Several small cloth bags were opened, revealing dried vegetables inside.
It contains shredded radish, shredded lettuce, dried eggplant, and dried chili peppers.
Looking at the dried vegetables from afar, Lu Qiqi's lips curled up into a smile.
Gu Shaoqing said, "Village head, there's a whole cart full of dried vegetables outside. The villagers asked me to bring them to you."
These dried vegetables were all grown and dried in Tianping Village. I don't know how many vegetables it would take to dry a whole truckload of them.
Lu Qiqi asked, "Do you know how well the dried vegetables from Tianping Village sell?"
Gu Shaoqing thought for a moment and said, "I heard from Village Chief Niu that he did as you instructed, dried the vegetables into dried vegetables, and then sold them at the shipping dock and the street corner of the merchants' market. Judging from his tone, the sales should be quite good."
In addition, Village Chief Niu asked me to pass on a message, saying that it is expected that the debts of grain and interest owed to Tianlong Village will be repaid this year.
As a witness, Lu Qiqi knew better than anyone how much grain Tianping Village had borrowed from Tianlong Village. If the grain and interest could be repaid, the principal should not be much less.
In this way, Tianping Village will be able to make a profit next year and will no longer have to live a life of uncertainty about where the next meal will come from.
Tianlong Village didn't get the land from Tianping Village, but it shouldn't feel like it lost out. The villagers received the interest and benefited, so the relationship between the two villages will naturally become closer.
Considering that dried vegetables can be stored for a long time, Lu Qiqi asked, "When you came, were there any dried vegetables left over from this batch?"
Gu Shaoqing carefully recalled what Village Chief Niu had said, then shook his head and said, "Village Chief Niu makes the villagers set up stalls to sell their wares every day, so there probably isn't much left."
Lu Qiqi's budding interest was instantly dampened by Gu Shaoqing's words.
However, it's not realistic to think about transporting the dried vegetables from Tianping Village to the border town.
A lot of manpower is needed for transportation. The dried vegetables weigh 100 jin before departure, but by the time they reach the border town, they will probably only weigh 60 jin.
Moreover, a large amount of grain is needed to ensure the supplies for the transport personnel on their round trip.
This is like comparing an ordinary merchant to a capital city; their financial and material resources are worlds apart.
Thinking about it this way, there was absolutely no hope of transporting dried vegetables to the border town to treat scurvy.
Not to mention that when fresh vegetables are dried, the nutrients are destroyed long ago, making them incomparable to fresh vegetables.
It seems we still need to find another way to solve this.
Gu Shaoqing was an outsider after all, and even if he was brought into the military camp by the Nineteenth Prince, he could not stay in the military camp for too long.
Therefore, after finishing his tea, he took his leave and left the military camp.
Nineteen then had a cartload of dried vegetables moved into Lu Qiqi's tent.
Looking at the pile of sacks, Lu Qiqi suddenly thought how wonderful it would be if she had Ma Liang's magic paintbrush, so she could draw whatever she wanted.
Such a thought only flashed through her mind for a moment, and then she waited until she left the camp.
Gu Shaoqing's arrival gave her an idea, since he was able to bring lime to the border town.
So it wouldn't be unreasonable to attribute all these unripe fruits to Gu Shaoqing.
Thinking this way, Lu Qiqi decided to find some time to go into her space, cut down a bamboo, and knock down all the green fruits.
Otherwise, if she were to pick them one by one from the tree by herself, it would take forever.
Just now, Shijiu brought the dried vegetables into the tent and whispered to Lu Qiqi, asking if he could try them.
Lu Qiqi was also very curious, so she agreed.
That evening, she made stir-fried shredded radish with dried pork, dried eggplant with chili peppers, and stir-fried dried lettuce for dinner.
Nineteen set up a pot and started a fire outside the tent, and Lu Qiqi served out the dishes one by one, filling the air with fragrance.
Just then, she finished cooking and saw Song Yanqing and An Yi returning to the commander's tent.
Lu Qiqi quickly told Nineteen to turn off the fire, and then brought all the freshly cooked dishes into the commander's tent.
This time, Nineteen learned her lesson and divided the dishes Lu Qiqi made into two identical portions.
It's perfect timing to eat with his older brother.
That way, you won't have to worry about working hard all day and not getting to taste the food.
Just as he was feeling smug about his cleverness, Lu Qiqi called out to him, so he quickly put the dishes on a tray and carried them into the commander's tent.
After setting out the food, Shijiu and An Yi withdrew, leaving only Lu Qiqi and Song Yanqing in the tent.
In the spirit of not saying anything unpleasant during a meal, Lu Qiqi not only did not mention that she had come to his tent to see him today, but she also planned to talk about the soldiers suffering from scurvy after the meal.
Song Yanqing had many things weighing on his mind, so he never put much thought into food. In the army, he was content as long as he could fill his stomach; as for the taste, that was a luxury.
But today, I knew who made the dishes just by tasting them.
What intrigued him even more was that food was scarce in the army, and getting vegetarian dishes was even more difficult than getting meat.
The people of the border town have always made a living by selling and processing salt, and fishing at sea. Very few of them grow this kind of vegetarian food.
How exactly did Lu Qiqi manage to do that?
Full of doubts, Song Yanqing parted his thin lips and asked, "Were these dishes sent from the Feng residence?"
Was venison the same before, and is vegetable meat the same now?
Lu Qiqi picked up a piece of eggplant and put it in her mouth. The eggplant, which had been fried in hot oil, was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It tasted great.
She swallowed the dried eggplant and gently shook her head, saying, "This was delivered by the villagers of Tianping Village through the Tianlang Escort Agency. It's a whole cart full of dried vegetables, all piled up in my tent."
This wasn't the first time Song Yanqing had heard of the Tianlang Escort Agency. The lime that Yunbian Winery needed was transported overland through the Tianlang Escort Agency.
The two put down their bowls at the same time. Lu Qiqi wiped her mouth clean before speaking seriously, "Today, Doctor Luo and I discovered that the soldiers in the army are suffering from a disease called scurvy."
Upon hearing this, Song Yanqing's expression hardened. "What is scurvy?"
After Lu Qiqi explained the symptoms of scurvy, Song Yanqing's expression visibly darkened.
He had seen this disease with his own eyes!
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