Lady of the Lord From the East - Chapter 139

The birth of the jade lion was much faster than Wei Wei at the time. Wei Wei dressed and rushed to the stable, and it had already started to give birth.

The white horse lay on the straw and neighed uncomfortably, but the production process went smoothly. Its child had already exposed its front hooves and head, which were wrapped in a bluish-white film, and the groomer who took care of it carefully dragged the foal. The front hooves, with gentle force, help the mare pull the foal out of its belly, speeding up the production.

In the stable next to the Jade Lion, Black Marios, who has been forced to isolate him for several days, is walking around in his compartment anxiously, and even tried to “break out” several times to see his wife and children next door. , but was stopped by other grooms.

“how’s it going?”

“Everything is going well, ma’am.”

Because the production started in the middle of the night, the torches lit in the stable flickered, and the light inside was not clear enough. Standing outside, it was not clear what was going on inside, so she simply opened the door of the stable and walked in. If you don’t get started, ask yourself that she doesn’t know better than the groom who keeps horses all year round, but she can still do it to help calm the jade lion.

Sure enough, seeing the owner coming in, the jade lion lying on the ground was obviously calmer than before. When Wei Wei squatted beside it and stroked its head soothingly, the uncomfortable mare rubbed in response.

This comforting did not last long, and soon, the groom who was helping called out, “Okay, okay, come out!”

Wei Wei looked up and saw that the foal had been fully born, the white fetal membranes on its body had been lifted by the groom, and the wet foal was lying in the middle, raising its head to look here, a pair of Duo Mengmeng’s eyes are innocent and pure, even if he is messed up, he looks very cute.

The groom quickly took the prepared clean blanket and helped the foal dry, moved it to the side of the jade lion, and then began to check the remaining fetal membranes to make sure that it was completely separated and there was no any After the traces left in the mare’s body, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly cleaned the fetal membrane and surrounding dirt, and replaced it with clean wheat straw to clean the stables.

The jade lion did not rest for too long, it quickly regained some physical strength and stood up, and then began to urge the foal to practice standing and walking.

This is a small black horse like its father, and it is a beautiful little mare. Although its fur has been wiped clean, it is still wet. The jade lion licks its fur and gently arches its head with its head. urging it to stand up.

The body of a foal is slender, but even more slender are its limbs. The legs of a newborn foal are already close to the length of an adult horse, but the back height of the foal is not half that of the mare, which makes it Its limbs looked disproportionately long and very thin, as if it would break when it was broken, but at the urging of its mother, it quickly tried to stand up on the long thin and long horse legs, first the two front legs, Half-supporting, half-kneeling, straightened up, followed by two hind legs.

After struggling for a few times, the foal finally stood up, but before it could stand firm, its body shifted involuntarily, and its four legs stumbled to one side in a panic, and then when people suspected that it was about to fall, its body fell. He turned back and staggered back to the other side. The whole process was like a drunken drunk, making everyone laugh.

In this drunken walking posture, the foal finally learned to stand and walk. Although the footsteps were still very unsteady, when it carefully walked back to its mother and instinctively leaned over to drink milk, everyone All breathed a sigh of relief.

It can be said that the foal at this time was really born smoothly.

The daddy horse next to him has been trying to come over from the next door after seeing his child, but at this time the groom dare not let it come over. The mare is very protective of the cub. For a long time when the foal is born, it will not Allow other horses to approach the foal, not even the foal’s daddy.

Wei Wei didn’t stay in the foal for too long. When the foal started to drink milk, she fed the jade lion some fresh grass, took care of it and drank water, and left under the reluctant gaze of the jade lion. .

The summer days are long, and when she came out of the stable, there was a bright light on the horizon. After such a toss, it was almost dawn.

When he returned to the room, Felix was holding little Anthony skillfully, walking slowly around the room, and a faint sob came from his arms.

“What’s wrong? Anthony woke up?”

“Well, I woke up urinating, and I cried without seeing you when I woke up.” Although little Anthony is not afraid of life, he is very sticky to Wei Wei. When he wakes up, he must see Wei Wei, otherwise he will cry, and everyone else will coax him. No, he was willing to give some of his father’s face. If he coaxed him when Wei Wei was away, he wouldn’t cry loudly, but he would still sob like a kitten.

