Guozijian little cook

Chapter 48 Fighting for Welfare
Xiao Nianzhi didn't know the tension of the courtiers.

She didn't wake up until Chen Shi Shi Ji, and Walnut came in after listening to the sound to help her wash and change her clothes.

After freshening up, Dazao brought breakfast, and told Xiao Nianzhi about the situation in the house: "Master has gone to court, and the second and third sons have gone to the academy."

After one day's vacation, Xiao Zhou returned to the Imperial College, and Xiao Qing returned to Qingsong Academy.

To the south of Guozijian is an academy area, which is somewhat similar to a modern university town.

In that area, there are academies of different sizes.

The size of the academies is different, and the level of education is naturally different.

However, with so many people in the capital, there is a great need for the academy, so no matter whether it is good or bad, those who can be built in that area have some strength, so there are many students.

In modern times, Guozijian is a bit like a public university, so the requirements are high, and there are assessment lines.

For ordinary students, they need to pass the scholar examination before they have the opportunity to be eligible to enter the Imperial Academy.

Moreover, one has to pass the annual examination of the Imperial College in the same year to be eligible to officially enter.

As for the children of the rich and powerful, they can enter if they have the status of a child and pass the annual examination.

Of course, after entering, because everyone's starting point is different, the class and teaching progress must be different.

Xiao Qing is only 14 years old this year, and just passed the childbirth examination last year, because he has adapted well in Qingsong Academy, so he has not yet entered the Imperial College.

The two went in the same direction, but there was only one carriage in the house, and Xiao Siye used it to go to court.

Therefore, when the two of them went back to the academy today, it was Uncle Qin who hired the carriage.

The other masters in the house are not there, only Xiao Nianzhi is left.

Breakfast is simple porridge and steamed buns with pickles. For lunch, Aunt Qin specially came over to ask Xiao Nianzhi if there is anything he would like to eat. Uncle Qin went out to buy, and if they came across them, he would buy them together.

Xiao Nianzhi was thinking about the blind box reward when he was promoted to level 3, so he was going to do something by himself.

But what?

Now that it is getting hotter and hotter today, Xiao Nianzhi felt that he had to find something suitable for early summer.

Thinking of summer delicacies, Xiao Nianzhi asked casually: "Are there any peas in the house?"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Qin quickly clapped her hands in response: "Yes, yes, do you want this, Miss?"

To be honest, no one in the household with a little bit of economic power would know how to eat bean rice. After all, the taste of this food is not very good.

Aunt Qin is not sure what Xiao Nianzhi is going to do, but she has already started brainstorming, thinking about how to eat this thing?

After much deliberation, only think of tofu?

But this skill, she can't!
Knowing that there are peas, Xiao Nianzhi cheered up: "Let's go, let's soak the beans."

When Aunt Qin heard this, she was taken aback for a moment, then realized, thinking, is this really about making tofu?

Don't care what the master does, they just follow the arrangement.

Xiao Nianzhi didn't make too much, first soaked ten catties of beans.

After all, if the quantity is large, without a wall breaking machine or a grinding machine, only the grinding disc...

She was afraid that the whole government would be turned away.

So, let's take a shallow look at the results first.

Under normal circumstances, the ratio of peas to starch is about five to two, that is to say, ten catties of peas can produce about four catties of dry starch.

Don't see that the amount is not much, but the process is very troublesome.

The process of filtering the starch alone can drive people crazy.

So, let’s try it a little in the house first.

As for the library...

Well, wait until Xiao Nianzhi gets free labor, then do these things.

If someone really took advantage of it, Xiao Nianzhi would like to order some cakes.

After all, it is really not human to do things like beating egg liquid manually.

When Xiao Nianzhi took Aunt Qin and the others to soak beans and prepare lunch, Xiao Siye and Yu Jijiu had already shown the process of making ice with saltpeter in front of His Majesty.

Although it is not directly made into hard ice cubes, it is amazing enough!
You know, if today is getting hotter and hotter, at this temperature, it is powerful enough to directly condense water into ice crystals, okay?

Although the material for making ice is also one of the materials for gunpowder analysis, His Majesty is still very happy.

Can you be unhappy?
He can immediately enclose known sources of saltpeter mines into the imperial court's control area, and then crazily collect money into the treasury, why is he unhappy?

Thinking about it this way, his face, which had been dark all morning, finally looked a lot better.

As soon as he thought of the money bag, the emperor would not be sleepy!

Not to mention, so many people are restoring the method of ice making, if these people know about this, they must be curious, so the saltpeter powder will definitely be sold in large quantities.

Just talking about the rich and powerful in the capital, can they endure the long summer heat?
Certainly not!

Moreover, there are some dignitaries in the capital who are too fat. It is time to cut some of the fat and let the emperor gain some weight.

The excited emperor couldn't help clapping his hands and laughing loudly: "Okay, okay, God bless Dajin!"

This discovery is good, the emperor is happy, naturally he will not treat Xiao Nianzhi badly who provided the method.

That is to say, the other party is a woman, so it is not good to come directly to the court as an official, otherwise the emperor really has the intention of supporting her.

It's just that, although the people of the Jin Dynasty are open and tolerant towards women, except for some necessary female officials in the palace, there are really no female officials above the court.

So, give Xiao Nianzhi a spare job?
It doesn't seem very pretty.

Moreover, what is the use of the idle salary for the idle job?
In contrast, it is still affordable.

Because the method of making ice is subject to the control of saltpeter powder, it is doomed to be unable to be popularized by the whole people and benefit the people.

Therefore, even if the emperor is excited that he can spend money, it is impossible for Xiao Nianzhi to directly seal this township lord, that county lord and so on.

Just a way to make ice is not enough.

However, the emperor has already kept the name Xiao Nianzhi in his heart, if there are other surprises in the future, then it is not impossible for him to be more generous.

Isn't it just arguing with the clan's old stuff, he's actually quite good at it.

It's just that, that's all for the future, let's talk about it when it happens, let's look at the present.

He tactfully told Xiao Siye and Yu Jijiu his thoughts.

If it was other courtiers, the emperor would definitely say something very secretive and let the courtiers guess.

The emperor's mind, how can it be so easy to guess?
It's just that the two in front of him are honest and upright scholars, and the emperor was afraid that he would overturn his car.

So, it's better to be a little more euphemistic.

Xiao Siye and the others naturally understood.

The emperor will reward, but in terms of money, no matter how much it is, it will not benefit the people after all, it will not reach the height, and there is no way to give it.

Xiao Siye had already thought about this point before he came, and Aunt Yu had also mentioned it.

Therefore, he didn't refute, but he thought of himself, to fight for Xiao Nianzhi a little more.

Yu Jijiu also chimed in, for Zhou Yuxing's misbehavior, he felt very sorry for Xiao Nianzhi, a little girl.

So at this time, he must do his best to fight for more benefits for the other party!

(End of this chapter)