Chapter 54: The Great Canteen

Tie Xinyuan and Ouyang Xiu wandered around the land of Qingxiang Guonuo, and they had to see it everywhere and ask about it in every place, and it was very hard to do so. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This inspection made Ouyang Xiu both surprised, worried, and somewhat sad.

He didn't expect that Tie Xinyuan already had a fertile field under the Great Snow Mountain that was about to be harvested, such a large piece of fertile land, even in the Great Song Dynasty, it was rare to see, as long as it was more than a month, the barley there would get a bumper harvest.

With this farmland, Hami Qingxiang Country at least had room to flicker and move, and it was not as desperate as Ouyang Xiu imagined.

Disaster relief, disaster relief, to put it bluntly, is a process of fewer deaths, in this era of scarcity of means to combat natural disasters, disaster relief is just pulling people from the hands of the Lord of Yama, no one can say how many people can be pulled back.

In the Great Song Dynasty, after a disaster, many people will die, and no one will use this matter to attack the disaster relief people, because they all know that ten people will always die if they eat one ration.

While sad, Ouyang Xiu was also relieved that Balikun Lake was rich in wild food.

When they arrived, there was a strong smell of fish everywhere in the Balikun Lake in Nuoda.

For thousands of years, no one has come here to fish, so there are so many catches that even women and children can easily touch fish in ditches and ponds.

The Uighur women and children, who had already moved to Balikun Lake, under the leadership of Peng Li, a seasoned pro-people official, were no longer limited to looking for food in this ancient sea of cattails, but set their sights on the nearby mountains.

Fish, they can only stay in the water and can't go anywhere, but the mountain goods on the mountain are in season.

After a heavy rain, the woods on the mountain are filled with countless mushrooms and fungus, as well as a thick layer of pine nuts that have not yet rotted......

Huo'er led the group of craftsmen to build fishing boats day and night, and after building one, he threw one into the Hami River, let it go downstream, and finally entered Balikun Lake.

Every Uighur who left Hami would send the most respected man of his group to visit Lake Balikun.

Only when they are sure that their families have food to eat and simple houses to live in, will they be able to go to various construction sites with peace of mind.

After a full circle, people began to populate everywhere in the land of Hami, which made Tie Xinyuan intoxicated for a long time.

If these people could support themselves, Tie Xinyuan would feel that his empire had already taken shape.

The city of Hami finally became empty, and only tens of thousands of people were quarrying stones from the Tianshan Mountains and transporting them to Hami day and night.

Food is still not enough, hard work has not tortured the dead yet, whether it is Tie Xinyuan or Ouyang Xiu, they actually understand that such a thing will come sooner or later.

The Uighur nobles on the Tien Shan Road were reluctant to hand over Simba, naively believing that their threat had worked, and hoping to exchange Simba for more benefits.

So, on an ordinary morning, Ah Da and Tetsuichi killed the Uighur warriors who had come to attack the city, and then opened the city gate, and the six thousand fierce beast-like warriors of the Qingxiang Valley were suddenly killed......

Two days later, they returned to the Tianshan Road Pass with countless goods, closed the city gate, and at this time the Tianshan Road became quiet, only the birdsong valley made it even quieter.

When Tie Xinyuan and Ouyang Xiu returned to Qingxiang Valley, Qingxiang City had changed a lot, people had become a lot silent, and many shops on the street had been closed, and the most closed were restaurants.

They started eating in the canteen again, many people were very uncomfortable, but the first people who stayed in Qingxiang Valley didn't care very much, they had such an experience, turning out the huge wooden bowl that had not been used for a long time from home, and reliving the past years under the huge grass shed.

Zhao Wan looked at the plate in front of her that there were only two small cooked fruits, so she sighed, smeared a little honey on them, and prepared to eat.

She has the habit of eating in the afternoon, if she doesn't eat a little food, she will be uncomfortable, and now, Huang Yuanshou is responsible for the allocation of food, even the City Lord's Mansion is no exception.

Zhao Wan's abundant food supply is naturally gone.

Shui Zhu'er quietly walked into Zhao Wan's room, took out an egg from behind her back with a smile and handed it to Zhao Wan, "Eat it." ”

Zhao Wan stuffed the small fruit in her mouth and ate it slowly, without looking at the egg, Shui Zhu'er hurriedly said: "I didn't steal it, it was given by Mama Zhang, she raised a few chickens in the backyard." ”

Zhao Wan shook her head and said: "The rules have come out, we should abide by them, I remember that Brother Yuan'er's edict said very clearly, all food is distributed uniformly, naturally including the chickens and eggs raised by Mama Zhang." ”

Shui Zhu'er pouted and said, "Brother Yuan'er is really, how can you miss a bite of food!" ”

Zhao Wan finished eating the boiled fruit on the plate and said, "If even we will Yuan Ge'er's edict be violated, who else will obey it?"

Shui Zhu'er, don't do it in the future, Brother Yuan'er's edict this time is very dangerous, we can't let people grab the handle and embarrass Brother Yuan'er! ”

Shui Zhu'er angrily threw the egg on the table, turned around and ignored Zhao Wan.

