Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly: "Making an unknown object like a wooden cow is much more complicated than growing crops. Liang first needs to pass the preliminary idea, then draw the drawings and ask the craftsmen to polish them. After they are completed, they have to make repeated adjustments and improvements. How can it be completed in a few months?"
"How long will it take?" Zhang Fei asked.
"As short as one or two years, as long as three to five years or even ten years..." Gently shake the feather fan.
"Ten years? By the time the Naoshizi Wood Ox is built, all the sons of Wudu will have starved to death. The military advisors met in Longzhong and asked the eldest brother to go out to Qinchuan to capture Yongliang, and the second brother to go out to Jingzhou to capture Wanluo. Who can wait for you for so long?" Seeing that Zhuge Liang was unsure, Zhang Fei immediately became unhappy.
Zhuge Liang sighed: "Alas, Liang has limited knowledge, so he can only do his best..."
"Ziyu, you are also very smart. You have helped the military advisor. Let's solve the problem of transporting grain. Otherwise, even if Sichuan can produce millions of stones of grain, it will be useless if it cannot be transported." Zhang Fei pinned his hope on On Lan Tian.
Zhuge Liang said thoughtfully: "It is a fact that the road to Shu is difficult. Unless a god comes to the world and removes the towering mountains to the north, we can only use tools such as wooden oxen and wooden horses to transport food, or reduce the losses during the transportation of food." ..."
"This is really a dilemma. The people are short of food and can't transport much. After walking down the two thousand miles of mountain road, ten shi of grain can be left with two shi? Then why not move more people from Yizhou to Wudu, and let Ziyu send more Someone comes over to guide the farming." Zhang Fei thought of a bad idea.
Zhuge Liang shook his head after hearing this: "The people in Sichuan have finally lived and worked in peace and contentment. If they move rashly to other places, they may cause trouble. The people are more concerned about migration than obeying the law. Not only will they lose their wealth, but they will also easily get sick and starve and flee during the migration. Many people In the eyes, it is equivalent to annihilation of the family. In the past, when Cao Cao moved to Hanzhong and the people of Wudu moved to Yongliang, more than ten million people died on the way? Yide must not talk nonsense..."
"This won't work, that won't work either..." Zhang Fei was so angry that he had nowhere to go.
Lantian suddenly remembered that he had read an idle article, which quoted the Song Dynasty's "Wu Jing Zong Yao". The article mentioned how compressed dry food was made in ancient times. The original text was: rice for one stone, take those without grain and wash them thoroughly for cooking. Remove the water from the slurry water and expose it to dryness, wash out the dust, and steam it again to expose it. After ten times, you can get two buckets. Take a large amount of it every time you eat, soak it in cooked water first, wait until it is thoroughly wet, and then eat it. One person can live for fifty days.
"Since the loss during transportation of grain is too great, why don't we think of ways to reduce the weight of grain?" Lan Tian suggested.
Zhang Fei scratched his head and looked confused, thinking to himself, aren't you deducting food? But Zhuge Liang saw that Lan Tian was serious and knew that the other party was definitely not talking nonsense, so he asked excitedly: "Did Ziyu think of something?"
Lan Tian nodded and explained: "Food contains moisture and air. If it is specially processed to remove all impurities, moisture, and air in the food and then crush it, one stone of rice will be worth almost two buckets in the end, but in fact, one stone of rice will have the satiety effect. , then you only need to take a small piece and soak it in water to cook, or you can eat it dry with just a small amount of water.”
"It sounds reasonable. I wonder where Ziyu learned about this method?" Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up when he heard this.
"Uh... I once read a fragment of an agricultural science article, and I don't know the authenticity of its introduction. If Yide hadn't asked urgently, I wouldn't have been able to remember it." Lan Tian didn't know if it would work, so he could only lie. I've seen it in ancient books.
"Does Ziyu remember how to deal with it specially?" Zhuge Liang asked.
