I Love Farming

For the first time, Cui Qichao knew that the cat's tone could be so changeable, and Xiaobai's cry became more and more shrill, howling, it sounded like he was swearing.

Although there was no one else here, Cui Qichao was also a little embarrassed by the scolding, but this time he left the excuse himself.

Xiaobai meowed for a long time, making people feel that no matter how hard he tried, he would be able to speak.

The sound was so penetrating that the other cats were also petrified, staring at Xiaobai and then at Cui Qichao, like a group of onlookers.In fact, this scene later became a famous scene of Cui Qichao's show, and was played with screenshots.

Now, Cui Qichao was scolded by cats and eaten by a group of cats. The embarrassment of the lord became more and more serious, and he reached out to catch Xiaobai.

Xiaobai jumped away and went to a high place, and continued to bow his head and curse indignantly.Cui Qichao is such a bastard, he is not human at all, even a cat can admit his mistake, it knows it is wrong, this guy almost mistook Dabai for him back then, it was just because he just came here and didn't know his real body, that's all he can admit his mistake!It didn't confuse Cui Qichao with the agricultural officer!

"Xiaobai, I apologize to you, stop barking." Cui Qichao reached out to pick Xiaobai.

This time Xiaobai was still screaming, but he didn't struggle hard anymore. When Cui Qichao hugged him down, the cat's claw slapped Cui Qichao's face.Just imitating the movements of Garfield from the previous plane, and he didn't dare to show his paws. After taking a look, Cui Qichao was obviously taken aback, and he was also a little nervous inside.

However, because Cui Qichao made a mistake first, he was embarrassed to do anything to Xiaobai, so he endured it.

Ha ha ha ha! !Xiaobai laughed wildly in his heart, beat gongs and drums, and was overjoyed.After thinking about it for so long, it was finally better than that Garfield, but it still knew how to keep calm and continue to get angry.It wasn't all pretending, the more he looked at the two black cats, the angrier he became, scolding Cui Qichao and the innocent black cats.

Cui Qichao saw it growing up from a young age. Isn't it stronger than the two black cats, and isn't it smoother than the two black cats?

Xiaobai was worried, and when it was time to sleep at night, Cui Qichao wanted to keep the cats away, but Xiaobai had already yelled at them around the bed, and none of the cats dared to jump on Cui Qichao's soft quilt to sleep.

Cui Qichao smiled and put Xiaobai's cushion down.

Xiaobai raised his head with the cushion in his mouth.

Cui Qichao: "..."

Xiaobai lifted his chin, and the cushion moved, hinting frantically.

Cui Qichao managed to catch the cushion and put it at the end of the bed.

Xiaobai immediately yelled crazily again, the day's events were not over yet, let's put it this way, Cui Qichao couldn't tell him from other cats for a day, so he wouldn't forgive this big liar.

Cui Qichao's brain ached from being screamed, so he moved the cushion to the middle. Seeing that Xiaobai not only barked, but also began to sharpen his claws, he sighed and put the cushion on the head of the bed. Like a shrew."

noob:"……"

Xiaobai jumped up and endured the last half of Cui Qichao's words.

When sleeping at night, Cui Qichao felt that Xiaobai was breathing in his ears, and he was very uncomfortable, because Xiaobai hadn't bathed for several days, so he turned his head to avoid Xiaobai's body as much as possible.

Xiaobai hasn't been on Cui Qichao's bed for a long time. I don't know if it's a blessing in disguise this time. He didn't notice Cui Qichao moved to the side at all. He fell asleep on his back, and suddenly woke up, meowing fiercely at the other black cats in the corner. .

This is not a dream, is it?Cui Qichao hadn't woken up yet, when he noticed the movement, he touched Xiaobai's head a few times with his backhand, and Xiaobai fell asleep very quickly again.Woke up several times a night, all swearing.

Cui Qichao was a little dumbfounded.

Because of Xiaobai's excellent cry, George didn't have the slightest doubt the next day.His room was fairly close to Cui Qichao's. Hearing the miserable cat meows coming from Cui Qichao's room, it was definitely Cui Qichao who was enjoying his gift.

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When Cui Qichao moved Xiaobai's mat down, it was still a little reluctant to part. Just this night, it had no room for extra play, such as pretending to be dreaming, kicking Cui Qichao in the face, and secretly biting his hair And so on, it's just to disturb Cui Qichao now.

Cui Qichao bid farewell to George. Before leaving, George wanted to ask for credit, "I'm relieved to hear the frequent noises coming from your room. It seems that I really like this gift."

"...Yes, thank you for the generous gift, I will never forget it." Cui Qichao rarely complained like this.

It's a pity that George couldn't understand, so he left Northumberland after making another appointment with Cui Qichao to meet later.

As soon as George left, Cui Qichao couldn't wait to take the cat to release it, otherwise Xiaobai would not let him go.

