Liang Lin walked over at this time, and when he saw that there were outsiders present, he commensurate Zhao Junsheng with his official position: "General, the grain and grass needed by the 20,000 army have been transferred from various counties and counties one after another, and the grain and grass from the local Jixian County and Taishou Mansion Treasury have been transported in place, and you can start making military food at any time, but if you follow the previous method of making dry food, I am afraid that it will not be stored for long in the current humid weather, and the taste is not good, and the soldiers don't like it very much!" ”

From ancient times to the present, there is a saying that "before the army moves, the grain and grass go first", which does not mean that the grain and grass must be transported to the front line first, nor does it mean that the grain and grass must be prepared first, it means that the military rations must be made before the army is mobilized.

Why did the ancient army not lack food and grass when it was stationed in one place in peacetime, but when it came to marching and fighting, there was a shortage of food and grass? Why is it that as soon as there is a war, some people in the court say that it is a loss of national strength? In addition to the cost of military salaries, pensions and ordnance, the most important reason is to prepare enough dry food in advance.

This must not be paid in installments, the production of dry food must be done in one step, but after the production of dry food is completed, not all soldiers can eat it all, soldiers died on the march and fighting, and they still have dry food on their backs, under normal circumstances, if they are not hungry, who will go to the corpse to find food? So a lot of dry food is actually wasted.

Why can't you make a fire to cook during the march? It's not that it can't, but because it takes too much time, two meals a day, in the morning and evening, not to mention how much time it takes to build a stove, it takes an hour to send someone to find firewood, if you can't find firewood, how to cook? What should I do if I can't find a water source?

You don't need firewood to eat dry food, you don't need a water source, you can take it out and gnaw it when you get to the meal, and drink the drinking water you carry when you're thirsty, how much time does it save?

Of course, there are many benefits of dry food, but the disadvantages are also obvious, the taste itself is not very good, and it is easy to get tired of eating dry food for a long time, and it is not nutritious enough.

It is feasible to make flour into steamed cakes (steamed buns) and flatbreads and carry them as dry food, but the storage time is too short, and it is too time-consuming to make them.

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said to Liang Lian: "In this way, change the production method of dry food, go buy some vegetables and fruits, chop these and dry them; Then fry the flour, and add the dried vegetables, fruits and dried meat crumbs after frying; Crush the salt again, add it and mix well. The taste of dry food should not be too salty, and it is easy to get thirsty if you eat too salty; It's too light, the salt ingested by the soldiers is not enough and they don't have the strength, and the dry food is not easy to preserve, so you send someone to try to make some first, and try to make the taste better! As for how to store it, ask the quartermaster to find a tailor to make a batch of oilcloth bags, and give each soldier an oilcloth bag for dry food, which can prevent moisture and rain, and tie the pockets tightly when not in use on weekdays! ”

"Understood, my subordinates are looking for someone to conduct trial production!" After Liang Xiao finished speaking, he hugged his fists and turned to leave.

In order to make dry food, it was necessary to make two months' worth of dry food for 20,000 people in 20 days, and the Assassin's Mansion recruited thousands of people to make dry food in this matter.

Everyone should eat at least one pound of grain every day, two months is 60 catties, 20,000 people two months of grain and grass is 1.2 million catties, to chop and dry vegetables, meat pickled, dried and chopped, but also to crush salt, flour fried, and then mixed evenly, how big a project is this?

In order to save the time of dry food production, after the successful trial production of the formula of dry food, the Thorn Shifu had to contract the production of dry food to the people inside and outside Jixian County, each household has to make 200 catties per day, which is the largest workload, and it took 600 households to make it all 10 days to complete the production of 1.2 million catties of dry food at the same time, which is not counting the time for drying vegetables and meat, plus transportation, weighing, warehousing, and distribution to the hands of the generals, it took a total of 23 days to distribute the dry food to the hands of the soldiers.

That night, after dinner, Zhao Junsheng was about to go to the military camp outside the city to inspect the defense, and he had already walked to the gate of the government office to get on the horse, a carriage stopped at the gate of the government office, and Li Yuande, the Taishou of Yanjun, got out of the car and hurriedly handed over to Zhao Junsheng: "The general is slow, and the official has an official report!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said unhappily: "Official business? If you have official business, you don't come to report during the day, but what official business do you come to report at night? You're trying to make trouble for General Ben, aren't you? ”

Li Yuande hurriedly said: "The general is wronged, the lower official has just heard the report of the official below, and the lower official can't be the master of this matter, so he came to see the general overnight!" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at Li Yuande and waved his hand: "Let's go, get in your carriage and go to the military camp outside the city, let's talk along the way!" ”

"Yes, yes, General!"

The two got into the carriage and headed out of the city, with the guards following behind.

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?" Zhao Junsheng leaned on the carriage on horseback and asked with his eyes closed.

Li Yuande immediately recounted the murder that happened in the Wen Ji Inn, and then said: "Because this matter involves the prison army Jia Zhou, Yang Kuan, the county commander of Jixian County, has sent the arresters and the servants to investigate the scene, the deceased was raped and hanged himself, the eunuchs must not be able to do this, so it can only be done by the Yulin generals who accompanied the guards. Even the county commander Yang Kuan personally led people to negotiate with Jia Zhou in the afternoon but was unsuccessful! ”

"At dusk, Yang Kuan came to the Taishou Mansion to ask to see the lower officials, and reported the matter, the lower officials thought that Jia Zhou was the supervisor of the army, and he was a figure at the same level as the general, but he was afraid that even if the lower officials went to negotiate, I was afraid that Jia Zhou would not give the lower officials face, so I was afraid that the general would have to come forward in this matter!"

