After fiddling for a long time, Ji Ran exhausted all his breastfeeding strength, and his hands trembled when he stopped.Fortunately, the hard work paid off, and although there was not much oil in the socket, it was oily anyway.

Everyone looked at it strangely, and after a while, a group of servants surrounded him.Looking at the oozing oil juice, everyone's eyes widened in amazement.

"Hey, it's amazing, this thing can still leak water!"

"Yeah, but why grind so much water out so hard?"

The servants were discussing in a hurry, but Ji Ran had no time to take care of it. He raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and was about to roll up his sleeves, but was pulled aside by Li Kui.

"Let me see how your hands are shaking. Brother Li, I also survived this kind of rough work in the early years, so it's not a problem with this kind of strenuous work." Li Kui said, rolling up his sleeves, He stepped forward and picked up Daochui to take over Ji Ran's work.

Ji Ran had a rare breath, but he didn't bother to watch. He went to the kitchen and took out a soup bowl, then stopped Li Kui, and asked Lu Zhen to pour the oil into the soup bowl.

After repeating this process, a lot of vegetable oil was pounded out, and half a wooden pot of rapeseed was pounded to the full of a soup bowl.

Everyone looked at it and thought it was amazing.

"My lord, what on earth are you doing this for?" Qiu Yao finally couldn't help but ask directly after discussing with the people next to her for a long time.

In fact, not only the servants, but also Lu Zhen and Li Kui were curious.

"Where is my mustard oil? Well, it's this oil juice. It's delicious when used for cooking, and it's no worse than lard." Ji Ran scooped a spoonful with a wooden ladle, "But this is not enough, you have to use salt water to remove it." Impurities."

"Then can this be eaten?" Zhang Ping looked at the oil residue in the mortar and sniffed hard, "It smells so good!"

"This is oil residue, which is not edible, but it can be fermented with water and used as fertilizer." Ji Ran looked at the brown oil juice in the soup bowl with his hips on his hips, and sighed, "With this vegetable oil, there will be no oil in the future. Worry, this rapeseed must be planted vigorously. In fact, not only rapeseed, but also peanuts, soybeans and sesame can be used to extract oil... Hey, let’s not talk about this, let’s use salt water to remove impurities. Let’s try this for cooking today. The taste of vegetable oil."

When carrying the oil back to the kitchen, Ji Ran suddenly stopped, turned around and said, "Wang Gui, you go to the Prime Minister's Mansion and Dingbei Hou's Mansion, and invite Bai Xiang and the prince to come over for a drink."

"Hey, I'm going now, servant." Wang Gui hurriedly bowed down.

"Slave, let's go too. Let's notify separately, so as not to run around." Zhang Ping hurriedly stood up and said.

Wang Gui looked at Zhang Ping and said nothing, seeing Ji Ran nodding, the two turned around and left.

After filtering out the impurities in the oil juice with salt water, Ji Ran explained how to use the vegetable oil to Mrs. Hong, the cook, and then took Li Kui back to the vestibule without messing around in the kitchen.

As soon as the master left, the servants became excited all of a sudden, they rushed into the kitchen and circled around the stove, all wishing to see the flowers in the bowl of oil.As a cook, Mrs. Hong blushed even more with excitement.

Mrs. Hong is a native of Kyoto. She is the cook that Ji Ran found after she came to work here. She often hears behind the scenes that the master is so powerful and can make troubles, but she just heard that she has never seen it before, so she doesn't take it seriously. Today It was the first time that Er'er opened her eyes so intuitively, no wonder she was so excited.

Seeing that it was getting late, Mrs. Hong didn't bother, and immediately started cooking dinner.

"Zhang Ping and Wang Gui are not here, Chunxi, come and help light the fire." Aunt Hong's chopping board is very exciting, "Little master was clamoring for deep-fried meatballs two days ago, and I just want to try it with this vegetable oil today." .”

"Sister-in-law Hong, let me wash the vegetables for you. The young master is at the old man's side. Anyway, I have nothing to do." Qiu Yao also joined in.

