Chapter 93 Everyone was happy to work.
Sifang County.
In the fields, people are wielding hoes to loosen the soil and weed the rapeseed.
Their eyes were filled with tenderness as they looked at the seedlings, as if they could see vast fields of yellow rapeseed flowers next spring, and warehouses overflowing with rapeseed at harvest time.
The people from the oil mill walked through the fields.
Qiu Xueying looked around and nodded in satisfaction: This is our oil mill's territory!
She told her coworkers, "Jiang Zhou's idea is really good. The workshop owns a county, so they can choose what crops to plant and how many to plant!"
This is much better than when everyone was crammed together, because we no longer have to compete with other workshops for food.
"Yes, next spring, we'll plant a whole hillside of peanuts and another whole hillside of sunflowers," said worker A happily. "Then we'll be able to harvest a whole warehouse full of peanuts and sunflower seeds!"
Staff member B hesitated before asking, "The land allocated to our oil mill..." He looked worried, "...is it for us to cultivate ourselves? Is it enough for just the number of us?"
Qiu Xueying shook her head and explained to everyone, "Don't worry, we can pay the local people to plant, weed, and harvest for us."
Their oil mill's main business is, of course, oil extraction.
The group walked forward while talking.
Staff member C put his hands behind his head and exclaimed, "Now I truly understand what the goddess meant by 'If you want to get rich, build roads first.'"
Indeed, if the official road is completed, their oil mill will be able to sell its oil to other places much faster in the future.
Time is money.
“Oh dear, if we had the highways and cars described in the book, we wouldn’t need to work so hard growing our own food; we could just buy it from other states.” Staff member Ding sniffed. He’d been very busy lately and had caught a cold.
Qiu Xueying found this amusing, saying, "In our time, having quality roads connecting every village and two-wheeled carts is already a huge step forward!"
You want highways too? Do you even know how cement is made?
Some residents of "Jiu County" are working hard to repair roads, while others are taking care of fruit trees.
These fruit trees are only as tall as a person now. In order to help them survive their first winter, the staff responsible for planting the fruit trees spent several days reading books in the library and determined three methods to protect the young trees from frost.
"First, mound soil around the base of the tree, using fine soil to insulate the roots; second, cover the ground with straw, corn stalks, or turf; third, wrap the tree trunk, either by wrapping the trunk with straw rope, painting it white, or covering the entire tree with cloth," a staff member read aloud from his notes to the people.
The people: "..."
Many of them have extensive planting experience. After listening to the staff read the instructions, they quickly applied what they learned to other situations and came up with more ideas. They began to take measures to keep the saplings warm, striving to ensure that they could live healthily until the following spring.
"I hope they grow up quickly, blossom and bear fruit!" someone laughed. "Our winery, dried fruit factory, and cannery are all waiting for their fruit."
Her colleague burst out laughing upon hearing this, "Instead of waiting for their fruit to be further processed, why not build a road from Sifang County to Ningzhou and transport the fruit from Ningzhou?"
It takes ten years to grow a tree, but a hundred years to cultivate a person.
"Are you saying we don't want to buy from outside?" We have no other choice, do we?
"Speaking of canned goods, I remember that fruits such as peaches, pears, oranges, and bayberries can be canned, and pork, beef, crab meat, and fish can also be canned, right?" A male staff member said, swallowing hard.
Canned goods can preserve fruits and meats for a long time.
The female staff member laughed, "You mean you want to open a factory in the north to make canned beef and in the east to make canned fish? Direct sales from the place of origin."
The male staff member said, "Doesn't the Treasury Department do business in various states? They could easily start a canned meat business."
"Do you need to tell me?" the person in charge laughed. "Instant noodles and canned food are emergency food and can be used as military rations. Although we are protected by the goddess and can't use them for the time being, other states can. Therefore, the Ministry of Finance has already started to set up fish and meat canning factories in coastal counties."
The Ministry of Finance has also considered convenient ingredients such as chili sauce, pickled vegetables, and hot pot base. Although they may not bring instant wealth like glass products, nor become popular as quickly as wine and tea, they can be developed into long-term businesses.
MSG, this powerful ingredient, can only be extracted on a small scale and cannot be produced on a large scale at present, which is a pity for Minister Yun.
County town.
Even though she hadn't fully recovered, Mo Jingchun had already gotten up and started working.
She said, "If I lie in bed and don't work because I'm injured, wouldn't it make it seem like I'm just being lazy by getting injured?"
The Minister of the Secretariat looked helpless. "No, no one would think that way."
Mo Jingchun shrugged. "That's what I think."
As she spoke, she read the letter handed to her by Jiang Zhou, the person in charge of the distillery, and then picked up a pen to write a reply.
The Minister of the Secretariat asked worriedly, "Are you going to General Ning's coming-of-age ceremony?"
Mo Jingchun put down his pen, picked up the letter written by Aunt Feng from the teahouse, and read it quickly, skimming through it.
