I am a child of Daqin Xiong, who supervises the country at the age of eight

Chapter 258 How to solve the water source?

Experiments soon began.

Although everyone has already tasted the compressed biscuits and beef jerky, they feel that this thing tastes really good and can be eaten as rations.

But the problem is that no one knows whether this thing can provide enough heat to soldiers to meet their needs.

At this moment, when a hundred soldiers are selected and used as experiments.

After these one hundred soldiers ate their first meal of compressed biscuits.

He suddenly showed a look of dissatisfaction.

You must know that people nowadays have quite big appetites.

And a compressed biscuit is very small in size.

Even if you add a beef jerky, there is not much food in the stomach. For the soldiers, it is not even half full.

Compared to the usual meal, a soldier would eat a large bowl of rice with sauce.

Such a small ration is simply a gap between their teeth for them.

At this moment, I only saw these soldiers talking to General Wang Jian.

"Master General, is this enough to eat? Even if you give the villain another ten yuan, the villain can still eat it!"

"That's right, how can you survive after eating this little thing?"

The soldiers on the side immediately nodded in agreement.

Wang Jian was a little impatient, he said.

"Soldiers should have military orders. This is just an experiment. You will be checked and measured every day. If you have problems due to hunger, the court will naturally stop this experiment. You can rest assured. As long as Complete this experiment, the imperial court will reward you a lot!"

Said Wang Jian said again.

"Of course, if you dare to disobey this experiment, or eat something secretly behind your back, I will show no mercy and will deal with it under military law!"

"clear?"

Wang Jian's voice fell, and the soldiers on the side stopped making a sound of dissatisfaction.

Of course they knew that what Wang Jian said was the truth. As an empire, Wang Jian, a general with great military exploits, was very famous among the soldiers of the Qin army.

But everyone knows that this seemingly old general is actually a ruthless figure when he enforces military law.

It is quite cruel and shows no mercy to those who disobey military law.

So the soldiers had no choice but to start marching long distances after eating this little food.

Seeing the soldiers striding forward and starting to march with some dissatisfaction, General Wang Jian couldn't help shaking his head behind them, and murmured.

"Eating such a little food, if you travel hundreds of miles a day, it may take three to five days. These soldiers will lose a few catties from exhaustion, right?"

Well, long marches are exhausting.

In Wang Jian's opinion.

If they only ate such a small amount of food every day, the soldiers would probably suffer severe injuries in a short time.

Maybe ten days.

After the test, each of them had to lose more than ten pounds.

It's even possible to lose weight.

But after three days of the test.

When the soldiers were there, they were complaining about how little they had eaten these days.

When the stomach is hungry.

But Wang Jian impatiently commanded a row of officers on the side.

Weigh them.

Weighing is relatively simple.

It was done quickly.

But when I saw the list and results in the meeting report.

Before taking the test at the start, tally the results.

Wang Jian couldn't help but widen his eyes.

He couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

I only saw him looking at the list.

Unbelievable, murmured and opened his mouth.

"How is this possible? They actually got fat?"

Well, an incredible scene appeared.

After three days of high-intensity training.

and.

Give them only a small amount of food every day.

These soldiers not only did not lose weight.

Instead, a few soldiers got fat.

This completely confused Wang Jian.

Looking at this at the moment, he had some doubts as to whether it was time for statistics.

These soldiers drank too much water.

After all, in order to protect themselves these days, these soldiers poured cold boiled water into their mouths so that they would not be hungry.

but.

Then Wang Jian shook his head again.

Because it is morning.

The soldiers just woke up, where did they drink so much water?

Just when Wang Jian was confused.

The officer on the side also frowned.

"Could it be that compressed dry food and beef jerky really work?"

"probably!"

After thinking for a while, Wang Jian opened his mouth and said.

After several consecutive days of tests.

During a weight test, Wang Jian fully realized that the compressed biscuit was absolutely useful, and the effect was very good.

Of course there are disadvantages.

That is to eat too little. For soldiers, there will be a feeling of hunger in the stomach all the time.

Of course with increasing duration.

I feel that they are all soldiers, and they don't cry every day that they are hungry.

Because they are used to it.

Get used to this feeling of starvation.

When the test ended half a month later, the test results were sent to Yingzheng's imperial examination.

Ying Zheng couldn't help but let out an exclamation

Then he laughed a few times and said.

"This thing is indeed useful. As for the soldiers who feel hungry every day? Let them be patient. Anyway, although this thing is small, it can still serve the country and keep people alive. It can also maintain the soldiers' physical strength and will not let them down. The body has become thinner, and now in order to march and fight, I have to wrong them..."

"Really?"

Prime Minister Li Si and General Wang Jian nodded heavily and said.

The harsh environment during marching and fighting can be tolerated. After all, this is fighting and not being a young master. The living standard is so high, what's the use?
At this moment, only Wang Jian said with a smile.

"With these things, Lao Chen thought he could send troops to Dawan this time!"

"Well, one million catties of compressed biscuits should be made quickly, and besides that, one hundred thousand catties of beef jerky should be made and handed over to the soldiers to carry them to Dawan!"

"Your Majesty once heard that there is a shortage of water on the way to the Western Regions. Do we have to think about it for the soldiers, what should we do if there is no water?"

At this moment, Li Xin in the hall suddenly said with a serious face.

these days.

He has been studying everything in the Western Regions.

Therefore, he naturally knew very well that the Western Region was short of water.

Knowing that the Western Regions are all deserts, water sources are hard to find.

It is to dig a well into the ground.

It is not necessarily possible to dig out the water.

"This one……"

After hearing Li Xin's question, Ying Zheng suddenly frowned.

think carefully.

Sending troops to Dawan is really an embarrassing thing.

after all.

There are so many things to consider along the way, including water sources.

And how to provide water?
Ying Zheng thought about it carefully, it was really a difficult problem to solve.

He frowned and said in thought.

"Can the craftsmen in the army dig wells on the spot?"

"Dig a few wells, wouldn't it solve the water source problem?"

(End of this chapter)