Emperor Xiaoyao of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 269
"You always know about cucumbers, right? The pork head meat was mixed with cucumbers last time. Don't you keep calling it delicious?" Jin Yu reminded.

"Hey, cucumber, when is it called cucumber? They are obviously green!" As long as it is related to food, Cheng Huaimo can quickly react, and by the way, he despises Jin Yu: "Uneducated, it's terrible, go out Don't tell people you know me, brother, I can't afford to lose this person."

"I said you are fat and you are still panting! I am happy to call it cucumber, what's wrong? Can you get the seeds?" There are too many cultural differences, and it is normal for the name to change after 500 years of change. The seeds are Jin. The focus of Yu's attention.

"One hundred catties is enough, Hu... Although cucumbers are delicious, the yield is low, and not many people grow them. Some farmers will plant a few in the yard to eat themselves. I'll look for it later." Cheng Huaimo frowned.

"Yeah, you've eaten eggplants too, and when you mixed them with fried lotus root, didn't you say you could eat the soft ones and the toothless ones, so why don't you just bring back two plates for your son?" He teased Cheng Huaimo a little again.

"That's Kunlun purple melon. Didn't your eldest nephew eat two plates? As for being so stingy?" Cheng Huaimo blushed and retorted.

"I don't feel bad for my eldest nephew eating it. Isn't this worried about the child's teeth?" Jin Yu laughed, "Can you get this eggplant seed?"

"Brother, try it, but you don't dare to guarantee it. Eggplants don't have a lot of fruit. When it rains, they will leave scars or even rot, and there are fewer people who plant them." Cheng Huaimo scratched his head and explained the reason.

"Okay, try to find it, and I'll ask other people to pay attention to it." Jin Yu didn't expect the eggplant to be so fragile at this time. It seems that the eggplant sent by Qin Huaiyu last time should be carefully selected, but it is really not big. , not much bigger than my own fist, and I don't know if there is room for cultivation and improvement.Cultivation and improvement is a big job, pick a good opportunity and leave it to Li Er's family to study it.

"What kind of onion is that? My little brother probably hasn't eaten it before, right? My little brother never likes to eat onions."

"Scallions, like onions, can choke people to tears, but they are not the same thing. As the name suggests, onions are round, with purple skin, yellow skin, and a layer of layers. Forget it, I will give you Draw it." Seeing Cheng Huaimo's thoughtful face, Jin Yu gave up making gestures, not to mention that Cheng Huaimo hadn't eaten, after coming to Datang, Jin Yu often went to the vegetable market, and he didn't see anything for sale. It seems that this It has not yet spread to China at the beginning of the year.

"Here, it's roughly like this. I'll draw a few more copies later and give them to your caravan. After passing Dunhuang, go westward as hard as I can. You should be able to find them. Bring more seeds back." It was drawn and marked, and although the artist was a bit half wayward, it looked right.

"Success!" Cheng Huaimo agreed straightforwardly, but asked suspiciously, "How did Big Brother know that you can find it from Dunhuang to the west?"

"I'm from the desert in the far west. I've seen it before." Jin Yu is hypnotizing himself now that he really thinks that he walked out of the desert, and the lie is true a thousand times, which seems very reasonable.

"No wonder." Cheng Huaimo nodded, agreeing with Jin Yu's statement, "What do those two melons look like?"

"Pumpkins and loofahs, forget it, I'll draw them for you." Luckily, loofahs have not changed much for thousands of years. The shape of pumpkins is not fixed, there are round ones, long ones, and colors are not fixed. It's better to draw it and mark it to be reliable.

"Is this also from the west?" Cheng Huaimo carefully rolled up the painting and asked.

"The loofah may be in the Cochin area, but I don't know the pumpkin. Try to find it." Jin Yu recalled and said. Some people say that the pumpkin originated in South America, and some people say that it was recorded in the Yuan Dynasty. It can only be lucky. "Try to find onions and loofahs, sprinkle the seeds of local vegetables by the way, and write down the planting methods."

"Okay, but how does Big Brother know that there are loofahs in Cochin?" Cheng Huaimo asked suspiciously.

"I can't count it? I heard it from others? Are you curious about the baby? You are asking around, go away, go back and give orders, and don't bother others when you see you." Jin Yu began to push people away. , this problem can’t be explained. Could it be that brother often eats it after 500 years?

Cheng Huaimo was stunned by Jin Yu's sudden anger, he opened his mouth wide, but couldn't speak.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot a few things when you messed up." Jin Yu turned around and dragged Cheng Huaimo back. "Just listen to me this time, don't ask questions."

Cheng Huaimo closed his mouth, nodded, and agreed.

"Let people pay attention to whether there is something called 'peanut' or 'longevity fruit', or something else. After flowering, it bears fruit in the ground, with a shell on the outside, and two or three seeds inside the shell , the seeds are red-skinned." Jin Yu began to paint again, explaining while painting, "In layman's terms, it means 'the hemp house, the red curtain, and this fat man lives in it', look for it carefully, this thing is of great use to me."

