I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

For Hunanese sausages, I really don’t know whether there is chili in the pork or pork in the chili.

Anyway, Bai Zhixin remembered that once he ate sausage made by his sister-in-law, his butt hurt for three days.

He didn't even dare to push his shit.

Fortunately, this is a post station, so what you eat should be Japanese pig sausages made and delivered by Wadao, or Zhu Fugui sausages from the Royal Meat Factory sent by Northern Yin.

Bai Zhixin hoped it was the latter. Although the boar sausage tasted good, the probability of spoilage was much higher than that of Zhu Fugui's sausage.

As for fresh pork...

There are relatively few local pigs in the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

Not for that reason, but because grasslands and semi-arid desert areas are more suitable for raising sheep.

Although pigs are easy to feed, they have high requirements for water.

This can be seen from the division of wild boars, which generally live in forests with abundant rainfall.

As for the warthogs playing with lions on the East African savannah, they are not wild boars and have not been domesticated by humans.

Therefore, objectively speaking, the place where the Peace Sect originated is indeed not suitable for raising pigs. Forcibly raising pigs will easily lead to waste of water and cause people and pigs to compete for water.

The Chu army who lived in the Western Regions for a long time had not eaten fresh pork for a long time.

Only a variety of sausages and cured meats are always in constant supply.

As for the most sought-after item, canned Edo Tonko Senren brand Tonto meat, as long as there is no air leakage, it is hard currency in the military.

……

After a while, twenty dusty men with five carriages sat in the lobby and enjoyed today's dinner.

The big Zhufugui sausage with the thickness of a baby's arm is steamed hot, sprinkled with salt, and after taking a bite, the mouth is full of oil.

Served with bread and tea soup, everyone was sweating.

The fatigue along the way was swept away.

Zhu Fugui's big sausage is improved by Zhu Fugui based on the famous Stalin's sausage.

按苏联的国家标准，1公斤斯大林香肠必须由250克优等牛肉、700克半肥猪肉、30克鸡蛋和20毫升牛奶制成。

Until Su Xiandi came to power and carried out drastic reforms, due to "cost" reasons, this delicacy that had existed for nearly half a century disappeared.

The quality of Zhu Fugui's sausage is not as good as that of Stalin's sausage. 250 grams of premium beef was replaced with 150 grams of white feather chicken and 100 grams of sea fish or snow crab meat. The amount of pork was reduced to 550 grams, and 150 grams of flour was added. Change.

All in all, Zhu Fugui's sausage is still rich in nutrition and tastes very good.

"Hiccup~"

Bai Zhixin hiccupped and took out a gold-coated ivory pick to pick his teeth.

He had already forgotten which unlucky prince got this toothpick as a trophy.

If it was my exquisite daughter, she would definitely scold the old father for picking his teeth with a toothpick that someone else used, and it was probably a toothpick from a dead ghost. It was too unhygienic and unlucky.

Bai Zhixin didn't pay much attention to himself.

The army of Western Chu attacked the city and pulled out the strongholds along the way, and the Khorasan Tubang who refused to accept Wang Hua was destroyed.

As an old-style army, the military discipline of the Western Chu Army is naturally very average.

Although under the constraints of Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to "return everything captured to the public".

The dignified third in command of Western Chu, Bai Zhixin Shungen toothpick, is really not a problem.

Even Orchid...

Amitabha, the Buddha said, do not speak, do not speak!

While picking his teeth, Bai Zhixin complained about the greasy taste of the sausage.

No matter how delicious something is, no one can bear it if you eat four meals in three days.

However, at this moment, someone on the side suddenly slammed the chopsticks on the table, and said coldly: "I don't even like sausages, so I don't eat minced meat. Do you know that these sausages are transported to Longzhong to be distributed to Qianshou for food?" At that time, how many old farmers who have never seen meat in their lives cried with joy, how many childish children just twirled the sausage, and their oily fingers rubbed and rubbed, and the aftertaste persisted for three days?"

Chapter 684

"What did you say!"

The two soldiers stood up when they heard the words, and they were about to go to him to argue.

But Bai Zhixin pressed them on the bench one by one with each hand.

