Ma Zuochen said: "Even if there is silver, but time waits for no one, I am afraid it will be too late to prepare these at least half a month, and then the specified time will be missed, and it will be done by military law." ”

"That's not a problem, you don't have to go overland"

"If you don't take the land route, you can't take the water route," Qin Minping said

"Yes, even by water, there are enough small boats on the Sichuan River in Chongqing to transport you to Hankou first, and then hire a big ship in Hankou to transfer you to Jinling. I will send a letter to my second uncle to gather enough sea ships from the Fujian and Guangdong generation to Jinling to transport you to Liaodong. ”

Ma Zuochen said: "The wind direction is not right this season, such as the very northward voyage. ”

"Then how did we come from Nanao Island, my Li family has a secret method, called Zongfan, as long as the sail is changed, you can go north against the wind."

"This winter is so cold, Tianjin Port is freezing in winter, how to dock then," Ma Zuochen continued to ask.

"The seawater freezes and the amount of salt is related, Tianjin is the mouth of the Haihe River, the water is diluted so it freezes, Qinhuangdao and Ningyuan's Huludao and Lushunkou are not frozen, and from Lushunkou directly north to Liaoyang, it is much closer than going to Shanhaiguan. Xiaoju, bring me the map. ”

When everyone came to the tent, Xiao Ju spread the three-meter-long and two-meter-high Daming terrain map scroll taken from the boat on the carpet. This map is a satellite map of this era bought on the light curtain, with up to 100 billion pixels. If you look at it with a magnifying glass, you can see it as small as the sheep intestine path.

Everyone had never seen such a realistic map, Qin Liangyu excitedly grabbed Li Jing's hand and said: "Zhengyi, this map is a heavy weapon of the military state, it has always been hidden from others, and Aunt Qin also knows that it should not be made such excessive requests, but this map is really very important to Aunt Qin, if you can give this map to Aunt Qin, you can open it, as long as I can do it, I can meet you." ”

Li Jing smiled: "I don't have anything to ask Aunt Qin to do right now, but since Aunt Qin likes this picture, give it to Aunt Qin, and I'll talk about it when I think about it."

Li Jing then explained how to measure the distance of the road with a ruler according to the scale of the map. After studying for a while, they found that it was 600 miles from Lushunkou to Liaoyang, 700 miles from Qinhuangdao to Liaoyang, 1400 miles from Beijing to Shenyang, and only 450 miles from Ningyuan Huludao.

Qin Liangyu pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that the best choice is when taking the water route." It's better to take the waterway directly to Nanjing, go down the river, and arrive at Nanjing in four or five days. Even if we can't take a sea boat to the north, we will walk north along the canal, and we will arrive in Beijing in about ten days. The roads are also much easier to walk, and there are rich places along the way, and it is also convenient to buy supplies. In this way, we can delay it for half a month. ”

Li Jing said: "Then make adequate preparations, I will come out with the silver, and you can arrange a tent room to communicate with Xiaolan." First of all, leather boots were procured to equip officers, and felt boots sewn from wool felt to equip soldiers. When you arrive in Jinzhou, there is a kind of grass called Wula grass in the northeast, it is everywhere, you don't need to spend money, you pick hay, pound it with a wooden stick and stuff it into your boots, it is very warm, you won't frostbite your feet, the boots must be long, you have to go over the knees, the snow in Liaodong is big, the snow is deep, and you will pour snow into the boots and freeze your toes. ”

"Since you don't wear iron armor, buy in large quantities the cheapest, strongest, and thickest kind of linen and homespun cloth, fill them with cotton, and sew them in rows to make cotton clothes and trousers. If cotton is not enough, wool is used. When you get out, remember to tuck the padded jacket into the waistband of your pants and tie it tightly with a rope. Only then will the wind not enter. The cuffs and cuffs should have straps that can be fastened. The jacket should have a collar and the neckline should be fastened. ”

"If conditions permit, it is necessary to purchase fur skins, whether it is hares, badgers, deer skins, or whatever, and make fur collars and sew them on the collar of cotton jackets, so that they can be erected to prevent freezing and damaging their faces when marching against wind and snow. In addition, I will purchase dog skins and make dog skin hats, and I will let you give you the sword of the sword, and the dog skin hats can ensure that you will not freeze your ears even in Siberia, the northernmost part of Liaodong. ”

Li Jing said while Ma Xianglin recorded quickly. All the generals of Shizhu listened carefully, for fear of missing a word, everyone knew that at this time, the means of saving their lives in Liaodong could greatly reduce frostbite and unnecessary combat attrition.

