Infrastructure masters in the red building

After Qingfang Bridge was completed, the county lords from neighboring counties came to inscribe Qingfang Bridge, which was called "Jimin Bridge".

But it is a pity that after the inscription was finished, it was collected by the villagers of Taoyuan Village, and the three characters "Qingfang Bridge" inscribed by Jia Fang were finally engraved on the stone tablet.

Jia Fang thought that his vanity was somewhat satisfied—the villagers in Taoyuanzhai still turned to him.

However, the arrival of the next county venerable brought an unexpected benefit to Taoyuan Village: two towns on the upper reaches of the Qingfang River heard that there was a bridge over the Qingfang River, so people came to see it and found that it was a good road. The road to the county is closer than the road they used to go to the county.

Originally, some people knew about this road, but there is no bridge on the Qingfang River, so it is not suitable for driving.Furthermore, Taoyuan Village is poor and has no produce, and there is not even a tea shed in the village, so people from other places are naturally not willing to borrow from here.

This time, when the county lord came, although the master yelled a few times and made both sides a little embarrassed, at least the neighboring counties knew that there was a bridge in Taoyuan village, and it was strong and easy to walk.Gradually, more and more people began to borrow from here.

And most of the villagers in Taoyuanzhai also heard Jia Fang say the six-character mantra "If you want to get rich, build roads first", they even consciously made a decision when Jia Fang was away The two roads on the side have been repaired again.

Repairing is also very simple, but first the center of the road surface is slightly higher, and then the road surface is smoothed with a roller, and finally drainage ditches are dug on both sides of the road surface so that the accumulated water can be discharged into the Qingfang River or the paddy field in the village. inside.

The area around Taoyuanzhai is very rainy, and the roads are muddy and difficult to walk when it rains.The villagers have made such a renovation, not to mention that it is really effective.

The news that there was an additional "easy to walk" road spread in the surrounding counties and towns immediately.More and more people received Taoyuan Village, and some smart people in Taoyuan Village set up a tea stall in an open space on the left bank of Qingfang River.

This tea stall business is called a good one.Passers-by who have to come to No. 80 to rest their feet at least seven times a day.

Later, the villagers discovered that if they walked from the neighboring town to the county, it would take exactly one day to walk, and it happened to be lunch time in the middle, and they stopped at Taoyuanzhai.

People in the village, when they don’t have much money, take the cakes baked by their mother-in-law with them, and at most go out for tea; but if they come back from the county and have some money in their pockets, they are willing to spend at the tea stand. Eat a little.

As a result, more and more food stalls opened spontaneously on the left bank of Qingfang River, springing up like mushrooms after rain, one after another.

Several village chiefs used to have headaches. After all, the land beside the river beach was also owned by Jia Fang, and the villagers had no right to use it.But Jia Fang couldn't come, and the villagers used the place to do business, and the village chief had no right to stop him.It can only be mentioned to Jia Fang when he "returns from an outing" again.

Jia Fang did not expect that the villagers in Taoyuanzhai had such a "market economy awareness" that they immediately discovered business opportunities as soon as the road was opened-this is something worthy of praise.

He had no intention of stopping it, but felt that it must be managed in an orderly manner.

The management is also very simple. The land by the river beach is divided according to the business premises, and a little management fee is levied for each place according to the distance from the Qingfang Bridge.

These management fees are mainly used for the cleaning of the river beach, as well as the renovation and reinforcement of the embankment, so as to prevent the river from flooding the area in the future when the flood season enters, and everyone will lose their business.Secondly, it will also pay part of the inspection team led by Zhao Wuguang and Wang Erlang.So that the villagers in this village can feel safer when foreigners hang around at home.

The method proposed by Jia Fang is fair and just, and the management fee received is also managed and accounted for by the Public Affairs Department.Coupled with Jia Fang's own authority, the plan was proposed, and no one objected, but more people actively signed up.Tea stalls and food shops were planned, lined up opposite each other, and immediately formed a small street.

Village head Tao asked Jia Fang to name the street.Jia Fang waved his hand: "It's called 'Left Bank'."

