Chapter 201 A shoddy project

What if Xuer became emperor?
Will Fu Zhonghai be willing to assist wholeheartedly?

If... this is true...

"Hiss!" A sharp pain came from the knee, and Concubine Qi couldn't help but gasp.

The palace maid was so frightened that she knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was too harsh!"

Concubine Qi looked at the frightened palace maid, waved her hand, and said kindly: "Forget it, if you don't use too much force, I won't feel anything on my knee."

From numbness to pain, the knee finally regained sensation and was rescued again.

The concubines in the palace were all jealous of her because she had been promoted and could see the emperor, but they didn't know that she had knelt more times in the past month than in the past ten years!
Both knees are almost broken!
However, thinking of the emperor's words today, Concubine Qi became excited again: All the fright I had these days was not in vain... Xu'er has hope!
If going through this kind of pain can help her get ahead, she is willing to do so.

King Dongshan was very unhappy.

After listening to the report from his men, he paced back and forth in the tent with a dark face: This Fu Zhonghai is unexpectedly cunning!
Five carts of food were just a drop in the bucket compared to the tens of thousands of troops. What he wanted was to alienate the emperor and the Fu family army by parading through the streets.

Who knew that Fu Zhonghai would use such a trick. He collected the things, but not a single grain of rice entered the military camp. He turned around and took the food to the nearby village and distributed it to the villagers!

Fu Zhonghai even asked people to spread the word that this was a reward from the emperor!

King Dongshan gasped in pain: "Is this butcher so smart?"

Doesn't he look like a man who has been killing pigs for more than ten years? !
The staff member next to him reminded softly: "Fu Zhonghai was also taught by Marshal Fu. When the Fu family army encountered an accident and Marshal Fu died, he was also a teenager."

King Dongshan suddenly realized: That’s right.

The Fu family was originally a family of generals, and the boys in the family were trained in fighting and fighting from a young age. I believe that they also learned military tactics and academic studies.

I just didn't expect that Fu Zhonghai had been taught to be so cunning. After being demoted to a commoner, he could endure loneliness and poverty and work as a butcher for more than 20 years? !
Fu Zhonghai is not simple.

King Dongshan became serious.

"Hanqing, what do you think we should do next?"

Gong Hanqing, the staff member, said sternly: "At present, the Fu family army is moving back and forth, obviously they don't want to have a direct conflict with us, and they don't want to be caught by the emperor and say that the Fu family army has any connection with us..."

"Why don't we speed up the progress while the Fu family army is still hesitating and go all out to capture the capital?!"

"The Fu family army has always been loyal, but they are loyal to the Daliang Dynasty. The prince is also the flesh and blood of the previous emperor, and the royal blood."

"As long as the prince succeeds and the dust settles, and Fu Zhonghai is given a title, the Fu family army will naturally continue to be loyal..."

When King Dongshan heard this, he agreed with it and said, "Then follow the plan."

……

Xiao Yingchun looked at Fu Chenan in surprise, then glanced at the sky outside the window. It was only a little after four in the afternoon. "Why are you here at this hour?"

He is a great general and is currently on the march to fight a war. How could he be so idle?
Fu Chenan chuckled and explained to Xiao Yingchun the scene of the soldiers eating rice with lard and sauerkraut today. Xiao Yingchun's eyes widened when he heard it.

Probably only our grandparents’ generation have experienced this kind of life where even a drop of oil is not willing to be wasted.

"From now on, we will have lard to eat every day. With so much lard being refined into lard residue, we will have lard residue regularly."

"You didn't tell them?"

Fu Chenan chuckled: "Now that winter is approaching, the green vegetables are gradually running out, and all we have is pickled vegetables all day long."

"I was wondering if we have any other dishes here that are cheap and can nourish the soldiers?"

Fu Chenan’s words made Xiao Yingchun fall into deep thought: "Let me think about it..." She thought about it, but had no idea, so she decisively opened her mobile phone to search for "cheap and nutritious ingredients".

Baidu gave a list of “five cheap and nutritious foods”: sweet potatoes, pumpkins, white radishes, eggs, and tofu.

The first three types were not in short supply in the Daliang Dynasty and they were not expensive.

I just bought eggs.

Tofu...Tofu is not cheap either, a small piece costs two dollars!
If you eat this by yourself, it’s not expensive to buy one or two pieces, but if you count it for an army of tens of thousands of people, it becomes a huge number!
No, wait!
Tofu is expensive, but tofu dregs are not expensive?!
The taste of tofu dregs is not very good, but it is nutritious!
Xiao Yingchun became excited and started searching for where to find large quantities of tofu dregs.

After all, there are tens of thousands of people in the team, and even if they want to make some tofu dregs, a few hundred kilograms will not be enough.

This means that the tofu dregs produced by the tofu shops around ordinary vegetable markets are simply not enough. What kind of place can have so much tofu dregs?
Tofu factory!
Soon, a dried tofu factory in the neighboring county was found.

This manufacturer produces various small packages of dried tofu, with flavors ranging from braised to spicy.

Fu Chenan also tried to search with his mobile phone, and felt confused when he saw those strange answers.

He turned around to look at Xiao Yingchun, only to see that she was searching for "Huapeng Tofu's phone number".

Are you preparing to supply dried tofu to the soldiers?

Fu Chenan was stunned and leaned over to take a closer look. He had eaten that kind of dried tofu before. It was one of the snacks that Xiao Yingchun had given him before.

It tastes good, but it doesn’t seem cheap?
Before he could ask Xiao Yingchun, he heard Xiao Yingchun dialing the other party's number, and Fu Chenan also understood Xiao Yingchun's real plan.

"Hello? Huapeng Dried Tofu Factory? I want to ask how much your tofu dregs are sold for?"

"How much is the daily output generally..."

Tofu dregs?!

Fu Chenan suddenly realized!
Yes, the price of tofu dregs was not expensive even in the Daliang Dynasty. People would buy some tofu dregs to cook with because they didn’t have money to buy tofu but wanted to taste the flavor.

To be honest, tofu dregs are indeed nourishing.

The tofu beauty in Shitou Lane often eats leftover tofu dregs, and her children are all very well fed!
Xiao Yingchun was writing and drawing on paper while she was on the phone. When she hung up, Fu Chenan looked at her eagerly.

Xiao Yingchun couldn't help laughing: "Did you hear everything? How about I give you some tofu dregs?"

Fu Chenan nodded, his eyes shining: "Is there a lot of this tofu dregs every day?"

Xiao Yingchun explained.

This tofu factory usually produces about six or seven tons of tofu dregs every day. In the months before the Chinese New Year, they will increase production and the amount of tofu dregs can reach ten tons a day.

The Fu family army had 70,000 soldiers, 50,000 of whom came to "support the king", and 20,000 were left to continue guarding the border.

Ten tons of tofu dregs means each person gets four ounces of tofu dregs, which is a good way to supplement protein.

With a large population, once something is divided equally, it becomes difficult to count!
Fu Chenan nodded repeatedly: "What about the price?"

"Two thousand kilograms of tofu dregs is two hundred yuan, but we have to go and get the truck ourselves."

Fu Chenan counted quickly with his fingers: Two thousand kilograms for two hundred yuan, and twenty thousand kilograms for only two thousand yuan... enough for the soldiers to eat tofu dregs for a day!
Oh my God!

It’s a great deal…

(End of this chapter)