A village chief who does not want to be a village chief is not a good villager

In the barracks, the general's big tent.

Bai Huankong still had that expressionless face, but his dark eyes were full of anger.Bai Huankong's confidantes were not as casual as they used to be, but they stood at the place where they would attack each other, waiting for Bai Huankong's orders.

Of the ten confidants, only Zhou Lin was sitting.It's no wonder that Zhou Lin is so special, but in just over a month, he has lost more than half of his weight.The injury that Jian Ping was holding on to before broke out after returning to the barracks.

So now Zhou Lin sat in his seat with a pale face.The wound under the clothes was wrapped in circles of bandages, which could be regarded as a kind of support.

"The situation at General Zhou's side is not good. Not only is there no food, but even the military pay is only paid by one-third. And because of the last battle, the number of casualties in the army exceeded one-fifth. This is not the worst. Pivotal!"

Zhou Lin's tone was heavy, and every word he said made everyone in the room feel a little heavier.

"The most important thing is that winter is coming soon."

Yes, when the weather is hot, nothing will happen to people if they are a little hungry.But after winter, the border is not as good as this side. Although it will snow here, people rarely freeze to death.

But in places like the border, because there are no fortifications to stop them, and there is no vegetation, the heavy snow in winter is like small blades.

It will freeze to death.

The current Ministry of War has to find ways to deduct food and salaries, let alone winter clothes.So in winter, I'm afraid there is no need for foreigners to attack. Just the delay of our own people can drag General Zhou's team to death.

"If they do this, the people above won't care about it!" One of the lieutenants couldn't bear the aggrieved feeling, and he swung his fist violently, the air was a little cracked by the powerful punch.

A man who looked like a military adviser slowly smiled wryly. "What do you do? At the beginning of the year, there was a flood in the south, and the Holy Majesty allocated a lot of money to relieve the disaster. In addition, the new dynasty was just established, and the tax collection was low. If those people from the Ministry of War colluded with the Ministry of Household , It is not impossible to say that the treasury has no money."

The military division's words made those angry people even more angry, but also more helpless.Before the establishment of the new dynasty, the situation of the old dynasty was not very good.Although the old emperor was a man of vision, he was not a qualified ruler seriously.

There are not many virtuous ministers raised, and moths are a big push.And because of this unusual situation in the Zen position, under certain circumstances, the new emperor is a bit restrained in dealing with those moths.

They are all from the Xinhuang faction, so they naturally know more things.So naturally I also know the embarrassment of the new emperor. I am afraid that even if the treasury used to be rich, it is almost ruined by those moths now.

"However, those people won't be jumping around for too long." Jun Jun showed a malicious smile, and his dark eyes were also full of murderous intent.

The new emperor has already checked the accounts, so the new emperor naturally has a bottom line on how much money is in the treasury.Now those people think that the new emperor is as easy to fool as the old emperor, so they dare to do this.I'm afraid that when things go to waste, it's time for them to die.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard these words, and felt that the aggrieved chest felt better.

But after getting better, the problems that should be faced still have to be faced.It will be a few months before the emperor wants to close the net.But now, not to mention General Zhou, whose situation on the border is already very miserable, even if their barracks can last for a few months, it seems to be a big problem.

Bai Huankong's cheeks were bitten even tighter, and his anger had reached a critical point. "How much food is left in our barracks?"

Bai Huankong's voice was very low, full of invisible anger.Unfortunately, after this sentence, the people below could only look at each other in blank dismay.

In the end, the newly promoted quartermaster from the barracks touched his face, and looked at Bai Huankong with a wry smile. "Our situation is not much better than that of General Zhou."

Hearing these words, Bai Huankong's anger calmed down instead.In other words, he just put his anger more deeply into his heart.Bai Huankong tapped his fingers on the table, closed his eyes once, and when he opened them again, his eyes had become extremely calm.

Bai Huankong looked at the quartermaster, and the quartermaster explained the matter in more detail. "Because of the special care from above, our military pay was not deducted. However, we didn't give a grain of rice for food and grass."

The quartermaster is more distressed than anyone else. After all, according to this situation, I am afraid that they will not be able to solve the problem in less than five days. "Although with the help of Mr. Mo, our food and grass can only last for five days at most. After all, those people bought and transferred all the food and medicinal materials around Nan'an City. Even Mr. Mo can't control the food in other places. Condition."

Everyone was silent again, because everyone realized that if this happened, the general's plan to support General Zhou would be put on hold.

"Ahem, so what." In this silence, Zhou Lin said calmly.Not only did he open his mouth to attract everyone's attention, but he also smiled reservedly.

"I brought back about [-] catties of grain and grass."

For a moment, the entire big tent became quiet.Everyone except Bai Huankong looked at Zhou Lin in shock, but Bai Huankong just glanced lightly.

