Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 199 A Day in the Happy Village

Sun Xiangfu's guards were all born in the Fubing. Although most of them had never seen Li Shimin up close, when they heard the name '望', they immediately connected with the image of the future man and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and hurriedly bowed down. However, his body still didn't move to let Li Shimin in.

"Why, you dare to stop me?"

Li Shimin's face changed when he saw that he had revealed his identity and the guards still didn't move away. At this time, the Qianniuwei soldiers led by Chang He also bullied him. If the situation was wrong, they were ready to draw their swords at any time.

"Your Majesty, my lord and Li Daochang are researching the medicine to treat smallpox here. Before going in, the lord had an order that no one is allowed to enter unless they recover. Once they encounter an accident, we must put everything here and theirs away." The body is burned to ashes with fire."

"What? You mean, in order to study medicine, they made themselves suffer from smallpox?" Hearing Zhang Ke's explanation, Li Shimin was shocked.

"It should be!" Zhang Ke actually didn't understand why Sun Xiangfu would give him such an order. Since the emperor wanted to think so, Zhang Ke thought it was a good thing. He spared his life to find a medicine to prevent smallpox for the court. No matter how you say it, it was a great achievement Bar!

It was said that something seemed to have been knocked over in Li Shimin's heart. Smallpox is an incurable disease. With that kid's character of greed for life and fear of death, shouldn't he hide far away?How dare he bet his life on it?
"How long have they been in?" Li Shimin couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it and became more worried about the result.

"It's been more than a day, but they have taken the food they put in for each meal. Although they look sick, they are still alive."

"If you're still alive, it's good to be alive. Come, someone, go to Chang'an to pass the order, and transfer all the memorials here. Before they come out, I will live here."

Hearing Zhang Ke said that he was still alive, Li Shimin was immediately relieved. Following his order, the entire court organization began to operate. Not long after, Xiao Yu, Fang Xuanling and other ministers rushed to Xingfu Village, and Sun Xiangfu's The house has been taken over by Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, there are many victims in Xingfu Village, and Sun Xiangfu has brought the plague here again. This place is no longer safe. Now that the war is over, Your Majesty should return to the palace as soon as possible and take charge of the overall situation." Entering the main house of Sun Xiangfu's house, Xiao Yu found Li Shimin was stretching his head to watch a little girl writing on the square table, and he didn't care so much, so he stepped forward to persuade her.

"Shh, don't talk."

With that said, Li Shimin pointed to Sun Xiaomei who was writing.

At this time, Sun Deshou, who was carrying a book bag, came in, bowed his hands to Xiao Yu, Fang Xuanling and others respectfully, and said to Sun Xiaomei who was at the table, "Little sister, the rice consumed by the big cafeteria in the village tomorrow Have you calculated the vegetables clearly?"

"It's been calculated early. According to the request of the eldest brother, each adult has three or two ounces of rice, two liang of fish, and two liang of vegetables. Forty-three thousand people need 3000 catties of rice, 62 five catties of fish, and the same amount of vegetables. .The number of children is 370..."

A series of numbers came out of Sun Xiaomei's mouth, and Sun Deshou immediately recorded the numbers in a booklet in his schoolbag. After writing, he said, "Your Majesty, the people you brought will be in the big cafeteria of our village." Do you want to eat?"

"Uh, use." Li Shimin, who was watching the excitement, was suddenly questioned by the half-grown child, and subconsciously nodded.

"Then can you report the number of people you brought here? After we calculate it, we can serve rice and cook vegetables according to the head. My elder brother said that the food in hot weather cannot be served, and only the right amount should be made for one meal." Sun Xiangfu was very polite. asked Li Shimin.

"Here, can you calculate such complicated numbers clearly?" In fact, Li Shimin is no longer surprised by these. He knew that the Sun Mansion used algebraic symbols to calculate numbers very sharply, but Xiao Yu only returned to Chang'an in the second half of last year to serve as the prime minister. , and he is usually busy with government affairs, so he pays little attention to this aspect. Seeing this scene, he asked in surprise.

