"Because even after the Koshihikari lotus rice is picked, it still needs careful care, such as watering and sunlight, to ensure that the spiritual energy inside will not dissipate. And when there is a moon, it also needs to be exposed to moonlight.
.So it must be taken care of by dedicated personnel. If it is stored like ordinary food, it will only lead to rapid decay."
"Hey, is there such a thing?" Lin Fengjin asked in surprise.
Seeing that Lin Fengjin was very interested in this, the prisoner continued:
"Even after the Koshihikari lotus rice is picked, each ear is the size of a lotus pod. It cannot be cut with a knife before cooking, because the metal overcomes the wood, which will cause the spiritual energy inside to be lost and absorbed by the knife. You cannot smash it with a stone, because the wood will be absorbed by the knife."
Ketu will absorb the messy spiritual energy. The best way is to put it in a pounding nest made of old wood. Use a wooden hammer to smash the big ears before you can take out the rice grains. Then use the dew collected in the morning to cook the porridge, and finally cook it.
The rice porridge is bright red and fragrant, and one meal can keep you from being hungry for three days. It can also quickly restore the missing spiritual energy of the priests."
Lin Fengjin looked at the prisoner at this time and said with a half-smile:
"With such knowledge, you are probably not an ordinary soldier, right?"
The prisoner kowtowed and said:
"The villain's name is Hengjiejiu. He originally came from a noble family. What's terrible is that his father was wronged and his wealth was divided up by his enemies. If I hadn't escaped quickly, I would have been tied to a rock.
After that, I threw it under the river to feed the fish. But I didn't dare to hide it from this lord. Since the lord is so interested in Koshihikari Renwu rice, I know that there should be several boxes in a place in this camp."
Lin Fengjin's eyes flashed and he said:
"Oh? Didn't you say before that this thing is not available on the shore?"
Ninth Avenue of Hengjie:
"When the villain was carrying food, he was once stopped and asked a priest to take his family members to go ashore first. It is said that the priest's concubine became pregnant because she could not tolerate living on the water, so she became ill.
For fear of harming the fetus, he went ashore early and moved into the newly built Tiangong Residence. When the villain saw the priest's luggage, there were people carrying several large loads of Yueguang Lianwu rice, so
As long as you go to Tiangongju, you can probably find what you want."
Lin Fengjin said:
"What is Tiangongju? Is it a specially built residence for the priests?"
Hengjie Ninth Avenue:
"It's almost like this. Some Confucian generals will also live there, but if the generals are too bloody and murderous, they will be disliked by the priests."
Hengjiejiu's guess was half correct. Lin Fengjin was indeed very interested in this Koshihikari lotus rice.
Why, because Lin Fengjin now deeply understands the essence of war, which is economics, and war is fought with money! This is actually not his own summary, but is due to the forward-looking vision from his previous life.
Lin Fengjin also said to the women close to him that the most profitable business in the world is not the business of gold, jewelry and jade, but some things that seem to have extremely low profits, but are indispensable and inseparable for thousands of households. In the current situation
In this social environment, that is salt that is consumed every day, as well as (every household uses kitchen knives, spatulas, and plows) and iron.
However, the rulers almost all realize the huge profits of these two things, and often adopt the method of state monopoly. Even if there are gray industries and spaces, Lin Fengjin, as a latecomer, has no place to stand.
Then Lin Fengjin set his sights on the other things. There is a saying: seven things to open a house, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, firewood, rice, tea. These seven things also meet Lin Fengjin's requirements, and are indispensable for every household, and they are also consumption.
Products often need to be replenished.
However, among these seven things, if there is no oil, people can use water instead; if there is no soy sauce and vinegar, the food will be unpalatable; if there is no tea, it doesn’t matter if you don’t drink it; if there is no firewood, you can eat raw. These five things can be done
I managed to make do with it.
However, the most important thing is undoubtedly rice and salt. It is worth mentioning that rice here should be a general term, including not only rice, but also flour and other staple foods.
If a person does not eat salt for a long time, his health will be greatly affected.
And if a person does not eat rice not only in the long term, but in the short term, then it can be said that he can only wait to die.
Not to mention the profits of salt, the eight major salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River have created the prosperity of Yangzhou. It can even be said that it is rich and worthy of the name. Even when the word salt merchant is mentioned, almost everyone can think of it immediately.
Just spend a lot of money, extravagance and waste, and there are pits full of gold and silver treasures!
