It is difficult for ordinary villages to accommodate such a large army, and it is not safe, so they can only stop by the roadside in the wild, take a short rest, eat and drink when they need to, and poop when they need to.
"Young master, if you feel bored, you can open the door to ventilate and come down for a walk. I'll go and relieve myself. If you need anything, just call me."
The coachman stopped the carriage and turned back to the carriage to tell him.
Wen Wu opened his eyes from meditation and said, "You can do it yourself." When the coachman walked away, he opened the two doors of the carriage and looked outside. At this time, the carriage stopped beside the field, and as far as he could see, there was a
desolate.
In this winter month, the autumn harvest has passed and spring plowing has not yet come, so most of the fields are still deserted. The people in the convoy were not polite. Except for a few people who wanted to go into the grass and woods, most of them went to the fields.
Only the women's constables would be more troublesome, but the convoy going north mostly did physical work. Most of the people accompanying the team were men, and there were very few women, so it wasn't a big problem.
Thinking about it now, it's no wonder that Qu Hong insisted on finding a big carriage.
"Well--"
Wen Wu let out a long breath and stretched. Looking at other small cars, it was difficult to stretch his legs, let alone stretch his waist, let alone do other private things.
On the other side, the kitchen worker was pushing a trolley and shouting, "Hot soup, hot soup. Serve it yourself if you want it." There was a large bucket of vegetable soup in the cart, which was steaming hot.
After a while, dozens of people gathered around.
Wen Wu looked at it and found he had no appetite. For such a large convoy, in order to rush on the road, they usually lighted as little fire as possible in the morning and noon. The cooks only cooked a large pot of hot soup for everyone to eat with dry food. In the evening, they would eat better.
, light a few fires, let everyone get together and eat some hot food, prepare some hot water, and the charcoal can be used to heat the house at night.
Of course, these are limited to people with low status. For example, those young masters, young ladies, or leaders like Li Kuang, most of them have their own preparations and don't have to squeeze in with the people below.
In fact, there was a small copper stove in Wenwu's carriage, which was used for heating and cooking. He looked at the people surrounding the cart outside and saw how satisfied they were with the hot soup, and felt a little touched in his heart. Ordinary
People can use charcoal stoves, but in carriages, open flames are not allowed. It is too dangerous, not to mention medicinal materials. Although copper stoves also burn charcoal, they have double layers, so they are much safer. However, safety
On the one hand, what really hinders ordinary people from using copper stoves is the price. Copper stoves are expensive to build and can only burn refined charcoal.
Wen Wu unlatched the buckle of the copper stove, opened the valve, and threw in a fist-sized piece of pitch-black charcoal. This fine charcoal is made from Longli wood, a unique species in the south. It is flammable, high-temperature, smokeless, and odorless.
Resistant to burning.
Dragon lychee is a kind of fruit with purple skin and white flesh, sweet and delicious taste, which can relieve summer heat and quench thirst. It is a specialty of Nanyuzhou. Dragon lychee tree, as the name suggests, is the dragon lychee fruit tree. It is a dwarf tree in the south. It usually takes ten years to mature into a tree.
This is why civilians are reluctant to burn refined charcoal. Refined charcoal is made from Longli wood, and considering the charcoal yield rate, it is necessary to choose an adult tree that has grown for more than ten years. However, ten years of Longli wood can already
The dragon lychee produced every year can be sold for one or two silver coins. Moreover, dragon lychee trees generally live for thirty to forty years. Even if the impact of the decline in output of old trees is ignored, there can still be a harvest of more than ten or twenty years. Therefore,
Who would be willing to cut it down so easily? If you follow the charcoal yield rate of newly grown dragon li wood, you will generally only get seven or eight kilograms of refined charcoal after firing. Long li trees can only be sold for a few scraps per kilogram.
There is no fine charcoal on the market that costs less than 3 copper coins per pound.
If the copper stove Wen Wu is using is burned for 12 hours a day, even if it is used sparingly, it will burn more than ten kilograms of fine charcoal. How is this burning charcoal? It is simply burning money. In fact, if it is not Qu
Hong, Wen Wu is not willing to part with it. According to her, it is reported to Wanyaodang's public account anyway. If you don't spend it, the money will fall into other people's pockets.
After a while, the groom trotted back from the small ridge on the other side of the pipeline, took out a gray sea bowl from the package hanging on the shaft of the cart, and hurried over to fill it with soup. Although most of the hard laborers were from the lower classes,
But working in Wanyao Hall is not considered poor, so looting is not a problem. The horseman did not wait long, and soon came back with a bowl full of hot soup. He returned to the carriage and took the parcel from the
He took out a paper bag, opened it and took out a yellow wheat dry bun.
Wenwu ate yellow wheat once. It was not delicious when eaten directly and could only be used to feed livestock. However, after being ground into powder and made into steamed buns, steamed buns or cakes, it could be used to fill the stomach.
The groom seemed quite satisfied. He ate the steamed buns with the hot soup. It tasted like a "huhuhuhu" and looked quite fragrant.
Wen Wu noticed that while he was nibbling the dry buns, he carefully held the bowl under his mouth so that the scraps would fall into the soup and not be wasted on the floor.
The groom seemed to be aware of it. He turned around and saw Wen Wu sitting inside reading a book. There was nothing strange, so he continued to eat.
The jade white jade soup, green vegetables and tofu, is quite appropriate.
Wen Wu thought about it in his mind. However, he was really regarded as a young master. He murmured. Otherwise, no matter whether he eats or not, even if it is just out of politeness, he is not allowed to ask: "Aren't you going to drink?"
"Do you want a drink?" and the like. I guess the groom is already used to the old and young men starting their own business, so asking more will only increase the embarrassment.
Two quarters of an hour passed by in a flash, and just after arriving, the motorcade set off on time.
The groom closed the door of the carriage, checked again to make sure nothing was missing, and then untied the rope and mounted the horse. But before setting off, the curtain behind him was opened.
Wen Wu stretched out his hand and handed him a small bag of dried fruits, "Try it."
The groom was stunned and answered subconsciously.
Wenwu put down the curtains and threw a preserved fruit into his mouth. The Huangpa fruit is sour and sweet, and it can promote body fluids and digestion. It only costs two or three pieces of money for a packet, so a large amount is enough for a tube, so good.