However, if you want to quickly build a barn where all the livestock can be housed, the more people you have, the better.

Moreover, the conscription has ended, and there are still many idle people who have nothing to do, so Liu An continued to recruit village warriors.

In this way, what Liu An wanted to do was arranged for the time being.

Back in the study of the county government, Liu An began to get up early every day to exercise, and then read books and practice calligraphy with Zhang Liao.

The temperature is getting lower and lower, the county government has already lit a fire wall, and there will be a special incense burner in Liu An's room, and the small life is extremely moist.

After two days like this, Liu An, who lived a comfortable life, became more and more uneasy.

When he thought of the people working in the cold outside, or huddled in a hut without a wall of fire, shivering and spending the night, he could not calm down and stay in the comfort of the county government, and from time to time he would think about what else he could do.

On this day, he thought about the way he had seen in the countryside in his previous life by burning coal in a stove for heating, and then using a pipe to discharge carbon monoxide outside.

However, there are three problems that Liu An wants to solve with this method.

The first is the source of cheap coal, and people are certainly not willing to spend a lot of money to buy coal for heating, so cheap coal is a must.

Second, Liu An only remembers the general appearance of the furnace, but he doesn't know what the specific internal structure is.

Third, with today's technology, can we make that kind of thin but not leaky pipe problem?

As soon as he thought of it, Liu An took a three-pronged approach, while ordering people to go to the mountains to find coal mining areas, hoping to send a free source of coal from the sky.

On the other hand, it also makes people ask many times whether there is coal that the people can afford to sell.

Liu An then went to the northern iron mine and discussed with Fu Zhao and the blacksmiths there about the construction of furnaces and pipes.

Fu Zhao is worthy of being an experienced old blacksmith, and as soon as Liu An said that he understood the usefulness of these two things, and said that there was no problem.

It's just that the pipe can't be built too thin, and there is no guarantee that there will be no air leakage at all, so you can only do your best.

Liu An thought about it and felt that there was no problem.

Today's people are not as hypocritical as later generations, even if the window is slightly opened to let out carbon monoxide, so that the indoor temperature is slightly lowered.

Moreover, with today's construction technology, it is not as airtight as that of later generations, and even if you don't open the windows for ventilation, you will rarely be poisoned.

This is the iron ore area, which produces a lot of iron every day, and the pipes are a little thicker, so it doesn't matter if you waste some iron.

As long as you can connect the pipes one by one, most of the toxic gases can be sent outside.

In addition to burning coal, Liu An also thought of the allusion of Zhang Zhongjing making dumplings to prevent frost.

In his previous life, Liu An ate dumplings with his family during the New Year's holidays, and once again talked about the origin of dumplings, and the elders in the family naturally told stories with mythological colors.

Liu An didn't believe it, so he went to Baidu to find out the source of dumplings.

Only then did I know that it was said that the doctor Zhang Zhongjing couldn't bear the frostbite of the people's ears in winter, so he developed a recipe to dispel the cold, called the cold Jiao'er soup.

The recipe is to mix the lamb with some cold-warming medicine and cut it into a filling, and then wrap it in dough to make a soup.

And the mutton itself also has the effect of repelling the cold, so the people who took the cold Jiao'er soup were warm, and sure enough, there was no frozen ears back then.

And because the shape of the dumplings made is similar to the ear, and the original intention of this recipe is to prevent the ear from freezing, it gradually has the name of Jiao'er, which is the original source of the dumpling.

After Liu An returned to Jiuyuan from the iron mining area, he found a local doctor and asked him to choose an edible cold medicine and cut it together with mutton to make dumplings.

Liu An let people taste the taste, and after confirming that there was no problem, Liu An asked Lin Fang to order all counties that when the temperature was particularly low, each county should cook dumplings according to this recipe and distribute them to the people to drink.

You don't need a big bowl of dumplings for everyone, you only need to add a few dumplings to each bowl of dumpling soup to keep out the cold.

Liu An remembered that Zhang Zhongjing distributed cold and Jiao'er soup to the people at that time, there were only two dumplings in each bowl of soup, and the people were warm after drinking.

Liu An used the knowledge of his previous life, and after making dumplings, he thought about how to make noodles.

Noodles such as steamed buns and steamed buns are easy to use and have an excellent taste, and they have a healthier effect on the body than foods made from dead noodles.

The food made of dead noodles is not easy to digest, while the steamed buns made of noodles are easy to digest and absorb, and will not cause irritation to the gastrointestinal tract, and there are many benefits of long-term consumption.

In addition, steamed buns are easy to carry and preserve, as long as the temperature is not particularly high, it will not spoil for a few days, and it can be eaten directly.

In the future, when marching urgently, each soldier carried a few days of steamed buns as dry food, which could save a lot of time.

However, the study of dough is not as easy as dumplings, and Liu Anben would not have made noodles in his previous life, and he only knew that he borrowed yeast to make noodles.

But during this period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, where to find yeast?

