My whole family traveled across time with an encyclopedia

Chapter 185
"Today's meal is all over."

Ning Laoer heard his younger brother's reluctant tone and said with a smile: "It's okay, I will grind some for you when I have time."

Ning Qingxi knew how hard it was for her third uncle to grind this side, and it was not easy for the two stones to be polished. Originally, they wanted Black Spot to grind it, but Black Spot's stubborn bull refused to listen to it, so they had to do it manually.

After thinking about it, Ning Qingxi suddenly thought of making a water mill!

It just so happens that they have that waterwheel, isn't that very convenient?
"When I study the water mill tomorrow, then we won't be so tired."

Ning Qingxi's words caught the attention of the whole family.

Ning Laosan looked surprised, "Can you still grind noodles with water?"

Ning Qingxi nodded and briefly explained the working principle of the water mill, which is nothing more than using the kinetic energy of water to push the millstone.

Ning Changrong and Wang Xiujuan probably understood it, but the others were half-understood and at a loss.

But this did not prevent them from looking at Ning Qingxi adoringly.

This is really a living fairy!Otherwise, what will happen?They have never felt that life can be so convenient before.

Since coming to this Taoyuan Village, it seemed that they had entered another world, and Ning Qingxi would take out a good thing that they had never seen before.

Thinking about it, he did it, Ning Qingxi went to find Carpenter Sun the next day, and in just ten days, a huge mill stood erect next to the waterwheel.

The use of the mill is free, but you have to queue up, first come, first served.

"Eat first, I'll send the wheat over first."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Ding hurriedly picked up a small bag of wheat and walked to the mill over there.

Everyone is lined up, but if you are not there when it is your turn, then you can only be postponed to the next one.

Mrs. Ding has been waiting in line for three days, and she doesn't want to wait any longer.

After hearing this, Ning Miao put down the chopsticks in her hand, went to Pozi Ding's side and helped her get the bag of wheat, "Mother, I'll go with you." How can he let his mother go to work there and he eats by himself?Isn't this unfilial?

Mrs. Ding didn't refuse either, and when she followed her son to the mill in a hurry, she heard someone shouting, "Whose family is this? Come quickly, if you don't come, I will grind it first!"

Mrs. Ding hurried over, "Here, come, this belongs to my family!"

Seeing the person coming, Mrs. Lai pouted, "Hurry up and grind, you will come to my house after grinding."

Mrs. Ding didn't have time to argue with her, and directed her son to put the wheat into the millstone.

It was dangerous, she looked at the two sacks of wheat beside Grandma Lai, if she came a little later, she might have to wait for another half day.

After she put the wheat in, she smiled proudly at Mrs. Lai.

Father Li's legs have recovered a long time ago, and now he walks like flying, and his strength is no worse than that of his sons.

Village head Ning looked at the work he and his sons were doing with satisfaction, and nodded.

"The Li family records twelve work points today."

Although shopkeeper Lin is a scorekeeper, he is actually only doing bookkeeping. After all, he is an outsider here. If he judges how many points these people should keep, some people in Taoyuan Village may not accept it. If Village Chief Ning comes, no one will dare to stab them.

After hearing what Village Chief Ning said, shopkeeper Lin wrote down the work points of the Li family in the notebook with the charcoal pen he carried with him.

Father Li smiled when he heard it, and after greeting the two of them, he buried himself in the remaining work in the field before going home.

As soon as I got home, Mother Li had already cooked the meal.

"Are you back? Come on, sit down, I posted pancakes today."

There are seven men in the Li family, so they are very strong and earn a lot of work points, but they all have a big appetite. Every time they cook, Li's mother and the others follow the simple recipe, as long as the amount is large and the food is full.

"Have you been visiting Dafeng for the past few days? Is she all right?"

Father Li, the head of the family, said while eating.

Mother Li sat down after finishing her busy work, "It's nothing, I seem to be in good spirits."

Father Li picked up some chopped peppers and took a bite out of the pancake, "Well, it's fine."

After finishing speaking, he fell silent. Father Li thought in his heart that he would have to save some egg tickets to send to his daughter.

That's right, now all the eggs in the farms are edible except for those that cannot hatch chicks, and all the others are used to hatch chicks.

But because the number of eggs is limited, Taoyuanzhai issued an egg ticket, which can be redeemed by ticket.

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Taoyuan Village lives and works in peace and contentment, but Taixi County is gloomy like a storm is about to come.

"If you want me to say, let's do it together! Tan Guangquan and Zhu Zhanping, these two bastards, actually want to take advantage of us? Are they worthy?" Ma Honglin slapped the table angrily and said angrily.

Wang Hanting was silent for a while, took a look, and Chang Yuan and Bai Yunliang remained silent.

"General, Mr. Bai, I reckon that Tan Guangquan and Zhu Zhanping have teamed up with the imperial court."

"We are very sincere this time, and we promised to let them use money to buy food. They have robbed so many rich and powerful families. They must have accumulated a lot of money but are unwilling. They would rather take the risk to rob us. This is nothing to fear."

There is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides. Zhu Zhanping and Tan Guangquan should not be fools. They must know that even if they attack hard to grab food, they will return in vain, and they will suffer in vain.

They sent people to negotiate peace, and they were willing to accept Zhu Zhanping and Tan Guangquan's money and grain to buy food from them, and after they got the silver, they could buy food from the south to make up for the shortfall.

Although the South is under the rule of the Southern Chen Dynasty, in this year, whoever earns money is not making money. As long as there is money to be made, most of the merchants are willing to ship grain to them, and many merchants may be behind the imperial officials, but this does not prevent them from selling grain to earn money back.

Bai Yunliang also nodded with a wry smile when he heard this, "General Wang's guess coincides with what I'm following."

The method of exchanging money for food was a decision they made after careful consideration. Unexpectedly, the other party refused to even think about it, so they turned away their envoys.

"Zhu Zhanping and the others spread the word that they want us to give them 20 yuan free of charge but not attack our Huaixi Mansion. This food is enough for them to feed for a year. Obviously, the lion opened his mouth."

"They have no sincerity with him at all. If they are so confident, there must be someone behind them to back them up. I can only guess that Chen Wenlong from the south has cooperated with them."

Sitting in his seat, Chang Yuan finally said, "If everyone has no good solution, this war may be inevitable."

To be honest, if there is a way, Chang Yuan is not willing to go to war in winter at all. The court is hurting one thousand enemies and eight hundred self-damages. It seems that the old emperor really regarded him as a thorn in the flesh.

(End of this chapter)