Villager of Daming

Chapter 535: Don’t be in a hurry for food and grass. The wild donkey lures you (second update)

Helin City has many weapons for defending the city, including wolf fangs, large axes for cutting ladder hooks, and long poles for holding ladders.

They were all used by craftsmen to make things. The wood was too big to be pulled by horses.

The Ming army captured Helin City and did not need the defensive equipment of Bei Yuan. When the wolf fang was used, it meant that the enemy began to attack the city.

With longer-range shooting weapons, why can the enemy run to the city?
In fact, Beiyuan's city defense weapons could not stop the Ming army. They made a catapult and threw the explosive packets up, blowing up a large area.

The wooden frame designed by Zhu Wentian is small and only needs to crush the ice on the snow. The snow will not hurt the livestock and they will eat it themselves.

After soaking his feet, Li Chang was also wearing pajamas. He stood by the table with his slippers on and looked at Hanhan's drawings: "Isn't there a faster way to clear the snow?"

"Yes, sprinkle salt and use the heat-absorbing properties of salt to melt ice and snow." Zhu Wentian finished drawing a wooden rake, and then drew a short-tooth rake.

"Salt is not good. According to this, quicklime can be sprinkled on it, can it be turned into slaked lime? Yes! Let's give lime to the herdsmen and let them sterilize the livestock pens."

The chief made a casual joke and suddenly thought of something crucial.

Where iron ore is mined, there are many associated minerals, including quartzite, gypsum, limestone, and potassium feldspar.

Zhu Wentian finished drawing the second picture and stopped writing: "Potassium feldspar can be made into potassium fertilizer, just right, there are limestone and coal.

The local area can vigorously develop the planting industry or provide fertilizers to other places. In fact, it is a back-and-forth chemical reaction.

The same goes for making salt. After turning and turning, salt comes out, and there are so many types of ores! "

"You don't need salt. It's good if you have fertilizer. It doesn't sound difficult. How much salt can you make to feed a few people? Besides, the herdsmen say that they sometimes boil the salt with soil from the saline-alkali land, but eating too much is not good for your health."

The director gave up the idea of ​​finding salt locally, mainly from winter vegetables, coal, iron, heating, and boilers.

In the evening, Zhu Biao and Zhu Ping came over for dinner, and their own people ate the food cooked by Guanglu Temple.

Only some of the palace maids, eunuchs and guards ate the food cooked in Xiaqiu Village.

They were worried that someone was poisoning Guanglu Temple. If everyone was poisoned to death, there would be no manpower.

Therefore, one-third of the people do not eat food from Guanglu Temple, so together with the people in Xiaqiu Village, they can still withstand emergencies.

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Another three days passed. I took the time to measure the pressure of the boiler that was made and sent it to various places to provide hot water to people.

For example, horses running long distances are also provided with warm water. The difference between warm water and cold water is that horses can drink a lot more if they drink warm water, usually 130 to 140% of the amount of cold water.

"Brother, why do you think the people in Beiyuan are so stupid? There are not many beans left in Helin City, and there is not much garlic left."

While eating the fried bean sprouts, Zhu Xi complained that there were not many beans to grow, especially mung beans and red beans.

Bean sprouts can be used in dietary therapy. If someone is in poor health or lacks vitamins, he or she can adjust by eating some bean sprouts.

Zhu Biao smiled: "They didn't have time, our army was moving too fast, and they hadn't gathered many things into Helin yet."

"In that case, can we send a team to pull the sledge and exchange things elsewhere?"

Zhu Qing was also concerned about the food from other places. The highland barley and other things left by Beiyuan were not good.

If he hadn't caught so many fish, he was afraid that someone would starve to death by next spring. Everyone was working hard, and mining was a waste of energy.

Therefore, the people who shave ice holes do not rest at all and go fishing every day. The most terrifying thing is not having anything to eat.

Then mare’s milk, goat’s milk, cow’s milk, and camel’s milk are diligently collected and used to make milk products.

Just like the nomads, they make butter and cheese, which can be eaten at critical moments.Zhu Biao shook his head slightly: "We have just experienced a war. The people don't have much food on hand. They sent the team to travel so far. What can we exchange for it? Soap can be used with food? What do you think, chief?"

Chief: "..."

He was surprised, why did he ask me again?I’m so tired!
"Your Highnesses, the food problem is actually not difficult to solve. General Xu Da and the others have stored enough fodder, plus silage.

In the current snow, if the snow is plowed away, the grass can still feed livestock.

After a while, the amount of iron ore and coal mining was sufficient, so we stopped and we continued fishing.

Extend the team out and divide it into small camps. We give them stoves, coal and boilers for hot water.

Arrange along the river, including the Wangji River next to us on the way here, at least there will be plenty of fish to eat.

Without mining, a large number of manpower will be freed up to hunt in the snow in winter. Some people will be used by herders to hunt game, and some will cut grass. "

The commander is not in a hurry. He has already imagined that Hanhan will calculate the daily consumption of more than [-] people, the consumption of livestock fodder, the number of fish caught, and the number of dairy products produced by livestock...

If something went wrong, Hanhan would have already made arrangements, such as sending someone back another way to ask for food.

The generals are also calculating. Who dares to know the baggage load during a march?

When greenhouse vegetables can be eaten, the consumption of staple food will be reduced. Just like fat, eating vegetables will increase the proportion of carbohydrates absorbed by the body.

"That's all we have to do." Zhu Biao found that there was no other better way and accepted the proposal of the director.

"Your Highnesses, please rest assured. As long as we are here, there will be no problems." The head of the village was afraid that the prince and the King of Qin would be anxious, so he reassured.

"Father still has foresight." Zhu Ping nodded vigorously, indeed he was no longer afraid.

The next day, the team split off and slowly built a camp along the river so that the fish could be transported in a relay manner.

The herdsmen became even more diligent and helped in various ways, both for others and for themselves.

The most interesting thing is that of the 33 wild donkeys, twelve were hitched to the sled to help with the work, while some of the others were small and some were unwilling.

That’s right!The horses and camels were divided into groups, right next to where the wild donkeys lived.

Those who put on their gear and went out to work every day were given extra ingredients when they came back, but those who didn't work were not given.

Wild donkeys are also somewhat intelligent. They cannot eat refined food. There is snow outside. They can only eat snow, plow snow and grass when they go out, and they live in the snow.

At least there is no snow where I live here and there is warm water to drink.So when a man 'accidentally' tried to trick a wild donkey, the donkey didn't refuse.

It followed the other horses out and felt a little resentful on the way. After being fed some candy, it cooperated with others and managed to do some work.

After returning, it had the concentrate to eat alone.

In this way, the twelve wild donkeys learned to pay for their stuttering, and became more and more skilled.

Many herdsmen were dumbfounded when they learned about the situation. It was the first time they saw someone tricking wild donkeys into working by eating them without using force.

When they were working again, some wild donkeys were not willing to help, but they would follow the twelve wild donkeys and watch, and they would also move forward when eating.

Of course it is impossible for people to give it to them. After giving it, the workers will stop doing the work.

Two other people were kicked into the snow by wild donkeys because of this incident, but fortunately they were not injured.

(End of this chapter)