I'm a scumbag?impossible! [Quick Transmigration]

Chapter 58 The Arrogant Little Brother 25

This era is equivalent to the early Northern Song Dynasty. The founding of Daliang was less than a hundred years old, but the people have gradually recovered from the previous turmoil, and the economy has gradually shown signs of prosperity.

It's just that the social production capacity is limited, and most of the products are expensive, and the common people cannot buy them or afford them.

After thinking twice, Li Ziyu made a move to the toiletries first.

In fact, the toiletries in this era are already very comprehensive, including tooth powder, soap dumplings, and hair oil.Just because of the above reasons, if ordinary people want to clean their teeth, they gargle with salt water more often, and they are more accustomed to using soap locust for washing and washing their faces.

Li Ziyu's idea is to manufacture more refined and high-end products and sell them to the wealthy, and then the prices of existing products will be lowered so that more ordinary people can afford and buy them.

At the same time, he also wanted to do an experiment to verify his idea.After more than a month in the Ministry of Industry, he has figured out everything inside the Ministry of Industry.

On this day, Li Ziyu called his craftsman Qian Guangsheng, and he handed him a finger-thick, five-inch-long thing with a brush on the top, "What do you think it is for?"

Qian Guangsheng is an old craftsman. He carefully looked at the things in his hand, felt the softness of the brush head, and said hesitantly, "It's for cleaning teeth."

Li Ziyu showed appreciation and nodded. He had wanted to make a toothbrush a long time ago, but he had been busy with more important things before.

Nowadays, everyone uses willow branches, as long as they are soaked in salt water and the outer skin is bitten, the fibers inside will be branched out, and it can also be used if dipped in tooth powder.It's just that he still feels that it is not convenient enough after all. The toothbrush has no technical content, and it is suitable for distribution, so that the people can enjoy some sweetness first.

You can find someone under your hand to make a batch first, use horse bristles or pig bristles for the bristles, as for the toothbrush holder, it can be made of bamboo or wood, and you can also engrave some patterns on it, this is up to you, and then distribute the work , Check it out, and go to Zhou Hui to calculate how to make money for the court and benefit the common people.

At this moment, Qian Guangsheng raised his head and asked, "Could Zhou Zhaomo be the accountant that your lord is talking about?"

"Qian's head is really brilliant, it's strange that Mr. Li will call you to me."

When Li Ziyu praised Qian Guangsheng, he couldn't help but look very happy, and quickly said, "Your Excellency is absurd, and I still need to give you some advice. I just thought that the accountant should be able to calculate, so I made a guess."

Li Ziyu could see that Qian Guangsheng was ambitious. Although he himself was more Buddhist, it was good to have such a person under his command. At least until he could bring him hope, he would do his best for himself.

After thinking for a while, he said, "I heard that you have been in the Ministry of Industry for more than ten years, so do you know where there are alkali mines?"

Li Ziyu didn't give any hope when he asked this question, and Qian Guangsheng didn't find it, which really provided him with a clue.

After sending Qian Guangsheng away, Li Ziyu thought about it again. At first, he only wanted to make toothpaste, but there was no baking soda in this era, so he could only settle for the next best thing, but he didn't expect that there would be a toothpaste. It was a surprise.

Li Ziyu went directly to the Privy Council to find his father-in-law.

The guards at the gate let him in without even asking. It wasn't that they were irresponsible. The main reason was that there would be separate rooms in the court offices for officials with children. It's nothing more than a few, not to mention that this is a familiar face and wears an official hat. Although he is not in a department, he is considered a colleague anyway.

It is too common for the younger generation of the family to come to find their parents. Didn’t you see that the youngest son of the older family is often brought over to do homework?

I heard that he is usually a demon king at home, but he is still honest here!

It can also be seen from this that Daliang is unusual. There is a child care class here, and it is for all age groups. Li Ziyu was shocked when he first found out.

Li Ziyu came all the way to the hall in the center, which is the office of Marquis Wei.Li Cheng knocked on the door lightly after seeing him, and Li Ziyu knew that Wei Hou must be discussing something.

Wei Hou's voice came from inside, "What's the matter?"

