Be a sick and weak noble son in Daqin

Wei Gong smiled a little reluctantly, not wanting to burden Wei Ji, so he endured the hostility in his chest and got up and walked towards the study. He was afraid that he would scare his precious brother if he stayed any longer.

Wei Ji looked at the back of his brother leaving, and felt like running away for some reason, shouldn't their reactions be reversed?He's the one who was urged to marry, okay?

No wonder Xi'er didn't come with me today. It's not good for children to hear things like urging marriage. He is too pitiful. The meaning of getting married, otherwise the brotherhood of the two of them would be in jeopardy.

The weather is hot, the heat is unbearable, the inside of the palace is shady and cool, and there is an ice basin placed in an inconspicuous place, so you can't feel the heat outside, but it's different when you go out, there are two worlds inside and outside the door, Wei Ji watched his brother leave He sighed for a while, thinking to follow up to have a look. After stepping out of the threshold, he felt the rolling heat wave, shivering and decisively chose to take back the sold foot.

The weather is so hot, he should wait for the sun to go down before going out, the dog days are too torturous, even standing outside will sweat profusely, with his current small stature, he is afraid that if he goes out standing up, he will be caught. Carried it back, "Xiao Yi, what fruit did the dining room send today?"

"There are green pears and Chang Chu." Xiaoyi, who was hiding in the side hall, heard the voice and hurriedly jumped up, and brought the fruits from the dining room early in the morning to the inner room. Put the side hall in the evening and then bring it back to the dining room. Why did you remember to ask the fruit today?

Wei Ji looked at the oval fruit with soft hairs on the plate, and then realized that "Chang Chu" is "kiwi fruit". The green pear is quite big, and it should look delicious, but he doesn't like it. At least, his favorite grape watermelon is still gone, so he can only look at the seeds in his package to satisfy his greed.

Qin's caravan headed to the Western Regions traveled for several months, and he didn't know when they would come back. As long as they came back, no matter what strange seeds they brought back, he would have enough reasons to grow watermelons.

"The dining room said that there will be plums and apricots in two days, and now there are yellow plums and fruit, what do you want?" Xiao Yi put down the plate, rubbed his hands to dissipate the coolness on it, and looked at their young master. Still lacking in interest, he ran out and rummaged in the yard, found a small square stool about a foot in length, and ran back quickly.

But he was already sweating profusely in just a short while, if it wasn't for the things in the yard, he really didn't want to run to stay under the sun, "Young master, Master Lu sent someone to send a delicate gadget yesterday, which he said can be used to squeeze fruit If you don’t want to eat the fruit directly, young master, it’s also good to drink some fruit pulp.”

Wei Ji looked at the small square stool that was brought in and raised his eyebrows, studied it for a while with interest, and then asked, "Why did Master Lu think of making this thing?"

As expected of the heir of the Gongshu family, he was able to make the juicer out. Although it was a bit laborious to do it manually, it was a technology that was hundreds of years ahead of the times.

He usually doesn't pay much attention to the outside world, and he doesn't care about what he thinks after he comes up with it. He doesn't know what changes the outside will bring about, but Xiao Yi is different. The news is all in the palm of your hand.

"Young Master used Zhe pulp to boil sugar earlier. Your Majesty thought it was troublesome to use Zhe pulp, so he asked Master Lu to find a way to make a mechanism. Put Zhe peeled and cut into pieces and put them in the tank, and the Zhe pulp will flow out when you press it down. When the master made this thing, he sat down on a few small ones, saying that it would be good to press a few fruits for nothing."

Their family's lord has been very concerned about the way of merchants recently. The state of Wei doesn't have too many government affairs to worry about, and no one says anything about the lord who is not doing his job properly.

Master Lu's craftsmanship is rare in the world. This mechanism is very delicate. The stool is slightly tilted forward. There is an eagle beak-like spout in the front. Both sides of the pressure plate are connected with pressure rods. They are carved from a piece of hardwood, with one end short and the other end Long, it is said that it is very labor-saving to use, and the juice flows out from the mouth of the eagle's beak, and it can be drunk directly after receiving it in a bowl, which is extremely convenient to use.

Moreover, this thing is not difficult to make, just use hard wood like yellow beech wood, and it doesn't cost much money. These are small objects, and the emperor has not issued a ban, and the people who are a little richer can buy one and put it in their homes.

The carpenter shop guy who came to the palace to deliver things said that many restaurants and restaurants in the city went to them to make this thing. I think it won't be long before I come here, and you can see Zhejiang sellers everywhere in the city.

Wei Ji looked at the unattractive little square stool in front of him in shock. He didn't expect that besides the small juicer, Gongshu ink fountain also made a large pulverizer. It was carved from hardwood with one end short and the other long. He even used the principle of leverage. Take a moment, isn't it time to light up the technology tree slowly?

He used to think that brown sugar could not be popularized with the current level of productivity, but he did not expect that within a year, the juicer had already been researched. Now that the most troublesome step in the sugar production process has been solved, as long as there is enough sugar cane, Selling all over the world is not a problem at all.

There are few nobles in the world who do not like sweet food. Although sucrose is not as good as honey, it is much more useful than honey in the kitchen. The most important point is that as long as the craftsmen are skilled at making sugar, the output of sucrose can be increased. Going up, you can have a great advantage in terms of price. For more people, it is not necessary to show their financial strength to buy expensive ones if they can buy cheap ones.

