Lin's workshop has become the largest tofu production base in the area. Many people who live in the same planned area with him, who have nothing to do at home in winter and light a fire to hibernate, can no longer sit idle. They carry their loads into the workshop early in the morning, pack some tofu, fermented bean curd and bean skin and take them to the market, Baituo Town, or go door to door to sell them.
The Lin family gradually withdrew from the busy production industry. Lin Rui only left four eldest members, including his father, to take charge of the core of the production. Every worker who came here would sign an employment contract. Once someone leaked the production process in the Lin workshop, the Lin family had the right to hold him accountable and charge him a sky-high penalty for breach of contract.
These only have a temporary deterrent effect. Lin Rui knows how many people can keep their original intentions under the temptation of certain interests.
The cartloads of tofu dregs that Wang Da and the others brought in were the daily product of the Lin's workshop. For any leftover tofu dregs that weren't sold, Lin Rui would have Xiao Mu and Dunzi push them to the fields on carts to be used as fertilizer. He also had his brother-in-law go to Baituo Town to find a way to sell piglets, catching a dozen or so and raising them there so the tofu dregs wouldn't go to waste.
I didn't expect that these bean curd dregs pigs would be eaten by others before they were even eaten...
Wang Da and Deng Hui sat in the front carriage, followed by more than a dozen carriages. The Huotou Camp did not have enough carriages, so they borrowed war horses from the military camp and temporarily harnessed them to transport food.
Deng Hui finally breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the piles of Lao Gao's tofu-dregs packages on the carriage: "This should be enough for the soldiers now!"
Wang laughed loudly: "Enough, I will keep it!"
He continued, "Brother Lin Rui said that if you add some flour to the tofu dregs and stir them together, then add some oil to the pan, you can make tofu dregs cakes. If you don't have enough flour, you can make tofu dregs flour porridge. If you don't have rice or flour, you can just stir-fry the tofu dregs and add the bean sprouts we gave out. This will definitely feed the soldiers."
Deng Hui breathed a sigh of relief: "Ah, I finally solved this problem." He couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "If you ask me, the eldest lady is really confused. The Xing family is still there, so Miss Xing has a respected status. If the Xing family doesn't exist and she changes her surname to Fang, she may not even be the mistress of the house!"
Wang Da also lowered his voice: "Who said it wasn't? Women are most easily blinded by love. I think this Fang guy is not a good person. As soon as he came here, he instigated the separation between the young lady and the young general. Now they are even more at loggerheads. Our food and grass might be..."
Stop, stop. If you continue talking, you will be considered to have leaked military secrets and will be beheaded. Wang Da immediately shut up and gave Deng Hui a look that said you understand.
In the military camp, Xing Lie paced back and forth in the tent, looking towards Baixing Town from time to time.
Han Wenjing raised his head and couldn't help but console him, "Don't worry, Young General. Lieutenant General Sanhu is a brave and skilled warrior. He will no doubt be able to handle Fang Pingshan's ragtag group."
Xing Lie sighed deeply, "I'm not worried about them, but I'm not sure if the barracks can provide enough food for the soldiers today. I've given a death order to the Fire Battalion, but they can't cook without rice either. I'm really asking too much."
Han Wenjing couldn't help but laugh and said, "Is that so? Then why not wait until the Fire Head Battalion delivers the food today and the General will turn a blind eye."
Xing Lie smiled and said: "I am obsessed with it. Just take it seriously and put it aside."
Xing Lie moved his nose: "Do you smell anything?"
It was almost noon, and time to go to Huotouying to cook. A fragrant aroma of beans wafted out. Xu Shaoxuan looked up from his desk and said, "Look at this smell. It's time for me to have another tofu feast today."
Lin Pingyu shook his head. "It would be nice if we could fill ourselves up with tofu, but how many pieces of tofu would be enough to fill us up? A piece of tofu costs five wen. We have over three thousand men in the Flying Tiger Battalion, so a piece of tofu would cost fifteen taels of silver. That's just for a piece of tofu. Adult men like you and me would need at least four pieces of tofu. The soldiers in the barracks use up their energy deploying troops every day. How can they have the strength without eating something good? At least eight pieces of tofu, a single meal would cost a hundred taels of silver, and the rest of the cost is another thing. If we continue to support our troops this way, even several Xing families wouldn't be able to afford it."
Lin Pingyu is in charge of the military supply dispatch of the Flying Tiger Battalion and has a more comprehensive and thorough understanding of the situation.
Chen Zhidong smiled and said, "What are you thinking about? Maybe it's tofu soup. My family loves this kind of food called tofu. We can't live without it for a day. Tofu soup is what we eat the most. When my nephews and nieces make a fuss, my mother will mix it with soft tofu with sugar. It tastes really good."
Lin Pingyu joked: "You know so much about it, have you ever eaten it?"
"Of course, otherwise how would I know what it feels like?" Chen Zhidong was also thick-skinned and couldn't help but say with a smile.
At this moment, Xing Lie's personal guards respectfully shouted outside, "Major General, it's time for lunch."
Xing Lie and his four most trusted advisors all brightened up: "Present it quickly."
"Yes!" The tent was opened, and the personal guards came in with food boxes, bringing lunch for the general and several counselors.
Ever since the city gates were opened to receive refugees and disaster victims, the Xing family army had begun to tighten their belts. In the past, they could even ask the firemen to prepare extra meals for the high-ranking military officers.
The current situation is special. The entire army has started to eat from the same pot, and no special treatment is allowed.
The guards quickly delivered lunch to the Major General and several of his advisors. After Han Wenjing and the other guards left, he was the first to open the lunch boxes, his tone full of surprise: "This Fire Camp... has something special!"
After hearing what he said, the others also opened the food boxes in front of them and exclaimed, "What is this?"
Although the food in the lunch box was a bit rough, it was very substantial. There were three square pancakes, a small bowl of something that looked like rice but was not rice, and another bowl of tofu, bean sprouts and bacon soup. There was very little bacon, and at most there were some tiny oil beads floating on the surface of the soup.
The food here is really not inferior to what we eat on ordinary days. It makes people wonder if there is really a shortage of food in the military camp?
But they knew there was definitely a shortage. With the food stored in the warehouse, it was not enough to satisfy even two-tenths of the soldiers today, let alone such an abundance.
Chen Zhidong took a bite of the pancake and found that it was not entirely made of multi-grain flour. It tasted rough and had a bean aroma, very similar to the fragrance they had smelled before.
There was also a bowl of something fried that looked like rice but was not rice. It was also filled with the aroma of beans. It was not delicious, but it was definitely not difficult to swallow. It was even more delicious than the mixed-flour steamed buns and pancakes in the military camp. I ate and drank it with the bean sprout and meat soup, and gulped it down in one gulp, feeling very full.
"What is this? It tastes really good!" Xu Shaoxuan also looked at the food box in surprise while chewing.
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