However, the immediate problem has not been solved, and wave after wave of troubles have found the front of the present. Even if Chen Jifa and Ye Feng stayed closed all day and hid in Chen's village, these people still found them.

This kind of thing was originally expected by Ye Feng and Chen Jifa, so the two of them tacitly hid. To say that Qingzhu Village and Nanmu Village, which are next to Chenjia Village, have developed now, but there are still many young daughters-in-law in the village who have married from other villages.

Seeing that everyone is getting rich one after another, but their hometown is still so poor, the key is that it is still so close, these little daughters-in-law feel a little uncomfortable.

Therefore, after determining the news that the village will recruit a large number of workers in the next step, the little daughters-in-law from other villages invariably went back to their parents' homes and told the village chief what they heard.

Hearing this, these village chiefs naturally couldn't sit still, and immediately summoned the people of the village to exaggerate the advantages of the village, and then they all ran to Chenjia Village to find Ye Feng and Chen Jifa to report their feelings.

Then some businessmen, especially those grain merchants, came to Chenjia Village one after another, saying that they were willing to donate a batch of flour free of charge to make a modest contribution to the court and the soldiers in front of them.

What's even more terrifying is that some of them happened to buy shops in the new commercial street before, so they transported bags of flour over without waiting for Ye Feng and Chen Jifa to agree, and there was a big posture of Ye Feng piling up the flour at the door of his house without agreeing.

After a few days, the two of them were really unbearable, and they hid in the forest villa during the day, anyway, they both bought the villa, and they didn't dare to come out until the evening, as if they had made some unsightly mistake.

It's not that they don't want to help, it's that nothing has been settled now, and they can't make any promises. But the people who came to the door were very anxious, and they wished that the two of them would make a decision immediately.

On this day, taking advantage of the night, a dark shadow flashed out of the house, and after walking a few steps, he lifted his hat from time to time to take a look, and then continued to walk after making sure that no one was following him.

When he arrived at the door of Chen Jifa's house, he didn't knock on the door, but went around to a small door in the backyard, and once again made sure that there was no one around, so he knocked on the door.

"Who are you?"

"Hey, workshop." Ye Feng said helplessly.

Hearing this, Chen Jifa cautiously opened the door a crack, and saw that it was really Ye Feng standing outside the door, so he opened the door and let him in.

"But there's a way?" Chen Jifa asked anxiously. He has also had a very bad time these days, and he is always surrounded and intercepted, no, he and Ye Feng have used a code. Once you don't match, you won't open the door.

Hearing this, Ye Feng said expressionlessly: "Hey, I thought of a way, and I don't know if it's feasible, so I came to you to discuss." If you can't think of a way, it is estimated that you will not be able to live a normal life during this time. ”

He missed life in the village so much that now he had to hide in the villa every day.

"Tell me about it, hey."

Ye Feng said: "Hey, you have also seen that so many villages want us to go to their villages to build workshops, no matter which one we go to, the other villages will be unhappy." ”

"Yes, I understand everyone's feelings, but the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and no matter who we choose, the rest of us will be unhappy. If you want to say that in the previous time, there were only Qingzhu Village and Nanmu Village, which was a good choice. But now ......"

"Yes, where is it like now, there are too many, there are at least ten villages to sign up, right?"

"What's more! Although I haven't counted them, I'm sure there are at least twenty of them. You don't know, some of them brought me all kinds of food and drink, all of which I have never seen before. Some even threatened me, and some even gave me girls......"

In this regard, Chen Jifa is really about to collapse.

"Haha, send the girl, haha, you can take it, it's okay to give Brother Qianfan another brother or sister. Haha......"

"Hey, you're still laughing! You, tell me quickly, as long as you can do it, I really can't stand it. I promise, I will do whatever you say, and I will not be picky. They are surrounded like this......"

Chen Jifa's expression was almost crying.

