A large amount of canned food is a proof of the progress of Datang's national strength. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info have meat to eat to have strength, to farm, to do things. Especially in ancient times, unlike modern people, who did less physical work, most of them still worked hard, and eating meat was especially important.

If you have good nutrition, you will grow tall and strong. The reason why the average Japanese person is not tall is because they really don't have much to eat. Why at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese were generally short. According to statistics, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the average grain of Chinese was probably the lowest in history.

Westerners are naturally tall? Sorry, that's your delusion. In fact, they Europeans used to be short too. The Germans were taller, and they were taller in the Black Forest, and the British and French were shorter at the time.

It was because I later discovered that in the United States, potatoes were introduced, and there were many potatoes, and they were used to feed livestock, and there was more meat, and milk, and the nutrition kept up, so it slowly grew taller. Don't you see, are young people generally taller than the older generation?

It's because young people are well nourished, and their parents' generation don't have much to eat. Young people are well nourished, and their average height exceeds that of their parents.

Although the Tang people are not short and do not have this problem, if they eat more meat, they will have more strength. That's a certain truth. In particular, if you eat meat, you will consume less food. Raising chickens and ducks doesn't waste much effort, it's more meat. It is equivalent to an increase in food. It can feed more people, or rather, it means that the income has to increase significantly.

'Eat meat. Although canned meat can be preserved for a long time, but after pickling, it can be preserved for a longer time, no matter what age, preservation is a problem, especially in this inconvenient transportation era, keep it for a long time, the loss will not be so high.

This pickling is not an ordinary pickle, I saw the soldiers put a piece of meat directly on the fire to roast, and after the meat is cooked twice, it can be eaten. The meat was so hot that he could see how he stuck out his tongue, but he was still reluctant to spit it out, so he had to eat it one bite at a time.

Because this meat is marinated in spices, it can be grilled directly, and it is also delicious. Why is it so extravagant to marinate it with spices. First of all, this can be regarded as salting, or it can be stored for a long time. Secondly, the taste is also better.

Extravagant with spices? It is indeed very luxurious, Datang does not produce spices locally, and they are all imported from Nanyang. In the past, Datang food actually used less of these seasonings, because the Hu people introduced them gradually.

Although because of its proximity to the South Seas, pepper is not equivalent to gold like Europeans. However, after being changed hands by these Hu merchants, the price went up. These spices were used in large quantities until after the Song Dynasty, when the sea trade in the Song Dynasty was developed and a large number of people ran, so that the price was lowered. In the Tang Dynasty, under the vigorous advocacy of Li Chen, the price of spices was reduced a lot due to the prosperity of maritime trade. Otherwise, Li Chen would have provided some pickled fish before.

How prosperous is Datang's maritime trade now? Nowadays, 1,500 ships are launched a year, of which 500 are still big ships. It's not the kind of canal boat that you have to do. Li Chen opened a direct route, and the huge profits attracted a lot of people to join.

Every year after graduating from the nautical school, there are merchants who wave contracts and sign them to join the fleet with high salaries. Especially surveyors. With them, we can use a more precise route at sea, and we don't have to rely on experience as before.

The prosperity of maritime trade led to a significant increase in commercial taxes. The continuous increase in commercial taxes in Datang in recent years is also related to this. What does it matter? It is a commercial tax, not a customs duty, and the customs duty is calculated separately.

What is the relationship between the prosperity of Datang shipping and commercial tax? First of all, the employment is good, the sea ship needs sailors, the graduates of the navigation school are all high-level talents, and the low-level water is from fishing.

In addition to providing ships and navies, suitable sailors, and the development of fisheries, it also contributed to the progress of marine technology in the Tang Dynasty. For example, Li Chen was worried that the eastbound fleet would not be able to find the Kuroshio. In fact, it was simply because I didn't understand it. Fishermen have long discovered the Kuroshio, the intersection of cold and warm currents, the most abundant fishery resources, plus the different colors of the sea, Kuroshio has long been discovered.

A large number of fishing boat crews, because of their experience, were employed by merchant ships. Although the merchant sailors were hard, they had a good income, and many people poured into this industry, resulting in a prosperous fishing industry. Because of the large increase in salt production, fishing is profitable and very profitable, and with the abundant labor force, it is difficult not to prosper.

