The era of all the princes

Chapter 163 Dried Fish
"Morning Chen."

According to the strategy Jiang Sheng made before he left, tomorrow is the day when the army will explore the island. Liu Yan came to the old man Chen's house at the foot of the mountain early to check the army rations.

Now that it's hot in the mountains, ordinary food is easy to rot easily. The best military rations are rice cakes that have been squeezed out of water and old man Chen's dried fish.

In the entire faction, only Mr. Chen has successfully bred fish species from Huaguoshan. The quality of the fish is extremely high. Only half a dried fish can keep soldiers from starving for two days. This is the result of countless experiments by the adults these days. .

As long as the species in Huaguoshan are edible, the energy produced is not comparable to that of ordinary food. The soldiers who eat the food in it, regardless of their mental state or exercise effect, are not comparable to eating ordinary food. The durability is also very exaggerated.

Liu Yan had tried it herself, if she didn't use up her skills and consumed too much, a yellow croaker from Mr. Chen would keep her from being hungry for a day.

That's still me, I am full of energy and blood now, and consume a lot. For ordinary food, she would have to eat ten catties of tendon meat and more than 20 sweet potatoes to barely meet her daily needs. Special supply food is also the best military food for future trips.

"Oh, Mr. Liu is here?" Mr. Chen greeted him with a smile. Compared with the previous few months, the old man's complexion was obviously much better, his face was flushed, and his eyes were not as cloudy as the old man's, but much brighter. In just three or four months, people feel at least ten years younger!

Liu Yan knew that it was the reason why the other party often ate yellow croakers, and his two daughters-in-law also became more and more beautiful under the conditioning of yellow croakers, which is the privilege of farmers.

"Hello, old man." Liu Yan greeted politely. Old man Chen rarely goes out in the power, but his status is not low. Everyone knows that he has a close relationship with Jiang Sheng, and now he is the only farmer who has successfully raised Well, the yellow croaker, several other farmers have killed several batches of fry, and they belong to strategically important talents.

"Okay, okay." The old man smiled and said, "Master Liu is here to see the dried fish?"

"The risk of going to the island this time is not small, and I dare not neglect the military rations."

"My lord is right." The old man nodded: "My lord, come with me."

On the way, the old man said: "My lord, the marriage between Luo Lin's child and Huijuan has been fixed. It will be next month, and everyone in the village will know about it. Take good care of me along the way, but I can't let my child become a widow again."

The old man spoke in a very low voice, apparently not wanting his daughter-in-law who was weaving in the distance to hear.

"Don't worry, old man." Liu Yan nodded: "Liu Yan will definitely bring back the adults' soldiers intact."

"That's good, that's good." The old man nodded.

As he spoke, he took the other party to the backyard, where there were slices of dried fish drying in the sun, the old man picked up a piece and handed it to Liu Yan, saying: "Old man, I pickle them according to the recipe left by my lord, to be honest, my lord The salt content in this recipe is too high, and the drying method is special, dry and spicy, so the deliciousness of such a good fish is completely wasted, and now it is approaching the scorching heat, on such a hot day, the soldiers can eat such dried fish. down?"

Liu Yan took the dried fish, took a bite, frowned slightly, it was indeed salty enough, but then nodded and said: "My lord wants this effect, the fish here tastes too good for the old man, and soldiers tend to be greedy, this kind of military ration You have to save food, and salt and chili are the key, and you can only resist it in the hot and humid areas of the mountains. We explored along the river, and there was enough water, so we ate with water, and there was nothing we couldn’t eat. Soldiers suffered so much. If you can’t eat them all, how will you fight in the future?”

"It's still hard to be a soldier." The old man sighed: "In the future, let the two children go to school honestly."

Liu Yan laughed and said: "Although it is hard, there are also the most opportunities. If a man has the ability, go to the army to fight, and then he will have the opportunity to fight for a hereditary replacement for his descendants!"

The old man was taken aback for a moment, and then his face became complicated: "The more you think about it, the lord, the bigger it is."

Liu Yanzi didn't continue talking, but bent down and inspected the pickled dried fish.

"I heard that there are some experimental fields on the top of the mountain, and some special grains are being grown?" Mr. Chen asked suddenly, following behind.

"Well, there is such a thing." Liu Yan randomly picked up a few pieces of dried fish and sniffed them back.

"Actually, old man, I'm also interested in planting those new things." Mr. Chen said, rubbing his hands.

In the past, when Jiang Sheng asked him to breed new fish, he was a little resistant. He was not very interested in that kind of fresh food, what kind of expensive fish species, mainly because Jiang Sheng was a matchmaker at the time, so he reluctantly agreed.

But now it is becoming more and more popular. Now the whole village knows how popular the fish I raise are, and many people rush to order a fish here, and they have already booked fry for the second half of the year.

Seeing how popular he was, at that time, several farmers moved their minds and wanted to open fish ponds, but the lord did not refuse, but those villagers had no experience. The same breeding formula, but the other party had completely different effects. How many fish ponds were raised? The first batch of fish fry are all dead, and now they have missed the spring plowing. If the lord hadn't given some subsidies, those guys might not even be able to afford food now.