His son didn't know where he found out about it, and rushed back overnight to "warn" him not to mess around. He received inside information that the emperor had just been furious and secretly disposed of several senior officials.

If Chen Jifa dared to do this, he wouldn't be able to run away. Besides, this is to make marching food for the imperial court, no matter who it is, no matter how long it is, it will not dare to stretch it out.

Ye was even more exaggerated, and in front of Chen Qianfan, he directly put his words there. Although she said a long list excitedly, it was to the effect that she didn't dislike Chen Jifa for being poor back then, and married him. If he dared to accept any girl, she would immediately reconcile with her, and would go to the court to accuse him of being ungrateful.

Then, the mother and son left together again.

Ye Feng said: "That's the case, I have considered all the villages around here, either it doesn't work here or there is a problem." After all I thought about it, let's build a big workshop by ourselves. ”

"Build it yourself, you can, the key is where to build?"

"In the woods behind us."

"In the woods? Well, the place is big enough, but where will those who come to work live in the future? "The difficulty of cutting down trees or something, Chen Jifa doesn't think about it anymore.

Land prices in Chenjia Village have now reached a new high, and they are no longer available. If a workshop is built in the forest in the back mountain, then the accommodation of the workers is indeed a problem.

The villagers had already visited the forest, and it would take several days to walk, so there was no problem in setting up a workshop. The environment is good and the privacy is strong, which is not conducive to travel and accommodation.

"The accommodation is very easy to solve, and we will build a place to live." Ye Feng had already figured it out, and directly built a super large workshop there, and at the same time built a staff dormitory.

The forest he walked through was the same forest he had experienced when he came to Chenjia Village from the temple. The forest was actually rectangular, and he happened to be the longest diagonal at the time.

In other words, this forest can be completely walked out in about four days at most. On top of that, one side of this wooded area, in a straight line, is particularly close to the 10,000-person square in Chenjia Village.

If it was decided to build a workshop in the forest, Ye Feng would start to build the road from the back of the 10,000-person square and continue to the outside of the newly built workshop. This way, it is much easier to go back and forth.

Which road is not like this, as long as the road is repaired, the car ride is very fast.

"Then what are you waiting for, it's decided, I'm holding this silver with hot hands. Wait, I'll get you the money!" When Chen Jifa heard this, his heart suddenly relaxed a lot.

Tao Zhixian gave him this silver a few days ago, and he always felt uncomfortable at home. The silver allocated by the imperial court is now in such a situation, and no one dares to touch it, let alone talk about it.

If you want to change the previous one, it is the complete opposite. The imperial court has already allocated the silver, but the relevant officials just hold on to it.

"Well, take it, you know I don't touch it, I'm in charge of supervising the workers to build the workshop. You'll do the rest yourself. Ye Feng was not polite to Chen Jifa, for so many years, the cooperation model between the two has always been like this.

Hearing this, Chen Jifa said, "Okay, I'll have no problem taking it." But, first of all, this is the matter is settled, and I will go and ask someone to start working tomorrow. ”

He just couldn't wait.

"Well, but there's one more thing, and that's that you're going to get everyone together to make this clear, and say we're done, so they don't come to us again! You think I'm having a good day. ”

Ye Feng hated it with hatred, and said through gritted teeth.

After thinking about it, he added: "If they ask about the work, you will say that we will build a uniform dwelling in the woods, and it will be two people in one room." There will be people who specialize in cooking for them, and they can also cook their own. ”

"Also, people from nearby villages can sign up for work, and anyone who is free of illness and loves cleanliness can do it. It's just that, because of the long distance, the people who come here to work can only be rotated once every half a month. Therefore, when you recruit people, you should make a special statement about this, and those who come can only go home once in half a month. ”

After thinking about it, Ye Feng made a summary, "That's probably it, you can inform me tomorrow." I went back, sleepy, I wanted to sleep. ”

In the past few days, Ye Feng's spirit has been highly concentrated, many times he wants to sleep but can't sleep, and from time to time he is awakened by the sound of knocks and quarrels outside the door.

