Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

In fact, Xiao Zirong was also satisfied with this table dish, mainly because this table dish lacked the most familiar and most important ingredient he used to--pork!

Yes, there is no pork in the whole table, mainly because they didn't buy piglets when they went out to buy.

There is no way, compared to the seedlings of chickens and ducks, no matter how small the piglets are, they must occupy a certain area, and the meat yield of pork is actually much worse than that of chickens. When supplies are in short supply, chickens must be given priority.

Now that life in Taoyuan City has started to get on the right track little by little, I can start to think of ways to improve my life.

Xiao Zirong was thinking about how to improve his life while facing a table of chickens, ducks and seafood, while Liu Cainiang and the others over there were so engrossed in eating that they couldn't bear to lift their heads.

Xiao Zirong came back to his senses and found that the small jug of wine that was given to them earlier was untouched!

These wines were sent by Yuan Jia during the last transaction, and they were not within the scope of the transaction. They were just to thank Xiao Zirong——Xiao Zirong and the others produced very high-quality salt, and it caught up with the Chinese New Year, so they sold it at a price It was higher than Yuan Jia's estimate, which surprised Yuan Jia very much. It can be regarded as a good year, and he reciprocated it.

Xiao Zirong waited until the girls had stuffed their stomachs before he coughed lightly and said, "Today is Zhengdan, let's go together."

After he finished speaking, he wished he hadn't spoken, and accidentally brought over the habits of his previous life. What he said was not polite at all.

Fortunately, there was no gentleman present at all except Bai Yan, and Bai Yan was not so gentle now.

What do you want Sven to do?When there is no one to protect and not enough to protect oneself, being gentle in this world is equivalent to being able to bully at will, so now Bai Yan has become a little more aggressive, but at this time, hearing Xiao Zirong say this does not have a kind of bold feeling .

Several people raised their glasses one after another and took a sip, and the little ladies were moved to tears after drinking a glass of wine.

Back when they were in the bandit village, they never imagined that they would have today, even when they burned the bandit village and followed Xiao Zirong without hesitation, they never thought about today.

Xiao Zirong often said that the little ladies are suffering here with him, but even if they are back home, how many families can afford so much fish and meat for Chinese New Year?

Their table is indeed richer, but as far as Liu Cainiang knows, there are actually a few good New Year’s Eve dinners, because many of them eat together, and if the family pays a little, the money will be more in total, and the meat dishes that can be eaten are also good. Just as much.

Such living conditions are no more than that even for those masters in Jiankang, right?

Others drink emotionally, but Xiao Zirong tries not to frown - the wine is too bad.

The degree is not high, with a little sweetness, it should be rice wine, but it is not as good as the rice wine of later generations.

Xiao Zirong felt that when there was enough food, he must make distilled wine, and before distilling wine, he could make some fruit wine first, which was better than this kind of wine.

After eating, Xiao Zirong led his people out to set off firecrackers. Amidst the crackling sound, the whole Taoyuan City seemed more lively.

Standing at the door of his mansion and looking out, he could just overlook the whole city. At a glance, every household in Taoyuan City had two red lanterns hanging, a sea of ​​red.

The smell of food and laughter wafted in the air, which seemed to be really good.

Standing there, Xiao Zirong was a little dizzy, looked at the lights below the city, and then looked up at the stars in the sky. For some reason, he suddenly thought: I don’t know what Xiao Xuexing is doing now. If I don’t return to Jiankang, will I? Living alone in Zhengdan?

At this time, Xiao Xuexing had just finished the banquet, although he did not return to Jiankang, he still wanted to reward his subordinates.

It's just that there is less time to go to the palace to receive the banquet than in previous years, which is a bit more generous.

After returning from the banquet, Xiao Xuexing took a shower to wash off the smell of dishes and wine, and then sat beside the courtyard to warm a pot of wine and planned to stay quietly for a while.

At this time, he looked at the stars in the sky and couldn't help being lost in thought: he didn't know where Rong'er was or if he was doing well, did Zhengdan have a good meal?

He closed his eyes and recalled the scene of that day again, this time he saw more details than last time, for example, Xiao Zirong's eyes were bright, his neck and hands were also very fair, it didn't look like he was suffering, but The two little ladies behind him followed him rather than guarded him, at least the stronger little lady seemed to be protecting him.

Xiao Xuexing no longer wanted to analyze the attributes of the two young ladies, he just wanted to judge something from Xiao Zirong's state as much as possible.

Looking at it now, she is a little thinner and not very tall. Judging from Xiao Zirong's current age, it should be because she doesn't have enough food and clothing, but the other party doesn't have any look of despair on her face, which is also very strange.

It's a pity that that side was too short for him to judge more things, but at this moment, the little eunuch who had been serving him whispered, "Your Highness, go to sleep when you're tired, it's cold outside."

