"Everyone go and drink a bowl of ginger soup first, don't get caught in the cold, don't drink it, I'll pour it on him personally." After the disbandment, Xiaohu yelled, and then the group of soldiers laughed, and obediently went to drink a bowl www.biquge.info of ginger soup. After drinking ginger soup, I went to lunch.

Li Chenke built a good canteen in the army, which was warm in winter and cool in summer. It was considered the most comfortable place for all soldiers, except for some generals' dormitories. It's more comfortable than their rest in the bunk. Some people say that the canteen can accommodate people, and he doesn't want to go back to Tongpu.

Eating is just a matter of all at once, but Li Chen hopes that they can eat casually in normal times. Sleeping is more important, if the bedroom is too comfortable, what if you go to the battlefield in the future and don't fit in? Only eat, it can be improved in normal times, and it can be adapted to avoid strong resistance in wartime.

After lunch, I changed to afternoon training. It's not every day of the day, and there are days when it's time for sports in the afternoon, where they can do sports activities according to their preferences. Sometimes there will be speakers after that, and this is when everyone is most happy.

Would you like to ask the speaker to tell the story? Absolutely. On the one hand, this is a way to relax the soldiers, and the military law pushes them very hard, and a moderate relaxation can avoid things like camp howls.

Secondly, this is a kind of patriotic education. The content is all Xiaohu they heard at the beginning, what heroic biography, telling the story of many heroes and heroes from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Sui and Tang dynasties. It also tells the story of the tragic situation of the Han people during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which stimulates their patriotic sentiments.

tells how the Han people were treated as two-legged sheep back then, tells about the heroic deeds of Ran Minde, and tells about the tragic situation at the end of the Sui Dynasty, giving them a sense that they don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, and they have to protect their families and defend the country. imperceptibly, let them unconsciously accept the concept of patriotism and loyalty. It's really well-intentioned.

The lunch was very rich. A big bowl of rice, full of tubes. Three dishes and one soup, two vegetables and one dizziness. Large pieces of braised pork, just dream about it. Today I ate a large piece of salted dried fish. This is still every other day, mutton, pork or something, it will take about five or six days to have a meal.

But that's already satisfying them. In the countryside, no matter what kind of meat you have, if it is not for the New Year's holidays, you can't see it at all.

Braised pork every day? Come on, that's not realistic. Usually this confession, no problem, what to do when there is a war? A meal of braised pork a day? How many pigs do you have to drive with logistics? How much feed do those pigs have to spend? If you supply pigs, you also need to supply cattle and horses for pulling carts? In order to eat meat, do people have to eat?

How many people can a pig be fed? Counting that each person eats half a catty of meat a day, a pig can provide about 100 catties of meat. In other words, one pig can feed about two hundred people.

A team of 3,000 people ate like this every day, fifteen a day. Four hundred and fifty a month. And then in such a month, how much grain do pigs eat? If the transportation is considered dry food, what kind of air-dried food, a pig will eat about ten catties a day. How much grain do you have to eat in a month for 450 pigs?

If the pig eats it, the man will still eat it. Tang Army's standard food, two liters of rice a day, two liters of millet, six buckets a month. A team of 3,000 people will cost 1,800 stone a month. This is not counting the transportation of the people, the people also have to eat food.

Li Chen can't count this account at all, if he really wants to eat braised pork every night, the Tang army probably even fights at his own doorstep, and logistics is a problem, and the logistics officer will probably wipe his neck.

You say, it's better to eat usually. Barely ate in wartime? Are you really not afraid of a mutiny in the army? Usually you are used to eating well, but when you have to work hard to fight, and when you want to die, you give him worse food? Believe it or not, the first person to fight is you.

This kind of thing has already happened once in the Tang Dynasty. The troublesome emperor couldn't even stay in Chang'an, so he had to run away.

Therefore, don't expect braised pork every day, in order not to feed their appetite, when the time comes, they can only be provided with an occasional meal on weekdays, or when those who have outstanding performance are rewarded, braised pork is provided.

Of course, Li Chen is not without conscience. It is a good way to improve the status of the soldiers, reverse the current appearance of the Tang Dynasty, which emphasizes literature over military force, and improves the food. It is necessary to improve the food, and at the same time, it is necessary to take into account the wartime, and the supply can keep up, and the final choice is salted dried fish.

Li Chen tried his best to give them delicious food as much as possible. Dried salted fish, which replenishes salt, as well as protein. This is the result of Li Chen's hard work in Yangzhou and letting Wei Xuan build a fishing fleet.

Now Li Chen has begun to promote distant-water fisheries. In order to supplement protein, marine fish, large and nutritious, with salt, is made into salted dried fish, cheap and convenient. Promoting pig farming? It's not that you can't, but how can you fish fast? The sea has prepared so many sumptuous things, just waiting for you to go and get them. Raising livestock cannot be said to be the end of the day, but it is not convenient to fish.

