I was a prince in ancient times

"You'll know when you grind it into powder." Xie Anlan didn't intend to buy it off, but no matter how well he said it, it was better to experience it personally.

Lu Chengjiao kept his mouth shut and said nothing.

Not long after, Huo Sen sent over the craftsmen from his barracks.

Xie Anlan didn't bother to find a courtyard in this empty house and arranged for people to enter.

The war is about to start, and the Marquis of Weiyuan is defeated again and again. The wealthy households in the surrounding cities who heard the news all moved away one after another. common people.

That's how Xie Anlan lived in the house.

There are quite a few houses like this in the city, and time is tight, so he didn't bother to find a workshop, so with a big wave of his hand, he directly used the same empty next door as a temporary workshop.

Among the restless people in the city, another thirty or forty women with good needlework and quick hands and feet were selected to help sew the leather on the saddle.

And Lu Chengji's gathering point is not far from Yicheng, and it only takes a day to go back and forth.

Just after Xie Anlan made these arrangements, Lu Chengjia's fur goods just arrived.

After two days of effort, the saddle workshop officially started.

Chen Gui is a restless father-in-law. Seeing that Xie Anlan had created another workshop, he would go to the next door to watch the craftsmen planing wood from time to time.

With his white-haired and childlike appearance, he stared closely at the craftsmen's work, which made the craftsmen feel terrified and cautious in doing things, for fear that if they didn't do it well, they would bring disaster to themselves.

A few craftsmen even asked Xie Anlan euphemistically if they could change to a personal supervisor. They always felt that the supervisor looked weird.

Even Xie Anlan was puzzled, at first he thought that Chen Gui was sent by Xie Cangming to watch him, but judging by his posture, he didn't look like that.

In order not to delay the craftsmen's speed of making saddles, Xie Anlan had no choice but to call people back, "Why are you restless all day long?"

"This old slave grew up in the palace, so everything he sees feels fresh." Chen Gui didn't hide it either.

Life in the palace is rigid, words and deeds are set, don't listen to what you shouldn't listen to, don't look at what you shouldn't look at, and when you go outside the palace, everything feels new.

Xie Anlan couldn't help but laugh, "You just stare at the carpenter planing wood all day without blinking?"

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Xie Anlan really wouldn't believe that someone could stay in one place for a whole day without even blinking an eyelid.

That staring stare at people is really frightening, no wonder the craftsmen are afraid.

Chen Gui smiled awkwardly, "This old slave knows, I must pay attention in the future."

When he smiled, the crow's feet in the corners of his eyes rose, which always gave people a chilling feeling.

"Okay, if you really feel that there is nothing to do, why don't you do something for me." Instead of letting him go out and scare others, it's better to send him to do something.

"But according to the prince's order." Chen Gui had no objection.

"Go and help me collect some weird-shaped seeds, or goose feathers." Xie Anlan knew that it might not be easy to collect seeds in winter, so he added another goose feather.

Lu Chengjie said that he couldn't even buy chickens in the city now, and he wondered if goose feathers could be collected.

In short, it was to find something for Chen Gui to do.

"Yes." Although Chen Gui didn't know what Xie Anlan wanted the strange seeds and goose feathers for, he just did as he was told.

"Of course, collecting doesn't mean taking by force. We can't give any less of the money we should give." Xie Anlan was afraid that Chen Gui was from the palace and didn't know much about the world, so she added another word and gave it to him first. Ten taels of silver, let him figure it out first.

Either Xie Anlan was stingy and refused to give more money, or the landlord's family didn't have any food left.

When he went out, he only took 800 taels of silver from the account room for emergencies.

I bought 600 taels of leather from Lu Chengjia, and ordered some other materials for 100 taels, and now I only have 100 taels left in my hand.

Chen Gui was given ten taels, and the rest of the money had to be reserved for the workers to start wages.

It is easy to spend money, but difficult to earn money.

Fortunately, in the past few days, dozens of saddles have been produced in the workshop. As their practice makes perfect, the speed is gradually increasing. I believe that it will not be long before the money spent can be earned back.

"Your Highness, it's cold outside." Xie Anlan had just returned from checking the progress of the workshop when she was forcibly pulled into the room by Lu Chengjiao.

Counting the days has entered the twelfth lunar month, although there is no snow, but the weather is getting colder and colder, people stay outside the house for a while, even the breath is white.

"It's okay." Xie Anlan sat by a charcoal basin and roasted her hands. After warming her frozen fingers, she said with a smile.

At first he thought that he would not be able to adapt to this winter without down jackets, warm clothes, and air conditioners. He didn't expect this body to be particularly resistant to cold. Apart from feeling a little cold, he didn't feel that it was too difficult to bear.

Instead, he found that Lu Chengjia was afraid of the cold.

In a day, except for going out during the morning practice, most of the rest of the time is bored in a room with a stove, thinking about something.

Lu Chengjie was sitting opposite Xie Anlan, looking at him quietly with his warm eyes.

"Is it boring in the room?" After Xie Anlan's hands were no longer stiff, he took the clam oil that Lu Chengjiao put on the table to treat frostbite and rubbed it into the skin carefully.

"It's okay." Lu Chengjiao replied with what he said just now.

Xie Anlan smiled, "Isn't it like going out to get some air?"

