The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 169

Taking advantage of the enthusiasm of the imperial court to go to sea, when the common people are actively inquiring about the news of the government office, the method of artificial hatching of chickens and ducks and earthworm breeding, and the method of raising chickens and ducks of earthworms have been promoted nationwide by officials of the imperial court. coming.

The notices of the various prefectures and counties clearly stated: the imperial court paid for the construction of kangs for hatching chickens and ducks in each prefecture and counties, and taught everyone to build earth dragon breeding ponds. The common people are welcome to come and learn skills.

If there is no cement to pave the ground, use a big hammer to beat the bottom of the dug mud pit. When it is tamped firmly, the earth dragon can't get out.There is not much cow dung, can you still find the rotten soil under the woods?

Let everyone build up the Dilong Pond first, and after the Dilong is fed, this year, all the people who do not flee famine and become refugees can get a chicken or duckling for free by virtue of their household registration, and they can also get enough small ducks by the way. Chicken and ducklings eat rice bran for ten days.

The villagers of Dali Village live a better life than many farmers, because they are near the capital, and they can be regarded as the first group of people to receive this welfare.They got the news quickly, plus they had visited Papa Hu's Dilong Pond, and the family was able to dig out a big hole in only three to five days.

Moreover, in the county where they lived, the incubator built was located in Dali Village, and was in charge of Mrs. Zhang, a seventh-rank child whom the emperor ordered.Zhang took his third daughter-in-law, Qian Alan, to explain the hatching work clearly, and the hatching rate beat everyone.

On this day, the head of Dali Village was organizing the villagers to line up. His voice was loud and full of confidence:
"I said, everyone, don't rush around in a swarm. These chickens and ducklings can't escape. Keep your household registration and baskets. The emperor's grace is great, and everyone has a share."

"Village chief, do you really want to give us back the rice bran?" Little commoners, as long as it is free, they don't want to let go of half of the benefits, and this is rice bran.

"Of course, but it's only enough to eat chickens and ducks for about ten days. Don't take them home and cook them yourself! Chickens and ducks are too small to eat earthworms. They need to be raised for a few days. !"

The village chief's worry is not unreasonable. The whole village is so big, there are always some lazy people, and he is afraid that these shameless people will eat all the chickens.

When he inspected the Dilong ponds built by the villagers, several of them were very perfunctory, and he scolded these lazy guys, really didn't know what to do.

"Don't worry, don't worry, village chief! Our village has not reached that point yet, we will definitely raise chickens and ducks well, isn't it delicious to eat eggs when they grow up?"

After confirming again and again that there is such a good thing for nothing, the villagers are at ease.In the past, many mother-in-laws who disliked their daughter-in-law giving birth to a bunch of girly movies will not dislike them now. Families with a large population can get a dozen chickens and ducks.

It doesn't matter if you don't waste your own food, whether it's raising earth dragons or cooking earth dragons, it's just a bit of effort.

And this job, a girl can do it much better than a kid.If they could really feed these poultry with Dilong Shun Shun, they would all be willing to set up a kang by themselves to hatch more.Zhang Ruren is willing to teach them how to hatch chicks, how can they let go of such a good thing?
In addition to sending chickens and ducklings for free, I heard that the court will distribute relief food in the near future.

Dali Village is just a microcosm. There are thousands of villages like this in Daxia, and all of them are taken care of.While the common people were grateful to the imperial court, they also praised Zhang Ruren who invented this method in various ways, wishing to give her a longevity card at home.

They didn't spend any money except for their hard work, especially I heard that the excrement excreted by the earth dragon after eating the dung is high-quality fertilizer.The feces of chickens and ducks are also very fertile. If the locusts do not toss next year, the crops will definitely be able to harvest a lot more.

Thinking of this, the common people's thoughts became even bigger. They could have fun watching the fluffy chicks for a long time, and they served them very carefully.

When the breeding method was successfully promoted and received good feedback, Tu Si Nong, who was far away in the south of Lingnan, sent Xia Hongdi a good news.

"Your Majesty, there is news from Lingnan." The manager of Chengda ran very hurriedly. He knew that his master had been waiting for this news for a long time, and rushed to report the news as soon as he received it.

Xia Hongdi had just read the report on the promotion of chickens and ducks, and then saw the report on the success of the double-cropping rice experiment. On a hot day, even drinking ice water feels like a relief from the heat.

"This Tu Si Nong is still too cautious. The two crops of crops didn't report until they had grown to one foot." With blame words in his mouth, the corners of his mouth and brows raised.

"Your Majesty, this is Double Happiness!" Director Cheng praised Xia Hongdi at the right time.

"I can finally sleep well!" The emperor was happy, everyone's life was easier, the emperor didn't like to go anywhere in the harem except Kunning Palace.

"Your Majesty, tonight, you..." Manager Cheng touched the big red envelope stuffed in his sleeve, and had to help deliver the message.

"Such good news, of course I want to tell the queen to listen to it, you pick out the most beautiful pair of pastel vases for me to put on it, the queen is the rarest like this."

