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Chapter 85 The Three Kingdoms on the Bite of the Tongue

At the junction of Yuyang and Youbeiping, Wuzhong County.

The enemy-occupied area from here to the east is roughly equivalent to the Tangshan city in later generations. However, the main force of the enemy is in western Liaoning, and the intensity of military confrontation here is not high, and only occasionally patrols by troops.

Li Sulai inspected the military farm harvest on the border, which made the local officialdom in Wuzhong County a little nervous and sent many people to accompany him.

The magistrate of Wuzhong County is named Guo Cong. A very inconspicuous branch of the Guo family in Yingchuan, a small figure born in the neighboring family, is considered a thousand miles an official. Although he is also an official of 600 stones, he is the same rank as Li Su, but he serves very cautiously. Who made Li Su a famous person in front of the envoy?

Seeing Li Su folding down the immature green and yellow wheat ears, putting them in his hand, pinching and twisting them, and savoring the taste, Guo Cong, who was not familiar with farming, still felt a little artificial and difficult to persuade.

Maybe the superiors need to do political achievements and image projects to show their favorability.

Unexpectedly, after Li Su tasted the wheat ears, he actually rubbed some grains and handed them to all the officials in Wuzhong County: "Come on, you can try them together."

At this moment, Li Su's heart had actually come up with a plan based on "Flat World" that he had read later.

"Flavor World" is a documentary filmed by the original director of "Talk of the Tongue". The first episode introduces a food called "Roiling", which is made of green and yellow wheat that is uncooked and perishable and cannot last for a long time.

But he was not good at acting too prescient, so he had to act, which seemed to "practice lead to true knowledge" so as not to be said to be perspective-hungry.

Guo Cong didn't know what Li Su was thinking, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and show off. He closed his eyes and swallowed the unripe wheat grains into his mouth.

After chewing it carefully, he found that the wheat grains were a little sweet and had a good taste, but the wheat bran was too thick and crunchy.

"Isn't it okay? If you eat this kind of thing, you will be full. It's because there is a lot of water, maltose is easy to digest, and you are hungry quickly - you are in the end. Is there a custom of farmers eating this kind of unripe wheat?" Li Su saw that everyone was used to the sweetness, and he immediately explained with a sense of accomplishment.

Li Suzheng said, and saw the expression of County Magistrate Guo and several other minor officials who were sacrificing their prides, and the Adam's apple quickly encouraged him. Li Su quickly patted Guo Cong on the shoulder: "Hey! Just let you taste wheat paste, just chew and spit it out. Who told you to swallow the husk?"

The county officials were ashamed of being pardoned and quickly spit out the husks, with shame on their faces.

Only one small official spit out the husks at the beginning, and had no intention of pleasing Shangguan. He was calm and embarrassed at this moment.

Guo Cong felt a little embarrassed: "Shame, I didn't expect that I was well versed in farming, and even these military rations matters could share the worries of the envoys. We have been an official here for several years, but we didn't know that wheat could still be eaten like this - but local people do rarely cut wheat before it is ripe."

Li Su pretended to be unexpected: "You You people in Youzhou never eat unripe wheat? As far as I know, when Guanzhong and Hanoi Qinghuang were not in line with each other, many people ate this way - I think these wheats should be cut in advance."

In fact, Li Su certainly doesn’t know if Guanzhong and Hanoi people have eaten this way, but this is what “Flavored World” says.

At this time, the clerk next to him who was quite knowledgeable from the beginning stood up and advised: "Don't, the wheat has just been grouted, which is much less than when it is completely mature. Now that I eat a dou of wheat, I can only endure six or seven liters of hunger after it is completely mature. Who would lose one-third of the harvest in vain to grab this little time?

Moreover, some slightly sour oils in these wheat pastes need to be completely mature before they can be converted into wheat flour. These oils will cause the wheat grains to quickly rot after harvesting and not be durable, which will ruin the harvest of the people for a year.

