Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

Liu Guihua wiped away her tears, calmed down and said to Wen Yu: "After all of us were rescued, except for those who didn't want to go home and settle down temporarily in the city, the rest of us who had relatives were sent to their relatives. .”

Speaking of this, she smiled gratefully at Wen Yu: "It's also thanks to your lord, those sisters have money, and they can support each other to live alone in the city."

Wen Yu was quite relieved to hear this. He sent someone to investigate recently. The situation of those women seems to have gradually improved. They have money and land in their hands. Although not much, it is enough for them to live for a while.

Then she said: "But the problem is that those who were sent home, after they returned home, they were instructed by their surroundings not to speak. Parents and brothers felt that they could not hold their heads up, and some wanted to send them away. , some even forcibly seized their property and trapped them at home. Those people just escaped from the devil's lair, where did they suffer this kind of torture, please find a way to save them!"

The people around Wen Yu were filled with righteous indignation. These few were all involved in the rescue mission at that time, and had witnessed the tragic situation of those women who had just been rescued, and they were all carefully selected by Wen Yu from the county government. Not to mention, the character is still excellent.

Deng Wu, the head catcher in Mengyang County, said angrily to Wen Yu: "It's unreasonable! The money is the government's compensation to those women! They dare to move! I'll send someone to arrest those thieves!" People around also responded.

At this time, Wen Yu was very calm. He stopped the excited crowd, and said sincerely to Liu Guihua: "I already know the matter, thank you for speaking up for those women. Don't worry, let me go back and think about it. I'll take care of this."

At night, Wen Yu tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. He felt that he was really naive about this matter.

He himself took it for granted that as long as the person is rescued and the property is returned, he can live no matter what.Completely ignoring that this is not a modern society, but the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago.

At this time, women have no right to inherit property at all, and the money in their hands may be taken away in a blink of an eye.Even if she lives alone, how can a woman cultivate land?Hiring people is afraid of being gossiped, and it is not a long-term solution.

Wen Yu thought about it for a long time, and she had a measure in her mind.

The next day, Wen Yu and others left Yazhu Village early in the morning, taking Liu Guihua with them before leaving.

When they arrived at the county government office, Wen Yu called the anxious Liu Guihua, who seemed very nervous.

Wen Yu asked her to sit down, and ordered her servants to pour her a cup of tea. After a while, she asked, "I wonder if Sister-in-law Liu knows all about the situation in the nearby villages."

Holding the teacup, Liu Guihua replied: "I can't say I'm very familiar with them, but the folk women grew up in Yazhu Village, and later married to a nearby village. Because of their skills, they are often invited to help with banquets and so on. I know more or less about the affairs of these villages in Mengyang."

Wen Yu praised and said: "Sister-in-law Liu's craftsmanship is indeed very good. With this craftsmanship, it is not difficult to open a shop." Liu Guihua smiled shyly, and it was obvious that she was very proud of it.

Then Wen Yu asked again: "Then sister-in-law Liu, does anyone know if there is a family around here that specializes in breeding?"

Liu Guihua thought for a while: "Special raising? That's not true. In the past, when Mengyang was very good, there were a few rich households who raised more pigs, ducks and chickens, but most of them were for their own food."

That's right, Wen Yu held back all night, after much deliberation, finally decided to let those women go into farming.But what to raise and how to raise it is still a problem, Wen Yu has a general idea in mind.

First of all, cattle, horses, pigs, and sheep are not only not allowed by innate conditions, but also have a long growth cycle; geese, pigeons, etc. do not produce much meat and are fed with relatively delicate animals, so chickens are left. and rabbits.

There is also the bamboo rat. Due to reasons in his previous life, Wen Yu knew a little more about bamboo rats.But now there are relatively few people who raise rabbits, let alone bamboo rats.

How to promote is still a problem, and it can't be raised too much. Each person can have dozens of them at most, and they should be raised as far as possible.Although the disease resistance of ancient animals was better than that of modern animals, there were no antibiotics at that time, and a plague would cost them nothing.

Liu Guihua saw that Wen Yu was meditating silently, and she didn't dare to disturb her, so she could just sit there.When Wen Yu came out of his thoughts, he realized that it was already sunset.He felt a little ashamed and apologized to Liu Guihua. He might not be able to change his problem of forgetting time when he thought about it.

