Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 95 The wedding room and military rations

Early the next morning, Yang Guangxian and Xiao Menglan went to see Tong'an's condition, crying every day. Now he was finally feeling better, and Tong'an also ate something. Yang Guang ordered Xiao Menglan to take good care of Tongan, and Xiao Menglan followed suit.

We set out for Daxing City in the morning. In the afternoon, when we were in Daxing City, we didn't expect that King Wei Yang Shuang would come, and naturally Yang Yong would come with him.

"Uncle King 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 what to say. Yang Yong next to him spoke: "Uncle Wang has already arranged the marriage early this morning. My father said that he would reward Uncle Wang with a big yard in Daxing City, so he asked Uncle Wang to come and see it himself. Just make your own choice.”

Yang Guang was stunned. He just mentioned it yesterday. This morning, they discussed major border affairs and reported military secrets. It was only an hour after noon. How could Yang Shuang's marriage be decided? It was too fast.

The young general had a rare expression of embarrassment. Seeing Yang Guang's surprise, he said: "The emperor's sister-in-law asked me to meet a woman. Although there will be others later, there is no difference between her and me. The emperor's sister-in-law has always chosen her." I think people with good conduct and appearance are pretty much the same."

No wonder it's so fast, this is a very fast blind date.

"Uncle Wang, take a look, what do you like about these places in Daxing City? Since it is a gift from the emperor, it is natural to want the best. This is the sand table for the construction. I have placed small flags on the ones that have been sold. The rest of the squares are the best. You can choose from any district.”

Yang Shuang looked at the sand table and then at the Daxing City that was being built in full swing around him and couldn't help but sigh: "The efficiency of King Jin's construction of Daxing City is extremely high. I have never seen it with my own eyes before, and it turned out to be so when I saw it today."

"Uncle Wang, that's ridiculous, it's just that everyone is willing to help."

Yang Yong was not very happy when he heard Yang Shuang praising Yang Guang.

In the end, Yang Shuang chose a place, but he obviously chose it at random. He didn't seem to care about the house. It would have been more convenient.

Then Yang Guang and Yu Wenkai took Yang Shuang to visit Daxing City, mainly within the scope of the imperial city. Yang Shuang saw a large number of civilians making fires and cooking at this time, and asked: "Why is it already an hour past noon?" , is anyone still cooking?"

"Uncle Wang doesn't know. Now the workers in Daxing City work in different shifts. One group eats first at noon, and the other group starts after eating. In this way, the construction work will not stop and will not stop, although the efficiency is low when changing shifts. Some, but overall it’s higher than if everyone rests together.”

Yang Shuang nodded: "Good idea."

When it came to eating, Yang Guang asked Yang Shuang curiously: "Uncle Wang, you went out to fight outside the Great Wall. What kind of food did our soldiers eat?"

"Are you interested in this?"

"A little bit. I have never been to the border. I don't know how the soldiers at the border are eating. The soldiers and horses have to go ahead before the food and grass are used. Food and grass are also a key factor in fighting a war."

"Our army's military rations are mainly millet, supplemented by a small amount of Hu biscuits and elk biscuits. When the army goes on an expedition, they cook in pots. Cooking millet is more time-consuming. If there are wild vegetables in the ground, some will be dug. There is less meat. Each person Soldiers would also take a salt brick with them before going on an expedition.”

In this era, millet was chosen as the main military ration. Millet lasted longer than rice, and rice was more abundant in the south and the Sui Dynasty was in the north.

In this era, it was considered good to have enough to eat. Meat resources were scarce and difficult to preserve. Border production capacity was limited and many things had to be transported across the border, which was time-consuming and laborious.

The weather outside the Great Wall is dry, but it also has an advantage. Dried meat has a long shelf life, so the Turkic cavalry all carry dried meat.

Yang Guang thought about the issue of individual soldier rations that he had considered before. In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the Sui Dynasty, rations were a very critical factor. Especially if guerrilla warfare was to be carried out, individual soldier rations must be light enough.

After leaving the country for more than ten days, everyone travels lightly. If everyone carries millet and other weapons and equipment for more than ten or twenty days, it will become heavy, and everything must be developed to be lightweight.

At the same time, nutrition and a full stomach must be taken into consideration. If you are not full, you will not be able to fight, and if you are malnourished, you will easily get sick. Both are indispensable.

"Uncle Wang, I have an idea for military rations. Let me test it out and then let you have a look."

"Oh? Have you done any research on this matter?"

"I suddenly thought of it. I have to try it and see if it works."

"Of course it'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 never knows how to fight. He probably just thought of something suddenly. Let's choose the place first. Come on, I have a lot more to say to you."

"Okay then, let's go first."

At Yang Yong's urging, Yang Shuang left.

Yang Guang looked at the villagers who were making fire and walked over. When they saw Yang Guang, they greeted him warmly.

