Chapter 77 77. Vinegar
The continuous rainy season has lasted for quite some time, and finally the long-awaited sunny day has arrived.
The long-silent Donggang City has regained its activity, and the Executive Hall Square is crowded with people.
It is expected that the second team to set out to open up the new land is already ready.
There are more than a thousand people.
People carried the new farm tools distributed by the lord, their faces filled with anticipation and joy for their future lives.
In order to take advantage of the good weather, the caravan chose to travel on the same day.
The long convoy of oxcarts loaded with fine wine traveled along the coastline, gradually becoming smaller and disappearing.
The round trip is expected to take more than a month.
They will pass through Donglin City and enter the territory of Duke Dafen, resell the wine to the transit station of Donghui Chamber of Commerce, and return in exchange for other supplies.
Lowe prefers livestock and seeds of various grains, and hopes that the caravan can collect as many as possible. In addition, he also hopes to recruit some talented scholars.
The territory was so short of talent that Bruno, who was over 90 years old, still had to brave the rainy season and work on the front line himself.
Lowe was afraid that the old man would fail there, so he held a meeting to discuss and decide to send Las and Green to assist.
As a result, two more helpers were missing. Government affairs piled up all of a sudden. Luo Wei held his head in pain and said, "Lan Lan, help me!"
"Master, I can't read!" The blue-haired maid looked helpless.
Lowe pounded the table helplessly.
Mixia can't read, who else can help, Mosuofei? Mosuofei has been busy making farm tools and burning charcoal recently.
Davian? He was in charge of building the sewage canal and didn't have time . Lovi suddenly thought of Xiqi: "Ask Xiqi if she has anything to do. If she doesn't, ask her to come over."
"Okay, young master." Lan Lan trotted out.
After a moment, Xiqi walked in with a rhythmic pace: "Lord, are you looking for me?"
"Please take a seat, Manager Xiqi." Luo Wei coughed lightly and said with difficulty, "I heard that you have been busy recently. I didn't bother you."
"Yeah, I thought you had forgotten me." Xiqi said with some resentment.
"No, how could that be." It has been raining recently, and the lady is watching closely, so there is no chance, Luo Wei thought. "Manager Xiqi, I would like to ask you to be my deputy."
Xiqi was slightly stunned, her eyes swept across the bamboo slips piled on the desk, and her mind suddenly became clear: "No problem, it's my honor to serve you."
"Come here."
Luo Wei motioned Xiqi to come to him and told her his work content and progress.
It mainly deals with matters related to population household registration.
Since it needs to be carved on bamboo slips, the efficiency is low. You know, carving a word is much more difficult than writing a word.
It takes at least a quarter of an hour to complete a bamboo slip household registration, not including the time wasted communicating with the people.
Nowadays, there is still a long queue of people waiting at the door to do business.
There were a lot of tasks accumulated over a period of time, and I didn't know how long it would take to finish them. Luo Wei's narration was very clear. The smart Xiqi got the hang of it quickly.
Pick up the carving pen and smoothly carve on the bamboo slips according to the template. Each household registration must be carved twice. One bamboo slip is placed in the household registration warehouse of the Executive Office, and the other is given to the residents to take home.
With Xiqi's help, efficiency increased by more than double.
The long queue of people waiting to serve has gradually shown signs of shortening.
Time passes by unknowingly.
In a blink of an eye, it's lunch time.
"Thank you very much for your hard work." Lovey grabbed Xiqi's hand and shook it with ulterior motives.
The girl's palms were sweaty and her cheeks were a faint red. "Mr. Lord, it is my honor to serve you."
"Don't be polite, come stay and have dinner with us." Luo Wei cleared his desk and notified Lan Lan to serve the food with his mind.
Lunch was steamed fish and steamed dumplings. These two simple dishes were nothing special to Lovi. But to people in this world, they were incredible.
People have always had only two ways to eat: roasting and boiling.
After Lowe brought the steamer into this world, the third type of 'steaming' finally appeared.
During these rainy days, he not only invented the steamer, but also taught Lanlan and the cook Am how to chop meat and make dumplings.
The thing I am most proud of is the invention of vinegar.
It is not vinegar, but wine that has been improperly stored and spoiled. After the alcohol in it evaporates, the wine will become sour.
Generally people choose to throw it away.
Lowe chose to keep it and give it to the cook as a condiment.
At Luo Wei's signal, Xiqi picked up the steamed dumplings with chopsticks and put them in the vinegar. With some doubt and trepidation in her heart, she took a small bite.
"It's delicious." Her eyes lit up and she instantly became addicted to this unique sweet and sour taste.
For this purpose, they even threw away their etiquette and reserve and ate to their heart's content.
Luo Wei was secretly proud. After eating, just work hard. All the work in the afternoon will be left to you.
Lunch took less than ten minutes. Xiqi patted her belly contentedly and said, "My Lord, what is the name of this new delicacy?"
"Steamed dumplings." Lowe invented a word.
"Is this delicacy made with new kitchen utensils?" Xiqi looked at the steamer curiously, with a sense of loving the steamer as if she loved everything about it.
In fact, the craft is not difficult and anyone who is good at bamboo weaving should be able to do it.
Luo Wei just made a clay sculpture and showed it to Lin Xia, and she finished it the next afternoon.
"Yes, I have something to do this afternoon! I would like to ask you to help look after this place. When you return to Fulin Castle in the evening, I will ask someone to prepare a portion for you."
"My Lord, please keep your word."
"certainly."
Lovi was liberated and left the office of the Executive Office without any regrets, bathing in the sunshine and breathing in the fresh air.
The weather is so nice today! Lan Lan licked the corner of his mouth and wagged his tail, saying, "Master, this is so delicious. I can eat three more plates."
"Lanlan, you glutton, stop eating!"
"No, no."
The two people's laughter faded away, and neither of them noticed that the air behind them was slightly distorted.
The green-haired elf spread his wings and flew quickly into the sky.
As usual, Lodel received a report from Green Radish.
Her eyes were indifferent, with no expression of surprise on her face: "I understand, keep watching for me."
"Yes, Lord Lodel." Luoluo smiled and made a gesture that it was no problem.
Long after she left, Lodel punched the tree trunk beside him in anger, and a terrifying force burst out of his body.
"Damn it! You cunning bee! You really piss me off! Don't even think about leaving a drop of honey in your home from now on."
The big tree shook and slowly fell down.
It hit the ground heavily with a dull thud.
Lodel snorted coldly and slowly retracted his fist.
(End of this chapter)
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