PNB Chapter 240: Empty Pocket?
Chapter 240: Empty Pocket?
The three families of Ling Wuxin, Nanchen and Yexiao stayed in the Shen Mansion until the Lantern Festival.
During the time at the Shen residence, the men collectively abstained from sex, and the whole family was focused on their careers. With the exception of the four little ones, Xiaoliu, Xiaoqi, Xiaoba, and Xiaojiu, who had never tasted any sweetness, they had become accustomed to devoting their excess energy to work.
Ling Wuxin and Ye Xiao have learned how to regulate themselves because their wives are pregnant, and they have found a good balance between work and their wives.
Obviously, the most anxious ones are Nanchen, Shenwen, and Huaheng. After enjoying a wonderful married life, they were forbidden to have sex. The excess hormones are simply nowhere to go. The three of them are shamelessly staying with Yanan. Only they know the torment, so they basically choose to work hard during the day. With such abnormal hard work, the progress of various tasks is moving forward in parallel.
If there were fewer tasks on certain days, the brothers would practice martial arts in the yard. When they were tired, they would have no extra energy. Moreover, they were all there, all nine men, so they had company. As a result of their crazy training, their body lines were so toned that they could make the three women drool frequently, which was also an extra bonus.
Without the entanglement of men, Yanan emancipated herself and sang like a serf. She was full of energy and vigor every day. She had not had pregnancy reactions yet. The only difference was that her appetite had increased and she enjoyed everything she ate. Her daily pleasure was to discuss her careers with Yiyi and Bailu. She seemed to be working hard, but if you asked her why, she would tell you that her sister had two pockets on her body. If you opened one, it was empty, and if you opened the other, it was also empty...
Of course, the three sisters put all their efforts into copywriting, and on the first day they copied the koji production plan they knew.
The next day, the known grain fermentation process was replicated.
On the third day, I drew a picture and designed a distillation device for making wine. Using the principle that alcohol has a lower boiling point than water, it will form steam in advance. Then, a condensation device is made by circulating cold water to condense the alcohol vapor into water. Collecting it is wine. Repeated distillation can increase the alcohol concentration.
These are simple to say, and they only know the principles, so the copy they gave is only for reference, but it is already invaluable. Xiaoqi and Xiaoba followed them and got the copy they wrote. They were very nervous, afraid of making mistakes, and even more afraid of leaking it. You have to know that the current wine is just fermented rice, which means that you know how to make yeast, mix ingredients, and take it out for drinking when it is fermented. There is no distillation at all. So they took it to the brothers for a meeting to study it, and they also specially pulled Xiaoliu to let him look at the drawings to see if it can be made.
"This diagram is very cleverly designed, easy to understand, and the principle is also very simple. I should be able to make it if I try." Xiaoliu Lu Yao looked at the drawing as if he had found a treasure, and it was indeed very smart.
"Yiyi said that every link still needs to be studied, and repeated experiments need to be conducted to come up with the best solution. There are many types of drinking wine alone, and these can be slowly developed and promoted with the best tasting varieties. Even if the research fails, it doesn't matter. Repeated distillation can be carried out to purify the alcohol, which is also very useful and is an external use product! The residue from winemaking can be used to raise pigs..." Xiaoqi repeated Yiyi's words responsibly, with a gleam in his eyes.
"So, the wine-making industry does not cause food waste! It's just that winemaking has high requirements for water. It's best to use mountain spring water. Good water makes good wine!" Xiao Ba added.
"Our village happens to meet all these conditions!" Xiaojiu said.
"Well, after we go back, we will set up a separate area for brewing and breeding. By the way, Xiaoliu, how are the brick factories and lime factories doing?" Ling Wuxin asked Xiaoliu, because Xiaoliu had been running to various brick factories and lime factories these days.
"That's what I was going to say. The current shortcomings are all in the firing process. When I went there, I saw a lot of defective products piled up next to the kiln. It was obvious that they had gone through many experiments. I asked the masters the reason, and they said it was because the sealing of the kiln and the control of the firing time were not in place. Now that they have basically mastered the technology, they are also waiting to see the quality of the first kiln of the new year." Xiaoliu told the truth.
