Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 5638 Changes
Of course, although Liu Bei thought that this fact was a bit too extravagant, he did not directly dissuade him, because whether it is extravagant or not is of little significance to Chen Xi. Sometimes Liu Bei carefully considers his current living standard and compares it with the two emperors Huan Ling. Huan Ling felt aggrieved.

This is still relatively simple for Liu Bei, but his wife Zhang and concubine Wu Yuan will do some very outrageous things from time to time. Import something weird.

The value of these gadgets in the local area is not outrageous, but to be transported to Chang'an, they must be alive and kicking. To be honest, the degree of difficulty is very outrageous.

Anyway, Huan Ling will definitely not be able to eat it. The most outstanding food that Emperor Ling ate is recorded in history as Hubing. This thing is made with sesame seeds, walnuts, etc. imported from Europe. It is considered a very high-end thing. However, After Chen Xi came to power, walnut crisps, peanut crisps, pistachio crisps, and sesame crisps were sold everywhere.

The price is not too low, but it is much cheaper than what Emperor Ling used to eat as a tribute, and the quality is much better, even during festivals, such as this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Xi and Liu Tong secretly hooked up and made a lot of peanuts It became a peanut cake, and when the mooncakes were released, Lingdi Quanxia knew, but he didn't know what it was like.

Therefore, whether it is extravagant or not, Liu Bei doesn't discuss it with Chen Xi very much. Liu Bei also considers the changes of the times, and Chen Xi is too buggy in this regard.

"Wait, Mr. Xuande, what are you thinking?" Chen Xi scratched his head, and realized what happened to Liu Bei, as if Liu Bei thought he was a bit extravagant again.

"It's not for me to eat, I mainly want to improve these fruits." Chen Xi looked at Liu Bei helplessly and said, "The melons used to be only the size of a finger, but now they are all the size of a fist, so this is an increase in production. "

"There are also oranges, which used to be small and astringent, with many seeds, and grew a tree. Now, after the research of a professional team, with various methods of pruning branches, thinning flowers and fruit, and improving grafting, the fruit has become less, but The overall yield has increased, the taste has become better, and the number of seeds has decreased." Chen Xi said helplessly as he looked at Liu Bei scratching his head.

"So this is not extravagance. This is the same agricultural production increase theory as Hanmou. These things require technological improvement, manpower and resource input. It is impossible for God to drop a finished product directly..." Chen Xi explained to Liu Bei with gestures road.

But Chen Xi fell silent as he spoke, because he remembered certain magical plants, such as wild rice, a common rice in ancient China, which is slightly different from the current rice. The fruit of this thing is long, It is a few centimeters long. It was a very orthodox mainstream food during the Shang, Zhou, and Spring and Autumn Periods, but it was eliminated later.

Because this thing was infected by a certain fungus, it changed from rice to a vegetable that eats stalks. The wild bamboo shoots that Chinese people often eat today are the stalks of wild rice, the staple food in the past.

From a certain point of view, this thing is really God's view that human beings are too noobs, and directly dropped a reliable finished product.

So God is still very reliable, at least occasionally give a lot of face.

"Well, although God still drops some finished products occasionally, we still need to improve and apply them to make these things taste better and increase production. After all, after the soil fertility problem is solved, increasing production is very important." Chen Xi said righteously.

Liu Bei was silent for a while, then nodded, if this is the case, then Chen Xi's behavior is undoubtedly correct, so Liu Bei took another orange and studied it, and confirmed that this thing is indeed bigger and sweeter than before, It can be regarded as understanding Chen Xi's way of thinking.

"Sharpening a knife is not the same as chopping firewood. If you want this thing to be bigger and more delicious, you must invest enough time and energy." Chen Xi said with a smile, "But this investment is completely worthwhile in my opinion. The human resources of thousands of people are very important, but if the output is greater than the resource consumption of thousands of people, it is worth it, after all, this kind of thing is a continuous output.”

Chen Xi also wanted more than a dozen cookies, improving all kinds of mainstream fruits, vegetables, fungi, herbs, food, etc., but this is unrealistic, so Chen Xi can only rely on a huge team to pile them up. The cost and output ratio is far inferior to cookies, but it is worse than not doing it.

"If this is the reason, it is indeed very sufficient." Liu Bei nodded and said, compared to doing these things for the sake of appetite, bringing this kind of righteousness for the sake of the people will be very convincing to other people .

Chen Xi nodded silently. To be honest, the meaning of his improvement is more to eat better, and for the sake of the people, it is only to popularize after the previous step. Chen Xi's thinking in some aspects is close to that of Xiang Lishi. Accepting Xiang Lishi's popularization theory, if a thing can only be used by nobles, it is not correct anyway.