Now that the problem is solved, I guess I can get a good night's sleep.

Sure enough, there were no more knocks or quarrels the next morning, and Ye Feng slept until near noon. He stretched, then got up to wash, and then walked slowly, ready to walk to the shopping street to eat.

As soon as I walked to the bridge, I met Aunt Cha and a few people chatting there.

Seeing Ye Feng coming, Aunt Cha said, "Hey, you came just in time, we are worried that we can't find anyone to ask." Ye Feng, let me ask you, is what the village chief said true? Can anyone come to work? ”

The other asked, "Yes, yes, you said that he was really a man, and he ran away in a hurry before he could say anything about the salary." ”

It seems that Chen Jifa has already said that he is going to build a workshop in the forest. It's just that it is estimated that the scene is chaotic, and he can't resist it and runs away.

"Yes, it's true, so you can go back to your mother's house and ask, and anyone who is free of disease and loves cleanliness can come and try. If you pass the inspection, you can go to work. As for the salary, it's 100 wen a day. ”

"However, if there are too many people, we will work in batches and take turns. If there are too many people, it may be repeated every half a month. ”

Ye Feng knew that as soon as this news came out, there would definitely be no fewer people who came to work. However, he was too lazy to pick who could and who couldn't. Moreover, the officials sent by the imperial court are about to come down, and those magistrates must be screened when they send people.

At the very least, priority is given to poor families.

Regarding this point, he had already asked Chen Jifa to tell Chen Qianfan, so as not to fall behind in front of the working group. And other places will naturally be moved.

After breakfast, Ye Feng started working. First of all, I thought about the construction method of the workshop, which is a bit similar to the current factory, in which the assembly line procedure is implemented, which greatly improves the work efficiency.

At the same time, the staff dormitory is ready to be built in the form of standard rooms, with several more buildings and several more floors in each building, so that no matter how many people can live. Secondly, it is necessary to build a staff canteen.

It's a big project for so many people to eat.

Therefore, the road had to be built simultaneously, so that it would be convenient to transport people, vegetables and meat to the canteen, or to transport the prepared marching rations. Otherwise, the follow-up will annoy him to death.

Chen Jifa's speed was also fast, but in a short period of time, he gathered all the outstanding craftsmen around him, and then ordered them one by one according to what Ye Feng said. No, these people have all gone to the woods and started to measure and all kinds of preliminary work.

It's just that, just like the previous summer houses in the woods, high walls had to be built, so high that even with a ladder, ordinary people could not climb it. Even if I climbed up, I didn't have the courage to jump down. What's more critical is that in the imperial court here, it is estimated that few people dare to do this.

And those who are good at building roads are not idle, after listening to Ye Feng's explanation, they quickly understood what he meant, transformed those obscure modern terms into the terms of their time and space, and began to design how to build this road.

After doing this, Chen Jifa can take a break. However, for Ye Feng, this matter has just begun. In addition to the noodles, he had to think of a few more foods that could be stored for a long time.

Although the imperial court did not say anything, it just asked them to produce dried noodles. But instead of being named more and more by then, it's better to start doing it now.

The first is the pancakes, which can be stored for a month if done well. Although the time is still a bit short, it is estimated that the time can be extended after improvement.

The point is that this kind of food is actually very suitable for marching, not only can it be eaten dry, but it can also be soaked in boiling water and eaten as a mush.

The Xue Dan family is very good at making this kind of baked cakes, and Ye Feng plans to go to the Zhu family to discuss it when it is empty, and if it is done, it can also increase the income of their shop.

The second is instant noodles. It's just a pity that Ye Feng really doesn't know how to make instant noodles, only that it seems to be made by frying. Forget it, let's study it slowly later.

However, dried vegetables can be made. It is difficult for those front-line soldiers to eat vegetables, if they can dehydrate and dry all kinds of vegetables, they can soak them when they eat.

