Although everyone hurried during the day and rested at night, these wounded soldiers used the good medicine given by Xiaohu, and they were supplemented by eggs, chicken, and chicken soup, but they got better quickly. By the time they got back to the herders, they were basically able to walk in the fields.

Xiangzi and Third Uncle didn't expect that Li Darttou and they could really get people back, and there were so many! Everyone greeted them with surprise and enthusiasm, like a victorious soldier. Qin Baihu and his comrades-in-arms thought that they had fled for their lives because of defeat and hid in the mountains, and now they couldn't stand receiving such a warm welcome, and they all bowed their heads in shame and did not dare to directly face their compatriots and these herdsmen, with cheerful and enthusiastic smiles.

Li Darttou was relieved to see them like this next to him, just know shame! Xiaohu over there asked Bu and them to help settle the wounded soldiers, and with the help of Bu He and the herdsmen, these wounded soldiers quickly took a hot bath, changed into clean clothes, and slept on the soft hot quilt. Lying on the couch, they were happy and only wanted to cry.

They slept for two days in a row and didn't wake up, if it weren't for Li Dart's frequent touching of their foreheads and feeling that their body temperature was normal, they would have thought that they had a high fever and couldn't wake up!

The wounded prisoners over there were almost all right, and Li Daotou began to plan to arrange for these wounded soldiers and those prisoners to bypass the southern herdsmen area from here and send them directly to the border of Damin.

On the other hand, Dahong and Xiangzi were reporting the situation to Xiaohu, "Brother Xiaohu! Our harrier brought back a letter from my sister-in-law, let us bring back some more lambs, the family should ask someone to herd the sheep, if we can bring a few pairs of beef cattle back, if there are black and white cows, we must bring a pair back to do seeds, and bring back as many grass seeds as possible! ”

"Oh! What about faith? Show me! "Xiaohu actually wants to bring the cow back by himself, that's not easy! I just want to know what my daughter-in-law said.

Day. Before Erya received Xiaohu's message, she had already received news from her uncle that the imperial court was no longer preparing for war, and decided to renegotiate border trade with those foreigners. Her heart was completely settled, and she was focused on the things she needed to do at home.

The first is to bring people. In the shortest possible time, the children's clothing workshop was officially put into operation. There are five sets of men's and women's clothing, ranging from a one-year-old child who has just learned to walk to a seven-year-old child, and the size is based on the size of the next life.

On this day, Erya was in the workshop in the town, and after cutting the fabric, he taught the ingenious women and a few thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls how to sew the crotch, waist, sleeve socket, and collar socket. These are the techniques that are impossible to suture well without being learned.

Er Ya taught carefully, and they learned seriously, but after seeing the sewing of three or four clothes, someone was able to get started. One after another, the women who were not to be outdone all started to stitch independently, and Erya watched from the side. Whoever encounters difficulties will help them deal with them and explain the skills.

Teaching one and learning at a time seems to be easy, but it's actually much more tiring than doing it yourself. Er Ya watched them do it with great interest, but she couldn't sit still, so she stood up and crossed the small doors of the two courtyards, and slipped to the place where the women were staying, and walked around. When I went to the big kitchen, I smelled the smell of braised beef, so I was very curious to rush in to see what was going on.

"Oops! This is really beef! Where did you get the beef? Isn't it not for those who sell beef? Erya lifted the lid of the pot. Seeing that the pot was really boiled beef, he asked in surprise.

Granny Liu, who was burning the fire, was wondering why the lady of the owner was rushing into the kitchen in a hurry? Hearing her question, he reacted, and hurriedly replied, "It was sent by the curator early in the morning." It is said that it was given to the curator by the parents of a student who sent students to school in the school. I don't know anything else! ”

"Oh!" Erya nodded, yes, her family's school is not only an orphan, but also some favors that her family can't get back. I had no choice but to reluctantly accept some surrounding children to follow the enlightenment! Among them are the grandsons of her maternal uncle's family, the children of the third uncle's family, the nephews of her grandmother's family, and the children and nephews of Xiaohu's second aunt's family, all studying here. I don't know which one will be this beef deliverer!

Because of the beef thing. Erya has always kept it in mind, to say how much she liked to eat beef in the past. Actually, it's not that special. I just don't know why I got here, and when I heard that the beef was not allowed to eat. On the contrary, she always thought that the beef was delicious, and she wanted to eat such a bite. What fat beef shabu-shabu, fried tripe, beef spinal cord, beef shutters, these are all wonderful food memories.

At noon, I ate with everyone that it was actually a terrible way to cook beef, but Erya still thought it was delicious. I didn't be able to teach everyone well all afternoon, and I was completely immersed in how to eat beef at will and make beef open for sale. When I got home from the town, I didn't eat dinner, so I went to my grandfather's house to inquire about it.

"Grandpa! Didn't you say that the government didn't allow you to eat beef? How can anyone dare to give it away? ”

Grandpa laughed, and it took a long time to answer Erya: "Silly boy! This cow is not allowed to be killed casually to eat meat, but it is not said that injured cows, sick cows, and old and immovable beef are not allowed to eat, just because some families can't bear to eat its meat because the cattle raised by their own families have worked all their lives for their families, so they are buried after the old cow dies. ”

"Ahh That's it! When Erya heard that this was the case, she began to think about it in her heart. At present, their family has more barren fields and more mountains, and if they can raise a lot of beef cattle that can be slaughtered and eaten like the grassland, it is not only a matter of eating beef at will, but also a considerable side income.