He replied, “Yes. This is a gathering of staff from the administrative offices of three counties, a very rare occasion. As the governor of Sifang County, I must attend and meet everyone.” Some of these people might only see each other once in their lifetime.
The minister of the secretariat watched as Mo Jingchun wrote a reply to Aunt Feng, and his lips twitched: "Prefect Mo's injuries haven't fully healed yet, and she's already doing work and going to Yuanxi County. Can her body handle it?"
As it turned out, Mo Jingchun was frighteningly energetic. Despite her illness, she finished up several days' worth of official business and met with several people to understand the details.
The minister of the secretariat couldn't dissuade him and could only stay up all night with Mo Jingchun to work.
This busy period lasted until the moon was high in the sky.
The Minister of the Secretariat yawned as he left Mo Jingchun's office.
But Mo Jingchun hadn't rested yet; she met with Yun Youning, who had just returned from inspecting the village.
Yun Youning took a big gulp of a cup of bitter tea. "Currently, all the work is proceeding according to plan: road construction, well digging, irrigation canal digging, planting, animal husbandry... Some projects have encountered minor difficulties, but I have discussed them with everyone and resolved them."
She said in a nonchalant tone, "As you wished, after those big families were dealt with, all the troublemakers have indeed behaved themselves and stopped causing us any trouble."
Mo Jingchun smiled and said, "I didn't get stabbed."
Yun Youning pouted, "Yeah, yeah, it wasn't for nothing. At least for now, no one in Sifang County dares to mess with you."
Mo Jingchun cautioned, "We still need to remain vigilant and be careful of a counterattack."
Yun Youning said, "Don't worry, the city guards are keeping a close eye on them. Don't worry too much, just focus on recovering. Otherwise, do you want to attend Ning Huai'an's coming-of-age ceremony in a wheelchair?"
Mo Jingchun smiled and said, "I'm just a guest. What difference does it make whether I'm sitting in a wheelchair or on a stool?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Youning's eyebrows furrowed, and a sharp chill appeared on her usually gentle face.
Mo Jingchun: "..."
People who don't get angry often are quite frightening when they do.
She quickly said, "I was wrong! I'll take care of myself and rest properly!"
Xinyuan County.
Hu Dazhu led his army and quickly entered Xinyuan County, heading straight for the county seat.
The local officials were terrified: how could they have imagined that after more than two years of peace, Anling County would suddenly turn its sword against their Xinyuan?
So they quickly mustered their forces to resist.
Hu Dazhu adopted a strategy of quick victory, and the people he encountered along the way were all won over by He Qinglan's "five dishes and one soup".
While the prefect was still gathering troops, Hu Dazhu's army had already marched all the way to the city gate. Cannonballs were hurled onto the city wall by catapults, creating a large crater!
Prefect: "!!!"
He was unsure whether to resist as much as possible or to pack his things and flee with his family.
The soldiers of Anling County were in high spirits.
Hu Dazhu said he wanted to use the capture of Xinyuan County as a coming-of-age gift for Ning Huai'an. This greatly encouraged everyone; they were determined to let General Ning share in the spoils of their victory!
Therefore, the shouts of challengers in front of the city were several octaves higher.
Hu Dazhu smiled and said to Xiang Yuesheng, "I didn't expect it to actually work."
Xiang Yuesheng chuckled.
The enemy was caught completely off guard, our morale was high, and with the cooperation of the people, the battle to attack Xinyuan County ended quickly.
Hu Dazhu accepted the official seal presented by the prefect before Ning Huai'an's birthday and excitedly reported it to He Qinglan.
I'm just waiting to show off to everyone when I go to Yuanxi County to celebrate my birthday.
The people of Xinyuan County could not share in the new emperor's joy; they were happy in their own way.
Unlimited food, including fresh vegetables and meat!
From now on, they will also be able to enjoy such good treatment!
Well, ever since He Qinglan arrived in Anling County, they have been filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred towards the people of Anling.
After all, not all the people of Xinyuan could move to Anling. The governor of Xinyuan County would block the news about He Qinglan and send troops to prevent them from migrating.
Most people can only watch helplessly as others successfully smuggle themselves across the border with their families, and from then on live a happy life with five dishes and a soup.
The people of Xinyuan were furious: "Damn it, why did the goddess choose their Anling County instead of our Xinyuan County?"
Fortunately, Anling's army has now conquered Xinyuan County. From now on, Xinyuan belongs to the goddess, and everyone will be blessed by the goddess, eating meat buns, white steamed buns, fried chicken, cola, and fresh vegetables and meat, just like the people of Anling County!
They will no longer go hungry.
They no longer have to rely on the weather for their livelihood.
Their lives are taking a turn for the better today.
This is absolutely wonderful!
The only unhappy ones were the officials of the former Xinyuan County, but no one cared about their feelings.
Including their families: The food bestowed by the goddess was so delicious, even better than what we ate when my husband was an official!
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