During the Eastern Han Dynasty, when it was still called Ji County, it was also the seat of Liangzhou governor.
Fuqiang once had a name called Cucumber County. The cucumbers here were very famous. It was still hot in July, and the small town in the Weihe River Valley was crowded with troops, so supplies were limited.
Fortunately, Chai Shao took special care of the hospital camp and gave them priority every time.
A cart of tender cucumbers was delivered to the hospital camp of Apricot Tree Gourd and Silver Needle Banner. The person who delivered the vegetables was not from the camp's logistics staff, but was delivered directly by the military caravan. A man jumped on the carriage and handed the order to Huaiyu Hua.
, and also moved down two willow baskets.
"This basket is made of cucumbers just picked in the morning. They are still very crispy and fresh with thorns. This basket is made of cold melons, as well as some purple eggplant, green taro and okra," the man said, lifting it from the carriage again.
A bucket of fish came down, and they were all alive and kicking in the water. There were carp, grass carp, wheat ear crucian carp, squid, squid, and silly gobies, etc.
That big bucket of miscellaneous fish must weigh more than ten kilograms.
"This fish is fresh enough."
"Specially reserved for the steward."
They are all familiar with each other. Huaiyu asked people to come over to unload the truck and move the cucumbers. At the same time, he also evaluated the fruits, vegetables and fish that came with the caravan. "These are all good. I want them all. How much do they cost?"
"These are sent to the general manager, how can we collect money." The man smiled, "Last time our caravan was infected with the epidemic, it was all because of the general manager's rescue."
"The last time you came to me for medical advice, you paid for the consultation and medication. How can I get your stuff for nothing?"
After some refusals, the businessman finally accepted the money from Huaiyu and drove away.
Huaiyu whistled and called Ma Zhou to come over and put two watermelons in the well to cool down. Then he collected the fish and made a nutritious and delicious fish soup for the sick children and students at noon.
There are not many sick children in the sick children camp now. Most of the lightly injured soldiers have been discharged from the hospital and returned to the camp. Only some seriously injured and disabled ones are still recovering. These people basically have to say goodbye to the military. Originally, Chai Shao planned to let the place accept these wounded soldiers.
The soldiers recuperated and went to Qinzhou or even Longzhou to recuperate.
But these wounded soldiers are now reluctant to leave the Fuqiang Sick Children Camp. Before Huaiyu came, many wounded soldiers died every day, and the minor injuries became seriously injured. The camp was in a bleak state, but after Huaiyu came, the place changed drastically.
The mortality rate in the Sick Children Camp was astonishingly low. Soldiers with minor injuries rarely worsened, and many seriously injured soldiers were saved. Wounded soldiers who had been waiting in line for amputation also improved under Huaiyu's medicine, and most of them saved their limbs.
Staying here felt at ease, and the food was pretty good. Wu Huaiyu personally wrote menus for the camp for sick children, and the meals were nutritious, and many of the wounded soldiers became whiter and fatter.
No need to worry about lack of medical treatment, no need to worry about the worsening of injuries and illnesses, or even some old and hidden diseases, Mr. Wu can help treat them. Eat and drink well. When you have time, attend the literacy class organized by Mr. Wu to learn how to read.
If you learn medical knowledge, you will have more ways to make a living even if you really have to leave the military in the future.
Fuqiang Hospital Camp completely subverted the Tang army’s traditional understanding of sick children’s camps.
No one wants to leave before fully recovering.
The conditions in the wards and camps in local prefectures and counties were generally very poor, so even though they knew they were very close to the Turks, no one was willing to leave and go to the rear.
"Ma Ji's Office, are you eating fish again today?"
"Well, it was just delivered by the Wudang Caravan. It's still fresh."
"Then I'll be happy today."
The wounded soldiers walking in the ward all smiled and said hello when they saw the big bucket of fish brought by Ma Zhou.
