Farming and reading lady

After understanding the situation, Grandpa Gu was still worried and asked someone to invite a doctor. He examined everyone one by one and was finally relieved after confirming that they were all fine. You know, no matter whether it was the young Prince Mingxiao or the young ladies of the Fu and Ming families, they would not be able to bear the consequences if anything happened to any of them.

Mrs. Tong pointed at a few people and said, "Let Xian draw pictures of each of you and bring them back to Beijing for their parents to see. Are these still their daughters (sons)?"

Ming Zhenzhu pouted: "It's all Xiaoxianzi's fault for not telling us earlier. If I had known that eating that fruit would turn out like this, I would have..."

She paused for a moment and said, if she had known this earlier, it seemed that, maybe, she would still eat it, but at most she would eat a few fewer.

Little Prince Mingxiao smiled carefreely: "It's just a matter of blackening my mouth for a few days, nothing serious."

Although Fu Yujing felt embarrassed, she shook her head to indicate that it was okay. It was good to have a new experience that would be engraved in her memory for the rest of her life.

The other guards didn't care. They were more curious. They didn't expect there was such a magical thing on the mountain. The color couldn't be washed off easily. They even had a sudden idea to pick some and ask the palace doctor to make it into pills to scare people.

So, day after day, the group of people ate some fruits that were either red, purple, or red and yellow. In short, as long as they were delicious, these people would eat whatever they could catch and tasted all the fruits in the mountains.

Everyone in the Gu family was terrified, fearing that something big would happen one day.

The Grand Minister of Agriculture was watching with great delight, and his gloating look made Gu Xixian want to pull out all his beard.

Ten days later, Gu Xixian announced that the mysterious expedition to the mountains was over, because it was time to harvest sweet potatoes. Everyone in the family went out to dig, pick, and transport the sweet potatoes, each with a clear division of labor. Gu Xixian's task was still to accompany his friends in Beijing.

This time, the Minister of Agriculture also went directly to the front line and dug sweet potatoes with the Gu family. When the sweet potatoes were dug out, he was so excited that tears came out. If the increase in rice production has benefited more people in the south, then the increase in sweet potato production is a major event that benefits the people of the whole country. Sweet potatoes are not as picky as rice, and the requirements for climate and soil are not so strict. As long as this method of increasing production is implemented, it is not impossible to solve the problem of food and clothing for all the people in Daling. As the Minister of Agriculture who specializes in food, how can he not be excited and relieved?

After all the data on the sweet potatoes in Xiaoyuewan Village came out, he held up a trembling pen and passed the news to the emperor's dragon case through the fastest channel. Why didn't he go back directly? Sorry, he still wanted to try the various sweet potato delicacies made by the Gu family. Anyway, he was in the capital and couldn't run away, so why should he be in a hurry?

The Gu family's workshop for producing sweet potato products had already been built. Ayong and others, who had thought they would lose their jobs if they lost the preserved egg business, were afraid that they would bring too much burden to the Gu family, and proposed to resign. However, Grandpa Gu assured them not to worry, saying that more people might be needed to work in the future.

Brother Ayong and his friends were originally little beggars with no home or support. They wanted to leave just because they didn't want to repay kindness with enmity. When they heard that they would be needed later, they stayed hesitantly. Sure enough, after a few days, sweet potato planting was put on the agenda. They helped build a workshop and then became the main production force of the workshop without knowing it. Although many villagers from Xiaoyuewan Village also joined in, they were still the most outstanding group.

Sweet potato strips were produced first because the process was the simplest. However, unlike the general rural method of drying potato strips, which is to cut them into pieces and hang them on bamboo screens after cooking, Gu's sweet potato strips are first cut into strips, dried until half dry, and then steamed, dried again after being steamed, and then dried in the shade. The sugar content of the sweet potato strips is well preserved, sweet, tough, chewy, and not sticky. It has received unanimous praise from everyone.

The next thing that comes out is starch. The sweet potatoes are peeled, cut into pieces, ground into powder residue with a stone mill, poured into a two-meter-wide and three-meter-long fine cotton cloth, and placed in a large wooden basin and continuously rinsed with water. When only the residue of milky white liquid that can no longer be squeezed out of the cloth is left, wait for the milky white water in the basin to settle. After about one night, the water in the basin will automatically separate into two layers, the upper layer is clear water, and the lower layer is white sediment. Pour out the water, pour the basin-shaped round white crystals on the bamboo strips covered with fine yarn, break them and dry them in the sun, expose them to the sun for two or three days, wait for the water to evaporate, and gently pinch them with your hands, and the delicate starch will come out. So sweet potato cakes, goose necks, cold noodles and other delicacies were brought to the Gu family's dining table again.

When the sweet potato vermicelli came out, everyone exclaimed that it was delicious.

The products were all sold out, and the informants who stayed behind in the guesthouse passed the news on, and people from all walks of life came rushing in. Fortunately, Xiaoyuewan Village already had an orderly security team, plus a guard team from the capital, so there was no chaos.

Gu Xixian was astonished. She was a man of foresight. She invested in the business from the beginning with the goal of expanding it. Even so, the products she produced were snapped up. Except for the one in the capital city which she kept for herself, she also secured the management rights of other cities in Daliang State. She didn't expect that Xiaoyuewan Village would have so many customers in such a short period of time.

Gu Xixian knew the importance of exclusive rights, and she had discussed the matter with her father early in the morning, so the operation was smooth. With Prince Mingxiao standing behind, all the merchants were very responsible and acted according to the rules. The product was not released yet, but the channel was established.

The mood of the Gu family was soaring, and the people in Xiaoyuewan Village were also excited. Seeing the Gu family's crowded door, were they jealous? Of course they were jealous, but they were not jealous. The Gu family taught them the method of increasing production for free, and bought their sweet potatoes at a price twice the market price. All the workshop workers were given priority to villagers from the village. With the relationship between Tong Mingyan and the Gu family, they would not suffer any loss. They were all honest farmers, without so many twists and turns. They were already very satisfied with the current income. Didn't they see that people from other villages were trying their best to get into the Gu family workshop?

The villagers' contentment made the Gu family feel at ease. No one likes to be stabbed in the back by others. There is no end to making money. Why not lead everyone to develop together? Of course, Village Chief Tong also made a lot of contributions. The Gu family accepted this kindness and also gave generous rewards.

When things here were on track, Gu Xixian set out for Kyoto again. Her brother was also a concern she could not let go of.