While Shi Tao invited Xun Chen and Mao Jie to come in, he said, "I came from Jingzhou, and those who were traveling with Xu Shu and Cui Jun, Meng Jian. Xu Shu's courtesy name is Yuanzhi, and he is from Changshe, Yingchuan. Cui Jun's courtesy name is
Zhouping was from Anping, Boling. Meng Jian’s courtesy name was Gongwei, and he was from Pingyu, Runan. We met when we were in Xiangyang. After receiving a letter from Zhuge Liang, we came together."
"Is Xu Shu a Changshe?" Xun Chen asked afterwards.
Yingyin is adjacent to Changshe, and he is still clear about the famous scholars of Changshe, and has never heard of Xu Shu.
Shi Tao smiled. "His real name is Xu Fu, and he is a ranger."
Xun Chen was stunned and then slapped his forehead. "It turned out to be him, no wonder I couldn't hear about him later. It turned out that he changed his name."
"Yes, after he was rescued by his friend, he felt that the power of one person and one sword was limited and it was difficult to seek justice, so he abandoned martial arts and wanted to help the world."
"Since that's the case, why do you go to the martial arts lecture exam again?"
Shi Tao looked at Xun Chen and raised the corners of his mouth. He did not rush to answer Xun Chen's question. He first led the two to the hall to take a seat, and then ordered the boy to cook tea and serve with snacks.
Mao Jie saw it carefully and said with a smile: "It seems that the treatment of the Agricultural School is indeed good, and it can be compared with the Jing School. I have been to the Imperial Academy for so long and have been to the Jing School several times. This is the first time I have seen such exquisite snacks.
.”
"We made it ourselves according to the recipe we collected." Shi Tao invited him enthusiastically. "This was originally military ration, for convenience and preservation, but the taste was not very good. Later, several chefs in the East Kitchen used it.
Some thoughts have improved greatly. It is also a blessing to get Mao’s permission.”
"Military ration?" Xun Chen picked up a piece of snack, looked at it, took a small bite, and chewed it slowly.
As Shi Tao said, this snack looks good but does not taste great.
Of course it is not difficult to eat. If the soldiers who go on the war can eat such food, it should be more delicious than mai rice.
More importantly, convenience.
You don’t have to bury the pot to make rice, you can eat it by taking it out, which can save a lot of trouble, save the soldiers’ physical strength, and increase the speed of the march.
Especially convenient for raiding.
"Well, this is a combination of methods from the Qiang people and Xianbei, and is made by making Hu cakes. Milk is added to it, making it even more hungry. When not fighting, just eat two pieces a day. When fighting, three or four pieces are also there.
Enough." Shi Tao enthusiastically advised Mao Jie to try it. "The biggest benefits are two: one is easy to carry, and the other is easy to eat. According to our estimates, a person can marches on ten days of food and travel six days a day
Ten to eighty miles.”
Xun Chen's cheeks twitched.
This data seems ordinary, but people with military experience know that this will create a huge gap for the two sides of the war.
Under normal circumstances, the speed of infantry marching is forty miles a day.
One of the reasons is that the cart carrying baggage cannot get faster. Without the cart, the individual will carry food for up to three days. If it exceeds three days, the soldiers will consume too much energy, which will affect the battle.
If you don’t use a large army and rely on the food carried by the soldiers alone, the longest time is three days, and the longest distance is one hundred and fifty miles. If you exceed this time and distance, you are gambling, and it is a desperate bet.
If you use this military ration, the time will be increased to ten days and the distance will be increased to eight hundred miles. It is not a concept at all, and it is easy to achieve unexpected results.
Especially for elites with less than a thousand people, a thousand miles of attack is possible.
If we consider the efforts put into practice by the court, Xun Chen would not think that this was a whim, but something that would happen in the near future.
"Is this the court's request?"
"That's right." Shi Tao said: "But the court did not clearly ask us what to do. It just raised some questions and hoped that we could solve them. The Agricultural School took on several diet-related projects, which is just one of them."
"What else...project?" Xun Chen found this word a little awkward.
"That's a lot, such as studying crop types, processing methods in different regions, and... By the way, there is one thing you must be interested in. Stay here for a meal today and try the food in my agricultural school, with wine.
, and there are many flavors.”
"Are you... so extravagant?" Xun Chen couldn't help but say. "When I was in Hedong, I heard that the court's taxes were tight, so I was afraid that I would not be able to pay the full salary this year."
"So I don't want to be an official." Shi Tao raised his eyebrows and laughed out loud. "Among the halls, the agricultural school has the best food, and there are often samples for testing. Next year, we will raise pigs in Shanglinyuan, and we will go to
I can eat meat regularly.”
"What's so delicious about pork?" Xun Chen looked at it disdainfully.
Mao Jie glanced at him, and wanted to speak but stopped.
Xun Chen is rich and wants to eat beef and mutton, not pork that tastes bad. But for him, occasionally eating a few pieces of pork is just a meat-filled one. Usually, there is only such opportunity during festivals.
Shi Tao smiled and looked proud. "It's useless to say more. Please try it next year. Our goal is to complete this research within three years, and you can achieve it in the future when you eat meat at 70."
Mao Jie's heart moved.
Fifty can wear silk, and seventy can eat meat. Mencius's proposal, and it can also be regarded as one of the standards for realizing the kingly way. As a scholar, Shi Tao was so interested in raising pigs, so naturally it was impossible for him to eat just because he had meat.
But because this is turning the kingly way of hope into reality.
"Mr. Shi, please forgive me for taking the liberty. There must be farming and mulberry trees in your agricultural school project? You can eat meat within 70 years, and when can you achieve fifty clothes and silk?"
Shi Tao blinked. "It's OK now." He thought for a while and added. "Of course, it's only limited to Guanzhong at the moment."
"It's OK now?" Mao Jie was shocked.
Silk is a precious thing that ordinary people cannot afford to wear. Even if it is limited to Guanzhong, if anyone who can achieve fifty clothes and silk, it is an amazing achievement.
Shi Tao smiled slightly. "It seems that Mr. Mao hasn't had the chance to go around to see it for a while. Although it was not long since he had been in Chang'an, it was still possible for the people's family to buy a silk robes.
But most people don’t want to, they would rather sell the silk and replace it with a cloth robes.”
Xun Chen couldn't help but say: "Anye heavy silkworms earlier, and the one who promoted silkworms at that time was Liu Ba, the current Grand Secretary, who could not make fifty-robed silk."
Shi Tao showed a hint of surprise. "Is that right? I always thought that Anyi was better than Guanzhong, and it seems not to be the case now."
"It is really possible that Guanzhong... fifty-clothed silk?"
"I dare not talk about everyone. After all, there are some special circumstances. Anyway, what I see is roughly like. It is said that silk and silk have become a must-have for marriage in Guanzhong. One or two pieces of poor people, and one or two pieces of rich people are boxed.
Because of this, someone has written to the court to demand that the ban on luxury.”
"What did the court say?"
"The court said that the people should do what they can and do not prohibit them. However, officials should pay attention to frugality. If they are too extravagant, the censor can report to see if they have any corruption."