Manager Cheng quickly shut up, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: I'm in a bad mood, I'm going to ask the queen to explain it, I'm in a good mood, I'm going to ask the queen to congratulate, is it possible that the No. 1 favorite in the harem, or the empress who is over [-] years old?Hey, hey, it's better for him to take less red envelopes in the future. If he takes the benefits of others, it will be bad if he can't get things done.

Empress Gao didn't know about the slander of the chief eunuch, she would be as happy as a dog man. The seafood donated by her oyster sauce shop has been sent to various prefectures for some time.

Local officials not only distribute seafood for free, but also promote the recipes of various seafood. It is necessary to teach the common people how to eat these seafood.

Judging from the feedback information received so far, even people in the mainland who are not used to eating seafood have a high acceptance of these seafood, and some even said that if the price is not expensive, they are willing to spend money to buy it.

What does this mean?It shows that the edible value of these seafood is great!The couple told each other that they had received many good news, and their joy doubled.

"Your Majesty, when these chickens and ducks start laying eggs, the life of the people will be better!" Empress Gao thought of the happy scene of chickens and ducks running around the yard in every village and children picking up eggs, and she was happy for them.

"Queen, this time your contribution is not insignificant. I didn't expect that when your oyster sauce shop can be of such great use, I can be so confident this time. The oyster sauce shop deserves a great credit." Xia Hongdi was proud , but I still don’t forget to brag with the queen’s business, after all, the queen has really made great efforts.

"What is taken from the people and used by the people, Your Majesty, ministers and concubines are the mother of a country, there is still awareness of this!"

"It's a good one that is taken from the people and used by the people, Queen, how about the pair of plum vases I personally picked? Tonight, I will reward the Queen again!"

Empress Gao was speechless, so she had no choice but to accept the reward and thank you, the bottle is a good bottle, what about other rewards!
In Qingxian County, because there are several tile workshops, thousands of people work in the workshops, which has driven some people around the county to earn some money, and there is no shortage of water this year, most of them will not, because of the locust plague Run outside when you are out of production.

County magistrate Hao promoted the new policy of the imperial court and spared no effort. He repaired several kangs and earth dragon ponds used to incubate chickens and ducks. He sent all the people from the county government to the village below to read the announcement to the villagers. went.

Encourage the villagers to follow the gourd and draw a ladle, quickly repair the Dilongchi, and don't delay to receive chickens, ducks and rice bran for free.

The mothers-in-law invited by the county government to learn these techniques are also very capable. They hatched tens of thousands of chickens and ducks in just two months. The upstream and downstream villages were fortunate to be the first batch of beneficiaries.

When the two ex-daughters-in-law, Jiang Laidi and Niu Damei were queuing up to receive chickens and ducks, they heard the villagers discussing that it was their ex-mother-in-law, now Zhang Ruren, who invented the method of hatching and breeding.The expressions of the two were obscure, and they could only lower their heads and turn a deaf ear.

"Our Zhang Ruren is amazing. I heard that the officials of the Imperial Herdsmen's Department learned from her family. Now they are teaching us these methods for free. What a boldness it is!"

"Hey, who said no, if you and I have this skill, we must be silent and make a fortune!"

"That's why the imperial court gave her this title. Now, not only can she not kneel when she sees an official, but also the younger generations in the family will be honored. Going out will save face!"

"Then you can be honored now. This child is from our Qing County. He used to be from Da'e Mountain. If you want to talk about relatives, he is Uncle Zhongqin's mother-in-law. See? Those two former mother-in-laws!"

"Do you think those two are the mothers-in-law? Let the capable mothers-in-law not flatter you. Now, like us, they have received relief items."

"It's not like you don't know that when a wild man ran away, the Hu family hadn't developed yet, and the other was kicked back by others, and he couldn't hug his thigh even if he wanted to!"

"Hahaha, if it was me, I wouldn't leave no matter what, so I hugged my ex-mother-in-law's thigh and cried, begging her"

The villagers talked lively, and the grievances and grievances of the Hu family were an enduring topic of discussion among the villagers.Among the people who received these benefits this time, the two ex-daughter-in-laws may be the only ones who would not like Zhang Ruren after receiving chickens and ducks.

The crops were destroyed, the locusts were dying, and the people hurriedly planted a season of vegetables. Autumn radish and autumn cabbage can also be eaten as food. As long as there is no shortage of water, they will not worry about life!

The river embankment built with cement and the dredged river channel played a major role. At least the vegetables planted in autumn are really alive and well.

When they have nothing to do, they dig dragons everywhere.After the chickens and ducks finished eating the rice bran, the earthworms they dug came in handy. Those who couldn’t finish eating were kept in the pit, and the vegetable leaves were chopped up. After eating the earthworms, they ate some vegetable leaves. looks good.

They must learn how to incubate eggs on a heated kang. It snows in Sichuan in winter, and occasionally people can freeze to death. I heard that this heated kang can keep you warm all night as long as you burn some firewood. It can be used for both purposes.

(End of this chapter)