Chapter 15: The Crowd of Crows
Ding Jin returned satisfied.
Today's harvest was announced in public that night, and the accounts were clear, and the shock brought by a large bag of silver coins and two healthy oxen to these poor people was still too great.
Some people cheered, some hugged each other and cried, and good days were coming.
Qu Dongnan didn't go, waiting for Chen Dong's noodles.
Chen Dong was a little embarrassed, mainly because there was no seasoning, and there were many kinds of delicious noodles in the world, but the materials were incomplete, and no one could do anything.
Come to think of it, you can only do it on the surface.
The best wheat flour, plus eggs, a little salt, cold water live noodles, after the strength of the noodles comes up, it is really not an ordinary bounce.
There are many people, so you have to do more, Li Wen sweated all over, and then first selected the fat and thin wild boar meat to make half a pot of fresh and fragrant spicy braised meat, and then, rolling the dough, cutting the dough, below, the noodles out of the pot, and immediately put them into the cold water to stir it.
The noodles are suddenly full of strength, bright and smooth, and I have an appetite when I look at it.
poured the minced meat and served it to the southeast of Qu.
Sven dignified someone's eyes suddenly lit up, and after the first bite, he couldn't stop talking.
With the development of human civilization to the present, the staple food is still just pasta, and such a bowl of noodles can almost be regarded as a work of art, and the essence of noodles is displayed in such a bowl of noodles.
The fragrant and smooth noodle entrance, the kind of satisfaction, which can be compared to ordinary pastries.
A large pot of noodles was quickly drained.
Li Wen didn't catch any of them, only soaked a piece of dough cake with noodle soup and took a bite.
Li Facai reminded Li Wen: "Big brother, there's still a bowl there." ”
Everybody saw it.
When I ate the first bowl, the bowl of noodles was put in his basket by Qu Nannan, and the added amount of meat stew was also placed in another small bowl, and they were all placed on top of the Xuan Bing.
Li Wen smiled bitterly, "That's what people deserve, forget it, do more next time." ”
Li Meili said dissatisfiedly: "No matter how much you do, it's not enough for Li Facai to rob, he can eat too much, big brother, you don't care about him, he is now fishing by himself, smoking fish by himself, and selling it to the shops in the town by himself!"
Li Wen knew about this for a long time, Li Facai built a smoke room by himself, and his own business had already been secretly started a long time ago.
He didn't stop him, looking at his younger brother who was a little apprehensive, silly on the outside, and shrewd on the inside, he only felt that his head was big.
When Qu Dongnan left the camp, it was already dark.
Instead of going straight back to town, she took the basket with her, let out a fighter's spirit, flew over the road, stopped on the side of the road, and blew a magic whistle.
The whistle shook silently a few times, and after waiting for a quarter of an hour, a healthy horse galloped from the main road, and immediately jumped down a big man in black, and the standard imperial chain mail could be faintly seen inside the wide robe.
The big man jumped off his horse and bowed down.
"Captain, what do you command?"
"Well, 100 miles are urgent, with four horses and two horses, and he is a general. Qu Dongnan handed over the basket.
"Yes. ”
"You must not spill it at an angle, otherwise the general will blame you. ”
"Yes. ”
The strong man carefully took the basket, wrapped it in a special cotton blanket, tied it to his chest, then turned over and got on the horse, and saluted slightly on the horse, and saw Qu Nannan nodding, and then beat the horse away.
Ten miles away, waiting for a few other horses, the soldiers and men immediately, all exuded a chilling murderous aura.
waited until his companions, and then the military order turned out to be four horses and two horses, and he couldn't help but tremble.
"What kind of military situation, so urgent?"
Change horses without changing people, a hundred miles away, then change people and horses, and then a hundred miles, change people and horses again, this trip down, the time can not exceed one day and one night, that is, before sunset the next day, this basket must be sent to the hands of the general thousands of miles away.
The person opposite said solemnly: "Don't ask, the matter involves the general, and the magnitude can be imagined." ”
The sound of hooves is urgent, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of the two people, they will ...... This bowl of noodles was delivered to the general.
They don't know, even if it reaches the hands of the general, the noodles are all lumpy, and they are soaked, how can they eat it......
The next day, I went to the next big town, and thanks to the key cow, this trip was much easier.
When he came back, Li Wen bought two more healthy cows.
This is incomprehensible.
There are already two heads, and now they are enough, so why spend the tax money on buying cattle.
However, Li Wen didn't need to consult with anyone to do things, and no one dared to question him.
For seven days, when fourteen healthy oxen roamed the meadows of the camp, people realized that this was a great fortune.
