Even if Song Qi and Gu Wu rode at full speed, it would take several days for them to come back. Song Wan had no intention of just sitting there doing nothing.
Yizhou is very large, and there are many towns and villages of all sizes around it.
Maybe because it is close to the northwest, there are many small hills on all sides, but most of them are planted with fruit trees.
Therefore, there are many vendors selling fruits in Yizhou City.
As a prince of Dai Viet, it would be a bit unreasonable if he didn't own a few small hills.
There are 500 acres of hills planted with various fruit trees in the Prince Yi's Mansion. When Song Wan learned this number, she regretted eating two pig trotters yesterday.
This season, many grapes have ripened, as have melons. Song Wan picked quite a few.
When she climbed over the wall that day, she found that there were sheep in the palace. After asking, she found out that they were kept for producing goat milk.
Song Wan wanted to make a fruit salad, but there was no yogurt here, so she had to make do with goat's milk.
When Yun Zhuo heard that Song Wan was going to make something she had never eaten before, she quickly came over and didn't leave for a moment.
Not only am I busy but I can't help, there are still many problems.
"What is Fruit Salad?"
"Do you mean putting the fruit in water and scooping it up to eat?"
"Where does Miss Song get all these wonderful ideas?"
"Do you need ice for fruit salad?"
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Song Wan had never made fruit salad before, but she had eaten it before. It was very simple to make. Cut the fruit into small pieces, put it in a bowl, and then pour yogurt on it. It tastes more refreshing after being chilled in the summer.
If there is no yogurt, goat milk should be fine?
When Concubine Rou heard that Song Wan suddenly wanted to make something that would require goat's milk, she asked the cooks in the palace to obey Song Wan and give her whatever she wanted.
So not long after, Song Wan got a small bucket of goat's milk without the smell of mutton, which was still warm.
Gu Yan hurriedly helped cut the fruit and asked as she cut, "Is this size okay?"
Song Wan was breaking up a large block of ice. She tilted her head to take a look and expressed her satisfaction, "Okay."
With everyone's help, the fruit salad was ready and everyone got a bowl.
Everyone looked at the colorful fruits and goat milk in the bowl and sniffed them tacitly. They were afraid that mixing so many kinds of fruits together would produce a strange smell.
However, their worries were unnecessary. They didn't taste any strange smell. The fruit tasted cool and sweet. It had a unique flavor when wrapped in goat milk.
Before he knew it, he had finished a bowl. Yun Zhuo was still not satisfied and even wanted another bowl. When Song Wan was making it just now, he followed the whole process. The method of making fruit salad was simple and he didn't need to learn it specially.
"It will taste more delicious when the weather gets warmer." Rou Taifei rarely eats too much, but today she unknowingly finished a full bowl of fruit salad.
"It's also suitable for selling in a restaurant." Yun Zhuo ate it but still thought about business. "Miss Song, please sell me this fruit salad along with those fish dishes."
Although he already knew how to make fruit salad, he was a conscientious businessman and would never take away other people's recipes without paying.
Song Wan didn't expect that she could actually sell silver just because she was greedy. Of course, she would not be unwilling. "Okay, but I only want gold, silver is fine too, no banknotes."
"This is easy." Yun Zhuo agreed.
"I'm not selling the recipe." Gu Yan suddenly said anxiously.
"Why?" Yun Zhuo was puzzled. Wasn't it agreed upon before?
Song Wan didn't understand either. Why not make money if she had the chance? However, she still trusted Gu Yanji and knew that he would not cheat her, so she suppressed her doubts and looked at him eagerly.
Gu Yan quickly put down the bowl in her hand, glanced at Yun Zhuo, and said slowly, "I can give you the recipe for free, but you have to give 30% of the profit to A Wan for every portion you sell."
When Song Wan heard this, her eyes lit up. She was so busy eating the fruit salad that she almost forgot about this way of making money. This way, she would have money coming in every day!
Earlier, on the waterway to Tahuiguan, she wanted a share of the profits. It was all because he kept talking about buying things, and she almost lost herself in the money to buy a house.
Yun Zhuo: "..."
It has to be said that if Gu Yan didn't become a general, he would be more suitable to be a profiteer.
