Recently, there is nothing to eat at all, who is not, and if they see anything to eat, they will eat it, and no one will care if it will eat the dead.

"Do you have any leftovers from what you just ate at home?" Zhong Ling looked at them with a bit of hope in his eyes.

If we can find out what they ate, then the matter will be solved.

Everyone shook their heads, no one will have a situation where the food is not finished, they almost all eat it when they get it, there is nothing at this time, how can there be any leftover, the remaining little is put at home, who knows if when they go out, the clock will not be stolen by others.

This made Zhong Ling very helpless, but there was no way, now he could only wait for Shen Dian to come back.

Zhong Ling and Shen Yichi asked these people to go back.

That night, everyone in the village started a fire, and the smell of burning firewood spread throughout the village, which made Zhong Ling smile a lot.

This smell is so good, maybe this amount is the taste of everyone's happiness. Zhong Ling was full of emotion.

Shen Dian finally came back after going out for a few hours.

"Lord Shen. You're back, wash your hands and eat first. Qiao Xi looked at Shen Di and said naturally.

But Shen Dian now had something urgent to report, so he ignored Qiaoxi and walked over.

Li Gang watched from the side, this was very unpleasant, in his eyes, the girl Qiaoxi he had always liked was now neglected.

"Miss Qiaoxi, I'll help you." Li Gang talked to Qiao Xi, feeling that this would make Qiao Xi feel better.

But in fact, Qiao Xi has long been accustomed to the scene in front of her.

Lord Shen is a very loyal person, as long as it is something ordered by the emperor, he will definitely finish it first, and it is impossible to stop before he finishes it.

"Okay, you can multiply this rice, and the pot in it, add more water to boil, this can be turned into porridge." Qiao Xi said lightly, not paying much attention to Li Gang's thoughts.

Everyone is used to her and Li Gang being in the kitchen together.

After all, this is up and down, as long as Qiao Xi and Li Gang's cooking skills are okay, it is really difficult for others to make it. What is good is not good.

So in the end, there were only two people in this kitchen, Qiao Xi and Li Gang, Li Gang was the main cooker, and Qiao Xi was also on the side.

Shen Di returned to the courtyard and immediately took out the things he had collected.

"These are the things that the villagers in this neighborhood have eaten recently." Shen Dian brought a little bit of everything that the villagers had eaten recently.

Because he doesn't know what the names of these things are, it may not be very accurate to convey them orally.

They looked at the things on the ground, they looked like they were some wild vegetables in their usual days, and there were not many unusual things, but soon, a small lump in it attracted Zhong Ling.

"Where did you dig this?" Zhong Ling picked up the pimple, her face was full of joy, this was so good, she felt that she was saved in an instant.

"These are leftovers dug up by the villagers, and I picked up a small one, and the location is on the mountain not far away, and I don't know what the exact name is." Shen Dian blamed himself a little, because he had just arrived in this place, and he was not very familiar with the names of the places here.

"And this." Shen Yichi took out a special grass from there, which was very different from those wild vegetables, he looked at Shen Dark, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.

"This thing doesn't seem to be eaten by locusts, and there is a large area full of locusts on the mountain at the east end of the village." Shen Dian looked at the thing in Shen Yichi's hand, in fact, he secretly tasted this thing, it was too unpalatable, it was probably not too late, otherwise there were so many on the mountain, and being able to eat them would also solve the stomach problem.

"This is bracken, Ah Chi, you hurry up and demonstrate this powder method to the villagers, we have been saved." Zhong Ling was really excited, she looked at the bracken in Shen Yichi's hand, full of gratitude.

God still didn't do anything to them.

Bracken and cassava are poisonous when eaten like this, but after grinding into flour, it is okay to eat them again, and it can fill your stomach quickly, which is really good.

And the most important point is that the locusts don't eat bracken, as long as this bracken grows all over the mountains, which is really good.

"Good. I'll go right away. Shen Yichi did not delay, and asked the village chief to gather the residents of the village, and everyone was in front of a water mill, and Shen Yichi personally demonstrated the method of fern root powder.

Zhong Ling hugged Rou'er and went over to popularize it to the villagers, and when everyone looked at the black fern roots and turned into powder, they were all very surprised.

"It's called fern root, and it's poisonous when eaten raw, but it's non-toxic when you make it into fern root powder. This is called cassava, and it can be eaten after it is cooked, in fact, the wild vegetables you find outside should not be eaten raw, many wild vegetables are poisonous when eaten raw, but after you cook it, it is different. Zhong Ling carefully popularized with the villagers, and she is now very glad that she has found bracken and cassava.

