Dress to be a celebrity

In September, the cold roots reminded the leaves, and ten years of conquest to recall Liaoyang.

Although the battle was fought outside the side wall, officials from various prefectures and prefectures in the pass were presided over by recruiting men, grain, and road construction.Lord Yang received the imperial decree in advance to go to Datong to supervise the army. The governor of Shaanxi Province was replaced by Lu Xian, the right servant of the household department. Not long after Yang Rong left, the new governor arrived in Hanzhong.

Governor Lu is a little fat, but his actions are like wind, and his temperament is also vigorous and resolute. After entering Shaanxi, he came to Hanzhong to pay homage to King Zhou non-stop.

Huan Yushi and the officials of the Hanzhong Mansion welcomed him into the Fucheng, and the party went directly into the Zhou Palace.

After seeing the ceremony, Governor Lu bowed his hands and asked for instructions: "Fuguo Gong Li and Cheng Guogong Zhou led their troops out of Datong and went straight to the grassland. Because autumn is when the grass is fat and the horses are strong, the Dalu often invades. For example, riding a horse across the side wall, it is very easy to detect the traces of our army's enlistment. Therefore, the army often wants to hide its traces. If there is fire and cooking, there will be smoke from the cooking, and it is easy to reveal the whereabouts. Please arrange food supply officials from all over the country to prepare. Cooked food for the army to eat while sneaking."

He came here with a sacred order, not only to inspect the military and civilian affairs of Shaanxi, but also to help King Zhou take the responsibility of supplying food to the army.

It is also because Hanzhong is rich and abundant in grain production that it can take on this important task. If the prefectures in northern Shaanxi were changed, even if they were given Song Dynasty, they would not leave Hanzhong with these fertile soil and prosperous waterways.

King Zhou responded lightly.

The Northwest Army often provides dry food such as pancakes, fried noodles, fried rice, and stone buns, plus some pickled vegetables, dried meat, chicken, and fish, which are enough for the army to eat.It's just that the soldiers who lead the army always use more delicate ones, not to mention his second brother, King Qi, the prince--

King Zhou has not been in Beijing for several years. When he recalled King Qi, he was still a naive and undisciplined young man.

He used to envy his second brother's unrestrained demeanor, but now that he has traveled all over the Nine Borders by himself and has been stationed in other provinces for a long time, the yearning he had when he was young has long since dissipated, but he is very pleased that his younger brother has the opportunity to step out of the border wall.Although the long wall blocked the invasion of the captives on the grassland, it also blocked the way for the imperial army and the people to leave the customs, and assigned a beautiful land with rich water and grass to the captives.

If it can be taken back, if it can be taken back...

The King of Zhou wondered how many horse farms could be built there, raised military horses, and grazed cattle and sheep... After thinking about it, he suddenly thought of how many mu of land a cow can plow, the cowhide can be used as a conveyor belt for a machine, and how many catties of sheep can be shaved a year , how much wool can be spun, and how much mutton and lamb can be produced...

Although he is in charge of the military, he has lived opposite the Hanzhong government office for a long time, and he has seen a lot of his uncles and their research on the livelihood of the people, which has also made him very familiar with these matters in civil affairs.

Zhou Wang realized that he was distracted, raised his head suddenly, retracted his thoughts, nodded and said: "This king will write a book to the prefectures and prefectures of Shanshan and Shaanxi, and order them to prepare food and fodder. As for the food that can be used after leaving the customs and does not need to be heated, the local On the contrary, it produces a lot of canned fish and meat, which can be used instead of dried meat when raising food.”

Canned food is not as light and easy to transport as dried meat, but it can be eaten softer and easier to swallow without drinking more water.After leaving customs, there is even a lack of vegetables, so bringing some canned pickles is good for both officers and soldiers.

——Meat can also be canned?Aren't you afraid of breaking it?

Lord Lu asked in surprise, the King of Zhou smiled and did not answer, and turned around to order his servants: "Bring the canned food from our mansion to warm up at noon, and invite Governor Lu to taste it—Mr. Let's have lunch."

Lu Xian naturally wanted to thank him, and Huan Ling and Song Shi quickly led their subordinates up to thank King Zhou for his invitation.

Governor Lu didn't pay attention to Song Shi before, and when he was saluting and thanking him, he bumped into him, so he said bluntly: "I am going to ask the prefect of Song to prepare more refined unknown medicine. Your medicine can not only eliminate the poison of swords, but also Disinfect water poison, this medicine can be used when it is inconvenient to light a fire to boil water on the grassland."