The fishing industry is thriving, and what to do with the fish that is caught, of course, it must be dealt with quickly, whether it is smoked or salted, it must be manpowered, and women can be hired for this kind of thing, and many women come to work part-time to earn some income. As a result, the income of the people in the coastal area has increased a lot. This in turn led to a large number of industries, such as pottery factories. Let's say an ice factory. The biggest influence was on the textile mills, which now have appeared in imitation of the royal textile mills, making extensive use of water power and driving looms.

In addition, the transport merchants, they brought in the salt, transported the pickled fish, and shipped it to other places to be sold. Merchants don't come back empty-handed, they bring back local produce from there. As the exchange went by, the commercial tax increased.

In addition to large factories, some local industries also flourished, for example, to make canned food, clay pots were needed, and local clay pot factories were established. Merchants brought in salt, spices, and canned food. This is still basic, and there is a little bit of buying some local souvenirs. Or, on the other hand, all kinds of canned food are shipped for sale in the face of local specialties.

Not only that, but the increase in people's incomes and the emergence of new industries have attracted a large labor force and population agglomeration. Even with various kinds of demand, it is also strong, which stimulates business development. Grain, cloth, and all kinds of consumer goods have all increased, which has further stimulated the development of all kinds of commerce and trade, and the increase in production. Everything is moving in a good direction.

These changes are confusing, except for Li Chen, who understands it in his heart, the other prime ministers can't figure it out. I feel inexplicable, why the commercial tax has been changed like this, the income has increased, and the people have a better life, so they don't complain much.

On the contrary, the local government reacted and said that the rule was very good and would get better and better. At present, there are only a few pioneers, and more and more people are following suit.

It is estimated that it has not yet reached the saturation stage, and more people will join in the future. This is also the reason why Li Chen is eager to start exploring the Americas, and he wants to take advantage of this shareholder trend to raise the commercial development of Datang to a high level.

However, Li Chen was also a little worried. First of all, I am worried that the snobbery of businessmen will increase dramatically, which will affect stability. Don't say it's impossible. The Hanseatic League knows how it was built. It's not that businessman, or a group of businessmen who are going to build it.

It's because of the fish... It's a bit the same as Datang, because of herring fishing. People in Europe and the United States are accustomed to eating marine fish, among which herring in the offshore sea is the main food because of its large production. The Hanseatic League originated from a very rough name, 'Sightseeing German Fellow Townspeople in Gotland.' Simple and easy to understand is not.

Of course, they are not going for sightseeing, they are there to buy herring. At that time, there were large schools of herring in the area. How many, so much so that you can grasp it with your hands, so much so that you can't even move the boat.

The herring school has brought up the industrial chain, which needs a lot of salt to pickle, and a large number of wooden barrels to load, and after pickling, they have to sell, just like the Datang merchants, they are not empty-handed. As a result, a considerable number of local commodities were gathered in the local area, and they were transported to other places for sale. This is the origin of the Hanseatic League.

Li Chen couldn't help but worry about whether the Datang businessmen would do the same. Although it was very helpful to European countries, societies, and the Hanseatic League at that time, this is not necessarily a good thing for Datang today.

Li Chen began to search for some sociologists. How to compare sociologists? Li Chen defines these people as scientists who observe social phenomena, or call them Datang social doctors. I hope that through their eyes, we can observe the various social conditions of Datang and take the pulse of Datang's development.

He didn't know if those fears would come true, maybe he just thought too much. Or something that he doesn't know about. He is the emperor, it is impossible to keep an eye on these things all the time, like the discovery of the Kuroshio, he does not know.

Therefore, he needs some people who specialize in research and observation to help him pay attention to the development of Datang. Raise a warning before a problem is possible. It's a very serious, very important thing. Although many bricks are only alarmist. It's just that if one day it comes true and no one warns you, that's the big problem.

The problem is that Li Chen doesn't know much about these and doesn't know where to find someone. Leave it aside for the time being. Let's not look at these distant things first, let's talk about the battlefield in Youzhou.

The soldiers are having fun, enjoying well, let's say it's a severed head meal. The war is going to start soon, give everyone a good time before the war, although the wine can't be let go to drink, but there is still a little bit, and the meat is not enough, but with some other things, it is also a difficult to enjoy, in Datang, in the past, the common people's homes, it is difficult to see meat all year round, they are no exception. Not every army is like the Divine Army.

