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Shen Dongsu was speechless and funny. This maid came from Guangzhou with her. She was also Grandma Ji's niece, and her name was Xia He.

He said helplessly: "Don't worry, these popsicles are not poisonous and won't kill anyone if eaten."

Xia He looked at Li Nianyu with fear and felt that his behavior was embarrassing, so he whispered:

"Back to Princess, this is something you made newly, and you added saltpeter. There must be a tester."

Shen Dongsu said: "The test is also done by asking sheep to test it. When did you let people test the medicine?"

As he spoke, Li Nianyu's headache was relieved by the ice, and he began to taste the taste of peach popsicles in his mouth. He finished one popsicle in several mouthfuls and praised:

"It's so cool! It's sweet and ice-cold, and I feel cool from head to toe after eating it."

Looking at the ice jar again, he smiled at Xia He and said, "You must not eat the ice with saltpeter underneath."

"But the pot above is clean and you can eat with confidence."

Then he patted his forehead with some regret: "I know that saltpeter turns into ice when it meets water. Why didn't I think of using this method to make ice?"

Shen Dongsu asked speechlessly: "Are you willing to do it?"

Li Nianyu choked for a moment, took one look at the popsicles and said, "If I knew I could make such a delicious ice drink, I would still be willing to use some."

Seeing that Li Nianyu had not been poisoned to death and showed no signs of poisoning, he repeatedly praised the delicious popsicles.

Tsukimi hurriedly stepped forward and lifted out the peach popsicle box with one hand. When he opened it, he was greeted by the icy air that was both cool and sweet.

She beckoned all the maids and nuns in the room to come forward, and each one received one.

Shen Dongsu swallowed hard when she saw it, she really wanted to eat it! After stroking her belly, she decided to forget it. Her stomach was already resistant to cold food.

Li Nianyu ran to grab another flavor to eat. This was the first time Shen Dongsu saw this guy grabbing food like this.

You must know that he often went several days without eating in the laboratory, and someone had to be assigned to keep an eye on him and remind him to eat, put on clothes, and sleep.

Yue Jian bit into the half-eaten popsicle and said, "It's quite a lot. I'll give some to the guards in the outer courtyard."

Shen Dongsu couldn't help laughing, just say give some to A4!

"Give it away! It's just for everyone to eat. We'll make it after eating."

Yue Jian directly picked up a box and sent it to the outer courtyard.

Li Nianyu not only wanted to learn how to cook it for his brothers in Momen, but also felt sorry for the waste of saltpeter, with a tangled look on his face.

Shen Dongsu promptly took out a report and handed it to him: "There is another thing that asked you to come. The aliens discovered a suspected saltpeter mine in Tutai Mountain."

"Mr. Pang has sent people to investigate. It is indeed a saltpeter mine. This mining still needs your Momen supervision."

Facing Li Nianyu's excited expression, she chuckled and said, "So, we will not be short of saltpeter from now on."

"You can research gunpowder weapons with confidence, and you can also make ice with confidence in summer, without consuming much saltpeter."

In fact, the winter in Youzhou City is extremely long. As long as the ice cellar is repaired and more ice is stored in the winter, it will be enough for the summer.

It's just that Shen Dongsu has never been in the mood to think about Bing in the past few years! The ice cellar has long been in disrepair, so money needs to be spent wisely.

It was rare that she had some free time this year, so she got excited and made these popsicles.

But now that it’s been done, it’s natural to maximize its benefits. She looked at the maids who were eating popsicles with relish.

I originally wanted to give this ice-making technology to Xie Qingzhi. She was going to open a milk tea shop. If she had iced drinks, she would definitely make a lot of money in the summer.

However, what she wants is that the people of Youzhou can afford popsicles, not only wealthy businessmen and nobles.

Moreover, saltpeter is needed to make ice this summer. Saltpeter is tightly controlled by the Gunpowder Bureau. If it is given to others, it will not be conducive to management, and the possibility of leakage of the gunpowder formula must be strictly guarded against.

After thinking for a while, she asked Li Nianyu: "Are you interested in doing popsicle business?"

Li Nianyu was stunned and reminded her: "Princess, I mainly make gunpowder and fish oil firearms now."

Shen Dongsu wanted to scold him for being stubborn. There were a lot of stubborn tech geeks like Li Nianyu in Youzhou.

Like the Ministry of Agricultural Science, Youzhou was a new institution established to specialize in researching improved seeds and improving land.

Shen Dongsu invests a lot of money every year. Shen Dongsu said that the improved vegetable seeds and wheat seeds could be sold to the people. As a result, the old officials all looked confused and said:

"The Ministry of Agriculture and Science is an institution established by the prince to increase grain production for the people of Youzhou. How can such a person collect money from the people?"

"If you can't sell it, you can't sell it. How can a good policy that benefits the people be tainted with the stench of copper!"

This is the reason why industry cannot improve in this era. The literati are proud and unwilling to raise money unless people have a spirit of dedication.

But the spirit of dedication has always been based on material things.

Just like when Yangzhou established a large medical clinic, she gave extremely high remuneration to the imperial doctors to settle down in Yangzhou. Some people also said that doctors are just hanging pots to help the world, how can they be bribed with money?

Shen Dongsu wanted to give the person who said this a slap in the face. Don't doctors need to eat? When people research new medicines, don’t they need to invest money?

Now looking at the grand situation of Yangzhou Medical Clinic, all the cities and towns in the south of the Yangtze River are begging Brother Big Fish to open a local medical clinic.

The remuneration offered to the doctor was higher than what she had originally paid, which showed that this was the right path.

Let’s talk about the Ministry of Agriculture and Science. The officials did not agree to sell seeds, but distributed them to the people for free.

Shen Dongsu then suggested that food crops such as wheat, rice, and beans could be distributed on a per-capita basis and on a per-field basis.

But for cash crops such as rape, sesame, sugar beet, etc., seeds are sold.

She deducted the operating costs from the money earned from the sale, and the rest went to the Ministry of Agriculture and Science for research funding and officials' year-end bonuses.

At first, some old diehards protested, feeling that the princess was trying to make money from the people.

But a year later, no one protested anymore. Because the Ministry of Agriculture and Science discovered that those who bought cash crop seeds were mostly noble manors in nearby cities and towns, as well as Jiang's trading firm.

We sell high-quality seeds to these people at high prices without any psychological burden. Then, they discovered that they could only make money by selling seeds.

It is enough for their research funding and the expenditure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Science for half a year, which means that it can save the prince a lot of money.

During the Chinese New Year, everyone in the Agricultural Science Department will receive extremely generous bonuses, and they can also recruit more handymen.

Since then, not only has no one objected, but the Ministry of Agriculture has invested more in research on cash crops.

Look, this is called a virtuous cycle.

In addition to the Department of Agriculture and Science, the Military Medical Department had already learned this trick. Of course, it was also the clear path that Shen Dongsu showed them after arriving in Youzhou.

There are a few more finished medicines, such as loquat ointment for coughs and bamboo pitch. These can make small profits but quick sales, and ordinary people can afford them.

The winter in the north is long, and the skin is prone to frostbite. The snake oil ointment produced by the Military Medical Department and the more expensive red ginseng ointment can be very effective in preventing frostbite.

Snake oil ointment was sold to ordinary people, and red ginseng ointment was sold to wealthy merchants and nobles. At present, the number of finished medicines produced by the Military Medical Department is not large, only seven or eight.

But the money earned is enough to cover the military medical department's expenses for a year. Except for things like Jianda Hospital and new drug research, which require Shen Dongsu's investment, they are completely self-sufficient.