Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

Everyone sat on the ground, one person holding a piece of mutton, as if they were having their last supper.

However, apart from sweating from eating, nothing else happened to the people inside.

"Fortunately, I didn't drink. Otherwise, some things would be hard to explain..."

Zhao Sheng joked. He opened a stone on one side and added some coal briquettes. He then said to the refugees behind him who trusted him:

"When it's not in use at night, add coal, preferably moist coal, and block the air duct below, but leave an air vent."

He demonstrated and taught these people how to do things.

"The pot is filled with today's broth. I won't be putting it out. Add some water and boil it with corn tomorrow. You can have a broth."

No one knew what broth soup was, but the broth just now knew what it was.

"Also, you all know today that our coal is non-toxic. To prevent accidents, windows or doors must have a vent. The more people there are, the larger the vent needs to be."

He was worried that others didn't understand the specific operation, so he added: "With so many of us, the window has to be half open, understand?"

The people who were studying with him nodded to show that they understood.

However, Zhao Sheng was still worried and asked them to repeat what he had just said. Finally, he said solemnly: "Everyone, you must pass this on. Otherwise, more than one person will die."

At this point, Mr. Zhao added, "It's best not to use other people's coal. Finally, if you find yourself feeling nauseous or dizzy, the first thing to do is open the doors and windows."

Mr. Zhao spoke very seriously, but everyone knew that he was doing it for their own good. Everyone remembered every word he said very clearly.

Those outside who didn't believe it were all waiting outside anxiously, just in case.

But what he found was that the people inside came out one by one with grease dripping from their mouths.

"That's all for today. It's not too cold, so you can use this room first. While you're there, figure out the right size stove. And teach everyone how to use a coal stove correctly."

Mr. Zhao made desulfurized anthracite not just for heating, but also because Zhao County is a plain with sparse trees, and firewood and charcoal are incredibly expensive.

He wanted to make his own protein meat, but he definitely couldn't do it without sufficient fire, and making tofu also required fire.

Secondly, it is to create a metal expander. In this era, the technology of iron smelting relied entirely on hammers, and almost no one knew about blast furnace technology.

During the time Zhao Sheng was lurking in Northern Europe, his legal identity was a worker. He had done almost every job, especially metallurgical technology, which was the technology the country needed most. He had been lurking there for the longest time...

Shigang Village is actually quite large, but because there are no fertile fields, there are not many people here.

After Zhao Sheng made money, he sent people to the surrounding cities and counties to buy grain, especially soybeans, which he bought the most.

Tofu and bean sprouts are becoming increasingly scarce in Zhao County as the weather gets colder. Some people have turned their claws to Shigang Village, hoping to learn how to make tofu.

After Zhao Sheng’s courtyard was built, a plaque was hung in front of it with the words: Take care.

According to the ancient pronunciation, it means: 重 "cong" 珍.

The courtyard that originally had only two rooms has now become a large house with five courtyards. Zhao Long brought all the boys to the front two courtyards.

Zhao Erniu brought two hunters from the village, who were also Erniu's good friends, to guard the backyard with him.

It seems to be heavily guarded, but in fact there is nothing to learn inside.

Selecting beans, soaking beans, grinding soy milk, separating, adding brine, and pressing, this series of processes are all separate, especially the adding brine, which many people don’t know.

When making dried tofu, the soybean paste made by Zhao Sheng was actually already available in the Zhou Dynasty, but the fresh spices such as mushroom powder are also Zhao Sheng’s exclusive secret.

It seems that the dried tofu has been soaked in the pot overnight, but few people actually know what the temperature of the pot is.

The people who can do these things are carefully selected by Zhao Sheng and his team.

People outside who didn't know the secret thought that only Zhao Long and Zhao Erniu knew the secret recipe. Even Zhao Youfu's second son Zhao Hu felt a little jealous. It was not until he was in charge of anthracite that he was happy.

Zhao Youcai was invited by merchants from Zhao County to Jinsefang in the county town, a place that provides one-stop services for eating, drinking, and entertainment. This was his third time here, and each time he was invited by the same person.

"Brother, the formula you gave us last time wasn't very effective. We had to redo the repairs twice during this Dingzhou city wall renovation."

The speaker was a foreign merchant from Zhao County named Jia Siren. Because he was good at socializing and had the support of the government in the capital, his business had been very stable over the years.

However, his business in Zhao County is just a side branch of theirs.

When Zhao Youcai heard what Jia Siren said, he was shocked. What he did was already known to everyone in the village. If Zhao Youfu was not his brother, he would probably have difficulty finding a place to sleep at this moment.

"Boss Jia, I saw the recipe with my own eyes. As for what other special materials are involved, I don't know. They used stones from my Shigang Village, crushed them, and mixed them with soil."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. What's the story behind the jade-like tofu from Shigang Village? I heard your son is making it there."

"Also, why did the bean sprouts rot when we soaked them in water as you instructed?"

Several merchants from Jinsefang chased Zhao Youcai and asked him questions. His brain suddenly became clear. It turned out that these merchants gave him some money, thinking that they could live better than the villagers.

But now the people working in the village eat better than him, especially his son Zhao Erniu, who often has meat scraps between his teeth.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. If he hadn't been greedy at the time, he would be the village chief of Shigang Village now, and it would be easy for him to find out anything he wanted to know.

"Everyone, my eldest brother is now the village chief. I will go back and ask you all your questions. I will give you an answer in a few days."

Things have come to this point, there is no point in saying more, and merchants like Jia Siren can only give up.

Tofu easily deteriorates over time, so it is currently mainly sold in Zhao County. Other counties are too far away, so Mr. Zhao has no plans to do so for the time being.

The villagers go out to find places to sell these goods, and the village chief coordinates the sales.

With the emergence of dried tofu, more and more peddlers roamed around the neighborhood, but the product was limited. Fortunately, dried tofu was cheap and a ready-to-eat food that contained salt, making it very popular among ordinary families.

Soon, protein meat came into being. Protein meat is also called vegetarian meat. After being improved by Mr. Zhao, appropriate salt was added. It tastes delicious even if it is boiled directly in water.

It can be used as a dish or as food to fill your stomach.

There was no cooking in the Great Zhou Dynasty. When Zhao Sheng built a blacksmith workshop in the village, he gave an order to the blacksmiths to make iron pots for cooking.

Just when protein meat came out and people didn't know how to eat it, cooking methods such as braising, stir-frying, and cold dressing of protein meat greatly stimulated the market.

Especially restaurants, everyone has to run around to buy pots and pay for learning how to cook.

Shigang Village still purchases large quantities of soybeans. Even the bean dregs used to make tofu are turned into food by Zhao Sheng, and they are extremely delicious.

Heavy snow fell and the cold winter came unexpectedly.

Almost every household in Shigang Village has a coal-burning stove, so even if they lack cotton clothes, they won't shiver from the cold like in previous years.

In the precious yard, everyone was working hard, but Zhao Long was called into a room by Zhao Sheng to talk alone.

"You mean to let Zhao Hu hand over the coal-making skills to my father?"

Zhao Long knew that Zhao Youfu was soft-hearted and might leak the technology to Zhao Youcai, which would be a huge loss for Shigang Village.