After the generals had eaten, the generals with enough rank were recruited by Shi Xiong to hold a meeting. Originally, they thought that today was going to issue an offensive strategy. For the Shence Army, a group of hairy children, although they were photographed by their military appearance, but they didn't pay much attention to the war, and they always felt that they were too young.

Tufan's record is because Tufan people are too incompetent, or lucky. In short, although the Shence Army looks majestic, it is not taken seriously by these people. Only Shi Xiong, they are convinced, generals who have fought old battles, they have military records, prestige, ranks, qualifications, and they can serve the public. This is also the reason why Li Chen asked him to be in charge, otherwise he really didn't know who to appoint as the commander of the front line.

Now meet to discuss how the war is to proceed. Shi Xiong spoke first, which surprised many people, didn't he want to directly say how to fight?

'This meeting, number one, must be kept absolutely confidential. Participants are not allowed to disclose the content of the meeting in any way. Violators, collaborating with the enemy, beheaded. ’

Second: At this meeting, all participants can speak, saying that they are not guilty of mistakes, and that those who are right will be rewarded according to the record after the war. After Shi Xiong finished speaking, Li Chengyu spoke, and he briefly described the rules of the meeting.

'General Li is the General Staff, Marquis Yu. Shi Xiong saw that some people were very strange, so he explained. The General Staff, Li Chen officially set this form.

In the future, each army will be accompanied by two staff officers. It is not that the left army of Shence has two staff officers, and the left army of Shence has a total of seven armies, one army of Yuhou on the left and right, and two armies on the left and right, so that there are seven armies. Each army will have two staff officers.

In the future, Li Chen plans that this will be the most basic combat unit, about 3,000 people, depending on whether it is to crusade against rebel bandits or put down the rebellion. This will be the base unit.

In the Chinese army, there will be four. In this way, the 20,000-strong Shence Left Army will have a total of eighteen staff officers, and then, there will be a general staff officer, otherwise there will be many people, although it is decided by the commander-in-chief, but there must be each can stabilize everyone, otherwise eighteen people, eighteen mouths, can multiply people to death. Tentatively so, how the future will be in the study. At present, the number of staff officers is not enough, and there is no way to match more.

The combat meeting is a continuation of the previous style of the Shence Army, even if there are staff officers, let some middle and high-level generals discuss and sum together. After all, three stinkers are better than one Zhuge Liang.

After announcing the meeting specifications, at the moment, Li Chengyu asked people to move out of a large table, which was very large and could surround more than 30 people without being too crowded, and there was something on it.

'This is the sand table. Shi Xiong took the lead and approached the table, where there was a large piece of uneven paper. Shi Xiong pointed to this and said.

said that it was a sand table, but in fact, it could also be regarded as a paper plate, in order to make it easy to carry, Li Chen finally chose to use paper to make it. Special tough paper, durable, and easy to carry. Usually you can also use the map, and when necessary, experienced staff officers, according to a certain way, fill it with sand and soil to form a three-dimensional shape.

In order to come over, the generals of the other armies were also amazed while watching, with this thing called the sand table, it was really a view of the world in the palm of their hands.

It's too detailed, this has clearly marked the terrain near Youzhou City, and it will be convenient to have this thing when the army marches and fights in the future. Since it is made of paper, it can naturally be painted with color, so even whether there is grass or trees on the mountain, it can be marked, or it is a bare rocky mountain.

Then, under the leadership of Shi Xiong, a cadre of generals began to guide the country. Start talking about how to attack. It was suggested that it would be good to defend. Youzhou can't afford it.

Li Chen launched various ways to transport supplies, in addition to Cao transportation, there was also sea transportation, after the sea ship was transported to Cangjing Town, it was transported to the Youzhou front line by land.

Consumption is powerful for Datang, so many people think that consumption is a good way. However, he was vetoed by Shi Xiong, and before Li Chen went to war again, he communicated with Shi Xiong and told Shi Xiong his intentions, Shi Xiong knew that the emperor didn't want to delay, and he didn't want to delay.

'We crossed the river. In the end, Li Chengyu made a proposal, which was deeply approved by Shi Xiong, "Attack, fight across the river." ', the first war to pacify Youzhou.

It's just that as soon as this proposal came out, everyone, except for the Shence Army, all the generals showed disapproval. The scene fell cold for a moment, and no one responded. (To be continued.) )