Chapter 557: A Thousand Dollars Buy Horse Bones (Medium)
But no matter how much they didn't believe it, the truth was already in front of them, so after everyone set up a line, they soon began to line up to receive wooden dinner plates, and then everyone was stuffed with two large white flour steamed buns, as well as a bowl of broth, these broths are boiled with marinated pork, and the taste is naturally very fragrant, for these fishermen who have long been tired of eating sea fish, the taste is extremely tempting.
When the people in front started to eat, the people in the back were boiling, and their faces were full of disbelief, but the people in front had already eaten, and this was obviously not fake! All of them were divided into four teams, and the villagers, who were close to four hundred in all, soon received their meals, and everyone began to eat with gusto.
Because this meal...... It's so fragrant, although it's just a broth with white flour steamed buns, but for them it's extremely delicious, especially the salt and spices in this broth, don't think that people by the sea don't lack salt, people in this era don't know how to make sea salt at all, if it is not a proper way to get out of the sea salt is very bitter, it can't be eaten.
And if they eat too much, they are easy to be poisoned, and the salt they eat daily is also bitter, and they don't have to think about the taste of the food after putting that kind of salt in it, but now they eat these things are completely different.
But soon the shocking scene happened to these people, that is, after they started to eat, those fierce-looking soldiers actually lined up to eat, and more importantly, they actually ate the same food as they were given to them!
Even the leader named Zhao Qi ate the same as them, this scene made them all have an indescribable feeling, they couldn't describe it, that is, many people were stunned for a long time when they saw this scene, and then they started to eat.
When have people in this era ever enjoyed the same food as ordinary people and officials? Or even let them eat first? And they all noticed that the soldiers and the officer ate no different from theirs, it was all broth and white flour steamed buns.
I don't know why, seeing this scene, although the language barrier, these people are suddenly not so afraid.
People who are willing to share their meals with them, ordinary people...... Shouldn't it be the bad guys?
The meal was quickly finished, and after eating, everyone began to receive tools, and each person was given a sapper shovel, and then began to level the large area of land that Wu Min and they were optimistic about, shoveling out the turf on it, including some weeds, gravel, etc., all of which were cleared.
Everything is stacked in one place according to the other person's instructions, just like at mealtime...... While they were working, these people did not watch, they did the same work as them, and even heavier than them, for example, they did not know where to get a big stone, and a few strong soldiers directly lifted the stone, and then threw it on the ground to tamp the ground they had shoveled.
It was hard for them to believe this scene in front of them, but everything around them was happening solidly, and in the middle of the morning, some children in the village came to them, and the children were full of curiosity, and even some children accidentally began to make trouble for these people, and at first they were very scared.
But after the children made trouble, they found that the strong soldiers did not scold the children, but only greeted them with a smile, and even smiled and took the initiative to lift some of the fallen children from the ground, and then let them go to the side to play.
There was no impatience from start to finish, and even the smiles on their faces gave them a feeling of disbelief, but no matter what, it was all so real.
It wasn't until almost noon, after a morning of work together, that these villagers found that these soldiers were different from the soldiers they had seen before, they were very kind, willing to eat with them, work with them, and even in the midst of their work, some people accidentally encountered trouble, and the other party actually took the initiative to come to help.
Even in the morning, a person accidentally made a big hole in his hand and rubbed off a large piece of skin, in their usual opinion, such a wound is not disdainful at all, they don't care, just bandage it and it's over.
But these people are different, they actually came to a medical center, and they carried out a process called disinfection for this person, and then bandaged his wound with a white cloth that they couldn't bear to stain, and then directly stopped him from working.
If he wanted to work, he could do some work that did not affect his hand, such as marking lines, making gestures, etc., which were originally for some half-grown children and women.
Therefore, when it was noon, the sun in the sky was already very hot, but after only one morning's work, these villagers were no longer afraid, and after a morning of getting along and working together, let them all know that these people in front of them were different from the aristocratic soldiers they knew before!
These big Han soldiers are really different!
Even some bold villagers dared to communicate with them even with guesses.
