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Chapter 463 Tastes better, more delicious food

If it was in the Central Plains, it had reached the end of summer. In the north, most of the leaves of the trees were blooming and withering. Although the land in Jiangdong was fine, it began to feel a little bleak, and the sky began to feel a little cool.

The leaves of camphor and ginkgo have also begun to wither and yellow, but in Yizhou, they are still so hot, and there is no coolness. This is the characteristic of the island. The climate is the same all year round, without frost and snow.

The rice planting is excellent, and it can be planted for two or three seasons a year. It is a good place, but the population is smaller and there are less land that can be reclaimed. But now the problem of eating in these tens of thousands of people is still self-sufficient.

If the soldiers from the north come here, they may not be able to accept rice for a while, but it is a good thing for the soldiers in Jiangdong. They eat this in Jiangdong and here, and they even cannot even eat rice for many times.

There is no need to worry about the soldiers being frozen. You only need to prepare some single clothes here, which can save some money from wearing them. But this is still a bit hot, making these soldiers who come across the sea miss the temperature and food in Jiangdong.

Zhang Ying's beautiful eyes continued to stare at the unfinished new city and said, "Only by being with your husband, it's okay if you don't go to Jianye. I think this new city is pretty good."

Gu Yu sighed: "Hey, if I hadn't chosen the sidelines to not be like my two nephews, I wouldn't have come here, let alone meet Ying'er. This is my luck!"

Zhang Ying smiled again and said, "This is also my luck. The rice you brought is delicious and tastes better than the wild rice we have here."

Gu Yu continued: "These are nothing. My husband will definitely take you back to Jianye. There are more delicious foods there, such as millet, wheat rice, grapes, melons, beef and mutton. You can try them all, and eat as much as you want."

In the past, Emperor Wen of Wei, Cao Pi, said: The elders of the third generation know how to be covered, and the elders of the fifth generation know how to eat and eat.

Although this statement is originally intended to express feelings about "from common to noble" and "etiquette", it also indirectly reflects the important position of "food and clothing" in human life.

The people are the heaven, and the people are the heaven. From the Han Dynasty to the Wei Dynasty, with the introduction of new ingredients and the development of cooking technology, our country's dietary content was greatly enriched, which had a good influence on both the time and later generations.

At this time, it was at the junction of the late Han and Wei dynasties. Its main food category was similar to the Han dynasties. Its basic food was still based on grains (rice, millet, sorghum, wheat and beans) as the core, and there were also crops such as barley.

Among the five grains, rice is rice; millet is yellow rice; millet is said to be wheat, and the other is said to be millet (millet); wheat is wheat; beans are soybeans.

"Rice" refers specifically to sticky rice, and rice that is not sticky is called "Jia".

"Liang" is an excellent variety of rice. "Huangliang" is the best among rice. The so-called "polished children" refer to this.

"Mai" specifically refers to wheat, and barley is called "li".

The early five grains were made of "heat, millet, sorghum, wheat, beans", with hemp but not rice. It was probably related to the fact that rice was less planted in the Yellow River Basin in the pre-Qin period.

During the Three Kingdoms era, rice was widely planted and completely replaced the status of hemp. Emperor Wen of Wei, Cao Pi, went on a tour and smelled the fragrance of rice in Xincheng, sighed, "When the wind blows, smells the fragrance for five miles."

Only Changsha is famous for its good rice on the river, so how can it be compared to the japonica rice in Xincheng? It blows it on the wind and smells the fragrance of five miles.--"Book on Discussion with Court Officers"

Because millet (millet) has a wide range of planting, is not easy to rot and is easy to preserve, it is especially loved by people.

Whether in military or in life, millet occupies a dominant position. It is very different from today's situation of "rice and wheat divide the north and south".

At this time, due to frequent military activities, it is difficult to eat fresh fresh food, so the grains are ground or dried to extend the shelf life by dehydration.

This type of emergency food is called "光" or "光".光 means fried cereal powder and brewed into a paste to eat; 光 is the dry rice today.

Cao Cao had many wives and concubines. Before his death, he ordered him to live in Tongquetai, Ye County, and served dried meat (dried jerky) and dried rice (dried rice) every day.

My concubines and prostitutes all wore bronze lords (i.e. bronze croakers). They put eight-foot beds on the terrace hall to lay the tent, and put the ancestral meat on the cemetery.--"The Relics of Wei Wu"

The grains in troubled times are just food in an ideal environment and are the "special food" of the powerful and noble families. It is difficult for the people at the bottom to enjoy it, but the soldiers are different.

In the past few decades of war, heroes have been in power, and the number of household registrations has shrunk to one quarter of the peak of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In such a harsh external environment, it is impossible for people to eat "safe food", let alone grains. Therefore, many substitutes have been produced to fill their stomachs.

Mulberries are sweet and sour, and are juicy. They are ingredients for melons and fruits. However, dried mulberries can also be used to satisfy hunger.

When Yuan and Cao fought for Heshuo, mulberries were used as preparation military rations.

He was in chaos and was short of grain. Yuan Shaozhi was in Hebei, and soldiers ate mulberries.--Wang Shen's "Book of Wei"

Because Cao Cao's military farming achievements were inferior to Yuan Shao, he relied on mulberries in particular and even promoted Yang Pei, who provided "dried mulberries", to set an example.

Taizu was appointed as the governor of Yanzhou and welcomed the emperor in the west. More than a thousand people were appointed without food. After passing Xinzheng, (Yang) Pei visited him, and they all went to Gan (Mulberry) and mulberry. Taizu was very happy. When Taizu assisted in the government, he moved Pei to Changshe Order. -- "Wei Lue"

Dried dates and chestnuts at that time can also serve as emergency food, similar to mulberries.

There are many records, such as Emperor Xian of Han used dates and chestnuts as grain when he fled to famine.

(Emperor Xian) arrived in Anyi, his imperial clothes were worn out, and only dates and chestnuts were used as grain.--"The Book of the Queen of the Later Han Dynasty"

Yuan Shu was arrogant and licentious in Huainan, hiding in the palace every day to "eat cream", while the soldiers were hungry and had a good face.

(Technique) The wasteland was very luxurious, hundreds of people in the harem were dressed in florals and meat, while the soldiers were frozen and hungry.

In the end, the hungry Huainan soldiers had to rely on themselves and launched a vigorous "big production movement".

The Huainan army relied on the river to catch clams and grasshoppers to make a living.

Yuan Shu was in Shouchun, with more than one million grains and stones. He was looking for food in a market that carries money, but he abandoned money without rice in the market. People were hungry and cold, so they used mulberries and locusts as dry rice.--"Taiping Yulan" quoted "Wu Zhi"

In any case, Yuan Shu was so scoundrel that he was so scoundrel, it was no wonder that he was completely defeated in less than two years after he was called emperor. It was indeed the one who lost the people's hearts and lost the world.

It is difficult for people in troubled times to eat complete grains, so they can only eat rough foods such as rice bran, wheat crumbs, beanstalks, and even mulberry leaves and bark to fill their stomachs.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Li Tong, a powerful man in Jiangxia, shared crumbs with his subordinates during the famine, which won the hearts of the people. In the end, he annexed the surrounding forces and became a "little bully" who was the only one.

In the midst of a famine, (Li) Tong was full of family support and divided the scoundrels with the scholars. (Scholars) all competed for their use, so the thieves did not dare to offend them.--"Biography of Li Tong of Wei"

Later generations called him "Li Tonghuai Ru, Zang Baqing Xu", which shows that eating rice is a good thing...
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