Chapter 410 Why Not Eat Meat?

Inside, Xinbao and Mingpeidi had lunch together.

Emperor Mingpei was still thinking that Xinbao would be in a hurry to "rush to the ocean of knowledge" as soon as he finished his meal, but he didn't expect that the little meatball would climb onto the couch after finishing his meal, yawning a little, and lie down, calling him: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, hurry up, Xinbao is sleepy."

Emperor Mingpei asked, "You don't want to read anymore?"

Tuanzi said, "Let's go tomorrow. Xinbao is busy now."

Emperor Mingpei complained to her: "Why were you so anxious just now?"

Tuanzi said confidently, "You have to plan things. You can't just jump in line just because you want to do something. Otherwise, it will be a mess! For example, right now, Xinbao has to accompany Yeye for dinner and put Yeye to sleep. In the afternoon, he also has to take his brother to the Imperial Garden. He doesn't have time for the whole afternoon. He can only get up early tomorrow to go."

Emperor Mingpei: “…”

She put her little hands around his neck and soon fell asleep.

When she woke up, Chunhua dressed her, fed her half a cup of honey water, and handed her a small hand warmer: "Your Highness, it's cloudy now, come back slowly."

Xinbao nodded, and Chunhua continued, "Prince Wu'an came just now, and he is going in to see the emperor now."

"Uncle?" Xinbao asked, "When will he be able to come out?"

"I don't know," Chunhua said, "I have been in there for about two quarters of an hour."

Xinbao said: "Then let's wait for a while."

Chunhua was very careful. In the past few days, she had almost secured the position of the chief palace maid. She went out and told Baiji to guard the place.

It didn't take long before Xiao Tai came out and walked straight towards this side.

Xinbao also got the message and ran out: "Uncle!!"

"Hey! Your Highness!" Xiao Tai first bowed, then took a step towards her, hugged her little face with both hands, lifted her up, and gave her a big kiss.

Tuanzi: “…”

Xiao Tai immediately embraced her with his big hands and held her in his arms. Xinbao saw that his face was still a little gray, so she stretched out her little hand and patted him: "Uncle, why didn't you come to see Xinbao."

"Don't mention my little darling," Xiao Tai said, "During the time when my uncle was away from Beijing, I have accumulated so many things that I am almost busy. I just came back from the Three Thousand Camps and I have to go back again soon."

As soon as he mentioned the military camp, Xinbao suddenly remembered: "Ah!! Xinbao forgot to make frostbite cream!!"

When Xiao Tai heard her say this, he quickly comforted her: "It's okay, it's okay. We can make it in time. This place is close and we will be there in a few days."

Xinbao said, "Then I'll do it right away."

"Okay, I'll find someone to send her there when the time comes." He kissed her hard twice again: "My little darling, you smell so good. I'm leaving first!"

Before Xinbao had the chance to ask his grandmother, he put her down and left in a hurry.

Xinbao sighed and opened his arms directly: "Sister Yuru, hold me, let's go home quickly."

Yuru picked her up, and Chunhua ran over, tied her cloak on her, and pulled her hat over to put it on. She looked like a big-headed baby with only a snow-white face exposed.

After returning to Chengqian Palace, Tuanzi hurried to find his second brother to write a recipe for frostbite ointment.

There are many common frostbite cream recipes, and some of them are effective, such as snake oil frostbite cream, ginseng frostbite cream, crocodile oil frostbite cream, etc. In comparison, snake oil is more suitable. Although the Qi snake is not easy to catch, it is easier than a crocodile. The key is that it is effective.

The ginseng in Yutang Village has been growing for a year and should be ready to be used, but according to her unscientific calculation method, it would be best to let it grow for another year, which is equivalent to five or six years of ginseng on the market, so as not to waste it.

So in the end she only wrote two recipes, mainly wanting to make snake oil, which is the fat from the belly of the Agkistrodon acutus, plus traditional Chinese medicine such as cinnamon, angelica, and safflower. It is very good for treating chapped and frostbite, especially the kind that bleeds, spits, and pus, and usually heals in a few days.

When they came, Bai Gusheng also brought a lot of saffron, both living and dried, and asked them to send some to the palace to plant first.

The older brother was also called over and said, "I've heard about it too. I saw that their fingers are all different colors, and there really is a pit. I heard that it's caused by frostbite in the winter. But forget about the ones we usually use. They don't know how to use them, and it's inconvenient to wash their hands... But Xinbao, even if you cure it, you'll still get cold when it's cold!"

"It's also for making soup," said Tuanzi, "add chili peppers and Chinese medicine. Drink a little and your whole body will be warm."

Yan Shifan said: "How long can it stay warm? It will be cold again after a while."

Tuanzi paused: "Well, can it be made into gloves?"

Yan Shifan touched her little head helplessly: "Baby, I know you mean well, but how easy is it? The cotton clothes in the army are said to be made of quilted hair grass, which will be blown through by the wind and are not windproof. Even with gloves..."

Tuanzi's eyes widened in surprise: "Hair grass? Why not cotton wool?"

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Yan Shifan asked: "Cotton?"

The second brother also asked: "Silk cotton? Cotton?"

Only after her second brother explained it to her did she understand the current situation.

Because it was summer when she woke up, she bought cotton clothes at first. Later, when the weather got colder, her family had money, and her clothes were mainly provided by her wife. So the cotton clothes she bought were silk cotton, which is made of silk floss. They are very light and warm.

She knew that there was an era in history when people wore paper clothes. Just as Lu You once said, "Paper quilts are silent and white like clouds," she was referring to high-quality paper clothes, which were not only snow-white, but also as soft and comfortable as cloth.

But inferior paper clothes will make a rustling sound when moved, just like a book, and "the sound of rolling and opening can still be heard on the pillow."

Therefore, wearing paper clothes and covering paper quilts was very common and even a fashion. However, the poor could not even afford paper clothes, so they stuffed them with yellow grass, reed catkins, kapok and the like in winter, which were not warm at all.

Xinbao never thought that as a big shot, she would make the mistake of eating meat! ! Xinbao said anxiously: "But in Daddy's book, there is a way to increase cotton yields! ! One acre of cotton can generally produce about 500 kilograms. An adult's cotton coat, calculated at 3 kilograms, can be used to clothe hundreds of people. It's very cheap! Very cost-effective! ! Although cotton coats are not as light as silk cotton, they are also very warm! Cotton likes warm places with lots of sunlight, and can be grown in many places..."

She looked up and asked, "Why not promote it? Why not promote it?"

Both brothers were speechless when asked by Tuanzi.

The second brother calmed himself down and went over the chapter about cotton in the book in his mind.

He said, "It only wrote about planting, what else?"

Xinbao also slowed down. She was very good at this. She could tell you right away when it was suitable to harvest, how to pick peaches, how to separate them, how to dry them, how to store them, how to use them...

As he was talking, his second brother was writing quickly. When he finished, Xinbao took a look and added two more points. He felt it was more complete and nodded.

The second brother put the planting part of the book together with this part, and said to Xinbao: "The amount of this snake oil ointment will not be large. You can tell Yeye that you can let the Imperial Hospital do it. You have to give them a chance. Do you understand?"

He glanced at her, smiled and tapped her forehead: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, and you don't have to care. Anyway, just ask Ye Ye, and as long as he agrees, let the Imperial Hospital make this. For the soup ingredients, ask Xiao Jue to find someone to make it, and when it's ready, just send it directly to the palace."

He pointed at the table again: "As for this, I'll talk to Master and see if I can submit a memorial."

(End of this chapter)