Chapter 20 The abundance of Minfeng cuisine is well worth it (second update)

Author: Farmer's One Pot

Chapter 20 The prosperity of Minfeng cuisine is well worth it (second update)

"Hey! A distinguished guest is coming, please come over here."

When the chief came here, he saw nine men and nine horses. The horses were used for riding, which were better than those for pulling carts.

He knew the key. He had to go to Xuancheng to open a road to divert the land, and also send the grain when paying the land tax.

"Our leader." The old man introduced, then turned around to find his own place.

"Yichang! Your village today is..."

The county magistrate also knew that Zhu Yichang was good at cooking and the beef with soy sauce was delicious.

He thought he could avoid him, but the whole village ended up eating outside.

"Li Zhixian, Guanxian Cheng, Chief Zheng, and six brothers, please sit down quickly and I'll have someone get you water to wash your hands and wipe away your sweat."

The headman asked people to take the horses to the stables for feeding, and arranged for the three officials to sit at their own table, while six government servants sat at the table next to them.

"Wash yourselves." The magistrate saw the villagers lining up to wash their hands and faces, and using soap.

He walked to a queue, and the leader quickly asked the villagers to stand back.

The magistrate picked up the soap, smelled it, and nodded: "Does the honey locust contain spices?"

"It is steamed with perilla and coriander, then stir-fried and then mixed with water and made into balls. The other things are left alone." The director introduced.

He didn't know how to do this before, but he was taught by Hanhan. He also said that when the rapeseed is harvested, he can use rapeseed oil to make other soaps and soaps.

The magistrate and others used soap to wash their hands and clean their faces. The soap was a round ball.

By the time they returned to the main table, Zhu Wentian had already sat down.

The three officials were stunned. Who is so ignorant of etiquette?

"The county magistrate, the county magistrate, the chief registrar, his name is Hanhan, and he is the village guard of my Xiaqiu Village. When I invited him here thirteen years ago, he sent the village list to the county town."

The head of the village explained that the child's status is different and he is a fool.

"Oh! What a good village guard!" The county magistrate nodded. Thirteen years ago he was not the county magistrate in Xuancheng.

"Hehe! Eat, hehe hehe!" Zhu Wentian cooperated.

The three officials did not dare to complain. The village guard who had entered the village was very impressive.

A clay pot was brought over, containing tofu cubes and tofu-stewed chicken cubes.

I cut an extra plate of bacon and salted duck eggs, and then fried a large plate of eggs and chopped green onions into a round pancake shape.

Seeing that the chief wanted to arrange other dishes, Li Zhixian stopped him: "Yichang, there is enough to eat, don't be busy."

"The main reason is that there aren't many dishes and it looks too shabby. I'm waiting for dinner in the evening, so I'll prepare it properly."

The chief brought the wine, then he sat down and sighed.

Three officials: "..."

They usually don't get such good food, and officials' salaries are low.

Xuancheng County is called Shang County, and the county magistrate is of the sixth grade, with a salary of ninety dan per year.

The seventh rank of county magistrate is worth eighty shi; the eighth rank of chief official is worth seventy shi.

Others belong to the official ninth rank, including one from Dianshi, who has a salary of sixty dan.

Give rice directly, with the shell on. If you want to eat something else, exchange it for rice, or sell the rice to buy something.

Li Zhixian took a sip of wine, ate another piece of chicken, and swallowed: "Yi Chang, I went to the fields to see when I came here. The hemp and rapeseed are growing well. Does it cost a lot of land?"

"We don't consume much hemp and rapeseed, so we can supplement the fertilizers with plant ash, hemp seed oil residue, phosphorite powder, and retting farmyard manure."

Li Chang admitted that continuous farming has an impact on soil fertility, but it doesn't matter. Just apply fertilizer normally.

"Why use those things?" Guan County Cheng knew about farmyard manure, but didn't understand the others.

"Whatever is missing, make up for it. Whatever is missing, make up for it."

The director himself didn’t even understand it, but Hanhan said it anyway.

It was also said that it is best to put the soybean pods and bean cakes in the ground after retting them for a while.

Unfortunately, even if people don't eat bean cakes, they still have to be eaten by livestock. Bean stalks are also suitable for cattle and sheep.

"How do you know what is missing?" Chief Zheng asked the key question.

The director shook his head slightly: "I usually put some in, right?"

Zhu Wentian just kept eating and didn't care about my business.

Everyone chatted while eating. The county magistrate and the registrar mainly talked about the affairs in the county.

