Chapter 588: Meat
Sending Ji Yuan away, Zhao Hanzhang came to Tinghe and asked, "What other good things are in the warehouse?" Choose some to send to the Xiliang Army, although we don't go, we get the gifts. ”
"In addition to all kinds of wood and things that cannot be used, there are four pieces of cloth. ”
"It was specially left for the girl and Erlang to make clothes after their filial piety," Tinghe emphasized: "It was sent by Mrs., and there is also the eldest prince's share." ”
"Didn't Mother make clothes and send them? That's enough, send my two pieces of cloth to the Xiliang Army, to General Beigong's mother and wife. ”
"But the clothes sent by the lady are a little short......"
Zhao Hanzhang has grown very fast in the past six months, exceeding Wang's estimate, and Wang is probably afraid that the clothes he made will not fit, so in addition to the clothes, he also sent cloth, thinking that if it doesn't fit, Tinghe can still cut it.
Zhao Hanzhang said: "Didn't you say that you left a section?" Wouldn't it fit if you let that section go? I'm not going to make new clothes here this year. ”
As he was talking, there was the sound of people running outside, Zhao Hanzhang looked at Tinghe, "Why did Erlang come back?" ”
Zhao Erlang ran back with an excited face, "Sister, I heard that my brother-in-law is back." ”
"He just came back on the front foot, and you arrived on the back foot, why are you so well-informed?"
"Hey, is my brother-in-law so slow, I heard that he came home at noon, why did he arrive at this time?"
Tinghe said: "Girl, it's time now." ”
Zhao Hanzhang took a look at the drip, and then found that it was evening, but the sun was just right outside, and the sun was shining.
"Time flies so fast...... Zhao Hanzhang urged Tinghe, "Hurry up and send the fabric to the Xiliang Army." ”
Listen to the lotus, bow and then retreat.
Zhao Hanzhang asked Zhao Erlang, "What about you, you are stationed in Xin'an, although Xin'an is close to Luoyang, you can't run back every once in a while." ”
"I only come back when my brother-in-law comes back."
Zhao Hanzhang had a black line, "Why?" ”
"Because my brother-in-law will have something delicious when he comes back, Sister, do you have any meat to eat tonight?"
Zhao Hanzhang was stunned for a moment, reacted, and hurriedly stopped Tinghe, who retreated outside the door, and said after a while: "Aren't there still two sheep at home, send those two sheep too." ”
Listening to the lotus whispered: "Girl, those two sheep were bought for the Dragon Boat Festival banquet, you forgot, you want to invite the generals and officials to eat during the Dragon Boat Festival." ”
Zhao Hanzhang said: "Just buy it again." ”
Tinghe: "Money ......"
Zhao Hanzhang asked, "Are we short of money?" ”
Tinghe: "It's only the beginning of the month, it's not bad, but I bought these two sheep, and the family's monthly money for this month is almost spent." ”
Zhao Hanzhang only gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "Send it over, you can't have a family reunion, there is not even a meat dish on the dinner table, right?" ”
She raised her eyes and looked at Zhao Erlang, "It's okay this month, you can eat in the army." ”
Zhao Erlang was sad and decided to fight for himself, "When the brother-in-law comes back, ......"
"I don't have anything to eat for you."
Zhao Erlang lowered his head, "Okay." ”
Tinghe hurriedly went to deliver something, Zhao Hanzhang valued Beigong Chun very much, and the fabric was valuable, so she decided to send it in person.
The kitchen killed a chicken by itself when he heard that Fu Tinghan came back, and the dinner was almost ready in the evening, and when he heard that Erlangjun was also back, the kitchen stood in front of a fence in the backyard again, looking at the five chickens left in it and pondering.
In the end, the kitchen was not willing to kill the chicken, but found ten eggs to add vegetables.
At night, most of the meat went into Zhao Erlang's stomach.
Fu Tinghan sandwiched a chicken leg for Zhao Hanzhang and gave the other to Zhao Erlang, "You need to eat meat for forging, eat it." ”
Zhao Hanzhang gave him the chicken wing legs, and also sandwiched two in a row, "You have to eat meat even more if you use your brain." ”
She said: "I'll go back to the river to catch fish for you to eat, and the fish will nourish your brain." ”
Zhao Erlang also likes to eat fish, "I want it too." ”
Zhao Hanzhang: "You catch it yourself." ”
Zhao Erlang buried his head in hard work, Zhao Hanzhang looked at him and sighed, "Erlang, you will go home for dinner next month, you know?" ”
Zhao Erlang said unwillingly: "There has only been one meat in the army for a long time, and the soldiers have no oil and water in their stomachs, so they can't lift their strength." ”
Zhao Hanzhang snorted and said, "Isn't there tofu, and soybean oil, and the people on my side don't have meat to eat." ”
"There is little tofu, not to mention soybean oil, so big a pot of vegetables, the guy is willing to put a little oil, saying that the military supplies very little soybean oil."
Zhao Hanzhang said: "It's no wonder that the military quartermaster, so many people, as well as horses, all have to eat beans, and the soybean oil on the market is also very expensive." ”
Since they made soybean oil, it has only gone through a very short period of downturn, and then it has been quickly recognized, and now it has become a relatively luxurious food seasoning.
Because, soybean oil is not easy to squeeze, some oil mills do not do well, the oil yield is not high, and the people find that their hair has become thicker and darker by eating oil, and even their skin is brighter, and their strength will become greater.
So the nobles began to eat a lot of oil, not to mention the common people, so the price of oil rose, and the price of soybeans rose a lot.
In addition to squeezing oil, soybeans will also be made into soybean flour and bean cakes to become dry food for the soldiers.
The dry food that Zhao Hanzhang once gnawed on the battlefield was made of sixty percent soybean flour, three percent wheat flour, and one percent wheat bran.
It's hard enough to make your neck straight.
In addition to people, their war horses also need soybeans, otherwise where would they have the strength to go to war?
The bean dregs left over from oil extraction are used to feed horses and pigs.
Thinking of pigs, Zhao Hanzhang's saliva secreted quickly, "The meat yield of the pigs they raise is still too low, obviously they are all castrated, why do they have to raise them for seven or eight months before they can be slaughtered?" ”
"The pig seedlings are not good, they have to be adjusted."
Zhao Erlang, who had eaten castrated pork in Xiping, immediately swallowed the words that came to his mouth and asked curiously, "How to tune it?" ”
He is interested in all things meat-related.
Zhao Hanzhang said: "That's it, that's it, all kinds of mixed-breed pigs, and then raise, to see which pig loves long meat the most." ”
"But it's not that you can't transfer it out for three or five years, forget it, let the people below do it, I'll go catch fish for you."
Fu Tinghan said with a smile: "If the water mill can be built, I will build an oil mill at that time, and I will also work with water power, and the soybeans have just been harvested, so I can try its efficiency." ”
Zhao Hanzhang's eyes were shining, "Okay, in addition to squeezing oil, I think tofu can also be made in it, now there is a shortage of meat in the army, and soybeans that supplement protein are basically relied on, and the people who make tofu are very hard." ”
Fu Tinghan said that there was no problem.
Zhao Erlang couldn't interject on the side, so he was about to pull the topic back, "Sister, the pigs raised in our army are only so big, I don't know when they will be able to eat, how old are you in the army?" ”
"Alas~" Zhao Hanzhang replied to Zhao Erlang with a sigh.
Fu Tinghan looked at it and said, "The pigs raised in the workshop are more than ninety catties, and they should be able to be killed in two months." ”
Zhao Hanzhang: "It's too thin, let's raise it again." ”