Knowing that Wei Wei had just returned from the stable, Felix did not hold the child to her, but adjusted his posture so that little Anthony, who was still in tears, could see her-although he should not be able to see clearly at this time, but very Amazingly, even if Wei Wei didn’t hold him, little Anthony could always tell if his mother was by his side.

Wei Wei also cooperated a little closer, and sure enough, little Anthony laughed through his tears as if he found her back, and stretched out his hands and babbled for a hug.

“Mom is not clean now. I’ll hug you later.” Wei Wei said, carefully washing her hands and face with warm water brought by the maid, applying some skin lotion, and then changing into clean clothes. Takes Anthony Jr. from Felix.

During the whole process, the little guy’s eyes were moving with her, neither crying nor making trouble, he couldn’t be more obedient, and when he finally got to Wei Wei’s arms, he was a little angel who loved to laugh again.

Wei Wei checked, and the little guy’s diaper had been changed, and his stomach didn’t seem to be hungry yet. After crying for a while, he was sleepy again, so he hugged him and coaxed him to sleep.

Felix was sitting beside the bed watching his wife coax the children, and then asked her, “How is the situation in the stable?”

“It went well. I gave birth to a black little mare. It’s very cute. I’m going to call it Baoli.” Wei Wei smiled, and then suddenly asked him, “How do you feel about giving the foal to Dolores? ?”

Felix looked at her unexpectedly: “Didn’t you say you want to leave it to Anthony?”

“I originally had this idea, but now that Anthony is still young, he must be five years old if he wants to ride a horse.”

Generally speaking, a mare is more docile than a stallion, and it is more suitable for a child’s horse to be a mare, but when little Anthony is old enough to ride, the foal will be an adult.

In fact, she also thought that it might be more suitable for Caroline. After all, Caroline has to learn to ride horses in the future, and she doesn’t have her own horse yet, but even if girls learn to ride horses these days, it will not be so early. From the age of seven, the standard is different from that of boys. It is similar to leaving it for her and little Anthony, so they can wait for the foals that will come in the future. This first horse is more suitable for the older children.

“Three years old.” Felix said, “I started riding horses when I was three years old. If Anthony is three years old, Paulie is three years old, which is actually just right for him.”

Wei Wei wanted to give him a blank look, could that be the same? Felix’s father planned to train him to be a knight, and naturally he started teaching him to ride a horse very early on. Anthony didn’t plan to be a knight. Soon.

“But even if he started learning horseback riding at the age of three, Baoli was already an adult at that time. How tall could Anthony be at that time, even if he wanted to learn, he had to find a pony, right?” She looked at Baoli’s four legs and knew that The foal will also be tall like its parents in the future.

Felix shook his head: “Since you said that the pony was left to Anthony early on, then the horse should be his.”

It’s okay to say he’s partial. Anyway, Felix feels that since he promised to give it to the child, he can’t go back on it.

“If Anthony finds out about this when he is older, do you think he will be unhappy? And this is the first child of Rios and Jade Lion, are you willing to send it away?”

Dolores is about to get married, and the horse she gave her will naturally leave with her. Although it is said that the foal will leave its mother at one year old and live independently, its parents may not care about the future. Wouldn’t see it, but apparently feelings are different for people.

Wei Wei was really reluctant, that was the horse she was looking at, and she also remembered that her jade lion was different from an ordinary horse. Its IQ was comparable to that of a seven or eight-year-old human child. I am more concerned, if Baoli is really sent away, maybe she will be sad too.

Felix walked over and put his arm around his wife and said, “That pony is actually suitable for Anthony, they can grow up together, and it’s easier to develop a relationship, and Dolores is not without a horse, and her current horse is also very good. , is more suitable for her.”

Originally, after Dolores began to learn to ride, he prepared a nice little mare for this sister, and she liked it very much, so she might not be happy to ask her to change one, after all, for her , the feelings that come out of getting along with horses should be more important than the qualifications of horses.

Wei Wei heard what he said, and her own thoughts were really inappropriate, so the matter was over.

Everyone had been tossing so hard that night. After Little Anthony was coaxed to sleep, Wei Wei and Felix also crawled back into the bed to rest, and the sun rose the next day.

Hearing that the jade lion was born, Dolores also took Caroline to the stables to see it and the new foal, Baoli. Caroline was a little afraid of those big horses, but she was not interested in the foal. I’m very curious, if it wasn’t for Dolores to stop me, I’m afraid I’d go in and touch it.

