Villager of Daming

Chapter 916 Destiny can be changed but the fruit is sour

The common people thought little of others, and only took His Highness the King of Jin to vassal him as soon as possible. Never thought that Zhu Fan, who was only sixteen years old, would have to leave his parents so early and come here to take care of the common people?

He is not an ordinary family. He gets married when he should, has children, and spends his life in the same circle from then on.

Farm the land, raise children, and when the children grow up, help find a wife and find a husband's family, and then the daughter gets married, and you have nothing to do with it! The son married a daughter-in-law, had children, farmed...

Theoretically, the princes are similar. When they get older, they can find women in their fiefdoms and enjoy fine food and clothing. Then they miss their parents and return to Nanjing in a few years to visit.

You have a son, you have a grandson, you have to repair the tomb, and the old man can go in that day.

The current princes are not. They have pursuits. They want to change the world and create a prosperous age that is different from the previous dynasties.

“In two years’ time, the people will have enough to eat and meat in their bellies, and it seems that there will be no problem. There will be machines and animals to help.

When everyone no longer has to worry about food, we should grow more cotton, raise more silkworms, and wear well-made clothes.

Nanjing is cold in winter. We heard from people here that it is even colder. In winter, there is thick ice on the river, so we need to wear thick cotton or leather clothes.

Although generations have gone through the same spring, summer, autumn and winter, we want to make it different.

The only pity is that there are few greenhouses, so it is difficult to grow other fruits. Just get some watermelons, cantaloupes, and cucumbers, which is pitiful! "

Zhu Fan remembered that the people were cold in winter and had no fruits to eat. He seemed to have forgotten that he had not been able to eat fresh fruits in the winter a few years ago, not even cucumbers.

Now, thanks to the technology in Xiaqiu Village, he can live a comfortable life in the winter and begins to think about the people in the fief.

Magistrate Guo and others continued: "..."

What does it mean to just get some watermelon, cantaloupe, and cucumber? Not happy eating this in winter? What should I eat?

"You will get it this winter. Don't worry about low-level people. We will give bonuses to the government officials responsible for public security. We will let them get several times more money than ordinary people every month.

In this way, they won't try to make money or embezzle. They probably won't, otherwise it won't be a matter of getting caught.

We must supervise each other. If others make mistakes and fail to report them, we will know it and be punished according to the same crime. Don't feel familiar with each other.

The people who were smuggled by the sea before were not reported by people around them. How could the court know where they were? "

Zhu Fan frightened the officials, be careful and look at the person who has the best relationship with you. The better he knows you, the more he will know your secrets. If you report it, your family will be unlucky and his family will be rich.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will not be like that. I will definitely work hard and serve the people wholeheartedly. I will worry about the world first, and then..."

"No, no, no, don't say this, it's meaningless. Fan Zhongyan has never been to Yueyang Tower."

Zhu Fan interrupted Judge Tian Jiang, who was he trying to fool? Xiaqiu Village always cheats like this, and we have all followed suit.

"As long as you carry out the things arranged by me, I will count you as a great achievement. Drink!"

After drinking for half an hour, Zhu Wentian and his friends made fried rice. Everyone ate a big bowl of rice, rubbed their bellies, and set off to continue wandering around.

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"There are pear trees on the mountains here. No one planted them. They grew by themselves. The pears are small and always infested with insects. They eat like cotton.

There was a house nearby that planted grapes and apricot trees in the yard. If I ate too many apricots, I would get a stomachache, and if I ate too many almonds, I would die.

Children are generally not allowed to eat almonds because some apricots and almonds are said to be good and not uncomfortable to eat. "

Wang Shitong, the magistrate of Taiyuan County, introduced next to him that he always comes to Jinci Town, where there are places for worship, as well as monks' temples, Taoist temples and random temples. And he loves to eat rice. Every year when rice is planted and harvested, he will definitely come and watch.

Zhu Wentian stood under a pear tree and looked at it. The pear blossoms had bloomed and they had already produced small pears. The very common wild pear is called Du pear. The fruit is small and sour when immature. It needs to be ripened and the taste is really bad.

But the pear tree is big, no one cares about it, it just grows there by itself, it is cold and salt-alkali tolerant, not bad.

Looking at the grapes again, the grape vines are climbing a trellis, and the farmer who planted them specially built a shed with wood. Seven grape plants are climbing all along, and no one is plowing them. It is obvious that they cannot produce good grapes. The variety is a very ordinary horse breast.

Ma'naizi grapes were the first to be introduced to China. They were used to make wine and were used as fruits in summer and autumn. Those who did not know how to make wine were dried into raisins.

Zhu Wentian inspected it with a silly smile on his face, wiped the vines, pulled off a grape tendril, rubbed his face twice and stuffed it into his mouth to chew. He was so sour that he couldn't hold on to his silly smile.

When others saw him looking so sour, they wanted to laugh but didn't dare. They could only shake their heads helplessly. He behaved foolishly, so what's there to eat?

'Pfft~~' Zhu Wentian spit out the grape whiskers in his mouth, continued to smile innocently, and followed.

There are quite a few wild fruit trees in the town! There are hairy peaches.

"Maotao has a lot of hair and is difficult to wash. We have to rub it with firewood ashes, otherwise our mouth will always itch after eating and our hands will itch when we touch it." Wang Shitong, the county magistrate, introduced Maotao again.

The youngest, the fifth, Zhu Zhu, said: "Wash with salt quickly. The salt here is cheap and there is a big salt pond in the south."

"I've never tried it. When I grow up and can eat it, I'll wash it with salt."

Wang Zhixian really doesn’t understand. In the past, salt was expensive, so who would be willing to wash peach hairs and add salt?

However, as His Highness King Wu said, the salt pond is located on a large beach and there is a river next to it that can enter the Yellow River. From the Yellow River upstream to Fenshui, it can be easily transported to Taiyuan Prefecture.

After walking a few more places, the sun gradually turned to the west, and the team turned back. They would stay here today and plant the rice seedlings here before changing places.

Sure enough, the people were still eating there, chatting while eating. Some people stood up and walked slowly around the table to talk to others.

There are packed things next to everyone. After not eating in the evening, when they are full, they go back with a plate of dishes to eat tomorrow. Some dishes are heated and carried.

The princes came back, and the people said goodbye one after another. It would be dark if they didn't leave. Anyway, there wasn't a grain of fried rice left. Even eating and taking it, it was considered a wealthy man.

"I'm sweating all over from walking. It's hot and the road is very dusty. I need to take a shower first and then eat. What's for dinner? They took everything away."

Zhu Xi looked around and saw that the people had tidied the tables and even helped wash the dishes. It couldn't be for nothing!

"Second brother, roast the whole lamb. Instead of drinking lamb soup, drink beer. They drink local wine."

Zhu Fan arranged for people from the Jin Palace to buy sheep and chicken for lunch. Don't focus on one thing.

The team dispersed and found their own place to take a shower and change clothes. After half an hour of work, there was only one egg yolk left in the sunset.

Zhu Fan looked at the chief, who nodded.

Zhu Fan then spoke: "We will deal with this year first. We will plant soybeans and sorghum in the newly opened land and cultivate the land. We will talk about the rest tomorrow. If we come here, we will not make the people hungry. We can always find a way."

"Yes, there is a way!" The village chief agreed, so the other three princes were relieved. Apparently after wandering around for an afternoon, Xiaqiu Village found a way to deal with it.

The six officials were at a loss again. They saw the situation, but they didn't understand how Xiaqiu Village knew it. Didn't everyone hear and see the same thing?

(End of this chapter)