"Ten thousand catties is still too little." The quartermaster made a quick calculation, but he was still a little distressed.

That's right, [-] catties can only support their small military camp for more than a month.

"Ten thousand catties is enough. Find a way to send these to the border." A sharp light flashed in Bai Huankong's eyes, and there was a murderous aura that could not be ignored in the aura erupting from his body.

"As long as you can survive this period of time, that's enough."

Here are all Bai Huankong's confidantes, and these people are also used to escort food and grass.Therefore, regarding the existence of Jian Ping, it is natural that these people cannot be kept secret.

When everyone knew that these grains were obtained from Jian Ping, they felt like it was a matter of course that they were "no wonder".

After all, the quartermaster and two assistants were all "trained" by Jian Ping, and the captains in the barracks who came from Jian's village were excellent enough for everyone in the barracks to know that there was a man named "Jian Ping" .

Coupled with the matter of food and grass this time, the high-level officials in the Baihuan Air Force Battalion had a better impression of Jian Ping.

In the same night, the military camp sent people to get out the food and grass prepared by Jian Ping, and then sent them to the border without stopping.The autumn harvest is coming soon, as long as the national autumn harvest is over, even if the people in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households want to make excuses, it is probably an excuse for the new emperor to replace their moths.

Unknowingly, Jian Ping has unknowingly brushed up the favorability of the military camp, and now all his thoughts are put on making vermicelli.

Because of the elders in Taohua Town, Jian Ping didn't harvest much grain, it was only used for seeds.

However, things like potatoes, sweet potatoes, soybeans and even peas, which people in this dynasty thought could not be the staple food, were "forced" to collect tens of thousands of catties.

After Jian's two courtyards, two workshops and the cellar could not hold these things at all, Jian Ping "hastily" called a stop, not daring to accept any more.

Amidst the lamentations of those elders surnamed Zhang, Jian Ping 'had to' face the embarrassment that he had no money.After all, how much money was earned from selling watermelons at the beginning can still be calculated by a caring person.

If Jian Ping collects food too recklessly, everyone will doubt what Jian Ping is going to do.

After all, it is not difficult to see from the fact that the elders of the Zhang family in Taohua Town basically did not sell him any grain except for the exchange of seeds. I am afraid that someone behind them has explained that they are not allowed to sell grain.

You must know that the Zhang clan is definitely a gigantic existence in Taohua Town. If the clan does not have a thousand or eight hundred catties or even tens of thousands of catties of grain, Jian Ping would not believe it anyway.

People's life in ancient times was relatively difficult, so the saying "don't panic if you have food in hand" is simply the golden rule here.

Even in poor villages like the former Jianjia Village, every household would habitually stockpile food for the family, for fear of starving to death.

Although Jian Ping can be regarded as having confiscated food, but because too much of these things were collected, Jian Ping had already faintly felt that there seemed to be some people in the village who always cared about their own families.

Not from the village, but people who come to the village to play.

So Jian Ping also knew that he couldn't wait any longer for his vermicelli rice noodle workshop.

Jian Ping first made potato flour and sweet potato flour. After all, these two kinds belong to the relatively simple operation method, and what the military camp needs now is something that can fill the stomach.

Originally, according to the best production method, if the focus is not to waste, Jian Ping needs to clean the selected potatoes and sweet potatoes and cut them into pieces to get more starch.

Still the same sentence, after all, potato flour and sweet potato flour are used as cover at this stage, and the most important thing is to smuggle something that can make people full to the barracks.

So Jian Ping just cut the washed sweet potatoes and potatoes into long strips one finger wide, and then soaked them in water for an hour, so that he could get the starch he wanted and keep them for people to eat. Potato and sweet potato fries are filling.

After the starch is obtained, the water above is poured out through precipitation.Stir and boil with clean cold water to get a usable paste.

The last step was easy. Jian Ping asked Jian Feng to make a few thin funnel-like wooden boxes in advance.Then put it on the boiling water pot, and press the paste out through the formed hole board to get vermicelli.It was passed through boiling water, and then formed again in cold water.

Finally, taking advantage of the finished vermicelli without paying attention, hang them up with bamboo strips and place them in a place leeward and sunny.

Jian Ping and Tian Wen first experimented by themselves, and the effect was good, but it was very tiring.Whether it is cutting strips or pressing, it is very laborious.

Moreover, it is necessary to keep boiling and lifting water, and the second person cannot relax.It's not that Jian Ping can't do it, but the problem is that some people like Jian Ping who want to live a relaxed and good life are not short of money now, why do they want to spoil themselves like this?

"It can't go on like this!"

Tired all day, Jian Ping and Tian Wen sat under the eaves of the front yard to rest.The two of them were so tired and sweaty that they didn't have the energy to wash up.So it was rare that the two of them wore crumpled clothes, and their hair stuck to their faces and necks.

