Chapter 16 The Role of Tofu
Kou Feng's township has recruited all of them.
But Kou Feng was very unhappy.
"Brother, you have to help me!" Kou Feng made a bitter face and complained to Zhang Xi, "Those people, which are soldiers, are homeless people!" ”
"It was originally recruited from the homeless people...... Don't worry too much about it! Zhang Xi tugged at the corners of his mouth and comforted.
I don't want to know where your soldiers came from...... What do you expect?!
"No, brother, that's not what I meant!" Kou Feng scratched his head and said quite irritably, "These people, don't talk about drilling, it's just that they are physically exhausted when they line up...... Brother, you have to help me! ”
Zhang Xi was helpless and said, "How do you want me to help you?!" ”
Kou Feng smiled at this time, this is this smile, he is a little ill-intentioned.
"I don't need my brother to bother much, just give my soldiers and horses a ...... of food and grass."
"Don't even think about it!"
Zhang Xi refused without hesitation.
Just kidding, can you open the back door for such a thing as grain and grass?!
The army has its own rules, and each army implements them according to the standards, and opens the back door for you privately...... It's really a vegetarian to be in the army, right?!
One more ......
"Why do you have to ask me for such a thing?!" Zhang Xi asked puzzledly, "Didn't your family just open a tofu shop...... The Xiangyong you recruited, your uncle really didn't say anything at all?! ”
Although the military system in these years was a conscription system, and theoretically the soldiers recruited were under the jurisdiction of the sovereign, the chief general actually had a great say in the army.
The sovereign controls the logistics grain and grass, so as to control the general's army, this is an iron law that must not be broken, so it is impossible for Zhang Xi to open the back door for Kou in logistics.
He still wants a head.
But if the general has the ability to improve the welfare of his army, then the monarch will generally turn a blind eye.
After all, these are troubled times, and they cannot be compared with peaceful and prosperous times.
Besides, the three hundred people of Kou Feng are not so much the main army under Liu Bei's account as Kou Feng's troops...... It's just that the number of this part is a bit too much compared to Kou Feng's current status.
So, if Kou Feng wants to pay for it to add some nutrition to the army he recruits, Liu Bei will most likely not care.
But Kou Feng didn't understand...... What does this have to do with my uncle's tofu factory?
"Soy milk, tofu brain, tofu, people can eat it to strengthen their bodies...... Didn't I say that?! Zhang Xi asked Kou Feng strangely, and Kou Feng first shook his head, and then looked surprised.
"Is this true?!"
"I can't lie to you!"
Yes, as soon as he got the letter of permission, Kou Feng directly spread the girl and disappeared.
I guess I went to his uncle to ask for tofu.
Zhang Xi really didn't lie, soy products are the best way for humans to absorb plant protein.
One of the important factors in the Chinese civilization that has been able to stand tall on the earth and defeat the nomadic civilization many times with agricultural civilization is the large intake of plant protein, which has improved the physical fitness of the Chinese nation.
Before the modern society, eating meat among the people was always a relatively luxurious thing, so the intake of animal protein for the people of the Central Plains was definitely not as good as that of the grassland peoples.
However, because of the use of plant protein as a supplement to protein intake, the physique of the Chinese nation is not much different from that of the grassland people, coupled with the advanced level of science and technology, the grassland people are simply not able to do the Central Plains people, which are mainly agricultural.
And Kou Feng did not let go of his uncle, and gave Bao Yuan the pitiful output of the tofu workshop that day.
The angry Liu Mi almost scolded his nephew.
It can be known that this idea was came up by Zhang Xi, and this tofu can make people strong...... Liu Mi was skeptical, but still chose to support his nephew.
It's just a little distressing.
Tofu, this thing is something that can only be eaten by nobles, and Liu Mi still wants to make some money with it.
Kou Feng was even more unaware, and after getting the support of his uncle, he directly added tofu to the army's meals that day.
Originally, the Korean food in the army was a meal of corn at nine o'clock in the morning, accompanied by some green vegetables. Dinner is corn porridge with wild vegetables.
Now, for two meals, each sergeant has two more pieces of tofu bigger than a palm.
And Zhang Xi found out about it afterwards, and he also felt funny.
hurriedly called Liu Feng over.
There is no need for soldiers to eat tofu on corn porridge, it doesn't make much sense, and it wastes tofu.
"You, go back and tell the soldiers in the battalion, and say that from tomorrow, two meals a day will be changed to three meals a day!" Zhang Xi said to Kou Feng with a smile, "Breakfast is an hour in advance, let the soldiers drink a bowl of tofu brain after waking up, you decide whether to add the sauce or not, I suggest adding it, it won't cost a few dollars anyway." If you add a Chinese meal at noon, it will be according to the original morning food standard, and dinner will be moved one hour later to the original evening food standard. In this way, three meals a day, you can collect the hearts of the generals in the army, and you can not delay the diet and training, and more importantly, your military food expenditure is still so much, and it doesn't cost much to have an extra breakfast! ”
After all, tofu brain has much more water content than tofu.
Seriously, if it weren't for the fact that this product had already given the soldiers tofu, Zhang Xi was afraid that the sergeant's mentality would be unbalanced, and he would not have to give tofu brain for breakfast, just a bowl of soy milk.
