Sometimes, Zhuge Liang even questioned which classic Zhang Xi was focusing on.
Although in the early years Zhang Xi once claimed that his family was inherited from the "Book of Rites", after more than ten years of getting along with him, Zhuge Liang never saw any sign of accepting the teachings of the "Book of Rites" from Zhang Xi.
This guy didn't have a reputation as a deviant, it was already the result of everyone's support.
As everyone knows about Zhang Xi, his greatest advantage is his flexibility. He can put forward his own unique opinions on everything. Although these opinions sometimes sound profound and sometimes ridiculous, after all, Zhuge Liang is You know, Zhang Xi has the ability in this area.
Therefore, when Zhuge Liang learned that Zhang Xi's "Qing Chu strategy" was not to make hay, he immediately asked Zhang Xi to "elaborate on it."
But Zhang Xi is also a bit numb.
It’s no longer the time when I just traveled through time. I think that with more than a thousand years of knowledge, I can show off a lot of things. In fact, modern people only have a general idea and don’t know how difficult it will be when things are actually done. .
Nowadays, Zhang Xi is a feudal official who is in charge of the government. He is also an ancient bureaucrat who has been trained for more than ten years and is familiar with the practice. In his position, many words cannot be said casually.
Therefore, Zhang Xi hesitated a little, thinking about what to say.
When Zhuge Liang saw Zhang Xi's virtue, he suddenly understood.
After more than ten years of getting along with each other, with Zhuge Liang's insight, can he still not know why Zhang Xi is like this? !
Obviously, this Zhang Yuanchang has made the same old habit again - knowing what is happening but not knowing why.
Just like when he was engaged in "swamp conversion" in Jingnan, Zhang Xi could see the value of the large swamp outside Changsha at a glance, and advocated transforming the swamp in Jingnan and opening up fertile farmland. This is the embodiment of Zhang Xi's ability.
But the problem is that when Zhang Xi was actually asked to do this, he was confused. After more than half a year, the materials were piled up in a room, but the fields were not transformed much.
Of course, Zhang Xi must have grown up a lot now. If he is engaged in local practice now, he will not be as confused as he was more than ten years ago. But this is the characteristic of Zhang Xi. He can have a rough response plan for many things. , but we don’t know what kind of problems we will encounter during the implementation of these plans.
Now that this guy is struggling, he is probably aware of this problem and is trying to find a way to remedy it.
"Yuan Chang said it doesn't matter. If there is anything wrong, we can discuss it together." Zhuge Liang said quickly.
This kid really can't let him think blindly, otherwise, his good ideas will turn into bad ideas under his random thoughts.
This kid thinks too much, and is particularly prone to sidetracking.
If you have an idea, come up with it and discuss it with everyone. It’s okay to pool everyone’s wisdom to get things done. There’s no need to just think about it all by yourself.
By the way, this also gives Zhang Xi peace of mind and allows him to speak boldly.
With Zhuge Liang's words, Zhang Xi did relax a lot. He paused and said, "When Xi was young and studying, he once came across a book. The book recorded a strange method: cut spring and summer grass into pieces. After it is thinned and buried in a deep pit, it will still be green grass when taken out in winter. This is called green storage."
No one bothered to ask about such nonsense as "where is this book now?"
People these days have some secret techniques that are taught exclusively by their masters. Most of these secret techniques cannot be taught to others. Even if they want to be taught, they have to use the excuse of reading them in ancient books. This is the rule these days.
If someone is willing to tell you, it is already a very generous gesture. If you continue to ask anxiously, "Where is this book?", it will be impolite.
This is the tacit understanding of people in this era.
Therefore, when Jiang Xu and Zhao Yun listened to Zhang Xi’s remarks, their first question was
"Is Yuan Chang sure?!"
That means, has Zhang Xi tried it? Is this really able to preserve the grass? !
This is the question that people who really do practical things will ask. It doesn’t matter where your method comes from, as long as it works.
Zhang Xi shook his head slightly and said, "Xi has also verified that the harvest is half rotten grass and half green grass. Livestock eating rotten grass will die suddenly, and livestock eating green grass will be mostly the same as fresh grass, and they will eat too much If you have a minor illness, you can recover in a few days."
Actually, Zhang Xi has never done this experiment. He doesn't have the conditions to do these experiments at all. When he crossed over, he was no better than a poor man. After that, he was fighting in the north and south, so he didn't have the time to do such experiments.
But in Zhang Xi's previous life, he was lucky enough to see a video about green storage technology while visiting Xiaopo Station.
Although it has been so long that some details may no longer be remembered, Zhang Xi still remembers the general operation process and the possible consequences of improper green storage operations.
The green storage technology cannot be developed everywhere. It cannot be too far away from the livestock fields, otherwise the green storage grass will easily lose nutrients during transportation.
