His Majesty Li Er looked at the charcoal furnace and copper basin curiously and said, "It is said that there were 'dye furnace' and 'dye cup' in the Han Dynasty, which is much simpler than 'dye furnace'."

The so-called "dyeing furnace" and "dyeing cup" are all small copper ware, and the structure is divided into three parts: the main body is a charcoal furnace; there is a cup holding food on it and a plate carrying charcoal fire below, which may be a small hot pot used by single people in ancient times.

Xu Qilin didn't know this, so he blinked and simply ignored this and continued to introduce: "After the soup in the pot boils, you can put the mutton slices into the scallops. When the slices of meat are grayish white, you can pick them up and dip them in various seasonings to eat them. The slices of meat should be eaten as they are rinsed to make them look delicious."

After pausing, he said again: "Actually, if you eat it in the coldest time, it will be the most delicious."

"Can you eat it?" Xincheng Gong looked up with a gaze, no interest in the commentary, and opened his mouth as if water was about to flow out.

Xu Qilin glanced at the pot. The chicken soup inside was already boiling. He quickly picked up the chopsticks and colander, picked up the mutton slices and put them in the pot. He shook it gently. When the meat turned gray and white, he took it out and put it into the plate on the table of His Majesty Li Er.

"Your Majesty, there are three kinds of seasonings here, namely sesame sauce, garlic and spicy ingredients. You can taste them separately and choose your favorite taste." After Xu Qilin finished his explanation, he handed them over to the palace servants and went to the side of the sister and the princess himself.

Boil the mutton slices with even paper thinness, put them one by one on a plate, dip them in the seasoning, and chew them in your mouth. They are mellow and not smelly, fresh and delicious.

"The sauce is so fragrant!" Wei Zi smiled at her uncle and expressed her gratitude. She also told Xiaoxincheng next to her, "Don't dip too much seasoning, it will be salty."

Xincheng responded randomly, opened his mouth and said to Xu Qilin: "Fresh, meat, and meat."

"Okay!" Xu Qilin agreed happily and moved quickly. Not only did he eat mutton, but he also put some spinach on the plate in Xincheng. He also said, "In addition to meat, add some spinach to nourish iron and nourish blood."

"I want it too." Wei Zi pushed his plate forward.

"Come on!" Xu Qilin made more trouble this time, and then distributed it to Yizi and Ajie.

Xu Hui smiled faintly, and was in a gentle and elegant manner as she chewed. After chewing, she said with a slight hint: "It tastes very good, and this way of eating is fresh."

Hehe, Xu Qilin was busy with work, both meat and vegetables, and served them with chopped fish sashimi.

His Majesty Li Er waved his hand at the palace servants who served and signaled to push the table in front of him. He ate it with meat and vegetables. Perhaps because his status is valuable, it is not as easy as a child to ask for meat and vegetables, or it is more convenient to do it yourself.

After everyone had almost finished eating, Xu Qilin put down the noodles again, cooked them and mixed them with meat, vegetables and soup, and served them to the sister and the princess.

"Put some seasonings and they taste so delicious!" Xu Qilin said with a smile: "This is called noodles. Judging from its thin appearance, it means 'longevity'."

His Majesty Li Er smiled and said, "Although it is a long strip, it is obviously a soup cake! However, this meaning is excellent."

In China, all pasta was originally called cakes, among which the ones cooked in soup were called "soup cakes".

In "Qimin Yaoshu", there is also a "water-inducing cake", which is a boiled food that is as thin as "leek leaves"; in the Tang Dynasty, there was also a cold noodles called Lengtao.

But to be precise, soup cakes should be a kind of noodle soup, either torn or cut by a knife. The shape of the noodles finally became long strips, which was until the Song Dynasty.

Xu Qilin blinked his eyes and said, "Actually, I want to use this to offer you a convenient and resistant to storage military ration to Your Majesty."

His Majesty Li Er just picked up a chopstick noodles, and when he heard this, he put it down again and asked, "Let me tell me."

Xu Qilin said: "Prepare the noodles in this shape, dry them and store them for several months without rotting them. When eating, just put them in water and cook them. Isn't it very convenient? If our Tang army has equipped them with this military ration, wouldn't logistics transportation be greatly reduced?"

When it comes to logistics transportation, we need to talk about the standard equipment of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty army.

According to the organization at that time, three hundred people formed a group, fifty people formed a team, and ten people formed a fire.

Fire is a very small military unit, but it still needs to be equipped with six pack horses. The ones carried with the army include two pieces of cloth curtains, iron horse bowls, shovels, chisels, baskets, axes, pliers, and armor beds, one piece of pots, fire drills, salt bags, pestles, etc., and three pieces of horse reins.