Now that he heard that the top of the mountain was making new things again, Mr. Chen immediately became interested.

"Those things are very troublesome." Liu Yan sighed: "It's just like the fish raised by the old man. It is very expensive and requires special care. You have seen it too, old man. It is also fish farming. Now only you can raise it in the village. Others Lack of farming experience, the newly planted things on the top of the mountain are extremely delicate, even the experienced old farmers can't keep them alive, so Master Huang from Luban Academy has to take care of them himself, you, you should rest your mind."

"I haven't tried it yet, how do you know I can't do it, old man?" Mr. Chen said angrily.

"Okay, wait for the lord to come back, I'll ask for you and get some seeds for you." Liu Yan said helplessly.

"Hey, good good good good good good good good!" The old man suddenly smiled happily.

"But I can tell you in advance." Liu Yan sighed: "If the seedlings fail, you can't waste the seedlings all the time. Those seedlings are not cheaper than your fry."

"The old man knows, the old man knows," the old man said with a smile.

"Actually, breeding and planting. Luban College has a special discipline to train specialized talents who specialize in overcoming technical problems. If the old man is interested, he can send his children to study there."

"Luban Academy?" The old man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "Isn't that a place to train foremen? No, old man, my grandsons are all young officials, so I can't do that."

Liu Yan: "."

It seems that the lord's idea of ​​enriching Luban Academy in a short period of time is a bit unrealistic, even for ordinary people, people like Mr. Chen and Mr. Hong from the blacksmith shop are all people who have made a living on the island with their craftsmanship. But even so, they all want their children to follow the orthodox route.

Obviously, in everyone's thinking, studying is still the most promising way to become an official.
To be honest, Liu Yan herself thought so too. If she had children, she would definitely send them to academies like Donghua or Tiance, even if they were sent to the School of Finance and Economics or the School of Justice. Take the clerical route, Luban Academy?A place to cultivate artisan knowledge?I'm afraid most people are not interested
Speaking of which, Shanshan practiced a little hard yesterday, is she okay today?
Liu Yan thought that the other party lived not far away, so after inspecting the dried fish, she got up to say goodbye, and walked quickly towards the southwest agricultural area.

Right at noon, Liu Yan could smell the aroma of vegetables just outside Meng Jiao's house. When she walked in, she found that her house was quite lively. Apart from Shanshan and Meng Jiao, there were also Mrs. Sun, who was cooking vegetables, and Mrs. Sun's husband and child Hu. baby.

"Master Liu is here?" Meng Jiao quickly stood up from the rocking chair, Liu Yan glanced at the other party lightly: "If you are not well, just rest, you don't need to get up and do those empty gestures."

Meng Jiao was taken aback for a moment, then she smiled embarrassedly: "I made you worry."

Liu Yan didn't look at her directly, but looked at Shanshan who also wanted to stand up from the rocking chair. Yesterday Meng Jiao took the child to Tiance Academy, saying that her body was not in good condition and she could let the child exercise first.

The woman stepped forward, obviously seeing that she had special empathy for the little girl.

"Does your foot hurt?" Liu Yan looked at Shanshan who was about to stand up on the chair, walked over and held her down and asked.

"It hurts..." Shanshan looked at Liu Yan with some grievances, compared to the previous shyness, she was obviously much better, and she knew how to act like a baby.

"It was like this on the first day, and I got used to it after a few days of practice." Liu Yan replied dryly, but her hands gently kneaded the other's little feet: "Take a day off today, and continue tomorrow."

"Ah?" Shanshan's face wrinkled into a ball, and she said cautiously, "I only have one day off."

"Then you still want to rest for a month?" Liu Yan asked with a glare.

"Woo..." Shanshan pursed her mouth and dared not speak.

"Adults, children are still young, can they bear it?" Meng Jiao also asked cautiously.

Liu Yan: "I will judge whether I can bear it or not, and I won't hurt your daughter."

"My lord, that's not what I meant." Meng Jiao quickly explained.

Liu Yan didn't bother to pay attention to each other, Meng Jiao was more thoughtful, she didn't like it very much, but the child's eyebrows and eyes were too similar to her former child
"If you practice well, I will let you ride a horse." Liu Yan said while rubbing the child's feet.

"Really?" The little girl was surprised.

The adults next to me looked speechless, and it turned out that the child's face changed faster than the weather!
"That." Mrs. Sun next to him said cautiously: "My lord, can you take a look at Tiger Boy, does he have the qualifications to enter Tiance Academy?"

After coming back for a while, she talked with Huwa and his son many times. Huwa has a stubborn temper. It's not impossible, but she inquired about it and suddenly found that there seemed to be quite a few children who signed up for the martial arts academy.

The adults are now opening the Tiance Academy martial arts competition, and those adults are often excited to watch, not to mention the children, there are quite a few children on the island who yearn to join the army
This made her a little anxious, and she didn't know if she could earn it or not.

Liu Yan rubbed Shanshan's feet without even raising her head, and said coldly: "Whether you have the qualifications or not, you will know when the adults come back and the Martial Academy opens, and your children try it out."

The two husband and wife immediately glanced at each other. From the looks of it, Mr. Liu didn't seem to be interested in his tiger cub at all.
(End of this chapter)