Mu Chong tried to persuade the doctors to let them give him the right to cheapen, so that he would send an envoy to the state of Chu; The 30,000 halberd-wielding army led by Shi Yi rushed ahead of Tian Luo and quickly rushed to Linzi; The Qin army under Wang Jian was striding towards the defense line of the Qi army in Jixi, and the entire defense line of Jixi was in danger; Li Xin in Fangcheng was retreating rapidly, the Qin army was faithfully fulfilling the Qin king's royal order of 'longevity', and there was slaughter everywhere it passed, and thousands of miles away in the Persian Gulf, the Seleucids were gathering Mediterranean warships to recapture the harbor......

The Fu Department of the Great Sima Mansion formulated the physical standards for the enlistment of the Chu army, as well as the controversial nutritional standards. Based on 850 grams of corn per day, 250 grams of sauce, 50 grams of meat, and 125 grams of beans. In this way, you can eat well, and meat is the key. Meat is mainly protein and fat, which is absorbed and digested into glucose and amino acids, and the protein and fat content in corn is very low, and only a few grams of protein is 100 grams, and the fat is less.

It is not the main thing for the soldiers to eat enough, the main thing is to consume enough protein and fat every day, only enough protein and oil can have enough glucose, amino acids, and vitamin B12. According to SB, the army, which has no meat and no canned meat, is unable to secrete enough dopamine during high-risk operations, and then enters a typical hypoglycemic state, turning pale, panicking, shivering, and even fainting to the ground.

The reason for this has long been forgotten, but an army that doesn't eat meat will definitely not be able to defeat an army that eats meat. The popularization of meat in the Chu army was strongly suggested by him, and each soldier ate 50 grams of meat per day, and it was best to eat pork, beef, mutton, and small animal meat, followed by fish.

100,000 stone fish is only 1,350 tons, according to the standard set by the Great Sima Mansion, 200,000 troops will eat 10 tons of fish in a day, according to this eating method, after 135 days there will be no fish to eat.

There are many difficulties in promoting meat in the army. The first is the increase in the cost of grain. The price of meat millet is generally one to twelve, that is, one stone of meat is equal to twelve stone of millet. Fifty grams of meat is 600 grams of millet and 360 grams of corn. If it is in a state of fighting food, it will increase the cost by 40%; If it is in the state of ginseng, it will increase to 70%.

Then there is not enough meat. An army of 200,000 eats 3,650 tons of meat a year, or about 270,000 stones. Although Chu State has been promoting pig and poultry breeding, pig feeding requires cost, and the number of poultry cannot be expanded to four million at once. Only borrowing from foreign countries, cattle and horses on the grassland are cheaper, and the price of meat and millet is generally one to three, and the fish of Qi are roughly the same price. If this is the case, the cost of increasing grain will only be one or two percent.

After half a circle in the city, Xiong Jing was thinking about the army's meat problem. It's just that he doesn't know much about the fishing industry of Qi country, and he doesn't know how to borrow Qi people's money to build fishing boats and then hire Qi people to fish at sea? There is also the problem of technology leakage, because it is impossible for shipyards to be located in Chu State, and now all shipyards in Chu State are building warships, and if there are too many workers, it will naturally affect food production.

The lack of population is a dead cycle, and the Qin State, which accounts for half of the world, does not open its market, so Xiong Jing can only find a way to deal with the two big countries of Qi and Zhao, especially the Qi State. On the way to Linzi, he conceived several plans to persuade King Qi, but he didn't expect that when King Qi saw him, he said something else.

"The king of Chu has not heard of the immortal medicine of the Chu people?" After retreating left and right, Tian Jian grabbed Xiong Jing's little hand and whispered,

"Elixir of immortality?" King Qi's eager expression startled Xiong Jing a lot, and he looked at King Qi in confusion, not knowing why.

"Ugh." Tian Jian saw Xiong Jing's expression and probably guessed why this was so. "The king of Chu went out to sea to swim and forgot to return, and he wanted to find the immortal mountain and turned into a man who had arrived in the capital of Chu. It is said that the immortal medicine is the reality of Langji, a thousand years of flowering, a thousand years of fruit, the transformation of people to bring three Langji to Chudu, the Queen Mother gave it 200,000 catties of iron and got it......"

Qi Wang Tian Jian rubbed his hands as he spoke, these were all news that he had sent to the state of Chu to pay a lot of money. Knowing this, he didn't let the Hu merchant cross the border, how much is 200,000 gold and iron, and how much is the immortal medicine. He is old, and he has enjoyed the honor of a king for thirty years, but it would be nice if the king's life could continue.

"Elixir of immortality? Gave 200,000 catties of iron? Xiong Jing finally understood what was going on. Hu Tansuo didn't know where to get the immortal medicine, and then ...... I exchanged 200,000 catties of iron. Ju iron is not expensive, 200,000 catties and 50 tons, and the cost is less than 10 gold, but this immortal medicine is just a ......

"King of Chu......" Xiong Jing was obviously distracted, Tian Jian hurriedly shook his arm, and said: "If the king of Chu is willing to share the widow with a piece of Langji, the widow is willing to give the king of Chu 100,000 gold, and the world will be friendly with the state of Chu." ”

Xiong Jing glared at Tian Jian when he heard this, and when he saw the white hair under his white deerskin, he immediately understood in his heart. "King Qi's words are wrong. If the immortal medicine and food are really immortal, thinking of Chu Qi's friendship, it is okay to share one with the king of Qi, but if the immortal medicine is taken and dies, what should it be? Or what if you can't avoid dying after taking this medicine? ”

Tian Jian was poured cold water by Xiong Jing, his eyes rolled around and said, "In this way, the king of Chu is willing to share the widow?" ”

"This ......" Xiong Jing was really stopped by him, and he was stunned for a moment before asking: "Can the King of Qi be together?" ”

"Together?" Tian Jian's eyes widened, and then he fell into a dilemma. Taking the immortal medicine is for the sake of eternal life, and not messing with the Qin State is to save the society, what will be the result of taking the immortal medicine and then joining the family?

