Chapter 23 Acting Grandly and Strategically (Fifth Update)

Author: Farmer's One Pot

Chapter 23 Acting Grandly and Strategically (Fifth Update)

In Xiaqiu Village, we drank sheep soup at noon and killed thirty sheep. We went out to buy them last night. The village's own sheep cannot be killed. When the lambs are born, they have goat milk to drink.

More than 300 people came to help, and the village itself had 550 people, some of whom were too young to eat meat.

When it was Zhu Wentian's turn, there were thirty adult sheep, which could not be eaten by the same number of people.

Nowadays, the appetite of the people, and the sight of meat...

Even with so many sheep, the village still cooks other dishes.

Stir-fried tofu, stir-fried leeks with dried tofu, chopped green onion and eggs, mung bean sprouts mixed with shreds, roasted bamboo rat with bamboo shoots, stir-fried shredded bamboo rat with amaranth, sliced ​​salted duck eggs, and stir-fried bacon with green onions.

There are eight dishes, including mutton soup, and the staple food is pancakes.

I don’t bake pies, and I don’t take the trouble to make steamed buns, steamed buns, flower rolls, things with fillings and dough.

No one in other villages has ever seen such a banquet! You have to attend a wedding banquet to get it, right? Xiaqiu Village is grand!

Zhu Wentian was still sitting at the main table. On the main table there were mutton stir-fried with green onions, mutton chops grilled with hands, tripe fried in water, and mutton faces grilled.

He directly grabbed a lamb chop and ate it with salt and pepper noodles.

The officials didn't say anything, and they understood after the last time.

"Drink!" The head of the village poured wine for everyone: "Today we prepared smoked bamboo rats. If you are hungry on the way back, eat them."

He first asks, can you eat bamboo rats? If not, just give a reminder and I will change.

"Bamboo rats are great. I saw them last time. They were big and fat. I can actually raise them." Li Zhixian said that he likes to eat them.

"I came here a few days ago. Actually, I wanted to ask for one to go back to eat, but I couldn't save my face." The county magistrate followed up and expressed his position.

"Better than pork," the chief clerk said.

"I'll eat." Today Dian Shi is here, his surname is Wang.

The other three people thought it would be beneficial to take him with them because they were afraid that he would report them.

The last time the magistrate went back, two pig trotters were given to him.

Seeing that all four officials were defeated, the chief was relieved. As for the Yamen servants, he had no choice.

"Yichang! You've made us so naughty. If you don't know, you might have thought that the food on the table was made by some Xuancheng restaurant!"

Li Zhixian praised that there are many kinds of dishes, and the most important thing is that they are delicious.

"It can't be compared, it can't be compared!" Li Chang was modest, but he thought in his heart, Xuancheng Restaurant will do? Humph!

Zhu Wentian left the table early because he didn't drink.

The others ate equally fast and had to go to work after eating. Only the people at this table drank slowly.

Zhu Wentian did not dream. He ran to the four wells to observe.

The drought continues, so rice needs to be planted, and the river level has dropped significantly.

Next to the four wells, orange trees have been set up, a vertical stick, and a horizontal stick on top of the vertical stick.

The other end of the horizontal stick is tied to a big stone, and this end is a bucket, connected with a rope.

The person used his weight to drop the bucket. As soon as he let go, the bucket filled with water came up.

Among dug wells, this one is the most convenient.

There is another water-fetching tool called Kewu. This cannot be used. It uses a siphon to fetch water, and the other side must be lower than the water level.

The field is lower than the water level. If you dig a hole, if the hole is so low, then water won’t come out directly? Another well?

As for the windlass, it is too slow.

"There are so many matching pieces! Hey hey hey!" Zhu Wentian said to the villager in charge of the craftsmanship.

"There are ten wells in one well. When the first one breaks down, I will lead people to continue to work on it or repair it." The villagers spoke with data.

"Yeah, yeah!" Zhu Wentian was satisfied and went to look at the plowing animals.

The harvest is almost done over there, and before it's over, the animals go to the fields, and then they have to water, soak the ground, transplant seedlings, and transplant rice seedlings.

Since jute is to be interplanted, the rice seedlings must be inserted in a straight line, and it will not work if it is crooked.

