Chapter Ninety-Nine: Malatang

It's as if you've made an appointment.

As soon as the quarterly exam passed, the weather suddenly became cold. The students had a holiday, and the harvest at home was good, so they naturally stayed comfortably at home to live on the fire.

But the 40,000 victims suffered.

When they came to Cangzhou, they brought very few clothes, and some were just one on their bodies.

These days, after going to work, I have saved a lot of food and changed a lot of old clothes. But those clothes are very thin, and I can't stand the cold wind. I have to go out to work and transform the saline-alkali land, otherwise I won't be able to live on the rations that are routinely issued. Even if you hide in the house, you have to cover it with a quilt so that you don't get sick.

The previous arrangement has completed the two links of "getting food" and "having a house", Xu Qing thought that everything was fine, but now he realized that the real challenge was coming.

The trick of fooling the merchant will definitely not be used anymore, but the government can't use this amount of money to buy warm clothes. Of course, the time has come to October, and the victims can leave in just ten days, and Xu Qing can also let the victims resist the past ten days.

But Xu Qing has obsessive-compulsive disorder, helping people to the end, sending Buddha to the west, since he received the victims, patted his chest and ensured that the victims were like family members, then he must be responsible to the end, and he must not break his word and get fat.

Otherwise, there were rumors that Xu Qing was descended from the gods, and as soon as Xu Qing was worried, good news immediately came.

And there are two of them.

First, the news came from Huanghua Port, to be more accurate, this news came from the Bohai Sea.

It turned out that when dealing with a large number of materials left by the Xi people, there were a large number of fur clothes and leather products. The whole country of Bohai could not be used up, so some semi-new fur clothes and leather products were picked up and sent to Cangzhou.

Of course, it is not for nothing, but there are also many iron tools, wheat and rice, cloth and silk and other products of the Central Plains. This time, Duan Hongchen asked people to send these fur clothes over, and he also wanted to make a small deal.

The four big ships are full of pressure, Xu Qing asked, isn't there 100,000 coats? The boat boss rubbed his hands and said:

"There are only 40,000 robes and 40,000 jackets. It's very warm, it's a little old, it's all washed, sunned, and not dirty. ”

That's 80,000, how can it be enough, Xu Qing was happy, patted the boat boss on the shoulder and asked him, "What are you going to change?" ”

The boat boss said: "One roe deer is exchanged for ten catties of rice, or four taels of cloth." ”

Xu Qing was puzzled: "Hundreds of thousands of catties of rice, can your three ships transport it back?" ”

Boat Boss: "No, there are several ships, and the port here is too small to enter." After changing the rice, we will change the cloth again, and we can transport it back. ”

"Oh, how many days can you stay here?"

"Leave when you're done, leave when you're done,"

"Okay, okay, you unload the goods, I'll arrange food and lodging for you, and there are some things to discuss with you."

After unloading the goods, Xu Qing had already arranged a feast here, and the dishes included Liaodong cuisine, Central Plains cuisine, and stir-fried vegetables from Xu Qing's family.

After the banquet, Xu Qing discussed with the boat boss about exchanging clothes with the victims. The captain of the boat was surprised that the victims had come here to hide from the disaster, but there was still money to be made. Xu Qing explained, and in the end, the boat boss almost cried bitterly, and he said that if he met a good official like Lord Xu, their family would not have been in Liaodong in the first place.

The two parties agreed on the exchange location, saying that they would give priority to changing the jackets of the victims and the robes of the people of Cangzhou. The robe is longer, but it is not conducive to work, and the jacket is shorter and thicker, and it is easy to work in the cold.

In addition to clothes, there are also things that can be exchanged, such as felt hats and woolen shoes. There is a way to have a hat and three jackets, and for the victims who have been out for a long time, the felt hat is more important. Therefore, some of them were exchanged for them first.

Ten catties of rice for a coat, three yuan for a catty of rice, and thirty yuan for a coat, which is placed in the future generations where people rob at 9.8 folds, I don't know how many people rob their heads.

Even here, it seems to be very hot. After replacing the victims, the rest will be a drop in the bucket in Cangzhou. At this time, the ship boss also discovered this business opportunity, and the local people in Cangzhou could consume so much, what if the entire Central Plains was connected through the caravan? Isn't that a quick rich?

There are too many furs in the grasslands to be used up, and if the furs can be easily exchanged for supplies from the Central Plains, then who will fight at every turn? Tsk tsk, after going back this time, I must come back a few times. By the way, there seems to be a pile of materials on the side of the Dahe family, so it's better to buy it at a low price!

When the boat boss calculated, the victims used money and food to change their clothes, and finally warmed up a lot. But there is another problem, there is no fire at night, and I can't sleep easily.

At this point, the second piece of good news begins.

This news was discovered by Xu Qing when he was in a daze on the city wall.

"Bell ......"

The bell of a caravan came, and Xu Qing habitually looked at it, but this time, Xu Qing couldn't see what the caravan was transporting at a glance. However, looking at the business flag, it is the genuine Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce business flag.

When he arrived at the city gate, a car in the convoy turned slightly sideways, and something was missing, and Xu Qing knew where the caravan came from.