"In the future, you can also proudly say that I am either on the left bank or on the way to the left bank." Jia Fang added.

The village head and the villagers looked at each other and felt that the name was strange.

Jia Fang: ... Well, he decided to go there for a field trip first, and then determine the name of this street.

Before heading to the left bank of the Qingfang River, Jia Fang first stood on a high ground near the Xianliang Temple and looked at the Qingfang River and its "left bank" from a distance.Unexpectedly, this observation made him discover the mystery.

The beach of Qingfang River is backed by a rocky mountain and faces the widest part of the Qingfang River. This is the standard of being surrounded by mountains and rivers - this location is exactly the same as Lu Xueguang's location in the Grand View Garden.

And it's not long since he held a barbecue banquet in Lu Xueguang.

coincide?Nothing!There has never been a real coincidence in Taoyuan Village, only an actual connection that has not been discovered.

Coming down from the Xianliang Temple, Jia Fang strolled into this small street, and the stall owners greeted him:

"Yo, the third master is here!"

"Third Master, sit here with me, my mother-in-law wants you to try this."

"..."

Jia Fang thanked the folks for their kindness, and let himself concentrate first to evaluate the actual situation of this street.

This street is located on a higher ground on the bank of Qingfang River, with mountains behind it, so the chance of flooding is relatively small.Jia Fang had to admire the first person who set up a tea stall here, he really chose the most suitable place shrewdly.

This street is also located next to the traffic artery of Qingfang Bridge, and the first tea stall is almost on the roadside at the head of the bridge.The people who came down from the bridge just stopped.Those who came from the other end rested their feet just to get on the bridge.

Jia Fang continued to check the situation on this street, and saw that the first one at the bridgehead was a tea stall.This tea stall only provides tea and some very basic food, and people who come here basically just drink their saliva and rest their feet.

But because the flow of people in this tea stall is very large, just the tea money is enough for the stall owner to make enough profits.

The further you go, the more various food stalls begin to grow.In the first few rooms, most of them are food for hunger, such as rice noodles and rice cakes.Village head Tao’s family also opened a small shop here, doing the business of drawer rice rolls. Once the hot rice rolls are fully cooked, they can be taken away once they are filled in a green bamboo tube, which can keep warm and keep warm. For a long time, this kind of "take away" delicacy has been very popular with passers-by.

Even the "Sancun Canteen" has opened a branch here, following the model of Tao Village Chang's family, and doing bamboo tube rice business.

The further you go, the more delicate the food is. The profit margin of the food is relatively high, and the flow of people is relatively small, but diners spend more time here.

As he walked, Jia Fang could smell the aroma of fried small fish. This kind of delicacy always made him irresistible, so he couldn't help but consumed a handful, and in his hand was a handful of fried small fish served on green reed leaves. fish.

Then he found a shop that sold sour soup: Jia had eaten this kind of sour soup many times in Beijing, after all, the "Xiaolou Hot Pot" opened by his elder brother was selling sour soup fish hot pot.

But it’s the first time I’ve seen it here—feeling that the villagers here have gradually mastered the technique of pickling tomatoes and making them into red “sour soup”?

Immediately afterwards, Jia Fang discovered that the sour soup was also served in bamboo tubes, and was packed and taken away.Moreover, passers-by who passed through Taoyuan village from the county town and returned to their own town bought the most sour soup.

Finally, Jia Fang couldn't hold back and asked, "Why, do foreigners like this sour soup so much?"

The stall owner is an honest native of Taoyuan Village. Seeing Jia Fang’s question, he blushed and replied with embarrassment: “Yes, Mr. San! People outside say, eat this, save salt, don’t put or put less salt, You can eat pretty well.”

This sentence made Jia Fang suddenly realize. He suddenly thought of a former colleague from the Yunnan-Guizhou area in the south, who talked about their tradition of eating sour soup.It is said that there is a tradition of "substituting sour for salty" in their eating habits——

That is to say, it was very inconvenient to eat salt in some areas in the early years. Salt was expensive and rare, but the ancestors soon discovered that sour food, like salty food, can make people eat. Save the salt.

