Three Kingdoms King of the North

After Luo Bu, who was ordered to act, came back from Zhang Zhongjing, he saw several ox carts parked outside the gate of the mansion, and the carts were full of pots and pans.A few people who looked like ordinary people were negotiating with the soldiers at the door.

"What's going on here?" Rob drove forward and asked loudly to the chief in charge: "Why are there so many vehicles parked in front of the mansion?"

"Return to the guard Luo," Shi Zhang hurriedly reported, "These people said that they brought the burnt jars to the State Shepherd's Mansion, and the little ones are interrogating them."

"This military lord." A middle-aged man wearing a dog fur hat found that Rob seemed to be a person with weight, and hurried forward to salute him, and said with a smile: "The villain is the owner of Shaopinxuan. A few days ago, the Marquis of Anyang once gave a blueprint to the villain's buddy, saying that he would burn a hundred special jars according to the diagram. Fortunately, the jars have been burnt, and the villain personally brought the things to Hou. Grandpa sent it over."

"The jar customized by my lord?" When Han Zhan called the buddy into the shed, Rob was not by his side, so he knew nothing about it.However, the boss of Shaopinxuan didn't look like a liar, and in Yedu City, anyone who dared to lie to Han Zhan would be courting his own death. No matter how brave the boss was, he wouldn't dare to do such a thing.To figure out what was going on, Rob asked, "Where's the blueprint?"

The boss quickly took out a piece of paper that was folded squarely from his sleeve, held it in both hands and handed it to Rob, and said respectfully, "This military lord, this is the blueprint that Lord Hou gave to the villain for his plan."

Rob took the drawing and looked at it, and found that there was a very strange jar painted on it, which was very different from the usual jars.He wasn't sure if it was Han Zhan's order, so he could only say to the boss: "You wait here, and I will go to the mansion to report to the lord."

When he came to the inner courtyard, Rob saw Han Zhan, and handed the blueprint in his hand to him: "My lord, there is an owner of the burning shop outside, who said that all the jars you customized have been burned, and now they are all piled up at the door. You accept it."

Han Zhan saw that the jars he customized some time ago had all been fired, and after saying goodbye, he told Rob: "Rob, order someone to transport all the jars to the inner courtyard immediately, pay the boss for the goods, and then reward them." He has twenty gold."

After about a stick of incense, Rob led a group of soldiers and moved all the jars into the yard.Seeing this, Han Zhan pointed to the wall and told him, "Put all these jars neatly by the wall."

When Rob led a group of soldiers to set up the jars, Guo Jia walked in from the outside. Seeing the scene in front of him, he couldn't help asking Han Zhan curiously: "My lord, what are these jars used for?"

"Kimchi," Han Zhan picked up a jar in front of him and looked at it carefully: "There are few vegetables in winter. Except for cabbage and radishes, the common people rarely eat other vegetables. Benhou thought of a way, which is to put some vegetables Soaking it in jars will not only allow the common people to eat in another way, but also preserve the food for a much longer time."

Guo Jia stared at the jar in Han Zhan's hand, and found that it was one foot high, and there was a circle of edges near the mouth of the jar, which was very different from the jars he had seen in the past.He asked curiously, "Is it a jar for pickles?"

"No, no, no," Han Zhan waved to a servant standing not far away, gesturing him to come over, and said to Guo Jia, "Pickled vegetables are pickled vegetables, and pickled vegetables are pickled vegetables. The two should not be confused."

After the servant came over, Han Zhan handed him the jar in his hand and said, "Take it and wash it immediately, and then tell the kitchen to boil a pot of water. When the water cools, pour it into the jar."

After the servant took the order to leave, Han Zhan pointed to a jar at his feet and asked Guo Jia about science: "I plan to put some vegetables into this jar and soak them in salt water, called pickles for short. Soak the vegetables in the jar, After closing the lid, add water to the edge of the altar, which can play a sealing role, so that the vegetables inside can be preserved for a long time."

Guo Jia saw the kimchi jar for the first time in history. How could he know the magical effect of this kind of jar, and he still asked in a daze: "I don't know how long the vegetables can be eaten after they are put in? Also, the vegetables inside can be preserved. how long?"

"If it's cabbage and radish, it only takes four or five hours."

"You can eat it in four or five hours?" Guo Jia asked in surprise, "How does it taste?"

"You'll know when you try it."

Half an hour later, the servant came to report to Han Zhan: "My lord, the jar has been washed, and the cold boiled water has been poured into the jar. I don't know what to do next?"

