Unlimited Food Plan

A big apple pie coaxed Fan Xing, and the two got tired of it for a while, Du Changqiu asked the housekeeper to prepare a basin of hot water, wiped his body on the spot, and then wiped Fan Xing's hooves and body hair.

Although Fan Xing can't have dinner with everyone,? But they can still sleep together—thanks to being Charlie, Du Changqiu didn't realize until night that if he hadn't taken over Charlie's body and identity, if he was a serf now ,? Then it's really over.

At this time, ordinary people in Europe had no beds or bedrooms. The whole family would sleep on bunks covered with straw at night. There was no privacy in the whole house.

The concept of bed and bedroom has only been introduced to Kansai in the past few decades. At present, only the privileged class can have it. Beds are even more expensive, so they are made very small.

Today's aristocrats often travel,? Go to other people's castles,? Even have to bring their own beds.

Du Changqiu also saw the bed at this moment, and it triggered Charlie's memory. It turns out that he will be a guest at the baron's castle in ten days. The baron will not even prepare a mattress for him. He has to combine his current bed with Mattresses are all included.

Good guy, I don't know how many times Du Changqiu has realized the poverty of this era, he is almost poor, he is refreshed, even the orc tribe has never given him such absurd feelings.

Although it is small, it is still enough for an adult to lie down. Du Changqiu threw a few big pillows aside to make room. He said to Fan Xing, "Fan Xing,? Do you want to sleep on top or bottom?"

That's right, it was worse than being in the orc tribe. The bed was too small. Even if the thick pillows that got in the way were thrown aside, they still couldn't squeeze together on the bed.

Fan Xing didn't speak, just jumped onto the bed nimbly, lay down on the top of the bed, and instantly occupied a large group.

Du Changqiu also lay down.

"I have to change this manor when I come back." Pressing against Fanxing's furry head, Du Changqiu couldn't help complaining softly to Fanxing, "There isn't even a gate, and all the resources are used to make so many pillows due to such a shortage of fabrics." There is a problem with the configuration!"

That's right, although being a small manor owner can have his own bedroom, every room in a European manor is connected, of course there will be a door, so closing the doors on both sides at night is a private space, but As soon as the day came, the maids had to open the door and walk through his room, which basically meant that it was a public place during the day and a private room at night.

Du Changqiu absolutely can't bear this for a long time, and it doesn't matter if he lives in a big room with Furry, after all, living with Furry is a kind of enjoyment, but if they are all human, Du Changqiu doesn't want to show others the pleasure of admiring the room he lives in every day.

The same goes for the bed, he wants to make a big bed and sleep on his back!

Even at this time, everyone sleeps half-sitting strangely - the first reason is very superstitious, because the pope, the king, and the great nobles all think that they sleep half-sitting with their hands in prayer, and their souls will see the God of Light at night; The reason for this superstition is that everyone thinks that lying down and sleeping looks like death, and will be found and taken away by the god of death.

Du Changqiu didn't have anything to say about this reason, he just wanted to say, forget it, anyway, every era and every civilization has its own novelties, let's not talk about the second brother.

Anyway, he has to correct himself when he comes back.

Thinking about it, Du Changqiu gradually became sleepy. In fact, he was groggy when he was ill a few days ago, but this night, not only because he had been busy all day and hardly had a rest, but also because of the stars around him—even though he couldn't become a human, But Fanxing's soft fur and warm body remind Du Changqiu that he is not alone.

In short, surrounded by all kinds of hidden dangers, Du Changqiu did not suffer from insomnia or anxiety at all. He fell asleep directly after saying a few words, while Fanxing yawned, rubbed against Du Changqiu affectionately, and the two fell asleep together. up.

The night in Wilt Manor was very quiet, and the huge moon was shining just outside the castle, which actually looked rather gloomy.

But the room was gentle and quiet, the two souls fell asleep, and their breathing together was gentle and peaceful.

After a night of no dreams, Du Changqiu woke up the next day full of energy. He sat up and stretched. Butler George knocked on the door immediately when he heard the noise outside.

