Villager of Daming

Chapter 878 Expediting the march to nourish yourself

The guards of the second, third, fourth and fifth houses, including the Prince's House, are all versatile guards. They can cook a big pot of rice and stir up a big spoon.

The headmaster said that if you learn how to cook, even if you no longer serve as a guard in the future, you can still open a restaurant and live a good life when you are old and leave.

What's more, this skill is not kept secret and is passed on to children, who will gain additional skills.

If you don’t believe me, take a look at the stalls set up on Chaotian Palace Street. Which one makes less money? At the end of the day, a good craftsman can earn two hundred coins.

Those who do hard work, the kind that don't require much skill, can only earn thirty cash a day if they work hard. Still in Nanjing, if you move to a more remote place, ten cash a day is still good.

The guards think it makes sense, including the palace maids and eunuchs, who also think they should learn it, because they are afraid that others can do it but they can't, and then they will be eliminated.

Soon the people in the team made the food, some of them ate first, and the others continued to organize their things, and then took turns.

Today, I live on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Some people go ahead in advance, taking their treasure notes to buy the food and fodder they need on the way.

"This method is good. Fifteen thousand people are just on their way. They don't need much food. They can just buy it on the spot in the county."

The second eldest child, Zhu Xi, was sitting there eating fruit after dinner. In a few days, summer would begin and there would be no shortage of fruit.

He was talking about the strategy adopted by the team this time, buying as they went and not transferring extra baggage from Yingtian Mansion.

However, everyone always carries enough food to last half a month to avoid accidents.

Zhu Fan, the third child, continued: "The main reason is that the eldest brother and the second brother came with the team from Xiaqiu Village last time and helped the people increase the output of the fields, so that the people had extra food.

If there is food, there will be fodder for horses and mules. They love to eat bran. Bran is a good thing. It can be stuffed into pillows and can also... be eaten!

I heard that in some places people just eat bran, which is not delicious, cuts their throats, and even mixing it with other noodles doesn’t work. It’s really not easy. "

Zhu Yuanzhang was at war when he was born, so it was impossible for him to eat bran-fed vegetables at a young age.

When he is older, Zhu Yuanzhang has a large territory, can he still suffer him? So he has been living a good life.

He was only ten years old when the Ming Dynasty was founded, and now he is sixteen. If Xiaqiu Village hadn't made special food for him, he wouldn't even know what bran tastes like.

Even though life is better for people in many places now, there are still people in more places who need to eat some bran.

Nowadays, when people eat wheat bran, they don’t eat whole grains like in Zhu Wentian’s time. People eat wheat bran with a bunch of things, such as milk, eggs, sugar, honey...

If the people of Ming Dynasty had these things, why would they still eat bran? Wouldn’t it taste better if you replace it with white flour?

"Don't worry, third brother, we'll be fine once we get to Taiyuan Mansion."

Zhu Fang was worried that his younger brother was anxious, so he quickly made sure.

The key brother is right. From now on, the people along the way can provide logistics. Let alone a team of 15,000 people, even 30,000 people can easily do it.

In the past two years or so, the people who used to have a lot of surplus food at home are no longer hungry, especially the number of poultry and pigs they raise has increased.

If there is oil and water in the stomach, the absorption rate of food will be high. Without oil and water, only a small part of the food eaten will be absorbed and then go out.

Eating meat does save food, and eating a lot of vegetable oil also saves money. That's the principle.

Zhu Ju, the youngest and fifth child, didn't care about the supplies on the road at all. He didn't want to stay in Fengyang longer and was disgusted.

"How many days does it take to pass through Fengyang?" Zhu Ju looked at the director.

"Your Majesty, you will leave your fief in one day. The scope of the fief is not too big. Walk in a straight line without resting in the middle. The big animals will work hard and you will pass." The Li Chang had no choice. He had not helped yet, so it was difficult to talk to Zhu Yuanzhang.

According to what Hanhan said, from the Crown Prince to Zhu Ji, all five people were born to His Majesty and Queen Ma.

The prince sits in Kyoto and works hard to train him. The second, third, and fourth sons are on the front line on the Beiyuan side. The fifth son must stay with him. If everyone is ruined, the fifth son can be regarded as the final explanation.

Of course, when the prince was first crowned king, the problem that the prince had no son was considered. If the prince had a son, the fifth child would not have to bear too many responsibilities.

According to normal circumstances, Zhu Rui really should not continue to be the King of Wu. Should he change his place, such as Hangzhou Prefecture? Or get it to the Northeast?

But Zhu Zhu shook his head: "It's better not to rush like that. It will tire the animals and people can't bear it. It only takes three days."

"According to what His Highness said, we will try our best to speed up." The head of the village agreed.

That night, everyone had an uneasy sleep in the camp, got up in the morning, had something to eat and continued on their way.

We had just come out and everyone had good physical strength, so we passed through Fengyang on the day of Beginning of Summer like a rapid march.

It was more than 400 miles in total, and we also passed Chuzhou in the middle. We walked for five days, 80 miles a day, and it was really a bit tiring when there were big animals.

People in the team need to walk on their feet and take turns riding big animals, otherwise one marathon a day won’t work.

Of course, according to the usual nutritional supply and the intensity of training, the guards of the four houses can forcefully march out of this road, or even faster, wearing leggings.

The craftsmen had no problem, but the palace maids and eunuchs had a hard time with it. They needed to ride in cars and ride horses.

The team rested in Huaiyuan, a little past Fengyang. With a smile on his face, Zhu Zhu personally cut fruit for his three brothers.

"We were in a hurry, but what we saw was really good. They raised fish and ducks, and the fresh plum quail fish was just brought online."

Zhu Biao was happy that he did not stay in Fengyang for long. Only then did he mention the results of what Zhu Biao had spent a lot of time doing to help the local people.

The common people delivered things along the way. Knowing in advance that they would not stay long, the common people waited at the roadside with food.

Seeing the team kneeling there to pay their respects, the local officials did not even have the chance to say a few words.

After receiving all the things, I also gave gifts in return, which were treasure notes, but they were not given directly. If they were given as gifts, the people would not want them, but they would be given to the people in the name of ordering things.

For example, let the common people help raise how many chickens are needed. When the time comes, someone will come to collect them, and the money will be paid first.

When the people saw that it was a normal transaction, they became happy and accepted the treasure notes. They were willing to ask for the treasure notes, but the quantity of the treasure notes was still not enough, and many people did not have much on hand.

"It's not a waste of money." The third child, Zhu Fan, shook his head slightly. He actually wanted to take a closer look at the local development, but for the sake of his younger brother, he had to just take a quick look at it.

If the animals want to travel like this, they must be fed well, including fried soybeans ground into powder, raw eggs, and puffed grain.

Fortunately, the grass was now growing luxuriantly, and with the addition of grass and wheat bran, the animals had enough energy to rush over.

Good things are all bought with money.

"This is not bad. It saves time. Then I will have more time to check the situation in Taiyuan Mansion."

Seeing the regret of the third brother, the second eldest brother Zhu Xi mentioned something to make the other brother happy. Let's go early so that your fiefdom can be arranged easily.

(End of this chapter)