After the autumn harvest, the grain production in the Gyeonggi region was good, and after the harvest, both the people and the government breathed a sigh of relief.

After the bumper harvest, the people felt that at least no one would starve to death this year, and the government was relieved because this year's tax payment was guaranteed.

In previous years, after the autumn harvest, those who had access would go out to work to earn money to supplement their families.

Those who have no way to do this can only hide in the village, doing chores, chopping wood, mending houses, and preparing for the winter.

In addition to the normal fields of wheat and rice in the Gyeonggi region, sweet potatoes are planted on the slopes and mountains.

It can be said that the sweet potato production in the Gyeonggi area is very impressive, and piles of sweet potatoes are not easy to preserve, Ding Daqiang stared at the sweet potato output reported by the steward below, and his brows couldn't help frowning slightly.

Sweet potatoes are a new species, and when they were planted in Lingnan in the past, they did not worry about storage at all because of the limited area of cultivation and the large number of refugees and consumption in Lingnan.

Now in the Gyeonggi region, the yield is really not ordinary, and he is worried that the sweet potatoes will freeze after the snow in winter.

"Niangniang, Steward Ding asks to see you."

Imperial Palace Qingning Palace.

Xia Jing was sitting on the desk and writing a book, when she heard Hongmei's report.

She looked up, looked out the door, rubbed her wrist and said, "Let him in." ”

Ding Daqiang was invited into the study, and the master and servant exchanged a few words before he explained his intentions.

"Niangniang, now that the sweet potatoes in the Gyeonggi area have basically been recovered from the ground, the next thing the people are facing is how to store the sweet potatoes for the winter, and the subordinates don't know much about the sweet potatoes. Does the mother have a solution to this thing? ”

After sitting for an hour to deal with things, Xia Jing stood up at this time, and said while walking and moving: "In fact, the storage of sweet potatoes is not complicated, after digging back from the ground, dry it for a day or two to dry the moisture on the surface of the sweet potatoes." Then store it in the cellar and keep warm in the winter, and the sweet potatoes will generally survive the winter safely. ”

"It's as simple as that?" Ding Daqiang was a little dumbfounded, he still thought that this foreign thing was so delicate that he had to work hard to preserve it.

Xia Jing chuckled: "It's as simple as that." If you want to change the taste, you can also deep process the sweet potato to make vermicelli, which is easy to preserve and has a unique taste, which is very delicious. ”

Ding Daqiang looked at her suspiciously: "Deep processing of sweet potatoes? ”

"Hmm." Xia Jing copied a copy of the previously recorded sweet potato production method from the space, and asked Ding Daqiang to take it back and try to make it according to the steps above.

"You recruit a group of people in the capital, first set up a vermicelli workshop, solve some jobs for the people, and let the people earn some extra money and an extra income."

Speaking of solving the job, Xia Jing couldn't help but think of the matter of arranging the following people to build the bazaar before leaving last year.

So, she turned her head and asked Ye Fei, who was standing aside: "A year has passed, how has the market at the city gate been built?" ”

Ye Fei stood beside him with an expressionless face, and after listening to Xia Jing's words, he only replied lightly: "The bazaar has been built a few months ago, according to your requirements, the vegetable area, fresh food area, poultry meat area, etc. are divided separately according to the requirements, and now the market is very lively and prosperous." The successful division of the various areas of the market has attracted many small traders to set up stalls here. ”

Xia Jing listened to his words and was very pleased: "It's good to benefit the people, and finally live up to the original intention of building a market at the gate of the city." ”

She had people build a bazaar in the slum at the gate of the city to facilitate the people in the city and the villagers who came to the city to sell their agricultural products.

Moreover, in that area, many people go into the city every morning to sell agricultural products, and they put them on the roadside without land, which greatly affects the appearance of the city.

Referring to the bazaar at the city gate, Ding Daqiang had something to say: "Niangniang, now the streets of the capital have been renovated and have been paved with cement roads, and the slum area at the city gate has been renovated and the bazaar has been built very neat and clean, and it can be said that it is very different from when I first came to the capital." ”

Xia Jing was very happy to hear this, and it was almost noon, so she left Ding Daqiang to eat in the palace.

After finishing the meal, Ding Daqiang took the vermicelli making method given to him by Xia Jing and happily left the palace.

If you want him to say that it was still convenient to find Xia Jing when he was in Lingnan, and now he has to enter the palace to report something, and the delay on the road alone is enough for him to be busy with a lot of things.

