"This is actually a village for ordinary people?"

Qin Zhong and Gao Yuan came to Taoyuan Village, looking at this prosperous scene, their first reaction was this sentence.

When I first got off the boat, I was already amazed enough to see the prosperous appearance of the wharf, especially knowing that this was made by the people of Taoyuan Village, to be exact, the Chang family had made it in a few years, and they all expressed their incredibleness. Although I already knew the general situation here, it was still amazing to get there.

After all, the people of Taoyuan Village have no foundation, and it was difficult to even solve the problem of food and clothing before, so I didn't expect that it would be difficult to develop this place into this place without the help of external forces.

Nowadays, it has become a turning point in several places, so goods from all over the world can be found here, making it even as good as a bazaar in Fuli. Gao Yuan bought a lot of new things at that time, all of which he had never seen before or were rare.

When they came to Taoyuan Village and saw rows of green bricks and green tiles, whether it was Gao Yuan, who had not been out for many years, or Qin Zhong, who had been in the city, they all felt that their perception of the countryside had been subverted.

The people in the countryside are poor, and there are more and more people in Pumpkin House over the years, all because those farmers want to squeeze into the city because they can't survive in the countryside. I feel that no matter how hard it is in the city, it is better than in the countryside.

But when they came to Taoyuan Village, they were convinced that if the village was like this, there would not be so many people who always wanted to squeeze into the city.

In particular, seeing the female workers of the workshop walking together when they get off work, the radiant appearance makes people know how satisfied the people here are with the status quo, which even many people in the city do not have.

When I came to the wasteland, which is now called Xindi, and saw the herds of livestock, the food everywhere, and the majestic villagers, who were training, I was not only amazed but shocked. It's amazing how such a small village can do this.

And it's not the abundance of a single person, it's the whole countryside.

Chang Xile did not shy away from the two, so Qin Zhong and Gao Yuan could also see how the Taoyuan Village guards were trained.

Now that the training of young adults in Taoyuan Village has been completed, these people are usually allowed to take an hour out of their time to run and consolidate. If you want to maintain your force value all the time, it is not just a temporary achievement, but you need to accumulate it in ordinary times. In addition, elites are selected as escorts, and these people are trained more intensively than others to ensure excellent combat effectiveness.

The security team of the pier is also from the escort team, and they work at the pier in rotation.

Now the escort team is led by Wang Dali, which is also an opportunity for him to practice leading soldiers, he wants to go to the next level to test the top of the martial arts, and he also wants to lead the troops to fight and become a general. Now is the time to practice, and you will be able to get started faster when the time comes. And take this opportunity to know where you are lacking, you can adjust it in time, and you can also consult Chang Yu and Chang Xile.

Today's training base is very spacious and has a variety of targeted training equipment, which are the results of Chang Xile's use of his previous knowledge of the army and Chang Yu's actual research here. This training method has proved to be very effective in improving the individual's quality, and their efforts have not been in vain.

When Qin Zhong and Gao Yuan came here, they happened to see Wang Dali leading a group of people to practice there.

Unless the escort team works as a security guard at the dock, they have no direct income, but they have a lot of benefits. For example, the village will distribute a total of six sets of clothes for each season every year, and the two meals for breakfast and lunch are provided by the village, and if there are any good things in the village, such as the recruitment of people in the workshop, etc., these families are the first priority, and the benefits are very many.

Therefore, everyone is very actively involved, and no one dares to be lazy in the weekday exercises, because there is still a competition, and if they are not qualified, they have to go home to make room for other excellent people. This is not only the absence of relevant benefits, but also a very shameful thing, which will be laughed at by everyone, and will not be able to raise its head in the future.

The guards are uniformly dressed, so it seems to be more regular and imposing. Looking at their uniform gun movements, each move made a strong and powerful hey sound, neat and sassy, and people couldn't help but follow the blood boiling.