Zhao Wan naturally didn't give her any problems with this little girl, so she didn't look at her, got up and walked into the yard.

After passing through the two portals, she came to Wang Rouhua's residence, and saw that her mother-in-law was hoeing the ground with a hoe, so she hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Wang Rouhua dug up all the flowers planted in the garden, and the servants were leveling the land.

Zhao Wan looked at the roses thrown on the edge of the garden with regret and said, "These flowers were brought to you by Persian merchants from the West Sea, and it would be a pity to dig them up." ”

Wang Rouhua frowned and looked at Zhao Wan's clumsy hoe and said, "Don't do it, be careful of hoeing your feet!" ”

Zhao Wanjiao smiled: "I have learned! ”

Wang Rouhua smiled: "What have you learned, you saw it when the official family was farming, right?" That's not what you're supposed to do. ”

"What are you going to grow here? It's not the right time to grow food. ”

"Plant some rape and spinach, and you can harvest the carrots before the snow falls."

"A-Niang, are we really short of food in Hami?" Zhao Wan straightened her waist and asked panting, holding the hoe.

Wang Rouhua raised her head and sighed, "Originally, there was no shortage, there was still a lot of surplus, and there were too many Uighurs, so there was not enough food to eat."

Brother Yuan, Mr. Ouyang, Mr. Big, Meng Yuanzhi, and Tie Yi decided to let everyone start eating in the canteen, so that they can save a lot of food, and we can save more people. ”

Zhao Wan nodded, raised her face and asked, "Ah Niang, why do we accept so many Uighurs?" I have seen a lot of Uighurs in the city these days, and I am not allowed to enter the city of Qingxiang? ”

Wang Rouhua took the hoe from Zhao Wan and said: "Only when there are more people can it be like a country, Brother Yuan'er has a big heart, he wants a bigger and stronger country, therefore, he has to suffer more to succeed."

By the way, you should prepare well, stagger your menstrual affairs, and my mother will officially marry you in the next few days. ”

"Huh?" Zhao Wan's face suddenly turned into a big red cloth.

Wang Rouhua glanced at Zhao Wan and said with a smile: "What's so embarrassing, I originally wanted to give you a lively wedding, but now you have seen it, if you don't do it now, Brother Yuan will have no time, so I can only wronged you."

I heard Mama Zhang say that your father prepared a lot of wedding clothes for you, and I took them out to dry them in the past two days, and after wearing them, I asked Yu Chilei to paint a few portraits for you, and sent someone to your father for my mother. ”

Zhao Wan's head was about to hang down to her chest, and she said in a mosquito-like voice: "The moon has just passed......"

Tie Xinyuan and Ouyang Xiu came to the wolf's lair, this is where Tie Xinyuan stored his materials, and now they will all be handed over to Ouyang Xiu.

Tie Er came back, and he stood behind a stack of ledgers and waited for Ouyang Xiu to take over.

Su Shi led six good officials who checked the accounts to reconcile the accounts, and Wei Chiwen was helping him on the side, and it was going quickly.

Tie Xinyuan's voice sounded in the wolf's lair: "A long time ago, I started to prepare supplies, and naturally I have prepared them very well, but unfortunately, it is still not enough." ”

Ouyang Xiu smiled: "This is far beyond my expectations, your treasury here is no less than Xijing's treasury, you should be proud."

How? Judging from the account books, you have already started planning material reserves three years ago, can it be said that you already have the idea of building a country when you first arrived in Hami? ”

Tie Xinyuan nodded and said, "I still underestimate the difficulty of building a country, and I'm a little impatient, so I should wait another two years." ”

Ouyang Xiu shook his head and said, "This kind of thing is appropriate at all times, and it is inappropriate at all times.

The founding of the country is originally against the sky, and God will not let you succeed easily, otherwise, it will be an injustice to the people in the world.

In fact, I am not surprised that you have these materials, I am surprised that this Qingxiang City, which is accustomed to enjoyment, can start eating in the big canteen under your edict, and there seem to be few people complaining, this is the foundation of you can establish the Hami Qingxiang Country. ”

Tie Xinyuan smiled bitterly: "It's not surprising, when I first created Qingxiang City, everyone was eating the big canteen, but then everyone gradually became richer, so they didn't eat the big canteen."

Now that it is picked up again, there are very few people who naturally oppose it. ”

Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, this is human nature, fortunately, you have not been rich for a long time, otherwise it will be difficult to change your habits." ”

Tie Xinyuan was about to answer, when he heard a terrible howl come out from the depths of the wolf's lair, the sound was very loud, echoing in the empty wolf's lair!

Tie Xinyuan's face did not change, Ouyang Xiu wanted to ask and rest, as for Su Shi, who was reconciling the accounts, his face was full of surprise.

"It's just an old friend, maybe it's lonely, how about we go and see?" Tie Xinyuan smiled and invited Ouyang Xiu to go along, Su Shi immediately dropped the account book and followed closely behind, he also wanted to know whether Tie Xinyuan had lost his conscience and locked up that loyal minister here. (To be continued.) )