Sui and Tang Dynasties: Awakening the Supreme Skills at the Beginning

"Yeah!"

"Everyone is welcome!"

The villagers around responded enthusiastically, and everyone's face was filled with long-lost joy. After all, by joining the cooperative, their food and drink were guaranteed. They naturally welcomed Li Zhen from the bottom of their hearts, who led them to the road of having enough food.

Li Zhen took the megaphone, walked to the center of the crowd and spoke.

"In fact, our mission tomorrow is very simple. To put it simply, there are four points."

Li Zhen paused and looked at the people around him. At this moment, the people on the field were staring at him intently.

At this time, a loud shout was heard, and the people around immediately responded.

"Let alone four points, even if it's a thousand or a hundred points, we can still do it, right?"

Zhang Sanyang opened his voice and shouted loudly.

"Yep!"

"Mr. Li, if you have any instructions, just tell me!"

"Mr. Li, we all listen to you!"

"Yes, yes!"

……

"First of all, don't call me Master Li from now on. Call me Boss!"

Li Zhen said with a smile.

"boom!"

The crowd was boiling again!

"Boss? What's a boss?"

"What a weird name!"

"Don't worry about what it means. Just call us that because Master Li told us to!"

"Yes Yes!"

……

"Boss, what's the next one?"

Zhang Erniu was the first to react and immediately accepted the title of "boss".

"Yes, boss, keep talking!"

The crowd below responded one after another.

Li Zhen raised his palm and pressed it down, and the crowd suddenly fell silent.

"Second, we need to build four large canteens for each production team. We will eat in the canteens. Although we eat from a big pot, the food is ours. We cannot eat too much and get sick, nor can we waste it. Do you understand?"

When everyone heard this, they felt warm in their hearts. This boss is pretty good. The first thing he considers is whether everyone can have enough food to eat. Following such a boss, even if they let him die, it would be worth it!

"Third, tomorrow, as a family unit, heads of households will go to the surrounding villages to buy food. For now, one tael is enough. This food will be mainly used in the following aspects."

When everyone heard that they needed to buy food, they immediately pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

"Production Teams One and Two will buy wheat; Teams Three and Four will buy corn. The commune president will be responsible for buying peas, sesame, fruit and vegetable seeds, chickens, ducks and geese, or eggs that can hatch them."

Hu Ma is the sesame of later generations. Because it was brought from the Hu people, it is called Hu Ma.

Locusts don't like to eat peas and sesame, so planting them can help avoid locusts.

On the one hand, raising chickens, ducks and geese can eat locusts or their larvae and eggs, and on the other hand, it can provide people with meat and eggs to supplement food nutrition, which is really killing two birds with one stone.

"The rest of us will continue digging pits and catching locust larvae. Once all the fields are cleared of locusts, we will immediately start replanting and clearing the land."

"Okay, I'm done. Do you have any comments?"

Li Zhen held the megaphone and shouted loudly.

Everyone around looked at each other, but no one said anything.

Seeing this, Li Zhen continued.

"Since there are no problems, let's adjourn the meeting, get a good night's sleep tonight, and officially start work tomorrow!"

"Okay, we'll officially start work tomorrow!"

Zhang Erniu raised his arms and shouted loudly, and people around him responded one after another. The shouts were deafening and could be heard far away in the silent night.

After a while, people gradually dispersed.

Li Zhen waved his hand, and Zhang Erniu immediately stepped forward, imitating the actions of Li Erhai and others, standing beside Li Zhen and bowing, "Boss?"

"Erniu, take these leftovers to the poor or lonely elderly people in the village. Don't waste them!"

"okay!"

Zhang Erniu stepped forward, feeling warm at heart, and happily went down to share the food.

Li Zhen's move immediately aroused the spontaneous respect of Zhang Erniu and others.

Since ancient times, respecting the elderly and loving the young has been a good virtue in our Chinese land!

The boss is a kind person!

Just follow the boss, you won’t go wrong!

The villagers who saw this scene all thought so.

Silent all night.

On the second day, people got up early, ate a little, and immediately rushed to the surrounding villages to buy food according to the instructions given last night.

Li Zhen took out one hundred taels of silver and handed it to Zhang Erniu.

Zhang Erniu was so moved that tears filled his eyes. The boss treated them better than his own father.

"Erniu, this money is the fund for the cooperative. It is now at your disposal. It is mainly used to purchase large farm tools and oxen and other livestock. When conditions improve in the future, we can also raise cattle, sheep, pigs and other livestock, not only for our own consumption but also for takeout."