Liu Guihua quickly waved her hand, and before leaving, Wen Yu told Liu Guihua to go find the women who lived alone and tell the government that there was a living arrangement for them. If they wanted, they could come to discuss it in three days.

As for the women who were at home, Wen Yu also asked his men to go to their residences to notify them, but their attitude was much tougher, and those who wanted to come to their side did not dare to stop them.

The next day Wen Yu posted a message to Mei Hongzhi and Xu Jing, intending to invite them to their home for a banquet.

Because Zhou Wan was arranged to visit other counties, he could only miss the banquet.Faced with his resentful eyes, Wen Yu had no choice but to agree to treat him to dinner alone after he came back, and then he smiled happily.

After that, Wen Yu went to Chen Siwu, the cook at home, to discuss how to cook bamboo rats and rabbits, trying to make them delicious without being too expensive, so that ordinary people can accept them.

As a chef, Chen Siwu was very interested in the two kinds of ingredients. He had heard from the servants in the mansion that Wen Yu once made a delicacy called Huaji on the way, and then tried to make it himself. Several times, I asked someone to taste it and found that the taste was very good, so I proposed that this method can be used to treat bamboo rats.

Wen Yu thought about it, but still rejected it.After all, at this time, bamboo rats are still wild game, which is different from domestication and breeding in modern times. If they are not stir-fried, they will still have some peculiar smell.Some people can accept this taste while others can't. Since we want to promote it on a large scale, it's better to stick to the taste of the public.

In the end, the two decided to make it with the simplest and most primitive braised sauce.

But it's not just braised in soy sauce. Wen Yu added many kinds of seasonings, such as star anise, angelica dahurica, wild ginger, etc.Only a little of each is added, so as not to take away the inherent fragrance of the bamboo rat.

As for rabbit meat, the people of Shu at this time had the habit of eating rabbits. Although they did not raise many, there were many ways to do it, but most of them were stewed and fried.

Wen Yu and Chen Siwu worked together to create an ancient version of cold-eating rabbit, using cornel, Sichuan ginger, and Sichuan peppercorns instead of peppers, and made a big pot full.

With Wen Yu's idea and Chen Siwu's craftsmanship, these dishes are spicy, delicious and very delicious.Anyway, Wen Yu was very satisfied with what he ate. Although the taste was not as good as modern ones, the raw materials were not good enough. The bamboo rat and rabbit meat were very firm.

Chen Siwu was a vegetarian, so he fried some special vegetarian dishes, and finally when Xu Jing and the others came, he set up a large table.Wen Yu and the others entered the table, and said with a smile to them: "Everyone is invited to come this time, one is to celebrate the success of the previous bandit suppression and reward you for your hard work, and the other is to let you help try these dishes. I am a well-informed person, but you can help me to taste it and see if there are any deficiencies, so that I can improve."

The author has something to say: 1. About bamboo rats

I don’t know if there is anyone like me. When they see bamboo, they think of rolling, and then they think of Sichuan...I thought Sichuan was a big province that eats bamboo rats. Later, I checked the information and found that Guangdong, Guangxi and other places eat more of them. .Speaking of which, I bought one to eat before Chinese New Year just to join in the fun. How can I say emmmmmmm?

2. About seasoning

Everyone knows that there are relatively few types of seasonings in ancient China, and even if there are, most of them are used for medicinal purposes.Another thing worth mentioning is that ancient pepper was very, very expensive, which may seem unimaginable to us, but in ancient times there has always been a saying that gold was common and pepper was hard to buy.

3. About pigs

I heard a saying before that when the country was founded, because Zhu Yuanzhang’s surname was Zhu, the whole country had to change the names of pigs. This statement is actually wrong.Zhu Yuanzhang has a big heart in this regard, and he doesn't care at all.Even in the entire Ming Dynasty, compared with other dynasties, they were not very concerned about taboo characters.

The only exception is Zhu Houzhao, also known as Emperor Zhengde.His brain circuit is a bit different from ordinary people, because his surname is Zhu, and he is a pig. When others kill a pig, he always feels that he is killing himself...?So he issued an order that the slaughter of pigs is not allowed in the whole country, but the order was sprayed out by civil officials in less than 3 months.We read some novels of the Ming Dynasty, even court records, and we never say that we don’t eat pigs or don’t mention the word pigs.