Zhao Junsheng rubbed his eyebrows and temples, "How many affairs are waiting for General Ben to deal with in this Youzhou?" How many military affairs are waiting for General Ben to deal with? Do you know? You can't handle such a small criminal case and push it to General Ben, what else can you do? ”

Li Yuande said with a bitter face: "General, it's not that the subordinate doesn't know that this is a trivial matter, but the key is that this case involves the prison army!" He is also an envoy of the imperial court, and he is determined to protect the Yulin Army who committed the crime, what can the lower officials and others do? ”

Zhao Junsheng said angrily: "The holy decree only made Jia Zhou the supervisor of the Yan State this time, and did not let him and his people do anything wrong in Youzhou!" This is Youzhou, not the capital, and he wants to be the emperor in Youzhou as a supervisor? Li Yuande, General Ben clearly told you that you are not good at this Yanjun Taishou, and General Ben has someone in his hands who wants to do this position! General Ben will order those Yulin troops to be moved outside the city on the grounds that they have disturbed the peace, and the rest is up to you. Within ten days, if you can't handle this case well, you should take the initiative to resign, don't waste General Ben's impeachment notes! Stop the car! ”

Zhao Jun gave birth to the carriage, stepped on the war horse, and led the guards to the military camp outside the city.

Li Yuande looked at the back of Zhao Junsheng and the others leaving, and couldn't help but stomp his feet, "The gods are fighting, and the little ghosts are suffering!" Where did I, Li Yuande, offend you? ”

The next morning, Zhao Junsheng sent someone to invite Jia Zhou over.

"I don't know why General Zhao came to our house? But to discuss the march of the army? After some greetings between the two sides, Jia Zhou sat behind the desk and asked.

Zhao Junsheng said: "It is still too early to discuss the matter of the army's expedition, today I will invite my father-in-law here because I have something to tell you, in the past two days, many people have come to the government to complain that the Yulin soldiers accompanying the father-in-law will not abide by the law in the city, often eat without money, buy things without money, and flirt with women from good families, which has seriously disturbed the security in the city, so this Yulin army can no longer stay in the city, must be transferred to the outside of the city to station! ”

Jia Zhou frowned and said, "General, this Yulin Army is an accompanying escort sent by His Majesty the Emperor to our family, but it is not under the jurisdiction of the general!" ”

"Of course General Ben knows, otherwise General Ben would not have called his father-in-law to discuss this matter, but directly ordered them to be transferred outside the city! Now Youzhou is under the rule of this general, Ben will have the responsibility and obligation to maintain stability in the territory, although the guards, although the guards of the father-in-law are not under the jurisdiction of the general, but they are committing crimes in my Youzhou, and the general has the power to drive them out of the country, and even punish them with the law! ”

Jia Zhou relied on the power of Zong Ai to make a fortune in the capital, but when he got here, he also knew that he had to be more restrained, especially in front of Zhao Junsheng, and it was not appropriate to deal with Zhao Junsheng in general matters, unless Zhao Junsheng had an intention to rebel.

"The general's request is not excessive, but the prison army is powerless, if there are villains who are not good for our family, and there is no guard around our family, isn't it very dangerous?"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Father-in-law is allowed to leave ten soldiers to guard by his side, and the other Yulin troops must all be transferred to be stationed outside the city, this matter is not negotiable." The security in the city is the responsibility of the state soldiers patrolling the city, and if something happens to you here, this general will be fully responsible! ”

Jia Zhou has no choice, and he can't be too unhappy with Zhao Junsheng because of such a trivial matter, in the future, the two will need to work together to destroy Yan Kingdom, if he disagrees with Zhao Junsheng and affects the plan to conquer Yan Kingdom, I am afraid that Zong Ai will not spare him.

"Okay, we've agreed to this!"

Li Yuande was forced by Zhao Junsheng to be unable to avoid it, so he could only go into battle to deal with the inn murder case in person.

After learning that Zhao Junsheng had really transferred the Yulin Army to be stationed outside the city, he called Yang Kuan, the county commander of Jixian County, and Yan Jintang, the head catcher, to ask: "How is the case of Wen Ji Inn?" Has the killer been identified? ”

Yang Kuan swung his chin to the head catcher Yan Jintang, and Yan Jintang replied with a fist: "Huifujun, the subordinates can only determine that the perpetrator of violence at that time was scratched by the deceased, and the subordinates infer that the part of the perpetrator of the violence should be on the face or neck, and there is no other way to determine the identity of the perpetrator!" ”

Li Yuande nodded and said: "Okay, just follow this clue to investigate, now that the Yulin Army has been transferred to the outside of the city by the general, Jia Zhou is separated from them, and he can't protect them in time, you must send someone to determine who the perpetrator of the violence is as soon as possible, and report to the official immediately after finding out!" The general only gave the official ten days, and the official can only give you eight days, and if you can't solve the case within eight days, your official position will not be guaranteed until the official is suspended and awaiting participation, understand? ”

Yang Kuan and Yan Jintang both looked tense when they heard this, "Yes, Fujun!" ”