After Zhao Yun learned about the details of Linyi's climate, water and soil through Bu Zhi, he chose Zhuya County, which is closest to Linyi's climate, water, water, water, water, water, water, food, and vegetation in Jiaozhou.

Let the troops advance to the local area to rest for a period of time to simulate and adapt to the battlefield environment and climate.

On September 13, Zhao Yun's troops set sail again from Jieyang and sailed south along the coastline of Jiaozhou.

Zhao Yun heard Bu Zhi's introduction that Zhuyazhou was more than 50 miles apart from the mainland, and the peninsula in the northern part of Zhuya County also penetrated the South China Sea more than 200 miles from the mainland to the south.

So in order to adapt to the long-distance navigation in advance, Zhao Yun, on September 17, after the troops crossed the Pearl River Estuary, he ordered to turn southwest and go straight to Zhuyazhou to adapt to the long-distance navigation.

Five or six days later, the troops were far away from the coastline and sailed more than a thousand miles on the vast sea where land could not be seen, of which about eight hundred miles west and three hundred miles south, and took the diagonal direct mileage of one thousand miles.

After sailing further and further away for several consecutive days, the land was completely invisible, which once caused a few weak-willed soldiers in the army to fall into short-term fear.

After all, even the soldiers from Jingnan and Wu Yue were familiar with water wars and most of them had experiences on the beach, but sailing far away from the sea is still a very lacking experience for the officers and soldiers of this era.

Fortunately, these problems are exposed early than late, and the distances on offshore voyages are progressive step by step.

In the end, they successfully recovered the land by relying on the pre-made charts made by the officials of Jiaozhou and the merchant fleets of the road-exploring.

First, he leaned on a coastline in the southeast of Zhuyazhou, and then followed Zhao Yun's request and continued to go west along the south bank of the island. Finally, he found a coastal supply post that Bu Zhi was entrusted by Lu Su and just set up more than a year ago.

That location was roughly in the territory of Sanya in later generations. It can be seen that Lu Su also spent some time dealing with the people of Linyi.

This place is now a place where the Limans live, and there were no Han people at all. Under normal circumstances, Han dolls come to Zhuyazhou, and they are also located in the north, across the strait from Zhuya County (Haikou).

In terms of the value of the trade route, this outpost set up by Buzhi should not be opened at all, and it is not convenient to farm. Even if the trade route to the South China Sea can be bypassed by this point, and you don’t have to come to the port to replenish supplies.

So this place is purely a training place to adapt to the environment, as a backup transfer.

After Zhao Yun arrived, he found that there were less than a thousand Han people in the entire outpost, and they were originally the people of Nanhai County, Jiaozhou.

Lu Su exempted their family from extra labor taxes and paid them money, and hired people to come here to settle down and guard the land and set up strongholds. It was even better than the previous Han Dynasty emperors who immigrated to the Western Regions and Hetao borders and cultivated grain and farmed for the border military.

The garrisons who come here to settle down here do not have to pay taxes on the grain they grow every year, but all other outputs and harvests belong to them. The family in their hometown can also get a subsidy of 5,000 yuan per year, which is almost equivalent to the fact that these immigrants have been in labor service all year round.

Under the Han Dynasty's rent and mediocre system, the daily wages of those who were in labor service were twenty days, but the free labor service period for one and a half months was a discount of nine hundred yuan. Only those who served over the term were paid or other taxes were exempted.

These residents only reclaimed less than 50,000 hectares of rice fields in the local area, so they barely planted some food. They burned the fields out and turned them over, and then ignored them after sowing. They did not fertilize or irrigate them, and they relied on natural growth.

As a result, each person was given 50 mu of rice fields, but the grain produced was not enough for these villagers to eat for a year. Most of the time, they still had to eat local trees, fruits and trunks like Liman.

If Lu Su hadn't insisted on ensuring food security and forced the villagers to hoard at least half a year of reserve grain, these outpost immigrants would not even be lazy in planting such fields.

After all, natural resources are still very rich. As long as the supply of medicinal materials in the rear can keep up, it will be killed by infectious diseases in tropical rainforests, and you will not have to worry about food and drink.

However, there are less than a thousand immigrants at the outpost, and it is obviously not enough to receive tens of thousands of troops to settle down.

Fortunately, Bu Zhi had already established a trade point in the local area under the instructions of Lu Su, and traded with the local Liman, so he had reserved a large number of local local specialties.

