At the beginning, Guo Bin broke the Xianbei Dashan Yu Helian outside the Saiwai, and one of the trophies was a large number of wounded and even dead war horses, but fortunately, the weather was still cold at that time, and the speed of meat decay was not fast. Therefore, in addition to the feast to celebrate the victory, there was also a lot of horse meat left.

In this era when there are no refrigerators, freezers, and electricity, the preservation of meat is undoubtedly a headache. Guo Bin also thought about using spices to marinate meat to extend its shelf life, but then overturned this idea. The use of spices for embalming is the reason why the textbooks explain that Westerners are crazy about the spices of the East, but Guo Bin has doubts in his heart whether this is the case.

Because, in the West, spices have been a luxury for a long time, and relatively speaking, fresh meat and fish are not so rare. Isn't it stupid to marinate spices that are more expensive than gold in order to keep meat and fish fresh? If you really have money to buy spices, do you care about a fresh fish? If it rots, wouldn't it be better to throw it away?

Therefore, Guo Bin thinks that even in the Age of Discovery, Europeans were crazy about pursuing spices, mostly to satisfy their appetites, that is, to season them in food and cooking. Once you have tasted the taste of seasoning, very few people will miss the clear soup with little water, only salty dishes. Now the drunken immortal building that has opened all over the world is a living example, because of the introduction of a variety of seasonings represented by cumin, the reputation of the unique taste of the cuisine in the drunken immortal building can be regarded as a hit, and those who have eaten it once will come to taste it again as long as they have the conditions, so there are many repeat customers in the drunken immortal building.

Although China is a big country producing spices, many spices have not yet been introduced, such as pepper, cumin, etc., and now they have appeared in the Central Plains, but they are still extremely valuable, and only appear in the top restaurants, and the king of spices such as chili peppers is still staying in his hometown in Mexico. Therefore, in today's conditions, it is not reasonable to marinate meat with spices.

Since spices don't work, we have to think of other ways.

In the history of the development of human society, severe cold has always been one of the most powerful enemies of human beings, because cold will not only make people sick, greatly increase the calories consumed, but also make the grass and trees wither, animals and birds will lose their traces, and the source of food for human beings will undoubtedly be reduced. Therefore, whether in the animal kingdom or the plant kingdom, wintering has always been an eternal topic.

Trees lose their leaves, both to protect their roots by leaving dead leaves on the ground, and to reduce consumption during the winter. Animals also hibernate in winter, which is to reduce exercise and reduce energy consumption. Voles, such as voles, will even preserve food in their burrows in advance to supply for winter consumption. Human beings, as self-proclaimed so-called "higher animals", cannot escape this law.

Saiwai is known as the land of bitter cold, and many times it is because it is too cold in winter. The cold climate was not suitable for growing crops, so the Cypriot peoples had to adopt nomadic herding methods to make ends meet. As we all know, nomadic economies are highly uncertain compared to relatively stable agrarian economies, and the biggest difference is accumulation. The reason why the Central Plains Dynasty was able to completely crush the northern nomads economically and technologically was that the accumulation capacity of the agricultural civilization could completely explode the grassland civilization.

Only when there are sufficient savings will there be a non-agricultural population, such as craftsmen, merchants, scholars, the military, etc., and full-time officials and governments will appear. It is precisely because of the emergence of savings that more people will devote themselves to the research of new farming techniques and new and more labor-saving agricultural tools, which in turn will promote the development of agriculture more and more. The so-called economic base determines the superstructure, and it makes perfect sense to think about it.

In winter, whether in the Central Plains south of the Great Wall or in the grasslands north of the Great Wall, the most formidable enemy people have to face is the bitter cold. In the bitter cold, the two most important things are shelter from the cold and sufficient food. Just as the people of the Central Plains mostly hide in their houses in winter and rely on the savings from the autumn harvest to escape the cold, the nomads on the grasslands also hide in tents to escape the cold.

However, because nomadic pastoralism is naturally more uncertain than agriculture, they are also more likely to run low in the autumn. In order to have enough food to survive in the winter, going south to grab a handful has become the least costly and most effective means. The invasion of the Central Plains by ethnic minorities in the north mostly occurs in autumn, which is also an extremely important reason. After all, if it is early, the crops in the fields of the Central Plains have not yet been harvested, and if it is winter, there will be severe cold waiting for them. Even the most experienced herdsmen could not resist the extreme cold.

