Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 206

She told Ashan that she wanted him to help bring back some things.

Ye Xi has not traveled throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, so she doesn't know whether many things in modern times have been introduced or not, but that doesn't stop her from asking Ashan for help.

After she returned home, she prepared behind closed doors for a long time.

She asked someone to find an artist to draw many crops according to her description and also add colors.

Later, she was worried that the drawing papers would be difficult to preserve if they got wet, so she asked someone to make a small porcelain vase based on the painter's painting.

The shape of the small porcelain vase is similar to that of a snuff bottle, and the outside of the porcelain vase is painted with the crops she is looking for, which are then shrunk and colored and then fired.

During this period, she also sent people to ride fast horses south to transport citrons back.

We wanted both fresh and sliced ​​dried ones, and we brought back a lot of them.

In order to catch up with Ashan's departure date, she spent a lot of money to speed up her journey.

I handed all the things to Ashan half a month before he left.

Ah Shan was shocked when he received the drawing paper and small porcelain bottle given by Ye Xi.

Because Ye Xi told him to keep an eye out for these crops outside, and if so, find a way to bring back some seeds.

But if these things only exist outside, how can Ye Xi draw them so vividly?

Ye Xi did not explain this. She just took the drawing paper and explained to him one by one what she wanted.

There are also words written on the drawing paper to indicate what the characteristics are, and its approximate name and features.

Ye Xi was afraid that he would not be able to remember, so she patiently explained it to him, and then asked him to memorize these characteristics when he had time.

She had the small porcelain bottle made into a decoration that can be tied directly to the body for easy carrying.

He told Ah Shan that if the drawing paper was lost, he should look for it according to the pattern on the small porcelain bottle.

Ah Shan had to admire Ye Xi's prudence.

"But why are these?"

A Shan pointed at the fresh and dried citrons on the ground and asked. It was the first time he had seen such things.

“These are called citrons, a type of fruit that is rarely grown in the Lingnan area.

You can take them with you, slice them and soak them in water to drink every day or every few days. Although they are a bit sour, they can prevent scurvy.

Eat the fresh ones first, and save the dried ones until all the fresh ones are gone.

Although some nutrients may be lost after drying, any supplement is good.”

Ah Shan could understand every word of Ye Xi's explanation, but he didn't understand the meaning.

"What disease? Can this thing prevent disease?"

What are the "nutritional ingredients" at the end? Ah Shan looked puzzled.

“If you sail for a long time without eating vegetables and fruits, you will easily get a certain disease.

The disease can cause your gums to swell and bleed, and you may even lose your teeth. In severe cases, it can be fatal.

If conditions permit, you can persuade the boatman to grow some vegetables on the boat, such as soybeans and mung beans.

In addition, some poultry should be raised so that everyone on the ship can eat vegetables and meat, and scurvy will not easily occur.

If the other party doesn't listen to you, you have to rely on these things to survive.

Just eat these yourself first and don’t spread the word.

If someone asks you about it, you can tell them that it is fruit from your hometown and you just prepared it because you wanted to eat it."

Ah Shan didn't expect Ye Xi to be so thoughtful that she even anticipated that he would get sick during the voyage.

The following conversation made him feel even more magical.

Ye Xi knew that this time several chambers of commerce pooled their money to build a large ship for the long voyage of exploration.

The investors did not go out to sea themselves, but sent their own representatives and recruited people like Ah Shan who wanted to make a name for themselves to go with them. It seemed that there was also investment and dispatched personnel from the government.