[Three Kingdoms] After crossing, I opened the sick and weak main road line

The main residence of the Yuan Mansion is not that big, but the surrounding farms are endless at a glance. The house has masons, potters, blacksmiths and everything. As long as there are no natural disasters or military disasters, there is no problem in wanting to be self-sufficient.

There are blacksmiths who can solve many troubles, such as farm tools, weapons, and iron pots.

Humans eat five grains, but the cooking utensils made of bells, tripods and pottery are not only cumbersome to use, but also do not transfer heat well. There are few other tricks except for porridge, soup or cakes made of five grains, and most of the dishes are steamed and boiled. .

In summer, you can eat some cold dishes. In winter, in addition to steaming and boiling, it is also necessary to cook vegetables. At this time, the importance of iron pots becomes apparent.

Without an iron pan, how can I cook?

Food production is low these days, and it is not easy to have enough to eat. Common people seldom toss and eat by themselves. Only nobles who are not short of food can play tricks on food. Ordinary people can eat as long as they can.

It is not friendly to the body to cook beans directly, but it is obviously more important to eat than to be hungry. All the beans are cooked and eaten.

It is not easy to extract oil. Later generations will use improved varieties to extract oil. No one knows the oil content of the current soybeans. It is very likely that a lot of things will be wasted and not a drop of oil can be squeezed out.

In June, food depression and azulene, in July, henkui and bean. 【1】

The meaning of this sentence is that if you eat plums and grapes in June, you can cook beans in July.

Yuan Huan was very fortunate that there was nothing lacking in Zhuangzi. Even though their iron-making technology was not very mature, the blacksmith tried several times and succeeded in making several iron pots of different sizes.

The steps of coarse salt purification and sugar refining are not too many, and the process is not difficult. Even if you only remember the general steps, you can try out the correct steps after a few tries.

But iron smelting is not good, and iron and steel smelting are very difficult, but the craftsmen in their village are far from enough, and the furnace in the blacksmith's house can't stand their pretensions. If he wants to improve the method of iron smelting, he has to wait until he goes to Yecheng. OK.

Although Anguo Yuan's mansion is comfortable, it is only a small farm after all, he cannot stay here for a lifetime, and when he is no longer so fragile, he will still go to Yecheng after all.

Xun Yu and Guo Jia are not outsiders, and one of them is Guo Yi's own father. Yuan Huan directly added two food tables next to them, and let the two little guys eat with them.

The glutinous rice soaked overnight is steamed and mashed into a paste, the soybeans are fried and ground into soybean powder, and water is added to boil the brown sugar into a thick syrup.

The glutinous rice paste is soft and glutinous, pulled into small glutinous rice balls, rolled in soybean flour, then poured with brown sugar juice, served on a plate while it is hot, you can smell the tempting sweetness from a distance smell.

Guo Jia looked expectantly at the glutinous rice dumpling, which he had never seen before, and found that his son was still staring at it when he came.

Xun Yu was already used to his inconspicuousness, so he motioned to the maid to bring the little guy to him, so that later that unscrupulous bastard would snatch the child's food if he didn't have enough to eat.

Yuan Jing sat beside her father like a little adult, wearing a bag of rice that she only used when eating, blinking her eyes at the small dumpling wrapped in soybean flour and sprinkled with sugar juice, curiosity was written all over her eyes.

Adults and children have to eat separately. Yuan Huan couldn't feed the little guy himself, so he ordered the nanny to give him a taste first, so as not to eat too much in one bite and choke.

Steaming glutinous rice is easy, and frying soybeans is also easy. Except for the limited amount of brown sugar, you can have as many glutinous rice dumplings as you want.

He just asked the kitchen to send some to Lv Bu and Zhang Liao for a taste. Remembering that Yuan Shu is fond of sweets, he also asked people to learn the method of making sugar and the method of making brown sugar glutinous rice cakes for the sake of the sugarcane that the boy sent all the way to the house. Write it to Xizhi before sending it.

Yuan Shu was spoiled and raised so much, so he might be able to listen to his persuasion when he first returned, but after a long time, his old ways will relapse, and Xi Zhicai really can't control him without any means.

Eating food looks inconspicuous, but sometimes it is very useful. Yuan Shu's love of honey water can be recorded in the history books, and sweets are definitely a killer for him.