Qin Zhong is also an insider, and at a glance, he can see that this is not a shelf army, he is really capable!

"I wonder if I can give it a try?" Qin Zhong looked at it and probably knew how to use those strange equipment on the field, so he asked.

Chang Xile nodded, "Please." ”

Qin Zhong glanced at him, and the guards beside him nodded slightly, and then went forward and practiced as the guards had just trained.

The escort returned, his eyes were full of excitement, and he nodded to him, and Qin Zhong knew the answer without asking.

"You guys figured it out for yourselves? It is worthy of being a village that can produce civil and military talents. Qin Zhong was almost certain that these strange exercises were made up by Chang Xile and Chang Yu, and there would be no one else but them.

Chang Xile smiled, noncommittal, and only said: "The world is not peaceful, especially the richer our village is, the more worried we are about being targeted by Xiaoxiao. We are a poor mountain and remote land, and we can't catch up with the government when we really encounter something, so we can only become strong ourselves. It is not easy to practice as a master, but if everyone can have some skills and unite as one, then the power should not be underestimated. ”

"Be prepared for danger in times of peace, as it should be. I don't know if I can borrow these methods? If it's not appropriate, it doesn't matter. ”

Qin Zhong is a five-rank military attaché, and it is not surprising that he has this request.

"Please, but please don't mention the matter of our village, Lord Qin. Taoyuan Village is just for self-preservation, and doesn't want to get into trouble. ”

It doesn't matter if they practice in private, but if they are used in the army and form a strong force, the nature is a little different. Although it won't be good, it will be inappropriate after all. And Chang Xile's generosity is also for his own sake, only a good * team is strong, in order to be safe and secure.

A good country is next to many countries that are eyeing each other, and now that the economy of a good country is becoming more and more developed, if it is not good militarily, it will undoubtedly become a piece of fat. If there is a foreign tribe to erode it, it will be devastated.

"Thank you." Qin Zhong clenched his fists and saluted, which was very difficult for Qin Zhong's identity to say thank you.

After speaking, he said: "Since you call Xiao Yuan uncle, if you don't dislike it, you can call me like this." ”

"Uncle Qin." Chang Xile smiled slightly, and he was as good as a stream. Although he didn't want to befriend Qin Zhong, it would never be a bad thing to get to know more capable friends. Although Qin Zhong and Gao Yuan are a pair, they are separated from them by one layer.

The Chang family was quite surprised by Qin Zhong's identity, but now they have also experienced ups and downs, although Qin Zhong's status is very high, he will not look at his legs and weaken, only a little restrained.

And Qin Zhong and Gao Yuan also knew that they couldn't fully integrate, and they didn't want to come here with kindness and didn't want to force it, so except for the first meal to get together with everyone, the rest was solved in the small courtyard where they lived. The guest rooms are also quite spacious, and the things are very complete, so it is very convenient to do whatever you want, so Qin Zhong and Gao Yuan did not feel any discomfort.

Usually walking around, Gao Yuan is very strange to a qiē, and the view of the countryside is broad, which makes the whole person become open-minded. Although Taoyuan Village is rich, it can still maintain the simple folk customs of the past. Because of the good days, the expressions on everyone's faces are more relaxed, and they are full of joy and enthusiasm every day, which will also have a benign impact on Gao Yuan.

Qin Zhong is still very idle to go hunting in the forest, and the harvest is not small. Every time he saw Qin Zhong come back, although Gao Yuan's smile was still very light, he might be able to see the joy in his heart with his eyebrows flying, which made Qin Zhong very happy.

However, he only stayed for ten days before leaving, leaving Gao Yuan alone to relax here. Originally, everyone thought that Gao Yuan liked Taoyuan Village so much, he must have stayed for a long time, but he didn't expect that Qin Zhong would leave for a few days, and he couldn't bear to leave. Everyone knows what's going on, so they don't keep it, and they even feel happy in their hearts.

If you don't care, you won't be so inseparable.