Therefore, it took several days for Liu An and some women who are good at cooking to discuss and try many times, and finally succeeded in developing the method of making noodles.

In fact, in the absence of yeast, there are various ways to make dough, such as sake fermentation or sour sauce.

The method developed by Liu An is to put the kneaded dough into a jar, cover it with dry flour, and then put it in a warm place to ferment naturally, and wait for a period of time for the dough to be ready.

After researching the method of making dough, Liu An did not publicize it, and even strictly ordered the women who developed the dough together to prohibit the method of making dough.

He could think of using steamed buns as dry food for the rapid march, and the enemies he would face in the future would definitely be able to think that he didn't want to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot.

Later, Liu An made steamed buns and steamed buns, two delicious foods, and had people build another steamed bun house outside the manor, specializing in making and selling steamed buns.

However, the food made from this kind of fine noodles is definitely not affordable for ordinary people.

Therefore, Liu An could only sell steamed buns to those who were strong and wealthy.

It's just that after the steamed buns were launched, they were greatly loved by the powerful in Wuyuan counties, and even the wealthy households in the farthest counties went to Jiuyuan to customize a large number of steamed buns and buns.

It's just that Liu An has a steamed bun house, and there are not many people, basically the steamed buns that day are sold out on the same day, and there is no extra time to accept customization.

After Liu An heard about this situation, he asked Liu Bei to arrange to go to other counties in Wuyuan to open a branch of steamed bun houses.

Gradually, the matter of steamed buns spread out of Wuyuan, and people from neighboring Yunzhong County and Xihe County also came to buy steamed buns.

However, it was still all the servants of the powerful family who had nothing to do in the winter, and the common people had neither the money nor the time to enjoy the food.

"The Great Age of Genes"

During this period, Liu An's side quest - running the first cloth shop in the manor was completed, and 20 contribution points were rewarded.

At the same time, a new side quest was released, running the first blacksmith shop, and the quest requirements and rewards were the same.

At this point, Liu An also understands that the next branch tasks are estimated to be the first xx shop, and he doesn't know when it will be the head.

And the reward is only 20 contributions, and he even wants to give up and continue to do side quests.

After all, running a variety of stores may not necessarily make money, not to mention, but also work hard and lose money, and the reward is only 20 points of contribution.

Liu An, who has seen the war money, is no longer the one who was busy everywhere for a small contribution.

Today's Liu An does look down on this mere 20-point contribution.

But he also wanted to know what would happen after completing all the side quests, so Liu An had no choice but to find someone to continue building a shop outside the manor.

However, Liu An, who has already seen through the side tasks, asked people to build five shops in one go this time, and he also saved time to find someone to build a house.

After the house was built, Liu An handed it over to Liu Bei and asked him to arrange someone to take care of the blacksmith shop and sell some commonly used farm tools, swords and other things.

In three days, the task of the blacksmith was completed.

Sure enough, the next task is to run the shop, this time a carpenter's shop.

Liu An also handed over the matter to Liu Bei to prepare, and on the day the blacksmith shop task was completed, the people sent by Liu An to the northern mountains to find coal mines finally sent back the news.

In the northern part of Gohara County, in Gohara County, coal mines were discovered.

At this time, the iron ore area, which had been building furnaces and pipes for many days, had built more than 80 furnaces and more than 300 pipes with a length of about one meter.

In addition, there are several short-distance turning pipes for connecting the outdoor and three-way pipes to prevent the air flow from backing up.

So Liu An recruited people to dig coal mines, and they were not paid, but they were in charge of food, and each person could receive one-third of the coal they mined as wages every day.

In addition, those who have been mining coal for a total of 30 days will be given a stove and several pipes.

However, the number of days mined in the coal mine must meet a certain standard every day, so as to prevent those ruffians who come to mix the days.

At first, people didn't know the role of stoves, but it wasn't until someone spent a lot of money to buy a stove and pipes, and when they took them back and found that the warmth was good, people applied to mine coal.

After deducting the share of the coal mined, Liu An calculated the costs of mining, transportation, and operation, and only sold it at a low price of 20% of the profit.

On November 20, more than half a month has passed since Liu An sent a letter to Xiahou Lan Feige requesting the delivery of chili peppers.

On this day, the team transporting the chili peppers finally arrived in Jiuyuan.

After Liu An checked it, he determined that it was all unground whole dried chili peppers.

According to Liu An's order, Xia Houlan sent a total of 80 stone chili peppers this time, that is, 4,800 catties, equivalent to 9,600 catties of Han catties.

According to the number of households in each county, Liu An sent the corresponding number of Han catties to each county, and asked the local county magistrate to distribute one Han Jin of chili peppers to each household for free.

At the same time, they are asked to guide the people to take out the seeds from the peppers and dry them in the sun, and sow them in their own vegetable gardens or fields next year.

Liu An informed the county magistrates that if it went well, Liu An could directly buy chili peppers locally next year, and then grind them into powder and sell them to various families in Guanzhong at a high price.

