Chapter 431: Gaining Weight

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After Su Qingmei made a series of reforms to the salt fields in Chuzhou, all parties were watching nervously.

Who wouldn't want to use a method that saves more manpower and costs? But they were also afraid of failure.

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long. Only the next month, good news came.

Using the sun-drying salt method, the output doubled!

This was just a few experiments, and the early stage was mainly to build salt fields. It took too much time to train salt workers, and the salt production time was only a few days.

There was such a production. Not only Chuzhou, but the whole Zhenhai was boiling.

Lv Bocheng happily ordered that the salt price for the people of the entire Zhenhai Jiezhen directly be reduced by half. But in order to prevent reselling, there is a monthly limit.

But for the people, it is completely enough, even if they pickle salted fish and pickles every day, they are still very much.

Now the people of Zhenhai no longer had to be stingy with salt. Not only did they not have to be stingy every month, but they also saved a lot of money.

The people were so happy.

So they spontaneously invented various salt-based foods.

Beggar chickens no longer had to be wrapped in yellow mud, but were directly wrapped in salt. They used as much as they wanted and had a surplus.

And the new food was sold on the street. It seemed that overnight, all kinds of salt-based food appeared on the street. The fragrance spread ten miles.

Many people pushed a big iron pot, which was full of a mountain of salt, wrapped with various chickens, ducks and other poultry, various meats, and various eggs.

When someone bought it, the stall owner would knock off a corner of the salt block and then take a look inside. Wrapped in the heat of the salt, the food was still hot.

Business was particularly good.

Guo, Tian and others couldn't help but go to the street to buy new food and bring it back for Su Qing'an. Since she became pregnant, her appetite has become quite unpredictable, and she always wants to eat something new.

Everyone in the mansion, from Lü Bocheng to the maids and chef Ding, is thinking about what new food to make for her.

When Guo and others brought the new food back and described it to her vividly, Su Qingmei was happy.

Isn't this salt-baked chicken and salt-baked eggs?

It turns out that ordinary people are naturally wise about food.

Now that the price of salt is cheap, every family can afford a big iron pot. The salt-baked business is very good. I heard that there are many ordinary people pushing big iron pots on the street to do this kind of business.

There is no need to worry about people buying, and the business is very good.

Su Qingmei couldn't help but sigh.

After a few bites, it tasted very good. Lü Bocheng knew that she loved to eat. Since then, every three or five days, when he came back from the military camp in the evening, he would go to the street to buy her various salt-baked foods and bring them back for her to eat.

Sometimes Qingyang would buy some for her.

But Su Qing'an didn't dare to eat too much. She was afraid it would be bad for the baby.

She often only tasted it, and the rest was taken care of by Lu Bocheng.

Seeing Lu Bocheng's face getting more and more horizontal, Su Qing'an was very emotional. It seems that this is how the husband gets fat when the wife gets pregnant.

While Lu Bocheng was tearing the chicken leg and eating it, he turned his head and saw his wife staring at him.

His hand stopped: "My wife, why are you looking at me like this?"

Looking at the big chicken leg in his hand, he thought my wife wanted to eat it, so he handed it to her: "My wife, you eat it."

Su Qing'an tilted her head to one side: "I won't eat it, you eat it."

The aroma of salt-baked chicken hit her nose, and she swallowed: "Why don't you go out to eat it? Seeing you eat it makes me greedy again."

"Eat it if you're greedy, there are still a lot. I eat a chicken every day, and I don't know if I'm pregnant or you are pregnant."

"I won't eat it. It's not good for the baby if it's too salty."

"Ah, is it not good for the baby? Then why don't I buy it in the future?"

Su Qing'an licked her lips: "Isn't there a place that only sells wings or chicken feet? You have to sell a whole chicken, and I can't eat it."

"I can eat it if I can't eat it. Otherwise, I'll give it to the people below. I can't even afford a chicken, so I have to ask someone to cut it up and sell it. I have money now, let alone buying you a chicken a day, even if I buy ten or a hundred chickens, your husband won't feel bad."

Tsk tsk. This face of sudden wealth.

"Yes, now that you have money, you can make as much as you want. How many times have you distributed money since last year? You distributed money to the army and the government. Aren't you afraid that someone will come to attack you one day? Can't you be more low-key?"

"I am quite low-key. Except for my own people, the rest of the people in our government have signed the indenture. They won't make a big fuss about it after getting the money. And the army doesn't need me to tell them, they know to keep their mouths shut."

"You don't know how tight their mouths are. Just like when they get spoils of war in normal times, no one will talk big. Money and other things are hidden secretly."

"And I only distributed it twice. The main reason is that they have been poor with me. Sometimes I pay them and sometimes I don't, but they don't complain. Now I have money, so I want to compensate them a little. Besides, the treatment in the army is good, and they will work harder in the future."

After Lu Bocheng finished speaking, seeing that his wife really didn't want to eat, he stuffed the chicken leg into her mouth again, and even increased the speed.

He can't let his wife suffer too much, and he still has to send his daughter to school.

"Just be sensible. Our situation has improved a little now, but we have to think about the long term and not just focus on the present. And we can't fall behind in military training. Don't lose combat effectiveness just because you have money."

"That won't happen. Don't worry, my wife. We are working hard on practical training."

"Working hard?"

"Yes." Lu Bocheng nodded at her.

Su Qingmei glanced at his face and belly with disdain, "Look at your face and your belly, they are all fleshy, and you still have the nerve to say that you are training hard?"

Tsk tsk.

Lü Bocheng paused, lowered his head to look at his belly, pinched it with his hands, and really pinched out a layer of flesh.

He was shocked.

When did this happen?

"Wife, I really gained weight?"

"Didn't you see it yourself?"

The meat in Lü Bocheng's hand suddenly didn't smell good, and he immediately threw the meat in his hand into the plate.

You can't gain weight. If you gain weight, you can't run, and if you can't run, you will be chased and killed, and you may not be able to swing the spear.

If he makes a mistake, what will happen to his wife and children?

"Come on, collect the things." Lü Bocheng immediately called the servants to come in and clean up.

He licked his lips again, savoring it, but didn't dare to look at the flesh again.

The couple restrained their appetite from then on.

Chuzhou got a new salt-making method, and the economy was booming. But there was no shortage of salt workers, but there was a shortage of people who could count and keep accounts.

At present, the various political regimes were divided, and the imperial examination was stagnant. Many martial arts schools were opened, but more and more private schools were closed. Studying was useless and cost money. No one was willing to spend money to send their children to school, just like the ten years of hard study in the past.

As a result, Chuzhou is now in great need of people who can count and keep accounts.

Not only the salt fields, but also the mines are extremely short of people who can keep accounts and count.

Su Qingmei discussed with Lu Bocheng and Pei Xi, and Lu Bocheng made a decision.

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