Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 157 Vegetable supply problem
Although the military camp usually has meat, the amount of meat is very small. It would be good to have two or three slices of meat in a bowl of cabbage stew.

Lu Da said: "According to Sajia's experience, if you eat meat tonight, you may have to gather for a battle tomorrow, and you can get military merit."

Li Nianzi smiled and said, "I said Battalion Commander, you may have guessed wrong this time."

Lu Da said: "No, Sajia does this every time in Yan'an Mansion. As long as you have a good meal, you are guaranteed to make it the next day. Of course, our usual meals are also very good."

"We have a saying here called recruits fattening up. Most of the recruits have a hard life at home. They have simple food, and the food is not oily. Once the training intensity is too high, the soldiers will collapse. This is the last thing you want to see Arrived. So every now and then, we will come here to have such a delicious meal, so that the soldiers can replenish their oil and water." Li Nianzi said.

Lu Da said: "Then let's make a bet. I bet that the war will start tomorrow, and I'll bet on helping with laundry for half a month."

"Okay, just bet, I bet nothing will happen tomorrow."

In this cold weather, I don't wash my clothes often, but every time I wash it, it is very troublesome. I have to boil warm water first, and then wash it. My hands are red and swollen from the cold.

After a while, dinner started, each battalion had dinner in each battalion, stewed radish with pork, half a catty of pork per person, which was a super large amount, usually a few slices of pork.

As the battalion commander, Lu Da was invited to the tent of the Chinese army, and there was a banquet alone, which was better than that of the soldiers, except for pork, mutton, and a small amount of oranges and other fruits.

Chai Lin sat in the middle, held up his wine glass, and said, "Generals, winter has arrived. Whether it is a soldier or a general, they may be somewhat slack in spirit. Our training must continue. We must not slack off."

All the generals had a full drink, and Wu Song said: "It's kind of interesting. After all, the weather is too cold, and the soldiers are a little slack, but don't worry, brother, it's just a very rare phenomenon."

Chailin put down his wine glass and said: "Winter is coming, and our supplies are not abundant. Although food is sufficient, vegetables are a big problem. There are no large vegetable growers in Cangzhou. All cabbages and radishes come from the market. They were purchased a little bit last time. Fortunately, there is a big pig farmer in Majiaji, who has provided us with a thousand fat pigs, which can be bred every year and every year, so that each one can be fat and strong for training."

Pang Wanchun said worriedly: "Brother, the food for our soldiers is good enough, but the food expenses of more than ten yuan a day may be too much to bear in the long run."

Lu Da said: "The Sa family is in the Western Army. The average soldier's food is only five yuan a day. They eat old food. Occasionally, a little green leaf is considered an extra meal. As long as they eat meat, they are guaranteed to fight."

Lin Chong also said: "This is indeed a problem. The cost of food is too high. Now [-] soldiers are not a big problem, but if there are more soldiers in the future, how can we support them?"

"If you want me to go to Shandong to recruit soldiers, I don't need any vegetables or meat, just enough pancakes and green onions every day." Wu Song said.

Chai Lin smiled and said: "It's a good thing for the generals to care about the logistics. As the saying goes, if brothers are united, their profits cut through gold. But everyone can eat freely, and there is a solution. After the spring, each battalion will allocate a small farm. According to the The number of people determines the scale, which is about tens of acres of vegetable gardens, plus a pig farm. The pigs and vegetables in this farm are raised during the soldiers' rest time, so that the training time will not be delayed. Of course, the army must not do business. Pigs and vegetables are very small and are only for the battalion’s own use. Isn’t there a saying that a soldier who doesn’t know how to raise pigs can’t be a general. With the farm as a supply subsidy, the logistical pressure is greatly reduced.”

Lu Da laughed and said, "Haha, Sajia is the best at growing vegetables. The Chinese cabbage he grows weighs seven to eight catties, and the radish weighs four to five catties. It's just that this pig has never been raised before."

In daily meals, it is easy to solve the problem of food logistics being responsible for supplying food. The troublesome point is vegetables, which are very easy to spoil. Good vegetables will be spoiled after a few days.With a vegetable garden it's different, eat the freshest.

The generals agree with this method very much. Although soldier training is very important, there must be a time to rest. Only by combining work and rest can a good soldier be trained. Just like bow Xuan, it is not a good thing to stretch too tightly.And at present all the soldiers are from the countryside, planting a small vegetable garden and raising some pigs is no problem at all.

The meat is all eaten, but there is only a small amount of wine. If everyone is drunk, how can we fight?

After dinner, Lu Da asked, "Brother, are you going to fight tomorrow?"

Chailin was puzzled, and asked: "No, training will be normal tomorrow, and there will be no battle?"

Lu Da said painfully: "It's over, it's over, Sa's family has to do laundry for half a month."

"What's the situation, Battalion Commander Lu? Why do you need to wash clothes for half a month?" Wu Song asked.

Lu Da said: "Just now I heard that the Huotou Army was killing pigs. The Sa family made a bet with Lieutenant General Li, saying that killing pigs will reward the three armies. There must be a war. Lieutenant General Li said no, so we made a bet. The bet is to wash half a month's clothes."

Everyone laughed, Lin Chong said: "Brother Lu Da, be careful next time, our army often eats meat and fish."

Tonight, Chai Lin led the guards to inspect the camp to prevent fires and sneak attacks.

The two new brothers, Xie Zhen and Jie Bao, were incorporated into the military camp. These two are experienced hunters, and they are very good at traps and wild survival. As instructors of outdoor survival, they have trained the entire army several times.

Under the leadership of Chai Lin, more than 500 rural soldiers in Cangzhou braved the severe cold and practiced on March [-]th in winter, and their combat literacy improved rapidly.

In the Chaijiazhuang University Medical Center, Sun Gui is very happy today, and is checking the experimental status of Ascaris with his assistant.The first experimental field was ten dogs, which were fed with steamed buns boiled in water and fed to the dogs.

"Curator, please take a look. This was fed yesterday afternoon, and I got up early today to collect and count it. All ten dogs passed out roundworms, and the dog with the largest number actually laid down ten roundworms." The assistant said.

Sun Guidao: "The effect is obvious, much better than rhubarb. I just don't know if there are roundworms in these dogs. Feed them again today and record the medical records."

"Yes." The assistant recorded it.

The second experimental field is ten pigs. The selected ten piglets are not very fat pigs, weighing seventy to eighty catties. They were fed with pig food yesterday evening. Today, the inspection found that the condition is good, and all ten pigs have It works, and the effect is obvious.

Sun Gui said, "For a penny of wormwood, bring me the boiled water."

"Okay." The assistant went quickly.

After a while, a bowl of potion came.

Sun Gui picked it up and was about to drink it, but the assistant said, "Curator, let me do it."

Sun Gui said: "We wash our hands frequently and pay attention to hygiene. The possibility of roundworms in our bodies is very low. I am testing how toxic it is. If the toxicity is really low as people in the Western Regions say, it will be a great benefit to the people. Medicine, after all, ascariasis is too common among ordinary people."

After finishing speaking, Sun Gui raised his head and drank the medicine. He shook his head and said, "This medicine is really unpalatable. If it's a child, how can it be eaten?"

Sun Gui didn't feel any discomfort after drinking it, and there was no abnormality until the next day. It can be judged that the toxicity is very low under the condition of low dose.

"Curator, there is a girl who is dying, and her stomach hurts badly." A doctor came to report.

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