Daily life of the imperial mausoleum

Besides, Xia Xiaoqiao was keenly aware that the tomb guards of the Imperial Tomb were beginning to feel emotional. Even if he decided to stay in the Imperial Tomb for the time being, he still had to make some preparations.

The first is the hiding place during the war. As I said before, Xia Xiaoqiao, a young man who was deeply poisoned by the tomb robbers online, was afraid that he would also be caught by the tomb robbers, and then die in the tomb like the cannon fodder who led the way in the book. The protagonist made the way, he decided to find a safe hiding place for himself first.

Fortunately, the big and small bosses are not in the mood to work recently, and they are skipping work every day to sort out the private money he has accumulated over the years and prepare to run away. As a subordinate among his subordinates, he naturally has more time to fish.Taking advantage of this time, Xia Xiaoqiao walked around the vicinity of the imperial tomb, and he really found a good place: a workshop dedicated to stonemasons repairing the stone carvings of the imperial tomb!

You know, no matter if you are a veteran driver of tomb robbers or a novice, when you come to a place like the imperial mausoleum, the first thing you look for is the tomb passage, and then the most valuable tombs. Anyone with a little brain will never be idle When you come to the masonry workshop to find things, you can refer to those thieves who like to steal the construction site. The first thing to go to is the construction site management office, to see if you can steal some valuables such as cigarettes, alcohol, computers, etc., then the workers’ room, and finally , If you really can’t steal it, maybe you will take the risk to get some steel bars and the like, and you will never think about going to the cafeteria to steal a few briquettes.

Looking at the crude workshop full of various stone materials in front of him, Xia Xiaoqiao nodded in satisfaction.During this period of running-in with these ancients, he also knew that the country of North Vietnam is relatively poor, and there are no gold or silver mines in the territory, or it may not have been discovered. In short, due to material limitations, the craftsmen of North Vietnam They all have deep attainments in stone carvings, all kinds of exquisite and simple stone carving shapes, even Xia Xiaoqiao, a modern person, is amazed and drooling, wishing to bring a few back to modern times immediately, and properly go to the international National treasure works of art worth hundreds of millions of yuan at the auction!David and Venus, who have crooked nuts, are weak in front of the royal craftsmen of North Vietnam.

However, in the eyes of modern people, all the stone carvings are national treasures, but in the eyes of North Vietnamese natives, they are no different from weeds in the field.People, only when they are full can they have the energy to appreciate art. When the world is in chaos, a room of stone sculptures may not be as attractive as a small bag of black noodles.

It has to be said that sometimes small people are more able to struggle to survive in troubled times. This also makes sense, because they are in the same class, and small people can better understand the thoughts of those volunteers who were born in poverty. The best place to hide in troubled times!

After choosing a hiding place, Xia Xiaoqiao began to transfer supplies there in a planned way.

The first thing is to eat, the food in the kitchen is abundant, and you can’t steal it randomly, but it’s okay. In the eyes of my big foodies, everything in the world can be eaten. There is no rice and noodles. Those soybeans and millet grown in the big field outside the vegetable garden You can eat wheat and the like~ as well as those long-lasting melons and fruits in the vegetable garden, pick some and bring them to hide. As for the other immature ones, Xia Xiaoqiao decided to wait for others to run away from him Let’s collect them slowly, anyway, they are all immature, and those people probably won’t take away much. Immature food and vegetables are not durable for storage, and it’s useless if you bring too much. They just rot in vain. of.

In fact, what Xia Xiaoqiao is most concerned about is whether he can get enough coarse salt. It is said that North Vietnam does not produce salt, so coarse salt is very expensive, and it can be used as hard currency. There is not much in the kitchen, and it is distributed monthly. down.However, when the little bosses complained that the meat was not easy to carry on the road, Xia Xiaoqiao quietly found the little boss he was familiar with, and said that he had a way to extend the shelf life of the meat, and it was very delicious. to enough kosher salt.

The little boss was overjoyed when he heard this, and the next day he secretly led someone to pry away the two stone beast heads behind the altar of the late emperor, and got two bags of coarse salt from somewhere.

"Are these enough? We want one hundred, no, two hundred catties of animal meat! I will have someone deliver the meat quietly. After you finish it, hide it here. Tell me quietly, and I will send someone to pick it up. Don't tell anyone else." .”

