Chapter 4097: Variety

Of course, although Liu Bei thinks this fact is a bit too extravagant, he did not directly discourage him, because extravagance is of little significance to Chen Xi. Sometimes Liu Bei carefully considers his current standard of living and compares it with the two emperors Huanling. To be honest Feel that Huan Ling is aggrieved.
This is still Liu Bei's relatively simple, but his wife Zhang and Wu Yuan from time to time will do something very outrageous, for example, Zhang from time to time receive some raw seafood to supplement Liu Bei, and Wu Yuan often comes from Rome. Import some strange things.
The local value of these gadgets is not outrageous, but they have to be alive and kicking when they are shipped to Chang'an. To be honest, the degree of difficulty is very outrageous.
Anyway, Huanling would definitely not be able to eat it. The most beautiful thing that Lingdi eats in history is the walnut cake. This thing is made with sesame seeds, walnuts, etc. imported from Europe. It is a very high-end thing. However, After Chen Xi took office, walnut cakes, peanut cakes, pistachio cakes, and sesame cakes were sold everywhere.
The price is not too low, but it is much cheaper than the tribute that Lingdi used to eat, and the quality is much better, even during the holidays. For example, this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Xi and Liu Tong hooked up privately and made a lot of peanuts. It became a peanut cake, and then when the moon cake was sent out, Lingdi knew what it was like under the Spring.
So extravagance is not extravagance. Liu Bei doesn't discuss it with Chen Xi very much. Liu Bei also considers the changes of the times anyway. Chen Xi is too buggy in this respect.
"Wait, Xuan De Gong, what do you want?" Chen Xi scratched his head, and realized what happened to Liu Bei. It seemed that Liu Bei thought he was a little extravagant again.
"I didn't eat it for me, I mainly wanted to improve these fruits." Chen Xi looked at Liu Bei helplessly and said, "In the past, melons were only big fingers, but now they have big fists. This is to increase production. "
"There are also oranges, which used to be small and astringent, with a lot of seeds, and grow a tree. Now through the research of a professional team, with various methods of pruning branches, thinning flowers and fruits, grafting improvements, etc., the fruit has become less, but The overall output has increased, and the taste has improved, and the seeds have decreased." Chen Xi scratched his head and looked at Liu Bei and said helplessly.
"So this is not extravagant. This is the same theory of agricultural production increase as Han Mou. These things require technological improvement, human and resource input. It is impossible for God to drop a finished product directly..." Chen Xi gestured He explained to Liu Bei.
However, Chen Xi said nothing, because he remembered some magical plants, such as wild rice, a common rice in ancient China, which is slightly different from the current rice. The fruit of this thing is a long strip. It was a few centimeters long. It was a very orthodox mainstream food during the Spring and Autumn Period of Shang, Zhou, and Zhou Dynasties, and it was eliminated later.
After this thing was infected by a certain fungus, it changed from rice to a vegetable that eats stalks. At present, the bamboo shoots that Chinese people often eat are the stalks of the once staple food of wild rice.
From a certain point of view, this thing is really a good thing for God to see human beings are really too good, and it directly dropped a reliable finished product.
So God is still very reliable, at least occasionally give a lot of face.
"Well, God says that some finished products are occasionally dropped, but we still need to make improvements and applications to make these things more delicious and increase production. After all, after the soil fertility problem is solved, increasing production is very important." Chen Xiyi said righteously.
Liu Bei was silent for a while and nodded. If this is the case, Chen Xi’s behavior is undoubtedly correct, so Liu Bei took an orange and studied it again, confirming that this thing is indeed bigger and sweeter than before. It can be regarded as understanding Chen Xi's way of thinking.
"Knife sharpening does not accidentally chop wood. If you want this thing to be bigger and more delicious, you must invest enough time and energy." Chen Xi said with a smile, "But in my opinion, this investment is totally worth it. The human resources of thousands of people are very important, but the output is greater than the consumption of resources by a few thousand people, it is worth it, after all, this kind of thing is a continuous output."
Chen Xi also wanted more than a dozen cookies to improve all kinds of mainstream fruits, vegetables, fungi, herbs, and grains, but this is not realistic, so Chen Xi can only rely on a huge team to stack them, although Cost and output are far worse than cookies, but it's better than not doing it.
"If it is for this reason, it is indeed very sufficient." Liu Bei nodded and said, compared to doing these things for the sake of appetite, bringing this kind of righteousness for the people, then it is very convincing to others. .
Chen Xi nodded silently. To be honest, the meaning of his improvement is more to eat better, for Wanmin just to spread after the previous step. Chen Xi’s thinking in some aspects is close to that of Xiang Lishi, and he is the same. Acknowledging the popularization theory of Xiang Lishi, if a thing can only be used by nobles, then it is not correct in any case.
