Crossing the wasteland: Farming and peasant girls can't be provoked

Chapter 138 Making Meat Floss
Seeing that the little girl fell asleep, Xiao Yilin walked into the woods. He found that the woods nearby were obviously longer and more lush than other places. He remembered that it was not like this during the day yesterday.It seems that it grew like this last night.

Xiao Yilin was secretly startled, what force made such a large area of ​​trees and weeds grow so much?This thing is too shocking.

Xiao Yilin thought of the little girl who had been away for so long yesterday, what was she doing for so long?It can never be as simple as convenience.

It seems that the little girl still has a lot of secrets.

In the afternoon, after Jing Yi woke up, she saw that the slightly injured horses were much better, and they could follow them, as long as there were no people on board.

She went to look at the seriously injured horses again, and they were much better. She gave them medicine again, and quietly used supernatural powers to heal the horses.

These dozen or so horses are all fat and strong, good horses of good breed, and they can all be used as war horses.It would be a pity if I didn't take it with me.

Horses that can be used as war horses in ancient times are very strict, and cavalry is also the fastest unit in ancient times.If infantry meets cavalry, it is probably to deliver food.Cavalry specializes in defeating infantry.

So which army has more cavalry, the stronger it is.

During the day, the soldiers had been dealing with the dozens of dead horses, and Jing Yi directed everyone to make braised pork, dried meat, and dried meat floss.

There is plenty of firewood, enough for them to use these two days.

Everyone didn't eat enough stewed meat, so Jing Yi made another meal of stewed horse meat for everyone to eat enough.The rest is to start making dried meat and dried meat floss.

Dried meat is easy to handle, just slowly dry it with charcoal fire, or use a pot to dry it a little bit.

Before the meat was roasted, Jing Yi marinated the meat and added a little chili.The dried meat tested in this way has a salty and spicy taste, and it is very enjoyable to eat, and I want to eat it even after eating it.

While eating, Sun Xing said, "It's so delicious. It would be really exciting to take this as military rations."

In addition to jerky Jingyi also tried to make some meat floss.First stew the horse meat until soft, and then tear the pieces of horse meat into finely minced meat strips.The meat fiber of horse meat is thicker than that of other animals, so it is easier to tear into pieces.

The next step is to pour these minced meat strips into a large pot and stir-fry over low heat to slowly evaporate the water.Grind the ground meat with a spatula while frying.

Gradually, the fibers of the meat became fluffy little by little.When the water in the fried meat is very little, and it looks dry and loose, the meat floss is ready.

Because the meat floss is very low in moisture, the storage time is much longer.The same is true for dried meat, which is really more suitable for carrying as rations when marching and fighting, as Sun Xing said.

In this way, each soldier can march long distances without carrying many things on his body.

Xiao Yilin, Gu Yu, and Feng Zhi all watched as Jing Yi taught the cooks how to make meat floss and jerky.Jing Yi didn't hide anything, and explained the process of making jerky and meat floss to the cook clearly.

Although Jing Yi was generous and did not hesitate to give the recipe to the chef, Xiao Yilin also issued an order to prohibit the chef from spreading this recipe.

Of course, my husband dare not not listen to what my lord said.

When a plate of very fluffy meat floss was brought to everyone, Feng Zhi first squeezed a pinch of meat floss and put it in his mouth.

He immediately opened his eyes wide after he tasted it, and there was a light of surprise in his eyes, "Well, it's so delicious, it's a delicacy in the world. Doctor Chu, you are amazing. The horse meat classics that taste terrible and smelly It will become a delicacy in your hands, Dr. Chu. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are a master of cooking."

Sun Xing also tasted the meat floss, and nodded excitedly, "Yeah, it's really delicious. This is better for marching and fighting. If you're hungry, you can quickly replenish your energy after eating a pinch. This is really a good thing." .Unfortunately, where there is so much horse meat for us to eat."

Jing Yi said: "The meat floss doesn't have to be horse meat. Pork, beef, and sheep can be used. As long as it is lean meat, it can be made into meat floss. Fish meat can also be made into fish floss. You can eat it alone or mix it in porridge Eat it, put it in steamed buns, there are many ways to eat it.”

Xiao Yilin also tasted the meat floss. It was indeed delicious and easy to carry, and it was also convenient to eat.

"This is really good as military rations. It is suitable for long-distance and extremely fast marches. Everyone can last for a long time with some meat floss. It's just that this is meat after all. If it is not realistic to supply the army for a long time, the country is still too poor. Can't afford it."

Jing Yi has been in this ancient time for such a long time, and she has a great understanding of the backwardness and low productivity of this era.

There are very few large-scale breeding farms now, because once the livestock are raised on a large scale, they are prone to disease and infection. Once the livestock get sick, a large number of them will die, and the death is also contagious.

Nowadays, people still lack knowledge about the prevention of livestock diseases, and they don't know how to treat livestock diseases.

Therefore, there are very few large-scale farming.Even if there is large-scale farming, the scale is not large.So the number of livestock raised in the country can be imagined.

Generally, wealthy families have their own farms, and there are people on the farms who are responsible for raising some livestock and poultry.

Some large farms have tenant farmers, and the pigs and sheep raised by the tenant farmers are reluctant to slaughter and eat meat, so they will sell money to subsidize their families.

In ancient times, cattle were not allowed to be slaughtered at will.Because for the ancients, the importance of cattle is far higher than other livestock, and the ancients loved the cattle even more. Even Jin State also has a ban on killing cattle at will.

Jing Yi also learned that in ancient times, there were generally no raised cattle for people to eat, and beef could not be eaten by people like other meat.

Jing Yi still doesn't know much about many customs and laws in ancient times.

She asked: "Brother Xiao, I seldom see beef in the market. Is it because the imperial court does not allow cattle to be slaughtered? Or is there too little breeding? But you can order beef dishes in restaurants,"

Xiao Yilin replied: "The imperial court has a ban on slaughtering farm cattle at will, but for farm cattle that died of natural causes, such beef will not be blocked from entering the market, and it is not surprising that restaurants and restaurants can have beef dishes.

Moreover, even if the farm cattle died normally, the farmers had to report to the Yamen if they wanted to sell the beef, and the cowhide and tendons after processing had to be turned over to the Yamen as military reserves, and the procedures were very complicated.

Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, many farmers even sell these dead cattle at a low price in private, and these beef will naturally flow into the market in a cheaper way, and restaurants are important places for sale.

Another important reason is that because cowhide and tendons can be used to make weapons, sometimes the imperial court will collect some cattle and slaughter them to obtain cowhide and tendons.As for the remaining beef, most of it will flow into private restaurants. "

Jing Yi nodded, "Oh, so that's the case. It seems that raising cattle on a large scale is also very troublesome, no wonder no one raises cattle on a large scale."

(End of this chapter)