For Lin Fengjin, whose family started in the grain business, he must regard the "rice" market as very important, and even feels that the potential in it will definitely not be in the interest of "salt". This will
What a huge potential! But at this time, the grain business is still in a completely disordered situation. Of course, this may also be caused deliberately by the kings of major countries, but Lin Fengjin still sees business opportunities in it.
and huge potential.
It's just that Lin Fengjin has been struggling to find a fitting point to take advantage of the opportunity to enter the grain market. Although it is chaotic and disorderly, one thing is very important. The country also has a hand in it.
Among the five countries today, even Xirong understands the importance of grain reserves. In addition to collecting taxes every year, the country also sets up Changping warehouses for protective purchases during harvest in order to avoid low prices and hurt farmers.
There are Changping granaries in every prefecture and county. They harvest rice in good years and provide relief in famine years. All the grain merchants can eat are the leftovers left over from the country.
The country also knows that every time a dynasty changes, it is almost always the hungry people who are behind it. The people are in dire straits and the country is destroyed. Therefore, whoever dares to mess with Chang Pingcang and related grains will cross the bottom line and will die!
This means that no one can gain an overwhelming advantage, which is also the fundamental reason why no giant can emerge in the grain market.
Therefore, Lin Fengjin has been waiting for an opportunity to enter the grain market. If he cannot enter with the advantage of dominating the market, it is better not to enter at all.
The Yueguang Lotus Rice that appeared in front of Lin Fengjin at this time made Lin Fengjin suddenly see a huge opportunity and business opportunity!
This opportunity and business opportunity is completely blank even for the entire grain market at this time, that is, the high-end grain market!!
At this time, the high-end consumer catering industry has long appeared. Lin Fengjin's No. 1 Roast in the World mainly has authentic taste. In terms of cost performance, it is actually worthy of the price. Even so, in a luxury restaurant in Yedu
, it can only be ranked in the middle.
And since the northern waterway was opened, Shangmao City, where Li Hu is located, let alone Shangmao City! It is already on par with the world-famous Xiangdu, and what status did Xiangfan have in the Central Plains at that time? It was like the status of Tokyo in the Northern Song Dynasty
, known as one country for one city.
In Shangmao City, if you compare it with the high-end catering industry in Yedu, it can be said that it is completely inadequate. It is said that the most high-end catering restaurants in Shangmao are so luxurious that customers don’t even need to get up to spit.
Just spit it into the mouth of the beautiful woman sitting next to you. Some people call it the "Beauty Bowl".
But in these extremely luxurious restaurants, the rice staple food served to guests is the same ordinary rice as mud legs. Isn't this too shameful? As for the price, those who dare to enter that place are not short of money.
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The so-called high-end grains at this time are actually just new rice produced every year. At most, the peeling should be more refined, and some high-end materials can be added to play with some tricks when cooking, such as ginseng rice, lily porridge, etc. This
It's like a beautiful woman who wears international famous brands all over her body, but wears a pair of straw sandals on her feet. It obviously makes people feel a little out of place.
In such an environment, if Lin Fengjin can launch the exclusive "Yueguang Lotus Rice", he will definitely be able to seize the high-end grain market in a unique way and make up for this shortcoming.
Of course, Lin Fengjin also has some advantages that others will not have. For example, Shui'e on his waist has mastered a water magic spell that can "move clouds and spread rain". This spell is a killer move when used on humans.
And after killing a person, it will give the illusion that the person was drowned.
But when this magical power is used on plant monsters or plants, it can effectively heal or recuperate them.
Not only that, there are two big plant-like monsters in Lin Fengjin's evil-calling tower. Such big plant-like monsters are born with the ability to absorb and breathe out the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and can sweep away the surrounding area in one breath.
Baili's spiritual energy of heaven and earth has been absorbed, and no one is left for others!
Taking advantage of this, Lin Fengjin could ask them for help. After absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, he did not use it for his own cultivation, but used it to inject it into the plants he wanted to cultivate. Those auras were very effective in thick leaves and three-tumor demon trees.
For example, it is just a drop in the bucket, but for the plants that Lin Fengjin wants to cultivate and improve, these auras are extremely precious, and can effectively and quickly restore the hidden wounds in their bodies, improve the varieties, etc.
Once Lin Fengjin can stably produce high-end grain in batches, he will really have the goods in hand and not panic. At this time, people will ask for themselves.
