Chapter 102 champion brother 18

“The sky and the earth are dark yellow, the universe is prehistoric…”

In a small room, sat a group of yellow-faced and thin children. There are men and women, the oldest is thirteen years old and the youngest is seven years old.

Each of them has a sand table in front of them and a branch in their hands, practicing writing on the sand.

Yan Shu was dressed in men’s clothes, her hair was tied up, and she stood in front of the classroom with her hands behind her back, earnestly teaching these children to read and write.

Just like what her brother taught her.

As far back as she can remember, she was a money loser at home that was not liked by her grandparents. Although she hadn’t been scolded like the other cousins, she moved her family to the county seat, and was not really hurt much. But just because she was a granddaughter, the malicious disdain and harsh words cast an indelible impression on her.

Later, my brother went to school to study. After she came back, she began to teach her to read and write. She knew the meaning of those wonderful words, as well as the stories and characters in the book.

It turned out that the world is so vast, there are so many wonderful things outside, those various characters, and bizarre things aroused her yearning for the outside world and freedom.

She yearns that when she grows up, she can be like her brother, carrying a bookcase to the school every day to learn more knowledge.

However, when she really grew up, she realized that women could not go to school to study at all, let alone participate in the imperial examinations!

All they can do is to stay in the back house, take care of their husbands and teach their children, and can only be trapped in that small world for the rest of their lives.

Disappointed? Resentment? It seems there are.

But the world is like this, all women are like this, they are born vassals of men.

If she is different from them, she is deviant and will be criticized and criticized by everyone. And it was not only herself who was criticized, but also her parents and brother.

Especially brother, his studies are so good, if it is affected by her, then she will definitely feel guilty.

So she suppressed her own nature and carefully kept the same as everyone else, and stopped thinking about those unrealistic dreams.

However, after leaving the capital and coming to Qing County, the folk customs here are simple and the rules for women are not as strict as those in the capital. So the seed in her heart sprouted again.

And what she never expected was that her brother even supported her! Said it was very meaningful.

She knew that her brother was different from those arrogant men outside!

She was inspired to do it more seriously. Then this schoolhouse was opened to bring all the children together to study.

Despite the difficult conditions, even paper, ink, pen and inkstone could not be provided to them. But they study very seriously, and everyone cherishes this hard-won opportunity.

Even if you can’t take the exam, but you can read and write, you will have another way of life in the future.

For Yan Shu, this is also a hard-won opportunity, so she will try her best to make it well.

“Why are you here?”

Yan Shu came out of the school and asked in surprise when she saw the people outside.

Seeing her surprised appearance, Liang Maoxing couldn’t help laughing, “I’m here to find you!”

His straightforward words made Yan Shu’s ears turn red. She looked away and said unnaturally, “I mean, why did you come to Qing County? You can’t leave Beijing at will?”

“That was before, but I can’t go back to Beijing at will now.”

Yan Shu was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked, “What’s going on?”

“It’s not a big deal. I’m going to be a fan in advance. Qing County and the two counties next to it are my fiefs. I specifically asked my father to ask me to be a fan in advance.”

Of course, this went so smoothly, thanks to his good brothers as assists.

Some of them should have gone to Tibet, but they tried their best to stay in the capital. What for? Don’t you want to get the moon first when you are near the water tower, and behave well in front of the father, so that the father can see them more?

Therefore, it is a very stupid act to leave the capital and go to Tibet when the prince is undecided, which is equivalent to being deprived of the possibility of inheriting the throne.

That’s why Liang Maoxing repeated his old tricks and incited his brothers to “drive him out” of the capital, so it went so smoothly.

Yan Shu could guess what effect his behavior would have on him, and for a while he complained, “Why are you so impulsive?”

Liang Maoxing laughed, “Anyway, I don’t have any idea about that seat. If I leave that place of right and wrong, I don’t need to be involved.” The most important thing is that I can come to accompany my daughter-in-law!

This idea coincides with Yan Qing, he praised, “It will benefit you more than the disadvantage in advance, and you have done a good job.”

Being praised by him, Liang Maoxing actually felt flattered, and his smile became even more stupid for a while.

“Since I’m here, if the palace is all right, just stay here. It just so happens that I want to lead the people of Qing County to start a side business to increase income, so come and see.”

Yan Qing wanted to let him know something more, so she opened her mouth to keep him.

How could Liang Maoxing disagree, he immediately expressed his desire to stay.

Since the pumpkin caused a storm among the people, Yan Qing was the first to discover and promote the pumpkin, and his popularity among the people immediately peaked.

Whatever policy he wants to implement, the people of Qing County actively cooperate.

Therefore, many forests have been transformed and fruit trees have been planted.

Of course, it will take some time for the fruit to set, but the preparatory work can be done.

Yan Qing taught the common people the method of brewing fruit wine, the production and storage of dried fruit, and the production of canned food.

What Yan Qing is going to teach them today is how to make canned food.

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient. From Qingxian to the capital, it would take a month at the normal speed of the carriage. Coupled with the bumps on the road, it is difficult to transport fresh fruit from the south to the north.

If it can be made into cans to increase the preservation time, it will not only bring rich income to the people of Qing County, but also allow northerners to eat southern fruits, and also promote economic and cultural exchanges between the two places.

The benefits are many.

But making cans is not an easy task.

In the production of cans, the most important thing is the sealing technology. The level of ancient craftsmanship is backward, and the glass bottle can be replaced by a clay pot, but this sealing technology is a bit troublesome.

But it is not irreplaceable.

The first is to refer to the ancient way of sealing wine jars, which is first sealed with cloth, and then covered with mud.

This cost is the lowest.

However, during the actual operation, Yan Qing found that this method would not work, because the canned food should be steamed at high temperature to sterilize and discharge oxygen to prolong the storage time. So it’s totally useless to seal it with mud.

Then Yan Qing thought of the cork of red wine, so he used cork instead. Make the diameter of the can a little smaller, make the cork slightly larger than the diameter of the can, and then put it in cold water.

Then, when the cork is steaming, it expands in the presence of heat, which will completely seal the mouth of the can.

This is the most tightly sealed method that Yan Qing has experimented with.

Just too much wood.

After all, the red wine corks have to be the size of the mouth of a can.

However, the structural texture of wood products, unlike the iron cover, is completely sealed, and a small amount of air will still enter.

“You can add another layer of beeswax.” Liang Maoxing watched it for a long time, and also understood that Yan Qing wanted to completely seal the thing, otherwise, the canned pulp would be damaged if it got in the air. Hence this suggestion.

Yan Qing thought, “This is also a way.”