Lan Tian nodded and replied: "Well... I remember it seems to be 'rice per stone'. If there is no grain, wash it out and cook until cooked. Remove the water from the slurry and expose it to dry. Wash it off to remove the dust and steam it again. After ten times, you can get two Dou. Take a large portion for each meal, soak it in cooked water first, wait until it is thoroughly wet, and then eat it. One person can eat it for half a month.'"
"Mengxi Bi Tan" records: For ordinary stones, ninety-two and a half kilograms are used as the standard, which is the Han scale of three hundred and forty-one kilograms. This means that ninety-two and a half kilograms in the Song Dynasty is one stone, which is equivalent to three hundred and four kilograms in the Han Dynasty. Eleven pounds.
Because the units of measurement in each era were different, Lantian was unable to delve into the gap between the Song Dynasty and the late Han Dynasty, so he based on Mengxi's written records,
We roughly calculated the difference in measurement between the Song and Han Dynasties, and did not change the sampling data in "Wu Jing Zong Yao". We only modified the last number of days of consumption. The actual output and consumption still need to be tested in detail.
After Lan Tian finished speaking, Zhuge Liang was shocked. Zhang Fei almost jumped for joy: "Two buckets of rice can last for half a month? This is great for long-distance raids. If it is true, I will make a fortune."
"Two buckets of cooked grain were crushed and shaped, and they should be of this size in the end." Lan Tian gestured with his hands.
"You Lan Ziyu, why didn't you come up with such a clever plan earlier? If my eldest brother had used it when fighting for Hanzhong, he would have beaten the thief Cao to pieces." Zhang Fei was so happy that he thought of a child.
Lan Tian spread his hands and said, "I don't know if the slips I accidentally turned over before were written by random people. I have to verify them to know whether they are genuine or not."
"Oh, yes, yes, military advisor, please make arrangements quickly." Zhang Fei snatched Zhuge Liang's feather fan and fanned him with a smile.
"Yide, please stop fanning me. It's not hot in March now, so I took this feather fan out of habit..." Zhuge Liang looked bitter, he read a book and then solemnly said to Lan Tian: "I will arrange for the grain officer to go there in the afternoon. Verify, if it is as magical as Ziyu said, the number of people transporting grain on the Shu Road will be greatly reduced, and the consumption on the way will be saved by at least 50%."
"Military advisors must pay attention to keeping it secret. If this method is really feasible, it must be done by trustworthy people, otherwise it will be easily copied by Cao Pi and Sun Quan." Lan Tian reminded.
"Whoever dares to leak secrets will have his head broken off." Zhang Fei raised his black fist.
Zhuge Liang nodded solemnly: "Ziyu reminded you right, I will personally deploy and supervise the grain reduction matter. I originally wanted to talk to you about Jiaozhou Liucao today, but it seems that we can only talk about it another day. Without further ado, I will Going right now."
Zhang Fei thrust the feather fan into Zhuge Liang's hand, then grabbed Lan Tian's hand and said with a smile: "Commenter, go quickly, Ziyu and I are going to have a drink with my eldest brother."
The system of three provinces and six ministries was more advanced than the system of the Han Dynasty. People like Zhuge Liang quickly understood its intricacies. Many unexpected questions came to Lantian for advice, but these were not worth mentioning in the face of the Northern Expedition. It could perfectly solve the problem of grain and grass leaving Sichuan. , is much more important than any system, so even Zhuge Liang can't keep calm.
The more Zhang Fei looked at Lan Tian, the more he liked it. When he had problems in Shu, he went to Zhuge Liang to solve them. Now, Lan Tian can still solve the problems that Zhuge Liang cannot solve, which made Zhang Fei mistakenly think that Lan Tian is stronger. In fact, Lan Tian has the advantage accumulated over thousands of years. .
The two of them came out of the Prime Minister's Mansion and went straight to the Prince's Mansion. Lan Tian happened to have something to discuss with Liu Bei. If the method in "Wu Jing Zong Yao" works, it means that the military book is indeed a treasure. Unfortunately, Lan Tian only understands a small amount of the content in it. Otherwise, in the future, To expand and upgrade the martial arts hall, this book can be used as a martial arts school textbook.
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