Chapter 488: The Dragon Raised Its Head
In 1125 A.D., in the early spring, the spring breeze blew on the shore, everything recovered, and the difficult winter had passed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the second day of February, the dragon raises its head, also known as the "Spring Ploughing Festival", "Agricultural Festival", "Spring Dragon Festival", which is the traditional festival of our Chinese nation since ancient times.
February 2nd, according to legend, is the birthday of the father-in-law of the land, called the "birthday of the land", in order to give the father-in-law of the land "warm life", some places have the custom of holding a "land meeting", praying for good weather.
The earth is thawing, spring plowing is about to begin, and it is the time to transport manure to prepare for ploughing.
Most of the people of Yanyun received new farm tools from the workshops opened by the Northern Yan Palace, and they were all preparing for the most important spring ploughing of the year.
Maybe in later generations, most people don't even know when to start sowing (cough cough, in fact, I don't know very well), but in this day and age, spring plowing is a well-deserved event.
On this day, even His Majesty the Emperor, who is high up on weekdays, has to take his huge harem group, as well as the princes in Beijing, to spring ploughing, which is also the origin of the emperor's mother to send food, drive and plough herself, and take care of one acre and three points of land.
Of course, they're just putting on a show.
The people, on the other hand, have to store up the crops they planted in the spring for the winter after the autumn harvest, otherwise they will not survive the cold winter.
Especially Yan Yun, they were occupied by the Liao State for half a year, although they looked rich, but they were only a few, the rich were businessmen who were inextricably linked with the government, and most of the people were really hungry and poorly clothed.
This is also one of the biggest problems that Wuda, the king of Northern Yan, urgently needs to change.
On the day when the dragon raised its head, the Wuda group that had been cruising slowly on the sea for two months finally arrived at Yanyun.
Zhang Liang led the black crows, Wu Gang led two teams of iron-blooded thirteen eagles, as well as a large group of martial arts generals, and two thousand elite soldiers, who had been waiting here for a long time.
Wu Da held Wu Zhe and Jin Lian, and under the escort of Zhang Ping, he took the lead in penetrating.
"See the head of the family (the prince)!"
"See the mistress (princess)!"
"See the eldest young master (His Royal Highness)!"
Wu Da's body shook a few times, and when he got used to staying at sea, he suddenly reached the land, and he was a little uncomfortable.
Jin Lian took Wu Zhe over, and Wu Da said with a smile:
"Get up."
Zhang Liang and Wu Gang came over and quarreled with Zhang Ping.
They are the three generals of the Wufu family, they have grown up together since they were children, and they have shared many hardships in life and death, and they have not seen each other for many days, so they naturally miss them very much.
Zhang Shun walked over from the boat, bowed his head to Wu Da, and asked, "Lord Wang, do you want to start unloading the ship?" ”
Wu Da nodded and said to Zhang Liang: "Don't be idle, you brought back a lot of good things, hurry up and help unload the ship." ”
"Gotta come!"
Zhang Liang beckoned, and many soldiers boarded the ship and began to help unload the cargo.
On a cold day, the reason why Wuda cruised on the sea for two months was naturally not for eating, drinking, and having fun, in addition to tasting all kinds of seafood, he also saved a lot, in addition, the most important thing was to dig the ice surface and salvage a large amount of kelp.
Wuda really doesn't want to despise the people of this age, but sometimes the things that the people do are really incomprehensible, such as kelp.
Nowadays, the people are really hungry, especially the people in the coastal areas, because most of them are saline-alkali land, unable to grow crops, their lives are even more difficult, and they can only rely on fishing to make a living, but do you know why they salvage kelp?
Feed the pigs! And the pigs don't want to eat it!
When Wu Da first heard this statement on the boat, he almost fell into the sea.
Ya, you deserve to be killed, kelp is such a delicious thing, whether it is cold salad, vinegar stir-fried, stewed or red stew, it is a rare good product, and because it is rich in alginate and iodine, it can effectively prevent big neck disease, you actually use it to feed pigs?
Wu Da could only silently raise a middle finger to express his contempt.
At the beginning of the boat, Wu Da ordered someone to salvage the kelp, and when he mixed a plate of cold food by himself, everyone thought that Wu Da was crazy and actually ate pig food, Wu Da didn't explain anything, but he fried a big pot by himself, and mixed a big pot of cold mix, and made a big pot of kelp soup for the whole ship to taste, and then they were silent, and then they burst into tears.
It turns out that this thing is so delicious, it used to be really a tyrannical thing, and it really deserved to starve to death.
So, on the days on the ship, the brothers salvaged kelp in large quantities, hung it on the bow of the boat, dried it, put it away, continued to salvage, and continued to dry, because the prince said that this thing can be eaten after it is dried and soaked with a little salt.
At this time, Wuda didn't want to explain more, but just ordered someone to move down.
That night, at the same time as the seafood feast, there was no shortage of stir-fried kelp, cold kelp and kelp soup on the table.
Zhang Liang watched Wu Dahu eat Haisai, and didn't dare to say that this was pig food, so he could only bite the bullet and taste it.
This was unbelievable, I saw Zhang Liang's eyes light up, and he immediately sped up.
Wu Gang deeply admired, Zhang Liang didn't want to die in order to shoot Wu Da's ass, as for it, they are all his own people.
However, Zhang Liang actually ate it, and he Wu Gang couldn't lag behind, eating and eating, he also sped up, and in the end, the two of them glared at each other for the last bit of kelp on the plate.
Wu Da waved his hand, smiled and said, "Grab a fart, come out!" Come on, Shanghai belt, enough tube! ”
The chef directly brought a plate very domineeringly, and Wu Gang and Zhang Liang continued to eat at sea.
As soon as many soldiers saw this posture, it didn't look like a fake, and they also hurriedly started eating, and then, no, everyone was crazy about eating kelp tonight, and the burps were all smelling of kelp.
Then everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Wuda, in addition to awe, there was a trace of admiration, I had to admire, I can turn pig food into a supreme delicacy, this is a great achievement, and the people along the coast will have a way to live in the future.
Wu Da hugged Xiao Wu Zhe and took advantage of the situation to say:
"Tell me to go down, when the weather gradually warms up, the ice is eliminated, the king collects kelp on a large scale, dries it in the sun, and the boy is not bullied, and the king personally sends someone to be responsible for transporting it."
"Yes!"
Zhou Ziming, the prefect of Yingzhou, was directly crazy, and he didn't care about the humility of the upper and lower levels, so he directly toasted Wuda with a wine glass.
Wu Da drank three cups with him, and said with a smile:
"Governor Zhou, in addition to kelp, this king has also found another way for the coastal people to live, and I want you to do it yourself."
Zhou Ziming's eyes were full of green light, and he asked excitedly:
"Please make it clear!"
Wu Da got up, pointed to the sea and said: "This seabed is an endless treasure, there are countless giant whales and big fish in the sea, why do you turn a blind eye?" ”
Zhou Ziming's face stiffened, as if he had eaten stool, and after hesitating for a moment, he said tentatively: "Returning to the prince, if it is not the lower officials' inaction, it is really the lower officials who dare not do it!" ”