Villager of Daming

Chapter 521 There is a difference between warmth and coldness (third update)
"Cooking is a process from never knowing to being proficient! Who can't practice! Mixing canned hawthorn with white fungus is also a technical job. I mix it, and mix it again..."

Zhu Xi got his wish, and made a dish for the people of Xiaqiu Village, muttering while doing it.

The head of the village could not refuse His Highness King Qin's hospitality, and he was worried that he would spoil the people in the village, so he had to choose a dish of canned hawthorn mixed with white fungus.

For this reason, six canned hawthorns were specially opened, the big ones, each containing ten catties, for the palace ladies of the Prince's Mansion and King Qin's Mansion to eat together.

There are no eunuchs, and if they are not given, only women will be taken extra care.

Zhu Xi was in charge of mixing the dishes for the 44 people in Xiaqiu Village and for him and his elder brother.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether he mixes it or not. It’s time to mix it when it’s placed in a large basin and waiting to be poured out.

"Hanhan, in fact, we know how to cook, we practiced it in the mansion, and cooked and ate it ourselves.

We know what you mean, hum!If we don't have the same knowledge as him, how can we poison him to death by cooking? "

While stirring, Zhu Xi talked to Hanhan who was standing next to him, obviously understanding the meaning of asking him to cook this dish, it's so simple!

"Yeah! Cool, sweet, outside, hehehehe!" Zhu Wentian said cooperatively, don't mix it, just put it outside, it's cold outside, freeze it, the taste is the best at this time.

"Yes, yes, I still want to put some alkali! I'm afraid it's too acidic."

Zhu Xi smiled embarrassedly, and he realized that if the canned hawthorn is sour, sugar should be added.

So Zhu Wentian helped carry the big basin outside, and Zhu Ping followed him out empty-handed.

"Hanhan, I can only leave it for a short while, it's too cold! Ouch~~"

Zhu Xi spoke with a vibrato, and white mist would come out of his mouth as he spoke.

At this time, it is minus 25 degrees, which is relatively warm, because it is going to snow and the sky is cloudy.

When the heavy snow falls, people who have never been to the north will feel the situation of more than minus 30 degrees.

'Ha~~ha~~' Zhu Wentian breathed out, with a smile on his face.

Winter in the north is fun, you can ride on a sledge, and you can skate, and those who can’t skate can sit on an ice cart.

"Our fief is probably as cold, and the people..." Zhu Xi thought of his own people.

At the moment, he was wearing pure cotton shirts and underpants, goat cashmere knitted sweater and trousers, then woolen trousers and a waistcoat, a robe, and a military coat on top.

Even so, if he still feels cold, how can people have the money to prepare the same set of clothes?Cashmere alone is not enough.

"Working, hot, not moving, cold! Mmmm!" Zhu Wentian responded.

"I can't work all the time, I have to rest. When we go back, we will build a temporary rest shed on the road, and arrange people to burn the stove inside, so that people who walk can go in to hide when they are cold."

Zhu Xi thought of the people in the fief who walked on the road in winter, the wind was blowing, there was no place to hide, and they finally froze to death on the road, feeling very sad.

……

The snow is falling, and under the light at night, all that can be seen is black dots.

Zhu Wentian stood at the door and reached out to take it, feeling the coolness when the snow melted. He came back and said to the director: "It needs to cool down. The snow is sticky. It is very convenient to hold the snowball after it falls. It absorbs heat quickly, and the snow looks quite heavy."

"I'll be in Helin tomorrow, and the winter solstice will be the day after tomorrow. Entering the city will make you feel at ease and make things easier."

The head of the village felt the coldness different from the winter in the village, and found that none of them made people feel uncomfortable.

The winter cold in the village is uncomfortable all over, and the local cold is painful, with feet, hands, ears, and jaws all aching from the cold.

"We need a batch of equipment. I don't know how many wild animals General Xu Da and his team have hunted. There are currently many cattle and sheep that cannot cross the desert and stay in the city."

Zhu Wentian began to think about the issue of winter. Many people had never seen winter in the north, and it was difficult to bear it for a while. "How does Xue Beiyuan raise sheep?" The chief didn't ask about the equipment, he thought about the cattle and sheep for food.

"They live in pursuit of water and grass. They migrate. Before it snows here, they move to a place with grass and water.

It's too late. If a heavy snow suddenly falls, it will cause heavy losses. The worst thing is freezing rain.

Sheep can shave snow and eat grass. After freezing rain, a layer of ice freezes. If a sheep shaves its hooves, it will surely die.

General Xu Da will prepare in advance and send people outside to cut the grass. I don't know how well their silage pond is built. "

As Zhu Wentian spoke, he used the furnace hook to poke the coals in the iron vertical furnace again to make the fire burn more vigorously.

Only a few people have a stove. Others wear thick clothes and cover quilts to sleep. In order to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, the stove has a stove, made of iron sheets, and the side of the stove is connected to the outside of the tent.

When the fire is hot, the furnace wall and the upper part of the furnace tube will burn red. As long as the furnace is not penetrated, the temperature will slowly drop.

There are rings with different diameters on the stove, and the kettle can sit on it to boil water.

If you remove two of the stove rings in the middle and put barbed wire on them, you can bake and eat on the barbed wire.

Unfortunately, there are no potatoes or sweet potatoes, and there is no roasted corn, but you can roast yams and flour cakes.

With a ball of noodles, take off a piece, flatten it and put it on a wire mesh to bake. It is delicious when it is cooked.

There was only a kettle on the stove in front of me, and the steam came out, making the tent less dry.

At night, you can’t press down the fire when you sleep, so let the coal in the stove burn out slowly. If the air pressure is low, there will be smoke in the house, and you can only extinguish the fire.

The head of the village fetched a steel basin, poured some cold water on it, then mixed it with hot water, and scalded his feet, making a comfortable sound: "Oh! I have not worked in vain in this life, and I know what winter is like in the north."

"Actually, if the house is built and the corresponding accessories are made, the winter in the north will not be terrible.

After entering the city, we will arrange it for the prince, the king of Qin, and ourselves first, and it will be minus [-] degrees outside, so it has nothing to do with us.

As long as you don't go out for too long, you won't be afraid to take off your clothes when you go back to the room, it will be warm! "

Zhu Wentian knew how to spend the winter in the north. The poor and the rich are different.

The two talked for a while, and Zhu Wentian also burned his feet to sleep.

……

When we woke up in the morning, the sky was clear and the sunlight was very dazzling on the snow. The team ate porridge and put on their sunglasses and felt better.

You can't wear a mask like this, otherwise your breath will rise upwards and your lenses will freeze.

The snow was half a foot thick, and as the team advanced towards Helin, the wind gradually picked up.

The temperature will drop soon, and part of the snow on the surface of the snow will melt, adding a layer of ice shell.

The most fun time is when there is another heavy snowfall. The ice on the river is frozen, and you can come and go as you like.

Just before noon, a group of people appeared at the front of the line.

The team did not send anyone to Helin City in advance, but there were scouts in Helin City. When the scouts saw the people, they hurried back to report.

Xu Da, Feng Sheng, Li Wenzhong, Lan Yu and other generals all went outside to greet him. The letter said that the prince and the King of Qin were on a northern tour and were here to hand over some matters, and then everyone went back together.

A large group of people knelt in the snow, said a few words, and then got up to ask about the situation.

"Everyone has worked hard, and Da Mo is really having a hard time." Zhu Biao looked at a group of Ming's most capable generals and nodded vigorously.

(End of this chapter)