"Taiwei, the county magistrate of Anguang has prepared the supplies and waited for a banquet in the front." While Chen Xi and Liu Bei were chatting, Huang Tao refreshed in front of them. Recently, the scouts and investigation teams already include Huang Tao and Su Zong. After taking over, the mobility of both of them is rather outrageous.
"Anguang county magistrate, let me think about it, is it Huanzhi?" Liu Bei recalled for a while and said, "he made the arrangements when I passed by here."
"A soldier?" Chen Xi asked curiously.
"How many do you think I know besides being a soldier?" Liu Bei curled his lips and said, Chen Xi nodded after thinking about it.
"But it is said that he is a soldier and shouldn't be a county lieutenant? How could he be a county magistrate." Chen Xi asked curiously.
"Jiaozhou used to be a poor country, so many people were arranged to do what, so when no one came, he was asked to temporarily take the post of county magistrate as a county lieutenant." Liu Bei was not embarrassed at all.
"So, it should be developed now." Chen Xi nodded and said, Jiaozhou is at a great disadvantage, but after the opening of the port, the take-off speed is very fast, plus the sugarcane plantation, a climate-eating place, this place The situation will not be too bad.
"I don't know. Even if I came to Jiaozhou last time, I didn't give it to such a place." Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Speaking of which, Huanzhi is actually a Jiaozhi person, so when he was put back here, it was pretty good. Happy, I don't know what's going on now."
Chen Xi’s mouth twitched when he heard that the so-called Cochin people were actually Vietnamese in later generations. No wonder they didn’t mind at all when they hadn’t developed here before, as the county magistrate. It's a move north.
"Let's go and see if you pass by. We have a lot of people. The counties and counties in Jiaozhou may not be able to provide sufficient supplies like the previous counties and counties." Chen Xi said.
After all, there are more than 7,000 people, thousands of carriages, thousands of cows and horses, people eating horses and chewing, and the consumption of a day is not small. The northern counties are relatively prosperous, and the materials are complete. In Jiaozhou, these counties can provide food. It is difficult to provide others.
But when the army arrived in Anguang County, Huanzhi and more than 300 people had already prepared sufficient supplies and local specialties.
During the period when Liu Bei greeted Huanzhi, Chen Xi clearly saw Huanzhi's eyes glow at that moment. Obviously, Huanzhi never thought that Liu Bei would actually know him. To know that he should only meet Liu Bei both sides. Less than three sentences.
Therefore, Huanzhi was obviously moved, so he took off the official robes of the county magistrate and took up his weapons to go to the Ganges with Liu Bei. Unfortunately, he was dissuaded by the veterans led by Liu Bei and the small officials who came with him.
Relatively speaking, the strength of Huanzhi has not kept up with the trend of the times. It did sound good at the beginning, but these years are busy dealing with political affairs. Some of them are exercises. It is fine to fight trash fish. Fighting this group of veterans who follow Liu Bei, Huanzhi is Really can not.
"We are rich in sugarcane juice here, and here is sugarcane wine. We can't produce other products in Anguang County. This can be taken care of for everyone. It just happens that you are here in the season." Huanzhi took a spoon and scooped a bowl of it. Sugarcane juice greeted the veteran.
Here is mainly sugar cane, and there are many plantations. Chen Xi’s positioning here is to grow sugar cane. Sugar is not only a commodity but also a war preparation material. No matter from which aspect, it is very worthy of large-scale storage. .
However, the problem now is that no matter how the Han Dynasty sets up plantations, sugar is not enough.
On the one hand, the Romans had no bottom line to eat sugar, and on the other hand, the Central Plains people had no bottom line to eat sugar. The sugar factory did not produce enough for these two to consume. Therefore, on the sugarcane plantation, the Han Dynasty was also advancing, but this The effect is not very good.
To talk about a nonsense fact, the Chinese in later generations will eat 30 kilograms of sugar per person a year. However, this data is actually low compared to European and American countries.
Therefore, Huanzhi invited the veterans to drink sugarcane juice next to the juicer. With his own solid foundation, can he still manage to be full?
This group of veterans indeed drank a refreshing, heavy sugar-flavored sugarcane juice, a lightly sweet sugarcane wine, various fish and coconut products from Jiaozhou specialties. The veterans ate it as a happy one, saying that they would wait for their return. Have to pass by.
"It seems that the development here is really good. Although Huanzhi is a little confused, there is really no embarrassment. Moreover, the quality of fruits and vegetables, meat, and rice are basically the same from start to finish, and the materials are very abundant. "Liu Bei said with emotion.
The meal for more than 7,000 people is not so well prepared, and what Huanzhi uses are hard vegetables without any moisture. It should be meat or meat, sugarcane juice is also freshly squeezed, and wine is also pulled by carts and carts. These are not things that can be taken out at will, they all need to have a strong material reserve to be able to take them out without changing their colors.