I just want to build a city

Boss Jin's merchant ship did not stay in Genji's territory, and he reorganized and left the next morning.Of course, the night before, his men, led by Hisuro, took away their trade item, the glass.

The departure of the large merchant ship made the villagers in the territory feel a little disappointed, but knowing that there will be merchant ships here every year for trading, they are sincerely happy. Their life is really different from the past.

The departure of Boss Jin's caravan made the nerves of the entire manor relax a lot. After all, it was such an important matter about iron ore, so during this period of time, the nerves of those who knew it were a little tense.Boss Jin left, besides the glass, he also traded some other things that day, and gave Mr. Qingshu a piece of exquisite jade before leaving.Today, this jade article is put into a wooden box and brought by Nakatahara to store in the warehouse of the manor.

Nakatahara took the key from his father and opened the door of the warehouse.Since Nakata's father took over the management of the warehouse, he has tidied up the warehouse, where the money is placed, and the different antiques and jades are also clearly classified. He also specially asked the craftsman to build several cabinets Come on, specially place these precious things, but the lord doesn't like to play with them.

Therefore, when there was a place in the warehouse where there were messy things, Nakatahara immediately saw it.

"Father, what is this?"

Zhongtian's father looked up, and after a moment's thought, he realized what this pile of things was. "You forgot, at the First Day Dedication Ceremony, there was a pile of inestimable value, because I don't know whether the lord will like it, so I collected them all and piled them in the warehouse, and I will only make a decision after the lord has seen them."

"Ah... it's those things." Nakatahara remembered it now. Since the first dedication day, Youzi won the first place on the dedication day with beautiful stones. On this year's dedication day, some children went to find some Strange things, nearly half of this pile of things are small stones and the like, and the other half are miscellaneous things that cannot be identified carefully for a while.

"However, the lord has not asked for so long whether we should throw these things away. It is not good to keep these things together with the treasures in the warehouse.",

Nakatahara thought about it, and didn't ask his father to find someone to throw these things away. After all, these things were dedicated to the lord, even if they were useless things, they had no right to make decisions on behalf of Qingshu-kun.

"In the afternoon, my father asked someone to gather these things and send them to the gate of the main courtyard of the lord. I will talk to the lord about this matter at that time. It depends on the lord's will whether to throw it or keep it."

"Ah Yuan, what you said is true."

That afternoon, after Nakatahara saw two servants from the warehouse carrying a wooden box over, he asked them to wait here for a while, walked into the main courtyard, and went to talk to Qingshu-kun about it.

"The offerings at the first day dedication meeting?" Qingshu-kun recently ignored these small things because of the iron mine incident. Now that I think about it, the special handicrafts that have not arrived for a long time are also mentioned in these offerings. indefinite.

Nakatahara nodded and said, "Yes, I found those little things when I sent them to the warehouse for storage this morning. I have been busy these days, so I neglected this matter. I hope you will not be angry."

"No, compared with recent events, it is inevitable that this matter will be negligent."

"So, do you want to take a look at these things? Or should I just send someone to burn them?"

Qingshu-kun held the fan in his hand and tapped his palm, then nodded. "Someone bring me to see."

Not to mention that special handicrafts may be in the pile of offerings, as far as the villagers are concerned, he also wants to take a look.Moreover, sometimes don't underestimate the wisdom of ancient people, maybe there is something in these inconspicuous little things that surprises him?

Nakatahara took the order to go down, and after a while, two people came in carrying a small wooden box.The material of the small wooden box is very ordinary, but, also, for the stones and other things collected by some children, how could it be possible to use some precious wooden boxes to store them.

Following Xing's instructions, the wooden box was put down in front of the desk by two servants and opened.After the two servants finished these things, they retreated and stood waiting at the door.

Xing Knee walked forward, and after a rough look, it was indeed as Nakatahara said, most of them were stones that looked good.Some of them were wrapped in coarse cloth bags, so it was hard to tell what they were.

After looking at it and confirming that there were no foreign objects, Xing took strips of cotton cloth from the maid's tray, wrapped these stones and the like, and placed them one by one on the table in front of Qingshu-kun.After filling the countertop with the table, he stopped, and waited for Mr. Qingshu to read them all before changing another batch.