Liangshan is the steward of a grange on the outskirts of the capital, saying that it is a grange, but in fact, the land belongs to the queen's mother.

Just because no one has subscribed for the time being, this land, whether it is a grange or a scattered field, is assigned to the name of his management.

There are a lot of bits and pieces, and the sweet potatoes grown are the largest in the Gyeonggi area.

So much of the yield piled up that the sweet potatoes were literally piled up in a mountain, and the cellars in the grange were full, leaving quite a few sweet potatoes piled up outside.

"Good steward, what about these sweet potatoes piled up outside? Now the weather is bright and good, if it rains any day, it will not be good if these sweet potatoes are drenched in the rain, and I am afraid that they will rot by then. ”

The tenants picked up the sweet potatoes they were about to deliver, and they were still shocked to see the mountains of sweet potatoes, but they were also relieved when they thought of the piles of sweet potatoes at home.

Liangshan can understand the mood of the tenants, and he has worked hard to grow the grain harvested for a year, even if he is not his own grain tenant, he does not want the sweet potatoes to rot in the ground.

"I'll take some time to ask Steward Ding later, and ask him to find a way to solve the problem of sweet potato storage for the time being."

"As soon as possible, it's not a matter of piling sweet potatoes outside." The tenant said with a hidden worry.

After handing over the sweet potatoes and leaving, Tomoda asked Dazhu: "Instead of caring about the sweet potatoes handed over to the master's family, you should worry about where we should go to work after the autumn harvest?" I think it's probably still going to be cold this winter, so we have to prepare early and save up more supplies to get through this winter. ”

Dazhu listened to his words and looked at him expectantly: "Tomoda, I know that your family has relatives who have a little way, did he tell you where there is work to do next?" ”

Youtian glanced left and right, and found that no one nearby paid attention to the two of them, so he whispered: "My old watch really has some way, he told me that in a few days, a resettlement house will be built outside the city of Dingdingmen and Changxiamen, and when the time comes, you and I will go to my old watch to work." ”

Da Zhu was overjoyed when he heard this, "Okay, when the time comes, the two of us will go together, and we can take care of the two of us when we go out." ”

The two agreed, and went back to the village.

As soon as I entered the village, I heard many villagers smiling, and after a little inquiry, I knew why they were happy.

"Uncle Chun, you have found a treasure, so happy?"

"Dazhu is back, but it's not a treasure, the northwest corner of the city is ready to be demolished, many young people in the village have gone to register, starting tomorrow, the young people in the village can go to work, fifty a day, a day, the same day."

Dazhu was surprised for a moment, "The resettlement houses outside the city have not been built yet, why is the city ready to be demolished?" ”

Saying goodbye to Uncle Chun, Dazhu followed Tomoda and asked the doubts in his heart.

This question, Youtian understands a little truth, "Now there are only about 2,000 low-level people returning to their hometowns in the capital, and the slum in the northwest of the city is not satisfied with it for the time being, so it was demolished in advance." ”

According to Xia Jing's plan, it will be demolished after the suburban resettlement houses are completed.

It's just that the low-level people who have returned to the capital are temporarily about 2,000 households, and they can be resettled in any area of the capital, so instead of waiting, it is better to directly arrange a place to live, and then move to a new home when the resettlement house is built.

Dazhu listened to his words, and his heart was entangled again, "Brother Youtian, the city will start tomorrow, you and I will wait a few days to work outside the city, or will we follow everyone to the city tomorrow to demolish the house?" ”

"This." Tomoda is not easy to answer, of course he believes that his relatives will not lie to him, and the job he is looking for must be good, but he can go to work tomorrow in the city, and it makes him a little excited.

"You can decide for yourself, I don't want to say much, after all, I don't know if the work outside the city is good or not."

In the end, he let Dazhu decide for himself.

Dazhu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Why don't we go to the city tomorrow to demolish the house, and when the construction starts outside the city, we will go outside the city?" The city is settled every day, but there is no need to worry about not being able to get wages. ”

Tomoda's family was burdened, so he listened to Dazhu's proposal and agreed without much hesitation.

"Okay, then let's go and register together tomorrow to see if there is anything we can do."

Before dawn the next day, Dazhu carried the multigrain cake made by his daughter-in-law in his arms and set out on the road to the city with Tomoda.

On the way out of the village, not only the two of them, but all those who had laborers in the family came out.

Everyone's wish is similar, all to earn a few more taels of silver, so that they can take their families through this winter.