"There are two kinds of gloves that can be considered, one is that the whole hand can be put in, only the thumb is separated, and the other can be made of cloth on the outside and wool sheepskin on the inside, and the two gloves can be connected with cloth straps and hung around the neck to prevent them from being lost during the march. The advantage is warmth, but the disadvantage is that you have to take your hands out of your gloves when fighting, and your fingers will freeze in a quarter of an hour in the cold of Liaodong. ”

"The other is a five-fingered glove sewn from linen with a furry sheepskin or rabbit skin, which is thinner and warmer than sheepskin. If you can make enough rabbit skin gloves, you can wear gloves and take a spear, the ash pole is too slippery, and it is easy to catch it in the cold weather of Liaodong, so you should use a knife to scratch the mark of the gun shaft to prevent slipping. ”

"As for the dogskin hat, you can make it according to this design." Li Jing said as he used a brush to draw the pattern of the hair facing inward, the leather plate facing outward, and the hood strap on, only the eyes and mouth and nose were exposed in front, "This design is mainly to prevent freezing of the ears and the bridge of the nose." If you have time outside, it is better to sew a burlap to protect the leather board, so that it can be used for many years. If you put the fur collar up and put on this dogskin hat I designed, the problem of cold protection will be solved. If each person is provided with a wool quilt of sewn sheepskin, they can camp in the snow. It doesn't need to be too big, three feet wide and six or seven feet long, and the bottom leather plate is sewn with a tarpaulin to prevent moisture, and it is usually rolled up and carried on the back of the march. In this way, the tent is also saved. The burden can be greatly reduced. ”

"If you can make two of these sheepskins and sew the three sides together, and the remaining one can be tied with a cloth strap, the effect is better, I call this kind of thing a sleeping bag. You can camp directly in the snow. With that, Li Jing drew a sleeping bag and suggested a sheepskin mattress.

Qin Liangyu and the generals all nodded their heads, although they didn't understand these things, they felt very warm just listening to Li Jing's description.

Li Jing saw that everyone had no objections, and continued: "The three armies have not moved the grain and grass first, and I will teach you a kind of military food that is easy to make, preserve, carry, and fight hunger. I call it chow mein. Chow mein is made with 70% wheat flour, 30% soybean flour and sorghum flour, stir-fried and then added with 0.5% salt. However, this taste is not good, I recommend grinding wheat, barley, soybeans into flour (soybean meal after squeezing oil), adding salt, adding cooking oil or animal fat, walnut powder, sesame powder in a large pot to fry, and then mixing the cheapest tea powder. It tastes better with some sugar, honey, maltose, etc., but the cost goes up," everyone laughed. This Li Gongzi is from the eldest young master, and he usually eats luxury, and everyone in the stone pillar is bitter, thank God if he can fill his stomach. There can be as particular about taste as Li Gongzi.

"In the future, if you have time and are not in a hurry, you can also add the powder made from the sun-dried small fish, and the powder from the pork bones and beef bones. Dried vegetables ground into powder. This food does not cause night blindness, and it has enough calories. ”

"Sew a long cloth bag with a diameter of three inches, a bag can hold 25 catties, tie the mouth of the bag tightly, and then wrap your hands into a ring, diagonally over your neck and back on your shoulders, you can eat it with water when you eat, and when you get to Liaodong, the water drips into ice, and the kettle is useless, the water is frozen, and you can't drink it in your mouth. You can eat the fried noodles in one bite and one bite of snow. If there is hot water available at camp, you can use hot water to brew.

Ma Zuochen was impressed and said: "The old man has led troops in Jizhen for many years, how many soldiers can be saved if there is already a son who teaches these methods." ”

"Food and clothing are worry-free, and you have to prepare wound medicine, there are a large number of wounded in the battle who need to be treated, I suggest that you immediately buy all the Tian Qi that can be purchased nearby, by the way, you have a lot of gold growing on the mountain here, and it is Tian Qi if you don't change it, the time is urgent, pick it and bake it directly, and then mix it with Kudzu root powder, and some other things, I will write a recipe to Aunt Qin when I go back, but Aunt Qin You must personally master it and do not allow it to be passed on."

"Zhengyi, this thing is none other than Jinchuang Medicine. It is used to heal injuries," Qin Liangyu said in a low voice.

"Yes, this substance is called Baiyao, which debrides the wounded advanced wounds, and then disinfects them with a cotton ball of spirits, and then stitches it with a needle and bandages it. This medicine can quickly stop bleeding, reduce inflammation, as long as it is used twice, the wounded can greatly reduce the chance of suppuration.

Li Jing looked at everyone, listened carefully to his explanation, and continued: "Clothing, food, and medicine are all available, plus the ten military doctors I lent you, and the hundred apprentices you prepared. The logistics are pretty much the same. Now I'll talk about the most important aspect, which is the ordnance, how do you fight the Jiannu.