Early the next morning, all men, women, and children from the four salt farms, except for a few who were looking after the house, all came out with their own tools.

If it had been a previous year, if these cooks had had a chance to leave the salt works, they would have escaped for a long time.

But the first is that there are many places outside now, and it is not safe.

The second is that there has just been a big flood, and the government is very tight, and there is no way to go.

The third is that Xu He said that as long as he works hard, he will be full of three meals a day.

Yes, that's right, it's three meals.

"Three meals a day, one meal at noon must be dry!" Xu He said to the Xu family.

One of them questioned: "How can anyone hire such a helper?" Three meals a day, and it can't be thin at noon, so it's not a loss? ”

Xu Dai is now looking at Xu He's horse, and when he heard someone questioning him, he immediately threw a look.

It's a pity that this look didn't scare the man, but the Xu family stared at Xu He, ready to see what he could say.

Xu He said: "I won't say anything like [accumulating virtue and doing good], I'll just ask you uncles, when the food in the imperial court comes down, will the stoves still help you prepare the land?" ”

"Yes, people eat the food for disaster relief in vain, and they don't have to spend any effort, so a fool will help us prepare the fields!"

Xu He said again: "If the officials of the salt department come down and order the salt farmers to resume drying salt in the field, and they can't come out, what will happen to your fields?" ”

"Hiss......" Everyone really didn't expect this stubble.

Xu He said gently: "So, we are now competing for time with the imperial court, if we want the horses to run fast, what ......?"

Immediately, the Xu family gave a thumbs up and said, "That forage can't be prepared enough?" ”

Xu He threw one at him, just the eyes of your brain spinning quickly.

At this moment, the landlords of the Xu family immediately discussed in groups of three and five groups.

"That's right, three meals a day can't be missing!"

"Not only at noon, it's best to have three meals that can be a little dry, but also to ask the farmers to catch some fish, and dry eating is not strong!"

"Don't we all have salted fish pickled during the Chinese New Year at home? Get some out, make it in the meal, and borrow a taste! ”

"Don't just think about eating! Let's go and ask the patriarch to help him figure it out......"

"What can you do?"

"Let him find someone to impeach the newly appointed Du Transit Envoy, so that the Salt Division simply can't operate normally, the Salt Division is gone, and the Salt Division has to make trouble for a while, let's ...... Hey! ”

"I have to make some money and let the cooks of the Yansi Yamen get some croton for those officials!"

Xu He and Xu Dai looked at each other, and wiped the beads of sweat on their heads.

In the afternoon, Xu He and Xu Dai came to several villages near Zhangcha and found that Zhuangzi, which was originally a chicken and dog smell each other and had an idyllic atmosphere, has now become a large construction site.

A group of stove cooks started digging from the river next to Zhuangzi, preparing to dig an irrigation canal directly to the tidal land.

The soil was taken out and sent to the beach in a row of wheelbarrows.

Soon, a small piece of beach field that had sunk into the calf with a single foot could already stand on people.

Wu Decao behind him said: "Liangsheng, look over there!" ”

Xu He and the two of them looked in the direction of Wu Decao's finger.

I saw some stoves, took soil, directly blocked the river channel with seawater backflow with wood and stones, and finally simply filled these original saltwater rivers with soil.

Xu Dai looked at the progress of the project, he was not too satisfied, and with a wave of his hand, he explained a few words to the Zhuangzi steward behind him.

In the evening, a group of cooks returned to the drying field of the village from the beach field.

At this time, a simple shack had been set up, and in the center of the drying field were about 20 cauldrons.

The cooks who had just finished work had just walked to the drying area with large bowls and chopsticks, and suddenly an enticing fragrance came to their nostrils.

Old Zheng Tou stood beside Xu Dai and Xu He and asked, "What kind of fragrance is this?" Second Master Xu, what's in this porridge? So fragrant? ”

Xu Dai smiled proudly, pretending to be mysterious: "Let's go and see it together!" ”

He brought Xu He, Lao Zheng Tou and others to the drying field, and a group of villagers saw their master and hurriedly asked for peace.

Xu Dai raised his chin, reviewed tonight's battle like a proud general, circled down, nodded with satisfaction, and said loudly: "Open dinner!" ”

As soon as the dealers got the master's order, they opened the dozen cauldrons.

In an instant, everyone present was dumbfounded.

There was no gruel in those cauldrons, and it was all fragrant rice.

When the stove leaders saw this battle, they didn't cry and shout and call him a [great good man] as Xu Dai imagined.

Instead, they all looked at the cauldron like wooden stakes.

Xu Dai was anxious: "What are you doing here?" This is the best rice, the best rice! Why don't you move! ”

Suddenly, there was a doll from the stove Ding family, he was covered in muddy water, and his throat was desperately "cooing", he pulled the same mud monkey-like mother next to him and said, "Mother, I want to eat white rice!" ”

This sound seemed to bring these stake-like people to life at once.

An old man knelt down for him in front of Xu He: "The old man is kind-hearted, and his descendants will be big officials in the future!" ”

He took the lead, and the stoves in the field all choked up and knelt down for Xu Dai in the middle.

Xu Dai was taken aback, and hurriedly went to help one by one, but where could he help him.

Lao Zheng Tou said with tears on the side: "Second master, to be honest, we had a grudge against you before, but today I found out that you are a good person, and you are not bad in your bones...... Prepared ......"

Speaking of this, Lao Zheng choked up.

The cooks are too bitter, they thought that when they came to work here, they would eat some miscellaneous grains at most to make a mushy paste, as long as they were not too thin, they could be justified.

Who knew that the main family actually gave white rice!

On weekdays, during the New Year's holidays, they are reluctant to eat this white rice!

Xu Dai was stunned.

For the first time, he felt how grateful he felt so good.

And the price is just a meal of white rice.

But that's where it goes.

At this time, another farmer opened a large wooden barrel, which was filled with soup, and a layer of yellow grease floated on it, and the fragrance just came from this barrel.

I saw that the farmer picked up a big spoon and scooped it down, and it was all duck meat.

The duck meat is mixed with a little wild vegetables!

Seeing this, Lao Zheng Tou turned around and shouted to the stove and salt households in the field: "The second master of the Xu family treats us like this, and we have nothing to say?" ”

"Uncle, don't worry, my Wang Zhu'er will spare no effort tomorrow!"

"That's right, Second Master Xu, don't worry, I'll just rush you for this meal, our cooker will definitely do a good job for you!"

"If you dare to steal and play tricks, you are not from our tea field!"

"Yes!"

"Well said!"

Xu Dai looked at the faces in front of him, and excitedly made a bowl of duck soup full of meat and handed it to the child's mother just now.

What did he want to say?

But I found that I couldn't say a word.

There was still a faint sense of shame in my heart.

So, after giving the bowl to the mother, he touched the child's head, arched his hand at the group, and turned his back.

Xu He found that the corners of his eyes, which he had always looked down on, were shining.