Therefore, sour soup is very popular in some areas in the south. Fish in sour soup, fatty beef in sour soup, etc. are all famous dishes handed down there.

This completely makes sense, and Taoyuan Village is the same. They were always troubled by the lack of salt, until the appearance of tomatoes opened the door to a new world for them.

The invention, production and dissemination of sour soup here are completely spontaneous, and Jia Fang did not intervene during this period—his only contribution is to bring tomato seedlings to this world, and from the accelerated cultivation nursery of Hengwuyuan The grown tomato seedlings may bear fruit a little faster than normal seedlings.

To some extent, he can also be regarded as witnessing history.

"It's very promising, work hard!" Jia Fang hastily encouraged the native.The native nodded and smiled shyly at him, and went on to greet the next customer.

In addition to the sour soup that can be taken away, Jia Fang soon saw a small vendor selling chili seeds.The stall owner is explaining the planting method of this crop to a buyer who looks like a foreign businessman: "...the seeds are sunned for two days, soaked for one day, and buried in the soil. You can grow seedlings first, and then plant them in the ridges of the field at intervals , watering, catching insects, and setting up a shelf to prevent lodging after fruiting, you can pick the fruit when it is blue, but red is the best, and the price is high.”

The outsider asked hesitantly: "Will someone harvest it after planting it?"

The stall owner patted his chest to reassure the ticket, and said loudly: "It's not me, our third master——"

At this moment, the braggart suddenly saw Jia Fang, blushed immediately, and changed his words abruptly: "—here!"

Jia Fang nodded calmly and said, "I am the third master Jia of Taoyuan Village. Please take this pepper back and treat it carefully. The red fruit it produces costs twenty yuan a catty. I will take as much as I have."

The buyer was overjoyed, paid the money and turned to leave, suddenly stopped suspiciously, and asked the stall owner and Jia Fang: "This kind of seed is so good, why don't you keep it for yourself, but sell it outside?"

Jia Fang immediately laughed and said, "I'm only worried that I don't have enough land and manpower to plant this for me. If you are willing to plant this, I can't wait for it. Why hide it?"

To be honest, chili peppers have just begun to become popular in Taoyuan Village, and the industries that need chili peppers in central Beijing have already spread out, and the demand is far greater than the supply.What he hopes most now is that these crops can be spread out as soon as possible, and they can be planted in the fields of nearby villages, where they can be planted, so that he will have a source of supply for the industry in Beijing in the future.

After the merchant left, Jia Fang faced the stall owner who had borrowed his bragging rights just now, and asked him with a smile: "Why only sell chili seeds, but what about tomato seeds?"

The stall owner said "Hi" and said: "The tomato seeds can wait until now? The last crop has been snatched up long ago. Have you looked at the sour soup in front? Now every family knows to eat this Sour soup can save salt, so everyone rushes to plant it. Some villages outside have heard about it, and they come to buy it together, and people ask every day... I say I can only wait for the next crop."

Jia Fangdeng felt that it would be nice to have such a food street, even more convenient than holding a market. The market is only held every [-]th day of the Lunar New Year, and it should be positioned as a large-scale business exchange; and now this kind of daily business and food supply , especially the export of Taoyuanzhai, such a street is enough.

After walking two more steps, Jia Fang heard the squeak of grilled food, and then saw the scene of throwing tofu cubes on an iron stove. He almost thought he saw fried smelly dry, but when he got closer, he realized it was not. of.

The snack that appeared in front of him was actually baked tofu.

The owner of this shop is from the second village of Xinyu. When he was in Yujiang, he made a living by grinding tofu and making tofu.After arriving here, I went crazy and found that soybeans are not grown here at all.The stone mill for grinding beans that I carried all the way from my home was useless.

Just when the shopkeeper was about to change his career to find another way out, Taoyuan Village held a fair, at which he bought beans and found out where this crop was grown.

Not long after, the road in Taoyuan village was repaired again, which meant that it was easier for him to go to other villages to buy beans and transport them back to make tofu.So this one officially started making tofu.Now he bakes it on the iron stove. It is a special kind of dried tofu. It is particularly delicate and chewy when eaten cold, but it is soft and elastic when eaten hot. At the same time, it has a bean aroma comparable to the aroma of meat. .