Fan Xing also woke up, turned over in a daze, the hair on his body was blown up due to the friction of sleeping, making him look even hairier, the seductive Du Changqiu rua ruthlessly on the softer part of his belly After a few handfuls, he turned to the outside and said, "Come in."

"Sir, would you like some breakfast?" Butler George said hesitantly at the door, "Mary, the cook, said that she is cultivating yeast according to what you taught these days, and she doesn't have Queen's bread for the time being. Does the bowl of noodles satisfy you?"

Du Changqiu was stunned. He just casually told Aunt Mary when he was cooking yesterday, that she actually made noodles this morning?

He had no idea that last night he ate more than half of the apple pie. Aunt Mary was so excited that she couldn't fall asleep under the surprise and flattery of everyone. She got up in the middle of the night to make yeast according to the method Mr. Charlie said-this was a few days ago Can Aunt Mary not care about the practice of queen bread that can only be eaten by princes and ministers? !

The so-called Queen’s Bread is actually the basic white bread that later generations often eat. Because of the proper fermentation time, it will be very soft and delicious, and because of the high requirements for raw materials, it will vigorously remove the bran, choose the finest wheat flour, and It is not mixed with any rye or other things, and it tastes special and sweet.

In the early years, this kind of bread was a luxury that could only be eaten occasionally by people above the big nobles. The small nobles basically ate black bread with impurities, but in fact, the weather has been very good in the past few decades. I can also eat more white bread now and then.

Of course, this is based on the proper management of the family estate, and it can only be occasionally, and at other times, I still have to eat brown bread mixed with a little rye flour and oats.

Now the bakers in the city can also do this, but it is said that a slap of white bread costs two pounds, which can buy two chickens, and white bread is like a snack, and it doesn't fill you up at all.

From this we can see how precious food this thing is now, and it is quite understandable for Aunt Mary to be unable to sleep.

Although Mr. Charlie told Mary that he didn't need to do it so finely - it would really take a lot of time to hustle and sieve all the wheat husks, then use his fingers to remove the impurities and grind them into powder - but Growing yeast does take some time.

It was only then that Aunt Mary found out that what Mr. Charlie lacked in the soft bread was the fermentation process in Mr. Charlie's mouth. This is a secret that even the bakers in the village don't know!

The method of cultivating yeast is very simple. It is to get some wheat flour by yourself, then add water and mix thoroughly, and put it there. After that, you only need to scoop out half of it every day and then add fresh wheat flour to raise the yeast. The first batch waits for seven days to ferment, and then every day You can scoop half of the yeast to make queen bread.

Aunt Mary couldn't sit still at all, thinking of Mr. Charlie's mention of "noodles" when he was talking about making bread yesterday, and the look of yearning in his words, no, he was busy early in the morning.

Du Changqiu didn't know these details at all, he was just surprised by Aunt Mary's swift and resolute behavior, and was really surprised when he saw the breakfast!

A bowl of steaming hot noodle soup, because the current technology can’t keep up, the noodles are not white, but light yellow with a little rough wheat husk mixed in, two fried eggs are placed on top, and the bowl is rich Soup for venison stew.

Probably because there is no pungent beard as a seasoning, Aunt Mary used some nutmeg as a spice, added salt and lemon to marinate to remove the fishy smell, coupled with the strong aroma of onion and garlic, the whole bone soup is very fragrant.

On the side, it is served with marinated and sliced ​​fried venison, which is very tender.

Du Changqiu also only took one bite, and said to George: "Let Mary serve this kind of breakfast to the ladies and Mrs. Anne, and also, bring me another serving of noodles and venison. Fry more venison, and fry it again." Half a dozen... no, a dozen fried eggs. Ask Mary to make you and herself some when you come over."

George was still memorizing it seriously at first, but he was stunned for a moment when he heard the last sentence, his face was touched, and he immediately said: "Thank you for your kindness, sir, I have already had breakfast."

