Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 690
Zhuge Liang smiled wryly: "Making unknown things like wooden cows is much more complicated than growing crops. Liang has to go through the preliminary concept first, and then draw the blueprints for craftsmen to polish. After they are completed, they need to be adjusted and improved repeatedly. How can it be completed in several months?"

"How long will it take?" Zhang Fei asked.

"A short period of one or two years, a long period of three to five years or even ten years." Gently shake the lupine.

"Ten years? By the time the Laoshizi wooden ox is built, the sons and daughters of Wudu will starve to death long ago. The military division is in Longzhong, let the eldest brother go out of Qinchuan to fight Yongliang, let the second brother go out of Jingzhou to take Wanluo, Who can wait for you so long?" Seeing that Zhuge Liang didn't make a decision, Zhang Fei immediately became unhappy.

Zhuge Liang sighed: "Oh, Liang's knowledge is limited, so he can only do his best."

"Ziyu, you are also very smart, and you are helping the military division. Let's solve the method of transporting grain. Otherwise, even if there are millions of grains in Sichuan, it will be useless if you can't transport them out." Zhang Fei put his hope on On Lan Tian.

Zhuge Liang said thoughtfully: "It is a fact that the road to Shu is difficult. Unless a god descends to the world and removes the towering mountains to the north, we can only use wooden oxen, wooden horses and other tools to transport grain, or to reduce the loss of food during the transportation. .”

"This is really a dilemma. The folks have less grain and can't transport much. After walking down the mountain road for two thousand miles, can ten stones of grain be left with two stones? Why don't you move more people from Yizhou to Wudu, and let Ziyu send more people?" Someone come over to guide the farming." Zhang Fei thought of a bad idea.

After hearing this, Zhuge Liang shook his head: "It's hard for the people in Sichuan to live and work in peace and contentment, and they relocate to other places rashly, for fear of causing trouble. The people are more than obedient to the law. Not only will they lose their wealth, but they will also easily flee from illness and hunger during the migration process. In the eyes, it is equivalent to destroying the family. In the past, when Cao Cao moved to Hanzhong and the people of Wudu entered Yongliang, more than ten million people died on the way? Yide must not talk nonsense."

"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work either." Zhang Fei was so angry that he had nowhere to go.

Lan Tian suddenly remembered that he had read an idle article, which quoted the Song Dynasty's "Wu Jing Zong Yao", which mentioned how to make compressed dry food in ancient times. Remove the water from the sizing water and expose it to dryness, wash away the dust, and steam it again.After ten times, you can get two buckets.Every time you eat, take a large hemp, first soak it in cooked water, wait until it is completely wet, and then eat it.Fifty days per person.

"Since there is too much loss during the transportation of grain, why don't we think of a way to reduce the weight of the grain?" Lan Tian suggested.

Zhang Fei scratched his head with a dazed look on his face, and said to himself, aren't you withholding food?But Zhuge Liang saw that Lan Tian was serious and knew that the other party was absolutely not talking nonsense, so he asked excitedly: "Could Ziyu think of something?"

Lan Tian nodded and explained: "Food contains water and air. If it is specially processed to remove all impurities, water, and air in the food and then grind it, one stone of rice will end up with almost two buckets, but in fact it is the satiety effect of one stone of rice. At that time, you only need to take a small piece and soak it in water to cook, or you can eat it dry with a small amount.”

"It sounds reasonable, but where did Ziyu learn about this method?" Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up when he heard it.

"Uh, I once read a remnant of agronomy, and I don't know the authenticity of its introduction. If it wasn't for Yide's urgent questioning, I wouldn't even remember it." seen.

"Does Ziyu remember how to deal with it specially?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Lan Tian nodded and replied: "Uh, I remember it seems to be 'a stone of rice. Take the grainless ones and cook them thoroughly. Remove the water from the starch water to dry them, wash them to remove dust, and steam them again. After ten times, you can get two buckets. Every time Take a large heap, first soak it in cooked water, wait until it is completely wet, and then eat it. One person can eat it for half a month.'”