"Taiwei, the county magistrate of Anguang has prepared supplies and is waiting for a banquet ahead." While Chen Xi and Liu Bei were chatting, Huang Tao appeared in front of them. The recent scouting and investigation team already included Huang Tao and Su Zong Take it over, the mobility of both of them is outrageous.

"Magistrate of Anguang County, let me think about it, Huanzhi, right?" Liu Bei said after recalling for a while, "He was arranged by me when I passed by."

"A soldier?" Chen Xi asked curiously.

"How many people do you think I know besides being a soldier?" Liu Bei curled his lips and said, Chen Xi thought for a while and nodded, indeed.

"But he is a soldier, shouldn't he be a county lieutenant? How could he be a county magistrate?" Chen Xi asked curiously.

"Jiaozhou used to be a poor and remote place, so there were so many people assigned to do what, so no one came at the beginning, so he was temporarily appointed as the county magistrate." Liu Bei was not at all embarrassed.

"Well, it should be developed now." Chen Xi nodded and said, Jiaozhou is at a great disadvantage, but after the opening of the port, the take-off speed is very fast, coupled with the sugarcane plantation, which eats the climate, this place The situation will not be too bad.

"I don't know. Even if I came to Jiaozhou last time, I didn't come to this kind of place." Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Speaking of which, Huanzhi is actually from Jiaozhi, so he was quite happy when he was sent back here. I'm happy, but I don't know what's going on now."

The corners of Chen Xi's mouth twitched when he heard the words. The so-called Cochin people are actually the Vietnamese of later generations. No wonder they didn't mind being county magistrates here before this place had developed. For the Cochin people, it was actually already It's a move to the north.

"Go and take a look when you pass by. We have a lot of people, and the counties in Jiaozhou may not be able to provide sufficient supplies like the previous counties." Chen Xi said.

After all, there are more than 7000 people, thousands of carriages, thousands of cattle and horses, people eat horses and chew, and the daily consumption is not small. The counties in the north are relatively prosperous and have complete supplies. When they arrive in Jiaozhou, these counties provide food. Others are more difficult.

But when the army arrived in Anguang County, Huan Zhi had prepared sufficient supplies and local specialties with more than 300 people.

During the period when Liu Bei greeted Huan Zhi, Chen Xi clearly saw Huan Zhi's eyes glowing at that moment. It was obvious that Huan Zhi never thought that Liu Bei knew him. If you know, you should have only met Liu Bei twice. Less than three sentences.

So Huan Zhi was obviously very moved, so he almost took off the official robe of the county magistrate, picked up his weapon and went to the Ganges with Liu Bei, but unfortunately he was dissuaded by the veterans brought by Liu Bei and the small officials who came with him.

Relatively speaking, Huan Zhi's strength has not kept up with the trend of the times. It sounded good at the beginning, but these years he has been busy with political affairs, and some of them belong to training. Really can not.

"The sugarcane juice that is abundant here is this sugarcane juice, and the sugarcane wine that is produced here. We can't do anything else in Anguang County. This can satisfy everyone. It just so happens that you are here in season." Huan Zhi scooped up a bowl with a spoon. Sugar cane juice greeted the veteran.

This place mainly grows sugar cane, and there are quite a few plantations. Chen Xi’s positioning here is to grow sugar cane. Sugar is not only a bulk commodity, but also a war preparation material. No matter how you look at it, it is very worthy of large-scale storage. .

However, the problem now is that no matter how the Han Dynasty develops plantations, there is not enough sugar.

On the one hand, the Romans ate sugar without a bottom line, and on the other hand, the people of the Central Plains ate sugar without a bottom line. The sugar factory’s hard work was not enough for the two to consume. Therefore, the Han Dynasty was also advancing on the sugar cane plantation, but this The effect is not too good.

Let me tell you a nonsense fact, the Chinese people of later generations will eat 30 kilograms of sugar per capita a year, but this data is actually relatively low compared to European and American countries.

Therefore, Huan Zhi invites veterans to drink sugarcane juice next to the juice factory. With such a solid foundation in his family, can he still control his fullness?

This group of veterans really drank a refreshing, heavy sugar-flavored sugarcane juice, lightly sweet sugarcane wine, various fish and coconut products that are special products in Jiaozhou. Still have to pass by.

"It seems that the development here is really good. Although Huan Zhi is a little confused, he really doesn't have any embarrassment, and from the beginning to the end, the quality of fruits, vegetables, meat, and rice is basically the same, and the supplies are very sufficient. "Liu Bei said with emotion.

Meals for more than 7000 people are not so easy to prepare, and the dishes served in Huanzhi are all hard vegetables, there is no water, the meat should be meat, the sugarcane juice is also freshly squeezed, and the wine is also pulled by carts. They are not things that can be taken out at will, and they can be taken out without changing face if they have a strong material reserve.

(End of this chapter)