The Culinary Tycoon

The carriage staggered away for a quarter of an hour, the county magistrate lifted the curtain and looked outside, he was still on the official road.

"My lord, did the magistrate tell me which village to go to?"

"No." Luo Mingda didn't even lift his eyelids, obviously not very interested in this.The villages in the countryside are not all thatched houses. When you walk into the house, it is dark, and the day is like night. You know the same, and there is nothing to see.

The county magistrate looked outside and said: "The villages on the west side of the city, the villages near the city are in better condition, and the life of the villagers is better. The further you go, the poorer you are."

Luo Mingda slightly opened his eyes and looked at the magistrate, and said, "How many better villages have we passed by now?"

The county magistrate nodded and said, "Looking at the carriage ahead, there is no plan to enter the village. I don't know where the magistrate wants to go."

Luo Mingda closed his eyes again, and said, "We'll know when we arrive, and it's not our turn to make a decision, so let's go." This kind of thing, it's not like the people above just go wherever they say.

The county magistrate continued to look outside, and after a while, he said, "It's turning into the village road."

Luo Mingda obviously felt that the road was a little more bumpy, and asked with a frown, "Which village is this going to?"

The county magistrate replied: "There are several villages here, the first one is called Niutou Village."

"Oh." Luo Mingda responded, thinking, this village name is really tacky.

After a while, the carriage stopped.

The county magistrate saw Master Cai and the others got off the car in front of him, and hurriedly said: "My lord, we're here, it's Niutou Village."

Lominda opened his eyes.

The coachman opened the door curtain of the carriage outside and reminded them: "My lords, we are here."

Luo Mingda and the county magistrate got out of the carriage, and what they saw was a big brick house, which was brand new and had just been built.This surprised Lominda.

Luo Mingda blinked, and said to the county magistrate, "Is there such a nice house in the village?"

The county magistrate looked at this house, then looked at the houses of other people in the village, and said, "This should belong to Yu Qingze's family. He opened a shop in the city and made a lot of money."

"Who are you talking about?" Luo Mingda opened his eyes wide, thinking that he had heard wrongly, so he pulled out his ears and asked.

"Yu Qingze, he is the owner of Yuji Yikouxian and Jufulou that you like to eat very much." Xiancheng replied.

"This is his house? He lives in the countryside?" Luo Mingda asked in surprise.

The county magistrate nodded and replied: "Yes, his household registration is Niutou Village."

"Why didn't you tell me that he was in Niutou Village just now?" Luo Mingda asked with a frown.He didn't expect that Yu Qingze lived in the village. Isn't Yu Qingze the righteous brother of the adopted son of Cai's mansion? He thought he lived in the city.Why did the Cai Mansion let the adopted son live in the village?

The county magistrate was very wronged, and said: "I thought you knew." Those who eat here often don't know, so I came to ask him that this place is relatively rare.

Lominda: ...

"Hey, Master Luo, the county magistrate, come here, let's go and have a look in the fields." Master Cai stood for a while, seeing the two of them muttering over there, he didn't know what to say, so he hurriedly called for someone.

Luo Mingda and the county magistrate walked over.Several people walked to the village together.

Knowing that this is Yu Qingze's village, Luo Mingda is in a great mood now, completely gone from the depression he felt when he heard that he was coming to the village in the morning.

He guessed in his heart that in terms of the relationship between Mr. Cai and Yu Qingze, they all came to the village on a special trip, so they should at least have a meal at noon, right?

This mood improved, and Luo Mingda also had a mind to think about other things.He walked up to Master Cai and asked, "My lord, you are so busy, why do you want to come to see the autumn harvest?"

There are so many counties under the prefect's rule, why did he come to Tongshan?With so many villages in Tongshan, how come Niutou Village where Yu Qingze lives?

In fact, Mr. Cai also used an excuse to try Yu Qingze's craftsmanship, right?

Luo Mingda wandered around in his mind, and came to a conclusion that seemed very logical.

"One is to look at the autumn harvest, and the other is to look at other things. You will find out later." Master Cai replied in a godlike manner.

really!Luo Mingda took a look at Master Cai, and thought: Unexpectedly, Master Cai is also a fellow!

At this moment, the villagers in the village are all busy in the fields. Occasionally, some people are carrying millet home, but they are also in a hurry.

A group of four or five-year-old children were running outside, and when they saw this group of people who looked like they were from the city coming, they stopped and looked curiously.Seeing them approaching, they immediately ran away again.

At this time, a man came over carrying a load of millet. He saw a few people he didn't know, but they were all well dressed, so they were not from the village.

He stopped and asked: "Guests, what are you doing here at Niutou Village?"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Cai replied with a smile: "My fellow, we came to find Yu Qingze. His house is closed and he may be busy in the field. May I ask how to get to your field?"

When the man heard that he was looking for Yu Qingze, he immediately understood.Let's just say, no one else in the village could know such a person.

"So I came here to look for Aze." He turned around and stretched out his hand, and said, "Go straight along this road until you reach the creek, pass the creek, and go straight to the road with a big tree next to it." It's in the field."

"Oh. Thank you." Master Cai thanked with a smile.

The few people left the village quickly according to what the man said, and then crossed the stream, and the front suddenly became clear.Looking at the past, it is a flat rice field, and the golden rice is swaying with the wind, and there is a burst of waves.

Master Cai took a deep breath and said, "When it's time to harvest, it's the most exciting."

The staff member brought next to him was surnamed Sun, and Mr. Cai respectfully called him Mr. Sun.

Mr. Sun said, "Yes, especially the autumn harvest. Whether the common people can live a good winter depends on the autumn harvest."

Master Cai nodded, deeply agreeing.

Luo Mingda looked at the magistrate suspiciously.

