Chapter 154: Military Rations (New Books on the Shelves, Ask for Subscription!) )
Yang Huairen listened to You Shixiong's request, and said with a bitter face, "How is this possible?" ”
Yang Huairen felt that You Shixiong's idea was really ahead of his time, but he was a general rather than a cook, and he might be good at leading troops to fight, but when it came to understanding food production, he was really a layman. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The biggest factor in the taste of a food is the original taste of the ingredients, and then it depends on what kind of ingredients or seasonings you add.
You can't make beef with chicken or leeks with cabbage, but you can't make beef noodles with flour and rice flour and salt.
With the development of science and technology in later generations, it is possible to change the taste of an ingredient by adding synthetic MSG, but in the Great Song Dynasty thousands of years ago, this kind of thing could not be done by Yang Huairen, even if the heavenly stove prince descended to earth.
You Shixiong is a little lost, these days for this matter, he is very troubled, after continuous attempts, he has learned the way to compress starchy ingredients such as flour and rice flour to reduce the weight and volume of military rations, so that the sergeants can carry more food.
But what he thought was too simple, he just compressed the grain through physical methods, but it could not change the original taste of the grain.
Yang Huairen patiently explained these truths to You Shixiong, and You Shixiong also felt that he was a little whimsical.
"Then you kid always have some way, add some seasonings to make the military rations more delicious, right?"
Seed Master Dao approached, respectfully clenched his fists and said to Yang Huairen: "Yang Daguan, you haven't been to the Biansai Land, so you don't know the situation there.
From the founding of this dynasty to the present more than 100 years, there have been four large-scale wars between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, and the small-scale frictions in peacetime have been continuous and have never stopped.
What is the reason for the many defeats and few victories of the border army of the Great Song Dynasty? It's not that the soldiers of my Great Song Dynasty are useless, it's not that the soldiers are not as strong as the soldiers of Western Xia, and it's not that the generals are cowardly and cowardly.
But in some small links, we are not as good as the other party, and when accumulated, it shows the gap in combat effectiveness between the border army of the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia army.
Military rations, for example, are a very important part. Like the armies of the Khitan and Western Xia, most of them are cavalry, with strong mobility, they come and go freely, and they also bring half a month's military rations, which is enough for a surprise attack.
However, we have few war horses in the Great Song Dynasty, and the border army is mostly an infantry army, and the action is poor, if you want to fight with the other side, you need to deploy for a long time, and you need to deploy for a long time, and you have not been ready for half a month, and the military rations you carry with you will be eaten.
Once the logistics cannot guarantee all the troops, the entire strategic deployment will not be able to achieve effective implementation, so it will lead to a frontal battle, and our Great Song Dynasty will always be at a disadvantage, and it is inevitable that there will be more defeats and fewer victories.
Yang Daguan, our general has written many times for this matter, but the literati in the court have never taken it seriously, and always let our border troops set up their own fences, concentrate on defense, and don't think about counterattacking.
But over the years, the more we have retreated to defend in our own places, the more rampant the other side has become, the more unscrupulous they have been harassing and looting, and the people in the border areas have been living in dire straits......"
The more he spoke, the more excited he became, his dark face began to turn blue, his lips began to tremble when he spoke, and his eyes were filled with tears, as if he remembered the tragic scene of the people in the border areas being mercilessly slaughtered.
You Shixiong listened to his words, and he was also deeply touched, sighed deeply, patted the shoulder of the seed master to show comfort, and looked at Yang Huairen with blazing eyes.
"Boy, you live in the bustling land of the capital, and you have never seen such a tragic scene.
Tell you that you may not feel that kind of feeling, and you will regret seeing your compatriots being bullied by foreigners and being a bloody man. ”
Yang Huairen listened to the words of the two generals, and was also a little excited, remembering that the Chinese nation was humiliated by the great powers in the modern history of later generations, he was angry for a while, and said righteously: "The old general underestimated me Yang Huairen!"
General, don't look at my young age, my buddy is also a man with a handle between his legs, I may not be able to pick up a knife and gun to fight on the battlefield, but it doesn't mean that I can't do my best!
The matter of developing a new type of military food is put on me Yang Huairen, and I take the head guarantee of the item, I just don't sleep, and I must make a kind of military food that is not only exquisite, but also delicious as soon as possible, so as to ensure that the soldiers of the border army are more powerful than the little tiger after eating! ”
Yang Huairen's words of ambition came out, and You Shixiong and Seed Master Dao suddenly felt invigorated.
They have confidence in Yang Huairen's cooking skills, this kid's cooking skills have an unpredictable meaning, no matter what ingredients come to his hands, they always become extremely delicious, beyond people's imagination.
"Good boy, that's what you said," You Shixiong turned his worries into joy and said with a smile, "The old man doesn't need your precious head as a guarantee, as long as he is willing to do his best, the old man will be very satisfied!" ”
The seed master said gratefully: "If it is really as Yang Daguan said, the soldiers can have such good military food, the combat effectiveness of my Great Song Dynasty soldiers will definitely be greatly improved, and there is no fear of those foreign barbarians?" ”
It's easy to say it, but it's not as simple as saying it.
Yang Huairen knew some of the methods of compressing biscuits in later generations, but he had not actually operated them.
Moreover, compressed biscuits are different from ordinary snack biscuits, in addition to being rich in carbohydrates and providing enough calories for soldiers, it is best to add other ingredients to make various nutrients such as vitamins, fats and plant fibers in a balanced ratio.
"General You, General Seed," Yang Huairen calmed down and said to the two generals, "This matter has not come up with a good way in front of me for a while, and I need to go back and think about it for a while and make some attempts."
Tomorrow, Xiaosheng will go back to his house to live in the Zhuangzi by the Vortex River for a while, and I will take advantage of this time to try to make some samples out, and then invite the two generals to come to the Zhuangzi to taste it together, how about it? ”
"That's very good."
You Shixiong replied with a smile, "I heard that you kid is quite bold, your newly bought Zhuangzi used to be the Zhuangzi of the king of Nanyang County, and you don't shy away from it when others don't want to touch it, the old man really admires it."
The old man happened to have free time recently, since this is the case, why don't you follow your kid to live in your Zhuangzi for a period of time tomorrow? ”
"Uh...... Welcome welcome ......"
Yang Huairen pouted and smiled bitterly, and it was not easy to refuse an old general, so he had to nod and agree, but in fact, he complained in his heart that this old man really had no eyesight, and promised to help you, and to sabotage the matter of my brother's honeymoon, if you delay your buddy to make people, you are responsible for compensating my ten or eight sons!