The Culinary Tycoon

A group of people walked through several field ridges and came to the field where Le Geer and the others were.

Yu Qingze introduced Grandpa Chang and Jiabao, they didn't know the county magistrate yet.Brother Le and the others stood up and bowed to the three adults.

Master Cai hurriedly said: "You don't need to be too polite, this is not in the Yamen, everyone keep busy."

Jiabao came over and called out, "Father."

"Hey." Master Cai responded happily, looked at Jiabao's busy sweat, wiped it off for him, and asked, "Are you tired?"

Jiabao shook his head, smiled, and said, "It's okay. Then foster father, I'll go to work first. We're going to finish cutting this field in the morning."

"Okay, let's go." Master Cai replied.

Seeing that Jiabao is now cutting crops in a decent manner, Mr. Cai said with emotion: "I haven't seen you for a few months, and I've become more sensible."

Yu Qingze replied with a smile: "Yes, now it's a small accountant in the store, and it can do it."

Mr. Cai laughed loudly, and then asked: "Is there any extra harvesting knife? Let's cut it too."

Yu Qingze raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "Are you going too?"

Master Cai nodded, and asked back: "Why, it doesn't look like I will?"

"No, I'm going to get the knife." Yu Qingze touched his nose, walked to the box of grain he had cut, took his own one, then went to the dung bin at the head of the field, and walked over with two spare ones.

Yu Qingze gave Master Cai the one he used, "I used this one, sharpen it."

Master Cai passed it to Luo Mingda.

Luo Mingda froze for a moment, pointed at himself, "Me?"

Master Cai nodded, and said: "Try it, you are the parent officer of Tongshan, you have to know how the people under your rule live and work, experience it, come on."

As he said that, Master Cai stuffed the harvest knife into Luo Mingda's hand without any explanation.

Lominda: ...

"My lord, why don't I do it, Lord Luo has never done this before..." Xian Cheng hurriedly said when he saw it.

"Don't worry, this is yours." Master Cai handed another harvest knife to the county magistrate.

County magistrate: ...

"Okay, let's go." Master Cai took off his robe, handed it to his followers, rolled up his sleeves, and was ready to go into battle.

Seeing that the magistrates had all gone to cut it, Luo Mingda and the county magistrate had no choice but to take off their outer robes, and imitated Master Cai, rolled up their sleeves and walked to the rice grains.

"Do you need me to demonstrate it to you?" Yu Qingze asked.

"Demonstrate them both." Master Cai squatted down as he said, and then cut the side of Yu Qingze's cut before, and the movement was quite similar.

Seeing that Mr. Cai was fine, Yu Qingze turned to look at Luo Mingda and the county magistrate.

Luo Mingda handed the harvest knife in front of him.

Yu Qingze took it with a smile, and demonstrated it to them while talking.

When it was over, Luo Mingda squatted down with a frown, following Yu Qingze's example, grasping the grains of grass with his left hand and exerting force with his right hand.

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It didn't cut completely the first time.He frowned again and tried again, this time it was cut off, but the force was too great, he pushed back and almost sat down on his buttocks.

But looking at the harvested stalks, Luo Mingda snorted, and then moved on to the next stalk...

Yu Qingze watched from the side, smiled, and reminded: "My lord, you can put the knife further down."

"Oh, so?" Hearing this, Luo Mingda put the knife against the ground and cut a bit of stalks.

"Well, yes, that's about it."

Hearing that the three adults were going to cut the crops, Jia Bao and Chang Hao secretly looked here, laughing as they watched.

Yu Qingze walked over, and lightly gave each of the two a brainbreaker, saying: "What are you looking at, cut it off quickly."

The two touched their foreheads and smiled, then cut them.

But the two of them didn't look at it, but the other villagers in the nearby field were watching curiously.It is quite strange that the adults in the city have come to cut the fields.

Mr. Cai's two attendants gave the clothes of the three adults to Mr. Sun, then walked to Jiabao and Chang Hao, took the harvesting knives in their hands, and squatted down to cut.

Jia Bao and Chang Hao looked at the two big guard guards, who were cutting faster than them, they went to the field to drink water, and sat on the ridge to rest.

It's still early now, before noon, Yu Qingze was thinking about the food for lunch, there were six more men, and the food at home was not enough.

He walked over and discussed it with Grandpa Chang. At that time, he would buy a fish from the uncle by the river, kill a chicken, and add the vegetables that he had at home, it should be almost the same.

Mr. Cai cut it for about a quarter of an hour. He was tired from squatting, so he stood up and moved around a bit.

Yu Qingze walked over and said, "My lord, let me come."

Master Cai handed the knife to Yu Qingze and said, "Then you come. I cut too slowly."

Yu Qingze took the knife and whispered to Mr. Cai while cutting, "My lord, are you not afraid that Master Luo will lose his temper?"

Mr. Cai squatted down, sighed, and whispered: "His father wrote to me, asking me to take care of it. Hey, his nature is not bad, but he is used to having fun, and never thinks about serious business."

Hearing this, Yu Qingze sighed with emotion, and then said, "You brought him here just to let him experience it?"