However, Caroline’s favorability for the black Baoli is actually average. There are other foals in this stable who have just been born. The white two-color foal was tempted away. The pony’s mother was not the owner’s mount. In order to show off, the groom helped drive the foal to the edge of the gate and let Caroline touch the pony. .

Felix, who came to see the jade lion together, saw him and decided to give the pony to Caroline, so that Baoli didn’t need to change owners.

Immediately afterwards, Sardinson entered the wheat harvest season again. At this time, the golden wheat waves were the most splendid scenery in the field. Everyone went to work in the fields. The updated agricultural tools made it more convenient for them to harvest. Batches of wheat were collected, and the group of civil servants who had become regulars after the internship period and were assigned to the tax officer followed them to the field to claim the grain and collect taxes. Even though they are really tired, they get all kinds of subsidies for business trips, and those who can’t bear the hardship have been fired as early as the internship period, and the rest are The young people who are capable and endure hardships are all very good, and none of them are messing around.

The new wheat was harvested. After weighing, it was determined that the wheat yield this year was indeed higher than last year. Even the average acre yield of ordinary residents exceeded 2,000 catties, which was basically about 200 catties more than last year. The manor is well-managed, and the wheat fields that use more fertilizer are naturally a lot higher than the output of the territorial people, especially those fields are already fertile, the wheat seeds brought by Wei Wei are used, and the alchemy technique is used. The per-mu yield of the chemical fertilizers refined by the teachers is as high as 2,800 catties, which is about to catch up with the best wheat yield of later generations.

However, because less wheat was planted in the manor this year than in previous years, most of the fields were arranged to be planted with other crops, so the total amount of wheat harvested by the manor this year was much less than last year. The taxed wheat complements the piece nicely.

As a result, the castle’s granary is not enough, and even the pasta factory said that they have no place to store new wheat, because the wheat harvested last year and bought from the lords have not been used up. And most of the warehouses are used to stack the production pasta.

After Wei Wei looked at the accounts of the pasta factory, she found that the business of the three pasta factories had declined somewhat since last fall. This year, the trend has become more obvious. The three pasta factory managers have been selected. When I came to report, I also complained to her, saying that this year’s new wheat harvest has come, and the sales of their pasta factory may be even more problematic.

“We learned from some businessmen last year that there are also pasta factories in other places. Some businessmen who do this business are reluctant to come to us to buy pasta. It seems that more people have opened factories this year. Our business It’s getting worse and worse.”

The method of making pasta is inherently simple, and there is no requirement for confidentiality. People in Sardinson can do it in almost every household. Those who want to learn how to make pasta can learn it with a little effort, and learn to go to other places to open a pasta. The factory is naturally very easy, but after the pasta factory has more wheat in stock, the production volume increases, but there are fewer merchants to buy, and the produced pasta gradually accumulates in the warehouse. It can still be sold slowly, but it can become a big problem after a long time. After all, even pasta has a shelf life.

Wei Wei was very angry after hearing their report. They should have reported this kind of thing when they first discovered it, but it has been delayed until the warehouse is full. If they didn’t need to use the warehouse, these people would Are you planning to keep busy? !

Felix didn’t expect such a thing to happen. Although he heard the pasta factory report that the pasta factory’s business is not good because there are so many people selling it, but he didn’t know that these people didn’t ask the workers to cut production. , resulting in too much pasta that cannot be sold and has been piled up in the warehouse.

“What’s the use of asking you guys, how dare you hide such a big thing, just watch those things rot in the warehouse like this? Even if you can’t think of a solution, don’t you even come over and say it? !”

Not only was Wei Wei angry, Felix was also angry. This was originally just a trivial matter. If these people told the workers to reduce production, he could directly use the wheat to make bread in the bakery and distribute it to soldiers and soldiers. The workers eat it, and even open a bakery to sell bread to the residents. No matter how bad it is, they can directly sell it to the merchants who receive the grain. After all, even if everyone’s food is getting better now, it is becoming more and more diverse. It is a staple food, and flour is not worried about sales.

But if it is made into pasta, the price is high, and it is more troublesome to sell than flour. The merchants are reluctant to buy it, and the civilians can make it themselves, and they will not buy it in the store. Occasional benefits, all for them as food, he has to lose a lot of money!

An angry Felix quickly dismissed the three factory directors and those who did not know the information, and the pasta factory was temporarily suspended. Now the workers who were originally working in the pasta factory were anxious and worried that they would lose their jobs. No guarantees, all of them are frowning and don’t know what to do.

