Antique food: The general dotes on his lucky wife

The first is the mold. Chen Xi asked Chen Sanhe to make the wooden mold for her. Before the biscuits were formed, the mold was first smashed by a hammer!

There was no other way, Chen Xi could only draw the design drawings, and asked Master Su to help her go to the blacksmith shop to build a steel mold and a sledgehammer!

After wasting some time this time, Chen Xi tried to make more flavored biscuits, such as peanut, vegetable, sweet, salty, etc.

When she was almost done researching the taste at home, Master Su hurriedly brought someone to bring her the prepared items.

Chen Xi quickly put the biscuit foam into the mold, and specially found two strong men in Murakami who could help her swing a sledgehammer with one hundred coins an hour!

Everyone in the village rushed to do it, but in the end no one could fulfill Chen Xi's request. Chen Xi could only pay everyone's wages and find another way.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with her method. Since the biscuits couldn't be formed, it must be that the pressure was not enough, even though the hammer was big enough!

There was no other way, Chen Xi found Master Su again, and worked with her to study how to maximize the pressure per unit area.

Finally, Master Su finally helped her design a lever pressure hammer.

There is a saying, "Give me a fulcrum and I can move the earth." What is used is the principle of leverage.

The pressure-pounding end of the lever is used to make a huge hammer. This hammer relies on manpower and requires 20 to [-] people to lift it. But now using the lever principle, only a few people need to press down on the other end, and this end can be struck. .

To put it simply, it's like a seesaw, with people on one side and a super hammer on the other.

This time, Chen Xi found a few

The big man pressed the wood, raised the big hammer at the other end to a certain height, then placed a mold under the big hammer, and used the gravity of the falling hammer to force out compressed biscuits one by one!

And this time, it finally succeeded!

Chen Xi worked so hard to make a piece of food. Everyone was looking forward to what he would finally get, but it turned out that it was just a brick that could build a house?

Are you sure this thing is edible?

Chen Xi explained to everyone that this was not for sale to restaurants, but was for other purposes.

Once they heard that it would not be sold in restaurants, everyone lost interest. Anyway, they will definitely know it when it is useful!

After successfully making the compressed biscuits, Chen Xi was very happy, but now the problem came. Making this compressed biscuits was too laborious!

According to her method, it is possible to supply a dozen people, or at most dozens of people, but it is simply impossible to supply an army!

But Chen Xi can do it, which at least proves that her method is right. The problem now is how to achieve mass production.

The key to mass production is the compression molding step. If you want to mass compress, you may have to find a way to create a large compressor!

Chen Xi made hundreds of compressed biscuits in a few days, then prepared several large packages of seasoning powder, and then called He Yun.

"He Guanshi, do you know what's going on at the front?"

He Yun smiled and said: "Don't worry, Miss Chen. I received the news three days ago that General Lin has led the Qinglang Battalion to kill all the Japanese pirates in Jiaxing Prefecture and retreat to the sea. As long as Jiaxing Prefecture is stable, other places will be safe." Get safe soon!”

"That's good, that's good. During this period, I came up with a food that can be used as military rations. It's called

Make compressed biscuits. The characteristic of compressed biscuits is that they are easy to carry and store because they are baked and dried. As long as they are wrapped in oil paper, they will not become moldy! In addition, I prepared some soup powder, which can be slightly seasoned when cooking food. It can also be used to cook compressed biscuits, but they will become mushy when cooked. You can eat compressed biscuits dry, and you can feel full by drinking water. Don’t look at this piece of biscuit, it can provide you with enough food for a day! "

He Yun suddenly became interested, and immediately took a bite of a piece and chewed it carefully in his mouth.

The taste is naturally not as good as fresh food, but it’s not too unpalatable either.

He Yun originally wanted to eat a whole piece, but Chen Xi persuaded him and only gave him two bowls of water to drink.

Then Chen Xi took He Yun to watch how compressed biscuits were made.

Half an hour later, He Yun knew why Chen Xi didn't let him finish the whole piece, because now he felt full, as if he had eaten five bowls of rice!

He Yun was so excited now!

"Miss Chen, this compressed ration is simply amazing! With the compressed ration, soldiers will no longer have to worry about how to fill their stomachs on the battlefield!"

Conditions are limited nowadays, and sometimes when we are marching in a hurry, whenever we have time to prepare meals, we always send out a few wotou in advance and take them with us to eat on the road. After eating, we either have to think of something ourselves, or we go hungry first!

Like the current weather, the nest will become moldy on the first day, but you still have to eat it! If you don’t eat, you’ll just starve!

Some people who are weak will have stomachaches and problems after eating, which will affect their marching speed. Even if they recover later, their combat effectiveness will be affected.

But with this compressed dry food, you can calculate it according to the emergency march distance, and give each person a few pieces in advance.

You only need to rest for a while in a place with water on the way, and the soldiers will be able to eat and regain their strength!

"Miss Chen, I will give this to the general right now. The general will be very happy after seeing it!"

Seeing He Yun being so excited, Chen Xi quickly explained the disadvantages of making compressed biscuits: "You also have to tell General Lin that I can't mass-produce this thing for the time being. As you saw just now, it takes several people to work together to make just that little bit! I I have asked Master Su to lead people to study the lever pressure hammer that can compress more biscuits at once. If there is any news, I will tell you as soon as possible!"

"Okay, thank you very much, Miss Chen!"

"No, I don't have the money to donate, so I have to find another way!"

"Miss Chen, your compressed military rations are much more valuable than my 10 taels of silver! I'll find someone to send them to the front line right now!"

After He Yun left, Chen Xi finally felt at ease.

One day later, on the high platform of the city tower in Baoshan County along the coast of Jiaxing Prefecture, Lin Changqing and Huo Xianjun were watching the battle on the other side with clairvoyance.

When he saw that a group of more than 30 soldiers were killed by a dozen Japanese pirates and abandoned their armor, he slapped his palm on the city wall: "Trash!"

Huo Xianjun quickly took the clairvoyance and looked at it, gritting his teeth and saying with hatred: "He Lisong is Ji Mintao's disciple. He was recommended by Ji Mintao to be the commander-in-chief of the Hangzhou Navy. He usually said that the Hangzhou Navy is the most ferocious and powerful, but this time his true colors were revealed. !”

Ji Mintao was the envoy of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He was deeply favored by the Holy Father. He had many students and followers, and his influence was deeply rooted in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The Huo family just wanted to get involved with Ji Mintao, so they married into his mother's family, the Song family.

Lin Changqing

Staring coldly at the other side.

Without clairvoyance, it was impossible to see clearly with the naked eye, but he seemed to hear the sound of swords and guns breaking flesh and the screams of soldiers.

Huo Xianjun put away his clairvoyance and looked at Lin Changqing, who had a cold face.

"Do you really want to lead troops to the other side? Once you go to the other side, you and the Green Wolf Battalion will be isolated and helpless!"

Lin Changqing glanced at him coldly when he heard this.

Huo Xianjun pursed his lips and was about to speak again when a soldier came up carrying a small package.

"Report to the general, urgent message from Changzhou!"