Villager of Daming

Chapter 1212: Choosing the Harmony Fan

"Wait." Zhu Fugui saw the spineless man looking at him with disgust.

He turned his head and changed his expression: "Chief Tu Yajie, arrange for those who can fight to do what they should do normally.

When we came here, we saw that the local rice was growing well. When the main force arrives, we will have the means to detect it and will apply top dressing if necessary.

There is a royal doctor in the team, and he can check the pulse of the people in our Ajiahan Tribal Alliance.

As for other aspects, I can take a look around and give you a rough idea. Whether or not to do it specifically depends on the village head. "

"Okay, okay!" Tu Yajie continued to nod very hard.

He knew that he had already chosen sides and could no longer choose the Northern Yuan Dynasty. He had always disliked the Northern Yuan Dynasty, which did not allow the Jurchens to engage in mining and smelting.

Because they were afraid that the Jurchens would become too powerful to control, they could only live a simple life and lacked everything.

It was not until the war broke out that the Yuan Dynasty could no longer take care of them. Tribes like theirs united with other tribes and only then did they have their own smelters, ironworkers, and miners...

After driving out the Yuan Dynasty emperor, the Ming Dynasty came here to conduct trade. The Ming Dynasty had good things and the trade was fair.

Things that were originally worthless can be sold for a good price, like silkworms, which are wanted there, and also red-bellied frogs.

There are a lot of herbs on the mountain, which are used as medicine. The department stores in the Ming Dynasty collect them. Every time they are sold out, the people in the tribe are happy with the things they get in return.

It was not like that in the Yuan Dynasty. If you wanted something, you could just ask for it. If you didn’t pay, you would just give some junk.

The Yuan Dynasty did not collect insects, let alone silkworm cocoons. They did not eat toads, and they had no soap.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has given them benefits, the people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty come and say that the Ming Dynasty is taking advantage. Then why didn't you take advantage of them when we let you take advantage of them before?
Thinking in this way, Tu Yajie knew that from now on his tribe could only be of one mind with the Ming Dynasty. It would not work to get benefits from both sides by being sandwiched between the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

The Northern Yuan Dynasty was bad! They were always plotting against their own tribe.

The Ming Dynasty has come to rescue them. If this doesn't work, then how can the Ming Dynasty's swords not be sharp? How did they kill the Northern Yuan Dynasty?

And what kind of weapon was that just now? There was so little noise, and the man was hit with several holes in his body, and died after two twitches.

……

"Have you eaten?" Tu Yajie asked his people to do other things. It was simple and he didn't need to be personally responsible for it.

Then he remembered to ask the other party if they had eaten. They all had two meals a day and could not afford three meals a day. As a leader, he could not eat more than others.

Zhu Fugui shook his head: "I haven't had lunch yet! What time did you, uh...what time did you have lunch?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand to look at his watch. It was a tourbillon watch, so it was more accurate and less likely to go wrong. Otherwise, he would always have to check the watch.

He had become accustomed to another way of telling time and remembered that people had to count the hours.

"I know. You eat three meals a day. We eat at the end of Chenshi, which is earlier than others. Now it's almost noon. You can tell me whether you are hungry or not. You can eat even if you say you are not hungry."

Tu Yajie took a look at the watch on Zhu Fugui's hand. He had seen this one before. Liu Chaoguan also had one on his wrist.

Of course, he didn’t know that what Liu Sheng had was not a tourbillon. It did not belong to Liu Sheng before, but could now be given to Liu Sheng as a reward.

"Then let's cook! Our people come over here and cook together. Bring out whatever food you have and we'll cook. I'll use a big pot to cook for us."

Zhu Fugui heard that the other party had eaten at around nine o'clock. He was not hungry now. It had been less than two hours since he finished eating. Then he would do it slowly! At one o'clock in the afternoon, or around 13 o'clock, he would eat again.

He cooks for more than ten people by himself and stir-fries several dishes in about the same amount of time.

The meals for the other people in the team would naturally be prepared by the guards of the Prince Qin's Palace, who knew how to cook.

"Yes, we have a vegetable garden. Let's grow some vegetables together, Liu Chaoguan taught us. Do you eat toads? There are few red-bellied ones here, and they are hard to catch. We only eat normal toads. We don't eat toads with bumps on their bodies."

Tu Yajie didn't know what to use to entertain the guest, for fear of neglecting the other party.

The locals call both frogs and toads "hamads". Frogs are normal toads, while toads have the word "癞" added to them.

The red-bellied forest frog will be called Hashemite in the future. Hashemite quickly reads as toad.

People in Xi'an also pronounce it as "Hama". The "Pipa Song" written by Bai Juyi is about this. It is about the woman playing the pipa. She claims that she is originally from the capital and lives at the foot of Xiamao Mausoleum.

Her capital was not Beijing, nor Nanjing, but Chang'an. There was a Toad Mausoleum in Chang'an, called Toad Mausoleum, not xiamaling.

"Frog? Sure! Everyone brought some food with them. Even though the sauce isn't very good, it's better than nothing, right?"

When Zhu Fugui heard that there were frogs, he thought it was okay as long as they were not forest frogs, as people in the village would eat them.

“There are sauces, bean sauces, and noodle sauces. The department store gave them to me. Liu Chaoguan gave them to me because I gave away a lot of things. It was okay, so he gave them to me.

I know he is just looking for reasons to give me things and make me understand the good of Ming Dynasty. Can you use it?
The food at Dingliao Duwei is delicious. Bring it to me. We won’t use it.”

Tu Yajie was willing to talk about other topics. Fighting was too heavy, and the other side couldn't take care of big things. They were the vanguard troops of the front army and the elite.

The elite troops are naturally responsible for fighting, and they can also take care of other things. Other situations will have to wait for the princes to come and discuss them.

Tu Yajie didn't know the importance of the people in Xiaqiu Village, and had no idea that Zhu Fugui could make direct decisions.

Even if it is wrong, the village guard of Xiaqiao Village will say it is right, and compensate for the mistake according to a process so that people cannot tell that it is wrong.

For example, Zhu Fugui said that it is not good to grow rice in your paddy fields, so you should plant wheat now.

Then Zhu Wentian came over and took a look. He called Zhu Fugui away and scolded him: "Are you stupid? What did I teach you?"
Turning around, Zhu Wentian asked the head of the village to say that this was a research project to try new varieties, but the area was a bit large, so he added some water and left some of the wheat soaked in the water.

Can we make comparisons in other places, or plant something else, such as the new variety of reeds we are researching?
Don’t be afraid, grain production reduction and harvest failure are normal phenomena. After all, no one knows whether it will succeed or not!

Then we will transport food from other places and see if we can increase our income in other ways.

We must never admit our mistakes, as that would be a blow to the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention Xiaqiu Village.

The people who suffered losses don’t care. Just try it. As long as you give us more food, it will be fine. Next time you want to try something, choose us!
So Zhu Fugui went to choose the seasoning, and Tu Yajie asked the people in the tribe to find the ingredients, and catching frogs was the most important thing.

Zhu Fugui took care of it by himself, while the others had to cook for the entire tribe.

Unfortunately, there is no other equipment and we can’t make popcorn sticks, so the children have to wait until the main group arrives and there are machines there.

Time passed slowly, and Zhu Fugui was unable to process so many ingredients in a short time.

Tu Yajie was right next to him, and together with his eldest son, they listened to Zhu Fugui explaining the treatment of rickets and the condition of the previous patient very seriously.

(End of this chapter)