History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

In a blink of an eye, it was the 37th year of Kangxi, and Minning was 15 years old.

There have also been great changes in the family. First, they moved to a big house, and then my brother also took a fancy to his wife. He just waited for this year to pass the draft and get engaged.

In the past two years, the recipe of the soap was inevitably spread. At the beginning, as expected, some people noticed the raw materials of the soap and felt that there was huge profit in it.So he bribed the people in the workshop to steal the recipe.

When soaps that did not belong to the workshop appeared on the market, Father An was keenly aware that later he simply sold the prescription to the public. Although the price was not high, he finally got some of it back. funds.

In this way, after more than a year of brewing, the soaps on the market flooded, and the prices dropped like diving.

Although it is a little expensive for ordinary people, it is already within the affordable range.Not to mention there is a cheaper alternative - soap.

The cooperation with the rouge shop has long since ended, and the upper class has no access to it due to their status as Anjia, so they gave up this part of the market and turned to the folks.

Under Minning's suggestion, An's father bought a piece of land outside the West City and opened a soap factory. Animal oils on the market became increasingly difficult to harvest, and An's family turned their attention to vegetable oil.

People in the capital use coal for heating and cooking, and a lot of plant ash is only used in the countryside. As a result, plant ash has become a sought-after commodity. Many people focus their attention on the weeds on the wasteland, and a large number of plants are burned for no reason.

For a period of time, the entire capital was filled with smog, and finally the government issued a regulation prohibiting the burning of grass and trees for no reason, and this matter came to an end.However, burning was not allowed in the capital, and many people turned their attention to the countryside, and many speculators bought truckloads of plant ash from the countryside and sold them to soap factories in the capital.

An's family can't grab others, these two kinds of raw materials have been controlled by others, which means that An's soap factory has been jointly excluded.In desperation, the only handful of hair on Father An's anxious forehead almost fell out.Minning couldn't stand it anymore, so he tricked him into buying a large amount of saline-alkali land in a place far away from the capital and close to Hubei.

The saline-alkali land that cannot grow food is inferior, and generally cannot be sold at a high price. After Anfu bought some, he made an appointment with the local villagers to extract soil alkali from the soil here. With soil alkali, plant ash can be used officially out of history.

Not to mention that these soil alkalis can be directly used to steam steamed buns.

Minning has long missed the soft steamed buns. The noodles in this era are almost all dead noodles, which not only chokes the throat, but also has a sour taste.

Adding alkali to the noodles can not only neutralize the sour taste, but also make the steamed buns more fluffy.

At first, Minning asked the kitchen to add alkali when steaming steamed buns, but the cook refused.In the house, I often have to deal with my young lady's whimsical ideas, and her nerves have long been honed like iron and stone.But let her put this kind of liquid soaked in red crystals in her food today, even if the cook is used to the young lady's shocking words, she still cannot accept it.

She is ready to waste the white flour.

After the steamed buns were cooked, Minning ate one, and then gave advice to the cook, "There's too much alkali, put in less next time, the ones just out of the pan will be divided among the family, let them try it too. There will be night Replace the dim sum with this one, don’t add water, knead noodles with milk, make it the size of a baby’s fist, and put date paste inside.”

The cook had already eaten one of the steamed buns when they came out of the pan. It was the first time she had seen such soft steamed buns, and she couldn't believe that they were steamed from her hands.

With soil alkali, the time for soaking plant ash was shortened, and the output of soap production was greatly increased. Many businessmen from other places came to buy goods after hearing the news.

Although Anfu gave up the market in the inner city, he made major breakthroughs in the outer city and other places.

In the place where soil alkali is produced, the village has a way to make money, and it is frantically refining soil alkali. Not only Anfu's fields, but even those saline-alkali lands that no one wants have been dug up to extract alkali. Anfu every five days Just send someone to collect it once.

After a long time, too much soil and alkali was collected, and the soap factory could not be used for a while, and they were afraid of being damp, so they were sold to food shops.This kind of soil alkali contains salt, and the pasta made after adding it is fragrant, tough, and good in taste. Once it was launched, it became popular in the whole Beijing city.

From the palace to the folks, no one can resist adding soil alkali to pasta. In addition, after the imperial doctor verified that a small amount of soil alkali can neutralize gastric acid and protect the stomach, no one can resist the temptation of soil alkali.

There are so many benefits of soil alkali, so some people will naturally find business opportunities. However, Father An stopped after hoarding most of it. The rest was collected in the village on a regular basis.

Although the method of making earth alkali will be spread out sooner or later, the An family can still make money for at least a few years.