If it weren't for the last bit of reserve, I would have wished to stick out my tongue to speed up the speed of my release of heat.

In the summer here, there are high temperatures above 35 degrees. Not only is there no air conditioning, but there are no electric fans or ice cubes.

Under such circumstances, Jian Ping could sit down on weekdays and would never stand up.But today, not only stood for a whole day, but also kept busy in the kitchen.

If this continues, you will definitely suffer from heat stroke.

Tian Wen was also suffering from the heat. After thinking about it, he went to bolt the door, and then came back to help Jian Ping untie his clothes.Looking at the bunt on his body, Jian Ping felt a little sad again.

It is absolutely impossible to wear shorts and shorts in such hot weather.

Seeing Tian Wenre's whole body flushed red, Jian Ping once again felt that there was one more thing on top of his list—try to remember to get the ice out.

Jian Ping didn't know how to make ice before, but Jian Ping couldn't hold back and couldn't read many time-travel novels.As the protagonist of a time-traveling novel, it would be shameful if he couldn't make ice.

Therefore, although Jian Ping's memory is far away, he still remembers that to make ice, what seems to be needed is the saltpeter in traditional Chinese medicine.To be precise, saltpeter is a kind of mineral crystal, which is also produced by mining.

But for a long time in ancient times, this thing would appear in traditional Chinese medicine stores. It seems that it is because it is a material for alchemy?

As a waste of history, Jian Ping didn't understand the key to this.

But regarding the matter of making ice with saltpeter, Jian Ping clearly remembered that this thing should have been researched in the Tang Dynasty.Many time-travel novels also directly state that it should have been discovered at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

The dynasty that Jian Ping traveled through did not reach the Tang Dynasty.Even the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was extended by 100 years because of the appearance of a traveler emperor, and the time of the entire Tang Dynasty was extended by 200 years.

However, the method of making ice with saltpeter has not yet spread among the people.Maybe it was controlled by the dignitaries, maybe the butterfly disappeared because of the time-traveling emperor?

After all, as an emperor, especially an emperor in the dragon-tyrannical mode, his journey went smoothly, and there were not even two brothers who competed, and they all surrendered to the arrogance of the king who passed through the emperor.

Under such circumstances, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for that person to be short of ice to cool off the heat.In this way, it is not surprising that the man did not think about making ice.

At least Jian Ping didn't think about making ice because it wasn't so hot before.But now that things have come to such an extent, Jian Ping feels that he can't bear it anymore.

However, the same sentence, in order to save his life, he had to get an umbrella first.

Jian Ping and Tian Wen sat under the eaves of the front yard and rested for an hour before they recovered from their dazed state of staring at the sky.

"Xiaowen, let's hire a few people." Jian Ping looked up at the sky with his chest open, there were so many stars in the summer night, and because the air was not polluted, he always felt that the sky was a little closer to him.

"Okay, but where are we going to hire people?" The best way is to hire people from the village, but the method of vermicelli is too simple after all, you can understand it just by looking at it a little.

So Tian Wen actually didn't want to hire someone, after all, this secret recipe might not be able to keep.This one is different from those snacks. Tian Wen faintly feels that making this vermicelli can bring a lot of things to the family.

People in the village are always involved more, and it will be troublesome if the secret recipe is really revealed.It is even more troublesome to go to the town to hire someone, but the troublesome point is still the same-the secret recipe is leaked.

What Tian Wen can think of, Jian Ping can naturally think of.So what Jian Ping thinks now is not to hire people but to buy people.After all, in ancient times where the buying and selling of people was legalized, if you wanted to keep it secret, you could only buy out that person.

If there was any discomfort in his heart, Jian Ping really didn't.Jian Ping still disdains the thing of setting up a memorial archway after becoming a XX.

Don't say anything, no business no harm bullshit.That's something that can only be established in a legal society. In an ancient society ruled by the royal family, even if no one buys it, the criminals and all kinds of criminals who ransacked their homes and distributed them would not disappear just because you didn't buy them.

What's more, in such a poor social situation in ancient times, many people could not even survive, so they sold themselves in order to survive.

As long as Jian Ping doesn't buy people back to torture him, then what's the problem if he conforms to the mainstream of this dynasty and employs some people in a disguised form for a lifetime?

But even so, Jian Ping never thought about buying those ordinary people.

Jian Ping rubbed his chin, squinted his eyes and looked at the starry sky. "Xiaowen, you said where did the soldiers who were wounded and retired from the barracks go in the end?"

Tian Wen understood everything, and looked at Jian Ping with a sudden realization. "Brother Jian Ping, are you saying that you want to hire those soldiers who have retired from injuries?"

"Yes, I not only want to hire, but also let others owe me a favor."

