Chapter 71: Stir-fried field chicken

The door was pushed open, and it was the emperor, followed by the Ministry of Works, and a petty official who had been in charge of the rice threshing machine project.

Jiang Yuqing smiled and said, "Well, I want to make a windmill in Che Gu Valley!" That's a lot of effort! ”

Xia Jingdi took the drawing and looked at it, the painting was still ugly, but compared to the one of the rice threshing machine a year ago, this one was really much better.

The emperor comforted himself that the child was still too young to ask for too much, and that it was good to have progress.

He doesn't know much about this, and professional things need to be seen by professional people. Therefore, after a brief look at it, he handed it to the Ministry of Industry.

The Ministry of Industry has been managing the Ministry of Industry for many years, and it is not uncommon to see strange farm tools on weekdays, and I can see it after two glances. Sensei said that if this thing was built, it might really save a lot of trouble.

He gave the drawings to the petty officer who came with him from the Ministry of Works. This benevolent brother is much more professional, and he can see the subtlety at a glance, and exclaims, "Good thing!" ”

It's just that in terms of details and sizes, I still don't understand a little. This is also an idiot, so he directly hung his boss and his boss's boss there, and turned his head to discuss the details with Jiang Yuqing.

After the discussion, I found that His Majesty the Emperor and Shangfeng were still looking at him from the side, and suddenly a cold sweat came down, which made him hurriedly confess.

His Majesty the Emperor is a pragmatic official, compared to those who can only slap their horses on the slack. He admires such people who don't talk much, but only bury their heads in practical things.

For example, this petty official of the Ministry of Industry, and her father of the group. These are the real pillars of the country.

Therefore, when the petty official confessed to him, His Majesty the Emperor generously said: "What is the crime? I see you're doing a great job, do a good job! "On the one hand, the eunuch rewarded him with ten taels of silver!

The petty official was flattered, hurriedly thanked him, took the drawings with detailed dimensions, and followed the Ministry of Works. They had to hurry back to the Ministry of Works and build it.

After they left, Jiang Yuqing, Jing Yan, the emperor and Gonggong Li were left in the house.

The emperor touched Jiang Yuqing's head, and said happily: "I don't know how your little head grows, why are you so smart?" ”

Tuanzi said, "Of course. Otherwise, what my father said, the feng shui of our family for 200 years would have fallen on me alone. ”

The emperor laughed: "It's really immodest to say that you are fat and you are still panting." ”

Tuanzi said: "I call it self-confidence...... She took Jing Yan's peeled kiwi and took a bite, her mouth drumming like a small animal stealing food.

After eating a kiwifruit, the dumpling wiped his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, you and your little brother will sit here by yourself for a while, and I will go to the kitchen to arrange lunch." ”

The emperor waved his hand: "Go, go!" The ball ran out with a click, and after a while ran back again. Picking at the door frame, his little head poked in halfway: "Oh, I forgot to ask you what you like to eat?" ”

The emperor said: "You can do anything, you can look at the arrangement!" ”

Dango said happily: "Okay then! I'll just look at it! After saying that, he ran away happily.

The Emperor looked at his son's plate, where a peach and two oranges had already been peeled. There was not a single trace of oranges picked, and you don't have to think about it to know who it was for.

And on his own side, it is clean and clean, and there is no hair. The old father's heart was so sour, he suddenly pouted as if he had eaten a lemon fruit and said, "I really have a daughter-in-law and forgot my father!" ”

Hearing this, Jing Yan's ears turned red instantly, and his face, which had always been expressionless, was also a little more uncomfortable.

He pretended to be "I don't understand what you're saying", and reluctantly reached out and put the peeled fruit in front of the emperor.

The emperor sneered and pushed back: "Don't, you better take it back and coax your little daughter-in-law!" ”

Sure enough, Jing Yan's ears turned even redder, and even his face was dyed with a touch of glow.

It was rare for the emperor to see this strange scene, and it was very strange for a while.

After that, Fang Zhengse said: "The little girl is really good, smart and sensible, and her family background is reasonable."