Xiao Xuexing drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, tightened the fur clothes on his body, got up and went back to the room.

Xiao Xuexing felt that he was about to run out of patience, and that he would prepare to search the mountains on a large scale after the new year, because he didn't believe that the other party could still hide.

Xiao Zirong didn't know that Xiao Xuexing was going to use a lot of manpower and material resources to search the mountains. If he knew, he could probably only ask: Is it too much fun?

At this time, he is working hard with the little ladies to open up the moat.

The excavation of the moat is no different from the previous digging of the canal. After the excavation is completed, it will be directly connected to the canal. At that time, it will be regarded as a water system around the city.

The moat is easy to build, but the bridge is not. Xiao Zirong didn’t want to build an ordinary wooden bridge. He wanted to pave it with lime mortar, but even if he built a bridge pier, he had to hang it in the air. He had to make it into a cement board and then build it up. , and finally bonded with lime mortar.

In fact, these are not problems. The biggest problem is that both the piers and the bridge deck are very heavy, and it is not easy to move them up.

However, Xiao Zirong's worries were obviously superfluous, because the moat hadn't been dug in April, but everyone was about to start preparing to sow seeds.

The little ladies who grow other crops have already planted a round and are now planting rice, their main crop.

Xiao Zirong decisively suspended the construction of the moat and let everyone start farming with all their strength. After all, this is a serious matter.

And now, although the real flood season has not yet arrived, Xiao Zirong is a little worried because of the heavy rains that have just started in spring. Patrol over canals and mountain streams.

When he was building the city wall before, he had someone reinforce and heighten the dam on the bank by the way, in order to deal with the coming flood season.

Originally, everyone was not particularly anxious. After all, the real flood season will not come back until April and May, and the peak period is around June. This is the result of Xiao Zirong's comprehensive literature and various materials.

He didn't use the data of later generations. He was afraid that the time interval would be too long and the climate change would be different, so all he looked for were historical records of this period.

As a result, he never expected that the perfect preparation he thought was not perfect-this year's flood season was brought forward.

It turns out that the increase in water volume during the flood season is nothing. After all, the mountain stream is connected to the canal, and the canal directly enters the sea. After the water enters the sea, even if the coastline is higher, it will not affect anything.

But the continuous heavy rain caught everyone off guard.

Not only the heavy rain but also the strong wind. Such extreme weather made everyone panic, wondering if God was going to punish them.

Fortunately, this kind of extreme weather didn't last very long. After a week of continuous rain, it didn't rain much. As a result, Xiao Zirong just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Liu Cainiang coming over with a bad face and said: "The city lord , It’s not good, all the seedlings planted before have been washed away!”

April is the time when the first season of rice is sown. Before sowing, everyone was facing the harsh weather. At that time, they thought that as long as they could survive this wave, it turned out that it rained for six or seven days. .

After hearing this, Xiao Zirong said in a deep voice: "Why are you panicking? Didn't people already prepare extra ones before? It just so happens that it doesn't rain these days and there is still time to grab the seeds."

Perhaps his calmness infected Liu Cainiang, Liu Cainiang also collected herself, nodded vigorously, turned her head and ran down to give orders.

He also inadvertently saw that rice seedlings would be washed away in the records of a certain historical document. If you don't have it, you can start over. These seedlings can be planted elsewhere.

Now that I think about it, it is fortunate that we have prepared in advance, and it is still too late to rush to plant, otherwise we can only plant one season of rice this year, and there may be a shortage of food by then.

Xiao Zirong let out a long breath, and felt a bit of a headache. This was a real headache. He hadn't slept well for several days.

It's not just about the seedlings. Now that he has prepared, these things are not enough to make him worry too much. What he worries about is whether it will cause mudslides when it rains like this!

Fortunately, after the rain these days, although the mountain is relatively muddy, there is no sign of mudslides.

It's just that they are so difficult here, and they don't know what's going on outside. Now they only hope that there is a lot of rain in the mountains.

However, the situation outside is actually worse than theirs. It is true that there is more rain on their side than outside, but because Xiao Zirong made great efforts to renovate the canal and connected the canal to the sea, and the canal is usually The water level is only halfway up the embankment, so even if the water volume surges, it will not cause any disaster.

But it was different outside, especially near the Yellow River, where the very bad-tempered Mother River roared and destroyed the embankments on both sides, and many people were displaced.

And along the Yangtze River, it is not much better. Levee breaches abound. Nanyanzhou is very close to the Yangtze River, so it can be said that it bears the brunt of it.

Originally, Xiao Xuexing planned to mobilize manpower to search the mountains, but in a hurry, the manpower he mobilized could only help with flood control, and at the same time, he had to carefully settle the refugees who flocked to the state capital.