To say that the biggest change in the family is not the expansion of the property, but Minning herself. After two years of recuperation, Nanny Shi threw countless palace recipes on her, causing her to grow taller and slimmer. With feminine curves.

In addition, she does not lose her mouth, milk and soy milk are indispensable every day, and various soups are also available every day, which can almost make up for the foundation she lost when she was young.Now her skin is white and tender, her black hair has grown to her waist, her cheeks have become plump, and she still has chubby baby fat.

In the final analysis, Minning has a good foundation, otherwise he would not have been abducted back then.She has inherited Zhang's beauty, even greener than blue, her nose is straight from An's father, and her eyes are said to be like her uncle, who has never been masked, with almond eyes, and when she stares at people, she looks very pure and innocent.

In the past few years, with the care of her family and her nutrition, her face began to open slowly, completely different from when she first came home.If Zhuangzi appeared again at this time, no one might recognize her.

After all, one is as thin as bean sprouts, no matter how you look at it, she looks like a young child, and the other is already young in appearance, but obviously has a good foundation. No one can deny that as long as the future does not grow crooked, she will definitely become a beauty.

Minning is extremely satisfied with her appearance in this life. In her previous life, she was just an ordinary person, and she could still be said to have seven points of color with makeup on.She has always been envious of glamorous celebrities, but she never thought that she could become such a person in this life.

With such a face, she can eat an extra bowl of rice in one meal.

However, regarding the current body, Minning is not without regrets. The appearance of this body is very good. The only shortcoming is that no matter how much it is repaired, the chest has not improved.

Fortunately, the nurse beside her comforted her. She was still young, and her breasts would naturally grow bigger after giving birth.

This made Minning a little shy, oh, is she that obvious?

Cough cough, from today onwards, the daily soup will be replaced with soybean and pork knuckle soup!

Doing the math, it has been five years since she came to this world, and Minning has completely integrated into this era. Apart from ordering some dishes that cannot be prepared in the kitchen on a whim, she really has nothing special about her.

Ama and his elder brother are in charge of the family business, and they only ask Minning when they can't handle it.Minning has been brought up to be a little princess, and what worries her most every day is what kind of patterned clothes to wear with what kind of jewelry.

After elder brother Ju made a good relationship, An's father also told Min Ling a family relationship. The other party was Zuo Ling's matchmaker. Over the years, Zuo Ling had received money from An's family a lot, and the relationship between the two families was very close.

Later, when I met a good candidate, I proposed it to Father An. The other party was also a banner man. He was a vest in the Xiaoqi camp.

Father An thought it was good, so he came back and asked Minning what he meant. Minning didn't have much hope for the marriage. He heard that the conditions were okay, and after secretly seeing him, he was a strong young man, so she agreed.

It's good to marry someone who is a soldier. This shows that she will have more freedom in the future, and she will be the master of the house after becoming a pro, not just doing whatever she wants.

Moreover, the status of Manchu aunts is far higher than that of Han women in the family, especially men in Qiying are not allowed to take concubines. Based on this alone, Minning is very satisfied with this marriage.

The two families have secretly agreed that as long as the sign is placed after the draft, the two families will officially get married.

Minning has no expectations for marriage, she just wants to live her life peacefully, and marrying an ordinary person will make it easier for her to control her own destiny.

After the first month, the biggest event in the family is the draft. The night of her return from the last draft was over.

This time, Zuo Ling reported her name early, and only waited for her formal entry into the palace in February.

With the guidance of Nanny Shi, Minning is no stranger to palace rules and etiquette. Her goal is not to fail in the first round, and it is best to get married in the second round.

At the beginning of February, An's family received a notice from Zuo Ling. The draft will be officially held on the [-]th. There will be two flags per month. Door.

This year's draft is a big event for An's family, An's father, Min Xing and Min Yi all rushed back.

On the [-]th, Minning started to catch up on sleep in the afternoon, had a good meal in the evening, and then began to dress up in the pink palace clothes that Xiu Nu had sent over yesterday.

Xiunu's clothes and hairdos were all regulated, and Nanny Shi did it herself, combing Minning's hair twice and putting flowers on it.

As soon as the child's hour passed, someone knocked on the door of the mansion.

Min Ning stepped on her pelvic shoes and was supported by Nanny Shi and Xiaoqing into the carriage. The clothes assigned to Xiu Nu looked bloated on the body, but at this time it showed its goodness, at least in this In the cold spring night, I can keep a little body temperature.

Fortunately, when she went out just now, Nanny Shi stuffed a hand stove with charcoal in it, and she didn't know how warm it was in her sleeves.

In the darkness, the carriage did not know which way it was going. After walking for about half an hour, Minning felt that there were more carriages beside him.