Mr. Qingshu looked at the table, these little gadgets such as stones and shells covered with cotton cloth, probably because of the influence of the last dedication meeting, this time there were many more children, and most of them were children. It's like shell stones.Mr. Qingshu can see the hard work of these children, because each stone always has its own characteristics, either in shape or color, and, without exception, each of these stones and shells has been cleaned The grounds are very clean.

"Well, the color of this shell is very beautiful, so let's put it away as a replacement ornament." Qingshu wrapped this conch shell, which is about the size of two palms of an adult, with cotton cloth. The texture is silvery white, very beautiful, pure and innocent color It makes people feel good when they look at it. The color is very similar to the fur of a white fox, exuding a shiny luster.

"Yes." Xing replied, and seeing that Mr. Qingshu was about to give him the conch shell, she added. "A conch shell of this size and texture should have a more beautiful inner color, with rare gorgeous colors. Don't you want to take a look?"

Mr. Qingshu stopped his hands. To be honest, he has been living in the city in his last life, and he has never seen a real wild conch shell. However, looking at the pictures on the Internet, it seems to be really pretty, so let's take a look.

Qingshu-kun opened the conch shell according to his words. The live meat inside the conch shell has been cleaned, and there is no bite force. For such a big conch shell, Qingshu-kun opened it lightly, and then it was reflected. The silver-white halo dazzled slightly.

"Eh, this is..." Mr. Qingshu squinted his eyes, and after getting used to the halo, he discovered that this conch shell was not only beautiful in appearance.The person who made the dedication probably wanted to give him a surprise on the dedication day, because after the shell was opened, the upper wall of the shell had conceived the nacre, and on the nacre, there was already a round bulge, a natural Formed silvery white pearls.Around the nacre, as Xing said, the inner surface of the shell reflects colorful colors under the light.

"This is really a beautiful natural handicraft." Qingshu-kun smiled lightly and showed Xing the shell that had formed pearls in his hand. "This should be something caught by a certain fisherman. Pearls are also valuable things. Nakata-kun, do you still remember who offered this shell? You should send some money as a reward. I like it very much." .”

Pearls are beautiful decorations and handicrafts both in ancient times and modern times. Of course, natural pearls are more beautiful regardless of their color and texture.

"I remember, this was presented by a child who just took Yuanfu." Nakata replied.

"The child in Yuanfu just now?"

"So, Koichiro said that there is a child in Shanglinhai Village who is very good at diving. Just this year, Yuanfu was also selected to train in the samurai mansion. It's a pity that because he is still young, he has no strength or endurance. Not as good as some older people, so he was not selected to be the patrol soldier this time, and he felt sorry for that child." Xing thought of some trivial things Kai Teng-kun said to her a few days ago, after all, it turned out to be the same The people in the village, he had a good impression of the child, with perseverance and patience, but unfortunately his physique still couldn't keep up.

When he announced the name of the candidate for the patrol that day, he naturally saw the child's disappointed expression. Although Hai Teng-kun also wanted this potential child to enter the patrol, the results are there. Give him the peace of mind, and he can't play favoritism.

"A child who is good at diving and has potential?" Qingshu-kun handed the conch shell that had bred pearls to Xing, and asked her to put it away, and turned to Nakata on the other side. "Tomorrow afternoon, according to the market price of pearls, take the silver and go to the child's house. In addition, bring the child here again. I will meet you."

afternoon……

After hearing this, Xing and Nakata understood that their lord was trying to be lazy again, and escaped General Fujido's sword training.However, neither of them said anything about it, they only caught the trace and smiled.Even though the lord is calmer and more like an adult than them in other respects, in some ways, he still reveals the willfulness and naivety of a child.

After reading several batches of small things one after another, I selected some beautiful small things that looked really good, and used them as paperweights to replace in the future, and the rest could only be disposed of as useless things.After two cups of tea, there is still a small half of the contents in the small wooden box, but most of them are not stones.

