HCB Chapter 480: I will also submit a memorial to commend him for merit.
Chapter 480: I will also submit a memorial to commend him for merit.
In fact, most of the military rations donated by other prefectures and counties were corn.
Mainly because since ancient times, most of the military rations for marching and fighting have been based on corn, because although it is not very filling, it is edible for both humans and horses.
Moreover, corn is a rare concentrated feed, and a horse needs to eat six times the amount of corn that a person eats.
But for the soldiers, it was not enough to fill their stomachs. After all, marching and fighting were much more difficult than usual.
But now, under the setting sun, big pots were set up in the military camp, stewing winter melon, vermicelli and blood sausage in the pots.
All the pork livers, pork hearts, pork blood sausages, blood tofu and the like produced in Shen Youyou's meat workshop were not sold at all after the imperial court encouraged the people to donate military rations, and even the people themselves did not eat them.
All of them were bought by the Jiu clan and the villagers of Tangjia Village and donated to the front line.
At the same time, there are also a lot of vermicelli, which are made by many villagers working overtime, and are also bought by the villagers at cost price.
In addition, the Jiu Zu donated compressed biscuits, luncheon meat, and stewed meat to the frontline soldiers with their own money.
The amount donated by Tangjia Village alone is not much less than the total amount donated by a county town.
This is also the reason why Tangjia Village was mentioned separately.
The cooks stirred the food with all their might, wishing they could use all their skills.
Thousands of soldiers stared at the cauldron with their mouths wide open.
The wounded soldiers were given corn fritters with luncheon meat.
Ordinary soldiers were given roasted meat with stewed meat.
These fires were done by people arranged by the imperial court, using plastic bags provided by Tangjia Village and compressed packaging.
And each bun has a cut in the middle so you can directly clip things in.
After roasting over fire, the outer layer is still crispy and fragrant, but each soldier can only eat one.
Each soldier could only get a large spoonful of stewed winter melon, vermicelli and blood sausage, or cabbage, vermicelli and blood sausage.
If the rest want to eat enough, they still have to rely on corn.
And A Chi found fifty vacuum-packed roasted chickens and ducks from the car that was sent separately to their general.
He held her in his arms, crying and laughing.
It's not that he had never seen these things, nor that he had no meat to eat during the marches and battles.
As the most capable servant of their young master,
That must be what their young master eats. He basically eats whatever he likes, and he eats a lot of roasted lamb on the grassland.
But he was moved by the kindness, and also remembered that when he first met the Nine Clans, he followed the general's instructions and sent roast chicken to their little kids.
What moved me even more was that there was paper pasted on the packaging bags of these roast ducks with a lot of words specially written on it.
Some of the characters looked like they were written by children. Some were crooked, while others were neat but lacked strength.
These are the instructions given to them by the Nine Clans.
"Little General Brother, Brother Achi, please don't get hurt, take good care of yourselves, and eat more meat, it smells so good!"
There are also those who write: "Invincible, victorious in every battle, unstoppable in every attack!"
Fu Huaian also held a roast chicken and a roast duck in his hands, his eyes full of smiles. He recognized a handwriting that was written by Mr. Shen's daughter.
The writing is dense and practical: "It not only explains the functions, characteristics and uses of plastic tents,
He also explained how to use a water cup, the benefits of eating pig liver and other pig offal, such as replenishing blood, treating night blindness, and so on, as well as compressed dry food and how to eat self-heating hot pot..."
Apparently the chicken was being used as a carrier pigeon.
The other one has neat handwriting, but the penmanship is weak and the characters are also full.
In addition to reminding him to eat more and nagging him to pay attention to safety, he also briefly talked about what he had learned recently.
Finally, he wrote a line of poetry that he had just learned: "He suddenly attacked the camp and shot and killed General Huyan, and returned with his powerful army of ten thousand cavalrymen."
Fu Huaian knew that Shen Luming had changed the "remnant soldiers" in the original poem into strong soldiers, and changed "thousands of cavalry" into "tens of thousands of cavalry".
He understood the little guy's intention: he hoped that he would kill more enemies and take care of himself.
To be honest, Fu Changzhou had never seen his son with such an expression.
What about that expression?
As a rough man, he didn't know how to describe it, but he could clearly feel that his son was in a good mood and was happy from the bottom of his heart.
"Master, there are also dried mushrooms, dried cabbage, and dried radish. These have all been delivered to us."
"Hey, what is this?"
Fu Huaian was brought out of his thoughts by Ah Chi's yelling: "What?"
Just as I asked this question, I saw some round cake-like things in the red box in A Chi's hand. They looked especially like dried persimmons.
Ah Chi was sharp-eyed and found three big words "Persimmon Cake" written on the side of the box.
"Master, it's persimmon cakes, probably preserved fruit. Mr. Shen is so thoughtful to bring this to us."
It might be because Ah Chi was shouting too loudly and showing off too obviously.
It also attracted Fu Changzhou and his group of people.
Zhou Sheng looked greedily at the preserved fruits called persimmon cakes, and then at the roasted chickens and ducks that looked delicious from the transparent packaging bags.