Huaiyu is actually quite comfortable in the camp now. He basically patrols the wards and training classes early every morning, and then goes to Chai Shao's place to attend the military meeting. In fact, he just goes to listen to the news and finally does a routine.
When it came to reporting on real war decisions, he could not give any real advice to the staff. Although Chai Shao often asked for his opinions, Huaiyu rarely spoke nonsense.
He stayed in the Sick Children's Camp every day and didn't understand the external situation, so how could he talk about war on paper? Although he once reminded Chai Shao to prevent Jieli Khan from breaking into the Guanzhong Plain, Huaiyu couldn't give a reason for this, and in the end
He also asked a group of camp generals to ridicule him for not understanding military affairs, saying that now the gates of Longguan and Xiaoguan were tightly guarded, and Jieli could not fly to Longshan. From then on, Huaiyu rarely talked nonsense.
He spends most of every day sitting in the clinic, just like opening a specialist clinic. Not only the wounded soldiers from the sick children camp come to see him for follow-up consultation, but also many officers from the camp, and even Qinwei and other places come to visit.
Officials, businessmen and people came for consultation, and occasionally there would be a Qiang leader or something with the name of Master Mu Qingyangzi.
Huaiyu is now well-known in Longyou, everyone calls him an expert, and some call him master. Countless people line up for consultation, and some even come from Qizhou and Jingzhou.
For this reason, Huaiyu could only see a limited number of doctors every day, and asked them to line up to register. The number of appointments was limited to a certain number in a day. Except for soldiers and soldiers in the camp, other people outside the military could only see a small number of doctors. The medical fee was very expensive, but he still couldn't stop those people from believing.
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Touring camps, attending meetings, and seeing doctors, his daily schedule was so full that he almost forgot that he was on the front line.
In the little free time he had, Huaiyu also insisted on practicing riding and shooting. He also continued to practice the Vajra Kung Fu and Longevity Kung Fu taught to him by the Taoist Taoists. Even now, he felt that his internal energy was gradually on track, and he could feel that the meridians throughout his body were smoother.
He can even hold his breath in the water for three minutes now, which is a huge improvement. In the past, he could hold his breath for only one minute at most. More than five years of practice have brought about qualitative changes.
He is now able to use the spear very skillfully to block the attack, and his continuous thrusts with the spear are beyond the level of ordinary spearmen.
Even his riding skills and archery skills can only be considered average, even far worse than ordinary government cavalry.
He has become very proficient in Qin Qiong's twenty-four-style golden mace and the Jana Hand Mace. He also bought a pair of pretty good four-edged double maces in Fuqiang City, and has practiced them to the point where he can dance with both hands in combos.
Fan Xuanfu gave him the horse-killing sword as a gift, and Huaiyu often practiced it, but unfortunately he didn't know how to do it and had no rules.
Practice martial arts every day and your body will become stronger.
He is now wearing dozens of kilograms of Mingguang armor and is able to adapt to it.
"What are you like?"
Huaiyu, Ma Zhou and others lived in a small courtyard in Sick Children's Camp. It was originally owned by a businessman. The courtyard covered an area of more than 10 acres and was very compact.
When Chen Xing came back, he saw Huaiyu tending the land in front of the corridor again. Looking at some green crops growing there, he asked, those things looked strange, "What kind of medicinal materials are they?"
"This is a vegetable."
"vegetable?"
Chen Xing looked at the few yellow seeds planted by Huaiyu. It took more than ten years for the leaves to grow. "What kind of vegetable is this?"
"Chili pepper," Huaiyu carefully served the small piece of chili pepper.
Chen Xing used to be the purchasing manager of Li Jing's family, but he had never heard of the name chili pepper, but the Chinese language is magical, and what he thought of chili pepper was the combination of hot and pepper.
“Spicy Sichuan peppercorns?”
In the palaces of concubines in the Han Dynasty, the walls were made of peppercorns and mud, which were said to have special insulation properties. The peppercorns even had a good meaning of having many children, so there was an idiom called "Pepper House's Favorite".
