Village Chief Miao said: "It's not just dried sweet potatoes, but also dried potatoes, dried radishes, dried vegetables, and corn kernels. We have no other options. Other things go bad easily, and only these things can be stored after being dried."
Yang Haiyan asked: "Speaking of which, in terms of storage, rice is definitely the best, why don't you grow rice?"
Village Chief Miao said, "Because Yunxiang County has more drought seasons. There is a shortage of water, and we have more land than fields. Although the bottom can be converted into fields, it is not simple or easy to bring water into the fields."
Although Yang Haiyan grew up in the countryside, her grandmother passed away when she was fifteen, and she lived alone. The fields left to her by her grandmother were cultivated by villagers, and after the rice harvest, they would give her 20% as rent. If she wanted to eat vegetables, she could go to other people's fields to pick them. So she knew nothing about farming or planting.
To be honest, she only knows about the popular things on the Internet. Because she lives alone, she is curious about some things when she has some spare time in life. For example, handicrafts, people always need to find things to pass the time.
Yang Haiyan: "So what do you usually grow the most? Carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and greens?"
Village Chief Miao said: "Yes, and then dry radishes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and green vegetables."
Yang Haiyan thought about it. Let's not talk about radishes and green vegetables for now. But there is a better way to preserve potatoes and sweet potatoes, which is better than dried potatoes and sweet potatoes. That is... potato flour and sweet potato flour. Even if sweet potatoes and potatoes are placed in a dry place, they can't be kept for a year, but potato flour and sweet potato flour are different. Even if they are left for two or three years, they will not go bad. At most, they will grow worms. You can take them out and dry them frequently, and they won't grow worms. Moreover, rice bugs are eating them.
Suddenly, Yang Haiyan's eyes lit up. In Yunxiang County, sweet potatoes and potatoes cost one cent for two catties, but fine flour costs eight cents per catty. Under normal circumstances, six catties of potatoes can produce one catty of potato flour, and six catties of potatoes cost three cents, but one catty of potato flour can be sold for eight cents, which is more than double the price. Similarly, under normal circumstances, five catties of sweet potatoes can produce one catty of sweet potato flour. After the cost of sweet potatoes is converted into sweet potato flour, it is more than twice the price.
Then... Yang Haiyan suddenly thought, if Yunxiang County grew potatoes and sweet potatoes, and then made sweet potato flour and potato flour, wouldn’t this be a kind of "specialty"
Besides, flour is not in short supply across the country. The emergence of potato flour and sweet potato flour may trigger a flour craze.
The problem is that potato flour and sweet potato flour are both easy to make and learn. If others learn how to make them, then... However, Yunxiang County has an advantage, which is cheap land. Cheap land means lower costs. It would be great if Yunxiang County could monopolize potato flour and sweet potato flour.
But there is still a question, how can she figure out potato flour and sweet potato flour? For no reason, she said that she could make potato flour and sweet potato flour. Although outsiders could not question her ability to make potato flour and sweet potato flour, Yang Haiyan still wanted to find an appropriate explanation.
After Yang Haiyan had an idea, she made a plan in her mind. She said to the village chief Miao: "Don't worry, we want all the sweet potatoes and potatoes in our fields, no matter how much." In fact, corn can also be made into corn flour, which is different from the ancient practice of directly grinding corn kernels into flour. However, Yang Haiyan is not going to make corn flour because the cost of corn flour is high. It takes about eight kilograms of corn kernels to make one kilogram of corn flour, so for the time being, she decided to make sweet potato flour and potato flour.
Village Chief Miao was relieved after hearing what Yang Haiyan said. He was not on this trip for himself. How many sweet potatoes could his family have? So, he was on this trip for the villagers.
"Madam... Madam..." When Village Chief Miao was about to say goodbye, an urgent voice sounded at the door.
Yang Haiyan paused. This voice... sounds like Tao Shan. But Tao Shan went to the capital... Calculating the time, Tao Shan will be back soon. Could it really be Tao Shan
While Yang Haiyan was thinking, Tao Shan had already reached the door, but did not come in: "Madam, I am Tao Shan, and I have something important to ask you."
It really is Taoshan.
Yang Haiyan hurriedly said: "Come in."
Village Chief Miao stood up and said, "Madam General, I will take my leave now. I will deliver the potatoes to you after the potato harvest."
Yang Haiyan: "I have something to do right now, so I won't see you off, village chief."
Village Chief Miao said, "I dare not."
Tao Shan came in and saluted Yang Haiyan first, then said: "Madam, I came back from the capital with the imperial envoy and the eunuchs in the palace. They are now in the East Suburbs military camp. I came to tell you first that I will have your imperial edict later."
This was not the first time that Yang Haiyan had received an imperial edict. She had also received an imperial edict for the fifth rank imperial decree, but this was the first time that an imperial envoy came to give her an imperial edict. For a moment, she was a little nervous.
