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Chapter 310

In the past, Huo Yunqian never thought that Lu Yan had low emotional intelligence and straight temper.

Today, he finally learned the lesson.

Because after he said something, Lu Yan was afraid that he would not believe the public opinion, so she repeated to him exactly what she had heard outside.

It is said that it is not just the wasteland reissued to the families of military service members that has led to a sharp increase in the number of people signing up to join the army.

Mainly because of his speech to the Zhenbei Army on New Year's Eve, coupled with the act of reissuing wasteland, it shows that he is indeed a general who does what he says, and it is even more convincing:

"Have you forgotten? You said that there was no New Year's greetings in your place, only one sentence, that is, you, Huo Yunqian, are behind all the soldiers of the Zhenbei Army. Where is my Zhenbei Army?!"

Huo Yunqian looked at the female general in front of him, imitating his expression at that time.

At this time, Lu Yan nodded affirmatively: "The female guard under my humble position has just returned from doing things outside. I heard that your story has spread to the streets and alleys of Fucheng. She said that even teahouses and restaurants match your tone and appearance, and speak Your armor is shining with golden scales, and your aura is even more..."

Huo Yunqian had to wave his hand to stop him. He was afraid of hearing something that would make him inexplicably ashamed again.

"I know, you go down first."

Currently, Huo Yunqian has no plans and is recruiting a large number of troops.

If he does that, the court will surely say that he supports his troops and respects himself. He had better calm down for a while and stop causing trouble for his brother who stayed in Beijing for the time being.

Because a few days ago, as soon as the decree was issued to redistribute wasteland to the families of military service members, I heard that there was an endless debate between two groups in the court.

Some officials impeached him.

But for the sake of the fig leaf covering the emperor's face, I can't just say that in order to solve the treasury deficit, he did something wrong by reissuing land to the people for the sake of the emperor's wishes and concerns.

We can only rebuke him for supporting his troops with self-respect and seizing the country's imperial land to behead first and then report later. There are also people who call him Huo Jiajun. This will only increase their support, implying that he has evil intentions.

Just as the military advisor and generals analyzed before he gave the order, the officials in the court all said it.

The other faction of courtiers wanted to take advantage of his incident. The reform had raised the issue of reducing the fiefdoms of the emperor's relatives several times.

Because the founder of this dynasty was very kind to his descendants, every time he gave birth to a child, he distributed a lot of private land that was not taxable as living expenses.

Over time, Kaizu never expected that his descendants would be so fertile.

Huo Yunqian remembered that when he was fifteen or sixteen years old, he heard that the King of Qingcheng in the south had more than a hundred sons alone. We don't know if someone helped him, so how could he have such a son? Some princes have dozens of concubines and concubines, which is actually a normal number.

And for each royal relative to give birth to each descendant, it takes more than a dozen...

Huo Yunqian paused and said that food and clothing was not accurate. To be precise, it would take a dozen families like Xu Tianxin to spend all their savings to support a son or daughter among the royal relatives.

It is conceivable that if one child is born, more than ten "Xu Tianxin families" will go bankrupt, and if one child is born, more than ten ordinary households will be bankrupted.

At present, there are tens of thousands of relatives of the emperor, and the fiefdoms of these people do not collect taxes.

Therefore, in the court, the officials who can be called loyal ministers are very complaining. After all, raising a pig can kill and eat the meat. If you raise tens of thousands of relatives of the emperor, what is the use of those people besides eating and eating? , some royal relatives even exploited people in local places.

This group of officials wanted to take advantage of his distribution of wasteland to the people, admonishing that they could no longer continue to allocate land according to ancestral laws.

Huo Yunqian had two letters in his hand, one was a secret letter from his brother. The other is a letter from a good friend of the Dali Temple Shaoqing.

His friend informed him in the letter that at the court, the Minister of Household Affairs had brought out another gift. He wanted to give it to someone, saying that it was going to be given to the imperial censor who impeached General Zhenbei. Let Master Yushi scratch the itchy spot, this will relieve the itching.

It implies that what should be advised is to reduce the fiefdoms of the emperor's relatives and not to calculate the little compensation fiefdoms given to the people. Why are they so reluctant to give it to the people? Are you still worthy of wearing that official uniform? This is called solving the treasury deficit from the root.

He also said that if the area is not itchy, do not scratch it all the time, scratch it hard, or scratch it until it bleeds.

Alluding not to push Shi Zhongliang into a hurry, so many Kyushu generals stationed outside are watching.

After all, if the Huo family, which has made great achievements in military affairs for generations and is loved by the people, has never married the royal family and is not suspected of being a foreign relative, it will have to endure everything: the emperor's suspicion, the suppression of civil servants, the impeachment of the imperial censor, and the suspicion of the emperor's relatives. Hostility, Jinyiwei's supervision, and if these are brought to the surface, other generals will also be disappointed.

