A Lucky Wife Born Again From a Farm Family

Chapter 2298 Fang Zi

Du Neijian praised: "Master Qi is worthy of being a magistrate, and he is very considerate."

As long as people in these five villages can eat cassava for a month without causing any problems, cassava can be successfully promoted and the people will be saved!

He then asked: "Which village are you all from? What's the population?"

The five village chiefs introduced their villages: "I, Chen Changming, are from Chenmu Village. The village is just outside Fucheng. There are 43 households and 162 people in the village, all of whom are trying to eat cassava. With my fingerprints, I will use cassava as my staple food in the days to come. No matter whether I live or die, I will have no complaints. Please rest assured, sir."

A village chief in his early thirties said: "The young Bian Guiping is the village chief of Bianjia Village. There are fifty households and one hundred and eighty-six people in the village. Half of them have moved here in the past two years, but all of them have moved here." I listened very much to the Bian family and had no objection to trying the cassava, and they all put their thumbprints on the signs of life and death."

 The remaining three villages are Hongliu Village, whose surname is Hong; Xinzhuang Village and Laozhuang Village, whose eldest surname is Zhuang, and the rest have three minor surnames.

There are five villages, Bianjia Village has the largest population, and Hongliu Village has the smallest population, with only 26 households and 70 people.

After looking at the life and death conditions of each village, Du Neijian said: "You have worked hard all the way. Let's eat first. After eating, I will tell you more about cassava."

"Hey, sir, just make arrangements, we will do it." The village chiefs of the five villages responded. After using insect attractants, they were placed in a room outside the gate of the guardhouse.

There is a large fire bed in the house, which is enough to sleep the few of them.

Chang Liang Wei also gave them a new cotton-padded jacket, which made them very happy: "This Chang Liang Wei is really rich. He also gave us cotton-padded jackets, which are brand new. Look at the fabric. The pure cotton side is even sewn. Three floors.”

Hongliu Village was poor, and the village chief sighed: "I can't waste such a good thing, and keep it for my eldest grandson... That child had a hard life. He encountered a drought a few years after he was born, and then there was a war disaster. , I haven’t worn any good clothes.”

Bian Guiping said: "Uncle Hong, we still need to learn how to handle cassava. You have to dress warmly, otherwise you will get cold and sick, and you will not be able to complete your errands. This is a big sin."

He added: "When we finish our work and get the reward, you will naturally have money to buy new clothes for your grandson and give him a wife."

Chen Changming also said: "Guiping is right. Although there are risks in doing this, if we do it well, we won't have to worry about money... Just a compliment from the emperor will be enough for our villages to benefit for a hundred years."

Man Dachu asked, how many villages can be praised by the emperor?

He added: "There is also Chang Liang Wei, who is engaged in the business of tofu, medicinal materials, bricks, and porcelain. There are so many industries. If we work hard, Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin may see that we are diligent and loyal, and they may let us grow medicinal materials. Then we’ll send it out.”

As soon as these words came out, the village chiefs present exclaimed and said excitedly: "Village Chief Chen has a long-term view. We have to do our job well. If we do it well, it will benefit the whole village!"

Several village chiefs wanted to bring benefits to the village, so they did not rest. After eating, they immediately went to work and listened to Uncle Mutong talking about cassava.

To be honest, after learning about the toxicity of cassava, several village chiefs were still very scared. However, Du Neijian, as the emperor's master, did not die after eating cassava for ten days, so they felt relieved and followed suit to learn how to handle cassava. , remove toxins from cassava and make cassava into delicious food.

 Qi Yi and Du Neijian are also learning. They are learning how to make cassava flour.

Gu Jinli had always hidden the art of tapioca flour, and didn't want to reveal it too early, but Xu You suddenly came to ask for food in advance. In order not to give the Xu family any disadvantage, he had no choice but to reveal this art.

“First peel the raw cassava and cut it into pieces, then use a stone to pound out the juice. Wash the cassava residue three times to wash out all the starch inside. Then soak it in water for three days to remove the cassava poison and precipitate it. For cassava flour, you need to change the water every day during this period. After three days, pour away the water on top, and what settles is the cassava flour.”

"Dry the wet cassava flour to become dry cassava flour. Such cassava flour can be stored for at least half a year. As long as it is stored in a dry place, it will not go bad within a year." Gu Jinli explained the process of making cassava flour. He took out a bag of dried cassava flour and said, "I'll make you two-faced cassava cake to try."

Qin Sanlang took over the work from her and said, "I'm here. It's cold. Don't let your hands get cold."

After saying that, he scooped out a pound of cassava flour, mixed it with a pound of multi-grain noodles, and mixed it with water.

 After the pot is hot, start pancakes and make a large pan of pancakes: "It's done, you two adults have a try."

Qi Yi and Supervisor Du Nei were shocked when they saw it. They quickly picked up the pancakes and started eating them. After a while, they exclaimed: "It tastes good, a little sticky, like eating glutinous rice cakes, and it looks better than glutinous rice cakes."

 The things made from tapioca starch are transparent and look better.

He added: "It's quite solid and can fill your stomach."

The two of them were full after eating two two-pound noodle cassava pancakes, and there were ten cassava pancakes in the basin: "How can two kilograms of noodles make so many pancakes, plus some wild vegetable soup, it's enough for a family." It’s a full meal... This cassava is the food of salvation, no matter what, it must be promoted throughout Dachu!”

After the cassava residue is cooked, it can also be fed to livestock and poultry. This cassava has many benefits.

Qi Yi said excitedly, stood up again, and bowed to Gu Jinli: "Gu Erya, Uncle Qi thanks you on behalf of the people of Li. You saved the big guy and the big Chu."

 It was fine in the front, but Gu Jinli was not happy in the end... Emperor Jingyuan was so nervous, Da Chu had better finish it quickly. She would bring out the craftsmanship of cassava flour, which was completely forced by Xu You.

If Xu You hadn't come to ask for food in advance, she wouldn't have exposed this craft. She would have kept it for herself and waited until the best time to take it out.

Qi Yi knew very well why Gu Jinli was unhappy... They all escaped the famine, and the person who allowed them to escape was Emperor Jingyuan. If Emperor Jingyuan had been effective in providing disaster relief back then, and had not forcibly destroyed Wei Guogong's line and caused chaos in the northwest, they There is no need to leave home and flee.

 Qi Yi was also very disappointed with Emperor Jing Yuan, but Xu You was even worse than Emperor Jing Yuan... If Lord Ming had not been born, Qi Yi would rather vomit blood to help Emperor Jing Yuan than help Xu You.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Supervisor Du Nei smiled and congratulated Qin Sanlang and Gu Jinli: "Master Qin and Mrs. Qin have discovered this new food to save the world. Your Majesty will definitely issue an imperial edict and reward you two generously."

He added: "This is a work of a hundred generations. No matter how the vicissitudes of life change, the two of you will be respected by future generations. Congratulations."

These words were interesting, Gu Jinli smiled. It seemed that Du Neijian was not a person who flattered the Chu royal family, but understood the right and wrong.

 “Are you full, Du Neijian? Let’s have another one.” Gu Jinli handed him a cassava cake.

Qin Sanlang smiled, Xiaoyu always likes to stuff people with food... When he saw Du Neijian was stunned, he gave him the cassava cake: "Cassava is better for the stomach. If you put less oil, you need to eat more to be able to hold on." Next meal.”

 (End of this chapter)