20 Chapter 20

◎Soy products. ◎

That night, Ying Zheng did not give Fusu a definite answer as to whether artificial egg hatching should be spread to the public.

It would take time for Qin to reform again, and Fusu did not insist on pestering his father for an answer.

The unexpected surprise that day was that Ying Zheng once again let Fusu sleep in his bedroom.

Fusu had a sweet sleep sleeping side by side with his father. When he returned to the palace after breakfast the next morning, he was full of energy.

Li Ying was waiting in Fusu's bedroom with a book in her arms. When she saw him return, she said, "Master, I've finished copying the manual on poultry and livestock breeding."

Fusu took it, opened it, took a quick look, and then closed it, unable to bear the sight: "Your handwriting..."

Li Ying said: "Just tell me, can you see it?"

"It's readable, but..." Fusu rubbed his brows, "Your handwriting is too ugly."

Li Ying chuckled and said, "It's fine as long as you don't delay reading it. Young Master, what are you going to do with this booklet?"

Without waiting for Fusu to answer, Li Ying added, "My Lord, I copied every word without missing a single one. You can't say you can't do it, otherwise my copying would be in vain."

When Fusu asked Li Ying to copy this a few days ago, he told Li Ying to raise poultry. But now the experiment of artificial hatching has begun, so there is no need to raise chickens. This booklet cannot be directly given to Ying Zheng for printing and distribution, so that is a problem.

Fusu couldn't help but smile and said, "You are waiting for me here? Don't worry, I won't let you work in vain. I will talk to Meng Yi later and let you teach others."

"Okay." Li Ying agreed straightforwardly, "But how will you reply to your father? How do I know all this?"

Fusu spread his hands and said, "I taught you."

Li Ying thought about it and nodded: "That's right, I teach people orally, and your father can't read what I copied, so there's nothing to leak."

The matter was settled, and Fusu said, "I'll go see how the beans are soaking."

"Hey, young master, I have something else to do." Li Ying said hurriedly.

Fusu stopped and said, "You speak."

Li Ying said, "Actually, this manual still needs to be printed and distributed to local governments. Only with the government taking the lead in popularizing it can more people benefit from it."

Fusu said, "My father already has the woodblock printing machine. I don't know what his plans are, but he definitely won't use it to carve a breeding manual. Do you understand?"

Li Ying nodded, indicating that he understood. Because it was related to the war, everything related to farming had to be popularized among the people as quickly as possible. However, things like raising and hatching eggs that could allow the people to eat well were of course not important. As long as the people were not starving to death and could fight and perform labor service, that was enough.

Li Ying said: "No wonder they are so happy to welcome Pei Gong. It's not hard to understand."

Fusu said with a forced smile: "This is all Xiang Yu's fault for massacring the city and burying the surrendered generals alive."

Li Ying said impartially: "Your brother is also to blame. After all, he is the Second Emperor of Qin. Therefore, your Qin State is also to blame."

Fusu gritted his teeth and said, "Hu Hai had better be born soon."

Whenever anything related to the fall of Qin was mentioned, Fusu would become murderous, but Li Ying was a person who never learned his lesson and he hit Fusu's sore spot again.

Li Ying was about to quietly withdraw when Fusu suddenly looked at him. The murderous intent in his eyes still made Li Ying shudder. "Well... well, Master... Master, I have to go get busy..."

Fusu said slowly: "Next year, Xiang Yu will be born."

"Yes, yes, yes... Is that so?" Li Ying's voice was still shaking, but he insisted, "Young Master, calm down... calm down. This Xiang Yu is not the Xiang Yu who killed 200,000 Qin soldiers. He... he might not even be a fertilized egg at this moment!"

"What are you afraid of?" Fusu saw that Li Ying was frightened and smiled faintly to comfort him, "I won't kill you."

Li Ying rubbed the goose bumps on his arms and said, "This... this, it's hard to say. I don't know why I'm afraid."

The coldness in Fusu's eyes slowly faded. He sighed and said, "Your world is too beautiful. Killing people there is terrifying, but here, in this era of war, death... is very common, whether it's killing or being killed."

Li Ying gradually felt better. He was stunned for a moment and said with emotion: "Our world is really great. When I reincarnate next time, I will definitely go back."

Fusu did not pour cold water on him, but smiled and said: "After your internship period is over, you will definitely get what you want."

Li Ying also smiled and said, "Thank you, Master, for your kind words."

…

Han Fei arrived very early, and Mi Qing and others had just started teaching. Fusu had just asked Meng Yi to take Li Ying to teach, and was about to go see the beans when the eunuch announced that Han Fei had arrived.

Fusu ordered someone to invite him in. The two of them exchanged greetings. Fusu, without further ado, asked him to sit down and said directly, "Sir, shall we go straight over?"

This was exactly what Han Fei wanted. He nodded and said, "Please come in, young master."

I first ground the soaked beans into two bowls of soy milk, which was steaming hot after boiling, exuding the unique flavor of soy products.

Fusu liked the taste very much. He gave a bowl of soy milk to Han Fei, put his own aside to cool, and went to teach people how to make tofu. During this time, Fusu drank half a bowl of sweet tofu pudding and half a bowl of salty tofu pudding.

