Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 112 The Daily Life of the Quartermaster

Plant one steamed stuffed bun in winter, and harvest five small steamed stuffed buns in spring!
If it was still in modern times, Xue Lang would definitely post such a circle of friends.It's a pity that this is Datang without mobile phones, WIFI, and circle of friends.

Five dogs, except for the first little bitch, the rest are all male dogs.There is no circle of friends to send, so we write our own letters to spread the word, so Wanfu and Changjian took on a job early in the morning to send letters to various places.The so-called places are actually not many, they are Licorice, Xiong Zhuang, and Her Royal Highness.

When Xue Lang was recuperating in the hospital, Licorice heard from him that Baozi was about to give birth to a puppy, and specially asked Xue Lang to tell him if he gave birth, and he wanted to come and see.The environment of the medical dormitory is not suitable for keeping dogs. Licorice likes steamed buns, but they can only look at them to satisfy their cravings.

Xiong Zhuang and His Royal Highness the Princess had promised to give them a puppy, and told them that they would be able to pick it up after two months.

After watching for half the night, the steamed stuffed bun finally gave birth and rested safely in the kennel.Except for Xue Lang and Mantou, soy milk and deep-fried dough sticks were not even allowed near, let alone others.Finally, he has the appearance of a Kunming dog, and is no longer a second-hand style.

Xue Lang still had to go to the farm to find a suitable land to plant cotton.Now it's a bit late for planting, and it's necessary to catch up, and there is no longer any delay. Considering that Baozi won't let others get close, Xue Lang had no choice but to pull out his bicycle and prepare to ride to the field, paying attention to the time and running back.

"Brother, what is this?"

Jiang Lin asked curiously.Xue Lang checked the chain and brakes, and said, "Bicycle is a means of transportation. I don't know how to ride a horse, and I can't stand the bumps in a carriage. If I want to run back and forth today, I'll ride this."

After saying that, he stepped up and rode around the yard twice, went to the study to find out the pump to fill up some air, and was ready to go.Changjian was dumbfounded with the bookcase on his back: "Dalang, you ride this, how can the little one keep up?"

Xue Lang thought for a while and asked, "Changjian, can you ride a horse?"

"Back to Dalang, the little one will."

"Success, go to the mansion and bring a horse. I will ride a bicycle, and you will ride a horse."

"Here!"

After explaining a few words, the master and servant set off.It’s been a long time since I rode a bike, and it’s inconvenient to wear a long robe. Xue Lang directly pinned his hem to his belt, and received a lot of curious looks along the way. A child is still chasing after--

Xue Lang had no choice but to stop the car, put his feet on the ground, and compared his hands: "Go back, what are you chasing!"

The children all knew that Xue Lang was an official in the princess mansion, and they dispersed after laughing. There was only a delicate and beautiful little girl who ran after her for a while. Although Xue Lang didn't ride fast, she ran with only one pair of legs Chase, seeing her relaxed face, obviously, she is not an ordinary little girl.

Xue Lang's heart moved, he stopped, and asked with a smile: "Young lady, why don't you go?"

The little girl's pretty face flushed slightly, and she said shamelessly: "Return to the official, I want to see more of the bikes that the official rides, write it down and ask brother to make one for me."

Xue Lang said: "My car looks simple, but it needs a lot of things. It can't be made simply by looking at it. Is your brother a blacksmith or a carpenter?"

The little girl said: "It's not true, my elder brother is going to be a general. Oh, my elder brother said it, you can't talk nonsense about this!"

Covering his mouth with an innocent face, he turned and ran away, faster than when he was chasing Xue Lang's car just now.Xue Lang's eyes flashed, he silently remembered the appearance of the little girl in his heart, got on the bike and rushed back to the farm.

The farm is a private estate belonging to Her Royal Highness, and it has not been collected into the public farmland of the garrison.This was suggested by Xue Lang. If the farm is not managed by Xue Lang and other laymen are allowed to come, many measures will definitely not last, or epidemics will break out, or the output will be low, and it will definitely fail in the end.

If it only belongs to Her Royal Highness, the operation is simple and convenient, and many procedures are reduced.Princess Pingyang adopted this suggestion, and only then did she invest heavily in military training.

The scope of this Zhuangzi is quite large, in addition to the area allocated by Xue Lang, Her Royal Highness the Princess made the decision, and allocated a lot of area for future use.Cotton can be planted in one of these delineated areas.

In Xue Lang's opinion, the cotton seeds found by Princess Pingyang can only be planted for about an acre.As an experimental planting, it is also sufficient.Set aside an acre of land, sprinkle lime powder, plant ash, turn over the sun, and disinfect what needs to be disinfected.

The farm is now on the right track, and the fifteen families are also used to doing the farm work, and they are all able to get started. Once they get started, it is easy to do it, and they can also allocate manpower to grow cotton.With manpower, land, and Xue Lang's guidance, the cotton planting business started in an orderly manner.

Xue Lang, who was plowing the field, was only doing technical guidance, and it was not his turn to go to the fields in person.After instructing, he took Zhuang Dahai's cook camp——

Zhuang Dahai's cook camp was also merged into the elite camp, but only 20 people who were stronger and better in physical strength were selected.Other soldiers have to train for a whole day, but the cook camp only trains for half a day.For the rest of the day, Xue Lang, the quartermaster, led the army to try every means to improve the food quality of the soldiers.

Food is provided by the public farms of the garrison, and vegetables are provided by the farms.Elite soldiers consume a lot of physical strength. Currently, the farm can only provide poultry eggs, and meat is not available for the time being.

In order to treat the night blindness of the soldiers, when pork liver is temporarily unavailable, they can only work on fish.Princess Pingyang wanted to buy it, but Xue Lang stopped her.

Weizeguan has a well-developed water system, and there are plenty of people in the garrison, but it is not easy to get fish.When cleaning the fish ponds, a lot of fish and shrimps were cleared out. The big ones were eaten by the Jingbing camp, and the inedible and suitable ones were put in the fish ponds, leaving a lot of money for fry.

After eating the fish that came out of the cleaned fish pond, it was time for Xue Lang, the quartermaster, to show his skills.In my spare time, I take the cook camp people, weave fishing nets, and catch fish by myself!

Weizeguan has a well-developed water system and rich fishery resources, some of which are fish.If you want fish, if someone has something, you can catch it yourself.It's just for the sake of the reputation of the garrison, so we can't arrest too many, so as not to be said to be fighting for profit with the people.

This is also the reason why Xue Lang wanted to dig a fish pond. He had a fish pond. In addition to being consumed by the supply army, it could also reduce the number of times he fished outside, and he would not be ruined by those who cared.

Therefore, whenever Xue Lang was free, he would either take the men from the cook camp to go fishing in the river, or go into the mountains to dig yams. Yams are rich in starch and are also excellent food.

In this way, when the fish in the fish pond were not edible, Xue Lang was actually able to supply the fish, and the sergeant's night blindness was greatly improved.

When the first batch of fat pigs in the farm were ready to be slaughtered, the cook camp became the most popular person in the elite camp. Xue Lang, who created all these conditions, was greeted by people everywhere he went, but when greeting him, generally It's "Xue Zhubo, what are you eating today", and the situation is also full of drunkenness.

(End of this chapter)