"Hehe, there is a shortage of food in our Xingfu Village. In order to avoid waste, we will distribute it according to the amount. Moreover, those people can't eat us for free. My elder brother said that if the labor force is not used, it will be invalid when it expires. Disaster relief is not free. They eat. So, after eating our food, they have to help us with the corresponding work." Sun Deshou explained with a smile.

"If the labor force is not used, it will become invalid after the expiration date?"

This short sentence actually gave Xiao Yu a sense of enlightenment.

In the past, whenever there was a catastrophe in the country, the imperial court would blindly give away porridge, but never thought that danger and opportunity coexist. At this time, as long as the people are given a bite to eat, they will willingly work for the imperial court , Repairing the city walls, building palaces, excavating mountains and other major projects should be done at this time, anyway, the food is also for the victims of the disaster.

In a normal year, if you let the people do these jobs and give food to the people, the people will also scold the emperor for not caring for the power of the people and not giving food, and the people will even scold the emperor as a tyrant with no morals. Yang Guang just keeps getting on his horse at inopportune times The public will lose all support for such a big project.

"Yeah! At first we didn't know this truth and wasted a lot of food, but now it's different. These people will be sent out to catch locusts at night. In groups of two or three, a fire can catch several bags of locusts." When I came back, my elder brother said that although the locust powder cakes were not as tasty as the fish flakes and rice porridge, they were not bad at all. Let’s stock up a lot. In the middle of winter, when there is a real shortage of food, we will use it to help those who have no food to eat. "

Most of the current disaster victims are tenant serfs released by aristocratic families. They are serious farmers who have farms and have food to eat at home. At least there is no problem before the autumn harvest. The real shortage of food starts after the autumn harvest. , the middle of winter is the worst, and after that, until next year’s autumn harvest, there will be no output in the fields, and a large amount of food will be needed for disaster relief. Since the middle of winter, the canals will freeze, and perhaps even the roads will be blocked by heavy snow. Even in the south There is food in the prefectures and counties, and it is difficult to transport it to Chang'an. This time is the life and death of the people in Guanzhong.

If you want to deal with such a big problem, you must prepare early. Xingfu Village is undoubtedly making preparations now. There is nothing else in Guanzhong at present, that is, there are more locusts. Organize more people to catch more. Even if people don’t want to eat, give chickens and ducks. Fish is also good as feed.

"Hehe, this method of relief is very good. If you count by two catties, the grain collected in your village is more than the grain donated, so that the victims can reserve grain for themselves in advance for the winter." After thinking through the whole process, he was good at Xiao Yu from government affairs said with a chuckle.

"If His Majesty hadn't issued the order prohibiting the killing of locusts, the elder brother would have ordered to spend money to buy locusts. The elder brother said that no matter how many locusts there are, they will not be eaten by people. If everyone in Tang Dynasty eats them , you can eat it in minutes and turn it into a protected animal." Sun Deshou imitated Sun Xiangfu when he said this.

"Minutes? What is protecting animals?"

Li Shimin, who had been watching the conversation between Xiao Yu and Sun Deshou, couldn't help asking.

"Uh, minutes are a unique way of counting in our farm. An hour is exactly divided into 120 minutes. That, protect animals, that is, animals that are about to become extinct." Sun Deshou gave the answer he got from Sun Xiangfu before. Several people said it again.

"People eat locusts to extinction?" Several ministers, like Li Shimin, had their jaws open.

"It's not impossible, but my elder brother once told us a story about the biological chain, saying that all creatures in the world are part of the biological chain, especially insects, it's better not to become extinct.

For example, the mosquitoes in this summer, don’t look at them sucking blood, they also have the function of spreading plant pollen. Those melons and fruits near the river grow well, but it may not be because of sufficient water, because there are many mosquitoes by the river, so where? The pollination of melons and fruits is very sufficient. If the mosquitoes are extinct, many plants that are not easy to pollinate naturally will be greatly reduced and eventually become extinct. When there are more types of extinct plants, other organisms will also be affected, eventually leading to extinction one after another. Lose······"

Well, Sun Deshou's problem is that he likes to be a teacher, he talks a lot, and he insists on talking about the topic of the biological chain. The ministers were stunned and stopped chasing him to ask questions. But it is true, human beings are the most domineering animals in the world, just think about the crayfish that flooded in the 90s and [-]s in later generations!People all over the country started to eat it, but within a few years, it could only be supplied to the market by a large amount of artificial breeding, and the price has been rising all the way.

