Section 87 Food and Portraits
This breakfast is definitely the most comfortable to eat in recent years, and Luo Kaixian, who is in a good mood, feels that it is not impossible to live a peaceful life like this for the first time.
Of course, he knew better in his heart that this kind of thinking was only temporary, but a kind of self-regulation of mentality after mental exhaustion, if he wanted to live a stable life, he would have had a lot of opportunities as early as when he left the army, well, if it wasn't for his refusal to be content with the dull, he wouldn't have had these three years of otherworldly life.
Everything is just a matter of fate, Luo Kaixian sighed when he was eating breakfast.
After the breakfast, the two young ladies who were not good at walking were still thinking about whether they should go out to meet the guests and family members who came to congratulate them, but they were forcefully suppressed by Luo Kaixian, and despite their shyness, he applied some wound medicine to their affected areas, and his medical skills could completely guarantee that they would recover completely within a day or two.
In the face of this domineering behavior, the two little ladies had no ability to resist at all, including the hot-tempered fire lady Li Ji, who could only shrink under the animal skin quilt as kittens with Ge Rina, who didn't like to talk.
has nothing to do, Luo Kaixian is too lazy to go out to socialize, it is the occasion of the wedding, and it is harmless for him, the director, to simply lean on a recliner and let his thoughts wander, or estimate the future development direction, figure out the movements of the surrounding forces, or secretly examine the changes in the space with him, and count the things inside......
The scene in the space is still the same, and the silence is still like a dead silence of time.
In the space where there is no force field, there is no force between all things, and the only thing that can affect the things inside is the spiritual power of the space owner, so there is no change after Luo Kaixian sorted it out for a long time, just like in the outer vacuum space, everything is distributed in a clump, of course, the so-called clump size is based on 100 cubic meters.
A large mass of parchment books, papyrus rolls, clay boards, wood carvings, stone carvings, sculptures, gold, silverware, pewterware, precious stones, various precious skins, animal meats, seeds, grains, and wine jars...... The only thing that can be said to be a little different is that the so-called "Life Gem" shimmers inexplicably blue-green in it.
There are still too many things that need to be sorted out, but it is not the time yet, Luo Kaixian sighed secretly, ignored the others, and carefully counted the stock of grain.
The last time he replenished food was in Kuzak, and he didn't buy much food from Bukhara that time, and he kept taking out food along the way, and as the population of his men increased, the consumption of food became faster and faster.
Today's personnel are more than three times the first, and the appetite of the people of this era is underestimated, it is estimated that it will be difficult to sustain the autumn harvest of the following year with more than two years of grain, and the most important point is that if the farmland is cultivated in the spring, can the harvested autumn grain be guaranteed to feed everyone?
Obviously, it is impossible, and no one dares to guarantee it!
Although there are hundreds of thousands of livestock in the camp, everyone must not be allowed to eat only meat, people are omnivores, and if they don't eat food, they will definitely get sick.
Where can I get a large amount of food? Or to be able to create a complete food supply channel?
It is obviously impossible to surround a hundred miles, the Dangxiang people are also nomadic tribes, and most of the farming communities in this area are Han people, even if some small tribes can also farm, it is good that the grain they harvest can be self-sufficient, and they will sell it out? That's impossible.
To grab food? Obviously, it is even more impossible, if you want to develop steadily for a long time, the profession of bandit is not so easy to do, and if you grab the materials, you will lose people's hearts, and it is the most stupid thing to lose more than you lose.
Luo Kai calculated first, and the only place where he could get a large amount of food could only be Zhao Song.
Zhao Song and Northern Liao have just signed the Tanyuan Covenant, according to the records of the "History Book", it should have entered the stage of cultivation and recuperation, and there is no need to support the large amount of food needed by the army, and the people should have a large amount of food.
But how can we establish a grain trading channel between Zhao Song and Lingzhou?
Relying on merchants? The trade routes along the Silk Road have never been cut off, and if it weren't for the arrival of winter, the merchants who pass by every day would never be as scarce as in winter, and it should not be a big problem to choose a grain middleman who can cooperate.
However, there is a very key question here, food is the lifeblood of survival in this era, how can Luo Kaixian allow the lifeblood to be held in the hands of others? Whether it is a middleman or an official of Zhao Song, it is a potential variable in his eyes, and once he has an entanglement with Zhao Song in the future, the method of cutting off food will definitely be used by those scholars.
Luo Kaixian rubbed the corners of his forehead with a headache, secretly figured out the strategy of adaptation, and finally came to a conclusion - he still had to go to Song Realm.
And on the stone kang not far from the room, the two little ladies got together and whispered, and fell asleep after a while.
