The pension plan of the ancient cannon fodder woman

The sweet potato selling activity in the morning was very successful. Ten thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes were sold in the entire Liushu Village. Su He was a little surprised.

You have to know that the Wang family's younger uncle alone sold 2,000 kilograms, and he himself sold 2,500 kilograms. Add to that the eldest uncle and cousins, the Wang family alone sold more than 6,000 kilograms.

That is to say, the people of the entire Liushu Village sold only more than 3,000 kilograms in total.

It seems that everyone treasures sweet potatoes. Although every household sells some, most of them are sold to exchange for old food to fill their stomachs.

Except for some families who are in debt and cannot survive without selling their crops, all other families are gritting their teeth and tightening their belts to wait until the spring harvest. By then, everything will be different.

Su He felt a little pressured when she thought about how much everyone was looking forward to sweet potatoes.

Although sweet potatoes have a high yield, they are not easy to preserve. Fortunately, we are in the north and it is winter now, so they will not go bad for the time being.

However, she also needs to give everyone a heads-up first to avoid any problems. Everyone is counting on it to survive, so Su He dare not neglect it.

Thinking of this, she hurried to make things clear before Lord Chen left.

"Master Chen, although these sweet potatoes have a high yield, they are not easy to store. They may become moldy when the temperature is high or the humidity is high. Moldy sweet potatoes must not be eaten."

When Lord Chen heard this, his face turned a little ugly. The yield was high but it was not easy to store, so the effect of the sweet potato was not that great. Then how could the embroidered clothes officials take this matter to ask for credit from the higher-ups?

"However, I know how to make sweet potato flour. This sweet potato flour is similar to flour, but it is easier to preserve. Just like two kilograms of wheat can be ground into one kilogram of flour, but sweet potato flour is inferior, and you may need 15 kilograms to make one kilogram."

In fact, it doesn't take that much. The book says 10 jin should be made into 1 jin, but Su He thinks it's safer to say more. It doesn't matter if these officials are unhappy now. What if they report it and find that it's not as good as it says, then she will not just be thrown into a cell.

After hearing this, Lord Chen's expression improved a little, but he was still dissatisfied.

"So wheat is better? Five hundred catties per mu can produce two hundred and fifty grams of flour, and four thousand catties per mu of sweet potatoes can only produce this much."

Su He looked at Mr. Chen in surprise. She didn't expect that he was so good at math and figured it out in no time.

"Sir, the flour yield ratio is like this, but we can't think like this. Sweet potatoes are made into sweet potato flour for easy storage, but people here don't need to do this. The sweet potatoes are dug out with mud, dried for three days, and can be stored carefully for a few days. Not to mention a lot, the whole Jinyang City will definitely be able to enjoy it. Other places will just be slower to promote it. In the long run, sweet potatoes still have advantages."

After hearing what Su He said, Lord Chen's expression improved a lot. Yes, it's just a little slower, and this thing can be planted twice a year, which is incomparable to wheat.

"Well, then you study it carefully, and when you have made it, come to see me at the county government office."

Su He nodded quickly and finally managed to fool the person.

This is not the end yet. People in the three villages have no experience, so she also needs to ask a few uncles to help communicate.

It just so happens that the sweet potatoes from Dahe Village and Sanshi Village have not been transported away yet, so I can just explain it to them when they arrive.

Su He felt very depressed when she thought that she had to make sweet potato noodles during the Chinese New Year.

She was still suitable for being a salted fish. Anyway, she had earned enough money and now had dowries and gifts for her ten younger brothers and sisters.

Why would she work so hard? Even if Mu Tou wanted to take the imperial examination, her boxes of gold would be enough for her.

After resolving this matter, she can consider retiring early.

Thinking of retiring early, Su He was so happy that she almost laughed out loud. She was finally going to make it.

After paying the silver, Lord Chen divided his men into two groups, one group escorted the sweet potatoes to Dahe Village, and the other group went to Sanshi Village. He himself returned to the county government office.