Ding Daqiang is the chief steward in charge of Xia Jing's industry, and he is more worried about demolishing the house than building a house, because the slums in the north and west of the city are demolished, and the walls of the house are not firm or not.

What should be done and what should not be done, everyone should be clear in their hearts, don't ignore safety when the time comes, and if someone is smashed, it will be troublesome.

Tomoda reminded Dazhu, "Wait for the two of us to cooperate in the workmanship, you must pay attention when pushing the wall, and remind you before pushing, if you don't pay attention to the process, it is easy to make mistakes." ”

Dazhu listened to the words of the steward, and Tomoda reminded him again, he was a little stunned, and he didn't know if he could do this job well, after all, he used to help people demolish the house at home, and it was a brick by brick demolition, very attentive, for fear that the old brick would be broken in two and could not be used again.

"Demolition in the city is direct demolition? If it is demolished like this, going to the construction site to pick up bricks can also allow you to build a small courtyard to live in? ”

It turns out that there are not only those but many more smart people in the world, so don't take anyone lightly.

As soon as the house was torn down, many children and adults next to it rushed up with tacit understanding to gather the bricks that were complete or fairly complete.

If you accumulate a certain amount of these bricks, you can build a house in the village.

The demolition of the house raised a puff of dust, which made the people who came in through the Dingding Gate frown.

"Big brother, how can the people of the capital be disgraced? It's not the same as the capital you described? ”

At this time, a caravan lined up into the city, and in one of the carriages in the procession, the little girl complained.

Judging from the picture described by her eldest brother, the capital should be extremely prosperous, how could it be dusty flying in the sky?

The man who was riding a horse not far from the carriage smiled helplessly: "At the beginning, I described to you the capital before the war and moved the capital, but now the capital court is Jiankang, how can it be prosperous?" ”

The tiredness of the little girl's journey made her feel very unhappy, and she pouted and said unhappily, "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?" I'm going to run away with you for nothing! ”

Chen Yongtian, the leader of the Chen family's caravan in Changsha County, a man on horseback, was accompanied by his sister who sat in the carriage.

Listening to his sister's accusation, he smiled and said, "If you dislike this, I can send someone to send you home, so that you don't have to run around all day at home, and continue to live your eldest lady's carefree life." ”

finally followed the eldest brother to the capital, and wanted her to go home before the city entered, how could it be possible?

"I'm going to come to the capital, you don't have to fight my idea, don't think about me running away from home every day!"

Chen Yongtian listened to her words and smiled helplessly: "Whatever you want!" ”

Chen Yongjiao looked at the paved cement road and said with emotion: "The only benefit I have seen in the capital is that the cement road has been repaired, and the road surface is flat and not bumpy at all." ”

"Well, there is the inn in front, you hold on a little longer, and you can sleep well in the inn."

Along the way, Chen Yongtian was a little unbearable, not to mention his sister.

After staying in the inn and washing up, Chen Yongtian took Chen Yongjiao downstairs to eat.

Although Chen Yongjiao said that she was very tired, she really couldn't see that she was tired on the surface, full of vitality and full of energy.

In the interval between eating, Chen Yongjiao pointed to a beautiful woman outside and asked, "Brother, who is that person?" It's so beautiful! ”

Chen Yongtian followed the direction of her finger and almost scared him away after seeing who she was.

"My aunt, can you point at that person?"

Chen Yongjiao asked curiously, "Big brother knows her?" So who do you tell her? ”

Chen Yongtian noticed that no one was looking at this side, and he explained: "That beautiful woman just now is the queen's mother, the next time you meet her on the street, don't raise a bar with her, be honest and salute, don't cause trouble for our own family!" ”

"Queen?!"

Chen Yongjiao didn't expect to see the queen of a country by the way!

"Yes, don't point your fingers, be careful that the officers and soldiers see it and put you in a cell."

Sitting inside the inn, pointing out the window, Chen Yongjiao was not afraid at all.

She pointed to the man next to her who attracted her attention, "Who is that man in a military uniform?" ”

Chen Yongtian wanted to roll his eyes speechlessly, and then teased: "I didn't expect your vision to be so high, you took a fancy to the queen mother at a glance, and then you took a fancy to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at a glance, tell me who else do you fancy to?" ”

Chen Yongjiao was more direct this time, and directly gave him a roll of the eyes: "The team on the street belongs to the queen mother and Her Royal Highness the crown prince with the best image, so why do I pay attention to others?" ”

Chen Yongtian: "."

He looked out the window, wondering in his heart that the queen mother and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were going out together, where were they going?