Elite men's time travel through ancient times

Knowing Yang Fan's return, Pei Ningyuan brought Ji Xiyan to visit Jinxiu Villa.After the refugees came to Fuyuan County years ago, their family moved to Taohuazhuang for safety reasons.The two live close to each other, and they will arrive in a short time by carriage.

As soon as he entered the room, he smelled a strange smell, like the smell of food mixed with something else.Because I have little contact with it at ordinary times, I can't remember it for a while.Looking up, he saw Yang Fan was eating with a bowl of food.So Pei Ningyuan couldn't help asking: "What delicious food are you eating?"

Yang Fan looked up at him: "Do you want it? I'll ask someone to serve you a bowl."

As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Ningyuan had already seen the dark soup in his bowl, and was startled: "What are you eating?"

"It's rare, it's strange, it's medicinal food." As a chef, Ji Xiyan has naturally seen medicinal food: "Brother Yang, you've worked hard this time, so you need to eat more medicinal food."

And Pei Ningyuan took Yang Fan's bowl with a frightened expression, smelled it, and looked carefully at what was in the soup.After a while, he asked in surprise, "Is this really edible?"

The expression on Yang Fan's face was very calm: "Of course I can eat it, the taste is not bad."

Different people have different opinions on medicinal food.Some people like the medicinal aroma of medicinal food, even if the soup is dark, they still think it tastes good.In some places, because there is no habit of eating medicinal food, it is unavoidable to see it for the first time. When seeing medicinal food, it will be associated with bitter Chinese medicine that makes people vomit, so they stay away from medicinal food.

Yang Fan had eaten it before, and he didn't reject it, but he didn't like it either. This time it was entirely because he couldn't refuse Lin Mozhu, so he resisted drinking for so many days.

Seeing Pei Ningyuan making a fuss, Lin Mozhu put down the book in his hand and said calmly: "This is Gastrodia elata and yam bone soup, which can nourish five fatigue and seven injuries, unblock blood vessels, nourish kidney qi and strengthen spleen and stomach. This medicinal food is for ordinary people You can also drink it, especially when you are tired and busy, drinking it is good for your body."

Hearing what Lin Mozhu said, Ji Xiyan's eyes lit up, and then she said to Pei Ningyuan with a smile, "You've been so busy these days, so I just need to make up for it, and I'll get you a bowl."

"The medicinal food is warming on the stove in the small kitchen." After speaking, Lin Mozhu picked up the book again.

Pei Ning, who seemed to be struck by lightning, stared far away, looked at Lin Mozhu and then at Yang Fan in disbelief.Yang Fan suppressed a smile, picked up the medicinal food again, and continued to drink slowly.Someone accompanied him to suffer, and his mood changed immediately.

There is a small kitchen in Yang Fan's yard, where he usually boils hot water, and now Lin Mozhu cooks herbal meals there.As soon as Ji Xiyan entered the kitchen, she saw the clay pots on the stove. Seeing that there were still a lot of them, she filled two bowls and put them on the plate.

Because of his cheap mouth, Pei Ningyuan was forced to drink a bowl of medicinal food that tasted very strange to him, and drank it with a bitter face, Pei Sanshao almost didn't spit it out on the spot.Seeing his good brother suffer, Yang Fan's mood improved, and the medicinal food in his hand became much more delicious.

After drinking the herbal diet, the weak Pei Ningyuan stayed in the study to talk with Yang Fan, while Lin Mozhu took Ji Xiyan to his yard.

After getting along, Pei Ningyuan leaned on the edge of the table and complained to Yang Fan: "I said that your kid is too cruel, didn't I just say a few more words? And the taste of the medicinal food is really terrible, embarrassing You can drink it."

"I suggest you control your own mouth, let Mo Zhu know, and write a bunch of medicinal recipes for Xiyan later."

Hearing what Yang Fan said, Pei Ningyuan's expression immediately changed.He fully believed that Lin Mozhu would really do such a thing, and Pei Ningyuan's face turned green when he thought of the terrible medicinal diet he would have to face every day.

After enduring it, Pei Ningyuan finally couldn't hold back and muttered in a low voice: "I don't know how you raised it. You raised such a good child."

Yang Fan didn't think there was anything wrong with Lin Mozhu with such a character, on the contrary he felt very proud.If it was in modern times, he would be happy to pamper the child so that he is carefree.That's because in that world, he can protect Lin Mozhu for the rest of his life, and he doesn't need to learn the means of survival.But in ancient times when imperial power was supreme, no matter how capable he was, he could not resist imperial power.As a businessman, no matter how much money he makes, a small official may make him fall.So Lin Mozhu must learn to protect himself, and be able to protect himself from harm when he is not around.

As for Lin Mozhu, he hoped that he could become stronger.Because only in that way can he help Yang Fan and even protect him.This is Lin Mozhu's wish and also his belief.

After sighing, Pei Ningyuan and Yang Fan got down to business.

"Not only in Fuyuan County, but also in several nearby counties. The price of grain has increased. Depending on the situation, the price will continue to increase. Also, I got news that there was a large-scale riot in Daishan County."

