Grandpa Qin and others were overjoyed: "Thank you, Secretary Guan!"
"No need to thank you. If this can be done, all the people of Wei will benefit." Secretary Guan took them to a wing room: "You guys Wait here for now.”
After that, he asked Chen Xiaoqi to take dried kudzu powder and kudzu powder to eat and go to the grand palace to see the county magistrate.
Kang County Magistrate was about to go out. When he saw him coming in person, he asked curiously: "Is there something wrong with Secretary Guan?"
Guan Annong is very strict about rules and usually follows them. It's really strange that he has come here for the second time in the past half month.
The official Guan Shuli did not give in and told the story about the kudzu powder. He took out the dried kudzu powder and the kudzu powder and presented it to County Magistrate Kang: "Your Excellency, please take a look. Beizhi and Chen Xiaoqi have already tasted this kudzu powder and it is not poisonous." "
Kang County Magistrate was shocked and looked at Master Han.
Master Han immediately took the food and ate a piece of arrowroot cake: "It's delicious, the texture is softer than the cake made with white flour, it's fragrant, and there's a hint of sweetness."
In While he was trying the food, a servant in the room bowed and left.
Not long after, two people came into the grand master's room, one was a handyman in the big kitchen and the other was the master ladle.
"Try it, can you tell what it is made of?" Master Han has never eaten Ge Chai, so he doesn't know if this pancake is made of Ge Chai?
"Yes." The handyman and the chef each took a piece of arrowroot cake to eat.
The handyman looked at the chef and said, "Master Lin, this pancake has a hint of kudzu flavor."
The kudzu flavor itself is very light and not easy to taste.
Master Lin asked: "Master Han, do you have the dry powder to make this kind of pancake?"
Master Han pointed to the cloth bag on the table: "This is the bag."
Master Lin hurriedly took the handyman to taste the dried kudzu powder and was sure: "It tastes like kudzu... But how can it be in this white flour?" It tastes like kudzu? But it has ground kudzu peel in it?”
"But who has nothing to do, peel off the kudzu peel, dry it, and mix it with white flour? Isn't this a waste of good quality!" The handyman was very angry. When he was a child, his family was poor and he ate pig food kudzu. Chai also lost two teeth, so he cherishes food very much and hates it being wasted by others.
The county magistrate Kang spoke again: "It seems that most of the contents in this bag are Gechai white noodles."
"What? Gechai white noodles?"
Where can Ge Chai make white noodles?
The handyman thought the county magistrate was crazy, but he did not dare to say anything for fear of losing his job to support his family.
"Sir, Doctor Cao, Doctor Li, and Doctor Kang are here." The boy who had slipped away earlier brought in three doctors.
Master Han looked at Guan Annong and said with a smile: "After all, it is an entrance thing. You need to see if it will hinder people."
Guan Annong said: "Is it because I was negligent or Han Master is very considerate.”
Master Han asked three doctors to check the dried kudzu powder and kudzu powder. After working for half an hour, the doctors said: "Sir, we have not found any toxins."
Kang County Magistrate asked again: "This kudzu root is a medicinal material "Can eating medicinal herbs be harmful to people after many years?"
Doctor Cao said: "As long as there is no illness in the body, You don’t have to worry about eating it all year round. Eating more in summer can relieve heat and eliminate dampness and phlegm, making people less likely to get fever. However, patients with cold and cough need to avoid eating it.”
Doctor Li also said the same thing. He also said: "Farmers mostly feed pigs with kudzu firewood. After so many years of feeding, I have never heard of any pigs dying after eating kudzu firewood."
Kang County Magistrate looked at Dr. Kang.
Doctor Kang nodded to him: "What the two doctors said is true."
This is a doctor raised by the Kang family and will not harm County Magistrate Kang.
However, in order to be more convincing when reporting to the government and the chief envoy, Kang County Magistrate still ordered Mr. Han: "Find a hundred people to come and try to eat arrowroot powder on the spot."
"Yes." Master Han hurriedly went to do it.
For a time, the entire county government was in a state of shock. The officials asked Team Leader Zhou: "Boss, what big case happened? Why did everyone in the county government go to the grand office?"
