The big wooden box was pushed by Li Yi and Li Chengqi to the riverside.
Yao Chong followed behind them on the ground. He was too embarrassed to stand on top of it and be pushed.
The palace maid Taohong came over and shared an umbrella with Yao Chong. She could ignore other people, but she couldn't allow the prime minister to catch a cold.
"What other good things does Li Yi have?" Yao Chong took the opportunity to ask the palace maid.
Taohong shook her head. "Prime Minister Yao, don't ask. I won't tell you."
"Why?" Yao Chong felt hurt. How dare a palace maid talk to me like this?
"General Gao won't allow it. Prime Minister Yao Chong also knows that His Majesty values Li Dongzhu." Taohong secretly threatened Yao Chong.
Yao Chong felt even more hurt. How come when it came to Li Yi's Zhuangzi, everyone dared to talk back to him?
When they reached the riverside, the rain was still heavy.
The waterwheel by the riverside turned leisurely. The harvested wheat was put on the threshing machine to be threshed.
A dozen water droplets splashed, and the rainwater mixed with the wheat grains went down.
It was the first time Yao Chong saw a water-powered threshing machine. It was indeed much faster than walking in the palace.
Someone on the side prepared a pole and a pole.
There were earth baskets on both sides of the pole. The wheat grains that were threshed were immediately put into the baskets and carried to Li Yi's Zhuangzi.
Below the pole was a big basket. The basket was loaded and carried by one person at the front and back.
"Brother Yi, how do we deliver things to Zhuangzi?" Li Chengqi was curious.
Yao Chong stood on the box again and listened. He also didn't know how to deal with the wheat that was wet from the rain.
Li Yi looked at everyone working and explained, "There are kilns in the manor. Some of the kilns are specially used to braise charcoal."
"After braising the charcoal, there will be ash. There are also stoves that burn firewood. Not all stoves burn charcoal."
"The charcoal ash will be kept in the manor and used to make fertilizer … fertilizer."
"There are also dry wheat straws that have been shelled to feed the animals."
"Take the wheat grains, put the ash at the bottom and the wheat straws at the top. Mix the wheat grains with salt first and then spread them on top. This way, it won't get moldy for a few days. "
Li Yi almost blurted out the matter of using plant ashes to make soap.
"What about the salt?" Li Chengqi asked the question that Yao Chong wanted to ask.
"It's gone with one sieve," Li Yi replied.
"Can we still eat salt?" Li Chengqi was concerned about this.
"You can eat it if you want." Li Yi nodded.
In fact, he did not plan to eat the salt at all. After the saponification of plant ash and oil, the soap would become soft and less foamy.
At this time, salt would be added, and the effect would be different.
With glycerin, there was still some salt left.
Otherwise, the soap produced by boiling the pancreas and plant ashes would be soft. After drying and drying, it would be harder. However, there would not be many bubbles when washing it, so it would not be fun.
Some of the salt was sifted out to make soap, while the rest was on the wheat straw. Don't worry about it. Feed the wheat straw to the cows and horses, and the cows and horses also eat salt.
"How much salt is appropriate?" Yao Chong was concerned about the ratio.
Since the salt could still be eaten, he thought that more people would use this method to preserve the wet wheat.
"200 for common wheat and 3 for salt." Li Yi gave the ratio of 200 to 3.
Yao Chong noted it down secretly. So that's how it is.
"What I'm talking about is that there is no water on the wheat. If there is water, you need to empty it first and use other things to absorb it, such as grainless wheat straw and plant ashes."
Li Yi saw that the old man wanted to learn, but he was afraid that the old man would make a mistake and turn the water into salt water. Pickling wheat?
Yao Chong nodded his head and noted it down again.
He planned to wander around the Agriculture Temple one day and ask others about it. Then, he would give them some pointers and show them his capability.
Apparently, Li Chengqi had guessed Yao Chong's plan, so he gave him a contemptuous look.
When the sky turned dark, the rain did not seem to stop at all.