There are documents in the household department in his luggage, and later he asked someone to fetch them and hand them over to Hanzhong Mansion.

It's just that he didn't bring the silver he bought——

Song Shi shook his head indifferently, and replied with a smile: "The national affairs are at the top of the list, why should the medicine and silver arrive earlier or later? Song must put the war at the top of his list, and he will definitely live up to the court's expectations, and his lord's order."

Lord Lu sighed: "This old man should have paid the money, but the war is imminent, and the treasury first allocated training fees and deployment fees to the army, but I came here with nothing to do. The money can only wait until the harvest of autumn grain and miscellaneous taxes." At that time, your Hanzhong government intercepted it yourself."

In fact, such retention is also for the convenience of the Hanzhong government to operate privately.

Back then, the Ministry of Households dared not even give the emperor the money he wanted for the marriage of the King of Zhou. Now that he has given him this loophole, Song Shi was flattered and thanked Minister Lu again.

He was thinking about whether to give Lu Shilang some kickbacks, but he saw the adult say gently: "You are welcome, the food, medicine and medicine for the frontier army will be entrusted to you and other local officials to raise, and there are other matters such as conscription. Why don't you leave enough money for the place?"

For the food supply alone, the cans and the like are expensive enough.He bought glass jars from the south in Beijing, and the price of a jar of lychees in syrup was worth a meal in a restaurant.If it wasn't for the taste of his hometown, he would not be willing to buy that thing.

After the army left the customs, the monthly supply of canned meat would cost hundreds of thousands of catties, which was also a large expenditure to be spread on the heads of various prefectures and prefectures.

This money also needs to be padded a little bit.

The king of Zhou also agreed, "The glass bottle is more expensive, but the white iron one is cheaper."

But in Hanzhong, it was only after Mr. Song made white iron oil tanks and pressure cookers that he thought of making meat cans.If you don't have a pressure cooker, just use an ordinary iron pot to steam, I am afraid that the cooked meat will be easily spoiled, so I dare not easily make it into cans.

He asked someone to bring up several unopened cans, all of which were made of thin white tin: some were round, some were oblong, and wrapped in a layer of colored paper, on which were printed the names or roasts of various fish and meat. Law.The waiter cut open the can with something like a straight iron sheet with a notch, pulled the ring to open the top cover, and poured out cold meat and cold fish wrapped in thick sauce.

There is also a piece of light pink meat mixed with stars and white spots, I don't know what it is.

Song Shi took the initiative to explain: "This is mashed meat mixed with flour, seasoned and steamed. It can be eaten cold. Because it is made at home, it is not well-known, so it is called luncheon meat."

Best eaten cold!

Master Lu tasted a little, raised his eyebrows, and said happily: "This steamed meat is better! Although this steamed luncheon meat is not as big as roasted or fried meat, it is not greasy. The other meats are not greasy. Oil blossoms formed, and the soup turned into jelly. It would be hard to swallow if eaten cold. It must be reheated, but sometimes it is inconvenient to heat this dish..."

When it is inconvenient to use fire, you can bring some lime and use the principle of heat release when lime meets water to heat it.

Governor Lu heard the word "water releases heat" very strangely, so weird that he immediately thought of the difficult articles on heavenly principles brought into Beijing in Song Dynasty.

However, he looked up a few times, and it was King Zhou who said this.

He immediately praised the king of Zhou for his profound knowledge and understanding of heaven.

Zhou Wang lowered his eyes and smiled, shook his head and said: "This king just read some handouts for primary school students with Wang Hao, and memorized them by rote."

Those handouts were made up by the talented man of the third grade in front of them. When he went to the poor, it was Song Zhifu who led the power of thunder and lightning for the world. He just had a little understanding.

How many great kings can really study heaven and man?

But having the heart to learn, being tolerant and measuring, and being able to cherish talents are already the most satisfying qualities of a courtier.

Governor Lu was so happy that he was not picky about half the table of canned food at lunch, and he was not picky about not cooking big dishes such as abalone, winged belly and so on.

He actually ate a lot of lunch meat, and even picked a lot of steamed canned meat dishes, crispy fish, fish shreds, etc., with pickled cowpeas, spring bamboo shoots, straw mushrooms, water chestnuts and other canned vegetables. I thought the meal was delicious.

When you are satisfied, ask about the price.

The servants quoted prices one by one, and he almost suspected that his ears were broken: "Why is it so cheap? Didn't you quote the price as part of the price?"

With the temperament of these husbands who love money like their lives, it is impossible to report the money as part even if they report their points as money.These cans are actually one-third of the silver, which is nearly ten times cheaper than in Jingli.

