The carriage slowly entered the city. In order to avoid being recognized, Fang Zhengyi did not dare to get off the carriage.
After all, he brought two beautiful girls with him.
I was already feeling guilty, and what if some rumors spread in the county and let Xiaotao and the others know.
Then am I still alive?
The carriage stopped and went, pausing for a moment at every place of interest.
The three of them went downstairs and wandered around.
Their performances are also different.
Lai Gouer buys whatever he sees, and it seems that he is planning to send it back to Hsinchu.
Chu Qinghan was particularly careful when looking at the various novel products and shops with special decorations.
As for Chu Youyi, she was in a good mood after entering the city. She swept away her gloomy mood and started to look around.
Fang Zhengyi was not in a hurry. He sat in the car and thought silently.
It was not until the sun began to set that the three of them ended the activity with a sense of unfulfilled desire.
Then continue driving forward.
The main purpose of this trip is not to take Lai Gou'er and others out for fun, but for other reasons.
He couldn't help with the fleet's sailing and military exercises, but he still had some strengths in terms of supplies.
Since this is the first ocean exploration, the preparations must be as comprehensive as possible.
And food is the top priority at sea!
To this end, Fang Zheng had notified people a month ago to start preparing to develop military rations for use at sea.
After exchanging letters for a month, we have completed the development and entered the mass production stage.
This time we are specifically here to take a look at how military food production is going.
The carriage moved slowly until it stopped near the carpentry shop.
There were no extra buildings around the carpentry shop. Not far away was the Taoyuan River. There were many water wheels set up along the river, and some strange things were also installed.
There were many horse-drawn carriages carrying goods parked next to the waterwheel, and many people were bending over and working busy.
Lai Gou'er asked curiously, "Brother, what are we here to see? There is nothing here."
Fang Zheng pointed and said, "See those water trucks in the distance? The good stuff is there. Let's get off the car and take a look."
The four men got out of the car and walked towards the waterwheel. Only when they got closer did they see the strange device clearly.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Loud noises continued to be heard, and I saw a set of huge hammers connected to the waterwheel, which were driven by the waterwheel and were hitting the ground back and forth!
A heavy iron groove tray is placed where the hammer head hits, and a worker nearby is constantly filling a large amount of powder into the iron groove in the gap when the hammer head is raised.
The powdery material was continuously filled in and compacted until it gradually became a hard block.
After it is thoroughly compacted, the workers quickly pull out the iron trough and cut out the solid blocks inside.
Then it was carefully wrapped in oil paper and placed on a carriage waiting for transportation.
Some people stopped what they were doing as soon as Fang Zheng arrived and greeted him happily.
Fang Zheng waved his hand and asked, "How is the production progress?"
"Everything went well, sir. It should take less than half a month to get the amount you need."
Fang Zheng said, "Yes, that's good. We can expedite production and sell the excess on the market. Let everyone in our county have a taste."
The worker smiled brightly: "Thank you, sir. Many of us like to eat it. I will ask them to speed up the production."
It seems like a snack I have never seen before?
Chu Youyi vaguely heard the conversation between the two and couldn't help licking her lips.
"Master Fang, what on earth is this?"
Three pairs of curious eyes looked at Fang Zhengyi at the same time.
Fang Zheng reached out and took an oil-paper bag from the carriage beside him.
When you open it, you'll see neatly stacked playing card-sized snacks inside.
He picked up a piece first, then handed the oil-paper package to Lai Gou'er and said, "This is called compressed biscuits, the latest food developed in our county."
"If you eat this and drink some water, it can barely make up for a meal. It's difficult to resupply at sea, so it's best to stock up on more food."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng took a bite of the compressed biscuit.
I held it in my mouth and savored it for a while.
He wrote a special letter to the county for instructions on this thing, and asked the craftsmen to use a water wheel to temporarily develop a crude hydraulic forging hammer that utilizes hydraulic compression.
Although I don't know what machines are used to make modern compressed biscuits, the hardness of the compressed biscuits hammered out nowadays is almost the same as that of later generations, or even a little harder.
But without technology and hard work, the taste is not that good.
Of course, the taste is not good, but for Fang Zhengyi, the compressed biscuits he ate when he was in school in his previous life were disgusting.
In order to provide more nutrition to the crew, specially dried and chopped vegetables are added, and the taste is a bit residue-like.
Lai Gou'er took a bite and said in surprise, "Delicious! Really delicious!"
There was also a gleam in the eyes of sisters Chu Qinghan and Chu Youyi.
Chu Qinghan took a small sip and tasted it carefully, thinking: "This dessert tastes very good and is very sweet. It must have a lot of sugar in it."
Fang Zheng nodded. "Yes, compressed biscuits are mainly made of flour, salt, sugar and oil. They also contain meat floss, vegetable powder and nut powder. The powders you see are semi-finished products that have been baked and kneaded."
Such a luxury...
Chu Qinghan sighed in his heart and said, "If the adults prepared the compressed biscuits for going out to sea, then they will be kept for a long time."
"Plus, it is hammered very small, which should save a lot of storage space. This is really a great business. But the ingredients are a bit expensive... I'm afraid ordinary people can't accept it. It's a bit sweet and too hard, and rich people won't eat it often."
Fang Zhengyi was a little surprised, and at the same time couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
No wonder Chu Qinghan can support the Chu family by himself. He must be living a tiring life while thinking about these trivial things while eating a biscuit.
"Brother, do you have any water? The compressed biscuits are a bit choking."
"Yeah, it's delicious, but it's too dry."
Two grumbling voices were heard, and Fang Zheng was shocked when he turned his head!
Half of the pack of biscuits was shared by Chu Youyi and Lai Gouer.
The two of them had bulging cheeks from eating so much and were still clamoring for water.
"He's vomiting! He's vomiting! Just eat a bite. Do you want to die of fullness? You just finished your meal." Fang Zheng shouted.
The delicious food had already entered their mouths, so how could they bear to spit it out? They both choked at the same time with their throats moving.
Chu Youyi blushed, with biscuit crumbs at the corners of her mouth, and turned her head away quietly.
Lai Gou'er smiled innocently and said, "Brother, I'm full and I'm used to eating..."
I see some book friends have never heard of the term "slipping seam", so I quickly added a picture.
Chu Youyi just ate it. After all, Xiongxiong hadn’t grown much yet, so it was okay for him to eat more.
Damn! You are a big and strong man, and you just finished lunch at noon, and you are using compressed biscuits to sneak through the cracks?
Fang Zhengyi said with a gloomy face, "Alright, this is just for today. You might have to eat this stuff every day on the ship in the future. Sooner or later you will vomit. From now on, you are not allowed to eat it."
"Yes, big brother!" Lai Gou'er rolled his tongue around the corner of his mouth and quickly put away the oil paper package.
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