Regardless of whether there is a good harvest or not, the herders outside the Seychelles always have to slaughter too many cattle and sheep before winter sets in. This is not only to store food in the winter, but also to control the number of herds under his control. This is because in autumn it is necessary to hoard forage for the winter of the livestock, but the amount of forage to be hoarded is limited, and if there are too many animals in the herd, the whole herd will not have enough forage to survive the whole winter. Therefore, in the grassland, it is also necessary to slaughter the weak livestock in autumn, and such a concentrated slaughter of livestock, its meat must not be eaten for a while, which requires the extension of the shelf life of meat.

The practice of people on the grassland is to cut the beef and mutton into small strips, hang them in a cool place, let them dry naturally, and then eat them in February and March of the next year. After air drying, the meat is crunchy and has a unique taste. Guo Bin wanted to use this method to preserve food, but it was already spring, and although there was still snow on the grassland, everything recovered, and the weather would warm up in a few days. If the meat is air-dried at this time, I am afraid that it will rot before it is air-dried. In order to speed up the removal of water from the meat, Guo Bin simply put the cut meat strips on the fire and roasted them like a fire and an army. This method is similar to the practice of bacon.

Therefore, after the war on the grassland, a large amount of bacon appeared in the market in Yangzhai County. This method of preserving meat has spread to Yeongcheon County at a rapid pace, and it is expected that it will be applied to the preservation of meat products on a large scale by the end of this year.

The economic development speed of Yingchuan County, especially Yangzhai County, is obvious to all, but Guo Bin is also secretly worried in his heart, because the economy of Yingchuan County is developing rapidly, but the construction of spiritual civilization is lagging behind.

If a group only knows how to use economic means to stimulate the enthusiasm of its members, although the efficiency will indeed be improved, it is a soulless team; And if you only know how to use ideals to unite the team, its efficiency will undoubtedly be greatly delayed. The so-called: "grasp the construction of material civilization with one hand and the construction of spiritual civilization with the other." Grasp with both hands, both hands should be hard. Guo Bin heard it at the beginning, and he heard it, and he didn't think about it so deeply if he didn't stand in that position, but now when he looks back and thinks about it carefully, he feels that this sentence makes a lot of sense.

It is true that Yang Zhai's economic construction has made some achievements, and in the Han Dynasty, when materials were generally scarce, this was enough to cover up all the "anachronistic" voices, but Guo Bin always wanted to build a rich, strong, and civilized China, and if he waited until the level of productive forces increased and the people basically solved the problem of food and clothing, and then put forward this matter of spiritual civilization construction, it would be too late. Once the moral code of society is destroyed, it is difficult to restore it, and the sharpest weapon to destroy the moral code of society is the rapid development of the economy.

Otherwise, Guo Bin can still rely on his high prestige to suppress many contradictions, but if he leaves, once the contradictions accumulated over the years erupt, they will be more intense, and their destruction will undoubtedly be even greater. If Guo Bin wants to completely avoid the chaos of the future, he must rely on a mature and stable system, and relying on personal prestige alone will not last long.

For physics, geography, and even sociological knowledge, people who have received nine years of compulsory education have about to understand, Guo Bin in his previous life is a person who went to high school, and he also knows some principles and knowledge, which is also one of the fundamental reasons for the rapid improvement of the level of science and technology in Yangzhai County. However, he also has only a half-understanding of the construction of spiritual civilization, let alone come up with any solutions. However, not being able to come up with a solution does not mean that he does not know its importance, which is the fundamental reason why Guo Bin has always had special respect for masters of scripture such as Sima Hui, Cai Yong, and Lu Zhi.

After all, even in later generations, after breaking the old moral system, the new moral system did not dare to say that it was completely successful, and Guo Bin, a two-knife with a bottle less than half a bottle, did not dare to do it casually in this regard. Science and technology will greatly affect people's economic life, and thus gradually affect all aspects of life, and the moral system naturally includes it. In later generations, the most significant technological innovation after the two industrial revolutions is the great development of Internet technology, with the improvement of people's economic level, Internet technology is trying to connect everyone into it, into its influence, this technology is also more and more profoundly affecting people's daily life.

When Internet technology accelerates the transmission of information, the work of government departments is becoming more and more transparent and standardized, and there is no doubt that it will have a strong supervision function on the government. However, while the role of the government is increasing, the Internet is also influencing and monitoring the moral bottom line of the whole society more and more deeply.

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