The kitchen here is bustling with activity, but Ji Ran and Li Kui talked about buying rapeseed in detail.There is no way, the season for planting has already passed, but as long as there is a place of production, vegetable oil can be promoted. Everyone realizes the benefits of this thing, and naturally more people will buy seeds. , wantonly planting can be implemented.

And Li Kui is also ambitious, after hearing Ji Ran's thoughts, his mind immediately became alive.So the two had a chat, hit it off, and finalized the partnership to open the oil workshop.

It's just a partnership, but due to Ji Ran's status, he only needs to pay for this matter, and the running errands basically fall on Li Kui. Fortunately, the other party also has business in Beijing, so he can just order his subordinates to do it. , but it saves you having to do everything yourself.

Not a while after the two of them settled the matter, Bai Muyan and Zhao Yu arrived. Li Kui, who had been crushed by the cold for a long time, was relieved to see his acquaintance, and felt that the temperature had picked up.When he stood up to meet Ji Ran, he couldn't help but cast a sideways glance at Lu Zhen, who had been standing beside Ji Ran with a cold face. He was very puzzled, and he had never seen this person before, so naturally there was no such thing as a knot or a knot, but the other party He just holds inexplicable hostility towards himself, what an inexplicable weirdo!

Seeing that Bai Muyan and Bai Muyan had already crossed the threshold, Ji Ran and Lu Zhen also went up to welcome them, Li Kui hurriedly restrained his thoughts, followed quickly, and bowed his hands to the two of them, "little Li Kui has met Mr. Bai, see you!" His Royal Highness the Dead Son."

"Huh?" Before Bai Muyan could respond, Zhao Yu's eyes widened in surprise, and he said first, "Eunuch Li is also here. You have been out of the palace for a few years, it looks like you are doing well?"

"Thanks to His Royal Highness, thanks to Lord Bai..."

"Hey!" Zhao Yu interrupted with a wave of his hand, "It's your own ability to play well, so what has it got to do with us?"

Li Kui didn't know how to answer what he said, so he nodded and bowed his head with a smirk.

It was Ji Ran who came out to help out, "Brother Li has been a horse dealer these years, traveling all over the world and doing a lot of business. The big boss is really doing well. I have a lot of rare things here, but I rely on him to help in the search. Today I specially invite you here because I want to show you something rare."

"Oh?" Bai Muyan and Zhao Yu looked at each other, raised their eyebrows and looked at Ji Ran.

Ji Ran didn't hold back, turned around and led the people to the sack that hadn't been put away, took an empty teacup, scooped out half of it, and put it on the table for the two of them to see.

"What is this?" Bai Muyan stepped forward, twisted a few grains and rubbed them.

"Rapeseed was brought back from Licheng by Brother Li, and it is a local specialty." Ji Ran said.

"That's right." Li Kui also echoed, "Originally, this stuff was cooked as a delicious snack over there, but I didn't expect Master Ji to fiddle with it, and it turned into oil for cooking. It's called, Vegetable oil."

Ji Ran was so flattered that he was ashamed and flustered. This is not his own credit, but he couldn't explain it, so he could only accept it with a guilty conscience.

"Vegetable oil?" Zhao Yu turned his head to look at Ji Ran, "Hey, this is fresh. I only listen to lard all the time. This is the first time I've heard that vegetables can be boiled with oil. Then I have to open my eyes!" Really Said that the wind is the rain, and after saying that, he turned around and was about to go to the kitchen, but Bai Muyan pulled him back, "Brother Bai, why are you pulling me?"

"You who don't touch the spring water with ten fingers, even if it's in front of you, can you tell what is what?" Bai Muyan joked.

Zhao Yu immediately became unhappy, "Hmph, don't look down on people."

Brother Xiaobai is really broken, why are you still bullying people when you are together?Look at Lu Zhen and Ji Ran, and compare yourself, hey, it's so sad!

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu became more and more restless, so he simply ignored Bai Muyan, turned his head and grabbed a few rapeseeds, and continued to ask shamelessly, "Can this oil be refined for cooking and eating? Is it poisonous? The lamp oil we often use is also extracted from plants. , that's..."

