Chapter 79: Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period (18) Military rations…

The first round of the project ended, and a total of 623 people were eliminated, which was about twice the number of 1,500 to 2,000 eliminated in the previous spring recruitment.

Among them, 77 eliminated people were reservists, and the remaining 374 reservists continued to the next project.

Ye Mo sat back in his deputy seat, and after a brief exchange with Meng Sheng, he said to the densely packed soldiers in the horse field: "The strong men in the seventh horizontal and ninth vertical of area A, the strong men in the thirteenth horizontal and third vertical of area C, the strong men in the first horizontal and tenth vertical of area E, the strong men in the first horizontal and tenth vertical of area E..."

Mathematics in this era had been developed for many years and was not weak. Whether it was divination or the Book of Changes, mathematics was indispensable, but the people, especially the farmers and horse slaves, had poor counting skills.

Therefore, there are special guards to help guide.

"Slave Zhang San/Li Si/Zhao Liu/Qian Qi, meet the young lady."

"Get up."

Ye Mo cooperated very well and asked the four agents about the first project. Zhang San gave the following examples of work and vividly described how to complete the training task scientifically.

Since the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, there have been four recruitments every year. The first project of the recruitment is all weight-bearing training. Some people have asked or spent money to have no experience, but no one has ever thought of sharing the secrets.

Military events are secrets, and soldiers will not spread the tricks everywhere. The witch doctors understand these secrets, but the recruitment project is far away from them, so they will not remind them specifically.

The officials also understood that the high number of people who passed the test this year was not because the project was simpler. Those who passed the test were still in line with their recruitment level. It was just that there were more smart and kind people this year, so they suppressed their doubts .

Ye Mo praised: "You are both wise and brave, reward!"

"Thank you, young lady." Zhang San, Li Si, Zhao Liu, and Qian Qi said.

Meng Sheng still remembered that his disciples had gone to a farm and found talents who made a sowing tool, a plow.

Now it seems that it is really good. He asked Li Si a few questions, and after praising him, he gave him a good weapon as a thank you for what he did for the farmers all over the world.

The reservists knew that the survivors were acting, but even the big guys had to comply with the basic rules in the dungeon. Their arrogance at the beginning was really no different from giving away heads.

Then, Ye Mo called out the top 30 people, asked their names one by one, praised them a few words, gave them more rewards, and wished them good performance in the next competition.

After the first event, all 591 eliminated people left the racecourse.

However, Ye Mo asked the guards to read out a list based on the performance of the first event, which included 90% of the peasant slaves and horse slaves, and informed them that they had another task.

Only 10% of the people left.

Among the 10% who left, there were 50 reservists. They returned to the farm under the leadership of the stewards and the peasant soldiers. It was the end of the spring plowing season, and the peasant slaves had a heavy task to do, so they could not waste time.

When they thought about the dreary work on the farm, half of the reservists felt dizzy and regretted not insisting just now, but they had already chosen their own future and had to go on even if they had to kneel.

Or die.

According to emotional detection, many of these reservists must have developed hostility towards the survivors, especially Mi Wenjing.

In the eyes of some people, the survivor Mi Wenjing could easily join the army with a wave of her hand, but they deliberately looked down on them and watched them play monkey tricks.

Ye Mo didn't care much about their opinions, but she was too kind. Even if they were looked at maliciously, she wished them to work steadily on the farm for 60 days!

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12:15 at 5:50 in the afternoon, it was lunch time.

The soldiers who usually only had two meals a day were given enough food to fill their stomachs. There were no vegetables, but there was a sparse amount of vegetable soup. There was plenty of boiled meat, and it was a whole fresh deer, which was cut into portions and shared.

The soldiers were similar. The ruling class might have three or five more vegetables and five or eight more kinds of meat than them.

After lunch and a short rest, Meng Sheng announced the start of the second project.

The time for the second spring recruitment project for soldiers is from the end of noon today to before sunset, the whole day of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and from the morning to the 15th of noon the day after tomorrow. In short, it is from noon today to noon the day after tomorrow, excluding the night, for a total of three days.

The content of the second project is hunting on the south mountain. Hunting is the top priority of the spring search, summer seedling hunting, autumn hunting, and winter hunting every year, and it is also the project with the highest number of casualties every year.

The Machang Mountains are not just farm mountains. There are ferocious beasts on the mountain. Therefore, every soldier is equipped with medicine bags, miasma pills, maps, bows and arrows, etc. Soldiers

are allowed to form teams of no more than ten people to set out. There are also multiple garrisons in the mountains. Soldiers can put their prey at the garrisons. After 1:15 p.m. tomorrow, the conscription will be based on the prey count.

For fairness, the calculation of prey will also include quality.

For example, one tiger is equal to three brown bears or black bears, one bear is equal to two wild boars, one adult wild boar is equal to one hundred goats, and one goat is equal to one hundred pheasants.

In principle, hunting is not allowed to kill each other, nor to kill young prey, or to kill pregnant animals without reason. Young and pregnant prey are not counted. A long time ago, our ancestors had passed down the wisdom of hunting from generation to generation.

Ye Mo did not change other regulations, but added a new task that he had just assigned to the hundred people in the process - to deal with the shot prey in time.

As we all know, no war in the mortal world does not require food and grass. People must first eat enough to have the strength to fight.