Mutual affection is the best result.

At the time of the autumn harvest, the corn, sweet potatoes, peppers and other crops planted before were ripe, and although the yield of these crops was much lower than in the previous life, it was still very impressive. Sweet potatoes, in particular, have the highest yield in them, three or four times that of rice. Moreover, it is not picky, and it is very suitable for replacing rice and food in times of poverty.

The neighboring villages saw sweet potatoes all over the ground, and they tasted very good when roasted, although there was some heartburn after eating too much, but who would care so much when there was a shortage of food. Everyone is looking for Taoyuan Village to get seeds, hoping to plant them next year, so that they are not afraid of starvation.

Chang Xile will naturally not be stingy, expanding sweet potato planting is beneficial to the country and the people, many people are now difficult to ensure food and clothing, with sweet potatoes can improve this situation. In addition, sweet potatoes can also produce many by-products, such as hot and sour noodles with sweet potatoes as the main raw material.

Chang Xile couldn't help but suck his saliva when he thought about it, although the soup could be made before, and it didn't necessarily have to be sweet potato flour, but he was still paranoid that it had to be paired with sweet potato flour, otherwise it wouldn't taste right.

There weren't many sweet potatoes before, and they were all used to sprout seedlings and seeds, so Chang Xile didn't use them to make zuò sweet potato flour. Now that there is a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes, his experiments have begun.

If you want to make sweet potatoes into sweet potato flour, you have to go through a lot of procedures, Chang Xile only knows the simple steps and principles, and if you want to make zuò, you have to go through a lot of practical yàn. Now Chang Xile has this money and leisure, so although the process of making zuò is not smooth, many failures have not affected his mood of exploration.

Moreover, Chang Xile also brings people who are talented in eating, and in the discussion, they can also stimulate each other's talents in this area, which is very beneficial to cultivating the ability to create, and failure is a good experience for everyone.

After more than half a month, the sweet potato flour was finally made. Vermicelli has an off-white color and is full of toughness, which is very different from rice noodles and rice noodles.

Everyone is curious, they have eaten roasted sweet potatoes and dried sweet potatoes, but they don't know what the taste of zuò powder will look like. The children have long been looking forward to eating the hot and sour noodles that Chang Xile said, and every time they hear Chang Xile mention it, they can't help but swallow their saliva even though they haven't eaten it.

Taoyuan Village has just been rich for a long time, so the requirements for living are firm, wearing is wear-resistant, and I feel very beautiful and particular when I can embroider some flowers. Besides, everyone thinks that no matter how beautiful the clothes are, they are not as good as the uniform costumes of the workshop and the escorts, and they are not very particular. is the only thing that makes a fortune for the Chang family - food, which is the most concerned.

However, everyone pays attention not to the delicacies of the mountains and seas, but to use the most common ingredients, to make zuò in the most cost-effective way, and to have both color and flavor, which is their highest requirement for food. Li Zhengdu once laughed and said that this is all the atmosphere brought up by Chang Xile, obviously everyone was satisfied with just scalding the food before, but now they can't wait to conjure flowers.

And the village will also hold a hundred family banquet every year, that is, each family will take out their own specialty dish and get together for a meal. Although there are no awards, everyone wants to shine at this banquet, so they like to ponder even more. And because of this kind of contemplation, the variety of wharf restaurants has also become richer, and many of them are dishes created by the villagers of Taoyuan Village. Although it is not as exquisite as the big restaurants outside, it is also very delicious and delicious. And it has a unique advantage, that is, to eat.

For many people on the road, eating more to ensure that the body is the most important thing, so it is very popular. In this way, the people of Taoyuan Village paid more attention to the study of new dishes, because there was still a commission, and they were full of a sense of achievement.

The sweet potato flour is made well, and Chang Xile can start making the hot and sour noodles that he has been thinking about for a long time.