Fusu likes both salty and sweet tofu pudding, but Han Fei can't be used to salty food. He prefers sweet food. After eating a bowl, he asked Fusu for another bowl.

Delicious food can soothe the heart. Fusu thought, the netizens are not deceiving me.

However, Fusu was confused and asked, "Sir, you are from the north, why do you like sweet tofu pudding so much?"

Han Fei was even more confused than him: "Yan and Zhao are in the north, and I am not from Yan and Zhao."

Fusu thought that his behavior was excusable. After all, his mother was from Chu, so he was half southerner. But Han Fei was from Henan, and he was definitely a northerner. How could he eat sweet tofu pudding?

Silently sweeping his stereotype into the trash can, Fusu said nonchalantly: "Sir, you like sweet things. I also know how to make sugar. When I make it in the future, I will treat you to some candy."

"Thank you, young master." Han Fei said with a heavy sigh.

Fusu knew that he was worried, but he was in no position to comfort him, so he could only pretend that he had not heard anything.

According to the developments in the previous life, South Korea perished in 230 BC, and now it is August of 233 BC.

Hu Hai was born in the year that Han was destroyed.

The monks around suddenly felt cold. The auras of the eldest son and Mr. Han were too depressing, which made people feel creepy.

Fortunately, Fusu soon had to go and instruct the production of a series of soy products such as tofu. Han Fei followed him to watch. The aura of the two people gradually softened, and the people around them all breathed a sigh of relief.

Before Ying Zheng's lunch, Fusu instructed the kitchen to prepare a table of "soybean banquet". He also told people to make the bean sprouts that he had forgotten according to his method, and then ordered the eunuchs to carry the prepared food to Ying Zheng's palace.

Han Fei, who was left there by Fusu with an apology, looked around and found that Fusu really did not leave any trace.

The eunuch whispered, "Sir, your meal is here. Would you like to dine with the other gentlemen or alone?"

Han Fei: “…”

The eldest son of the Qin State, in his eyes there is really no one else except the King of Qin!

Fusu, who was secretly criticized by Han Fei, was happily having dinner with his father. Ying Zheng was very satisfied with the meal. After the meal, he told the eunuchs, "Prepare dinner like this."

Fusu thought about it and finally didn't say anything about not eating too much soy products. His father had a happy meal and was in a good mood, so he shouldn't spoil his mood.

There are so many delicious foods, and there will be something else tomorrow, Fusu thought to himself, when my father eats something else tomorrow, he will definitely not want tofu anymore.

"I will send someone to teach you the etiquette of the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow." After finishing his meal, Ying Zheng spoke in a much lighter tone.

Fusu quickly replied, "Yes, father, don't worry, I will study hard and will never embarrass you."

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "You must study hard. I will check it in a couple of days. If there are any mistakes, it will not just be a trivial matter like embarrassment."

"The most important affairs of state are sacrifice and war." Fusu said seriously, "Father, I know this."

Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's right. I met your brothers today. They are almost the same age as you. Although they are also educated, they are not as good as you."

The small matter of visiting the children, which had been repeatedly postponed on Ying Zheng's schedule, finally happened today. However, he did not go to the harem to visit each of them in person. Instead, he ordered the concubines with children to bring their children to meet him.

In this meeting between father and son, although the children seemed to be less talented than Fusu, Ying Zheng was not disappointed because they were not the people he had high hopes for.

The person whom Ying Zheng had high hopes for was sitting next to him.

Fusu was completely stunned. When he mentioned his brothers, all he could remember was Hu Hai, who deserved to be cut into pieces, and his innocent brothers and sisters who died tragically at his hands. But in fact, at this time when Hu Hai was not yet born, his brothers and sisters were still children, and they were living happily in the Qin Palace.

"What's wrong?" Seeing his eldest son lost in thought, Ying Zheng tapped him on the head. "I remember you haven't seen your brothers for a long time. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, I ordered them to come and pay you a visit."

Upon hearing this, Fusu hurriedly said, "Father, my brothers and sisters are still young. I'd better go to see them and don't scare them."

Ying Zheng commented solemnly, "He does look like an older brother. Fine, go meet them later."

After Shang Yang's reforms, members of the Qin royal family could not be granted titles without merit. However, because of the bitter lesson of the Three Kingdoms' division of Jin, the Qin state never neglected the training of its princes. After all, if there was a real throne to inherit, it was better to keep the meat in one's own pot.

Fusu continued, "I was taught by my father and the previous kings, so naturally I am stronger. Even though my brothers have teachers, they are not as good as mine. Father, it's not that I am stronger than you, but that you and the previous kings taught me well."

Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing: "You are so good at coaxing people with your mouth."

Fusu smiled and said, "Well... this is also due to my father's good teaching."

Ying Zheng raised his hand and pinched his face. Having a meal with his eldest son could really relieve his fatigue. He would have to call him over tomorrow.

【Author’s words】

There are two versions of Hu Hai's birth year. This article adopts 230 BC, which is 210 BC. He was 21 years old when he forged the imperial edict to usurp the throne.

"Zuo Zhuan": The most important affairs of a country are sacrifices and wars.