Chapter 464 Alliance

With a "smack," Xing Yu clapped her hands. "Wow, Third Sister is amazing!"

This greeting is like unleashing a powerful attack!

"You mean the smallpox vaccine?"

Li San Niang nodded, "We did manage to produce distilled alcohol earlier, but due to technical issues and low production volume, it was only used in the military and not yet made for civilian use."

This smallpox vaccine is one aspect; if conditions permit in the future, we might actually be able to produce watermelon frost and penicillin.

However, these two things, especially penicillin, are miraculous drugs, and it would have been difficult to mass-produce them before industrial development.

But at least I have a direction now, a direction in which I can continue to develop in the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing that Xing Yu and Li San Niang had revealed some of their secrets, Chang Siyuan took the opportunity to say, "Didn't they come up with woodblock printing before?"

They are currently working on improving papermaking techniques. If successful, the price of paper could be reduced.

As for doing this, one reason is to make money, and another is that my family started in the media industry in my previous life.

Therefore, I want to improve both the paper and printing aspects and start a newspaper.

"Hiss," Xing Yu's exclamation also represented the turbulent waves in Li San Niang's heart!

"Wow, that's really amazing!"

Chang Siyuan seems to be trying to seize the moral high ground; this tactic is truly sophisticated.

"It's a good thing to run a newspaper. Starting last year, Emperor Wu has already started the imperial examination system. I was granted an official position in the Ministry of Agriculture because of my own abilities."

Your direction is quite good. If you can cooperate with Emperor Wu to enlighten the people, that would be a tremendous achievement.

However, the problem is also obvious: the people are illiterate!

"It's simple, just make out the pinyin!"

It's a hundred times easier than the current methods of teaching people to read.

Chang Siyuan nodded, agreeing with Li Sanniang's proposed method of using pinyin.

"That's exactly what I'm thinking. If it's feasible, it would be best to start teaching pinyin."

Subsequent newspapers can all have pinyin added, so even if someone can't read, they can still spell it out and understand most of the meaning, which will be sufficient.

Seeing that the three of them had talked about what they wanted to do in the future, or what they were doing now, Bi Qionglan also told them about what she was doing.

"I was a farmer in my past life, mainly researching how to improve the disease resistance of seeds and increase yield per acre."

My teacher mainly works on hybrid wheat. I got into Sinongsi by increasing the yield per mu, but I will probably continue to work on hybrid wheat in the future.

I believe that in this era, agriculture is fundamental.

Controlling food means controlling the economic lifeline, which in turn means controlling people, or you could say controlling the army.

I hope that in my lifetime I will be able to see the day when the wheat ears are heavy with grain.

After listening to what Bi Qionglan had to say, Xing Yu's mood sank to the bottom again, just like when she felt inferior to her fellow transmigrators at the fellow villagers' building last time.

"What's wrong? Why do I still feel like I'm the only piece of trash in the whole place?"

"Alright, it's getting late. Come on, let's move upstairs to a private room."

I went to great lengths to find someone to make this stir-fry, and I even spent a lot of money to find all-natural, pollution-free, high-quality ingredients.

"You're in for a treat today!"

Then, in the private room, Li San Niang ate sweet and sour pork with pineapple. Although the taste was not exactly the same as in modern times, the fact that they could get pineapple at this time was enough to show that Xing Yu's private restaurant had put a lot of thought into it.

"You're amazing! You even found pineapple, a fruit from the southernmost part of the country."

Li San Niang picked up a piece of pineapple and ate it, looking at Xing Yu with admiration as she said this.

Xing Yu first poured Chang Siyuan a cup of wine before replying to Li Sanniang, "Alas, this is truly a stroke of luck."

I own a supermarket in Xishi, don't I?

That day, a merchant came and asked if the supermarket would accept two baskets of fruit from the south.

I happened to be in the store at the time, and when I looked at it, I realized it was actually a pineapple.

However, there were only two baskets. Fortunately, they were unripe when they picked them, but they were ripe by the time they arrived here.

I know you have children; take a few home with you when you leave.

Li San Niang naturally expressed her gratitude, after all, at this time, it was truly a rare treat to be able to eat fruit from such a distant place.

"Eating pineapple reminds me of mangoes and papayas. I wonder when they will be introduced from the south."

"The transportation is inconvenient, it's really quite rare."

Of course, this feast didn't just include sweet and sour pork with pineapple; there were also some well-known home-style dishes from my previous life, such as hot and sour shredded potatoes, shredded pork with garlic sauce, and stir-fried tofu with scallions.

However, due to limitations in ingredients and seasonings, the taste was naturally not as good as modern flavors, but overall it was still much more delicious than the dishes that were only available at that time, which were roasted, stewed, boiled, and steamed.

"Your restaurant can only go for the high-end market, since the costs are too high."

For ordinary people to enjoy this way of cooking, their iron-smelting technology would need to advance significantly; even just finding a wok would be extremely difficult.

After tasting every dish on the table, Chang Siyuan gave Xing Yu this evaluation.

"That's for sure."

The primary reason for opening this restaurant is, in fact, to satisfy my own appetite.

Secondly, I wasn't thinking about making money.

This place will also be our meeting point for the rest of us in the future.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they chatted for a while. Finally, Xing Yu gave each person five pineapples, and then they all left the private restaurant named "Full of Fragrance".

Qiu Xiang and Shi Jiu didn't eat with Li San Niang and the others, but the dishes were the same for them.

As she boarded the carriage carrying five pineapples in a basket, Nineteen asked curiously, "Third Sister, what are these?"

"Haha, it's a fruit from the south."

It was one of the ingredients in today's meal. When I got home, I cut it up and let Dewdrop and the others try it. It's sweet and sour, and very juicy.

Sure enough, after returning home, Sister-in-law Li took a kitchen knife, listened to what Sister-in-law Li had said, and peeled off the skin of the pineapple. Inside, it was a bright orange color, and a unique pineapple aroma wafted out.

"It smells sweet, but I wonder what it tastes like."

Sister-in-law Li said this with a smile to Li San Niang, then cut the pineapple into pieces the size of a child's palm, arranged them neatly on a plate, and served it to the table.

Li San Niang used a wooden skewer to stick a piece of food into Lu Zhu'er's hand to eat. Lu Zhu'er was a little girl, but she was very willing to try new things. As soon as Li San Niang gave it to her, she took a bite.

When the sweet and sour pineapple juice burst in her mouth, Dewdrop happily squinted her eyes.

"Mom, it's sweet and sour, it's delicious."

"If it's delicious, have a couple more pieces."

There were five pineapples in total. One was given to Dr. Liang and the young boy from Shaoyang, and the remaining four were cut open by Sister-in-law Li.

"This stuff doesn't keep well, it'll rot if we don't eat it soon."

Let's eat it while it's still fresh.

Sister-in-law, don't forget to leave some for my elder brother and second brother; they'll be off duty late.