Chapter 28 Stone Mill
The Imperial College will definitely not be built before the New Year. Fusu still has a house full of small dumplings this winter. With more people, the stove is not so important and feels warm everywhere.
Considering that the child has poor teeth, Fusu asked someone to create a stone mill.
In order to ensure the harvest, most grains are mixed in Xianyang to prevent one of the grains from causing disasters and epidemics.
Fusu lived in Yunyang County for a year and tried various cereals during this period. Whether it was steamed rice or cooked porridge, the taste was not very good. But for the people, being able to eat enough is a great blessing, and I really can't figure out so much.
This is also the reason why Fusu never thought of trying too many food patterns in Yunyang. First, he was not very tempted, and second, the neighbors were all people who were still struggling on the line of food and clothing, so he shouldn't have eaten in different ways every day in front of them.
After returning to Xianyang, Fusu did not have so much concern. He planned to get some things out first. When the grain output increased, the people could learn the ready-made things and enrich their own diet types.
Fusu drew the pattern of the stone mill and called Huai Cai to let him go out of the palace and let him create a batch.
No special materials are required for making stone mills. After doing it, manpower and animal power can be used to promote it. The wheat grains can be ground into flour.
With flour, there are more things you can make, and all kinds of pasta can be arranged!
When Huai Cai heard that there was something to do, he immediately went out of the palace to run errands for Fusu.
After Fusu ordered Huaicai, he asked someone to go to the kitchen and asked someone to make some noodles.
The kicker is similar to the wine koji, and it contains things that can ferment rice and grain. If you want to use it for bread, you can use purple steak or grapes. Such a kicker can make the bread with a faint fruity aroma.
However, there are no grapes in Xianyang now, and the purple steaks you can find are not in season. For the time being, you can only use wine koji to replace them. Let’s try it when there are too many fruits next year.
Fusu has arranged the matter and has only used a few new foods to attract the attention of the milk dumplings.
Fortunately, they are all fresh foods that they only eat, and the little ones don’t think there is anything they often repeat. This is much better than what they used to eat!
Fusu's life was calm, but outside was curious about what Fusu was rushing. After all, stone mills used big stones. The people sent by Fusu were busy collecting so many big stones and even built a new workshop outside the city. This was a bit strange.
Since the appearance of the stone trencher, stones are not only considered construction resources, but also war resources. Some people are busy accumulating stones by the royal city, and they also hired a group of people who are good at rectifying stones to knock on the doors and knock them down. It is inevitable that someone will report to Meng Tian, who is in charge of the security of the royal city.
After Meng Tian checked, the workshop manager was still an old acquaintance, and he was once a famous manure collection specialist in Yunyang County.
Meng Tian wondered, why did Fusu collect so many big stones? Do you still want to make a stone pit?
Although Meng Tian didn't understand, he asked someone to ask Huaicai directly.
Huai Cai learned that he had been targeted by the city defense. He quickly went to pay respectful respect to Meng Tian and showed the patterns of Fusu's paintings, saying that this was what Fusu wanted.
But Huai Cai only knew that Fusu was going to make this thing, but he still didn't know what it was for, and he couldn't explain it clearly.
Meng Tian asked Huaicai to copy a copy of the pattern on the spot and left the original manuscript to ask for a meeting with Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng heard that Meng Tian was coming and asked someone to spread Meng Tian inside. When he saw that he had seen him, he put down the book in his hand and asked straight to the point, "What's the important thing?"
Meng Tian presented the pattern drawn by Fusu to Ying Zheng.
Seeing the familiar handwriting on his head, Ying Zheng couldn't help but jump. He looked left and right, but couldn't see what these stones were used for assembling together. He couldn't help but raise his hand to rub his forehead and ask Meng Tian: "What's this thing?"
Meng Tian said, "I don't know. Someone found that the young master's man collected stones outside the city and invited a lot of stonemasons to do the work, so he reported to me." Although he was very familiar with Fusu, if he had not had Ying Zheng's order, he would not have gone beyond Ying Zheng to see Fusu privately, so after asking about the situation, he came to report to Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng asked someone to come and find Fusu.
