"Are they all here?" Zhao Jiaren's eyes swept across the pile of wooden barrels.

Looking at Zhao Jiaren's warm and even greedy gaze, Hu Yi felt that he was doing things well. He happily replied: "It's all here! The principal, the person selling alkali in Shandong told us that they have bought all the alkali that the Mongolians came in from Zhangyuan."

Zhao Jiaren nodded slightly. Because he had a strong joy in his heart, Zhao Jiaren did not realize that he nodded. The soda ash he had wanted to buy in large quantities for several years was finally obtained, and many things that could not be done before can be continued!

As the second generation of Anhui paper mills, Zhao Jiaren is very familiar with soda ash. He also knows that China's largest soda ash ore is in Tongbai, Henan. The soda ash purchased by his paper mills are all bought from Tongbai's factory. Zhao Jiaren wanted to get soda ash not to make paper, but to make glass.

The medical school requires a lot of glassware. Glass tubes and many glass equipment are too expensive to buy, so they have to buy materials to fire. Whether it is calcium soda glass or boron glass, Zhao Jiaren is familiar with it. One of the materials of calcium soda glass is sodium carbonate, that is, soda ash. There was no soda ash ore in the Southern Song Dynasty, so this matter was just a matter. The soda ash is said to be unaware of each other. The war with Shandong Governor Li Yan made both sides connect, and the channels for purchasing soda ash in Mongolia were actually opened up.

"Have you tested it according to the method I taught you?" Zhao Jiaren asked.

"Try it! Those Shandong people are very cunning, mixing other things in it. There are a total of several thousand kilograms of alkali, and we have carefully checked it." Hu Yi replied excitedly.

"How does the steamed cooked cake taste?" Zhao Jiaren couldn't help asking. The cooked cake is relatively fluffy and is a kind of bun.

"This... we haven't used it before, and we won't even use it." Hu Yi said embarrassedly.

"I'll try it out and steam the pancakes for everyone." Zhao Jiaren said cheerfully. He still remembered his own skill in steaming buns before traveling through time. When he saw that his subordinates didn't dare to use alkaline noodles, he felt itchy. If the amount of alkaline noodles could be accurately controlled, the pancakes could even steam a sweet smell.

"Principal, you will..." Hu Yi swallowed the word "cooking" back into his stomach. When he started the school, Zhao Jiaren asked the blacksmith Zhou Xing to cast a lot of big iron pots to cook with everyone. The terms canteen and big pot rice began to appear since then.

Steaming cooked cakes is a laborious job. First, I sent someone to make cooked cakes to get the dough and then melted it with water after smelling the sour smell. Zhao Jiaren does not need to do this, and he often makes it in the kitchen. Zhao Jiaren called the night school students at the Qingyuan Mansion site and talked about the principle of saturated solution.

The students knew that the salt would melt when it was thrown in water, and when it was seen that the alkaline surface would melt when it was poured into water, they could understand the concepts of soluble and insoluble. Those with relatively low learning levels learned to write the three words "insoluble" on the blackboard. Students who have already started to study chemistry have no teachers these days. When they saw Zhao Zhizhou, who was well-educated, began to teach new courses, they were naturally happy.

In the pot of boiling medicine, the water tumbling opens and the charcoal fire is removed. When the sharp eyes see the new alkali particles put in, they have not dissolved. When the water gradually cools down, translucent crystals slowly appear inside, and everyone is quite surprised.

"The same is true for drying salt. Don't think that these salts are just drying water. The things that are completely dried cannot be eaten. I wonder if you have heard of brine, the poisonous one." Zhao Jiaren explained slowly. Although he didn't expect that this group of students who had no concept can fully understand it by saying this once, it is better to have said it than not.

Control the temperature and obtain soda ash crystals through crystallization. Filter it with paper and then taste the crystals. It is a pure alkaline smell, and the salty taste inside is almost impossible to taste. The saline lakes are all on the territory controlled by Mongolia, and Zhao Jiaren does not expect the Mongolian brothers to refine it.

The students who started learning chemistry also tried to perform crystallization and filtration operations, which took an afternoon. In the evening, Zhao Jiaren began to talk to various departments. At this time, the lighthouse had been built from Quanzhou to Jiaxing Prefecture. The cost of these projects was really beyond Zhao Jiaren's expectations.

With these lighthouses, shipping has become much smoother. Each ship of Rentong Express has its own mappers. They have mastered the parameters of each lighthouse and the sea conditions around the lighthouse, and their average speed is much higher than that of other ships. Over the past few months, Rentong Express Express and Safety have become famous.

"Making money from other companies is just a fraction of the money. We mainly transport our own goods. The principal, the cotton cloth and mosquito coil business is really out!" Hu Yi happily told the latest development.

