Two big steamed buns, a bowl of mutton soup with meat, and a lot of salt. Mixed together with the flavorful mutton soup, the iron hammer and his eldest son felt like celebrating the New Year.
After eating, the bowls were cleaned in the designated place according to the other party's requirements and returned to their original places. The two of them continued to line up and walked to the place where they were working.
"Dad, why don't you let Khan come back? It's good for His Highness to be here." Iron Hammer's eldest son suddenly said something.
Iron Hammer paused for a moment, and then said silently: "This is something that only the Khan of Heaven can decide, we can't decide it. Mule, be careful when you work later. It may be heavy work, so don't get hurt."
"Father, I understand." Tie Hammer's eldest son Mule nodded.
It was only when the work started that Iron Hammer and the others realized that their idea was wrong. They were doing the work of leveling the land. Although it was indeed heavy work, after they had done it for a certain period of time, the person in charge actually asked them to start working in batches. rest.
Moreover, the rest period was not short, and they were even asked to be careful not to injure themselves. More importantly, by noon, they actually ate again! It’s the same as the meal in the morning, but this time there’s an extra bowl of soup. There’s not much meat, but an extra bowl of soup is a big deal! And they were given half an hour for lunch break after dinner!
It was still the same guys in the afternoon, but in the evening, there was actually a meal!
Three meals a day! Iron Hammer's hands were shaking a little, even they themselves couldn't bear to eat three meals a day! Although it is heavy work, there is rest time and it is rotated. This kind of work is nothing to them! The key is to eat enough! Have strength!
This...I wonder if your highness can build this city for ten or eight years? Tie Hammer had just such an idea in his mind at the moment.
Muller had the same idea as him. When they received their robes and the manager told them that they didn't need to bring food tomorrow and that they would come to work on time tomorrow, Tiezhuo was wondering if he should let his second son come here too. .
You can eat enough here! The food at home is saved!
"By the way, do you have a mother-in-law at home?" When he was about to ride home, the guard in charge of the horses asked.
"Yes." Tie Zhui nodded.
"You can ask her to come tomorrow. Your Highness needs someone to cook for you. We guards have other jobs. We also need some women to pick some yellow mushrooms on the grassland. I heard that the yellow mushrooms here taste good." The guard said.
"Yes, yes, your highness is absolutely right. After it rains here, the yellow mushrooms on the grassland are especially delicious!" Tie Zhui nodded quickly.
"Well, come on, you won't get paid, but you will be responsible for the food." The guard nodded.
Tie Hammer was stunned for a moment when he heard the word "wage", "wage?" What are you thinking about? I dare not think about it, let alone wages. When the nobles asked them to help with work in the past, it was free, and they had to bring the food themselves. If anyone was lazy, they would only blame themselves for being careless.
Now His Highness is not responsible for the food, and the food is so good, but he still needs wages? Who is so heartless! You must know that my mother-in-law only has a full meal during the Chinese New Year for most of the year.
"Your Highness... Your Highness is kind and has a mind as big as an eagle in the sky. We don't dare to ask for wages. I will ask my mother-in-law to report here tomorrow when I go home." Tie Shui beamed, so that his mother-in-law could have enough to eat. He originally wanted to praise His Highness, but he couldn't hold it back for a long time.
"Well, let's go. It's getting late. Be careful on the way back." The guard said with a smile.
Tie Zhui thanked him again, and then he rushed to his home with his eldest son. He wanted to tell his mother-in-law the good news, and she would be able to eat enough tomorrow! All you need to do is work for His Highness! Muller is right, it would be best if Khan never comes back! It's good that His Highness is in charge of them!
The horses gathered together continued to disperse in all directions. Watching the horses leave, Li Ke stood quietly in front of his tent. His tent was the highest, so he could see where the new city was.
Li Jing was beside him.