After all the wheat was harvested, the grains were removed from those that were drenched by the rain, while the grains in front were covered with a thatch. They continued to dig the drainage ditch.
Someone went to Zhuangzi to deliver food to the elders of the Zhang family's village and told them that everyone was fine.
The others were taken to Zhuangzi to take a hot bath and eat.
Li Yi changed 100 thermometers, the kind that could be clipped under the armpit.
He spent 50 hours of his lifespan to teach everyone how to use it and take their temperature.
He did not care about the 50 hours of lifespan because today's work had increased his lifespan by 320 hours.
Whenever someone's body temperature exceeded 38 degrees Celsius, he would give them a pill.
The pill did not kill the cold virus. It only 'supported the treatment' and lowered the temperature.
In fact, drinking ginger sugar water to sweat and then paying attention to rest was enough.
However, Li Yi was afraid that someone would have a fever and pneumonia, and it would be troublesome for him to treat them.
Those who had a fever and took the medicine felt that they were fully recovered. They dared to rush out and swim in the rain.
Those who did not have a fever were annoyed. Why was it not hot? They really wanted to take the medicine.
After the people of the Zhang family's village finished their meal, they went back in the rain.
Li Yi invited the old man and his elder brother to take a bath. He had a small pool of his own.
The old man was very embarrassed. Li Chengqi went in directly and then stood up. It was too hot.
Li Yi held a bucket of cold water in each hand and touched the cold water in the pool.
"Okay, just soak like this," Li Yi said comfortably after he went in.
"Brother Yi, your soup is not bad. It's better than soaking in a wooden bucket. The space is big," Li Chengqi praised.
Yao Chong agreed in his heart. It was indeed good. It was similar to the hot spring soup.
It was a pity that the hot spring soup was first used by the royal family and was rarely given to the ministers.
When he saw the soap in the soap box next to him, he was not in a good mood.
This was because he saw the villagers of Zhuangzi outside shouting to take a bath. Each of them was holding the same box.
This meant that everyone had soap. Soap could be seen everywhere in Zhuangzi.
There were several places for the workers to wash their hands and eat.
Thinking about it, all the villagers had soap. Obviously, the soap was not valuable.
After taking a bath, Li Yi asked Li Chengqi, "Shall we eat now?"
"Li Dongzhu, I heard that you have a cafeteria in Zhuangzi. Why don't we eat there?" Yao Chong suggested.
Li Yi looked at the old man and agreed.
The three of them went to the cafeteria with umbrellas.
Li Yi was also carrying a steamer pot.
The three of them found a corner and sat down.
The steamer pot was placed in the middle.
Li Yi asked two people to take the food.
"Don't take too much at once. It'll be a waste if you eat leftovers," Li Yi told the old man.
Yao Chong went to take the food. He was in a bad mood again.
He saw many pots of soy sauce. There was such expensive soy sauce outside, but there was a small pot on the table in Zhuangzi's cafeteria.
There was also a pot of vinegar.
In other words, soy sauce could be eaten freely.
For a moment, he had the thought of stealing a pot of soy sauce.
He sat back down gloomily. The steamer pot didn't smell good anymore.
He wanted to criticize Li Yi. For example, he lowered the price of the soy sauce and the hundred boiled eggs.
"Uncle, Uncle, San Lang and I are here. They said you were in the cafeteria." Empress Wang's voice came at this moment.
Li Chengqi looked up.
Yao Chong turned his head. When he saw them, his hands trembled and his chopsticks fell to the ground.
Empress Wang and Li Longji came in and saw Li Chengqi and Yao Chong at the same time.
"Ah, Big Brother is also here. Who is this?" Empress Wang pointed at Yao Chong and asked unkindly.
"Sister-in-law, the old man came to visit Zhuangzi today. He couldn't go back because of the heavy rain, so he needs to stay overnight." Li Yi stood up and pulled a chair.
Li Longji looked at Yao Chong. "Hello, Old Man. Let's eat together."
Yao Chong felt a strong murderous aura. It was the kind that could kill.
"This chair and table are good." After a long time, Yao Chong squeezed out a sentence.
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