Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 43

The awakened Pingtai looked around, and he saw Sheng Haizhou leading a dozen refugees and covering the raw meat with large pieces of tarpaulin.

It was only then that he realized that snowflakes had begun to fall from the sky.

"Master Sheng, is this...?" Ping Tai hurriedly walked over to ask Sheng Haizhou.

"This is brought back by the lord. The lord said that tomorrow will be Zhengdan. Let everyone eat for a few days, raise enough energy, and prepare for the spring camp."

"Where's the lord?" Ping Tai turned around to check, but did not see Zhao Xin's figure.

"My lord went back to the car to rest, and told him not to call him for dinner." Sheng Kaizhou smiled and instructed the homeless people at work to cover the sheet.

Ping Tai swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva and asked carefully, "Then we...?"

"The women have already started to pack up the meat and vegetables. According to what the lord said, it's a good meal tonight." Sheng Haizhou patted Ping Tai's shoulder and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Ping Tai quickly turned around and ran to the kitchen, only to see that under the firelight, dozens of old people and women had already started to pack all kinds of meat with hot water.Ping Tai noticed chickens, ducks, and several sheep that had been slaughtered with their skins removed; on the other side, there were several women washing vegetables.

"Oh, this is too..." Ping Tai couldn't find any words to describe his feelings for a while, he felt like he was in heaven at the moment.

In history, with the introduction of Buddhism, the islanders entered the era of vegetarianism.In the beginning, it was the Japanese aristocracy that Buddhism conquered. Nobles and samurai became monks one after another. They did not kill or eat meat. In the 7th century AD, the "Meat Eating Prohibition Order" was directly promulgated, stipulating that from then on cattle, horses, dogs, Apes (monkeys) and chickens cannot be eaten.

In the Edo period, chickens, ducks, etc. began to be eaten, but only a few people could eat them.

Pingtai saw Pan Xiucheng laughing and helping in the crowd, and Lu Shoushan, who had worked with him all day, also ran into this group of people at some point, and was using a sharp hand axe to knock a Whole sheep chopped up.

"I said, why don't we have some roast lamb for dinner?"

In the tent, Liu Sheng, who had already eaten and had a crooked belly, was lying on the mat, asking the others about anything.

"If I want to eat you, I'm out of stomach." Ding Guofeng, who had already eaten up the seafood feast in the city, said weakly.

The six people in the tent were all bald at the moment, like six bright high-wattage light bulbs, radiating light under the illumination of the light.

Even Wang Yuanfang was exhausted, rubbing his stomach and strolling back and forth in the tent.

"Squad leader, I said you should take a break. You have been dangling in front of my eyes since you came back." Deng Fei leaned on the quilt and was smearing sulfur ointment on his head.

"Oh, it's a pity that I have beautiful hair." Wu Siyu patted his head and sighed.

"You can pull it, just your chicken coop with hair?" Zhao Liang said disdainfully.

The crowd burst into laughter.

In the car, Zhao Xin looked in the mirror and looked at the "big light bulb" in front of him, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.When I got home tomorrow, my parents saw it, and they must have made a fuss about it.And if Gu Xi sees it, I don't know what will happen.

Behind her, A Miao sat aside with Duofu in her arms. As soon as she looked up and saw Zhao Xin's shiny back of head, she couldn't help covering her mouth and snickering.

"Hey, you little girl. Just laugh if you want." Zhao Xin turned around and said helplessly.

He got up from the big bag on the table, took out a bag of dried fruit he bought and a bag of toffee, and handed it to A Miao: "Send this to the two children. In addition, you can take this bag in a while. Send it to everyone."

A Miao knew who the master was talking about, so she put the cat down, took the things and left first.

Zhao Xin sat down and lit a cigarette, thinking about the things to arrange during the festival. There were a lot of things that he needed to do in person.

Cousin Cheng Wei told Zhao Xin on the phone today that the procedures for the shipping company will be completed before the New Year.He had already found several second-hand bulk carriers through shipbrokers.