"Or pepper?"
Peppery and spicy, very expensive.
Generally speaking, when the Han people call pepper, they refer specifically to Sichuan peppercorns, which is a foreign substance.
"Chili peppers are neither pepper nor Sichuan peppercorns. The pepper seedlings will bear fruits when they grow up, but they are not small black and red pellets like Sichuan peppercorns, but green or red carrot-shaped ones. What you eat is the pulp instead of the fruit."
"Is this chili delicious?"
"It's very spicy, much spicier than dogwood, especially after being cooked and dried in the sun."
Chen Xing was confused when he heard this, "Then this chili pepper is grown to get its spiciness. It is used to replace dogwood. But why does it have to be so spicy?"
"Because the spiciness is delicious, just like adding pepper to mutton or cumin to beef. It's the soul."
"What's so delicious about spicy food? I don't like it." Chen Xing shook his head. He felt that people who like spicy food are just as weird as people who like to endure hardship.
"How long will it take for you to eat this chili pepper?"
"It takes more than ten days from the time the seeds are planted to the time the leaves grow. It takes at least a month from the leaves to the flowering buds, and about two months from the flower buds to ripening for picking. However, peppers have a long flowering period and can bear many fruits.
, it grows as you pick it, and you can eat it for a long time. It was planted a little late, but you can still eat it.”
Chen Xing pointed to Huaiyu's small vegetable garden, "Yours is full of chili peppers?"
"There are also potatoes, corn, tomatoes, etc.,"
"These are all vegetables, are they spicy or bitter?"
"They are all delicious. Just wait until they grow up and mature. You will know once you try them."
Huaiyu looked at those young seedlings and was full of expectations. Although he had been planting in Zhongnan Mountain for several years and was considered an expert in agricultural planting. These seeds were even cultivated and reserved by himself and were not sterilized seeds from the seed company, but he
It is not certain whether they can adapt to the climate of the Tang Dynasty.
The early Tang Dynasty should have been a warm period, with the climate being warmer, wetter and rainier than that of later generations. The Weihe River Valley where Fuqiang is located is also a typical farming belt, which is more suitable for crop production. It seems that it was not until the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties that it entered the cold period.
The warm period allowed Tibet on the plateau to rise into a powerful empire, but after entering the cold period, Tubo also declined, and even the Tang Dynasty collapsed and perished.
Although he didn't know how long the war would last or how long they could hold off the Turks in Qinzhou, Huaiyu still planted these seeds. He hoped that Chai Shao and the others could hold off the Turks here, just like he took the original material from his backpack.
Cut the potatoes into small pieces for frying and bury them in the soil, hoping that they will grow up and bear fruit.
Loosen the soil and pour fertilizer.
After finishing all this work, Huaiyu took some fresh vegetables to pick and wash.
"Set the pot, light the fire, and stir-fry!"
Huaiyu asked the blacksmith to order several iron pots, authentic woks, instead of the deep, flat-bottomed iron pots that were used to fry, stir-fry, and stew in the homes of the nobles in Chang'an. This thin, saucer-shaped iron pot heated quickly and was very convenient.
Stir-fry.
Chen Xing went to light the fire neatly. Huaiyu's cooking has always been loved by everyone.
Today there are purple eggplants, okra, and cucumbers. Let’s make cucumbers by hand, and then have braised eggplants. This okra is actually different from the slippery okra in later generations. The okra in the Tang Dynasty was actually also called winter amaranth.
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When it grows up, it will bloom small purple flowers. The seedlings or young stems are edible. The old leaves can also be steamed and eaten with flour. The taste can only be said to be average. No one eats it in later generations. It is mainly used for medicine, diuresis, lactation, and moisturizing.
Intestinal and laxative effects. It can treat cough due to lung heat, dysentery caused by heat poison, jaundice, constipation, erysipelas and other diseases.