"Is there any place for your Uncle Zhou?"
The main thing is that they haven't seen these things for a while since the march, especially the persimmon cakes. No one has ever heard that persimmons can be made into preserved fruits!
In fact, not only Zhou Sheng, but also other generals could not help swallowing their saliva.
Not to mention some young generals. If it weren't for the strict military orders, they would have surrounded us long ago.
"These persimmon cakes are very popular in the capital recently. Even the palace has received some from the Duke's Mansion. The prince originally thought that they were made by the Duke's Mansion.
Later I found out that it was also made by the teenagers in Tangjia Village and sold at Guangyuanlou. One box cost three taels of silver.
However, it eventually became so expensive that there was no demand for it. I heard that some people snatched up the dried persimmons and resold them, and even sold them for as much as ten taels of silver."
You don't need to look to know that the person who said this is the eunuch in charge, Eunuch Lai Xi.
He originally wanted to introduce it to everyone. After all, most of the generals here have been guarding the border with Duke Fu all year round, and they definitely don’t know about the new food in the capital.
Even when Fu Huaian set out, the persimmon cakes were not for sale.
But it made the generals covet the persimmon cakes even more.
Not only did they take five of the last ten boxes of persimmon cakes, but they also took most of the roast chicken.
There's nothing we can do. These people are relying on their status as Fu Huaian's uncles and have no moral principles.
Fu Huai'an felt sorry for him and kicked Ah Chi several times in a row: "I told you to make a fuss and show off, but you don't know that you have to be low-key when you have good things."
Ah Chi also looked distressed: "Wow, Master, I really know I was wrong. I will have someone move all these back to our tent right away!"
Fu Huaian kicked him again: "Why don't you hurry up!"
Seeing Achi taking action, he reluctantly went towards the commander's tent.
He had to go and take a look too.
In Mr. Shen’s letter just now, it was mentioned that marching tents, sleeping bags, and compressed dry food are useful tools for marching.
But when he walked outside the commander-in-chief's tent, he found that his father and his companions were not in the tent, but in a tent made of green plastic cloth set up in front of the commander-in-chief's tent.
The moment you walked in, you felt incredible?
Fu Changzhou laughed when he saw his son coming in: "Chuan Ting, it's incredible, isn't it? There is such a big temperature difference between this thin layer of plastic sheet and the outside."
"It's indeed much higher than the outside temperature!"
It was Lai Xi, the eunuch, who introduced them: "This marching tent, keeping warm is only one of its features. It is said that when the tent is set up at night, dew can be collected for drinking."
This was mentioned in Shen Zhiqiu's letter to Fu Huaian, but the other generals present did not read the private letter.
So this was quite surprising.
But that's not all. Lai Xi told them that he had brought 70,000 new cotton-padded clothes and 10,000 sleeping bags.
One hundred thousand pairs of new military boots and fifteen hundred marching tents.
In addition to the 10,000 bags of compressed dry food donated by the nine clans of Tangjia Village, the imperial court ordered the nine clans to make 20,000 bags of food.
If one bag can feed an army of 30,000 for a month, it can provide food for a month.
As well as stewed meat, luncheon meat, self-heating hot pot, soy milk powder, and water cups, they were also brought into the tent and placed one by one.
These undoubtedly made everyone's eyes brighten instantly.
Compressed biscuits are not only filling but also lightweight and easy to carry.
Luncheon meat and braised pork in a bag weighing one pound are all cut into thick slices. They are delicious and nutritious, and can also replenish salt.
Self-heating hot pot, no need to light a fire, just add water and it will heat up by itself. It is very friendly to eat this when marching in winter.
There are also cooked foods such as pork offal. Most of them don’t eat these at home.
But in the military camp, they all ate mutton offal and did their own work in different places.
It is good enough to have meat to eat, how can we be picky? Besides, although they are rough people, most of those present can read.
Didn’t you see the nursery rhymes on the packaging bag, all of which talk about the benefits of eating pork offal?
Fu Huaian even directly gave the pig liver to the wounded soldiers to eat.
These bags can be considered perfect military rations.
Another deputy general, Cheng Hui, stood up and said, "General, I believe that with these treasures, even if the old thief Tai Alu sets the whole grassland on fire,
It won't have much impact on our march, and these things really solve our urgent needs."
Zhou Sheng also said: "Yes, with this marching tent, even if we encounter the enemy poisoning the water source on the road, we can still collect water.
Moreover, judging from the temperature of the tent, even if there is no fire inside, the soldiers can wear these new cotton-padded clothes to sleep, so they won’t be too cold. What’s more, there are sleeping bags. It’s just that there are not enough of them.”
Eunuch Lai Xi smiled and said, "Don't worry, generals. We will continue to deliver supplies to the northern border next month. I estimate that the second batch of supplies has already left Shuntian Prefecture."
Duke Fu, who had always been able to remain calm in the camp, was also smiling at this moment: "Great! This Shen Zhiqiu is really a talent. Even if he didn't go with the army, I will submit a memorial to commend him for his achievements."