Qian Song

Chapter 9 Good food can be half an instructor
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There was still a long distance from the grain drying field, and the three of Zhang Shi could smell a strong smell of meat.

"It's sauced beef, Uncle Nine's craftsmanship!"

When Zhang Shi was neutral, he remembered the delicious meal he had with Fang La.

When he came to the grain drying field, Zhang Shi saw the four large iron pots in the middle of the grain drying field at a glance, and the aroma that made his saliva flow out came from two of the large iron pots.

Not only that, He Jiu and a few others were still baking pancakes in two other large iron pans.

The oil cake was browned bright and shiny with oil, and it seemed that there was a lot of oil in it.

This is a good food that only Fang Youchang's family can eat.

At this moment, almost everyone gathered around the four large iron pots, drooling over the beef and pancakes in the pot, and discussing how delicious the beef and pancakes were.

The three of Zhang Shi also squeezed into the crowd quickly, and asked, "You killed a cow? It's too violent!"

Niu Mengtou didn't reply: "My lord said, we are weak and need to eat more meat to restore our strength. Except for mules and horses, all the livestock brought from Mr. Fang's family must be eaten within ten days."

Zhang Shiman's face was full of shock: "There are so many livestock in this place that they can eat them all within ten days, so it's a shame?"

Niu Meng bared his big yellow teeth: "If you are worried about this, how about I help you eat your meat?"

"No, I have no regrets when I pull out my intestines!" Zhang Shi hurriedly said.

Niu Meng snorted, and said again: "My lord also appointed Uncle Jiu as the head of the gang. The pots and pans, the barrels of sesame oil, the carts of side dishes, and the pile of seasonings are all made by Uncle Jiu from Hou San and his gang. I bought it for a total of 100 taels, those people who kill thousands of swords are too black-hearted, and they are not afraid of losing their blessings!"

（北宋末年金银比值维持在1两黄金大于或等于10两白银水平，本书按1:10计，白银和铜钱比值为1两约等于1贯（缗），本书按1:1计，北宋官定1贯（缗）铜钱为770文，本书亦按此数计。

In addition, at this time, 1 guan (缗) is approximately equivalent to 300 yuan in later generations.With the advent of the war, the value of money will be greatly depreciated. After the shame of Jingkang, Yitong (缗) is about 80 to 120 yuan in later generations. )
If 100 taels of silver were placed in later generations, it would be 3 RMB!
A bunch of pots and pans, a few barrels of sesame oil, a few carts of seasonal vegetables, and some seasonings are definitely not worth so much money.

It's no wonder that Niu Meng scolded Hou San and the others for their black hearts.

Zhang Shiye echoed in pain: "All the pots, pans and pans are available in every family, just borrow some. Although the sesame oil is fragrant, you can also fry some lard or butter. Why buy these?"

No, Niu Meng said for Li Cun: "My lord is a person who takes one step and thinks ten steps. How can you and I criticize the decision he made?"

Zhang Shi glanced at Niu Meng, who seemed to be a different person, and did not continue this topic, but asked, "Where is Zihou, why don't you see him here?"

Niu Meng didn't raise his head, and replied: "The head of the garden told the lord that he knew where Mr. Fang's secret planted ash rods were, and he took the lord to check it out."

In a lacquer garden, there are generally a director, a stingy man, subordinate officials (Ling, Cheng, Zuo), and many apprentices. There are many people and a clear division of labor.

Even if the head of the garden is the professional manager of the lacquer garden, the head of the garden is responsible for everything from planting lacquer trees to picking and cutting raw lacquer.

The head of Fang Youchang's lacquer garden is named Fang Wuji, who is Fang Youchang's cousin and a failed scholar.

When Fang La and others killed Fang Youchang's family, Fang Wuji was not in Fang Youchang's house, so he escaped by luck.

Afterwards, Fang Wuji decisively seized the only chance he had, which was to follow Niu Meng and join Li Cun's group of rebels.

When Zhang Shi heard that Li Cun and Fang Wuji had left, he said urgently: "How can you let Zi Hou go with Fang Wuji, Fang Wuji is Fang Youchang's cousin, what if..."

Before Zhang Shi finished talking about his worries, Niu Meng interrupted Zhang Shidao: "I sent Niu Wei and Zhang Datie to go with the lord, don't worry, I know better than you, if something happens to the lord, I will be waiting for you." end."