Fusu was doing exercises between classes with the baby. He heard that Ying Zheng summoned him a little confused, but he still let the little guys who were playing happily in the sun stay obediently. He also called Jiang Lu as the temporary squad leader and did not let his friends quarrel and fight.
Don't think he doesn't know that these little guys are particularly well-behaved in front of him. They are very happy whenever they are touched. In fact, they often fight each other fiercely in private.
Even though they are still young, most of these little guys still have a natural ferocious nature in their bones, which makes Lu's personality softer and more peaceful.
Although Jiang Lu was a little worried that he would not be able to take on the position of temporary squad leader, when he thought that he was appointed by Fusu, he immediately assured Fusu in high spirits that he would restrain his younger brother and sister.
After Fusu finished giving the instructions, he followed the eunuch who came to pass the message to meet Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng and Meng Tian had already discussed other things while they were free, and they heard that Fusu had stopped only when they arrived.
Fusu stepped forward and saluted Ying Zheng: "Father."
Ying Zheng asked him to sit down, pulled out the pattern pressing beside him and asked Fusu: "What is this?"
Fusu didn't expect the drawings to fall into Ying Zheng's hands. When he looked at Meng Tian sitting next to him, he knew that it was the news that Huai Cai had caused that attracted Meng Tian's attention.
Fusu said: "This is a stone mill, used to grind the grain into flour."
Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows and signaled Fusu to say it carefully.
Fusu also told Ying Zheng carefully.
Although the grains are full, they have a poor taste. Many of them are still very rough after steaming. The elderly and children have poor teeth and most of them have to swallow them whole, which is not good for the health.
It would be different if the grains were ground into fine powder. The flour was not cooked directly, but was served first and then made into various pasta.
The basic pasta alone includes buns, steamed buns, noodles, vermicelli, etc. If you develop derivative products, you can also have various pastries.
Although you can also steam some rice cakes now, the pastries made from flour are really rough and inconvenient to make. If you can use a stone mill to grind the grains into flour on a large scale, it will be much easier.
Fusu not only talks with his mouth, but also simply draws it on paper when talking about each kind of pasta. Although the lines are simple, the appearance is very vivid, which makes Meng Tian who is watching it makes him hungry.
Meng Tian looked at Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng listened to Fusu's speech unmovedly before asking, "When will this stone mill be used?"
Fusu said: "Huaicai reported that he had already made one and could try it today. If it could be used, just do the others."
Ying Zheng nodded and then asked, "Can you do it directly in the kitchen?"
This reminded Fusu, and he said, "It was the child who forgot. I asked someone to make some steamers. Dinner can be used to steam buns and pastries."
Ying Zheng nodded, then knocked with a tense face and said, "Don't be too heavy with the desire to eat too much. Just be able to eat food. It is not advisable to pursue any food that is not tired of fine meat."
Kong Zhongni said that he never tires of eating fine meat and fine meat.
Kong Zhongni was an important figure in Qilu's studies, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was the founder. According to the records of his disciples in "The Analects of Confucius", Kong Zhongni had many other things to pay attention to when eating, such as not eating old grain, not eating old meat, not eating meat that is not well cut, not eating sauce that is not right, not eating jerky or wine purchased outside, and ginger must be included in every meal!
Ying Zheng lived in Zhao for a long time, and later he came into contact with most of the studies of the Three Jins. Whether it was Lu Buwei, Li Si, and Yao Jia, they all advocated practical knowledge and were not interested in the stupid things that were made in Qilu. He still followed the idea of knowing oneself and being familiar with the enemy and reading some.
Have you read it, should you agree or not, should you be impatient or impatient?
Therefore, when he taught Fusu a lesson, Ying Zheng would bring this out and let him calm down.
Fusu was not surprised that Ying Zheng would say this. Last time he thought that he would be taught such a lesson without giving Ying Zheng a sausage.
He was not a person who was greedy for his appetite, otherwise he would not have been able to have eaten simple food in Yunyang County for so long.
Fusu didn't feel sad when he was beaten, so he explained seriously: "I saw that my younger brothers and sisters didn't grow all their teeth and had difficulty eating, so I thought about whether I could make the food softer."
Seeing that Fusu was still serious, Ying Zheng waved his hand to let him go back. After Fusu left, Ying Zheng wanted to chat with Meng Tian, but when he saw Meng Tian sitting upright, he closed his mouth again.
