Chapter 4

In the afternoon, Qin Huaidao received an order from the mansion and rewarded the people in the palace. The housekeeper, the family soldiers, and the maids all cried. The first time in the past two years has the happiness event in the mansion!

"Butler, everyone else, stop crying! Butler, I'll give you a reward later and everyone will be happy!" Qin Huaidao was also moved to see them crying like this.

These people, including the young maids and servants, are very loyal to the mansion. They or their fathers are all with their father Qin Shubao. They can be said to be prosperous and both prosperous and both rich and lose.

Today, Li Shimin rewarded 2,500 guan, which not only could make up for the money he had burned Chongxian Pavilion before, but also 500 guan extra. This is not a small amount of money. The land outside the city and the good fertile land, one acre of only five or six guan.

"Master Xie, old slave, I can't help it. The master is low-key for so many years, and the mansion is becoming weaker. Now I am happy to see that the young master can receive the reward from His Majesty! Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo w

"Young master, you must be good and revitalize your family business!" Another person in charge also cried.

"Well, okay, all of them are up, get up, over the years, I have been working hard inside and outside. Don't worry, the Duke of Yiguo Mansion will only get better and better. Come, the housekeeper, get up, and I will give you 20 coins later to reward everyone!" Qin Huaidao helped the housekeeper up and said to those people.

"Thank you, Young Master!" The servants and maids all knelt down and kowtowed to thank them.

"Okay, get up, butler, the young master wants to explain something to you!" Qin Huaidao saw that the butler was still wiping his tears, so he immediately said that he would tell him to go.

"Young Master, say, say, say!" The butler immediately stood up and wiped away his tears.

"Your Majesty has rewarded 2,500 guan. What about you, in a few days, you will take 800 guan to the Duke of E and Duke of Lu's mansion, and prepare some gifts at the same time. Remember to tell their mansion that, "Young Master, I am not convenient to go out now, and I cannot thank you personally, I feel very guilty!" Qin Huaidao explained to the butler.

"Yes, I will do it tomorrow!" the butler nodded and said.

"No, you don't need to go tomorrow, and you don't need to be so anxious. You'll seem to be separated for about three to five days!" Qin Huaidao explained to the butler.

"Hey, the young master has thought it far-reachingly, I remember it!" The butler nodded happily and said.

"Okay, everyone has left and everyone is busy with their own affairs. In the future, the mansion will only get better and better!" Qin Huaidao said to the servants and soldiers.

"Yes, young master!" Those people began to disperse.

Qin Huaidao also held his younger brother with one hand and his younger sister with the other back to the side room.

"Come on, read it with your brother, a b, ou." Qin Huaidao sat on the side of the wing and began to teach his younger brother and sister the initial vowel.

After a while, his sister Qin Jiao looked at Qin Huaidao and asked, "Brother, what's the use of learning this? It seems that it's not the word "Central Yuan!"

"Well, it's not the word "Central Yuan", but it can help you learn more words from Central Yuan. Remember first, my brother will take the exam these two days!" Qin Huaidao said with a smile at Qin Jiao.

In fact, Qin Jiao, Qin Shandao and herself were not born to the same mother. They were born to concubines. Qin Huaidao's mother passed away very early. Later, her father did not renew her marriage, but she gave birth to them with her concubine.

But after my father left, the concubine also left the world shortly after she left these two children.

Qin Shubao was originally rare in his brothers, and his family also died in the wars that year. By the time Qin Huaidao's generation, even the three brothers and sisters were left. Qin Huaidao has been kind to them since childhood.

Now that my parents are gone, I naturally have to take good care of them.

A month passed in a flash. Qin Huaidao was also at home every day, occasionally going to patrols outside the city. Qin Huaidao could not go to other places at all. There were regulations for Ding You to be at home.

Therefore, Qin Huaidao is at home every day, teaching his younger brothers and sisters to read and practice calligraphy, and then he practices martial arts in the morning, and returns to the study in the afternoon, and starts to sort out the words. Qin Huaidao thought of making a dictionary to make it easier for his younger brothers and sisters to check out the words they don’t know.

"Young Master, it's been ten days since the New Year is coming. The mansion needs to prepare some things, and you also need to send gifts to other mansions! You should also choose some gifts!" That morning, Qin Huaidao had just finished bathing after practicing martial arts, and the butler came over and said to Qin Huaidao.

"Just follow the rules of previous years, you can prepare!" Qin Huaidao said to the butler.

"Okay, young master!" the butler nodded and said.

"By the way, each of the people in the village, each of them gives 5 copper coins, regardless of men, women, age and age. This is a reward from the mansion, so that they can celebrate the New Year with peace of mind!" Qin Huaidao thought for a moment and said to the butler.

"Young Master, here, our mansion has a fief of 700 households, with a total population of more than 5,000. If one person gives 5 copper coins, it will cost 25 guan. Besides, 5 copper coins can be bought for a load of corn. Isn't it a little more?" The butler said to Qin Huaidao when he heard this.

"It's okay, let's continue. This year has been hit by disasters and the New Year is not easy. If you send it, let them have a good New Year!" Qin Huaidao said to the butler.

"Yes, the young master is kind. I don't know how to thank you for your family! Last time I was hit by the disaster, there were no dead people in our family. In the family, all the young masters are reincarnated by Bodhisattvas!" The housekeeper also smiled and said to Qin Huaidao.

