Wei Mingze had no objection.
It’s not like the gentlemen haven’t killed zombies before when they were transporting food. Besides, they have the army to protect them, so they don’t have to worry too much about their safety.
"Okay, it's up to you." Wei Mingze said no more and prepared to return to the dock.
Wei Xiyin didn't stay in the county government office for long. Seeing Wei Mingkuan was going out to find a bricklayer, she followed him out.
The two separated at the door, and she turned to go to the arsenal.
………
General Chen had nothing to do after settling his troops yesterday.
His soldiers occupied three workshops to rest. The interior was very spacious, but the workshops were built densely together. At the entrance of the alley was a tofu shop that was in operation. To get water, one had to pass by the door.
Whenever the soldiers passed by a tofu shop and smelled the bean fragrance wafting from it, they couldn't help but feel their throats rolling and swallowing hard.
The Wei family is really rich.
They have created so many industries, but what is tofu? It smells so good, but they have never eaten it.
The soldiers were always walking back and forth around the tofu shop intentionally or unintentionally.
Even if you can't eat it, you can at least smell it.
The Zhongshan army was amazed in this short day. The prosperity of the county town was beyond their imagination. Everything they saw seemed strange. The various workshops bustling with activity were simply dazzling.
They were assigned a separate shared kitchen and were responsible for cooking their own meals.
This time, the Zhongshan Army brought enough food, mostly old grain and soybeans. The shelf life of beans is about one to two years, and they will become moldy and deteriorate if left for too long, so the first food distributed was mostly beans.
There were no vegetables or anything else, but everyone was very happy. His Highness was kind and gave them so much food that they didn't have to go hungry anymore.
Although the soldiers envied the quality of life of the people in the fort, they also knew how to be content.
So...it's not illegal to smell it!
General Chen felt it was too embarrassing and ordered the soldiers to stay in the workshop honestly. Except for getting water or eating, they were not allowed to go out and walk around.
They were ordered by His Highness to come here to assist the Wei family in cleaning up Yizhou. It would be unacceptable for them to wander around doing nothing and be looked down upon by the Wei family!
General Chen's face was serious, and he scolded his subordinates, but deep down he was thinking, "Your Highness has a good relationship with the Wei family. Once Zhongshan is stabilized, I can use the remaining items to see if I can exchange them for a few skilled craftsmen. No, I can even borrow them..."
There are two public kitchens in the county town, one in the south and one in the north. I have never been there, so I don’t know what the food is like there.
But you can imagine that they must eat better than them.
General Chen thought for a moment, went out, and planned to go to the county government to ask when they would start the action.
I have taken a day off.
Zhongshan is now in a state of disrepair, and General Chen wants to finish his work as soon as possible and return home, not wanting to stay outside for too long.
When he arrived at the gate of the county government office, he happened to see the girl leaving and quickly called out, "Miss Wei!"
Wei Xiyin heard some movement coming from her body, turned her head and responded with a smile, "It's General Chen. Has the Zhongshan Army been settled?"
General Chen saw the man stop and jogged over.
As he ran, the armor all over his body was shaking, swaying up and down and left and right with his steps, making a "clang clang" sound, and he looked a little funny.
"It has been properly arranged. Thank you for your trouble."
General Chen stopped when he reached her, then bowed and said, "I mentioned to you yesterday that I wanted to go to the fort to pay a visit to Lord Wei. Is it convenient for you?"
Wei Xiyin nodded slightly, "My grandfather is at home, General Chen can go directly there. I have something else to do, so I won't go with you."
General Chen: “…” He went there alone?
The fort is so big, what if he gets lost and goes through the wrong door.
Wei Xiyin smiled and said, "When General Chen arrives, someone will naturally lead the way." How could a general like him be stage-frightened?
General Chen looked embarrassed and changed the subject, asking about the real matter. "When does that girl plan to take action? The living conditions in the county are too good. I'm worried that my soldiers will become lazy and find it difficult to adapt after returning. I have to let them go out and fight the enemy as soon as possible."
Wei Xiyin couldn't help laughing when she heard this. General Chen, who was always lazy, was actually more anxious than her.
Since Yuan Yuwan came to power, it seems that the mental outlook of the Zhongshan Army has changed. After seeing hope, the formerly lazy and negative soldiers seemed to become positive overnight.
"I wanted to send someone to notify them later, but now that the general is here, I'm too lazy to send someone else on the trip."
Wei Xiyin said, "We will set out early tomorrow morning to conduct a large-scale cleanup of all the cities in Qinghe County. It's hard to go into details right now. When everyone is gathered in the evening, we will hold a meeting at the county government office and make pre-war arrangements then."
They don't have much time left, so they must split their forces into several groups. They need to resolve all the hidden dangers around Qinghe County within ten days at most.
General Chen felt relieved after hearing this. "His Highness has ordered that everything be done according to the lady's arrangements. I will come back in the evening."
Wei Xiyin nodded slightly in response.
After talking about business for two or three sentences, they suddenly fell silent.
The atmosphere suddenly became cold.
The two men stood not far from the county government office, staring at each other.
Wei Xiyin thought, if you have something to say, just say it quickly, she is busy.
General Chen was a little embarrassed. He seemed to have a lot of questions to ask before he came here, but the serious business was finished in just a sentence or two, and now he turned around and left?
Or what?
General Chen coughed twice and couldn't help asking, "Excuse me, young lady, what is the tofu shop used for? Our temporary residence is very close to the tofu shop. The smell is particularly tempting, and the soldiers are really curious..."
Wei Xiyin was obviously stunned for a moment, mainly because there were so many workshops in the county town, and she didn't expect that they would be interested in a tofu shop.
She didn't hide it. "It's a workshop that turns beans into supplementary food."
Beans were the main food in this dynasty and were always eaten as the staple food.
There are naturally beans in the Yizhou granary, and the quantity is quite large, accounting for about 30% of the total grain in the granary.
Those beans should be the grain stored in the past two years. Because they were properly stored, they were barely edible, but they would not be edible if they were stored any further.
So Wei Xiyin decided to make a batch of beans that were about to go bad into soy products to provide nutrition for the tribesmen and the people, so as not to waste the beans.
The recipe for soy products was sent to Mingjingtang by Wu Bo, who claimed that he had obtained it by chance when Wei Ji was in Kyoto two years ago.
There are many people in the fortress and it would be bad for a young lady like her to stand out too much.
General Chen was also taken aback when he heard this. "Supplements?"
Wei Xiyin said, "Yes, such as soy milk, tofu, etc., and of course bean sprouts. However, the germination rate of old soybeans is not high. It's not just a problem of germination rate, but it's easy to rot. Old beans that haven't sprouted will rot after being soaked, rot and stink, and eventually cause all the sprouted beans to rot as well. So now we only make tofu."
General Chen was silent; he didn't understand a word.
I shouldn’t have asked!
Seeing his bewildered expression, Wei Xiyin wanted to laugh but was too embarrassed to do so, so she simply said, "I remember you brought quite a few beans. If the soldiers are truly curious, General, you can send the beans to a tofu shop for processing so the soldiers can have a taste."
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