It is said that the new official took office with three fires, but Qin Ze, a loose official, couldn't burn a single fire.

Because his power was limited to that small courtyard, and only to the two captains.

These two gang leaders were all sent by Cheng Laoyou, and I heard that they signed life and death certificates when they came, and they would never leak half of the secrets.

is completely different from what Qin Ze imagined, in his opinion, as the head of the gang and the kitchen under his command of the army, they must all be fat and fat.

But when I first saw them, I found that instead of being fat, they were all lean.

He was tall and dark-skinned, like a farmer. With a serious face, seeing that Qin Ze was just saluting lukewarmly, and only when he said his name would he show pride.

That's right, his name is Wang Dayi, and according to his words, he is the only scholar in the county.

He was medium-sized, but his skin was dark, but he had a smile on his face. It doesn't seem to be as serious as Wang Dayi, but as soon as he mentioned his name, he scratched his ears and cheeks, and finally said that his name was Wang Daniu.

The two of them are brothers, and when his father gave birth to them, the family had only enough money to give the family a name. Obviously, Wang Da Niu is the unlucky child.

"Lord Joiner, the general said that I should cooperate with you. Whatever you command, don't hesitate to do so. Wang Daniu talked to Qin Ze familiarly, but Wang Dayi over there still didn't say a word.

"Don't worry, follow me in the future, don't say anything else, at least in the kitchen world, keep it respected by thousands of people."

Qin Ze patted Wang Da Niu's shoulder, and he didn't want to talk nonsense.

I thought about some military rations, as if the most common ones were compressed biscuits and dehydrated vegetables, but these seemed a little impractical here.

I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't come up with a reason. I had to let Wang Daniu and Wang Dayi make and military rations for themselves.

At this time, rice was not yet popular, and it was only cultivated in Lingnan. For example, in areas north of the Yellow River, millet is the largest planting area.

And the yield of this thing is also okay, with a hundred acres of farmland, it can produce about 8,000 catties per year, although it is not compared with now, but it is already very good in this era.

And millet can be stored for 9 years, while rice can only last for 5 years. The long time of preservation also allowed this thing to be hoarded as a strategic material.

Like an ordinary soldier's daily ration is two liters of millet, and semi-mixed salt. That's about three catties of millet and a spoonful of salt.

Three catties of millet seems like a lot, but if you think about it carefully, at this time, it is impossible to eat meat, and all the energy comes from millet. There is no oil and water, and three catties of millet can eat at most eight points full.

As for a spoonful of salt, not to mention, it is estimated that it will not even taste at all when thrown into the pot. Although salt is very cheap in Chang'an, the army is a big mouthful, and no matter how much salt is thrown into it, there will not be a ripple.

Therefore, in the army, most soldiers will bring a vinegar cloth. This thing is boiled with vinegar and table salt, and when eating, cut a small piece and throw it into the pot, so that it has not only salt but also taste.

Although Qin Ze had already made enough mental preparations, when he saw the military rations made by Wang Daniu and Wang Dayi, he still felt that he had overestimated them.

Don't think about stir-frying, before the Song Dynasty, the social productivity was extremely low, but wherever there was a little iron, it was used to make agricultural tools and weapons, and it was impossible to use it to make iron pots. So the last time Qin Ze's iron pot was wasted, so many copper coins were wasted.

Their cooking utensils are pottery, and the so-called military rations are boiled millet porridge, add a little salt and some greens, and it is ready. Sometimes some wild fruits or beans are added, and as for meat, you can't eat it until you win the battle.

Just this kind of cooking method, it's not that Qin Ze doesn't like it, but it really doesn't require any skills at all. The only technical requirement is that the rice must be cooked, and it is necessary to ensure that the chopsticks are inserted and cannot be poured.

"Don't you tell me, that's all you have?" Qin Ze looked at the military rations made by the two of them angrily, and he really felt the urge to stuff this thing into their mouths.

Wang Da Niu scratched his head, not understanding what Qin Ze meant, he took a spoonful with a spoon and handed it to Qin Ze to let him taste it.

"Lord Joiner, you taste it, it's delicious."

Qin Ze stared at him for a long time and found that the other party really didn't look like he was joking. Only then did he hesitantly pick up the spoon and taste it.

How to put it, it doesn't matter what tastes like it, it's just a bowl of white rice porridge with a little saltiness.

I really couldn't eat it, Qin Ze stuffed the bowl back, and said angrily: "This thing still needs a special person to do?" I can do it better than anyone else. ”

However, Qin Ze also knew that when marching, most of them were for the sake of hurrying, and some of them were good to eat.

But that's just too bad.

Qin Ze said that Wang Daniu just smiled, but Wang Dayi on the side raised his nostrils and said to Qin Ze: "If the adults who joined the army have not been on the battlefield, how can they know the sinister nature of the battlefield, how can they peck slowly." ”

This is the Qinggao of the reader, although Wang Dayi has never read, but the name of the person is exchanged for twenty wen by his father. According to Daddy's meaning, that is half a reader.

It's also a crepe when it comes to talking, but it always sounds weird.

Wang Daniu on the side just smirked, scratching his ears and cheeks and didn't know how to persuade his brother.