These local specialties are now used to support Zhao Yun's army. During the army's stationing to adapt to the climate, it serves as the army's food. At the same time, the fleet's transportation capacity is freed up and can return to the Pearl River Estuary to transport military rations continuously.

Zhao Yun observed that this trade base was protected by walls with rammed earth and pointed wooden stakes, and a lever-type catapult with grape bullets were also installed on the whistle tower, as well as a simple crossbow guard with specially treated crossbow strings, so the Liman could not attack.

I heard from Bu Zhi that more than a year ago, when he first came here to set up a stronghold, Li Man actually tried to attack several times. After all, who would be willing to exchange materials for free?

However, after paying a lot of lives without gaining anything, these barbarians realized how weak their strength was. Then they forgot their old grudges with no memory and started the peaceful trade again as if nothing had happened.

This is not an individual problem for Liman. It is mainly because the indigenous people in the entire Southeast Asia region are extremely weak in the city attack. Any time the Han people build systematic defensive facilities, they cannot conquer them at all.

Historically, the indigenous people in Southeast Asia mainly relied on siege to cut off food, and they were siege for half a year and three months, hoping to starve them to death. But if the Han people mastered navigation technology and guarded ports and fortresses, and their sea supplies were constantly extinguished, the indigenous people would have no choice.

After hearing these past details of the front line ahead, Zhao Yun also attached great importance to it and carefully asked and analyzed:

"I really didn't know how weak these barbarians in the extreme south can attack the toughest. The main reason was that when the Linyi people colluded with Shi Xie, our army was the main attack on Longbian County, and the Linyi people and Shi Xie defended the city. It was impossible to see their strength when they played the role of the toughest.

But since that is the case, Zhou Yu sent a letter to Linyi people in early summer. How did Linyi people later break through Longbian County and seize Jiaozhi County? The city defense of Longbian County should be much better than here."

Before Zhao Yun returned to Jiaozhou, he had never understood the details of these military information, only the generals and officials in front knew about it.

In response, Bu Zhi explained: "That's because the people of Linyi rushed to siege the city before the autumn harvest, so this year's grain harvest was not transported into the city. The grain in Jiaozhi was not durable, and there was not much grain stored before the Dragon Woman.

At that time, the troops in Jiaozhou were indeed weak. The soldiers of Jingzhou were all transferred north to destroy Jiangdong. The local soldiers had poor combat power and were not very strong in morale, so they were unwilling to fight to the death. After surrounding for several months, the city was in trouble and was found to collude with local local people to defend their troops, and they cooperated with the inside and outside."

Zhao Yun nodded: "I think so, the regular soldiers of Linyi Kingdom should be less than 30,000 to 50,000. The rest were barbarians who were temporarily recruited during the war. The attack methods of this little force are still poor, so how could it be possible to attack Xialongbian for a strong attack?"

Bu Zhi added: "General Zhao must not underestimate the combat power of the Linyi people. Before, they assisted Shi Xie, and even when they were expeditioning Longbian, they mobilized the people of Baiyue, and they seemed to have few troops.

However, according to my secret trade with the South China Sea in recent years, the reason why Linyi was able to expand south was that it ruled many barbarians and colorful tribes in the rear. As I mentioned earlier, its new capital in the mouth of the Lancangshui River was mainly composed of native people with vague skin color, and each had barbarian chiefs.

Because the Fan family of the Qu family mastered advanced tools trade, they ruled these lacquered natives. These natives would not go on a thousand-mile expedition for the Qu family, but if the generals came to the door, they would still be conscripted to resist together. It is said that their clan is quite brave."

Zhao Yun nodded secretly: "There is such a thing? I have fought with the people of Linyi for two battles, but I don't know. Your inquiry is very important, continue to inquire."

(Note: In history, Linyi State was built during the reign of Emperor Huan, and more than 30 years passed since the book was written. When Linyi was first founded, it was indeed as some questioning book friends said, mainly occupying Rinan County. However, according to the later records of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Linyi did expand to occupy the city in later generations, but there was no detailed record of which year it expanded so far.

My book sets that due to the butterfly effect, it has now expanded to the Chameng region, namely the Mekong Delta. Moreover, according to historical materials from the late Han Dynasty to the early Jin Dynasty, there is indeed no record of other civilizations in the Mekong Delta.