This time, he still did it himself, first of all, the chili pepper used in the hot and sour noodles is slowly boiled with a variety of ingredients and Chinese herbs. The bell pepper brought back by Shen Baili is very suitable for making the 'spicy' flavor in zuò hot and sour noodles, this thing has been made before, and now the Chang family likes to use it when cooking, and the fried dishes are particularly fragrant.

Chang Xile also sent this special chili pepper to Shen Baili in the house, and Shen Baili immediately replied that this thing is not bad than dogwood sauce! And tell how much to charge, and the price is also very considerable.

Chili peppers are still a new thing, the people of Liangguo are so fresh, and there is a dogwood to pave the way before, so it is not difficult to open up the market. As the spicy hot pot that eats the world becomes more and more popular, it can be seen that chili peppers can replace dogwood, but it has natural advantages.

The vinegar in the hot and sour noodles was developed in the past to make zuò noodles, and the vinegar tastes much better than it did at the beginning, and it is now also known as one of the signboards of Taoyuan Village.

The soup is a thick white original soup made of boiled pork bones, boiled fat sausages, etc., and as long as the ratio of the three is not too abusive, it can ensure that the taste will not be too bad.

When Chang Xile and Chang Yu brought out the red and fragrant hot and sour noodles, everyone couldn't wait to come up to taste them.

Today's Changjia is the most lively when trying dishes, everyone will not be polite, and there is no respect for the old and love for the young, who can grab the food the fastest with a fast hand. And every time at this time, in addition to Chang Yu's fixed dominance of the first place, the second must be Chang Xiwang.

Chang Xiwang was anxious, picked up the chopsticks and stabbed them into his mouth, squinted and chewed a few bites and swallowed them, and then let out an exaggerated exclamation, "It's delicious!" It's so delicious! ”

The acting skills are extremely pompous but very infectious, which makes everyone rush to try it. At this time, the most depressing thing is the children who are not even ten years old, because it is spicy, everyone is afraid that it will hurt their stomachs, and they will not let them eat too much.

Hot and sour noodles completely conquered the Chang family, and they all felt that this sweet potato flour business could be done.

"I didn't expect this thing to be so delicious when made into powder, and it tastes different from other noodles, so everyone will definitely like it." Cao's second sister-in-law affirmed. She is now the boss of the catering industry in Taoyuan Village, specializing in this area, and she was once assigned to study outside, but she ate a lot of good things.

Chang Xixing said: "The most important thing is that sweet potatoes are good seeds, and the yield is high without picking the land." This time I have experience, I know how to serve, as long as God doesn't make a mistake next year, it should be two or three percent more than this year. ”

Today's Chang Xixing is more confident than before, because now he is serving the Chang family's fields, and even if there is a helper, he does it himself, so he knows the things in the field best. He already likes farming, and with the pressure of his brothers and the joyful counseling, he is now more and more sophisticated. Now the old masters in the village are not as good as him, and so many fields of the Chang family can be harvested now, all because of the results of Chang Xixing's willingness to ponder.

And this sense of accomplishment also makes Chang Xixing's chest straighter, and Sister-in-law Wang will no longer be as unbalanced as before. Doing business is to make a lot of money, but farming is the most down-to-earth, watching piles of grain into the warehouse, that sense of accomplishment is not the money earned in business.

In addition to the fixed part of the Chang family's food, most of it is also distributed to various workshops for deep processing and exchange for money, and they have earned a lot of money on this alone.

Chang Xisheng took two bites and wiped off his oily mouth, and also said: "I will take this thing to the house in two days, and I can also inquire about the market." If the market is good, we can start a workshop next year and specialize in this thing. ”

Although there is a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes this year, the overall number is not large because of the small number of seeds, and it has to be reserved for everyone to make seeds, so it has not been able to become a one-stop industry. But it does not prevent the road from being paved now, so that it can be more assured and bold to plant more, Chang Xisheng often does this now, and the thing has not come out to find a good buyer, saving the time of intermediate operation.

