Villager of Daming

Chapter 143 Memorial for a Great Mood (Part [-])
"Hanhan?" The chief closed the door and lowered his voice like a thief.

Zhu Wentian handed over two copybooks: "The one who promotes the salt will be sent up first, and the other depends on whether they promote it or not. If they don't promote it, they won't give it. It's useless to give it.

Let’s collect dried vegetables now. If lunch boxes are still sold here in winter, there will be no vegetables. I will grow greenhouses. It is too expensive to sell vegetables that are not suitable for box lunches.

Now that Nanjing harvests, others can pick the vegetables and dry them in the shade or in the sun. If they are dried in the shade, they will pay more, and if they are dried in the sun, they will be cheaper, depending on their appearance.

Then ask the people from the Prince's Mansion to help report back to the village, and we will also collect dried vegetables in the other 21 villages. "

The head of the village didn't look at the title book after receiving it, but instead asked, "Why hasn't the imperial court finished the work? How long will it have to wait?"

Zhu Wentian looked at the chief with a smile: "Wait! There will be surprises when you go back."

He had already guessed Zhu Yuanzhang's little thought, maybe it was the prince's idea to keep the man behind, and then send someone to build three archways.

I can't tell the truth, I will surprise the chief and give them a face.

"Then I went to find someone to collect the vegetables?" The village chief wanted to leave.

"No, Ya, sue, Li, Min. Hehehehe!" Zhu Wentian shook his head.

"That's right, find the people in the county government and ask them to issue a notice. This is considered a contribution to the benefit of the people, good!"

The head of the village understood, and went out to talk to Zhu Taiyi about two things, which actually belonged to one thing, both of which were dried vegetables.

Mrs. Zhu understood in an instant, and asked Mrs. Zhu to bring two guards back to Xiaqiu Village to report, and he went to the Yamen of Shangyuan County.

Liu Zhixian personally entertained him: "Uh! I'm called Zhu Taiyi now? How much dried vegetables can they charge? I'm afraid that if the common people make too much dried vegetables, they will collect enough."

When Liu Zhixian was happy, he was worried. The people could not finish eating or selling summer vegetables, and some would be dried, but not many.

People have to do other jobs to make money, and they can't sell dried vegetables all day long.

Now that someone is collecting it, the common people can get more money, but they are afraid that Xiaqiu Village will suddenly be abandoned if the common people do a good job, and the notice is issued by the yamen.

"They... firstly collect the ones worth [-] guan. Cucumbers, eggplants, radishes, cowpeas, and coriander. The shade-dried ones are more expensive than the sun-dried ones.

Dried vegetables are charged at three times the price of fresh vegetables, and [-]% more for shade-dried vegetables. They don’t want dried vegetables that are not dry enough or old. "

As soon as Mrs. Zhu set the price, it usually takes eight to ten catties of fresh ones to make one catty of dry ones.

Dried vegetables can't be charged at ten times the price, three times the price is already good.

When Liu Zhixian heard the two thousand guan, he was completely at ease. He was more satisfied with the price and was happy for the people. It really is a village of goodness and righteousness.

"I think there are no fresh vegetables after autumn, so we use dried vegetables instead." Liu Zhixian guessed Xiaqiu Village's plan.

"Almost, there are radishes and cabbage in winter, and dried radishes are delicious as pickles."

Zhu Taiyi clicked his mouth as he spoke, the village's dried cucumbers and dried radish pickles taste the best.

In the afternoon, Liu Zhixian personally wrote a notice, and others copied it, and the clerks and government officials went to various places in the county to post it, and explain the content to the people by the way.

"Great, go home and pick vegetables to make dried vegetables. Someone will collect them. The dried ones are three times the fresh ones, and the shade-dried ones will add [-]% more."

"Where do you collect it? There are so many vegetables in my vegetable field that I can't finish them, so it's not easy to sell."

"The Sihai grocery store next to Fuhua Building next to Xuanjin Bridge now sells boxed lunches, which are cheap, and their boxed lunches are delicious."

"The money given is too little, eight or nine catties can be dried for one catty, why only give three times?"

