Taoyuan Farmhouse Daily

"This is actually a village for ordinary people?"

When Qin Zhong and Gao Yuan came to Taoyuan Village, looking at the bustling scene, their first reaction was this sentence.

When I first disembarked, I was amazed enough to see the bustling model of the pier, especially knowing that it was made by the people of Taoyuan Village, or rather, by the Chang family in a few years, and they all expressed disbelief.Although I already knew the general situation here before, it was still staggering to actually arrive.

After all, the people in Taoyuan Village have no roots, and even food and clothing were difficult to solve before. I didn't expect that it would be really not easy to develop this place into what it is without the help of external forces.

Now this place has become a turning point for several places, so goods from various places can be found here, making this place no less than the market in the mansion.Gao Yuan bought a lot of new gadgets at that time, all of which he had never seen or rarely seen before.

When they came to Taoyuan Village and saw rows of blue bricks and green tiles, whether it was Gao Yuan, who hadn't been out for many years, or Qin Zhong, who had been in the city, they all felt that their perception of the countryside had been subverted.

The people in the countryside are so poor, and the number of people in Pumpkin Mansion has increased over the years, all because those farmers can't survive in the countryside and want to squeeze into the city.I feel that no matter how hard it is in the city, it is better than being in the country.

But when they came to Taoyuan Village, they firmly believed that if the villages looked like this, there would not be so many people always thinking of crowding into the city.

Especially seeing the female workers in the workshop walk together when they get off work, the kind of high spirits let people know how satisfied the people here are with the status quo, which even many people in the city have never had.

When they came to the wasteland now called Xindi, the villagers who were training were not only amazed but shocked when they saw the herds of livestock, the food everywhere, and the dignified manner.It's really amazing that a small village can do this.

And it is not the abundance of a single individual, but of the whole country.

Chang Xile did not shy away from the two, so Qin Zhong and Gao Yuan could see how the Taoyuan Village guards were trained.

Now that the intensive training for the young and middle-aged adults in Taoyuan Village has been completed, these people are usually given an hour to run and consolidate their exercises.If you want to maintain the force value all the time, it is not just a temporary achievement, it needs ordinary accumulation.Among them, elites will be selected as the guards. These people are trained more intensively than others to ensure excellent combat effectiveness.

The security team at the pier is also from the guards, and they work at the pier in a crop rotation manner.

Now the escort team is led by Wang Dali, and this is also an opportunity for him to practice leading troops. He wants to be promoted to the top of the martial arts test, and he also wants to lead troops to fight and become a general.Now I just take the opportunity to practice, and then I will be able to get started faster.And take this opportunity to know where I am lacking, so I can adjust in time, and I can also ask Chang Yu and Chang Xile for advice.

Today's training base is very spacious and has all kinds of targeted training equipment. These are the results of Chang Xile's previous understanding of the army and Chang Yu's actual research here.Facts have proved that this training method is very effective in improving personal quality, and their efforts have not been in vain.

When Qin Zhong and Gao Yuan came here, they happened to see Wang Dali leading a group of people to practice there.

Unless the guards work as security guards at the pier, they have no direct income, but they have a lot of benefits.For example, the village distributes a total of six sets of clothes for each season every year, and the two meals for breakfast and lunch are provided by the village, and if there are any good things in the village, such as recruiting people for the workshop, etc., these people are the first priority, and there are many benefits .

So everyone participated very actively, and no one dared to be lazy in the daily practice, because there was still a selection, and if they failed, they had to go home to make room for other outstanding people.This is not only the loss of relevant benefits, but also a very embarrassing thing, which will be ridiculed by everyone, and will not be able to hold up its head in the future.

The guards are all dressed in uniform, so it looks more regular and imposing.Seeing their uniform movements of raising their guns, each move made a powerful hey-ha sound, neat and sassy, ​​which made people couldn't help but get excited.

Qin Zhong is also an insider, so he can see at a glance that this is not an air force, but someone with real skills!