And Lin Fengjin only needs to manage a high-end catering restaurant. When they make up for their shortcomings, it is obvious that the rest that have not made up for it will of course feel out of place and inferior to others.
Not to mention anything else, if you can bring out this new gadget and a big gimmick when entertaining guests, the person who entertains the guests must be proud of it, right?
Therefore, as long as you get the Koshihiko Lotus Rice, there is no need to do any publicity or anything. Those high-end restaurants and restaurants that are so red-eyed and almost crazy will naturally try their best to come to Lin Fengjin to buy it.
For food, Mr. Lin even offered the price without any counter-offer.
If this development continues, "Koshihikari Renwu rice" may even become the standard in luxury restaurants in the future. If guests come to eat, if you don't bring a bowl of Koshihikari Renwu rice porridge, then it will not be served at all.
Not qualified to step into the ranks of this high-end class, this is exactly what Lin Fengjin expected.
And entering the high-end grain market has no conflict with the country's policy of buying and selling. The state purchases grain to prevent the people from rebelling because they can't afford to eat. Lin Fengjin's intention to build a high-end grain market is to bring about future generations.
The money of the rich is taken out of their pockets, and there is no conflict between the two.
While Lin Fengjin is making money, he will also pay taxes for the country. It is better than those wealthy people who pile their money in warehouses or bury it underground.
Before this, Lin Fengjin also specially investigated some relevant information, and even spent a lot of manpower and material resources. He only found out that there is a kind of yellow rice in Xirong, and eating it for a long time can prolong life, but he got a sample
Look, whether it’s the appearance or the actual taste, it’s impossible to hype it up as a high-end food.
Before encountering Yueguang Lianwu rice, Lin Fengjin also took a fancy to another legendary thing, which is said to be a crop flowing down from the Tianchi water of the Queen Mother of the West, called luminous pearls. It is said that eating it will also cause...
It can prolong life.
In order to find this thing, Lin Fengjin also invested a lot of material and manpower, even just for such a mythical legend. It shows how much he attaches importance to this matter?
Unexpectedly, Youdao could find no place after wearing iron shoes, and it took no effort to get it. Lin Fengjin also didn't expect that in this war-torn battlefield, he would suddenly get such news! And Lin Fengjin's own plan
It can be said that I have never told anyone else, so the possibility of others setting a trap for this is very high.
As soon as he thought of this, Lin Fengjin said to the prisoner:
"Take me there. If this matter is completed, then I can consider giving you freedom and a fortune, so that you can have almost no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life."
With these words, the nine people waiting on the street immediately began to lead the way without saying a word. Of course, Lin Fengjin would not follow him. Instead, two hundred red riders would lead him to open the way first. Wait until the red riders
Only after Lin Fengjin recognized the safety there, he would leave.
Probably Hengjiejiu and Chiqi went to have a cup of tea, and then three members of Chiqi hurried back, looking a little ugly and saying:
"Sir, something strange happened there. We think it would be best for you not to go there."
Lin Fengjin frowned and said:
"What's this weird thing? Are there thousands of troops ambushing you there?"
The red knight said:
"Not this one."
Lin Fengjin smiled and said:
"Since there is no ambush by thousands of troops, then what are you afraid of? Let's go!"
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The sound of horse hoofbeats was heard, and a large group of war horses galloped towards the "Tiangong Residence" arranged by the East China Sea Allied Forces. Lin Fengjin's sharp eyesight first captured the smoke and embers still lingering on both sides.
A few bamboo buildings suddenly said:
"It seems that our vanguard army has arrived here. Huh? What is this?"
Lin Fengjin immediately jumped off the horse and saw something strange. That was, although half of the green bamboo used to build the bamboo building was scorched by the torch, the other half had strangely green branches and leaves growing out.
This end is incredible.
In this regard, Shui'e in the Black Emperor Mirror on Lin Fengjin's waist knew better and quickly said:
"This should be a unique spell from the Evil God of the East China Sea. Since they can fully unleash the vitality of the horse within a year, in exchange for amazing endurance and recovery, the vitality of the bamboo suddenly became so abnormal.
, which is also reasonable and reasonable.”
At this time, a group of people had gathered in front of them. After seeing Lin Fengjin, they all said with great emotion:
"Sir, we have lost many brothers here, and the methods of death are very strange and weird, really!"
Lin Fengjin's eyes narrowed, who are these people? They are all Chiqi who kill without blinking an eye! It can be said that they are all so smart that they can sleep on the thighs of the dead, and they actually say that the way of death is "strange and weird"
With these four words, something unusual must have happened. No wonder those who had to come back to report directly used "weird things" to describe it.
