Chapter 439: The Han people can't afford to eat

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Since human beings learned to farm and raise animals, and there was a surplus of food, how to preserve food for a longer time has always been a matter of enthusiastic learning. The usual method is air drying, pickling, and freezing, of course, but in the absence of a refrigerator and not in the northern winter, this method is not good.

It's a pity that Liu Hanshao was just an inconspicuous little person in his previous life and later generations, and he couldn't learn the high-tech skills of making "antique moon cakes", otherwise he might have used it now.

Fortunately, Liu Hanshao also has a professional-level foodie apprentice, Li Erwa, the master of cooking, under Liu Hanshao's continuous inducement, he has developed a method for making milk powder and meat floss. In the past, the Southern Xiongnu would make milk into "cheese", that is, cheese, and meat into jerky, but the Han people may not be able to accept the taste of cheese, and the jerky must also be rich in seasoning to be delicious, otherwise it is boiled in brackish water, and then dried, and it must be eaten as a meal, which must be extremely painful and grinding.

Li Erwa's trip to the state this time is to build a milk powder factory and a meat floss factory to improve military rations, especially fried noodles. In addition to wheat, corn is abundant in Bingzhou, that is, millet, which does not need to be milled, and then dried after cooking, and directly into the fried noodles, as well as meat floss and egg grains. In addition, there is a shortage of vegetables and vegetables, but there are apricots, red dates, and persimmons, which are also mixed into the fried noodles and added with a little salt...... It seems to be a dark dish, but it is nutritious and easy to eat. When there are conditions, boil it, soak it in water if there is no condition, it is really not possible, and you can grab a handful and stuff it directly into your mouth to fight hunger.

Tall horses, strong armor and sharp blades are only auxiliary, war depends on people in the final analysis, if the physical fitness of the soldiers can't keep up, how can it be possible to cultivate a strong army, a division of tigers and wolves?

Therefore, in terms of raising soldiers, Liu Hanshao only emphasized one word: eat well, drink well!

Therefore, the Corps and the B-level Legion also spent a lot of effort, and I dare not say that the soldiers of the A-level Legion can have meat at once, but they can always open meat every two or three days.

Besides, there are really a lot of soldiers who take the initiative to apply for transfer to the A-level legion now, if nothing else, just running for this kind of generous treatment, it is worth bleeding desperately.

However, Li Erwa's tasks are not limited to these, and the canning factory has a higher level of secrecy than the milk powder factory and the meat floss factory.

In the original history, the "Napoleon" led the army to fight in all directions, and because the battle line was too long, a large number of food would rot and spoil after being transported to the front line. In addition, seafarers who live on ships for a long time fall ill because they cannot eat fresh vegetables, fruits and other foods, and some even suffer from serious life-threatening scurvy. So the "Napo Wheel" was rewarded with a huge amount of money, soliciting a method of long-term storage of food, and canned food was invented.

Xuejia doesn't know how to make canned food, but he knows the principle of vacuum preservation, and Xuejia doesn't know how to fight, but he knows how many disasters have been brought to the people of the Central Plains by riding donkeys in the north in history. When Lu Bu raided the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yuting, the shock to Liu Hanshao and the bosses of the military government was too strong, not only with a force of several thousand people to inflict a huge blow on the enemy, but also strongly supported the first army and stiffened the main force of the Southern Xiongnu.

Therefore, the tactics of long-distance running have been valued, and Zhao Yun has spared no effort to build the Fifth Army into an all-cavalry army, even if he can't fight on horseback, he can also train into infantry cavalry.

Therefore, if you want to achieve the effect of long-distance running, you first need military food that is easy to eat, can be stored for a long time, and can ensure nutrition, and in addition to fried noodles, canned food has naturally become the first choice.

Before the war, you need encouragement, get some meat floss for your brothers, can you enjoy it? There are many cattle and sheep in the state, but what about Sizhou, Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou? In addition, with the completion of the shipyard on the Bohai Sea side of Jizhou, in addition to the six major corps of agricultural reclamation and animal husbandry, the "sea fishery" corps was set up to specialize in the development of offshore aquaculture and offshore fishing, so as to increase grain reserves. Raised out, so many fish fish, are they all salted into salted fish?

Liu Hanshao and Li Erwa did experiments, put food in a jar with a big belly and a small mouth, put it on a steamer and steam, and plug it tightly with a cork when the mouth of the jar was steaming, and then seal it upside down and cool it naturally, so as to achieve the effect of isolating the air. Later, Li Erwa also brushed a layer of paste on the wooden stopper at the mouth of the altar, and the sealing effect was better after air drying. But it is not a good idea to use porcelain jars to make canned bottles, and in the future, cans will be mass-produced, not in the thousands, at least in the millions. After eating the canned food, what use can there be left with a small porcelain jar? Therefore, Liu Hanshao asked to switch to glass altars, because glass can be recycled and re-fired into products.

