Mingruo gave Si Haochen a brief introduction to some military reclamation management methods and standards, and then recommended cold-resistant food crops.
Mingruo drew a buckwheat plant with a pencil: "This crop takes about seventy-five days to mature. Even if the northwest is bitterly cold, we can harvest two crops."
Si Haochen didn't know much about crops, so he only collected the patterns and planned to show them to his subordinates in charge of farming for identification.
"Hey..." Mingruo sighed, "These will not be implemented until next spring. Water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearer."
"If I could find the kind of black stone you mentioned, it would be a big help." Si Haochen looked at the little woman across from him with burning eyes, wondering how lucky he was to marry such a treasure-like princess.
"What kind of food do you usually send to the army?" Mingruo suddenly asked.
"Brown rice, corn." Si Haochen thought for a moment, "There are also wheat and beetroot purchased from other state capitals."
"Aren't there any potatoes?" Mingruo saw that there were potatoes in the small kitchen, but they were smaller, only about the size of a walnut.
"Potatoes... aren't they also Shu?" Si Haochen grew up in the royal family, so he was not indistinguishable from grain to grain. He also led troops in wars and always paid attention to grain and grass. If you look at the details, you can't tell the difference.
"No...let me think about it..." Mingruo shouted outside, "Zisu..."
"Princess Princess." Zi Su came in in response.
"In the vegetable basket in the small kitchen, there is such a big one..." Mingruo described it to Zisu for a long time, and then asked Zisu, "Do you know what that is called?"
"You're talking about potato, right..." Zi Su was a little unsure.
"Well, that's right." Mingruo looked at Si Haochen, "Potatoes can be used as food."
"Princess, the potato is a vegetable, right..." Zi Su was a little unsure, "Slave, I saw Zi Zu stew meat with potatoes and stir-fry vegetables..."
"The main ingredients of potatoes are the same as grains..." Mingruo felt that it was useless to talk to Si Haochen about converting starch into sugar. "That is to say, eating potatoes is the same as eating grains. You will not be hungry easily."
"Is there any way to verify it?" Si Haochen asked.
"There is a way..." Mingruo said with a smile, "You have someone tell Butler Zhou that when cooking rice in the big kitchen tomorrow, use half rice and half potatoes and see the effect."
What? Some people don’t like to eat potatoes? There’s nothing you can do about it, reality is so cruel, wow.
"Okay." Si Haochen asked the secret guard to deliver the message.
Mingruo walked to the inner hall and took out the jade box containing the flint. He took a deep breath and was about to put the flint into the space.
Si Haochen walked in after giving instructions: "Wait a moment."
"Huh?" Mingruo looked at Si Haochen with some confusion.
Si Haochen took out a Qiwei Pill and poured a glass of water: "Take some medicine first and replenish it."
"Okay." Mingruo took Qiweidan, then put his hand on the jade box and put the flint stone into the medical system.
Just like the last time I collected the magic ice beads, the box was left behind and the flint stone disappeared. After that, Mingruo saw that the flint stone could not be put into the system shelf and was suspended on the system panel.
Although he was mentally prepared, Si Haochen was still shocked when he saw such a big stone disappearing in front of him: "How do you feel?"
"I don't feel anything at the moment." Mingruo didn't feel as dizzy as when he collected the magic ice beads last time.
Mingruo lay down on the bed and covered herself with a quilt. Si Haochen sat beside the bed and looked at her continuously.
"You should go to sleep too. Based on last experience, it's useless even if you look at me like this..." Ming Ruo turned her head and looked at Si Haochen.
"Since you used 25% of your profits to hire the Great Protector, I will naturally not neglect my duties." Si Haochen said seriously.
"Then you lie down to protect the Dharma." Mingruo moved his body inside.
Si Haochen lay down next to Mingruo, his eyes never moving away from Mingruo's face. Mingruo turned over and turned her back to him.
"Turn back so I can't see your expression."
"I can't sleep if you look at me like this." Mingruo refused.
Si Haochen was too lazy to talk nonsense and hugged Mingruo directly: "If you don't look at me, how do you know I'm looking at you."
"..." Mingruo changed to lying down, "Then wait until I fall asleep and then watch."
"Okay." Si Haochen also lay down flat.
Today was actually quite tiring, and Mingruo fell asleep quickly. Si Haochen listened to Mingruo's breathing becoming even and long, but his nerves were still tense. Because it was the same last time when she was unconscious, and she fell asleep.
It was no different. Si Haochen sighed. When he encounters problems, the little girl can always find a way to help him. However, besides guarding her at this time, he doesn't know how to help her.
Mingruo entered the medicine field space again in his sleep, and this time he appeared directly outside the bamboo house. He thought of the book saying that flint stones can warm and nourish the medicine cauldron, but... where is the medicine cauldron?
Xiaobai came running from a distance. At this time, it was a majestic big white tiger, and it just rushed towards him and acted coquettishly. Mingruo felt that he might be knocked away by this guy.
Fortunately, Xiaobai stopped when he ran to Mingruo, and just supported Mingruo with his head, as if to let her go forward. Mingruo tried to walk forward, and passed the fence in front of the bamboo house smoothly.
There is no longer the invisible but impenetrable barrier from last time.
In the yard surrounded by fences, there is a cobblestone path. On the left side of the path, there is a small pond at the far end. There are some aquatic plants and flowers of various shapes growing in it, none of which Mingruo recognizes. But they all look alike.
They are very beautiful - leaf-like ones, with textures like emeralds of different kinds of water; flower-like ones, like crystals of various colors, crystal clear. Mingruo was observing and admiring at the same time.
Next to the pond is a medicinal garden, which grows very rare medicinal materials, with only one or two plants of each type. Mingruo didn't know these medicinal materials before, but only recently learned about them after studying the medical classics given by the master.
On the right side of the trail, it can be called the living and leisure area. There is a grape rack near the bamboo house, full of bunches of purple grapes. Under the grape rack is a bamboo lounge chair, and there is a small table next to it. Next to the grape rack,
It is a vegetable field, and Ming Ruo knows all the vegetables in it - tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplants, green beans, cabbage. In the far corner, there are five corn plants...
Going further towards the fence, there is a well, and then a small empty field, which seems to be waiting for someone to sow seeds.
After visiting the yard, Mingruo walked to the bamboo house and gently opened the door. There was no dust or cobwebs as expected. The room was very clean and the furnishings were simple.
The first thing that catches the eye is the bronze medicinal cauldron that is half a man tall. The outside of the medicinal cauldron is engraved with exquisite cloud patterns, and the inside is divided into two layers. On the lower layer, through the hollow patterns, you can see the orange-red firelight, which is the flint.
The flint is glowing and generating heat. The upper layer is used to refine medicine, and there is nothing inside.
There is a bamboo shelf not far from the medicine cauldron, with several baskets containing prepared medicinal materials. Next to the shelf is a bamboo table, on which are placed pharmaceutical tools such as a medicine pestle, a small stone mill, a small scale for weighing medicinal materials, and