With these two things, it is basically possible to solve the current problem of eating.

"You can find a little bit of this cassava, come back and plant it, although it doesn't taste good, but it can more or less fill your stomach, the locusts haven't left, we can only plant some crops that the locusts don't eat much."

Zhong Ling and the villagers slowly popularized, everyone respected Zhong Ling very much, and what Zhong Ling said was naturally very executable.

Under Zhong Ling's arrangement, the people in the village were divided in detail, because it was an extraordinary time, and it was impossible for the family to pull bracken, grind flour, and plant cassava in the past.

Even if it could, there would only be one water mill in the village, and it wouldn't be enough for everyone.

So Zhong Ling gathered everyone together and divided the labor, the women and children went to the mountains to pull bracken, and the men went to the fields to plant cassava. The old man grinds the powder here. Others were arranged to go to the kitchen to cook food for everyone.

In order to centralize management, Zhong Ling also sent people to build a shed next to the water mill to cook collectively.

As soon as this policy came out, the situation in this village got better, and everyone was slowly recovering, and because the pheasants that Zhong Ling raised before were only a week. The pheasant was basically going to catch locusts.

Zhong Ling greeted the people in the village, and told everyone not to scare the pheasants, which only lived near the village chief's house at first, and later saw that people had no ill will towards them, and these pheasants followed them to the ground, whether they were locusts or termites, they all helped to eat.

The villagers are also very grateful to the pheasant.

One by one, they are especially good for pheasants.

Zhong Ling watched the village slowly recover, and began to set off, they still had to go back to Kyoto.

Along the way, Zhong Ling has been popularizing the way to eat these bracken. Zhong Ling is happiest now is this bracken all over the mountains, which is simply their savior.

Because of Rou'er's relationship, they walked very slowly along the way, and there were constantly disaster victims on the road, and they could save them. The journey was very smooth, but there was no water mill in one place, and there were no mules or donkeys at home, so everyone was hungry and did not have the strength to push the mill. This also made Zhong Ling full of sadness.

If you have to rely on manpower to grind the powder, this looks a bit unreliable.

And manpower is bound to be inferior to animals, and when the time comes, the human powder will be exhausted to death before it is finished.

"Why don't we let the horses pull the mill?" Zhong Ling said with some uncertainty.

"No, horses are usually used to pull things, and I am afraid that horses are not allowed to use this pushing and grinding." Shen Yichi was a little helpless, how could there be a horse grinding, this is really helpless.

"But now there is no other way, is someone pushing? In this way, before they can get food, they are already exhausted. Zhong Ling was full of helplessness, and she knew it, but isn't it an extraordinary time? That's no way out.

"Why don't we use the mechanism?" Li Gang, who had been beside him, spoke silently.

"Organs?" Zhong Ling was stunned for a moment, and used the mechanism to grind, why didn't she think of this idea.

Everyone's eyes also looked at Li Gang, and their eyes were full of curiosity, just to know what this person would do.

"Yes, it's a mechanism, we can use gears, which may save a lot of effort." Li Gang explained silently.

"Aren't you in a cottage? How to understand so many things. Zhong Ling felt a little strange.

This Li Gang usually looks honest, and he doesn't speak much, so every time he appears, he is very surprised.

For example, his cooking skills, and this time, the mechanism.

"Hmm......" Li Gang blushed embarrassedly, he felt that there was nothing surprising about this, in the cottage, the whole cottage could be used by him, and there were many books in it, if he had talent, then medicine could also be learned, but it was a pity that he didn't have that talent at all.

He gave up studying medicine when he was a child, and has been studying the art of war and mechanics since then, after all, these two things complement each other.

"Actually, it's nothing, I just know a little bit of basics." Li Gang explained himself hesitantly.

This is the first time he has been watched by so many people, especially now that Qiao Xi is also looking at him, I don't know why he feels like his heart is pounding.

"Don't care how much you know, see if you can make it as soon as possible, let's go to the mountains with the villagers to dig some wild vegetables and fern roots." Zhong Lingdao, because of an accident when she went abroad before, she didn't share her food with the villagers anymore, but in the village, she always ate the same things as the villagers, and only when they were in a hurry, she would take out the food.

"Okay." Li Gang answered, and immediately went over to do it, but the speed of a person was always a little slow, and he also found a few carpenters in the village to do it together.