The 30% profit was exactly the line that stuck in his mind, neither going up nor down. If he didn't agree, he always felt that he would miss the opportunity to make more money, but if he agreed, he felt that he was at a disadvantage.
After hesitating for a few moments, Yun Zhuo finally agreed, "30% profit is 30% profit!" At worst, he could help his family open restaurants all over Dayue and earn back the 30% profit.
After eating the fruit salad, Yun Zhuo borrowed the study in the palace and wrote a letter to Zezhou to inform his aunt about this matter.
Yun Zhuo told everything he could about his experience on this trip, and with Song Wan's permission, he specifically mentioned her identity in the letter, letting his aunt know that Song Wan was the chivalrous woman who had given Yao Xu a beating. By the way, he also talked about Yao Xu's current miserable situation. He wrote about Yao Xu's miserable situation alone and it took up a whole page. He thought his aunt would be very happy to see it.
A thick letter was put into an envelope, and Li Lin helped him find a reliable escort agency to help take the letter to Zezhou.
The cooperation was temporarily finalized. Thinking that she would have a steady flow of money in the near future, Song Wan felt much better.
Under Li Lin's governance, the people of Yizhou lived relatively well, but they could not be considered wealthy. It could only be said that there were fewer people who were not getting enough to eat.
The fruit vendor on the street still had a sallow face. Song Wan stared at him for a long time and always felt that he looked like a potato that had become a spirit.
Speaking of potatoes, it has been a long time since she last ate potatoes since she left Guizhou. In the past two days, Concubine Rou has prepared a lot of delicacies from land and sea and exquisite pastries for every meal, and Song Wan eats until she is full and satisfied every day.
But at this moment, she suddenly wanted to eat potatoes stewed with chicken. Song Wan quickly finished the date paste cake in her hand and said to Gu Yan anxiously, "When the potatoes are planted next year, ask Jiang Hu to send a few carts of potatoes to Yizhou for planting."
"Why did Awan suddenly think of growing potatoes in Yizhou?" Gu Yanji once discussed with his elder brother Gu Lingfeng whether potatoes needed to be grown on a large scale.
His eldest brother shared the same idea as him. If potatoes, a crop that yields 1,000 kilograms per mu, were to be announced to the world, it would definitely cause an uproar and attract the emperor's attention.
Now that Dai Viet has just ended wars of all sizes less than a year ago, the treasury is empty and everything needs to be rebuilt. If something happens to potatoes in a high-profile incident, it is likely to disrupt this balance.
By then, Daye will know that Dai Viet has also achieved a grain yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu. For the sake of future stability, they may send troops to attack before the potatoes are fully planted. By then, Dai Viet's trick of claiming to have insufficient troops will no longer be concealed.
Therefore, Gu Yanji has always wanted to keep a low profile in planting, first popularizing it to every household in Guizhou, and then in Xinzhou. Only when the land completely belongs to them, the per-acre yield of potatoes will not be leaked prematurely.
Song Wan suddenly mentioned that she wanted to plant potatoes in Yizhou, which reminded Gu Yan of her urgency.
After two days of getting along, he roughly understood what kind of person Yi Wang Li Lin was, and the people of Yizhou City also listened to him. If potatoes were successfully grown in Yizhou, the neighboring Jinzhou and even Zezhou managed by Yun Zhuo's brother might be able to grow potatoes on a large scale.
However, if they were told about the potatoes, it would be considered as indirectly tying them to the boats of the Song and Gu families.
When it is discovered that the grain yield per mu is 1,000 kilograms but it is not reported, even the dullest person can guess what it means.
Song Wan's thoughts weren't as complicated or overthinking as his. She replied, "I just hope that in the future I can always have potatoes whenever I want, and that there won't be any more hungry people in this world."
Gu Yanji felt a warm feeling in her heart. Her wish sounded easy, but it was hard to realize in a short time.
The late emperor led his troops to the capital because he could not bear to see the people of Dai Viet suffer in dire straits and wanted them to have enough food and clothing.
It can be said that Song Wan’s wishes coincided with those of the late emperor.
"Okay, I'll go talk to Prince Yi and have potatoes planted in Yizhou as well." Although things were progressing much faster than expected, he still had to refuse Awan.
Gu Yan thought anxiously that she might not be able to do it.