If you really like it, you can keep it first.

Don't tell her family yet, I'm afraid that her father will know that he will list you as the first refusal to come to the household. ”

"Well, my son does. Thank you father for your success! ”

The emperor had to get up again: "The little girl is really good, such a person should belong to our royal family by nature." ”

Jing Yan: "......" Thank you early.

While waiting for dinner, Jiang Yuqing told the emperor about the way rice seeds were sold, and she needed the presence of government officials.

This method was originally explored by Jiang Wenyuan, which can maximize the access of more people to high-yield grains.

Something that is beneficial to the country and the people, the emperor agreed without saying a word. called Zhang Xiu, the head of the household, to come in and asked him to implement this matter.

After Zhang Xiu left, Zhuangtou Lady brought lunch.

A plate of stir-fried field chicken, a plate of braised rabbit meat, a plate of stir-fried pork with beans, a plate of steamed eggplant with garlic and a plate of pan-fried tofu and a crucian carp soup.

The chickens were caught in the field, and the rabbits were hunted by Lu Yi when he went up the mountain to collect medicine. Everything else is home-cooked.

The dishes are small, but the portions are adequate. There is less rigid rules for imperial food, and more spicy and fresh in the countryside.

The emperor's father and son ate very satisfied.

Jing Yan is better, when he followed his uncle in Qingzhou in the past, he didn't eat less food in the countryside.

But the emperor ate it for the first time, and he was addicted. He especially likes the plate of stir-fried field chicken, saying that the meat is fatty and tender, spicy and fragrant, and he asks if you have it?

Jiang Yuqing said: "There are some in the field, I want to eat, and I met it when I was harvesting rice for a while, and I just grabbed a bunch of fertilizer." ”

The emperor was satisfied.

I put down one more thing in my heart, and Jiang Yuqing ate an extra bowl of lunch happily.

After eating, Jiang Yuqing personally arranged a room for the emperor's father and son to rest.

After the emperor fell asleep, Li had to take a breath of relief.

Jiang Yuqing quietly tugged at his cuffs and whispered, "Grandpa Li, I left you a copy of the meal just now, and it was hot in the pot in the kitchen." I'll show you here, you can hurry up and get some food. ”

Gonggong Li touched her little head with emotion, and almost shed tears: "Good baby, it's still good for you, you can think about our family in whatever you do." ”

"Go, go, go!"

At her urging, Li Deshun did not refuse her kindness, and went to the kitchen to get the food and eat it beautifully.

Because the emperor wanted to eat field chicken, Jiang Yuqing specially asked Zhuangtou to catch another bunch of fat.

She didn't say that the emperor was going to bring it back to the palace, for fear that Zhuangtou would faint happily.

After the lunch break, the ministers had to do whatever they wanted or not.

I didn't look at the emperor and watched it by the stalks, if I was named by the emperor because I was lazy, then the fun would be great.

It was not until the second quarter of the Shen hour that the emperor ordered to return to the palace.

These pampered old men are used to pinching their arms and beating their legs, you hug me and I hug you, woo lala, hum ho ho go back.

Jiang Yuqing thought badly, Ming'er is early, I'm afraid there will be a lot of leave.

sent away this group of soy sauce beaters, and the next day, the rice harvesting army was officially launched.

In addition to the original laborers in Zhuangzi, Jiang Yuqing also recruited more than 100 people from the villages outside.

Nearly 200 people and more than 20 rice threshing machines were lined up in the field, and the sound was earth-shattering, and the scene was very spectacular.

Jiang Yuqing nodded with satisfaction, this is what the autumn harvest should look like!

Yesterday's group of pampered old men, except for a few who could catch their eye, the rest were all putting on a show.

She wore a small straw hat, held a small basket, and took Bai Xiaoshi to follow the autumn harvest army slowly and leisurely, picking up the fallen ears of rice.

In the distance, a group of children lay on the edge of the fence, watching all this with envy.

