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Chapter 34 Matsumoto's thoughts

At night, several bonfires were lit at the foot of the mountain, and several large grills were placed on it. More than a dozen large tunas of about one meter were passed by iron rods and sprinkled with salt, and then they started roasting on the bamboo fire.

If you want to talk about tuna, it is actually delicious to eat raw and fried to taste better, but if you grill, the taste is not that delicious. But in this joyful atmosphere, the barbecue makes the atmosphere more lively.

More than 60 strong men from Matsumoto Village sat with the people of Sanguo Village, singing the folk songs they knew, and then ate meat in big mouthfuls and sipped delicious fish soup in big mouthfuls. I just felt that a happy life was like this!

I didn't plan to invite them to drink. Among so many "Wan Beast Group", the wine is only 1,000 pounds. Baye and the others regarded it as treasures. On the first day of celebrating the relocation of New Sanguo Village, I drank a little bit, and the rest were hidden in the warehouse and no one was allowed to move.

Even so, the strong men in Matsumoto Village also had great food and drink.

Sea fish and river fish are different. They are not only in terms of taste, but also in terms of heads. Which one do you think will make you salivate more easily?

The wealth of Matsumoto Village is in a relative sense. Over the years, they have maintained a total of less than 10% of the total number of people starving to death. In other words, among the more than 700 people, there are only less than 70 people starving to death in these years. On average, more than ten people starve to death every year, which is the first in a radius of a hundred miles.

But if they have enough food and clothing, they are also joking. Unless the "Wan Beast Group" is finished, that is possible.

So these delicious tuna fish are enough for them to eat, and they eat no less than the first day our Sanguo Village residents came here.

There are also fried tuna meat pies, which seem to have become the signature delicacy of Liuyin Harbour. Not only do we like it, but the slaves like it, but this group of people from Matsumoto Village are no exception. They grill tuna with one hand and tuna meat pies with the other hand, which are voracious.

Especially Sanpingwei, who was in a great mood today, had just eaten six teapots in less than time. If his daughter Caizi hadn't snatched him up, he would have been ready to eat until he didn't want to eat it.

Many people did not have daughters to persuade them, and the tragedy occurred. An old man in his fifties ate eight tuna meat patties, two kilograms of tuna barbecue, and five bowls of fish soup. He fell directly to the ground and twitched and hung up.

The joyful atmosphere disappeared now, and the others in Matsumoto Village quickly put down their food and dared not eat more.

In fact, there were a few young men who had overeat and vomited a few times before, but no one was paying attention. Except for Caizi who advised her father, no one reminded them... Well, at this time, the person who reminded them would probably be beaten up: Why, you don't want me to eat enough, right?

When I heard this news, I was so amazed and laughed. I often said that I could eat too much, but I didn’t expect that there were people who could eat too much to die.

But face-saving work must be done. The three fathers hurriedly walked forward and expressed their condolences to Matsumoto Satsu and others. Of course, Matsumoto Satsu knew that it was not our fault, and of course they did not dare to blame us. The matter was revealed.

Matsumoto Satsu is a smart person. He was able to become the village chief not only because his surname was Matsumoto. This Matsumoto village was founded by his ancestors, but more because he was smart and sleek and could be at the same time.

He felt a little confused when he saw us entertaining the people in Matsumoto Village so enthusiastically.

Attentiveness is a good thing, not a good thing.

If the weak are obedient to the strong, it is flattery or want to get help. This can satisfy the vanity of the strong, so it is also a good thing.

But if the strong are attentive to the weak, it is worth pondering. There must be conspiracies and tricks, at least to plot against themselves.

Matsumoto Sazu was aware of all the situation in Matsumoto Village. He was not a fool. How could he have thought that the people in Sanguo Village were attracted by their own population.

In terms of the fertility of the land, the ten-mile black soil that has been reclaimed and loosened at the foot of the mountain can cost at least more than 10,000 acres, which has long exceeded the fertile land in Matsumoto Village.

Besides, the strength of the troops is, one is a powerful force that cleanly kills the "Wan Beast Group" and the other is a weak force that is under the oppression of the "Wan Beast Group", which is incomparable.

In this way, there is only population problem.

Matsumoto Village is very young and strong, and the structure is reasonable. Sanguo Village must have wanted to annex the population of Matsumoto Village to strengthen its own strength.

Before the "Wan Beast Group" was wiped out, Matsumoto Sho had fantasized many times. If a rebel army came to protect Matsumoto Village and not be bullied by the "Wan Beast Group", he would be willing to do anything!