Zhao Jiaren could fully understand the gratifying development of cotton cloth. Britain started its business through textile industry. When the American slavery almost collapsed before 1793, the trade of transporting mainland cotton and island cotton from the southern United States to Britain saved American slavery. The cost of shipping thousands of kilometers was not low, and even so, the British still had enough profits. Compared with the British, Zhao Jiaren only carried out a short-distance transportation.

"It won't take long to go south to Quanzhou. Everyone should pay attention to repairing it." Zhao Jiaren finally explained. The Pu family has accumulated so many years and has almost controlled all the routes between Quanzhou and the South China Sea. The war with the Pu family is destined to be bloody. Too much words will lead to mistakes. It is not too late to say those murderous orders before the main force is concentrated in Quanzhou.

"Principal, many local people in Qingyuan Prefecture want to make a living here. Should they recruit them?" asked Yuan Hongjie, a discipline committee member.

Yuan Hongjie was in his forties, from Putian. He was a man who passed the imperial examination. After failing many exams, he was almost forty years old. His family's money was almost exhausted. He was desperate and went to Zhao Jiaren to recommend himself as an aide or clerk. When he was sent to school, he was still unhappy. However, his stomach was always hungry, and he finally surrendered.

Zhao Jiaren did not answer, and he asked Yuan Hongjie: "What do you think?"

Yuan Hongjie's eyes lit up, but he did not answer immediately. He thought for a while before answering cautiously: "Principal, I think there must be a survivor in this matter. It is best to have an survivor outside and an survivor inside."

Zhao Jiaren nodded and encouraged Yuan Hongjie to continue talking. He used to think that it was a very strange system for party members to have recommendations. After the Song Dynasty, Zhao Jiaren discovered that this system was not original in the era of political parties, but a long history. In the Song Dynasty, it was difficult to move without a guarantor.

"Principal, if there are guarantors inside and outside, then there is no way to recruit locals from Qingyuan Mansion. I think this might as well find guarantors outside first and lead them in to do some external hard work. No matter whether they have studied or not, they will have to work for several months. If you look honest, you will be sent to school to study. The guarantors inside are ours, and each person will have to protect one after another for a while." Yuan Hongjie's voice gradually lowered, but he still insisted on finishing his thoughts.

After hearing this suggestion, others either frowned or could not understand. Zhao Jiaren was also a little surprised because Yuan Hongjie's suggestion was very reliable. If an organization wants to expand, it has to keep adding fresh blood. If internal personnel select new recruits, there will naturally be problems with various small groups. However, this is also beneficial, that is, those who perform well and have specialties will be selected. There are indeed fools who will win over fools, but smart people will choose to attract capable people. And this is a guarantor with joint and several liability. For themselves, everyone may not be doing anything wrong.

After staring at Yuan Hongjie and looking carefully for a moment, Zhao Jiaren felt that he had a good vision to choose this person as a discipline committee member.

Faced with Zhao Jiaren's gaze, Yuan Hongjie's heart beat faster. This idea was thought out after he thought about it for a long time, and it was also his attempt to make a try. After following Zhao Jiaren, Yuan Hongjie was quite satisfied with his income, and Zhao Jiaren never owed his salary. What's more rare is that whoever performs well will get more. The impact of distance and closeness is extremely small.

It is entirely due to Yuan Hongjie's study and literacy that he has read and read. However, such achievements did not make Yuan Hongjie excited. He felt that he should have been much better than Mujie. What he was looking forward to is Zhao Jiaren's aide and a backbone of Zhao Jiaren's men. As Zhao Jiaren's official position continued to rise, he could finally recommend people to be an official. Yuan Hongjie was looking forward to that day.

"That's it!" Zhao Jiaren made the decision. After saying that, Zhao Jiaren said to Yuan Hongjie: "You write a charter for me."

"I understand!" Yuan Hongjie replied loudly. Making a charter is the job of the staff, even if it is temporary, Yuan Hongjie felt that he had taken a big step forward.

Zhao Jiaren added: "Use the common command document mode of Baiwen. It must be understood by everyone."

"Yes!" Yuan Hongjie replied without hesitation.

"Is there anything else?" Zhao Jiaren continued.

"Principal, can you go to Baoguo Temple, Ashoka Temple and Tiantong Temple to burn incense? When we were building the lighthouse, the abbots of the three temples made great efforts." Yuan Hongjie said in a relaxed tone. This was another method he prepared to approach Zhao Jiaren. Since the most difficult one passed smoothly, this seemed to be of less significance.