However, the great thing about Datang is the offshore fishery, the most of which are river fish and fish in the lake, and how can there be any deep-sea fishing. This fleet was specially established under Li Chen's instructions. There are many purposes, and whatever Li Chen does now, he has to take one step and count three steps. First, the fleet could be used as a model to attract more people to deep-sea fisheries.

Among them, several difficulties are, first of all, to go out of the deep sea to build a big ship, which is not a problem for Li Chen. The other is to have ice, and deep-sea fishing doesn't come back in a day or two. Usually you go to sea for many days.

For so many days, you can't save your catch without ice. This is thanks to nitrification to make ice, so much ice can be used.

Then, nitrified products can be used to purify saltpeter, which can be used as a material for black powder. The recruitment of these fishermen is also to train people for the future ocean-going trade. Count it all in one fell swoop, right?

There is also the benefit of providing salted dried fish. In addition to improving food, it can also reduce the burden of logistics, which seems a bit contradictory. It's strange to increase and decrease?

First of all, let's talk about the Tang Army's military rations. Basically, each person is given 2 liters of millet a day, and the salt is half combined, which is a method that has been carried over from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. Millet is durable, rice is amazing and can be stored for five years, and millet can be stored for a long time. More than 20 years after the fall of the Sui Dynasty, the grain stored in that year was still edible.

Supplement with salted dried fish, the advantage is that salt can be dispensed with. Dried salted fish is pickled. Also, the dried salted fish is durable, and the volume is not large. The most important thing is that under Li Chen's instructions, the military department did statistics and found that there were teams that ate salted dried fish, and the food consumption was slightly less than that of none.

Because of the supplement of meat, it is more satisfying. Don't look at it just a little less, if there is a big war that mobilizes tens of thousands of people, this reduction alone can make the baggage officer have a lot less gray hair.

So, dried salted fish is a good thing. However, at present, the output needs to be increased, and to increase the output, it is not only necessary to expand the industry, but also to keep up with the supply of salt. It's a bit of a relief, and it's a feeling of urgency. Therefore, Li Chen asked the trading ships to and from the Japanese to exchange for some dried Japanese fish at their discretion.

After lunch, we started the afternoon exercises, and today we were fighting, and everyone should be fully armed, armed with bamboo knives and bamboo guns, and fight in pairs. However, before starting the training, Xiaohu spoke, "All of them, pay attention." ’

In the next ten years, we will hold a military song competition. The singing is so good that the whole fire can be added. Hearing this plum, everyone, even if they had just eaten enough, felt that their mouths were full of saliva, and the oily braised pork was not liked by anyone.

'Report, sing well, sing badly, how to judge. A soldier raised his hand to ask, and Xiaohu replied, "Naturally, someone will be the referee." But a basic, singing quietly, singing unneatly, you must not be able to eat meat. ’

'Chen Guangqi. ''Yes. After saying this, Xiaohu called a person, was called, raised his hand and replied loudly, and then Xiaohu continued, "I'm most worried about you, you can't memorize the military song until now, beware of your gang being dragged down." The accomplice had to push him. ’

'And the swimming spring. This time, the reaction was a little slower, and it took a while before there was. Xiaohu glared at him angrily and said, "Remember, you are not You Erdan now, you are You Quan." It's a glorious Tang soldier, remember your name for me. ’

Now, sing the military song together, and while singing the military song, you will fight in groups by yourself. Begin. With Xiaohu's order, the free confrontation began.

Since it is a free confrontation, of course, in addition to grouping, there is also a situation where Xiaohu is designated. For example, if you specify that you are fighting against two groups and attack one group together, you will be able to attack one group at a time. It's quite a whole person.

'Ten good men in one group, ten good men in one group. If you say you will fight, you will do it, and you will let him bleed and sweat, and he will bleed and sweat. In the majestic military song, everyone carried a bamboo knife on their waists and a bamboo gun on their backs, and began their afternoon training.

Divide into groups, and the confrontation begins. Xiaohu pointed out from time to time, scored from time to time, and the whole team was very nervous, looking at all sides and listening to all directions at any time. If you miss any orders, you may be eliminated. The winning group can be added to the meal in the evening.

From time to time, he shouted or pointed, or scolded, and sometimes kicked twice. Xiaohu was a little distracted, he trained like this, and he has been practicing for a while, but I don't know if this training has been effective.

He didn't know that Li Chen was actually in the distance, secretly holding a telescope and watching. It's not that he has a voyeuristic fetish, but he's afraid that if he comes here with a lot of fanfare, he won't be able to see the real training. Now, in his opinion, the training has paid off. It seems that it's time, it's time to pull out and practice.

After a little look, Li Chen went back, he was busy today, for a reform, he discussed with the courtiers for a long time.

In addition, because the end of the year, the taxes have to be collected one after another, and he will have to review this year's taxes with a group of courtiers tomorrow, review the tax plan, and carefully discuss where the money will be spent next year. Enough for him to be busy. (To be continued.) )