The days move forward day by day, and soon the winter solstice arrives.
It snowed on the winter solstice. In this windy and snowy weather, Ming Zhifu came to Pingcheng.
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Chapter 86: Earned a lot of money and almost leaked the recipe
The snow is just small snow particles, and it hits people's faces with the cold wind, causing pain.
In this kind of weather, few people want to go out.
But Pingcheng was different. When Ming Zhifu entered the city, he found that there were many pedestrians coming and going on the street.
Although these pedestrians were in a hurry, they were quite thickly dressed. In addition to pedestrians, there were also a small number of carriages on the street.
Magistrate Ming couldn't help but sigh, there were so many people going out even in this horrible weather, how busy would Pingcheng be on weekdays.
He took the people straight to the county government office.
The magistrate Ming arrived unexpectedly without saying hello to Magistrate Jiang in advance. When he arrived, Magistrate Jiang was not at the county office but at the sweet potato workshop.
Today is the winter solstice, and it is customary to eat dumplings.
There are many workers in the sweet potato factory, and they eat large pots of rice. These workers bring their own grains just like when they were serving as corvees. For this kind of big pot rice, no one is willing to bring fine grains. All they bring are coarse grains.
But today is the winter solstice, and Li Qiao donated three thousand kilograms of wheat flour, three thousand kilograms of corn flour, and fourteen pigs to the sweet potato workshop in the county town, so that the sweet potato workshop can make two-packed bread - there are too many workers, and the cook cannot make so many breads. Dumplings, but the big buns are barely adequate.
So Jiang Zhi County patrolled Zhuangzi one by one to see if the buns were fulfilled.
After hearing what the county magistrate said, the magistrate Ming stopped the magistrate from going to see Jiang Magistrate. He planned to go to the sweet potato workshop himself.
The sweet potato workshops in Pingcheng were actually seven large villages, each of which could accommodate 3,000 people. The prefect picked the one closest to the county seat, so he entered the village in a carriage, swaying in the cold wind.
Jiang Zhixian was not here, so he did not reveal his identity. He just wandered around the village under the leadership of the person in charge.
Zhuangzi is full of adobe houses, and the rooms are very large. Whether it is Datongpu dormitory, large kitchen or production workshop, every place is large and can accommodate many people.
Knowing that the prefect was most interested in the production workshops, he randomly entered one of them.
This house is very large, with more than a hundred people inside. The floor is paved with adobe bricks. At first glance, it looks neat and clean.
The pots and utensils used by the workers are also very clean, and it can be seen that they are washed every day.
As for these workers, each of them wears a cotton towel on their head to prevent hair loss, and also wears a piece of cloth on their mouth, which is a mask to prevent saliva from spraying into the vermicelli when talking.
Hot water is needed to make vermicelli, so the entire production workshop was filled with white smoke, and it didn't feel cold at all when people stayed inside.
Ming Zhifu walked around inside and was very satisfied.
After leaving the production workshop, he went to the area where the vermicelli was dried. The pavilion was also paved with adobe bricks and was swept clean. There were only snow particles on the ground.
The area where the vermicelli is dried is full of wooden shelves, and the wooden shelves are covered with vermicelli. These vermicelli are frozen hard in the cold wind, with a layer of ice on the surface.
Mingzhifu raised his hand and poked the ice, looking very satisfied.
It's noon now, just dinner time. Because there were so many people, Zhuangzi ate at different times.
Ming Zhifu walked up to the big kitchen.
The big kitchen was filled with heat and was crowded with workers who were eating. The few who couldn't squeeze in stayed at the door of the kitchen.
The meal time is short, and the dormitory is locked, so you can't go back.
So workers usually eat in the kitchen here.
Today's lunch is millet porridge, cornmeal pancakes, and two kinds of bread.
You can eat millet porridge and cornmeal pancakes as you like, with no limit. There are two buns per person, each as big as a adult head, and the filling is radish and pork.
There is not much pork, most of it is radish, but because there is enough oil and water, and half of the buns are made of white flour, which is delicate and soft, the workers are very satisfied. Not only do they taste delicious every bite, but their faces are also With a smile.
Mingzhifu stood at the door of the kitchen and did not enter the kitchen.
He did not ask the person in charge of the village to follow him, lest the workers would feel uncomfortable eating.
Moreover, he wanted to hear what the workers had to say.
A group of workers at the door of the kitchen were holding steamed buns in one hand and bowls of millet porridge in the other, chatting while eating.
They didn't know Magistrate Ming, but judging from Magistrate Ming's clothes, he should be a wealthy businessman.
Anyway, this is the entrance to the kitchen, and there is no vermicelli recipe involved, so these workers only glanced at him for a few times and then turned their attention.
"Li Qiao is so generous. He donated so much food to us, and two pigs per village!"
Although the two pigs were shared among 3,000 people, each person would not get a piece of meat, but it was still meat.
"Li Qiao is the most generous and kind-hearted rich man I have ever seen. When he is rich, he is willing to drag down the folks. People like him should get rich every day. Good people must be rewarded. Now my whole family prays for him every day. , I hope he will always be rich, so that not only will he do well, but we can also benefit from it."