Yuan Jing blinked her big watery eyes, looked at the glutinous rice dumpling handed to her mouth, swallowed it in a mouthful, and felt the unique sweet taste of brown sugar on the tip of her tongue, her eyes lit up and she couldn't help but like it.

Yuan Huan saw that he couldn't stop eating, so he asked the nanny to feed him a few mouthfuls and then stopped. This food should be eaten as an after-dinner snack, so it shouldn't delay the main meal.

After taking care of the small ones, you have to take care of the big ones, "Feng Xiao, I can't eat any more."

Guo Jia finished the small dish in front of him one by one, and was about to poke the rest in front of Xun Yu, when he heard the voice and looked at the gentle and beautiful lord, he could only look back with satisfaction.

If you don't eat, you don't eat, Xun Wenruo, what do you mean by removing the plate?

Guo Yi swallowed the food in his mouth, looked at his father who was not yet mature, his chubby little face was very helpless, his father was too childish, he was the only one who could be trusted in the family.

Except for some small episodes, the meal was very enjoyable. After the two little guys were full, they went back to rest, and when the food table was removed, Guo Jia asked with great interest, "My lord, just now the glutinous rice balls were wrapped with beans. pink?"

He had only heard of beans, rice, and beans, and it was the first time he had seen beans cooked and then ground into powder.

"Fried soybeans and ground them into powder. It's very easy to do." Yuan Huan stood up, took two steps, and remembered that this person might go out to the kitchen to find something to eat, so he turned his head and told him, "It's easy to eat too much glutinous rice." Accumulate food, Feng Xiao is weak, it is enough to try something new, don't eat too much."

Guo Jia:? ? ?

"My lord, Jia is strong and strong, why is he weak?" Guo Jia took two quick steps, trying to let their lord know that he is not weak or sick. Only the lord Zhicai is weak in the house, and now Zhicai has gone to Nanyang, so At present, only the lord is left with his own soup and medicine.

He, Guo Fengxiao, is as light and strong as an ox, and the word frail has nothing to do with him.

Xun Yu leisurely walked behind, mercilessly dismantling the lies of his friend, "Which one was almost pushed into the water by Guo Gongze yesterday? Guo Gong is obese and puffy, and those who can be pushed away by him are naturally not that strong. Go, I guess it won't be Fengxiao."

When he came here, he said that he had no strength to restrain a chicken, and he became strong and strong after only one meal. He is indeed Guo Fengxiao.

"Wen Ruo!" Guo Jia's eyes widened angrily, wondering who had brought his gentle and elegant friend under his wing, and why he was becoming more and more popular day by day.

Yuan Huan watched the two of them bickering with a smile, and waited for Guo Jia to run away to digest the food, then shook his head and said, "The glutinous rice cake can be used as an after-dinner snack, and Wen Ruo can't eat too much, please help me at Fengxiao's side." Looking at it, his temper is really worrying."

"Don't worry, my lord, there are people watching in the kitchen and wine cellar. Without my lord's order, he can't get wine or eat what he shouldn't eat." Xun Yu replied with a smile, and he was very confident in the servants of the mansion.

Guo Jia is not like him, his family lives in Zhuangzi, there are servants around, and he set up a separate kitchen early on, the lord is very generous to these servants, food and clothing are never less, basically nothing lack.

But Guo Fengxiao is different, Yi'er and the young master are raised by the lord's side, and he himself lives in the mansion, and there are stewards to take care of everything. The stewards in the mansion are loyal to the lord. Don't even think about eating and drinking, kid.

Yuan Huan was relieved of Xun Yu, but Guo Jia's clever temperament made it impossible not to guard against it.

Before Xi Zhicai hadn't left, the doctor went to take the pulse of the two of them every two days. According to the doctor's feedback, both of them were weak and urgently needed to stop drinking.

He personally watches over the drinks, and only gives one bottle to satisfy his cravings every day. The two of them are newcomers, even Guo Jia, can't do things like secretly looking for drinks for a while.

The farm is so big, even if other people have wine, it is only the dirty wine brewed by themselves, and it is easy to be exposed if you ask someone to buy it, so you can control it with strict defense.

But not long after, the disease doctor came back and said that the situation was wrong. He was an imperial physician, and he was best at recuperating besides detoxification.