The county magistrate has also been with Luo Mingda for several months, and knows that he has doubts.

He took a step forward and explained to him in a low voice in Luo Mingda's ear: "Because after the autumn harvest, it will not be harvested until the summer harvest in June and July next year. It will take a long time and you have to pay the land tax. The quality of the autumn harvest is directly related to the harvest." Whether the villagers have enough food for the winter and whether they can last until next summer's harvest."

"Oh..." Luo Mingda nodded, expressing his understanding.He thought for a while and asked, "If the harvest is not good, many people will go hungry next spring?"

The county magistrate nodded.

Master Luo Mingda had never thought about these issues before. Even during the war, his family had never been hungry, and he had never encountered a hungry stomach. No problem eating.

Seeing the county magistrate nodding, he was thoughtful.

He knows that when the Ministry of Officials assesses the performance of officials, how the people live under their rule and whether many people starve to death are all aspects of the assessment.

Master Cai glanced at Luo Mingda, smiled, and said: "Let's go, let's go and have a look."

Several people walked to the dirt road in the field.

When the villagers saw a group of people coming to the field, they all looked at them curiously, wanting to see who they were looking for.

Yu Qingze and the others were cutting grain in a field closer to the foot of the mountain this morning. Everyone was squatting, covered by the grain of rice, so it was usually not easy to find.

Master Cai and the others walked half the way, but they didn't find Yu Qingze and the others, so they asked a man on the way.

The man listened, and pointed them in the direction first, but there was no one there, so the man simply raised his throat and shouted: "A Ze! A Ze! Yu Qingze, someone from the city is looking for you!"

Then, Mrs. Cai and the others saw that in the golden yellow, a dozen or twenty heads suddenly popped out and looked towards this side, and then several people stood up.

In the rice field at the foot of the mountain, Yu Qingze and the others stood up when they heard the man's voice, and looked towards the road.

"Who is it?" Chang Hao covered his eyes with his hands to block the sun and looked over there.

Others are watching too.

"It seems that it's the foster father, and the magistrate?" Jia Bao narrowed his eyes and said.

Yu Qingze and the others were a little surprised to hear that it was Lord Cai and the county magistrate.

How did they come?

"I'll go and have a look, you guys continue cutting." Yu Qingze said.The field will be cut this morning, and then the threshing machine can be used in the afternoon.

Yu Qingze stuck the harvest knife in his hand into the mud, and then walked on the road.

Over there, Mr. Cai and a group of people also walked this way.

After walking the dirt road, Master Cai went directly to the ridge without waiting for his followers to go down to meet him.

Luo Mingda looked at the narrow field ridge and frowned.Why do you want to go down?Wouldn't it be good to wait here for Yu Qingze to come over?

Mr. Sun, the county magistrate and two attendants were all waiting for Luo Mingda to leave first. Seeing that he hadn't moved, the magistrate reminded him: "My lord? Shall I go down first?"

Lominda nodded.

The county magistrate went down first, then extended his arm to give Luo Mingda a hand.

Luo Mingda saw Master Cai turned around in front of him, so he had no choice but to lift the hem of his clothes, grabbed the county magistrate's arm, and jumped down.

The two parties met in an empty field.

When Yu Qingze saw the two adults, he bowed and asked, "Why did the two adults come into the village?"

Master Cai said with a smile: "It's not autumn harvest, come and see how everyone's harvest is doing."

Yu Qingze looked at the fields, and replied: "This year is not bad. There are no natural disasters or major pests. Everyone says it's not bad."

In fact, in Yu Qingze's eyes, the rice yield per mu here is really too low, and one mu of field may only be three or four hundred catties.Unlike his previous life, the hybrid rice developed by Grandpa Yuan Longping's team had a basic yield of seven to eight hundred kilograms per mu, and the super hybrid rice even set a record of 1000 kilograms per mu.It can be said that one grandfather Yuan Longping has fed more than one billion people!

Hearing this, Master Cai couldn't help nodding, and said with a smile: "That's good, that's good."

"My lord, the field is messy, let's go home and talk about it." Yu Qingze watched Luo Mingda rubbing the mud on the straw, and hurriedly said.

Master Cai followed his gaze and said, "No, I just took Master Luo to experience life. Master Luo, Master Luo..."

Luo Mingda was rubbing the mud on the soles of his shoes, when he heard Master Cai calling him, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "What's the matter, sir?"

"Stop rubbing it, don't you have to have it later?" Master Cai shook his head with a smile, and then said.

That's right.Luo Mingda looked at the shoes tangledly, frowned, then rubbed them against him twice, walked up to Mr. Cai, and said, "This field hasn't been dried yet, why are you cutting the crops?"

Yu Qingze stepped on the field under his feet, and said with a smile: "The villagers are used to this bit of mud, so it's not a problem." The field is only seven or eight percent dry, and there is still some mud when you step on it. For the young master Luo Mingda It's really dirty.

"It's okay." Master Cai waved his hand, then looked at Luo Mingda, and said, "Master Luo, how about we help Aze and the others?"

"Ah?" Luo Mingda was dumbfounded when he heard it, but the prefect had already said so, so he could only nod his head and said, "Oh."

Master Cai suppressed a smile, and said to Yu Qingze: "Go, let's go and have a look in your fields."

Seeing this, Yu Qingze seemed to understand why Master Cai brought Luo Mingda here.

He nodded and took the lead to walk forward.

Luo Mingda held up the hem of his clothes bitterly, and followed carefully.

The author has something to say: Luo Mingda: Your Excellency is also like-minded?

Master Cai: ...Which one?

Luo Mingda: In order to have a delicious meal, I worked very hard!

Mr. Cai shook his head helplessly: ...This silly boy didn't understand my deep meaning at all!