A village chief who does not want to be a village chief is not a good villager

For this bowl of braised pork, Tian Wen gathered Jian Ping's memory and his cooking wisdom to make it.After the cut pork belly was washed, it was soaked in cooking wine for half an hour.

Then stir-fry with oil until it is lightly yellow, then add dried chili, more than that, star anise and ginger stir-fry to give off the fragrance.This is not over, and put two tablespoons of cooking wine and two kinds of soy sauce.After frying for a while and waiting for the seasoning to be even, water was added to submerge the meat, and then simmered in a casserole for an entire hour.

After adding salt to taste, add rock sugar and increase the heat to collect the juice.It was a big project for Tian Wen to shake the casserole just in the final stage of collecting the juice.

So the remaining bowl of braised pork is absolutely delicious.

Zhou Lin seemed to have been starved for ten days and half a month, and his eating posture was like a hungry wolf rushing to eat.Jian Ping asked a question, and after getting Zhou Lin's eyes that were about to cry, he wisely chose to remain silent.

He pushed the untouched soy milk on the table towards Zhou Lin, fearing that he would choke on eating too fast.Zhou Lin nodded quickly, expressing his gratitude, and then continued to bury his head in the bowl and eat vigorously.

This wait is a quarter of an hour.Zhou Lin not only finished the bowl of rice, braised pork and shredded potatoes with vinegar that Tian Wen brought over, he also ate most of the snacks on the table.To be exact, as long as Jian Ping and Tian Wen hadn't touched anything, they had already reached his stomach.

"Are you full? If not enough." Jian Ping sat beside Tian Wen with his arms in his arms. Tian Wen looked at Zhou Lin carefully, as if he was still preparing to go to the kitchen.

Zhou Lin shook his hand with difficulty, and he slumped on the chair and hugged his stomach, looking as if he wanted to cry because he was so happy.

"No need, it's enough to be seventy percent full, and eating any more will be bad for your health."

Jian Ping and Tian Wen looked at the table together, at the things on the table that had been enough to feed four big men and now disappeared, and finally looked at Zhou Lin's stomach together.

That's all, are you still full?

I'm afraid I either misunderstood the appetite of a man, or I misunderstood the appetite of a soldier.

After watching this glance, Jian Ping looked at Zhou Lin seriously.Jian Ping did not forget that according to the amount in the ledger, he still owed Zhou Lin's military camp 800 taels of supplies.

Sure enough, what Zhou Lin came to talk about was those supplies.

"The matter is much more serious than imagined." Zhou Lin glanced at Tian Wen secretly at first, and when Jian Ping smiled and did not let go of Tian Wen, Zhou Lin understood.

Many things cannot be said in detail, but Zhou Lin will not deliberately hide things that Jian Ping should know.

"The situation on the border is more serious than expected. I'm afraid we won't be able to wait until winter." Zhou Lin said some key things vaguely, but he gave Jian Ping a very clear time for supplying food.

"I have collected [-] catties of grain here, and you can send someone over to take it away at any time." Jian Ping blinked his eyes quickly, and unconsciously licked his fangs with the tip of his tongue.

It seemed that some of the battles within the imperial court were more serious than he had imagined.However, since the new emperor can take over, the new forces obviously have the upper hand.

It is understandable that those old forces still want to make something happen. After all, they are not the new emperor's confidantes. They always want to give the new forces a blow and let everyone know who is the most powerful one.

However, from the 5000-year historical data that Jian Ping has read, it is not difficult to see that people who jump like this are always the first to die.

But there is one more but... This kind of rebuttal on the verge of death is not something that a young Miaomiao like him can resist.Therefore, you can take refuge in new forces, but you must not become the first bird.

Ten thousand catties is already a lot of food in the eyes of ordinary people.If it is a chewing head of a family of ten, it may be able to eat for ten or twenty years.

But for a military camp with [-] soldiers, countless horses and more hidden troops, [-] catties would be more than a month's rations.

So after hearing Jian Ping's words, Zhou Lin's originally frowning brows were only slightly loosened, but they were not completely untied.

Jian Ping looked at Zhou Lin and thought about how much he still owed him. "Brother Zhou, just tell me the truth, how much food is still missing and how long it will take, so I can make preparations in advance."

Hearing Jian Ping's words, Zhou Lin wiped his face severely, and then spoke helplessly. "Brother Jian, I also know that the request this time is a bit too much, but there really can't be a long wait over there. Can you get [-] catties of grain within a month?"

One hundred thousand pounds!

Hearing this number, Tian Wen's eyes widened, and he looked at Zhou Lin in disbelief.The entire Jianjia Village had a bumper harvest this time, and it only had more than 1 catties of grain.

With the [-] catties, if Jian Ping wanted to collect grain, he would probably have to collect all the grain from the surrounding villages, which might not even be able to make up the figure.