There is no need to worry about this little thing.

Zuo Zongtang raised his eyebrows and looked around, only to realize that there were four young people sitting at the table next to him, all of whom were 24 or [-] years old.

They have all cut off their braids, and they should have grown their hair for a long time, and their hair has been tied up and dressed as a scholar.

It was one of the scholars who spoke just now.

To be reasonable, there are about twenty soldiers on my side.

Even if Zuo Zongtang was originally from Juren, he is no longer an ordinary scholar who has been in the army these years.

These scholars dare to speak insultingly to their own side, it has to be said that they are a bit bold.

To put it bluntly, this is called being anxious for the public and loving righteousness, and it is called the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger.

To put it bluntly, it is stunned.

But, is it still called a young man if he is not arrogant?

Zuo Zongtang looked at them, as if he saw himself 40 years ago, who was unparalleled in eloquence in Hunan and underestimated the hero of the world.

Zuo Zongtang smiled and asked: "May I ask who are the brothers and where are they going?"

The leading scholar asked back: "Old man, look at your clothes, are you from Western Chu?"

Zuo Zongtang smiled and said, "Exactly."

"No wonder, I heard that the soldiers of Western Chu have [-]% of the soldiers of the Royal Army of the Ming Dynasty. Among them, the [-] soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are in accordance with the regulations of the Ming Dynasty..."

One of the chubby scholars said with emotion, "It's a pity that our four great talents in Bazhong were not born in the south of the Yangtze River, otherwise we would also come to join the army, and maybe we are now a school captain!"

Zuo Zongtang looked at his ball-like stomach, noncommittal.

But Bazhong...is he from Sichuan?

No wonder the accent just now doesn't look like a native of Longzhong.

In the process of regaining the Western Regions, Zuo Zongtang once stationed and trained troops in Longzhong for nearly a year, and he still has a lot of affection for this place.

"Brothers, Sichuan is a land of abundance, with a pleasant climate and abundant products. Why do you come to Tao to eat the wind and drink the sand?"

Zuo Zongtang asked this question out of feeling.

Historically, when Zuo Zongtang stationed troops here, he once described it in his memorial to the Manchu and Qing courts: "Longzhong is bitter and barren like a beast in the world".

As a veteran minister who has fought half the world, Zuo Zongtang has seen countless refugees, hungry people, and changed people.

He has been to many poor places that are thousands of miles away.

Even if he said that "the poor in Longzhong are the best in the world", then most of them are the best in the world.

Logically speaking, it is difficult to attract any foreigners in such a place. Even the merchants who come and go are mostly dusty, and they don't want to stay for a moment.

But along the way, Zuo Zongtang found that the popularity in Longzhong seems to have flourished a lot.

Even not long ago, he saw a group of young people enjoying the snow.

Zuo Zongtang took a quick glance while sitting in the carriage, but he wasn't quite sure if those young people in uniform blue uniforms and orange-yellow round helmets were really admiring the snow.

Appreciating the snow, such an elegant thing, has always been exclusive to literati and poets with money and leisure, which is really difficult to match with the impression of Longzhong.

Of course, whenever the wind and snow weather, the electrician working on the front line of repairs, knew what Zuo Zongtang was thinking, and would definitely vomit three liters of blood.

When the four great talents in Bazhong heard Zuo Zongtang's words, they all burst into laughter.

After laughing for a long time, they said: "Old man, you must have been away from the Central Plains for too long!"

"Since seven years ago, in the two battles between Xi'an and Lanzhou, Lord Zuo and Governor Zhao killed all the barbarian heads, and brought peace and prosperity to this land of Gansu and Shanxi!"

"Afterwards, the Ming Dynasty reopened the Governor's Mansion of Gansu and Shaanxi, bringing Shaanxi and Gansu back under the rule of the Ming Dynasty..."

"This is an incredible thing. You have to know that in the entire Shenzhou, if you don't count the Minglijian Concession in Shanghai, Ganshan is the first promised land where the Sun and Moon Flag is flying again. Compared with the Ming Concession in Tianjin It is almost a year earlier than the Jinling Special Demonstration Zone, and it is a full six years earlier than other places!"