Han Zhan is very familiar with the steps of making kimchi water, such as adding salt, pepper, dried chili, rock sugar, cooking wine and so on.In this day and age, there is no dried chili and rock sugar, so we can only use cornel instead of pepper, so he told the servant: "Add salt, pepper, cornel and wine to the jar,"

Just halfway through the conversation, Han Zhan immediately realized that people in this era don't even know what kimchi is. If he tells them how to make kimchi water, it may be self-defeating, so he might as well do it himself.Then he changed his words and said: "Forget it," Benhou should do it himself.

Han Zhan came to the kitchen and began to make kimchi water by himself. He put salt, pepper and white wine into the jar according to the ratio he was familiar with, and ordered the cook who was watching: "Prepare me some cabbage gang, and The radish skin of a white radish."

Although the cook didn't understand why Han Zhan gave him such an order, he faithfully followed his order and prepared these things for him.After Han Zhan made the kimchi water, he broke the cabbage sticks prepared by the cook one by one and put them into the jar one by one.Then the cook peeled the radish skins and put them into the jar.

Having done all this, he put the lid on the jar and filled the rim with water.Only then did he say to the cook: "At dinner, you take out the cabbage and radish skins, cut them into small pieces and serve them up, understand?"

Although the cook felt that Han Zhan's actions were weird, he still agreed without hesitation when he heard his order: "Little one obeys."

When Guo Jia came to the State Shepherd's Mansion, he was only discussing with Han Zhan, but when he saw such a rare thing, he couldn't help but want to taste it.After the discussion and explanation, he just found a reason to stay.Han Zhan understands what is on his mind, but considering that this kind of kimchi will be promoted throughout Jizhou, Qingzhou and other places, he really needs to let his confidantes taste the taste first, so that they can work hard to promote it.

Seeing the sliced ​​radish skins and cabbage sticks on the plate on the table, Guo Jia picked up the chopsticks, put them in his mouth and took a bite, and found that they were crunchy and had a sour taste. Boiled cabbage tastes much better.He quickly nodded vigorously, and said to Han Zhan, "My lord, this kimchi tastes really good, please try it quickly."

When Han Zhan saw Guo Jia went to pick up kimchi again, he couldn’t help thinking to himself: It’s a pity that there are not many things in this era, otherwise you must experience the unique kimchi flavor of Bashu.Also, if you have chili peppers, pour a spoonful of oily chili peppers into the kimchi, sprinkle some monosodium glutamate, and mix well, it is simply a good accompaniment to rice.

Chapter 531

In order to promote kimchi as soon as possible, Han Zhan ordered people to donate the prepared kimchi to Jizhou Wu and some ministers with close ties in the DPRK and China.In less than half a month, the method of making pickles in the south spread throughout Yedu City, and both court officials and ordinary people were learning how to make pickles.

The prosperity of the kimchi industry in Yedu City benefited the most from the boss of Shaopinxuan. There was an endless stream of dignitaries and dignitaries who came to his shop to order kimchi jars. The fire was raging, and more than a dozen kiln workers were specially recruited to burn it day and night, but the supply was still in short supply.

The owner of Shaopinxuan who got the benefit specially enshrined Han Zhan's longevity tablet at home, and he would pay respects to his family every morning and evening, praying for God to let Han Zhan live a long life, so that he can bless his business to prosper.

Han Zhan didn't know that the owner of Shaopinxuan enshrined his longevity tablet at home, and he was thinking about how to achieve long-distance communication.

Just as he was thinking about it, Rob came in and reported, "My lord, the military advisor is asking to see you!"

Guo Jia now regards Han Zhan's State Shepherd's Mansion as his home, not only for watching Huangmei Opera every day, but more importantly, for eating.Not only that, but Han Zhan is the most powerful person on the ground in Jizhou. People who come to please him every day line up outside, and the food they deliver is even more dazzling. Guo Jia came here just to Can taste unexpected delicious.

Seeing Guo Jia enter the door, Han Zhan suddenly asked without thinking: "Feng Xiao, I ask you, is there any way to send back messages from thousands of miles away in the shortest possible time, or to send messages from thousands of miles away? Is the message here going out?"

Guo Jia thought for a while and replied: "If you want to return to the Lord, you can use a carrier pigeon. Messages from thousands of miles away can be sent back in two days at most!"

"No, it's too slow." Han Zhan shook his head and said, "Carrier pigeons are actually the most unreliable. They may get lost in the middle of the journey, or be killed by natural enemies, which will delay major events."

"Then we can send a message through the post station." Seeing that Han Zhan denied his statement, Guo Jia continued after a short thought: "Six hundred li rush, and you can receive a message thousands of miles away within two days. "

"It doesn't work, it's still too slow." But Han Zhan continued to shake his head after hearing this: "We receive the information here, and then feed it back. It will take four days at the fastest. If it is a foreign race from the north, it will take two or three days. It must be too late to get the news."

