Villager of Daming

Chapter 743 Leng Shi is busy with nothing to do

"Let's go skating~~" On the eleventh day of the Rundong month, early in the morning, the people in the harem went to the Qinhuai River paddy field ice rink without eating.

We have been working continuously for the past few days and finally filled a large area of ​​rice field with water. It was cold and the temperature was always below freezing during the day yesterday.

The strength of the guards was sufficient, so Zhu Yuanzhang decided to take the people in the harem out for a walk. This place was larger than the venue outside the gate of Xiaqiu Village.

The team went out in a mighty manner without any concealment. The site specially prepared for the harem has been built.

Also going with us were the children who stayed in the library last night. It was cold, and many adults were afraid that their children would get cold and sick at home, so they simply sent their children to the library to stay for a long time.

More than 3000 children lined up under the leadership of official school students and took buses to the ice rink.

The Qinhuai River was covered with ice, and there were obviously fewer people on the street.

"It's damp! It's cold and damp. How are the sales of cotton-padded clothes?" Zhu Yuanzhang felt the weather in the morning, standing on the ice and frowning, the sun was gray.

"Your Majesty, the factory is working overtime and all the previous products have been sold out.

In addition, the sales of coal have increased, and Yingtianfu is one of the wet places. This year, people on both sides of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are having a hard time.

Huimin Pharmacy has prepared Liujunzi Decoction, Lingguishugan Decoction, Pingwei Powder and other medicines to deal with different symptoms such as dampness and fire.

Henan's water-washed coal is sending people to transport it here, and at the same time, an order is issued that wherever department stores are located, bone soup will be provided during the day for the people to drink. "

The head of the village was talking about the response methods of Xiaqiu Village. He was much busier than Hu Weiyong.

Zhu Biao was responsible for mobilizing the manpower of the imperial court. Huimin Pharmacy, Yangjiyuan, and Herbal Medicine Library were beyond the control of Xiaqiu Village.

Zhu Xi handles the miso, black bean paste, and soy sauce produced in department stores and Jubichi.

Doenjang can be used to make miso soup. This is what Zhu Wentian uses in the northeastern region at the beginning of spring. The beginning of spring is humid, similar to the winter in the south. It is no longer dry and cold, but dry and cold is easier to handle!

People in the Northeast used to drink doenjang soup, and put soybean paste in it when making the soup.

Tempeh is used with gardenia, a prescription in Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases. Huimin Pharmacy and Herbal Drug Store generally do not stock tempeh unless there is no place that sells tempeh.

Anyone who needs gardenia and tempeh soup can get gardenia from the pharmacy, and those who need to add ginger can buy ginger and tempeh.

Soy sauce is used to soak onions. Wash one green onion and cut it into segments and wedges with your hands. Put it in a soy sauce bowl and soak it. Do not cut it with an iron knife.

The other three princes then sent people from their own mansions to help. Without going through the court, everyone first protected Yingtian Mansion, which had the largest population.

Ningguo Prefecture does not need the court to take action. The prefecture and county work together and deal with problems immediately. The key is that they have a small treasury. Xiaqiu Village supports them with a sum of money every year and they do business on their own.

Taiping Mansion is slightly worse, but they are located to the west of Yingtian Mansion and north of Ningguo Mansion, so they are trapped there. If something goes wrong, the officials will lose their heads.

The biggest help for Ningguo Mansion comes from Xuancheng County. The villages in Xuancheng County are wealthy and have many breeding products. Pork is a traditional Chinese medicine.

If other counties in Ningguo Prefecture need it, they can buy it from Xuancheng County. They may even owe money first and pay it back when they have money on hand.

Or go directly to Xiaqiu Village to catch them. Xiaqiu Village has a large area and a lot of livestock and poultry.

Taiping Prefecture also arranged for officials to be stationed in Xiaqiu Village, because part of the land given by Zhu Yuanzhang above Xiaqiu Village belonged to Taiping Prefecture.