Corn is also popular with everyone, it can not only satisfy the stomach and have a high yield, but also can be interplanted with soybeans without picking the ground, which is really one of the best substitutes when the rice and flour are not enough.

In the spring ploughing of the second year, the entire Daoxiang County vigorously promoted several high-yield crops brought back by Shen Baili and Pei Qingyun, and by the end of the year, they had a bumper harvest. Although the output of other places is not as good as that of Taoyuan Village, it is already very impressive.

Because of this, these crops were vigorously promoted by the imperial court, and the county order was also promoted. The new county commander is still a member of Shen Pei's two camps, and Qin Zhong does not hide his care for the Chang family, which makes no one dare to bully Taoyuan Village in Daoxiang County.

It's just that this joy didn't last long, and God came out again.

Winter came late this year, and the temperature was noticeably warmer than usual, so that the winter would not be shivering, but experienced farmers could not help frowning.

In winter, when the temperature is not low enough to freeze the eggs of the pests, the coming year can be very troublesome.

The farming veterans in the village all frowned at the weather, "The weather has changed, I'm afraid that next year will not be smooth." ”

Although there is no thermometer, it is impossible to know exactly what the temperature is in winter, but the old farmers will keep in mind the general situation of each year. It has not been more than 20 years since we have seen a warm winter like this, and the last time it appeared, there was a catastrophe the following year.

And this sentence was fulfilled later, and many places were eroded by insect plagues, and a lot of seedlings were gnawed just after entering the summer. Taoyuan Village is not enough, because there is tea withering and insecticide, prevention began early, and because of the geographical location, the temperature is lower than outside, so the insect plague is not so strict, but according to the inference of the old masters, at least two or three percent of the yield has to be reduced.

The villages outside are not so lucky, many places have been eaten away, and they can only be replanted, but this will definitely affect the autumn harvest.

Before the insect plague passed, it began to rain all the time, and even hailstones the size of eggs fell, causing the crops in the fields to fall in all directions, killing and injuring most of them. The continuous heavy rain has flooded many fields, and many places in Taoyuan Village have not been spared. Fortunately, a lot of money and labor were spent on building drainage canals in Xindi, so most of the fields were saved, but many old fields were not so lucky.

But the rain still doesn't stop, and even if you don't drown, the growth of crops will be affected.

"Broken, broken, broken!"

Li Zheng began to shout before entering the door, and Chang Xile and several people happened to be in the main hall, and hurriedly greeted them. Hearing this, everyone's hearts beat drums, this year has not been peaceful, and accidents often occur.

"Uncle, what's wrong?"

"It's terrible, an embankment in our neighboring Guozhou has burst, flooding many villages and fields! Our good country has encountered a catastrophe this time! ”

Guozhou is a rich land of good country, where there are many good fields, and it is called the granary of good country. If the fields are flooded, the whole good country will be in turmoil.

So when everyone heard this, they jumped up directly, "What! The embankment has been repaired for many years, and there has never been an accident, why did the embankment break this time?! ”

"Isn't it, but I don't know what the situation is now, but people from the county say that this disaster will be chaotic, so let our village be careful." We have a reputation now, and we need to pay attention to it the most. ”

Everyone only thought that this year's production would be reduced, and many places would be sad, but for Taoyuan Village, it would not hurt the muscles and bones. And now that it is a flood that destroys the mière, it is difficult to say what the future holds. Historically, the situation is bound to become volatile. In addition, the DPRK and China have not been peaceful in recent years, which makes people feel that the future is even more worrying.

"The embankment is so good, how can you say that the embankment will burst! It's raining a little more this year, but it's not so much. Cao's second sister-in-law said worriedly and hurriedly. If it's really messed up, they've finally had a good life over the years, and I'm afraid they'll have to fight back to their original shape.

Chang Xile frowned, thinking of some rumors about Guozhou before, and said, "I'm afraid this is the fault of the local gentry." ”