Niu Wei is Niu Meng's younger brother, his martial arts are not much worse than Niu Meng's, and Zhang Datie is a blacksmith, his body is not inferior to Niu Meng's.

With such two people protecting Li Cun, who is highly skilled in martial arts, Zhang Shi is quite at ease.

But Zhang Shi still said: "We should go together, how many white wax rods can the four of them get back?"

"I also suggested it to the lord, but the lord said that the emperor does not send hungry soldiers, and it will not be too late to fetch the white wax rod after I am full." Niu Meng said with deep meaning.

"emperor?"

Hearing the stress in Niu Meng's words, Zhang Shi's heart skipped a beat: "Li Zihou also wants to be emperor?"

Zhang Shi looked at Niu Meng.

Niu Meng burst into a big smile, and almost said, "Fang Shisan, a villager, can dream of being an emperor. Why can't Li Cun, a hero who convinced me, Niu Meng?"

Zhang Shi fell into deep thought...

Soon after, Li Cun came back with Fang Wuji, Niu Wei and Zhang Datie.

Zhang Shi hurried up to greet him: "I have got all the cakes and meat, we just need to wait for Zi Hou to come back."

Li Cun was not pretentious either, and said straightforwardly: "There is enough cake and meat, let's eat it openly."

The people who were already hungry, when they heard that Li Cun was so reasonable, immediately cheered and went to grab pancakes and beef.

Seeing Li Cun, he smiled slightly!
The predecessors of our army have long concluded that good food can be worth half of an instructor.

Li Cun, who is familiar with the history of our army, of course wants to carry forward this valuable experience.

Zhang Shi helped Li Cun bring two pancakes and a big bowl of beef, and asked, "How about the white wax stick?"

"That's right, there are [-] of them, and they're all good ingredients for more than ten years."

Speaking of this, Li Cun said loudly to the crowd: "I'll wait until I've had enough food and drink, and work harder to get back all the white wax rods."

Everyone responded: "No!"

Then Li Cun said to Fang Wuji while eating, "Director Fang, I appoint you as a meritorious officer to be responsible for inspecting and recording achievements. Would you like it?"

Fang Wuji can manage such a large lacquer garden, and Li Cun believes that he should be qualified for the post of meritorious officer.

Besides, Fang Wuji helped Li Cun get more than 2000 white wax rods, and Li Cun had to reward them.

Fang Wuji has read books and knows the meritorious service, also known as the history of meritorious service. This official position existed in the Qin Dynasty.

The point is, as long as Fang Wuji serves as a meritorious service officer, his wealth and life can be completely saved.

Therefore, Fang Wuji bowed to the ground immediately, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, I will obey my lord's orders!"

Li Cun didn't talk nonsense, and said bluntly: "Then you can count the achievements of everyone today, and then draw up a military salary that includes basic salary and reward system for me to see, um... military salary should combine money, food and meat..."

After hearing Li Cun's words, all the people with their ears pricked up were beaming with joy.

Although today Chao Fang You Chang's family, and some lucky people like Hou San and the others who brought Fang You Chang's kitchen with cooking pots, and they even met someone like Li Cun who took advantage of them and sold them at high prices, but most of them did not follow suit. The low-level rebels actually didn't copy much.

High-value items such as gold and silver are basically monopolized by the core members of the rebel army and their direct descendants. It really depends on luck for the other thousand or so people to copy.

If you're lucky, you might be able to snatch a few buckets of rice, some bolts of cloth, and some clothes.

If you are unlucky, you may be able to pick up tables, chairs, and benches for miscellaneous uses, and what's more, you may not even get a hair.

It's not like in Li Cun's place, where money, food, and meat are distributed, and all the fathers, mothers, wives and children can follow suit.

really!

After everyone took back all the more than 2000 white wax rods, Li Cun distributed at least two taels of silver, two catties of beef, and one stone of grain to the crowd. Twenty catties of good beef and ten stones of grain.

These are all real rewards, the kind that can immediately improve the status of the family when taken home.

Moreover, Li Cun also said, let them bring all their families over tomorrow, assign things to their families, and pay them according to their merits.

There is only one thing, Li Cun specifically explained that all the beef brought back today must be eaten in the pot, otherwise there will be no more meat...

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(End of this chapter)