This kind of baked tofu is very popular, but Jia Fang is still a little regretful, I don't know if he should hint at it, let the other party find a way to make stinky tofu...

As for how stinky tofu is made——

never mind!Jia Fang thought sadly, he actually didn’t know how to make stinky tofu, maybe he could go back to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to pick up a copy of “Street Food Making Encyclopedia”, but would it mean that he would spend all day in this food street in the future? No need to go back?

Thinking of this, Jia Fang suddenly realized: Yes, Food Street!Such a down-to-earth place, what is called the left bank, it is obviously a food street.

He immediately made a decision: he decided to name this street "Food Street".

In other words, isn't this the food street of later generations?All kinds of delicacies and snacks gather here.Not only can foreigners come to taste all kinds of delicacies, but the villagers of Taoyuan Village can also exchange different foods and ingredients here.

Jia Fang's motion to name "Food Street" was passed immediately.The folks all think this name is simple and easy to remember—at least better than "Left Bank".

Some people even asked whether it is possible to build a few more simple houses near here to provide travelers with shelter in case of bad weather.

Jia Fang laughed immediately: Isn't this a simple house ready-made?The materials for many simple mobile homes that were demolished at the beginning are still piled up behind his temple.At this time, it would be easier to set up a few more rooms as a simple hotel.

At present, the food street development project is fully negotiated, and Jia Fang feels that he should go back.Before he left from the Xianliang Temple, he looked back and looked at the way he came from.I saw that the location of the food street is exactly the same as "Lu Xueguang", but now it is very popular. Unlike Lu Xueguang, it is just a quiet place to enjoy the scenery.

But he still feels that the "food street" in front of him is more down-to-earth, and it not only brings a lot of benefits to the villagers in his own land, but also to other villages.

He remembered that the prince once promised him: I will give you a proper official position in the future.

Jia Fang doesn't care about any official position, but he can easily be satisfied if he can really do something good for the people under his jurisdiction.

"Very well, this Lu Xueguang, I unilaterally announce that it corresponds to the Food Street!" Jia Fang gave the answer to himself.

But what do the two new projects he took over: Hongxiang Nursery and Zhuijin Building correspond to?

Jia Fang took a general look at the location and found that the two buildings seemed to be on the right bank, which is the opposite bank of Qingfang River.

It seems that the development has taken a big step - "crossing the river" in one go.

For the time being, Jia Fang put down the "mirror image" here in Taoyuan Village, and went back to finish the two new projects in the Grand View Garden.

In the Grand View Garden, Shuangwen took the craftsmen and small workers to inspect the existing conditions of the Hongxiang Garden and the Zhuijin Building, and quickly concluded that the small open hall with a width of three rooms in the Hongxiang Garden was relatively well preserved. It should be able to be repaired soon; while the Jin Building is relatively troublesome. There are some problems with the supporting structure of the small building, and it is a bit troublesome to repair. It may need to be demolished and rebuilt from scratch.

After hearing Shuangwen's conclusion, Jia Fang went to check it himself. When he came back, he was all smiles, and told Shuangwen and the craftsmen that the Zhuijin Building does not need to be completely demolished and rebuilt, but an auxiliary support and reinforcement structure should be built on the side. Then replace the beams and columns that have problems, and repair all the repairs.

After the repair, the support structure is removed. Although it takes a lot of effort, it is definitely less time-saving than the complete removal and reconstruction.

"Third Master, you are really tall, really tall!" After hearing Jia Fang's explanation, the craftsmen all gave their thumbs up. Young master, to come up with such an ingenious method.

Jia Fang laughed immediately: "Don't flatter me too much. I think back when I led the team to build ancient buildings..."

Stop, stop quickly, I can't go on anymore - Jia Fang laughed and changed the topic immediately.

However, since the restoration progress of the Red Fragrance Garden will be faster, Jia Fang intends to take a good look at what kind of functions the Red Fragrance Garden can reflect in Taoyuan Village.