This time, there were three items on the case table, which were wrapped in clean coarse cloth bags.Qingshu-kun first picked up the relatively flat, but palm-sized coarse cloth bag in front of him.Before I opened it, I could smell a fishy smell. It wasn't very strong, but when I smelled it closely, I could smell it.

Qingshu-kun took the cotton cloth from Xing, wrapped it around a corner of the stuff in the cloth bag, and squeezed it out.It was something he didn't recognize. It had a faint fishy smell, but it didn't look like a part of the fish. It had a hard texture and a dull orange-yellow color.

"What is this?" Haruki-kun asked without knowing it. The Kyo and Nakata around him had stayed in Tottori longer than him, so one of them should know what it was.

However, to Mr. Qingshu's surprise, Mr. Nakata, who has been living in the manor, saw this thing, his eyes were a little dazed, obviously he didn't remember it for a while, but Xing, his eyes lit up when he saw this thing.

"My lord, this is isinglass."

"Isinglass?" Qingshu-kun frowned slightly, feeling as if he had heard this name somewhere before.

Xing nodded and explained for him. "Isinglass was passed down from the Tang Dynasty. It is a relatively complicated thing to make. The raw material comes from sea fish. It has a good nourishing effect on pregnant women and weak people. When Mrs. Yuko was pregnant with you, In the two months before delivery, I took the fish gelatin soup. You also put fish gelatin in the soup after weaning, but later the doctor said that for you who are born weak, the fish gelatin can be used. It didn't have much effect, so I didn't feed it any more."

Also, the clan circles don't advocate meat eating, thinking that if you eat these creatures, you will become these creatures that are eaten by people in the next life.The natural doctor said that it had no effect, so he stopped buying these isinglass from fishermen.

Isinglass was welcomed by noble ladies in Tang and Song Dynasties, and even good quality was regarded as an imperial tribute. However, in Ping'an Jing, even if it was passed on, not many people would buy it.Except for pregnant women, and clan families like Haruki-kun who were born with poor health.

However, it turned out that the people of Linhai Village in the original place would make this kind of nutritious food. No wonder their lives were difficult, but judging from their bodies, there was nothing serious about them.

"It should be that Zhuang Min heard about your loss of health last year, so he thought of making this isinglass to nourish your body. Judging by the color, it is indeed a good and high-quality isinglass. He must have carefully selected sea fish." Because After following Yuko for a while, Xing also has the eyesight to distinguish the quality of isinglass. "Presumably, I didn't take it out directly on the dedication day, because I was afraid that the stewards would think it was ordinary food and use it as an ingredient for the dinner."

Judging by Nakata's confused look at the beginning, it's not impossible.

Xing took the isinglass from Qingshu-kun, and put it in the tray held by the maid behind her. The tray closest to her contained very useful things. Up to now, only the conch shellfish and the current This isinglass. "Isinglass of such good quality is rare. Tonight, I will ask the cook to make it for you to eat."

"Well, okay. Nakata, remember to bring it with you tomorrow."

Knowing what he meant, Nakata-kun nodded in response.

After the isinglass, Mr. Qingshu picked up the second coarse cloth bag. Unlike the isinglass, this coarse cloth bag was a bit bulging. When Mr. Qingshu picked it up, he could still feel some debris rolling in the bag.Through the cloth bag, the contents inside feel a little hard, but they can fall off debris, it should be something like a stone that is easily weathered.What stones need to be packed in cloth bags?

Qingshu-kun opened the cloth bag with doubts, wrapped the irregular stone with cotton cloth and took it out. Just halfway out, he was stunned by its color and texture, because if the stone does not appear white, I am afraid It's a bit like a transparent ore body.The irregular stone has a milky white color, and the outer layer, the milky white color fades, with some turbid transparent crystals.

Mr. Qingshu took out the whole stone out of curiosity, for a moment he forgot that the stone is easy to fall off debris, and after taking it like this, some debris was taken out of the cloth bag and fell onto the table with his movements , several small crystals fell directly into his tea bowl.