They will doubt whether their military exploits will serve as a reminder for them. Who are you trying to force to rebel?

Finally, the emperor ended with peace.

After reading his friend's letters, Huo Yunqian felt that Mr. Wei, the Minister of Household Affairs, should publish a book, which would surely be a best-seller, and called it "The Years I Cursed Others with Gifts".

That's why Huo Yunqian decided to keep a low profile for a while and not recruit a large number of troops.

However, he could find jobs for those who wanted to join the army.

Building temples, cleaning rivers, building shops and houses are all considered small jobs.

You can pick some good ones and set up a caravan to transport the Three Treasures of the North to the north and south. If you can go to the sea and climb the dangerous peaks, set aside a piece of land to practice first.

This is the leading candidate...

Shi'an was a little confused. Why did the young master cross out all the well-written names, and suddenly sighed, who was he thinking of?

It can be seen that the most lacking thing here in the North right now is talents. Everything has recovered, and even Jiubao has been transferred to the mountain col for mining.

Yes, everything is recovering. Ever since the old Xu family returned from the border, plus the whole of March, it has been very busy until now in early April.

The first thing that Mrs. Xu did when she returned was to be invited by Tian Qingwen's family as a guest.

Her granddaughter kept being touched by the Tian family members, so she took the opportunity to buy the duck eggs.

Moreover, the grandfather and grandson really managed to lock themselves up in Lao Tian's warehouse, and pre-sold it to the family first. Which duck egg you want, which one is bigger, grandma will draw a symbol on the duck egg, and wash it later. You can watch the marinating.

The second thing is to find red clay. Mrs. Xu thinks that if she wants to sell it, she should sell spiced salted duck eggs pickled in red clay. That would be delicious, or we won’t sell it.

The grandfather and grandson drove the ox cart to the village with salt-alkali land. Only in such places can red soil be found.

Unexpectedly, an incident happened, that is, when Mrs. Xu entered the village and wanted to ask the village's main family how to get there, and introduced herself as the Erdaohe Xu family, she was grabbed by someone and said: "Emma, ​​that's her!"

All the people in the village who received the compensation for their wasteland came out and seemed very excited. But when they really saw Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin, they slowly stopped. They hesitated and looked at Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin from a long distance.

It wasn't until an old man took the lead in shouting: "Thank you" in an old voice, that the others followed suit and couldn't hear clearly because they were too far away.

Mrs. Xu sighed: "Hey, you scared me!"

When Li Zheng from this village arrived, Mrs. Xu explained why she stopped by and wanted to take half a car of red soil back.

Then something magical happened two days later. The old lady opened the door and almost tripped over the red clay bag.

And not only is there red soil, but I don’t know who gave it to me without leaving a name. I also put half a basket of small garlic sprouts that came out in spring at the door, and stored sweet potatoes that I was reluctant to eat all winter.

Later, there were radish, cabbage, loach and other random things in front of Xu’s house.

Even Erdaohe's sons-in-law came back and helped each family in the village carry vegetables to the Xu family, saying that it was the wishes of the villagers.

Because as the government officials went to various places to measure the land, they were warned not to burn the mountains when they released wasteland. At the same time, he told how this wasteland was obtained and who took the lead in the first place.

That day, she received red clay for the first time. The old lady sat on the red clay bag and looked up at the sky in silence for a long time.

The land provided for the pension fund has been distributed, and it has also helped many struggling families. It has more fields for farming. Why are you so proud?

Although she spent all the 150 taels of silver she earned to buy ducks, it was all in vain, but now she must have allowed her family to go to other villages without bringing dry food. She can really deal with anyone she goes to, as long as you say it's a second-rate person. He Xu family.

Even if something happens outside, in this part of the North, you can't help but meet many noble people whose names you can't even name.

That's it.

The old lady thought to herself: She had to go out to be modest. She knew exactly what her daughter-in-law was going to say to her without asking. It must be: "It's something that several teams did together, and everyone accomplished it. How could she only remember the Xu family?" ?" She understands, understands everything, and is determined to be humble and understanding.

So Mrs. Xu marinated the most traditional red mud salted duck eggs without leaving home, and also marinated them with peppercorns, licorice, tangerine peel, star anise, and bay leaves to create a five-flavor flavor.

While Mrs. Xu was busy pickling duck eggs, Xu Tianxin stepped up the process of making glycerin.

Then in mid-March, when the three of the Xu family were not at home when they went to Fucheng to deliver goods and collect mushroom seeds, they arranged things at home and quietly went to borrow two cars from Liu Laozhu's brother. The donkey cart was loaded with ground large and small ballast and jars of pickled salted duck eggs and set off.