"Let me see, that may not be enough, try to make it as small as possible." Xia Xiaoqiao pretended to be distressed and looked at the bag of coarse salt, but he was already laughing inside. With so much coarse salt, even two hundred He can only use one-tenth of a catty of meat, and he can embezzle the rest and secretly hide it for his own use.He suggested that this method is also based on facts. People here sprinkle coarse salt on the meat in a rough way when making cured meat. The cured meat is salty and bitter, and it is very unpalatable. Only when it is boiled can it be barely eaten, and generally no one will eat bacon if they are not in a hurry.

However, if you use his method, first marinate it with a small amount of coarse salt, and then put it on the firewood for smoking. In restaurants, this kind of bacon has always been their signature dish, and it goes well with wine.Some people bought it back as a gift, and he was confident that the North Vietnamese natives would also like his secret bacon.

However, he couldn't let these people think that the bacon is too good to cook. Therefore, he deliberately boasted that the bacon is amazing, and repeatedly wiped it with coarse salt into water to scare a group of natives. stunned.Then, after eating the first batch of bacon that Xia Xiaoqiao tried, he secretly got him three bags of coarse salt——

"It's all made of bacon like this! The more the merrier!"

Xia Xiaoqiao was dumbfounded.It wasn't until later that he realized that in North Vietnam, this kind of delicious bacon, like gold and silver, could be used as hard currency, and because it had never appeared before, it was even more valuable. No wonder these natives spared no expense Let him help with the bacon.

It took more than ten days to make hundreds of catties of bacon, and packed the coarse salt that he embezzled and hid them in the stonemason's workshop and other places. Farm tools such as flints, needles and threads, and hoes that are needed in daily life They also stole some and hid them, and exchanged a piece of bacon given to him by the little boss for an idle machete and a pair of old bows and arrows with the patrol team. If you live alone, you still have to practice slowly.

However, what Xia Xiaoqiao didn't expect was that the "running wave" came so quickly——

At noon that day, just after lunch, the people from the Sewing Room of the Imperial Mausoleum came to bid farewell, and exchanged the prepared clothes and the chef for some black-faced steamed buns as dry food.

"Are you leaving now?" The chef looked at the little bosses of the sewing room regretfully, and he wanted to entrust them to make a winter coat to bring.

"Yes, we are different from them. They are sin slaves. We are just hired workers. We can leave at any time. We have not been paid for two months. If we continue to do this, we will starve to death. Before the rebels come, We have to go home quickly." After saying that, the little boss hurried away with the people.

It was only then that Xia Xiaoqiao learned from the chef that now, the entire imperial mausoleum has been hit by an unprecedented tide of wage arrears. Although it was deducted by the big and small bosses above, at least some of them fell into their hands. Coupled with the sesame oil money embezzled from the first emperor, it is still barely able to live.However, since the contact with the imperial city was cut off a few months ago, the wages and other supplies shipped from the imperial city every month are gone. It’s enough to eat enough to survive starvation, but those workers hired from outside can’t. They don’t want to continue working without wages.

With the departure of the hired workers in the imperial tomb, the entire imperial tomb became more and more chaotic. Not long after, a shocking news spread in the imperial tomb: It is said that the rebel army has captured the imperial city, and the royal family was burned to death in the imperial palace. , The North Vietnamese country is destroyed!

According to historical practice, after killing the big BOSS, it is time to rule the country and eliminate the remnants of the former dynasty. Therefore, as the "remnants of the former dynasty", those officers and soldiers who have a formal establishment in the civil service system of the North Vietnam state can no longer sit still...

The author has something to say: The Little Theater of the Imperial Mausoleum——

One day, Xia Xiaoqiao saw his old mother in a dream.

"Mom, why did you name me Xiaoqiao back then?" It sounds very feminine, especially after watching the Three Kingdoms, Xiao Qiao is so magical, it is easy to have bad associations.

"Oh! When you were young, you often fell ill. Then your grandma said, give me a meritorious name, so that you can live a long life. Paving roads and bridges is the most meritorious thing, so I changed your name to Xiaoqiao. "

Xia Xiaoqiao: "..." Well, compared to the "small road" with dirt and scum, "Little Bridge" is quite artistic.