My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 402 Canned food and child prodigy

In late autumn, large tracts of fallen leaves dye the earth yellow.

Although Luoyang has entered the era of planned economy, for the real high-level people, the supplies are not generally abundant.

Especially the beef and mutton sent from the north cost ten cents a catty and a meat ticket, so the palace could eat it openly.

This can be regarded as a privilege that belongs exclusively to Wei Shi.

This time, in the imperial garden, there was a small red copper stove, and everyone sat around.

"Hahahaha, the young master didn't see Yuan Gonggong's expression that day, so he almost knelt down to Yuan Zhi, hahaha..."

Yang Feng wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth, and said: "He bought the Dragon Rising Arrow, and came to ask us for help, heh, my Dragon's Breath Guard, he came when he waved it, and went away when he called it, Uncle Han took it directly We'll be back."

Wei Cheng nodded with a smile on his face, looked at Huang Zhong, and said, "Uncle Han is right, this Yuan Gonglu is indeed a bit arrogant, you are right to come back, so you can't spoil him."

Huang Zhong saw that Wei Cheng didn't blame himself, so he cupped his fists and saluted, and at the same time signaled Yang Feng to say a few words, which is not a glorious thing.

At this time, Xu Shu cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I heard that some of us also went to the south?"

Wei Cheng picked up a piece of thinly sliced ​​mutton with chopsticks, put it into the boiling clear soup, nodded and said: "Jingnan is the boy Yide, and Yangzhou is Huang Xu, why, why did you suddenly inquire about the south? "

Xu Shu said helplessly: "It's not because of supplies. There is no shortage of meat in Shuofang. Even if there is no beef and mutton, there are still a lot of wild boars, bears, deer, etc. in the mountains, but Shuofang is short of vegetables and fruits."

Wei Cheng's expression changed.

Xu Shu went on to say: "Many of us are from the south. At the beginning, we couldn't get used to Shuofang's food. Although it's better now, everyone wants to eat vegetables and fruits from their hometown."

Wei Cheng looked at Xu Shu, then lowered his head and fiddled with the dishes, as if he was planning something.

That's right, Wei Cheng was thinking whether it would be better to open a canning factory in the time and space of the Three Kingdoms, or it would be more practical to open a factory in the time and space of modern times.

Let me talk about the time and space of the Three Kingdoms first.

It is undeniable that the materials in ancient times were abundant enough, but the melons and fruits have not been cultivated and the taste is not good.

Secondly, if you want to open a cannery, you don't have to have a lot of fresh melons and fruits. The tin can is a technical problem.

Then there's the need for vacuum sealing, and... Forget it, anyway, it's not that simple to open a canning factory.

The time and space of the Three Kingdoms is definitely uncertain for the time being, and maybe you can try it in a few years.

And modern time and space.

Not to mention the mature industrial technology, the melons and fruits have been cultivated for many generations, and the quality is good, tender and juicy, which saves a lot of labor costs.

At that time, let Mumu buy an old factory building, and then export it to 'domestic sales', and exchange the canned food for gold, silver and jade!

Thinking about it makes me feel happy.

The only disadvantage is that I have to move in and out, even if there is a starry night space as a cover, I am worried about revealing my secrets.

It seems that the plan to invest in Central Africa will speed up a bit, and then directly build a few large factories there...

Think about this.

Wei Cheng said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this matter, just leave it to me to deal with it. It just so happens that I am also interested in this recently."

With that said, Wei Cheng gestured to the female guard not far away.

When the female guard came closer, Wei Cheng ordered: "Go to the back kitchen and ask Aunt Niu for some canned food, some meat and vegetables."

Soon.

The female guards went back and forth, and several court ladies carried trays with various cans on them, some in glass bottles and some in tin cans.

Wei Cheng took a can of pineapple and handed it to Xu Shu directly.

He bought these cans from the Modern Time and Space Supermarket, and the labels were all torn off.

It was a clean glass bottle. Although Xu Shu had seen glass a few times when he was in Anyi, he couldn't help feeling a little panicked at this moment.

Wei Cheng laughed and said, "Take it, this bottle is for you."

When Huang Zhong, Yang Feng, and Tai Shici saw this scene, they all looked envious. Compared with the food inside, glass bottles were obviously more popular among them. After all, the same glazed products outside were expensive.

Wei Cheng can sell tens of thousands of copper coins for a single mirror. How can cups and bottles made of glass be cheap?
Seeing this, Wei Cheng only found it funny, pointed to the cans on the tray, and said, "Okay, okay, you three can choose one too, and I'll give you all if you like it."

"Haha, thank you son for the reward." Yang Feng was the first to stand up and chose a bottle of canned yellow peaches.