It’s not surprising that the system of government troops was implemented in the early Tang Dynasty. According to regulations, not only weapons and equipment, but also military rations were carried by government troops themselves. Therefore, there were a lot of rice that was still unshelled, so we had to bring rice pounding tools like "mortar".

Even if the rice is peeled off, the amount of military rations carried by a soldier is nine dou of wheat rice and two dou of rice. Although there are pack horses or donkeys, the burden is still very heavy if it takes a long expedition.

For example, during the expedition to Goryeo during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, due to the long journey and the difficulty of transporting grain, each field soldier had to carry food for many days, which seriously affected the speed of the march and combat effectiveness.

So, at that time, many soldiers risked beheading and hunger, abandoned their food or buried it underground.

Xu Qilin believes that the noodles that can be removed from moisture by drying are always lighter and more convenient than carrying raw rice and wheat?

His Majesty Li Er took the noodles and looked at them for a while, and asked, "How much weight can you lose after drying them into dry noodles? If you want to prepare a large amount of military rations like this, the investment will be quite large?"

Xu Qilin shrugged and said, "Weichen is just an idea. If we want to realize it or come up with specific data, we must always conduct experiments!"

"Then you can experiment as soon as possible and report the data as soon as possible." His Majesty Li Er snorted and said, "I will punish you very much if you dare to delay perfunctorily."

Well? You are kind-hearted and thoughtful, are you looking for trouble on purpose?

Xu Qilin took a peek and found that His Majesty Li Er had already started to eat noodles with great flavor, and seemed to nod his head slightly. It seemed to taste good, but he ignored him anymore.

Xu Hui smiled at the younger brother and shook her head, saying that there is no need to argue or care. Li Er is probably just talking casually, scaring people, and not taking it seriously.

Little Yizi had enough food and drink, put the bowl, leaned into the chair comfortably, and said, "My uncle, you can eat too!"

Maybe he was satisfied with eating and happy, and he called him clearly. You should know that the whisker usually only calls him this when there is no one.

His Majesty Li Er and Xu Hui both heard it and threw their surprised eyes at each other.

It was still this niece who knew that she felt sorry for others, although she only remembered it after eating. Xu Qilin smiled, ignored the eyes of others, and said, "I'm going back to eat, and there are still a lot of preparations in the kitchen!"

The young man in Xincheng sucked the last noodle into his mouth, licked his lips, and grinned at Xu Qilin, "My uncle, where is my bird, please help me train!"

"No problem." Xu Qilin smiled and nodded. That's it. Just call me and say it's comfortable, "I'll take it away first, and I'll send it back before dinner."

His Majesty Li Er snorted, what happened to the two precious daughters? One is more and more called out.

Xu Hui gently stroked her forehead and smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say. It is a good thing to get close to His Royal Highness, but this is a big shot, which seems to make His Majesty unhappy.

I’m wronged and still suffer a loss when I call my uncle? This is my husband’s voluntary act. I didn’t force or tempt me, so I can’t blame me!

Xu Qilin not only disagreed, but also felt a little unhappy and said to himself: Li Er, you shameless, who asked you to bring my sister into the palace? You deserve it.

"Retreat!" His Majesty Li Er pulled his face and waved his hand.

Xu Qilin rolled his eyes secretly, "You're not happy yet." Seeing that the palace servants were withdrawing food, he also stepped forward and bowed to salute and retreated."

He asked the imperial kitchen to send the charcoal stove, copper basin, and meat and vegetables to his temporary residence. Xu Qilin walked back with a bird cage.

Wu Song hadn't eaten yet, so he was waiting for his own Alang stupidly.

Xu Qilin hurriedly asked the palace servant to put the simple version of the hot pot on it, and asked Wu Song to sit down and eat it while teaching. Wu Song likes spicy ingredients the most, and she is sweating all over her head and shouts of joy.

"After eating, I rest, I rushed back to Chang'an." Xu Qilin put down his chopsticks and explained: "I will write a letter later, and you will send it."

Wu Song wiped his sweat and said, "Alang borrowed me his horse and rode it in turns. I will be able to go to Chang'an tomorrow."

"You can lend you a horse, but you don't have to hurry up." Xu Qilin waved his hand and said, "Hold my waist card, take a nap at the inn at night, and leave after dawn. After delivering the letter, you can rest at home for a day or two before coming back."

Wu Song nodded, stuffed a large amount of chopsticks into his mouth, and he didn't know what he said.