Congratulations to Team Leader Zhou again: "When the case is settled, Team Leader will probably be promoted, so brothers, I would like to congratulate Team Leader first."
Team Leader Zhou said: "Stop flattering, this is unusual today. , please tighten your skin for me, if something goes wrong, don’t blame me for being unkind! "The government servants under my command are busy! Said: "Yes, brothers, you must handle your errands carefully!"
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Grandpa Qin and the others sat in the wing for a long time, and saw the government servants walking in a hurry, Xu Sanjun Somewhat scared: "What happened? Could it be..."
Aunt Xu interrupted him: "It's certainly none of our business. That pig eats kudzu wood every day and has never had any trouble."
But they have been sitting here for half an hour, Guan Shuli hasn't come back yet, so he is somewhat worried.
However, soon, Secretary Guan and Master Han came over with a group of government servants.
"Don't be afraid, it's not a bad thing." Secretary Guan said some reassuring words first, and then said: "The county magistrate asked us to take you to make kudzu powder. We need to see kudzu wood to make kudzu powder. The process.”
Is this half done?
Grandpa Qin was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Please ask the official to lead the way."
The official took them to the large kitchen of the county government: "Fresh kudzu firewood, manpower, and utensils are all ready for you. Let’s do it.”
“Hey.” Grandpa Qin agreed, and he and Jiang Dalang took a group of government servants to make kudzu powder.
"Wash, peel and cut into small pieces."
The government officials immediately started to work, aggressively, with many hands and strong strength, they chopped a hundred kilograms of kudzu firewood in less than a quarter of an hour. .
Grandpa Qin: "Use a stone mortar to pound the pieces of kudzu firewood into dregs."
Bang bang bang, the yamen servants were strong and there were many stone mortars in the yamen. They were divided into ten teams to pound the wood, and they were done quickly.
Grandpa Qin: "That's all right. Put the crushed kudzu residue into the jar and scrub it with water to wash the starch in the kudzu into the water. Let it settle for another night. When the water becomes clear, the gouache will It is completely separated. You can see a layer of white kudzu at the bottom of the tank. "Powder."
When these words came out, Guan Annong and Master Han were shocked, and suddenly realized: "That's it, that's it!"
Da Wei's powder is all dried or dried. After drying, grind it into powder using stone mill. Rhizome and bark medicines are also dried and ground into powder. Who would have thought that there is such a method of making powder by washing it?
"We really had an eye-opener today." Master Han said with a smile.
After a while, Grandpa Qin said: "It's time to filter. Just water, not dregs... The kudzu dregs can be washed again, and a lot of pink water will come out."
Master Han He quickly asked the government officials to do so.
Ask Grandpa Qin again: "Uncle Qin, how long does it take for the water to settle before you can see the powder? I said you can see the powder, after all, one night is too long."
The county magistrate is anxious Let's see the results.
Grandpa Qin said: "You can see a thin layer of powder at the bottom of the tank in an hour."
"Okay." Mr. Han was happy and worried. After an hour, he immediately ordered the yamen: "Put the powder in the water Scoop it into another tank, be gentle, don’t stir up the powder at the bottom of the tank!” Scoop to the bottom.
Master Han kept looking around the big vat. When he saw a thin layer of powder at the bottom of the vat, he was overjoyed: "There is powder, there really is powder! Don't move, I'll go ask the county magistrate."
I rushed to the grand palace immediately.
After a while, Magistrate Kang came to the kitchen in person.
After seeing the powder at the bottom of the tank, I could no longer suppress my excitement. I said hello three times and said, "God bless Wei!"
Bless him too!
He was originally a descendant of the Kang family. He studied hard for many years and finally passed the exam. However, he was sent to this bitter and cold place by his master's family.
This year is already the sixth year. If I can't make great achievements again, I may not be able to be a Beijing official in this life.
But with the new grain of arrowroot, he would not only be promoted, but even if the Wei Dynasty changed emperors, his official career would be prosperous... Just because being able to produce new grains when he was in power was one of the achievements that every emperor valued.
(End of this chapter)