Li Ziyu didn't need Li Cheng to reply, and said directly: "The lowly Li Ziyu has something important to report."

The door opened from the inside, and in front of him was the chief of staff——Lang Bingkun.

Li Ziyu bowed his hands, "Vice General Lang is here too", then looked at Wei Hou and said, "Father-in-law, I don't seem to be here at the right time, so I didn't bother you!"

His son-in-law is not in charge of ordnance manufacturing, and he has nothing to do with their Privy Council. Marquis Wei can't tell that he is here for private matters.

Wei Hou asked directly: "What are you doing here? Tell me!"

Li Ziyu was also not polite, "I heard that there is a swindling Taoist priest imprisoned in the prison, I want to see him."

Wei Hou never thought that he came here to commit crimes, but he also knew that his son-in-law was definitely not a child's play, so he motioned him to continue.

"It's like this. We need a raw material now. This raw material can be extracted from alkali ore. According to the people under his command, the Taoist priest who called himself Xiaoyao Sanren once performed a trick in front of everyone: he was in front of boiling syrup. The method actually made the syrup solidify and expand, and turned into a delicious cake. I suspect that what he added in this process is the raw material I want."

Wei Hou pondered for a moment, and said: "This is not a big problem. I will write a document later, and when you go to the Ministry of Punishment, someone will take you there."

Li Ziyu's face showed joy when he heard the words, it can be seen that Marquis Wei hadn't finished writing for a long time, and asked very politely: "What's wrong with my father-in-law, although my son-in-law has limited knowledge, but I also want to share my worries for my father-in-law."

Lang Bingkun looked on in amazement. If he had followed Wei Hou for a long time, he had never seen him indulge and trust anyone so much. He could only say that the fate in the world is wonderful.

But he also admired Li Ziyu. He only said that the appearance of the pulley, although it looks inconspicuous, is convenient to use.

Weihou looked at Lang Bingkun, "Bingkun, talk to Qianhong."

Lang Bingkun told Li Ziyu the content of yesterday's mansion newspaper.

It turns out that Khan in the north is old, and the sons below are starting to move around. At the end of the year, those bearded men will inevitably invade the border. With several sons fighting for power, this conflict must not be a trivial matter. The local prefect and general mean that it is necessary Keep them out of the line of defense.

Wei Hou said in a deep voice: "As the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, food and grass go first, but it will inevitably be cold and snowy in the northern part of the country. I am worried that the supply of food and grass will not be enough at that time, which will delay the opportunity of the war. I am discussing with Bingkun how to solve it. good."

Li Ziyu's first reaction after hearing this was that it would be great if there were compressed biscuits and luncheon meat, but with the current technology, it can only be a dream.

Li Ziyu dug deep into his memory, thinking about what to replace with something convenient and high-calorie. Thinking of the Northwest and the nomads, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he said, "We can ask the soldiers to bring some camellia noodles with them."

Looking at the puzzled faces of the two people in front of him, Li Ziyu searched through his memory, only to find that there is no camellia noodles in this era.

So he explained: "Camellia oleifera noodles are also called oil fried noodles. They are fried noodles with oil. It is very convenient to carry. You only need to put it in a cloth bag when you are marching or traveling. When you want to eat, you can eat it dry or wash it. Soaking is fine, and it has an excellent satiety effect, and you can also add sugar, salt, and sesame nuts to it.”

When the two listened to Li Ziyu's description, their eyes became brighter and brighter.After he finished speaking, Wei Hou directly raised his voice and said to the outside: "Go and call a cook." After thinking for a while, he said: "Forget it, let's go directly."

Li Ziyu also knew that Wei Hou hadn't seen it with his own eyes, and he was still suspicious, and it was almost lunch time. After frying, he could ask the green bamboo to bring back to his daughter-in-law to try it out.

Since the establishment of the kitchen of the Privy Council, no court officials have ever visited it. It should be said that the entire Daliang Dynasty government has never had such an honor, so that as soon as a few people passed by, the people in the kitchen knelt on the ground.

"Who is the leader?" Li Cheng asked.

"Poor man, little Zheng Baolin is in charge of this kitchen. Me, what did we do wrong?" Zheng Baolin's calves were trembling when he said this.