The first is a multipurpose vessel with a gross tonnage of 6200 tons, built in 2004.The deadweight tonnage is 7864 tons.The asking price of the original ship owner is not high, quoting 1000 to two million yuan.The ship is now berthed at a port in Zhejiang.

The second is a dry cargo ship with a gross tonnage of around 2500 tons, built in 2007.The deadweight tonnage is 3700 tons, and the quotation is 500 million yuan.It is currently berthed at a port in the south.

The third ship is a bulk carrier with a gross tonnage of up to 80 tons, built in the late 28000s, with a deadweight tonnage of more than 500 tons, and an quoted price of [-] million. It is currently also berthed at a port in Zhejiang.

Zhao Xin decided to let Deng Fei take charge of this matter.He doesn't know anything about this, and the old boat needs to be re-maintained when he buys it, so he can only go there to watch the fun.

With the ship, the next step is to prepare to purchase pontoons for splicing temporary landing docks.Hundreds of thousands of pontoons are assembled together to form a very strong and durable temporary dock and trestle.

In addition to the ship, Zhao Xin also has to go to Europe.He asked Cheng Wei to find a large-scale wasteland weeding machine that is only available in Europe.In order to avoid a series of problems such as long-distance transportation and customs declaration procedures, he plans to go there himself.

According to Cheng Wen, for the modular wasteland reclamation equipment, the main engine is expensive, at [-] euros each, and the various other tools are not expensive.

Expensive is expensive, but Cheng Wei told Zhao Xin after reading the introduction materials that the wasteland reclamation equipment was very easy to use, whether it was a hillside or a swamp, it was a smooth ride.Most importantly, it can also be operated remotely.

And the most important weapons procurement, he has to go to the other side of the ocean.

Oops, the more Zhao Xin thinks about it, the more headaches he gets.I can't stay home for a few days, and I have to run around the world again.Moreover, Liu Sheng stayed on the island during the festival, and could only do these things by himself.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the few recruited by Zhao Xin before New Year's Day will come to report.But his plan has been adjusted, and these people have to be settled in the early stage.

When he was thinking about these things, Liu Sheng pushed the door and came in.

"By the way, the seafood of this Maozi is really fresh and cheap. I will have another meal next time I find a chance."

Zhao Xin said with a smile: "Sure, when I come back, I will bring you ten red crabs, eat them and vomit."

"Bring some more prawns too, the hair will be boiled in water, or it's on an iron plate. I think it's still delicious stewed in oil." Liu Sheng unconsciously licked his lower lip.

"I said, are you full?" Zhao Xin asked curiously.

"I was in a panic just now. I walked around the camp twice. I will be a little hungry again."

"Then why are you looking for me? Continue to eat with you? Big brother, you should go with Ding Guofeng, that fellow is also a foodie." Zhao Xin shook his head with a wry smile.

"By the way, we're all leaving tomorrow, are you okay? Why don't you go back with me." The two laughed for a while, and Zhao Xin suddenly asked.

"Okay, why not? Although Sheng Haizhou can't speak Chinese, he can write without any problem. I've tried everything, and basically he can understand what I write."

"I can't blame you for leaving you alone."

"It's so nauseous. Then come back early."

"I really can't do it this time. I don't think I'll be back at fifteen."

"How?" Liu Sheng asked curiously.

"Look..." Zhao Xin told Liu Sheng about the task of going back this time with his fingers clasped together for more than half an hour.

"Even if I come back, I will send them off, and I have to leave immediately."

"Hey, I said, when did the people you told me to recruit come? I remember there was a woman?"

"I was just about to tell you about this. That woman is the head nurse of the obstetrics and gynecology department, don't worry about it, she has a master. They should be here at the end of February. I won't be able to care about that, I'll leave it to you dealt with."

"Go, go, I don't care about anyone. I don't even know what people look like, what are you talking about!"

The two were teasing the poor when someone knocked on the door.Zhao Xin got up and opened the door to see that it was Li Ji.

"My lord, my lord. The meat is stewed, and I'll bring it to you." Li Ji was holding two large bowls, one with chicken and the other with mutton.

