At the mention of food, Zhao Youfu frowned a little. said: "The current food is definitely not enough to eat. But I've arranged for the village ladies to go to the woods to pick something when they're fine, dry it and keep it for the winter. Fortunately, the wild vegetables have not retreated yet, and mixing some wild vegetables with the grain can also fool the stomach! In the morning, you can drink porridge that is a little thicker and full of grain, and at noon and in the evening, you can only drink some thin porridge. I was supposed to eat two meals of dry and thin, but I couldn't eat it, so I could only eat three meals of porridge! ”

Liu Pei also sighed when he heard this, frowning and helpless. The main thing is that he really tried his best to solve this matter, but he can't solve it. After all, there are suddenly more than 200,000 people in the jurisdiction, and this grain reserve is not enough to eat. This is why Liu Pei had to take out all the reserved lunches for the victims to eat, so he could barely withstand it. Fortunately, there is more oil and water in the lunch, which can be worth a lot of food.

So he asked, "Did you get that kind of tin cans in your village?" ”

Hearing the word "canned", Zhao Youfu became excited! He hurriedly nodded and said, "It's divided!" It's been distributed! You say these people, if you don't have enough food and don't eat, how can you have the strength to do your work? I'm eating them all! Every morning, everyone must eat a tablet! ”

Huang Qingshan also said: "At the beginning, the victims were reluctant to eat canned food, and they all said that they would save it for the time of famine. But I think what Brother Zhao said makes sense. If you don't eat it, you can't nourish your body, and it's too late to eat when it's short! So I agree with everyone to eat it! ”

Liu Fei loosened his brows when he heard this, and said, "Well done!" Don't save when it's time to eat! After a while, the grain in Jiangnan will be harvested, and we will purchase a batch, and the child will be fine! ”

As they spoke, they came to the edge of the field. Liu Pei looked at the farmland in the village, which was indeed growing well. Zhao Youfu introduced: "King, we found a pond nearby. We dried up the pond and dug up all the mud and sprinkled it into the ground. And there is also a talented master of agronomy to teach us what to do soil fertilizer! That thing looks really good, but it tastes a little bigger. ”

The students in agriculture are referring to the orphans adopted by Liu Pei. Some of the older ones have already begun to serve Liu Pei. They have already mastered the basic knowledge of writing, and they have guided each village to make soil and fertilizer according to what is in the book. She also works part-time as a literacy teacher.

In fact, it is very simple to make soil fertilizer. When Liu Pei left the farmhouse, he mastered several methods. It is a rainy season manure that is best suited for the Ryukyus. It is a farmhouse fertilizer made by mixing grass, soil and fertilizer in different proportions and making it under the condition of water and oxygen. It is mainly made of grass, tender green straw and rotten vegetable leaves. The straw should be crushed and finely chopped, mixed with an appropriate amount of human manure

Urine, horse manure, pig manure and dirt. The ratio of grass to mud should be 3:1. Turn it once in 7~10 days to mix the rotted and unrotted materials, and a large amount of high-quality farmhouse fertilizer can be obtained in a short time.

There is also a method for making ammonia and ammonium sulfate. The ingredients are very simple, and farmers only need to look at them once to make them. The raw materials are also readily available in the countryside, and they are very cheap.

Liu Pei looked at the green crop seedlings, and his heart was very comfortable. He turned to ask: "Zhao Youfu, Huang Qingshan, you have done a good job!" But do you still have any difficulties? ”

Zhao Youfu said: "There really is! It's just that we don't know what the weather is like here! If this is in my hometown, we know what the time of day is like, and we know what to do when it is! But this place is the first time I've come back, and I can't make a difference! ”

Liu Pei patted his head and said, "Yes! You have a lot of truth in this! ”

So he grabbed another guard and said, "Hurry up and tell Mr. Fang, and let him organize people to interrogate the old farmers in various villages and ask about the weather in previous years." It is not required to be very accurate, at least let everyone have a number in mind. At the same time, let Mr. Fang tell the village chiefs of each village, asking them to urge the victims to eat all the canned food that should be eaten! What should I do if I don't nourish my body now, and I am tired when I am busy with farming? If you can't fix the land, won't you go hungry in the coming year? ”

