Happy peasant girl

Chapter 394 Bingzhou Specialties (4)
"You have plowed [-] mu of fertile land in each county to grow sesame seeds. Leng Mingyang, you are in charge of the sesame fields in Bingzhou Prefecture. You have plowed [-] mu of good land. As for how to complete this difficult task, it is up to you It's over, and the time is only two months." Now with the helpers like Leng Mingyang, she doesn't have to do everything by herself.

"My lord, please don't worry, the junior staff will definitely handle this matter well!" Several people bowed to Lin Qingxi respectfully and said again.

After returning from Linguo County, just in case, Linqingxi still secretly sent people to guard the sesame seeds in the mountains, she didn't want anything to go wrong.

At dinner at night, Lin Qingxi, who was in a good mood, ate an extra bowl of rice, and seeing her so happy, Yun Yun told her another thing. He also found something special in Bingzhou.

"Xi, there is a kind of tung tree in the mountains in the northeast of Bingzhou. I have seen it on the island. On the island, our people are used to extract oil from the fruit of this tree, and this oil After wiping it on the cloth, it can be waterproof. I have never seen this kind of tree in other places in Chu country.” As he spoke, Yan Yun also took out the leaves and freshly borne fruits of the tree he was talking about. Show it to Linqingxi.

Lin Qingxi threw the bowls and chopsticks directly on the table, and took the thing that Yan Yun handed her and took a closer look. If the tung tree that Yan Yun was talking about was the same as the tung tree she had seen in modern times, then His oil should be tung oil.

Not only in Chu State, but also in the entire positive continent, the oil used to make the oilcloth is a very poor waterproof oil. Once it is soaked in water for too long, the oilcloth will soon rot.

"This is indeed a tung tree leaf. The oil extracted from this fruit is poisonous, but tung oil is extremely useful. It seems that Bingzhou is not without special products, but has been ignored by people." Lin Qingxi sighed Said.

"Then what are you going to do? Do you want to turn all the fruits on these tung trees into tung oil? If necessary, I will find someone to help you." There are experts in this field on the island, as long as Linqingxi needs it, Yan Yun Will be able to get someone over soon.

"I need it, I need it!" The role of tung oil is not just a little, it can be waterproof, anti-corrosion, anti-rust, and there are simply too many places where it can be used.

"Okay, I will send someone to you soon!" Yan Yun was also very happy to see Lin Qingxi showing off her face.

Lin Qingxi felt that it was difficult to make Bingzhou rich in the shortest time by farming alone, and to restore Bingzhou's reputation in Chu State, outsiders must be willing to enter Bingzhou.

Therefore, Linqingxi decided to take a stroll around several counties in Bingzhou to see if he could find some business opportunities.

On this day, the early summer sun was a bit poisonous, Linqingxi, Yan Yun, and Leng Mingyang went boating on the lake with great interest.

At the intersection of Dongping County, Xiaxia County and Guangyuan County in Bingzhou, there is a relatively large lake called Shuiling Lake. One side of it is backed by mountains, and the other three sides are connected to three counties respectively. The lake is deep and wide.

During the three-year drought in Chu State, this Shuiling Lake almost became the only hope for the people of Bingzhou, but in just one year, the water in the lake was half empty, and in the second year, the entire Shuiling Lake dried up. .

Over the past few years, heavy rains have fallen in Chu State, and Shuiling Lake has been revitalized. The fish and shrimps in the lake have gradually increased. The fishermen in several nearby villages rely on the fish and shrimps in the lake to support their families.

Linqingxi and his party were sitting in a small boat. Looking around, they could see fishermen fishing for fish and shrimp.She asked the punters to move their boats closer to the fishermen's boats so that they could see the harvest on the fishermen's boats.

"Look, son, it's a river clam!" Zhu Xiang shouted in surprise.

"What a big fuss, there are so many of these things in Chu, and they can't be eaten or used." Leng Mingyang expressed "contempt" for Zhuxiang's expression when he saw the mussel.

"Mr. Leng, how do you know that you can't eat or use it, and you don't know who is rare and strange!" Zhuxiang glanced at Leng Mingyang with disdain. In her eyes, he is not a magistrate.

"What? Is this really edible and useful? My lord, are you telling the truth or not?" Leng Mingyang just said it casually, but he didn't think that the people around Linqingxi would talk casually, so he just Quickly asked.

"Of course it's true! And there are pearls in the mussels!" The first time Zhuxiang tasted mussels was Lin Qingxi who cooked them for her.

She still remembers that she and Ye Hou were lying on the bank covered in blood, Lin Qingxi went to the river to catch fish, shrimps and mussels, and then roasted them for them to eat. She will never forget the delicious taste in her life no.

"Silly girl, those aren't pearls, they're river pearls, which are worthless at all. Pearls are grown in the sea, and that's the treasure." Don't bully him as if he hasn't seen many markets, he has been to the seaside .

"The ancients said that 'the stone is rich in jade and the mountain is brilliant, and the water is full of pearls and the river is beautiful'. This river pearl is actually a kind of pearl, commonly known as freshwater pearl. It is indeed very different from the seawater pearl produced in the sea." Lin Qing Xi said with a smile.

"Your... son, what's the difference?" Unexpectedly, Lin Qingxi knew this, and Leng Mingyang could no longer use the word "admiration" to express his feelings for Lin Qingxi.

"Freshwater pearls are seedless pearls, and seawater pearls are nuclear pearls. Compared with the two, seawater pearls have better luster and roundness, and are usually much larger than freshwater pearls. But there is one thing, freshwater pearls have many colors. , this is not comparable to seawater pearls. However, people in the positive continent treat sea pearls and river pearls differently. One is the bright moon in the sky, and the other is like a stone that can be seen everywhere and is ignored. In fact, They are all the same pearls, and they are all equally precious." Linqingxi used to do pearl wholesale business, so he did some research on pearls.

Just as she was talking about the difference between sea pearls and river pearls, several fishing boats had already surrounded her, and many fishermen heard her words.

Then, the old fisherman who almost bumped into her boat asked, "Dare to ask this young master, are the river pearls taken out of this river clam really precious?"

"Old man, this river bead should be very precious in the first place, but many people are used to comparing it with the river bead. In fact, they are just sharpened from the same shellfish, just like poplar and locust tree are both trees, each with its own characteristics. usefulness." Lin Qingxi explained loudly.

"Then what's the use of this river bead?" Leng Mingyang asked instead of the fishermen around him.

"Actually, river pearls, like sea pearls, can be used as jewelry accessories, or made into pearl necklaces, earrings, decorations on top of gold hairpins, etc. Of course, its most important use is to nourish the skin and protect the skin. For women It is a must-have beauty item." Lin Qingxi felt that it was a pity that such a fine pearl was treated as a useless thing.

(End of this chapter)