County Magistrate Zhang is still in prison, and the new county magistrate of Huaihe County has not yet been found, so he has to rush back to take charge.

On this side, Su He was looking at the information and thinking about how to make sweet potato noodles.

At the Zhao residence, Mother Zhang was having dinner with Chen, and the dish was about the story of Su He's family yesterday.

Chen was filled with emotion after listening to this.

"Although Lotus is a little greedy, she is very loyal to her family."

Although Mother Zhang often belittles Su He, she also admires her in her heart.

"Yes, young lady, you don't know, this damn girl couldn't get in and she knew how to throw money to cheat people away. If it weren't for her, I estimate that these people in her maternal grandfather's family would not only lose everything, but also have to spend several months in jail."

Chen nodded in satisfaction, "This is what a maid from our house should be like. Humph, you should train the new ones well. Teach them all to be like He Hua."

Mother Zhang's smile disappeared in an instant. If what Hehua did happened continued, the young lady's private money would be cheated away.

The lady is really confused.

Fortunately, Mother Zhang is not stupid. She only complained in her heart and never showed it on her face.

"I heard that County Magistrate Zhang is still in the dungeon. I guess he spent the New Year in prison."

Chen shook her head with a sneer, "You are wrong. If he doesn't spend this year in prison, he won't be able to get out."

Mother Zhang was shocked. "Miss, it's just money. Which official doesn't accept bribes nowadays?"

"He accepted money from spies from an enemy country. Even if he survives, he will be exiled."

Although Chen is a bit naive, he has received a good education since childhood and has some basic knowledge.

Things turned out just as Chen said. Two months later, County Magistrate Zhang was secretly executed.

Officials of Dayong were guilty of bribery by the enemy country, which was a capital crime. Not only would they die, but their entire clan would also be killed. Fortunately, the Embroidered Uniform Officials found out that Magistrate Zhang did not know that the other party was a spy, so their entire clan was not implicated.

Su He was so busy this time that she was overwhelmed. Since her family had a well, the place for making sweet potato noodles was decided to be her home.

It was also Su He’s first time trying this, so she only used 60 kilograms of sweet potatoes.

Making sweet potato flour is simple. Peel and wash fresh sweet potatoes, blend them into a paste, then filter and let them stand to leave the sediment. Wash the sediment and let it stand again. Repeat this process three times. Finally, dry the sediment and you will get sweet potato starch.

This can be done in every household in modern times, but in ancient times, just stirring it into a paste was tiring enough, and there were no blenders in ancient times.

Manual mixing was really difficult, so my uncles, aunts and cousins ​​took turns to mix the mixture for a whole day before they could barely finish mixing 50 kilograms.

Then they filtered it with gauze, and Su He told them that the residue could be put back into the field for composting. Zhou then piled the residue directly into her own vegetable garden.

After the remaining water has been left to stand overnight, the dirty water is poured out, revealing a slightly yellow precipitate. This is not good enough, as there are too many impurities.

Su He then instructed Liu Bai to pour clean water to wash it, and then let it sit. This was repeated three times. Finally, the sediment at the bottom of the wooden barrel turned snow-white. Su He instructed Liu Niang to scoop out the sweet potato flour piece by piece.

The last step is to dry the wet starch.

Unfortunately, there was no sunshine during the New Year holidays, but Su He was not in a hurry. She simply cleared the kang in the study, padded it with two layers of clean gauze, and placed wet starch on the kang to bake.

After increasing the heat and roasting for a day and a night, the sweet potato starch is ready.

Su He washed his hands, broke a large piece of sweet potato starch into small particles, and then wrapped them in oil paper, half a pound each. In this way, 50 pounds of sweet potatoes were made into 9 pounds of sweet potato starch.

Much better than expected.

In order to prevent moisture, Su He made up his mind to wrap it in three layers.

After doing all this, Su He did not waste any time and went to the county town to find Mr. Chen the next day.