The grassroots officials in counties, townships, and tuns already have a relatively mature system for one-to-one correspondence, so there is no need to worry. However, the positions of Taishou and Juncheng in Xihe County are still vacant, and these two positions are quite important.

Especially with the expansion of the territory under his jurisdiction, Tong Yuan could not make detailed plans for each county as in the past. Now he focused on arranging the counties, and then the counties were in charge of the affairs of the counties.

After some selection, he finally appointed the former Hedong County Cheng Wei to serve as the Taishou of the recovered Xihe County. The long history in charge of military affairs is held by Xu Huang, who is more familiar with border affairs and is especially good at military affairs.

The position of the 3rd Guard 11th Brigade is still held by Xu Huang, so that he, like Zhang Lu and Zhang Ji, not only serves in the Dreadnought Army, but also undertakes some important government affairs.

In this way, the power structure of the merged states has become clearer. Dong Bai is the nominal leader, and the specific affairs are handled by Tong Yuan. Zhang is in charge of civil affairs.

Specific to each county, there are Taishou, Juncheng, Changshi, etc. They are also responsible for the development of tuntian, the small-scale peasant economy, and the local large-scale and powerful people. In the event of a war, the command hierarchy is formed according to the sequence of captain, taishou, army or military commander, long history, commander or military captain.

Of course, in the event that the Dreadnought Army entered the war in large numbers, the Third Guard would be in charge. This also ensures that the responsibility is usually assigned to the person, and there will be no bad situation of kicking the ball and tearing each other.

As for the cattle and sheep, 30,000 were selected and slaughtered at one time to reward the whole army. The Xinxi Liangjun is abundant in charcoal, and there is no need to worry about chopping wood, so naturally it will not cause too serious damage to the trees, resulting in wasteland.

Thirty thousand cattle and sheep ate for a day, and half of the meat could not be eaten. The rest was smeared with salt and made into jerky and distributed among the soldiers' families.

This is the embodiment of Tong Yuan's local tyrants, salt is precious and rare in this era, and ordinary people only dare to eat it a little bit. Smearing it on food, or adding it to dishes, is a day that can only be enjoyed by the nobles and the powerful.

How could Tong Yuan treat his soldiers and people badly?

Stewed and eaten, roasted with a handful of salt, salted with a handful of salt, and eaten after adding a handful of salt to dry the dried meat, that is to add a handful of salt.

As a result, the soldiers were fed, and there was almost not enough water to drink.

Still, something happened that made him laugh.

Tong Yuan happened to inspect the various departments, and he was very happy to see the soldiers feasting.

Whether he can stop the weight of the era after a hundred years, he is not very sure. But he knew that his soldiers and people lived a good life, so they didn't come to this era in vain.

He inspected and found that there was a Tuntian army that only ate some mutton, but did not eat beef!

Daqi asked the military and tun commanders of this department.

It turned out that most of them were hard-working people, and they had not been in Tuntian for a long time. In the past, it was good for them to have food to eat all year round, and it was almost like the Chinese New Year to eat a meal of chicken eggs, stewed chicken, and dog meat.

They still know that this mutton can be eaten, and it is also very delicious, but no one dares to eat this beef!

The outstanding chef of the logistics department who followed the inspection also introduced, "In the past, meat was also graded. The royal family and nobles could eat beef and mutton and be ashamed to eat other meat. ”

"Scholars eat meat, mainly mutton and rabbit meat, and can't openly eat beef eaten at the upper level, ordinary Qianshou can eat chickens and porpoises, which is already a good life, as for the market and farmers, they can only occasionally eat porpoises, dogs, and even insects."

"Therefore, if ordinary people want to eat beef, there is basically only the possibility that their cattle will die of illness or old age. However, in the past few decades, there have been constant changes, and only the scholars and Haoqiang have cultivated cattle, and it is normal that they have never eaten beef in their lives. ”

Tong Yuan withdrew his mouth, what a clear hierarchy. However, his military and civilians must break through this precept.

Tong Yuan personally led people to sit around and eat beef with this group of Tuntian soldiers.

He took the lead in tasting the beef stew first. Because of the abundant fuel and salt pipes, the beef is cooked very deliciously, which is an excellent delicacy to replenish energy and stimulate the taste buds.

The soldiers also tried it, but they were not used to it at first, and felt that the beef did not have a special taste like the dolphins and dogs they had eaten. Fortunately, the salt helps to taste, so that they do not feel too bland.

One of the soldiers said, "This beef is not bad, but it doesn't taste like dog meat." ”

One of Tong Yuan's guards said, "If you want me to say that the beef is refreshing, this taste is really fragrant, and it is enjoyable to eat this large piece." ”

The accompanying officer of the logistics department also said, "I think too." You see, although dogs are easy to live, they are relatively thin and have no meat to eat. That unique taste, it's okay when you're hungry, but I don't usually like it. ”

Another Tuntian sergeant said, "I think beef and mutton are delicious, but there is oil and water, and it is greasy and uncomfortable after a few bites, and it is better for dogs and insects." ”

At first, the soldier said, "The dog is easy to raise, it doesn't have much meat on it, but it can make soup." There is no salt, but there is also a taste."

Tong Yuan smiled and said, "Everyone has their own tastes, it's normal." For example, I like to eat delicious fish, but the fish is troublesome to eat, there is no oil and water, and it is not the best time, so I will use it as a supplement to everyone's life, not as a military ration. ”

"As my soldier, if you want to be successful, you must eat well and eat well! So I'll provide you with some beef and mutton, as well as dolphins and chickens, but rabbits, dogs, fish, and insects are forgotten, and you can collect and buy them yourself. ”

The guards and logisticians knew the significance of these words, and hurried to thank the whole army. The newly joined Tuntian sergeant couldn't pay attention to it deeply, but he also knew that he had good intentions, so he followed to thank him.

Then, Tong Yuan took them to eat roast beef.

Some of the roast beef parts such as the shoulder and loin are selected, and there are also beef grains worn on the branches.

After roasting on a charcoal fire, sprinkle some expensive peppercorns, sesame seeds, honey, garlic, and then spread plum sauce and bean paste according to personal taste.

One bite down, that's called one

Crispy!?

Tong Yuan couldn't believe that the roast beef shoulder in his mouth had turned into crispy jerky, and he couldn't eat the fragrance and juice at all.

The good shoulder and loin were actually roasted into dry meat, and he was so anxious that he almost grabbed the position to roast it himself.

However, after looking at the soldiers beside him eating with relish, and from time to time there was a happy chewing sound of "crunch, crunch", he gave up. That's it, it seems like they're having a good time.

This time, no one complained that the beef was inferior to the dogs, I really don't know if it was because of the condiments, or if they were really good at crunching.

Finally, everyone tried the corned beef again.

Cu Ding uses a sharp knife to cut large pieces of corned beef into slices, and after each slice of beef is marinated, the taste is heavier, while the inside is gradually lighter, even tender and refreshing.

Tong Yuan originally thought that it was similar to the dry-cut beef of later generations, and it was a relatively tasteless type, but he didn't want to eat it in his mouth, which completely subverted his expectations.