At noon on the day Song Wan proposed the idea, Gu Yan hurried to find Li Lin and told him the whole process from how he discovered potatoes to how he achieved a yield of 3,000 kilograms per mu after planting.
After hearing this, Li Lin was stunned for a long time.
He asked hesitantly, "Are you kidding me?" They in Dayue also have a grain yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu?
If what Gu Yanji said was true, then does it mean that they no longer have to envy Daye's sweet potatoes in the future?
"If you don't believe it, you can go to Guizhou and take a look." Gu Yan said anxiously.
"Can I ask my mother to come over?" Such a big matter is not something he can decide alone.
"Of course." Gu Yanji knew from the beginning that this matter would definitely not get around the Queen Dowager's approval, but with the Queen Dowager's help, planting potatoes might be smoother.
Soon, Concubine Rou was invited over.
"Lin'er, what did you call your mother over for?" Concubine Rou asked, then noticed there was another person. She immediately asked, "Yanji, why are you here too? Didn't you go shopping with Awan?"
"Some things need to be discussed with the Queen Dowager and Prince Yi." Gu Yan said anxiously and neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"If you have something to say, just tell me." Concubine Rou sat in the main seat with Li Lin's help.
"It's like this, I want to grow some crops in Yizhou." Gu Yan hurriedly repeated the matter of potatoes in front of Concubine Rou.
After listening to this, Concubine Rou was silent for a full quarter of an hour. She twirled the handkerchief in her hand and finally said, "Yan Ji, we'll plant the potatoes you mentioned in Yizhou."
Li Lin was surprised that his mother actually agreed to Gu Yanji's proposal. He believed that his mother could see what it would mean if Yizhou also planted potatoes.
But his mother knew everything, but still wanted to have the baby. At this moment, Li Lin suddenly couldn't understand why his mother had given birth to and raised him for more than ten years.
"Thank you, Her Majesty." Gu Yan knew how difficult it was to make this decision.
Concubine Rou waved her hand and sighed slightly, "I have stayed out of this for so many years. Maybe it's time to do something."
Seeing Concubine Rou's attitude, Gu Yanji's inner guess became more certain. It turned out that she had known about that matter all along.
Li Lin had too many doubts in his mind. He felt that his mother and Gu Yanji seemed to be playing some kind of charade.
Concubine Rou looked at her son with a kind look in her eyes, "Lin'er, listen to your mother this time."
Even though he was puzzled, since his mother had not chosen to tell him, it meant that it was not the right time for him to know. Li Lin was not a stubborn person, so he nodded and said, "Since my mother said it's okay, then let's plant it."
Even if Gu Yanji eventually wanted to rebel, overthrow the Li imperial power and become emperor himself, it didn't seem to be something difficult to accept.
If my father were still alive, he would probably prefer that the Gu or Song family take the throne rather than have the throne be fought over by his two brothers, only increasing the internal friction within Yue.
Gu Yanji was somewhat surprised by Li Lin's straightforward attitude. He didn't expect that Li Lin agreed without asking anything.
If there were no Ayu...
Thinking of A Yu, my brother's time this year was not wasted. A Yu has grown a lot and become more sensible. With my brother in the capital in the future, A Yu will definitely become a wise ruler like the late emperor.
Although Yizhou is Li Lin's fiefdom, not all the officials under him, big and small, are on the same page with him. They need to first screen the available people and then slowly dismantle them one by one.
Just as the three of them were discussing, the old butler came over and said he had something important to report.
The three of them stopped discussing and put away the rice paper on the desk that was filled with the names of the county magistrates of Yizhou counties. Only then did Li Lin let the housekeeper in.
"What's the panic?"
The old butler was old and was a reliable man sent by Li Lin's uncle after he recognized his relatives in the early years. He had once fought in the war with the late General Wu. Seeing that he was old and helpless, General Wu arranged for him to serve his nephew, and he worked his way up to the butler of the palace.
Concubine Rou and her son have always respected the old butler.
"My Lord, Your Highness, Lord Yu has requested an audience. He says he needs your assistance with something," the old butler said briefly. "Lord Yu said that several clinics in the city have been robbed of valuable medicinal herbs in recent days. They've been so elusive that even the police haven't been able to apprehend them. So, he's asking Your Highness to lend him a few men."
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