Xu Qilin turned around and returned to the room, sat down in front of the table, spread out the paper, picked up the pen and started writing.

It is unnecessary to report safety to the family. The guards had already returned to Chang'an to inform He Luofu. The capital society led a group to plan to assassinate the major matter, and by the way, they would also go to Xu's mansion to inform him.

Xu Qilin wrote a letter to the officials of Dayingku asking them to purchase sugar and purchase related utensils. After he returned, he could immediately start the experiment on sugar.

When it comes to making big money and making quick money, this sugar seems to be.

Although in Xu Qilin's vision, Dayingku will continue to invest, increase projects, and spread them to various places within one or two years. With sufficient funds, this time can be greatly reduced.

For example, relying on the inn to build a residence store, the construction cost must be paid by Dayingku. After the construction is completed, it will take at least three years to recover the cost.

Just because His Majesty Li Er paid 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, it is obviously far from enough.

Wool textiles are another industry that has slow performance. Acquisition, transportation, textiles, sales, and conservative estimates will only take two or three months to see benefits.

In addition, mining coal is also an industry with large investment, slow results, but it can continue to develop and have a bright future.

Xu Qilin thought and wrote, but when Wu Sheng came to him after he had enough food and drink, the letter was almost finished.

"This letter was sent to Dayingku, this letter was for Butler Xu." Xu Qilin gave the envelope, explained it clearly, and handed it to Wu Song.

"I'll set off here." Wu Song said burping and scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Get rid of food and leave." Xu Qilin waved his hand and said, "I'll take a nap. If I haven't woken up when I left, you will leave and I have nothing to explain."

Wu Song took the letter, bowed and bowed, and said goodbye.

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As the sunlight became stronger, the fog became very light, but it had not yet disappeared, making the forbidden garden a layer of extremely thin and light yarn.

This open river valley is the upper reaches of Dushui, with excellent vegetation. The hills are slightly undulating, and the stone steps are winding through the built-up corridors. There are trees, grass or flowers next to them. Walking in the middle makes people feel cool and comfortable.

Looking up from afar, Dushui reflects the sunshine, like a silver belt flowing windingly. Several veins of streams have made the forbidden garden a little more energetic.

Xiaoqi and Xixi seemed to feel the beauty of nature, hovering in the air and not falling for a long time. They also made sounds from time to time, responding to the birds in the middle of the bushes.

"Uncle, how about this place beside your farm?" Xiao Yizi asked with a smile, picking up a wild flower picked by a palace maid.

This place is where a stream gathers. The water surface reflects the blue sky and the emerald greenness of the drooping leaves. A few dragonflies are flying on the water surface, occasionally or a little, ripples appear on the water surface.

Xu Qilin smiled and said, "It's not as large as the Royal Forbidden Garden. But if you want to say which scenery is beautiful, each has its own advantages. It's small and unique. Does Your Highness know this word, right?"

Xiao Yizi said: "The Yuanzi is really too big, I don't like it very much. When I have the opportunity, I will definitely go and see the small and unique Zhuangzi. My uncle's design will definitely be comfortable."

"It seems that even His Highness the Princess knows my greed for enjoyment." Xu Qilin smiled and laughed at himself, bent down to pick up a stone, threw it out with force, and made three ups and downs on the water surface, and then he sank into the grass opposite.

Little Shizi laughed twice, wanting to learn from Xu Qilin to slosh the water, but because of lack of strength, the stone just jumped and then sank into the water.

Xu Qilin smiled with a pursed lips and suddenly found something green in the grass. He stepped out of the corridor and bent down to catch him.

"What is it?" Xiao Yizi asked curiously: "Did you catch it?"

Xu Qilin walked back with his palm covering his hands and opened his eyes with a smile. He turned out to be a little green frog, looking very cute.

Little Shizi giggled and wanted to reach out to take it, but it was a little girl who was timid and looked very timid.

"It's sticky and slippery. Your Highness, the princess, shouldn't hold it in his hand." Xu Qilin said: "Xiao Zhao is also afraid of these things, and she doesn't like them to keep calling them, which makes her sleep hard at night."

Xiao Yizi hurriedly withdrew her hand, and the expression on her face was also thrust. It was sticky and slippery, and it sounded like it made people get goosebumps.

Xu Qilin squatted and let go of the little frog, then pulled water to wash his hands. He stood up and the little wicked girl had already handed him a silk handkerchief.

Well, I'm pretty good at making trouble, my uncle didn't love you in vain. Xu Qilin smiled and took the silk handkerchief. As soon as he wiped the handle, his expression suddenly changed on his face. He rushed forward and threw the little princess down.
Chapter completed!