"I'll change a cup of tea for you right away." Xing was about to reach for the tea bowl, only to find that the surface of the tea bowl had changed.A thin layer of ice patterns formed on the surface of the slightly cold tea that had been stupidly placed.The ice pattern expanded until it covered the entire surface of the tea, and a thin layer of ice formed in the tea bowl. "It's freezing..."

Xing and the others were still at a loss, but Mr. Qingshu immediately realized what the irregular stone in his hand was, saltpeter.Even in the flower-growing country, ice-making with saltpeter only appeared in the Song Dynasty, so it has not been introduced to Japan at present.

"My lord, please don't come close!" After Xing was at a loss, she immediately picked up the tea bowl and kept it away from Qingshu-kun.

Qingshu-kun's thoughts were awakened by Xing's actions, and with a wry smile on his face, he waved to the vigilant Xing. "Don't worry so much, Xing, let someone fetch a basin of cold water, I have something to confirm."

"Yes."

A maid led the order and retreated. Because they kept their heads down the whole time, they didn't know what happened except for the sound.After a while, the maid fetched a basin of cold water from the well and put it on the table in front of Mr. Qingshu.The case table has been cleaned up during this time, just waiting for this basin of water to come.

After the cold water came, Mr. Qingshu put the saltpeter in his hand into the half-filled basin of cold water. Soon, the signs that just happened unfolded in front of everyone again. The water in the basin was visible to the naked eye. A layer of frost formed on the ground, and then it condensed into a thick layer of ice, and even a layer of frost condensed around the basin.

"What kind of stone is this? How could it make the water freeze?" Nakata and the others were puzzled, and cast their eyes on Qingshu-kun vaguely, because the first thing they thought was that there was something mysterious about this stone, and what should be done was Their lord is gone.

Mr. Qingshu was satisfied with the effect of this basin of water, and told them. "I saw such a kind of stone in a book of the Song Dynasty not long ago. When it touches water, it releases cold air and freezes the water around it. Seeing the reaction in the tea bowl, I thought that the stone in my hand It should be the kind of stone called 'saltpeter'."

"Did you read it from the books of the Song Dynasty? No wonder." In their ideas, it is quite normal to find such a country in a prosperous and prosperous country with frequent poets of outstanding literary talents.It's not a lie that Mr. Qingshu uses the Song Dynasty as an excuse. The ice-making technology in Japan is indeed something that came from that country.Qingshu-kun thought to himself, next time you can ask Boss Jin cryptically, if the country of Song doesn't have this method of making ice yet, then I will send Boss Jin a friendly gesture.After all, this kind of technology will be developed soon after all, and it shouldn't be a big deal for him to make a coincidence.

With a satisfied smile on his face, Haruki-kun took the cotton cloth from Xing and wiped his hands, lest his hands were just stained with a little bit of saltpeter.

You know, in summer, it is really difficult to enjoy the coolness only by playing a fan. With saltpeter, I feel that his leisurely living conditions in the future will be much richer.

"Find time, give the farmer who found this kind of stone a sum of money, and ask him to take you to find a place with this kind of stone, and bring some back. It doesn't need to be too much. This kind of stone is recorded in the book and can be used repeatedly."

"Yes."

After the saltpeter, there is nothing that can amaze Haruki-kun among the following offerings.So far, the rewards for Mr. Qingshu's pier missions have still not been delivered successfully.

Could it be that mission rewards and special handicrafts are not in it?

When Xing was about to take the last thing, Mr. Qingshu paused when he knocked on her, and then whispered to the three maids behind him. "Let's go down first. The isinglass will prepare the kitchen, and the conch shells will be placed on the shelf by the door of the study. As for other things..."

"Yes."

After Xing gave her instructions, the maids stepped back one by one without asking any further questions.

Seeing that there was only him, Xing and Nakata-kun left in the room, Qingshu-kun took a sip of the freshly brewed chrysanthemum tea and asked softly. "What's wrong?"

Xing took a slow breath, and then took out the hand that was stretched into the wooden box. The thing wrapped in cotton cloth in her hand was unusually familiar to Qingshu-kun, but it was the Rihebo that should be hung on the eaves outside. The main body, sunny doll? !