Only then did Du Changqiu recall that in order to serve the master, the servants would have breakfast before starting work, because once the master wakes up, housekeepers like George who also work as part-time personal servants cannot leave the master's side all day long. Waiting for the master's order at any time.

"What can you make with that little breakfast, go and prepare another for yourself, we still have work to do today." Du Changqiu stopped George from speaking, he thought of the usual unfermented food in the manor that could break a person's teeth Sour rye bread. A housekeeper like George can have a fried fish at most half a catty.

There is too little oil and water. Charlie usually eats his fill at five o'clock, but now he will be hungry at midnight, so he can only eat some snacks to top it off. Du Changqiu is sure that George must be hungry.

George was indeed hungry, but what he thought just now was that the food looked very expensive. He had already eaten the apple pie and a large piece of roasted venison leg that the master specially asked Aunt Mary to leave for him yesterday. George was reminiscing as he ate his bread this morning.

So it's not that George doesn't want to eat, but he actually thinks that Master Charlie seems to be enjoying himself too much compared to the previous Mr. Charlie, so he refuses, and he also wants to persuade him not to be too extravagant, or to be too kind to his servants Otherwise, the income in the manor would not be able to withstand such food.

But before he could speak, George suddenly thought of the kitchen. Serena, the housekeeper, had arranged for the maids to serve the ladies early in the morning, and rushed to the kitchen with people, and moved more than a dozen baskets of beets with great interest, obviously eager to try. , George quickly accepted the master's reward.

How could he have forgotten that every meal the master eats now is more than enough for the sugar!

George went out to get the second order. Du Changqiu immediately fed Fanxing roast venison and noodles. Fanxing liked scrambled eggs the most. Du Changqiu originally wanted half a dozen, but he changed it to a dozen when he poked him with his hoof.

After a while, George brought another batch of noodles, fried venison and eggs. Du Changqiu and Fan Xing had enough to eat and drink, and set off for the court in the village, ready to announce a big event!

"Everyone be quiet, the master needs fifty young and strong men to clean up the open space under the west wall of the castle, and then build the factory!" The butler George was very straight today, and his voice was very majestic.

Du Changqiu had given orders before going to bed yesterday, and when the two arrived early this morning, the place was already crowded with people from the whole village.

When Du Changqiu arrived, everyone knelt on the ground to salute Du Changqiu, making way for Du Changqiu to enter.

Du Changqiu didn't care about them. In the future, he will definitely abolish their behavior of kneeling down and saluting at any time, but only after everyone has established a certain confidence in him, otherwise they will only make these people think that he is possessed by a demon.

The two walked up to the wooden platform in the village court. When George shouted, no one responded, both serfs and freedmen. Du Changqiu looked at George, who nodded, and then reluctantly elongated his voice. , said in a pompous manner: "Although this is for the master to serve, but the master is kind and will provide two meals for the workers - all solid bread, and every night there is a piece of meat the size of half a palm!"

"what?!"

"I can!"

"All three men in our family are fine!"

"Fuck you Jeffrey, your youngest son is only eight years old!"

……

It was almost Steward George who finished speaking, and the whole scene exploded in an instant!

The old sheep-like men who had been quiet just now were not quiet at all for a moment. They were talking loudly, scrambling to be the first to squeeze in front of the butler George like sardines, while berating others for lying about military information.

It’s not that the relationship between them is too plastic, it’s that for the free people, every meal of bread that can be eaten plus half a piece of meat the size of a palm is free!

This is already very attractive to them.

The serfs did not make a sound, because the serfs themselves were the property of the lord, and they had no freedom at all to do or not to do. They, including their children, were like quiet, docile and distressed old cows, who were taken care of by others. In comparison, the free folk who were much more lively squeezed into the corner.

"Okay, okay, the men who signed up come here, find Dere to register!" Butler George stopped the excited everyone, and shouted to these crazy men to sign up in the corner.

Andre is a young man with reddish brown hair and freckles all over his face. He is very excited to register the names of every man who signs up with the parchment. The freckles on his face seem to be shining!

