Yi Niang blinked her eyes and asked innocently: "Third brother, what is sustainable development?"
"Well.."
It's really not easy to explain this problem.
"To put it simply, after cutting down the trees on the mountain, will there be no trees left?"
"Yes, that's it, isn't it? Will it still be there after cutting it down? It will never be finished."
Liang Chuan smiled awkwardly and said: "Nature will definitely not grow like this. It needs seeds, and then it will take a long time, almost decades or hundreds of years, to grow into what the forest on our mountain looks like now. "
"But we can speed up this process, or artificially intervene in this process, for example, we can plant trees on the mountain."
"Planting trees?" Yi Niang seemed to have heard something incredible and couldn't understand it at all. "The forest on the mountain is so big that it can't be cut down completely. Is there any need to plant trees?"
Liang Chuankan said: "Of course it is necessary. No matter how large a forest is, we have to cut down thousands of kilograms of wood at a time, and there are only so many trees on a mountain. If we remove these bad charcoal materials such as fir trees, we will only be able to make charcoal. A few furnaces will be gone. We can burn one or two hills in a month. After a year, the entire Helu back mountain will become a thousand miles of bare land. If we can agree, can those mountain people agree? They are We rely on these wild animals and plants in the forest to make a living. If you cut down all the trees and remove the animals and plants, it would be strange if they don't fight with us."
"Yeah, that seems to make sense."
"This matter is more complicated. I will tell you slowly in the future. Those children must also teach them. We can't cut down all the trees today. What will happen to our descendants in the future? There are still many people in Xinghua, and their descendants will too. We have to rely on this forest to live our lives."
Liang Chuan didn't say anything else, but just gave instructions to Yi Niang first. The drawings in her hand were very likely to be real, and if she continued to make charcoal like this in the future, this business would really be able to reach a higher level. Yi Niang also believed in Liang Chuan's words. She couldn't cook or make bamboo weaving every day at home, but she also had to have a decent career to do it.
The next day, Liang Chuan asked Yi Niang to buy vegetables, wine and meat early. Yi Niang was thinking about building a charcoal kiln, so she left the grocery shopping to Xiaochai and Yuzhen. The two of them followed He Baozheng's bullock cart straight to Fengshan.
When Liang Chuan returned to Fengshan, he said that he would invite his team members to drink. The team members have been thinking about it. It has been two or three days since he came back. If he continues to shirk it, the team members will have opinions.
There were more than 100 team members. Liang Chuan told Xiaochai to buy at least two pigs. Zheng Tu in Fengshan had slaughtered pigs. It was best to kill ready-made pigs. If not, he hired someone to bring them back. The team members killed them themselves. Everyone had killed them. Are you still afraid of killing the pig?
Two pigs weigh nearly 400 kilograms of meat, and one person can eat two to three kilograms of red meat. Together with other large dishes, a table full of delicacies can be made.
People in the Song Dynasty could not eat beef, and the yield of mutton was very small. Most people still ate pork. Although pork was a cheap meat in the Song Dynasty, most people still had a soft spot for this kind of red meat. Scholar Su Da is famous for his dish of Dongpo Pork.
The price of pork is also cheap, and a pig is even less than the usual price. This is much worse than that of scalpers, with a price difference of nearly ten times. It is still close to the end of the New Year, and rich people have to prepare to kill the New Year pig, so the price of pork will go up, and the usual price will be even lower. Even so, eating pork is extremely difficult for farmers.
The fact that rural people can kill a pig a year means that the family has a very comfortable life this year, and this pig can be eaten by the whole family for nearly a year. Most people still have to celebrate the New Year, so they need to be hungry first before the New Year is over. After buying a few cuts of pork, even the pig butcher can be considered a respectable person. Is it easy to eat pork?
The team members are also chicken thieves, and they all know that following the captain will get them meat, so when everyone saw Liang Chuan coming back, they knew that good times were coming.
Three villages on the north bank were hit by disasters this year. Not to mention pork, they couldn't even afford millet. The fat and water in their stomachs were blander than clear soup. Small poultry such as chickens, ducks and geese can still be raised in the three villages. Now, if you go around the three villages, you won't hear a pig bleating.
Liang Chuan rang the big summoning gong at the door of his home. As soon as the team members heard the gong, they immediately became energetic. They all ran faster than rabbits and immediately gathered in the open space in front of Liang Chuan's home.
Liang Chuan told everyone about Xiaochai and Yuzhen going shopping for groceries. When everyone heard that the two girls' families wanted to buy groceries for more than a hundred people, they couldn't bring them back even if they could. Chen Fugui and Golden Mountain The two squadron leaders gave the order and immediately dispatched several strong young men to Fengshan to support the two girls. The two squadron leaders gave instructions that they must carry back all kinds of wine, vegetables, pigs and so on, and they must not let them go. The two girls are very tired.
Some people went to move the vegetables, and naturally some people started to work together to boil water, and some went to move tables, stools, etc. from home. The more than 100 team members were all very active in order to have a good meal.
Ye Xiaochai and Shen Yuzhen counted the food and drinks for more than ten tables for more than a hundred people. After buying the food, they only had two heads and four heads. How could they move it back? They couldn't finish it even after six or seven trips. Just when I was feeling depressed, the members of the Chengdu Management Team came. One person carried dozens of kilograms of vegetables, and the wind was still blowing under his feet when he walked.