After careful investigation, he found out that he and Xi Zhicai were the only two people who drank the medicine obediently, and Guo Fengxiao secretly poured out all his own soup and medicine.

That's a guy who only cares about happiness and doesn't care about his body. If you want him to be honest, it won't work if you don't use tough methods.

Guo Jia, who was nagged by the two people, came all the way to the courtyard where Guo Tu lived temporarily. When he walked to the door, he was about to knock on the door, but his eyes rolled back and he retreated. , it is better to change to another way of playing.

The man was thinking in his heart, and the movements of his feet didn't stop.

But this time it was not Guo Tu, but Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping who lived next door to Guo Tu.

In Nanyang County, Yuan Shu disbanded his grandson begging alliance, let go of Ma Rixun who lost his freedom and almost killed himself, introduced his staff and generals to Xi Zhicai, and generously gave him a long history Then he turned his head and went back to his hometown in Runan to apologize.

If he doesn't go back, the elder brother will definitely be even more unhappy.

Yuan Shu came and went in such a hurry, and the staff under his command were a little confused about the situation for a while, and suddenly another Chang Shi, who had never heard of the name, was very unconvinced.

They have been with the lord for many years before they got the official position. What is the origin of this person, and why is he such a big official once he came here?

In a county, under the prefect is the long history. Although Yuan Shu controls the whole Yuzhou and Nanyang County, there is no Yuzhou Mu in Yuzhou now. Although the chiefs of the counties and counties in Yuzhou are all made by him to the court, he even directly sends his own subordinates. He was appointed by someone else, but apart from his title of title and general, only the post of Nanyang prefect was real.

Yuan Gonggong's staff and generals are all in Nanyang, and the official position naturally falls in Nanyang County. Xi Zhicai has been on an equal footing with them since he came here.

Before Xi Zhicai left the house, he knew that Yuan Shu was not reliable, otherwise he would not have allowed his subordinates to extort money in Nanyang.

This man is a son of a family, he is used to being superior, he doesn't understand the sufferings of the people, and the people around him can do whatever they say, but the staff around him have to deal with internal affairs and public affairs, so it is impossible for them to know nothing about farming taxes.

As the lord, if there are no disasters and no difficulties, people can flee the place where the people are governed, and the only possibility is that the parents and officials oppress the people.

He knew that Yuan Shu was unreliable, but he didn't expect that this person could be so unreliable. If their master hadn't sent a practical and capable Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong to follow him, he was afraid that if Yuan Shu left, he would be unacceptable. Died of illness in Nanyang.

Yuan Gonglu's influence is indeed strong enough. The problem is that most of the people who come to join him are for the Yuan family in Runan, but few are truly loyal to him. He himself has returned to Runan for many days without seeing anyone. The staff and subordinates here put together good arguments, making it very easy for a person to disappear with justification.

What's more, he was originally a sick child, weak and had traveled long distances. It was normal for him to die without any medicine when he was seriously ill, and he didn't even need to find a reason.

Xi Zhicai was exhausted. In the days when he and Zhao Yun first came to Nanyang, they looked at the luxurious and spacious mansion they were allotted, and they simply didn't know what to say.

The official affairs of the counties and counties are complicated, and Yang Hong and others deliberately make things difficult. It was a waste of effort for him to gain a firm foothold here, but fortunately the results were good. The few generals who came to provoke him were beaten up and found out that he was not a soft persimmon, so they gradually subsided.

However, as soon as it stopped here, Yuan Shu came back from Runan. He said that he was worried that he would not be able to hold back the situation here, so he didn't dare to stay in Runan any longer.

In any case, it was also a helper sent by their elder brother to help him with his internal affairs, and he couldn't treat his subordinates as casually as he did.

Xi Zhicai:  …

He solved all the problems, what's the use of this person coming back, is it just a display?

Mr. Shi Xi, the newly appointed head of Nanyang County, was even more tired, so he had no choice but to confess him respectfully. Except for necessary official duties, he really didn't want to deal with this superior official the rest of the time.

It's not that he has any prejudice against this person, but that Yuan Shu's way of dealing with things is too simple and simple. He doesn't know the suffering of the people, and he will only take it for granted when encountering problems. He will believe that an old hen is more expensive than gold.