Before Zhao Yu finished speaking, Bai Muyan slapped Bai Muyan on the back of the head, "You're stupid and you don't admit it, of course tung oil is poisonous, but this... rapeseed, didn't Boss Li say it's a local snack? It's just a snack It can be imported, so how can refining oil be poisonous?"

"You talk as soon as you talk, why do you use your hands?" Zhao Yu knew he was wrong, but he was wronged by the filming, "A gentleman uses his words but not his hands."

"Heh..." Bai Muyan folded her arms and raised her brows leisurely, "Are you going around the corner and calling me a gentleman?"

"So what?" Zhao Yu was provoked by him, and his temper immediately became angry. He raised his chin and looked provocatively, "Yeah, I'll call you a hypocrite, what's the matter? Are you biting me?"

Bai Muyan... Bai Muyan's eyes suddenly changed, but her face was obviously sullen, but the atmosphere became inexplicably ambiguous.

Zhao Yu's face was ashamed and embarrassed by that look, and his mouth became sticky like a clam shell, whether he continued to choke or not.Bai Muyan's face is very serious, his expression is very serious, even if his eyes are a little darker, he can't find anything wrong with it, but he just feels that the other party is teasing silently rather than loudly.

Depend on!This sullen guy!

Zhao Yu turned his heart away and stared back.

Ji Ran and the others who were fed a mouthful of dog food for no reason: "..."

Li Kui didn't know the relationship between the two, but he also felt the extraordinary aura between the two, but because of their identities, he didn't ask.However, he had worked in the palace anyway. Apart from being good at observing words and expressions, he also knew a thing or two about certain rumors. Besides, it was never a secret that Zhao Shizi had been chasing Lord Bai for so many years. For entertainment, but few take it seriously, but according to the current situation, could it be...

After thinking this through, Li Kuidang even lowered his eyes.

It was Lu Zhen who came back to his senses first, coughed twice, turned around and shouted outside the door, "Go and see, dinner is ready!"

Although Lu Zhen is not the master, his relationship with Mr. Ji is obvious to all. In the hearts of the servants, he has long been equivalent to the existence of half a master. Old Liu didn't dare to slack off at all when he heard the words. He said yes, then turned around and trotted away.

The atmosphere was broken, and the two who were shamelessly throwing dog food returned to normal.

And Bai Muyan, who had regained her dignity, naturally focused all her attention on the oily rapeseed, and asked Li Kui Jiran for a while.Ji Ran and the two of them didn't hide this, and told the whole plan.

Bai Muyan didn't feel anything about the two of them partnering to open an oil workshop, but she was very optimistic about Ji Ran's idea of ​​planting rapeseed to promote vegetable oil. In this way, it would indeed improve the plight of most people's household oilcloth.

Dinner was ready soon, and everyone walked into the dining hall, and was immediately attracted by the table full of delicious dishes. Facing such a table of spicy and delicious dishes, even if you are not a foodie, you can't help but have a good appetite.

A meal is naturally a feast for the guests and host.

During the meeting, Bai Muyan made a suggestion, that is, let Ji Ran contribute vegetable oil to the palace, which not only pleases the emperor but also is polite, so that when the oil workshop is opened, even if someone wants to make a fuss about it, there is nothing wrong with it.

Regarding Bai Muyan's suggestion, while Ji Ran readily accepted it, he was also very grateful. If it wasn't for the other party's suggestion, he really wouldn't have thought of this level.

"Brother Xiaobai said that it is said that there have been frequent changes at the border recently, and the Huns are very restless. The emperor is worrying about this matter. At this time, it is better to be careful to avoid bad luck." Zhao Yu held the dinner While drinking tea, he said.

"Oh?" Ji Ran and Lu Zhen looked at each other, "The Huns finally can't sit still?"

"It's not just the Huns." Zhao Yu sighed and shook his head, "There is that Yeluzhen who is doing his best to lobby, and there are wizards who control people with poison. Whether they want to be with him or not, they all tend to move closer to him. Now this is peace, I'm afraid It won't last long."

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