Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 443: Rotten Wood Can Be Carved

Lord Mo meant that the Silin Bureau would submit the plan to the next court meeting. Before that, all the staff in the government office would have to look at the plan, vote on it, and go through the process.

Counting this way, including the day off, there are only four or five days left. He finally has a day off, and he doesn't want to work overtime in the office. He has already made an appointment with his friends to go out for a drink.

So, that day, when Hua Lei came to hand in the order, Lord Yu, who never asked about anything, finally spoke up and asked Hua Lei, "Deputy Envoy Hua, do you have a plan for the transformation of the barren mountain? When can you hand in the plan?"

Hua Lei sneered in her heart, "Hmph, I thought you were a mute? I didn't expect you to speak today." However, her face was still respectful, even fearful, as she replied.

"Reporting to Lord Yu, in the past few days, I have carefully looked at the five barren mountains along the official road. I haven't had time to look at the other barren mountains in detail, so I have only a rough understanding of them. I only have a rough idea in my mind, and I dare not say that I have a deep understanding of them.

I want to work overtime in the next two days after I come back today, and try to give the plan to Yu Mushi the day after tomorrow."

Seeing Hua Lei with a fearful look on her face, and hearing Hua Lei say that they had only visited five barren mountains, Yu Mushi said with some dissatisfaction, "You only visited five mountains? This is a bit inefficient."

Seeing Hualei's embarrassed look, he nodded again and said, "However, it is understandable that you are new here and not familiar with the environment.

In the future, you should ask your colleagues and seniors for advice to improve your work efficiency. Okay, then you should hand in the plan as soon as possible, and Lord Mo will also check it. "Yu Mushi picked up the teacup.

"Yes, thank you Lord Yu for your advice." Hua Lei smiled, but she was thinking, as she walked out of the office and continued to exercise her leg strength on the barren mountain.

On the 28th, when there was still an hour before the end of her shift, Hua Lei hesitantly handed a half-opened scroll to Yu Mushi's desk.

Then he spread the scroll in front of Yu Mushi and said flatteringly, "Master Yu, please give me your advice. If there is anything that needs to be revised, please tell me and I will work overtime to revise it."

Yu Mushi was not satisfied with Hualei's submission of the plan within the last minute. However, when he saw the beautiful calligraphy on the plan, he nodded.

This handwriting must have taken a lot of hard work. I didn't expect that a girl who didn't participate in the imperial examination could still calm down and practice good handwriting. This is a good character.

So, I suppressed my dissatisfaction and sat down at my desk to look over Hualei's plan. The more I looked, the more satisfied I became, but also the more frightened I became.

The plan included suggestions for planting trees throughout the area, suggestions for planting crops according to local conditions, and suggestions for planting medicinal materials that were lacking in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

In fact, everyone is a smart person. The Forestry Bureau is not unaware of the benefits of transforming crop cultivation. They just don't want to share their management rights and profits.

But Hualei's final suggestion was that no matter what was planted, it should be managed and dispatched by the Forestry Bureau. If necessary, the Agriculture Bureau and the Imperial Hospital's medicinal materials department could be asked for help. This suggestion greatly satisfied the interests of the Forestry Bureau.

Looking at the plan in front of him, Yu Mushi had to admit that Hua Lei's final suggestion really touched his heart. He was sure that it must have also touched the heart of his boss, Lord Mo.

After reading it again and pointing out a few punctuation marks that Hua Lei missed, Lord Yu handed the plan back to his immediate superior, Lord Mo.

Similarly, after Lord Mo read Hua Lei's plan, he was also very satisfied with Hua Lei's final suggestions. Fortunately, although her ability was a bit poor and it took her a little longer to write the plan, the content of the plan was indeed good.

Although he was transferred from the Ministry of Agriculture, he at least knew the priorities and knew to take the meat back to his own nest. Even a rotten tree can be carved. Lord Mo also nodded with satisfaction.

So, the next day, more than twenty high-ranking officials from the Silin Bureau looked at Hua Lei's plan, voted by raising their hands, approved it unanimously, signed their names, and waited until they returned from holiday to submit the plan to Emperor Shengwu.

Hua Lei handed in the plan, and a stone in her heart fell to the ground. Next, it depends on the choice of Emperor Sheng Wu. After he makes a choice, Hua Lei can proceed with the next plan.

Therefore, Hualei had more free time in the following period, so she started to tinker with her own things secretly.

Because when she and Gao Tiedan and Xiao Yuanzi were patrolling the barren hills, she unexpectedly discovered a mulberry forest. Now is the time when mulberries are growing well.

So, Hualei asked Uncle Fu to take a group of people up the mountain to start picking mulberries. It is said that "Mulberries in April are as good as ginseng", which shows that mulberries are very nutritious.

Who knew that the greedy Uncle Fu accidentally picked up too many mulberries. These mulberries cannot be kept fresh for too long. If they are not eaten, they will go bad within two days, which is a pity. So Hualei decided to make some dried mulberries as a snack.

Wash the mulberries with clean water. It is best to add some salt when washing, which can kill some bacteria. Although salt is expensive, I still use some to avoid getting an upset stomach.

After cleaning with salt, you also need to rinse the mulberries with clean water to remove the salt on the surface, spread them out on a bamboo plate, and cover them with a thin gauze. This can prevent various insect bites and maintain hygiene.

Then put them in the sun for a few days. While drying, you should also shake the mulberries from time to time and turn them over. This will allow the entire mulberry to be exposed to the sun and will not easily deteriorate.

After the mulberries are completely dried, the simplest dried mulberries are ready. They can be eaten as a snack, and they are very nutritious. They taste very good and are chewy.

Thinking that Zhenzhu would like to eat it, Hualei packed a small bag of it and sent it to Zhenzhu. Of course, he also brought some to Xiaoyuan to go to the Imperial College and share it with Rong Jue Yunhai and Zhou Ziren who were in the same building.

In addition to dried mulberries, the flower buds also left some fresh mulberries to make mulberry wine. Similarly, wash them with salt water first, then rinse them with clean water, and place the mulberries in a cool and ventilated place to dry them.

Then put the mulberries in a deeper pottery jar and pour in an appropriate amount of sweet potato wine, just enough to cover the mulberries. Because mulberries are very sweet, you don’t need to add sugar or put less sugar.

Of course, if you particularly like sweet wine, you can also add some sugar or honey.