"Six years! Do you know that it took only six years for the Son of Heaven to recover half of the country from the Tengkong Mountain Zhangulong uprising, and to recover half of the country in Yin? In six years, with the power of the Ming Dynasty, how could he not be able to survive in Longzhong?" Build another one to plug Jiangnan?"

"As the saying goes, step by step, step by step, today's Longzhong has already reproduced the grand scene of the Qin and Han Dynasties!"

Listening to a few scholars talking about the changes in Longzhong in the past few years, Zuo Zongtang just smiled and nodded at first.

After all, they are talking about what they have experienced.

Especially when they talked about how Prince Zuo showed great power and saved China's West Frontier from being suspended, they couldn't help but raise the corners of their mouths.

After all, if a man stands in the world, shouldn't he be regarded as an invincible meritorious deed with a three-foot sword, and be praised by all peoples!

Zuo Zongtang did not love money all his life, but it cannot be said that he did not love fame.

Of course, what he loves is not a false name, but a real name that can last forever.

Now that the wish has come true, it should be clear!

Just listening, Zuo Zongtang couldn't understand what those scholars said later.

It's not that Zuo Zongtang doesn't know how to govern the place.

Judging from the standards of a manchurian feudal official, Zuo Zongtang's ability to govern the local area is by no means inferior to his military ability.

But no matter what he couldn't figure it out, how could Daming turn such a ghostly place into Jiangnan?

"Then what, did Daming divert water from the south?" Zuo Zongtang uttered an idea that Zhao Xizhu had mentioned.

"Uh...that's not it."

The scholar shook his head and said, "It is said that Dr. Sha Jingfang personally visited here in a fat-headed fish airship. It is too difficult to dig through the mountains to divert the water from the south to the north, and it is not something our generation can do."

"The implication is that there is hope for the next generation?"

Zuo Zongtang was taken aback.

Many years ago, he heard from Zhao Xizhu that the Holy Majesty envisioned in the "Strategy for the Founding of a Nation" that he would build [-] reservoirs throughout China, cut off the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers with dams, and divert water from the south to the north.

At that time, Zuo Zongtang listened to it as a bible, or even a joke.

But now he realized that what the Holy Majesty said was serious.

He even sent a doctor named Sha to investigate!

Having said that, that Dr. Sha seems to have the same name as Li Shaoquan's eldest son, and I don't know what happened to that kid.

Zuo Zongtang, the eldest son of Li Hongzhang, once taught him some poems and essays.

He is a stupid boy, and I am afraid that he will have no achievements in literature in this life.

Now I'm afraid it's not because of Li Shaoquan's adoption!

Shaking his head, Zuo Zongtang withdrew his thoughts from the old man, and asked again: "My brothers, you haven't said, why did you come to Longzhong? Could it be that you are here to build roads?"

The leading scholar replied: "Hey, old man, don't listen to the fat man's nonsense. We can't carry it on our shoulders or lift it with our hands. How can we be soldiers? Don't talk about being a soldier, even being a road builder is also a meal. More, the kind with less work..."

"Then who are you?" Zuo Zongtang asked curiously.

"Old man, times have changed!"

The leading scholar smiled and said, "In the past, it didn't hurt to be a farmer without knowing a single word, as long as you had the strength to do it, but now, you can't work for Lord Longevity if you don't know how to read and write. Lord Longevity said that the quality of the labor force must be improved.

To put it simply, there are now several large enterprises, factories and mines in Longzhong that do not need unblinded workers.

Workers are easy to recruit, and they are treated like an emperor-run enterprise. From Xi'an to Jiayuguan, where are there no poor people who are willing to work hard?

But deblinding workers is a difficult task.

Don't hide it from me, the four of us, what are the four great talents in Bazhong?

But because they all have their own abilities and have a high level of enlightenment, they were hired by Royal Petroleum Changqing Branch as instructors to give crash courses in literacy to new employees. "

"Royal Petroleum Changqing Branch?"

Zuo Zongtang also heard about this company.

A lot of gasoline and diesel that Xichu ordered seem to be of this brand.