"Okay, boss. I will lead everyone to work hard and strive to make a great comeback this year!"

Zhang Erniu said with full ambition.

Li Zhen patted Zhang Erniu on the shoulder and encouraged him, "Well, I'm optimistic about you. Come on!"

Two hours later, the villagers who had bought food returned one after another.

In the open space in front of the ancestral hall, grain was piled up like a mountain.

Li Erhai and others took a long time to finish the counting.

"Boss, we have 200 dan of wheat and 400 dan of corn here."

Li Zhen was shocked after hearing this, "Why are there so many?"

Zhang Erniu stepped forward and bowed to Li Zhen.

"Boss, we common people don't go to the village heads to buy food. The village heads buy food from the villagers at a low price and then sell it to merchants from all over the place at a higher price. We buy directly from the big families, and the price is about five cents lower than that of the village heads. So we bought a total of 600 dan of food with 80 strings of silver."

At that time, one shi was approximately equal to 125 jin, and one dou was 12.5 jin.

"With this food, even if the boss takes some away, the rest will be enough for all the villagers to eat for more than half a year."

When Zhang Erniu said this, his face suddenly broke into a smile. Now, the food problem for the whole village was completely solved.

The boss really does what he says. I, Lao Niu, will follow him all my life!

Li Zhen naturally didn't know what Zhang Erniu was thinking. He looked at the grains and said to Zhang Erniu.

"Erniu, quickly organize some people to pick out the grains that look good and use them as our grain seeds. I will consecrate the seeds later."

"Consecration? What is this?"

Zhang Erniu was stunned, he had never heard of this word.

Li Zhen glanced at him and explained patiently.

"Consecration is to enlighten and optimize the seeds. If you plant these seeds, the grain yield will double next year!"

Zhang Erniu suddenly realized, but then he was overjoyed.

The boss is really a god from another world! He even knows such a godly trick!

"Boss, please accept my humble respect!"

As Zhang Erniu spoke, he lifted his clothes, knelt down, and kowtowed three times to Li Zhen.

Li Zhen did not refuse and accepted his greeting frankly.

In this closed feudal society, there was no need for him to explain things so clearly. Sometimes it was better to give people a mysterious feeling!

Half an hour later, the grain selection was completed.

Li Zhen stepped forward and waved his hands. At the same time, he used his mind and recited a mantra in his mouth, spreading his spiritual power on the food in front of him.

The miracle happened!

The grain seeds that were a little shriveled just now were gradually becoming plump, and were changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When the villagers of Xiaozhang Village saw this, they were shocked!

Some people immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Li Zhen with an extremely pious look.

More and more people are coming...

People looked at the plump grains of rice and the smiles on their faces lasted for a long time.

At noon, the cafeteria opened for lunch and everyone had a big meal. After the meal, Li Zhen led his men, bid farewell to Zhang Erniu and others, and set out on the road back to Chang'an City.

The news that Li Zhen bought grain in Xiaozhang Village was immediately spread by someone and reached Cui Mansion in Chang'an City.

Inside the Cui Mansion, all the members of the Qinghe Cui family gathered together to discuss future development strategies.

Of course, it was not just aimed at Li Zhen, but more at the Li Tang royal family.

Since ancient times, aristocratic families and imperial power have been mortal enemies: either the aristocratic families suppress the imperial power or the imperial power suppresses the aristocratic families.

At that time, the Li Tang regime was just established, the people were unstable, the national strength was weak, and the aristocratic families were a huge mountain pressing down on Emperor Taizong Li Shimin.

Most of the economy and wealth in the early Tang Dynasty were controlled by aristocratic families, so Emperor Li Shimin felt very frustrated.

In the hall, Cui Hu stroked his beard and smiled contemptuously, "Li Zhen, he is just a clown! He doesn't deserve to be taken so seriously. Since this clown can cause such trouble, we might as well just put an end to it!"

As he spoke, Cui Hu made a beheading gesture.

"What Chief Secretary Cui said makes sense. Does a clown like Li Zhen really think he can withstand the suppression of our Cui family? It's wishful thinking!" said Cui Guang, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

"What if he can get food this time?"

"Yes, yes!"

"If he offends our Cui family, his life will be over!"

……

After the meeting, Cui Hun said to Liu Zhiming.

"Just follow the plan No. 2 we agreed on last night."

"I understand, little one!"

Liu Zhiming chuckled, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.