Keeping these cats is proof that he is sorry for Xiaobai. Xiaobai wanders around every day, meowing meaningfully.He even discovered that Xiaobai was testing his ability to recognize cats, but after he exposed his shortcomings, he observed the three cats' body shapes very carefully, and finally found subtle differences among them, and he could recognize them as long as they were compared with each other.As for the facial features, it is not yet possible to distinguish them.

Cui Qichao only took Lili, packed a box of cats into the woodland, and said that he would torture the cats in the open air, and when he got there, he ordered Xiao Bai to take the cats away and release them.

Lily swallowed, "Little, can Xiaobai understand this?"

Although she was convinced that the black cat was not the incarnation of the devil, she was still a little surprised to see that such a cold and strange black cat could understand such complicated instructions.

"Dogs and people have lived together for a long time and can understand people's words, cats are the same, not to mention that Xiaobai has been trained." Cui Qichao touched Xiaobai's back a few times, and Xiaobai immediately cast a contemptuous look at Lily.

Lily was once again despised by a cat, and said weakly: "Xiaobai is really amazing, then these cats will be counted on you."

As expected, Xiaobai has received the training of shepherd cats, half shepherding and half leading, he chased these cats to the depths of the woods.

Cui Qichao took Lily to wander around in the woods again, and asked Lily to barbecue a piece of meat that she secretly brought out, and then went back slowly while eating the skewers.

The lord and Lily went out with the cat, and everyone saw it.

Now, the cat is gone, and the lord master came back with a meat skewer, who would be so blind and ask the master where are your other cats?

I just secretly admired him from the bottom of my heart, the master is really amazing, even eating cat meat doesn't change his face.

Because there were people logging and hunting in the forest farm from time to time, Xiaobai drove the cats away, and came back several days later. He climbed the fence, climbed the window, and got into Cui Qichao's room.

"Is everything done?" Cui Qichao asked.

Xiaobai didn't speak, and lay down on the table.

Cui Qichao knew it was right, and immediately asked Lili to bring the fish that he had prepared earlier. This is the fresh river fish caught in the territory these days. After a simple cooking, he will give it to Xiaobai, "Master Xiaobai, come on, please."

While eating, Xiaobai thought, Damn, I'm too good.

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In the past year, it was the beet planting season. As promised last year, the farmers in Northumberland, whether they were yeoman or serfs, went to the lord's warehouse to receive beet seeds.

Before that, they also accepted the unified teaching, and generally knew the beet sowing method, and the management during the period would be uniformly scheduled.The growth period of sugar beet is short, it only takes more than two months. During these two months, the farmers are extremely attentive.

The same was done last year, but not many people paid attention to it. At that time, beets were still planted on saline-alkali soil. Everyone regarded it as a common vegetable like cabbage, so they just pulled weeds and topdressed them according to the rules.

It’s different now, it’s all wealth, they can’t wait to see the beets in their field every day, whether they are growing well, whether there are any bugs, if possible, they even want to dig the soil to see how the rhizomes are growing, Ask the moon what they need.

We all know that the bigger the block, the more sugar water will be squeezed out.

And as long as they take good care of it for a short period of time, the return of the beets is huge. The brown sugar produced will be taken by the master, and the rest will be transported by the trade team to the parish trade point to exchange for food.

Because the price of brown sugar is fluctuating, even every day may be different. When the trade team came back with the food that everyone exchanged for the first time, everyone went crazy. The road was so crowded that the trade team couldn’t go back to the warehouse. up.

They couldn't wait to get their food, stared at the trade team's car, and kept asking how much they got back.Even if they were all warriors, they couldn't stop so many farmers, let alone their own people, who stopped on the road for a while, so they could only let people report to the lord.

Cui Qichao simply ordered, don't store them in the warehouse, and distribute them on the spot.

According to the original registration and bookkeeping, the grain distributed to the farmers was not oats or barley, but the most precious wheat.With the price of brown sugar, I don't know how much I can exchange for oats.Anyway, with wheat, it is really easy to change to oats, so it is also convenient to transport back.

Even the amount of wheat is enough to make the serfs dumbfounded.

"So much wheat, so much wheat has been exchanged?" The serf was about to cry, but his mouth was open again, with an expression that seemed to be crying and smiling.So much wheat is our own, it is impossible to dream of.

Originally, they were still guessing, saying that the church also had a lot of brown sugar, so it might be too cheap.No one has ever been in contact with a big church, but they all know the church’s behavior style. God loves the world, but God will never relax in taxation.

Looking at it now, it is obvious that the current sugar production is still in short supply for the entire market. Even if the price drops slightly, it is still a very considerable amount for them.

In the past, everyone ate by counting the grains. This time, we weighed the amount. This winter, we can eat black bread every now and then.

