Great Tang’s Talented Little Landlord

“Ziyou, I have personally tasted the first rank of the rations you ordered to make. If it can be stored for a long time as you said, The battle strength of my Great Tang cavalry can be increased by 30% because of this! I have written all these credits for you. When the western expedition army returns triumphantly, I will not hesitate to reward you!”

Li Er’s words are indeed not exaggerated at all.

Whether soldiers can eat well, in fact, will also affect battle strength.

There is no shortage of examples in history of winning wars because of improved food.

Li Er is not reluctant to supply the army with better rations. It is just that the limitations and transportation capacity, as well as how to cook on the battlefield, have not improved.

In fact, since Li Wangyou accidentally discovered the high-yield crop of potatoes and promoted it to Great Tang nationwide, food and food are no longer the main reasons that restrict the logistics of Tang Army.

Transportation, storage and how to cook are the key.

And these military ration manufacturing methods developed by Li Wangyou perfectly solved the logistics problem of the army.

For example, steamed rice mixed with corn, potatoes, and bacon, sealed in a clay pot, and vacuumed, can be easily stored for about a month.

Luncheon meat, just stir the pork into a puree, add seasonings and starch, and steam it in the pot. It is kept in a vacuum, and it is quite convenient to eat.

Furthermore, Li Er and all the elders of the country, after tasting the taste of luncheon meat, are full of praise and feel that this is a rare delicacy.

The army rations can be made so delicious and can be stored for a long time, which really gave the Great Tang monarch a huge surprise.

As for instant noodles, it is even simpler.

After the noodles are rolled out, they are steamed in a pot, and then deep-fried in a frying pot until they are very thorough.

Although Li Wangyou can’t make a flavor pack of instant noodles for later generations, even if the noodles are boiled in clear water, it makes Li Er and the lords of the country very addicted.

After tasting these military rations for the first time, Li Er and the public could not even believe that it was so delicious that it was actually for the army to eat.

More importantly, the cost of manufacturing these military rations is not high.

Even Li Erming Ministry of People officials calculated that because the new-style military rations are easier to transport and store, if the transportation loss of millet livestock is included, after the army replaces the new-style military rations, the extra-expensive food , Even less than the original consumption of millet.

Eat better and spend less money. Li Er is naturally happy, so he immediately rushed to Dingzhou Village and praised Li Wangyou.

Li Wangyou confuses himself secretly. In his opinion, it is better to let him go home to accompany his wife.

Of course, he also knows that saying this is no use. Now Li Er will definitely not let him go, so Li Wangyou just smiled and didn’t say anything.

Li Er picked up the beer glass, drank it very freely, and glanced at Li Wangyou obliquely: “Ziyou, are you complaining about me?”

“My nephew dare not. “

“hmph, you dont even know if you tell me. You bastard youngster, you dont have a lot of money, you go around a woman every day!” Li Er glared at Li Wangyou angrily and continued Said: “In fact, I did not lie to you. The army will arrive in Gaochang within 3-4 months. Actually, there is no difficulty.”

Li Wangyou was stunned by what Li Er said. Then he was overjoyed and asked quickly: “Uncle, don’t you trick my nephew. My nephew asked Uncle Cheng, there is more the 2000 li journey from Dunhuang County to Gaochang. The army relies on the camel team to transport the luggage, and it takes at least two or three. Month time.”

“Hehe, Ziyou, you are really dull! I ask you, you cant use four-wheeled Carriage for transportation? One day can be two hundred miles, but ten or so days, the army can After running two thousand miles, what difficulty is there?”

Li Wangyou replied: “But… but four rounds of Carriage cannot pass through the desert.”

Li Erxiao I got happier, but deliberately didn’t answer, which aroused Li Wangyou’s appetite.

At this moment, Li Wangyou couldn’t help being dumbfounded, and the lords of the country including Cheng Yaojin were also dumbfounded, and they didn’t understand what Li Er said immediately.

Yuchi Jingde and the others agree that Cheng Yaojins words are right.

From Jingzhou to Dunhuang County, the army can rely on four rounds of Carriage to transport the baggage, but after that, it can only be replaced by a camel team. This is absolutely not wrong.

Why did Li Er still vowed so solemnly, let Li Wangyou continue to use the four-wheel Carriage to transport the baggage?

Li Wangyou is even more passionate about Quick As Fire, and he repeatedly told Li Erzuo: “Uncle, my nephew is wrong, my nephew is stupid, please also Uncle for advice!”

He is I really can’t think of a way to get Carriage through the desert.

He even made a special trip to Xi Market to find several Hu Merchants who had been on the Silk Road for a long time and asked them how to crack it.

After some inquiries, Li Wangyou even stopped the idea of using Carriage to transport his luggage.

Because he thought it was too simple before.

In later generations, when Li Wangyou traveled in the desert, he used to be a desert car, surfing on the sand dunes, which was very exciting.

So he thought that as long as he made out Rubber tires, or other alternative methods, he could let Carriage pass through the Tengger Desert.

But this is not the case.

When the camel team traverses the desert, they are not walking in a straight line. Instead, they have to move along the winding beams of various sand dunes.

This is the first step for safety.

The climate in the desert is fickle, and sandstorms may appear at any time. Once a sandstorm is found, the team must sit down on the windward side of the sandstorm and let the camels sit down to avoid the wind.

If you walk on the bottom of a sand dune, if you are not paying attention, you will be buried by the sand dune.

As a result, even with Rubber tires, Carriage cannot be used.

The camel can’t pull the Carriage and walk on the top of the sand dune, which is simply unrealistic.

It was after figuring this out that Li Wangyou was completely dead.

At this moment, Li Er said that he had a way, which naturally made Li Wangyou surprised and happy.

Li Er is very satisfied with Li Wangyou’s attitude, even has several points of proud.

His nephew has given him too many surprises, and he is so witty that he often makes Li Erdu doubt his IQ.

Now I can finally overwhelm Li Wangyou once, Li Er’s pride in his heart, needless to say.

He coughed slightly, and then said slowly: “Ziyou, let me ask you, can the four-wheeled Carriage be easy to build?”

Li Wangyou was shocked again, as if thinking What happened.

“Back to Uncle, apart from Carriage’s wheels, beams, and steering mechanism, other parts are not difficult.”

Great Tang’s skilled craftsmen also made Li Wangyou amazed.

Today’s four-wheeled Carriage is no longer the kind of simple Carriage that Carriage Liu had created in order to cope with the grain transportation errand.

Currently, Carriage’s beams and steering mechanism are all parts made of metal by the Ministry of Works and the craftsmen who will be supervising them.

The resulting change is that the four-wheel Carriage has a higher load capacity and the steering is more convenient and smooth.

As for the other parts of Carriage, ordinary Carriage is simple, basically it is made of wood.

Li Erhearing this laughed: “In this case, Ziyou, why cannot you dismantle those carriages in Dunhuang County, and reassemble them after the army passes through the desert?”

The words of Li Er made Li Wangyou petrify his whole person.

Madan, with such a simple truth, why didn’t he think of it before…