Chapter 1266 Used to help the elites of the Tang Dynasty cross the sand sea of ??thousands of miles
Chapter 1266 The secret weapon used to help the elites of the Tang Dynasty cross the thousands of miles of sand sea (please subscribe and vote)
Cheng Guang stood up and saluted Zhang Jin respectfully.
"Okay, Uncle Master, we will finish it as soon as possible, during the time that Cheng Guang and I leave Chang'an.
For the medical school, I can only rely on my uncle and your brothers."
Zhang Jin quickly stood up and returned the salute and said seriously.
"Don't worry, you brothers must take good care of those outstanding students from the Medical Department of Cheng's University."
"They followed you to the battlefield, which is a dangerous place. I should have led the team there, but unfortunately..."
Zhang Jin was a little agitated, and he had already taken the initiative to go to Cheng Fu, the steward of Duke Lu's Mansion, and offered to let him lead the team and go with the army.
It's a pity, Cheng Fu told himself with a smile, as the Third Young Master has told you, Zhang Jin will just stay in Chang'an.
When it comes to going to the battlefield, it's up to the Cheng family to do it.
Speaking of which, Cheng Liang and Cheng Guang had gone to Tuyuhun with the army before, and their medical skills had already become famous among the Tang army.
It is indeed easier for these two brothers to lead the team to convince the rough guys in the army, after all, they are among the elite who are going on this expedition.
Many of them were elites from the Tang Dynasty who had participated in the battle against Tuyuhun before, and were even injured and treated in that battle.
After hearing that these two men were going with the army, they immediately boasted proudly to the new brothers about the excellence of the Cheng family doctors.
This actually boosted the morale of the Tang army officers and soldiers who were about to go to Gaochang.
Even Li Shimin himself did not expect that just because he heard that doctors from Cheng University were accompanying him, he could make the soldiers so happy and excited.
After all, if there were doctors like Cheng Guang and Cheng Liang in the army, countless wounded soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could be brought back from the brink of death.
With them, it is equivalent to having your life well protected.
Whether it was Qibi Heli or Hou Junji, they condoned such propaganda intentionally or unintentionally after seeing the emotional changes of the soldiers in the army.
At this time, Li Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of War of the Tang Dynasty, had already jumped to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
We found Tang Jian, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue. At the moment, the two of them were walking around in the compressed ration production workshop of the Ministry of Revenue.
Li Ji looked at the workers who were making compressed military rations. The workshop was filled with a rich fragrance.
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I watched the workers mixing and extruding the various ingredients in proportions, while others were using oil paper to pack the cooled compressed dry food.
Tang Jian picked up a piece of packed compressed military rations, put it under his nose to smell the aroma, handed it to Li Ji and said with a smile.
"This time, according to the requirements of the Ministry of War, we have produced compressed military rations for 50,000 people for one month."
"Now this last batch will be completed in three days."
After Li Ji received it in his hand, he tore open the package, smelled it, took a bite, savored the taste, and said slowly and authentically.
"That's good. With this, when the army crosses the sand sea, we don't have to worry about being discovered in advance by the enemies of Gaochang and cutting off our food routes."
"The soldiers will not march hungry when the time comes."
Tang Jian nodded in agreement. It would take about a month to set off from Chang'an and arrive at Yumen Pass.
This journey can be considered as traveling within the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so there will naturally be no problems with supplies.
But after leaving Yumen Pass, from Yumen Pass to Gaochang, it is two thousand miles of sand sea.
It is a very scary problem for the soldiers to cross the sand sea to supply supplies, but fortunately, they have Qibi Heli who is very familiar with the Western Regions.
But even so, after repeated war games, there are still more than a thousand miles of sand sea to cross.
In this land of more than a thousand miles, there are only a few oases that can replenish the army with water, but there is no way to provide food.
Fortunately, Li Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who lost half a year's salary in a bet with Cheng Chubi, quickly proposed a plan to cross the sand sea with compressed military rations.
First, compressed dry food can be eaten without cooking. Second, it is light in weight and feels full.
It can also ensure that soldiers have enough physical strength to sustain high-intensity exercise for a whole day.
If it is the regular military ration of the Tang Dynasty, which is millet, at least three kilograms a day, for twenty days, it will require a load of sixty kilograms.
Moreover, millet is raw and requires fuel for cooking. Compared with compressed military rations, its applicability is completely different.
And this has been repeatedly verified by Zuowei's army. For this reason, Li Shimin happily ordered the production of compressed military rations for 50,000 people for one month.
Li Ji chewed and chewed half of the piece of compressed military ration. It was too dry, so he took a big mouthful of water from the guard.
Then he smacked his mouth with satisfaction, said goodbye to Tang Jian, and left the compressed military ration production workshop.
Ten days later, Hou Junji and Qibi Heli, who were fully armed, finally led the army out of Chang'an and rushed towards the Yumen Pass.
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In Jiaozhou City, a group of stewards were arriving one after another at the Jiaozhou branch of Hantang Commercial Bank in Jiaozhou.
After they arrived, they walked straight through the branch's shop and entered the backyard, although they had just had a big harvest a few days ago.
But their faces were full of worry, and they were discussing something in low voices.
After the news of the Han and Tang Dynasty commercial banks' large-scale development in Jiaozhou came out from the court, whether it was Chang'an or Luoyang.
The dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the aristocratic families, all felt that they could no longer wait.
After all, a bunch of rough men were rushing ahead of him to purchase land in Jiaozhou, and even His Majesty's beloved daughter, Princess Jinyang, acquired a large amount of land in Jiaozhou.
Coupled with the emergence of three-crop rice, which can be harvested three times a year, countless people saw the opportunity.
Therefore, as those high-ranking officials and representatives of aristocratic families arrived in Jiaozhou one after another, the land price in Jiaozhou increased.
However, anyone with a little foresight would have already realized that it was inappropriate when the representatives arrived in Jiaozhou and started buying land on a large scale.
Because the population in the south is not large, especially the population in the Jiaozhou Dudufu area, they simply cannot digest so much food.
With the land now being reclaimed, if all the land is planted with three crops of rice, the output of the three crops in a year and the local consumption will probably be less than 10%.
Then the price of food in Jiaozhou will inevitably drop to a distressing level.
For this reason, everyone can’t help but worry and start to prepare for a rainy day.
Today's gathering was requested by Cheng An, the manager of the Jiaozhou Branch of the Han and Tang Commercial Banks.
Cheng An was looking carefully at the letter that came to Luzhou at this moment. The letter was written by none other than Cheng Sanlang, the founder of the Han and Tang dynasties.
Cheng An had gone south with a sea ship for a while, and when he came back, he happened to know the news that those people were coming to Jiaozhou.
After learning the news, Cheng An couldn't help but feel a little bit sick. Just when he didn't know what to do, he received such a letter from Luzhou.