Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape
Chapter 208 Imperial Reward - Building a Bridge
Ren Huaimin and Lord Feng have rarely cooked, so their cooking skills are really not good enough.
However, they don’t make the filling, and they don’t have to manually shape the mooncakes. There are molds, so no matter what, the mooncakes won’t be too ugly, and the taste won’t be too bad. They don’t have to control the heat.
Therefore, when the two ate the mooncakes they made for the first time in their lives, they were amazed and could not believe that they had made them themselves.
Xin Ye watched silently from the side, haha, as long as you are happy.
With the experience from the first time, they got the hang of it the second time. This time they mainly made mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival a few days later. Xin Ye said that they would make some for the customers last night to eat on the Mid-Autumn Festival and would not make mooncakes in the shop again.
The guards who were responsible for protecting them were also pulled over by the two men to join in the fight. A group of seven people occupied the roast duck oven to make their mooncakes for the next few days.
Several guards had just tasted the Li family's mooncakes and found them to be delicious. When they learned that they had a share and that it was an order from their superior, they had to work together to make mooncakes, whether for personal or official reasons.
Seeing that they were immersed in making mooncakes and completely forgot about going to Dashan Village to announce the imperial edict, Xin Ye saw that they were so immersed in making mooncakes that they completely forgot about going to Dashan Village to announce the imperial edict. As villagers of Dashan Village, the imperial edict was a big deal for everyone in Dashan Village. Xin Ye felt that he could not let the villagers be too rude, so he went to the government office to find the county magistrate and asked the yamen run errands to notify the village chief.
When Chen Yong learned that the two adults were hiding in Li's Grocery Store making mooncakes, the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch. However, the imperial edict had indeed been scheduled for the evening, and they did not want to delay at Li's Grocery Store. So he asked the yamen runners to run a trip, and told Shen Ye to remember to inform him when they returned to the village, and he would go with them.
Lord Feng looked at the two large bowls of mooncakes they made and was finally satisfied.
Looking at the time, it’s getting late, so we can set out to Dashan Village to read the imperial edict.
So, the group set off and headed straight for Dashan Village.
The village chief also calculated the time and had people keep an eye on the movements. When he found that the adult was coming, he immediately rang the gong to summon the villagers. Then there was a scene where the village chief led all the villagers to wait at the entrance of the village for the adult to come and announce the decree.
Having had experience of the Li family receiving the imperial edict, the village chief had already ordered people to prepare an altar, and all the villagers, except those from the Li family, were present. After Lord Feng and Ren Huaimin learned about it, they discussed it and read out the imperial edict at the entrance of the village.
Several members of the Li family had already bathed and changed their clothes in the courtyard in the county town. Ren Huaimin and Lord Feng, who were responsible for reading the imperial edict, went to the government office to bathe and change their clothes. The group was well prepared, and the imperial edict was read directly without any delay.
Lord Feng's official position was higher than Ren Huaimin's, so he was responsible for reading the imperial edict.
This time, the imperial edict did not include any rewards for individuals, except for some words praising the villagers of Dashan Village. The most important thing was to build a road, or to be more precise, a bridge!
When Ren Huaimin reported back, he had some selfish thoughts in mind. He had lived in the mountain village for almost half a year and knew that it was not convenient for the villagers to go in and out. The shortcuts were not always available. When it rained and the river was turbulent, the shortcuts were not available.
Taking the main road requires a long detour, not to mention other things, but it is obvious that you only need to build a bridge at the entrance of the village and open up a short section of mountain road, which can save a lot of time.
The villagers of Dashan Village did not make any great contributions, and the emperor seemed stingy to only reward them with a few meaningless words. However, building bridges and roads are related to people's livelihood. If only the villagers of Dashan Village were given bridges, it would cause dissatisfaction among people in other places.
Now, the villagers of Dashan Village have made this achievement, and the Li family has discovered other kinds of grains. In the future there will certainly be many rare grains to present to the emperor. Building this road can save a lot of trouble.
The point is that the stone bridge in the countryside does not need to be too gorgeous or spacious. It only needs to be large enough for two carriages to pass through, and the budget cost is about 50,000 taels.
For all the reasons mentioned above, the emperor agreed to build the bridge, and the officials had no reason to object.
When the villagers of Dashan Village learned that a bridge was going to be built, everyone was very excited. Several villages neighboring Dashan Village were also happy to learn about this later, because it would be twice as close for them to go back to their own village via the bridge, passing Dashan Village, than the original mountain road!
Everyone was so happy that they looked towards the capital and shouted "Your Majesty is wise and holy".
Well, even though most people don’t know which direction the capital is, their gratitude is sincere anyway.
It was the first time for Lord Feng to come to Dashan Village. The rice in the paddy fields was green and lush. If nothing unexpected happened, it would be a bumper harvest season.
Mr. Feng had never seen the sweet potatoes planted in the fields before. At the warm invitation of the village chief, he took a walk around the fields and found a few bright red ones among a large green field.
The village chief introduced: "That is the Li family's chili field. They grow chili peppers there and make chili sauce for sale in the shop. It is quite popular among people."
Mr. Feng: "Chili peppers are more valuable than sweet potatoes, why don't you grow them together?"
Village chief: "The peppers are valuable and must be sold. No one likes to eat raw peppers. The Li family doesn't have a workshop, so they don't need too much pepper sauce. Besides, a can of pepper sauce can be eaten for a long time, so it's not a necessity. There are enough shops to sell it now."
Lord Feng understood that it was probably saturated.
"Not everyone likes peppers, and they can't fill your stomach. As an old man, I still prefer sweet potatoes~"
Perhaps because he has been dealing with Ren Huaimin and several other gentlemen for the past six months, the village chief is no longer so afraid of these officials. Especially when his old acquaintance, Lord Ren, is around, he is even less nervous and speaks in a more relaxed manner.
Lord Feng thought so too, but he remembered that the young man from the Li family smiled innocently and said that he would give the mooncake recipe to his second uncle, so he probably wouldn't be stingy with the recipe for the chili pepper.
The Li family is not good at running a business, but the family of Yan, Li's daughter-in-law, is good at it, so they can be considered complementary.
Huh? Could this be the reason why Yan's family agreed to let her marry a country boy?
Could it be that the young man of the Li family has many more prescriptions?
What if he is no longer valuable in the future, will he be kicked out by Yan’s family?
No, no, no, you can't make such malicious assumptions about others. Even though I haven't gotten along much with the Yan brothers, judging from their faces they are not such mean people.
If that day really comes, he will definitely make the decision for the young people of the Li family!
After walking around the mountain village with the village chief, I found that this place is indeed a beautiful place with mountains and rivers. Looking at the continuous mountains in the distance, the sound of birds singing can be heard from the lush mountains.
I wonder how many treasures there are in the mountains that have not been found?
After touring the village, the village chief led the adults to the small courtyard where he had stayed temporarily before. The village chief had ordered people to clean the courtyard in advance, so they could move in with just their bags, except that they needed to put away some personal belongings.
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