When Linyi goes further to Southeast Asia, there is only the "Wolf Fang Xiu" country, which is roughly equivalent to the northern central and northern Malay Peninsula and the coastal areas of Thailand's Gulf of Siam. It was founded during the reign of Emperor An of Han and Shun Emperor (between 90 and 120 AD). In northern Thailand and near Myanmar, there were tribes of the Ailaoyi and Shan people who moved out of the country, and there were no large countries.

Further to the Indonesia and Malay Islands in the sea, there were only the chief states in the late 3rd century, and there were only lower-level primitive tribes in the book.

Therefore, there are indeed no other countries in southern Vietnam and Cambodia's Mekong Delta. It has been expanded to this point. I don't think there is any problem.)

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After the troops were stationed at this trading station in Sanya, Zhao Yun quickly felt the harsh conditions and couldn't help but sigh and complain: "If I had known that the troops would be stationed here to rest and recuperate and adapt to the climate, I should have asked Zijing to establish a military grain warehouse here in advance to prepare for the call of the army, so as to avoid the imminent war, so I would start garrisoning here."

Bu Zhi did not agree, but answered in an official manner: "What the general is worried about is ideal. However, the envoy of Lu did not know when the general would go south and whether the army would pass here, so it was not easy to rashly transport more military rations to this place.

On the other hand, the conditions for grain storage here are also very bad, and the climate is more humid and hotter than the hinterland of Nanhai County. If rice and grain are stored for three years, no matter how you keep the granary dry, it will still turn moldy and turn into vermilion. If you want to store for two years, you have to put more lime in the granary, which is several times more complicated than grain storage in the north.

This is also the reason why the immigrants were too lazy to have a variety of rice. They couldn't finish it and they were really stored for a long time. If they planted too much, they would be moldy. Therefore, their subordinates never dared to persuade the Lu envoy to rush to stock up on food and grass, just to confirm that the army must use it, and then temporarily build a warehouse."

Zhao Yun sighed: "The climate is so bad that it will inevitably make rice wet and moldy after three years. We are really unthinkable for the people of northern China. For nothing, since you have planned it, then follow the plan. From today on, let the army move step by step and adapt to the diet and daily life of the Linyi people, so as to avoid discomfort during the expedition."

Zhao Yun no longer cared about the specific logistics preparations before the expedition, and ordered the troops to rest in Zhuyazhou for twenty days as planned and then start fighting again until the end of October.

In the past half month, Bu Zhi was responsible for using these vacant troop transport ships, then transporting grain from the rear to make a round trip, and establishing sufficient cutting-edge reserves. The idle soldiers, under the guidance of local residents, did some work to help build more houses and granaries, and expanded the temporary base.

At the same time, a sentry must be sent to disguise itself as a fishing boat and a merchant ship to conduct the last wave of crossing the sea before the war.

Twenty days are almost enough to quickly investigate the sea boats between Zhuya Island and the former Rinan County, and can also pretend to fish along the coastline, searching three or five hundred miles north and south to thoroughly find out the latest situation on the shore.

After the troops moved to rest, they began to eat coconuts and drink coconut water as required on the same day.

The war horses were also placed on Zhuya Island, and the horse-herding soldiers tried to guide the horses to find suitable for food to eat. After trying out the best grass seeds, the soldiers were allowed to harvest them on a large scale to raise horses.

Because of the expedition of a thousand miles across the sea, it is really impossible to expect even horse materials to be transported throughout the journey. You must try to find local horse materials that can be eaten by war horses after crossing the sea to the war zone.

At the same time, Bu Zhi also transferred a large number of palm powder I bought from Limanna and palm trunks for the powder collection according to Zhao Yun's request, and demonstrated in front of Zhao Yun: How did the coastal residents in Southeast Asia who lived far from the Dahe rice cropping area rely on tree trunks as one of the main sources of starch?

When Zhao Yun first saw the specific operation of this tropical rainforest lifestyle, he was also amazed.

Bu Zhi called more than a hundred people from the village, moved fifty thick palm trunks that had just been cut off, and then cut them in half.

The outer ring is close to the hard xylem part of the tree bark, but the core part is relatively soft. Relatively speaking, the starch-rich part that has not yet been completely cellulized, can be dug out directly and hollowed out the trunk.

The empty tree trunk after being dug can be used directly as a canoe.

The part taken out can theoretically be directly crushed, steamed and cooked, and then eaten. But there is also a more refined way to eat it, that is, repeatedly wash the crushed powder out of the slurry, filter out the solid residue, and only cook and eat the slurry part dissolved in water.

