The people who came to work were happy. Not only did they have meat to eat, they also saw that the wheat in Xiaqiu Village was weighed, about one acre and one stone and a half.
I heard that in wheat-growing areas in the north, the yield of one stone and three bushels per mu is considered good, so Xiaqiu Village harvested two bushels more.
Our village has long discussed with other villages to see how the wheat in Xiaqiu Village is doing. If it is good, we will open up wasteland and plant a crop of winter wheat in late autumn.
There was nothing to be busy with at that time. After harvesting the rice, sowing the wheat again was like picking up for nothing.
Big animals are the most important thing. You must buy them. You can pool money together to buy them. It’s not possible now because they are expensive. Rice is about to be planted and big animals are needed in the fields.
After planting rice, look at where livestock is cheaper in Xuancheng and Dangtu, as long as it is good.
He always cares about the rental of Xiaqiu Village. He takes too many favors, and he doesn't feel at ease if it's not his own.
Of course, Xiaqiu Village will not suddenly turn its back and say that it will not rent anymore. Just now, the village chief said that the livestock will be free of charge this year, and they will be given wheat in return for helping with the work.
This is pity for yourself and others, and you will help if you can, so benevolent and righteous! It's time for people to make a fortune.
Little did they know that Zhu Lichang of Xiaqiu Village was going to claim credit from the prince, and he promised to meet the prince and the emperor, and was allowed to make firecrackers. What kind of favor was this?
"Yichang, where is Hanhan?" Feng Gui brought people over to work again. He was given three pounds of wheat a day, the kind with the shell, and he was responsible for the rice.
Especially for villages that are far away, if you don’t go back once you’ve arrived, it will take you half a day to go back, all on the way.
In this case, I won't go back to the nearby ones, eat less, live in the village, and find a place to sleep when the weather is hot, not to mention that the old houses in the village are vacant.
For 20,000 acres of wheat, a village with 300 laborers would have to work for three days, plus rapeseed and ramie to help dry it, which would take four days.
Feng Gui found that there was no familiar figure among the main force working. Where had Hanhan gone?
"Go to sleep with the children." The lieutenant lied, while Hanhan took his friends to make gunpowder.
I disliked the simple formula given by the court and made it myself, purifying, grinding, mixing, drying and granulating it.
Zhu Wentian is making black powder, granular, for flintlock guns, without burning ropes.
He can actually do better. For example, he now has digestive cotton, and then uses ethanol and concentrated sulfuric acid to make ether. The ether is mixed with ethanol and digestive cotton. This is what is used for launch.
What about the explosion? Didn’t I have nitroglycerin tablets before, and other things were replaced with diatomaceous earth.
As for the primer, the single-base one is digestive cotton, and the double-base one is digestive cotton plus nitroglycerin.
However, he made a small amount and asked the court to do it. The industrial base was not up to that level, so it was more suitable to use black powder and shoot iron beads.
"After we've been busy for a while, let's make fireworks that are better than those given by the palace. Don't look at me, look at the things in front of you. Move the finished ones to a house far away, and scatter them one by one..."
Zhu Wentian didn't have time to laugh at the moment. He had to keep an eye on the operations of his friends, who were all very serious.
When it was time for lunch, Zhu Wentian stopped and went to eat. He stopped doing anything in the afternoon. After eating, he felt sleepy and went to sleep. When he woke up, he started writing.
None of the children in the village complained that they were tired from studying. They knew how difficult it was to have someone to teach them. Children in other villages couldn't afford the money to go to school.
What's more, how can anyone outside teach as well as Brother Hanhan? I heard that in schools in the county, everything is memorized, and Brother Hanhan tells stories while teaching.
There are many interesting stories in the Three-Character Classic and the Thousand-Character Classic.
We all went to the big pot meal place in the village and had mutton soup today, which was a deliberate arrangement.
One is that mutton soup makes people sweat easily and can prevent heat stroke to a certain extent. If you are about to suffer from heat stroke, you should not drink hot things.
The other is mutton soup to replenish water. Some people are not used to drinking water to replenish water.
Especially some children who brought water in the morning but didn’t drink it when they came back in the evening.
The most important thing is that you don’t need to cook extra vegetables when drinking mutton soup, which saves time.
For staple food pancakes, bake one large pancake at a time in a large pan, cut it into pieces, and do not add chopped green onion or brush with sauce. That means brushing some oil on the pan when baking the first pancake, and starting with the second pancake without oil.
Sweet garlic, cucumber pickles that squeeze out a lot of moisture, and the village generously provides pepper.
The villagers of Xiaqiu Village take money less and less seriously, because it is so profitable, and the level of people's pursuits increases with progress.
It turned out that the villagers only thought about having enough to eat, but later they thought about eating meat...
Nowadays, it’s about socializing and respecting people, working hard to learn knowledge, and not caring about giving good food to people who come to work.
When drinking mutton soup, people from other villages add more mutton fat to them, while those from this village try not to add mutton fat as there is no shortage of oil and water.
Only a few people like the taste of suet and ask for it individually.
Everyone loves to eat chopped green onions and coriander, and no one says I don’t eat this or that.
Aged vinegar and soy sauce were placed on the table. There was no white vinegar. It was not impossible to have it, but Zhu Wentian didn't want to make it.
How good is aged vinegar! Vinegar is still medicine! Blending with glacial acetic acid? It’s just ethanol, simple, but not as healthy as vinegar.
There are two more dishes on the main table, fried tripe and lamb shank. The dipping sauce does not include chili oil, but just sesame sauce, aged vinegar, soy sauce, and fermented bean curd juice.
Drinking white wine soaked with medicinal herbs, not rice wine, but drinking soup will occupy your stomach.
Zhu Wentian drank, first poured a small cup, a cup with three qian, he hesitated, and said: "Drink, okay, cool, hot, exhale, exhale, fragrant, sweet, hey hey hey hey!"
The people at the head table actually understood that the liquor has a high alcohol content, is delicious, and is cold when it is imported.
After the wine passed through his throat, Todoroki's stomach felt as hot as an explosion. At this time, he had to hold his breath, then he opened his mouth and let out a breath of wine, then took another breath and spit it out, and the aroma of wine appeared.
This refers to the wine on the table now. Its sweetness is due to soaked ginseng. The ginseng has a sweet aftertaste, just like Wuliangye. If it is replaced by Maotai, the aftertaste has the taste of distiller's yeast.
In fact, Wuliangye tastes better. Most people are not used to Moutai, so Maotai-flavor wine should be tasted slowly.
"Hanhan still knows how to drink." Zhou Zong thought that Hanhan just listened to what others said and took note of it, so that was worthy of praise.
"Hmm! Hanhan, I, drink, haha!" Zhu Wentian cooperated and didn't need to talk anymore for a short time. He was tired.
"The ten brothers who went back last time all said that when the chief arrives in Nanjing, they will be responsible for protecting them. How did the chief arrange it?"
Zhou Zong brought up the issue of personnel again and quickly said, I can send someone to report.
"Me, my mother-in-law, the village elders and children, plus Hanhan, there are thirty-two people in total."
The village chief and Hanhan had agreed that it was impossible for the whole village to go. What's the point of not seeing the emperor? Not suitable for eating or drinking.
If I don’t have to go, and I really don’t want to go, where can I get better food? No, it will only make you more tired.
After choosing and choosing, I finally decided on this arrangement. The children would go over to play. If there was any offer of marriage, be sure not to agree. It was too dangerous.
Especially the little girl Ling'er, who grows more and more beautiful as she eats better, and those big eyes are so smart. She must not be given to anyone as a concubine or anything like that.