Qin Huaidao's status in the village households is getting higher and higher, which is also a good thing for the Qin Mansion. Who knows when Qin Huaidao needs to go to war? Then the young men of those village households will be Qin Huaidao's personal soldiers.

"Young Master, I just sent New Year's gifts to Duke Lu's mansion!" A manager came over and reported to Qin Huaidao.

"Oh, I'll send it here?" Qin Huaidao said in surprise, but when he thought, there were only 11 days before the New Year, and gifts were also started to be given everywhere in the mansions.

"Brother, I, I want to eat pastries!" At this time, my sister Qin Jiao looked at her brother shyly,

There are basically no pastries in the Qin Mansion throughout the year, because there is no woman in charge and no one can make it. That is, during the Chinese New Year, there are pastries among the gifts sent from each mansion.

Therefore, when Qin Jiao heard that there were pastries coming, she became greedy.

"Okay, come here, come and get pastry!" Qin Huaidao heard this, smiled and touched Qin Jiao's head and said.

"Yes, Master!"

"Thank you brother!" Qin Jiao also said happily.

Soon, the pastries were delivered. When Qin Huaidao saw that they were all made of dry powder, Qin Huaidao also tasted one. He ate it until it was dry and could only eat it in small mouthfuls. He could choke it even if he could only swallow it in water.

"Is it delicious?" Qin Huaidao looked at his younger brother and sister with some doubts. The two of them were very happy now.

"Yeah! It's delicious!" The younger brother and sister nodded at the same time and said.

"Well? Okay, then brother also makes some pastries for you. In previous years, people's mansions gave us pastries, and this time we made some at home!" Qin Huaidao thought for a moment and spoke.

"Young Master, no one in the house can make pastries!" The butler heard it and looked at Qin Huaidao and said,

Pastry, but only wealthy families can make it, but poor families don’t know at all. There is no mistress here in the Qin Mansion. Those servants are from poor families and don’t even know what the pastry is, let alone make it.

Before, Qin Jiao and his mother were a concubine and were born in a poor family and could not do it. Nowadays, the servants are even more unaware of it.

"It's okay, I will, I'll prepare some things!" Qin Huaidao said with a smile, and then went to the study.

"Young Master, how could you do this?" The housekeeper still didn't believe it. After all, the young master has never passed by the kitchen.

"There is something in the book. If you explore it a few more times, you will know it naturally!" Qin Huaidao smiled.

Then he sat in the study and started drawing the drawings. There was still no iron pot in the Tang Dynasty. Qin Huaidao wanted to make popcorn, cat ears, candied haws, small biscuits, etc. that people often eat at home in later generations.

These are not possible without iron pots and some tools. If there is iron pot, you also need a stove, because the Tang Dynasty is now a frying pan, which is completely different from the vortex pans in later generations, so the stove also needs to be redesigned.

After Qin Huaidao painted the drawings, he went to find a blacksmith first and asked him to make an iron pot. At the same time, he also found a carpenter and asked them to make some racks. Then he found a mason to make a stove.

After giving the order, Qin Huaidao asked the housekeeper to make dozens of kilograms of wheat, soak it in water, and put it in a warm room. The food made by Qin Huaidao needs to be made into maltose, but the maltose needs to be sprouted before it can be cooked.

On the third day, more and more gifts were sent to the mansion, including many pastries, but those pastries were the same, all made of dry powder, which was conducive to preservation.

Qin Huaidao had arrived at the kitchen and directed his servants to stir-fry rice, so that the rice could form popcorn. The rice could not be fried directly in the pot. Qin Huaidao also asked someone to find fine gravel with high iron content and pour it into the iron pot, and stir-fry it with the rice.

After all the rice exploded, Qin Huaidao asked his servants to use a sieve to siev the fine gravels and store them. He kept making a lot of them. Qin Huaidao asked someone to boil malt sugar, and made a lot of them, so he put them in a pottery pot.

Then put about 2 kilograms of maltose into the pot, then pour in popcorn and start stirring. The frames made of wooden boards have been placed. After stirring, shovel out, put them in the wooden frame, cover them with clean cloth, and then flatten them with heavy objects. After pressing them firmly, cut them into pieces.

"Come on, try it!" Qin Huaidao smiled and took a few pieces and handed them to Qin Jiao and Qin Shandao.

"Well, it's delicious, it's delicious, brother!" Qin Jiao felt very crispy, very sweet, and very delicious.

"Come on, try it all!" Qin Huaidao said to the servants and housekeepers who were helping.

"Okay, young master, I want to try it too. This is the first time I have made pastries in the mansion in nearly ten years!" The housekeeper was a little happy, especially after hearing Qin Jiao and the others say it was delicious, he couldn't help it, so he picked up a piece to taste it!

"Well, yes, it's delicious, it's better than those pastries!" said the housekeeper happily.

And those servants were also eating, and they all said they were delicious.

ps: I saw the message saying that popcorn needs to be made of corn, which may be different from different places. In the south, popcorn is made of rice! In the early days, it was fried in a pot with rice and gravel containing iron. After stir-frying out the popcorn, it was sifted clean. In addition, when the author was a child, there was very little brown sugar and white sugar, so he was reluctant to buy it. He used the sprouted millet to make rice sugar cakes!
Chapter completed!