Someone else said this.
As soon as this person's words came out, they immediately caused quite a stir in the crowd.
Good guy, can this still happen?
But if you think about it carefully, this method is wonderful!
God has appeared in Sanliu Village to punish Zhao Erniu, which shows that God has been paying attention to Sanliu Village.
If they pray more, God will surely hear their voices.
"A rich man like Li Qiao is indeed rare. I will pray to God to bless him every day from now on. He deserves the blessing of getting rich every day."
"When my father comes to see me next time, I will tell him this and ask him to bring the whole family to pray for Li Qiao."
"I not only pray that Li Qiao will get rich every day, but I also pray that he will give birth to a son soon. Having a son will bring his roots here."
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu have been married for two and a half years, but Tao Zhu's stomach has not moved at all.
Now everyone in Pingcheng knows that Li Qiao will definitely rush all the way to the palace examination and stand in front of the Holy Emperor. If Li Qiao stays in the capital or goes to other places after becoming an official, let alone Pingcheng, even Sanliu Village and him It doesn't matter much.
Li Qiao's parents are gone, and no matter how close the remaining Li family members are to him, they are still two families, and their household registrations are originally separate.
As for Tao Zhu, Tao Zhu has no relationship with the Tao family, which is equivalent to breaking up the relationship.
Under this situation, if Li Qiao and Tao Zhu stayed outside, how much contact would the couple have with Sanliu Village?
But if the two of them have a child, there will be an extra layer of involvement.
In the future, the children will come back to find their roots.
Or the Li family wants to have a child and takes the whole family to look after the child in other places.
Anyway, no matter what, if they have children, then Li Qiao, Tao Zhu, and the others will be more involved with Sanliu Village and Pingcheng.
It's not just one person who thinks this way, passing on the family line is an instinct rooted in the minds of everyone in this time and space.
But Li Qiao attaches great importance to Tao Zhu, even a blind man can see it.
Li Qiao took Tao Zhu wherever he went, and often held hands in public, not caring at all about the sight of others.
Moreover, Li Qiao even wrote Tao Zhu's name on the field deed. Now, half of Li Qiao's family's 500 acres of farmland belongs to Tao Zhu.
The sweet words on the lips can be fake, but the addition of the name on the land deed does not seem to be fake at all.
Therefore, Li Qiao not only valued Tao Zhu in words, but actually couldn't live without Tao Zhu.
Under such circumstances, who would be willing to be a bad person and rush to Li Qiao to say that Tao Zhu could not give birth to a son?
No one wants it!
But this problem really exists, so now the first person mentioned the problem of his son, and others responded one after another.
Tao Zhu hurriedly gave birth to a son. Even if he couldn't give birth to a son, he could still give birth to a daughter or a younger brother. When the time comes, he would have a baby kiss with a local, and then Li Qiao would have more connections with Pingcheng.
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The magistrate never expected that the topic of the workers would turn to the children. He was a little dumbfounded. He shook his head and walked away.
In terms of Li Qiao's temperament, no matter whether he and Tao Zhu have children or not, he will always help the villagers.
These workers really worry too much.
However, these people also sincerely hope that Li Qiao and Tao Zhu will be well, and Li Qiao's hard work is not in vain.
Knowing that the magistrate did not stay long, he got on the carriage and returned to the county government office.
We had a hot meal at the county government office and slept for a while. It was not until dark that Magistrate Jiang came back.
Jiang Zhixian was shocked when he saw Ming Zhifu and quickly apologized.
Obviously the magistrate would not blame him, but Magistrate Jiang went out for a day in this kind of weather, not for the sake of the people.
When Magistrate Ming came over this time, he had a lot of things to discuss with Jiang Magistrate, which involved Li Qiao, so Jiang Magistrate sent people to Sanliu Village overnight to ask Li Qiao to come to the county tomorrow.
When Li Qiao received the news, he and Tao Zhu had already fallen asleep. They thanked the elder brother who came to report the news and put him in place. Then the couple went back to the backyard to continue sleeping.
The two of them didn't worry about anything, they slept soundly, and before dawn the next day they set off for the county town with their elder brother.
As the night passed, the small snow particles turned into snowflakes.
But there was little snow on the adobe road.
Because this time was the time for the Wangyuelou transportation team to go to Sanliu Village, the nearby villagers had cleared the snow on the road early.
However, it was snowing, the road was slippery, and the ox cart was moving slowly. It took them more than an hour to reach the county seat.
The two went to the county government office to meet the magistrate Ming.
When the magistrate Ming saw Li Qiao, he calculated the accounts first.
Obviously the magistrate did not come from Fucheng, he came from Pingcheng in Yongxing County.
Before going to Yongxing County, he also visited Peishui and other three counties. He checked the account books of these three counties and calculated the money that should be distributed to Li Qiao.
Although the magistrates of the three counties of Peishui are not as smart and capable as the magistrates of Jiang Magistrate, they are much better than Magistrate Sun of Yongxing County. Magistrate Jiang feeds food to his mouth, and these three magistrates know how to open their mouths to eat.
