After the salted fish is married

There was another light rain in the next few days, and the heat was taken away, and Liangzhou finally officially entered autumn.As soon as the weather cools down, several osmanthus trees in the palace are full of golden flowers, and the sweet fragrance permeates the whole palace.

Yan Xining likes the smell of sweet-scented osmanthus, every day he would go around the tree for a few times, and then pick a flower and put it in his and Ji Song's room.The sweet scent is better than incense. With the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus, Ji Song can always sleep peacefully.

Osmanthus fragrans not only smells good, but also tastes good. When they were young, there was an osmanthus tree in the backyard of their house. Whenever the flowers bloomed, my parents would shake down the osmanthus flowers that were in full bloom to make delicious osmanthus cakes.

He has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he knows when is the best time to shake osmanthus.After waiting for a few days, fine osmanthus flowers began to fall from the osmanthus tree. At this time, you can start shaking the osmanthus.

Yan Xining chose a sunny and sunny morning to shake the osmanthus. After the morning dew dispersed, he and Bai Tao threw a layer of gauze under the osmanthus tree.As the branches swayed, the golden osmanthus rain fell, and the sweet fragrance covered Yan Xining's body.

Looking at the sweet-scented osmanthus on the gauze, Bai Tao took a deep breath: "It's so fragrant~ By the way, young master, can sweet-scented osmanthus also be used for dessert?"

Yan Xining shook the osmanthus on the cloth into the Shau Kei: "Yes, you can make osmanthus cake with osmanthus honey, don't you like to eat walnut cake? We can also make osmanthus jujube paste walnut cake. Also, the dried osmanthus can be used to make tea , more fragrant than honeysuckle."

Bai Tao's eyes lit up: "Really? Then we should collect more sweet-scented osmanthus, since it's a waste if it falls to the ground anyway."

Yan Xining also had this idea, and it happened that today he ground the date paste and sprinkled a handful of fresh sweet-scented osmanthus on it to make the fragrance even better.Speaking of the jujube paste walnut cake, this is the favorite of the whole government. Although the appearance is dusty and not very attractive, once the delicate and soft jujube paste walnut cake is baked, the fragrance will waft all over the house.

He had brought back a lot of walnuts from Old General Zhang, and he thought it would take a long time to eat them, but the walnuts were consumed quickly after making jujube cakes a few times.Made it again today and ran out of walnuts.But it’s okay, this is the season when Liangzhou walnuts are on the market, and fresh walnuts can be bought everywhere in the streets and alleys.

During this period of time, Ji Song was not working in the yamen and governor's mansion, he went deep into the streets and alleys of Pingcheng City, so busy that he never touched the ground every day.With the efforts of him and other officials, the chaotic situation in Liangzhou gradually stabilized, but after stabilization, there were more things to face.

Liangzhou is waiting to be revitalized, the dilapidated city needs to be re-arranged and transformed, and the people's livelihood issues must be properly resolved.It's easy to talk about it, but when it comes to the details, there will always be various difficult problems.

Yan Xining was a little ashamed, almost all the problems Ji Song faced were caused by him.If it wasn't for him to give advice, Ji Song wouldn't be so busy.However, if Liangzhou wants to get better, he has to make some suggestions.

In comparison, he was much more relaxed than Ji Song.Although he can't rush to the front line like Ji Song, as long as he can help, he is willing to give it a try.

After Bai Tao folded the gauze, he happily said to Yan Xining, "Master, do you know? Now our streets are much cleaner."

Yan Xining smiled and said, "I know."

When I first arrived in Pingchang City, only a few streets near the Governor's Mansion and Wang's Mansion were paved with stone slabs.The other streets are paved with yellow mud, and the people don't pay attention to hygiene, so the streets are dirty and messy.Every time he comes back from the street, he feels like he stinks.

He couldn't accept such a city, so under his proposal, there were more public toilets on every street.

After the latrine came out, Ji Song announced the decision not to defecate anywhere.The people in Pingchang City complained endlessly. They said it was unreasonable, and they didn't allow it.There were some radical people in the city who went to make trouble in front of the palace, but it was Yan Xining who persuaded them with reason.

