scientific farming

Because Qin Wenru, who was appointed by the emperor to be Song Wen's deputy, was too capable, left and right Song Wen was not good at these affairs, so he did it with peace of mind.Fortunately, Qin Wenru was also from a well-established family in the capital, and his status could be suppressed, so no one made things difficult for him.

When Song Wen was free, he thought about the oil extraction from peanuts that he told Xiao Lue that day, so he took out the whole bag of peanuts that Ah Mian bought earlier, leaving only a small bowl.

Frying peanut oil is a very troublesome labor, but Song Wen doesn't plan to let others know for the time being, so he can only hide in the kitchen with Ah Mian and tinker.

Fortunately, all the peanuts I bought have been shelled, and they have been sun-dried for storage. It looks quite dry, but it still needs to be dried again.There is only one kitchen and one pot in the backyard of the yamen. Ah Mian is in charge of lighting the fire, and Song Wen comes to fry the peanuts until they are cooked.

The roasted peanuts have to be turned constantly, and only by hand can they be kept evenly. After frying for a while, Song Wen felt that his hands were very hot.

"Master, it smells so good, can I eat it?" Ah Mian burned the fire, smelled the scent of peanuts, couldn't help asking, but she grabbed a handful without slowing down, which burned his cheeks. He kept tossing the handful of peanuts back and forth with one hand, stuffing them into his mouth, breathing with his tongue in his mouth, but refused to slow down.

Song Wen had no choice but to remind: "Be careful to light the fire, don't let it get too big."

"it is good."

Ah Mian is a person who has everything to eat. She puts peanuts in her arms and stuffs them in her mouth from time to time, chewing them deliciously. She doesn't dislike her hands full of ashes.

After the peanuts are fried, they should be smashed with a stone scoop. If they are broken, they should be steamed again to evaporate all the water in the peanuts. After evaporation, they should be fried in a pan again for the final frying.Stir-fried peanuts form fine powder, which should be flat and easy to pack, and pressed into peanut cakes.

In modern times, there is a special paper that is not afraid of oil or sticking to wrap the peanut cake tightly, which is definitely not the case at the moment.However, Song Wen’s hometown used to be in the south, where camellia was planted at home, and tea cakes usually had dry straw instead of paper on the outside. Song Wen felt the same, so he asked the servants below to bring some dry straw back from home. Let's make peanut cakes.

To make tea cakes, it needs to be solid and needs to be stepped on.When Song Wen made peanut cakes, he also imitated this one.He still wanted to continue making the remaining peanut cakes, so he asked Ah Mian to step on them.This time Song Wen didn't need to say much, Ah Mian also washed her feet clean, and soaked them in hot water for a long time. If Song Wen didn't stop her, he would have soaked her feet.

Even after it was cleaned, Ah Mian stepped on her feet a few times, and asked Song, "Master, are you going to eat this at the end? I smell my feet strangely." Lifting her feet and looking, Sniffing and disgusting, "I don't eat anyway."

Song Wen was amused, and silently sent him a real fragrance warning in his heart.

One of the two made peanut cakes and the other stepped on peanut cakes, but a mere bag of peanuts weighed about [-] catties. In addition, it took a whole day of frying, steaming and smashing peanut cakes before they were able to make all the peanut cakes.

When the peanut cake is ready, it is pressed.

There is a stone mill in the backyard, but there is no need to make a device for oil precipitation. Song Wen directly moved the peanut cakes to the stone mill, and stuffed them into the millstone under control. At this moment, the peanut cakes are mixed with straw, which looks really ugly, so don’t worry The yamen servants saw that something was wrong, Song Wen felt relieved and ordered them to move the big stone.

There must be no ready-made big stones, and the yamen servant scratched his head distressedly: "I need to go up the mountain to quarry stones as big as the adults said, and now..." He looked up at the sky illuminated by the setting sun, Confused, "I'm afraid it will only be tomorrow."

Song asked: "Aren't there two big stone lions at the door, you just go and move one over here."

The yamen servant hesitated: "My lord, this is absolutely impossible. If you move the big stone lion, it won't be right. How can this work. It looks ridiculous."

"Yes, yes." Amian also resolutely objected, "Young master, otherwise we'd better wait until tomorrow. We'll move the big stone lion in a while, and tomorrow morning the censor will join the young master again."

Ah Mian is scared, this capital city is really dangerous, everyone looks like a person, but behind their backs, they are actually tigers eating people.It is said that some censors are so bad that the ministers of the court and the central government used an extra cloth towel when they went to the toilet, and they can all refer to you for a copy.

I'm afraid, I'm afraid!

Song asked a picture of you cowards and said: "This yamen is the largest county magistrate? Do you want to listen to the county magistrate? If that is the case, even if the censor wants to submit a memorial, he can only participate in me. I am not afraid. What are you afraid of!"

"Yes." The yamen servant and Ah Mian were very reluctant, but they could only agree.Gathering a dozen or so people together, they moved the big stone lion together. They changed hands halfway, and finally lifted it and pressed it onto the stone mill.

Fortunately, the big stone lions at the gate of the yamen are not too big, and they are just average. If it is the big stone lions in front of the prince's mansion, it will not work.The process is difficult, but the effect is remarkable. The big stone lion weighs a lot. Once it is put on the stone mill, you can feel that part of the piled peanut cake has collapsed, and it is a little moist from oil.

Song Wen put a clay pot under the bottom to catch the oil, sent the yamen servants back, and told Ah Mian to go to bed first, and later come to replace him in the middle of the night.I'm not afraid of people stealing or doing tricks in the yamen, but after all, it's not a public place, there are too many people, and there are many people in the capital staring at Song Wen, so he has to pay more attention.