If you want to create a workshop with better privacy in a place like ancient times, selecting people is the key.

So, who is more to look forward to than a group of well-trained soldiers.As for the fact that those soldiers were not loyal to him, Jian Ping really didn't care.

Things like vermicelli are too much. If those loyal soldiers are interested, I don't mind selling them the recipe.

As for them taking it without warning, it would be even simpler. It is also a good thing for Jian Ping to see a person clearly under such a situation where he is not hurt.

After all, there is only one big secret he needs to hide, and that is the existence of Lingquan.As for other things, Jian Ping really didn't care much.

After trying to understand this point, Jian Ping explained the key points to Tian Wen a little bit, and the two of them reached a consensus.

So the matter of making potato flour and sweet potato flour is over.Before recruiting people back, it's better to get out the workshop next door.

Jian Ping felt more and more that when he was building a new house, it was very wise to come up with a floor heating in a flash of inspiration.I used to think that I don't fire much on weekdays, and it might be a waste to just burn the floor heating in winter.

As a result, the matter of the French fries workshop has solved the matter of floor heating.

Jian Ping's underfloor heating is the simplest one. Many pipes are made under the ground with bluestone slabs, and then connected to the kitchen.In winter, no matter whether you cook by yourself or heat the floor, the open fire is not on the side of the room, so there will be no danger.

But now because of the need to build a workshop, Jian Ping directly found the craftsmen who had been working with him very happily the next day.

The stoves of the workshop were placed next to each other in Jian Ping's house, and the heating pipes were controllable.When you need it in winter, just open it.When you don't need it in summer, just close it directly.

And after such a toss, another five days passed.Because of the simple construction of the workshop and the fact that Jian Ping finds a lot of people every time he starts work, the workshop was built in five days.

The two villages with the size of the foundation turned into a workshop, and all the houses around it were built as the residence of the workers in the future.

Next to Jian Ping's house is the operation room of the workshop, mainly for those things of the fire head.As for the middle of the yard, there are also a lot of shelves, just waiting for the vermicelli to be dried later.

After finishing all these, Zhou Lin came to receive food again within Jian Ping's estimated time.

"You mean, you're willing to accept wounded and retired soldiers?" Zhou Lin stared at Jian Ping in disbelief after listening to Jian Ping's words.

But Jian Ping has a calm face. "Yes, as long as you can work. At the very least, you must be a person who can burn a fire. If there are such soldiers who need to be arranged, you can send 20 of them first."

Originally, only ten were needed, but Jian Ping thought that there might be many more things to do in the future, so he simply settled in one step.Besides, the best time to sell the tens of thousands of catties of sweet potatoes on my side is this winter.

It is now October, and winter is only two months away.Therefore, Jian Ping was really in a hurry.

Zhou Lin wiped his face fiercely, and his whole body trembled slightly from excitement.In the end, he still couldn't control it, and he took a fierce step forward and hugged Jian Ping directly, wanting to pat the opponent's back fiercely.

pity……

"What are you doing, let go!" Tian Wengang came in with a pot of water when he saw this scene.Although Jian Ping raised his hands as quickly as possible to prove his innocence, Tian Wen still put the teapot on the table and rushed over to tear Zhou Lin away.

"Don't you know if men and women can kiss each other? What do you want to do!"

Tian Wen stared at Zhou Lin with reddish eyes.After being stunned for a moment, Zhou Lin opened his mouth and looked at Jian Ping in disbelief.

It's a pity that Jian Ping was looking up at the sky and standing behind Tian Wen without saying a word, as if he had really suffered a disadvantage.

Zhou Lin opened his mouth several times, but in the end he could only squeeze out a sentence aggrieved. "My fault!"

I underestimated Tian Wen's jealousy, and also forgot that these two are a husband and wife combination.But in the next second, Zhou Lin put these things behind him and continued to look at Jian Ping excitedly.

"Just do as you said, I'll go back and report to General Ming, and send him to you as soon as possible." After saying this, Zhou Lin turned around because he was excited and wanted to leave.

But they had already turned around, but turned back quickly.Rolling his eyeballs, he lunged forward with a wicked smile on his face.

Just when Tian Wen thought that this person was still alive and wanted to take advantage of Jian Ping and tried his best to protect Jian Ping, who knew that Zhou Lin suddenly turned around and hugged Tian Wen.

"Hahaha, Oda Wen, even if I like men, I only like you."

"Fuck, let me go!"

Tian Wen was frightened and dumbfounded, this time it was Jian Ping who was irritable.Pulling people back violently, and kicking them fiercely did not spare any sympathy.

Zhou Lin leaped back vigorously, let go of Tian Wen and jumped out at the same time.

"Hahahaha, Tian Wen is cute, brother will come to play with you later."

Looking at Zhou Lin who walked away, Tian Wen was frightened and dumbfounded.