In ancient times, planting relied on spiritual energy. There were all kinds of magical plants between heaven and earth, such as the legendary divine plant Zhuyu that could fill the stomach, and the divine witch could call the wind and rain. The planting industry was a mess.

It was not until the Western Zhou Dynasty that it began to improve.

Ye Mo had discussed these with the managers of the farm. Currently, the people cannot even afford two meals a day. The food in the warehouse of Yangcheng Jun can be used as a month's rations for soldiers, not including the newly enlisted soldiers and the people of Yangcheng. Of course, it can't be done. It's

very deadly.

Breeding is only provided to Chuyang City. Except for the war horses and oxen that cannot be killed, the stock is even smaller.

Ye Mo can't find any sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn seeds from overseas immediately. Even if he finds them, he can't harvest them in just two months. The best solution so far is meat.

The spring hunting in front of him is a very good opportunity to store food.

Like the planting industry, in an era with such high military power, people can't even eat enough, and the storage capacity of meat is also a problem.

Ye Mo had heard about methods of storing food.

For example, smoking, pickling, jerking, dehydrating, etc., but she doesn't know how to do it. She smoked and pickled bacon and sausage during the Chinese New Year, but not from raw pork to bacon.

The agents are also versatile. Wang Qi is a foodie and a professional chef. They have summarized a set of food storage methods.

The most common is salt pickling.

But this method is ranked last by Ye Mo and Zhang San. Although Chuyang City is prosperous, it is an inland city after all. Even if Chu State is in the south and has intersections with coastal cities such as Zhejiang and Shanghai, it is too far away from Chuyang City.

Without the sea or salt lake, even the most advanced salt-making method is useless. Salt is still a scarce resource. Now, when salting meat, not only the officials, but also the people think that there is something wrong with the leaders.

Finally, after discussion, Ye Mo and Zhang San chose to dehydrate the food by sun-bathing. When the moisture content of the food is greater than 10%, the food will grow mold; when the moisture content is only 5% or less, it will basically not grow mold.

The second is smoking.

Smoking can not only remove moisture from the meat, but also add a layer of protective shell on the outside of the meat. The smoked meat can be preserved for several months if properly processed, which may be longer than sun-baked meat.

However, these processing methods are high and require a lot of manpower.

For this, Ye Mo contributed and took over the following matters.

After getting familiar with the formation, we designed wind-dried dehydration equipment, vacuum high-temperature baking equipment, meat strips, dried meat floss, and even dehydrated wild vegetables, and then put them into the cool grain storage array with few bacteria.

So far, the vacuum high-temperature baking equipment has been produced, and the dehydration equipment involves the combination of wind-wood formation and fire-temperature formation. After the second project is completed today, it will be designed and produced.

Of course, there is a need for preliminary preparation in the baking mountain.

The task of the remaining serfs is the preliminary preparation, such as peeling and hair removal, excess fat separation, and cleaning of internal dirt. These preparations are very critical and need to be done in time.

Hearing such mission requirements, not to mention the remuneration, just the meals provided by the spring recruitment with meat, vegetables and beans, compared to working in the fields on the farm, at least they can eat and drink enough, of course they are willing.

Ye Mo also ordered the two female agents of the farm, Sun Ba, to lead the others to be responsible for guiding this matter at various points in the mountains. Why not eat meat porridge? In the future, when defending the city, you may only be able to eat meat.

Because the food at the entrance is very important, there must also be a team of inspectors patrolling on the spot.

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Watching the soldiers leave, more people stood on the horse farm, including the peasant militia, soldiers, guards, etc. of Chuyang City, who will also join the hunting competition four times a year.

However, their hunting range is not restricted, they can hunt in the north and east, other hills, or even in the mountains outside Huquan Creek, where there are sparsely stationed stations.

The competition will last for three days, and they are the main force to store future meat and food.

Meng Sheng and Ye Mo each gave some inspiring words, and the soldiers set out with high morale.

The officials could leave at this time, leaving only the generals to guard, but Ye Mo chose to stay and inspect the spring recruitment.

Meng Sheng knew her purpose, glanced at the sword at her waist, did not object, asked her to pay attention to safety, and instructed the hundred guards behind her to follow closely and not let the young lady get into danger.

Even though the guards knew that the young lady's martial arts value was higher than theirs, they still answered yes in a sonorous and powerful manner.

Ye Mo also asked Senior Brother Xu Ruo to borrow Xue Ji for a while, and promised that she would be able to return safely.

Xu Ruo had been troubled by his hyperactive daughter for a long time, and he also saw that she was eager to make a move from beginning to end. He was more confident in her strength and agreed, but told her to listen to the young lady and asked Junior Sister Wen Jing to keep a close eye on her.

Wang Xuejiong: "..."

Ye Mo clapped his hands, and the horse slaves brought more than a hundred war horses. Each war horse was equipped with a brand new harness, and the reins and collars were also adjusted accordingly.

The leader was the red blood horse she rode yesterday. It seemed to have sensed something and was very spiritual.

While everyone was still surprised that the young lady abandoned her carriage and chose a horse, Ye Mo came to the side of the blood-fighting horse and patted its head, then jumped lightly onto its back, holding the reins, and looked in the direction of the Momen disciples.

Wang Xue, who had been waiting for a long time, received her signal, bowed to Meng Sheng and Xu Ruo, and then exerted force on her right foot, leaped up, and landed steadily on a snow-white horse next to Ye Mo.

The two smiled in tacit understanding.

"Drive!" ×2.