In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, except for the children born in the house, the other subordinates were on vacation, and the chef hired by Linhai County also returned home for the New Year.

In addition to the imperial kitchen, it is a long way to return to Beijing, back and forth, and a season has passed, so it is better to stay here and celebrate the New Year with everyone.

With the imperial chef here, Xu Yin couldn't worry about the auspicious dishes necessary for the New Year, so she took the maids to the vegetable garden in the back garden of Xu's house, picked a basket of vegetables that matched the best match for the hot pot, and asked the big kitchen to slice some fish and mutton, rub some meatballs and shrimp dumplings and send them over.

As soon as I enter the wax moon, I want to eat hot pot.

Although the weather in Baigui County is warm, and in winter, there are still ten or twenty degrees during the day, but there is no shortage of her missing hot pot.

So while the blacksmith master in the mine was not on holiday, they rushed to make a batch of mandarin duck copper pots, with a mushroom clear soup pot base and a red oil spicy soup pot bottom, and then mixed a dipping sauce, and took everyone to make shabu shabu together.

In the outer courtyard, people gathered in groups of three or five around a table.

In the inner courtyard, she and Yan Kejin made a pot, and served meat dishes, vegetarian dishes, and finally a hand-rolled noodles from the imperial kitchen.

Basking in the warm winter sun and eating the mandarin duck hot pot with pure ecological ingredients, a sense of happiness arises spontaneously.

The people in the outer courtyard chatted about the sky:

"When I heard that I was going to come to Nanban, I was so scared that I was ready to endure hardships, how could I think it was so good here!"

"That's our lord and princess are smart, you can try it if you change to another family. Have you forgotten how bitter it was when you first arrived? ”

"Was it bitter when you first arrived?" Xu Yin lowered the curtains, turned her head and asked the man.

Some of the rough envoys arrived in advance with the construction team of the imperial court.

When I first arrived, I was not used to eating and lodging, and this place was really poor, so I wanted nothing, and it was normal to suffer.

Yan Kejin raised her eyebrows.

I thought to myself: If it weren't for the princess who planted high-yield grain, gave him the treasure map, and opened so many mines, this year may not be so comfortable.

"After the year, what arrangements does the princess have?"

He gave Xu Yinshabu a few tender and delicious fish balls.

The imperial chef was trained by his own princess, and he can do anything.

Xu Yin poured him a cup of mulberry wine made by herself, thought about it and said:

"The first batch of soy sauce will almost be ready for spring ploughing, let's take some to Minyue County for a walk? Soy sauce factories have been set up in various counties, and the soy sauce brewing period is half a year, and this trip hopes to bring some orders back to the soy sauce factory. Besides, I've heard that pirates are rampant along the coast of Minyue County in April and May every year, don't you want to try the power of firearms? Just try those pirates, and don't waste it. ”

When Yan Kejin heard the word "pirate", her brows jumped:

"Since the princess knows that pirates are rampant in that area in April and May every year, why did she choose Minyue County? No matter how powerful firearms are, they cannot be prevented. The matter of soy sauce can be arranged by Yan Qi, if the princess wants to travel, she can choose the south of Baigui County, and after the year, the cement road must have reached Qinbei. ”

In his opinion, the number of exiles is large, and it is easier to manage than pirates. It's a big deal to arrange a few more secret guards for the princess.

Xu Yin was speechless: She chose Minyue County, isn't it because there are pirates there.

"The prince is the lord of the fief, like the head of a family, the family is invaded by foreign enemies, how can he ignore it as the head of the family? Besides, didn't we make a batch of guns out of saltpeter, how do we know its power if we don't try it? ”

Now it was Yan Kejin's turn to be speechless.

He was worried about her safety, and he was not a pirate who let it run rampant.

As soon as this firearm came out, he asked the guards to escort a group of counties to support the most vulnerable to pirate invasion in Minyue County.