There is a limit to the daily intake of plant protein, and too much is not good for the body.
However, he probably didn't understand these explanations with Kou Feng, anyway, just let Kou Feng do it.
Not to mention anything else, Kou Feng still listened to Zhang Xi's words, and really changed the diet in the camp from two meals a day to three meals a day, which alone made the loyalty of the group of soldiers to Kou Feng rise, and therefore caused Zhang Xi a little trouble.
It's actually quite simple - there has never been a precedent for three meals a day in the military.
The military camp is not a secret organization, and the fact that Kou Feng gave his own military camp from two meals a day to three meals a day soon spread to other battalions.
And then the veteran oil is gone.
Why is it that the group of big-headed soldiers who have just entered the barracks can eat three meals a day, while we, the veterans of a hundred battles, can only eat two meals?!
What is the ...... of tofu brain? Why don't we?!
This matter, you can't make a fuss, it's a big deal.
After all, if you don't say this well, it will cause a mutiny, and the military discipline in these years is like that.
The battalion commanders had some opinions about Kou Feng, and felt that this kid was grandstanding and breaking the rules.
And the easiest and most direct way for the battalion commanders to express their opinions is to put small shoes on Kou Feng.
The first thing that came to mind was that this kid actually gave the soldiers in the battalion three meals a day, so his food standard must have exceeded the standard.
Check, this must be checked.
For this reason, the army came to Zhang Xi to check the expenditure of grain and grass in Kou Feng's camp, and went to Kou Feng's camp to inspect for a while, and finally drank two bowls of tofu brain with big sauce and left satisfied.
After going back, Junzheng told the battalion commanders that they had subsidized a meal for the soldiers, and that you should have the ability to subsidize it yourself.
Jun Zheng is not afraid of offending people, anyway, he is directly responsible for Liu Bei.
But this kind of thing, Jun Zheng turned his head and told Liu Bei...... Kou Feng did this, somewhat because he was a bit of a private soldier.
But Liu Bei couldn't help it.
The sergeants in these years are all the same, which general has been rewarded with wealth and goods for attacking the city, and he can't give points to the officers and soldiers in the army?!
If you punish Kou Feng because of a bowl of tofu brain...... It's not easy to take this soldier.
But the matter of having an extra meal in the barracks is not a trivial matter, and if one is not handled well, this soldier will not be able to take it.
For this reason, Liu Bei could only summon Kou Feng and ask about the cause and effect of the incident.
Kou Feng is also sincere, he will tell the truth, and he will sell Zhang Xi casually, and Liu Bei's face will be changed again and again.
After seriously inquiring about Kou Feng and learning about the specific role of tofu and the money Kou Feng paid for this breakfast, Liu Bei was moved.
Liu Bei never knew that the original bean soya could be made into soy milk and tofu brain...... All he knew was that he could make tofu and drizzle it with honey.
It turns out that tofu can be poured not only with honey, but also with miso and diluted mish.
Which one is cheaper, honey or miso, this account does not need to be calculated by Liu Bei, it is clear that personal salvation can be calculated.
And the cost of this tofu brain and tofu products made Liu Bei feel even more excited.
As one of the five grains, beans have always been cultivated, so there are not many beans on the market, and the price is only slightly more expensive than corn.
A bowl of soaked beans can get 20 bowls of soy milk or 10 bowls of tofu brain, and a bowl of corn boiled into porridge can only get two bowls, and if you divide three bowls, the officers and soldiers in the army will complain...... Liu Bei now has a heart to rob.
After that, Liu Bei doesn't care.
Kou Feng still continued to have three meals a day in the army, and other military camps still had two meals a day, and the officers and men in the army complained, until one day, Liu Bei announced that the army would change to three meals a day, and add a new breakfast, and the regulation was tofu brain sauce ......
A few days later, Zhang Xi listened to Kou Feng, a guy who was embarrassed, and his uncle Liu Yu was taken by Liu Bei as a subordinate of General Zuo's mansion.
From the county order to the subordinate Peng, the actual status is reduced, but Liu Mi is very happy, which means that he is one step closer to Liu Bei's core class.
As for my own tofu shop that has not been open for a long time...... How can there be an official position incense under the door.
Liu Bei appeased the morale of the soldiers in the army in one fell swoop, and because of the virtue of eating three meals a day, he greatly improved his prestige..... It's just that there is a point, and the beans in Xinye County seem to be a little out of stock.
In fact, there was a tax index in the early Han Dynasty, and a little must be planted every year, which was originally for Ma Zheng.
But now, the requirements are not so strict, and the tax is not mandatory to pay beans, and the people will naturally plant less.
However, some will still be planted, after all, the old farmers know that the newly reclaimed wasteland is planted with beans, although the yield of soybeans in the current year is not high, but the corn yield in the coming year will be higher.
Originally, there were few plants, and no one expected that Liu Yuanjun would actually make some tofu brain, soy milk, tofu and other things in Xinye County, so that now there is a soybean shortage in Xinye County...... It's simply unheard of.
But don't care if you've heard it or not, the families won't get along with money.
There is a shortage of beans in Xinye County, so let's sell it.
And most importantly, what kind of tofu, soy milk, and tofu brain, can it also be sold to Xiangyang?!
Make money, don't chill.