Both of them were businessmen, so they naturally had no shortage of money. However, since Qu Xiuwen was so sensible and gave him face, he naturally had to respond. After all, this news was almost known to everyone.
The thin man smiled and said, "According to the current situation, even if Yuntong County's pork production doubles, the pig paste will not be able to keep up with the supply demand."
"But Mr. Wu An only increased some pork production, but he asked the tenant farmers to harvest brassicas and extract oil from the brassicas. The oil extracted from the brassicas is rapeseed oil."
King Xia Wen and others couldn't help but widen their eyes. Qu Xiuwen said with a look of disbelief, "Brassica? Brother, are you right? Brassica can also extract oil?"
The businessman and the thin man walking with him looked at each other, shook their heads and said, "We don't know that. Brassica can be found almost everywhere. In many sparsely populated places, it is long and large. Who would have thought that this thing can actually Press oil."
"Oh, Mr. Wu An is Mr. Wu An. Nothing can trouble him." The thin man's eyes were full of admiration.
"So, what's the difference between pig extract and rapeseed oil?"
The thin man said, "This big brother and I are here to do business. After selling the goods this time, we plan to purchase a batch of rapeseed oil."
"Pig paste can be cooked in a large pot. It is white in color and has no peculiar smell. It also has a special aroma. The dishes fried with pig paste are particularly fragrant and creamy."
"If you don't have much to eat, just put a fingernail-sized amount of pig paste directly into the corn rice, stir it, and you can eat it with gusto."
"As for rapeseed oil, it can not only be used for stir-frying, but also for stewing. The stewed vegetables have a rich aroma and are not greasy. However, rapeseed oil cannot be used for mixing vegetables. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Bar."
Qu Xiuwen nodded suddenly. This was a lesson. Yang Qian didn't make lard on a large scale.
Many people almost use the fat of sheep, horses or deer to make oil. Not to mention the bad taste, there is also a strange smell.
But this plant's oil extraction was the first in the world, and it was completely untouched by the ancients.
It is no exaggeration to say that Yang Qian's rapeseed oil directly started a great leap forward in food culture, from stew dishes to stir-fry dishes. The gap cannot be measured in a hundred years.
Qu Xiuwen returned to the desk and said with a smile, "It seems that Mr. Wu An has done something incredible again."
Concepts such as dishes may not be particularly meaningful to Qu Xiuwen or even King Xia Wen, because their vision limits their imagination.
At this time, plates of pancakes were taken out from the back kitchen and placed on the table.
King Xia Wen was stunned and asked, "Just now, was that the smell of this pancake?"
The restaurant owner laughed and said, "This is a fire-roasted dish, stuffed with braised pork, very fragrant."
Everyone picked it up and looked at the ordinary pancake, a little confused, but from the black thing exposed on the mouth, strong fragrance continued to waft out.
King Xia Wen didn't say anything and just started eating. When one or two mouthfuls of fire came into his mouth, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"It's delicious."
Manyin kept shaking her head. As a young master and a princess, it was natural for her to live in fine clothes since she was a child.
But she had never tasted such delicious food.
"Why is it so delicious?"
Although there are not many seasonings in the princely states, Yang Qian found dozens of spices from the pharmacy. Such a taste cannot be matched by one or several seasonings.
Qu Xiuwen kept nodding his head, his mouth full. After taking a sip of millet wine and swallowing it, he turned around and asked, "Is this the latest delicacy in Yuntong?"
The restaurant owner laughed and said, "Yes, this is something that has just been spread in Zhuangzi. Even the cooking process is left to us inns and restaurants."
"What kind of meat is in this? Why can't I eat it?" Xue Kang'an wondered.
The restaurant owner laughed and said, "There are pigs and sheep in here, large intestines, small intestines, hearts, livers, lungs, kidneys, all the internal organs in the stomachs of pigs and sheep."
Everyone looks at each other
It's amazing how the offal with the usual fishy smell can be made so delicious.
"Is the Zhuangzi you are talking about Yang Qian's Zhuangzi?"
The maid in the restaurant said displeasedly, "Hey, guest, it's not good to just call you by your name. When it comes to Mr. Wu An, of course he invented it. It must be a good thing. When it was first invented, I had to eat four or five of it every day." , and it’s meat, and the price is pretty cheap.”
Manyin became more and more curious about Yang Qian due to the maid's praise. When she came to Yuntong City, she heard about his deeds from everyone one after another. It seemed that there was nothing he couldn't do.
After everyone had eaten and drank, Qu Xiuwen secretly brought six bulging Huoshao outside and handed them into a carriage. He sighed longly, his face full of helplessness and disdain.
"Wow, what is this? It's delicious. Master, you should eat some too."
"Meng Heng, hurry up, give me some water, I seem to be choking."
After everyone had eaten and drank, Xue Kang'an began to arrange for guards to be stationed outside the city and stayed at the place where the carriages were guarded.
A few people set off towards Zhuangzi with three carriages.
