Crossing town house man and wife

"What's the idea?" Wu Ming's eyes were also shining.

Yan Heng couldn't help raising his eyebrows, "What do you want?"

"Take me to the farm to have a look, that is... the farmland over there." Wu Ming actually needs craftsmen and materials for making things more, but he only gave Yan Heng an idea, and he didn't want to contract it all. Iron is considered a precious metal in this day and age, if you exchange it with an idea, maybe Yan Heng will feel that he is a lion, so he will settle for the next best thing and satisfy his stomach's needs first.

"Are you interested in farming?" Yan Heng was a little surprised.

"Not at all." Wu Ming immediately denied, "I just want to see what is planted in the field and see if there is anything I can eat."

"..."

"You don't want to refuse, do you?" Wu Ming looked at Yan Heng sadly, "Don't tell me you still have business to do, just listen to Luo Daozi talking to you, you don't need to come here today."

"I'm just surprised why you want to eat." Yan Heng raised his hand, wanting to pinch Wu Ming's cheek, but immediately remembered that there were other people here, so he could only put his hand back angrily, "Okay, I promise You, when the matter here is over, I will take you there."

"Don't go back on your word!" Wu Ming exhorted pretending to be concerned.

He is also very good at pretending to be tender and obedient, and he has learned a lot from talking with girls on the Internet!

Yan Heng really liked his delicate and immature appearance, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

After about an hour, the trial of the stirrups finally came to an end.

Yan Heng handed over the follow-up work to Luo Daozi, while he fulfilled his promise and took Wu Ming to the farmland on the other side of the barracks.

It's midsummer at this moment, although Wu Ming doesn't know the exact date, but judging from the temperature, it should be around June in the Gregorian calendar.There are not many people working in the farmland, and there are only soldiers guarding the edges.

Under the leadership of Yan Heng, Wu Ming went around and found that the main crops grown in the farmland were soybeans and sorghum. Only a small area was planted with rice, but the wheat was nowhere to be seen.

Wu Ming asked casually, and only then did he learn that these are the crops promoted by Emperor Qin III himself, and it is said that they are most suitable for the climate conditions in the Northeast.Although wheat is also being promoted, in order to extract the value of the land to the greatest extent, coupled with limited manpower, all winter wheat is planted in the military village, and sowing will only start in autumn.

"By the way, can tofu be made in the house?" Seeing soybeans, Wu Ming had a flash of inspiration, thinking of the multiple uses of soybeans.

"You also know about tofu?" Yan Heng was taken aback.

"Already have?" Wu Ming asked lightly.

Yan Heng shook his head, "The late emperor once ordered people to try it, but they failed several times, but they tried the method of extracting soybean oil."

What's so hard about tofu?

Wu Ming was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "But something is wrong with the brine formula?"

"You are clear." Yan Heng was more and more surprised.

"Brine tofu, the key is the brine." Wu Ming pouted, "Does he use brine or gypsum?"

Yan Heng didn't speak for a long time, and finally said helplessly: "I don't know, the first emperor only told me that he wanted to use soybeans to make a delicacy better than meat, but he still failed in the end."

How could tofu taste better than meat!

Wu Ming has always had meat and dislikes, so he didn't take it seriously, but he began to wonder where to find brine.

Plaster was quickly rejected.

Only natural gypsum is available these days, but the most famous gypsum mine in Northeast China is in Jilin, and it is still in the territory of foreigners. It is not easy for him to let people risk their lives to find it in the territory of foreigners for a few pieces of tofu. I don’t know where it is. Where is the gypsum mine.

In this way, only bittern can be used.

"By the way, where does the salt we eat come from?" Wu Ming asked immediately.

"The salt used by the governor's office and the army mainly comes from the land of Shu, while the folks... come from a variety of sources, most of which are trafficked from the land of Qilu, and there are also some local privately produced salt." Yan Heng looked at Wu Ming doubtfully, "Why do you ask this?"

"Order tofu!" Wu Ming said, "The so-called brine is the bitter water left over from the salt production—by the way, the salt dealers should still make a lot of money now, right?"

"My father started his business with salt luck." Yan Heng said meaningfully.

"Really? I really don't know!" Wu Ming immediately pretended to be stupid.

"Haven't you had any contact with the Ruan family's business?" Yan Heng asked without any surprise in his tone.

Wu Ming sighed. "Can I touch it if I want to? Anyway, I don't have any memory of it."

He really didn't. The original owner only had exercises, exercises, exercises in his mind, and he had no contact with his family, let alone his family business.

"But you want to sell salt now?" Yan Heng looked at Wu Ming inquiringly.

Wu Ming looked around cautiously.Although there was still a considerable distance between the guards behind and them, Wu Ming raised his feet and pulled Yan Heng down so that his mouth could be close to his ear.

"I'm not interested in selling salt, but I suddenly thought of a way to make salt." Wu Ming said in a low voice, "It's simple, low-cost, almost no-cost business."

Yan Heng squinted his eyes, his heart pounding.

Wu Ming also saw his movement, and immediately grinned. "I'll tell you more about it when I get back."