Jiang Yuqing walked over and saw a group of five, six, seven, eight or nine years old, both male and female. The clothes on his body were patched.

In their hands they all carried baskets or small buckets containing scattered ears of grain or field chickens. Seeing her coming, they all took a few steps back, looking a little overwhelmed.

Jiang Yuqing asked, "Are you all children from the surrounding villages?" ”

The children didn't seem to expect that this little girl, who looked very noble, would talk to them, and looked at each other for a while.

One of the older children plucked up the courage and said, "Our father is working in this village." They say that the rice grown here is the best in the whole of Daxia.

We don't make trouble, we just want to come and see, don't you drive us away, okay? ”

What a rustic cute child.

Jiang Yuqing smiled and said: "I am the owner of this Zhuangzi, if you are willing, you can come in and help me pick up the ears of rice." Of course, I can pay you. ”

The children didn't expect such a good thing, and immediately nodded and said, "We are willing!" ”

There was no opening in the fence here, so Jiang Yuqing asked them to take a detour and enter through the gate.

After they ran in the direction of the gate, Jiang Yuqing asked Yuzhu to pick up the children and find them some baskets.

After a while, the group of children came in with baskets. As soon as they arrived in the field, they spread out in all directions, and they automatically and spontaneously searched for the lost ears of rice, and they were very skilled.

The men who were working were surprised to see the children come in. When they heard that the owner had hired them to come in and pick up ears of rice, they all grinned and told them to do a good job.

Jiang Yuqing carried her small basket and walked to a little girl who was older than her and talked to her: "Sister, have you finished harvesting all the rice at home?" ”

"It's all over. I have little land at home, and I will harvest it in a few days! As she spoke, the little girl turned over an ear of rice from the straw, and broke it from the base of the ear and threw it into the basket.

"How's the harvest?"

The little girl thought for a moment and said, "Daddy said that the climate is good today, and the grain harvest is more than in previous years. But it is far less than your rice. ”

Jiang Yuqing comforted her: "It's okay, after the New Year, your family can also grow such rice." ”

When the little girl heard this, a bright smile appeared on her face that was blackened by the sun: "My father said that your family is kind-hearted and willing to sell us high-yield grain seeds at a low price.

Daddy also said that as long as we grow such food next year, we will no longer be afraid of hunger. ”

opened the clip, and the little girl was less restrained and more lively. Twitter with her some interesting things about the village.

Although she also grew up in the village, there was no little girl of this age who spoke happily to her.

Probably, in the body's replacement consciousness, she still needs friends of the same age!

Eryu was also very happy to see that she had a rare little girl who could speak.

I heard that when I was in Xijindu in the past, due to some special reasons, my county lord did not have a good little sister.

The sons of the family are willing to play with their sister, but most of them are busy with their studies on weekdays and have little time to spend with her.

She was also precocious, so she spent most of her time studying. Occasionally, when I go out, I just go up the mountain with Doctor Qiu to collect medicine. It's very lonely.

The morning passed quickly.

Jiang Yuqing asked the children to go to eat with the working adults.

She is a very generous employer, and the laborers who come to help with the work are paid 50 wen per person per day, and they also pay three meals a day.

Not to mention the big white steamed buns and brown rice, there are two meat, one vegetarian and three dishes, plus an egg drop soup.

The autumn harvest is pure physical work, and if you don't have enough to eat, you can't have the strength to work.

The men are grateful for the generosity of the main family, and they work hard, which is a win-win situation.

After eating, the men each found a shady place to rest. Jiang Yuqing asked them to go to Weizhong (two o'clock in the afternoon) and start working again.

Now the autumn tiger is the time of the spicy, and it is easy to suffer from heat stroke in the middle of the day.

Not only that, but she also deliberately boiled a large bucket of mung bean soup in the kitchen for the workers to take it at any time.

After the meal, Jiang Yuqing took a nap. When I got up, I went to the study.

She thought about sorting out her work notes and experiences during this period and binding them into a book.

Then find someone to write a few copies and put them in the library of the medical hall for the students to consult at any time.