"Don't sell it if you think it's too small, you can keep it for yourself."

"How can I eat it all by myself? I'll go back and ask, profiteers, they've made all the money."

……

From time to time, wooden boards and old bamboos are brought in from the Danqing shop. The children are studying in the yard, and it doesn’t matter if they work loudly.

Eighteen guards and Zhu Taisan and Zhu Taisi arranged things to be placed, and new bamboo trays, bowls, plates, and chopsticks were delivered.

Fifty carpenters were transferred from the palace to demolish the six rooms at the back and build a wooden two-story building. No beautiful cornices are needed, so it can be done as quickly as possible.

The head of the village showed the blueprint drawn by Hanhan to the craftsmen. The window openings for the glass should be cut out of the wooden boards, which is the only way to make a glass greenhouse.

It can't be like Zhu Wentian's glass greenhouse at that time with large pieces of glass. The glass is so big that the weight cannot be supported by wood and bamboo.

Four eighths of the land were built, each occupying less than two fens, about [-] square meters, leaving aisles.

Now one mu of land is about 610 square meters, and one subdivision is [-] square meters.

The greenhouses in Xiaqiu Village have a large area, and they are really used to grow things to make money. The ones in the shop are just for show, so that people can watch them, and they will not be so densely planted.

Others are digging fire tunnels, which are connected like bows and paved with stone slabs for heating up fires in winter.

Others were working, and the house was being demolished. People from Xiaqiu Village came to live in Fuhua Building again.

Shopkeeper Xu did the same thing, giving free money to those in the hospital, refunding part of the money, and moving it to the side.

He expressed his welcome. The new dish was successfully trial-produced and received unanimous praise from customers, giving it five stars.

Of course, the price is also expensive, and you can’t find it anywhere else. If you want to find it, you can go to Guanglu Temple. Do you dare to spread the word after seeing Guanglu Temple?

The children cook their own dinner, which is mainly light and less staple food.

……

During the dinner at Kunning Palace, the prince and his wife came again, and Mrs. Zhu brought the Lichang's inscription to the prince's mansion in the afternoon.

When Zhu Yuanzhang arrived, Empress Ma had already read it and helped him change his clothes: "Xiaqiu Village sent an official title book, requesting that the salt drying method in Putian, Fujian be extended to the coast of Daming, and also supplement the shortcomings of the original salt drying method."

"It seems that he attaches great importance to it, otherwise why write such a book?" After changing his clothes, Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the book and watched it.

"Oh! How can salt be dried like this? The beach drying method, after that, there will be a lot of salt that can be eaten for nothing. Damn it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help swearing, he found that it was just more land, and then a steady stream of salt appeared.

As for the person mentioned in the question book not wearing well-protected boots, the legs are soaked in brine for a long time and the damage is serious, he thinks it can be tolerated.

Uh……

How about making oil boots for Yanhu as written in the title book?The more salt, the more money, and it is also possible to make oil boots.

In a flash, Zhu Yuanzhang changed his mind again, don't hurt the people, the title has already given a solution.

The oil boots are made of cloth. After several layers of cloth are made, paulownia oil is brushed over and over again to prevent water penetration.

Yanhu wears them to work in the brine pool, and then changes into other shoes when he comes out.

"When I came out, it was for Zhu Yichang? What else did Zhu Yichang have? Why didn't you bring it to us at once? It was written for us."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought of a question. Before the village team came out, the expert must have taught a lot, including this question book.

"Father, do you want to follow suit?" Zhu Biao asked the key thing.

"How can we not do the work of getting salt? Tomorrow morning, we will send people to Putian County, Fujian Province, and plan to do it first.

If it is done, all coastal areas of Daming will follow this method, and the salt production of Daming will increase ten times, no, dozens of times.

This thing called a tidal windmill is also made by someone, which is the principle of a waterwheel, and it is used to lift seawater up.

Where it is suitable, it will be repaired, and if it is not suitable, it will still be carried out by people.Drink tonight. "

Zhu Yuanzhang found that since the people from Xiaqiu Village came to Nanjing, he was in a good mood every day.

(End of this chapter)