This guy was serious when he was a teenager and didn't like chatting when he grew up. He always said one thing, and it was not interesting to chat with him.
Ying Zheng said: "Since it is used to make a mill, you can just let them go."
Meng Tian took the order and retreated.
Not long after, Li Si took the newly prepared book to let Ying Zheng read it.
Last time I read the grain book made by Fusu in Yunyang, Li Si asked someone to learn it.
Later, Fusu made a woodblock printing method, and Li Si made money and grain book and population book according to needs, and directly drafted a mold and gave him a hand to carve it out. A large number of people in charge of sorting can be printed. Just fill in the numbers or text in the vacant area, which is very convenient. Li Si directly asked someone to archive all the data for this year's calculation in the new book.
Ying Zheng thought it was good after reading it. Thinking of the defeat at the end of the year, he asked Li Si to make a new booklet, allowing male men from all over the country to report their age, so that he could recruit soldiers according to his age. He was preparing to launch troops to attack Zhao and Han at the beginning of the year, and strive to win the second of the "Three Jins" as soon as possible!
Li Si prepared a booklet for age statistics according to Ying Zheng's requirements, but he was inevitably confused: "King, why don't you take Zhao Wei first?"
Since they wanted to unify the world, their monarch and ministers naturally discussed how to conquer the six countries.
In terms of geographical location, Zhao, Wei and Han are connected. They were all from Jin's family in their early years. Later, the royal family of Jin declined, and they divided the land of Jin, which is the famous "Three Families Dividing Jin".
During the year, Ying Zheng mentioned that he wanted to take Zhao and Wei first, and then attack the remaining countries one by one, and also summoned Lieutenant Generals and Prime Ministers to discuss several rounds. As diplomatic experts, Li Si and Yao Jia were usually responsible for coordinating spy operations facing various countries, so he naturally also listened to related discussions.
After hearing Li Si's question, Ying Zheng walked to the map for a while and said casually: "If you take Zhao, Han can form a siege against Wei, and Wei is just a thing in your pocket. Zhao killed my general, and Han betrayed his oath, so naturally he has to take them down first."
Li Si didn't ask any more questions after hearing this.
After the main talk, Ying Zheng talked to Li Si unintentionally, saying that Fusu felt that his younger brother and sister had bad teeth, so he actually figured out a stone mill that could grind the wheat grains into fine powder, and was preparing to make some fresh and fragrant, soft and delicious food.
Ying Zheng said: "This kid doesn't focus on his work all day long."
Li Si muttered to himself: It is normal for a boy who is only six or seven years old to have fun everywhere. What kind of serious things can he do?
Although he thought so in his heart, Li Si didn't dare to show it on his face. He was quick-thinking. Ying Zheng finished speaking and analyzed Ying Zheng's meaning: Ying Zheng's meaning was obviously to ask him to praise Fusu's move.
Li Si's thoughts were heard and smiled, "It's really rare for a young man to be pure and kind by nature, and to be friendly to his younger brothers and sisters."
Then Li Si began to discuss Fusu's move in a variety of ways, which means that he cared about the people around him, was close to his relatives, was sad when he saw others sad, and was also worried when he saw others sad, and was willing to find a way to solve the problem. He was such a kind and smart child!
Finally, Li Si also summarized it and said that it was only when the king raised his son well that he could teach Fusu like this.
After hearing this, Ying Zheng felt relieved and was very satisfied. He waved his hand and asked Li Si to continue counting the age of male men across the country.
The author has something to say:
Ying Zheng: When can I eat it?
Fu Xiaosu: My father doesn’t like it, so I won’t give it to my father.
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Note:
1 The Qin Dynasty’s No Mischief is related to the popular science book “The Qin Dynasty’s Time Travel Guide”
2. Eat never tires out fine, and stew never tires out fine. A paragraph comes from the Analects of Confucius: Eat never tires out fine, and stew never tires out fine. Eat well and stew is hungry, fish is hungry and meat is broken, and do not eat. Eat evil, do not eat. Eat evil, do not eat. If you lose cooking, do not eat. From time to time, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do not eat, do
3 According to "Records of the Grand Historian", the age of a male is in the next year, and now it is early.
Chapter completed!