The magistrate asked around and learned that pottery basins, bowls, and plates were all purchased in the village, specifically for eating large pots of rice.

By the way, I learned that the village used the land that was used to grow hemp last year to grow cotton. The land reclaimed exceeds 2,000 acres, of which 400 acres are better.

The reason for eating chicken today is to start harvesting ramie and rapeseed in two days to strengthen the body and eat it for five days in a row.

Zhu Wentian finished eating first. He didn't interrupt. He took his friends to eat for a while, then took a nap to keep healthy.

Seeing Hanhan leave, he let out a long sigh. He was always worried about being exposed.

"Yichang, I passed by other villages when I came here, and the villagers were very promising. How come your village has a lot of land reclamation, but..."

Li Zhixian wondered, are the people in Xiaqiu Village different from the people in other villages?

"There are big livestock in the village." The head of the village filled the magistrate with wine and said with a smile.

"How many are there?" The chief clerk thought about what the other party said about opening up 2,000 acres of wasteland.

The headman did not hide anything: "Let me think about it, uh... there are ninety oxen, one hundred and twenty mules, six donkeys, and... ninety horses."

The three of them said again: "..."

They deeply suspected that the lieutenant was lying. Are you kidding me?

You dare to say that there are more than 300 large animals. How many people are there in your village? Are you using people as animals?

The chief smiled slightly: "After dinner, you all go and have a look. I'll ask someone to kill the pig and make braised pork for you to eat in the evening."

"I have to go back in the afternoon, the county is busy with affairs."

Li Zhixian put down his hand. The road from Xuancheng was too far.

"Oh!" the manager responded, and then shouted: "After dinner, go help kill the pig and make braised pork."

"Yichang, why do you have to do this? It's not easy in your village." Li Zhixian was in trouble.

"The government is tight today and officials' salaries are low. I can't give you money. Why can't you just eat food?"

The headman spoke on behalf of the officials, and there were people above him who could handle things easily. The roads were opened for three months.

It's not that you can't give away money, but you can't give it away in public. If you give food away, no one will care about it until it goes into your stomach.

"It's a waste of money to ask Yichang." Li Zhixian finally agreed.

Eating faster, they planned to walk around the village.

Everyone was full, and the government servants showed happy and contented smiles. It was so delicious that even after they finished eating, they even gave them more.

The chief took three officials for a walk. First, they went to a place where livestock were raised. There were pigs, sheep, and fat bamboo rats.

Finally, it was the big animal that the village chief mentioned, and the three people in Li Zhi County were confused.

There is no need to count, just look at the groups and you will know that the number is not bad.

The chief bookkeeper was stunned: "How...how...is this possible? No, you don't need money?"

"How much did it cost?" The county magistrate's eyes were full of copper coins.

Li Zhixian took a deep breath, and then another deep breath, and suddenly felt that eating pork from Kou Village was nothing. Xiaqiu Village was too rich.

He patted Li Chang's shoulder: "Yichang, where did you... get the money?"

"Uh..." The director was in a dilemma. If he didn't say it, he really couldn't explain it clearly. But if he said it... would he still be able to make money selling rock candy in the future?

"Yichang, even if we don't ask today, if your village brings livestock to the fields, the news will be passed on to the neighboring villages. Human nature! If we come today, there will be people..."

Li Zhixian: Tell the truth, someone reported your village, they are obviously jealous.

"Wait for me." The mayor left the three people behind and ran away.

He ran to find Hanhan, whether he wanted to talk to Hanhan or not.

When he found Hanhan, Hanhan was sleeping with his friends on the straw mat.

"Hanhan! There is something, they..." the chief said.

"Hmm! Someone made a mistake? Alas! Fish under the water, geese in the sky, can be shot from high and fished from low. The abyss has a bottom, but the human heart cannot measure it."

Zhu Wentian tapped his leg with his hand and frowned.

The head of the house opened his eyes wide and felt that this statement made sense.

"Tell me! Daming bought the rock candy from outside, and the good stuff was bought. After talking, I estimate that Daming will sell the rock candy. I will write to you, the chief."

Zhu Wentian went to find the Four Treasures of the Study and came back to write.

While writing, he recited: "The Ming Dynasty Shipping Department, the market and foreigners' goods, all imported goods must be expensive, and everything exported will consume people's energy."

Every time things change, money moves in reverse order, people are fat and rich, more is produced and less is replaced, things have a certain amount, people have no permanent strength, brown sugar and rock sugar can be counted ten times.

This method of filtration will benefit all people. I hope people can use it well and express my feelings."
Chapter completed!