Villager of Daming

Chapter 1056: Resource Reserve Well Waterside

"This pot is ready. Put it in a bucket and use well water to weigh it down."

The fire was still going on in the place where the big pot of rice was eaten. After the meal was finished, the mung bean water was boiled, a little salt was added, and it was poured into a wooden bucket. The bucket was then put into a wooden trough, which contained cold well water.

When the town is ready, it will be distributed to the people on the streets of the city. It can replenish potassium, salt and cool down to quench thirst.

There's a drought in Beiping! In the summer of the seventh year of Hongwu, there was a drought in Beiping.

The year before last, there was a drought in Beiping, along with other places. Precautions were taken at that time, and the wells and reservoirs left behind are still there.

In the past two years, we have dug wells one after another and plastered the pond with cement. In the spring, we collect rainwater, well water, and river water to fill it up. We have people guarding it to prevent children from approaching.

Everyone has known about this year's drought. People are like hard-working squirrels, constantly thinking of ways to store water for irrigating the fields.

There has been a drought for more than three months, but it has only been a month now, and the water level of the river flowing out of Peiping has dropped partially.

People always take a long pole to the well to measure the water level. A sign is placed outside the well, which states the time of construction, the name of the craftsman or team, the materials used, and the depth of the well.

They just looked at them with wide eyes. There was a sergeant beside each of them looking at them.

"Can our boat still go out?" After finishing half of the lamb kidney, Zhu Ru suddenly thought of a question. After the drought, the water level of the river from Peking to the mouth of the sea dropped. The boat...

Zhu Di didn't want to stay in one place all day, he had to look around.

"Oh! Yes! There are a lot of big animals in Beiping Mansion." Zhu Zhu realized this and happily took a sip of ice-cold beer.

Since the team came out, they haven't solved a single case. The government is well-organized and people are harmonious, and everything is prosperous, so... it's all very good anyway!
The officials of Beiping Mansion looked depressed. The more they looked at the expectant eunuchs, the more depressed they became. Do you really want something to happen to us?
After walking some distance, Zhu Di suddenly saw a deformed popcorn stick in the hand of an eight or nine-year-old boy.

There were many people standing on the roadside waiting for the procession to pass, but there was no need to kneel.

"As Your Highness wishes." Xu Da is doing everything he can. Peiping is safe and he believes no one dares to send troops to attack him.

"It's a plain area from Beiping Mansion to the seaside. We use animals to travel more than three hundred miles." Zhu Fan also told his fifth brother.

There are few pressure wells, and most of them are windlass wells and orange wells. Juji wells are used for watering, which is more labor-saving and highly efficient.

"What about us?" Zhu Ru nodded first, and then thought of another question.

"Your Highness, the camp in Prince Yan's Mansion has been built. Where will you stay in the past few days?" Xu Da arranged things.

People strolled along the street, which was called Pingzimen Street, corresponding to Pingzimen.

The palace maid was responsible for delivering popcorn sticks made of sorghum rice to the children she saw along the way. The eunuch looked around, waiting for someone to suddenly kneel down and cry out for injustice.

"Let's take a look around. If it's too far to walk, we can set up a temporary camp outside at night. I feel like Beiping Mansion has the least amount of things to do."

Two hours passed and the meal was over. Everyone took a shower and went to the tent to rest. Since there was no air conditioning, they had to use electric fans.

The little boy came up with a gun made of popcorn sticks and saliva, pointing the gun at Zhu Di, as if he wanted to attack the Japanese pirates.

The pressure well is defective and cannot be pressed up if it exceeds ten meters. The atmospheric pressure holds down the water. The advantage is that people cannot fall in, and it is easier to press down the well than to shake it with a windlass.

I skipped dinner and drank cold mung bean porridge, mutton siomai and a bunch of pickles the next morning.

"So I only made one trip to Taiyuan Prefecture, and then I took some of my things to the seaside to load the ship. I also loaded the small steam engine ship on the ship, and then I went to Dingliao Duwei and unloaded it into the Sancha River." Zhu Xi and his fifth brother said .

He waved: "Xiao hi, please come closer and work..."

"Looking for me?" The little boy didn't know how to address the person in front of him.

"Your gun is too bald, just three popcorn sticks." Zhu Di looked at the gun.

"Because I only have one, divided into three sections. If you ask the beautiful sister to give me twenty more, do you believe I can make a better one?" The little boy was talking to Zhu Di and turned to look at the popcorn stick maker. maid.

"Can you hold twenty sticks? I'll give you ten. What do you do at home?"

Zhu Di didn't agree to give twenty coins. Since he asked, he naturally had to say that he would give ten coins.

"Farming! Planting rice. My parents, brother and sister-in-law went to add water to the fields, and we went out to make soy sauce. Oops! Our soy sauce pot is in the department store, and we have to go back and get it."

While the little boy was talking, he found that there was no soy sauce pot in his hand and became anxious.

"I'm not busy, I'm not busy! I can't throw it away!" Zhu Di stopped the other party: "Didn't your family know there was a drought this summer?"

"I know! Our father said that the yamen dug a well on our land, and there is a river next to it. If others don't grow rice, wouldn't it be expensive if we do? If we sell the rice for wheat, we can have more money at home. Save your money. You really can’t throw away the soy sauce pot?”

The little boy answered and turned to look at the department store on the side with a worried look on his face.

"People in the department store know your stuff. What do you use soy sauce for at home?" Zhu Di asked again.

"Eat dumplings. Dad said that His Highness Prince Yan is here. Let's celebrate and make dumplings tonight. There is vinegar at home and there is no soy sauce. If His Highness Prince Yan comes, we will have a good life!"

The little boy straightened his chest and smiled broadly.

"Ask him what he still needs, give him a set, and go to the department store to choose. Give him twenty popcorn sticks and help him take them home."

Zhu Di then smiled, he likes good kids like this who tell the truth, honesty!
"Ah? Sent to our house?" The little boy realized who that 'he' was, and his eyes widened in surprise.

"Have a good life! Go ahead!" Zhu Di nodded and continued to move forward.

Next to her, a palace maid took the little boy who was thanking her profusely into the department store, picked out some things, and gave him a set as a gift.

……

It was almost noon and we finally arrived at Taiye Pond. Affected by the drought, the water level in Taiye Pond dropped.

There is a small island on Taiye Pond. The main camp area is placed on it, and eating is naturally also on it. There is no problem in terms of safety.

It's hot and we have to go out for a walk in the afternoon, so we should hurry up. Most of the people in the team eat sorghum, rice, and soybeans in salted water.

The prince and the officials ate the rice made in Xiaqiu Village, the eggplant mixed with chopped green onion and coriander in the morning and the egg sauce, and then cut into portions of the soy sauce beef made last night.

"Give us another salted duck egg, one with more oil."

Zhu Ru had just taken a cold shower and was blowing his hair to add some vegetables.

"No salted duck eggs, not boiled, half a salted goose egg per person."

Ling'er refused. After cutting the salted goose egg, half of it was placed on a plate on a small table.

"Then we want double yellow." Zhu Ru asked again.

"Here, I'll give you a double yolk egg. The double yolk egg is also half." Ling'er really had a double yolk egg.

"Is there enough local stock of goose eggs?" Zhu Feng asked the person in charge of the Beiping Department Store who was called over to accept the goods.

What we are eating now are the salted goose eggs brought by the team, with pencil marks written on the outside.

You are not allowed to eat locally pickled food, for fear of problems if it is not pickled well.

(End of this chapter)