Chapter 57 The 57th day of being dressed as Jia's mother

Jia Zheng tried to stop him, "It's useless for you to write a letter now. You can't just leave the army at will. Deserters will be punished."

But at this moment, Jia She shook off Jia Zheng's hand and said, "What if Lian'er has something? How can I explain to Feng Yatou and the son in her belly?"

These words are really annoying.

Jia Zheng looked up at his mother, "Old lady..." He wanted his mother to persuade Jia She, but in fact, he was secretly criticizing Jia She in his heart, why didn't he do it earlier? Besides, who said that Feng Yatou must be pregnant with a son?

But Jia She obviously didn't think so. When he met the old lady's eyes, he immediately said, "Old lady, don't persuade me. I would rather he die. Can't our family settle it? It's better than waiting for a corpse to come back."

The old lady frowned, "What nonsense! Just say that his wife is going to give birth, and let him come back early."

"Hey!" Jia She raised his eyebrows, glared at Jia Zheng again, and walked away.

Jia Zheng did not dare to argue with his mother, and kept silent with a stiff face.

The old lady looked at him and said, "It's rare that Baoyu has the heart to take the imperial examination. Don't discourage him too much in the future. In addition, if you have time, find him more papers from the provincial examinations in previous years; and, take him with you more often and talk to him about current affairs and government affairs."

Jia Zheng frowned when he heard it, "It's not difficult to find papers, but how can you talk about current affairs and government affairs casually."

The old lady rolled her eyes in her heart for this cheap son who didn't know how to adapt.

Of course, she was more suspicious that this guy had no access to major events in the court. Fortunately, she found Lin Ruhai, a reliable person, for Baoyu first.

"That's fine. I heard Baoyu say before that you wanted to reform the booklet of the Ministry of Works. How is it going? If you have a breakthrough in government affairs, I think you can be promoted with your qualifications." The old lady said.

Jia Zheng looked a little embarrassed when he heard this. "Well, old lady, this is quite complicated and it won't be accomplished overnight. Well, I have some government affairs to attend to later, so I'll go back first."

The old lady looked at Jia Zheng's back as he quickly slipped away and snorted.

"Sure enough, we can't expect Jia Zheng to do anything. He will have to stay as a member of the Ministry of Personnel until he retires." "

In the Red Mansion, he was promoted because Yuanchun was made a concubine.

Now I'm afraid that's in jeopardy." "Fortunately, I've made preparations." The old lady said.

"What preparations are you making? What do you want to do?"

The old lady opened the mall and clicked on it. "Since recipes can be exchanged and clothes and jewelry can be given as rewards, can this "use" also be exchanged?"

"Exchange for the formula of some daily chemical products?

" "No, host, you don't want to use the formula to earn merit for Jia Zheng?"

"I always feel that Jia Zheng is not very reliable. '

The old lady was also embarrassed, 'But this is the last weight I added to the Jia family, and in the future I want Jia Zheng to give up Rong Xi Tang, so I must arrange a way for Jia Zheng. '

'Old lady, you are too kind. ' '

It's not kind at all, I'm just afraid that they will make trouble. If you don't treat them equally, it will easily bring disaster to the family. In the past, I arranged it this way for my two sons. 'The old lady said, 'But now there is a problem. ' '

What's the problem? '

'Host, you tell me, we will give you some advice. '

The old lady asked: 'What formula should I exchange? '

'I can answer this question. Soap and glass are the necessary solutions for the crossing army. '

'Soap and glass, this routine is too old. '

'The method is not about being old, it's OK as long as it works well. '

'Why do I remember that there was Liulichang at that time, but the output was not high and the technology was not stable. If you want a formula, you must have an evolved version, otherwise it will not highlight the excellence of your formula. '

'This is easy. We can help the anchor to look up information. '

The old lady nodded, thanked him and reminded him, 'Don't give me a very good formula. I have asked the mall. The formula you give me cannot be too much beyond this era. In addition, I need to redeem it with points. The previous malaria prescription can only be said to be the first time, and it was given for free. ' '

Okay, anchor, I will go find the formula for you now. '

Another netizen said with great interest, 'Is soap okay? '

'It seems that there were soaps in ancient times, such as fragrant soaps, bath beans, etc.; even ordinary people had soapberries. '

The old lady nodded quickly, 'I usually use fragrant soaps, which have a good fragrance, but the process is complicated and the materials are expensive. In addition, glass glasses, pocket watches, self-ringing clocks... The Jia family has them, so the emperor should not be rare, and they are not practical enough. '

'Did we have soap in ancient times? '

'Why not? The recipe is recorded in "Heavenly Creations", which shows that soap existed at least in the Ming Dynasty. '

'Do you still need the soap formula?'

'Of course. Data shows that where the soap usage rate is high, the mortality rate will also decrease. This should be very important to the emperor, after all, the population was the primary productive force in ancient times.'

'The soap formula was not popular at that time. First, the formula of the nobles was based on the most luxurious materials. Second, the solidification of soap was unstable and relied purely on experience. This led to an increase in costs, and the common people could not afford soap.'