Bai Tao shook his head: "After hearing that excrement can be composted, the common people are very active in going to the huts now. This is called the fertilizer water not flowing to outsiders' fields."

Yan Xining could no longer look directly at the word "Fat Shui", the corners of his lips twitched: "Stop, do you still want to eat walnut cake?"

It was rare for him to want to relax, and Bai Tao actually discussed this issue with him, it was a shame.

Bai Tao quickly covered his mouth: "Don't say it, don't say it. But in Pingchang City, what don't you know, young master?"

Yan Xining shook his head with a smile, and he walked towards the yard with a basket of osmanthus.After a while, when the walnut cake is ready, he will go to deliver the walnut cake to Ji Song.What Bai Tao said is right, he knows all the big and small things in Pingchang now.

When he got to the kitchen, he first put the shauke with osmanthus flowers outside the door, so that the small insects in the shauke could crawl out quickly.While waiting, he put the remaining fresh walnuts behind the door and crushed them one by one.

Hearing the sound of cracking walnut shells, he missed Ji Song a little bit. With Ji Song at home, he never had to worry about cracking walnuts.But according to the current situation, it is not known when Ji Song will have time to rest.

Yan Xining's eyes were a little dim. At this moment, he deeply felt the inconvenience of being a princess.The princess is not an official position, but his identity.If he often showed up when Ji Song was working, some people would inevitably have objections.

The inside of the walnuts that have been placed for several days is a little dry, and the film on the walnut meat is not easy to peel off.However, this does not affect the taste of the walnuts. Yan Xining peels the walnuts and puts them aside for later use.

In the large bowl on one side is the date paste that has been ground long ago. Eggs, brown sugar, honey, corn oil and a little plum wine have been added to the date paste. The date red date paste smells fragrant and looks like some kind of dessert.

Yan Xining sifted the flour that he had prepared a long time ago. After the flour was sifted, he took out a delicate small clay pot from the cupboard.The clay pot contains his secret weapon. Only by adding this can the jujube cake made soft and soft instead of hard like a stone.

When I opened the pot, I saw that there was more than half of it filled with fine white powder, which looked like salt at first glance.This is the baking soda that Yan Xining worked so hard to free up.

There are many saline-alkali lakes in Chuliao, where salt is fished in summer and alkali in winter.Ever since Baitao brought him edible alkali when he made preserved egg last time, he has been thinking about it.With alkali and limestone at hand, couldn't he make baking soda?

It turns out that there are not enough conditions, and it is really troublesome to extract enough baking soda.The baking soda in the clay pot is the product of more than a dozen catties of alkali and limestone he used up, so it is very precious.

However, he has already told Ji Song how to refine baking soda, and I believe he will be able to buy baking soda on the street in a short time.

He carefully mixed three teaspoons of baking soda into the flour. After mixing the flour and baking soda evenly, he mixed the flour mixture into the date paste.After stirring, the cake liquid is preliminarily formed, and at this time, red date slices and walnut kernels are added to it.

Seeing Yan Xining go through so many processes to make a jujube cake, Bai Tao was deeply moved: "Master, how did your brain grow? You figured out such a complicated cake."

Yan Xining smiled slightly: "Stop nagging, go start a fire."

Since he lived in the palace, the small kitchen has gradually been filled with kitchen utensils he is familiar with, including the same type of oven he used in Wenzhangyuan.When Bai Tao raised the fire in the oven, he also poured the cake liquid into the iron mold.

The mold was brushed with oil and a layer of oil paper was spread. After the heavy cake liquid was poured into the mold, Yan Xining held the mold and put it on the table and tapped it lightly, so that the air bubbles in the cake liquid were shaken out.Sprinkle with a thick layer of walnuts, and the mold can be put into the oven.

Yan Xining made three boxes of jujube cakes at a time, and soon after stuffing the molds into the oven, a strong sweet smell wafted out of the oven.

The cake needs to be baked for half an hour, taking advantage of this time, he and Bai Tao can just remove the impurities in the sweet-scented osmanthus.The sweet-scented osmanthus oranges that had been removed from the impurities, fearing that there might be bacteria in them, Yan Xining soaked them in salt water.

