If we are in the Central Plains, it is already the end of summer. In the north, the leaves of most trees are blooming and falling. Although the land of Jiangdong is not bad, it is starting to feel a bit bleak, and the sky is starting to feel cooler.
The leaves of camphor and ginkgo have also begun to wither and turn yellow, but in Yizhou, it is still so hot and there is no hint of coolness. This is the characteristic of the island. The climate remains the same all year round, with no frost or snow.
It is excellent for growing rice. It can be grown two or three times a year. It is a really good place. However, the population is smaller and the land that can be cultivated is less. But now there is a problem of feeding tens of thousands of people.
You can still be 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 from Jiangdong. They eat this whether they are in Jiangdong or here, and there are even many times when they cannot eat rice.
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There is no need to worry about the soldiers getting cold. You only need to prepare some single clothes here, and you can also save some money by wearing them. However, it is still a bit hot, which makes these soldiers who came across the sea miss the temperature and food of Jiangdong.
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Zhang Ying continued to stare at the unfinished new city with her beautiful eyes and said: "As long as I can be with my husband, it doesn't matter if I don't go to Jianye. I think this new city is quite good."
Gu Yu said with emotion: "Hey, if I hadn't chosen sides in order not to choose sides like my two nephews, I wouldn't have come here, let alone met Ying'er. This is my luck!"
Zhang Ying smiled again and said: "This is also my luck. Husband, the rice you brought is very delicious. It tastes better than the wild rice 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. I will take you to try them all."
Taste and eat as much as you want."
In the past, Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi, once said: Elders of the third generation know how to dress, and elders of the fifth generation know how to eat.
Although the original intention of this statement is to express feelings about "turning from common people to nobles" and "the influence of etiquette", it also reflects the important position of "eating and clothing" in human life.
The king regards the people as his heaven, and the people regard food as his heaven. From the Han Dynasty to the Wei Dynasty, with the introduction of new ingredients and the development of cooking technology, the content of our country's diet has been greatly enriched, which has a great impact on that time and later generations.
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At this time, it was at the turn of the late Han Dynasty and the turn of the Wei Dynasty, and its staple food was similar to that of the Han Dynasty. Basically, grains (rice, millet, millet, wheat, sugarcane) were the core, and there were also crops such as highland barley.
Among the five grains, rice is rice; broomcorn millet is yellow rice; Ji is said to be grass and millet (millet); wheat is wheat; and bean is soybean.
"Dao" originally refers to sticky rice, and non-sticky rice is called "Japonica".
"Liang" is an excellent variety of rice, and "Huangliang" is the top grade of rice. The so-called "children of Gaoliang" refer to this.
"Mai" specifically refers to wheat, and barley is called "鰰".
One of the early crops was "hemp, millet, millet, wheat and sugarcane", which contained hemp but not rice. This is probably related to the fact that rice was less cultivated in the Yellow River Basin during the pre-Qin period.
In the Three Kingdoms period, rice was widely cultivated and completely replaced hemp. Emperor Wen of Wei, Cao Pi, smelled the aroma of rice in Xincheng when he was on a tour and sighed, "The wind blows it up, and you can smell the fragrance five miles away."
Only Changsha is famous for its good rice. How can it be better than Xincheng's japonica rice? When the wind blows from above, you can smell the fragrance from all directions. - "Book of Discussing Japonica Rice with Courtiers"
Because millet (millet) has a wide planting range, is not easy to rot, and is easy to preserve, it is especially loved by people.
Whether in military affairs or in daily life, millet occupied a dominant position. It was very different from today's situation of "rice and wheat divide the north and the south".
At this time, due to frequent military activities, it was difficult to eat freshly cooked food, so the grains were ground or dried to extend the shelf life through dehydration.
This kind of emergency food is called "糗" or "糒". 糗 is fried grain powder, brewed into a paste and eaten; 糗 is today's dry rice.
Cao Cao had many wives and concubines. Before his death, he ordered them to live in Tongque Terrace in Ye County, where they were provided with dried meat (preserved meat) and dried rice (糒) every day.
My prostitutes, Jieyu, all wear bronze jue dais (i.e. bronze bird dais). They put an eight-foot bed and tent tent on the dais hall, and put the preserved rice in the afternoon. - "Wei Wu's Legacy Order"
The grains in troubled times are just food under ideal circumstances. They are "special foods" for the rich and powerful. It is difficult for the people at the bottom to enjoy them, but the soldiers are different.
In the past few decades of wars and separatist rule, the number of households has dropped sharply, leaving only one out of ten. The number of household registrations has shrunk to a quarter of what it was at 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 satisfy their hunger.
Mulberries are sour, sweet and juicy, and are a kind of melon and fruit food. However, dried mulberries can also be used to satisfy hunger.
When Yuan and Cao fought for supremacy in Heshuo, they used mulberries as their army rations.
They suffered from famine and lacked grain. When Yuan Shaozhi was in Hebei, the soldiers ate mulberry trees. - Wang Shen's "Book of Wei"
And because Cao Cao's achievements in farming were inferior to those of Yuan Shao, he relied heavily on mulberries, and even offered Yang Pei, who provided "mulberry stems", a job title to set an example.
Hui Taizu was the governor of Yanzhou and went to the west to welcome the emperor. More than a thousand of his troops had no food. After passing Xinzheng, (Yang) Pei came to see them, and they all went to Qian (mulberry). Taizu was very happy. With Taizu assisting the government, he moved
Pei was the chief commissary order.--"Wei Lue"
At that time, dried dates and chestnuts could also be used as emergency food, similar to mulberries.
There are many records. For example, when Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty fled famine, he used dates and chestnuts as food.
(Emperor Xian) As soon as he arrived in Anyi, his imperial uniform was in tatters and only dates and chestnuts were his food. - "Book of the Later Han Dynasty"
Yuan Shu was extravagant and licentious in Huainan. He hid in the palace every day and "ate rice grains" while his soldiers were waiting for food and food.
(Skill) There is so much desolation and extravagance that hundreds of people in the harem are served with silk ribbons and leftover rice and meat, while the soldiers are frozen and exhausted.
In the end, the hungry Huainan soldiers had to rely on their own efforts and launched a vigorous "large-scale production movement."
The Huainan army made a living by catching clams in the river and catching grasshoppers in the fields.
When Yuan Shu was in Shouchun, there were more than a million grains and stones, and he went to the market to buy money. However, there was no rice in the market and he abandoned the money. The people were hungry and cold, and they used mulberry trees and locusts as dry food. - "Taiping Yulan" quoted from "Wu Zhi"
In any case, since Yuan Shu was so rogue, it is no wonder that he was completely destroyed within two years of becoming emperor. It is true that he who loses the support of the people will lose the world.
It was difficult for the people in troubled times to eat whole grains, so they could only eat rough foods such as rice bran, wheat crumbs, beanstalks, and even mulberry leaves and bark to satisfy their hunger.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Li Tong, a powerful man from Jiangxia, shared the chaff with his subordinates during the famine, and was very popular. He eventually merged with the surrounding forces, large and small, and became a "little tyrant" who specialized in one area.
When there was a severe famine, (Li) Tong spent all his family to promote charity and divided the chaff with the scholars. (The scholars) all fought for their use, so thieves did not dare to commit crimes. - "Book of Wei Li Tong Biography"
Later generations called it "Li Tong Huairu, Zang Ba Qingxu", which shows that eating rice is a very good thing...