When Qin Fang heard that Du Ke personally admitted that he was his teacher, he couldn't hold back the joy on his face. He curled his lips and said, "Yes. Knowing that the teacher was coming, Zhuo Jing tidied up the yard in advance, fearing that the yard would not be suitable. She is worried about the teacher’s feelings.”

Du Ke smiled and said: "You can come as you please. If I have a bed, this beast can sleep on it with both feet."

Shen Lixian and Du Ke were old acquaintances, and this was the first time he saw Du Ke, who was so friendly to others. Therefore, he looked at Qin Fang curiously: "Master Du, is this the General Qin that the emperor is full of praise for?"

Du Ke was quite proud and said: "Yes, this is Qin Fang. Come to Li Xian, I will introduce you to you. Qin Fang, this is Shen Lixian, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Li Xian, he is very valued by the emperor. The moral general Qin Fang."

Although the member of the household department, Wailang, was of the seventh rank, Qin Fang knew the identity of Shen Lixian. Du Ke had already introduced him in his letter. This man was the emperor's brother-in-law, the biological brother of the late Empress Shen, and the son of Marquis Chengen. Therefore, Qin Fang did not dare to treat him like an ordinary seventh-grade official. Qin Fangwen said excitedly to Shen Lixian: "Master Shen."

Shen Li's first impression of Qin Fang was that this young man was really tall. Tall equals a military commander, many people would think so. He likes to look directly at people. Of course, because of his status, he can look directly at anyone in the capital. The emperor's brother-in-law, doesn't he have a high status? Of course, whether one's status is high or not depends on whether the emperor gives him face or not, but the emperor is very considerate to the Shen family.

Qin Fang gave Shen Lixian the impression of being tall. Probably on the way here, Du Ke didn't tell Qin Fang that he was tall, so for a while, Shen Lixian was quite surprised. He smiled and said: "I have met General Qin. I heard that General Qin found the ore and found a way to make ice with saltpeter. It will be of great benefit to the country and the people. Shen admires him."

Qin Fang hurriedly said: "Master Shen, thank you very much. As a citizen of Qi State, it is Qin's honor for the court of Qi State to do something for the people." When Qin Fang wrote the letter and the memorial, he said: A verbose person. But when chatting face to face, he is definitely not a talkative person, and he even rarely brings up topics.

Shen Lixian: "General Qin is humble."

Du Ke: "Okay, you don't need to be polite. I've been waiting for two hours and I'm very hungry. Let's solve some people's livelihood issues first."

Qin Fang said: "Why don't you go back to the General's Mansion first? The Zhuojing 뇽 kitchen is making mung bean soup today. The chilled mung bean soup is particularly delicious. Teacher and Master Shen came at the right time."

Du Ke‌: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly."

Yang Haiyan didn't know that Du Ke had arrived. Fortunately, when Qin Fang took Du Ke back to the general's mansion, he had already asked the soldiers to rush back to the general's mansion to inform Yang Haiyan. And he took Du Ke in a carriage, so he would be slower.

According to the current time, it is already three o'clock in the afternoon. Yang Haiyan has woken up from her sleep and is making cold skin with Nanny Lian. She makes it with sweet potato flour. After it is done, add some peanuts, spicy cabbage, shredded potatoes and shredded radish, mix them together, and then put them on ice. Put some ice in the block and it will taste better.

The only drawback is that there is no coriander in it.

The Liangpi was freezing when the guard came: "Xiangjun, there are a group of common people coming outside the General's Mansion. They are the new common people of Qiguo."

Yang Haiyan was stunned: "Why are they here? But what's the matter?"

The guard said: "They are carrying some things to deliver food to the general and the country prince. They include game, vegetables, etc."

Yang Haiyan listened and said hurriedly: "Then welcome them in. Aunt Yu, go and prepare some tea. Aunt Lian, let's go to the hall."

"yes."

Yang Haiyan was waiting in the hall for the new people to come in. There were many people coming, all of them women and men, and they all seemed to be in good spirits. When they arrived at the entrance of the hall, they did not pick anything in. Instead, they put down their baskets and baskets one by one and came in.

"Common people see you, Madam." They didn't know that Yang Haiyan was already the village monarch, so they saluted according to the title they used when they were acquainted.

Yang Haiyan said: "Everyone, please get up. Although everyone looks a little tired, they are still energetic. It can be seen that you are doing pretty well after settling down, right?"

The leading man among them said: "It's much better than when we were at the border. Thank you, madam, for your concern."

Yang Haiyan smiled and said: "The general and I are relieved that you are doing well, but we are afraid that you will not adapt to the environment in Qiguo. However, if you are wronged in the village, don't endure it. I hope you are right. The general and I will be on your side."

Hanzi ‌: "With the general here, we have not been wronged. The people in the village and the village chief have taken good care of us and allocated money to us. ‌U‌꾿 Thank you to the general... We discussed it with several families. U‌‌, I know that the general and his wife are not lacking anything, but this is what we want, so please come first. ”

At that time, a woman said: "Madam, do you still remember me? My child was only six years old. He was sick and infected at the time and refused to take medicine. You used sugar to coax him to take medicine. Now he is in poor health. Very strong. Madam, I’m grateful for your help. Please don’t refuse.”