Master Cai shook his head and said: "Oh, this is incidental. I read Wei'er's letter saying that when he came to play before, Chang Hao told him that you had made a few new crops, and even made a stampede. Guji, I just want to take a look. People’s lives are too hard. If there is any way to increase food production and income so that they can have enough to eat, I would like to try it. Mr. Sun is the one I found in Yunzhou. If there is someone who is more thoughtful, I will bring him.”

Hearing this, Yu Qingze said: "So that's how it is. I'll take you to see it when I go back. There is something called Didan, which has been planted in the north and has achieved results. We can also plant it here. We have planted it for a season. Come out. I originally thought of planting another season. When there are more seed potatoes, I will mobilize the villagers to let them plant together. This thing is very full, and it is mainly harvested in winter and spring. After harvesting, it is almost ready to plant. It just happens to be connected to the spring transplanting."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Cai said happily, "That means the fields can grow for one season?"

"Yes." Yu Qingze nodded, and said, "The survival rate of this stuff seems to be good. It can be eaten as a dish, or steamed or stewed like a sweet potato. It tastes good. I'll make it for you to try at noon."

"That's great!" Master Cai stood up excitedly, and then said, "Quickly cut it, let's go back and have a look after it's done. I'll go talk to Mr. Sun first."

After saying that, he went to find Mr. Sun.

With the help of Master Cai's two attendants, cutting the crops was much faster.

Luo Mingda and the county magistrate didn't cut it fast, and of course Yu Qingze didn't count on them, so after about two quarters of an hour, Yu Qingze asked Jiabao and Chang Hao to take over the harvesting knives of the two adults.

Luo Mingda stood up, his hands were dirty, especially the right hand holding the knife, the knuckles were covered with mud.However, he turned around and looked at the small piece of rice that he had cut behind him. Although it was placed a little crookedly, why did he have an inexplicable sense of accomplishment?

He chuckled, raised his arms, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves.

"My lord, there is water in the ditch at the head of the field, you can wash it." Yu Qingze reminded.

Luo Mingda and the county magistrate went to wash their hands.

This seven-cent-sized field was all mowed before noon.The group packed up and went home.

After entering the house, Luo Mingda and the county magistrate found that Yu Qingze's house was really big, much better than some houses in the city, and without those winding paths, flower beds and rockery, the middle of the yard looked special. spacious.

"Hey, Boss Yu, what's that?" Xian Cheng asked while pointing to the yard.

On the right side of the yard, there are three plants in about thirty pots. The highest row, under the green branches and leaves, is full of bunches of red and green fruits, which are round and very beautiful.In the remaining two rows, some are still seedlings, some branches and leaves have grown quite tall, and small yellow flowers have bloomed.

"That's a tomato. A brother brought it back from the south. We don't have any here yet. We planted the short ones in the bottom two rows that didn't bear fruit." Yu Qingze explained.

Because he was afraid that it would be difficult to manage the seeds outside, and those red fruits would definitely be picked by children when they saw them, so Grandpa Chang germinated the seeds before and put them in pots for planting.And for the ripe tomatoes, Grandpa Chang collected the seeds and tried to plant one or two pots. The more he planted, the more pots he had.

"Hey, I know this. There are seeds in the garden of the palace. The red ones are pretty." Luo Mingda looked at the tomatoes and said happily.

Yu Qingze smiled and said, "I'll cook a plate for you guys to taste later."

Upon hearing this, Luo Mingda asked in surprise, "This, can you eat it?"

Yu Qingze nodded, and said, "It's edible, it tastes pretty good."

Mr. Sun and Mr. Cai went to the side of the tomato to look.

Hearing that the taste was good, Luo Mingda's eyes lit up, he leaned over to pick up the tomato and smelled it, and said: "No one in the capital eats it, they just show it, so it's still edible."

"Yes, you can eat it." Yu Qingze smiled, and said to Master Cai and the others: "Master Cai, I will take you to see Didan."

"Okay, okay, let's go." Hearing this, Master Cai led a few people and followed Yu Qingze to the storage room behind.

Yu Qingze took out a small basket of potatoes, showed them, and told them the benefits of this thing.

Master Cai and Mr. Sun discussed again.

"I heard there are a few more vegetables?" Master Cai asked.

"Yes, I will take you to the field after dinner."

After showing them the potatoes, Yu Qingze went to the kitchen to make lunch.Mr. Cai and Mr. Sun were discussing around the tomatoes and the potatoes in their hands, and the county magistrate followed them and listened to them.

Master Cai saw Luo Mingda sitting in the room drinking tea leisurely, so he called him over and asked him to listen.

Luo Mingda, who didn't eat enough in the morning and did work, was so hungry that he was growling: ...

Fortunately, Jiabao came over with a few plates of dim sum at this time, and Chang Hao brought them stools.Master Luo was consummated, and he sat and ate snacks while listening to what they said.

The county magistrate watched him eat dim sum one by one, and kindly reminded: "My lord, don't eat too much, you will have lunch later."