That's it.
The wine and the pigs were all carried back in large pieces by one person. The pigs had not been killed yet. Zheng Tu was not very willing to sell the pigs he bought directly from Zheng Tu, because the price would be higher if the pigs were killed and turned into pork. If you go up there, you will earn a craft money, but you will suffer a loss if you sell the whole pig.
Xiaochai doesn't want to watch them kill live pigs now. It's so bloody. Buy the pigs and kill them yourself. There are pig blood and various kinds of waste, which are all ingredients that can be made into delicacies. So many people are afraid that they won't have enough. Do I have to buy it again? She simply gave Zheng Tu the price of killing a pig and asked the team members to tie up the live pig and carry it back.
I bought seven or eight chickens and ducks each, enough for one person at the table to eat half a head. As for other dry goods, I had all kinds of nuts, apricots, dates, and fruits. But everyone went there for the meat, so I bought these things. Everyone looks down upon him, he doesn’t even eat enough oil and water, so who is still a vegetarian?
The hot water on the earthen stove has been boiling, and the knife has been sharpened. This kind of sharp-edged butcher knife is specially used for slaughtering pigs and sheep. It is useful for cutting off the neck and bleeding. It turned out that after the battle, Liang Chuan ordered his respective captains to take back the steel-tipped weapons and store them in their respective village ancestral halls. This thing is a murder weapon, and it won't be easy to track it down after the team is ordered to track it down.
Near noon, the pig was finally brought back. Two fat pigs were carried by four people, their feet tied upside down and hung between bamboo poles. The two fat pigs probably also knew that their end was coming, and the pig's unique neighing was very loud.
When killing pigs, it is important to be quick and accurate, otherwise the scene will be bloody when the pigs struggle, struggling with wounds and spraying blood everywhere, which is a very bad mood.
The team selected two capable team members, both of whom had experience in killing New Year pigs. The sharp and gleaming white blades went in and out with red blades. The other team members hurriedly brought wooden barrels to catch the red pigs. Stir-fried pig red and scallions can relieve fatigue and clear the lungs. It is a very favorite dish among farmers.
After a short time, the two fat pigs had turned into large pieces of meat with distinct strips. The two swordsmen completed the task neatly under the praise of everyone. They always lamented that it was much easier to kill people in a war than to kill pigs. The knife went in and out and it was done. The pigs had to be chopped and chopped into pieces, which was extremely troublesome.
The iron pot is filled with mist. The pork needs to be boiled with water, and then some are stewed or braised according to the dish. For good meat such as ribs, bought white radish is added. This is also an extremely delicious dish. Stir-fried pork liver made from pig offal, husband and wife lung slices, and other side dishes such as sour pork intestines can make the team members swallow their tongues together.
Some people were busy cooking, while others were busy setting the table. Each had a clear division of labor, and it was almost getting dark while the work was being done. Piles of bright bonfires were lit in the open space. The temperature would have dropped sharply after the sun went down, but the team members were all in high spirits. Who would feel cold? When you feel cold, lean against the campfire and your body will immediately feel warm. It's really cold, so I took two sips of the sorghum wine. This is high-strength wine. I bought it specially. The strong wine goes with the big meat, so it's enjoyable. If I buy mild rice wine or rice wine, the team members won't get drunk after drinking it until dawn.
Liang Chuan asked Yi Niang to call Chi He's children to come with them. Two fat pigs are too many. The wine table in front of all the team members is full of wine and food, which is more than enough. Liang Chuan asked the children to sit at the table next to him, not watching them under his nose, fearing that these children would not be able to let go.
Yi Niang has conveyed Liang Chuan's attitude towards them to the children. These children respect Yi Niang very much. They were also worried that their trolls would cause trouble to Yi Niang and affect the relationship between Yi Niang and Liang Chuan. I didn't expect Liang Chuan to be so magnanimous, not only accepted them, but also treated them so well. Everyone sat at the sumptuous wine table, staring at the rich dishes on the table, and couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"Brothers, pick up the wine bowls in front of you." Liang Chuan stood up and said loudly to the team members, his voice rolling away like a bell.
All the team members stood up suddenly, and only heard the sound of chairs being dragged back. Everyone was holding their own wine bowls and resting them on their chests.
"I want to honor our dead brothers with this bowl! I, Liang Chuan, am incapable of protecting my brothers! I wanted to lead everyone safely through the disaster of the mountain people, but some brothers still died because of me. This time I respect these dead brothers!"
Two lines of hot tears fell from the corners of Liang Chuan's eyes. He slowly poured a bowl of wine in front of him, pouring it into a straight line to commemorate his brothers who died in the accident.
Everyone is moved!
"Pay homage to the dead brothers!" More than a hundred people spoke in unison. The heroic and tragic voice echoed on the streets of the village and stirred in everyone's chest. Those who died were none other than their childhood friends. Usually, His neighbors and clan relatives are all his dead brothers!
The crystal wine flowed into a silver line in front of everyone. It was the unfinished wine given to the deceased brother.
"This bowl has saved our hometown and our relatives, do it!"
"Dry!"
Liang Chuan drank it all in one gulp, wine overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and everyone drank it too!
"Let's eat!"
Liang Chuan gave an order, and the hungry people began to sweep away the food and wine on the table!