However, the taste of ground powder is not much different from the taste of chili peppers, and it is only a matter of time before the Guanzhong family discovers that the prototype of chili powder priced at 5,000 is this chili.

But this is not in the way, after the mass production of chili peppers, the price will definitely get lower and lower, and it will be sold at a price of 5,000 this year, and I don't know how much it will drop next year.

He is not worried that the secret of chili peppers will be stolen by other families, and he will also profit from it.

After all, only the first one sold was the most profitable, and when people from all over the Han Dynasty planted chili peppers, it was hard to say whether the family would be able to look down on the little benefits of chili peppers.

At the end of November, Lin Fang deliberately found Liu An and told Liu An about the tax collection.

At the end of the year, Taishou sent a planner to Luoyang to report on the situation in the county that year.

These include how many cases were tried that year, how many thieves appeared, the number of deaths, the number of new people, and other livelihood issues.

Among them, it naturally also includes the tax situation that the imperial court is most concerned about.

It is not only necessary to report how much tax was paid that year, but also to bring the collected taxes to Luoyang and hand them over to the state treasury.

This series of behaviors was known as Shangji at the time.

It is now the end of November, and if there is no tax, it will be too late to calculate the year-end calculation.

But Liu An is still waiting for the edict of the imperial court, whether he will be allowed to exchange merit for the exemption of Wuyuan for three years.

After hesitating for a long time, Liu An still did not agree to start the tax now.

The person sent to Luoyang has been there for almost a month, and if you calculate the time, you will be able to get a reply in just a few days.

Liu An was ready to wait a little longer, and if it was too late to count in the end, he would take a part of the grain that the people had saved in the grain store and pay the tax according to the amount.

After that, Liu An found a way to buy grain from other places and make up for the part he took out.

Fortunately, after waiting for a few more days, on the first day of the lunar month, the envoy of the imperial court finally came to Jiuyuan.

Lin Fang took Liu Ancheng and other court officials to greet the Huangmen squire who came to announce the decree.

After Lin Fang and the others saluted, the Huangmen squire slowly opened the book and read:

"There is an edict to the five original guards of the forest ......"

Later, Balabala read a lot of high-sounding words, Liu An, a half-witted man who had only read the sage book for half a year, only listened to him read it without reading the words, and he was confused after listening to it for a while.

The words are awkward, and extremely concise, even if Liu An knows how to write the words when he reads the book, he still has to understand it for a while, although the Huangmen waiter is not happy, but in the case of not knowing which word it is, Liu An gradually does not match the number.

The general situation is that Liu An can hear every word read by the Huangmen squire, but he doesn't know what it means when they are connected.

It wasn't until the end that Liu An was able to understand it again when he read 'Worship Wuyuan Taishou Lin Fang for the Liangzhou Thorn History'.

After the reward, Liu An's northern expedition to the grassland can be regarded as officially over.

The imperial court agreed to Liu An's three-year exemption from taxation in exchange for the merit of levying Xianbei, but for some reason, it was moved to Zhuoxian County.

Other than that, there are no other rewards.

Here Liu An really doesn't understand what the imperial court thinks, Zhuo County is a big county, and Liu An was moved to Zhuo County County, although he is still only the head of a county, but the county order is a thousand stone officials, and the county magistrate is only an official of four hundred stones.

This is clearly a promotion.

And Zhuoxian County is much richer than the Jiuyuan, and it is rich in oil and water, which can be regarded as a fat shortage.

The imperial court was able to agree to dismiss the three years of Tian Fu from Wuyuan, which was already unexpected by Liu An.

That's three years, although there are few people in Wuyuan, and they can't collect much land, but with Liu Hong's greedy personality, mosquito legs are also meat.

With Liu An's merits, he can understand that Liu Hong or the officials of the imperial court don't want to knight Liu An, but when he has already been exempted, there is no need to forcibly move Liu An to Zhuo County.

He really couldn't understand the operation of the court princes and Emperor Liu Hong.

Originally, Liu An thought that he could stay in Wuyuan and develop well, and farm and develop with peace of mind, but now it was okay, and he was moved to Zhuo County.

However, what made Liu An happy was that Cheng was promoted to Wuyuan Taishou, and Gao Shun was worshiped as the Jiuyuan County Magistrate.

Gao Shun was a civilian, and he was able to sit in the position of county magistrate at once, completely because of his military exploits in this battle, and Liu An's emphasis on praising him in the merit book.

In addition, in the appointment letter of the imperial court, Liu Bei was worshiped as the county commander of Xinchang County, Liaodong County because of his merits and clan status.

As for Zhang Fei and Lu Bu, who were the most brave and killed the most enemies, they were respectively awarded the right eunuch of Yulin with 600 stones, and the Beigong Guard Order.

Among them, the right supervisor of Yulin is a subordinate officer of Guangluxun, one of the nine qings, and the Beigong guard order is also a subordinate officer of the guard of Jiuqing.