Of course, Qin Ze knew that the battlefield was changing rapidly, and the problem of eating was often just fast. But no matter how fast it is, it can't be like this.

"Lord Joiner, in fact, we will have other things." Wang Daniu saw that Qin Ze's face was not good, and hurriedly stepped forward and said.

"What else will you do?" Qin Ze was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile: "There are other tricks for cooking porridge?" ”

If you want two people to listen to themselves in their hearts, you have to let them convince themselves from the heart, and before that, it is very necessary to arouse the arrogance of the other party, and then beat them to death with a stick.

"Yes, we'll go to the banquet." Wang Da Niu patted his chest, and his words were full of pride.

His father used to be a cook for a large family, so the two brothers also learned a lot of dishes. This is also the reason why I can become the head of the gang.

Generally, the army will have a big meal when they go out on an expedition, which is called a banquet. and mutton and wine.

The wine drew its sword and danced, and the drums were called.

But instruments such as silk and bamboo are not to be used, which will make the soldiers frustrated.

The banquet that Wang Da Niu said includes 2 liters of wine for one person, 2 catties of mutton, 5 white rice, 2 pancakes, 1 steamed bun, and 1 steamed cake. A loose seed, three soups, 5 taels of vegetables, as well as sheep's head meat and hooves, sheep liver in sauce, pork liver in sauce, one-third of salt, half of sauce, 1 tael of ginger, 3 taels of green onions, and one pair of vinegar.

Although there are a lot of varieties, there are actually only a few of them, and they must not be extravagant.

If it weren't for the fact that the locusts in Wannian County in Chang'an were about to be unable to let go, Qin Ze would not have been so anxious.

Although Qin Ze had already asked people to dry and grind this thing into powder first, the entire Datang was still continuously transporting locusts to Chang'an.

Now the locust plague Li Er is not worried, he is worried about what to do with these locusts.

Throw?

That is impossible, and now the people believe that it is useful for the imperial court to collect locusts, and it is the great Majesty Li Er who has come up with some strange strategy. If it is transported to Chang'an with great difficulty, and then thrown away, it is estimated that there will be chaos again.

Hoarding up?

The warehouses in the two counties of Chang'an are almost overwhelmed, and although this thing has been ground into powder and the volume has been reduced a lot, it is still as much as 10,000 catties.

Now the people all over the world are addicted to catching locusts, if this chills their hearts, isn't that a slap in the face?

It was impossible for Li Er to slap himself in the face, so he came to slap Qin Ze in the face.

He was dragged by Cheng Lao Demon early this morning, and at the same time gave His Majesty Li Er's latest instructions: "No matter what method you use, in short, I want to see this locust disappear." ”

Lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot, or smashing with a smile.

Li Er gave a month and asked Qin Ze to destroy these locusts. In fact, it is to let him turn all into military rations, but people don't say so. Cheng Lao Demon didn't say that, that is, let Qin Ze use this thing.

Qin Ze really wanted to use this thing to build roads and fill lakes, but he didn't have the courage.

If he dared to waste a little locust, it was estimated that Li Er would take him to sacrifice to the sky.

Qin Ze's idea was to add these locust powder to the flour and fry them, and only rinse them with water when eating. But he thinks so, without the support of Wang Dayi and Wang Daniu, it is useless for him to think about it.

He has only these two people under him now, and no one will listen to him except these two. But the key is that these two people still don't accept him, and they think that he is the son of those scholars, and they plan to come to the army to make a political achievement.

"I know you're going to have a feast, but this ration is really too unsatisfactory......"

Before Qin Ze's words were finished, Wang Dayi over there raised his nostrils again, looked at Qin Ze and said: "This military food has been like this since Qin Shi, and it has been eaten for hundreds of years, and no one has ever disliked it. If you think we can't do it, you might as well try it with us.

If you win, we will listen to you, let us go east and never west, let us catch chickens and never dogs. But if you lose......"

Speaking of this, Wang Dayi stopped, squinted his eyes and said with a lofty look: "If you lose, you will go wherever you come." ”

"Than what?"

Qin Ze's tone was flat, his heart did not fluctuate at all, but he still wanted to laugh.

This is simply drowsiness and encountering a pillow, you don't have to think about it to know what Wang Dayi wants to compare, and it is not to compare cooking.

"Please, I washed rice at the age of five, stole the village chief's chicken at the age of six to make a flower chicken, ate lobster frogs at the age of seven, and grew up alone at the age of eight. Familiar with the tip of the tongue 300 times, you don't even know how to stir-fry, and you threaten to compare with me. ”

Qin Ze has always warned himself that he can't laugh, he must pretend to be stunned and eat the radical method.

However, this is not at all!

Sure enough, Wang Dayi saw Qin Ze's flushed face, and thought that Qin Ze had fallen into his own radical method, so he looked at Qin Ze slowly and said word by word: "Compare cooking skills with me." ”

"Okay, come on."

Qin Ze responded in one bite, as if he was afraid that Wang Dayi would regret it, which made Wang Dayi feel a sigh in his heart.

"How do you look at it like this, it seems that you have set yourself up."