In this way, the nutrition should be at least a little more balanced.

Then there are all kinds of jerky. Although noodles and vegetables are important, meat is more energy-replenishing. If you can make dry meat, it can greatly increase the calories of the soldiers.

In addition, all Ye Feng could think of was something like dried fruits. In addition, he is really poor in donkey skills.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng began to experiment.

He first went to the commercial street to find Zhu's, and after briefly explaining his intentions, he said: "Auntie, this is an order from the imperial court, and officials will be sent down to check it after a while." If you can make this kind of baked bread, you will make a sum of money. ”

In short, it is an extremely important business to earn money and fame.

For Ye Feng to think of himself for the first time, the Zhu family was still very moved, and even attributed it to the mother-son connection in his heart. However, what Ye Feng said was a bit difficult.

What kind of baked cake can be stored for several months or even half a year?

After thinking about it, Zhu Shi said: "Then I'll try, but it may not work." ”

Ye Feng said: "Then sister, you try first, I have to do other things." In fact, the key is to be dry enough so that it is easy to preserve. With that, he prepared to leave.

Zhu Shi grabbed him, looked up and down, and said, "Look at you, this kid, you are tired and thin thinking about the affairs of the court every day." But you have to pay attention to your body, if you are sick, your aunt will feel distressed when she sees it. ”

As he spoke, he entered the shop, took out a cloth bag and said, "This is a baked cake made by my aunt, you take it with you, and take a few bites when you are hungry." ”

Ye Feng was very moved, and said a few more words to her before leaving.

These baked cakes are made by Zhu Shi himself, and there is meat filling in them, and the kang is extremely thin and dry, which is very suitable for making dry food. Ye Feng saw it and felt that with this skill, the Zhu family could also make the baked cakes that could be stored for a long time.

After returning home, Ye Feng took his things and went directly to Qingzhu Village.

Along the way, he was alone, after all, this matter is a matter of the imperial court, and he can't let too many people know.

When he arrived at the workshop, he called out the chief technician in charge of the noodles and said to him, "I think you also know that the imperial court wants us to cook food for the soldiers, right?" ”

The technician's surname is Fan, and he is responsible for the skills of making noodles. Hearing Ye Feng say this, he hurriedly said, "Naturally, I heard about it." ”

"I'm here today to develop a new kind of food with you. It's just an idea of mine, but I can't make it. So, I'll say, you do it, let's try it first. ”

It's best if it works, forget it if it doesn't.

Hearing this, Technician Fan hurriedly agreed, everyone knew what the new food in Ye Feng's mouth meant. And he actually has this honor, and he co-developed the same new food.

In this way, after the noodles were cut out, Ye Feng did not ask Master Fan to take them outside to hang on the bamboo pole to dry, but said to him: "That's it, take it to the pot and cook it first, and then scoop it up after boiling it half-cooked." Yes, that's all, not too much, let's try it first, too much is wasted. ”

"Oh, no, no, no, you can't boil it, you can't get it wet. Well, let me think, yes, yes, go get a steamer and put it on the cage cloth and steam it directly. Remember to master the heat and steam it until it is half-cooked. ”

Seeing Master Fan's confused face, Ye Feng had no choice but to say, "Forget it, just steam it, it's half-cooked and fully cooked." ”

Then, Ye Feng found a bucket of oil by himself, took a pot and wiped it clean, and began to pour oil into it.

I knew that I let the Zhao family and the Ye family follow, and I was really not good at cooking.

When the wood is burned, the oil in the pot slowly heats up. Ye Feng hurriedly said to Master Fan: "Come and see here, don't let the oil burn, but you must also boil." ”

As he spoke, he exchanged places with Master Fan.

Rather than burning oil, he felt that he still had to guard the noodles in this steamer.

In this way, when the noodles in the steamer were almost steamed, Ye Feng untied the lid of the steamer and fished out the noodles. When the oil boiled, Ye Feng carefully threw the noodles in and began to fry them.