Huang Zhong and Tai Shici were not polite either, they each picked one and held the bottle in amazement, touching it and looking at it, it was so rare.

Wei Cheng took a box of canned sardines.

Said: "You have canned fruit from the south in your hands. I have canned fish from the sea. They all taste good. Come and eat. If you like it, when the new year is over, set this as your New Year's benefit. .”

Seeing that autumn is here, the year-end of this year is getting closer. The Wei family has already begun to prepare for many important tasks for the year-end, among which rewarding the three armies is the most important thing. It took a lot of effort.

"Well, this sardine is delicious!"

After receiving the canned sardines that Wei Cheng opened, several of them tasted one each, and there were only six in total, which just happened to be divided.

"It tastes better than barbecue, son, it's settled like this, Lao Yang, I don't want sheep this year, can I just want this?"

Hearing this, Wei Cheng laughed and said, "Of course, I will give you a box of 36 cans, hahaha."

It's funny, how much is a sheep in later generations, and how much is a box of canned fish? This Yang Feng is really picking sesame seeds and throwing watermelons.

Of course, such a comparison is wrong in itself, but for Wei Cheng, the material capital of the two time and space is compared in this way.

"My lord, I don't know the price of this can?" Xu Shu asked the most critical question.

At the same time, he said: "In my opinion, the fruit in this can is nothing, but this glass vase is really rare."

Wei Cheng chuckled, and asked back, "Na Yuanzhi thought, how should these jars be sold?"

As soon as Xu Shu rolled his eyes, he instantly understood Wei Cheng's meaning.

"Of course it's sold at a higher price. This time, many aristocratic families have made a lot of money in Shuofang. It's time for them to spit it out, hahaha..."

Wei Cheng picked up the wine glass in satisfaction, "It's as it should be, come on, do it!"

"Dry!"

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Inn.

Zhuge Xuan put on a decent Confucian shirt and walked out the door in high spirits.

Zhuge Jin followed closely behind him. The 17-year-old Zhuge Jin raised literature and martial arts since he was a child, with a sharp look on his brows.

"Jin'er, this time Mi Zizhong helped you to join the guard as a foreign manager. In everything, you have to follow the seniors to watch and learn more, and don't act on your will."

Zhuge Jin bowed his hands respectfully, and said: "Don't worry, uncle, Jin'er knows the seriousness, but Jin'er doesn't know when he will be able to come back after going, and I hope uncle and aunt will take good care of A Liang and his four brothers and sisters, Jin'er is very grateful. "

Zhuge Xuan laughed and said: "Silly boy, I just went to my hometown Langya County, it's not that I won't come back, don't worry, Ah Liang and the others are under the care of your aunt and I, they will be fine."

Zhuge Jin bowed again.

At this time, a small head poked out from the door, and the four-year-old Zhuge Jun asked fiercely, "Brother, how long are you going?"

Seeing the younger brother, Zhuge Jin stepped forward with a smile, hugged him up, and said in a harmonious voice: "Brother will be back in a month or two. After you move back home, you must study and practice calligraphy with your second brother. do you know?"

"Oh!" Zhuge Jun was a little unhappy when he heard that he was asked to study.

Zhuge Jin knocked on his head angrily, and took out a piece of lard candy wrapped in oil paper from his bosom, "Then, only you have it, don't say that brother doesn't love you."

Zhuge Jun took the candy, "Thank you brother, hee hee."

Zhuge Jin smiled helplessly, looked back at his uncle Zhuge Xuan, and said, "Uncle, when I go to Langya, I plan to go home and have a look. Does uncle have anything to tell you?"

Hearing this, Zhuge Xuan took out a few letters from his bosom, and said, "I have prepared them all, and you can just hand them over to your uncles later. A cup of soup."

Zhuge Jin asked in confusion: "Uncle also wants to plant those seaweeds?"

Zhuge Xuan nodded and said: "That's right, don't underestimate those seaweeds, the profits are so high, if your father hadn't been kind to Mi Zizhong back then, he wouldn't have mentioned it to me, the one who really took the lead in this matter , you should do your best.”

Zhuge Xuan pouted in the direction of the palace.

Seeing this, Zhuge Jin nodded solemnly. Nothing involving Mr. Wei would be simple. It seemed that he was short-sighted.

"By the way, where's Ah Liang?"

Seeing that the youngest younger brother had come to see her off, but the second younger brother was not, Zhuge Jin couldn't help asking curiously.

Zhuge Xuan suddenly smiled in relief.

Zhuge Jun raised his little hand and said, "I know, I know, Second Brother is going to buy me delicious food!"

"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat... Uncle, does Ah Liang often go out?" Zhuge Jin worried.

