Villager of Daming

Chapter 467
The common people are not clear about what happened in the court, anyway, it is true that when His Royal Highness comes, they can get three meals.

Then you can get some honeycomb briquettes to earn piecework wages, and you won't lose a few cents.

When it's cold and it snows, I can't do it!Fortunately, there is coal here, and it is allowed to bring some good coal home.

Can the imperial court give other things in winter?Now to give masks, you have to exchange old ones and old ones for new ones, which is different from before.

But the soap is given normally. I heard that if the soap is not used up, you can replace it with glycerin, wipe your hands and face, and you are not afraid of the cold wind.

The wind here in winter is too strong, and there are thin cuts on the face, which hurt when touched.

Beside a radish field, Zhu Biao stood there watching: "This radish will last two months?"

"It's not like Nanjing, the locals have to harvest in a month, including Chinese cabbage.

Now there are some late-planted cowpeas, eggplants, cucumbers, chrysanthemum chrysanthemums, lettuce and other vegetables.

After the frost, we should ask Zhaojia Village to help harvest eggplants, cucumbers, cowpeas, and lentils.

We all want the small ones, send them here, let's make shrimp oil side dishes, the big ones are not tasty.

The vegetables that have been frosted are sweet, especially the eggplants, which are one-inch small eggplants. When you take a bite, it's like eating fruit. "

The head of the village wants to collect the small vegetables that have been beaten by the frost after the fall of the frost. This is similar to grapes, and it will be sweet after the frost is beaten!
Like the sorbets in the north, they are sour and astringent, and no one eats them. They wait for the winter to freeze and turn black, and then take them out and use cold water to pull them out, and they will be sweet and smooth.

It is the most delicious to make pickles with such small dishes. Don't worry about selling money. When you encounter an opportunity, your own village must first stockpile it.

"Shuangbai's eggplants will wilt! Alright, when the time comes, let's try it and let others collect it as we go."

Zhu Xi strongly supports this behavior. Jubiqi pickles are the most famous, while Xiaqiu Village's pickles are the most delicious.

"It's not too north right now, at least it's south of the Yellow River, and when it's north of the Yellow River, there are more vegetable fields for the common people.

Everyone has to grow a lot of cabbage, radishes, green onions, carrots, and dried vegetables made in autumn to survive the winter.

Then there are pickles and pickles, otherwise there would be no vegetables to eat in winter, and now that the price of salt has dropped, the people in the north can make more sauerkraut. "

While the chief was talking, everyone came to a cabbage field, and the cabbages were growing well.

It will take another month to harvest, and the more this time, the more hearty it will be. When the frost falls, the cabbage heart will taste sweet.

The same is true for radishes. If you dig out the radishes now, they will soon lose their bran.

"What does the north look like now?" Zhu Biao looked to the north.

"It's very cold. It's snowing in some places, and the water is slowly freezing. When we pass by, we don't need to find a bridge to cross the river. We just walk on the ice."

The chief thought about it, and gave an answer, listening to what Hanhan said.

Several people talked and went back to the camp to rest, Zhao Li left in a hurry and went to ask the people in the village about the matter.

The villagers are very busy. Except for the children who have to stay to study, the older people go to other villages to collect vegetables.

While there are still vegetables in the field, quickly collect them, otherwise the box lunch will not be supported in winter.

Coal mines continue to mine in winter without seasonal restrictions. In order to save money, the village can only use dried vegetables for cooking.

The young people even caught up with the car and went to other counties to check the situation, to see the radishes, carrots and Chinese cabbage in other people's vegetable fields.

There are probably only these three kinds of fresh vegetables in the box lunch in winter. When everyone collects them, the village buys them in large quantities at low prices.

Fortunately, there are craftsmen, and the craftsmen help repair the cellar. The villagers want to help, but they are driven away by the craftsmen, thinking that they are in the way.

The advantage of more clay is that it is easy to dig holes, and the craftsmen built three kinds of cellars.

One is to dig a ditch first, with plant ash on the bottom and straw on the top, then put radish, cabbage, and carrots in, and then use straw and wooden sticks to build a shelf horizontally, spread straw mats, and finally cover with soil.

This kind can be dug more, not too big, and can be taken as needed, and the vegetables in a cellar will be consumed quickly.

The second is to make a hole. The upper soil layer is not damaged, and the lower part is hollowed out, leaving a hole for a ladder or steps made of mud.

You can put more vegetables in this category, remember to put a lighted candle to see if it is not extinguished every time you come down, and open your mouth to blow the wind for a while when it is extinguished.

It keeps vegetables longer than the first kind, but it will have to be filled next year and then dug again.

An additional hole will be dug in the middle of the top, and then covered, used to let the wind out, and form a flowing wind with the vegetable cellar.

The last type is a fixed cellar made of bricks, which is used for a long time, and a warehouse will be built on it, and a wellhead will also be reserved.

The warehouse is made to be ventilated at any time, which is convenient for drying vegetables in the shade and making sausages and bacon. In the vegetable cellar below, there are water tanks for vegetables and other things, and pickles will be made at that time.

Children must be told clearly that they are not allowed to go down casually. Before going down, they must open the door of the vegetable cellar and put out candles, and then put the candles through the ventilation hole above.

The fixed cellar will not be dismantled, and it will be used for a long time. It is very practical to cooperate with the warehouse above.

It is impossible for craftsmen to build fixed cellars for every household. They only build [-] cellars for the village, and the village pays for the materials.

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During dinner, Zhao Li got three brochures, one for building brick kilns, one for building cement kilns, and one for building ceramic kilns.

Zhu Biao said to Zhao Li: "Master Zhao, there is an iron smelting place in the locality, go there to find slag to burn cement, and grind cement to drive it with a water truck.

The brick and tile kilns prepare the village for building houses in the future, as well as for people who come to coal mines from other places to build houses.

As for ceramic kilns, porcelain can sell for more money, and pottery is the most practical, and people cannot live without it.

Coal mines have started to increase their business. After your kiln is built and you understand simple technology, the coke over there will start to be provided.

You have to spend money to buy it, and you can’t steal it. If you have an account, coke can provide higher temperature and more continuous and stable heating, which is easier to control than wood kiln. "

Zhao Li held three booklets in his hands, and after hearing Zhu Biao's words, he knelt down and kowtowed vigorously: "Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince, thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince..."

"Get up!" Zhu Biao called out, and someone nearby came to pull Zhao Li up.

"I want to turn Zhaojia Village into another Xiaqiu Village in Ruzhou. I don't expect you to develop new technologies, as long as you can become rich and make other villages willing to learn."

Zhu Biao explained the reason and set a benchmark so that more villages can see how to improve their living standards.

The land still needs to be planted, and mineral fertilizers and farmyard manures, as well as natural pesticides, are used flexibly in the process of planting.

In the case of increasing land production and income, use local coal, clay, and iron ore resources to develop small handicraft industries.

Form a cluster effect, so that foreign businessmen are willing to come to buy goods, coupled with the guarantee of shipping, drive the overall economic development.

When more and more villages with such guidance appear, other villages are naturally anxious.

The state capitals next to Ningguo Mansion and Taiping Mansion are already in a hurry. The annual income of their people is higher than that of other places for two years, or even more.

(End of this chapter)