Tian Wen instinctively felt that this was an impossible task, but it was Jian Ping who slowly rubbed his thumb and index finger together before slowly asking. "Is it necessary for these grains to be rice and white noodles, or as long as you can eat enough?"

Zhou Lin was stunned for a moment, and then the expression on his face became more dignified.After all, Jian Ping was able to ask such a question largely because Jian Ping was certain.

"The general also knows that the matter is too urgent. In fact, he only expects [-] catties from Brother Jian. But..." At this point, Zhou Lin clenched his teeth and felt like he was gnashing his teeth.

"Our other ways to buy food have been blocked, so now I can only pin my hope on you, Brother Jane."

Speaking of this, the wry smile on Zhou Lin's face became more obvious. "What about rice and white noodles, as long as you can eat something to fill your stomach. Even if you are not afraid of my brother's jokes, even if you eat bran swallowed vegetables, as long as you can survive."

Zhou Lin said that he was poor and helpless, but Jian Ping did not have much mood swings. "If I'm not mistaken, more than half of them are food for war horses."

Horse grass is scarce on the northern border. In the past, horse grass in military camps had to be distributed by the imperial court.Now it seems that even the horse grass has problems.

Zhou Lin frowned quickly, the gloom in his eyes flashed, and then he smiled. "That's right."

It's as if he didn't see the murderous look that flashed in Zhou Lin's eyes before, no matter who the murderous look was aimed at, as long as it wasn't aimed at himself.

Jian Ping nodded, his expression still as calm as ever. "To tell the truth, Brother Zhou, if you only need [-] catties of grain, then I might really be helpless. But if half of it is for horses, then I might really be able to do something."

"Brother Zhou, please come with me." No matter how nice the mouth is, it is always not reassuring.So Jian Ping didn't say much, and took Zhou Lin directly to the backyard.

A group of three people was very fast and did not make much noise.At this time, the advantage of Jian Ping's family living in the corner of the village appeared, at least when doing this kind of thing, it was not easy to be discovered.

The three of them went out from the backyard of Jian Ping's house, and then walked around the path to the back mountain. It didn't take long before they arrived at the cellar that Zhou Lin presided over to build, which hollowed out three bamboo mountains.

There are two keys, one for Jian Ping and one for Zhou Lin.Zhou Lin's one is on General Bai's side, but Jian Ping's one can open the door without any problem.

In the past, only those who built the cellar and Jian Ping knew about it, but now there are a few more people—the brothers of the Jian family.

After all, it was tens of thousands of catties of grain. If Jian Ping was allowed to move in alone, even if Jian Ping was exhausted, he might not be able to finish these things.

So Jian Ping directly let Jian An and Jian Shun know about this matter, and the four of them drove back and forth in a bullock cart at a very fast speed.

Zhou Lin looked at the cellar door that had just opened, and was stunned at the door.It's not that I don't want to go in, but it's already full.

In the innermost place, some sacks containing grain can still be seen.On the outermost side, there are tall stacks of feed.

"This!" Zhou Lin's heartbeat began to speed up, and his whole body trembled slightly.Looking at everything in front of him, and then looking at Jian Ping, it was as if he was looking at some kind of god, his excited eyes were a little red.

"Brother Zhou can check these things first, and if it works, take them away first, and I will get the rest together as soon as possible."

Although the entire cellar is very large, it takes up a lot of space because most of it is filled with feed stacks.So now there are only less than two thousand catties of grain and more than two thousand catties of feed piles in it.

"Because I heard that military horses need to add sugar from time to time, so these are light sugar specially prepared for horses. Brother Zhou can also take a look first."

Jian Ping opened a large tank in the corner, which was still tightly covered with oilcloth.After all, things like sugar and salt are always susceptible to moisture.

Zhou Lin stepped forward to check excitedly, and when he saw the almost crystal clear block of white sugar inside, he didn't know what to say.

He picked up a piece without hesitation and threw it into his mouth directly. When he really tasted the sweetness and looked back at Jian Ping, his eyes were a little red.

"Good brother, this time I really want to thank you on behalf of the tens of thousands of brothers on the border."

Although in Jian Ping's view, this matter is nothing more than a transaction of money and goods.But Jian Ping wouldn't mind if he could sell the other party.

The two parties agreed that Zhou Lin would send someone to fetch things tonight, and after Jian Ping collected the remaining things within half a month, Zhou Lin quietly left just like he had quietly appeared before.

After Zhou Lin left, Jian Ping also let out a sigh of relief.There was nothing I could do before, so I 'owed' others 5000 taels of silver.

Now that it was finally time to pay off the money, the whole person felt a little relieved.

"Let's go, finish this matter quickly, so that we can really live a good life." Jian Ping took Tian Wen's hand, carefully locked the door here, and then hid the entrance.

Tian Wen has been standing obediently by the side without saying anything, but the firmness in his eyes is more clear.