Zhuangzi, foundry.
Yang Qian held the pulley bow and kept fiddling with it, while Ou Yexia rubbed his hands and waited for his comments.
"Not bad, how much power can you save now?"
"Actually, it's almost the same. It's just that the bow has been lengthened. There's really no way to save strength."
Yang Gan curled his lips and didn't think there was any problem at all. After all, the materials he used for composite bows such as pulleys were all modern things, and they may not be 100% replicable in ancient times.
Saving 50% of the force is already amazing.
Yang Gan took a hard bow from the shelf, took the girls to the shooting range, and handed both bows to Cao Wushuang.
"Master, you are the only one who knows the best about bows and arrows here. Can you help me test it?"
Cao Wushuang took the strange-looking bow and arrow from Yang Qian's hand and weighed it. It was quite heavy.
"Swish swish~~!"
He picked up the pulley bow and shot three arrows. Then he picked up the hard bow and shot again. The cycle started over and over again. Each time he shot three arrows with a bow.
In the blink of an eye, Cao Wushuang had already shot more than thirty arrows.
Yang Qian handed the towel to Cao Wushuang and said with a smile, "Master, how do you do?"
Cao Wushuang took a towel and wiped her hands. This amount of exercise was not enough to make her sweat.
She put down the pulley bow on the ground and said suspiciously, "You don't want the army to be equipped with this kind of bow and arrow, do you?"
"Why not? This bow can save half the strength. One stone can shoot out the power of two stones. Why not? Choosing archers can also reduce the requirements."
Cao Wushuang rubbed his sore fingers and said, "I don't know how you came up with this bow and arrow."
"The hard bows used in the military are very powerful. They are obviously much more powerful than this pulley bow at the same strength."
Yang Qian said unwillingly, "Then the pulley bow has no advantages?"
"There are advantages. One is that it saves energy, and the other is that the accuracy is far greater than that of a hard bow. However, archery in military formations is all about shooting upwards, and accuracy is not pursued."
Yang Gan stared blankly at the pulley bow on the ground. Unexpectedly, under the same material, the modern pulley structure bow was not as good as the ancient one. It really shattered Yang Qian's outlook on life.
Zhang Yumeng smiled and said, "I've seen it before on Douyin. Who knew you could actually make a pulley bow?"
Yang Gan asked curiously, "What did you see? The production process? Come and see if something is really wrong."
"Cao Wushuang is right, the target is different. I have played archery for a while before. Modern archery pays more attention to accuracy and power, but it is not mainly about killing enemies."
Yang Qian nodded slightly. He had experienced the baptism of ancient wars and naturally knew the secrets. However, he found that modern things were not as good as ancient ones, and he was instantly shocked.
Seeing Yang Gan's dumbfounded look, Zhang Yumeng laughed and said, "I remember watching Douyin before. The blogger was an archery expert, and one time his fans sent him a bulletproof insert."
Yang Qian was moved in his heart and asked, "What level is it?"
Zhang Yumeng was surprised and said, "Expert, you still know about the bulletproof hierarchy?"
Yang Gan sneered and said, "Nonsense, these things appear in the movies I watch. If I don't understand something, I look it up online. Although I'm not very proficient, I still understand a little bit."
Zhang Yumeng nodded and said, "It's best if you know. At that time, the blogger put the bulletproof board on the target and asked everyone to shoot arrows."
"You know, in the end, only one person with a traditional bow shot through the bulletproof blade, which was mixed with Kevlar fiber."
Yang Gan was startled and asked hurriedly, "How much force, how much distance?"
"A 70-pound traditional bow."
Immediately, Zhang Yumeng tilted her head and thought, "As for the distance, I'm not very sure. I didn't say it, but looking at the video, it's estimated to be no more than 15 meters."
Yang Gan touched his smooth chin and kept walking around, thinking whether to scrap the bow or reuse it.
"Master, what suggestions do you have???"
Cao Wushuang's cold face twitched twice, "If I remember correctly, your frontier army is being reorganized, and the bows and arrows suitable for the light cavalry have not been selected yet."
Yang Gan's eyes lit up and he was immediately ecstatic. Ran Jing had already reported to him that cavalry was the latest force.
Many vassal states do not have them at all. The difference between light cavalry and heavy cavalry naturally means that there are no special weapons suitable for light cavalry.
The infantry's rigid bow, apart from its strength, was very inconvenient given its size.
The pulley bow is small in size and very powerful. Most importantly, it is very energy-saving. It is obviously the most suitable choice for light cavalry at present.
"Okay, Lao Xia, you immediately build fifty pulley bows and send them to the military camp so that the light cavalry can start testing the actual combat effectiveness."
"No, sir, are the arrowheads ready or..."
Yang Qian raised his eyebrows, "There are all kinds of arrowheads, let the light cavalry choose the one that suits them best."
"The war horse has a limited area, so it is impossible to carry several types of arrowheads."
"promise."
