sThanks to Tian Da Di Da Da for remembering to go home together for the reward.
"It's snowing. Counting the days, the deputy director and the others should arrive in Qingcheng."
Liu Heng stood in front of the door, stretched out a hand outside the door, and let the snowflakes fall on his palm and turn into water.
The first snowfall in Datong came a little later than the grassland, but it was a heavy snowfall. In less than an hour, the ground was covered with a thick layer, and the tree crowns outside the courtyard gate were all wrapped in silvery white.
Zhao Yutu, who was standing aside, said, "Such heavy snow is not bad for the people of Datong, but it can easily cause white disasters on the grasslands and freeze many cattle and sheep to death. Those herdsmen will be easily deceived by others. "
Liu Heng took back the hand that was stretched out, rubbed his water-stained palm on his clothes twice, and said at the same time, "Because of this, it is even more important to send people to the grassland to guard the grassland. Even if something unexpected happens in the future, , the deputy director can also come forward to solve the problem in time."
There were several seats in the signing room. Liu Heng walked back to the desk and sat down.
Zhao Wu in the house picked up an iron hook, opened the lid of the coal stove, grabbed a few briquettes from the basket on the ground and threw them in, then closed the lid again with the iron hook.
Seeing this scene, Liu Heng said, "There is no need to rush to add briquettes. The room will be warm only when the briquettes inside burn red."
"This is my first time using this thing. I will remember it next time." Zhao Wu scratched the back of his head with his hand in embarrassment.
Zhao Yutu on the other side said, "This coal stove is much easier to use than the charcoal brazier. It is not as dusty as the charcoal brazier, and the room is warmer. If the door had not been open, I don't think I would have had to wear this coat." "
"This coal stove was just built by the Ordnance Bureau. There are not many of them at present. There are only a few workshops in use. However, Huang Zhong is arranging people to build it as soon as possible. Soon we will be able to use it across the Tiger Flag." Liu Heng picked up the stove on the table. Big tea vat, took a sip of water.
Zhao Yutu walked around the coal stove and said, "We can sell this coal stove. With this thing in winter, it will be difficult to get cold."
Liu Heng said with a smile, "The coal stoves currently manufactured by the Ordnance Bureau are divided into three types, large, medium and small. Later, you can go to the Ordnance Bureau to find Huang Zhong and give a few coal stoves to Fatty Xu and the others, and use their mouths to spread the word about the coal stoves. You should try to sell as many as possible before others understand how to make this thing. It is not difficult to make this thing. An experienced blacksmith can make it by himself after studying it for a while."
"Fatty Xu, despite being fat, is more afraid of the cold than ordinary people. With such a coal stove, Fatty Xu will probably be grateful to our Tiger Flag." Zhao Yutu said with a smile.
"It is said that fat people are not afraid of the cold. Fatty Xu tells us with his own experience that fat people are more afraid of the cold than ordinary people, haha." Liu Heng said with a smile.
Zhao Yutu laughed along with him.
The mortgage room is not big and is usually used as an office. A coal stove can keep the whole room very warm.
Liu Heng covered the outer wall of the big tea vat with both hands and said to Zhao Wu, "Go get some sweet potatoes and put them on the lid of the coal stove, so that you can taste the delicious roasted sweet potatoes."
"yes."
Zhao Wu agreed, turned around and walked out of the signing room.
"If I hadn't seen this sweet potato, I would never have imagined that there would be such a high-yielding food, and the same goes for that potato. If we plant these things in the fields of Ming Dynasty, how can the people still be hungry?"
When it comes to sweet potatoes, Zhao Yutu couldn't help but sigh.
The past few years have been getting worse and worse. Because of the tiger-character flags here in Lingqiu, many waterwheels have been built, and the harvest in the fields is pretty good. However, in places farther away, there are no canals like the tiger-character flags. It was another matter of building a water tanker, and the harvest in many fields was less than half of previous years.
In the past six months, Tiger Flag has taken in many people who fled to Lingqiu.
Those people in places closer to Datong were better off. Many people who fled from Shaanxi had to die of hunger and disease many times before reaching Lingqiu.
"Next year I plan to promote these two things in Lingqiu and Guangling." Liu Heng said, "An acre of land that can harvest one stone of food, sowing sweet potatoes or potatoes, can produce a harvest of at least three stones, especially sweet potatoes. Even if it is It can also be planted on hillsides.”
"Things are good, but I'm afraid that people won't recognize them and won't plant them." Zhao Yutu expressed his worries.
Liu Heng said, "Let's plant in our own land first. As long as the people see our harvest, they will take the initiative to plant with us. Your logistics bureau must also collect more grain and store it. I'm afraid the weather will not be good in the past few years." Great."
Zhao Yutu nodded and said, "Several large granaries have been built on the Hutou Village mountain specifically for food storage."
The door of the signing room was pushed open, and Zhao Wu walked in from the outside with a few sweet potatoes in his arms.
"Deputy Director, should we go to Qingcheng first, or our cargo storage point in Tiger Flag?" Zhang Sancha asked Li Shuheng.
Li Shuheng glanced at Qingcheng in front of him, and then at the yurts further away. He said, "I will take a few people to Qingcheng first, and you will take the soldiers to the reserve point. We will live here forever in the future."
Zhang Sancha showed his yellow teeth and smiled and said, "Don't worry, Deputy Director, we were all prepared before coming to the grassland. We won't go back to Lingqiu unless we overthrow the Fanji Chamber of Commerce this time."
Li Shuheng nodded.
He has always wanted to give up his position as Deputy Director of the Military and Political Department and concentrate on farming matters. Unfortunately, he has never been able to achieve his wish. He still holds the position of Deputy Director, but many things have begun to be transferred to the Attendant Department. He is mainly busy with breeding.
Nowadays, Tiger Flag raises a lot of chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs. Almost every soldier can eat an egg or duck egg every day.
There is no shortage of meat either. Except for the pigs that cannot be slaughtered because they are not large enough, duck meat and muscles are already self-sufficient.
If something had happened on the grassland this time, and someone with weight was needed to take charge, and he had interacted with Bushitu Khan and Namur Taiji, he would not have come to the grassland this time.
"Deputy Director, there are some riders coming towards us from the direction of Qingcheng." Shao Wen, as a sentinel rider, rode back from the front to report the news.
"Be careful." Li Shuheng warned.
"yes."
Shao Wen rode away.
As the riders coming from the direction of Qingcheng approached, they could already tell from their clothing that they were both Han and Mongolian.
Shao Wen surrounded them with sentry riders and blocked them directly outside the convoy.
"I am Wu Jingyan, the shopkeeper of Qingcheng Store, and I want to see Deputy Director Li."
One of the middle-aged men wearing Han Chinese clothes took out a copper block from his arms.
A tiger-shaped flag sentry rider jumped off his horse, walked to Wu Jingyan, took the bronze medal, and returned it to Shao Wen.
Shao Wen picked up the bronze medal and took a look at it.
The bronze medal is engraved with the identity of the license holder, as well as his name, place of origin, and origin.
After confirming that the bronze medal was correct, Shao Wen said, "Don't blame me, Shopkeeper Wu. The grassland has been uneasy recently. We cannot help but be careless, so we have to hand over the weapons we carry, otherwise I will not let you see the deputy director."
"I understand."
Wu Jingyan reached out and took out a gun and a bishou from his waist, and handed them to Shao Wen's people.
"These weapons must also be handed over." Shao Wen looked at the Mongolians beside Wu Jingyan.
