Survival skills maxed out, I feed my wife and daughter by catching fish and shrimp

"But...but with 300 people now, the food consumption is an extremely terrifying number."

Meat is supplied every day in the villa, and the staple food is fine grains.

With such a standard of living, even the landlords would be bankrupt.

As the owner of a restaurant, he knew how horrific such consumption was without even having to look.

So Shopkeeper Fu couldn't help but worry.

The food problem is an eternal problem in years of disaster.

He guessed that Chen Changfan didn't notice it, so he couldn't help but want to remind him.

Hearing what Shopkeeper Fu said, Chen Changfan showed appreciation. The fact that Shopkeeper Fu thought about the food problem showed that he had thought it through carefully.

"You're very thoughtful, which is good. I do have some concerns about food."

"My lord, it's okay to say so."

"Well, what should I say? Come with me to the granary and take a look."

Chen Changfan showed a somewhat strange expression and brought Manager Fu to the granary.

"Aunt Liu, open the granary. I'll show Shopkeeper Fu around."

In order to prevent anyone from abusing their power for personal gain, the granary is managed by Aunt Liu and the treasury silver is managed by Shen Cuiyun, so Manager Fu has no idea how much silver and grain there is in the farm.

However, according to his speculation, the daily consumption in the manor is very huge, and there may not be much silver and grain left.

boom!

The heavy iron door opened, and a unique aroma of grain wafted into the air. Shopkeeper Fu paused, and the expression on his slightly round face froze slightly.

To Manager Fu's surprise, the huge granary was actually filled to the brim.

Looking around, there are more than a hundred bushels of rice, flour and grains alone. Even for 300 people, this amount of food is enough to feed them for a year.

Shopkeeper Fu came closer and found that the rice containers were all printed with the words "Rice Shop". His mouth twitched immediately.

"They were all snatched back by Zhang... Platoon Leader Zhang and his men these days." Aunt Liu said carelessly.

She is still not used to saying words like "platoon leader" and "squad leader".

"Robbed...robbed?" Shopkeeper Fu felt a little confused.

"You robbed Boss Shang's caravan?"

After thinking about it, this is the only possibility, but in this case, wouldn't they become bandits?

However, Shang Zhengren is not a good person either, so he just robbed it!

"No, no! We are a legitimate team, how can we rob a caravan?" Chen Changfan rolled his eyes and said righteously.

"We are all lying in ambush in secret. After the bandits have robbed the caravan, we will attack them... and then we will eliminate the bandits!"

These days, Zhang Yi and his men always go out early and come back late, with a smell of blood on their bodies. It turns out that they went out to rob bandits.

Shopkeeper Fu was immediately relieved.

good good!

In this way, the food will be yours, and you can also take the bandit's head to the county government to claim the reward, right?

Shopkeeper Fu was a shrewd man and he calculated the account clearly at once.

The bandits who rob and rob have it all justified in doing so. This is simply a business that makes a lot of money!

"What's in these sacks?"

Manager Fu saw a torn sack in the granary, piled casually aside.

Could it be a human head?

"These are the grains we just looted today. They're just corn, not as valuable as refined rice or flour."

Aunt Liu's expression seemed a little disgusted.

There was corn in this era.

However, the planting effect is not very good and the yield is not high.

Moreover, corn is not easy to process and cook. It takes time to cook and a lot of effort to grind into flour.

Green corn is edible, but it is not filling at all, so Chen Changfan bought it to make bait.

But in fact, he has always paid attention to corn, a powerful crop, but if he wants to grow it on a large scale, he still lacks high-yield seeds.

It is impossible to verify when corn was introduced to the Dawu Dynasty. Since it was not a mainstream crop, farmers simply planted it casually to save seeds.

Over the years, the corn varieties became extremely poor, far inferior to the high-yield corn of later generations that produced two or even three ears per stalk.

If he could get good seeds, he really wanted to plant a cornfield on this hill.

"I'm afraid this bag of corn is rotten. It has a strange smell, so I put it aside separately."

Chen Changfan had already stepped out of the granary, but when he heard Aunt Liu's words, he turned around. He opened the sack, grabbed a handful of corn kernels, and a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face.

The corn kernels are plump, uniform in color, and covered with a light brown substance that gives off a light herbal aroma.

This is not smelly at all, but a kind of agent similar to a coating agent. Its purpose is to better store seeds and prevent corn seeds from being eroded by pests in the soil.

This seems to be corn seed prepared by a professional! And the seed preservation quality is very high.

If he didn't know how to farm, he would have almost missed out on these good seeds!

"Go call Zhang Yi, Lao Wei, and Fang Chang."

After a while, the three men who were training arrived. Chen Changfan pointed at the sack on the ground and asked, "Where did you steal this from? Is there anything else?"

The three of them were a little confused. Wasn't it just a few sacks of food that were stolen? Why did the adults even have to ask about such a small matter?

"Sir, we are robbing bandits. Who knows where they got the food from? Is there something wrong with the food?"

