Li Yu organized nearly 70,000 troops to go out this time, and the grain and grass needed every month were not a few.

Tens of thousands of people want to eat meat, and the cattle and sheep purchased from the Khitan, Xi, and Turkic people every year are definitely not enough to cope with this southern expedition, and the cost is still high. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In this conquest of Silla, Li Yu planned to solve this major problem once and for all, so as to free up his hands to actively promote overseas colonial expansion, then it was necessary to enter the capital of Silla, Jinseong, and capture the king of Silla, Kim Famin.

This means that this war will not end in a short time, and if the war progresses unfavorably, it may take a year or two or even longer, and the amount of grain and grass to be consumed will be a large number.

Before the army set out, Li Yu asked Wang Bo, the steward of the dining room, to try out several kinds of canned meat according to the method provided by himself to see how effective the preservation was.

Uncle Wang came to Li Yuyu with a small clay pot on his face and said, "Your Highness, the canned pork, beef, mutton, and fish made according to the method you provided have not been corrupted for half a month, and the taste is okay when you open it and eat it." ”

"Oh? It worked? Li Yu took the canned meat from Uncle Wang's hand and looked inside carefully in a well-lit place.

This is a steamed canned beef, which is cut into strips of meat with the length and width of the index finger, mixed with salt, put into a clay pot and added with garlic, then steamed in a steamer and sterilized, then added with warm boiled water and immediately sealed with cement.

Li Yu took a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it in his mouth to chew, to be honest, the original juice of the beef is indeed well preserved, there is no trace of spoilage in the meat, of course, there is salt and garlic in the gravy. However, the taste is really average, and I will never eat this thing if I have the conditions.

Considering the cooking techniques of the Tang Dynasty, steaming, boiling, and roasting, the taste of the dishes produced is not much higher than that of the steamed canned beef in front of you. The stir-fried food invented by Li Yu was only popular in his own wine shops, restaurants, and courts, and ordinary people had no chance to taste it. The big pot of rice in the barracks, whether it is meat or vegetables, is cooked directly in boiling water and scooped up, but there is no way to give the soldiers the treatment of stir-frying.

Therefore, this canned meat with an average taste is given to the soldiers, so there is no need to worry about the soldiers like Li Yu who are used to eating delicious stir-fried vegetables and are difficult to swallow.

"Jun Xun, the taste is okay, right?"

Mei'er, who is a foodie in Yanwangfu, drooled when she looked at the canned meat. Who told Li Yu to keep chewing the meat strips in his mouth, although the taste was not good, but it was not shown on his face, which made Mei'er think that this was a new dish invented by Xun Jun that did not lose the taste of stir-frying.

"Well, yes, the meat is tender, delicious and delicious, and the original flavor of the beef is preserved to the greatest extent." Li Yuqiang pretended to be satisfied and praised the canned beef.

As the maker of canned meat and the first person to taste it, Uncle Wang wondered, although he said to His Royal Highness that the taste was okay, it was just a euphemistic expression, the real taste, how could His Highness and a few little ladies who were used to eating brocade clothes and jade food get used to it?

Mei'er, who was fooled by Li Yu, immediately picked up chopsticks and put them in the canned food to dig out the meat to eat, and the two daughters of Ling'er and Xing'er didn't hold back their greed and followed closely, so Xin'er glanced at the can twice, and sat aside with a disgusted face.

It's just that when they put the meat strips in their mouths and tasted them, they all wrinkled their beautiful eyebrows and collapsed their pretty faces, as if they had made up their minds to swallow the meat in their mouths.

Mei'er took out the gum tooth soup from her sleeve pocket and kept stuffing it into her mouth, complaining while stuffing: "Jun Xun, you lied to people, and made the slave family smell fishy." ”

"The smell of beef, salt and garlic, is unpalatable. No, the slave family has to drink water and rinse their mouths. Xing'er twisted her waist and ran to the coffee table to pour tea.

Ling'er snorted, glanced at Li Yu, and impatiently came to Xing'er's side and grabbed the teapot to pour herself a cup of tea and rinse her mouth.

"I'm right, it's original, the meat is tender and delicious." Li Yu innocently protested, causing the three girls to roll their eyes.

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Xin'er looked at the canned meat and asked Uncle Wang: "This canned meat has been left for half a month, is there a big difference in taste between opening and eating it today and making it half a month ago?" ”

Uncle Wang shook his head: "Back to Xiaoniang, there is no difference." ”

"That means canned meat can be made in large quantities and stored for later consumption?"

"That's the truth, but how long it can be stored, I don't know how long it can be stored." Uncle Wang disturbed the back of his head and replied innocently.

"Jun Xun, you asked Uncle Wang to make the canned meat, you must know how long it can be stored, right?" Xin'er's eyes looked at Li Yu like a spring breeze, as if she wanted to see through Li Yu's thoughts.

Li Yu touched the bridge of his nose and said uncertainly: "Nuo is well sealed, and it is estimated that it can be stored for up to one year!" ”

"A year?"

Not to mention Uncle Wang, Ling'er and Xing'er, who were gargling, and Mei'er, who was stuffing gum tooth soup into their mouths, exclaimed.

"No wonder it's so unpalatable, it turns out that it can be stored for a long time!" Xing'er said with a disgusted expression.

"Ha, the slave family knows that Jun Xun will not let Uncle Wang make this unpalatable canned meat for no reason." Xin'er guessed Li Yu's thoughts, proudly like a tsundere little peacock, holding her delicate chin high.

"Sister Xin'er, tell me what is the purpose of Jun Xun making this unpalatable canned meat?" Ling'er and Mei'er asked noisily.

"Your Highness, it should be used as dry food on the road." Uncle Wang said uncertainly, he really didn't think too much about Li Yu teaching him how to try to make a few kinds of canned meat, and as soon as Xin'er reminded him, he also used the dry food he brought on the long journey.

Li Yu went back to the couch, facing Xin'er's confused eyes of the third daughter and Uncle Wang, and spread his hands: "I just want to make a bunch of long-lasting canned meat as the meat needs of the soldiers of this southern expedition." The soldiers had meat to eat at every meal, so that they could have sufficient physical strength to fight. Undoubtedly, it is much easier to carry and keep canned meat for a long time than to carry a batch of live cattle, sheep and pigs with the army. ”

Xin'er was a little surprised and said: "Jun Xun, Anton doesn't have many cattle, sheep and pigs to make canned meat, and it is impossible to ensure that 67,000 soldiers have one meal of meat a day." ”

"I didn't say that you have to use beef, mutton and pork to make canned food." Li Yu smiled: "Isn't there still canned fish, fish is also meat!" ”

Xing'er, who rinsed her mouth and turned into a tea, pursed her lips and had to remind: "Jun Xun, Anton is not Jianghuai, there are not many fishermen fishing here." ”

"There are fish, you don't need professional fishermen, and you don't need many people to catch fish that can meet the needs of tens of thousands of troops."

Li Yu's self-confidence surprised Xin'er, Xing'er and others, as we all know, Liaodong under Anton's jurisdiction and the Korean Peninsula south of Yalu Water are not the land of fish and rice.

Xin'er and Xing'er said at the same time in their hearts: "Where is the fish that Jun Xun said?" ”

In response to everyone's doubts, Li Yu opened the map of Anton with a smile and pointed to Meituo Lake and Heishui Governor's Mansion, "The fish is here." ”