"I don't know if I can try it?" Qin Zhong looked it over and probably knew how to use those weird equipment on the field, so he asked.

Chang Xile nodded, "Please go ahead."

Qin Zhong made a look, and the guards around him nodded slightly, then moved forward and practiced as they had just trained the guards.

When the guard returned, his eyes were full of excitement, and he nodded to him, Qin Zhong knew the answer without asking.

"You guys figured these out on your own? It's worthy of being a village capable of educating people in civil and military affairs." Qin Zhong is almost sure that these weird training methods were created by Chang Xile and Chang Yu, and there will be no one else except them.

Chang Xile smiled, noncommittal, and said: "The world is not peaceful, especially as our village becomes richer, the more we worry about being targeted by Xiao Xiao. We are in a remote mountainous area, and if something happens, the government will send police to come here in time Therefore, we can only become stronger by ourselves. Masters are not easy to practice, but if everyone can have some skills and unite to the outside world, then the power should not be underestimated."

"Be prepared for danger in times of peace, that's what it should be. I wonder if I can borrow these methods? It doesn't matter if it's inappropriate."

Qin Zhong is a fifth-rank military officer, so it is not surprising to have such a request.

"Please go ahead, but Lord Qin, please don't mention our village. Taoyuan Village is only for self-protection, and we don't want to get into trouble."

It's not a big deal for them to practice in private, but if they are used in the army and form a powerful force, the nature will be a little different.Although it won't do much, it's not right after all to attract the wind with a big tree.And Chang Xile's generosity is also for his own sake. Only when the army of a good country is strong can the country be peaceful and the people safe.

Liangguo is next to many countries that look at it with covetous eyes. Now that Liangguo's economy is getting more and more developed, if it fails in military affairs, it will undoubtedly become a piece of fat.If there are aliens to invade, it will definitely be miserable.

"Thank you." Qin Zhong clenched his fists and saluted. With Qin Zhong's status, it was very difficult to say thank you.

After finishing speaking, he said: "Since you call Xiao Yuan uncle, you can call me like that if you don't mind."

"Uncle Qin." Chang Xile smiled slightly, being kind.Although he didn't want to curry favor with Qin Zhong, it would definitely not be a bad thing to make more capable friends.Although Qin Zhong and Gao Yuan are a couple, they are separated by a layer after all.

The Chang family was quite surprised by Qin Zhong's identity, but now they have also experienced turmoil. Although Qin Zhong's status is very high, they don't look weak when they look at it, they are only a little cautious.

And Qin Zhong and Gao Yuan also knew that they couldn't fully blend in, and they didn't come here to be kind and didn't want to force it, so except for the first meal with everyone, the rest were settled in the small courtyard where they lived.The guest room is also quite spacious, and the things are very complete, so it is very convenient to do whatever you want, so neither Qin Zhong nor Gao Yuan felt any discomfort.

Usually, he walks around and wanders around. Gao Yuan is very curious about everything, and the countryside has a wide view, which makes the whole person open-minded.Although Taoyuan Village has become rich, it can still maintain the simple folk customs of the past.Because everyone has a good day, the expressions on their faces are more relaxed, and they are beaming and full of energy every day. These will also have a positive impact on Gao Yuan.

Qin Zhong still had a lot of leisure to go hunting in the forest, and the harvest was not small.Every time he saw Qin Zhong coming back, although Gao Yuan's smile was still very faint, maybe the joy in his heart could be seen from the raised eyebrows, which made Qin Zhong very happy.

But he only stayed for ten days before he had to leave, leaving Gao Yuan alone here to relax.Originally, everyone thought that Gao Yuan would stay for a long time because he liked Taoyuan Village so much, but they didn't expect Qin Zhong to leave after a few days, and he couldn't bear to leave.Everyone knew what was going on, so they didn't stay, and they were even happy in their hearts.