However, upon closer inspection, it was a little different from the sunny doll. There was actually a small umbrella behind the sunny doll in Xing's hand.The skeleton of the umbrella is made of cut wood, which is very small and exquisite, and it is just the right size for the sunny doll.Similar to Sunny Doll, the white cloth of this umbrella has several holes, making it look miserable.

Mr. Qingshu's first reaction was to look up under the eaves outside. Sure enough, the Qingtian doll that should have been hanging there, dangling in the sun, had disappeared, so the one in Xing's hands was the one they recognized. No doubt about it.

After Qingshu-kun confirmed, he clicked on the map interface consciously, and now Rihebo is between Xing and him. Looking at the small bubbles that have been refreshed, this little guy who has done something wrong is obviously very happy.He clicked on the panel of Rihefang, and compared with the previous one, it really has changed.

Rihefang (broken)

Equipment: Yufang Umbrella (broken to be repaired) [With this, people will no longer be afraid of rainy days~]

Seeing the name of the umbrella, Qingshu-kun had a bad idea. He still remembered what Abe Seimei said to him during the New Year's Day. His sunny doll was accidentally put together by two people. Broken monsters were formed together, so this Hiyoribo can act and appear in rainy days, which caused Haruki-kun to look terrible when he found it.And the main body of Xiaoyufang that was dismantled, the rest will not be made into this umbrella.

In order to confirm Qingshu-kun's conjecture, on the system map, next to the bubble of Rihefang, a new bubble appeared, not above the heads of the three present, but on Rihefang's body.

The refreshed bubble shows: zzz...

So, the special handicraft this time is to send the remaining Xiaoyufang to him again?

"Isn't this the little monster under the eaves?" Xing held the sunny day doll and glanced outside for a day.

"There are more things on the back, I've never seen it in the collected things before." Nakata added with a frown, so this Yufang umbrella appeared suddenly.

Well, this time the system's reward distribution method is unique and terrifying. ,

"With Mr. Abe's yin and yang magic, there should be nothing wrong, let's hang it back on the eaves."

"Yes." Xing replied, and retreated out with the sunny doll carrying a small umbrella, and hung the sunny doll that had sneaked out back under the eaves.It's just that she felt a little displeased with this little monster's casual behavior.

After finishing all the trivial matters, Nakata led the people to retreat, but Qingshu-kun looked at the book in his hand, thinking of another question.Rihefang with a small part of Xiaoyufang's body has a part of its characteristics, which is already a bit of bad luck. This time, Xiaoyufang was sent again, and Xiaoyufang does not seem to have a part of Rihefang. The main body, so to speak, if the rewards of the two special crafts are superimposed, it will be more harmful to him?

However, with the appearance of Rihefang, this umbrella with the main body of Xiaoyufang is very favorite. If it is thrown away, I am afraid that the bad luck feature of Xiaoyufang will work.

Heh, he was really naive, thinking that the system would send good things.

However, this idea was overturned by him that day.

After dealing with the trivial matters, Mr. Qingshu continued to go back to the corridor to read the book. The content of the basic miscellaneous notes fascinated him. He didn't recover until he heard the sound of hurried footsteps getting closer and closer. Only then did he realize that it was raining outside. up.

"My lord, why are you still sitting in the corridor when it's raining? It's still cold in spring, and if you get caught in the rain, you'll easily catch the wind and chill. You should go back to the house." Xing just went to the study room and put those sunny trees After tidying up the little things you left behind, seeing that it was suddenly raining outside, you ran back in a hurry. Who knows, when you crossed the courtyard, you saw Mr. Qingshu still sitting in the porch reading a book, and did not hide in the house.

"Ah. So it's raining, but I didn't feel it at all." Mr. Qingshu was a little at a loss, because the wooden boards around him had some traces of being wet by rain, but he didn't feel the rain. It was raining heavily, and even on the table in front of me, there was not a single drop of rain.

After Xing rushed over, she naturally found out about it.

In this way, it was as if someone had held an umbrella for him above her head, and ordinary people like them couldn't see this umbrella.