Another one is to develop green storage on a large scale. From a cost perspective, cellar storage is the most convenient and lowest-cost method of green storage.
There is a restriction for cellar storage. It must be in a place with high and dry terrain, hard soil, low groundwater level, easy drainage, and no accumulation of water. Qinzhou and Liangzhou happen to be very suitable for these places.
Then the only remaining constraint is the airtightness of the cellar.
Green storage technology, to put it bluntly, is to isolate the stored green feed from the outside air, causing internal anoxia and causing anaerobic fermentation, thereby producing organic acids, which can preserve the fresh feed for a long time, which can not only reduce nutrient loss but also benefit A storage technology for animal digestion and absorption.
In this era, the biggest technical barrier is probably creating a hypoxic environment.
In modern society, these problems can be solved by making iron cans or building brick cellars, and in modern society, tin cans and brick cellars are both symbols of low cost.
But in this era, iron is a strategic material, and how many people in aristocratic families can live in brick houses with proper luxuries?
Therefore, what Zhang Xi can choose is the most traditional method of digging a deep hole in the ground to serve as a cellar to implement this green storage technology.
But the problem is that the air tightness of this kind of cellar is often not very good. If you are unlucky enough to encounter poor drainage or underground water seepage, all the silage feed in this cellar will rot and eventually turn into poisonous feed.
Zhang Xi said this deliberately to tell Jiang Xu and Zhao Yun that his method was actually not that complete. If it was not used properly, it would have serious consequences.
However, in the eyes of Jiang Xu and Zhao Yun, this is not a shortcoming.
You know, in this day and age, when winter comes, any livestock can only survive on hay. The one who lost weight makes me feel distressed just looking at it.
Even if Zhang Xi's method only has a half success rate, as long as the livestock can really eat the same green grass in winter as in spring and summer, it doesn't require them to gain weight. As long as they don't lose weight, it is a great achievement.
And Zhang Xi's method doesn't sound that difficult. It's just to dig a deep pit, be careful not to dig into the groundwater, then chop the green feed into fine pieces and throw it in, compact it and then seal it with soil. This is a personal matter. You can do everything, so what’s the difficulty? !
Now the two of them are not worried about the success rate of this technology at all. What they are more worried about is.
"If this method is feasible, it is necessary to send close people to handle the matter, and this method cannot be spread."
Zhao Yun said with a solemn expression.
This statement immediately received approval from Jiang Xu.
Qinzhou and Liangzhou are both border states. There are not many other people around, and there are too many Qiang and Hu aliens.
If this method spreads and is obtained by the Qiang and Hu aliens, Liangzhou and Qinzhou will probably never have peace.
It doesn't matter if some small barbarian tribes arrive. After obtaining this method, there is a high probability that it will trigger a melee. Until there is no big force to dominate the grassland, there is no need to worry about it for the time being.
However, although the Qiang people and Qiang tribes are not too harmonious, the Qiang people have a strong sense of identity, and there is no shortage of large Qiang tribes near Qinzhou and Liangzhou. If they really grow in strength, They will inevitably choose to invade south, and then Qinzhou and Liangzhou will be in trouble.
Zhuge Liang also felt that this matter was very necessary and could not be rolled out all at once, but must be strictly controlled.
But Zhang Xi felt it was unnecessary.
Because, in this era, if green storage technology can only be stored in earth cellars, the probability of success without the help of starter is really low.
Spending manpower and material resources to develop green storage, the final product is only a little. How can the Qiang people have the patience to develop and improve green storage technology.
Therefore, Zhang Xi believes that as long as the formula and ratio of starter are mastered, even if this technology is learned by the Qiang people, it will not be able to shake the dominant position of the Han Dynasty.
As for this starter culture, in this era, one can only use wheat bran water. Corn is still in South America, and no one can get it.
As long as you keep this secret under control and kill those Qiang people, they won't even think that wheat bran can have such a use.
When Zhuge Liang heard this, he immediately felt relieved.
The rest is not at ease at all, that is due to Zhuge Liang's caution.
He asked Zhao Yun and Jiang Xu not to promote this method easily after returning to Liangzhou and Qinzhou.
You must first find reliable people to conduct experiments and find ways to increase the probability of success, and then on this basis, find ways to slowly promote this matter.
Anyway, the next few years will be a time to recuperate and recuperate, and there will be no foreign wars for the time being, so there is enough time to do these things.
Once this technology matures, Liangzhou and Qinzhou will be able to provide a large number of war horses in a short period of time.
At that time, the imperial court will allocate funds to Qinzhou and Liangzhou to form a large number of cavalry troops.
As long as the cavalry unit matures, it can directly march eastward and regain the Central Plains! ! !
(End of chapter)