His house is the most well-equipped in the camp, in addition to the drainage culvert set up at the beginning of construction, along with the water also reserved for the passage, in order to ensure winter heating, in addition to the stone kang fireplace, but also laid a few heating dragons under the floor - this technique is actually not a little difficult.
The stove connecting the stone kang and the earth dragon is not in the house, but is set up not far from the outside of the house and the kitchen boiling water room. Every morning in winter, there will be a special person to light the stove to provide a heat source for the stone kang Dilong, and of course, also take care of boiling water and cooking.
Therefore, as the sun slowly climbed, the temperature in the house also began to rise, and the heavy quilt made of bear skin was lifted aside by the two sleeping little girls, and Luo Kaixian, who was wearing a fur robe, also woke up from his reverie.
Following a lot of Tang Dynasty customs, Li Ji and Ge Rina's figures are not like the kind of weak ladies, but very much like the fitness girls of later generations, plump and fit, the silk and cotton mixed nightgowns they wear when they fall asleep are thin and soft, which reflects the grace of the figure, and the two red fluttering little faces are really as attractive as begonia fruits.
Luo Kaixian, who was staring, was reluctant to break the silence, and took out a drawing board made of birch and sketched it.
It's a pity that he is still good at sketching architecture and topographic surveying, figure painting is not his forte, and there is no photographic equipment and photosensitive materials at hand, after thinking about it for a long time, he remembered the comic style drawn by street painters he had seen in later generations, and only then did he try to sketch it with the impression in his memory and the real scene in front of him.
Fortunately, with more mental power, this alternative means of observation, his mind has become flexible, he did not paint the human body into a piece of hard stone, and the results of the meditation experiment can still be seen, and he can't help but feel a little complacent under the relaxation, and when he thinks about it, he thinks that the history books record that Zhang Fei, the fierce general of the Han Dynasty, is also good at painting beauties, but I don't know what kind of style it is.
When he was leisurely, a low, somewhat lazy voice came from Leng Buding, "Husband, what are you doing?" ”
was stunned, looked up, and found that Li Ji, who was lying there like a kitten, was looking at him with sleepy eyes.
"Lady, it's okay, you can continue to sleep"
"Hey, husband, why do you look a little ...... Silly? What's in your hands, show me! Leaning on her upper body, Fire-breathing Lady muttered.
"Oh, let's see the sleeping pictures of the two of you!" Luo Kai walked to the side of the stone kang first and handed over the birch board in his hand.
The other little lady who didn't like to talk was woken up by the sound of words, and she also sat up, "Lady, what are you doing?" ”
"Hee-hee, it's fun, Nana, come here, the sleeping picture that my husband drew for the two of us looks very funny!" Li Ji, who was much sober, beckoned her sister and looked up and asked Luo Kaixian, "Husband, why do you paint like this?" We don't have that big heads! ”
"Heh......" When his heart was soft, Luo Kaixian's face was also broken, and he sat on the edge of the stone kang and said very casually: "Don't you think it's interesting to look like this?" ”
"It's fun, but why do you think it's so weird, Nana, look at you like a big-headed Hua Biao? Hee-hee......"
Ge Rina, who was ridiculed, did not show weakness, "Lady, you don't look much better, it's almost the same as me!" Look, still wearing a light undergarment......"
"Oh, no, this painting can't be seen by outsiders, I'm going to put it away! Husband, when will you draw me a positive image? Li Ji, who had been arguing with Ge Rina for a few words, looked up and asked.
"Image?" Luo Kai repeated it first, and suddenly understood what it was, "Portraits are not my strengths, your husband and I are better at architecture and terrain depiction...... How about this, after a while, taking advantage of the winter leisure, I will take you to the Song Realm to have a look, find a few great painters, and let them paint? ”
Li Ji knew that there were many things for men, and she didn't want to make trouble, but she didn't expect that there would be such a thing as going to Song Realm, so she couldn't help but be a little excited, "Go to Song Realm?" Husband, can you spare some time? I know that famous painters are all university scholars, and those people will paint portraits of me? ”
Facing Li Jiaoqiao's smiling little face, Luo Kaixian couldn't think of words to refuse, not to mention that when he was in reverie, he really wanted to go to Song Jing to have a look, and when he was about to reply, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor outside the bedroom, and Alki's voice sounded far away, "Return the Lord, the cavalry battalion and the scout battalion messenger!" ”
"Tell them to wait in the council chamber, I'll be there later!" A sentence sent Alki away, and Luo Kai first turned his head to look at the two little ladies lying on the stone kang on his side.
Without him talking, Li Ji spoke directly, "Husband, the business is important, you go and get busy." ”
Alki is not a daredevil, and it will definitely not be a trivial matter for him to disturb the matter of the lord's wedding at this time, and there is no time to chat with women, Luo Kai nodded first, put on a slightly thicker leather robe and went out.