"Two gentlemen, it's best to transport the grain over at one time, it seems that the Boni country has also moved, the Qianli Stone Pond is not very quiet, I don't want to send the sea guard to guard a sea grain route when the army is in a fierce battle." Zhao Ji asked Wang Anshi and Sima Guang to find a way.

"There's so much food that you can't transport it all at once. Or let the merchant's ships be requisitioned. Sima Guang said.

"No, I can't. This conquest should not affect the normal trade of the people. Let the four universities figure it out. Zhao Ji disagreed with Sima Guang's comfortable approach.

；；；；；；；； In June, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the frozen soil in the northeast has completely melted. The main crop of Northern Liao is wheat, and only spring wheat can be grown, but the planting area is only in the south and central China. The north of the Tongjiang River is still a wilderness, and the Jurchens also have farming, but it is even worse than before the development of the southwestern part of the Great Song Dynasty, and the production method is still slash-and-burn.

Yelu Hongji came to the Mingtong River (Songhua River), and when he saw this empty and fertile land, he couldn't help but think of the three-day long conversation with Zhao Ji. I couldn't help but sigh: "It's time for this land to grow crops." ”

This time, Yelu Hongji not only came with a bowl, but also brought 800,000 soldiers from the lower military state, which was to establish a state county here. Yelu Hongji was accompanied by Gongshi of Jishi Academy, that is, agricultural experts, a total of more than 50 people. It also brought rice seeds from Champa rice and a large number of newly made advanced agricultural tools.

"Your Majesty, the land here is fertile, the river network is vertical and horizontal, if you can plant Zhancheng rice, the yield per mu is estimated to be four stones." A tribute named Zhang Tianliang said.

One stone is sixty-six kilograms, and four stones is more than 500 kilograms, and this kind of output makes Yelu Hongji very satisfied. Yelu Hongji nodded and said, "Yelu Xiaojie, you are the prime minister of Beifu, this land is well planned, and at least six states will be established." Zhang Tianliang, I appointed you as Sinong Siqing, and you should assist the prime minister. I will not treat you badly. What is in the Great Song Dynasty, I will not give you a penny less in the Great Liao. ”

Yelu Xiaojie is Zhang Xiaojie, originally a Han Chinese, Yelu Hongji gave him a national surname and entered the Khitan nationality.

"Yes." The two responded on their knees.

"The population of the Jurchen Murwei and other tribes is about 600,000, and I want to gather them all this time. There are many Jurchens in Liaoyang Mansion, and all of them moved to Xijin Mansion. If the Bohai people want to return to their hometown, let them go back to Liaoyang Mansion. The military state under the head of Datong Mansion was transferred to Liaoyang Mansion for half of the replenishment, and all the tribes and different ethnic groups were to be dispersed. In the future, there was no distinction between Khitans, Hans, and Bohai people, only Liao. Yeluhongki commanded.

Many people in later generations were influenced by the TV series "Dragon Babu" and thought that Yelu Hongji was an emperor who ran to the border of the Great Song Dynasty with Khitan soldiers to fight the grass valley. In fact, otherwise, the only time Northern Liao fought in the Grass Valley was the time when Liao Taizong destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty. After the Song Liao signed the alliance in 1005, it was clearly stipulated that "with the Baigou River as the national boundary, the two sides should withdraw their troops." (Liao returned Song Suicheng and Yingmo Prefecture.) After that, if there are fugitives from thieves who cross the border, they shall not stop hiding from each other. "It was also after 1005 that the army of the Liao State never invaded the land of the Song Dynasty again, and it did not exist until it was destroyed!

Therefore, from a historical point of view, because the Great Song Dynasty has always wanted to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, there have been several times when the soldiers have invaded the Liao State, and they have also allied with the Jin State to destroy the Liao. The Khitans are not a bunch of barbarians who only know how to fight grass valleys!