Yang Guang looked at the millet and some vegetables cooking in the pot, and even a little bit of minced meat could be seen. Because Daxing City now has sufficient funds, Yang Guang ordered those in charge of supplies not to deduct rations, and Chang'an City has sufficient supplies, so The food of common people is quite good, vegetables are often available, and meat can be improved in a small amount of time.Yang Guang looked at the vegetables, and then ordered Wang Yi to get a bunch of vegetables from the logistics department, but the direction he went to was Lu Ben's Liuli Workshop.

The current Liulicong Workshop has temporarily expanded its scale and stepped up the production of glass. Yu Wenkai wants to order in large quantities.

When Yang Guang arrived, everyone in Liulicongfang sat upright and quickly sent people to find Lu Ben.

Before Lu Ben arrived, Yang Guang first went to the person in charge whom he had met before and said, "You are very skilled. I want you to dry these vegetables into dried vegetables."

"Ah? Your Highness, these are fresh vegetables. If they are roasted in the fire, they will be gone."

"Who asked you to make a big fire? Help me make a cellar, then put the vegetables in the middle, roast them slowly over low heat, and then take them out when they are dry."

Before Yang Guang traveled through time, his cousin was obsessed with homemade dried vegetables for a period of time. The household oven was set at 70 degrees for eight hours, and he knew it from the sidelines.

In this era, there is no way to accurately control the temperature, so Yang Guang said: "The temperature in the furnace is controlled below the boiling temperature of water, and it is 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.”

Lu Ben arrived after Yang Guang explained the matter. He saw Yang Guang bringing a bunch of vegetables with a question mark on the end. After asking, he found out that Yang Guang actually wanted to make dried vegetables.

What's so good about this kind of thing?The food in the restaurant is not delicious? Isn’t it a waste to make this kind of thing?

Yang Guang knew his question and said: "Dried vegetables are not for our own consumption, but for giving to the soldiers at the border. If they are made into dried vegetables, they can be stored for a much longer time, are much lighter, and are easy to transport. Vegetables are easy to spoil." , I just asked King Wei and the soldiers at the border. The most they can do is dig some wild vegetables occasionally and eat them. Dried vegetables can be soaked in water. Although it cannot be compared with fresh vegetables, it can at least taste better and the food ratio is healthier. "

"Your Highness is really thinking about the people, and he is actually doing it for the border officers." Lu Bi immediately said to the people under his command: "You all hurry up, hurry up and do the furnace cellar that His Highness wants, and stop all the work that you can do. Do it first, Your Highness." Things you want.”

After arranging things, Lu Ben asked again: "How come His Highness is also interested in border military rations?"

"King Wei returned to Beijing this time to report on border affairs and exchanged a few words with King Wei. If the food problem for border officers can be solved, our army's combat effectiveness will be increased by at least [-]% to [-]%. They cannot go hungry when fighting outside."

In addition to dried vegetables, Yang Guang set out to find elk cakes.

Among the military rations mentioned by Yang Shuang just now, there are two kinds of food: Hu biscuits and elk biscuits. Among them, Hu biscuits are nangs. A recipe passed down from the Western Regions. Miu biscuits are yellow rice flour cakes. Hu biscuits taste better and are not made. During the army ration period, the taste was improved, and there was a special store in Chang'an City.

Elk biscuits are similar to something else, compressed biscuits.

Use moose powder to make cakes, add boiling soup and mix into cakes, one minute thick.When cool, cut into pieces, exposed to dry, and stored.If you eat it with fermented soup in the camp, if you eat it dry on the road or in battle, it will be delicious and you will not be thirsty.

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

However, with the current technology and storage capabilities, it is still impossible to preserve compressed biscuits in a vacuum for the time being. However, Yang Guang thought of [fried noodles] from this thing.

When North Korea was fighting against Lao Meizi, this stuff was the main dry food.

Flour has been one of the staple foods in this era, but cooking is more troublesome, so it has not become a military ration.

Yang Guang then returned home and came to his kitchen. When the cooks saw the prince suddenly coming to kill them, they sat upright and did not dare to move.

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

Add a little bit of water to the flour and mix it into a small dough. Yang Guang tasted it himself and found that the taste was at least acceptable. The cooks also hid it. If you add more water, it will become a paste. If you don't add water, it will become a pure powder, which can be eaten. It's easy to choke if you're not used to it.

Yang Guang was quite satisfied with this kind of fried noodles. If they were used by passing soldiers, there would probably be very few chopped almonds and walnuts. Although these items are not particularly precious, the cost would be too high like what Yang Guang just did. Therefore, the actual taste of military rations would be much worse than what Yang Guang ate.

Both fried noodles and dried vegetables squeeze out the water, which will reduce the weight to a minimum.

Water is an indispensable thing for soldiers when they go out of the fortress. This thing cannot be omitted. They must bring enough, and they must be familiar with the water supply source, so it is convenient to squeeze out the water for food.

The staple food, vegetables, is still short of meat. According to the current productivity, it is unrealistic to have enough meat. Yang Guang temporarily thought of this when it comes to military rations.

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

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

You must know that ancient military rations were always seriously damaged during transportation, and they were most susceptible to damage on rainy and humid days.

The soldiers must be well-trained and well-fed, and the soldiers must be well-trained and well-fed.

(End of this chapter)