Chapter 302: Smoked Bamboo Shoots and Pork Ribs

The judge smiled: "What are the powerful? They are all in the surrounding mountains! This aspect of our city in Kuizhou is very good. Everyone is poor and there are no powerful people."

Su You put his hand on his forehead: "There must be something good, right?"

The recommendation official said: "Yes, yes...the best in Kuizhou is definitely the scenery, which is first-rate. How many literati have left magnificent and heroic poems..."

Seeing that Su You's face was starting to turn bitter, the official quickly made up for it: "Spring water! The spring water is also good... If I want to add more, the smell of the mountains and forests is fresh, does it count as another one?"

Seeing that Su You's face was getting worse and worse, Tong Yan also interjected: "When it comes to property, there are actually two types."

"What?"

"Apes! The apes on both sides of the Taiwan Strait can't stop crying!"

Su You almost cried: "What else?"

"Uh... and... and Barbarian Bu, does that count..."

Su You: "..."

The size of the state government office is still there, but it is very decadent. The red paint is almost peeling off, and the wooden troughs and purlins are showing their true colors. Su You estimated that this should be considered a cultural relic in the Song Dynasty, and maybe it was something left by Han Zhaolie.

After cleaning up, the judge carefully handed over his hand: "Su Tanhua, I have prepared a table to catch the wind. I don't know if Tanhua is willing to reward me..."

Su You washed his face, opened the package, thought about it, picked out a linen shirt and wore it, and said, "Oh? Thank you very much."

Tongpan said happily: "I am visiting Tanhua, and I am lucky enough to be able to visit Hanshe. This is a blessing that I cannot ask for. Let's go, let's go to Hanshe... After eating, I will come back to clean up."

When we arrived at Tong Guan's house, we found that it was indeed a humble house with a hoe hanging on the wall. It seemed that this official still had to work in the fields.

Su You nodded: "It's rare to have a magistrate in one state and be close to farmers and mulberry trees. He can be a model for officials in our dynasty."

Tongpan said: "Zhizhou is joking. Kuizhou has little land. This is used to dig bamboo shoots in the mountains..."

The official inadvertently added: "Su Tanhua, your state government also has a trick."

There is no table, so there is a fire pit in the main room. On the fire pit is a large pottery pot in which cured pork ribs and smoked bamboo shoots are stewed.

Tong Magistrate greeted warmly: "Sit down, sit down, Zhizhou will wait for a while, and I will go get some wine."

"Where to sit?" Su You looked around: "Oh, this is a small bench, right? Hahaha, I haven't sat on it for a long time, but it looks so friendly..."

Although the facilities are simple, the cured pork ribs and bamboo shoots stewed with smoke still taste very good. Su You was full of praise after eating: "Good! This is good! The wine is also good!"

Tong Fan said: "This is made from glutinous rice. Then it is poured into bamboo tubes and eaten after a year. It is still the way of the barbarians in the mountains. If you like it, Zhizhou, just drink more."

Su You said: "Both of you are seniors, just call me Mingrun."

The general judge was called Sun Xiu, and the official was called Wu Cai. If there was no hope for his official career, he would just act casually in front of the superior officials, a bit like being adamant without desire.

Sun Xiu gave Su You a piece of pork ribs with chopsticks: "Mingrun, why are you thinking of taking the land route from Xiazhou? You must have suffered a lot along the way?"

Su You said: "It is said that Kuimen is the most powerful in the world. I think when Liu Bei left Shu, didn't he just take the Yiling land route? Maybe it's not certain that the old road can be restored."

Sun Xiu said: "That was in the past. Later, landslides and river gorges formed new beaches, and the land route was destroyed. When it was not destroyed, there was still prosperity here."

Su You nodded: "Yes, that section is really difficult to walk."

Sun Xiu said: "If you look at the layout of Kuizhou City, you will know that facing the river in the south, there are Yidou Gate and Kaiji Gate. They are respectively taken from the poems of Du Gongbu, "The setting sun is setting in the lonely city of Kuizhou, and every time I look at the Jinhua by the Big Dipper" and "Three Gates".

Gu Pinpin made plans for the world, and the two dynasties opened the hearts of old ministers. To the north is Suchengmen, and to the west is Laiwei Gate. There are only three hundred steps from north to south, but eight hundred steps from east to west. Not to mention the terrible terrain, up to now, only

Qiu Xu..."