After the sweet-scented osmanthus was taken out of the salt water, Yan Xining squeezed a handful of sweet-scented osmanthus and walked towards the stove.At this time, the door of the stove was opened, and the hot air came with a sweet smell.Taking a closer look, the jujube cake has turned into a beautiful tan.

Yan Xining pulled the mold out of the oven with iron pliers, sprinkled a layer of sweet-scented osmanthus on the jujube cake, and then took out the lid of the mold to cover the whole mold.Chu Liao does not have tin foil, if the jujube cake is exposed to the air for a long time to bake, the top layer is likely to be burnt.

Pushing the mold back into the oven, Yan Xining sat under the eaves and ate the melons and fruits.The number of melons and fruits in Liangzhou in October does not decrease. This season, crunchy and sweet dates, sweet and sour pomegranates and apples of various colors are on the market.

Fruits of good quality can be seen in the streets of Liangzhou, but in the capital city, fruits of this quality must be worth a lot of money.It seems that the road should be built sooner. Only when the road to the outside world is opened, can things be transported out.

Xiao Song was so greedy that he rubbed against Yan Xining's legs, Yan Xining bent down and touched its head, then threw half an apple to it.Xiaosong held the apple in its mouth and ran away with its head held high. It ran to Cang Feng's shelf and gnawed on the apple, making Cang Feng curse.

Small animals are actually very smart, Xiaosong is like this, and so is Cangfeng.Seeing Xiaosong groaning in front of him, Cang Feng flew to Yan Xining's hand with aggrievedness, stretched out his neck and gnawed on the pomegranate peel in the fruit plate, and after a while the yellow pomegranate peel fell to the ground.

Yan Xining touched Cang Feng's neck and coaxed softly: "This is Xiaosong's fault, we won't take Xiaosong with us when we go out, we will take Cang Feng with us."

Only then did Cangfeng feel happy, it flapped its wings and hopped around in the corridor, like a hen that just laid an egg.Bai Tao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Young Master, are you going to take Blue Wind out? What if it flies away?"

Yan Xining didn't care about it: "My lord said, Cangfeng is familiar with Liangzhou, even if he flies away, he will only fly to the Chiling army. Don't worry."

Only then did Bai Tao feel relieved: "That's good." He looked at Cang Feng and sighed, "I don't know where Cang Feng's original master has gone, how could he be willing to part with Cang Feng?"

Yan Xining lowered his eyes: "That's...not clear." Xiao Ling was a knot in Ji Song's heart, and he hoped that Xiao Ling would appear sooner so that Ji Song could feel at ease sooner.Regardless of whether Xiao Ling betrayed Ji Song or not, it would be better for everyone to give an answer sooner.

After Yan Xining ate half of the pomegranate, the cake was ready.He skillfully took out the cake slices from the mold. The jujube paste cake just out of the oven had a strong flavor, and the small holes could be clearly seen on the cut section.It feels soft when you pinch it, and it is sweet, soft and delicate when you take a bite.

The date slices and walnuts mixed in the cake add chewiness to the cake, whether the cake is hot or cold, it tastes particularly good.Yan Xining took out the food box, and carefully packed the cake slices and fruit pieces in it: "Let's go, let's go find the prince."

Yan Xining led his short-legged horse out of the gate of the palace again, just as he said, this time he took Cang Feng with him.Of course, he didn't forget to take Xiaosong with him.Cang Feng rode on the back of his short short legs with great vigor, his neck was very high.Xiao Song didn't care, it ran in front of the short legs, looking around vigilantly.

The people coming and going in front of the palace are completely different from when he first left the gate of the palace.I remember that at that time, the gate of the palace was so quiet that you could catch a sparrow.

Seeing Yan Xining going out, passers-by saluted respectfully: "Princess."

Yan Xining smiled and nodded to them: "You don't need to be polite, everyone go about your own business." After saying this, the people left with a smile.

Seeing his young master persuade the people away with a few words, Bai Tao said proudly: "Young master, you are really majestic now, if you say anything casually, the people will listen to you."

Yan Xining smiled and said, "It's not that they are obedient, but that they have more important things to do."