"Okay." Yan Heng suppressed the palpitations in his heart and tried to stay calm, but he couldn't help but make a promise, "If this can be done, even if you want to eat dragon liver and phoenix gall, I will definitely get it for you. "

"Come on, there are neither dragons nor phoenixes in this world. Where are you going to get me dragon livers and phoenix gall?" Wu Ming rolled his eyes, but then his heart changed, "Wait, if you really want to, why don't you find me?" Let's go... Forget it, it's too far away."

Wu Ming originally wanted Yan Heng to send someone to take a trip to the Silk Road to get some spices from the Western Regions, so that he could have a good meal of meat, but as soon as he said the words, he realized that the road was not ordinary. , with today's means of transportation and the level of technology, it is estimated that people will die before they get there.Even if it really works out, it will be a matter of the year of the monkey, and whether he will still be in the Qin Dynasty by then will be a matter of debate.

"Why didn't you say it?" Yan Heng asked persistently.

"It's useless to say it." Wu Ming pouted, "I want you to find someone to get me some seasonings for cooking, but these seasonings are said to grow in the west, and you have to cross the desert to get there."

"Silk Road?" Yan Heng blurted out.

Wu Ming was taken aback for a moment, but then suddenly said: "The former emperor said it again?"

"That's right." Yan Heng nodded, but doubts arose in his heart.

Why did "Ruan Orange" know almost all the strange things related to the late emperor?

Is there any strange connection between them?

For a moment, Yan Heng even thought that "Ruan Cheng" might be the illegitimate son of the late emperor, who left him the secrets of governing the country in private.

But in the next moment, Yan Heng dismissed this ridiculous idea.

Regardless of this life or the previous life, he sent people to investigate the Ruan family.Both Ruan Huan and his wife, Yang, were born and raised in the Liao region. Ruan Huan had only been to Qilu when he was doing business, and had never even been close to the city gate of Xianyang. Without going out, there is no chance to have an intersection with the late emperor.

What's more, the first emperor has always been dissatisfied with Ying Han. If there are really bastards living outside, he will definitely take them back to Xianyang. How can...

Yan Heng took a deep breath, forced himself to break free from the memory, and looked down, only to find that "Ruan Cheng" was also distracted.

Wu Ming was thinking about Qin III right now.

According to Yan Heng's description just now, the salt transportation is obviously not in the hands of the government, and as a time-traveling man from later generations, how could he not know the importance of the salt administration?Could it be that this guy wants to engage in capitalist free competition in the Qin Dynasty and let the market decide everything by itself?But judging from Yan Heng's previous description, this guy doesn't seem to be a person who advocates freedom and democracy. On the contrary, he knows the methods of dictatorship well and uses them freely.

Similarly, rice has been extended to the Northeast, and winter wheat has appeared. Wu Ming does not believe that Qin Sanshi would not know about the great killer method of drying salt.

By the way, maybe it's not that he forgot to do it, but that he can't do it, can't do it.

Wu Ming suddenly thought of the big trusts of this era—the aristocrats.

The first emperor not only unified the seven kingdoms, but also set off a huge change in the land of China that was not inferior to the later bourgeois revolution. In this change, ordinary people benefited, and noble families suffered.The reason why the Qin Dynasty began to collapse as soon as the first emperor died was because the first emperor failed to completely disperse and kill the local powerful forces before his death.If the first emperor could live a few more years, the Qin Dynasty might not have died in two lifetimes, and the gentry clan would not have been arrogant until Empress Zetian ascended the throne.

When the first emperor was alive, the gentry did not dare to act rashly, and when the first emperor died, they immediately appeared.

Although Qin Sanshi tried his best to turn the tide and pulled the Qin Dynasty back from the brink of extinction, he obviously did not have the courage of Emperor Shihuang and Empress Zetian, and he was not ruthless or tough enough when dealing with the elites of the gentry. After all, he still gave them a breather Opportunity, but this opportunity will only become a stumbling block for him in the end.

Perhaps Qin Sanshi knew this well, so he didn't share things such as stirrups and sun salt.He is very clear that sharing these things under such circumstances will not benefit the people, but will make the country stronger. It will only fatten up the gentry he wants to suppress, and make it more difficult for him to reform.

If Qin Sanshi was still alive, he would probably be pissed off by what he did right now?

Wu Ming curled his lips mockingly, and suddenly found that Yan Heng hadn't spoken for a long time, so he raised his head quickly, and met Yan Heng's eyes without thinking.

"What are you thinking again?" Yan Heng asked.

Wu Ming immediately smiled, "I was wondering...whether I can have lamb chops tonight."

"..." Yan Heng held back the corners of his mouth from twitching, and tried to dissuade him, "Don't always think about eating meat, you should also eat some fruits and vegetables."

"Fruits and vegetables, what can I eat?" Wu Ming remembered that he didn't seem to see a vegetable field here, "Are there any vegetables grown here?"

"There is another vegetable garden." Yan Heng explained, "If you are interested, I will take you to see it another day."

"Alright then." Wu Ming nodded, "But let's eat lamb chops tonight."

"..."