When the three of them saw Aunt Liu and Manager Fu were there, they were suddenly unsure what was going on. Could it be that there was something wrong with the way the food was cooked, and they were here to blame them?

"No problem, you did a great job. This isn't just ordinary corn, but a batch of extremely high-quality seeds that we can use for farming in the future."

The three of them immediately breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but admire the adult's erudition.

They thought it was just some ordinary grain, but who would have thought it was actually a good variety? When the grain was stored in the warehouse, Aunt Liu didn't recognize it.

It’s no wonder that some people don’t know the value of this dish. It’s just that corn has a very low presence in this era and few people know how to grow it, let alone breeding which requires higher technical skills.

If I remember correctly, corn was introduced in the Ming Dynasty, but it was not promoted for a long time. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that people began to grow it on a large scale.

But Chen Changfan knew that corn was a famous high-yield crop.

In the past, corn was one of the most produced crops in the world, with a total output of 11 billion tons, making it the only crop with a output exceeding 10 billion tons.

Moreover, corn has strong drought resistance, cold resistance, barrenness resistance and environmental adaptability, and is particularly suitable for the current extreme natural environment.

Corn is a valuable commodity. It's not only edible, but also used as feed and industrial raw materials. Corn stalks are also a good fuel for heating and can be burned on site to effectively preserve the soil.

Of course, he just ignored the remarks of some experts that burning straw pollutes the air.

After explaining the many benefits of corn to everyone, they were all amazed. They never thought that this ordinary corn had so many advantages. It really opened their eyes.

Especially Shopkeeper Fu, he was worried at first that the food obtained by looting would be unsustainable, but after seeing the corn seeds, he felt that he was worrying too much.

I didn’t expect that the robbery would bring such unexpected gains. I really made a fortune!

"Think carefully again, who does this batch of food belong to?"

Chen Changfan wants to dig out the source of this batch of good varieties, perhaps he can find more good varieties.

Although he can also cultivate it himself, it will still take a long time. If he can find a good variety and continue to improve it, the yield can be increased quickly.

Fang Chang thought for a moment, "We robbed the caravan of its goods. They often commit crimes on the official roads. This grain is probably from the merchant caravan."

"Which caravan is still operating in Qingshan County? Only Shang Zhengren, the treacherous businessman, has the power to do so, right?"

After some deduction, everyone locked their target on Shang Zhengren, and Chen Changfan also thought it should be him.

But as a rice shop owner, what does he need these seeds for?

It seems like it's time to pay this old dog a "visit" at his house.

He was now more and more proficient in using the Eight Steps to Chase Cicadas, which was most suitable for climbing over walls and houses, but he had no chance to use it in this mountain villa, so he just happened to go to this old dog's house for a visit.

After dismissing Lao Wei and others, Manager Fu presented the list of people in the village, and Chen Changfan found that several of them were old acquaintances.

So he called a few people over, and they all bowed and saluted.

The stonemason Shi Jian, the hunter Lao Qiao, the herbalist Yunniang, and Ding Yurong, the orphan of Old Dingtou.

Chen Changfan had dealt with these people before, and some of them had even educated him as "seniors" and "elders". But now they were coming to him one after another, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Without much formality, Chen Changfan directly arranged some work.

"Shi Jian, Lao Qiao, go into the mountains these next few days to find some high-quality limestone and quartz sand. Mark the locations for future use."

The two men responded with a bow.

"Yunniang, you need to find a medicinal field. You should know about purple amaranth, right?"

Chen Changfan asked.

Yunniang recalled for a moment and nodded, "Purple amaranth is not uncommon. I once came across a patch of it."

"Well, if you find a medicinal field, burn it on the spot and bring back the ashes."

Chen Changfan looked at Ding Yurong.

"Yurong, you seem to be quite knowledgeable about planting. I have some spiritual herbs that need to be cultivated. Come and give it a try."

Ding Yurong nodded slightly and looked at Chen Changfan with gratitude.

Chen Changfan was thinking about something and naturally didn't notice the expressions of the few people.

These people all have some talents, and Chen Changfan teaches according to their aptitude. After giving them a little guidance, they understand what to do.

Shopkeeper Fu saw this and was once again shocked by Chen Changfan's erudition.

He seemed to know everything and seemed to be very knowledgeable about everything.

Such an all-rounder will surely have unlimited achievements in the future.

He decided to serve Chen Changfan well, hoping that one day he could really follow Chen Changfan back to Qinghe County and take back everything he had lost.

"Sir, limestone, quartz sand, and wood ash are all commonplace. What do you want with them?"

Unable to suppress his curiosity, Shopkeeper Fu couldn't help but ask.

"Shopkeeper Fu, do you know there is something called glass?" Chen Changfan asked with a smile.

"Glass? I've never heard of it. I only know of colored glaze, but colored glaze is expensive and I've never used it."

"If I say I can make glass that is more transparent than colored glaze, would you believe me?"

"This..." Shopkeeper Fu was speechless for a moment.

He naturally didn't believe it, but when he saw Chen Changfan's confident look, he couldn't help but hesitate.

Could the boss really make it?