Zhao Xin couldn't bear to refute Li Ji's good intentions, so he found a piece of chicken with chopsticks and tasted it, and the taste was okay.Under Zhao Xin's continuous education, Zhi Nai's cooking skills have improved.

With a smile on his face, he said to Liggie, "It tastes good. Tell your wife and keep trying."

Li Ji smiled proudly.

After Li Ji was sent away, Zhao Xin continued to explain the affairs of the camp with Liu Sheng one by one.

The Sila River Basin where they will go after the spring is very narrow and long, and a single settlement cannot meet their needs at all.Zhao Xin plans to follow the Sila River all the way to the north, and at least three camps must be established to manage the large valley and plain area; as for the location of the industrial base, it is close to the bay.

Moreover, more than 100 kilometers northwest from the mouth of the Xila River is Shuangbao City.Occupying this place also opened the door to the Sanjiang Plain.

For this vast black land, Zhao Xin is determined to win.Whoever dares to rob him will definitely kill him.

At this time, more than 200 miles southwest of Xiong Island, on the mainland opposite the sea, in a small village on the south bank of the Hajimi River.

More than 20 families in the whole village are happily preparing for the arrival of Zhengdan.

In a not very spacious yard, on the newly built stove outside the main house, a large cast-iron pot with a diameter of nearly three feet was tumbling wild boar meat and dried wild vegetables.

This is Yalha's home.

No one in the village knew about the exchange of supplies he had done on Bear Island these few times after the winter this year.But when he came back for the third time, the cast iron cauldron caused a sensation in the whole village.

In addition, the new cotton robe and short boots he had exchanged in the previous two visits were all known.So Yaerha simply used a pair of short boots to exchange half a wild boar with the village chief's house.

However, Yalha kept that stainless steel pot hidden from the people in the village.To him, this is a treasure, and he expects to go to Ning Guta to sell it for a few bucks in a few days.

Now the old mother has also put on a new cotton robe, and the other is worn on her wife.After seeing it, Elu, the eldest son of the Seldan family, kept asking Yalha how to change it.

When Elu heard that as long as five solid-colored otter skins or fine-haired black fox skins can be exchanged for such a cotton robe, he immediately jumped up and begged Yalha to bring himself next time.

Yalha smiled and nodded in agreement.

At this time, after Yalha finished smoking a pot of cigarettes, he took off the short knife on his waist, forked a small piece of wild boar from the pot, and chewed it a few times in his mouth.

Feeling that the pork was almost cooked, he took out the animal skin bag from his arms.This is the first-class snowflake salt that Sheng Haizhou gave him.

Yalha carefully twisted out two pinch of salt from the animal skin bag and sprinkled it in the pot, and stirred the pot a few times with a short knife.He tasted the soup on the tip of the knife and felt that it was still a little light.So I twisted two more pinch.

"Leave less. That salt is precious." Yalha's wife pulled the curtain and walked out of the main house.

"Is the pancake ready?" Yalha asked.

"it is done."

The door curtain swayed, and the ten-year-old daughter came out of the house with three large pottery bowls and placed them on the edge of the stove.

(The staple food of the Kulkaqi people on weekdays is mostly buckwheat noodles, sorghum noodles, and sometimes wheat porridge; when the season is bad, they dig out the roots of wild vegetables and cook them, and add some animal oil or fish oil to eat. As for corn, the It is a very precious food, which is only prepared when the distinguished guests come.)
Yalha's wife filled three pottery bowls with braised wild boar and brought them into the house with her daughter.

On the kang table in the house, Yaerha's mother sat on the main seat, Yaerha and his son sat on the left and right sides, and his wife and daughter sat at the bottom.

On the kang table, there were three steaming bowls of wild boar stew, buckwheat pancakes, and a small pot of liquor.

Yalha's wife poured wine for the old man and her husband.

Wearing the new cotton robe brought by her son, the old lady looked at the table full of hot dishes and nodded with satisfaction.

It's finally been a good year...

(End of this chapter)