"My lord," Han Zhan's words made Guo Jia confused: "If a foreign race invades, the border guards can report the news through the beacon tower. Even if it is thousands of miles away, at most one or two hours, we can get the news here. "

"Seeing the beacon fire in the distance, we can only know that there are enemies coming. But how many enemies are coming and where they entered the customs from, we still can't know in time." Thinking of a method of communication similar to a beacon tower, he slapped the table hard and said excitedly: "Military division, what a word to wake up the dreamer, this Marquis knows how to communicate with thousands of miles away in the shortest possible time. Got in touch."

Seeing Guo Jia's bewildered expression, Han Zhan said triumphantly, "Military Master, if Ben Hou tells you that there is a way to get information from thousands of miles away within two incense sticks, can you believe it?"

"With the effort of two sticks of incense, can you know things thousands of miles away?" Guo Jia heard what Han Zhan said, and asked cautiously: "Could it be that my lord is talking about thousands of miles of sound transmission? But this kind of thing can only be done by capable people and strangers." , Ordinary people still can't do it. Do you need your subordinates to send people to look for such capable people and strangers?"

"Whoever says that you have to be capable and different, even ordinary people are fine." Seeing Guo Jia's dubious look, Han Zhan said to him: "We are like building a beacon tower, and every mile on a high place Just build a high platform and place a soldier with a semaphore on it. We send a special person to turn the message into a semaphore and pass it on to the soldiers on the high platform one mile away. After the soldier sees the semaphore, he sends the same semaphore to the next high platform. Soldiers. By analogy, the message we want to send is quickly spread far away through the semaphore of the soldiers on the high platform."

After listening to Han Zhan's introduction, Guo Jia showed a shocked expression on his face: "My lord, you are really a genius. You can come up with such a wonderful method. You know, the beacon tower can only serve as a warning, and my lord It’s a wonderful way to transmit accurate information thousands of miles away in the shortest possible time.”

Speaking of this, Guo Jia stood up and said to Han Zhan respectfully: "If my lord trusts my subordinates, I can hand over this matter to my subordinates. I will definitely build a high platform leading thousands of miles away within two months." .”

"In order to ensure the accuracy of the information," Han Zhan saw that Guo Jia was willing to take the initiative to undertake the matter, and did not object. See clearly the semaphore from the previous high platform, and accurately pass it on to the next high platform."

"Then how many soldiers should be deployed on each platform?"

"A high platform, three people are enough." Han Zhan replied: "If you encounter some uneven areas, at least one dozen or more people should be equipped in the high platform to avoid being unable to resist when attacked. "

Guo Jia understood Han Zhan's meaning. Three people in each platform built in Jizhou would be enough.But if Qingzhou and other newly acquired places, the people's hearts are not stable enough, if there are only three people in each high platform, once they are attacked, they will be wiped out in an instant, so he quickly replied: "Please don't worry, my lord, I will definitely handle it well." of this matter."

"For filial piety," Han Zhan continued to exhort, "it's the twelfth lunar month of winter, and it's also the slack time for farming. You can recruit people to do the building of the high platform, and remember to give them more money and food. As long as there is food in their stomachs, they will do it. You will work harder when you are alive.”

"My lord, please don't worry," Guo Jia quickly replied, "Not only in Jizhou or Qingzhou, but when the winter is slack, many people will have problems in their livelihoods and want to earn more money to supplement their families. If you know that the lord is willing to contribute money and food, come Recruiting people to build a high platform, I think there will be many people rushing to do this."

Knowing that many people will come to participate in the construction of the high platform, Han Zhan was very happy, and he continued: "Build the high platform leading to Qingzhou first. It is stable, and there are some officials who are at odds with us, so it is very important to keep abreast of the information there.

After the high platform leading to Qingzhou is completed, the high platform going north will be built.After the beginning of spring, war between us and Gongsun Zan is inevitable. With a high platform, we can learn more about Gongsun Zan's movements in a timely manner.The so-called: know yourself and the enemy, and win a hundred battles. Only when we understand the reality of the opponent, we will not suffer losses after the war. "

Chapter 532 Cross-era Black Technology

In the Three Kingdoms period, it was absolutely an unprecedented pioneering work to set up such a high-level communication platform for thousands of miles of communication.Before Han Zhan traveled to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he had seen hundreds of time travels. Although the traversers had many dazzling inventions, no one had ever thought of using this simple and easy communication method to communicate with people thousands of miles away. get in touch.

But for the sake of confidentiality, Han Zhan also specially told Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, if someone asks, you can say that you are building a beacon tower, and you must not leak the news."