Chapter 248: Compressing Military Rations

Lu Yan, the eldest son of Lu Yi, returned to Ba County with Yu to relocate the tribe, and after Tian Xin reported to Xiangyang that Lu Yi had appointed Lu Yi, he led Lu Yi to tour Sui, Guanguan, Nanxiang and other counties, so that the county officials could visit Lu Yi and establish the authority of Lu Yi.

Two days later, I came to Danyang Township, which was originally called Danyang Ju, which was a place where mountain people from near and far agreed to meet and trade.

With the relocation of Tian Xin here, many mountain people and Han people moved to settle in Danyang Township, which is now called Danyang Yi.

The concentrated development of industries brings about the flow of people, and the personnel promote the development of cities.

Tian Xin led the landing to inspect the blacksmith workshop, and now there are three smelting furnaces and three steel furnaces, two forging furnaces, and a new smelting furnace and a steel furnace are still being assumed.

"Your Majesty, now that the war is imminent, why don't you still make ordnance?"

Lu Yi picked up a hoe and looked at it carefully, and saw that the hoe was so extravagant that the surface was like steel: "With this technology, in addition to casting farm tools, you can also forge spears and halberds, or swords." ”

He also picked up other hoes and struck each other, listening to the sound of collision, the timbre was slightly pure, unlike the pig iron Shen Du dumb: "Your Majesty rebuilt the workshop in Nanyang, the scale is not as large as here, but it is divided into several shifts, Seiko forging blade equipment, rough forging farm tools." ”

Lu Yi looked at the smelting furnace and frying furnace that were being expanded, and there was no need to waste manpower and site to continue construction.

Tian Xin explained: "Our army is not short of equipment, and there are many people who can make strong armor, so I don't need to bother." I am still worried about agricultural production, one is conducive to the military and the people, and the other is conducive to the production of the mountain people after migration, so that the mountain people will have food and clothing and the heart of service. In addition, there are many skilled blacksmiths, and it is good to improve the tools in the future, which is beneficial to the people and the country in the long run, and cannot be compared with the sword. ”

After a slight pause, Tian Xin said with a heavy emotion that Lu Yi could not understand: "Brother Boyan, my great wish in my life is that the world is peaceful and all the people are safe and healthy. In addition to this wish, there are many small wishes, wishing that the people, regardless of Han people and mountain people, can have farming tools in every family. ”

"Sickles, rakes, hoes, axes, pots, ploughs, carts, and so on, and so on, and all the people in the villages, every family has a loom, and the men are the ploughers and the women are the weavers, so that the old and the young have clothes to cover their ugliness."

Tian Xin looked at the working workshop workers: "A thousand tools per day are barely enough for the military and civilian use in northern Hanbei." Jianghan County and Xiangzhou, the lack of agricultural tools is unknown. In the future, I will change the closure of other places, and this workshop will also stay here to produce agricultural tools for people all over the world. ”

The skilled workers of the blacksmith workshop will not be forcibly relocated, and those who are willing to stay here will continue to work for the Great Han.

Those who were willing to follow him away went to another place to open a blacksmith and continue to produce agricultural tools.

This is to spread and promote iron-smelting skills and train more blacksmiths in addition to the government-run workshops and the economic blacksmith shops of Haoqiang Manor.

Lu Yi now doesn't even have a base in Juntun, and he doesn't have any land that belongs to the Lu family, which damages the economy of Haoqiang Manor and the like, and now it has nothing to do with Lu Yi.

Promote carpenter's skills to imitate looms, which have been streamlined and produced, and the specifications of parts are unified, which is conducive to manufacturing and maintenance; Seeing that it was profitable, Maicheng and Gangneung had developed a group of small merchants selling looms.

Above Tuoshui, the boats of such small merchants come and go.

Fortunately, the loom is only in Jingzhou and Xiangzhou for trade and circulation, and the strong and powerful people here have the confidence to resist, but because they are in a high position and important position, they do not want to offend Tian Xin and Guan Yu, so they let it go.

Haoqiang is powerless to resist, and whoever stands up to resist will not be happy with his own subordinates. Without the support of the ministry, what kind of Haoqiang is Haoqiang?

Lu Yi inspected the blacksmith workshop with Tian Xin, which was really a workshop, which was enclosed by an earthen wall, and there were different functional divisions inside.

For example, the most important quenching, tempering, and annealing processes were completed in a closed environment, and a group of remnants of Guanzhong were responsible for the construction, and it was Tian Xin's township party who commanded these remnants.