Erya thought of this and inquired more about this, "Grandpa! Have you heard that there are a lot of cattle on the grassland that specialize in meat? ”

Grandpa Tai knew what he meant when he heard this, and asked in surprise: "What! Do you want to raise a cow that can eat meat? ”

Erya nodded, "Grandpa!" You see, there are so many barren mountains in the fields given by our imperial court, what a pity if they are just so barren and let them grow mountains and grasses? It is better to learn from the herdsmen on the grassland and raise livestock, the climate here is much better than the grassland, at least nine months a year can be grazing, only two or three months need us to bring our own feed, and our family does not have much else, but the straw is everywhere. It's much more advantageous than grazing on the grassland! Do you say? ”

Grandpa Tai lowered his head and was silent, thinking very seriously about what Er Ya said, and only after half a ring did he raise his head and say: "What you said is very good, but I'm afraid it's not easy to handle this mansion!" Also, I heard from your grandfather. You are ready to raise a lot of sheep, pigs, donkeys, why do you think about raising cattle again? To whom are you going to sell the meat from hereafter? ”

Erya replied: "Raise cattle because this beef is so rare!" Every time I wanted to eat a meal, I couldn't buy it, and I heard that beef was more than twice as expensive as pork, so I thought that raising cattle and selling meat was more cost-effective than raising pigs.

At that time, we will open a very large chain butcher shop in the county seat, provincial capital and other surrounding counties and state capitals, including mutton, donkey meat, pork, beef, rabbit meat, chicken, duck, goose, fish, yellow eel, loach, eggs, duck eggs, and goose eggs. We have all kinds of meat and eggs, which can be wholesaled and retailed. ”

The more Er Ya talked, the more excited she became, the more excited she became, "Grandpa, in this way, no matter how many chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits and all kinds of livestock in our village we can sell." There's no worry about not being able to sell, you say? ”

Grandpa Tai was also excited by the future blue scene drawn by Erya, nodded again and again, and muttered to Erya: "Okay! Good! Good! Hearing Erya ask him, he clapped his hands and said, "I said yes!" Do as you say! Then he withered and pouted, "You girl likes to draw cakes to satisfy people's hunger, how can this cow be so easy for you to raise to eat meat?" ”

Erya has always been worried that there are too many livestock raised by Wang's village, surrounding relatives and their own families, and there will be no place to sell them in the future. That would be a big problem, and now that she has an idea, she can give up lightly. At the moment, he replied to his grandfather with great momentum: "You can rest assured." I'll do everything I can to apply for this! I want our cattle, sheep, donkeys and rabbits to be sold all over the country, we are not like the grassland herdsmen, it is neither convenient nor cost-effective to pull the beef and mutton to such a far place. ”

When Grandpa Tai saw that Er Ya recognized the truth, he smiled and said happily: "Then Grandpa Tai is waiting to eat the beef you raised!" ”

Erya does it when she thinks of it. When I returned from my grandfather's house, I began to think about who to apply for. When the time comes, what to say in order to impress the people of the official office, how to achieve their own goals without touching the official order.

Early the next morning. Erya rode to the county seat to find the scribe who had helped him handle the land deed of General Mountain, and asked him about the official rules of raising cattle and selling meat.

The scribe was quite proficient, and he said, "This law is only some regulations in the region, not the law of the imperial court. Ploughing cattle are mainly used for agricultural production in our country, and I am afraid that some merchants make profits from ploughing cattle, so they are forbidden to kill. But if you don't raise a buffalo that we use here to plow the fields, but a cow that the northern herdsmen come to eat, you can raise cattle and sell meat, but you must report to the government before slaughtering, and you can only slaughter and sell meat after the government verifies it! ”

Hearing this, Erya had a bottom in her heart, this court decree is okay, it's good if there is no ban to the end!

When I went back, I went to Liujialing to see how the barren mountain was organized.

Xie Huozi's family gave some money in advance because Erya, and because Erya's eldest brother often came to help collect mountain grass to rest at his house for a while, so his family found someone to help tidy it up. Now that Er Ya looked at it again, it was much clearer, and there were square tables and benches in the hall. Sitting on the tea set for hospitality, Huifu sat at the table and was busy settling accounts. There were also a few people on the side who watched Huifu busy, seemingly waiting to receive the money.

Several people were taken aback when they saw Erya enter the door, most people didn't know Erya, Xie Huozi saw that it was the lady of the owner who came, and he hurriedly stood up and wanted to pour water for the lady of the owner to drink! Erya shook his hand and said, "You're welcome, I'm coming back from the county seat, passing through here, by the way, come over to see how you're doing!" ”

Huifu hurriedly stood up and reported the situation to his sister: "In the past few days, they have almost finished cutting the mountain grass, and today they received the last batch of mountain grass, and it is estimated that they will start turning the grass roots tomorrow." ”

Erya nodded, this speed is still fast enough. She just gave Xie Huozi some silver money and asked Xie Huozi to help reclaim the mountain first, and she didn't know if Xie Huozi was leading it, so she immediately asked, "Who are they leading to do this?" ”

Huifu replied: "It was Brother Xie who helped find the person, and told them to cut down the mountain grass, turn over the grass roots and take it away, and give ten taels of silver." No matter how they divide it, as long as they can pass our acceptance, they will calculate the money by measure, and the mountain grass will calculate the money separately. All of them did the same way you did before, and they didn't have a good time here because of the previous few years. I work hard and want to earn more money to survive this year. So in the past few days, I have been busy collecting grass here every day, and I will pay them the odds and bits first, otherwise they will probably not be able to live a life. ”

Erya frowned, unable to understand why they had fallen into such a state, so she asked a few people standing next to her, "Isn't the rain very good this year?" Even if you can't catch up with spring ploughing, autumn planting should always catch up, how can you fall to the point where you can't live your life? (To be continued)