"Okay, give them the order. We will take the bricks and lime provided at the beginning of the year and bring them back to the village to build a winery. As for how to build it, we need to seek my wife's opinion until it meets the requirements." Ling Wuxin set the highest standards for the construction of the winery, which also met the requirements of the winery.
Building a winery is not easy. Even a small winemaking workshop needs to have all the necessary facilities to produce wine. There needs to be a grain warehouse, a grain cooking room, a drying and mixing area, a fermentation area, a distillation area, a base storage area, a canning area, and a waste area... There is a lot of work to be done.
"You can place orders for a series of large steamers, large ceramic jars and pottery pots, bamboo mats for drying grain, and so on. Pick the best ones. If they don't meet the technical requirements, we will open our own factory to make them. This is not a temporary industry, so it is worth setting up a factory. The winemaking technology should not be leaked. However, these industries can be released to the public to provide jobs for the people, which is killing two birds with one stone. Fourth brother, you see which factories we are still short of, and we can set them up all at once." Shen Wen also received instructions from Ling Wuxin. Among all the brothers, Shen Wen is the most skilled in setting up this series of industrial chains.
"Brother, let's have a share in the pie in the army. As for pottery making, I would like to take on this task for Dongying. Beiying will have a lime factory, Nanying will have a brick factory, Dongying will have pottery making, and as for Xiying, it's to be determined." Nanchen was also actively trying to attract business for the military factory.
"Let Xiying concentrate on researching weapons and equipment! It is safer and more reliable to manufacture military supplies in the army." Ye Xiao understood the second brother's thoughts. The army must also have independent industries and cannot rely entirely on the eldest brother's salary.
"That's great! This year will be the busiest year. The second and third brothers should pay more attention to the military construction and security! The rest of the brothers should work harder on production, construction and making money. Tomorrow, we will go back to the village. Today is the Lantern Festival, how is the second character recognition contest going?" Ling Wuxin turned the topic to the character recognition contest held on the first and fifteenth of every month.
"Brother, Xiaoliu and I went to watch it together. This first session was very lively, with more people participating. In the first session, there were quite a few people who were hesitant and waited to watch because they couldn't read. I guess all of them participated in this session. The learning atmosphere has improved a lot. Many people are starting to look forward to getting good grades next month." Hua Heng reported with a smile.
"Okay, as for the surrounding situation, we'll wait for the reports from the secret personnel. We can issue a notice now. Next month's prizes will include more grain seeds than the original ones. We can also take this opportunity to subsidize grain seeds and help with spring farming." Ling Wuxin made important instructions.
"Okay! Thank you, little uncle!" Xiao Jiu was the first to react. His little uncle took the opportunity to promote agricultural production, which really helped him a lot. He was just worried about how to promote it, but he didn't expect that a word recognition competition could have such a function. It really fits the saying: kill two birds with one stone!
"Brother Gao Yi! I will go to the government office to issue a notice tomorrow morning!" Ye Xiao expressed his willingness to run errands. In addition to issuing the notice, he also wanted to promote the major measure of grain production through the secret intelligence network, which could also be regarded as contributing to the construction of the winery. After all, only when grain is produced can they buy grain and brew grain! He always believed that with so many measures, they would surely drive the development of Shu and thus enhance the strength of the fiefdom.
"Brothers, if you have anything else to do, hurry up and decide it. We will hang lanterns in the garden later. Let's also hold our own Lantern Festival tonight. Guess the answer and we'll give out rewards!" Shen Wen, the apparent boss, spoke.
"Can you give us gold and silver ingots as rewards? We overheard the ladies talking and they said they had nothing in their pockets!"
"Two empty pockets?" Everyone was stunned. It was their negligence. They did not give the lady money at first because they were worried that she would run away. But now they don't have such worries!
"Haha! Prizes, gold ingots, gold leaves, and gold beans, come on, everyone, write the riddles!" Ling Wuxin waved his hand heroically, asking everyone to get to work and create a surprise lantern riddle guessing night for the ladies!