Fang Xiaoyue did not eat too little before, but it was definitely not as amazing as today.
A barrel of rice was enough to feed thirty people, but Fang Xiaoyue ate most of it.
This is no longer a matter of large appetite, but the reincarnation of the wild boar spirit, right?
Fang Xiaoyue didn't know the murmurs of some villagers and slept comfortably.
When I got up early the next morning, I stretched myself and felt that all the trauma and fatigue I had experienced during this period had completely recovered and disappeared.
Comfortable! It’s still comfortable at home.
Fang Xiaoyue sighed softly, stood in the open space in front of the wooden house for a while, practiced boxing for a while, and then began to patrol the valley.
The replanted potatoes have grown very luxuriantly. If this trend continues, it will not be long before they bloom and enter the tuber expansion stage. At most, they can be harvested after the arrival of autumn.
“What are you doing?!”
Before Fang Xiaoyue finished turning the farmland, she heard a villager's roar. She turned her eyes and saw more than a dozen naughty children running away in panic amidst the roars. In their hands, they were holding a few dug out of the ground.
of potatoes.
The leader is his grandson Ding Xiaotie!
Ding Xiaotie is 14 years old this year, and he will be a wife in two years, but judging from his appearance, he seems to prefer playing.
Fang Xiaoyue couldn't help but shook her head, but did not step forward to take care of the matter.
In these mountains of 100,000, children have to be wild. If they are all raised as scholars, I am afraid it will be difficult for them to survive when they grow up.
In the following time, Fang Xiaoyue did not go out again.
He knew that after he assassinated the commander of the Beiyue Army, there would definitely be chaos outside.
He couldn't guess whether Pinggui State would take the opportunity to counterattack or Beiyue State would send reinforcements to completely destroy Pinggui State.
The only thing you can do is wait for a while, wait for the situation to become more stable, and then go out and see for yourself.
If the Beiyue Army continues to occupy Pinggui's land, then don't blame him for being rude.
Having been in this plane for a while, he has a sense of belonging.
Otherwise, he would not have traveled all the way to assassinate the commander-in-chief of the Northern Moon Army.
The number of villagers in Taoyuan Valley is still increasing, and these villagers who have escaped from the outside have also brought a lot of news from the outside world.
For example, the Beiyue Army was defeated and was escaping in embarrassment. After that, Pinggui State restored its rule over Suping County and sent a new county magistrate, the magistrate, and the magistrate was collecting this year's head tax, etc.
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Well, the Beiyue Army has just taken down a few waves in Suping County, and the new official of the Pinggui Kingdom has come to raid again.
No wonder the number of villagers who fled into Shiwandashan during this period not only did not decrease, but actually increased.
But these are not Fang Xiaoyue’s focus for the time being, because the potatoes planted in Taoyuan Trail and Taoyuan Valley have been harvested!
Taoyuan Valley’s current population has reached more than 700 people. During the potato harvest, they all go to work, using hoes, shovels and other agricultural tools to dig potatoes.
On the specially built sunbathing dam, fresh potatoes are piled up like mountains.
The joy of a good harvest ripples in Taoyuan Valley, and everyone has a smile on their face.
They don’t care about which one is more delicious, potatoes or rice. They only know that this year’s harvest will be bumper and they can live a good year.
Compared to the joy of the villagers, Fang Xiaoyue looked a little sad.
There were so many potatoes that the excavated stone chamber could not even hold a tenth of them, let alone the rice originally stored in it.
If potatoes are left out in the wind and rain, they may sprout or become moldy soon, which would be a big loss.
At this time, he regretted not learning how to process potatoes in the previous plane and make them into potato vermicelli, vermicelli, starch, etc.
Of course, he is not completely out of ideas.
After thinking hard, he decided to dig dozens of large cellars behind Taoyuan Valley.
Potatoes, agricultural products, can only be stored longer in a cool and ventilated environment of 5 degrees Celsius.
Following his order, the villagers immediately went back to the hard work of digging cellars after a bumper potato harvest.
I have to say that his decision was correct.
It took more than half a month to dig the cellars one by one, send all the potatoes into the cellar, and then build a ventilated wooden house above the cellar.
When all this was done, late autumn arrived, and the continuous drizzle fell near Taoyuan Valley for more than ten days.
If the potatoes are not stored well before this, the hard work of several months will be in vain.
On the night of the harvest, a grand harvest festival was held in Taoyuan Valley.
The villagers were singing and dancing, jumping around the bonfire, and a large amount of roasted potatoes, sprinkled with a little fine salt, were delivered from the canteen like flowing water.
In the absence of fried shredded potatoes, this roasted potato should be regarded as the best way to eat potatoes.
Fang Xiaoyue, who didn’t like eating potatoes in the past, also followed the cheerful atmosphere and ate a few more skewers.
After resting for a few days in Taoyuan Valley, Fang Xiaoyue just got up on this day. After her routine of meditating, practicing boxing, and standing stances, she came to the cafeteria, ordered a portion of mashed potatoes, mixed with some honey, and sat down to eat.
When I was there, a young man ran over panting.
Fang Xiaoyue knows this young man. His name is Niu Xiaowen, and he is one of the young men responsible for guarding outside Taoyuan Trail.
Since the Beiyue Army raided the mountains last time and after this potato harvest, there was a lot of excess food, so Fang Xiaoyue sent out sentries.
Compared to living statues, these young and strong sentries are undoubtedly much more flexible.
“Grandpa Zhang, an official is here and wants to see you.”
Niu Xiaowen ran to Fang Xiaoyue, took a breath, licked his chapped lips and said.
“Have an official?”
Fang Xiaoyue is a little curious. He should be an official of Pinggui Kingdom. He doesn't know why these guys came to Taoyuan Valley.
But he made a guess and suspected that the official was here to collect taxes.
Hearing Fang Xiaoyue's judgment, the young and old people beside him couldn't help but become angry.
People like me have finally settled down, but those dog officials still dare to come to collect taxes?
For a time, the people in the valley were indignant, and there were even excited young men who wanted to go out and kill the dog official with weapons in hand.
But he was stopped by Fang Xiaoyue.
He would say two words about the officials of Pinggui: incompetent!
It is said that the previous magistrate of Suping County not only failed to organize manpower to defend the city when Beiyue's army pressed on the border, but instead tried to escape privately in a carriage.
If the Beiyue cavalry had not blocked the city extremely tightly and rushed over as soon as the city gate opened, the county magistrate might have escaped.
To be honest, if the county magistrate gathered the soldiers, government officials, and young men in the city to resist, he would be able to hold on for a few days and wear down the morale and strength of the Beiyue Army. When reinforcements arrive, the Beiyue Cavalry who are isolated outside the city may not know what to do.