"Has Zuo Cheng been working hard recently?" After listening to Li Chang's words, Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, felt relieved, and turned to look at Hu Weiyong.

Hu Weiyong: "..."

Today is the [-]th day of the lunar month, so he comes to watch the fun. Yesterday he took a rest. If there is no court meeting on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he will take a day off. If there is a court meeting, he will take a rest on the last day of the tenth day and connect it with the next ten days.His house has heating, so he is not afraid of humidity. I came here for a walk today.

"Your Majesty, I... you are well at home!" Hu Weiyong had no choice but to talk about things at home.

It's just a leap winter month, and there's no major snowstorm, so it's not his concern. If there is a snowstorm, the senior people in Xiaqiu Village will tell it in advance.

In terms of management, the prefect Yang Yuangao should be responsible for Yingtian Mansion, followed by the magistrates of Shangyuan County and Jiangning County.

The resource allocation of the imperial court belongs to the Ministry of Household Affairs. If the Ministry of Household Affairs does not report it, what will the prime minister say or do to make this winter colder?

"Oh!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, indicating that he understood.

So Hu Weiyong became even more depressed, wondering in his heart what should he, the prime minister, do?
"This is Magistrate Liu." The chief found someone and raised his hand to greet him.

The children from the library came out and passed by the government office of Shangyuan County. How could they not see such a large group of people unless the government officials were blind?
The yamen servant ran in to report, and a group of officials from Shangyuan County came out, especially the magistrate. The magistrate's family lived in the county yamen and had heating.

On days of rest, other officials would come over, not to be on duty but to pick up things. The county government was in charge of meals, and they would bring food home from here every day.

The children were traveling. Everyone saw them and hurriedly followed them. The person who came to pick up something asked the yamen to help him pick it up. It seemed that his Xiu Mu was gone today.

A group of officials followed, including Master Fang and his elder brother Fang Jiaoyu. Students from the official school participated, so it was normal for Jiaoyu to follow him.

Then Shopkeeper Xu Yuan, Xu Jiuqian and Xu from Fuhua Building followed. Fuhua Building is opposite the library, and there is a place above that can lead to the library.

Shopkeeper Xu left a few waiters behind, took the other waitresses, waiters, and chefs, and set off in the car, loading the stove and ingredients.

He didn't plan to open at noon, and he didn't know that His Majesty would not go through Xihua Gate when traveling there, but would go directly through Hongwu Gate and pass through Zhengyang Gate.

He thought that Xiaqiu Village was holding some activities and his Fuhua Building had to keep up, just in case there was insufficient manpower in Xiaqiu Village!

Instruct the waiter who stayed behind to tell the guest who came to eat that Fuhua Tower had gone to cooperate with Xiaqiu Village to do something.

A group of county magistrates from Liu Zhi County, upon seeing the chief's greeting, ran over happily and bent down to salute at the signal of others.

"How hard have you guys been working these days?" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

"Back to Your Majesty, I'm a little busy. It's cold, cold and damp. I need to cooperate with the county's Huimin Pharmacy, herbal medicine warehouse, and the Yangtze Hospital.

Some of the radiators in the county were removed and placed in the nearby nursing home. They were connected to the boiler. The boiler burned hard, otherwise it would not be hot enough.

Afraid that they would get sick, they were given fumigated vinegar. The older people arranged for help to bathe them and put them into dry clothes. They were in good spirits.

Then there are the wealthy households, such as the owners of brothels. The lower officials want to provide hot soup to the people but have no money. They talk to them and tell them that this should not be the case. The lower officials are meddling in their own business. Fortunately, they are willing to pay. "

Liu Zhixian responded, talking about the affairs in the county these days, they are all minor issues.

"You haven't had breakfast?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.

"No!" Liu Zhixian nodded.

"Wait aside and we'll eat together later. We'll take the children out to play today. It's not good to stay indoors in the cold weather."

Zhu Yuanzhang gestured to the other party to get out of the way. If there was nothing else, he would call and ask if there was anything else.

(End of this chapter)