Cannon Fodder Just Wants to Farm (MTL)

Chapter 81 Reward

The big iron cauldron of the march was kept burning for a day and a night. When the people heard that there was pickled cabbage soup, they were willing to pay for it. It was definitely a good life to have hot soup on this day.

Sauerkraut soup is mainly soup and tastes very good. Occasionally there are some shredded sauerkraut, frozen tofu, and if you're lucky, you can even get a piece of white meat.

Many people took out the big pots at home and wanted to buy more bowls. When they eat, they add some wild vegetables to make a delicious meal.

Others followed suit.

Firewood is expensive now, so buying soup is more appropriate than making it yourself.

But the business was so good that the government officials were afraid that they would be overrun, so they told each household not to exceed five bowls of pickled cabbage soup. Otherwise, they would have bought it all, and no one else would have it.

They went back several times to pick it up. They were stuck on this street and couldn't get out. They saw that many people were wearing too thin clothes. While waiting to buy soup, everyone was shivering from the cold.

Most of the people who work as government servants are rich. For the first time, I felt the diversity of people in the county. I heard that the Gong family and the Xie family still have twenty dishes per meal, and there are all kinds of birds and animals on the table.

But ordinary people don't even have a winter coat to keep out the cold. The only clothes they have are the cotton coats issued by their snow shoveling team.

This clothes is put on the fellow countryman. They cherished it as much as anything. If the taste of the pickled cabbage soup wasn't so tempting, they would never come out.

The clothes they distributed turned out to be life-saving items for the people. When they came back from selling pickled cabbage soup, a government servant took over their shift and continued selling on other streets. Although the government officials had thickened clothes, they were still freezing after staying in the ice and snow for so long.

After coming back, he approached He Zifeng and wanted to donate money to donate a batch of cotton-padded clothes. In the past, they were high-ranking officials, building cities and shoveling snow together with those strong men, and they also developed a sense of compassion.

He Zifeng said: "It's good that you have such a heart, but it won't be used for the time being. The county is preparing to expand the tofu factory." Tofu is a good thing, beans are cheap, and the county's granary has a lot of them. Tofu can be used as both a vegetable and a meal. If you can't finish it, freeze it. You can stew it and it will taste delicious. Now two hundred boards a day are not enough to sell.

It not only allows these people to work, but also sells the tofu made to the people cheaply, and balances the income and expenditure. Don't underestimate this move. Forget it, the county magistrate, this can save at least several thousand more people.

Now that the tofu shop is not enough, the county magistrate borrowed a large yard from the owner of Yahang yesterday. Just suitable for opening a tofu shop.

The boss of Yahang readily agreed, and it was not in vain. The county magistrate said that he would be charged less taxes for two years. Like them walking alone, no less than ten thousand taels of silver are passed through in a year. This calculation gives them a lot of relief.

The president of the trading company and the people under him also came to the Yamen to submit their names, saying that if there was any use for it, they would do their best.

When the government officials heard what He Zifeng said, they all became happy: "You know you care about the people."

He Zifeng asked them to go publicize when they had nothing to do. This time they would be given a cotton-padded jacket if they could enter the tofu shop. There is also one hundred coins every month. But you must abide by the rules. If you don't abide by the rules, you will be fired without any money and your clothes will be returned.

The new employee's cotton-padded jacket has been arranged, so naturally the old man cannot be forgotten. He quickly patched them up. From cotton clothes, cotton pants to cotton shoes.

The county made them specifically for this snowstorm, and they are thicker than those bought outside. If there are several people working in the family and there is no shortage of cotton-padded jackets, they can be sold for them, and a set costs 300 yuan.

But it's hard currency in the county.

This time I took out so many cotton-padded jackets at once, and now I have to hurry up and make clothes and shoes.

It is said that there are as many as 500 people who came to sign up, and they all came here for the money and cotton-padded jackets.

The Yamen below will be responsible for this matter. More than 20 skilled workers were also transferred from the old tofu house to lead new people to make tofu.

They came out with about 200 people, and there were a few people who cooked delicious food. She was chosen to be the cook. The other three hundred people have not yet been accounted for.

The county magistrate called He Zifeng over urgently. Said: "These merchants really have some good things." Thanks to him using the tax exemption method to force other people out and come to offer suggestions. There are really some useful things, such as growing vegetables on the fire pit. Those rich people can eat fresh things in winter, which are cultivated by these craftsmen in various ways.

So I asked a banker to buy an old house and let those people grow vegetables next to the fire bed and fire wall every day. If it works, they will also have fresh vegetables to eat. It just happened that the other 300 people who were idle were transferred to 100 people and divided into groups. Which group grows the best and most vegetables in the end will be rewarded by the county magistrate.

The remaining two hundred people took turns grinding coarse grain noodles. Everyone is getting tired of eating whole grain rice every day.

He Zifeng remembered the sauce-flavored pancakes he had made before. It means using coarse grains, but grinding the grains into fine powder and then sifting them. The baked cakes are chewy and have the aroma of grain, making them addictive. Now that they can survive, they want to live a better life.

Since the county magistrate has two generals, Zhu Captou and He Zifeng, as long as he wants to do something, he can get it done very well, not to mention it is very enjoyable and refreshing.

However, Zhu Captou is from the county and can go home every day. He Zifeng's family is in the countryside. There has been a lot of things going on at the Yamen Gate these days. He has been living in the Yamen and looks a little tired.

The county magistrate said: "Zifeng, all the people under your command have been brought out to give you a three-day holiday. Go home and spend time with your wife and children. We'll do it again when we get back."

He Zifeng said: "Thank you so much, Mr. County Master, for your consideration."

Then we rented a carriage and returned to the village. Although it has been snowing for the past few days, but the roads have been cleared and it is not difficult to walk. The horses run very fast when the weather is cold. Arriving at the entrance of Chishui Village, He Zifeng quickly gave the money to the driver and then entered the village.

All the doors in the village were tightly closed, and there were almost no people walking outside. He Zifeng walked for a quarter of an hour and arrived in front of his yard, which was unlocked. Just twist it and it opens. Then while walking in the yard, I heard someone coming out of the back room.

It was Qiu Yu who opened the door. When he saw that the person who came was really He Zifeng, there was some surprise in his eyes.

It was too cold outside, so Qiu Yu just put on a cotton-padded jacket.

He Zifeng said: "Go back to the house."

Then entering the house, it was like two worlds, and the house was extremely warm. He Zifeng wanted to dispel the coldness in his body and then entered the back room. Unexpectedly, their little boy ran over and said, "Daddy."

After saying that, he was about to throw himself into his arms, but He Zifeng stopped him and said: "Good boy, you go back to the house first, I will go in later."

Although Xiao Heran didn't understand his intention, he went back to the house obediently.

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