Zhao Jiaren frowned slightly. For him, a materialist, he was somewhat resistant to going to the temple to burn incense. However, Yuan Hongjie's suggestion was correct. When building the lighthouse, Xu Yuanzhi, the former Fuzhou magistrate, suggested that Zhao Jiaren ask the monks to help him. He asked the monks from famous temples to beg for alms with rich pilgrims, or to carry the bowl to the place to beg for alms.

When he first heard this suggestion, Zhao Jiaren felt that this idea was nonsense and needed to try it. He didn't think it was feasible, but thought it was good to open his eyes. Unexpectedly, the monks had a unique vision and agreed with the kindness that had a huge impact on society. The one who paid homage to the monks at Qingyuan Mansion was Zhao Jiaren's brother Zhao Jiaxin. The three major temples of Qingyuan Mansion, Baoguo Temple, Ashok Temple, and Tiantong Temple all came forward to help. In the end, he raised more than 300,000 yuan. Zhao Jiaren did owe the monks favors, and he had to visit the temple no matter what, and expressed his gratitude in person.

"Okay, I will definitely go before I leave." Zhao Jiaren replied.

Yuan Hongjie immediately suggested: "You might as well ask the principal to write a name to send it to three temples now. Let it be prepared there too."

Zhao Jiaren looked at Yuan Hongjie, and then said, "I'll write now."

As everyone's eyes shot, Yuan Hongjie lowered his head slightly. His face was humble, and his heart became very proud. This is the difference between a scholar and a mud-legged man. If he is not proficient in human nature and worldly affairs, if he cannot comply with the etiquette of the upper class, what is the use of reading?

With Yuan Hongjie starting this, people who were unwilling to fall behind began to come up with suggestions that they felt they could leave. Yuan Hongjie was silent, but was just laughing at the heart. He had been preparing for a long time and also caught very important things. It was not something that could be compared to what he thought of temporarily. Those people jumped out and just revealed their shortcomings. The only thing that surprised Yuan Hongjie was the squad leader Hu Yi. This guy was only twenty-four or five years old and had never read much. He calmly said nothing in the chaos. This patience and demeanor were extraordinary.

In the evening, Zhao Jiaren went to rest early. The weather is still cold and the noodles are not fully launched until the afternoon. The cooked cakes are dough-produced, but they cannot be sour like this. After a little release, the dough is fluffy and slightly sour. The masters grinned at the dough that was sour. The hair was big enough, but the steamed cooked cakes were sour that they could not swallow.

Zhao Jiaren grind the dried alkali noodles as fine as possible with a rolling pin, then dipped the hair noodles with alkali noodles and kneaded them repeatedly. The kitchen was crowded with people, and the masters were much more proficient in kneading than Zhao Jiaren, but they had never used alkali noodles and were very careful when doing it.

The kneaded dough was placed one by one, covered with a cotton cloth to wake up. After more than an hour of waking up, Zhao Jiaren pinched down a small piece to taste. He felt that the alkaline dough neutralized and tasted quite positive. He cut the dough and saw small holes inside, smelling a little sour smell. Then he started cutting the dough and kneading it into a cooked cake. Then Zhao Jiaren didn't need to do it, but his masters put in a steamed cooked cake.

In the evening, snow-white cabbages were out of the cage. When asked about the familiar smell of fragrance, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but smile. He picked up one and broke it apart. The cabbage was soft and fluffy inside. It seemed that the Mongolian alkali noodles were of good quality. After taking a bite, it was not sour or astringent, but had a strange sweetness.

The one who followed behind couldn't help but drool when they smelled the smell. Seeing that Zhao Jiaren took the lead, the one who followed behind arrived at the position according to the rules of making food. The master smiled and gave Hu Yi the steamed bun in front of him. After taking a bite, Hu Yi asked in surprise: "Is rock candy put in it?"

"What nonsense! Who would put rock candy in the pancakes?" The master immediately refuted this inexplicable statement.

"How could it be sweet?" Hu Yi almost questioned.

"Ask the principal!" The master quickly threw the pot to the culprit.

Zhao Jiaren doesn't know why it has a sweet taste. And it's not so sweet, but rather a sweet taste, which is the flavor that flour originally has. However, Zhao Jiaren doesn't want to explain that acid and alkali neutralization is a very technical method in this era. It seems inappropriate to talk in public.

"Everyone have a meal quickly." Zhao Jiaren also took the approach of changing the topic.

So, everyone's appetite was about one and a half times as much as before. They felt that there were many people who were not full, and some were heartless. They even accused the master of secretly eating more cakes by themselves, and they made the master irritated and rushed out with an iron rice spoon and cursed at the group of bastards.

After scolding, the master laughed and approached Zhao Jiaren, "Principal, let's go and have a date now!"
Chapter completed!