After a long time, Li Shimin waved his hand to everyone and said, "My dear friends, follow me to see what kind of strange things live in this happy village."

Soon, Li Shimin came to a large house behind the Xingfu Village public house. The first thing he saw was the workshop in charge of grinding locust powder. There is a mode of operation of the food supervisor here, which is to be directed by a very small number of people. Most ordinary people, these ordinary people who don't know how, all only need to complete a very simple process, and the whole production is completed.

The locusts that have been washed and dried are first ground into powder here, and then the female workers use a sieve to sieve out the hard shells, tentacles, etc., and finally get some powders that are coarser than flour. It will be compacted, packaged and sealed, and the inedible things that are screened out will also be added to the chicken feed, and stored in the large warehouse behind the commune. Packaged locust powder.

"I've heard long ago that these locusts can be eaten. Is there a ready-made product? Take some out and let me taste it." Li Shimin called a farm boy who was in charge at the scene and said.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is a cafeteria in the public house. If those who have finished their food rations are still hungry, they can go to the window to get a piece or two of locust powder steamed cakes."

The farm boy recruited by Li Shimin was called Lu Xiaojun, who was only about ten years old. He was Lu Quanyou's son and one of the first students who learned knowledge from Sun Xiangfu. Hearing Li Shimin's words, he had no intention of leaving his job. He just pointed out a way for Li Shimin.In the eyes of outsiders, this is disobedience and disrespect, no king and no father, but Li Shimin, who knows a little about the content of the farming school, knows that the farming school teaches all kinds of agricultural knowledge, but he just doesn't teach it. The Confucian principle that the king is like a father.

Therefore, he just smiled and led the ministers towards the window of the canteen.

The aroma of fish porridge can be smelled from a long distance. What is rare is that in each bowl of porridge, there are Chinese cabbage that was planted in large quantities in Xingfu Village last winter and later made into altars. bean sprouts.

In Datang, not to mention the disaster victims, even in normal times, it is difficult for ordinary peasant women to have fish fillets and vegetables. This is a disaster year. How dare Xingfu Village give tens of thousands of disaster victims such good food?

After looking at the warehouse of Xingfu Village, Li Shimin and all the ministers understood that Xingfu Village had already prepared for it. Last year they planted one season more crops than others, and most of the things they planted were stored by them. Thinking of this , Li Shimin suddenly remembered that his own Huangzhuang should also have a lot of harvest. Last year, he went there to give Yu Xiuer a mouthful.I just don't know if they are all stocked up like Xingfu Village. If so, then he has a lot of things that he can release to help the victims in the most difficult time.

Only after seeing the tip of the iceberg in Xingfu Village, Li Shimin realized the importance of making preparations in advance, and began to think about the imperial court system. Is the previous model of waiting for problems to arise and then finding ways to remedy them correct?If you can do all the work in front, then, when you face a problem, can you deal with it more easily and effectively?
　The seventh watch, the big chapter is presented.Thank you, go with the situation 91, Gosht left hand, and h wolf for the reward again, sometimes the proofreading speed is too fast to make mistakes and omissions, please remind me if you see a typo, I have read every one of your comments, thank you very much.In addition, some people say that this book has problems with the historical plot. I do not admit this. In terms of understanding the historical background of this period, I dare not say that it surpasses everyone, but basically I checked it with something to say The reason why the information is presented in this way is because the writing is too esoteric and most people can’t understand it. I can’t assume that all readers understand history very well and are used to the grammar of this period in history and everything.In addition, I was also worried about being 404, so I intentionally added a little fake. After all, this is just an online novel. I hope that friends who read the book will not be affected by those professional sprays. Most of them are travel tickets with ulterior motives.

　　
　
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