In just one day, Li Jing already knew from the guards who reported that many bold herdsmen had secretly asked them whether there would be no more khans in the future and whether this was the land of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, Li Jing would not naively think that these herdsmen missed their Khan. Obviously... His Highness won the hearts of most people with just the simplest move.
When these herders go back and the news begins to spread among the herdsmen, you can imagine how much of a sensation it will cause.
Li Jing suddenly thought of what Li Ke said to Murong Shun, "How to rule these people is not difficult for me at all." Yes, these herdsmen are actually the same as the people of the Tang Dynasty. They know who is responsible for them. They're good.
Li Jing knew what the herdsmen's life was like. If Li Ke operated like this for a year, and someone wanted to drive Li Ke away, these herdsmen would fight tooth and nail. In the past, they didn't fight tooth and nail for Khan. That was because who Khan was didn't change anything for them.
But if someone wants to replace Li Ke next year, do you really think these herdsmen won’t fight hard?
But there is a problem here, and that is food.
"Your Highness, the number of herdsmen who will come to work tomorrow will definitely be more. The 3,300 shi of grain, including the surplus we brought before, is about 4,500 shi. Each of these people averages 1.5 kilograms of grain per day. , if the number of workers exceeds 50,000, our food can only last for seven or eight days at most." Li Jing said, His Highness's methods are good, but the biggest problem is food.
"Don't worry, the scouts have already reported. A new wave of food will arrive tomorrow. This time it will be close to 5,000 shi." Li Ke said with a smile. The total population of Tuyuhun is about 500,000. And it's impossible for all these people to come over and work for Li Ke.
One-tenth of it is already great. Fifty thousand people consume about 630 shi of food a day. Yuelai Trading Company is still continuously transporting food, and the food purchased from the mainland of the Tang Dynasty is being transported here through the Yellow River. , the first batch of food will arrive in about a month.
So food has never been a problem.
"What about meat? Your Highness, you said that they need to supplement meat so that they can have strength. However, those who died in the war can only eat meat for seven or eight days at most." Li Jing was a little helpless, "If you continue to kill sheep, unless you, Your Highness, can Supply all the herdsmen in Tuyuhun, otherwise, sooner or later, it will collapse."
"You guys, you should open your eyes a little bit." Li Ke couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"?" Li Jing raised a question, what does this have to do with vision.
"There is a lot of meat not far from us, but you all ignore it." Li Ke said with a faint smile.
"Where?" Li Jing was stunned.
"Qinghai Lake." Li Ke spit out a noun.
Li Jing was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Your Highness, are you talking about fish?"
"Yes! There are a lot of fish in Qinghai Lake, but these herdsmen don't know how to build boats and don't have the technology, so they just ignore it. Occasionally, some herdsmen get the fish and eat it themselves, without thinking much about it. You people Naturally, I ignored them all." Li Ke said with a smile.
He went to the library in the warehouse to check the information about Qinghai Lake. There are a lot of fish in Qinghai Lake. In the 1960s, due to natural disasters, Qinghai lifted the ban on fishing in order to save people's lives. At that time, Qinghai Lake could produce nearly 25,000 tons of fish every year, which was close to 50 million catties!
At that time, even people from Gansu and Shaanxi came to Qinghai Lake to fish. In the three years of natural disasters, at least 70,000 to 80,000 tons of fish were caught. You must know that this was protected before. Why was it protected? It was because it was almost finished.
In this era, herdsmen simply cannot afford large-scale fishing. You can imagine how many fish there are in Qinghai Lake!
Another point is that the area of Qinghai Lake now is much larger than that of later generations! Li Kecha's information showed that after entering the 21st century, there were only 4 rivers flowing into Qinghai Lake, while in the 1950s there were 107. During this period... Li Ke didn't count. He asked the local herdsmen about the rivers flowing into Qinghai Lake. The lake has only a few more rivers than the 107 rivers in the 1950s.
So is Li Ke short of meat? No shortage! The world just lacks the minds to open their eyes!
