Splendid Pastoral: The Strong and Hot Wife

Chapter 151 Advocating the Establishment of Base Areas

Hearing what Xu Xiaomi said, Qiu Yongzheng thought in his heart: Yes!If they grow their own food here, they won't be afraid that the emperor will cut off their food again!
Moreover, Xu Xiaomi told him that potatoes can be grown all year round, but they grow slower in winter.Well, it just happens to be spring right now.If you eat it, where are the seeds?

"Sister, why don't we plant them all and stop eating today?"

"Hehe...Brother Qiu, are you worried that there will be no seeds? Hehe..."

After listening to Qiu Yongzheng's words, Xu Xiaomi couldn't help asking with a smile.

Qiu Yongzheng was a little helpless by her laughter, scratched the back of his head with his hands, and giggled silly.

Xu Xiaomi saw that he was embarrassed by her own laughter, so she held back her smile and said, "Brother Qiu, don't worry, when we plant these potatoes, we only need the skin, and the core inside is edible.

Wait a minute, watch me do it, and you will learn to save seeds like this in the future.However, if it is cut off on the same day, it must be planted on the same day, you know? "

Qiu Yongzheng let out a very teachable voice.

The two brought a large bag of potatoes to the kitchen.Xu Xiaomi looked at the rice in the pot, it was almost ready.

She scooped up the prepared rice in a basin, washed the pot, then mixed water into the pot to wash the rice, and started to cook the second pot of rice.

The aroma of the rice made both Qiu Yongzheng and Zhou Shuner start to swallow their saliva.

Xu Xiaomi heard it, looked at the rice in the pot, and said, "Brother Qiu, the pot is too small, let the soldiers eat it in batches! Let thirty people eat a little first, and arrange three meals later when the second pot of rice is ready." How about eating ten?"

At this time, the bacon in the other pot was also fragrant, and Qiu Yongzheng swallowed his saliva hurriedly while nodding his head in agreement.

While Xu Xiaomi was talking, his hands never stopped.She peeled off the potatoes in a few strokes, because they were going to be seeded, so the skins were thicker.

Xu Xiaomi peeled the potatoes and washed them in water for later use.She picked up the cooked bacon in the pot and let it cool.During this period, Xu Xiaomi diced the potatoes again.

Cut the cooled bacon into cubes and fry in a hot pan.After a while, the aroma of potatoes and meat wafted over the city wall of Dingzhou.It caused countless soldiers to swallow their saliva.

I had dinner yesterday afternoon, and it’s this time again today, and I still haven’t had a drop of water, so I’m really hungry.

Finally, when Xu Xiaomi was making the fourth pot of rice, Qiu Yongzheng brought a few soldiers to carry the food with big baskets.

Qiu Yongzheng saw that there were so many meals, so he asked a soldier to notify other officers and soldiers to carry the meals.

Xu Xiaomi was busy until the sun in the west was only a sliver of light, then dragged his tired body, took a bowl of rice, and sat on the big stone in front of the stone stove to eat slowly.

As she ate, she thought, cooking more than [-] pots of rice today is too much work, and she must ask uncle to get them a steam pot when they go back, and then bring some coal from the mountains.

There are [-] soldiers stationed in Dingzhou City, and she hopes to cook meals in one go.Have everyone eat together, at most those on duty, late or early.

After Xu Xiaomi finished eating, he collected all the ashes beside the stove and in the kitchen hall. Qiu Yongzheng was afraid that Xu Xiaomi would be too tired, so he called a few people to help.

Xu Xiaomi chose a relatively flat land outside the city, planted potatoes, watered and sprinkled plant ash on it.

Growing potatoes does not require any skills. Xu Xiaomi saw a lot of open space outside the city, and she told Qiu Yongzheng that he should use these places to grow potatoes.

She plans to bring some radish seeds and green vegetable seeds when she comes next time.

She suddenly remembered that she had brought more than a dozen bags of soybeans, and raised her head to look at the light that could no longer see clearly.

It's getting dark, forget it, I'm too tired today, let's plant beans tomorrow morning!
Everyone packed up their things and went back to the city.

At night, because no women had ever been in the barracks, there was no place for women to live, so Qiu Yongzheng gave up his tent to Xu Xiaomi.

After Xu Xiaomi washed up, she fell down on Qiu Yongzheng's bed and went to sleep. Her nose was filled with the smell of sweat from Qiu Yongzheng's body and the musty smell of the tent.

Normally, Xu Xiaomi would not be able to fall asleep, but today she was so tired that she fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow.

The next morning, Xu Xiaomi got up very early as a habit. She took out the flour and noodles she brought, baked five large pots of pancakes, and boiled more than [-] pots of porridge.

When she did all this well, Qiu Yongzheng led the soldiers to practice and came back.

Xu Xiaomi looked at them with a smile and asked: "There are so many of you, didn't you eat before?"

"Haha... eat!" Everyone said with a smile in unison.

"Who did that?" Xu Xiaomi continued to ask unwillingly.