This thought flashed through Mr. Qingshu's mind, and he involuntarily shifted his gaze to the one on the eaves, which is now equipped with a sunny doll.Sure enough, the broken umbrella that looked like it was sewn on the back was now stretched open on the sunny baby's head.

Qingshu-kun clicked on the pixel map, and found that Hiyorubo's head was refreshed with small bubbles with small waists crossed, which should be an expression of pride.

The corners of Haruki-kun's lips could not help but evoke a little smile as he speculated in this way, that's all, since he likes it, then he can keep it, anyway, his luck was up and down before Rihefang and Xiaoyufang came Yes, come again, these two little monsters, with the additional BUFF, shouldn't go there seriously.However, not long after, this proud little bubble quickly turned into a whimper, because two drops of rain hit Qingshu-kun on the face.

Mr. Qingshu was still slightly stunned by the rain for the first time, but when he saw the umbrella with holes on the head of Qingtian doll, he also understood what was going on, so he stood up and half raised his hand.

"Come down, let Xing mend your umbrella for you."

Hiyorubo cheerfully untied the rope that was hanging him, held a small broken umbrella, and floated slowly into Haruki-kun's hands.Xing also understood what was going on in Qingshu-kun's actions, and immediately became less wary of this little monster of unknown origin, and developed a good impression of it.Taking the sunny day doll from Qingshu-kun, he carefully raised his fingers and rubbed its round head.

"Let me embroider some more things for you. It will look better if you cover up these repaired needles and threads."

After Xing finished speaking, Qingshu-kun saw that the bubbles in Rihefang seemed to have exploded, and he began to be careful every second.

"It seems that Xing may have good luck recently." Qingshu-kun said.

"Huh?" Xing didn't understand Qingshu-kun's meaning, but seeing that he didn't intend to explain, she didn't ask in detail, but was planning to arrange the dinner later.

When the dinner was served, the sky was already very dark due to the rain, so that it was necessary to light a candle, so that Haruki-kun could see what the meal was.

The meal in the evening is similar to the previous ones, only the bowl of hot soup looks clearer and thicker than before.A bowl of rice, pickled radishes, spring boiled vegetables, a fruit snack, tofu, this is all his meals.Based on the eating habits developed in modern times, Mr. Qingshu took a sip of the soup first. The fish gelatin should be added to the pork bone soup. Although the color is clearer, it is thicker than before, and the taste is also different. Very delicious.

Haruki-kun didn't think too much about the difference between this pork bone soup with isinglass added and the previous soup, but directly enjoyed other meals.After eating all the meals, Mr. Qingshu was going to drink some more soup. When finishing today's dinner, he picked up the soup bowl, only to find that the upper layer of the pork bone soup was frozen, not lard jelly, nor was it cold. The resulting freeze is a jelly that resembles the texture of modern jelly. When the soup bowl is shaken gently, it will sway back and forth in the soup bowl with the uncondensed soup, which is very cute.

This is a sign that has never appeared in the previous soup, just because there is more isinglass, this isinglass...

It won't have the same effect as the alum that makes pudding, jelly and other desserts!

It is only for eating, but Mr. Qingshu who has no research on it does not know that isinglass is called fish glue in Chinese medicinal materials, but in ingredients, it is also called gelatin.It does have the same effect as alum, thickening, setting.However, compared with alum, the value cost of isinglass production process is much higher than that of alum, so in the food industry, the thickening and coagulating agent used is alum, and good isinglass mostly appears in In the medicine cabinet.

"My lord, what's the matter with you?" Xing didn't know, so she saw Mr. Qingshu holding the soup bowl, shaking it every now and then, as if he didn't drink it, and when she stepped forward to look, she found that the weather was cold and the gelatin had frozen. "So that's the way it is. Cooling the fish gelatin will indeed make the soup look like this. Do I need to ask the people in the kitchen to warm it up for you?"

"No, no, I really like the way it looks now." Qingshu looked at the soup oil boiled with pork bones in the bowl. Assortment of desserts.Oh, by the way, there are also various snacks and delicacies.

He must reward this Zhuang Min who made isinglass for him well!