The latter method of eating starch alone is actually similar to the "sago" used to make desserts in Cantonese cuisine in later generations, or the pearls in pearl milk tea.

The previous way of eating only filtered solid part of the powder has no longer existed in later generations because the taste is too rough. Even if the starch content of palm trees is high, they still have a considerable proportion of crude cellulose after all.

As we all know, the human stomach can absorb starch efficiently, but cannot absorb cellulose (so later weight loss foods are known to be high in fiber, so they can be eaten for free).

That thing can only be absorbed by herbivores such as cattle, sheep, rabbits, and the human cecum has degenerated.

However, the indigenous barbarians at the end of the Han Dynasty were obviously not so particular. They often naturally ate the mixture of palm wood residue, cellulose and palm starch, regardless of whether they absorb it or not.

This way of eating made Zhao Yun stunned: Isn’t that just eating the wood of the tree trunk? It’s just that the relatively tender part of the wood was shattered.

Too rough!

This is how the natives living in barren areas along the coast, far away from the Great River Delta.

However, it is really easy to feed. Even the cut trees are directly taken out and crushed and then cooked for food. How could there be insufficient food to starve to death?

Zhao Yun tried a bite of the "milk tea pearl" mixed with wood powder that made people cooked. After "Simi Dew", he almost choked, as if a knife was pulling his throat.

Zhao Yun sighed, "How to eat this thing? Forget it, this is the only way for the time being. However, the delicate powder slurry that was washed may be developed in depth. After the war, take some back and ask Sikong if there is any way to make these things taste better.

I hope you don’t waste too much trouble and waste manpower. Eating this wood pulp is originally intended to save labor, and there is no hard work as a crop. If you want to eat them, the labor you put in is more tiring than planting rice, then it’s better to plant rice directly.”

Seeing that Zhao Yun planned to develop these specialties for a long time after he returned, Bu Zhi showed Zhao Yun some other specialties of palm trees, mainly oils as by-products:

"General Zhao, there is another type of oil palm tree produced, which is this white and clumpy oil, which looks like lard, but it is more difficult to melt than lard. This time I will take it back together to see if the chef of Sikong Mansion, who is famous for his good food, can use it."

Palm oil was a very unhealthy oil in later generations. From the characteristics of its plate forming white solid oil at room temperature like lard, it can be seen that its saturated fatty acid content is extremely high, and it can be said to be the closest type of vegetable oil to animal oil.

Therefore, if you eat too much palm oil, cholesterol, triglycerides, and all kinds of three highs, it will easily soar. That thing is only used when frying noodles in instant noodles factory, plus the fried chicken such as KFC Zhengxin Chicken Steak. If you eat too much, it will be greasy and disgusting.

However, the Han Dynasty obviously does not have to worry about overnutrition for the time being, and probably does not have to worry about the disadvantage of "vegetable oil is as greasy as meat oil". If Li Su uses palm oil to develop fried chicken and fried noodles in the future, there should be a market.

The subsequent development of palms will be decided for the time being, and we will talk about it after the war.

Even people like Zhao Yun who can endure hardships feel that they can't get used to it, and most of the soldiers below are not used to it. Later, Zhao Yun asked to proceed step by step, and to crush it more thoroughly before eating, and to wash it several times and remove more of the thick wood chips to be considered slightly better.

However, the soldiers' hard experience has not ended. After all, many people are not suitable for tropical diets. Later modern people think that delicious coconut meat and coconut milk make soldiers vomit, let alone a mixture of palm starch and palm fiber.

After a few days, some soldiers began to develop abdominal distension and were difficult to digest, but most of them survived.

There must be those who die of food, after all, the medical conditions are there. If you follow step by step and pay attention to hygiene and maintenance, there are still only a few ten thousand soldiers who are not suitable for the water and soil. In the 50,000 army, there are a total of thirty or forty people who die of food.

Eating sago dew and milk tea pearls to death is a bad fortune.

However, during this process, all the generals were impressed by the starch yield of palm trunks and realized that although this thing was extremely unpalatable, the amount was really large.

After all, even the trunks of trees can be eaten, which is too exaggerated than grains and potatoes. A palm tree several feet tall can at least scrape out starch of several stones.

More than ten days passed in a flash. Zhao Yun's troops were not accustomed to the local environment and were sick and sick, and finally gradually returned to a state of adapting to the diet and climate of the tropical rainforest.

Moreover, the weather has become colder, and the enemy's troops have roughly scale and distribution, and they have also found the recently updated information.
Chapter completed!