Chapter 85: The Inventor of Steamed Buns

After the war, Baitang Town entered a state of reconstruction, united as one, the army and the people worked together, and many people spontaneously organized to assist the army to carry out reconstruction work, but the battlefield was cleaned up in two or three days. The new general Yue Nisheng's actions can be described as vigorous and resolute, and after receiving Tang Xiaobai's order, he began to build an army and recruit troops, and now he has completed the formation of a thousand-person regiment.

Tang Xiaobai looked at the busy crowd and knew that it was time to redistribute a wave of work and adjust the overall strategic approach, and this time his change could be said to be very earth-shattering.

In the council hall, Tang Xiaobai sat on the throne, looking at the two neat rows of generals and strategists below, and a kind of pride rose in his heart. Especially the few new soldiers who have been drawn out recently, which makes him feel like he has soared into the sky.

"The main arrangements for convening you today are as follows. First, the ministries report on the situation of war damage; Second, each ministry reports on this year's work plan; Third, the ministries put forward suggestions for the development of Baitang Town. Now I invite all ministries to report, starting with Xu Shu. Tang Xiaobai turned his head and just saw Xu Shu, so he said.

Xu Shu got up from his position and came to the center of the hall, opened the small book in his hand and said: "Baitang Town lost 90% of grain and grass in this war, and now the surplus grain is less than 200,000 catties, and 100,000 catties of grain and grass have been seized, which is less than the monthly ration of Baitang Town. There were 300 buildings damaged in the war, varying degrees of severity, and repairs were expected in March. In the end, the population of the common people dropped sharply, and most of them went into military tents, and the actual people were only old and young, and it was difficult to carry out agricultural and internal affairs. ”

Tang Xiaobai nodded.

Xu Shu returned to his seat, Xun Yu stepped forward, opened the small book in his hand and said: "Baitang Town temporarily recruited 35,000 soldiers this time, 15,000 battle losses, 5,000 disabled, all the temporary soldiers have been regularized, and now the actual combat strength is still less than 10,000, and now all military departments are working together with civil affairs to deal with the aftermath." 10,000 enemy soldiers were captured, all of whom were willing to submit to it, and have now been assigned to various units as temporary soldiers to be tested. In this battle, two blue warships were lost, one was seriously damaged, and three of the twelve round towers were damaged, all of which needed to be rebuilt. All military supplies were exhausted, and the logistics department tried its best to build it, but there were not enough manpower to replenish it in time. In addition, iron ore, timber and stone cannot meet the existing demand. ”

Tang Xiaobai nodded.

Liu Bei walked out, walked to the center of the hall, and opened the small book in his hand: "The spring enrollment of the Military Academy of Baitang Town is expected to be carried out in January, and at present, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Government, there are 300 children of suitable age, 123 boys, and 177 girls, who will carry out military education and medical education respectively. ”

Tang Xiaobai nodded, although Liu Bei's work was simple, when he knew that education was never easy, he would be even busier in the future.

Hua Tuo stood up from his position and was about to take a step, but Tang Xiaobai hurriedly stopped him and said, "Mr. Hua just sit and report, no need to be polite." ”

Although Hua Tuo is nearly ninety years old, he is healthy and vigorous, and he is not inferior to young people, but Tang Xiaobai said this out of respect for the old man, and he was no longer modest, so he sat on the chair and reported: "Baitang Town Hospital treated 5,000 wounded people this time, all of whom were soldiers and captured soldiers of our army. ”

After all the reports on the three major sectors of personnel, military, education, and medical care, Tang Xiaobai had a general understanding of the current situation in Baitang Town, and said: "I have a general understanding of the specific situation, I don't know if you have anything to add?" ”

All the officers and soldiers did not speak, because they all reported the situation to the two military divisions and then reported it in a unified manner.

"In that case, let's now discuss the issues that we have just mentioned, first of all on the construction side, now that the harsh winter is over, and you can survive March by wearing thicker clothes. In fact, in March, it is already early summer, the weather is getting warmer, and the demand for housing is mainly a kind of dependence of people on home, so this matter is not urgent. After this war, we almost ran out of grain and grass, and it takes at least three months to store grain, but now the grain and grass can't last through January, what should we do with the remaining two months? Tang Xiaobai asked.

All the generals, you look at me, I look at you, they don't have good ideas, especially the two generals Xu Chu and Dian Wei, they don't dare to speak, and they usually eat the most. At this time, a fresh face stood up below, and I saw that he was eight feet long, with a face like a crown of jade, wearing a scarf, and a delicate and elegant young man shaking the feather fan in his hand and slowly walked out.

"My lord, the mountain people have a clever plan."

Tang Xiaobai's eyes lit up, although he had seen him many times in the past two days, but every time he saw Tang Xiaobai, his heart was hot, this was the famous Zhuge Liang, Mr. Kong Ming. I have to say that Tang Xiaobai's luck in this lottery is really good, and several big names have been drawn, and Mr. Kong Ming is one of them.

"Oh, please come to the military advisor."

Zhuge Liang held the feather fan in both hands and saluted, and said: "The mountain people have been coming to Baitang Town for more than three days, and found that the predicament was there, so they explored it, and found that the existing surplus grain was mostly wheat, with a full 160,000 catties, and it was really a waste if it was used to cook porridge, so they thought about it carefully and found some mysteries. ”

After that, Zhuge Liang took out a dough from his pocket, and Tang Xiaobai understood it when he saw it.

"Oh, how did I forget about this, grinding wheat into flour can be used to make steamed bread!"

Zhuge Liang saw Tang Xiaobai's expression, and knew that the lord must also know this method, but he forgot it for a while, so he continued: "I ground one or two wheat into flour, added the leaf juice of the hemlock tree and water, and found that I got two taels of dumplings, and then put it in water and boiled it to get a bowl of hot pasta. ”

"If you make a big pot with a wooden breathable cage on top, and put the dough on top to steam, you can get at least two taels of steamed buns. One can make ordinary people full, if you put mustard and pickled meat ......" Tang Xiaobai interjected, saliva came out as he spoke.

Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up, and he said: "The lord's insight and talent are really admirable. In this way, our 160,000 catties of wheat can become 320,000 catties, which can make the soldiers and the people eat enough for two months. ”

Tang Xiaobai nodded again and again, this problem seemed to have been solved, and he continued: "Now the first problem has been solved, and the second problem is a matter of military resources and personnel replenishment. ”

At this time, another new face from the seat stood up, strode to the center of the hall, saluted Tang Xiaobai, and said, "Lord, I don't think it's too much of a problem. ”