In the entire Xinhuo Town, there are only four or five ploughing cattle, and they are old and weak. These fourteen healthy cows are just strong cows, all of them are strong and powerful, and the oil can be seen.
On the same day, Li Wen rode into Xinhuo Town in an ox cart, and stopped outside Ding Jin's mansion, where several strong men carried a large bag of silver coins on the cart into the mansion.
A full 4,800 silver coins, the full taxes of all the people in the camp, were poured in front of Ding Jin in such an uproar, Ding Jin's eyes were dazzled, and his little round face was about to bloom with a smile.
"Okay, yes, yes, Li Wen, you are still doing things safely, there are still three days left before the limit of ten days, and the task has been completed, I am very relieved. ”
"Adults don't have to comfort themselves, this is the responsibility of the small people, by the way, my lord, this is five hundred silver coins, please take a look. ”
Li Wen took out another five hundred silver coins from his arms and shook them in front of Ding Jin.
Ding Jin was stunned.
"It's ......"
"I have taken a fancy to the 50,000 acres of wasteland on the east side of Xishan, and I want to reclaim it so that I can settle everyone, this is a bribe for you, I need a formal approval and a contract. ”
Ding Jin suddenly sat up straight, and his face sank.
"That's 50,000 acres of high-quality land, the good soil brought down by the Mulan River from the upper reaches of the river, all deposited there, the soil is so fertile that it flows oil, hehe, boy, you don't want to use these five hundred dollars to get such a large piece of raw treasure land. ”
Li Wen smiled.
"My lord, downstream Yongkang Town, there is also a similar plot, if you feel embarrassed, I will take everyone there to reclaim, it is the same, but the empire's reward for the squire to open up the land will go to Yongkang Town. What's more, these two pieces of land are actually in the flood area, and in the year of the big water, there is no harvest, which is why no one dares to ask for such a land that is so easy to reclaim and is so fertile.
My lord, I will collect these five hundred silver coins for you first, and when you bring the official contract and official approval, I will send it to you, if you are really embarrassed, then forget it, we will find a way. By the way, the empire stipulates that no taxes will be collected for three years when clearing wasteland, but my bribe of 500 silver coins will not be less every year. ”
Li Wen got up to leave, but Ding Jin had already stopped him laughing.
On the same day, Li Wen got the official approval of the empire, the legal contract with the land, returned to the camp, and after announcing it in public, the entire camp was silent.
Everyone is blindsided.
"I'm going to have land......"
There is nothing in this world that can make these poor people yearn from the bottom of their hearts like the land.
That's the life of the poor!
"Everyone has to go to Mr. Qu to register and make a book, we distribute land according to the population, everyone has a share, whether it is a newborn child or an old man, it is difficult to count the pregnant, but if you are born before the book, you will be counted as a share. Starting tomorrow, fourteen oxen, fourteen plows, and two clan elders will arrange manpower to start reclamation.
Hunting and fishing can't be stopped, we have to prepare enough food for winter, and the other thing is what must be done in the plan, for this land, we have to renovate the Mulan River, build a long causeway, and build a dam upstream, this project is too big, we have to take it slowly, first of all, we must build an embankment for flood control, and the hard-earned land must not be ruined by floods......"
Li Wen was about to continue, but there was already a cry below.
Li Wen, who was surprised, was shocked by the scene in front of him when he looked up again.
The crowd of black crows knelt down in front of him, and people thanked this otherworldly boy for everything he had done in the most simple way.
Without his arrival, how could their lives have this infinite light and hope.
More than a thousand mouths, young and old, kneeling straight and upright like this, and some people were kowtowing.
Li Wen was so frightened that he was at a loss, he helped this and knelt down that one, but he couldn't help him at all, and finally had to flee in the wilderness, and he didn't even care about the arrangements behind him.
"Buddha, don't break my life, it's really none of my business, who would have thought that it would be like this, no, it's not a big deal......"
Li Wen ran all the way to the river, still afraid of the river, this scene was too terrifying.
Qu Dongnan appeared beside him like a ghost, looking at him with a smile and an embarrassed appearance, and said quietly: "I really can't see through you, those few heads scared you like this, don't you know, you give them them, you can't even give them their parents, kowtow a few heads, and kill them cheaply." ”
Li Wen glared at her.
"Dirty thoughts of the exploiting class, hum, I will bring you down and sweep away all privileges......"
Qu Nannan's thin eyebrows frowned.
"What do you mean? I don't understand, you say it again. ”
Li Wen scratched his head.
"I forgot ......"