Farm tools that have completed the final annealing procedure will be put into storage and transferred by the northern government, or to support the army and counties that need tools.

It's not a plain gift to invite people to buy people's hearts, it's all barter, just exchange things back...... As long as the materials returned can keep the blacksmith workshop running.

This is a blacksmith workshop that is not for profit, with production indicators, quality inspection accountability, performance rewards, and room for promotion.

Ordinary Lifu wants to learn the art of ironmaking, and blacksmiths also want to learn words, and if they can recognize common words, they can be the leader; If you can write, you will be a judge.

Lu Yi saw many bamboo slips in the resting longhouse where the blacksmith and Lifu were dining and storing the utensils, and his heart and liver were trembling, and he tried to tell himself...... This is normal.

Turned into a blacksmith workshop, Tian Xin led Lu Yi to the grain mill again.

Here is mainly a healthy woman, and the ground flour, rice flour, soybean flour, and all kinds of leftover sun-dried vegetable powder are transported from all over the place, and at this moment, rapeseed oil and sesame oil are mixed and fried and then added to the snow white well salt powder transported from Yizhou.

Then it is loaded into the mold and pounded to make a compressed round cake, which is packed into a bamboo tube and sealed with pine resin, and then packed into a basket.

There are about 500 healthy women here who work together, see Tian Xinlai to inspect, they are more enthusiastic about their work, they are in charge of commanding them are the wives and daughters of the lieutenant generals, and the people in charge of this are Pang Lin's wife Xi.

Tian Xin took a piece of compressed round cake, started it heavily, broke it and handed half of it to Lu Yi: "It's a pity that there is a lack of sugar, Huang Gongheng has planted sugarcane in the area of Dongting Lake, and it is not yet time to harvest." When the sugarcane is harvested next year, when making military rations, sucrose will be mixed into them, so that the military rations can withstand storage and storage, and it is also easy to satisfy hunger. ”

Lu Yi took a bite with both hands, and couldn't help frowning: "Your Majesty, the aroma of oil is strong, and I am afraid that the officials will be greedy." ”

Tian Xin took the water handed by Yu Zhong, ate this compressed fried noodles, and drank water: "This grain is not easy to make, and when you eat it...... I only want the officials to eat much. ”

This is the last emergency dry food, and if you can't get supplies or break out of the siege after eating all of them, it's time to eat Mondo.

Lu Yi also took a glass of water, drank it, and pondered: "This year is so acceptable, if you make dry food for the march in the future, you might as well add endive and autumn chrysanthemum to increase the bitter taste." In this way, the officials ate on time and in the right amount, which was conducive to control. ”

When these words were spoken, they attracted the eyes of the healthy women around them, who made military rations, and finally ate them by their fathers, brothers, husbands, and children.

They naturally hope that the dry food will be more delicious, and looking at the meaning of Lu Yi's words, it is clear that they don't want their families to eat well.

Tian Xin bowed slightly: "I also have this kind of concern, and plan to increase bitter herbs, mainly to relieve heat, detoxify, and clear the heart." This kind of military food can also be divided into several categories, some are marching to relieve the heat, and some are celebrating and feasting. This matter is complicated, and it has to be troubled by Brother Boyan. ”

"Yes, your lordship is relieved."

Lu Yi surrendered, and he didn't need to take care of the blacksmith's workshop, and he was now in charge of the preparation, processing, and transportation of military rations.

The counties of Zhaoyangyi are now managed by the Cao of the Northern Prefecture, and after the Northern Prefecture goes out with Tian Xin, Lu Yi will manage Zhaoyangyi, Wudang Houguo, and Maicheng on behalf of Tian Xin and Guan Ji.

Lu Yi's authority is still in the long Shi Guo Youzhi and Sima Fu Tong.

When the healthy women working around heard that they were going to add bitter herbs to the military rations, they smiled more.

Is the plague god good?

Of course, this is the god who avoids the plague and prays for good health.

After settling down Lu Yi's work, when Tian Xin and Guan Ji had their last dinner, Yu Zhong hurriedly came to report and stood outside the door, through the screen: "Your Majesty! The white rabbit is born smoothly and gets a foal! ”

"Sure enough, black and white, it will give birth to black."

Tian Xin joked casually: "Shifang, Brother Dingguo doesn't like dark horses, this little foal will belong to you." ”

"Yes, thank you for the reward!"