Coal!

The last time Manid went out to trade, Xu Qingtuo asked him to buy a pile of coal in Shanxi, which was called coal in the Tang Dynasty, and sent it to Cangzhou. At that time, Xu Qing hadn't thought about what the coal was doing, whether it was steel making or fuel, but he subconsciously felt that coal was very important and useful. So he asked Manid to bring it, and Xu Qing also left this matter behind for many days, but he didn't expect to send it over today.

This is really a send-off in the snow, although it has not snowed yet, but for Cangzhou, it is not a timely rain. The victims were finally able to light a fire to keep warm.

Some people ask why there are so many trees in the mountains, why not cut them down and use them, because in ancient times, it was not so important to protect the forest.

Xu Qing originally thought so, but later learned that the trees in the mountains were too wet, and they couldn't be burned if they were cut back and not dried for a few days. The firewood that was a little dry on the mountain was collected by the local villagers, and even the fallen leaves were swept away. The most indispensable thing to survive the winter is fire and food.

Two hundred truckloads of coal were delivered, one cart of 400 catties, 80,000 catties of coal, that is, 40 tons. Xu Qing wants to make these coals into honeycomb coal, and mix them with loess and cow dung, not to mention that he can make 100,000 honeycomb coal.

If the victims are divided equally, each person will only have two lotus roots, and according to the household registration, there will be 12 lotus roots. The victims of the disaster are guaranteed for ten households, and the honeycomb coal can also be distributed according to the guarantee, and only eighty lotus roots can be issued.

That's where the "technicians" who are selected first come in handy. With the equipment used to beat lotus root coal, Xu Qing prompted them a little, and they could quickly make it.

The next day, the first batch of coal was distributed to the victims, and for the time being, forty lotus roots per guarantee were not enough to be distributed again. When the victims received honeycomb coal, they were instructed to open the skylight to burn coal for heating.

Eight or nine days passed, and the 60-day deadline was approaching, and the victims distributed honeycomb coal twice. At this time, the victims of the disaster have begun to miss their hometowns. Moreover, they all have food and clothing in their hands, and some "technicians" have made tools, hoes, firewood knives, etc., and they can live when they return to their hometowns.

However, there are still a large number of victims who hope to work here for more than ten days, anyway, some eat and live, and there is money to earn, so it is better to go back in the spring.

But the government couldn't pay any more, so Xu Qing ordered the mayors of each mile to register all the fields that had been transformed. If you still want to continue the transformation, you can also hire the disaster victims yourself, but you must not force them, you want me to do it, and the salary is appropriate.

Some of the victims picked up their luggage and returned to their hometowns together. To their delight, they came empty-handed, and when they left, they had to carry their luggage.

On the border of Cangzhou, thousands of people who had returned to their hometowns gathered there, and they came from all sides, but at the same time stayed at this border.

There is a stone tablet with "Cangzhou" written in front of it, which means that one step further, in addition to the boundary of Cangzhou, why should this group of people stay here?

If nothing else, they want to build a souvenir here to commemorate what the people of Cangzhou have done for them in the past 60 days. And there is nothing new in the way of commemoration - the statue of Xu Thorn History.

And this statue of the god is similar to those Xu Thorn History Temples in Cangzhou City, with a big belly, a long beard, a lot of chins, and a lewd face. Trifling. Of course, the obscene face is the conclusion that Xu Qing came to after reading it.

There were also some elderly people in the orphanage, and some people who had lost their families, stayed next to the statue, saying that they would guard the statue of Xu Tingshi until they died. It even takes in orphans here, guards the thorn statue, and passes it down from generation to generation. Xu Qing enjoys this kind of personality cult, that is, in the temple, he can't take the things offered under the statue of the god himself, which is a bit annoying.

Those who stayed in Cangzhou were all hired as short-term workers, some were hired by large families alone, and some were hired by several families and a joint venture of a group of people. Of course, the wage has risen a lot, but other benefits have dropped a lot, and there will never be pork bone soup delivered to the construction site again.

There was still a lot of coal left, and Xu Qing thought that he should always use it, so he asked the craftsman to build a boxy iron box, and under the box was a furnace where coal could be placed. On the top, there are many lattices, and between the lattices, there are small holes connected to them.

What is this for?

Xu Qing wants to eat spicy hot!

In the past, when there was no honeycomb coal, firewood could only be used to burn the fire, and the fire was unstable, and it was necessary to turn over and add firewood frequently. Xu Qing just barely ate a hot pot, let alone the spicy hot pot mixed with it.

Honeycomb coal is different, a tube of coal, can be burned for a morning, when not eaten, can be closed, coal can keep the temperature for half a day.

Autumn is late, winter is falling, and I will stay at home from now until spring. I won't go shopping, I won't walk my dog, I won't go for a walk. I am a regular customer next to the hot pot, a guard on the spicy side, and I give my life and glory to the bed, today and in the future.

There is only one thing that is a pity, that is, no matter how powerful Xu Qing is, he can't find the magic crop in distant South America-chili pepper.

Malatang, not worthy of the name.