"Yes, ma'am, that's what we want."

"Mrs……"

Every new citizen started talking, fearing that Yang Haiyan would refuse.

Yang Haiyan really didn't mean to accept it at first. It was good that she knew their intentions, and they had just settled here, so there were some things that were not easy. However, when her eyes saw the melons in the basket, she was shocked. ‌…Isn’t this a cucumber?

Yang Haiyan was determined, and she thought: "Since it is your intention, then I will accept it, so you can rest assured. But in a few days, the crops in my manor will have a good harvest. , I will give some to you when the time comes, and you will not refuse." This is to prevent someone from putting Qin Fang's shoes on in the future and saying that he is a bastard of the common people.

Everyone was very happy to see Yang Haiyan say so, and all of them smiled.

Yang Haiyan walked to the door, pointed at the cucumbers in the basket and asked, "What's the long green thing? Is it fruit?"

"Madam, it's Hugua." The woman who spoke first was the one who spoke.

"Cucumber?" Yang Haiyan remembered that she had read some ancient sayings. It was mentioned in the legend that cucumbers were brought to the Central Plains from the Western Regions by Zhang Qian in the Western Han Dynasty. The name at that time was courgettes.

And here, 껩 is from 뇽cugua.

Yang Haiyan was confused: "I've never seen a courgette before, but what's the origin?"

The woman hurriedly explained: "Madam, don't worry, courgettes are edible and are a specialty of our Hu people."

Yang Haiyan was even more confused: "Hu Clan?"

The woman said: "Madam, you don't know that we are not from the same tribe. We are just a few people who migrated and then lived at the border. One by one, we came to our place." 눑, was born in the border area. But in fact, our ancestors are from multiple tribes.

And our tribe, the U tribe, is the Hu tribe. Courgettes are unique to our Hu people. The Hu people used to move around and could not bring many things with them, but they always carried courgette seeds with them because it only takes about sixty days from sowing to harvesting, so it takes a short time and is easy to grow. , so we Hu people carry it with us. However, the biggest feature of courgette is that it has enough water but no taste. "The woman said, picking up a courgette and taking a bite. The crisp sound made Yang Haiyan want to eat it.

The woman added: "Madam, don't worry, we Hu people all eat courgettes, they are edible food."

When Yang Haiyan heard this, she couldn't help but wonder if the Hu people here were actually people from the Western Regions in the real world. However, she didn't ask for confirmation, there was no need. "Well, thank you, eldest sister. I happen to have never eaten any food. The weather has been hot recently, so it would be good to eat something with moisture."

The woman felt relieved when she saw that Yang Haiyan was no longer suspicious.

These people did not stay long. Yang Haiyan collected the things, they drank a cup of tea and left in a hurry.

As soon as they left, Yang Haiyan said: "Aunt Lian, take the other things to the big kitchen, and take the courgettes to the kitchen in my yard."

Aunt Lian is good at seeing colors. Seeing Yang Haiyan's behavior, she knew that Yang Haiyan liked this courgette very much. She arranged for some vegetables to be delivered to the big kitchen, and she carried the basket of courgettes to the kitchen.

When they got to the kitchen, Yang Haiyan washed two courgettes and gave half of them to Aunt Lian: "Mom, let's eat and see. How does it taste?" As she said that, she took a bite of it and left something in her mouth. That half of the root.

Aunt Lian continued to eat: "It's very crisp and has no taste." Speaking of which, she couldn't get used to eating such tasteless food.

Yang Haiyan finished half of the courgette in a few mouthfuls, and she said, "I have an idea."

Then, she shredded another washed courgette and mixed it into the cold skin.

Aunt Lian looked at it: "Can I eat this?"

Yang Haiyan smiled and said: "Wait." After mixing, she brought two 께 bowls over and gave them to herself and Aunt Lian. "Here, let's eat and see."

Needless to say, the original bland and tasteless courgette tastes different after being mixed with cold skin. Aunt Lian exclaimed: "You can still eat courgette like this, it tastes really delicious."

Yang Haiyan: "No, I thought courgettes had no taste, radish had no taste, shredded vegetables might be good as a condiment, but I didn't expect it to be really good." She was even embarrassed to pretend.

"Xiang Jun...Xiang Jun..."

The two servants had just eaten a few mouthfuls of cold skin when the guard's voice came from outside the yard again. Aunt Lian hurried out: "What's the matter? Are there any rules for shouting 께뇽 like this?"

The guard apologized and said, "Mom, please don't be mad. It's a soldier from the military camp outside. He said that the general sent him to inform the village king of the news. He and Lord Du Kedu arrived shortly after. Lord Du was at the beast's feet. "I've been waiting for General 깊 for more than two hours and he still hasn't eaten anything."

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