Wei Ji put the "juice extractor" down, frowned slightly and thought of another question, "Brother seems to have said before that Zhe is rare in Chu, and now Master Lu is making these, what if there are no raw materials?"

"Did your lord say so?" Xiao Yi raised his head blankly, "Didn't your lord say that this thing can grow if you leave a tail in the ground?"

Wei Ji:? ? ?

Is that what he heard wrong?How can it be!

"After we went to Qin State, Your Majesty deliberately let people know how to plant Zhe. Although the small clan kingdoms in the south and west of Chu State surrendered to the King of Chu, the government affairs of Chu State were not far behind. The people there said Zhe was indeed a Just find a piece of mountain land and insert it into the soil and it will grow." Xiao Yi honestly told the news he had heard, seeing that the son of their family was still shocked, touched his nose and went to clean his hands to peel the pears.

Leaving Wei Ji sitting there in a daze, it took him a while to come to his senses and think about his brother's intentions. Sugarcane is only looking for cooperation with the uncontrolled clan and small country on the border of Chu State. Is this to find something for the King of Chu?

The method of making brown sugar is very simple, and it is not difficult to decolorize and turn it into white sugar. Let alone the fineness, in this era when there is nothing, even if the sugar residue is released, people are rushing to buy it, and the profits are huge. All things are well planned, the small barbarians in the south are rebellious and rebellious, and they bowed their heads to Chu because they couldn't beat them. If they benefited greatly from this, would they still be as obedient as before?

Wei Jihou patted his chest in fear, and suddenly felt that what the teacher said before had some truth, his brother is not just a weak and beautiful man, this is clearly a black man!

His brother's move is definitely not a matter of one or two small clans. If the clans around the Chu country can find their way and start planting sugarcane all over the mountains and plains, then King Chu's life will be wonderful.

There will be chaos today, and chaos will be settled tomorrow. If you are busy, you will not have many opportunities to covet the Central Plains. After all, the state of Chu has no time to start a war. Will it make the state of Wei next door even more arrogant?

It shouldn't be so, making money is not a matter of one or two years. It is uncertain whether Wei's current dominance can last until those small clans around Chu have the confidence to make trouble. My brother must be more thoughtful than him.

Xiao Yi cut the green pears into small pieces and put them in the box, then pressed down the wooden board on the top, and the juice flowed down along the groove, but it was hard to press it with hands, and it couldn’t be pressed when there was a little juice .

The young man who hadn't done any heavy work blushed a little. Seeing that his young master hadn't noticed this for a while, he pleaded guilty and then wiped his hands and went out to find someone with strong hands.

Wei Ji came back to his senses, looked at the "juicer" placed there, and stretched out his hand over there.

according to--

Do not move.

Press hard——

Still not moving.

Try harder--

Still standing still.

Wei Ji wiped off the pear juice stained on his hands with a blank expression. It is not impossible for this thing to be rusted just after being used. Although he is not a strong man like Gong Ziqian, he still has If there is some strength, this thing must be rusted.

As for why the juicer made of wood rusts... such unreasonable things are beyond the young master's consideration.

Xiao Jia is a guard, sixteen or seventeen years old is the age to learn things, these two years in Qin State with Wei Ji, not much time in Wei Palace, this time when he came back, Duke Wei specially found five instructors for him, Regardless of whether it is useful or not, learn first.

Ji'er doesn't like to keep too many people around, so he can only let the two boys around him learn more things, things that ten other people can do, they can actually do it if they work hard.

Xiao B went to the palace next door to find someone, and just crossed the threshold to call for someone, when she saw Xiao A lying under a tree covered in black ashes, as if she had just crawled out of the fire.

The little guard was already drenched in sweat, panting heavily, looking at Xiao Yi who stood at the door in shock and did not dare to come in, wiped his sweat off the ground and asked, "What's the matter, young master is going out?"

The weather is so hot, I'm afraid it will be too hot to go out, so let's go out later.

"No, don't go out." Xiao Yi shook his head blankly, seeing the man in a mess and stammered, "You...are you being bullied?"

"No way, I just beat all the masters to the ground. They couldn't bear it. They asked me to go to the kitchen to practice patience. Didn't I just come out of it?" Xiao Jia waved his hand casually, even though his face was covered with Black and gray, eyes are also bright and happy.

He can fight five times now without losing the wind, and after four or five years, he will definitely be even stronger when he grows up. Fighting with bare hands is like this. When he is good at riding and archery, it is not impossible for him to fight thousands of troops alone.

Seeing that he was so triumphant, Xiao Yi had a headache, pinched the clothes sticking to his body with his fingers, frowned and told him to wash up quickly, "Clean it up quickly, you still have something to do with the young master, it's so dirty."

In the room, Wei Ji looked at the half-melted ice in the basin, then looked at the pears that were cut into small pieces and put them in the box. He licked his lips and suddenly wanted to eat popsicles.

Not long after, Xiao Jia came in after washing up. After understanding what he was asked to do, he moved his fingers, found the right position and pressed down. The wooden board on the top of the box was directly pressed to the bottom, and juice flowed out of the groove continuously. .

Wei Ji pursed his lips, pretending not to see the "rusty" wooden juicer suddenly come back to life, but asked Xiao Yi to bring a basin of clean ice.

Since he is strong, come over and smash the ice, hum, he is not envious of this guy's strength.

The author has something to say: Ji Zai (broken thoughts): I use my brain, I don’t need to be strong, the brain is easier to use than the strength.