The Yuan family has a big business, and the money accumulated from generation to generation is quite considerable. Even if he is not the eldest son, he has never been short of money since he was a child. Even if the old hen is really more expensive than gold, he can still afford it.

Xi Zhi had no choice but to be cautious when answering, for fear that what he said was wrong, which would cause him to misunderstand the common people.

The sun was in the west, and the courier from Zhongshan entered the city unimpeded all the way, instead of going to the prefect's mansion, he went to the house where Xi Zhicai and Zhao Yun temporarily lived next to the prefect's mansion.

Yes, it's just a temporary residence. This house is bigger than the place where their lord lived in Zhongshan. Even if Yuan Gonggong insisted on giving it to them, they would not dare to take it.

The courier brought several letters, only one of which was addressed to Yuan Shu. According to Yuan Huan, it was just a polite greeting. Xin'er, lest that kid make things difficult for him.

Xi Zhicai asked the messenger to take the messenger down to rest, opened the cloth bag and took out the silk cloth inside, and after reading it at a glance, he raised his eyebrows and felt a little helpless.

The lord of their family is really, he just accidentally mentioned that the people in the Nanyang government office were not very friendly to him, an outsider. Yuan Gonglu likes it so much that he has to eat it?

Xi Zhicai is skeptical of their lord's statement. Yuan Gonglu grew up with rich clothes and good food, and the Yuan family has a great career and everything. Just looking at his current life, he knows how difficult he is to serve .

He didn't think there was anything that could make that guy like that.

But glutinous rice and soybeans are easy to find. It takes some effort to make this syrup, but it's not impossible to make it. Since the lord promises it, let him see what he can make.

Xi Zhicai ordered the servants in the mansion to prepare the raw materials, noticed a few instructions at the end of the silk cloth, read the letter from beginning to end again, made sure to memorize the contents in his mind, and then folded and put it away with a smile.

It is not difficult to let the people with spare energy to grow beans. Persuading the farmers to grow mulberry is a big deal. After autumn, it is just about deciding what to plant next. When I have time, I have to ask some experienced farmers about the situation.

He was born in a poor family, and Confucian classics are difficult for him to touch. Agricultural books such as "Book of Fansheng" are encouraged by the imperial court to be circulated among the people. The Confucian classics he read when he was young are not as many as agricultural books, and he is not completely ignorant of farming. learn.

The "Book of Fansheng" wrote about the importance of planting beans, but the price of beans is much lower than that of wheat and rice. Among the five grains, they are called "lower things". Only poor people will eat them. If it is not the output, it will be fine , and can be used to raise land, the common people are actually not very happy to grow beans.

There is a large population of people in Nanyang, and there is not much wasteland that can be reclaimed. You have to talk to the Diannong official later.

Xi Zhicai finished opening his letter, wrote down their lord's instructions, and then picked up the other two cloth bags and went out, preparing to have the letter delivered to Zhao Yun before personally delivering the last letter to Yuan Shu next door.

It's just that he had just walked out of the study, and Yuan Shu found it by himself.

Yuan Gonggong can be said to be domineering in his own territory, and he can only be restrained when he comes to Xi Zhicai. After all, he is a talent next to his brother, and he has to give his brother face even if he doesn't give it to anyone. "Mr. Xi, I heard that There is a letter from Zhongshan, does my elder brother have a letter for me?"

Talking about this, Yuan Shu feels wronged, he is the elder brother's real younger brother, he has already realized his mistakes in the previous incident, and he has learned his lesson, no matter how angry the elder brother is, he can't leave him behind when he writes a letter.

Thinking of him, Yuan Gonglu, the dignified son of the Yuan family, elder brother's biological brother, who is also the closest person in the world, but the two people next door sent letters every now and then, but he didn't.

Even if the elder brother is eccentric, he can't be eccentric like this.

It was clear that he was the one who was biased in the past, but now he is giving good things to the elder brother, and the elder brother doesn't say that he likes him, just write him a letter to let him know that the elder brother is doing well there.

How is it like now, if you want to know how the eldest brother is doing well, you have to know from other people's mouths that his younger brother has really failed.

Yuan Shu specially sent someone to watch the city gate, and if there was a messenger from Jizhou, he would report it immediately. After asking so many times, he still didn't see his own letter. Now he has made up his mind. If there is no more, he will run away by himself. Zhongshan is looking for someone.

