Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 413: The Possibility of Deceiving the King

But Hualei really wants to eat rapeseed oil. After coming here, she has been eating soybean oil or lard with a strong bean smell. She hasn't eaten rapeseed oil for six or seven years. Hualei said that she missed it very much.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to reveal this secret, but Hua Lei wants to wait until she has squeezed a batch of oil before doing so. By then, she will have rapeseed oil to drink, and she will be willing to sell the remaining rapeseed.

However, Rong Jin didn't think so. He said that if Hua Bud didn't explain the reason for planting this rapeseed now, according to the normal use of rapeseed by other people in the Dasheng Dynasty, this rapeseed was at the stage of edible rapeseed seedlings, and it was impossible to keep the rapeseed in the entire basin for seeds.

If they said that they accidentally discovered that they could produce oil after saving the seeds, or if they directly used the rapeseed to produce oil for their own consumption, both of these could be considered deceiving the emperor.

It would be better to say that we knew that this rapeseed had the potential to produce oil when it was planted, but we were not sure yet and needed to test it with a batch of rapeseed when the time came.

In this way, if the oil is successfully squeezed out, the flower buds can also be eaten. If the oil cannot be squeezed out, the flower buds are not responsible.

Rong Jin had never seen rapeseed being pressed for oil, so he was somewhat skeptical about Hua Lei's claim that rapeseed could be used to press for oil.

Although he didn't think Hua Lei would lie on purpose, he was worried that Hua Lei might remember the two crops incorrectly or make the mistake of remembering them, which would be difficult to deal with.

After all, rapeseed has been grown in Mobei for a long time, and no one has ever thought of using rapeseed to extract oil.

Moreover, if Emperor Shengwu really wanted rapeseed seeds, he only had to go to Mobei to buy them as seeds. At most it would cost some manpower and money. For the high and mighty Emperor Shengwu, this was not a difficult task at all.

In the past two months, Hualei had already sent ships to Mobei to continue purchasing rapeseed. By the time these ships returned, they would most likely have purchased a lot of rapeseed.

So now, when explaining the book, don't be secretive and explain the situation directly to Emperor Shengwu, the intention of growing rapeseed, and the uncertainty of oil extraction.

At that time, we can use the uncertainty as an excuse to conduct experiments on a batch of rapeseed and squeeze out a batch of rapeseed oil. In that way, for Hualei, there will be no possibility of committing the crime of deceiving the emperor, and he can also eat rapeseed oil, which is the best of both worlds.

Otherwise, how can we explain that we planted so much rapeseed, didn't eat any of it when it was young, and went to Mobei to buy other people's rapeseed. Moreover, the rapeseed in Huabud was transplanted one by one, so it would be difficult for Huabud to justify itself.

If it is explained in the explanatory book now, then transplanting can be said to be done to increase the per-acre yield of rapeseed.

Taking the initiative to go to Mobei to buy rapeseed from other people's homes, it can be said that he was thinking that if the rapeseed could really be squeezed into oil, he wanted to present the purchased rapeseed to Emperor Shengwu to promote its planting.

If no oil can be squeezed out, Hualei will bear the loss. Emperor Shengwu will definitely be happy to hear that. If Emperor Shengwu needs to promote it, he will definitely give money for these rapeseeds, so Hualei will not lose money.

Even if Emperor Shengwu does not need these rapeseeds, he can press the flower buds and sell oil himself, so there will be no crime of deceiving the emperor.

After listening to Rong Jin's explanation, Hua Lei had to admit that Rong Jin's ideas were indeed more comprehensive than hers. Sometimes, she still took things for granted.

Here, I still have to be very careful about my words and actions. After all, this place is different from my previous life.

Xiaoyuan and Rongjue on the side also agreed with Rong Jin's opinion. There was no choice, so Hualei finally followed Rong Jin's suggestion and wrote down the intention of planting rapeseed, and also specifically explained the possibility and uncertainty of oil extraction.

Looking at the explanatory book in her hand, Hua Lei felt that this time she had really done her best to say everything she knew. Even if she wanted to add two more words, she couldn't think of any.

After the content was unified, Rong Jin checked it again and found that there was no problem. He drafted an explanation first, and after rechecking it, he asked Hua Lei to copy one.

There were more than twenty pieces of three-foot-square rice paper, and Rong Jin's words were flowing and vigorous. Looking at the flawless exposition book, Hua Lei wanted to be lazy again and asked Rong Jin, "Can I hand this exposition book directly? I don't want to copy it anymore."

Seeing Hua Lei acting like a spoiled brat, Rong Jin couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth and said softly, "No, my handwriting is too different from yours.

Since His Majesty has asked you to write this explanatory letter, you must do the final copying. Otherwise, if His Majesty is unhappy, all our previous efforts will be wasted.

Besides, your hairpin flower small regular script is very beautiful. The emperor has kept your last waterwheel explanation in the imperial study, and didn't even give it to the Ministry of Works. It can be seen that he likes your calligraphy very much. You can copy another copy and hand it in.

If nothing unexpected happens, I estimate that this land reclamation description will be the same as the waterwheel description, and next time, someone will ask you for this information again.

Then, you can give them my copy instead of copying it. "

Hua Lei thought that according to Emperor Shengwu's character, something like this was very likely to happen, so she could only resign herself to her fate and picked up the brush beside her.

Although Hualei only needs to copy it, and does not need to think about it, the amount is still very large.

The key is that there can't be a single typo on a piece of paper. Once there is a typo, or a drop of ink is accidentally dropped, the whole piece of paper will be ruined and you have to write it all over again. Oh! I wonder if I can write with charcoal?

Then, he asked, "Can I copy it with charcoal?"

Seeing Hua Lei looking like she wanted to be lazy, Rong Jin smiled, looked at the explanatory book in his hand, and said, "Well..., let's do this, you should still use a brush to write these contents, and you can use charcoal to draw these topographic maps, and you can also use charcoal to write the annotations on the sides of the graphics.

Isn't this much more convenient? The graphics in the explanatory book will not be wrong, and the entire explanatory book will be more harmonious and better looking. What do you think?"

Hua Lei took a closer look and found that there were indeed seven or eight topographic maps in the entire explanatory book. It would be much more convenient to draw the topographic maps with charcoal. So she nodded and made the decision.

"How about you help me draw a topographic map? I will write the annotations and so on here myself. It shouldn't be possible to tell who drew the topographic map, right?" Lazy Hua Lei looked at Rong Jin who was grinding ink and made another request.

Rong Jin nodded, "Well, this is fine. The topographic map doesn't show the strokes, so I'll draw it."