Speaking of this, Xiaoyao Hou's tone was full of evil amusement.
"The old lady is seeking revenge for her daughter-in-law. I heard that Qiao Yunqing's daughter-in-law went to the Wen family's shop to buy rouge and powder, and was not only humiliated but also driven out. She was also threatened that the Wen family's rouge shop would never do business with the Qiao family.
The old lady was such a protective person that she couldn't swallow her daughter-in-law being slapped in the face in public.
It’s only been a month since the Qiao family opened their own rouge shop, and there are quite a lot of new things in it.
Especially soap and cooling oil, they are must-have items when going out.
Anyone who bought it would use it without saying anything. My mother got one, and now she treasures it.
It’s a pity that Qiao’s sales are limited, with only 500 copies sold every month. They will expire soon!
If I want to buy more, I have to let my little bastard go and discuss it with the old lady.
Your Majesty, you have never used that cooling oil, right? Apply it on your body in the hot summer and no mosquitoes will bite you. It is not a good thing!"
Emperor Wu had indeed not received any tribute from the Qiao family recently except for fruits and vegetables. Upon hearing this, he couldn't help but glance at Cao Banban who was standing next to him.
Eunuch Cao immediately stepped forward and reported: "The Qiao family did pay tribute to us with a batch of good things three days ago, but this is the first time I have seen this thing.
The person who came to deliver the gift also mentioned that there were some medicinal herbs in it, so it would be best to let the imperial physician check it and confirm that there are no problems before presenting it to Your Majesty.
I don't know why there is no result yet. I will go and ask in a moment!"
"Well! Where is Liang Shengming now?"
The King of Qi stepped forward and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I am very happy in Laohu Town and have already planned to retire there."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Wu looked at him in surprise and immediately became interested. He had experienced how stubborn that old man was. Why was he unwilling to leave once he arrived at Laohu Town?
"Why is that?"
"The Qiao family arranged a separate residence for him, served him different meals every day, and provided him with a constant supply of fruits and vegetables.
You can see different things every day, and the people are living a good and bustling life. This is not the place where you can retire that you dream of.”
"Does anyone in the capital know that he is staying at Qingyang Academy to teach?"
“Everything that should be known is known, but Madam Qiao obviously disdains to use Mr. Liang’s name to recruit students, and she doesn’t care whether the children of the aristocratic family will go to school.
I heard that the first batch of students will only recruit 300 people, and the Qiao family will take up one-third of the quota. There are also 100 students from ordinary people's children, and the remaining quota is for children from wealthy families and aristocratic families. "
Qiao Xin did not hide anything. The first batch of students were selected from among his guards, servants and hired farmers. There were even a few criminal slaves bought from Nanliang.
They are as willful as they can be, and they don't care at all about how the outside world views them!
"Send Lao Ba over with a different identity!"
King Qi and Marquis Xiaoyao suddenly looked up, their eyes full of disbelief!
"Your Majesty, please think twice!"
"Royal brother, the Eighth Prince is only six years old. Should we reconsider this matter?"
“No need. Let’s first arrange for him to get acquainted with the children of the Qiao family, and then find an opportunity to send him to Qingyang Academy. Only the old lady needs to be told about his identity!
I believe the Qiao family will treat him well. This is also a way for him to survive."
Qiao Xin didn't know that Emperor Wu had gotten carried away and sent her such a hot potato.
At this time, she was directing people to start harvesting cumin planted in the cotton field.
When planting cotton, Qiao Xin felt that if the spaces were left empty, weeds would grow, so it would be better to plant something in between.
She specifically asked the system what was the best thing to interplant with cotton? The system recommended cumin!
People love to eat mutton, but the most common way to cook it nowadays is to boil it in water or stew it in soup, or directly apply salt and roast it. Don't even think about sprinkling various spices on mutton skewers like in later generations.
Firstly, spices are precious and Dajing has no habit of growing them.
Otherwise, pepper would not be sold at the price of gold. Precious spices like cumin and cloves were basically monopolized by the Western Regions Hu merchants.
Qiao Xin had long been craving for lamb skewers, but it was impossible for the Qiao family to spend gold to buy spices.
The only way now is to plant it yourself. In the early spring, she sprinkled seeds of various spices on various pieces of land.
Such as mint, basil, basil, cloves, nutmeg, grass fruit, cumin...
For the species that can survive, separate fields will be opened up for planting in the next season.
The seeds provided by the system were indeed highly adaptable. After three or four months of growth, cumin ushered in its first big harvest.
From one hundred mu of cotton, Qiao Xin harvested about 400 kilograms of cumin. If one mu of land is intercropped, about 40 kilograms can be harvested.
This output is neither high nor low, but in ancient times when spices were as precious as gold, this figure was already a huge fortune.
If they continue like this, the Qiao family won't have to worry about the existing cake, they can open up a whole new track!
That night, a long charcoal stove was set up on the wheat field in Laohu Town.
Qiao Xin finally ate the lamb skewers and roasted pork belly that she had been craving for, paired with minced garlic, cumin powder, chili peppers, and a layer of honey water.
The overbearing aroma made all the villagers passing by cry with envy.
The old lady has come up with something delicious again!
Mrs. Xu and Nanny Qin were more interested in roasted leeks and eggplants than roasted meat.
Butler Cao and Shunzi were eating the skewers of meat in big mouthfuls.
While Chef Fang was flipping the skewers of meat, he was fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan, making a rustling sound, and he even found time to stuff a few bites of meat into his mouth.
Qiao Xin was afraid that they would eat too much and have bloating, so she asked someone to cook a pot of hawthorn and black plum soup.
Everyone was very satisfied with this meal!
After the meal, Xu said to Qiao Xin with some emotion: "Mom, if this mutton was placed in front of our snack shop, it would definitely be in short supply."
"It's not impossible, but are you busy enough right now? Run the store well, don't fall in love with every girl you meet, or you might end up doing something inappropriate and ruin the good situation."
"Madam, are you really not going to sell it?"
Qiao Xin sighed, "Yes, we can sell it, but we are short of people! You all wish you could have three heads and six arms, but you still can't finish the work. Isn't it because there are too few people?
If you take too big a step, you may easily pull your balls.
Don't worry, if I can finish all the things at hand this year, it will be a great success."
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