"Mengxi Bi Tan" records: For all stones, 92 and a half catties is the method, which is 340 catties on the Han scale, which means that 92 and a half catties in Song Dynasty is one stone, which is equivalent to 340 catties in Han Dynasty (one catty in Song Dynasty is equal to 640 grams) , 92.5 catties is equivalent to 59.2 kg now).

Because of the different units of measurement in different eras, Lantian could not delve into the gap between the Song Dynasty and the end of the Han Dynasty. Based on the records of Mengxi's written talks, he roughly calculated the difference in measurement times between the Song and Han Dynasties, and did not change the data sampled in "Wu Jing Zong Yao". Modify the last days of consumption, and the actual output and consumption still need specific inspection.

After Lan Tian finished speaking, Zhuge Liang was quite shocked, and Zhang Fei almost jumped up for joy: "Two buckets of rice can last for half a month? This is great for long-distance raids. If it is true, I will get rich."

"Two buckets of cooked grains were rolled and formed, and they should be only this size in the end." Lan Tian gestured with both hands.

"What a good Lan Ziyu, why don't you donate such a clever plan sooner? If the eldest brother used it in the competition for Hanzhong, he would beat the crap out of Cao thief for keeping it." Zhang Fei was so happy that he wanted to have a child.

Lan Tian spread his hands: "I didn't know if the slips I came across by chance before were written indiscriminately. You have to verify them to know if they are true or not."

"Oh, that's right, military advisor, please arrange it quickly." Zhang Fei snatched Zhuge Liang's feather fan and fanned him with a smile.

"Yide, don't fan it. I'm not hot in March in Yangchun now. I take this feather fan out of habit." Zhuge Liang had a bitter face, and then solemnly said to Lantian: "I will arrange the food officer to verify it in the afternoon. As miraculously as Ziyu said, the number of people transporting food along the Shu Road will be greatly reduced, and the consumption on the way will also be reduced by at least [-]%."

"Military advisers should keep it secret. If this method is really feasible, it must be done by someone you can trust, otherwise it will be easy for Cao Pi and Sun Quan to steal it." Lan Tian reminded.

"Whoever dares to leak secrets indiscriminately, I will twist his head off." Zhang Fei raised his black fist.

Zhuge Liang nodded with a serious expression: "Ziyu is right in reminding me that I will personally deploy and supervise the matter of food compression. I wanted to talk to you about the Six Caos of Jiaozhou today, but it seems that I can only talk about it another day. It is not too late to let me know." Going right now."

Zhang Fei stuffed the feather fan into Zhuge Liang's hand, then grabbed Lan Tian's hand, and said with a smile, "Master, hurry up, Ziyu and I are going to find elder brother to drink."

The system of three provinces and six ministries is more advanced than that of the Han Dynasty. People who know goods like Zhuge Liang quickly understand it. They want to ask Lantian for advice on many unexpected problems, but these are not worth mentioning in front of the Northern Expedition. , It is much more important than any system, so even Zhuge Liang can't hold back.

The more Zhang Fei looked at Lan Tian, ​​the more pleasing he was. If he had any problems in Sichuan, he would ask Zhuge Liang to solve them. Now that Zhuge Liang couldn’t solve them, Lan Tian could still solve them. Zhang Fei mistakenly thought that Lan Tian was stronger. In fact, Lan Tian had the advantages accumulated over thousands of years. .

The two came out of the prime minister's mansion and went straight to the prince's mansion. Lan Tian happened to have something to discuss with Liu Bei. If the method in "Wu Jing Zong Yao" works, it means that the book of war is indeed a treasure. Unfortunately, Lan Tian only understands a small amount of it. Expanding and upgrading the lecture hall, this book can be used as a textbook for martial arts schools.

(End of this chapter)