These workers have been working in the pasta factory for two years, because this job is enough to support their families, many of them are no longer farming at home, and most of the originally rented fields have been returned. But even if they want to go back to farming, those lands have already had owners, and it is impossible to rent them back. Without jobs and no fields, even if they still have some, they don’t know how long they can last.

The mayors of the three small towns are also very troubled by this. There are thousands of workers in the three pasta factories together. , If it wasn’t for the sheriff’s watch, the homes of those dismissed factory directors would have been smashed by the workers.

Fortunately, the workers’ worries didn’t last long. Soon, Lord Earl’s announcement was posted on the door of the pasta factory. The announcement stated that the pasta factory would not be closed. , After the hand-picking is completed, the pasta factory will have new arrangements, and this period will take about one to two weeks. When the arrangements are in place, the workers will be called back to work, so they don’t have to worry about their work. Not guaranteed.

Even those factory directors and managers who have been fired can stay in the factory to work if they want, but their positions are no longer available.

After all, although these people made mistakes, they just didn’t know what they knew. There was no such thing as corruption and bribery. When they appointed the warehouse, the inventory and ledger were completely correct, so these people were just stupid, no It is suitable for management, but it is fine to be an ordinary worker.

It depends on whether they can let it go and act like a manager for a long time.

Not only are the workers happy now, but also the managers who think their jobs are not guaranteed. Most of them are afraid of the factory manager, so even though they know about it, they don’t dare to say it. , but fortunately they can go back to work. Although the position is gone, the Count did not say that they will have no chance to climb back. Everyone is still very confident in their own abilities. Class, now naturally can! Even because the original factory manager and their confidants were dismissed, these people also raised further ideas.

Of course, things are not so simple, at least the new factory manager Felix has been found, but they can still fight for other positions.

There are probably only three factory directors and their confidants who have kept it a secret and they are not happy. They were the top leaders of the factory, but now they have been dismissed. If they go back, they will be treated like ordinary workers. Maybe They will also be ridiculed by former subordinate workers. Most of them cannot accept this gap, so few people choose to go back later.

Wei Wei didn’t intervene in this kind of personnel arrangement. She didn’t even know who Felix had hired to be the factory manager. Only when these people came to report for work later, they were familiar with each other. Now what she has to do is to give The pasta factory should be re-planned to see if it will continue to do it, or switch to other industries.

On a blank sheet of paper, the names of three pasta factories are located between Dingle Town, Uk Town and Melk Town. In the current situation, it is not appropriate for them to continue to open three pasta factories. Yes, but it’s impossible not to leave the family alone.

So Wei Wei circled the pasta factory in Dingle Town, where it will continue to produce pasta in the future, and the two pasta factories in Uke Town and Melk Town, she plans to modify the products they produce.

She first wrote a tomato sauce at the pasta factory in Uke Town. This year’s tomatoes are the most grown of all fruits and vegetables, and a large piece of tomatoes are planted in Uke Town. Now Sardinson In the situation in the county, there is only enough land there to be used as a tomato production base. Originally, Wei Wei planned to hand over the production of tomato sauce to the meat sauce factory. Now I think about it, it is better to separate it and use it as a separate type. Commodities are produced, and the produced tomato sauce can be sold together with pasta, which can also increase the sales of pasta. Tomato and pasta are simply impossible to match.

As for the rest of the town of Melk, the sharpened pencil pointed on the paper several times, and finally three square words were left.

instant noodles.

The food of instant noodles is probably not eaten by modern people. Although it is always a nutritious food, it has to be said that it is convenient and delicious. Although many people think that instant noodles smell good and taste ordinary, they are eating. After I got tired of it, when I first ate instant noodles, I was afraid that no one would not like it.

Moreover, instant noodles can also be stored for a long time, and the method of eating is simple. Even if there is no time to cook the noodles, soak them in hot water for a few minutes and you can eat them. Compared with pasta, the cooking method is simpler. It is the most convenient. I think if it can be produced, the first people who will be attracted are those businessmen who have to run around outside every day.

Instant noodles need to be paired with seasoning packets. The town of Melk is close to the sea, and the nearby Slot County now also produces sea salt, which can solve the problem of transportation of raw materials in some seasoning packets. Now, salt is the most important ingredient. If she sells the seasoning packets in different grades, the most common one should be the one with only salt.

And when it comes to condiments related to the sea, isn’t there MSG!