Chapter 1145: Food Processing in Exchange for Raw Materials

Behind the military camp, there were a lot of boats moored at the temporary dock of the Yellow River, including steamships and propeller boats.

"Hundreds of boats at a time?" Zhang Zhongliang, who was walking in the front, stood on the shore and looked down.

"Too far, some boats are fast, some boats encountered turbulence, and some people who rowed the boats were sick and couldn't use their strength."

The Yulin Flying Cavalry in charge of the propeller boats panted and gave a speechless answer.

Every day, a new boat came out, and they quickly loaded things and set off from Chang'an to the Yellow River, passing the Hukou Waterfall and going around the Jizi River, and then continued to go.

When they arrived at Jiuqu, they went around the south in a big circle. How far is this distance?

Those who ran a day earlier may not be caught up by the ones behind.

There were also boats that received things sent by land at the place where the canal was being repaired, and did not go back through the Jizi River.

Propeller boats are faster than steamships. When there were so many boats running over, they looked after each other, and the faster boats were a little late for half a day, and they arrived together.

The sick people were being treated by Guan Lin's family. They were suffering from diseases caused by weather changes and fatigue.

It was raining, hot, not eating well, not resting well, and then going to high altitude areas, it was unbearable.

"The owner said that we should collect medicinal materials, such as Rhodiola rosea, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Codonopsis pilosula, etc., and then make medicines or mix them according to the prescription.

Send them to Longyou, preferably a little further ahead, Lanzhou is a good place.

Take them back by boat and start taking them from there. The owner said that there are medicines in the plateau area that can withstand altitude sickness.

Take them half a month in advance, and you are a strong person, so you can cope with it."

The Yulin Flying Cavalry looked at the people being treated with needles and medicine, and they were worried.

"There is also safflower here, which can also play a role. It is written in the medical book of the owner Li."

Guan Lin observed the patient he was responsible for, and smiled when he saw that the situation was getting better.

"Li Yi... Can people die? If not, release a hot air balloon and take them to a lower place."

Zhang Zhongliang said the word Li Yi, and didn't want to mention it again. Why Li Yi knows so much has nothing to do with him, so he should ask someone.

This is also what Guan Lin found in the medical book written by Li Yi. If there is a problem in the plateau, send it to a lower place immediately.

The best way is to send it by hot air balloon, but there is a problem with hot air balloons. After going up, they have to fly higher.

"No, they will be fine after drinking the medicine. The medicine is hot. Wait for them to rest and give them hot soup."

Guan Lin guaranteed that the hot soup he mentioned was made with a pressure cooker.

The entire defense area already has two thousand pressure cookers, an average of one for seventy or eighty people.

Cooking a few more pots is enough for food, mainly for cooking meat and steaming highland barley rice.

Highland barley is always fried with oil, but it is not good, and it is even worse when fried dry.

It is not cooked well, of course, if it is not cooked, cook it for a while longer, and it can barely be eaten.

Now with pressure cookers, everyone has come up with various ways to cook.

Afraid that the pressure cooker will spray foam when cooking, the way to think of is to move it down immediately when the exhaust valve sprays too much.

Wait until the air is low, then put it on the stove, and move it again when the air is high.

After the highland barley is steamed, it is the most delicious when it is eaten with pickles.

Go fish in the Yellow River and cook fish soup in a pressure cooker.

Hunt wild game, soak it in blood, add sauce and stew it in a pressure cooker, and it will taste like stew when you eat it.

Guan Lin has three, one for cooking and two for decocting medicine.

It takes a long time to cook medicine without a pressure cooker, and there are still some uncooked medicine residues.

"We brought the inner pot of the thermos bottle, and we will distribute some to the military camps along the way, and the rest will be for you."

The leader of the Yulin Flying Cavalry pointed to the things being transported and said.

The inner pot is wrapped in leather clothes and military coats. If winter comes, some soldiers will not have warm clothes to wear, so they will be sent in advance.

By the way, it is used as a protective layer to wrap the inner pot, without a shell, and the shell needs to be made by the locals themselves.

Guo Zhiyun walked over, picked up one and looked at it: "Aren't you selling it? I heard that a thermos bottle in Lijiazhuang is worth more than 300 strings of cash."

"It can be broken but not thrown away. If it is broken, collect the fragments and take them back when the boat comes." The Yulin Flying Cavalry did not explain the price.

He knew that this thing was low-cost and others would not make it, so he sold it at a high price.

"Doctor Guan, take three, one for drinking water, and two for you to see if you can put the cooked medicine in, so you don't have to cook medicine for the sick and injured every day."

Wang Junkui thought of Guan Lin first. The military doctors in the team were not good, they were just coping, and their skills were poor.

Guan Lin took one himself: "I only have one for drinking water at home. Different conditions require different dosages. I dare not put it in a thermos and give it away casually after finishing it."

Guan Lin cherishes his current job. He does not work, but is responsible for guiding the medical personnel accompanying the army and organizing the medicines sent.

Live in a good tent, eat the best meat, and the soldiers will find mushrooms and tender wild vegetables for his family first.

He is responsible for seeing patients, how can he be lazy? The combination of medicines must be adjusted according to the severity of the disease.

Qin Li stood by, observing his brothers, and suddenly thought of something: "Let's use the steamed barley rice and cooked meat to exchange with the tribe in front?"

"What for?" Zhang Xiaosong also had a thermos pot in his hand, and he felt that this one was more refined than the one he used in Anxi before.

This shows that the technology of Lijiazhuang has improved, and the output may also be high.

"They have game there. They give us 20 kilograms of raw rock sheep meat, and we give them 2 kilograms of braised rock sheep meat."

Qin Li gave an example. You can't process it in Tubo, so you can only fry and roast it.

It's not cost-effective to exchange ten pounds for two pounds. You have to provide labor and firewood, and add ingredients, so the fresh mutton shrinks.

Normally, the ratio of lean meat to one is two to one, and there is fat in it. The ratio of ten to one is the best, and everyone will not suffer.

"Try?" Zhang Xiaosong planned to go in person and bring a large group of cavalry with him. If the other party was unfavorable to him, the clan would be exterminated.

From now on, he doesn't have to go there by himself, just go and have a talk.

"I'll go with you." Fan Fan saw what Zhang Xiaosong meant.

"I'll give them a hundred catties first, for free. The two tribes will be separated by a few miles, and they will divide the meat in the middle."

Zhang Xiaosong decided to send it as a token of goodwill.

Wait until the other person thinks it tastes good, then switch.

"Send one thousand kilograms of braised pork and ten thousand kilograms of steamed highland barley rice. Let each of them have a try. We will be safer." Qin Li came up with an idea.

When there are many people, it seems that one is afraid. If I give something away, how can I do it when there are few people? Can't move.

"Okay, send it, tell them what we eat here, and give them a pressure cooker for one tribe. They can't copy it. The valve and sealing buckle are high-tech."

Guo Zhiyun agreed, saying it was to send something, but in fact it was a demonstration.

Let you Tubo know what we eat and use in the Tang Dynasty. We can think about our food and drink to this extent. What do you think of our weapons?

Wang Junkui laughed out loud: "Hahaha! Yes, scare them and tell them that we have countless flying monkeys and explosive bags."

Everyone agreed and started making steamed rice and braised pork. At noon, Zhang Xiaosong and Fan Fan took two jars of wine and set off with a thousand Yulin Feiqi and a thousand Anxi Jingqi.