Yang Shaozai took the lead, and when he was developing the population, Cai Jing was not idle.

The reward system was quickly finalized, and not only that, but there was also a series of systems to accompany it.

For example, in the past, the temple land confiscated by the Ministry of Culture and Education was allocated to the local medical school for the cultivation of herbal medicines.

Children under the age of 10 can then receive free medical treatment in local school buildings if they become ill.

Reducing mortality is just as important as increasing the birth rate, and Cai Jing is the founder of the residential care system, arguably the earliest promoter of national welfare in the world.

Population is the foundation of everything, and there are countless resources in this era, which are being exploited and possessed by others.

It is absolutely worth paying the price of some financial expenditures for this, as long as the upper echelons save some empty expenditures, it is more than enough.

At the time of Zhao Ji, the repair expenditure of a garden in one year was enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people.

Now that the imperial court's tax revenue has increased greatly, there is no major threat to the border gates, the battle line has been pushed beyond the Great Wall, and Nanyang is still developing, Yang Lin does have the confidence to send some benefits.

After this Di newspaper was issued, Cai Jing and Yang Lin's reputations were unmatched for a while, and the people sang praises to the two of them, and many strange and bizarre stories began to circulate.

Both of them are hooked with the gods of heaven, and the common people are so real, it is a light thing to send some food to make you an immortal.

This spring, the entire land of China is immersed in the joy of giving birth to a baby.

Zhaode Fang is not exempt from vulgarity, in the back kitchen, Suina, who is full of red face, is next to the stove.

Yang Lin had just worked on her, and before she got up, Suina warmly helped him cook cheese that was common in the grassland.

Slowly cook the milk over low heat, stirring the non-stick pan with a spoon; Let it cool, remove the milk skin, filter it and put it into a small crockpot; Add yeast and keep warm, and wait patiently for the cheese to come.

At three poles in the sun, Yang Lin stretched his waist, and when he opened his eyes, the sunlight outside the window was a little stinging.

Outside the room, Suina came in with a small jar, sipped the green silk around her ears, and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were dyed with a layer of red, looking very shy.

Yang Lin smiled and beckoned, "What is delicious?" ”

Su Yina lifted the lid, and a milky fragrance came to her face, Yang Lin was stunned for a while, and said, "This is..."

"Cheese, the people of our tribe, no matter how tired they are, eat some and you will be able to regain your energy."

After saying that, I didn't know what to think, so I lowered my head and became shy.

Yang Lin tasted it, it was very delicious, he stirred it casually, it was as condensed as paste, as white as glutton, and as fertile as boiling snow.

Seeing him flipping over and over, Suina only took one bite, thinking that she didn't have an appetite for him, and said with some grievances: "This is our grassland food, if Da Lang doesn't like it, I'll ask the kitchen to make you some soup." ”

Yang Lin smiled, "I like it, why don't you like it, you eat this thing, is the milk you use from ordinary cows?" ”

Suina was a tribal princess, and she didn't really know much about these things, so she thought about it and said: "There are goat's milk and mare's milk, but the Mongolians like to use cows, and they have cows that specialize in milk. ”

As soon as Yang Lin heard the spirit, he sat up straight, asked Suina to wait for him to put on his clothes, then touched her face, and said with a smile: "You have made a meritorious contribution today, and I will reward you when you come back." ”

Suina didn't know why, but watched him leave in a hurry with the cheese, and she didn't know what credit she had made.

Yang Lin came to the door with the cheese and asked Lu Qian and the others to take him to Mingtang.

Bai Shi Zhongren was busy with a decree to reward childbirth, and the middle school didn't know how long it would take to be busy.

Seeing Yang Lin coming in with a jar and looking up at him, Yang Lin smiled and said, "You guys have worked hard, I'll bring you some cheese." ”

...

The Mingtang was silent, and they all looked at him with puzzled eyes, Yang Lin sat down on Bai Shizhong's chair and asked, "Come on, eat, you're welcome." ”

The public of Youmingtang brought a few pairs of bowls and chopsticks, and several court officials shared the cheese and praised it.

Uncle Zhang couldn't help it at first, and said, "Shaozai, I'm just afraid that I didn't come here to deliver cheese on purpose." ”

Cheese has been around since the Han Dynasty, but it has not been popularized.

Because in the Central Plains, the status of cattle was relatively high, and cattle were the main labor force in the agrarian society.

The milk produced by ordinary cows is not enough for calves to drink, and no one will have the luxury of making cheese on a large scale.

However, there are also some people who like this, and the great poet Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty wrote that "endure the use of crisp cheese and play jade plates from the general." ”

And Bai Juyi, a person who eats, drinks and plays, has long lived a life of drinking milk. In particular, his "Crispy Boiled Chyle", even after a thousand years, you can smell the sweet fragrance from the text.

"It's cold in spring today, and I ask myself what I want. Crispy and warm shallot, white wine, milk and rehmannia porridge. "Ghee, wild garlic wine, milk and rehmannia porridge, both warm the stomach and satisfy cravings, Bai Juyi can use so many wives and concubines, he must be a person who values health and has a good taste for life.

In the Nirvana Sutra, life is divided into five flavors: milky, cheesey, raw crispy, cooked crispy, and Daigo. From the cow comes milk, from the milk comes out of the cheese, from the cheese comes from the cow, from the cheese comes from the ripe, from the ripe comes out of the Daigo.

Daigo, or dried cheese, is the highest level of dairy processing. Daigo empowerment is the highest state of spiritual satisfaction.

Yang Lin said with a smile: "In the past few years, what is the most purchased commodity in the tea and horse business?" ”

Zhang Shuye knew a lot about this, and replied: "Shaozai, the first is meat sheep, and the second is horses. ”

The Song people like to eat sheep, so the demand for mutton once overshadowed horses.

Even if there was a shortage of horses in the Great Song Dynasty for 100 years, there was a great demand from the people and the army, but it still couldn't compare to the enthusiasm for eating sheep.

Yang Lin nodded and said, "The Mongolians on the grassland have a kind of dairy cow, which is not used to plough the land or eat meat, but it can always produce milk. ”

"Milk can strengthen the body, in the Northern Wei Dynasty's "Qi Min Technique" said, Tang Dynasty Sun Simiao also said the benefits of milk."

"I intend to send people to the grassland to introduce dairy cows and dairy sheep to improve the people's physique, what do you think?"

Everyone looked at each other, thinking that it was not good, this was simply a superfluous move, where are the small things like eating and drinking of the people that these big men need to worry about.

However, since Yang Shaozai proposed it, it would not take up much manpower or spend too much money, and Bai Shizhong, Zhang Shuye and others did not want to object.

The two bigwigs didn't express their position, and the others, of course, waved their flags and shouted very supportively.

Yang Lin was overjoyed, these officials were still relatively enlightened, and he immediately said: "After the introduction, local breeding is needed, and the correct eating methods need to be tested." The most important thing is that the dried cheese can be used as military rations, so that our soldiers have the capital of expeditions. ”

"All this, I have to trouble you."

When everyone heard this, they secretly screamed in their hearts that it was not good, they were fooled!

When he was about to raise the difficulty, Yang Lin had already lifted the jar and walked out, and Lu Qian stepped forward and said, "Shaozai, where are you going next?" ”

"Go to Cai Jing, this matter has to be discussed with Cai Jing, these people are not enough."

Breeding dairy cows and dairy sheep is much more useful than simply eating mutton.

Agrarian societies rely heavily on cattle, fearing that after they are introduced, cows will be used to plough the land.

It is best for the imperial court to set up a few government-run milk factories first, which can be combined with Cai Jing's residential maintenance system, and it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.