I really don't blame Dere for being excited. You must know that when his uncle George found him in the middle of the night last night and handed over this matter to him, he said meaningfully: "Behave well, Dere, this matter was originally intended for Zhuangtou old Charles did it, but old Charles was drunk and died in his room during Mr. Charlie's illness, and he didn't show up until yesterday. He thought Mr. Charlie was still sick...Mr. Charlie is a very wise gentleman, he He needs someone who knows how to do things for him, do you understand, my nephew?"

"I understand, uncle, I understand!" In order to be a good steward of the manor, George is not married yet and has no heirs yet, but his own sister married a freeman in the manor, and George told Andre's father Old Chandler had a pretty good impression. Although he was a bit lazy and slick, and he was too clever, he was very dedicated to his sister, and occasionally he would take some good things back to their mother and child.

Regardless of whether it is because of the staring attention of George, a powerful brother, old Chandler has shown the qualities that a husband and father should have over the years, so George is willing to take care of him more, and arranges Dai When the farm workers of Meng Manor came, they would say hello and arrange a good place for him and his nephew.

As for Andre, it was George himself who took him to live in the manor for a day every week when he was resting. There, George taught Andre simple literature, language, etiquette and martial arts.

Although there is still a big gap with the gentlemen who are studying formally, it is enough to make Dere far surpass the average peers.

Being raised in this way since he was a child, and having seen a good life in the manor, Andre worked very hard. He vaguely understood in his heart that his uncle must be planning something for him when he taught him this.

Andre has been waiting for this moment. Under the teaching of his uncle, he has been very patient. Andre did not expect the opportunity to come so soon. In the middle of the night last night, he learned that Master Charlie needed a knowledgeable and interesting person to register, and When he was supervising the construction of the factory in the future, De Lie was so excited that he didn't sleep all night!

He knew this was the chance, the chance that both Uncle George and he had been waiting for!Especially what Uncle George said, old Charles and Andrew, two idiots, seem to have displeased Mr. Charlie!

No wonder, old Charles was drinking every day, and that idiot Andrew was rolling in some haystack with a woman every day. These two people were still indulging in pleasure when Mr. Charlie was critically ill. Do you think Mr. Charlie is a fool? !

Regardless of whether they are fools or not, Andre is very willing to take over the position of old Charles as the head of the farm and Andrew as the livestock supervisor.

The people who signed up crowded around like bulls, and Dere yelled at those who did not meet the requirements and told them to leave. He looked at these familiar villagers with the most critical eyes, and decided to ensure the best Pick out fifty of the strongest and hardest-working men for Mr. Charlie.

Busy over there, the tenant farmers, that is, the serfs, were pushed aside. Obviously there were more of them, but they were thinner and more shabby, and there were even younger men who were almost naked. Nothing to hide.

The most important thing is their eyes. If the freemen are excited, then the serfs are basically all frowning—the field has finally fallen fallow. Logically speaking, there will be no work in the future. They must think that this year's service will be more important. aggregated.

Du Changqiu didn't make a sound, but nodded to George who asked about his expression.

"As for you! Chandler, pick thirty smarter men, and follow me and Joseph to the city in a while!" After George finished speaking loudly, the serfs didn't move at all, and Ren Yi was excited too. Dele nodded at the front, and the men who were pointed came out obediently and stood aside.

Du Changqiu is not in a hurry to say anything at this time, language is often more useful than anything else, but for hungry and numb people, compared with delicious bread and meat, language is extremely feeble.

Soon, the men who were going to work were selected, and the men who were going to Tirunwana City were also selected. George led the old Chandler, and the sheriff Joseph led the team, and they set off in a mighty way.

It’s impossible not to be so grandiose. In fact, according to Du Changqiu’s memory, the city of Tirunwana is not very far away from his territory. It is not necessary to go to the era when he lived, just randomly in Du Changqiu’s memory. Among them, after entering the modern twentieth century, calculated according to the speed of the slowest rail train, it took about 10 minutes to travel from Wirth Manor to Tirunwana City at most.