I remember that when he first arrived in Pingchang City, the eyes of pedestrians were dim, and they walked without energy.But now the people who come and go are in a hurry, their eyes are bright, and their spirits are also refreshed a lot.This is a good thing. Only when people have hope can they cheer up.When you feel better, you will be more motivated to do things.

Besides, he walks around Pingchang city every day, no matter how valuable his status is, the common people will not be surprised.

After walking a few steps, Yan Xining heard a crisp call from behind: "Princess?"

Turning around, I saw a few children coming out of the yard on one side.There were men and women among them, each holding a book in their arms, when they saw Yan Xining, they all bowed respectfully: "Cao Min pays homage to the princess."

Yan Xining smiled and said, "You don't need to be too polite. Did you just finish class?"

It is too difficult for the children of ordinary people in Chuliao to go to school.Especially in a remote place like Liangzhou, where the common people can't get enough to eat, how can they let their children go to school?

However, if Liangzhou wants to prosper, it cannot do without educated people.One night when he was chatting with Ji Song, he discussed with Ji Song the issue of children going to school.At that time, he proposed that it would be great if the government could run government schools so that children of the right age could have books to read?

The world of children is a blank sheet of paper, what kind of patterns are drawn on it, what will they look like?Maybe it won't be effective in a year or two, but as long as you guide carefully, will you be afraid that there will be no available people in Liangzhou in time?

Neither he nor Ji Song had patriarchal thoughts, and in their opinion, girls could do as well as boys.Now that the official school is open, there is no need to distinguish between men and women.

So the first government school in Pingchang City was opened near their home, but the government school was just opened, and there were few teachers and students, so only children from nearby would enroll.But it doesn't matter, when the situation improves, there will be government schools in every county in Liangzhou.There will be more and more children who will get rid of their white identities and become useful talents.

The children are innocent and cute. Every time they see them, Yan Xiningmei will chat with them: "What did the master teach today?"

The children chattered: "Master taught us the heaven, earth, ruler, and teacher!" "Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism!" "Loyalty to the country!"

Yan Xining smiled so much that her eyes narrowed, patriotic education should start from the baby.Rather than letting the children grow up, he hopes that the children will grow up first.

So he praised: "It's a good study! Keep working hard!" He took out a handful of dates from the basket on his back on his short legs and distributed them to the children: "Study hard and make progress every day!"

The children were extremely proud of being rewarded by the princess.They put the dates and books together, and they couldn't wait to go home, and wanted to tell their parents that the princess praised them again today.

After saying goodbye to the children, Yan Xining walked down the long street.I still remember the old Pyeongchang Street, where merchants were eager to do business on the street, and their eyes were full of dirty and unsightly pictures.

And now everything has changed.

Green bricks were paved on the long street, and sewers were dug under the green bricks.In this way, even if it rains heavily, the city will not be easily flooded.There are more saplings at intervals on both sides of the street. These are local cold and drought tolerant fruit trees in Liangzhou.When they grow up, they can provide shade, and the people in the city can eat delicious fruits.

The merchants on the street are doing business in front of the store in a regular manner, and they no longer dare to occupy the road.Of course, what satisfied Yan Xining the most was that almost all the common people went to public toilets, and the uncivilized behaviors and phenomena on the streets were much less.

It's just that occasionally there will be a few people who commit crimes against the trend. Regarding these people, Yan Xining's attitude is: forget it if you can't catch them, once they are caught, let them clean the public toilets.When they catch the next person who is convenient in the street, when will they be freed from the fate of cleaning toilets.

The effect of this trick is quite good. Now as long as someone dares to squat on the side of the street, there will be several pairs of eyes staring at him.

The long street is clean and tidy, and I feel much more comfortable walking on the street.Of course, there are not many streets that have been rebuilt, because it takes manpower and time to dig sewers and lay green bricks.But after a while, I believe that the streets and alleys of Liangzhou will become like this.

Yan Xining breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great." He likes Liangzhou like this, where everyone has something to do, and everyone is working hard to build their own hometown.

Ji Song was renovating a house in the old street in the north of the city. When Yan Xining found him, he was talking to Wang Wenyue.Yan Xining walked over slowly: "Are you done with your work?"