If you didn't care, you wouldn't be so inseparable.

It is the best result to be happy with each other.

During the autumn harvest, the corn, sweet potatoes, peppers and other things planted before are all mature. Although the yield of these crops is much lower than that of the previous life, they are still very impressive.In particular, sweet potatoes have the highest yield, three or four times that of rice.And it doesn't pick the ground, so it is very suitable to replace rice grains to satisfy one's hunger in times of poverty.

The neighboring villages saw sweet potatoes all over the ground, and they tasted very good when roasted. Although eating too much would cause heartburn, who would care so much when there was a shortage of food.Everyone went to Taoyuan Village to get seeds, hoping to plant them together next year, so that they would not be afraid of starvation.

Naturally, Chang Xile will not be stingy. Expanding the cultivation of sweet potatoes is beneficial to the country and the people. Many people still have difficulty in ensuring food and clothing. Having sweet potatoes can improve this situation.Moreover, sweet potatoes can also produce many by-products, such as hot and sour powder with sweet potatoes as the main raw material.

Chang Xile can't help but salivate when he thinks about this stuff. Although the soup can be made beforehand, it doesn't have to be sweet potato flour, but he still paranoidly thinks that it must be served with sweet potato flour, otherwise it won't taste right.

In the past, there were not many sweet potatoes, and they were all used for seedlings, so Chang Xile did not use them to make sweet potato flour.Now that the sweet potato harvest is bumper, his experiment has begun.

It takes a lot of procedures to turn sweet potatoes into sweet potato flour. Chang Xile only knows the simple steps and principles, and it takes a lot of experiments to make it.Now Chang Xile has the funds and leisure time, so although the production process was not smooth, many failures did not affect his exploration mood.

Moreover, Chang Xile also brings people who are talented in eating with them. During the discussion, they can also stimulate the other party's talents in this area, which is very good for cultivating creativity. Failure is a good experience for everyone.

After more than half a month, the sweet potato flour was finally made.The vermicelli is off-white and full of toughness, which is very different from rice noodles and rice noodles.

Everyone is curious. I have eaten roasted sweet potatoes and dried sweet potatoes, but I don’t know what the taste will be like when made into powder.The children have long been looking forward to eating the hot and sour noodles that Chang Xile said, and every time they hear Chang Xile mention it, they can't help but swallow their saliva even though they have never eaten it.

Taoyuan Village has just been rich for a short time, so the requirements for housing are firmness, clothing is wear-resistant, and being able to embroider some flowers is very beautiful and very particular.Besides, everyone thinks that no matter how beautiful the clothes are, they are not as good as the uniform clothes of workshops and guards, and they are not very particular.The only thing he cares about most is food, which is the fortune of the Chang family.

However, what everyone pays attention to is not delicacies from mountains and seas, but to use the most common ingredients, make them in the most economical way, and have a good taste, which is their highest requirement for food.Li Zhengdu once said with a smile that this is the ethos brought about by Chang Xile. Obviously, before everyone just boiled the dishes and were satisfied, now they can't wait to change them into flowers.

And the village also holds a hundred-family feast every year, that is, every household takes out one of their specialty dishes and gathers for a meal.Although there is no award, everyone hopes that they will shine at this banquet, so they like to ponder even more.And because of this thinking, the types of restaurants on the pier have also become more abundant, many of which are dishes created by the villagers of Taoyuan Village.Although it is not as exquisite as the big restaurants outside, it is still very delicious.And it has a unique advantage, that is - dinner.

For many people who travel, the most important thing is to eat more to ensure the energy of the body, so it is very popular.In this way, Taoyuan Village people pay more attention to researching new dishes, because there is still a commission, and they are full of sense of accomplishment.

Once the sweet potato flour is ready, Chang Xile can start making her long-awaited hot and sour noodles.

