The promotion of steamed buns and steamed buns was very smooth, since the officers and officials at the banquet ate the steamed buns and steamed buns, they no longer wanted to nibble on hard bread, and those officers and officials asked to send their wives here to learn how to make steamed buns and steamed buns from Martha, and Qin Dong promised to let Martha teach them how to make steamed buns and steamed buns.

In a short period of time, almost everyone in Qin Dong's territory can eat steamed buns and steamed buns at once, and even those efforts can eat steamed buns at every meal, as for steamed buns, this is not for everyone to eat at every meal, after all, there must be meat filling in the buns.

Steamed buns and steamed buns can be used as marching dry food in the cool autumn weather, and they can be kept for a few days with them, but not in summer, when the weather is hot, the steamed buns and steamed buns can only be kept for a day, and the next day they will be rancid and inedible.

In order to solve the problem of dry food for the march, Qin Dong also hammered his brains, and finally decided to get out the baked bread of the later generations, the bread of this period was too hard, because the noodles were not fermented before baking, and the bread baked after fermentation was very soft and tender, if eggs, fat, and nuts were added to it, it was more delicious.

The bread was also quickly sorted out by Qin Dong, plus the three things of steamed buns and steamed buns became the main food under Qin Dong's rule, Qin Dong issued an order to take steamed buns and steamed buns as the daily staple food of the army, and the new soft and crispy bread as the dry food of the march, and the new soft and crispy bread because there is a layer of grease on the outside and less moisture inside, so it can be preserved for a longer time and can be used as dry food for the march, and the method of making these three staple foods can only be spread in Qin Dong's territory, and it is strictly forbidden to spread to the outside enemy.

After a few days, the personnel sent by Qin Dong to search for minerals in various parts of the territory came back. An open-pit iron mine was discovered on Mount Tamapa, twelve kilometers east of Lake Bataka, and Qin Dong quickly rushed to Mount Tamapa after receiving the news.

Mount Tamapa is not high. It's not long, it's just a hill. Qin Dong arrived and went up the mountain to check it, and sure enough, he found iron ore in the open pit in the north-facing halfway up the mountainside, Qin Dong is not a geological prospector, nor is it a mineral explorer, he doesn't know how big the reserves of this iron ore are, but this does not prevent him from sending people to mine, under the existing conditions, he can only use manpower, use the most primitive tools to dig out the open-pit iron ore, and then use a basket to carry down the mountain and send it to the iron ore smelting workshop to the blacksmith master Chuck.

After an inspection of the open-pit iron mine. Qin Dong rewarded the prospectors on the spot, there were two Skirs and three Germans in this group, and each of them received a hundred gold coins, two sheep, and a cow, and these people were overjoyed after receiving rich rewards, and they were even more loyal to Qin Dong.

A series of measures taken by Qin Dong in the territory were soon spread to the outside by some people of other ethnic groups in the territory, and soon many Germans, Skirs, and Huns who belonged to Qin Dong were attracted and migrated to Qin Dong's territory, making more and more people in Qin Dong's territory, and even Germanic people from the south migrated here and took the initiative to submit to Qin Dong's rule. Qin Dong couldn't ask for everyone, and sent people to carefully screen these Germanic people who migrated from the south, so as to prevent the Germans and Romans from mixing in to find out the news.

There were even many slaves and freemen of the Eastern Roman Empire who broke through the blockade of the Eastern Roman army on the border and crossed the Rhodope Mountains to build houses and tents in the territory of Qindong, after the arrival of officials under Qindong. They demanded to take the initiative to become the people under the rule of Qin Dong and take the initiative to pay taxes, and in just one month, thousands of Eastern Romans and Arabs migrated over. In addition to the army of more than 3,600 people in Qin Dong's territory, the actual population has exceeded 100,000. Among these people were the Skirs, Huns, Germans, Arabs, and Eastern Romans who had lived here, and the number brought by Qin Dong was only a small part.

In the territory of Qin Dong. This area was actually a battlefield of war for a long time before, and there were people of various nationalities living here, some of these people gathered into villages, some formed a small town, and some still lived in the mountains, definitely not only such a little people brought by Qin Dong, after the political affairs were on the right track, Qin Dong sent officials to re-register the residents of various ethnic groups in his territory, and learned through the census that there were a total of 43,219 families living in his territory. The total population reached 148,635.

There are so many people to raise an army of more than 3,000 people is definitely more than enough, in an agricultural society, productivity is low, generally need more than a dozen people to feed a soldier, according to the situation in Qindong's territory, his army is small, he can raise an army of 10,000 people, but at this stage he doesn't want to raise so much for the time being, the first is that he doesn't want to arouse Modo's suspicion, if he raises 10,000 people, he will soon surpass Moduo in terms of strength, which will undoubtedly cause contradictions, the second reason is that he wants the people to accumulate people's strength, Recruiting too many soldiers will make the province's productivity low.

After inspecting the open-pit iron mine, Qin Dong and the others returned down the mountain along the mountain road, and saw a plant growing everywhere on the mountain along the way. Leaves ovate or broadly ovate, margins coarsely serrate, densely covered with small prickly hairs on the surface, sparsely hairy on the back and yellow glandular spots; The petiole is no longer than the blade. Its buds are divided into male and female flowers, and the male flowers are arranged in panicles, and the tepals and stamens are both 5; Female flowers are born in the axils of one bract every two flowers; The bracts are tiled, arranged in a nearly spherical spike.

Qin Dong immediately recognized this plant, and his heart was immediately overjoyed, isn't this hops?

Hops is the scientific name of this plant, which is known as hops, and it has several aliases, namely: hubu, hops, yeast flower, hops, and the Romans also gave it a Latin name.

Hops are the raw material for brewing beer, and with hops, the taste of beer is completely different, and the reason why beer was so popular in Europe in the Middle Ages was because hops were added to the brewing. The addition of hops gives the beer a refreshing aroma, bitterness and preservatives. The aroma of hops and the freshness of malt give the beer a subtle flavor. Beer, coffee and tea are all known for their aroma and bitterness, and hops themselves are a natural preservative, giving beer its special aroma and extending its shelf life.

At the same time, the addition of hops can make the beer form excellent foam, excellent hops and malt, can brew white, delicate, rich and long-lasting beer foam. Hops also contribute to the clarification of the wort. During the wort boiling process, the protein in the wort is complexed and precipitated due to the addition of hops, which plays a role in clarifying the wort and brewing pure beer. The strong hoppy flavor of the hops balances the natural sweetness of the wort and stimulates the appetite. The original beer tasted sweeter because of the addition of honey or date coconut, but it was not very thirst-quenching, which was why hops-based beer was popular throughout the Middle Ages.

Generally speaking, the hops used to brew beer are the ears formed by the female flowers, and the female flowers can also be used to brew beer, but the female flowers have a greater effect, that is, its medicinal value, its female flowers are used to treat leprosy, tuberculosis, silicosis, lymph node tuberculosis, and dysentery. Strengthen the stomach and eliminate appetite, diuretic and soothing the nerves. It has a good effect on the treatment of indigestion, bloating, edema, cystitis, tuberculosis, insomnia and other diseases.

At this time, a local goth next to him said: "My lord, don't touch the flower buds with your hands, the flower buds are poisonous, and itching will occur after touching!" ”

Qin Dong knew that this was because of the allergy caused by flower pollen, and more than 90% of people who touched hops would develop dermatitis, he nodded with a smile, turned his head and ordered: "This flower is called hops, tell the local people, when it is September, pick the ears formed by these buds, and I will send someone to buy it at that time!" ”

Batu promised: "Yes, my lord! (To be continued......)