Last year, I adjusted it manually. This year, I pulled out the twine threads one by one and inserted them along the threads.

There are knots on the line, one knot per seedling, so the transplanting speed is faster.

Yangma has always been there in the village and is used to pull out and transport seedlings.

Zhu Wentian observed, trying to avoid any loopholes in every step.

Drought can be very harmful, but it can also be beneficial if you are prepared to avoid heavy rain knocking down rice seedlings.

During rice cultivation, when the rain is too heavy, water cannot be released. Eventually, all the gaps in the fields are washed away and the rice seedlings fall down.

However, when planted together with jute, jute can play a stabilizing role, while reducing weeds, diseases and insect pests, and increasing rice production.

After walking around and finding that there was no problem, he went up the mountain, where his friends were taking a nap at the mountain temple.

He lay down, and without waiting for his dream, he got up again and found paper and pen to draw another water-fetching tool. This kind of tool was a bit expensive, so he had to buy a donkey.

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"Li Zhixian, Guanxian Cheng, Chief Zheng, Wang Dianshi, brothers, please come and see more when you have time!"

The village chief said goodbye to the officials at the entrance of the village, and the bamboo rat was sent away.

There were ten officials and five government servants, and the magistrate gave them an extra portion of pickled lamb liver.

"Yi Chang, we will come in two days to see you planting rice.

Planting ramie and rapeseed after the rice harvest must be reported. The rice planted with jute you mentioned must also be reported after we have seen it.

Remember to prepare more delicious food, we came with an empty stomach and we are counting on this meal from you. Hahaha..."

Li Zhixian responded with a smile, saying he was not afraid of poverty in Xiaqiu Village.

In the future, if all villages in the county are selected to give benefits to one village, I guarantee that I will choose Xiaqiu Village.

Because in Xiaqiu Village, one cares about the country and sacrifices oneself, cares about the people and sacrifices oneself, is harmonious with neighbors, has good moral character, behaves without guilt and is cruel, and speaks and behaves in accordance with one's wishes.

After seeing off the officials, the village head rubbed his hands and showed a happy smile: "How did our village become like this? Meat can be eaten freely without even dreaming. It's too scary. Where did the fool go?"

He was in a hurry to find the village guard. Hanhan had always run around when he was a child and would be afraid when he couldn't see him.

There was such a big thunderstorm on a rainy day last year that I had to brave the rain to find it.

Now even more so, Hanhan cannot be lost.

Asking people, the village chief came to the mountain temple.

"Hanhan, you didn't sleep?" the principal asked in a low voice, the other children were sleeping soundly!

"Buy, donkey, look. Hey hey hey!" Zhu Wentian pushed the drawings he had drawn over the small table.

"Buy, buy, buy, what is this?" The director agreed first, and then looked at the picture.

"Well... the well car has a large horizontal gear on the top and a vertical gear on the bottom. A chain is hung on the vertical gear shaft, and water buckets are placed on the chains.

The whole chain with the water bucket goes into the well, and the upper part rotates horizontally, and the lower part rotates longitudinally. The bucket is filled with water and is brought out. When it reaches the upper part, the water comes out due to the designed angle.

This is the same as the big waterwheel outside. It needs a donkey to turn it, like a mill.

If you want the water to flow out quickly, just cover the large gear with the small gear and add a few more sets to raise the water level.

This works day and night, unless there is not enough water in the well, but the well we dug is deep.

Use Juejie during the day and use it at night, or use Juemei for two wells and well trucks for two wells. Let’s compare.”

Zhu Wentian couldn't express it in a single word, really.

"Good stuff, isn't this already?" the chief understood.

"It has been around for a long time. It can be seen in the Tang Dynasty. Most villages can't afford it, so no one will pass it on."

Zhu Wentian gave the answer, Sichuan Yanjing has something like this.

There are just two openings, one for entering and one for exiting the brine.

"It's too late today. I'll buy a donkey tomorrow morning. It's best for the donkey to grind. I'm looking for someone to do this now."

The manager said and touched Hanhan's head: "Whatever you want to eat, ask someone to cook it, or you can cook it yourself."

"Hmm! Hey hey hey..." Zhu Wentian nodded his head.

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