Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 476
Changsun Wuji was able to achieve the position of "the first elder brother" of Datang Zhongshuling, not because he succeeded in taking the position only by relying on the nepotism of Empress Changsun, he also has extraordinary decisiveness.

And just because he knows his identity, he clearly distinguishes between public and private.

When he heard Gao Ming say that he handed over 1000 million yuan to Li Shimin, he immediately put aside the trivial matter of his grandson's name, and began to plan in his mind how to use this huge sum of money to make Datang even stronger.

After thinking for a while, he cupped his hands again towards Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness, I think that the money should be used first to build an academy, like the Royal Academy you built in Jinzhou, Your Highness, and I think that one should also be built in Chang'an, Jingzhao, Luoyang, Taiyuan, etc. And about training a group of tax officials, I think..."

"and many more!"

Before Changsun Wuji finished speaking, Gao Ming raised his hand towards him.

"I just came to visit my sister today, so don't talk to me about business. If you have something to say, you can tell him in person when my old man comes back!"

Hearing that Gao Ming didn't want to talk about business, Changsun Wuji immediately showed a wry smile, but he couldn't say anything, after all, Gao Ming had already said, this time he came to see his sister.

The most important thing is that Princess Changle is still his eldest grandson Wuji's daughter-in-law, whether public or private, he has no reason to object.

Therefore, Changsun Wuji could only salute Gao Ming again.

"Old minister, thank you, His Royal Highness, for your concern!"

"Well, you're welcome, by the way, I see that Lizhi has no blood on her face, what do you usually feed her at home?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Changsun Wuji immediately sighed.

"Well, speaking of this old minister, I am also worried. The ginseng chicken soup that the old minister asked to prepare, the princess is too tired to eat it after a few meals, and the princess fish soup is too fishy, ​​and the beef and mutton is too smelly for her, especially In the past two days, I don’t even want to drink goat’s milk, I only want to eat some vegetables and white porridge.”

As soon as Changsun Wuji finished speaking, Gao Ming frowned.

"How about just eating porridge and vegetables? If it's really not possible, you can cook some brown sugar water for her to drink!"

"Red candy soap?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Changsun Wuji frowned immediately, then cupped his hands towards Gao Ming again.

"Your Highness, please forgive me for my ignorance. I don't know what this brown sugar water is? Please tell Your Highness, and I will send someone to find it immediately!"

"Uh……"

Now Gao Ming was stunned, because at this time he suddenly remembered that Datang didn't seem to have any brown sugar at this time.

According to historical records, it was not until two or three years after Xuanzang returned from his journey to the west that Li Shimin sent people to India to learn how to make brown sugar.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately sighed, and then waved his hand towards Changsun Wuji.

"Hey, it's not that you are ignorant, but that I was negligent. There should be no one in Tang Dynasty who knows how to boil sugar. I should do it myself. By the way, do you have sugar cane here?"

"Yes! Yes!"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Changsun Wuji nodded quickly.

"Princess usually likes to drink cane juice the most, so every year, the old minister specially asks someone to bring some back from the south, but the imperial doctor said that sugarcane is cold in nature, and the princess is not suitable for drinking in her current condition."

Hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"It's okay, the brown sugar that has been boiled is fine. You can ask someone to squeeze out the cane pulp first, and then ask someone to clean the kitchen stove. I will use it later, and prepare some lime."

"okay, I get it!"

Although Changsun Wuji didn't know what Gao Ming was going to do, he knew that Gao Ming's request must have his own intentions, so he immediately asked the family to extract sugarcane juice.

Changsun Wuji guessed right, Gao Ming did have his own intention, and his intention was to boil the first batch of brown sugar from Datang!
Gao Ming's hometown makes a living by boiling brown sugar, so he can be regarded as a half-master in this craft. Although he may not be able to make a good brown sugar, if he just makes this thing out, there is no problem.

He had already made a plan, after getting out the brown sugar, he would give half of it to Li Lizhi, and take the other half away by himself. When Su Wan'er gave birth, he would cook brown sugar eggs for her to make up for.

This can be considered a rainy day!

The servants in Changsun's mansion were still very efficient at work. Following Changsun Wuji's order, they moved large bundles of sugarcane to the backyard, and then squeezed out the juice from the sugarcane with a stone mill.

Gao Ming stood aside and watched, and when the servants filled the four barrels of sugarcane juice, he immediately waved to them.

"Okay, come and help me, send all the sugar cane juice to the kitchen, and the rest will continue to squeeze."

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming took the lead and walked towards the kitchen with two barrels of sugarcane juice.

Seeing this scene, Changsun Wuji didn't want to be empty-handed, so he quickly went forward to pick up two buckets, panted heavily, and followed Gao Ming to the kitchen.

When Gao Ming came to the kitchen, the servant had already lit a fire under the stove, so he poured all the sugar cane water in the bucket into the pot, and then gave instructions to the servant next to him.

"You are guarding the fire here, the fire cannot be broken, do you understand?"

"Yes!"

After ordering the servants who set the fire, Gao Ming found another maid and handed her a spoon.

"You just stand by the pot, and when the water boils, scoop off the froth that floats up, and when there is no more froth, you pour the pot of sugar water into the pot next to it and continue cooking, and this pot Boil new ones in the pot, call me when the pot next to it is almost full, understand?"

"Yes!"

Hearing the maid's agreement, Gao Ming nodded, then walked out of the kitchen, and asked Changsun Wuji.

"Uncle, have you got the lime I wanted?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Changsun Wuji nodded immediately.

"Here it is, it's in the front yard, Your Highness, please follow me!"

"Ok!"

Gao Ming followed Changsun Wuji to the front yard, and he found a basket of quicklime there, so he immediately asked someone to find a basin, put the quicklime in, and added water.

What Gao Ming is doing now is turning quicklime into slaked lime so that it can be used to neutralize the acidity in sugarcane juice, which is one of the important steps in boiling brown sugar.

But Changsun Wuji didn't know this. He frowned when he saw the water and lime boiling in the basin and white smoke came out.

"His Royal Highness, you are..."

Looking at Changsun Wuji's frown, Gao Ming was not mentally retarded enough to explain the difference between calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide to him, but directly gave him a mysterious smile.

"You'll find out later!"

"..."

If someone else told him that, Changsun Wuji would definitely slap him, but facing Gao Ming, he could only show a stiff smile, pretending to be very happy and looking forward to it.

"Ah! So that's the case, the old minister will wait and see, hehe..."

(End of this chapter)