It wasn't until noon that Zhao Qi asked Wu Min to announce for him that everyone had started to rest, go wash their bodies and faces, and then wait for dinner! They have people who specialize in cooking and start cooking.
At this time, these villagers realized that these people actually prepared lunch for them, not just the meal in the morning.
Luo Ya looked at the sincere smiles on the faces of these people, he realized for the first time that his previous caution seemed to be unnecessary at all, but ...... Luo Ya thought of something, he quickly called a few young people, and then quickly commanded a few words.
The young men nodded at once and turned around and ran towards the village.
Wu Min, who saw this scene on the other side, immediately whispered to Zhao Qi: "What do you guess they are doing?" ”
"Move their grain, sea fish." Zhao Qi said with a smile on his face, Zhao Qi, who has been a shopkeeper for more than ten years, has seen too many people of all kinds, although his grade is not too big, but he sees people very accurately, and the situation in front of him is also deliberately caused by him, otherwise, he can completely order people to cook secretly, there is no need to let them rest first, and then start cooking.
Although they don't speak the same language, they are closer...... It's actually quite simple, isn't it? After today's day, Zhao Qi believes that the people on this island will not have any suspicion or resistance to them, so their follow-up work will be much easier and more convenient.
And those who came to the follow-up government, they were much more professional than themselves in winning people's hearts, just like Zhao Qi said to Luo Ya before, not long after, Luo Ya was definitely willing to give himself the surname of a big man, and the name of a big man.
In fact, the name of Luo Ya is good, and Luo can be the surname of the big man.
Just as Zhao Qi guessed, in half an hour, the young people who ran back to the village drove two carriages, one with some dried fish on it, and the other carriage with still alive sea fish, which was placed in the sea water of the wooden barrel.
And Luo Ya also walked directly to Zhao Qi, and he said in a respectful tone: "Shopkeeper Zhao, I asked people to take these sea fish, I see that you are from the sea, the food must not be abundant, and we have nothing else here, but how many sea fish you want, you don't have to shirk these things." ”
Zhao Qi looked at Luo Ya and paused, and then he smiled and said: "Okay, then I won't shirk, but there is one point, the discipline of our Han requires us not to take a stitch from the people, so, in this way, we will exchange food." ”
"Shopkeeper Zhao......" Luo Ya hurriedly spoke.
"Village Chief Luoya, you can't make me make a mistake." Zhao Qi interrupted Luo Ya's words with a serious face.
Zhao Qi's expression was so serious, so serious that Luo Ya didn't know how to speak if he wanted to hold on, and in the end he could only nod.
"That's good, come on, pull back the sea fish of the Luoya village chief, and add food today." Zhao Qi shouted, and said directly with a smile.
When Village Chief Luo Ya saw Zhao Qi's smile, he also laughed directly, and the young people also laughed, and everyone laughed at once.
The people in the kitchen came over and brought back all these sea fish, and then started to cook them directly, and soon, when the strong smell of rice began to permeate the camp, the whole camp also began to become cheerful, with a morning as a basis, and now these villagers and Zhao Qi are not so strange.
Although the language is not understood, even the strokes and guesses can actually be chatted together, especially when many soldiers start to tease some children there, and this meeting is also very happy.
Soon the lunch was cooked, just like in the morning, everyone lined up, and the food was similar to the morning, steamed buns, broth, and then there were more sea fish they sent, the only difference was that everyone could get some meat in the broth at noon, and there were a lot of simple dried vegetables in it.
That's right, in order to avoid scurvy on the ship, Dahan equipped these crew members with dehydrated vegetables, in fact, dehydrated vegetables can preserve most of the nutrients and their taste is good, although the vitamins have passed, but not much, and after dehydration, the weight of the vegetables is reduced, the volume is also reduced, and the dried vegetables are very easy to store for a long time in the special sealed container.
It's actually much easier to eat, just like now, and it's okay to throw it directly into the pot to make soup. The ordinary hot air drying and dehydrated vegetable production method is very simple, and Dahan's current process can be completely done, as for another more advanced freeze vacuum drying, it is currently difficult, and the cost is higher, and it is not necessary.