There is no important matter in Nanyang. Liu Biao knew that the Patriarch of the Yuan family was still withdrawing his troops and retreated to his three-acre land. Cao Cao and Sun Jian in Yanzhou had no time to trouble him. Chen Wen in Yangzhou never Being involved in the struggle in the Central Plains, the imperial court was overwhelmed and dared not have any opinion on him.

The gentleman sent by his elder brother looked sick and crooked, as if he could be blown down by the wind. He didn't expect that he was quite capable. Yang Hong and the others often made small reports in front of him. Extraordinary, otherwise those people under his command would have cleaned up the people by themselves, so why would they complain in front of him.

Those guys have always pretended to be peaceful in front of him. Although he usually doesn't care much about things, these subordinates are thinking carefully. His guess is correct.

There is no difference between the officialdom and the back house, he has never seen anything else, but he has seen the secrets of the back house and the open and secret fights in the aristocratic family since he was a child. Those guys want to hide it from him, and they are almost ready.

He doesn't care about it, if it really burns on him, it's just a matter of pulling people out and chopping them up.

This Mr. Xi is very capable, and Nanyang has been taken care of in an orderly manner in his hands. After he came back these days, the number of people who murmured bad things about him when he went out has decreased a lot.

Anyway, it's fine for him to stay in Nanyang, so why not go to Zhongshan to live a hard life with his elder brother.

There is not even a big house in Anguo, and there are farmlands when you go out. It takes an hour or two to think of the county town, and the prefectural city is even further away. Even if the elder brother wants to recuperate, he can't choose such a miserable place to recuperate.

Since the elder brother is Jizhou Mu and it is not easy to leave Jizhou, he will go to find the elder brother. Anyway, Nanyang is the same with him or without him.

Xi Zhicai didn't know what the person in front of him was thinking, so he saluted politely and handed over the letter. Since the person came in person, it just saved him another trip.

Yuan Shu just came to ask questions as usual, but he didn't expect that there was a letter from him. When he got the bag, he was stunned. He stood in a daze for a while, and then quickly opened it to see what his brother had written for him.

After such a long time, did the eldest brother finally remember that he still has a younger brother?

Xi Zhicai saw that his hands were trembling, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly and he bowed his head in silence. Judging by today's situation, if he is not allowed to get too excited as a Shangguan, he has no time to deal with official duties.

Yuan Shu's cloth bag only has a thin piece of silk cloth, and there are not many words on it. It can be read quickly in three or two lines, but in Yuan Gonggong's eyes, this is a symbol of their eldest brother still having him in his heart.

After his unremitting efforts, his brother finally let go of his grievances and admitted that he is still a younger brother.

That guy Yuan Benchu ​​only wanted to build territory, and Bingzhou was in a mess. That guy would definitely not have time to write letters to his eldest brother when he went there. It would be good if he could keep himself.

With that guy's small mind, he would definitely not do anything that didn't pay him back. Even if he wanted to write a letter to build a good relationship with his elder brother, he had to have that time.

Wherever Yuan Benchu ​​is cool, he is the only brother in his heart.

Yuan Shu happily put away the letter, waved his big hand and said, "Hurry up and get someone to buy more Zhe, and send them all to the Yuan Mansion in Anguo."

Eldest brother thinks this stuff tastes good, as a caring younger brother, he must not wrong elder brother by eating it.

Anguo Yuan's house is small, he is far away in Nanyang and it is not easy to help his eldest brother to push the house to rebuild. In other respects, as long as the eldest brother speaks, he can find a way to get even the heavenly nectar.

Isn't it just a long way?purchase!

There are not many places in the south to grow Zhe, so buy land first and then plant it, and wait until next year to plant it yourself, and then you can have as much as you want.

Xi Zhicai shook his head helplessly when he heard his strings of instructions, not knowing how many times he was speechless.

The lord of their family only mentioned Zhejiang, and he even has the recipe for making sugar in his hands. How did this person reach the point of buying land?

Are all the sons of the family so generous?

Sure enough, he still knows too little.

The author has something to say: Yuan Shu: Buy, buy, buy, we are not short of money!

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[1] The Book of Songs "July"