As for the occasional food of the people of Guanzhong and Hanoi mentioned by Bijia, the people of Guanzhong and Hanoi eat like this, Beizhi believes that the harvest seasons of different places may be different. According to the "Four Minutes and Monthly Orders", the wheat ripened much earlier than that of Youzhou in the Hewei Plain, about two months.

In their place, these wheats have to grow so sweet and not powdered, which will be about May, and our Youzhou will grow until July. In May, some are mostly due to the fact that they are exhausted after winter and the difficulty of spring famine. Therefore, when the green and yellow are not in contact, they will be harvested in a small amount, and they will be harvested in small quantities, and they will be eaten immediately to prevent the people from starving to death.

But in Youzhou, wheat ears mature to this level in July. Even if you quickly plant taro, pilos, gourds and other miscellaneous vegetables after spring, you can harvest earlier than green yellow wheat. Why do you have to rely on wheat to survive the green yellow wheat? The people of Youzhou plant wheat, which is entirely for storage for winter, so how can it be wasted?”

After hearing these words, Li Su was very satisfied.

This kid knows it! Instead, he saves himself from making up the reasons, and he doesn't even need to translate "The Bite of the Tongue". He directly quotes classics and uses "The Four Minutes and Monthly Orders" to help you complete it.

"What's your name? What's your current position?" Li Su asked condescendingly, and involuntarily used the tone of Yuan Shao asking Guan Yu.

It seems that being on the top for a long time is indeed easy for people to feel fluttering.

A person as humble as Li Su found that his NPC supporters could find talents, and he couldn't help but be proud.

"He is Tian Chou, he is only 19 years old. He is a clerk in the county's household. He said irresponsible for a moment, and he doesn't have to be as good as him." County magistrate Guo Cong hurriedly went to the center to smooth things over, just like Gongsun Zan intercepted Hu Yuan Shao and asked Guan Yu.

Li Su was stunned, then relieved and patted Guo Cong on the shoulder: "Mr. Guo doesn't have to be nervous. Tian Chou is right, but today, I just want to take advantage of the disadvantages he said and do the opposite. Let's do this. This time, this time I will strengthen the wall and clear the country, so let Tian Chou cooperate with me as an assistant. After the matter is completed, I will take it back to Ji County for business. Can I?"

I heard that this person is Wu Zhong Tianchou and is now the smallest lower-level clerk, so Li Su was not polite and moved directly.

Guo Cong was overjoyed: "I haven't thanked you yet, don't appreciate it!"

Tian Chou did not resist at all: "Abide by the other party's orders."

Li Su then changed the topic and talked about the serious matter first - he himself was not good at doing it now, so he couldn't promise Tian Chou's official position, so it would be better not to say it.

"Since that's the case, I will talk about my idea. The envoy asked us to inspect this time, mainly to weaken the grain and grass that the rebels can get from the autumn harvest. The commander Zhang Nan originally suggested that he should directly destroy the wheat and burn the fields first, but this move was too cruel. The envoy refused. I tried my best to come up with this method-

Isn’t these wheats that have been grouted for a short time not resistant to storage? But in fact, there is another way to eat them in Hanoi. As long as you grind the wheat directly into strips, and roast them on earthen stoves and wood jars, the storage period can be extended to one or two months. That is, it will be cut before the end of July and you can eat them until the end of September.

In this way, although these grains have lost one-third of their output, they are at least more likely to be harvested and processed by the people in advance and kept in consuming them. It is difficult to be confiscated by the rebels and stored as military rations after being stored. Because the most important thing about military rations is that they are resistant to storage and corrosion. The transportation and distribution link is very long, and this kind of thing can only be eaten immediately and cannot be taxed."

Since ancient times, the biggest reason why humans entered the cereal society is not that the grain yield is high or delicious, but because the grain can be stored for a long time. This has built the foundation for taxation and the emergence of national superstructure.

Therefore, Li Su read a lot of online novels in his early years in his previous life, and often fantasized about "the voyage in advance, and no longer had to grow rice and wheat after introducing potatoes, and the population could withstand the big explosion."