This time he still made it himself. First of all, the hot and sour peppers used in the hot and sour powder are slowly boiled with various ingredients and Chinese herbal medicines. Here, Chang Xile makes a spicy flavor.The bell pepper brought back by Shen Baili is very suitable for making the 'spicy' flavor in the hot and sour powder. This stuff has been made before, and now Chang's family likes to use it in cooking, and the fried dishes are very fragrant.

Chang Xile also sent this special pepper to Shen Baili's mansion, and Shen Baili replied immediately, this stuff is better than cornel sauce!And told how much to charge, the price is also very impressive.

Chili peppers are still a new thing now. People in Liangguo are so fresh, and they had dogwood as a foreshadowing before, so it is not difficult to open up the market.As the hot and spicy hot pot of Shitianxia becomes more and more popular, it can be seen that chili can replace cornel with natural advantages.

The vinegar in the Hot and Sour Rice Noodles is used to make the noodles. The vinegar tastes much better now than it did at the beginning. Now it is also known as one of the signatures of Taoyuan Village.

The soup is a thick white original soup made from boiled pork bones, boiled fat intestines, etc. The three ingredients alone can guarantee that the taste will not be too bad as long as the ratio is not too harsh.

When Chang Xile and Chang Yu brought out the red hot and fragrant hot and sour noodles, everyone couldn't wait to rush forward to taste it.

Today's Chang's is the most lively place when trying dishes. Everyone is not polite, and there is no one who respects the old and loves the young. Whoever has the fastest hands can grab the food the fastest.And every time at this time, apart from Chang Yu who always occupies the first place, the second must be Chang Xiwang.

Chang Xiwang was impatient, picked up the chopsticks and stabbed it into his mouth, squinted his eyes, chewed a few mouthfuls and swallowed, and then let out an exaggerated exclamation, "It's delicious! It's so delicious!"

The acting skills are extremely exaggerated but very contagious, making everyone flock up to try it.The most depressing thing at this time is the children under ten years old, because it is spicy and everyone is afraid of hurting their stomachs, so they will not let them eat too much.

The hot and sour noodles have completely conquered the Chang family, and they all think that the sweet potato noodles business can be done.

"I didn't expect this stuff to be so delicious when made into powder, and it has a different taste from other powders. Everyone will like it." Second Aunt Cao affirmed.She is now the boss of Taoyuan Village's catering industry, and she is in charge of this area. She was also assigned to study outside, but she ate a lot of good food.

Chang Xixing said: "The most important thing is to grow sweet potatoes well, and the yield is high even if you don't choose the land. This time I have experience and know how to take care of it. As long as God doesn't make trouble next year, it should be [-] to [-]% more than this year."

Today's Chang Xixing is more confident than before, because now he is taking care of the Chang family's fields, even if there are helpers, he will do it himself, so he knows the things in the fields best.He already liked farming, and with the pressure from his brothers and the guidance of Chang Xile, he has become more and more capable now.Now the veterans in the village are not as good as him, and Chang's so many fields can be harvested now, all because of Chang Xixing's willingness to ponder.

And this sense of accomplishment also made Chang Xixing's chest straighter, and Mrs. Wang was no longer unavoidably out of balance as before.Doing business makes a lot of money, but farming is the most practical thing. Watching piles of grain go into the warehouse, the sense of accomplishment cannot be experienced with the money earned from doing business.

In addition to the fixed part of the Chang family's food, most of it is also distributed to various workshops for further processing and exchange for money, which alone makes a lot of money.

Chang Xisheng took two mouthfuls to wipe off his oily mouth, and said, "I'll take this thing to the mansion in two days, and I can also inquire about the market. If the market is good, we can open a workshop next year to specialize in Do this stuff."

Although there is a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes this year, the overall quantity is not large because of the small amount of planting, and they have to be reserved for everyone to use as seeds, so there is no way to develop a one-stop industry.But it doesn't hinder the paving of the road now, so that you can plant more with confidence and boldness. Chang Xisheng often does this now, and he has already found a buyer before the things come out, saving time in the middle of the operation.

