The next day, Zhao Yiming had not returned for dinner. His servant said that he had something to deal with and would not be back for dinner.
Fortunately, there was something going on in the military camp and Tian Mingwu didn't come back, otherwise he would definitely have complained about him.
Tian An naturally knew where Zhao Yiming had gone, so he ignored him and asked everyone to continue eating. The chef had prepared new dishes today, and they looked delicious.
In the palace, the prince walked into the imperial study with an excited look on his face, and anyone could see that he was in a good mood.
"Your son pays homage to His Majesty the Father."
The emperor raised his hand to signal him to stand up, closed the memorial in his hand, and then looked up at him, "Prince, why are you here so late?"
"Father, I have something important to report."
Hearing this, the emperor waved his hand, and the eunuch beside him took the palace servants away with a look of understanding.
After the door of the imperial study was closed, the prince walked to the desk and handed a piece of paper to the emperor.
After reading it, the emperor excitedly held the paper and asked, "Is what is written here true?"
The prince replied, "I haven't verified it yet, but this recipe was given to me by my cousin, so I think it's correct."
The emperor was surprised, "Mingyu?"
The prince nodded. "According to my cousin, this recipe was actually recorded in an ancient book that his fiancée accidentally found some time ago. She was young and illiterate at the time, but she had a good memory and wrote down all the words. Later, my cousin taught her to read, and only then did she understand what was written on it."
Yesterday, when I went to the shop with my cousin to prepare the coming-of-age ceremony for Miss Gu, I had the opportunity to learn about the price of colored glass. Then I thought of this recipe and gave it to my cousin, saying that I wanted to make the colored glass myself.
My cousin was thinking about the country, so he contacted me and gave me the prescription."
The emperor looked at the prescription in his hand with some hesitation, "Will this prescription work?"
The prince said, "My cousin said that this recipe only has simple material ratios. We can find someone to try it a few more times. If it doesn't work, it's just a waste of effort. But if it works..."
The emperor naturally understood what he meant. A set of glass tea sets would cost dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver on the market, and even a palm-sized glass mirror would cost more than ten taels, and there was still no demand for it.
This is a huge profit! If it succeeds, he won't have to worry about the national treasury anymore.
He immediately made the decision, "You will do this yourself. Find a few suitable people in the Ministry of Industry to carry out the work secretly. If it succeeds, we will directly build a factory for mass production."
The prince knelt down happily, "Your son obeys your order."
After thinking for a while, he said, "Father, this recipe was given to me by my cousin's fiancée after all..."
The emperor gave him a displeased look and said, "How can I let them suffer any loss?" After thinking for a moment, he said, "If this recipe works, I'll give them 20% of the profit when we build the Liulichang in the future."
The prince breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to explain to his cousin.
Then, the emperor suddenly thought of something and asked, "Have you asked Mingyu if the ancient book that the girl from the Tian family got before is still there?"
The prince shook his head and said, "I have asked, and Miss Tian had a hard time as a child. She couldn't stand the cold in winter, so she and her brother burned books to keep warm."
The emperor twitched his lips, his heart bleeding. What a waste of natural resources! If there were other prescriptions recorded in that ancient book, wouldn't they be lost?
Even without mentioning the recipe, the ancient book itself is enough to enter the royal library.
Turning around, he instructed the prince, "Pick out some more goodies for the Tian family! After all, you will be the mistress of the Duke's Mansion in the future, you can't let others laugh at you."
The prince accepted the order and asked the princess to handle the matter.
So, the next morning, Tian An saw Xiao Chen, the third son of the Xiao family, smiling happily again.
Looking at the two large boxes behind him, Tian An's eyes lit up. This must be the result of the glass recipe from yesterday!
Tian An tried hard to look away, then looked at Xiao Chen and asked, "Why did the Third Prince have time to come to our place today?"
Xiao Chen pointed to the two large boxes behind him and said, "Yaoyao was thinking about you and asked me to bring you some things."
Tian An saw through it but didn't say anything. Yaoyao only brought them food, but there was obviously not even half a piece of cake in the box.
With a roll of his eyes, Tian An said unhappily, "Yaoyao knows that she's thinking about us, but the Third Prince is a forgetful person."
Xiao Chen looked up at the sky awkwardly, pretending to be stupid. "Oh! The weather is so nice today. I didn't hear what you said."
Tian An ignored him. Since it was said that it was a gift from Yaoyao, she had to bring something back for Yaoyao.
After instructing Chunxi to prepare things, he started chatting with Xiao Chen.
When Xiao Chen heard Tian An ask Chun Xi to prepare a return gift, he took the opportunity to ask, "How was that dark chocolate candy you brought Yao Yao last time made? Why don't you give her more? Yao Yao never gets enough."
That chocolate was indeed delicious. He didn't know how it was made; the royal chef still hadn't figured it out. Yaoyao was so precious; he could only get one or two from her every time he ran errands.
Tian An glanced at him and complained in his heart: "Is it that Yaoyao didn't eat enough, or do you want to eat more?"
But he said, "That chocolate! Chocolate is actually quite easy to make, but the ingredients are hard to find. I don't have much now, and I guess Yaoyao will run out after eating it a few more times."
I thought that since I had come to this point, he couldn't possibly compete with a child for food!
As expected, Xiao Chen looked disappointed, "You don't have much left!" After thinking for a moment, he said, "Then Yaoyao will be sad in the future."
Tian An also looked helpless, "Who said it wasn't? But there's nothing we can do about it. Knowing Yaoyao likes it, Xiaokang and Xiaoqi couldn't bear to eat it and saved it all."
"Hiss! So little?"
He knew that Tian An loved his two younger brothers the most. Since even they had nothing to eat, there really wasn't much left.
Xiao Chen thought about it, and suddenly asked tentatively: "If we can find the ingredients, can we make chocolate again?"
Hearing this, Tian An held his chin and seriously considered this possibility.
The raw material for making chocolate is cocoa beans. In the world of the previous life, there were no cocoa trees in ancient times. They were introduced later from tropical America.
But this place is obviously different from the world of the previous life. For example, there are pepper seeds and tomatoes here. These two are also foreign species in the world of the previous life and did not exist in ancient times.
Considering the local climate, it might be possible to find cocoa trees in Tianling. Even if we can't find any locally, we can look for them abroad and then introduce them to grow on our own.
Chocolate is something that children and women love the most. If it could be made and mass-produced, wouldn’t she become rich?
He raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Chen. He was the prince, more informed than himself, and had more manpower, so it was just right to let him go find it.
He immediately said, "Then I'll draw the cocoa beans and the trees that are the main ingredients for making chocolate. Go and look for them. When you find the ingredients, you'll have plenty of chocolate."
Xiao Chen stood up excitedly and said, "Deal."
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