But these are just fantasies, and they still don’t understand farming at all. Germans claim to love eating potatoes enough. Didn’t they also have to plant at least one-third of the wheat in the 17th and 18th century? How could they not grow grains at all? No matter how many potatoes are, they still have to eat wheat in the twelfth lunar month and spring famine.

Because grains can be stored for several years and will not rot, this advantage is that everything that cannot be compared with grains, including potatoes.

Even if the CHU grain technology in the 21st century is only stored for one or two years, and various ventilation environments must be ensured. However, the potatoes in pre-modern technology can only be eaten now.

Therefore, since we want to attack the rebel wheat and not attack the people's livelihood in the enemy-occupied areas, the best way is to take the initiative from the dimension of time!

I don’t really hit the total grain output in the enemy-occupied areas, but I hit the distribution of these grains on the timeline!

It prevents the rebels from replacing the current food with future food!

Let the rebels have enough food to eat from July to September, but they will starve to death after winter and force you to surrender!

At the same time, it is not like Zhang Nan, who starved the people to death too early before the rebels starved to death.

There is a modern financial blow - the idea of ​​hitting the reserve of a material does not necessarily have to hit the total amount, but also hit the distribution of its timeline. Otherwise, why does the value of "futures" fluctuate so much?

Apart from Li Su, who was the Han Dynasty, who had the concept of "futures"? He was hit by Li Su's dimensionality reduction and opened up a new perspective and was not so confused.

"If you should do it in detail, please don't give me advice! We will definitely cooperate with you! The benevolence and talent of the king are truly beyond the past and present." Guo Cong completely accepted.

However, he also didn't forget to take a picture of Liu Yu's rainbow fart: If it weren't for the benevolence and loving the people, how could he force Li to have the potential of IQ and come up with this plan?

Therefore, the greatest credit is always the leader.

Li Su didn't hide it anymore. After thinking about it for a while, he roughly retelled the "turnover" production method recorded in "Flavor World".

It’s nothing more than grinding the green and yellow wheat directly on the stone to grind it finely. However, because the wheat paste is high, what is grinded will not be flour, but will be rolled into something as sticky as spicy strips.

Roll the spicy strips into a casserole and roast them, and you can eat them for one or two months. If you don’t roast them, you will acidify and rot at most half a month.

Li Su did it as soon as he said that, and immediately asked the local officials to find casserole stone mills and other things. He also personally commanded and asked a group of cavalry to harvest some wheat, but did not dry it, and directly grind it.

Because it is eaten directly, it is best to add some ingredients, at least salt, so I won’t go into details about the cooking details.

In short, Li Su made a micro-job at the tip of the tongue, and tried a little debugging and reworking, and the finished product came out.

Everyone tasted it separately, and it was really good, it was similar to eating maltose-flavored spicy strips. (Of course it was not spicy, but it looked like spicy strips)

"Quick, copy the production method immediately and write it as simple as possible. Then call on the refugee farmers in the county to learn and learn it step by step, and first cut the dozens of miles of wheat fields in Wuzhong County that were occupied by the enemy.

Then, before the enemy could react, they also snatched the wheat in the opposite Youbeiping County! Now there are at least twenty days left before the wheat harvest. The enemy would not have thought that we would come so long in advance, so we would definitely be caught off guard!

During this period, we put the refugees who had just learned to snatch wheat and crush the wheat and roll them back in batches, so that they could pass on word of mouth and teach them step by step, and spread the rumors that the rebels would definitely impose bribes and collect all the food rations of the people without leaving any left, making the people on the other side panic, and snatch harvesting and rolling the goods in advance. I don’t expect the people on the other side to learn, but the people can affect as much as they can!”

"Abide by the order!"

Everyone was convinced. The thousand cavalry brought by Li Su quickly began to secretly rob the wheat on the opposite side in advance, and taught the people to do the work of crushing and spreading rumors.
Chapter completed!
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