With such a reminder, Luo Mingda immediately stopped eating snacks.Yu Qingze is cooking for lunch today, so I have to save my stomach for delicious food.

When Mr. Cai saw this, he shook his head helplessly. Then, when he was discussing with Mr. Sun, he asked Luo Mingda's opinion from time to time, forcing him to listen carefully to what they said, and he had to answer a few words from time to time.

It was also at this time that Luo Mingda knew that the reason why Master Cai came to Niutou Village was because of these new crops, not to eat the dishes cooked by Yu Qingze.

He listened to Mr. Sun and Master Cai imagining how much food and income the new crops could increase farmers' production, how many people could be fed, and how many people could be saved from starvation. He couldn't help but slowly sat up straight. , his expression gradually became serious...

When Jia Bao said it was time to serve dinner, Luo Mingda was startled, how could he have been fascinated by listening just now without knowing it?

He let out a big breath, and immediately got up and went to the well to wash his hands.

It's finally time to eat!

Naturally, the lunch was very rich, and there were several dishes that I had never seen in a restaurant.Stewed chicken with mushrooms, stewed chicken nuggets with potatoes, fish with pickled cabbage, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, hot and sour potato shreds, etc., and some other home-cooked dishes.

A large table was full, and the fragrance was overflowing.

Mr. Sun and Mr. Cai's two attendants had never eaten the dishes cooked by Yu Qingze. After the first bite, they didn't care about talking to Mr. Cai and the others, and they all buried their heads in eating.

Master Luo Mingda was not too polite, he ate cheerfully and satisfactorily, secretly thinking in his heart, luckily he has a stomach.

After lunch, as a post-dinner walk, Yu Qingze took Master Cai and his party to the field again.It was the end of September at this time, the sun was not so strong, and it was not too hot.

In the field, Grandpa Chang had sowed three kinds of vegetables in July. Now the cabbage has grown very well, and it is estimated that it will start to form balls soon; the cauliflower has begun to form small balls; the snow peas have also grown Lush.

Yu Qingze pointed out cauliflower, cabbage and snow peas to them one by one, and introduced to them the characteristics and benefits of these three kinds of vegetables.Master Cai and Master Sun couldn't help but nod their heads, and said yes.

After seeing the new crops, Mr. Cai discussed with Yu Qingze and Luo Mingda, and wanted Yu Qingze to cultivate the seeds exclusively. Then the seeds would be purchased in the name of the county government, and then distributed to farmers to promote planting.

At the beginning, Luo Mingda still didn't understand why he bought it in the name of the county government, but the county magistrate whispered in his ear and explained it to him, saying that when the time comes to promote it, it will be effective, and the lives of farmers will be improved. There are no more people starving to death, which is considered a major achievement of the county government.

After hearing this, Luo Mingda realized it, and nodded in agreement.

Yu Qingze also agreed, but he also put forward the condition that the demonstration planting must be done first in Niutou Village.

Regarding this point, Master Cai and Luo Mingda had no objection, and the three parties reached a consensus.

After deciding on this matter, Mr. Cai and his party experienced the magic of stepping on the threshing machine in the afternoon, and they were all amazed by it.

Mr. Sun even wanted to take it apart and take a look.

After discussions between Mr. Cai and Mr. Sun, Mr. Cai asked Yu Qingze if he could present the invention of the rice bed and the foot-threshing machine to the imperial court for the benefit of the common people.

After hearing this, Yu Qingze pulled Mr. Cai aside and asked, "Can this be counted as your political achievement?"

Mr. Cai did not hide it from him, and said directly: "I am just submitting it as a discoverer. The imperial court has set up special rewards in this regard. When it is confirmed by the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry, if it proves useful, the Holy Majesty will award it according to the contribution. Rewards are given to those who made them. Of course, the government office will definitely get some credit, and if the Holy One is happy, they will probably get some rewards, and they will definitely get some extra points during the year-end official assessment."

Hearing this, Yu Qingze said: "The rice bed was made last year, and many merchants have brought it to the north. I don't know if it is still useful? However, I still have a blueprint of the wind valley cart, but the village head's family has not yet made it. It is used to separate the grains from the rice, which is very useful.”

"Oh? Really? Can you show me?" Master Cai asked.

Yu Qingze drew him directly on the ground, said briefly, and finally he said: "I have to discuss this matter with the village chief's family, because I agreed to cooperate with them on these drawings before, so I have to ask Ask for their opinion."

Mr. Cai nodded in understanding, and said: "Okay, you can discuss it with them. But I hope it can be promoted to the whole country. And it will take some time for us to submit it. You can make it and sell it during this time. Besides, This thing was made by you in the first place, and here you are the only ones who know how to do it, and the imperial court will not promote it so quickly, so don’t worry about it.”

Yu Qingze nodded and said, "Okay, I'll discuss it with the village chief at night. How many days are you staying in Tongshan?"

Master Cai said: "When I return to Yunzhou the day after tomorrow, I will go to the county government office to see the situation. If you reach a conclusion through your discussion, you can come to the county government office to find me."

"Ok."