Making compressed biscuits and beef jerky is actually a very simple thing.

Neither of these things is very technical.

Especially compressed biscuits.

Ying Changsheng makes compressed biscuits, and the most important ingredient he chooses is, of course, wheat, because flour is more suitable for compressed biscuits, compared to rice.

During the Qin Dynasty, the Chinese people did not like to eat noodles, in fact, wheat was a crop.

It was not until the Tang and Song dynasties that it gradually became popular and became a real staple food, and in the Qin Dynasty at this time, not many people would eat wheat.

Because the current Qin Dynasty is very bad at processing wheat.

In general.

The wheat is boiled or steamed directly in a pot.

This way of eating is extremely unpalatable.

As for why not grind it into flour to eat?

The reason is also very simple, during the Qin Dynasty, it was difficult to make such things as graphite.

Due to the backwardness of productivity, plus I don't know how to eat pasta.

So many people don't know that pasta is delicious.

Also do not like to eat, in such a situation.

Wheat is a crop that is naturally difficult to become popular.

In the current Qin Dynasty, it was popular to use rice as millet.

Now.

Ying Changsheng plans to use wheat to make compressed biscuits.

The first thing to do is to grind the wheat into flour.

This is not a difficult thing, the reason is simple, the Great Qin Empire has entered the age of steam.

Although the steam engine is still relatively primitive, and although the scope of application of steam is relatively narrow, it does not prevent this from happening.

It does not prevent the Great Qin Empire from entering the most basic industrial age.

At the moment the steam engine is connected to the stone mill.

Driven by the rapidly rotating steam engine, the huge grinding disc didn't take long to make the flour needed to win Changsheng.

Of course, these flours are more primitive.

It is also mixed with a large amount of wheat husks.

It needs to be sifted through a fine sieve before you can get a truly edible flour.

I finally made the flour.

Ying Changsheng has already started to make it.

Make this compressed cookie.

At this moment, I saw him commanding a few craftsmen who had already washed their hands and said.

"Immediately pour this flour into the basin, and then follow the instructions of my son, take the ghee!"

Ghee is nothing else, it is the fat extracted from milk.

In order to ensure the high calorie of the biscuits, it is natural that water cannot be used as a mixture to make compressed biscuits.

The oil couldn't be more suitable.

Of course, the cost of ghee is relatively high.

Or that it's not too expensive, but rather difficult to obtain.

In the current Qin Dynasty, the cost is too low.

Fatty things are more difficult to obtain, and milk is because of the current era, cattle are the kind of scalpers.

Milk production is too low.

In such cases, ghee is a very expensive thing.

However, Win Changsheng has his own ideas for doing this.

After all, this thing was made for the high-ranking officials of the Empire.

It was for Ying Zheng to taste it personally.

In this case, of course, you have to make it a little more delicious, as for what oil to use to make compressed biscuits in the future?

Win Changsheng has actually thought about it.

That is with rapeseed oil.

Although the cost is still high.

But it's not that it's unacceptable.

And Win Changsheng recently plans to let his subordinates train and train those livestock.

Among those cows.

Cows with relatively high milk production are reproduced, and then the best ones are selected from generation to generation.

Select the best cows.

As a result, milk production is bound to increase significantly.

Three or five generations later, cows will definitely produce much more milk than they do today.

In addition, Ying Changsheng also plans to promote the planting of peanuts and other crops in Dazen.

Peanuts are not a rare thing to win immortality again.

It can be redeemed through the national value.

Ying Changsheng also planted thousands of acres of peanuts by himself.

Used to eat.

If you want to promote this thing, you can totally do it.

Because the Qin Dynasty was an era of vast land and sparsely populated people.

The land is very positive, and in such a situation, it is perfectly okay to grow some peanuts and grow some cash crops.

What's more, peanuts are also edible cash crops, and their fat content is very high, so they can be used as a supplementary food.

Now.

I saw Ying Changsheng commanding the craftsmen in front of him.

After pouring ghee into the flour.

Ying Changsheng ordered them to add other things.

The difference is fine salt.

Salt is something that is necessary for the human body.

If you don't eat salt, it's harmful to the human body.

People must always replenish sodium salt.

The same goes for animals.

In such a situation, compressed biscuits are used as a military staple food that the soldiers are about to use.

It must be filled with enough salt.

Of course, you can't add too much.

Because after adding too much salt.

will lead to one consequence, and that is.

This compressed biscuit.

The salt content is too high, that is, it tastes salty, just like pickles.

And this can lead to serious consequences.

Soldiers need to drink plenty of water to quench their thirst.

Considering that the soldiers of the Qin army were currently attacking Dawan, who was far west of the Western Regions.

And the local area is too far away from the Great Qin Empire.

And along the way, there is a desert with a shortage of water, and the Gobi Desert, in the face of such a march, the soldiers have a way to obtain water.

It must be extremely difficult.

Historically, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Li Guangli to lead an army to attack Dawan, and he once encountered a dilemma, which was a lack of water.

It can be seen from the documents unearthed in later generations.

At that time, the army sent by the Han Dynasty repeatedly faced the dilemma of lack of water.

So much so that many, non-combat attrition was caused.

Therefore, in the case of lack of water, you must not be able to eat too much salt, and it is enough to supplement the needs of the human body.

That's easy to go wrong.

Under such a question.

It is imperative to reduce the amount of table salt.

In addition to adding salt.

Win Changsheng also asked for a lot of sugar to be added.

That is, brown sugar.

Candy is a good thing.

It's just too high in calories.

This thing.

Eating in your stomach can replenish much more energy than the same weight of food.

In addition to these things.

Win Changsheng, and add some sesame seeds to it.

It's even more tasty, and there are some nuts, almonds and the like.

After adding these.

He ordered the craftsmen to stir it up.

Then stir well.

It is loaded into a pre-prepared mold and made into regular strips.

It is then put into the prepared iron oven and baked.

When this is done, it is baked in the fire.

Ying Changsheng immediately instructed the craftsmen.

Take out these compressed biscuits and expose them to the sun while there is still sunshine.

Expose it to the sun as much as possible.

In this way, the effect of long-term preservation can be achieved.

Exposure to the sun at the same time.

Win Changsheng can't be idle.