The one who washed the meat came back quickly, but the one who cooked the rice has not come back yet.
Chen Yue divided the meat into four portions, three of which were about the same size, about one and a half pounds in later generations. One pound of Dahan was 16 taels, and one pound was about 15.5 grams, so the Han pound was only more than 250 grams, and the contract was more than half a pound in later generations.
He put the same three pieces aside and cut the other piece of meat about three kilograms of later generations into pieces. Of course, the five people gathered in a pile and stared at him cutting the meat.
Chen Yue did not cook bacon in rice, boil it in water and slice it, or grill it like other time travelers. He could not do this because the meat was about half of the fat, and he had to boil some lard and eat it later.
Save, despise those wasteers who travel through time.
Without iron wire, you can't make fried meat in the yard with hanging pots, you can only go to the kitchen.
There are many people, some people carry the cutting board with meat, some go to wash the pot, and some go to find firewood to attract fire. After a while, the aroma of meat in the kitchen was spread. Not to mention the aroma of bacon, but few people in modern times could resist its temptation, especially if they put some garlic seeds inside, they would not talk about the taste.
Unfortunately, Chen Yue has been here for so long in the Western Han Dynasty. Not to mention the garlic sprouts, he has never seen even garlic cloves.
Li Jin, who was staying in the main hall to watch the door, also came to the kitchen with the smell. Seeing that it was almost half of the frying, Chen Yue picked up a few slices with chopsticks, found a small bowl and put them in, pushed them in front of Li Jin and Zhang Lai, asking them to compensate.
The two children moved very quickly, but their brother was not slow either. They were caught before the two children reached their hands on the slices. "The husband has not taken action yet, and the mother has not come. How can you eat first?"
"Let them eat first." Chen Yue could feel the filial piety and sorrow of this era. Filial piety is really a fine tradition of the Chinese nation. People in this era attach great importance to filial piety. Unfilial people not only have to be condemned by people, but also punished by the government. What is sad is that people eat simple food. For example, ordinary Qianshou can have normal meat and meat twice or three times a year, which is good. The rats caught are not counted. The tenant family may be able to eat the last time, but the owner's family may not be given a big meal of fish and meat every time. The main reason is that the food is too scarce and the yield is not high.
When all the fried meat was brought to the main hall, it was almost dark and the corn and rice were served.
The three cooking women saw meat on the table and smiled for a long time on their faces. The three of them were competing to give Chen Yuebu rice.
At this time, we were eaten separately. Of course, not everyone ate separately, but were eaten in four tables. Chen Yue only left less meat.
Although he hadn't eaten a few meals of meat in the past few months, and he had only eaten more of them in recent days, he looked at the people in front of him and thought that the meat he had eaten in a month a few months ago was probably more than the combined number of these three families over the past decade.
At the dinner table, Chen Yue saw that every family had a slice of meat or two in the bowl of three people at the end. Chen Yue knew that it was not that they couldn't eat it, but that they were humble to each other and hoped that their relatives could eat more.
Seeing this scene, Chen Yue remembered the scene of eating meat at home in recent days. Chen Yue thought that it was difficult for Chen Wu to live with his two brothers for so many years, so he put the meat to her. Chen Wu felt that his younger son saw his younger son drooling and gave the meat to his younger son. Chen Miao knew that the meat was brought back by his older brother, so he gave it to Chen Yue again.
After three rounds of meat, Chen Yue ordered a piece of meat the size of a thumb and divided it into two portions. Chen Wushi and Chen Miao each ate the last small piece.
Thinking of this, Chen Yue felt more and more sad. He secretly vowed that although he could not let the people in the world eat meat every meal, he must make the four families present, including him, be able to eat meat at least three or five days.
Thinking about the current productivity, this goal is probably about two years before it can be achieved.
"Wait a minute to clean up." After the meal, Chen Yue stopped them from packing up the dishes immediately. "Today, this is the first time I met you, so I specially prepared some meat. There are still three small pieces left, one for each of you."
"Thank you, my husband." After getting the meat, each family sincerely thanked Chen Yue. Because they lacked labor, they only had the New Year holidays every year, and the family would reward some meat.
Chen Yue continued: "I know that the ratio of rent and taxes set by the Zhang family to you is 46. Now I will not adjust this, and at the same time, I will not charge a quantitative amount of yield per mu. Instead, I will charge a 46% ratio regardless of how much I collect. Maybe you will think this method is good. You can take a lot of advantage when you lose money in the future. However, I want to tell you that it is impossible. Let's work hard together for the rest of this year. Starting next year, the amount of yield per mu may become smaller and smaller, and everyone's yield per mu will become higher and higher."
"Mr., how tall can you be?" Li Tian felt that there was nothing substantial, and then asked.
Chen Yue did not blame Li Tian for interrupting him. One reason was that he lacked prestige, and the other was that someone needed to ask and answer him one by one. Then he said, "Do you know what the grain output is in the current land?"
"Usually, it's two hu, sometimes it's a little more, sometimes it's a little less." Li Tian thought for a while and said.
"You have also heard from the former butler Zhang Shi that a family has increased their yield by one acre of three or five dou in summer." Chen Yue continued, "This is just a simple farming and improvement, and the income has increased by nearly one hu. Even if it is maintained, the harvest of one acre will be three hu in the future, and the harvest of your family will increase by two hu in one acre. Half a hectare of fifty acres, that is one hundred hu, and a full twenty hu."
Zhang asked first: "Mr. Langjun, with our family's labor, we can't cultivate half a hectares. The main thing is oxen. There are two in the circle. Langjun brought one. I heard that the Zhang family would send one, but four and three families use it. The family can only cultivate thirty acres. If there are more, it won't work."
"It's not the three families who farm, it's the four families who farm." Chen Yue said with a smile, "You will divide the land tomorrow. All kinds of land are divided into four parts, and a family will also go to the land to farm."
"The four families cultivate the land, and there are not enough cattle."
"A family of cows." Chen Yue raised his right hand to stop their problem and continued, "At most, each company will have new plows. With only one cow, it will be deeper and faster than when two cows turned over the ground in the past. In a month, not only the plows are available, but also a new sowing machine. You may not understand the sowing machine. Anyway, you will not need to sprinkle seeds in the field in the future. There are special machinery to sow grains."
Chen Yue stopped his voice, looked at everyone, and continued: "Whether it is planting thirty acres or half a hectares of land, as long as you follow some kind of land, unless you encounter a small amount of drought or flood disaster, the harvest of one acre will never be less than five hu."
"Five Hu!" One by one, they were almost speechless in surprise.
Chapter completed!