"Your Majesty, the reason why the capital camp in Annan is victorious in every battle is due to the command of King Qin and General Zhu, but we and the arsenal department also have a lot of credit."

At this time, a doctor from the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War led the way, while asking for credit.

The entire military department has five departments: military selection, staff division, vehicle driving, arsenal, and ordnance.

Arsenal and ordnance, although similar, are quite different.

The Ordnance Department is responsible for researching and producing ordnance, while the Arsenal Department is responsible for storing and replacing ordnance, and is also responsible for the purchase of daily military equipment such as robes, tents, and saddles.

Naturally, this also includes military rations.

With the development of the commodity economy, textile supplies for the military, such as tents, uniforms, etc., must be purchased from abroad, and even the processing of military rations is the same.

Nowadays, a large amount of military rations are stored in the entire warehouse.

This does not refer to ordinary rice or wheat, but processed military food that can quickly replenish nutritional consumption.

During the shogunate period, military rations were made by adding bean dregs, salt, shredded pork and other things to rice, then mixing them together and frying them, so that they could be easily transported.

Add some water and cook it until it becomes a pot of paste, with salt and meat, which can be said to be rich in nutrients.

Since it is fried, you can even eat it directly in an emergency, saving you the trouble of setting up a pot and starting a stove.

"Nowadays, we also add sugar to fried rice, which not only tastes more delicious, but also can quickly restore the soldiers' physical strength."

The doctor said proudly: "Just a handful of rice mixed with water can fill a soldier's stomach."

"good."

The emperor nodded in appreciation.

Since fried rice is a cooked food, its shelf life can reach two months in winter, but it will become smelly in ten days at most in summer.

Of course, under normal circumstances, a war will be over in a month or two at most. Fried rice is very good and can be processed at the rear.

Therefore, in the warehouse, dried meat, soybean paste, sugar, salt and other supplies are piled densely. As for rice, there is another storage place.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin said that although Annan fried rice is good, it does not last long. However, he greatly appreciated our long stick steamed buns."

The so-called baguette is a French baguette awarded by the emperor, which is a long baked bread.

This kind of bread is highly praised in the West.

Anything hard can be used as a weapon.

The shelf life is also long, up to about two weeks.

It's perfect as military rations.

Hearing such words, the emperor nodded slightly.

Compared with the previous dynasty, the Ming army's logistical support is now truly outstanding.

Take fried rice as an example. Carrying twenty kilograms of fried rice can enable a soldier to fight for half a month.

Logistics and transportation efficiency has also been greatly improved.

The scope of combat has also doubled.

Of course, what the emperor was thinking about most was canned food.

He came here this time because of canned food.

"Made the iron sheet into a box, then sealed it with military rations, plugged the wooden plug, and then boiled it in boiling water for half an hour..."

Zhu Yixi thought about her experience and began to direct.

The production of canned food is very simple, just make a tin box that looks like a wine bottle, then pour the fried rice into it and seal it with a wooden stopper.

Boil for half an hour to expel all the air inside, which is high-temperature sterilization.

Finally, seal the cork with wax to prevent air and bacteria from entering, thus extending the shelf life of the military rations.

This is a Napoleonic can.

However, they used glass at first, and later they turned into horseshoe-shaped military ration cans.

Obviously, wine bottle-shaped cans are most suitable for today's situation.

Who dares to disobey the emperor's order?

The iron factory immediately makes molds, pours molten iron, cools it, and cans cans can be made in batches.

Zhu Yixi looked at it seriously and weighed it with her hands.

There are three types of cans.

One volume is one kilogram, four inches tall, four inches wide, and about the size of a dictionary.

The medium size is five pounds, about the size of a shoulder bag.

The largest one was the size of a later drawer, holding ten kilograms.

They are all neat cubes, which are easy to stack and don't take up much space.

However, cost is its biggest constraint.

Even the smallest tin can weighs one kilogram, and the largest one weighs almost ten kilograms, which is as heavy as military rations.

In other words, to transport ten kilograms of military rations, you have to transport 10 kilograms of tin cans, which will be too stressful later on.

But the benefits are obvious.

Durable to storage.

Long-term preservation.

Of course, even if iron production explodes now, pig iron still costs ten cents per kilogram, which is much higher than the cost of cloth bags.

Looking at the various procedures, Zhu Yixi's brows were filled with joy, and he said in a deep voice: "Take these back, I want to see how long he can keep them."

"yes!"

No one dared to delay, and after loading three carriages, the group returned to the capital.

This group of military rations was something the emperor thought about deeply.

Ten days later, he asked people to open several cans of three kinds of cans, and they were all edible.

You can still eat it after fifteen days.

Twenty days later, I can still eat.

One month later, the emperor's interest remained unabated and he was still experimenting.

You can still eat it.

Clearly, canning was a success.

"With these cans, most of the pressure on the grassland has been relieved."

The emperor smiled: "Shunzhi, do you think you can always be at ease after escaping to Lake Baikal?"

"Just wait, you will be blessed in a few years."

For more than ten years, Zhu Yixi has never forgotten the Manchus.

Although the imperial court never sent troops and at most sent troops to Mobei, no one knew how obsessed the emperor was with the destruction of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The biggest factor why no troops were sent was the distance.

The journey from Lake Baikal to Beijing is nearly two thousand miles.

If you are walking on the grassland without map navigation, you can even walk three thousand miles by twisting and turning.

In other words, it’s at least a month’s journey.

As for fried rice, it can only last for about ten days at most. If it goes deep into the grassland, it will be lured and attacked.

Zhu Yixi never dared to take risks before she was sure.

After all, when you were not on the throne, you had no choice to take risks, but now that you have everything in hand, there is no need to take risks.

Reading through history, when the grassland peoples went south, it was indispensable for the Han people to lead the way. For example, those who destroyed the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were basically Han people.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's counterattack, in which Li Jing destroyed the Turks, seemed very satisfying, but in fact it was a traitor who led the way.

In a certain situation, it is difficult to move forward in the vast grassland without a leading party.

It can even be said with certainty that the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did not destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty was because of the lack of a grassland leading party.

There is no way, the grassland is still under the rule of Bei Yuan at this time, and still maintains a whole.

Zhu Di's Northern Expedition repeatedly returned without success, which is the best proof.

But now, with canned food, the army can march for a long time without fear of food shortage, and the danger of the grassland has been reduced by half.

At this time, even if you get lost, you don’t have to panic with the can in hand.

It was the right time to attack the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

A plan was made in mind, but after Zhu Yixi had been the emperor for so many years, he naturally lost his impulse and had to think twice before acting.

Just as Zeng Ying reported, the Qing Dynasty's 200,000-strong army would be difficult to restrain except for the 100,000-strong Beijing camp. We must be more careful, otherwise it will be another civil fortress.
To be continued...