The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 273 Three Flowers, Five Luos, Eighteen Sons

Today is May [-]th, which is the day when the food for Liuren improves.

The work of improving the food standards and management level of exiles has been going on for a month, and it has aroused strong repercussions among the residents and exiles in Bukui.

The response was so strong that even Jia Min himself did not expect it.

The strongest one, and also the most controversial, is that if people eat according to this standard of food, the food of those migrants is actually better than that of many local residents in Bukui.

Compared with the previous military food level of the Bukui Garrison Bureau, it is not even bad.This also caused great repercussions from those veterans.

In fact, the original food expenses of those veterans were not lower than the food expenses of exiles now, and even much higher than the standard of exiles.However, the level of food is only on par with the current level of migrants.

This only shows one problem: their previous food expenses were deducted.

In fact, before the reorganization, these veterans formed separate gangs with the Fubingtuan. At that time, their food level was not as good as that of the Fubingtuan.

After the adaptation, the food standards and levels were unified.

Of course, controversy is only an external matter.For the majority of exiles, they are naturally very welcome, and they are very grateful to Jia Min.

At first, they thought it was just a gimmick, and after a few days at most, they would return to their old ways. Unexpectedly, after more than a month, they actually persisted.

This made them look forward to: it seems that they will eat so well in the future.

No. 18 Guanzhuang is a Guanzhuang on the edge of the Songhua River. It is relatively close to Bukui, and it is a relatively large Guanzhuang in the bow-shaped area of ​​Tuiwanzi in the south of the Yangtze River.

Because it is located in Shuiwanzi, it is also called Shuiwanzi Guanzhuang.

The reason why it is called Shuaiwanzi is because the Songhua River flows here and has a turn, forming a relatively large still water area.

Miaoyu, Heping'er and others heard that Jia Min was coming out today, so they clamored to come out to relax.

There are many fish in the Songhua River, and the stocks are also large.The water potential in Baiwanzi is slow, so there are more fish here.So they found a piece of sand by the river to stop, and they will have a picnic here at noon today-specially eating fish.

There is a boat in Zhuiwanzi Guanzhuang, and the exiles in it often go fishing on the river. Therefore, the head of the village called an exiled person to fish for Jia Min and the others. Just ready to eat.

The fish in the Songhua River, Bu Kui's popular saying is "three flowers, five fishes and eighteen seeds".

"Sanhua" refers to Aohua, bream and crucian carp.

"Five Luo" refers to Zheluo, Faro, Yaluo, Tongluo and Huluo.

"Eighteen sons" refers to Chuandingzi, Gayazi and catfish.carp etc.

In fact, there are more fish in the Songhua River than these, but these are relatively common and representative.

Some of the soldiers were patrolling vigilantly, while others were lighting fires.Ping'er and Qingwen were preparing food, while Xi Que, Thrush and Miaoyu's grandma and grandma, and maids Wisteria and Luluo were picking up the freshly caught fish.

Miaoyu has a big airs, so she naturally wouldn't do these things.Even if asked to do it, she wouldn't do it.Just watching the excitement from the sidelines.

In the upper reaches of the river, people can be seen crossing the river from a distance, and there are bursts of shouting from time to time.

It was Feng Ziying leading the soldiers of the Fu Corps to conduct swimming training.On the grassland on the other side of the river, Jia Lian and others were also leading soldiers in cavalry training.

Farther away, in Mount Wendula, there were Feng Zijing and Chen Yeqing's second and third battalions conducting jungle warfare training.

At Bu Kui's house, Chen Yejun organized veterans and recruited bandits to train.

Just like improving food for exiles, Jia Min's unique way of training soldiers, the large amount of training, the variety of training subjects, and the frequency of training are all unheard of by Bukui people, which naturally aroused a lot of discussion.

However, since Jia Min had already established absolute authority in Bu Kui, it was enough for people to talk about it behind their backs, but no one dared to question it publicly.

Seeing that it was still early for dinner, Jia Min walked towards A No. 18 Guanzhuang.

Previously, Jia Min often went to various official villages to check the food situation of the exiles. When he arrived here today, just in time for the meal, Jia Min wanted to see how the food for the exiles was doing there.

Most of the official villages have a size of about ten people.But there are also some that are larger in scale.Some have more than 20 people, some have more than 30 people, and some even reach hundreds of people.

Shuaiwanzi is a big official village, with two village heads and more than 40 migrants.

As soon as I entered the yard, I smelled the smell of stewed fish.The drunk King Ni Er walked in front, while Jia Min looked around while walking.

A dealer ran over.

"Reporting to Chief Min, A NO.18 official Zhuang Du Qingshan is reporting to you, please show me to Chief Min."

