Early the next morning, Yang Guangxian and Xiao Menglan went to see Tong'an's situation, and washed their faces with tears every day, but now they are finally better, Tong'an also ate something, Yang Guang ordered Xiao Menglan to take good care of Tong'an, and Xiao Menglan did the same.

Set off from Daxing City in the morning, and in the afternoon, in Daxing City, I didn't expect Yang Shuang, the king of Wei, to come, and naturally Yang Yong came together.

"Uncle Wei, why are you here?"

Yang Guang first reasonably suspected that Yang Jian just wanted to show off Daxing City.

Yang Shuang was inexplicably embarrassed and didn't know how to speak, and Yang Yong on the side spoke: "Uncle Wang has already made a marriage early this morning, and my father said that Uncle Wang will be rewarded with a big courtyard in Daxing City, so let Uncle Wang come and see it himself, and choose it himself." ”

Yang Guang was stunned, he just mentioned it yesterday, and this morning the dynasty also discussed the border affairs to report the military situation, and it was only an hour after noon, why Yang Shuang's marriage was decided, this speed is too fast.

The young general had a rare look of embarrassment, and when he saw Yang Guang's surprise, he said: "The imperial sister-in-law let me meet a woman, although there are still ones behind, but they are no different from me. ”

No wonder it's so fast, it's not good to go on a blind date.

"Uncle Wang, take a look, where do you like these places in Daxing City, since it is a reward from my father, I naturally have to ask for the best, this is the sand table of the building, I have already planted a small flag for those that have been sold, and the rest of the square areas can be selected."

Yang Shuang looked at the sand table and then looked at the Daxing City that was being built in full swing around him, and couldn't help but sigh: "King Jin built Daxing City, the efficiency is extremely high, I haven't seen it with my own eyes before, and when I saw it today, it was really like this." ”

"Uncle Wang, it's a false compliment, it's just that everyone is willing to help."

Hearing Yang Shuang praise Yang Guang, Yang Yong was not very happy.

In the end, Yang Shuang chose a place, but it was obviously chosen at random, and he didn't seem to care about the house, so it would be more convenient.

Next, Yang Guang and Yu Wenkai took Yang Shuang to visit Daxing City, mainly within the scope of the imperial city, Yang Shuang saw that there were still a large number of people cooking on the fire at this time, so he asked: "Why is it past noon for an hour, and there are still people cooking and eating?" ”

"Uncle Wang doesn't know, now the people in Daxing City are divided into shifts, one batch eats first at noon, and the other batch starts after eating, so that the construction work will not be interrupted and will not stop, although the efficiency is lower when changing shifts, but in general it is higher than everyone resting together."

Yang Shuang nodded: "Good way." ”

Speaking of eating, Yang Guang asked Yang Shuang curiously: "Uncle Wang, we have been out to fight outside the fortress, what kind of food do our soldiers eat?" ”

"Are you interested in this matter?"

"A little, I haven't been to the border pass, I don't know how the soldiers at the border pass eat, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and the grain and grass are also the key factors in the war."

"Our army's military food is mainly millet, supplemented by a small amount of Hu cakes, moose cakes, when the army goes out to cook in a pot, corn cooking is more time-consuming, there are wild vegetables in the field to dig some, less meat, each soldier will bring a salt brick before the battle."

Millet was chosen as the main military ration in this era, millet was preserved longer than rice, and rice was more prolific in the south, and the Sui dynasty was in the north.

In this era, it is already very good to be able to eat enough, meat resources are scarce, and it is difficult to preserve, and the production capacity of border customs is limited, and many things have to be transported in the past, which is time-consuming and laborious.

The weather outside the fortress is dry, but it also has the advantage that air-dried meat is preserved for a long time, so the Turkic cavalry has dried meat on their bodies.

Yang Guang thought of the issue of individual rations that he had considered before, and rations were a very crucial factor for the Great Sui to improve their combat effectiveness, especially if they were to fight guerrilla warfare, individual rations must be light enough.

If everyone carries more than ten or twenty days of millet plus other weapons and equipment, it will become heavy, and everything must be lightweight.

At the same time, it is necessary to take into account nutrition and a full stomach, and if you are not full, you can't fight, and malnutrition is easy to get sick, both of which cannot be missing.

"Uncle Wang, I have an idea of military rations, wait for me to experiment and let you see it."

"Oh? Do you have any research on the matter? ”

"It occurred to me that I had to try it too, but it wasn't feasible."

"That's okay, you can come to me at any time."

Seeing that the relationship between Yang Shuang and Yang Guang seemed to be getting better and better, Yang Yong said impatiently: "Uncle Wang, King Jin has never known how to fight, I guess he suddenly thought of something, let's go first after choosing a place, I still have a lot to say to you." ”

"Alright, then we'll go first."

Under Yang Yong's urging, Yang Shuang left.

Yang Guang looked at the people who were cooking on the fire and walked over, and they greeted Yang Guang warmly when they saw him.

Yang Guang looked at the millet boiling in the pot and some vegetables, and even saw a little minced meat, because now Daxing City has sufficient funds, Yang Guang ordered those in charge of materials to absolutely not deduct rations, and Chang'an City has sufficient materials, so the people's food is quite good, vegetables are often available, and meat can be improved in a few times.