And corn is also welcomed by everyone. It can satisfy the hunger and has a high yield. It can also be interplanted with soybeans without picking the land. It is indeed one of the best substitutes when rice and noodles are not enough.

In the spring of the second year, the entire Daoxiang County vigorously promoted the several high-yield crops brought back by Shen Baili and Pei Qingyun, and at the end of the year they all had a bumper harvest.Although the output of other places is not as good as Taoyuan Village, it is already amazing.

It is also because of this that these crops have been vigorously promoted by the imperial court, and the county magistrate has therefore waited for promotion.The new county magistrate is still from the Shen and Pei camps, and Qin Zhong does not hide his care for the Chang family, which makes no one in Daoxiang County dare to bully Taoyuan Village.

It's just that this kind of joy didn't last long, and another moth appeared in the sky.

This year's winter came very late, and the temperature was obviously higher than in previous years. Although this way they would not be shivering in the winter, experienced farmers couldn't help frowning.

If the temperature in winter is not low enough to freeze the eggs of pests, it will be very troublesome in the coming year.

The farming veterans in the village frowned at the weather, "The weather has changed, I'm afraid it will not go well next year."

Although there is no thermometer, it is impossible to know the exact temperature in winter, but the old farmers will keep the approximate situation of each year in mind.A warm winter like this has not been seen for more than 20 years, and the last time there was a catastrophe in the second year.

And this sentence came true later, many places were eroded by pests, and many seedlings were eaten just after summer.Taoyuan Village is fine, because there is tea blight to kill insects, prevention has been started early, and because of the geographical location, the temperature is lower than outside, so the insect disaster is not so serious, but according to the inference of the veterans, at least [-]-[-]% of production must be reduced .

The villages outside were not so lucky. Many places had been eaten up and had to be planted again, but this would definitely affect the autumn harvest.

Before the plague of insects had passed, it began to rain continuously, and even hailstones the size of eggs fell, causing the crops in the fields to fall to and fro, causing more than half of the deaths and injuries.The continuous heavy rain flooded many fields, and many places in Taoyuan Village were not spared.Fortunately, we spent a lot of money and labor to build drainage channels in Xindi, so most of the fields were preserved, but many old fields were not so lucky.

But the rain is still falling, and the growth of crops will be affected even if they are not drowned.

"Broken, broken!"

Li Zheng started yelling before entering the door, and Chang Xile and the others happened to be in the main hall, so they rushed to greet him.Hearing this, everyone's heart beats like a drum. This year has not been peaceful, and accidents often occur.

"Uncle, what's the matter?"

"It's terrible, an embankment in Guozhou near us has burst, flooding many villages and fields! Our Liangguo is facing a catastrophe this time!"

Guozhou is a rich and fertile land in Liangguo, where there are many fertile fields, and it is called the granary of Liangguo.If the embankment breaks there and the fields are flooded, the entire good country will be in turmoil.

So when everyone heard this, they immediately jumped up, "What! The embankment has been repaired for many years, and there has been no accident. Why did it burst this time?!"

"Isn't that right, but I don't know what's going on right now. It's just that people from the county say that there will be chaos in the event of a major disaster, so let our village be more careful. We are famous now, so we must pay attention to it."

Everyone only thought that production must be reduced this year, and many places would be very sad, but for Taoyuan Village, it would not hurt the muscles and bones.But now that there is a devastating flood, it is hard to say what will happen in the future.Based on past experience, the situation is bound to become volatile.Coupled with the fact that the DPRK and China have not been peaceful in recent years, it makes people feel that the future is worrying.

"The river embankment will burst if you say so! There is a lot of rain this year, but it won't be enough." Cao Ersao said anxiously.If it is really messed up, they have managed to live a good life these years, and I am afraid they will have to return to their original form.

Chang Xile frowned, thinking of the previous rumors about Guozhou, and said, "This is probably the fault of the local gentry."