Liu Dazhuang pointed to the bird's nest and said, "What does a bird's nest belong to?"
"Home!" Liu Fugui replied subconsciously.
"Then if I cut down this tree, will its home be gone?" Liu Dazhuang said with a naive smile, "Then what's the difference between me and the Du family?"
The big guys who were still lively suddenly became quiet. They didn't think about this problem at all. After all, most of them thought about how to survive every day when they opened their eyes.
They don't care about the life or death of others, let alone the life or death of a bird.
Liu Dazhuang continued: "This is what my father told me. He said... we who rely on the woods for a living must leave a way for the woods to survive."
"Don't you always wonder why I don't allow you to cut down small trees, or cut them down in succession?"
Everyone pricked up their ears. They knew that this was probably the secret to Liu Dazhuang's family being respected and making money.
"It's not easy for small trees to grow up. If we cut them down before they grow up, will there be any trees left?" Liu Dazhuang looked at everyone.
Everyone was confused, why did they care about the forest when people were about to die?
Many people don't understand Liu Dazhuang's thoughts, but there are also a few big men of the older generation who vaguely seem to understand something.
"This little tree is equivalent to our child. The enemy hasn't killed the child yet, will you?"
Everyone immediately understood Liu Dazhuang's metaphor.
It turns out that small trees are the children of the forest and the hope for the future.
"Then why don't we chop them down in succession? I saw several trees that were very good."
Everyone has already understood two of Liu Dazhuang’s three no-cuts, so the third one should be the secret to making money, right?
Unexpectedly, Liu Dazhuang said with a smile: "We can't chop down all these trees, otherwise... when they are chopped down one after another, it will be the time for our death."
"ah?"
"Could it be that the mountain god is to blame?"
"why?"
They still didn't understand, but Liu Dazhuang couldn't explain it clearly.
Because this is passed down from their ancestors of the Liu family.
When cutting down trees, you cannot cut them down in pieces. Even if you want to cut down trees, you must cut them down one at a time.
He still remembered what his father said. Cutting every other tree would not only ensure that he chooses good trees, but also protect the small trees in the forest from growing better in the coming year. It would also ensure the safety of all the people living at the foot of the mountain.
Liu Dazhuang still can't understand these meanings. It doesn't matter if you don't understand, just do it.
In short, dad and grandpa will not lie to themselves.
"Okay, keep working!" Liu Dazhuang urged: "Your Majesty spends money like water. If we cut down more trees, Your Majesty will spend less money to buy wood."
Many people looked disappointed. They thought Liu Dazhuang's family's three-no-cut rule was a big secret, but they didn't expect it to be this three-no-cut rule.
However, their disappointment disappeared quickly, because after everyone put in the work, what happened just now was forgotten.
Everyone in the team led by Liu Laogen wore gloves. They were really uncomfortable when they first started wearing them, but they got used to them after wearing them.
Especially when working, everyone feels that they are not used to wearing it.
Whenever Liu Dazhuang and others cut down a tree, they would cut off all the branches in the forest.
Liu Laogen's people would quickly chop all the branches into firewood, and then tie them up with vines and carry them on their backs.
In fact, a large part of the top of good wood needs to be sawed off, and the top of the wood can actually be split into a lot of firewood.
But these top logs need to be tied up and dragged down the mountain, and cannot be chopped into firewood here, otherwise it will increase the difficulty of bringing them down the mountain.
There are now eighty chefs in the kitchen of Prince You's Mansion. The main reason is that there are too many people eating, which makes the previous people too busy. The firewood required for two meals a day is also unimaginable.
Therefore, Liu Laogen and others need to go up the mountain several times every day. The firewood needs to be transported to a special area and people are responsible for sawing or splitting it, spreading it out and exposing it to the sun. Only when the water is dried out can the fire become fierce when cooking. Dirty firewood will affect the intensity of the fire and produce thick smoke.
The smoke is absolutely torture for anyone cooking in a large pot.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Liu Laogen urged, no one dared to neglect at all.
Everyone carried dozens of kilograms of firewood on their backs and dragged a log down the mountain.
Firewood area.
Li Qingwei, with a bulging belly, wiped his sweat while checking the reserve and quality of firewood.
Once the firewood reserves here are insufficient, many people here will go hungry.
After seeing Liu Laogen coming back with someone, Li Qingwei chuckled and said, "Laogen, you can do it. You can still pull so much at such an old age."
Liu Laogen was now familiar with Li Qingwei, and he was not afraid of the imperial chef at all. He smiled and said, "What's delicious to eat tonight?"
"you guess."
"Is it braised pork?"
"wrong!"
"Is it...a big piece of meat?"
"That's not right either!"
"Then I couldn't guess." Liu Laogen shook his head.
“Let’s eat braised pork rice today!”
"What?" Liu Laogen and others were confused.
"Don't you know?" Li Qingwei said with a proud look on his face: "This is a new dish given to me by the prince. It smells delicious. Take one bite and it will be amazing..."
Gulu!
Before Li Qingwei finished speaking, the stomachs of Liu Laogen and others began to rumble.
"Hahaha..." Li Qingwei laughed, walked towards the kitchen with firewood in his arms and said: "The amount of firewood has been low recently, hurry up! The prince said that I will give you extra food tonight, so you can eat until you are full!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up: "You didn't lie to me?"
"When did I lie to you? Go, go, go! After you make two more trips, you can start eating."
Liu Laogen felt that he was even hungrier. In his heart, the food here was the most delicious thing.
Liu Laogen invited everyone to go into the forest again. While everyone was working in full swing, Yaya was handing out pigweed. Since Zhao Jingru's help, her daily amount of pigweed has doubled.
This also made Yaya's salary more, and she couldn't hide the smile on her face.
However, when Yaya was about to give Zhao Jingru her share, Zhao Jingru refused.
Zhao Jingru said that this was the rent payment for their master and servant to live here.
Yaya is very kind and doesn't want it, but she can't defeat Zhao Jingru.
Zhao Jingru said that they would build a new house in the future, and Yaya finally pushed him away.
When the time comes, they can live in a new house together.
No matter in ancient times or in the modern era, houses are always a topic that cannot be avoided.
Just when Zhao Jingru was about to accompany Yaya back, she saw countless carriages slowly approaching. The Youwang Guards at the camp had already received the news, so there would be no obstruction.
But when these carriages approached the camp, You Wangwei's men already appeared with swords and guns.
"Please dismount!" Li Chong said sternly to the dignitaries who came to do business.
On the way here, many people have seen the scenes of people from Jinyun Township being rejected. Therefore, although these powerful people are a little unhappy, they will not show it easily.
No one wants to be turned away by His Highness Prince You.
When Li Chong finished speaking, these people immediately dismounted and entered the camp without any hesitation.