Yang Guang looked at the vegetables, and then ordered Wang Yi to get a bunch of vegetables from the logistics materials, but the direction of the road was Lu Ben's glazed workshop.

The current glaze workshop has temporarily expanded its scale and stepped up the production of glass, and Yu Wenkai has to order it in large quantities.

When Yang Guang arrived, everyone in the Liuli Workshop was sitting in danger, and hurriedly sent someone to find Lu Ben.

Before Lu Ben arrived, Yang Guang first looked for the person in charge he had met before and said, "Your skills are superb, I want you to dry these vegetables into dried vegetables." ”

"Huh? Your Highness, this is a fresh vegetable, and if you roast it in the fire, it will be gone. ”

"Who let you make a big fire, help me make a stove, then put the vegetables in the air, put them in the middle, roast them slowly over low heat, and then take them out when they are dry."

Before Yang Guang crossed, his cousin was addicted to homemade dried vegetables for a while, and the home oven was 70 degrees for eight hours, and he also knew it on the side.

In this era, there is no way to accurately control the temperature, Yang Guang said: "The temperature in the furnace is controlled below the boiling temperature of the water, slowly roasted for four hours, and then taken out to see if it can be made into dried vegetables, you try a few more times." ”

After Yang Guang explained the matter, Lu Ben arrived, and saw that Yang Guang brought a bunch of vegetables over, with a question mark at the end, and after asking, he knew that Yang Guang was actually going to make dried vegetables.

What's there to do with this kind of thing? The food in the restaurant is not fragrant? Isn't it a waste to engage in this kind of thing?

Yang Guang knew his question and said: "Dried vegetables are not for us to eat, but for the soldiers at the border gates, made into dry, the preservation time can be much longer, and much lighter, transportation is also convenient, vegetables are easy to spoil, I just asked the Weiwang border pass soldiers at most is occasionally encountered wild vegetables dig a little to eat, with vegetables dried with water soaking, although it can not be compared with fresh vegetables, but at least can eat a taste, food ratio is also healthier." ”

"Your Highness really thinks about the people, and it is actually for the border soldiers." Lu Ben immediately said to the people under him: "You all hurry up, hurry up and do the furnace that Your Highness wants, and stop the work that can be stopped in your hands and do what Your Highness wants first." ”

After arranging the matter, Lu Ben asked again: "Why is Your Highness also interested in the matter of military rations at the border pass." ”

"King Wei returned to Beijing this time, reported on the border matters, and exchanged a few words with King Wei, if the problem of military rations for the soldiers at the border pass can be solved, the combat effectiveness of our army can be increased by at least one or two percent, and they must not go hungry when they fight outside."

In addition to dried vegetables, Yang Guang went out to find moose cakes.

Among the military rations that Yang Shuang said just now, there are two kinds of food, Hu cake and elk cake, of which Hu cake is the bag, the practice that has been passed over from the Western Regions, the elk cake is the yellow rice flour cake, the taste of the Hu cake is better, and when it is not used as military food, the taste is improved, and there are special sales stores in Chang'an City.

Moose biscuits are similar to something else, compressed biscuits.

And he made bread with the moose, and threw in the boiling soup and bread, and made it a portion thicker. Wait for cold, cut into chess pieces, expose to drying, and store. If it is in the camp, it is eaten with soup; For example, in the road and in the battle array, dry food is delicious and not thirsty.

But in reality, the taste of this thing is not delicious.

But with the current technology and preservation ability, it is impossible to do vacuum preservation and compressed biscuits for the time being, but Yang Guang thought of [fried noodles] from this thing.

When North Korea beat Lao Meizi, this thing was the main dry food.

Flour was already one of the staple foods in this era, but it was a bit troublesome to cook, so it did not become a military ration.

Yang Guang went back to the house and came to his own kitchen, and the cooks saw that the prince was suddenly killed, and they didn't dare to move.

Yang Guang picked up a bag of flour, and then asked the cooks to start the operation in their own way, and added chopped almonds and walnuts, added oil and salt, and fried it into a light yellow flour.

Add a little water to the flour and form a small ball, Yang Guang tasted it himself, the taste is at least in the past, the cooks also hid, adding more water is paste, not adding water is pure powder, and it is easy to choke if you are not used to it.

Yang Guang is more satisfied with this kind of fried noodles, but if the soldiers pass by, the chopped almonds and walnuts are estimated to be very very few, although these things are not particularly precious, but the cost of adding to Yang Guang just now is too high, so the actual taste of military food will be much worse than what Yang Guang ate.

Chow mein and dried vegetables are both squeezed out of the water, which will reduce the weight to a minimum.

Soldiers are indispensable to go out of the plug with water, this thing cannot be saved, they must bring enough, and they must be familiar with the place where the water supply is supplied, so it is convenient to squeeze water on food.

The staple food, vegetables, and now there is still one meat short, and it is unrealistic to want enough meat according to the current productivity, so Yang Guang temporarily thought of this in terms of military rations.

In addition to the ingredients themselves, there is also the need to get a desiccant, which can increase the storage time of food.

Quicklime can be used as a desiccant, as long as it is placed separately from food, it can reduce the loss of food during transportation.

You must know that in ancient times, the damage during the transportation of military rations was always serious, and it was most vulnerable to damage when it was rainy and wet.

The soldiers must be fine, and the food must be sufficient.

(End of chapter)