A pile of freshly peeled tree bark is exposed to the sun.
Wanyan Kang walked over and knelt down to look at it, then picked up a piece and smelled it. It really had a refreshing aroma.
The wilderness survival course in the military academy was a very important subject. I learned about the four edible barks of elm, pine, birch and willow, because the starch content in them is very high.
There is also a lot of this information online.
He also heard from the old man that it was common for villagers to eat tree bark during famine years.
Liang Zireng frowned. Eating tree bark was not a rare thing. After all, many disaster victims were doing this, and many trees at the foot of the mountain had been stripped bare. However, as a person who was well versed in pharmacology, he felt that what the young prince was doing was really a bit of a joke.
There is a difference between hungry victims chewing tree bark and giving bark to victims as food.
Liang Zireng couldn't help but remind him: "Little prince, although the bark can be chewed and eaten,... it is still a stopgap measure. If the victims are allowed to eat dry food all at once, there will probably be big trouble."
"This stuff is like Guanyin soil. If you eat too much, people will suffocate and die!"
Wanyan Kang put down a piece of pine bark in his hand, shrugged, and wiped the sweat on his forehead. The weather was really weird. It was already the beginning of autumn, and it was still so hot!
The side effects Liang Ziweng mentioned are of course also a real problem. The instructor also emphasized this point at the time... Therefore, we must pay attention to how to eat.
"Old Grandmaster, actually there is knowledge in eating tree bark..."
The knowledge of eating tree bark?
Liang Zireng laughed and said to himself, "Little Prince, you are well-dressed and well-fed, but you don't know the suffering of untouchables chewing tree bark."
The tone of "gnawing tree bark also pays attention to knowledge" is simply... not much different from the emperor who shouted "why not eat minced meat".
"Have you ever eaten tree bark, old master?"
Liang Ziweng shook his head.
"Where is General Chixi?"
Chi Xi and Liang Ziwen quickly exchanged strange looks and shook their heads.
"I have eaten."
This time Wan Yankang deliberately let the news slip, so that he could cover up his "bark knowledge": "I read about the method of eating tree bark from an ancient book, so I tried it secretly without hiding anything.
Bit said, it actually tastes pretty good.”
Did you read it from a book?
Liang Zireng almost laughed out loud. He really wanted to say to the young prince, the person who wrote the book is definitely a liar. You have been deceived, okay?!
"First of all, what you want to eat is not the rough skin on the outside, but the white skin on the inside. This is very important. Write it down and be sure to tell the women."
Wanyan Kang patted the guard at his side on the shoulder, picked up a piece of tree bark, pointed it out to him carefully, and explained.
"Of course, eating tree bark is not like chewing it or boiling it in water as you think... That way of eating, you don't have to eat it in one meal. After two or three meals, your stomach will bloate, and you may even die."
"The bark must be dried in the sun or roasted over fire to remove the moisture in the bark, then ground into powder with a stone mill, and then sifted out the fibrous residue, then mixed into rice noodles in an appropriate amount, and finally made into dry food
, the negative effects will be very small, and a lot of food can be saved.”
Wanyan Kang asked the guard beside him for a piece of pancake, broke off a small piece, gestured and said: "The dosage must be controlled, it should be about this large amount - the ratio of grain to bark powder is about 8:2.
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"You can also make soup. Take some pork bones and boil them for an hour or two, then put in the bark powder and add some salt, and you will have a delicious soup. It is not only nutritious, but also beautiful."
Liang Zireng's white eyebrows raised sharply: "Little prince, what is beauty and beauty?"
Wanyan Kang coughed dryly: "Ahem, it's just a way to maintain health. Just like you, the old master, you are old and have a youthful face and gray hair. You should also eat nourishing things regularly, right?"
This... Liang Ziweng's silver hair was trembling, and his old face was red.
He couldn't retort in front of so many people that the reason why he stayed young was because he used the ancient method of gathering yin and replenishing yang?
…
Wanyan Kang then walked towards the two wells in the village.
Although he has sent people to check the well, he is still worried that the well is contaminated.
I don’t know how long this village has been abandoned, and I don’t know why it was abandoned. If it was caused by the villagers fleeing for famine, I can say, but if it was caused by the plague, the water in the well would definitely not be drinkable.
You must think of another way.