Seeing Yan Xining coming, the two stopped talking.Ji Song smiled helplessly: "Why are you here, Ah Ning? It's messy here, bumping into each other is inevitable, isn't it that you are not allowed to deliver the food? After talking for a while, I will go back."

Yan Xining smiled and shook the food box in his hand: "I baked some jujube paste cakes and thought you should be hungry right now, so I brought them to you. Wen Yue is also here, let's eat some together." Concerned about the progress of urban construction, watching the long street planned by himself and Ji Song gradually take shape, the joy and sense of accomplishment in his heart cannot be described in words.

The busy days made Wang Wenyue dark and thin, but he was in good spirits.He reached out to wipe the hem of his clothes, and then took the warm jujube paste walnut cake: "Thank you." During this period of time, he got along with Mrs. Rong Wang and his wife more and more naturally, and he did not treat himself as an outsider at all.

While eating the sweet cake, Ji Song slowly told Yan Xining about today's progress.

Chu and Liao have always emphasized agriculture over merchants, and merchants have a low status.But without merchants, there would be no money, and things from Liangzhou would not be able to be delivered to other places.In addition, the overall business environment in Liangzhou was not good before, and businessmen were unwilling to take risks to come to Liangzhou.

If you want to attract businessmen, you must have a good environment.Prices must be transparent, the trading environment must be safe, and most importantly, the supply of goods must be sufficient.

After Yan Xining's proposal, Ji Song drew out several long streets in the north of Pingchang County as a pilot trade, and will arrange special personnel to manage them later.Vendors who come and go can sell the things they brought here, and they can also take away the things from Liangzhou.If the trial is successful, the model will be extended to counties.

During this time, they discussed a lot of issues, and the more they discussed, the more they realized how many unfinished things there were.But things are not done in a day, and there is no rush.

Yan Xining got along well with the Liangzhou officials. Sometimes when Ji Song was away, the officials would ask him relevant questions.Now that he has recognized most of the officials in Liangzhou's officialdom, he will not be as dazed as before, not knowing what responsibilities the officials have.

The jujube paste cake brought was quickly eaten by the officials at the scene, just as Yan Xining was about to pack up the food box and prepare to go home.But Ji Song bowed his hands to the officials: "My colleagues, I have something to do at home today, and I will excuse you first."

Where did the officials dare to keep Ji Song, they said one after another: "My lord, please let me go."

Yan Xining was a little surprised: "Hey? What's going on at home?"

Ji Song smiled and said, "You will know soon."

The carriage of Prince Rong's Mansion started slowly, Yan Xining lifted the curtain to look, but found that the direction of the carriage was not Prince Rong's Mansion.He was even more surprised: "Songsong, where are we going?"

Ji Song looked helplessly: "Did Ah Ning forget?"

Yan Xining scratched her cheek in trouble, did he really forget something important?Could it be that when Ji Song told him something yesterday, he was too sleepy to hear clearly?If this is the case, his crime is too great.

The carriage was heading northeast, and the north of Yongchang City was the Minjiang River. Just as Yan Xining was guessing whether Ji Song would take him to the river to pick up the ducklings, the carriage stopped slowly.

Yan Xining lifted the curtain and took a look, only to see a Zhuangzi in front of the car.He frowned slightly: "Which great Confucianist lives here?" He and Ji Song had found several great Confucians in order to start official studies.There are many great Confucian students, and with their help in publicity, the official school will go smoothly.This place is clean and looks like the residence of a great Confucian.

However, Ji Song smiled and shook his head: "There are no great scholars here."

After thinking for a while, Yan Xining understood: "Oh~ this is one of your properties."

Ji Song laughed even more. He took out a land deed from his pocket and put it in Yan Xining's pocket: "No, this is your property."

Yan Xining glanced at the land deed, he was a little confused: "Why did you suddenly give me a Zhuangzi?"

Ji Song couldn't hold back, he got up and kissed Yan Xining's lips: "A-Ning, happy birthday!"

Yan Xining was stunned, and he came back to his senses after a while: "Today is... October [-]th?"

After receiving Ji Song's affirmative look, he slapped his head violently.I've been really confused lately, today turned out to be his birthday, he forgot all about it.