Speaking of which, the most important reason why Yang Haiyan didn't like ancient times and didn't want Qin Fang to go to the capital in the future was that she was not used to the etiquette between the powerful and the rich. The etiquette of kneeling at every turn made her, who was born in a peaceful era, very uncomfortable. But in the final analysis, wasn't it her self-esteem that was at work
Because she came from the future, she always had a sense of superiority, so she disdained and didn't want to salute those people. However, she also knew that this was ancient times and these etiquettes were inevitable. Therefore, she only wanted to avoid these places that required etiquette.
However, some things cannot be avoided.
Modern people with a sense of superiority, when they come to ancient times, always have to adapt to everything in ancient times. Yang Haiyan knew that from today, from the moment the imperial envoy came to deliver the imperial edict, she had to thoroughly understand how dignity was defined in ancient times. And she couldn't live as she pleased according to modern concepts.
Yang Haiyan closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes again, she had adjusted her mindset: "Are the imperial envoy and the eunuch from the palace going to stay overnight at the general's mansion?"
Tao Shan: "Yes, the post station in Yunxiang County is too shabby."
How good can a post station be in a place where no one of great importance has ever been? Even the city walls are broken, let alone the post station
Yang Haiyan: "I understand. I will make arrangements. Go back and tell the general so he can rest assured."
Tao Shan: "Yes, I will go to the barracks right away."
Two hours ago, Tao Shan took the imperial envoy and the eunuch who delivered the imperial decree to the East Suburbs military camp. Normally, if someone from the capital came, they should go to the county government or the general's mansion. The reason why they went to the East Suburbs military camp was because the eunuchs and imperial envoys in the palace were curious about Qin Fang, a person who came from a poor family but repeatedly made contributions.
Others didn't know, but as the imperial envoy in charge of the sulfur mines and saltpeter mines, he must be the emperor's confidant. Since he was the emperor's confidant, Qin Fang must have made some contributions. Therefore, after discussing with his eunuch, he came to the East Suburb Military Camp.
Qin Fang is currently in the Beast Mountain.
Captain Yang: "General, the tiger is dead, what should we do with it?" According to the general practice, the tiger meat must be eaten. But the problem is that this tiger is special.
The tiger died today after being raised by them for half a month. In the past half month, the tiger did not struggle and was quietly trapped in the cage. They gave it meat and it ate quietly. After eating, it lay down in the cage. It was not like a tiger at all.
According to Dr. Li, the tiger's life has come to an end. The reason why it did not struggle or resist was because it was waiting to die. When a tiger reaches old age, its ability to catch prey will decline. It can't catch its prey, so it can only make do with small ones, such as pheasants and hares, but pheasants and hares are not enough for tigers to eat. Moreover, tigers like to eat fresh meat, but when they are old, their ability to catch prey declines and they can only make do with it. Or... they are eaten by other animals as prey.
Therefore, for this tiger, being taken care of and well fed at the moment of death is already satisfying.
Qin Fang said, "Bury it." Considering the possible relationship between the tiger and the man in chains, Qin Fang couldn't eat the tiger's meat.
Captain Yang: "Yes." He waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to carry the tiger down and bury it.
Qin Fang walked into the room and saw Doctor Li giving acupuncture to the man in chains. Speaking of which, the man in chains would be very easy to talk to if he had something to eat. Doctor Li used food to coax the man in chains to lie down and let him give acupuncture. Qin Fang: "How is he?"
Doctor Li said, "His health has improved, but it only looks better. His life span has been shortened. He can only live for two or three years at most. Now that his health has improved, he will suffer less when he passes away."
Qin Fang: "It's a pity that I don't know if he can recover his memory by the time he leaves."
Doctor Li said ashamedly: "My medical skills are limited, and I can't guarantee this. General, why don't we ask other doctors in the county to take a look?"
Qin Fang shook his head: "Let's wait for now. With the situation here, plus the matter of sulfur and saltpeter, the fewer people know about it, the better. I have already reported this matter to the court, and we will see how the court arranges sulfur and saltpeter, and how they arrange him." After all, this chained man is related to King Liang, and the court will definitely send someone to take him away, so for the time being, Qin Fang cannot let other doctors come here.
Doctor Li: "The general said..."
"General... General... General, I'm back." Tao Shan's voice came.
Qin Fang heard this and immediately climbed out of the window. Seeing Tao Shan coming in, he nodded and said, "I'm glad you're back. Why didn't you take a rest before coming here?"
Tao Shan said quickly, "General, I came here with the Imperial Envoy from the capital, and the eunuch from the capital is also here. By the way, this is a letter from Lord Du to you. Please read the letter first, and then discuss the matter with the Imperial Envoy and the eunuch."
Oh? Qin Fang raised his eyebrows and took the letter: "I see." Lord Du could have mentioned the Imperial Envoy and the Eunuch in the letter.