Wheat is used to make porridge or black bread, which is something that people rarely eat, and eat it every now and then?What kind of a master's life is this!

So now there is a question that makes people stunned. Should they replace these wheats with barley and oats, which are enough for several years, or eat them directly?

Those richer farmers first had an idea and said loudly: "I want to borrow the mill, I'll line up first! I'll use the mill first!"

He didn't want to switch to oatmeal, so he would use some of it to make bread, and let's talk about it first.Grow beets with trepidation, not just for this day.

There is still food in the field that has not been harvested, and since the land is cultivated according to the master's method, the food production has increased several times compared to before. As long as there is no sudden hailstorm that kills the food, it is absolutely impossible to be hungry this year. At his house, what if all the wheat is made into bread?

Others came back with a trance, yes, the family has been looking forward to it for so long, let's eat a meal of bread first.Serfs never saw bread at home throughout the year.

The mill has been running continuously for several days for farmers to grind wheat, and then bake brown bread in the only bread oven on the estate.

Even the poorest serfs have to make a long strip this time, and all the big crumbs in it have to be sorted out. Although they are not rich enough to eat white bread, there is no need for the stones to bite their teeth this time.

Cut the black bread into pieces, boil hot water, cook radish soup, and soak the bread until soft. There is still a little bit of sugar paste left in the house this year, which was boiled with sugar in Tangfang, and spread a little on the bread.

The serfs seemed to be celebrating a festival. This meal was not like before. The broth was given directly by the master, and it was in exchange for the beets they grew themselves. Although it was also thanks to the master, the meaning was a little different.

In the past, the serfs had a piece of black bread, so they had to hide it and eat it secretly.These days, there have even been scenes in the village where people hold long black bread sticks and go to the square to chat, chatting with each other about how much wheat they exchanged, how much they kept, and how much black bread they made.

"There are a lot of beets in my field, because I follow the people sent by the agricultural officer to do every step, so I made two pairs of black bread, look, it's so long."

"Well, think about it, if there were no worms growing in my field at that time, although the production was reduced a little except for the worms, otherwise I would have made more black bread..."

"I still have a little bit left, and I plan to make wheat porridge in winter. My daughter has grown up so much, and she has never had wheat porridge!"

This year, the serfs ate bread, and for the first time, the richer free people had such things as surplus grain. The harvest of this year came back from the wheat, beans, vegetables, etc. in the field, as well as sugar beets. They will eat the food until the next grain harvest and there will be leftovers. The first time they have surplus food, they dare not eat indiscriminately. When they get used to it later, they will know to take part of it out to exchange for things.However, this is another story.

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The sugar beet harvest is one thing, and in August and September, the Northumberland vineyards are also getting a bumper harvest.

If the grapes cut last year are not carefully taken care of, they may grow in the second year and bear fruit in the third year.But the weather is beautiful, and Cui Qichao, a descendant of Shennong, is sitting in the town. Of course, their vineyards have a good harvest in the second year.

One acre of land in Northumberland can produce about one thousand catties of grapes. In this era, it is a high-yielding fighter jet, enough to make the agricultural officer's eyes darken and he can't tell day from night. In fact, Cui Qichao deliberately controlled the amount of fruit.

It is good to have more results, but the quality and sugar content will inevitably decrease, and good enough wine cannot be brewed. What wine pays attention to is three parts of craftsmanship and seven parts of raw materials.

Different from brown sugar, there are already many high-quality grape varieties and wines in monasteries around the world. People have studied this. At present, even the harvesting time is controlled. It is not particularly primitive, but it is still a bit competitive.

Wine is called the holy blood by the clergy, and the main market and comparison of Northumberland wine is the church. Of course, we must pay special attention to the quality of the wine.

During the cultivation process, Cui Qichao couldn't control the weather and sunshine, so he paid special attention to control the controllable conditions such as water and soil.Therefore, the grapes produced in Northumberland, the fruit is not particularly large, the acidity is high, the aroma is extremely strong, and the taste is thick and compact, which is quite distinctive.

At this time, the wine-making know-how may still be the exclusive secret of the church priests, but in the future, every family can brew a little by themselves, and the brewing method is not a secret at all.

At this time, the brewing method has basically taken shape, and Cui Qichao adopts the method with the highest cost performance and the most suitable method for Northumberland and this era.It is generally the same. Pick out the rotten grapes first, leaving only good grapes, crush and squeeze out the juice, and it is only the juice of the pulp. Do not crush the seeds and stems, otherwise their bitter taste will make the wine taste Also affected.

According to Northumberland's usual frugal style, the grape pomace left over from the juice can't be wasted. It can be used as fertilizer or dried to feed pigs.

The juice is fermented, with proper agitation, and clarified by cultivation.Finally, filter and pack into a container.Under Northumberland's weather conditions, plus the picking and processing of raw materials, the whole process took about two months.