The official said: "The Ming Dynasty has just arrived, old Sun, don't just be discouraged. This is the place where Liu Bei stayed alone, and there are many literati in the past who paid tribute to him. Although only the foundations of Yong'an Palace remain, Baidi City still has some walls. He said

Maybe Mingrun will write a few poems and become famous throughout the ages, so it’s not like his appointment is in vain, right?”

Su You smiled and said: "If this was a tour of mountains and rivers, there might be two more poems. But now that I am here to take up my official duties, I must first find grain for the people to chew..."

"Yes, thank you two brothers for your warm reception. I will take a walk tomorrow and check the documents and account books left by my predecessor before I make any decision."

Back at the government office, Qidi had already cleared out the house: "The little wizard is back?"

Su You lay down on the bed and said, "Oh, I'm so exhausted. Let's boil some hot water to warm my feet."

Qidi smiled and said: "It has been cooked a long time ago, and I also added Millet Spatholobus. I will pick it up right now."

Su You propped himself up on his elbows and shouted: "Remember to sprinkle some salt!"

At this time Zhang Qi and Zhang Zao also came back: "Young Master."

"Oh oh oh... it feels so good." Su You put his feet into the basin and grinned because he was so hot: "How is it?"

The two of them dragged a stool and sat down. Zhang Qi said, "It's not that good. There are probably nearly two thousand households in the city, two taverns, and a tea house."

"A local wealthy family named Liang has two hundred acres of land outside the city and several mountains and forests. He is the largest family."

Su You curled his lips and asked, "Why do the people here have their karma?"

Zhang Zao said: "This..."

Qidi smiled and said: "Little wizard, I'm afraid the people around you are not all farming for us barbarians."

Su You was shocked: "What?"

Qidi smiled and said: "Anyway, in our tribe, many Han people come up to the mountains to help us farm in the spring, and come up again in the autumn to help us harvest wheat. It's very lively."

Su You was a little worried: "What about weekdays?"

Qidi said: "On weekdays, we usually dig wild products and weave bamboo utensils. The Han people are skilled in weaving dolls, and we Yi girls like them the most."

Su You put his hands on his forehead and wondered whether he should laugh or cry: "I still wanted to let the Yi people go down the mountains to live a better life, but it turns out that they are not full and the Han people are running to the mountains..."

Zhang Zao said: "Young master, there are almost no products here. What we have are ramie and light wine."

Su You said: "That's not right. Du Gongbu's poetry collection once mentioned that the shipbuilding industry here was at its peak."

Zhang Qi and Zhang Zao looked at each other: "Well, what the young master said is indeed true, but, but now, the shipbuilding craftsmen have all gone to Meizhou..."

Su You was dumbfounded, this was still his fault?!

…

Early the next morning, Su You, accompanied by Sun Xiu and Wu Cai, inspected Kuizhou Wharf.

Although this wharf has been dilapidated, its scale and foundation are still preserved. Su You saw it on the ship when he went to Shu, and now that he is standing on the ground, it is simply breathtaking.

This place is twice as big as the current Meishan Pier!

Sun Xiu said: "Back then, Liu Bei prepared to conquer Wu here, built the Yong'an Palace, built warehouses, docks, and docks. He built huge ships, and then moved eastward by land and water. Unfortunately, he did not succeed."

Su You smiled and said: "But it left us such a huge foundation."

Wu Cai sighed: "What's the use of the foundation? Now the land routes have been cut off for many years, the goods are not arriving, and the big ships are unwilling to dock. In fact, in the past, Kuizhou was the end point of the Wu ship and the starting point of the Shu ship. The two places of Wu and Shu were here

Material exchange is flourishing."

Su You pinched his chin: "We have to think of something. By the way, the widow is from this area, right?"

Sun Xiu said with a smile: "Are you talking about the one from the time of Qin Shihuang? It is said that the widow Qing made a fortune here by collecting salt, mercury and cinnabar, and she became rich in Sichuan. Our Kuizhou is also a salt-producing area."

Su You's eyes lit up: "Oh?"

Wu Cai poured a ladle of cold water on it: "But the local brine spring is too thin. Boil three kilograms of salt water to get one or two ounces of coarse salt."

Nowadays, one pound is sixteen taels. Su You calculated the concentration in a blink of an eye and found that it was 2%, which was a bit low.

Sun Xiu said: "There is another problem. Most of the brine springs are exported in the gorge. Local salt farmers use ships to transport the brine back and forth, which is very hard and dangerous. Therefore, our salt can only satisfy our own consumption. Except for Daning Supervisor,

The imperial court is also not strict with academic duties, so it can be regarded as self-sufficient."
Chapter completed!