"Miss Xu, you don't know! It looks like a war is really going to happen, the general is afraid that we will suffer a disadvantage in the field.

Let the original Huotou army all practice with the army, every day's meal!Anyway, we don't have much food, so eating two meals a day is a luxury, so..."

The man couldn't continue talking. Qiu Zhongxiang's arrangement was originally to save food.

Seeing that all the soldiers lowered their heads in silence, Xu Xiaomi hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Ah! Ha! So that's the case? It's okay! I'm just asking!
Don't take it to heart!Let's eat!I baked pancakes today, you must be full! "

The soldiers were still sullen, but nodded politely.

After eating, Xu Xiaomi went to Qiu Zhongxiang's camp and said to him, "Uncle Qiu, Xiaomi will often come to deliver food in the future.

There is a lot of open space in Dingzhou City, let's grow more food ourselves!Lest the soldiers go hungry. "

Qiu Zhongxiang stood up and said with a smile: "Why did you think we should grow food, girl? We are soldiers who have to practice fighting every day. If we all grow food, who will fight?
Besides, if the emperor grows food here like this, the court will punish him if he finds out. "

Xu Xiaomi saw that he didn't feel any pain when he walked, and he walked much faster.

Walked to his side with a smile and said quietly: "Uncle Qiu, actually, you shouldn't have any hope for that emperor anymore. If he wanted to be a good emperor, he would have known that you were about to run out of food, but he didn't move at all." nothing!

If it weren't for Brother Qiu asking Qing Wu to go back and report to me, you would be hungry today! "

After hearing what Xu Xiaomi said, Qiu Zhongxiang stared at her with wide eyes and whispered softly: "Bold! How can a child from every family say such a rebellious thing?"

Xu Xiaomi was not afraid of anything, because if Qiu Zhongxiang really wanted to punish her, how could he just say it softly?This is the garrison barracks in Dingzhou City.

Qiu Zhongxiang just couldn't figure out how could Xu Xiaomi have such a view at such a young age?Isn't this the same as what the old subordinates in the army said?

When Xu Xiaomi saw Qiu Zhongxiang, he just snorted and didn't make any other reactions. This just showed that he hadn't convinced himself yet, and he still needed a reason and some motivation.

Then he said: "Uncle Qiu, calm down! My niece just can't see that the Qiu family's army will be accused of treason by the emperor in the end.

You see, even a little girl like me knows the truth that soldiers and horses go before they move food and grass.Doesn't our emperor know?
He did it on purpose. The little girl likes to listen to books. There is a story about a loyal and good general in that book. I wonder if Uncle Qiu has heard of it? "

After hearing Xu Xiaomi's words, Qiu Zhongxiang felt very painful in his heart. He knew that the emperor was trying to control the Qiu family everywhere, but he had no choice because he was the king.

The so-called, the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die.He was trapped in this sentence and couldn't extricate himself, but the emperor was still making progress.

No food, no military pay, how can a general lead his troops?If the soldiers don't have enough to eat, how can they have the strength to fight the enemy?
He did this to force him to lead his troops to rebel when he was desperate!At that time, he would have sufficient reason to punish the Qiu family's crimes, thereby eradicating all the influence of the Qiu family.

It was too poisonous for him to do so. Seeing that the two countries have reached the point where fire and water are incompatible, maybe that day there will be a large-scale attack.

In order to keep his position, he actually killed an elite army. Is such a thing a wise king should do?

Seeing that his face was getting uglier, Xu Xiaomi knew that what he said had worked, but there was still a hurdle he couldn't overcome. He didn't want to be scolded by the world for him and anyone in the Qiu family.

She thought for a while, and comforted her: "Uncle Qiu, don't be too sad, let's learn to be self-sufficient first!

It doesn't matter if he doesn't distribute grain and grass, we grow it ourselves, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't give money, we find it ourselves. "

Qiu Zhongxiang thought that Xu Xiaomi would show up every time his army encountered difficulties.Could it be?She is the nobleman of the Qiu family?

He still clearly remembered that during the last snowstorm, Xu Xiaomi brought people to bring food to them two days after they ran out of food.

At that time Xu Xiaomi was exhausted and sick, but he didn't even say a word of gratitude when he saw that pale face.Thinking about it now, I feel a little ashamed.

He suddenly remembered what Xu Xiaomi said just now, "It doesn't matter if he doesn't give money, we will find it ourselves." What does this mean?Could it be?
He wanted to ask clearly, so after careful consideration, he asked Xu Xiaomi, "Girl! Can you find where there is money?"

Xu Xiaomi smiled innocently when she heard this, and said, "Uncle Qiu, you can't tell others! If that greedy emperor finds out, then! The girl will be gone. Where can I find out where I can get the money?
However, the girl knew that in the land of Dazhou, there must be a place to pay money.Maybe, only you, General Qiu, don't know about it, maybe!

What you need to solve most now is the problem of eating!Next time I will bring some grass seeds and grain seeds, and plant them here first.As long as we can save some food, it's not too late to make other plans! "

(End of this chapter)