Chapter 201 A shoddy project
What if Xu'er becomes emperor?
Will Fu Zhonghai be willing to help wholeheartedly?
If... this is true...
"Hiss!" A stinging pain came from her knees, and Concubine Qi couldn't help but take a breath.
The palace servant was so frightened that he knelt down and said, "My Majesty, please forgive me, it's my fault that I've been too heavy-handed!"
Concubine Qi looked at the palace maid who was scared to death, waved her hand and said very kindly: "That's all, if you don't take a heavy hand, I still can't feel my knees at all."
From numbness to pain, the knee finally regained consciousness and was rescued again.
The concubines were all jealous that they had been promoted to a higher position and could meet the emperor, but they didn't know that they had knelt down more times in this month than in the past ten years!
Both knees are almost useless!
However, thinking of the emperor's words today, Concubine Qi was slightly excited: She has been frightened these days... There is hope for Xu'er!
If she can stand out through such pain, she is willing.
King Dongshan was very unhappy.
After listening to the report from his men, he walked back and forth in the camp with a dark face: This Fu Zhonghai is really cunning beyond expectations!
Five carts of food were originally just a drop in the bucket compared to tens of thousands of troops. What he wanted was to drive a wedge between the emperor and Fu Jiajun through ostentation.
Who would have thought that Fu Zhonghai would come up with such a trick. He collected the items, but not even a grain of rice entered the military camp. He turned around and took them to a nearby village and distributed them to the villagers!
Fu Zhonghai also asked people to publicize that this was a reward from the emperor!
King Dongshan took a deep breath with toothache: "Is this pig butcher so smart?"
Doesn’t he look like someone who has been killing pigs for more than ten years? !
The staff next to him reminded softly: "Fu Zhonghai was also taught by Marshal Fu. When something happened to the Fu family army and Marshal Fu died, he was already in his teens."
King Dongshan suddenly realized: Yes.
The Fu family was originally a general, and the boys in the family had been beaten and trained since they were young. They must have never fallen behind in their military skills and homework.
I didn't expect that Fu Zhonghai was taught to be so cunning. After being demoted to a commoner, he could endure loneliness and poverty and work as a pig butcher for more than 20 years? !
Fu Zhonghai is not simple.
King Dongshan became solemn.
"Han Qing, tell me, what should we do next?"
The staff member Gong Hanqing said seriously: "The Fu Jiajun is currently walking around. Obviously, he neither wants to have a head-on conflict with us, nor does he want the emperor to seize the opportunity to say that the Fu Jiajun is connected with us..."
"How about we take advantage of Fu Jiajun's hesitation, speed up the progress, and go all out to conquer the capital?!"
"The Fu family army has always been loyal, but their allegiance is to the Liang Dynasty. The prince is also the flesh and blood of the late emperor and of the royal family."
"As long as the prince succeeds, the dust settles, and Fu Zhonghai is given a title, the Fu family army will naturally continue to be loyal..."
When King Dongshan heard this, he was convinced: "Then just act according to the plan."
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Xiao Yingchun looked at Fu Chenan in surprise, and then looked at the sky outside the window. It was only around four o'clock in the afternoon: "Why are you here at this time?"
He is a general who is marching and fighting, so he is so idle?
Fu Chenan chuckled and explained to Xiao Yingchun the scene of today's soldiers eating lard, pickled cabbage and rice. Xiao Yingchun's eyes widened after hearing this.
This kind of time that even You Xingzi is reluctant to waste is probably only experienced by the generation of grandparents.
"From now on, we will eat lard every day. With so much lard refining residue, we can always have lard residue."
"You didn't tell them?"
Fu Chenan chuckled: "Now it's almost winter, and the green vegetables are gradually gone, and all we have is sauerkraut."
"I was thinking, do we have any other dishes here that are cheap and can replenish the health of the soldiers?"
Fu Chenan's words made Xiao Yingchun fall into deep thought: "Let me think about it..." She thought for a while, but without a clue, she decisively opened her phone and searched for "cheap and nutritious ingredients".
Du Niang gave her "five cheap and nutritious foods": sweet potatoes, pumpkins, white radish, eggs, and tofu.
The first three types were not lacking in the Liang Dynasty and were not expensive either.
I just bought the eggs.
Tofu... tofu is not cheap, a small piece costs two yuan!
It’s not expensive to eat this thing by yourself. It’s not expensive to buy one or two yuan, but when you count the tens of thousands of troops, it’s a big number!
No, wait!
Tofu is expensive, but tofu dregs is not? !
The taste of tofu dregs is not very good, but it is nutritious!
Xiao Yingchun perked up and began to search for places to find large quantities of tofu dregs.
After all, for a team of tens of thousands of people, just a few hundred kilograms is not enough.
This means that the tofu shops around the ordinary vegetable markets do not produce enough tofu dregs. What kind of place can have a lot of tofu dregs?
Tofu Factory!
Soon, a dried tofu manufacturer in the next county was found.
This manufacturer produces various small packages of dried tofu, with various flavors ranging from braised to spicy.
Fu Chenan took his mobile phone and tried to search. Looking at the strange answers, he felt confused for a while.
He looked back at Xiao Yingchun and saw that she was searching for "Huapeng Dougan phone number".
Are you planning to supply dried tofu to the soldiers?
Fu Chenan was stunned, and then he put his head over to take a closer look. He had eaten that kind of dried tofu before, and that kind of dried tofu was among the snacks that Xiao Yingchun gave him before.
It tastes good, but it doesn’t seem cheap?
Before he could ask Xiao Yingchun, he heard Xiao Yingchun dial the other party's phone number, and Fu Chenan also understood Xiao Yingchun's real plan.
"Hello? Huapeng Dried Tofu Factory? I would like to ask how you sell your tofu dregs?"
"How much is the typical output in a day..."
Tofu dregs? !
Fu Chenan suddenly realized!
Similarly, the price of tofu dregs was not expensive even in the Liang Dynasty. People who had no money to buy tofu and wanted to taste it would buy some tofu dregs for cooking.
If you really want to say it, tofu dregs really nourish people.
Tofu Xishi’s family in Shitou Lane often eats endless amounts of tofu dregs, and her children are well-raised!
Xiao Yingchun was writing and drawing on paper while she was on the phone. When she hung up the phone, Fu Chenan looked at her eagerly.
Xiao Yingchun couldn't help but laugh: "Did you hear that? How about I get you some tofu?"
Fu Chenan nodded, his eyes bright: "Do you get a lot of this tofu every day?"
Xiao Yingchun explained.
This dried tofu factory usually produces about six or seven tons of tofu dregs every day. In the months before the Chinese New Year, they will increase production and the tofu dregs can reach ten tons a day.
The Fu family's army numbered 70,000. This time "King Qin" came with 50,000 troops, leaving 20,000 to continue guarding the border.
Ten tons of tofu dregs, so each person has four taels of tofu dregs, which is quite a good supplement for protein.
With a large population, once something is divided equally, you can’t help but count!
Fu Chenan nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "What about the price?"
"Two thousand kilograms of tofu dregs cost 200 yuan, but we have to haul it ourselves."
Fu Chenan quickly plucked his fingers: Two thousand catties are two hundred yuan, twenty thousand catties are only two thousand yuan... enough for the soldiers to eat tofu for a day!
Oh my God!
What a great deal...
(End of chapter)