Lin Fengjin jumped off the horse at this time, and sure enough, he saw three corpses lying on their backs. One of the corpses, Lin Fengjin, looked quite familiar. He was a centurion from the Sanli Department.
long.
He had a weird smile on his face at this time, but his body was already stiff, his mouth was wide open, his tongue was sticking out, there was a long bloody mouth on his belly, and his internal organs were all over the floor. It was the weirdest thing.
Surprisingly, his left and right hands actually grabbed his own intestines, and the intestines were wrapped around his neck.
Looking at the death state of this centurion, he first cut open his stomach, then pulled out the intestines inside, and strangled himself alive. When he strangled himself until he was suffocated, he still had a weird smile on his face!
The death methods of these three corpses were exactly the same!
Lin Fengjin narrowed his eyes and said:
"Everyone, don't touch the bodies, burn them."
The man on the red horse naturally took the order immediately.
Lin Fengjin continued to move forward and saw three people leaning against the bamboo building in front of him, seemingly resting. The military uniforms on these three people could tell that they were soldiers of the Sanli Department. They seemed to be in various situations.
It was normal. The only abnormal thing was that the heads of the three people were turned 180 degrees and violently pushed to the back!! It was equivalent to pointing the back of their heads at the person.
Lin Fengjin slowly walked behind these three unlucky guys, and found that the expressions on their faces were that of normal conversation and laughter. It seemed that the three of them were frozen in an instant, and then they suffered such a vicious attack!
After continuing to walk forward, Lin Fengjin saw Hengjiejiu running towards this side happily. He was followed by five or six red riders. Hengjiejiu was leading a horse.
The horse, on the other hand, is holding a box on its back. It can be seen that this box has been carefully crafted. At first it looks like a beehive, but now it looks like it actually implies the secrets of the Nine Palaces and Eighteen Gates, even vaguely.
I saw the spiritual energy lingering like smoke.
At this time, the box was of course checked by the people from Chiqi. Naturally, they wanted to eliminate any danger to Lin Fengjin. After opening it, they found six pieces of Yueguang Lianwu rice neatly placed inside.
It is inserted into the dark and fertile soil. The large emerald green and snow-white pods are slightly cracked, wrapped in the purple-red beans inside. They have a luster like gems. You don’t need to eat them, but the appearance is first-class.
One is great.
After finding the Yueguang Lianwu rice, Lin Fengjin felt relieved and said to Shui'e:
"This thing looks very fresh. Do you think you can plant it and keep a batch of seeds? But you have to be more careful. The tricks of these countries in the East China Sea are very evil."
Shui'e said:
"There is so much blood on this battlefield that my magical powers are probably of no use, so you have to touch this thing."
Lin Fengjin did as he was told. Suddenly, Shui'e condensed in front of him and turned into a crystal drop of water. After Lin Fengjin stretched out his hand, he touched it lightly and felt an ethereal feeling on his fingertips.
When I heard it, the feeling was so wonderful that I even felt like I wanted to give up everything and indulge in this feeling forever.
Fortunately, Lin Fengjin's mind was very strong and he immediately broke away from such emotions. He continued to push forward the finger that was stained with this drop of water, and did not stop until he touched the black pod of Yueguang Lianwu rice.
.Suddenly, I felt a strong vitality beating inside, as if my fingertips were touching the heart of a newborn baby, feeling its heart beating vigorously.
At this time, naturally there was no need for Shui'e to speak. Lin Fengjin had the answer himself. He smiled slightly and nodded with satisfaction. At the same time, he passed the order and asked the prisoners to select those who knew how to grow "Kueguang Lotus Rice".
figure.
At this time, Langtu strode over and said with a frown:
"Sir, we found that this thing is a bit evil!"
Lin Fengjin's eyes flashed, and Lang Tu felt that there was something evil, or on this battlefield? He immediately said:
"Come on, let's go take a look."
After continuing to walk forward, a lush bamboo building appeared in front of Lin Fengjin. The bamboos used to build the bamboo building were all green and pleasant, and the bamboo leaves even made a rustling sound in the wind.
When the Sanlibu cavalry who killed people here saw it, they would definitely be shocked, because several torches were thrown onto the bamboo building. Logically speaking, it should have been burned long ago. It was so vigorous and brilliant, why did it change now?