Chapter 148 This is fine
Chapter 148 This is fine
Ye Yanxing took Ye Beiting to the food window. He didn't feel much about these things now because he had eaten too much.
The last time he went out to sea, he caught a lot of fish and put them in the space. He hasn’t finished eating them yet. Fortunately, the space can keep them fresh, otherwise they would have gone bad.
"Little uncle, do you think this dish is okay?"
"Okay! I want this, this, and this..." Ye Beiting ordered several dishes in a row, and the kitchen was taking notes in the back.
"Another bowl of rice will make it complete." Ye Beiting thought that was enough. "Nephew, what else do you want?"
Compared with noodles, Ye Beiting prefers rice.
"That's all." Ye Yanxing didn't want anything else, so he turned to the chef and said, "Give me a bowl of noodles."
"Okay, please wait a moment, my Lords."
"Ah."
Ye Yanxing and Ye Beiting sat down in their seats again.
"I didn't know those things could be eaten!" Ye Beiting said. For example, they don't eat snails, crabs and so on.
"It's edible. You'll know when the little uncle tries it. It tastes pretty good."
"Yeah! I'll let them do the same when I go back!" Ye Beiting was talking about the salt fields in Huaizhou. The food for their workers was not so good.
After seeing the treatment here, Ye Beiting began to wonder if he had been abusing the workers before?
But he soon figured it out. Workers across the country were treated like this, except in the imperial city. Their Huaizhou had always been richer than other states, so the treatment was considered good.
How many people travel thousands of miles to Huaizhou to find jobs every year just to earn a few taels of silver?
It’s not that they are treated badly, it’s that Ye Yanxing is treating Tiangang too well.
But it didn't cost much, just built dormitories and a staff canteen, and most of the food they ate was caught from the sea.
They just don't dare to try.
Ye Yanxing smiled, but did not comment. He just asked, "Little uncle, if you see any species you like to eat, you can go pick them up yourself."
"Okay, okay!" Ye Beiting's eyes lit up and he was very much looking forward to it.
Soon, the chef brought over everything they had ordered.
Ye Yanxing's noodles were topped with a layer of meat slices, and there were two fried eggs underneath.
Ye Beiting looked at the white rice in front of him, and then at Ye Yanxing's bowl of noodles filled with ingredients, and neither of them seemed delicious anymore.
But he didn't say anything. After all, he ordered it himself. He just started eating. He was still looking forward to the seafood.
Sure enough, after taking a bite of the oyster, he squinted his eyes in satisfaction.
"good to eat!"
Ye Beiting ate all of the clams, scallops, oysters, crabs, and mantis shrimps, and he finished most of them.
There were no lobsters, for the soldiers seldom caught them.
Everyone has to work, and there are only a few times a month when we can seriously go out to sea to cast nets. Most of the time we pick them up at the beach, or fish in shallow waters, and eat whatever we catch.
Most of them are fish, and there are many varieties today.
Because few people eat here, there is really a lot of seafood here. They eat it for three meals a day. It is true that the food is good, but it is also true that they feel a bit greasy.
But it’s much better than before when I had nothing to eat.
After breakfast, Ye Yanxing took Ye Beiting to visit the salt field.
On the vast salt field, rows of salt ponds are neatly arranged, like fingerprints of the earth.
The salt pond is surrounded by dams made of flat stones to prevent sea water from overflowing.
Each salt pond has an inlet and an outlet to control the flow of seawater.
In the center of the salt field stood tall salt piles, like small hills. Even Ye Beiting, who had seen big scenes, couldn't help but marvel at them.
These salts are formed by crystallization after long-term evaporation under the sun.
Next to the salt pile, there are many busy salt workers. They use shovels to shovel salt into sacks, pack and seal the bags, waiting to be stored.
Not far away, workers were carrying seawater on shoulder poles into the salt pond for drying.
In fact, Ye Yanxing had considered working in the pipeline business, but he has been busy and has not had time to communicate with Zhang Hengyu. He can talk to him when he returns this time.
The salt field is also equipped with office areas and warehouses, where staff members carry out management and dispatch.
On the edge of the salt field, there is a dense protective forest that blocks the invasion of sea breeze and protects the ecological environment of the salt field.
In short, the facilities of the salt field are generally complete.
Ye Yanxing only proposed the plan initially, and many of the ideas were discovered and improved by Zhang Hengyu and his colleagues later in their work.
"Very good." Ye Beiting felt that compared to the salt field in Huaizhou, this place was really complete.
Moreover, these salt crystals become whiter and more translucent after subsequent processing.
"Nephew, can I come over and learn from them in the next few days?" Ye Beiting was already regretting not bringing a few more people.
"Young uncle, why do you have to do it yourself? If you want to improve the Huaizhou Salt Field, I will send people to teach them." Ye Yanxing smiled. Given Ye Beiting's status, there was no way he could be asked to do the work.
"Hahaha, that's great. My nephew is really thoughtful!" Ye Beiting laughed.
"As it should be, little uncle is also doing this for the people of this world."
"Let's take it as such." Ye Beiting looked towards the sea not far away.
At the edge of the vast ocean, the horizon merges with the sky to form an endless horizontal line.
It is calm and gentle, like a huge mirror, reflecting the colors of the sky and the shapes of the clouds.
The sun shines on the sea, making the waves sparkle.
A breeze blew by, and ripples appeared on the sea surface, as smooth as silk.
Looking into the distance, the sea level stretches into the distance and connects with the sky, giving people an endless feeling.
Standing on the beach, feeling the sea breeze and listening to the sound of waves hitting the shore, that is another kind of tranquility.
Ye Beiting is not doing this for the common people of the world. He has no mercy on them.
He just didn't want the Qingli Dynasty, for which his royal brother had worked hard, to get worse.
He hoped that the world would always be as his royal brother wished, with peace and prosperity.
But after his brother left, Ye Zhao began to make some moves, and he even intended to win over Ye Jing to join him in his partnership.
But Ye Jing rejected him, because if he succeeded, who would ascend to the throne, Ye Zhao or Ye Jing?
Of course, Ye Zhao would not give up to Ye Jing, so the matter ended in nothing.
Ye Zhao kept making small movements, but Ye Jing remained silent.
I don’t know if I really gave up.
However, he believed in Ye Xingche and Ye Yanxing. As long as the two brothers worked together, they would be able to protect this territory.
And he will help them.
In Ye Beiting's heart, his only royal brother is the deceased emperor. He has never cared about the other two and would not let any of them take away things that do not belong to them.
This Qingli can only belong to the emperor's elder brother, and can only be inherited by his descendants.
At least as long as he is there, no one else can get involved.
Ye Beiting looked at Ye Yanxing's profile. From this angle, he really looked like his royal brother.
A flash of longing appeared in his eyes, but it was only for a moment. Ye Beiting looked away, then lowered his head and chuckled.
That's fine too.
So be it.
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