after being kidnapped by the general

The butcher in Yuanli made a decision, and the news quickly spread to the army.

After hearing this incident, the generals each had the cheek to plan to get involved.Under the leadership of Yang Zhongfa, they found Yuanli together, rubbed their hands and discussed with Yuanli whether they could let the sergeants of the army go to help Yuanli.

Of course, the soldiers don't get paid.But it would be even better if they could give them some pork when they were done helping.

Yuanli could see the thoughts of these old foxes at a glance. He was amused in his heart, and he nodded boldly in agreement, "Two thousand pigs is not a small amount. I wish that the soldiers in the army would help me butcher the pigs. Don't worry, the pork is indispensable for the army." middle."

The generals were overjoyed and nodded again and again, "Young Master Yuan, don't worry, we don't want too much, you can give as much as you want, and the smell of meat is enough to make the people happy. Of course, even if you don't give it, Mr. Yuan, we will give it to you." Happy to work for you."

Yuan Li couldn't help laughing, "You don't have to be polite to me, after all, it's not easy to kill [-] pigs. But I want to ask first, how many of the [-] soldiers stationed in Ji County can kill them?" pig?"

Yang Zhongfa and the others looked at each other. They bid farewell to Yuanli for the time being, and hurriedly went to the army to find people who could kill pigs. They searched and searched. In an army of 2 people, they found seventy or eighty people who could kill pigs.

Among the seventy or eighty people, a dozen of them have only seen others butcher pigs, and they know roughly where to put the knife, but they have not done it themselves.

They were all embarrassed themselves, and said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Yuan, the soldiers in our army are looking for only these people who can help you butcher pigs."

If they could only help with this, even if Yuanli was willing to give them meat, they would have no face to take it.

"fine."

Yuanli could think of this result.

The soldiers were from poor families and low status. They might not be able to eat a bite of meat in their entire lives, and they had never eaten meat, let alone slaughtered pigs.

He thought for a while and smiled: "Although they can't kill pigs, they can do many other things. Pigs not only have to be killed, they also have to be scalded, washed, bled and cut off hooves, etc. A pig has a lot of strength when struggling. At least two or three people are needed to help suppress it. Let our soldiers do some work of boiling water and scalding hair, which is also a tiring work that requires many people."

The generals' eyes lit up and they nodded repeatedly, "This job is good!"

Don't talk about being tired, as long as the soldiers know that they can eat pork after killing pigs, they will definitely work happily.

In ancient times, killing pigs had to choose a day.Yuan Li looked at the almanac, and set the day for the pig slaughter to be five days later.

The generals thought about it, and after inquiring about Chu Hechao, they took the soldiers up the mountain to cut firewood, preparing firewood for boiling water and scalding pigs on the day of slaughtering pigs.

Just as the generals guessed, the soldiers were so excited that they couldn't sleep when they learned that they were about to help butcher the pigs and that they would be compensated with pork.For five days, I was looking forward to the day when the pigs were slaughtered, and I was even more energetic when I followed the general up the mountain to cut firewood.

With such motivation, truckloads of firewood were transported to the vicinity of the pig farm.Yuan Li was not idle either, he sent people in Ji County to find someone who could butcher pigs, knocking on the door of every household to ask.

If someone is willing to come over to help butcher the pig, they will be able to share the wages and pork after the pig is killed.

When the soldiers knocked on the door to inquire, the common people were very frightened and did not dare to think about anything, tremblingly pointed out the person who could kill pigs.

Near them is a man named Hu Daddy, who was a butcher when he was young, but now he is down and out, and lives in a broken thatched house at the back.

The people hid in the house and watched the soldiers walk into the shabby hut. After a while, they saw Father Hu sending the soldiers out gratefully.

After the soldiers left the alley, the common people asked curiously, "Father Hu, why are you so happy? What are the soldiers looking for you for?"

Father Hu was still excited, he said cheerfully: "Master Bing said he asked me to kill pigs, and said that for every pig he kills, he will give me a hundred coins and a catty of pork."

"What?" The rest of the people were surprised and hurriedly asked, "Is it so much money for every pig killed?"

Father Hu couldn't explain clearly, "Anyway, I'm an old man who is used to being poor, so I'm not afraid of being cheated. If you ask me to butcher pigs, I'll kill pigs. If I can get wages and pork, that's even better. It's okay if I get cheated. At most, it’s just hard work.”

When other people heard it, they thought the same thing.So I hurried home to find out if there was anyone around me who knew how to butcher pigs, and told them the news.

Finally, five days passed by.

Yuan Li was also looking forward to today, so he got up early in the morning, specially put on an old outfit, tied up his hair meticulously, stepped on his boots energetically, and led people to the pig farm.

A lot of people have come to the pig farm, besides the soldiers who came to help and the people who slaughtered the pigs, there are also some people who have the courage to come to watch.

Yuan Li didn't chase them away either, he directly asked people to open the fence, and first pulled out a hundred boars from inside to try their hand.

One hundred boars doesn't sound like much, but when they gather together, they are densely packed, pigs next to pigs.The onlookers gasped, their eyes dazzled by these pigs.

So many pigs!

They had never seen so many pigs in their lives!

Two or three soldiers restrained a pig. The butcher was sharpening his stone knife, and the soldiers not far away started to boil water and wait for the pig to be scalded and washed. Sparks ignited everywhere, hot air and white smoke billowed everywhere. It is booming.