As for the lie he just made about eating tree bark, he didn't expect people like Chi Xi Liang Zi Weng to believe it.
It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. Anyway, he gave a reason. Even if the reason is a bit far-fetched, he doesn't care about so much.
Otherwise, he had a lot of ideas, plans, and ideas for this disaster relief. If he explained them to everyone one by one and justified them one by one, he would be exhausted to death.
Therefore, he secretly made up his mind that whenever anyone raised any questions, they would blame the two teachers, one of whom was an ancient scholar and the other was an expert behind the scenes.
Everything from now on will be handled accordingly.
Anyway, no one dares to question him for lying.
As for eating tree bark to beautify your skin, it’s just a joke.
If he had no choice, how could he come up with the idea of mixing bark powder into the grain?
Anguo Temple really cannot afford pure grain supplies.
Even when he later came back from the city to collect food, the number of victims continued to expand. As time went by, it became too much to bear.
Therefore, we must mix in something else and try to save food.
Right now, the first priority is to ensure that more people survive.
In the next step, Wanyan Kang also plans to mix bran into the grain.
Maintaining a certain proportion does not affect the quality of the dry food. In fact, he has already sent people to the city to purchase bran.
It would be better if there were bone meal and wild vegetables, but it is a pity that these are difficult to obtain in drought years.
In addition to dry food, don’t even think about eating vegetables and meat.
The price is so high that many people in the city cannot afford it.
However, considering the nutritional balance of the victims, Wan Yankang arranged for the monks in the temple to grow bean sprouts in large quantities in the temple.
At this temperature, it will get better overnight.
Add some cooking oil and salt to the fresh bean sprouts, sprinkle some powdered bark, and cook it into vegetable porridge in a large pot. It not only satisfies hunger but also supplements vitamins. It is also a great delicacy for the victims.
Alas, he was really worried about the survival of these disaster victims.
"General Chixi, one thing is very important. From now on, the victims are strictly prohibited from drinking raw water."
"The dead must be burned, the ashes buried deeply, and then disinfected with quicklime."
"Also, disaster victims are strictly prohibited from defecating anywhere..."
Wanyan Kang said as he walked, Chi Xi nodded repeatedly and accepted the order, his heart was in turmoil.
Not to mention whether the young prince's method is right or wrong, useful or useless, the key is where he got so many ideas.
Most of them didn't understand why, but they understood some of them. For example, burning corpses for disinfection was to avoid the spread of the plague.
Did you really read it from the book?
Where did so many messy books come from in the palace?!
Chi Xi murmured in his heart, but it was just a murmur.
The well in front of us is covered with moss, and the mouth of the well is not big enough, so it can barely accommodate a strong man with big shoulders and round waist.
Wanyan Kang opened the mouth of the well and looked down. There was originally a layer of fallen leaves and weeds floating on the water inside, which had been cleaned up by the soldiers, but the water quality looked a little turbid.
According to Chi Xi's idea, it was very simple, just open it up and let the victims drink. As long as no one died, it would be fine.
Wanyan Kang decisively objected: "Absolutely not, you must not use human life to test the poison!"
Although Chi Xi disagreed, he did not dare to raise any objection.
After the young prince took action to kill the thief Cao Zhong yesterday, although he was still the gentle and elegant young man, he always gave Chi Xi a sense of oppression.
Liang Ziweng's eyes flashed from the side.
He really felt that the current young prince was good at everything else. What was especially rare was that Corporal Li Xian did not show off to an ordinary soldier even as a young prince.
This kind of affinity, in his opinion, is the basic quality of a person who can achieve great things.
The only thing is, sometimes it’s too...
It was hard for him to describe this feeling, just as it was hard for him to understand that Wan Yankang was willing to risk his own life in order to seek justice for the tragic deaths of those three women.
"Old Grandmaster, is there any other way to test whether the well water contains poison, such as medicine?"
Liang Ziweng shook his head.
Wanyan Kang sighed, since there is no shortcut, he can only use stupid methods.
"General Chixi, send people to catch two turtles and a few fish from the mountain lake, put them into fish baskets, and sink them into the well. If they are still alive after a day or two, it means that the well water is fine."
"If all the fish and turtles die, it means the water is contaminated, and the wells should be sealed."
"It must be sealed!" Wanyan Kang paused and emphasized seriously.