OR ...... Maybe. Tian Jian was stunned for a long time and muttered, the meaning was not clear.

"May I ask King Qi, is it okay or not?" Xiong Jing took a step closer.

"If you don't die if you take the medicine, you won't die, and the widow is willing to join forces with Chu and Zhao." Tian Jian finally mustered up the courage to live forever.

"Don't think that the elixir of immortality must be fake." Xiong Jing smiled and said regretfully.

"The people at the real banquet have seen it with their own eyes, how can it be fake?" Tian Jian looked at Xiong Jing with a surprised gaze, and he asked uneasily, "Is the King of Chu unwilling to divide the immortal elixir of widows?" ”

"That is, the king, a promise is a natural daughter." Xiong Jing felt that he might be hopeless. "Since the King of Qi has agreed to join forces, how can he not distinguish between the immortal medicine and the King of Qi? When he didn't return to the capital, he sent someone to the king of Qi. ”

"No, no." Tian Jian waved his hand again and again, "Since the king of Chu promised to share the widow with one piece, the widow will go to Yingdu in person." ”

"King Qi is going to Yingdu?" Xiong Jing suddenly wanted to laugh, he saw that Tian Jian's eyes were becoming more and more eager, so he had to say: "Since this is the case, Yingdu will be blooming." ”

"Good! Great goodness! Tian Jian let go of Xiong Jing's hand and grabbed it, let go and grabbed it, and the joy on his face was beyond words. Before the king of Chu came to Zi, the widow had already wanted to go to Chu, and at this time the car was ready, can it be done tomorrow? The kings of Wei and Han also sent people to ask for medicine in Yingdu, and the king of Chu was asked to tell Yingdu quickly, and they should not be given to them. ”

"Ahh The King of Qi, who struck while the iron was hot, was afraid that the immortal medicine would be robbed by the envoys of Wei Han, and he couldn't wait to take Xiong Jing to Yingdu now. However, Xiong Jing only arrived in Linzi today, and he had to delay until tomorrow, but things must be told to Yingdu first.

"King Qi, don't ......" Xiong Jing's thoughts were all confused by King Qi, he gave up those branches, and said directly: "If you don't look at the many fishermen in Qi Country, why don't you go to sea to fish in partnership between Chu and Qi?" The state of Chu has a sea boat, and the state of Qi has a fisherman......"

"Why not." Tian Jian, who returned to the throne, waved his sleeves with a smile, what else is there to say about immortality.

"The boat-making factory in the Chu State is full, and the boat can only be built in the Qi State." Xiong Jing said again.

"Yes." Tian Jian waved his sleeves again, but this time he waved his sleeves to the courtiers and servants who were waiting in the hall, and after the courtiers returned to the table, the monotonous bell music played in the Ming Hall again. "Why did the king of Chu go out to sea to fish? Qi and Chu are bordered by the sea in the east, and hundreds of thousands of stones of fish are caught a year, is it not enough? And fishing is like catching millet, and when there are many fish, you can't eat enough, and if you can't eat enough, you will ......"

"King Qi doesn't know." Xiong Jing asked the temple people to send Tian Jian a tinplate can.

"What is this, is it a big iron?" The tinplate canned food is not oval in later generations, but round, with 250 grams of meat per can, including condiments and soup, a total of 350 grams, which happens to be the meat of a day for five foot soldiers. Tian Jian rummaged through the silver-white can, not knowing what it was, and finally saw a word on it: "Horse." ”

"This is canned food, and the meat can be stored for twenty years without rotting." Xiong Jing Road. "When the Qin army retreated the winter before last, they killed horses, and this is the canned horse meat made of those horses. Chang Jiang, help King Qi and Zhu Qing open a jar. ”

The tinplate can was made, but it was impossible to open it as soon as it was pulled like in later generations. Chang Jiang took out a special can opener, and after opening the can, Xiong Jing ate a piece first, and then asked the temple people to deliver the can to King Qi. Canned meatThat's real canned meat, not luncheon meat that I don't know what to do in later generations. The stew is a little old, but the taste is good, not worse than the freshly stewed.

"Horse meat from the year before last?" Tian Jian also ate a piece, and what he was curious about was not horse meat, but the entire canned iron box. "Made of this iron?"

"It's not a lot of iron, it's just wrought iron." Xiong Jing replied. "When you go out to sea to fish, you canned it and store it when you can't eat it. In wartime, it was sent to the soldiers again to be used as food. ”

"Huh?" Finally, it was King Qi's turn to be surprised. "The soldiers of Chu actually eat meat?"

"This is the meat of the sergeant." Xiong Jing pointed to the canned horse meat and said, "The people of Yiwu eat one pound of meat every day. ”

"The soldiers are all commoners, how can the king of Chu let them eat meat?" Canned horse meat for King Qi to taste, Qi Xiang Housheng, Tian Jiao and others are also tasting it. I don't have to say anything about the taste, everyone just has some opinions about the common people's meat. This is not a feast, this is a dozen or hundreds of thousands of troops.

"Why can't the common people eat meat?" Xiong Jing smiled at everyone, especially the fat man who wore a big dustpan on his head. "However, the soldiers of the State of Qi do not eat meat, and they can just sell canned food to the State of Chu, so that the State of Qi will get gold, and the soldiers of Chu will eat meat, and both will benefit."