderful!"
After the old doctor's words came out, they spread like wildfire.
Sugarcane roots are also becoming more and more popular.
There are even people who specialize in reselling sugar cane roots, although the price is not high.
The key is, there is no way, no connections, and even money can’t buy it!
The various miracles of sugar cane have been fermented in Yunning County and surrounding counties, and the limelight is unparalleled for a while.
Wen Shengjun followed Mr. Qi to the cauldron where sugarcane juice was boiled.
The sugarcane juice is not snow-white, perhaps because it is in contact with the air. The sugarcane juice in the large pot turns green and yellow, and some are light brown.
There is a fire under the big pot, white smoke rises from the sugarcane juice, and a strong sweetness of sugarcane hits your face.
When the juice evaporates, boil it to a certain temperature and let it cool, the sugarcane juice will crystallize.
"When I was in Kyoto, the empress had to cook dozens of pots every day. She repeatedly tested the heat, time, and crystallization conditions..."
"The craftsmen brought by my master are already very skilled in these, but there is only one secret that I only told my master."
"And as a teacher, I can only pass it on to you."
Mr. Qi said, taking out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve pocket.
He uncorked the bottle and poured a bead from the bottle.
The beads were like pearls, white, translucent, shiny, and seemed to have a faint fragrance.
Wen Shengjun didn't have time to distinguish it carefully.
I saw Mr. Qi put the beads into the cauldron.
The big iron spoon stirred twice more.
"Turn off the heat and cool down." Mr. Qi said.
Wen Shengjun's eyes widened... What on earth was that bead?
After being put into the pot, it magically disappeared!
Does it melt when it enters water? Is this melting speed too fast? Faster than ice!
But Wen Shengjun didn't expect that something more magical was yet to come!
He followed Mr. Qi and put a small bead in every pot.
After they finish their work, go back to the first pot.
"Eh? So white?!" Wen Shengjun exclaimed.
I saw the crystallized white sugar in the pot, snow-white, with tiny crystallized particles, crystal clear, and a faint aroma.
Wen Shengjun took a spoon and tasted a little bit.
His eyes instantly dilated, his pupils trembled, and he looked at the master in disbelief.
Mr. Qi smiled while stroking his beard, and whispered, "I have tried hundreds of methods... Only with this method, the crystallized sugar is the cleanest and most beautiful, the sweetness is extremely high, and the amount of sugar produced is better than others. "
"Not only!" Wen Shengjun's voice was not loud, but he was trembling with excitement, "This candy also has a faint fragrance, like the fragrance of flowers!"
"I heard that they use sugarcane roots to boil water, and it can moisturize the lungs and relieve coughs, so isn't our sugar..."
Wen Shengjun succeeded in making sugar here.
Wen Jin got the news immediately, and the big shopkeepers under her command immediately took action.