The plan was like this, but Ah Mian couldn't wake up, Song asked what to do, he could only light the oil lamp, continue to cook by himself, squint for a while in the middle, but didn't dare to sleep soundly.

The morning light came and fell on the eyelids, and the fundus of the eyes was faintly red.Song Wen nodded abruptly, woke up, and hurried to look at the clay pot, which was less than a third full of oil. The stone mill continued to drip oil very slowly, and it seemed that there was not much oil left up.

Song Wen had been messing around all day yesterday, and it was hard to guarantee that no one would notice this movement.What's more, the big stone lion at the gate of the yamen was moved at night, and people must have paid attention to it. Now it was dawn, and there was a stone lion left at the gate of the yamen, and anyone who was not blind could see it.

Afraid of having long nights and dreamy nights, Song Wen changed the clay pot to continue, and went to the general's mansion with the clay pot filled with oil in his arms.

It's only dawn, Xiao Luoding is not in the General's Mansion.But the General's Mansion, Song Wenshu.He went straight to the kitchen and asked the cook to make pies with the peanut oil he brought.

White flour pie, the inside is lean meat mixed with a little fat meat, and the filling is mixed with shallots and small wine. It is so oily in peanut oil, and the nose is filled with the aroma of peanut oil and the filling. The smell of cake.Song Wen took a sip of his saliva, then lay down on the stove and waited for food.

Xiao Lue came back early today. I heard that Song Wen came mysteriously with a clay pot in his arms. He entered the kitchen as soon as he arrived. He didn't know what it was. The pies made in the kitchen today are really annoying. Want to swallow tongue.

Xiao Lue instantly thought of Song Wen being read another book in the court today.This time, it was about Song Wen moving away the stone lions at the gate of the yamen, acting perversely in the yamen all day long, and so on, Xiao Lue's head hurt from listening to the proficient words.

When they rushed to the kitchen, the smell of the pies was really different today, Xiao Lue, who doesn't place much emphasis on appetite, has his stomach rumbling, gurgling, very lively.

Hearing the movement, Song Wen turned around and smiled. Seeing Xiao Yue coming over and following the dogs who were poking around, he wanted to follow along, but how could it be so easy?

Song Wen got up directly and went over. As soon as he slammed the door, he slapped the person outside the door and locked the door.

"Is something wrong?"

Song Wen directly handed the pot to Xiao Lue's nose, and said seriously, "Peanut oil."

Xiao Luao looked at Song Wen fixedly, his eyes sparkled, his throat moved, and it took him a while to subconsciously reach out to grab it.But Song Wen was asked to remove the clay pot directly and put it on the table next to it.

This table is filled with all kinds of ingredients. I made pies just now. Now the fillings, flour, finished pies, etc. are in a mess, and I haven’t had time to clean them up. , there was a dusty clay pot, but it was filled with golden peanut oil.

"I'm afraid of death." Song Wen looked at Xiao Lue and solemnly confessed.

Xiao Lue understands that this is the capital city, the royal family and nobles are everywhere, Song Wen is just a farmer, the emperor's decree seems to be a favor, but it also pushes him to the forefront.A mung bean sprout, that is, throwing a stone into the ocean, will not do much, but it is a new kind of oil, and it is made from cheap peanuts.It is hard to guarantee that no one will ask for the prescription, Song Wen will lose his life.

"I will protect you!" Xiao Lue solemnly promised.

Song Wen shook his head: "It's not enough. Speaking of which, you are a great general, and you have the General's Mansion bestowed by the Emperor himself, and the Empress Dowager to rely on, but in fact, I heard that the border is not stable. Why does the Emperor know that you are leaving the border and neighboring countries are restless? Want to call you back to Beijing?"

He leaned over and heard each other's breaths so close, but there was no ripple. Song Wen's voice almost turned into a voice, "It is said that it is the grace of the body, General Xiao will not think so, right? The quality is the grace, General Xiao Are you clear in your mind?"

After finishing speaking, Song Wen returned to the distance of normal conversation, looked at Xiao Lue and smiled gracefully, with coldness leaking from his smiling eyes.

Xiao Lue had seen Song Wen's demeanor in a red robe and riding a horse after becoming the number one scholar, and he had also seen his desperation when he was mad and seeking death, and most of all, he was dishonest and noisy after he got his life back. It was the first time seeing him in a while, which made people feel palpitating and dangerous, but also made people more addicted.

The more dangerous the more attractive!

Xiao Lue took out a sign from his bosom, pushed the sign along the side dish table in the kitchen, pointed at the table, and kept looking at Song Wen to show his sincerity: "This is The previous emperor gave you a gold medal to avoid death, hold it, the current emperor can't do anything to you!"

This is his trump card.

Song Wen looked down at the sign on the table, took the sign bluntly, returned to his usual appearance, waved the sign in front of his eyes and said with a smile, "I accept your life!"

Xiao slightly nodded.

Song Wen pushed the clay pot in front of Xiao Lue and said: "I have checked the records in the yamen, and now the peanut yield per mu is [-] catties, almost less, and can produce [-] to [-] catties. And good peanuts, ten Two catties of oil can be produced per catty. The important thing is that the dregs left over from oil production can be used as feed or fertilizer. More importantly, peanuts on the market only cost seven yuan per catty, while pork can produce How much oil? How much money can peanuts be sold for when they are turned into oil?"

Xiao slightly's pupils shrank.

"How much is a catty of flour, and how much is a pie? With a little effort, you can earn money. General Xiao, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish."

Song asked, "All the peasants in the world can sell for money..."

If the poor are not poor, why worry about prosperity?