The guard nodded and went, and Liu Pei continued to walk around the village. The small village is not big, and it didn't take long for Liu Pei to turn around. Along the way, I chatted a lot with Zhao Youfu and Huang Qingshan and learned about the general situation. In the end, Liu Pei said: "Zhao Yongfu, Huang Qingshan, you two are doing a good job!" Ten taels of silver for each person. As for Huang Qingshan, you have to remember that you don't need to train the militia this year, but when you have enough food next year, you must train the militia. We must pick out the right people from among the victims, these people are our reserve soldiers, you have to be careful! ”

Huang Qingshan immediately stood up and saluted and said: "Don't worry, the little one will definitely do things beautifully!" When the time comes, let the head of the family take a good look! ”

Liu Pei nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, you guys go and get busy." I'm waiting for someone here. ”

After sending away the two reluctant people, Liu Pei camped outside the village and waited for Wang Changde's arrival.

In the afternoon, sure enough, several carriages came towards Baihua Village. The guard left and made a noise. Liu Pei Dahai and Wang Changde knew that Liu Pei was waiting for them here, so they hurried over to meet them. When Liu Pei saw them get out of the carriage, he also went up to greet them.

When Liu Dahai saw Liu Pei, he rushed in front of Wang Changde to see Liu Pei and said: "King, grass man Liu Dahai has seen the king!" King Wan'an! ”

Liu Pei said: "No courtesy. But in the future, you don't call yourself a grass people, you should call yourself a subordinate official, understand? ”

Liu Dahai's brain was in a state of downtime at that time! What's going on? Could it be that the king has allowed me to hold an official position? I don't know what kind of official position it is? Well, it seems that it was really amazing to grab a few steps in Macau back then! I didn't expect that now I, Liu Dahai, am also an official now, I am really blessed by my ancestors!

However, although Liu Dahai's brain won't rotate at this time, his movements have not stopped. He directly knelt on the ground with a "poof", bowed to Liu Pei again and again, and said: "Xiaguan must do his best to serve the king!" I will definitely smash the bones to repay the king Hongen! ”

Wang Changde frowned a little when he looked at Liu Dahai's behavior in the back, but he understood it in the blink of an eye. I think it was the same when I was a jinshi, right? But at this time, he looked at Liu Pei and didn't know what etiquette to do?

First of all, he is an official of the Ming Dynasty, so it is not good to meet Liu Pei indiscriminately, so as not to lose the official body. And Liu Pei brought his father and son, it seems that he can't marry his daughter! If you can't figure out whether this Ryukyu King is still your son-in-law, I don't know what to do!

Just when he hesitated. Liu Pei arched his hand and said, "Lord Wang, the lower officials have been waiting for you for a long time!" ”

Liu Pei's words gave Wang Changde a hint. He understood that this was Liu Pei giving the steps, and he was calling him according to the official position of Daming. But at this time, he didn't dare to take it big. He also understood that Liu Pei was taking care of him, so Wang Changde immediately surrendered his hand and said, "I've seen General Liu!" Thank you, General Liu, for making it easy all the way. ”

Liu Pei matched Wang Changde and his son with a lot of people. The guards who followed the car were all people from the guard camp, and there was also a well-spoken Liu Dahai to accompany him. Each was accompanied by a maid. So along the way, Wang Changde and his son lived comfortably.

Without waiting for Wang Changde to speak, Liu Pei said, "Lord Wang, have you seen a lot of things along the way?" How does it feel? ”

Wang Changde nodded and said, "It feels good!" And I did see a lot of things! I saw a large number of people cultivating land and building homes. Although there is still some shortage of food, there are signs of living and working in peace and contentment! ”

Liu Pei smiled proudly and said, "Lord Wang, do you know how many victims I have received in this Shandong locust plague?" How many orphans? ”

How did Wang Changde not know about the Shandong disaster? At that time, many victims of the disaster had run to Ye County to survive. And although Wang Changde said that he got a lot of gray income from various routines, he could still do something to some extent. Therefore, he has always been very concerned about the survival of the victims.

Hearing Liu Pei say this, Wang Changde's spirits were lifted! Said: "Oh! How many people? ”