Chapter Seventy-Seven: Diversified Development
The moon crept up, and several large bonfires were lit in the makeshift camp, and the light of the fire stained everyone's faces, and laughter resounded.
Snow-white white rice porridge, with a large piece of pot helmet, and a small bowl of pickles per person, is such a simple meal, so that the new artisans eat like starving ghosts reincarnated......
These are all masters, not apprentices! Every time he saw them eating, Xiao Han always had a feeling of watching Hanako grab food, and it was really hard to imagine what kind of life they had before.
In front of the most central and largest fire in the camp, Xiao Han was slowly drinking soup, his meal was a little different from the others, he had a large piece of roasted fox meat, and a small pot of thick, white soft-shelled turtle soup.
As for grilled fish...... Well, Xiao Han admitted that his kung fu was not enough to take care of that thing, it was originally dressed with a tree branch, and it was roasted well, but who knew that the branch was actually ignited by the fire, and the big fish fell into the fire, and by the time Xiao Han and a few people pulled the fish out with all hands and feet, the poor fish had already become black charcoal...
In the soft-shelled turtle soup, the plump skirt is Xiao Han's favorite, and he was slapped aside by the housekeeper just after he looked at it greedily......
"Go eat your own, is there a little bit of humility!"
Stunned holding the rice bowl and moving back, he didn't dare to complain at all, he was a housekeeper, except for Xiao Han, he was the largest in this family, and he dared to complain in front of Uncle Stunned......
Tearing off the fat skirt with chopsticks, stuffing it into his mouth, feeling the softness and smoothness of his mouth, Xiao Han couldn't help but squint his eyes comfortably: "Cool!! ”
The housekeeper next to him had a strange face, as if telling Xiao Han to pay attention to the demeanor of the Hou Ye, Xiao Han saw it, quickly shut up, fished Wang Ba out of the soup bowl with a chopstick, picked the lid, and there were a few small, golden eggs inside!
"Sin, sin......" silently recited Amitabha Buddha a few times, Xiao Han picked one up and put it in his mouth, rustling, the taste is like a salted duck egg, very delicious!
The fox meat also took a bite, this thing is all lean meat, it's just a little sour, not too delicious, I put it down after tasting it, the porridge cooked is very good, and I poured a big bowl in one go!
"Xiaodong, come here!" Xiao Han was full, and asked Xiao Dong to come over with a smile, Xiao Dong wrapped a piece of gauze around the boss's fingers, which was the same as the thing that Indian Ah San wore on his head, and it could only be held vertically, and it could not be bent......
"What for?" Xiaodong still had the pot helmet in his mouth that he hadn't swallowed, and he said vaguely while holding the bowl and walking here.
Xiao Han looked at Xiao Dong's fingers, took the head of the soft-shelled turtle with chopsticks and put it in Xiao Dong's bowl: "Oh, give you a chance to take revenge!" ”
The people around laughed, and only Xiaodong, who was left with enemies and was very red-eyed......
After eating and tidying up, Xiao Lang and his auxiliary soldiers went to the river to wash, and Xiao Han strolled to the newly arrived craftsman's house.
The craftsmen had already finished their dinner early and were gathering together, Xi Xi Suo Suo was talking in a whisper, and seeing the Hou Ye coming, his legs were about to bend down unconsciously.
The Tang Dynasty did not prosper to kneel, but this rule did not apply to slaves, subordinates, and craftsmen.
In the past few days, Xiao Han has re-studied the artisan household system in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and after reading it, he only felt that the cracks in his bones were showing cold air!
What a terrible craftsman system!
Once you enter the craftsman household, you will be a craftsman for life, and not only your own life, but also the sons and daughters you give birth to!
You are not allowed to study, you are not allowed to be an official, you are not allowed to do business, and you are not even allowed to farm! Such a harsh and ruthless system directly reduces craftsmen and slaves to a level, Xiao Han can hardly imagine how our craftsmen have survived these hundreds of years under the oppression of this system, if this situation comes to Xiao Han, Xiao Han feels that he will definitely wipe his neck with a knife for the first time, and there is no hope at all, so what is the meaning?
There are few young craftsmen in the craftsman, most of them are old craftsmen with half a hundred hair, depending on their age, they can be Xiao Han's grandfather, where can Xiao Han let them kneel themselves, hurriedly rushed forward and stopped the craftsmen who wanted to kneel.
"Don't be polite, don't be polite! In the future, our big guy will be a family, don't be polite! ”
"Master Xie." An older craftsman glanced up at Xiao Han, lowered it quickly, and unconsciously pinched the corner of his brand-new clothes.