'Then let's find some improved versions.' '

I remember that the history teacher said that the simplest soap formula is animal fat + plant ash, which is actually oil + alkali.'

'There is a problem here. The common people don't have enough lard to eat, and the cost of using it to make soap is too high. The common people can't afford it at all.'

'You can use vegetable oil.'

'Vegetable oil is not hard enough and easily becomes soft and rotten, but it can be used.'

'In our handicraft class back then, we made soap with waste oil. This can also be regarded as waste utilization.'

'Where was there waste oil in ancient times?'

'That's right. At that time, there should be no awareness of waste oil. '

'However, there will be more or less in restaurants. '

The old lady thought, 'If I open more restaurants, I can have a lot of waste oil, and I can also purchase waste oil from other restaurants. '

'That's possible. ' '

In addition, the extraction of alkali juice, plant ash is too unstable, let's find an improved one for the anchor. How to extract in large quantities and reduce costs. '

'The simplest way to extract pure alkali is to electrolyze salt water. '

'Electrolysis is too advanced, use salt and lime. '

...

The discussion behind this is too profound, the old lady is overwhelmed, and waved her hand, 'You can do it, I will let Jia Zheng find someone to try it out. Anyway, many people know that he wants to innovate, but he just hasn't done it. '

'Then add refined salt extraction. If the government masters the method of making refined salt and reduces the cost, the people will not buy private salt. '

'This is not bad either. ' The old lady nodded.

...

After that, the old lady and the netizen discussed several plans, and then they were satisfied to skip this topic.

But Jia She hurried to write a letter, and Jia Zheng came out of the old lady's yard, feeling a little depressed. He wanted to be promoted, but his current position had no real power.

He said he wanted to reform, but it was just nice words, like "a small clerk wants to reform", and people who heard it just laughed it off.

But Jia Zheng himself was really unwilling to accept it.

He was pinching his beard and thinking, and he didn't expect to meet Baoyu halfway. He was full of emotions, "What are you doing? A few days ago, you thought you were making progress, but you are still like this, not studying hard, and making trouble all day long..."

Baoyu was still afraid of his father, but he felt wronged when he was hit so hard, "I didn't go there to make trouble, I just wanted to learn from Uncle Lin. If the master hadn't stopped me, I would have been here by now."

Jia Zheng was stunned when he heard Lin Ruhai, and his brows knitted, "Your Uncle Lin..."

"Yes, my grandmother said that Uncle Lin is knowledgeable and asked me to listen to his teachings from time to time."

"Oh, is that so." Jia Zheng was embarrassed, but fortunately Baoyu didn't dare to really confront his father, so he stroked his beard and tried to skip the matter.

Just at this time, a servant came to report, "Master, someone from the Zhongshun Palace came to see Master Bao."

Jia Zheng and Baoyu looked at each other, not daring to neglect him, and hurried to the front hall to greet him.

The visitor was the steward of the Zhongshun Palace, and he asked "Qi Guan" as soon as he came up.

Baoyu thought for a long time before he remembered, "I had dinner with Qi Guan once, and that was a party organized by the Pan brothers. After that, I had to wait for the exam, so I didn't leave the palace."

The steward knew that his prince had contacts with the eldest master of Rongguo Mansion. After asking who the "Pan brothers" were, who was there, and the time and place of the party, he relaxed his expression, and after another round of politeness, he rode away.

After the person left, Jia Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned around and taught Baoyu a lesson, "Don't be with those frivolous people in the future." After he nodded in agreement, he let him go to Lin Ruhai.

Two days later, Jia Zheng was summoned by the old lady.

Just as he was about to greet the old lady and hand over the teacup brought by the maid, he heard the old lady say, "I heard that you want to reform the engineering booklet but don't know where to start. Your father came to me in a dream last night and brought me a few prescriptions that benefit the country and the people. You can find someone to study them."

"Puff", Jia Zheng spit out a mouthful of tea.

The old lady asked Yuanyang to stuff a few pieces of paper into Jia Zheng with disdain, and then drove him out directly.

Jia Zheng stood at the door in a daze, holding the pieces of paper that were forced into his hand, confused and not knowing what day it was.

When he lowered his head to read the words on the paper, he didn't understand what it said at first, but when he read the following, the improvement plan for colored glaze, the process of refining refined salt, and the improvement project, his feet softened and he immediately shouted, "Mother, mother!"

He staggered and was about to throw himself back, but was stopped by Yuanyang before he stepped in, "The ancestor said that these were given by the old immortal, and you should find Mr. Lin if you have any problems." Then he slammed the curtain and went into the house.

Jia Zheng could only return to his own yard.

Everyone saw that the second master came out of the ancestral courtyard in a daze, and when he came back, he locked himself in the study, and did not even see the guests he used to favor.

For several days, he went straight to the Lin Mansion when he went out.

Jia Zheng was not stupid. The paper in his hand was heavier than Mount Tai, and he did not dare to reveal anything.

Even to the guests he trusted in the past.

In the past few days, he was terrified and questioned, terrified about the refined salt and □□ recipe, and questioned how the old lady had these recipes.

In the end, he could only go to Lin Ruhai first.