Before setting up the sauce industry, some people paid attention to him because of his production in traditional Chinese medicine.
Wang Hongyu has become a completely famous figure in the past few months.
He didn't reveal his identity yet and kept a relatively low profile. Once the mobile library and the Hunhe Army arrived behind him, he would suddenly become the focus of everyone's attention.
But it depends on who it is for.
To the civil servants, Wang Hongyu was a warrior who dared to offend them. But to the vassal king with a higher status, he was just something to talk about after dinner.
In the Zhou Palace in Kaifeng, King Zhou Sucuo is sixty years old. He was born in the same year as Emperor Wanli, who reigned the longest in the Ming Dynasty and died just last year.
I am used to seeing Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei, Shen Shixing from the Wanli Dynasty...and now Fang Congzhe has also been driven away...
The game between the emperor and the civil servants, the civil servants' suppression of military generals, the internal party disputes among the civil servants...these matters in the court were, after all, far away from the lineage of the King of Zhou.
Wang Hongyu seems to be favored by the current Emperor Tianqi.
Presumably, as a smart man, he would not be foolish enough to come into contact with the feudal king.
Naturally, the Prince of Zhou didn't ask much about this matter.
However, Wang Hongyu's large-scale industry in Qixian County is still closely related to Zhou Wangfu's medicinal herb business.
This news attracted attention.
In the Kaifeng Mansion, the Crown Prince of Zhou, Zhu Gongzhen, was nearly forty years old and was in charge of the entire property of the Prince's Mansion.
This includes 50,000 acres of Chinese herbal medicine.
Not all of the Zhou king's fiefdoms were run by his own family, some were run by the government and the princes enjoyed the profits, but these 50,000 acres of Chinese herbal medicine were managed by themselves.
Zhu Gongqi soon learned that there was news in Qixian County that they wanted to purchase raw materials for Chinese herbal medicine and expand the cultivation of Chinese herbal medicine.
Although he was still the heir apparent, he was quite capable and intelligent. He immediately realized that someone was running a business, and the scale was probably quite large.
After a little inquiry, it turned out to be Wang Hongyu.
This was shocking.
I heard that Wang Hongyu is very good at fighting. Now he is purchasing a large amount of Chinese herbal medicine and has some people running the business. Is he going to fight again?
Zhu Gongzhen was quick in thinking. The first thing he felt was that he was not being robbed of his property, but that this was an opportunity to expand the Chinese herbal medicine industry and sales.
If there is going to be a war...except for Liaodong, it will also be in the northwest and southwest.
Both of these places are not too far from Kaifeng, the hinterland of the Central Plains.
"Here comes someone."
The steward of Prince Zhou's Mansion immediately came to his side and asked, "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
"Let's find out whether Wang Hongyu's southern army is preparing for any war?"
"yes."
Although the task was only to ask if they were preparing for any war, the steward knew that he had to find out the cause and effect before he could explain it clearly to the crown prince and the prince.
After the housekeeper left, Zhu Gongzhen fell into thinking.
"We haven't participated in government affairs for a long time, and of course we can't participate now... Isn't this a test by His Majesty Tianqi?"
He thought for a moment and shook his head.
"Probably not. If Wang Hongyu is interested in developing some traditional Chinese medicine industry and using it widely in the military, that would indeed be a good thing."
The lineage of Zhou kings has been passed down from the lineage of Zhu Yuanzhang's fifth son, Zhu Yu, to this day. Except for the initial setbacks in political affairs, it has been stable ever since.
The main reason is not to get involved in political affairs, especially since our ancestor Zhu Ru suffered a setback and focused on business.
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Wang Hongyu stayed in Qixian for one more day.
When Prince Zhou's Mansion hears the news, will they be smarter? Or will they be cautious?
In short, he is not too stupid, like a rotten scholar who felt that his position was compromised and ran out to stop him.
"I have a friend who told me that the best princes in the Ming Dynasty were from the lineage of the Zhou kings."
He must be a smart person~
According to records, the Zhou Wang lineage has always focused on the management and exploration of herbal medicine, and it was inherited from Zhu Ju.
Zhu Ji is the fifth son of Zhu Yuanzhang. He was very interested in herbal medicine when he was young. He believed that it could save lives and prolong life, so he started writing books on medicine.
Later, when he was exiled to Yunnan due to political affairs, he combined with Yunnan's rich herbal medicines and learned about many people's sufferings. He went to the countryside and mountains to visit with Li Mo, a good folk doctor, and jointly summarized and compiled the easy-to-understand book "Pocket Prescriptions".
More than ten years later, he was exiled to Yunnan for the second time. He never stopped researching herbal medicine and created the extremely influential "Materia Medica for Famine Relief".
"Compendium of Materia Medica for Relief of Famine" was very influential. Li Shizhen was influenced by it and quoted it many times. Xu Guangqi included it in its entirety in "The Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs". In the following hundreds of years, many herbal books quoted from "Materia Medica for Relief of Famine".
This book also had a huge impact on the Japanese country, and later had a considerable influence in the British and American circles, and received very high praise.
Wang Hongyu can also make its influence greater and make China the main birthplace of modern medicine.
The traditional Chinese medicine produced in Qixian's grinding factory is weighed in standardized and customized containers, put into uniformly cut and packaged paper bags, and kept dry for a long time.
Medicinal materials should be packaged in dry areas with high terrain or mainly sandy areas. Special attention should be paid to preventing heavy rains and floods in summer. Avoid moisture during transportation. After being sold to various places and then unpacked, the medicinal materials will still be effective.
This large factory has dry areas and relatively shady areas that are prone to moisture.
This part is about processing garlic sauce and sesame paste.
Many travelers have come up with the idea of canning food to improve the diet of soldiers and generate income.
However, many start from canned meat. After all, meat contains a lot of protein and fat. For generals and soldiers with heavy armor and equipment, meat is an extremely noble super delicacy.
But the biggest question is, where does so much meat come from?
If the land is planted with grain and people don’t have enough to eat, how can they feed a large number of large livestock? Moreover, these large livestock have a variety that produces less meat. Without modern veterinary prevention, they will almost die if they encounter diseases.
To engage in large-scale breeding requires science, technology, talent, land and most importantly, feed.
Doing so many things at once is a bit difficult for time travellers.
But canned food can still be made~
Canned fruits and fish are not the first choice because they are not cost-effective in providing energy, are large in size, difficult to preserve fresh, and difficult to sterilize.
The best choice is about to emerge.
That's canned sauce.
The prefectures and counties around Kaifeng were rich in sesame and garlic during the Wanli Period.
Sesame and garlic, one is high in energy and produces oil, the other has a unique taste and can kill bacteria.
In ancient times, unique taste was not a bad thing, but a good thing that people wanted in cooking ~
Without refrigerators and freezers, ancient people would be reluctant to throw away many of their ingredients because of the stale smell.
Garlic can just come to the rescue.
In the future, soldiers and horses will be fighting in long distances, and they will not be able to eat exquisitely cooked food, but some food will be very good.
Many foods will not taste good, or after battles and marches, only dry food or horse meat will be very boring.
If you have a small jar of garlic sauce and sesame sauce and eat them together at this time, it will definitely open up your taste buds and boost your morale.