Chapter 14 Orphanage, there are yam in Beishan
"Is this a new child picked up by the pavilion chief?"
Liu Taigong looked at the half-large doll in front of him.
It was not a secret that Cao Xiu adopted orphans. For this reason, he built a wooden house in the back mountain called Qidian Orphanage. According to Cao Xiu's explanation, these orphans are all in the initial stage, so they are named Qidian.
Well... I am a knowledgeable person!
Look at the name you get, it’s so artistic!
"Well, ask you." Qin Shihuang walked up, not to see that he was not overwhelming, but he was full of money. "The money he paid for was only 3,500 yuan. What does it mean if you gave four thousand yuan?"
"Ahem, I just want to do it."
"What's the meaning?"
"I don't mean anything."
"Well, you're quite interesting!"
Looking at the child who couldn't help but sneer, Old Lady Liu suddenly realized. She turned around and looked at Cao Xiu, "I think this is what the pavilion chief means? I understand, Ji'er!"
"clear."
Liu Ji also understood it and took out two strings of copper coins.
“…”
“…”
Cao Xiu couldn't help but cough. It was obvious that Old Lady Liu thought he was not satisfied. So he asked A Zheng to come out to do a show and deliberately asked for more money. In fact, he really didn't mean that, even if he really did a show, he wouldn't look for A Zheng.
"Okay, okay, hurry up and leave."
Cao Xiu waved his hand and asked Cao'er to see him off.
I had two hundred more money for no reason, and it was considered a profit.
Qin Shihuang was in the same place, and he was amused and laughed. He wanted to rush out and teach Fan Cao Xiu a lesson, but he didn't expect to help this guy instead, which made him very uncomfortable.
"Xiu'er, do you know you made a big mistake!"
"I know." Cao Xiu calmly handed the copper coins to his servant, "Qin Lu said: Those who share one qian can be the Chengdan."
"You know you dare to do this?"
Qin Shihuang wanted to jump up and beat Cao Xiudun.
Qin's law is strict and even more important to Qin officials. But you don't care how much money you are greedy. Even if you just greedy for one, you have to tattoo your face first and then serve as a courier for Chengdan!
"You do understand Qin's laws very well, but you are still a little naive after all." Cao Xiu looked indifferent and said slowly: "If you were in the inner historical Xianyang, you would definitely not be so arrogant. But this is Pei County, which is 108,000 miles away from Xianyang. Qin State now adopts a county system, and the county magistrates are all from Qin people, but the officials in the town hall are mainly local people, which means that the imperial power does not go to the countryside."
This is reality and also the drawback of the Qin system.
For example, the county magistrates, Qin State can choose Qin people to be the ones. However, it is impossible to completely eliminate local people as officials. First, it is because of insufficient staff, and second, it is because of language. Local dialects are extremely complicated. How can we manage the local area without the assistance of local people?
"so what?"
"So it's okay to go a little beyond the rules." Cao Xiu patted A Zheng's head and said calmly: "Mr. Liu gave a lot of money, but it was actually a disguised plea. After all, I have to target them in the future, and they are not feeling well. There are not many neighbors in the town hall, but there are many ways inside."
"fallacy!"
In Qin Shihuang's view, this is just an excuse.
Can he not know these things?
But if you are as honest as Cao Xiu, you will still be the one who is so honest.
What a treacherous Qin official!
"Go and call Xiao Wang for dinner." Cao Xiu said unhappily: "You are not as down-to-earth as Xiao Wang. You have been working hard for less than two days and then you have been lazy. How can you get married in the future if you are like you?"
“…”
Qin Shihuang staggered and almost fell.
His eldest son, Fusu, is older than Cao Xiu, and he is worried that he will get married and have children?
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No matter how much you complain, you still have to eat.
"Xiu'er, why don't there bean rice today?"
Qin Shihuang looked at the ordinary corn rice and knocked on the bamboo chopsticks with a little displeasure. He was just like this mutton butter, bean rice, and he could eat a large bowl without the need for vegetable soup and meat sauce.
"How can I eat it every day?"
"I only had three meals..."
"What's the delicious bean rice? Try these potato chips."
Cao Xiu picked up a large piece of potato slices and chewed them carefully. Because they were stewed with pork, they were quite soft and smooth. He still didn't like this kind of cooking, and he still prefers shredded potatoes.
After all, it is from my hometown dish more than two thousand years later!
"Didn't you say that this potato is more important than your life? Then why do you still have to eat it?"
"Do you eat?"
"eat!"
"Depend on……"
There are two ways to plant potatoes. Most of them are to cut the potatoes directly along the buds and wrapped them with wood ash seeds. In fact, potatoes will also bloom and bear seeds, but these methods have defects. First of all, they grow slowly, which affects the later yield. Moreover, using seeds will be very unstable, which will eventually lead to unstable shape and quality of potato tubers.
The potatoes I eat today are all defective products that are of poor quality and are not suitable for seed potatoes. It is a waste to keep them and not eat them. It is better to satisfy your appetite first.
"Hey, it's a bit like potato."
"What?"
"You haven't even eaten potatoes?"
Wang Jian looked at Cao Xiu incredibly.
"Then have you ever eaten chili?"
"chili?"
"Have you eaten tomatoes?"
"without……"
“Have you ever slapped in the face?”
"Dare you?"
The angry Wang Jian stood directly on the chair, as if he wanted to overwhelm Cao Xiu in this way.
"The Northern Mountain Classic says: It is another three hundred miles south, called Jingshan. Looking at the salt vendor's marsh south, and looking at the Shaoze north. There are many grasses on it, potato flies, the grass is more Qin pepper, the shade is more ochre, and the yang is more jade."
Qin Shihuang stroked and touched his chin, Balang Lang spoke.
My beard is gone, so I can only touch my chin to enjoy it.
"Damn, you are talking about yam."
Cao Xiu thought it was something new, but the result was yam. The yam they mentioned was actually DISPLAY, which was often eaten by people in later generations.
"Yam?"
"Ha, I think it's the name of Pei County."
"No, this is the name of my hometown."
"From Shanfu County, Dang County?"
"Go and go, play."
Cao Xiu waved his hand unhappily, and he was simply playing the piano at a cow.
"Speaking of this, why don't you see the sauce in your house?"
"What's good to eat..."
When talking about the sauce from Qin State, Cao Xiu felt chills. Now, because there is no cooking, many people cook dishes in water. This method must have no taste, so it is often accompanied by sauce. Confucius once said: If you don’t have the sauce, don’t eat it!
However, there are many sauces that are simply dark dishes. Cao Xiu can definitely accept meat sauce, bean sauce, etc. But there are also ant sauce, frog sauce, crow sauce, and everything can be sauced. For example, this ant sauce is now called 风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风风
"You don't have sauce, are you?"
"There are cute whites in my house, birds, toys..."
After listening for a long time, Wang Jian looked curious.
“Is it delicious… delicious?”
“It looks pretty good.”
"What's wrong with you!!!"
Chapter completed!