In order to prevent the rest of the Xu family, such as Sanniao, Huzi and the village boys who were worried about the table, from following them, they left Lao Zhai with a letter and a message before leaving.

He said he was only wandering around Beidi, it was very safe, and he wanted to go to Leijiawo to order some goods, and then stop by to sell some goods. This was a short trip and he would be back in a few days.

But until the "three you" of the Xu family came back after delivering the goods, the old lady, Yu Qiniang, and all the tables were busy raising seedlings all over the room. There was no room for anyone to live on the kang, and the old lady Xu and Xu Tianxin didn't come back either.

It wasn't until late March that every household and shop in the village had to dig out the latrines and collect excrement when there were no customers. Then the town yamen came to the Xu family to help convey a message, saying that they met Aunt Xu while surveying wasteland in another village.

At that time, Aunt Xu was wrapping a piece of cloth on her head and eating ginger slices soaked in forest frog oil given by the villagers. She looked very rich. Zhang Luo also wanted to dig out the mother-in-law with a small basket, which basically meant that my mother and eldest niece were fine outside, and they would return in two days.

At that time, Xu Youyin jumped under the latrine and dug up his own feces.

Because no matter what kind of manure, it must be fermented before it can be used to fertilize the land.

For example, last year's feces from various households were buried in snow. Now this season, they need to be dug out and prepared for retting.

In addition, this year's soil needs to be cleaned out, and then wood chips, hay, and plant ash are added, and the straw is crushed and mixed. The soil needs to be sealed for several days. It will steam, and it needs to be turned over several times before it can be spread on the ground.

That's a stinky thing.

Xu Youyin stood under the thatched building, looking at himself covered in excrement, imagining that after digging out the excrement, he would have to clear out the roots of the trees.

At this time, Mrs. Xu was at the foot of the mountain in Leijiawo, live broadcasting happily:

“Good things must be shared, good things must be snatched.

Dear family members, welcome to the live broadcast room.

Grandma, let me tell you the truth, there is not much left of our first batch of big lumps and salted duck eggs. In the last batch of goods, look at the duck eggs pickled in red mud. They all have maroon skin. They cost three yuan each and are so big. Yeah, it's really not expensive.

You will know after you try it, it is different from the eggs laid by the ducks you bought for dozens of days. "

As for whether drinking Dazai porridge will help you lose weight, Mrs. Xu asked Xu Tianxin to get on the scale:

"She lost it. Yesterday, my granddaughter drank a lot of rice porridge just for you. Leili was asking her to eat meat, but she didn't even eat it. To be honest, she lost two pounds. As for whether it can increase blood sugar and help her lose weight. . No matter how whole grain it is, it is also called porridge, so I dare not say that. Everyone’s body constitution is different.”

However, Mrs. Xu would advise:

"Do you have to lose weight to buy it? Grandma suggested that especially if you live alone and don't know what to cook, just buy some and cook it, then take a bite of the duck eggs that are still oily and fragrant and are not very salty. Order the deli meat and cut it into a small plate and eat it.

What do you cook by yourself? It may not be delicious. It would be great to eat hot rice porridge in the morning before going to work, or to lie contentedly on the sofa and watch TV after get off work in the evening. "

Before Mrs. Xu finished persuading her, Xu Tianxin gestured to her, "Ka", which meant: Stop talking about milk, the last batch is gone.

"Milk, your family requires you to sell ducks."

"Ah? The duck has to be pre-sold, and the white-striped duck has to be shipped.

To weigh ten kilograms, one hundred and thirty is needed. Blue-headed ducks generally need to be raised for more than five months. I dare say that the ducks sold by grandma can be raised for seven to eight months. If they are stewed in soup, they are especially delicious and have a lot of lean meat.

It is different from the instant ducks that everyone buys for tens of dollars and takes 40 days to grow.

And grandma tells you how to tell the difference. Ducks have been raised for a long time, do not have short wings, and have a lot of oil on their gizzards. That is called feeding ducks with grain. Yes, I dare to swear to all the gods that what I sell is serious grain duck. That's what this thing is. Those who don't understand say it's expensive, but those who understand will understand that this is the farmers who raise ducks bowing to life. One hundred and thirty ducks are raised for seven or eight months. This is called selling at a low price.

If you want to buy something, you can contact me...Why doesn't the anchor say how many days it will take to deliver the goods..."

Old Mrs. Xu thought to herself: The anchor didn't know, he couldn't prepare for it and it would arrive tomorrow, anyway, it would disappear in a flash.

Who shipped these? It’s really strange.

An even stranger thing happened that night. Xu Tianxin redeemed the random prizes for sold out rice porridge and salted duck eggs, but the prizes did not appear.

Xu Youtian, who was thousands of miles away, had two extra packets of salt on his injured ankle.

(End of this chapter)