This white iron can is really a good thing, can it reduce the cost by a few percent?How can it be so cheap?

Nothing more than relying on science... relying on Neo-Confucianism.

He found the concept of atmospheric pressure by relying on the theory of qi in Neo-Confucianism, so he made a pressure cooker.

He learned the truth that iron is easy to rust and tin is not easy to rust by virtue of science. He dipped a thin layer of tin on the outside of the polished iron sheet. The tin can protect the iron inside and prevent it from rusting, so the jar can be used Bring oil and meat.

He also relies on the principle of the law of nature in Neo-Confucianism. Over the years, he has sent people to record the growth habits of crops and meteorological conditions. Based on these analysis, he can analyze the best seasons for different plants to grow, and the conditions of light, heat, water, soil, and moisture are all satisfied. Yes, food and vegetables will naturally grow well.

He also relies on science...

He piled up physics and chemistry character designs on Neo Confucianism, and he couldn't post them himself, but Mr. Lu cooperatively posted for him: "There is also electricity. Song Zhifu has been powered by electricity since then, saving the cost of candlelight and lamp oil." cost, which is another way to save.”

Yes, and electricity.

Since electricity was available, the free-range chicken coop behind the Hanzhong Economic Park has been transformed into a modern chicken farm.With lighting day and night, the efficiency of hens laying eggs is much higher, and they can pick up hundreds of eggs in a day and night... Now the price of eggs in this province is much cheaper, and it has become a good product for export to other places.

These eggs are salted and cooked, and can also be sent to the front line as military rations.

He smiled and said to Governor Lu: "If your lord does not give up, Xiaguan and brother Huan will take you to see the newly improved chicken coop in the future."

Governor Lu readily agreed, and let Song Shi and other government officials go back to the Yamen, while he stayed to discuss with King Zhou and Huan Ling about food supply, requisition and other preparations for war.When it was discussed to stop, he wanted to resign and live in a post house outside the city.

Zhou Wang said bitterly: "Why should Mr. Lu say goodbye? I have a free guest house here, enough to sleep in, and there are people who serve me at night."

Huan Ling also said: "There is only one hotel in Hanzhong, and it has been changed to a palace now. Where do you want to rest? When Master Yang was here in the past, he also lived here—"

In the past, Lord Yang lived in the government office of Hanzhong, and Song Zhifu came to live with him in order to make room for him. Today, Lord Lu lives in the palace, so he can also go to the government office to make do with one night.

Governor Lu then said: "Since Mr. Yang lives in the government office all the time, Xiao Guicao, the next official, will follow along and dare not bother the prince."

The king of Zhou gave a soft "hmm", his expression calmed down, and he didn't want to stay with him anymore, he just said: "The road between Wangfu and Hanzhongfuzhi is crowded at night, I'm afraid the road is not easy to walk, Huan Yushi Wait for this king to send Governor Lu off."

Huan Qianxian bowed his hands and said, "The next official takes orders", and then led Governor Lu to go out.

Governor Lu had heard a lot of his stories, and he guessed in his heart that it was fake that he sent himself off, and it was true when he went to Fuya to pick up Song, so he laughed and said, "My legs and feet are not as agile as your young and thin people, you go to Fuya first. Inform Song Zhifu so that I can take his..."

Before he finished speaking, the side door of the palace opened, and he saw a cloud of black-gauze straight-clothes students flowing past the door, rushing towards the mansion like soldiers.

what is that?There is Sanyuan Township in Hanzhong Prefecture, so are there any students who dare to make trouble?

The gate of the Wangfu is high, and the hurried students below seem to be far away from them, but it can be seen that as long as they go to a higher level, the two of them will be drawn into the crowd by the students.

He turned around and asked, "Who are these people?"

Huan Ling had a proud look on his face, and his voice was soft, but he couldn't hide his pride: "My lord, these are the students who came from outside to study after reading the prefect of the Song Dynasty's Thunder and Lightning Theory, and some of them came from Jiangnan thousands of miles away. Every day after Mr. Song leaves the office, follow him to learn the way of physics for a while."

They are all students who are looking for the truth and the way of tomorrow.

"Song Zhifu Ruomin is very busy, and I occasionally help him take it around. It's just that these students are here, so I don't want to disturb the adults' sleep, and I can't bring them back to the palace..."

As he spoke, he sincerely said to Lord Lu: "Your Excellency, please stay in the palace temporarily. I am young, energetic, and physically strong. I am not afraid of their disturbance."