But in this era, it takes at least six or seven days to drive an ox cart and ride a horse day and night.

Because not only may you encounter nearby lords who want to rob you along the way, but secondly, this generation is a large area of ​​gentle hillsides, but because of rivers, rocks and wild roads, you may even encounter unexpected events such as bridge breaks and river valley diversions. The journey on the road is particularly slow.

This is also the reason why Du Changqiu was not in a hurry to go to Tirunwana City. Going out in this era is a painful thing. If nothing else, you can only eat dry bread and a little air-dried meat on the road, and there are conveniences in the field, which is enough pain .

Watching George leave, Du Changqiu thought that the instructions should be in place. He turned around and took the men who stayed behind to work, walking all the way to the west side of the manor.

Wilt Manor is a very classic old-fashioned layout, with a river ditch outside. The small castle of the manor was built by generations of lords little by little. From the first main building to the wall, it surrounded the entire large area of ​​grass, outside is dug a ditch as a moat, the classic small lord castle structure.

This structure is very good, safe, easy to manage, and easy to resist the enemy at critical moments-if someone really wants to attack, as long as there is food, once the castle gate is closed and the bridge is demolished, no one can come in.

But Wilt Manor is actually a bit troublesome, that is, the wall and castle look very impressive from the front, but many of them have collapsed in the back, because the whole manor was built on the east side in the later period, so the activities of the entire Damon family were on the east side. As a result, this place has been abandoned all year round, because the budget is not enough, and it is unable to repair it.

The sugar factory is very important. At least in the past few years, it has been Du Changqiu's secret weapon and a major source of income. Without money support, he will take good care of Veronica's three sisters, sister-in-law and niece, so that the girls can get married happily. , it would be good if he could feed them.

Not to mention some other ideas.

Therefore, Du Changqiu chose to rebuild a sugar factory here, and just used the collapsed city wall to rebuild the defense, and then attached a large rectangular area inside it as a sugar factory.

Considering the young ladies in the family, Du Changqiu plans to choose all female workers in the sugar factory in the future, and with the addition of the male servants to do some heavy work, it will be almost enough.

As soon as the place was confirmed and the requirements were clarified, everyone became busy in full swing.

Work started at noon, and this busy work lasted all day. At night, everyone washed their hands, and when the servants arrived with huge iron buckets and big picnic baskets, everyone smelled a strong aroma.

The farmers have not had enough to eat for a long time, and when they smell the smell of meat, they stretch their necks one by one.

As soon as the covered white cloth was lifted, Dere shouted that everyone should line up. This young man was afraid that he would not be able to restrain the excited people, and even directly kicked everyone who wanted to rush up to snatch it!

And the men who are related to Dere's family even helped Dere, one by one rushed to the front to beat people, and it took a long time to maintain the chaotic order.

"He's a clever man." Du Changqiu just rushed over, seeing this scene, he couldn't help laughing, and said to Fan Xing beside him.

It doesn't matter that he and his uncle George are both smart, and even their relatives are smart, knowing how to maintain Andre's authority. As long as Andre stands firm, they will have the hope of benefiting.

Du Changqiu watched from a distance. Everyone lined up and watched excitedly as the maids put down the baskets on the long table that had been arranged temporarily.

Sliced ​​large rye bread, fist-sized chunks of stew, and even a steaming tub of milk!

"You can take the bread as you like, and each person can only get the meat once!" With a straight face, Andre took the big iron spoon from the servant's hand, and said sternly.

The men who had been busy all day were simply crazy. One anxiously grabbed a piece of steaming bread and shouted in surprise: "This bread is not mixed with anything!"

"What?!" The farmers were going crazy when they heard this—bread with nothing mixed in?No sawdust, no rocks, not even peas!Even if it's black bread, it's bread with nothing mixed in!My God, is Master Charlie showing any kindness? !

Du Changqiu saw that De Lie handled it well, so he didn't care about it anymore. He patted Fan Xing's head and said to him: "Come on, let's go and see if the people in the field have eaten."

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