Nowadays, Dahan's glass production process should be the world's leading, and the difficulty that needs to be overcome is a large piece of flat glass, so the price of glass mirrors is still high, but the price of other products has dropped significantly. In addition to the different raw materials, fired glass and fired ceramics are not much different, of course, some glassware may also need to be blown while hot, used to make cans and bottles is just right, but you must remember to have a large belly and a small mouth, because a large belly can hold more things, and a small mouth is not easy to leak.

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In addition to these food factories that were to be built within the Corps and had a secret level, many workshops and factories were also established on the farms of the people in the north of the country, such as purchasing leather wool, chicken feathers and duck feathers, and of course, there were also those that made cheese and jerky. It's just that things like leather and wool are only cleaned and processed in the north of the country, and then they will be packed and shipped to Hanoi and Luoyang, where they will be dyed and dyed, and then woven and tile, and then made into products and sold to various places.

It is equivalent to saying that the state only produces raw materials, but has no technology.

However, advanced technology will still flow in more or less, such as wool, before the Huns would only gather wool, or kill sheep and skin them, and then shave down. Later, when the Han had a reamer, they learned to reamer wool, and now they use a push knife similar to shaving their heads. This knife goes down, pushes and slips, and you don't have to worry about hurting the sheep, it's enjoyable to watch. Another example is chicken feathers and duck feathers, not to mention the former Huns, even the Taihang immigrants don't know how to use it, but since the technology has been passed over, not only have they learned to divide the feathers, but they have also selected the most valuable fluff, even those big feathers with hard wing stems are not wasted.

There is no way to break it now, but when Liu Hanshao inspected, he saw them use a special knife, the fixed knife is fixed on the wooden frame, and the corresponding moving knife uses metal elasticity to open and close the knife edge, in addition, there is a groove like the size of a water drop in the middle of the knife edge, and the wing stalk is inserted into the blade along the groove above, and then dragged out from the bottom, the process is a bit like the sole of a shoe, but the moving knife will always clamp the wing stalk, and pull off all the feathers.

Liu Hanshao asked with interest whose invention it was, and a student from the engineering college who had been sent to Bingzhou shyly said that he was inspired by pliers and made it, and the name was "feather tongs".

Just masturbating one by one?

Very good!

First, it can make the best use of things, although this feather is not as good as the fluff, it can still be filled to keep warm; Second, how many original Hun old people and old immigrants can survive by luck, but they can no longer do heavy work. What to do? Let them eat for nothing, I am afraid that they will find it difficult to accept it in their own hearts, or "idle uncomfortable". This kind of thing, one does not need technology, two does not need strength, as long as it is taken down, more or less can be exchanged for some wages to supplement the family. Didn't we still peel the cotton seeds one by one? Let's take it slowly, there is a lot of power in the crowd, a group of old men and old ladies are chatting while brushing their hair, which can be regarded as having fun and doing something for the old!

Then, Li Erwa came to complain again: "Master, they have a lot of chicken and duck factories, and there are also a lot of eggs and duck eggs, and they can't use all the eggs in the military rations." This thing is not easy to ship, can it also be made into canned food? ”

Liu Hanshao hated iron and said: "Your baby won't make salted duck eggs, Songhua eggs?" Then he thought about it and said, "But don't make tea eggs." ”

Li Erwa asked confusedly: "Master, why?" ”

"Because the tea eggs are too luxurious, the Han people can't afford to eat them!"

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Finally, Liu Hanshao's inspection team arrived in Wuyuan and met Lu Fengxian, who had been waiting here for a long time. Wuyuan and Shuofang were both defense areas of the 14th Division of the Fifth Army, but at the beginning, Lu Bu assisted the Fifth Army in clearing the first line of Yinshan and Wolf Mountain, so he also stayed in Shuofang and temporarily came under the command of Zhao Yun.

Seeing Liu Hanshao, Lu Bu first gave a standard military salute, and then begged for a hug full of grievances.

"Uncle, you are here, you are here to take me back to Luoyang, right? I can't get around here, they're all running on me! ”

It's not a problem, after clearing the Wolf Mountain, Lu Bu took the heavy cavalry brigade to let himself go everywhere, ran to Liangzhou in the west, and wanted to copy the Khan Mountain in the east.

Speaking of these people, even the commander of the 14th Division, Dai Ende, also has opinions. The two of us are stationed in the same place, my first division commander carries the rank of colonel, and your first brigade commander carries the rank of colonel.

Zhang Liao of the 13th Division also had an opinion. Even if I Zhang Wenyuan can't beat you Lu Fengxian, can't I beat a few Xianbei pony thieves? I need you to come over and help every now and then, and eat and drink together? What's wrong brother, is the fellow bullying the fellow like this?

Liu Hanshao didn't know that Lu Bu was about to become a stinky cow dung that everyone hated here, and thought that this was a fragrant dumpling, so he opened his arms far away, intending to give Lu Bu a "warm and kind hug". One step at a time, it was the devil's pace, and it was about to rub and rub, but Lu Bu saw Ren Hongchang, who had just gotten off the car behind Liu Hanshao, and then pulled Liu Hanshao to the side, and exclaimed sadly, "Wife!" ran towards Ren Hongchang.

"Madan! Lu Fengxian, this deflated calf, really has an annoying temperament! ”