"The Imperial Holy See has just been formed, and a new dictionary is being compiled." Zhang Xiaojie thought that Yelu Hongji was in a hurry to popularize the Chinese language Youzhou dialect that was legal in the Chinese Empire.

"Time is running out! Zhao Ji's side has already sent troops to the south. All right. Xiaojie Yan Brother Yang Zunqing, we can't lag behind. Brother Yan, you are ready to go on the expedition. If the tribes do not come, they will only see knives. Yelu Hongji sighed.

；；；；；；；； June 20. Shangjing Imperial Palace, Chongzheng Palace.

"All of you here have gone through the primary selection and entered the second selection stage presided over by the Holy Lord himself, as long as the food you invented is approved by the Holy Lord, you can get the military food order from the Ministry of War, and at the same time, you can also enter the four universities in one fell swoop. The meaning of this is very clear to all of you. Above the Chongzheng Palace, Sima Guang said to the dozens of merchants kneeling in a row below.

Zhao Ji seemed to be sitting on the dragon chair very majestically, but he was thinking about his heart: although the war on the Srivijaya side has been stalemate, it is not far from the day when a big war will break out, and although the consumption of various materials such as ordnance is huge, it has little impact on transportation. However, the food is much lighter than the weapons and armor, but the volume is too large. If we want to transport all four million stone of grain to Sriwijaya at one time to support this southern expedition, then we must find a way to solve the problem of grain volume and increase the volume of transportation.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. Under the two great temptations of the order of the Ministry of War and the entry into the four universities, the problem was quickly resolved.

"Alright. Now I have the first one, the old man Mi, a big businessman from Jiangning. Sima Guang said.

Hearing the ruling of the Great Song Dynasty, Sima Guang, who was as radiant as Confucius, called himself, a white-haired old man stood up tremblingly, and then moved to Zhao Ji step by step, I don't know if he was excited to see the emperor, or because he was too old, the old man was trembling all over.

Zhao Ji saw the old man's old appearance, and he was really worried that he would hang up if he was too excited on the spot, and when he saw that he seemed to want to salute, Zhao Ji was so frightened that he hurriedly got up to stop it. And asked Li Xiang'an to bring a stool and let Old Man Mi sit down and talk.

"Qi Qi Sheng, after seeing the list released by the House of Representatives, our Mi family organized competent people, conducted research, and found that in order to meet the requirements of the list. Not only should the food be small in size and light in weight, but it must also be reasonably matched. In order to reduce the number of ships transported. It is indeed not a simple matter;;; "This old man Mi, as if he was playing in the prelude to you, said endlessly.

Zhao Ji listened patiently, although Old Man Mi was more verbose, but he talked about important points. The grain that the Great Song Dynasty wanted to transport as military rations was very primitive, except for some meat made into a jar of cured meat, the rest of the rice, flour, vegetables, oil, salt, etc., which were used as staple foods, were not processed in any way, and were directly sent to the barracks for further processing.

If you are stationed in the territory in normal times, there is nothing to do so. Sending live animals directly into the barracks has a certain guarantee in terms of taste and food safety compared to pickled salted meat. But if it is placed in wartime, especially on military expeditions, it is very inappropriate. Especially salt, the edible salt sent to the army is still coarse salt that has not been processed, and if it can be put into the pot, it has to be boiled again, which is very inconvenient. After all, it takes time to process this food, and the transportation process is extremely inconvenient.

In such a campaign, it is necessary to defend a grain route at all times, which is very consuming of military and material resources. Not conducive to the mobilization of armies and the application of tactics.

Zhao Ji couldn't stop nodding, and it wasn't until the ruling Sima Guang coughed twice in succession that Old Man Mi reacted, he just came to participate in the selection, not to educate his children and grandchildren at home. It is very offensive for a grass man to talk to the emperor like this, or on a formal occasion. So he hurriedly changed his words and said, "Holy Lord, the grass people's shop makes a kind of food called mille-feuille. ”

When Old Man Mi said this, soon a small servant stood up and brought a box to Old Man Mi. Old Man Mi opened the box, Li Xiangan wanted to take it and hand it to Zhao Xu, but he didn't expect Old Man Mi to hug the box again.

