Chizhou has a lot of seasonal fruits during the autumn harvest.
It happened that Xiao Nianzhi still needed to stay for a while, so he just changed his tricks.
For example, hawthorn can be dried in the sun, and then used to make other desserts or make tea. You can choose a batch of good ones and dry them.
In fact, fresh fruits can also be made.
You can make sweet soup with apples or eat canned fruits.
Although there are no finished glass cans and bottles nowadays, they have various vegetable jars.
If this thing is properly utilized, its sealing properties will be equally good.
Choose a smaller one, which is actually almost as useful as a glass bottle.
Pears, apples, hawthorns, late autumn grapes...
There were also a lot of wild fruits, some of which Xiao Nianzhi didn't even recognize.
However, the locals said it could be eaten, and she tasted it delicious, so she tried making sweet soup first.
I found that it tasted really good, so I mixed it with other fruits to make assorted canned fruits.
Of course, if you dry some of it, it will taste good.
After soaking in water, it can also be used as some roasting embellishments.
Xiao Nianzhi stayed in Chizhou until early October.
The local autumn harvest is coming to an end, and most of the things have been harvested.
Xiao Nianzhi's work is also progressing well. At the same time, he also gave simple instructions on the fertilizers they use now based on the local soil quality.
As for the effect?
This still depends on the fruits produced next year.
Therefore, there is no way to know for the time being, but the prefect still thanked me profusely.
Before leaving, it was not easy to give Xiao Nianzhi a heavy gift, as it would be easy for someone to accuse him of taking bribes.
You can't give away gold or silver. At this time, you have to look at your sincerity.
Therefore, the prefect sorted out all kinds of local specialty ingredients, especially all kinds of dry goods, and loaded them into half a carriage.
Xiao Nianzhi:......
She even bought a lot of them herself!
When they arrived, there were two carriages, one for her and her grandfather, one for their daily luggage, and the others were on horseback.
On the way back, another bare carriage was added.
After entering late autumn, the heat of summer has long gone, and there is a lot of coldness of autumn and winter.
However, the weather hasn't really gotten cold yet.
Therefore, using a bare carriage to haul goods does not actually affect anything, and the tightly packed ingredients will not be frozen.
When October was about to pass, Xiao Nianzhi packed up and took his grandfather on the road back to Beijing.
This trip lasted nearly four months.
In fact, the speed is already very fast, except for a short stop at my hometown in Chenzhou, which delayed a little time.
Other times, I was in a hurry and didn't have time to see more of the local scenery. Most of the time, I still thought about finishing things quickly and then going to the next state.
Now that everything was done and he could finally return to the capital, Xiao Nianzhi felt relaxed.
This is a rare and pleasant relaxation.
After work is over, there is no need to walk in a hurry on the way back.
I miss Yan Xingxuan very much.
But there was no delay, Xiao Nianzhi enjoyed the scenery along the way.
Everything is fine with the other party, and there is no need to rush back to Beijing at this moment.
So, walk slowly and look carefully.
In addition to carefully observing the various soil materials and minerals along the way, you can also take a look at people's livelihood and so on.
Of course, by the way, I also recorded the topography of the states I passed through.
These data will definitely still require repeated inspections when actually laying the rails and making the train.
However, now Xiao Nianzhi has a general data so that he can conduct further research.
The further we walked towards the capital, the colder the weather became.
Before returning to the capital, Xiao Nianzhi encountered the first snow of winter.
The snow came more quickly, and the air seemed to get colder all of a sudden.
Heavy snow fell like feathers for three days.
Xiao Nianzhi stayed in Yunzhou for three days.
The road is slippery in snowy weather, and it is easy to accumulate snow, so the road is not easy to walk.
Grandpa's health is not particularly good, and Xiao Nianzhi will not spend all his time here if he is not in a hurry.
So, it’s not bad to stop and take a look at the snow scene.
Yunzhou is very close to the capital. It is less than a hundred miles away. If the carriage and horse are faster, you can actually go back in one or two days.
Xiao Nianzhi stood at a high place in Yunzhou City and could even see the outfield on the other side of Shanglin Garden.
Although Yunzhou was not within his promotion scope, when Xiao Nianzhi came over, the prefect still warmly received him.
Because it is close to the capital, they have been promoting new farm tools in spring.
Who made these farm tools? How could the prefects in various places not know?
No matter how exhausted you are, when you return to Beijing to report on your work during the New Year, you will find out everything that should be asked.
As a prefect, if you don't have this kind of information channel, then this life is probably the end of the prefecture.
Therefore, the prefect was very enthusiastic and discussed many issues with Xiao Nianzhi.
The magistrate of Yunzhou just took office this fall. Before that, he was a fellow magistrate in other places.
After being transferred here, I carefully sorted out the information and became familiar with the business.
After finishing all the necessary matters, I took some time to discuss it with Xiao Nianzhi.
The other party is still young, only one year shy of forty. He is a rare young prefect whom he has met along the way.
The other party was eager to learn, and Xiao Nianzhi also shared generously.
When I encounter a problem that I don't understand, I always look it up in a book or discuss it with others.
Magistrate Chen is a kind-hearted person, very humble and eager to learn.
Xiao Nianzhi had a good impression of him, and because of the snow, he deliberately stayed in Yunzhou for a few more days.
When the snow melted slightly and the road became easier to walk, and Xiao Nianzhi packed his bags and prepared to set off again, it was already early November.
The further we go into the depths of winter, the harder this road becomes.
So, on a good day, Xiao Nianzhi said goodbye to Magistrate Chen directly, then tidied up and set off.
Well, there was not much space left on the carriage, and there were a lot of books sent by the other party.
Some of them were compiled by himself, and some were collected and copied out.
Out of courtesy, Xiao Nianzhi thought about it and left some tomato and pepper seeds for the other party.
This thing is only being grown on a trial basis in Shanglinyuan this year and has not yet been promoted nationwide.
After all, the characteristics of the species and the like have not yet been clearly understood, so they will certainly not be promoted rashly.
If we don’t plant well, the harvest is bad, and it’s not delicious, wouldn’t it be a waste of farmland?
When Magistrate Chen was transferred, he had already inquired about Xiao Nianzhi.
Now that the other party has given me seeds, I feel so excited.
When Xiao Nianzhi set off back to the capital, he almost set off firecrackers.
Xiao Nianzhi:.
It’s not necessary!
As the sun rises, the air becomes colder.
Xiao Nianzhi finally set off again.
Behind him is the Yunzhou City Gate that is getting farther and farther away, and not far ahead is the outfield of Shanglinyuan that he is still familiar with.
