Poor family mother and son

Chapter 96
"I thought, how can an orphan and widow do such a big thing, so she can't make her subordinates feel unfair. So I sent someone to ask her if she has any difficulties in life, and the secretary will help solve them. Guess what?"

"She just sent me a letter, and she didn't say a word about fairness or unfairness! Instead, she thought she was just doing her own job, but made the emperor worry about her residence."

As he spoke, he presented Chu Qing's letter to the emperor.

"Although she said that she wanted the emperor to taste soybean oil and have a good appetite, but she has to live, right?"

The emperor ate Chu Qing's oil and looked at Chu Qing's letter.It is that neat and sonorous font again, which is very pleasing to the eye and very familiar.

This oil is really good. Stir-frying will not take away the original fragrance of vegetables, and it will not have a greasy taste in your mouth.

"I have read her handwriting." The emperor said.

"I also heard Hong Aiqing mention bean cake, bean flour, and soybean oil. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. Now I have tasted it myself, and it is really good. Tell me, what is your idea? Don't sell favors to me. Say Be real!"

Hu Hengqiu coughed in embarrassment: "Ahem, Your Majesty, there is really nothing you can't see through. This is so clear..."

After some explanations, the emperor understood that the secret investigation department wanted to do a business with him, making soybean oil exclusively for the palace, and the secret investigation department could get [-]% of the profit.

There is nothing wrong with this.The palace always has to buy grain and oil, and the purchasing department also spends a lot of money on cooking oil every year. It doesn't matter where the money is spent, it's just a matter of words!
Besides, if the secret investigation department has some income, the national treasury can save a lot of money.

Since the establishment of the secret investigation department, it has really been difficult for every money, because this is the existence that makes all officials fear the most.The Ministry of Accounts has hardly transferred the account.Sometimes the emperor had to use his private treasury.

"But..." The emperor thought of something else.

As the saying goes, "the ass decides the head".

The position of the emperor determines the height of his vision.Since this oil is squeezed from soybeans and is so delicious, why not widely plant soybeans and spread them widely?

"Hu Aiqing, how many soybeans do you need for a catty of soybean oil?"

"Your Majesty, look at this."

Hu Hengqiu presented the recipe for making soybean oil written by Chu Qing.

It is not only the method of oil extraction, but also the yield per mu of soybeans, the oil yield of soybeans per hundred catties, and the types of by-products.

Very detailed, not hidden at all.

"That's a good man!" said the emperor.

He said "this person", not "this Baihu" or "this woman".That is to say, what the emperor recognized was Chu Qing's character, not her position or gender.

"She also handed in the blast furnace blueprint that shocked the Ministry of Industry last time. This person has no selfish intentions," the emperor explained.

In this day and age, any prescription must be kept secret, and it can be passed down to the family.No one would share it so generously.

Although this approach is not beneficial to social progress, and may prevent some skills from being passed on, it can guarantee one's own interests.

"Is the yield per mu of soybeans so low? It's only half of that of rice? Also, only eight or nine catties can be produced from a hundred catties. This..."

When the emperor saw the specific figures, he felt a little regretful.

Food and clothing for the people is a major issue, and a large number of fields cannot be divided to grow beans, and the yield rate of soybean oil is so low, with the current national strength, it is not suitable for nationwide promotion.

After Hubu Langzhong had tasted soybean oil, he suggested to Hubu Shangshu when he returned to Beijing, but it was also for this reason that Hubu Shangshu did not report to the emperor.

In the end, the emperor approved the secret investigation department's cooperation with Chu Qing, but priority must be given to ensuring the oil consumption of the palace.

This is a good thing, the emperor has delicious oil, and the secret investigation department has money to get it, so Chu Qing has obtained a special license to supply it.Hu Hengqiu didn't delay, and passed the supply license to Chu Qing directly after getting the supply license from the purchasing department.

Jizhou City.

As usual, Chu Qing went to the council office to check.I am very happy to have received Hu Hengqiu's reply letter and supply license.You can save money for Xiaobao!