There has been a charcoal fire in this room for several days in a row, and there is a strong smell of charcoal. If it weren't for the fact that every day when Lu Chengjiao went out to practice, Xie Anlan would open the window to let the air in. I was really afraid that he would be poisoned by charcoal.

Lu Chengjie shook his head slightly disappointed when he heard this.

Xie Anlan didn't force him at all, but she was afraid that he would be bored alone in the room, so it would be nice to talk to him to relieve boredom.

After Xie Anlan fully recovered, Lu Chengge took out a small blue and white porcelain bottle with a round belly and a thin shape from his cuff, and handed it to him.

"What?" Xie Anlan didn't care, and took the warm blue and white porcelain vase, feeling warm in her heart.

Lu Chengjie smiled and said, "Your Highness, open it and have a look."

Xie Anlan opened the red cloth cork, and a fresh fragrance came out, making people want to move their index fingers wide open.

"This is the scallop powder." Needless to say, Xie Anlan had already guessed it by smelling it.

Holding the obviously heavy bottle, he paused, and said again, "You locked yourself in the house for these days, you can't just grind this powder, right?"

"No, I just don't want to go out, I just want to find something to pass the time for myself, I didn't stay out on purpose." Lu Chengjia vetoed.

He was embarrassed to tell Xie Anlan that he was afraid of the cold, but it was okay when he was in the imperial capital, and he could still hold on. When he came to the northwest side, not to mention the cold, it seemed that there was still a chill in the air that penetrated into his bones. Yes, Uncle Zhong is taking care of everything here, and he doesn't use it to catch the cold. Now, whether it's for business or for Uncle Zhong, he has to stay here to survive this winter.

Facing Lu Chengji's eyes that didn't dodge at all, Xie An knew that he was not lying, and smiled, "Since the thing is made, let's try its effect."

Speaking of which, Xie Anlan asked his servants to move the hot pot into the house, and ordered some water and cabbage, and then used charcoal fire to make a simple water and cabbage soup.

When the pot was finally opened, I put some salt and scallop powder into it, held it in front of Lu Chengjiao and said, "Taste it."

Lu Chengjie stared blankly at Xie Anlan's hand, then at the extremely simple cabbage soup in front of him, and curled his lips, "Unexpectedly, the prince can cook."

Xie Anlan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Just throw the cabbage into the boiling water and add some salt and scallop powder. This skill is no different from that of a cook in the army. It's that kind of cooking skill."

A real chef can make dozens of tricks even if it is Shimizu cabbage, and he knows this one.

"It's not bad." Lu Chengjia thought of the scene where he burned the kitchen down just by lighting a fire, and smiled knowingly. It's better than him that His Highness didn't burn down the house.

Putting a chopstick of green vegetables into his mouth, the delicious taste immediately spread from the tip of his tongue to his entire taste buds, a flash of surprise flashed in Lu Chengjie's eyes.

The taste is unexpectedly good!

The taste is ten times more delicious than that directly boiled with scallops.

After eating this white cabbage with scallop powder, I am afraid that he will never be able to eat clear water cabbage without scallop powder again.

"How?" Xie Anlan knew the result when she saw Lu Chengjiao's expression, but she still couldn't help asking.

"Not bad." Lu Chengjie nodded without hesitation, "This taste is really good, and it also saves the process of boiling scallops, just like salt."

The more Lu Chengji said, the faster his eyes rolled, "If it can be promoted, can it become a necessity for every household like salt."

Just thinking about it, a wave of restlessness rose in my heart.

It's a pity that he quickly reacted, "No, the price of dried scallops is too expensive, not to mention that it will shrink by half when ground into powder. There is no way to promote it among ordinary people."

"Besides, in the homes of high-ranking officials, most of them have chicken soup in the back kitchen, and there is no shortage of condiments on weekdays. If you want to change the taste occasionally, you can just buy scallops."

Lu Chengjiao's excited eyes gradually cooled down, and after a calculation, he finally realized that it seemed that he could only feed his family.

"Do you feel that you have made a loss-making business with me?" Xie Anlan said with a smile after listening to his analysis.

"No, Cheng Jie's goal is gun|powder, and the rest are just extras, so His Highness is at a disadvantage." Lu Cheng Jie sat up straight, and didn't care whether the scallop powder could make money.

"Although the price is expensive and there is no way to promote it, it won't hurt to open a restaurant as a recipe, but this matter still needs to be considered in the long run." Xie Anlan picked up the chopsticks on the table with a smile, and tasted what he made by himself This clear water cabbage.

I thought that he, who was used to all kinds of modern seasonings, would dismiss this kind of clear water cabbage with only a little scallop powder added.

But as soon as he entered, he knew he was wrong.

This taste is more than good, it almost dilutes his obsession with chili.

"Hey..." Lu Chengjie watched Xie Anlan pick up the chopsticks helplessly. He wanted to stop him but was a step too late, and only let out a long tone.

"What's wrong?" Xie Anlan returned to reality from the delicious taste.

Lu Chengji glanced at Xie Anlan's used chopsticks, and sighed, "Your Highness, these are the chopsticks I used."

"It's okay." Xie Anlan looked at the chopsticks in his hand, but didn't care.

Lu Chengjie pursed his lips, "..."