"Du Qingshan, okay, let's go, take me to your kitchen to have a look."

"Yes, Chief Min, this way please!"

In fact, there is no special kitchen here, that is, they cook in a fire-burning room at the end of the residence of the exiles, and then they cook and eat in the dormitory after returning home.

It wasn't cold in summer, and the people in the village ordered meals and ate them on the benches in the backyard.

When we got to the kitchen, there was nothing else in it except a few steamed buns and two big bowls of fish.

"Whose are these copies?"

"Report to Chief Min, it's from our two bosses."

"What do people eat today?"

"Just like us, it's all steamed buns and fish, all made in one pot."

"It came out of one pot? Can't you eat small stoves?"

"Hey, Chief Min, we are doing the same thing as other people. This food is much better than when we were at home. When we eat it, we feel pretty good, and we are very content."

"Well, good. However, if you don't find it troublesome, you can still eat Xiaozao."

In Guanzhuang, there is no special master chef, but the Zhuangtou cooks.This is the tradition of Guanzhuang.

The reason for this arrangement is firstly to save manpower and secondly for food safety.If the food is cooked by outsiders, I am afraid that they will tamper with the food.

This tradition has its rationality, so it has been continued.

When we arrived at the backyard, we saw a group of exiles sitting on stools eating.

"This is Chief Min, see you quickly."

According to the rules in Zhuangzi, when people see the chief, they can't get close to them, and they usually keep a distance of one foot away.If you are holding a tool in your hand, put the tool down, stand with your bare hands, and wait for the question.The purpose is to prevent exiles from launching attacks.

Seeing Du Qingshan's shout and hearing that it was Jia Min, the exiles put down the food in their hands and knelt down to kowtow to Jia Min.

"Thank you sir, thank you sir."

The streamers thanked one after another.

Jia Min often encountered such situations in other Zhuangzi.Liuren's gratitude to him is basically because of this food reform, so that they can eat well.

"Okay, get up, don't thank me, if you want to thank me, thank the emperor, this is the emperor's will. Therefore, you must correct the evil and return to the right, abandon the evil and do good, renew your life, and live up to the emperor's kindness .”

This food improvement movement was naturally carried out in the name of the emperor's grace, which is the principle of political correctness.

Otherwise, people only know how to thank Jia Min, but not the emperor, if the emperor finds out, it will not be a good thing.

Ni Er checked every corner of the yard, and shook his head to Jia Min when he came back, meaning that there was no waste of food thrown around.

There are many places to go, and this is already Ni Er's usual task.

"Du Qingshan, tell me, what is the four-character standard for making Liuren's food?"

"Full, cooked, clean, hot."

Du Qingshan replied without thinking.

This is the standard for food processing and production proposed by Jia Min.

The so-called "satisfaction" means to make the flow people full.

"Cooked" means that it must be cooked, and it cannot be eaten raw or undercooked.

"Net" has two meanings, one is to be clean and hygienic, and the other is to eat clean and not waste.

"Hot" means hot to eat.Especially in the cold seasons of autumn and winter, people should not be given cold meals or cold dishes.

"When you share the food here, is there any dissatisfaction or fight?"

"Report to Chief Min, I've never had one here."

Improving food for migrants does not necessarily achieve the goal simply by giving them good things.There are still many details to be done here.All the links have been done well. If the last link of cooking and cooking is not done well, the effect of the reform may be compromised.

People have feelings, even Zhuangtou, who has been with the exiles for a long time, will inevitably develop feelings.For the exiled people under him, it is inevitable to have closeness and estrangement.

So there will be situations where Zhuangtou takes care of some exiles.Some of these cares are related to production, such as assigning light work or reducing the amount of labor when arranging labor.

Some are related to life, such as taking care of food and housing.

When food is tight, it is possible to give more when cooking, or give more dry food, or give more meat. Such situations are all possible.

This unfairness may cause dissatisfaction among other migrants.

"You don't have it here? I don't quite believe it. Tell me, how did you do it?"

"Officer Min, it's easy to say. I just divided up all the meals and asked them to take them first. The last two portions belong to our two bosses."

"Oh? In this way, aren't you the least left?"

"It's nothing less. Because we are afraid that we will have less left, so when we divide, we should be fair, so that we will not suffer. Others will pick first. When the time comes, more Without it, he can’t say anything by himself.”

This trick is very good, very smart.It's worth promoting.

After coming out of the backyard, he went into the dormitory again. After a general look, Jia Min didn't say anything.

The living conditions of migrants are also a big problem.However, there is not so much energy and financial resources to solve this problem, so we have to wait.

Let's think about this issue after the results of food improvement are fully consolidated and the financial resources will be sufficient in the future.

(End of this chapter)