Zhao Ji smiled, stood up, and personally took the box from Old Man Mi's hand. When I opened it, it was a rectangular oiled paper bag with a packet of desiccant underneath. Zhao Xuan uncovered the oil paper and sniffed it without any scruples, which made Li Xiangan very nervous. In case something happened to Zhao Ji, he would most likely kill Old Man Mi as soon as possible.

Zhao Ji didn't believe that someone hurt him like this, and after smelling it, he found that there seemed to be a concentrated flavor mixed together, the most obvious being a spicy smell. I guessed that pepper might have been put in it. Reaching out and taking it out, I thought that this was the mille-feuille of the later generations, but I didn't expect such a small piece of mille-feuille to be heavier than an iron block of the same volume. This surprised Zhao Ji.

"Mi Lao, what is this cake mainly made of, how should it be eaten, and how does it taste? How can it be so heavy? Zhao Ji didn't dare to taste the taste himself, after all, Zhao Ji still asked himself if he didn't eat iron teeth.

"Qi Yu Shengshang, mille-feuille cake is mainly made of flour and fish meal, mixed in a certain proportion, in addition to adding a certain amount of dried vegetable salt and tea powder, mixed with water and compacted, and then dried and baked, it can be said that the collocation is very reasonable, as long as you cut a small piece when eating, and then put it in boiling water to boil, it is enough for an adult to eat a full meal, such a whole piece of mille-feuille, enough for a person to eat for three days, as for the taste, it is actually quite good, it may feel a little strange at first, but you will get used to it after eating a few times." Old man Mi said.

Zhao Ji nodded, and immediately asked people to bring boiling water, pulled out a dagger, cut off a piece, and put it in a bowl. Soon, a small piece of lasagna turned into a bowl full of rice porridge. Zhao Ji originally wanted to taste it himself, but Li Xiangan took it and took a sip.

"Hmm. Holy. The taste is not bad. Li Xiangan touched his mouth and said.

Zhao Ji nodded, and Sima Guang immediately asked people to record it. Then he called the second merchant up.

"Shengshang, the military rations made by the grass people are canned, and the canned food is mainly made of flour, and a lot of vegetables and meat are added to the flour, which are mixed with water and fried with fish oil, and then compacted in canned food, one bottle is enough for an adult man to eat, and the taste is also very good......

As soon as the second middle-aged businessman came up, he immediately introduced his products impatiently. Then came the third, the fourth;;;; "Holy. What the grass people make is to mix flour. It is mainly made of rice flour, soaked in boiling water, removed, and stirred with pickles to eat. A businessman introduced.

Among these dozens of businessmen, the military rations developed can pass the primary selection, and naturally have their own advantages, such as the old man Mi, the mille-feuille cake is very good, and it has the prototype of compressed biscuits in later generations, and it is also very nutritious. The second can, and the sixth rice noodles, are both good, the canned food is high in calories, and the rice noodles are similar to the instant noodles of later generations.

Other people make things in these three forms, either like lasagna, all kinds of ingredients are dried and mixed, or eaten dry or scalded with boiling water, or canned, the difference is only the selection of materials, and the form and taste of the finished product are different.

While Zhao Ji was busy with the transportation of military rations, the Political Affairs Hall was considering the candidates for the military aircraft cabinet. After all, the political affairs hall is far away in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is impossible to remotely command an army thousands of miles away, and it is impossible for one or two people to be in charge of commanding the 400,000 army and 800,000 people, and it is impossible to completely hand it over to Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji is too young, and until now, he has not commanded a large-scale battle. The important thing is that after the occupation of India, the government is still discussing the issue of how to manage it.

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