"When I left Wuping County, there were also several small riots in Yuncheng. According to statistics from the yamen, at least 50 to [-] people died."

Speaking of the outside world, Pei Ningyuan and Yang Fan's expressions were very solemn.

Pei Ningyuan tapped the table with his fingers, and after pondering, he asked, "Then shall we open a grain store now?"

"No, wait for the imperial court to provide disaster relief first." Now they are opening a grain store to sell grain at a low price, which is tantamount to a shining target.Not only will their peers hate them, but also irrational people will flock to them, which may even cause riots.

After thinking about it, Pei Ningyuan understood Yang Fan's concerns, so he sighed and said, "We can only wait until then."

Both of them understood that this time the disaster was nationwide, and the imperial court probably couldn't provide so much food if they wanted to provide relief.From the outside, it looked like it was going to be a mess.

"Hire a few more guards, and be careful in what you do next."

"Well, I know, I've already notified all shops selling jewelry and jade to close first." In the past two years, Pei Ningyuan opened several jewelry stores, selling gold ornaments, jewelry, jade, and antiques.

"Where there are a lot of refugees, the shops should be closed first." Yang Fan suggested.

"Second brother said the same thing. Anyway, business is not good now, and I can't make much money by driving, so I have to worry." Pei Ningyuan sighed, and continued: "I have already written a letter and asked someone to send it over. It seems that the situation is not good. It's all closed."

After the two discussed how to deal with it, within a few days, several disharmonious incidents occurred in Fuyuan County.

Spring is the season for the growth of wild vegetables. Rural people are already saving, and they will dig some wild vegetables when they are dry. Because every household is short of food now, the wild vegetables are even more precious.After the weather got warmer, the wild vegetables were dug almost as soon as they emerged.And this year, not only the locals but also the refugees who came to dig wild vegetables.In a disaster year, it is a treasure to be able to fill their stomachs. How can people who are hungry give up wild vegetables?

So everyone flocked away. In the mountains and wastelands, except for the deep mountains, they dare not go in. As long as there are long wild vegetables, they have been dug up.There are many people and few wild vegetables, and the uneven distribution quickly caused competition.For things that can save their lives, all morality and humanity are put aside, and they are all snatched with strength.As soon as they came and went, they naturally started fighting.

At first they might just fight with arms and hair, and when they fight hard, they will punch and kick.Then in order to resist the refugees, the local villagers formed an alliance to resist together, but the number of refugees was also quite large, which immediately triggered a melee.

This kind of situation happened in many villages, even Jinxiu Villa was not immune.Jinxiu Villa is huge,

There are more than a dozen tenant households living in it, with more land and less land.These refugees knew about this situation after receiving porridge in the villa before. After waiting for two days, they couldn't hold back and sneaked to dig wild vegetables.Because Yang Fan reduced their rent last year, the poor households in the villa have a much easier life than ordinary farmers.They also dig wild vegetables in the field, but they only dig enough for their own food, so there are still a lot left in the field.When they saw someone coming to dig wild vegetables, they didn't care at first.

But after spring planting, the seedlings burst out of the ground one by one, and those who came to dig wild vegetables will inevitably step on them when they go in and out of the vegetable field.After discovering this situation, the tenants quickly reported to Yang Fan.

Yang Fan saw that they were not fully clothed, their faces were yellow and emaciated, and only their skeletons remained.He who used to live in such a developed and prosperous world couldn't help feeling sour.Especially those children, they were just as thin and pitiful as when he first met Lin Mozhu and Lin Mofei.Yang Fan's heart softened, and after thinking for a while, he told the steward, "Let them go to Xishan to dig."

He has never asked anyone to develop it on the Xishan side. There are no crops and medicinal materials on it, and there are quite a lot of wild vegetables.

The steward took the order and went down to give orders.It stands to reason that Yang Fan should be able to live in peace after such an arrangement.But it's hard to talk about human nature. At the beginning, they were really grateful for Yang Fan's behavior.But looking at such a big mountain village, where there are only patches of crops in stocking, the hungry refugees gradually have other ideas in their hearts.

Most people in this world have had crooked thoughts, but some people have their own moral bottom line, and some people dare not take action because they are timid and afraid of being discovered.But there are such a small number of people, the evil thoughts hidden deep in their hearts will be aroused at some point, and they took that step.

First, the vegetable seedlings in the field were pulled out, and then the chickens raised by the tenants were stolen.When Yang Fan learned that the medicinal herbs he had planted on the mountain had been pulled out, his face turned dark.He temporarily softened his heart and let them go to the mountain to dig wild vegetables, but it took only a few days for them to do these things ungratefully.While Yang Fan was heartbroken, he realized once again that this was not the civilized society he was familiar with, and that human nature would sometimes disappear under harsh living conditions.

After this incident, Yang Fan directly set up a fence at the entrance of the villa, and at the same time sent guards to guard it day and night.Since then, Jinxiu Villa has regained its tranquility.

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