Seeing Jinyu's serious face, Cheng Huaimo still nodded. There are too many mysteries in this elder brother, which makes people unable to see through. He is very knowledgeable and proficient in many things that he has never heard of. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a genius.Being a brother and a teacher, Cheng Huaimo respected him very much, so when Jin Yu got angry, he didn't dare to refute anything, he could only listen.

Among all the seeds, Jin Yu values ​​peanuts the most!Not for the taste of peanuts, but for the peanut oil!Coming to this era, Jin Yu not only realized the difference in culture, viewpoint, but also the difference in diet.In this era, the rich use flax oil, the common people use meat oil (mainly suet and lard), and the poor have no oil to eat... Jinyu himself is considered a rich man, right?But the daily flax oil can't stand it either.The so-called sesame oil is the sesame oil of later generations. In Jin Yu's view, sesame oil can only be regarded as a condiment. If it is used for cooking... the taste is too tormenting!That's why he built an oil workshop on his own farm, specializing in soybean oil.

Although soybeans were also grown in the Tang Dynasty, they were rarely used for oil extraction.This involves the issues of yield per mu and oil yield.The yield per mu of sesame and soybean is not much different, but the oil yield is several times different. The oil yield of sesame can be about 75%, but that of soybean is only about 15%. has not been widely promoted.But it's different now. Every household in Jinjiazhuangzi raises pigs and chickens. In order to quickly fatten up and lay eggs, Jinyu also spent a lot of money.Ordinary domestic chickens can only lay eggs at the age of eight months, while the chickens raised in Jinjiazhuangzi start to lay eggs at an average of six months.Not only the chickens, but the pigs are also good. The pigs are fed with distiller's grains from Cheng's family, and some bean cakes are mixed in. The meat is fast, and the fat is thick. It is said that it is pork produced in Jinjiazhuangzi. The panic buying scene is very spectacular.

Cheng Huaimo looked at Jin Yu in a daze, but he didn't dare to make a sound, so he gently poked Jin Yu with his finger.

"Ah?" Jin Yu reflected, "I'm sorry, the resentment is a bit deep, did you just finish talking about peanuts?"

Cheng Huaimo nodded, and stretched out his hand to signal Jin Yu to continue.

"Does your family have a caravan going east? Your hometown or a place along the coast." Jin Yu asked. He knew that Cheng's family did a lot of foreign trade business, but he didn't know about it in China.The strength of the seven surnames and ten families in the north is still very strong. This strength is not only reflected in the abundance of talents, but also in the accumulation of wealth. Not only do they do cross-border business, but their domestic business accumulation is also amazing.Even Li Er chooses to be patient now, it is possible that the Cheng family may choose not to intervene there in order to avoid conflicts, that's why Jin Yu asked this question.

Cheng Huaimo nodded and waved to Jin Yu again, not knowing what he wanted to express.

"Speak, what are you gesticulating!" Jin Yu glared at him, didn't it mean that he was a little impatient?Is it necessary for this girl to be so obedient?Could it be that his arrogance shocked him?
"Hehe, it's killing me." Cheng Huaimo exaggeratedly took a few breaths and explained: "My family also does business in the country. Is my eldest brother worried about seven surnames and ten families? Although they are powerful, they will not be able to block other families. Doing business. In addition, I heard from the old man that His Majesty also has a headache for their family members, and he might try to win them over and suppress them, and he will definitely not let them be so disobedient."

"You know what a fart! Don't talk about the affairs of the court, and be careful that the trouble comes out of your mouth, and you will cause trouble to Uncle Cheng!" Jin Yu warned.

"Yeah, I'll listen to you, and I won't talk about it in the future." Cheng Huai tacitly agreed with Jin Yu's statement. The seven surnames and ten families are just a general statement, and there are many local snakes. Take Chengnan Webster as an example. In order to win over, His Majesty Didn't they favor Wei Gui?Also sealed the imperial concubine?Don't forget, Concubine Wei and His Majesty are married for the second time!The daughters who were born before marriage have been named the head of the county, and even he has to salute when he sees her, and when he looks at his wife, alas, it doesn't matter if he doesn't want to, Cheng Huaimo shook his head secretly.

"Since your family has a caravan, when you go east, you can go to the seaside and buy some kelp, seaweed, and dried sea rice from the fishermen. If you have sea cucumbers, you will also collect some. Everything has to be done. Be careful on the way to prevent moisture. You can put some quicklime in the box. The price for the fishermen must be fair, and we must establish a long-term and stable supply relationship." Jin Yu confessed.I can only open a restaurant with my current ability, and I have tossed a few times in Baicaotan. I don't have the financial resources and manpower to develop long-distance business. The relationship is stronger.

"Brother, just keep it up. The Cheng family has always been innocent in business, otherwise how can they gain a foothold?" Cheng Huaimo assured with a proud pat on his chest.

"Well, I don't worry if you do things." Jin Yu tried his best to imitate the style of a great man, patted Cheng Huaimo on the shoulder and said: "Let the caravan look for it with heart. I will surely get what I told you, and you will know later , growing vegetables is no less profitable than traveling long distances to do business!"

(End of this chapter)