"What's polite, don't treat me as a marquis, just treat me as an ordinary young man, sit down, sit down!"
Xiao Han warmly beckoned everyone to sit down, they were all people from the low level of society, and Xiao Han knew how to close the distance between them.
Waiting for a dozen or so people to sit down in a circle, Xiao Han said with a smile: "How is it, is the big guy full?" ”
“… Back to Hou Ye, I'm full! ”
An old farmer-like craftsman replied.
"Haha, don't be restrained, I will send you over as a prisoner, that means that you are all capable people, everyone will be your own people in the future, what about me, I am used to being free, you don't want to be the same as before, this is not a prison, this will be your home from now on! Relax everyone, just like at home! ”
Xiao Han looked at this group of people as he spoke, these people were specially sent to him by the old man Huangfu, it is said that they are all top talents in various industries, although the time is a little urgent, I don't know which line they are from, but as long as they are top talents, there is no reason why Xiao Han will not use them!
The craftsmen listened to Xiao Han's relieved words, and they all carefully accompanied Xiao Han to laugh, but they didn't know how serious they were.
However, they have been here for two days, and their biggest feeling is that the relaxed and happy environment here is completely different from the extremely depressed general who will be a prisoner all the time, everyone here seems to be living happily every day, according to the old man in the house who talks a lot, this is all brought by this young marquis, and they also said that they will follow the little marquis in the future, and they can be regarded as blessed!
Seeing that the craftsmen were only smiling, but they didn't say anything, Xiao Han didn't care, after all, he had just arrived in a new place, and it was common sense to recognize life.
I heard Uncle Zi, who was in charge of arranging them, said that there is a big expert in farming, and Xiao Han also came for this this time.
glanced at these craftsmen, and carefully took out the cloth bag that Du Ruhui gave him that day from his arms and opened it.
"Whoever of you knows how to plant and farm, come and see."
The old farmer who had just accosted him glanced at Xiao Han a little strangely, got up and turned around from behind Xiao Han, looked down at the cloth bag, and saw that inside was a small handful of seeds wrapped in white fluff on the outside, and in addition to these seeds, there were a few scattered small black boys.
"What is this?"
When the old farmer-like man saw the seed, he forgot his nervousness, pinched out a seed from the cloth bag with his calloused hand, smelled it, and said to himself: "This is the seed of the cold melon, this thing hurts the ground, the royal family does not allow the seed, only a small number of seeds are planted in some dignitaries!" ”
"Cold melon?"
Xiao Han was a little surprised, he knew that a cold melon was a watermelon, but he had eaten watermelon all his life, and he had knocked a lot of watermelon seeds, how could he not recognize this as the seed of watermelon?
Turning out the same seed from the cloth bag again, Xiao Han looked at it carefully for a long time, and was stunned that he didn't associate this pointy, thin thing with watermelon seeds! Isn't this the same watermelon from more than a thousand years ago?
The old farmer put down the seeds of the melon at this time, solemnly took out a seed wrapped in fluff, looked at it several times, pinched it a few times, and finally couldn't determine what kind of plant it was.
"It doesn't look like grain and melons and fruits, but like a big flower, is this from Fanbang?" The old farmer was a little unsure.
Xiao Han almost jumped up and shouted in surprise: "It's amazing, right!" Sir is really accurate! ”
The old farmer scratched his head, estimating that he rarely received such praise, and lowered his head and smiled secretly.
Xiao Han looked at the old farmer at this time as if he was looking at a big gold nugget, not to mention how excited he was, the old man of Huangfu was really interesting, even this inconspicuous-looking thin old man was a talent!
Wasn't cotton cultivated as a flower in the first place? This person can judge by just one seed, this is not a talent, what else is a talent? During the Wude period, what was the most precious? Talent!
"Master Hou? Hou Ye? ”
The old farmer lowered his head for a while, and then looked up, Xiao Han was still like that, he felt a little hairy in his heart, and took two steps back cautiously, like a girl who was targeted by a pervert, but this girl looked a little too miserable......
"Oh, uh, it's okay, it's okay." Xiao Han was a little embarrassed, knowing that he was scaring people again, in fact, the old people in the house had long been accustomed to Xiao Han being stunned at every turn, and it was just that these newcomers were not clear.
"Oh, by the way, what's your name?" Xiao Han was kind like a big bad wolf talking to a rabbit.
"Back to Master Hou, the villain's name is Zhao Dezhu."
"Can you cover it?" Xiao Han wanted to laugh a little, "Good name!" ”
"Lord Xie praised ......"