The whole body of a pig is full of treasures. Pig blood is rich in nutrients and cannot be wasted.Pig offal can also be eaten, and leftovers such as suet and gills can be kept in the soap shop for use. Yuanli specially asked people to take out the pig pancreas and white fat and put them away separately for oil refining.

Strips of processed red meat were placed on the ground covered with a layer of cloth, the front hooves were stacked together, and the hind hooves were stacked together.Beside them were bones all over the floor and piles of pig hairs that had been washed off.

The meat piled up higher and higher, and the butcher's head was sweating, but he was getting more and more excited.

Head after head, tired is a bit tired, but really enjoyable.

Many soldiers were flexible in their hands and feet. After watching a lot of butchers slaughtering pigs, they also tried to go into battle with stone knives.

The soldiers were busy back and forth, and the whole scene was full of the words "great harvest".

There are more and more people watching on the sidelines, and there are exclamations of exclamation from time to time.Obviously they were just watching, but watching and watching, they also felt a sense of satisfaction in their hearts. From time to time, they took a look at the piles of meat, as if they had eaten it themselves, and felt happy in their hearts.

The pigs sent by Zhang, Liu, and Yu's families were different from those raised in Yuanli.

These pigs had never been eunuched, they were not as fat and tender as the pigs in Yuanli Farm, and they also had a strong smell of fishy smell.

This is why Yuanli made up his mind to slaughter the boar.

So many boars that have not been eunuched are put together, and they often attack each other and become restless.

Yuanli stayed in the pig slaughtering ground for a long time, and his nose was so smoked that he almost lost his sense of smell.He patrolled around, and after watching a few pigs being slaughtered, he also became interested, took a stone knife and prepared to kill a pig himself.

Before he could do anything, he heard a soldier shouting behind him: "General!"

Yuan Li turned his head to look, and saw Yang Zhongfa and He Lang, one on the left and one on the right, walking towards this side beside Chu Hechao.

Yuan Li raised his hand and waved to them.

After seeing Yuanli, Yang Zhongfa's eyes lit up, and he took the lead to walk over, "General, hurry up, Mr. Yuan told us to go quickly."

Chu Hechao paused, and followed quietly.

When he got closer, he saw Yuanli holding a stone knife and sharpening it towards the pigs and sheep.

He Lang let out a "Yo" in surprise, and asked curiously, "Young Master Yuan, are you planning to kill a pig yourself?"

"Yes," Yuanli found a perfect excuse for his actions, and said confidently, "There are not enough manpower to butcher pigs, so I will give it a try."

Yang Zhongfa wished he could hold and protect Yuanli like a God of Wealth, so he hurriedly said: "How can you entrust this kind of rough work to you, Mr. Yuan? Come on, He Lang, we will be the butchers of pigs."

"No need," Yuan Li declined, "I can see it clearly, I know how to kill pigs, the two adults just watch."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Li bent down and carefully approached the pig's neck with a knife.

But as soon as the knife was close to the boar, the boar struggled violently as if he knew what he was going to do.

Yuan Li slashed down with sharp eyes and hands, and the soldier quickly took the wooden barrel to catch the blood, and the boar lost its breath not long after.

After scalding the pig's hair with boiling water, Yuanli began to cut the pork again. After one pig finished working, he was already sweating profusely.The soldiers carried the meat away and grabbed another pig. Yuan Li was about to continue when a tall figure snatched the knife from his hand.

Yuan Li looked up and saw that Chu Hechao was already standing in front of the pig, assuming he was about to kill the pig.

Yuan Li was puzzled: "General?"

"Go to the back and stay." Chu Hechao didn't look at him, he was holding the stone knife vigorously in his right hand, as if a little impatient, "Hurry up, is there a pig butcher here?"

Yuan Li wiped the sweat from his face, his face was reddish with sweat, he looked at Chu Hechao suspiciously, "General, can you kill pigs?"

Chu Hechao didn't speak, and bent down directly to grab the rope around the pig's mouth. He wiped the stone knife cleanly, and pressed his palm on the pig's head. The whole pig whimpered a few times. Lifting his head, Chu Hechao's arms tensed up and down. After a while, the pig's convulsions gradually disappeared.

After scalding, Chu Hechao cut open the pig's internal organs like Yuan Li did, and the tip of his knife landed precisely on every position where Yuan Li had just slaughtered the pig.But he was too relaxed and skillful, he looked like a real butcher with a lot of experience, with a whole set of movements flowing smoothly.

Yang Zhongfa and He Lang exclaimed, "When did the general become so good at killing pigs!"

Yuanli's eyes became brighter and brighter.

He could see clearly that Chu Hechao didn't know how to butcher pigs, he was just imitating Yuan Li's pig-killing moves just now.You can remember exactly the same after only watching it once, Chu Hechao's memory is amazing.

After this pig was taken down, another pig was lifted up.Yuan Li looked straight at Chu Hechao, wanting to confirm his guess.But under his gaze, Chu Hechao straightened up unbearably, with blood stains on his face, he frowned and glanced at Yuanli.

"Go and stay behind." He said again with an emphasis.

Yuan Li resolutely refused, "I'll just watch you right here."

"Teng", this sentence set my heart on fire.

Chu Hechao frowned even deeper, and his heart ached so badly that he said, "You stand here, the wind is blocked by me, go back and drink water and wash your face."

The tone is a bit fierce.

Yuanli: ...

He turned away.

Chu Hechao turned around with a sigh of relief, continued to kill pigs, and muttered to himself, "I'm so upset by seeing this."