Cui Qichao thought about it for a long time, whether to add some sugar to it for better taste, but in the end he still felt that it was unnecessary, sugar was too expensive, and he couldn't afford to waste it now. If everyone became rich in the future, sugar would not be bad, and he would add sugar as a point of competition More or less.

The wine must be sold to the church as soon as it is finished, otherwise the good wine will turn into vinegar after a long time. Speaking of which, the vinegar here is different from that in Huaxia, it is made from grapes.

Cui Qichao had already greeted the archbishop and knew that he was growing grapes here, but the quality and price still had to be seen.

At the time when Cui Qichao tasted wine, there were not many wines from all over the world. The first thing to do when making good wine was to call priest William to taste it. He had tasted all kinds of excellent wines in the church. But wine tasting is absolutely fine.

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To be honest, he had been excited since he received Cui Qichao's invitation—no, since he saw Northumberland picking grapes.

The quality of those grapes could be distinguished with the naked eye. Although he didn't know Cui Qichao's wine-making skills, he guessed in his heart that His Excellency would not know how to make wine just because he asked the archbishop for help.And William has long been obsessed with Northumberland cuisine, and he has long begun to confess his inner appetite.

Repentance is repentance, and eating is still necessary.

When William arrived at the courtyard of the Northumberland Manor, Cui Qichao asked him to sit down in the open-air courtyard. There was also a vine planted here, but it was less than a year old, and it was not too luxuriant. It must be more comfortable in two years.

William knew that the lord was generous enough to cook a whole sugar banquet, but he was still dumbfounded when he saw Cui Qichao asked the cook to cook with wine in front of him.

"Beef is hard to come by." Cui Qichao said with emotion. Farm cattle cannot be killed casually, so there are very few chances to eat beef. This time it is also a coincidence that the cook has the raw materials to make red wine stewed beef, otherwise it will probably only be stewed The pork was given to William.

Under Cui Qichao's instruction, the cook has become very proficient in posture. First, she fry the cut beef in olive oil.

William swallowed when he saw the beef sizzling in the oil, and the surface was fried to an attractive brown.

Different from the cooking of the whole livestock that is generally loved by the world, His Excellency the Baron likes to divide the food before cooking. William has already deeply understood the goodness of this cooking method.He wouldn't think that he seemed petty like this, but he thought it was... exquisite.

— limited to the kitchens of Northumberland, and he would be insulted if the other domain offered him morsels of meat.

After the cook had finished frying the beef, she also fried the carrots and onions until they were rotten, then added rosemary, thyme and other herb leaves, and then put the beef and wine in to stew together.Sprinkle with precious salt and pepper, the aroma is even more charming.

The fire was simmering slowly, the bright red wine was bubbling and bubbling, and the rich aroma was lingering. I couldn't eat the meat for a while, William's eyes lingered on the beef, and Cui Qichao had already poured the wine into the silver cup, " Priest, have a drink first."

"Okay, okay..." William looked away from the beef in a state of anxiety. He had never tried this way of eating, but just by looking at and smelling it, he knew it must be delicious.

William raised the silver cup. There is no spice added in it, but the smell alone is already very good. "The wine has a strong aroma, and your brewing skills are really superb."

Cui Qichao smiled, "Shouldn't be as good as the wines produced by the monasteries."

"No, no, I think..." William thought that he had just smelled it, so he took a sip first. It was a little sour, which was inevitable, but this kind of sourness was just right, not like those crude, inferior drinks. The sour wine that people drink is more charming in the mellow wine, like the taste of apples.

In the aftertaste, it has a charming sweetness, which William is sure he has never tasted in other Abbey wines.In comparison, this is definitely not inferior to the red wine produced by any famous monastery vineyard.Sure enough, he said the raw Northumberland grapes seemed to be of high quality.

William closed his eyes and thought about it for a long time before he was able to continue the first half of the sentence, "I don't think it is inferior to any monastery's wine. Your Excellency, the wine produced by your estate is excellent, and it deserves your careful care of the grapes."

"Thank you for your compliment, please try the beef." Cui Qichao signaled the cook to serve up the stewed beef.

William took a sip of the beef cooked with extravagant cooking methods. At first, he might have thought that cooking beef with wine was a bit of a show off. Only after he tasted it did he realize that it was just right, a match made in heaven.

The meat quality of the beef is a bit old, after all, it is old and dead farmed beef. However, after stewing in red wine, the beef is soft and rotten, and the taste is greatly improved. Because the beef is fried, the surface is a little harder and more layered.The slightly sour and astringent taste in the red wine completely disappeared after stewing, leaving only a strong aroma.

After taking a sip of the soft hot beef full of wine, William was already drunk, "Your Excellency, your wine and recipes, no matter which monastery you put them in, will make everyone want to break their vows."