When walking on the street, I saw an unexpected person, but it was expected.

Mr. Nie, Xiaobao's class teacher in the state school, was walking along the street with a big box in his arms.

The shaggy beard was blown into the neckline by the wind.

His eyes were staring straight at something, his legs moved mechanically, and he was a little lost.

Chu Yuan asked softly, "Boss, is that Mr. Xiaobao?"

"Yeah. It seems that I guessed right. The government school threw him out and took the blame." Chu Qing said.

She guessed it would be so.Isn't it the same in modern times?There are often children who have a bump in the kindergarten, and then the kindergarten does not solve the problem of unsafe facilities, but fires the teacher in order to erase the bad influence.

It seems that these things are done in the same way in ancient and modern times!

Instead of going home, she rode on horseback with Chu Yuan and went directly to Wukeshu Village. She was going to assign tasks.

In just over a month, it will be Chinese New Year, and a batch of soybean oil will be sent to the palace before the year.This is a good deal.And you can't give too much, because something that is too easy to get is worthless.

After the soybean oil is sent in, everyone will eat it, and it will not be enough for the New Year; it will only be used by the main masters, and there will be a little wealth.So what to do?Then you can't eat every meal!
Three meals a day, one of which is made of soybean oil, so that they have a sufficient comparison, the price of soybean oil can only go up!

This time, the oil price was not set. Instead, the Purchasing Department gave the palace several oil prices as a reference.Chu Qing decided to send the oil first, and wait for the nobles in the palace to eat well, then offer a price that is half a percent lower than the oil used in the palace.

In this way, the purchasing department also gets kickbacks, and I can earn a lot more.Otherwise, how much can I get if I give [-]% to the secret investigation department?

When we arrived at Baolu Group, there was a lively scene.Oil extractors, charcoal burners, brick makers, iron smelters, delivery workers, more than a thousand people work collectively, it is really a grand scene.

More people, faster work.There are also many people plowing the corn field.It's an interesting thing to say.

Originally, the nearby villages were digging after autumn, but because of the freezing in winter, they couldn't dig it up even if they wanted to.But among the newly recruited veterans who are older than them, there are several hometowns in the north of Jizhou.As soon as they were free, they ran to dig the ground.

They said that their old family would plow the land in winter to freeze the insects in the soil, so that there would be no pests in the next year.

Seeing their persistence, Lao Yu simply divided into groups, and everyone took turns to plow the land.There are so many people, they don't even use the animal plow, they just throw off their arms and swing the pickaxe.

The young men of Qianbabai used the plowing as a competition, and they often ran away a large group of people as soon as they left their jobs.Fortunately, there are many farm tools at home, but there are not enough picks and hoes.

Looking at it from a distance, Chu Qing felt that life was precious.This is the vitality of the crops!Chu Yuan has a different opinion: "Boss, your business is too small, everyone can only dig the ground for fun!"

After finishing speaking, Chu Yuan picked up the hoe and ran away, and he also wanted to dig the ground.

Young man, you really have endless strength!Chu Qing looked at them with envy.But when I turned around and saw the calmest ones in the family, I was no longer envious.Except for Lao Yu and Lao Zhao who are 40 years old, the others are in their early thirties.

Among the first batch of ten veterans given by Hong Liang, several were 30 years old.They looked much calmer, like people in their 50s and [-]s.

People in their 30s may not have the intention of getting married in modern times, they are all single good young people.But now these few are as calm as old men.

That's right, you can be a grandfather in your 30s.Village head Wu is only in his early fifties, isn't his eldest grandson already discussing marriage?If it weren't for being delayed by the grandfather's family, we would have had to discuss marriage a few years earlier.

Speaking of veterans, the youngest of these boys is only eighteen, and in Chu Qing's eyes he is only a high school student, full of vitality, but these 30-year-olds are all too calm.

Look at yourself again. The body of a 20-year-old should be full of vitality, but the soul of a 40-year-old is restricted by this society to gender.It cannot be said that it is society that restricts oneself, and it is more restricted by oneself.

(End of this chapter)