Watching those noodles slowly change color, and finally became a dry shape one by one, Ye Feng was very excited.

However, these shapes are not right and are not conducive to maximum storage.

After thinking about it, the second time he put down the noodles, he wrapped them in a ball. So, by the time the noodles are fished out, they've already been fried into balls, and they look like instant noodles.

In this way, with the oil, a few more balls were fried, and Ye Feng wrapped the dough in a cloth bag and took it away, making Master Fan confused.

Ye Feng said: "Don't tell anyone about this matter for the time being, I'll go back first and see if this dough can be eaten." If I can, I'll come back to you. ”

After returning home, Ye Feng found Chen Jifa to discuss things.

"You go to people in other villages and tell them that you have picked the cabbage and green leafy vegetables at home, tore them into strips, and put them at home to dry. By the way, it must be cleaned before drying. After they are dried, they are all sold to us. ”

"This ...... Otherwise, let's try it in the village first, find a family first, and then find someone else. ”

"Well, it's better to think about it and do what you say."

"By the way, one more thing...... Forget it, I'll go to the county to ask the magistrate for help in this matter. ”

Ye Feng was talking about making jerky.

When he arrived at the county office, as soon as Ye Feng said this, Tao Zhixian had a plan in his heart. If he doesn't do anything, he will be praised at most if he has a few words of praise in the future.

But what if you get involved?

After thinking about it, he packed the ticket and said that he would do it himself, so that Ye Feng could build a workshop to make noodles with peace of mind.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Ye Feng went home happily.

No matter how you look at it, this matter is not small, and it is best to succeed. But he is just a white ding, even if he succeeds, there is no big benefit, at most he is rewarded by the emperor with a few words, or some silver.

However, whether it is Shirachi Prefecture in Beijing or Taozhi Prefecture here, they are all masters who want to climb up. In that case, let's pull them in. There are many people who are easy to do, not to mention that the other party is still an official, which is much smoother than him fighting alone.

In other words, he only needs to study instant noodles with peace of mind. As for jerky and dried vegetables, as well as pancakes, it is best to succeed, but it is the icing on the cake. If you can't succeed, that's it, at least you try.

There are many things that you always have to try to know if they will work.

After another month, after collecting some dried vegetables, Ye Feng enthusiastically boiled the water, put the seasoning, put the dried vegetables into a bowl, and added some boiling water.

Slowly, the dried vegetables foamed and gave them their original appearance. He tasted it, it didn't taste good, at least it was a dish, it was not bad,

It seems that this dried vegetable is feasible, and it can be notified to go out and make it on a large scale. The next thing is to cook the instant noodles.

Although it was stored for a month, when the noodles were thrown into the bowl, a lot of oil still came out when they were wet. When the boiling water was poured on it, it soon floated on it. Ye Feng hurriedly took a larger bowl and covered it.

There are no clocks here, and it is impossible to calculate the time for preparation. Ye Feng had no choice but to start counting in a hurry, and began to count again when he reached sixty.

And so, after a quarter of an hour or so, he again went into the kitchen apprehensively, and opened the bowl to take a look. The noodles are soaked, but unfortunately the taste is not very good, and I don't know if it is because it has been soaked for too long, so I always feel slimy.

So, Ye Feng soaked the second bowl, but it turned out to be too hard.

By the time he opened the bowl for the third time, it was still not ideal.

After thinking about it, it is estimated that the timing of steaming noodles is not right, or the time of frying is wrong.

In short, he and Master Fan experimented in the workshop for many times, blew up dozens of catties of dried noodles, and finally, finally fried the instant noodles before the working group came to Chenjia Village.

Speaking of which, this can be regarded as Ye Feng's biggest invention since he arrived in this time and space.

As for duvets, down jackets, toothbrushes, etc., he doesn't have time to do them for the time being. And these things are not very meaningful to the soldiers, so it is better to make more food.