Li Ziyu took a step forward and said, "Guard Zheng has always been conscientious, and the adults here are aware of it. We are only here to borrow the kitchen for a while, everyone, please get up quickly."

Li Ziyu's appearance was extremely deceptive, and at this time he tried to appease, and the hearts of everyone in the kitchen fell back into their stomachs.

Everyone in the kitchen saw that these adults really had no other intentions, so they stood up in twos and threes. Zheng Baolin wiped his forehead, pointed to a middle-aged man in his 40s and said, "This is Chef Wu. , Sir, if you need anything, you can tell me as much as you want."

"Well, I'm not going to be polite," Li Ziyu then ordered. "Chef Wu, please heat up the pot, then clear the pot and fry the noodles. Stir fry evenly, break up the noodle balls with a noodle spatula. High heat first, then low heat."

Although Chef Wu doesn't know what these noble people want to do?But he's a kitchen boy, and he just does what he's told.

When Li Ziyu watched the noodles being fried, he reminded: "Put out the noodles. If there are small bumps, you need to pour them on the board, and use a rolling pin to roll the noodles again. Then put oil, butter, lard in the pot You can use soybean oil or soybean oil, put the noodles into the oil when the oil is mature, and stir-fry until the oil dissolves in the noodles, then you can take it out of the pan."

The frying of this fried noodles is very simple, and a strong fragrance wafts out in no time. Li Ziyu watched the fried noodles come out of the pan, and spread the oil tea noodles on a clean panel to dissipate heat without having to order Chef Wu himself. , so as to avoid the problem that the noodles may become mushy due to residual heat when they are piled up together.

Li Ziyu felt very satisfied looking at the khaki fried noodles, and said: "Go and fetch a few bowls, if there are cooked sesame seeds, crushed peanuts, crushed walnuts, etc., bring them all, and bring me a pot of hot water.

As soon as Li Ziyu finished speaking, Guanshi Zheng and others prepared all the things he wanted as instructed.

Li Ziyu scooped up half a bowl of camellia noodles with a spoon, added sugar, sesame seeds and chopped nuts, poured boiling water into the bowl, and a tangy aroma filled the entire kitchen.

When he mixed the water and camellia oleifera noodles evenly, it became a bowl of thick slurry, which he brought to Marquis Wei: "Father-in-law, how about a taste?"

Wei Hou took it, took a spoonful of it, ate it into his mouth, and tasted it carefully. It tasted burnt, sweet but not greasy, and had a silky taste. He couldn't help but praised, "Not bad, this is a military weapon!"

Lang Bingkun knew that the camellia oleifera noodles must be extraordinary just by looking at Wei Hou's expression, so he made a bowl of it himself without the help of others. My stomach is full, and my whole body is still warm after drinking."

The commotion here has already attracted all the officials of the Privy Council, big and small, so you drank up a whole pot of fried noodles with one bowl at a time. Feeling: Fortunately, I started early!

Wei Hou saw that he wrote the method of brewing again, and ordered Qingzhu to let him send the basket back to the mansion. He thought it was funny and at the same time he was very relieved.

After noon, Li Ziyu finally got the note from his father-in-law, it should be said to be an official document, and came to the Ministry of Punishment.

Li Ziyu found the chief officer in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and after explaining his intentions, the chief officer named Fan Nan checked the official documents of the registration results and led him to the prison. Condition.

Li Ziyu only felt his eyes opened after listening to it.

This court has no restrictions on religious beliefs, provided that the people's hearts cannot be shaken, but the Xiaoyao Sanren has attracted a group of loyal fans by virtue of his three-inch tongue and some magical methods, and some of them have donated their entire family fortune If he went out, his family members refused to do it, and directly sued the Taoist priest to the government office. Xiaoyao Sanren was no longer happy, and the court sentenced him to beheaded after autumn.

Li Ziyu listened to Mr. Fan talking about the details, and thought about it again.

That Taoist priest can actually make alchemy, it's not just as simple as being quick-spoken, you must know that every alchemist is a ready-made chemist, maybe this Wang Dazhu can bring him a surprise!

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