Zhuge Xuan said with a 'hmm', and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about A Liang, I let him go. Recently, many colleges and academies are recruiting students, even Heluo College has come to teach a lot. , I’ll let Ah Liang go to Heluo College to try.”

Hearing this, Zhuge Jin nodded slightly, "Alright, if Ah Liang can get into Heluo College, my brothers and I will be officials in the same dynasty in the future."

No one knows now, as long as one graduates from Heluo College, at least one is a steward, and naturally bears the imprint of the Wei family, and the chances of promotion in the future are much greater than those of them who are hired outside.

When the uncle and nephew were chatting.

Heluo College, office in Luoyang.

A group of well-dressed children walked out of the gate with mournful faces, and the family members outside the gate immediately lowered their heads and sighed when they saw this.

"Mom, the questions inside are so difficult, no matter how many squares you put together, it's impossible to form a circle!?"

"Where are the rules for the birds? Dad, I won't take the test, I don't understand, woo woo woo."

"The bamboo raft goes upstream, one stick of incense can advance two miles, and if it doesn't move, it can retreat one mile. There are still ten miles to the pier. How long will it take?"

"Isn't this ten sticks of incense, Dad, what did I do wrong?"

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow, but he didn't take the test at all.

Among so many children, only one boy with fair skin came out with a smile on his face.

The servant who had been waiting at the door for a long time rushed to meet him, "Second Master, how did you do in the exam? Did it go well?"

The corner of the young man's mouth raised slightly, and he said: "It should be okay, it said that the list will be released in an hour, let's find a place to rest for a while, and look at the list later."

Hearing this, the young servant said with a smile, "Looking at Er Ye like this, there should be no problem. There is a teahouse in front where "Shooting the Condors" is being taught. Let's go there for a rest?"

The young man nodded slightly.

At this moment, a teacher wearing a Confucian shirt and holding a long ruler ran out of the gate in a hurry.

"Which one is Zhuge Liang from Langya County, Xuzhou?"

"Zhuge Liang, is the examinee Zhuge Liang still alive?"

The door was quite noisy, especially some children who were tormented by the topic and cried in the dark.

The instructor yelled twice, but seeing that the sound could not be transmitted, and no one responded to him, he became anxious immediately.

"Oh, what should I do, this year's performance is all about this kid, and if someone else steals it later..."

"This gentleman."

"Ok?"

The teacher looked down and saw a young man with fair complexion and handsome features at the bottom of the steps, bowing to him with both hands.

"Is there something wrong with this examinee?"

The young man was stunned, smiled and took out the bamboo card from his pocket, and said, "No, it's Zhuge Liang from Langya, Mr. Cai just called me, didn't you?"

The teacher was startled when he heard the words, and then jumped down the steps overjoyed, and took the bamboo card in Zhuge Liang's hand to confirm his name.

"Okay, okay, it's you, it's you, the only child prodigy who got a perfect score in the test."

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in the palace.

Wei Cheng was signing and stamping a pile of documents in the Department of Internal Affairs.

A steward ran in suddenly, and said excitedly, "Wei Jun, a professor from Heluo College sent a message that there was a young child prodigy in today's assessment, and all the test questions were correct. It's amazing."

Wei Cheng couldn't help raising his head when he heard the words, "All the test questions are correct, so the IQ must go towards [-]...Have you done the second set of questions?"

The steward nodded excitedly, "I did it, I did it, and the second set of test questions is also all right. This has alarmed Mr. Xun. He has already gone to Heluo College, ha ha."

He was fooled once, but he was completely right twice. Now even Wei Cheng couldn't sit still.

Good guy, those international version of the IQ test questions are not easy, even he only scored 121 points, which means that the IQ is around 120, and Xun Yu scored 162 points, which is considered a super high IQ. I know that Wei Shen of Peking University is only 165.

Suddenly, a child prodigy with an IQ of over 200 popped up, how could he remain calm?
Wei Cheng directly put down the business at hand, got up and was about to go outside.

When he reached the door, he suddenly paused, then turned around and asked, "By the way, what's the child's name?"

The steward was stunned for a moment, and almost blurted out, "From Xuzhou, his surname is Zhuge, and his name is a bright word."

Wei Cheng raised his eyebrows, and retracted the step he had taken.

Seeing this, the steward asked curiously, "Wei Jun, why don't we go?"

Wei Cheng sat back, shook his head and said, "Didn't Mr. Xun go?"

The steward scratched his head, wondering why Wei Cheng suddenly lost interest, so he had to bow and retreat, and he wanted to follow along to join in the fun.

Wei Cheng picked up the pen and muttered, "I thought there was some unexpected talent, but it turned out to be Ah Liang, so it's all right."

(End of this chapter)