Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 778 Drink Soup

Regardless of whether it was a merit or not, at least the production of watermelon frost could bring a considerable amount of tax revenue to the state government. Once the watermelons were sold and made into medicines by other states, the tax revenue would no longer belong to Changwu state.

Maybe it doesn’t matter to Hualei, but it matters a lot to him and he doesn’t want to let go easily.

In fact, when the neighboring Changtong Prefecture was planting sugarcane, Prefect Yu privately went to find Prefect Zhao and asked him if he could give him some sugarcane seeds so that the people of Changwu Prefecture could also plant sugarcane.

As for the subsequent production of sugarcane, if Zhizhou Zhao minds, Changwu Prefecture will not participate, and the sugarcane grown by the people of Changwu Prefecture can be sold to the sugar factory in Changtong Prefecture.

However, the shrewd Zhao Zhizhou just laughed it off and talked about other things, saying that the current sugarcane seeds even the people of Changtong Prefecture could not grow enough.

If Changwu Prefecture wanted to plant it, it might take two or three years. However, Yu Zhizhou couldn't wait, because after two or three years, he might not be in office in Changwu Prefecture.

Therefore, he also wanted to keep the possible watermelon frost in his hands, to bring some benefits to the people under his jurisdiction and to earn some political achievements for himself.

"Is it possible to transfer it? Ask the Huimin Pharmacy in the neighboring prefecture to transfer Glauber's salt, and our Huimin Pharmacy in Changwu Prefecture will make watermelon frost. Is this okay?" asked Yu Zhizhou.

"It is feasible, but this method is only a temporary solution. Let's not talk about whether the Huimin Pharmacy in the neighboring state has any remaining Glauber's salt. Even if they do, we still have to ask them if they are willing to allocate it to us.

Even if we are willing to transfer it, we will have to pay it back in the future. With the reserve of mirabilite in the Huimin Pharmacy of a state, we can't make much watermelon frost. "Medical Officer Liu said helplessly.

As the head of a state welfare drug store, he also hoped that he could take all matters concerning the watermelon frost into his own hands.

In this way, when he had watermelon frost, he would not only have a lot of income, but the people in the Imperial Hospital would also look up to him. However, he didn't have enough Glauber's salt, so he couldn't cook without rice.

Looking at Yu Zhizhou and Liu Yiguan, Hua Lei smiled. In fact, she also understood their thoughts, which was understandable.

Who doesn't want to be rewarded for their contributions? It's normal to have some selfishness. As a local official, as long as you are willing to work and seek benefits for the people, that's all.

"If I go to the Imperial Hospital to apply for Glauber's Salt, will that work?" Hua Lei asked. In fact, she didn't want to distribute watermelon frost to the Huimin Pharmacy in various state yamen for production.

The people of Changwu Prefecture can grow more watermelons and sell them to other prefectures to generate income for themselves. However, each prefecture must have its own core pillar industry to drive local development in the long run.

At present, Xichang Prefecture cannot keep pace with the rest, and each state has its own characteristics. Therefore, we can only make one state have its own products and become rich first according to the actual situation, so as to drive the people of other states to become rich together.

Therefore, the best way is to let Huimin Pharmacy in Changwu Prefecture produce the watermelon frost first, and then set up a watermelon frost production workshop.

By then, we can solve the sales problem of watermelons in Changwu Prefecture. When the demand for watermelons increases, we can also help solve the watermelon problem in Changhui Prefecture next door.

This is the idea of ​​buds.

"Sir, can I apply for it?" When Yu Zhizhou heard that Hua Lei was going to help him apply for Glauber's salt from the Imperial Medical Bureau, he was overjoyed.

“I think I can give it a try. So, I will write an application and apply. Whether I am approved or not, it will take two or three months.

Doctor Liu can do some preliminary preparations first, and when the watermelons come out, try to make some.

If we can get the application, that would be great. If not, we can find another way.” Hualei didn’t dare to boast that she would definitely get the application.

"Thank you, sir. I thank you on behalf of the people of Changwu Prefecture." Yu Zhizhou was very happy. As far as he knew, Hua Lei had a close relationship with the Imperial Hospital.

In addition to selling a lot of medicinal materials to the Imperial Medical Bureau every year, they also sell a lot of sweet potato wine to refine alcohol for the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Therefore, if Hualei helps to apply for Glauber's salt, this matter will be successful in nine out of ten cases. As long as it is successful this year, and the watermelon frost is produced this year and sent back to the Imperial Hospital, there will be no major problems in the future when applying for Glauber's salt on a routine basis.

Yu Zhizhou and Liu Yiguan returned to Changwu Prefecture happily. Hualei began to write an application to the Imperial Hospital for Glauber's Salt.

A few days after the application was sent out, Tian Xiaocheng arrived in Xichang with a boatload of jujube tree seedlings. Hualei was planning to plant jujube trees in Changxing Prefecture in the far southwest.

Now, among the ten states under Xichang Prefecture, five states have their own industries, and three states are ready to follow the neighboring states to benefit from the benefits.

Only Changhuai Prefecture and Changxing Prefecture in the southwest were left. The two prefectures were located at the border, with high temperatures and drought, little rainfall, and no special products were found in the territory that could become the local pillar industry.

Therefore, we must find a way out for these two states so that the people can have more income. Since we have nothing, we can only start from scratch. Taking into account the local weather and climate conditions, Hualei plans to let the people of Changxing State plant jujube trees.

Generally speaking, you can plant jujube trees by sowing seeds or by cuttings. However, it usually takes six or seven years for the jujube trees to bear fruit after sowing seeds, which is a bit long.

If the jujube trees are planted by cuttings, the fruiting period will be shortened to about three years, which may be more beneficial to the local people.

Therefore, Hua Lei asked Tian Xiaocheng to find Zhou Ziren's uncle Yu Dongjia. Yu Dongjia has traveled a lot and knows many more people than Tian Xiaocheng.

With the introduction of Mr. Yu, Tian Xiaocheng successfully bought a batch of jujube tree cuttings in the south. Then, he carefully inserted them into the soil and sent them to Xichang.

When Sun Zhizhou of Changxing Prefecture received Hualei's message asking him to receive the jujube tree cuttings, Tian Xiaocheng had already delivered tens of thousands of jujube tree cuttings to Changxing Prefecture. He was surprised and delighted.

Beforehand, Hua Lei had mentioned to him about planting jujube trees in his jurisdiction, Changwu Prefecture, but did not specify a deadline. He only reminded himself to reclaim some wasteland and hills first.

In addition, he had not asked for a tael of silver in advance. Therefore, Sun Zhizhou did not expect that this matter would be implemented so quickly.

It seems that Hualei paid for the tens of thousands of jujube tree cuttings out of his own pocket. The prefect was really rich, and he paid for thousands of taels of silver himself.