However, now that the "Ten Thousand Beasts Group" have been wiped out, and Sanguo Village does not look very ferocious, Matsumoto Zu is a little resistant to the idea of ​​surrendering to Sanguo Village: I would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. Be a local emperor who is unattended, and life in the village will be good in the future. Why should I find someone to give orders to myself?

Soon, he firmly decided on this decision and would never surrender to Sanguo Village. At most, just like he used to treat the "Wan Beast Group", just supply vegetables and rice to Sanguo Village.

Matsumoto Zu kept thinking about how to refuse Sanguo Village, so that they would not make them angry. As a result, until the end of the banquet, the three leaders of Sanguo Village did not say a word, and Matsumoto Zu, who had prepared a lot of reasons and excuses, was a little worried and almost took the initiative to ask, what do you want.

Matsumoto Su was not asleep all night. The next morning, when a group of people from Matsumoto Village were still having breakfast, he spoke to his three fathers, because there were a lot of things in Matsumoto Village and it was not good to delay it.

Without saying a word, Shen Han smiled and said, "Okay, please take back the things sent by Matsumoto Village Chief this time. Our two villages are not in the relationship between masters and slaves, so there is no need to offer us a gift."

When Matsumotozu was calmed down after hearing that we were willing to let him go back, he laughed: "Your Highness Shen is polite. I won't say anything else, just to thank you for destroying the extremely vicious 'Wan Beast Group'. You deserve these gifts! If you don't accept them, it will be a bit disappointing to our hearts."

"Okay." Shen Han thought for a while and said, "But we can buy these rice and vegetables with money. In addition, we also want to buy some rice seeds, and ask the Matsumoto village chief to take care of you."

Matsumoto Suzu thought of this yesterday. He was originally planning to use it as a condition for seeking freedom. Since people said that they had not mentioned the annexation, he also understood what it means to repay the favor.

"Haha, this is easy. When I go back here, I will ask them to send a thousand kilograms of seeds." Matsumoto Zu said without hesitation: "But Your Highness Shen, I'm bluntly speaking, the northwest of our Hokkien Island is very cold, and rice can only be grown for one season, and the yield will not be high. You should prepare to grow wheat as soon as possible."

Xiayi Island is located in a very northern area. The weather is very cold. Almost half of the year is covered with ice and snow. Rice likes a slightly warm environment. Master said that Sichuan and other places can plant two seasons a year, but we can only plant one season at most. Due to the temperature, although the soil is better than most of Sichuan’s land, the final yield is only one half of that of Sichuan.

And the seeds must be successfully planted in the northern part of Essay Island. Otherwise, if you take the seeds from Sichuan and Jiuzhou Island, you will be sure to be done as soon as you sow.

Matsumoto Village has been sowing rice for decades, and their rice seeds are already very adaptable. They can be used after taking them, so there is no need to worry that they will have no harvest if they sow.

Relatively speaking, the better one is wheat.

Wheat is also divided into two seasons of spring wheat and winter wheat, and we can only sow one season here, otherwise the strong winds and blizzards in winter will directly crush the wheat to death.

But wheat has very good cold resistance. In this fertile land, the wheat yield will be twice as high as rice.

However, on the Hokkien Island, the value of wheat is not as valuable as rice. In the filial piety share stipulated by the "Wan Beast Group", the exchange ratio between rice and wheat is one to four, which means that four kilograms of wheat are worth one kilogram of rice, so Matsumoto Village is naturally willing to grow a little rice.

"Well, I have also purchased wheat seeds from other nearby villages. The cultivated land should be wasted." Shen Han smiled and pointed to the foot of the mountain, "At least we must have enough food and clothing to be worthy of those who follow us!"

Matsumoto Sho showed envious eyes. He had known for a long time that there was a large area of ​​fertile land here, but he had no courage to come here to farm. Now he was taken into the trap by Sanguo Village, which made him a little jealous.

The others in Matsumoto Village were even more envious. Yesterday afternoon they went to see the fishing boats in the port of Liuyin Harbour full of fish and shrimps. The baskets of fat fish, shrimps and crabs of more than 30,000 kilograms were moved to the hill platform. The people in Sanguo Village couldn't stop smiling and said that there were so many gains every day. If it was summer and autumn, it would increase by no less than two or three times!

Thinking about the tuna barbecue and tuna meat patties I ate yesterday, the people in Matsumoto Village feel that the villagers of Sanguo Village who live here are simply living a happy life like a fairyland. Many people think in their hearts, how great it would be if they could live here!
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