When Xu Yin heard him say this, she was stunned: "You have already sent someone to support?" That's fine. ”

She originally thought that the owner of the fief was not allowed to interfere in the government affairs, and even if a batch of guns were made from saltpeter and iron ore, she had to find a reason.

For example, disguised as a businessman from other places, when they encounter pirates and robbery, they are killed under the pretext of legitimate defense, and the court will not say anything afterwards if they know about it.

But if you send your own soldiers and bring weapons to reinforce you, aren't you afraid of being referenced by the imperial history?

Yan Kejin raised his eyebrows: "Didn't the princess say it?" The emperor is far away, do something here, and when it is transmitted back to Beijing, the daylilies are cold. What's more, the county guards of Minyue and Baiyue counties are now all the king's people. ”

...... "You're amazing, aren't you?"

A few days after this topic was discussed, the Minyue County Shoufei Pigeon reported the glorious results of the recent battle with the pirates.

“…… More than 100 pirate thieves were captured, and three large ships were captured, which severely shocked the pirates. ”

Yan Kejin happily relayed it to Xu Yin.

After that, Da Ke took advantage of the victory to pursue, smashed the Yellow Dragon, and completely destroyed the pirate den. What does the princess think? ”

Xu Yin thought for a while and said: "Before investigating where the pirate thieves' nest is and whether there is an ambush around, it's better not to act rashly, guarding the safety of coastal counties and doing a good job in people's livelihood construction is the key." ”

After a pause, she smiled:

"I have a solution. The prince can form a fleet by himself, select a group of capable men, bring firearms, and carry out anti-robbery against pirates. This matter, the officers and soldiers can't do it, otherwise the impact will not be good, and the prince has no real power anyway......

Ahem, I mean, the prince formed a fleet to go to sea in order to make overseas friends, and he had to clash with them when he encountered pirates on the way, so he could only blame them for having no eyes, and it was not good to grab anyone to grab the prince's head......"

Before Xu Yin finished speaking, Yan Kejin slapped his palm violently: "Good idea!" ”

He really felt that the princess was condescending as a daughter.

How could there be such a wise man!

King Jinnan, who had a big idea, immediately set about forming a fleet of voyages that would soon be called "pirate busters" by the coast.

The fleet set sail in Qinbei, and when it left the port, it happened to be the end of spring ploughing, Xu Yinren did not go, and taught tenant farmers to breed rice fish and rice crabs in Zhuangzi, but through the letters sent by Yan Qi, I felt the first batch of royal guards who were selected to board the ship, and the excited hearts of those who were about to sail away.

Thanks to the abundance of weapons forged from fine iron, the inventory of firearms is also rising day by day, otherwise at this rate, how can the royal palace guards be enough.

Without the strength of strong firearms, there are not enough people to guard the rear base camp alone.

Xu Yin proposed to set up a dart bureau, similar to the security company and express delivery industry in later generations, to recruit a group of people who know how to do the darts, if the workshop under the palace is in need, the workshop will be preferred.

To put it bluntly, it is mainly to serve the palace, and you can also take some orders from outside in your spare time, which is similar in nature to a carpenter's workshop.

Whoever makes the more and more workshops under the palace are built, they will soon be opened all over the Nanban, and they will go out of the Nanban and go to the world in the future. It is necessary to set up a dart game of your own.

And in this way, the guards can save some manpower to come out, and they don't have to go out every time they escort supplies.

Yan Kejin has always been efficient in doing things, Xu Yin thinks that she can't catch up with the horse, often she only draws up a plan here, and Yan Kejin not only takes shape but also implements it.

No, after the end of spring ploughing, it was mentioned that there was no need to build a dart bureau, and in May, winter wheat, corn, straw beans and other crops matured one after another, and the Weinan dart bureaus located in various counties began to be used.

Wei Nan, well, defend Nanban.

Xu Yin sometimes thinks: God let her wear this one, could it be that she asked her to light up the technology tree?

Helplessly, she has been wearing several lifetimes in a row, and the most contact is actually farming.

If you don't have those technologies and recipes that can be redeemed in the system mall, you can't light it up.