As the sun slowly rose from the sea in the early morning, Fei Yanggu, Yin, Yin and others all went to the platform. Their breakfast was laid out on the table, including not only the children's favorites, but also Fei Yanggu's favorite shrimp wontons.
Everyone sat around the stone table, their faces beaming with smiles. The twins sat in high chairs, which Yin had specially made for them according to Qingyan's drawings.
"Little darling, you should feed Yiken'e and Hutulifengshengzhalafen. If you just let the two little guys eat by themselves, their clothes will get all dirty!" Feiyanggu watched as Yiken'e put the spoon on the table and started grabbing wontons from the small wooden bowl with his right hand, stuffing them into his mouth one by one.
The wontons were not very hot, which was different from what the adults used. The large bowl of wontons contained a lot of seaweed and other ingredients, and Fei Yanggu and the others enjoyed them very much.
"The children's wontons taste pretty good," Qingyan explained directly, adding that even the wontons from Songkriyirha were much colder.
"It's good for the two children to use their own hands!" Yin expressed his support for Ye Qingyan's approach. "In a few years, when they're ready to use chopsticks!"
Fei Yanggu adopted a laissez-faire approach to educating the twins, and Yinzhi followed Qingyan's arrangements. Within the royal family, the twins' practical skills were quite good, and compared to the other third-generation princes, they were definitely considered intelligent.
Those children grew up under the care of nannies from a young age. When they were twins, they probably still needed the nannies to take care of them, and even their meals had to be fed to them.
“Little darling, having some seafood for lunch is really good,” Fei Yanggu said, having come from the capital, the ingredients used for lunch were becoming increasingly diverse. “It’s even better than in the capital, the seafood is also excellent, Little darling likes seafood, so it’s good to use more.”
Yin nodded and specifically instructed Erlu to tell Yuelai Inn to prepare more seafood to be delivered.
"The Yuelai Inn has sent over a lot of seafood," Qingyan nodded and said. "We don't use all the seafood every day, so it's all been disposed of. Fourth, there's very little meat in the camp, so I'm thinking of using seafood to replace it!"
Naval personnel need to be on ships, so they must be in excellent physical condition. If the soldiers' physiques are within a fixed range of calculated weight, and considering the weapons of the gunboats, there certainly won't be any problems.
“Many people in the barracks don’t like seafood. If we replace it with seafood, there might really be problems.” Yin was also helpless about this. “Most of the soldiers who came from the north prefer beef and mutton.”
Qingyan sighed helplessly. The soldiers' meals were a major headache for her. Yuelai Inn couldn't offer much help. Most of the food was sent by the Imperial Household Department. Since the cattle and sheep couldn't be brought over directly, most of the food was given to them and they could digest it on their own.
"Buying beef and mutton in this harbor is definitely not an option. The livestock raised in the village are mostly for the villagers' consumption. After the naval port was established, they conducted large-scale procurement of grain and other supplies, buying up almost all of the village's grain and other supplies, which gave the village chief a headache," Qingyan said helplessly.
Yin frowned. Qingyan was right. The grain and fodder in the nearby villages had been bought up. It was probably impossible to buy anything else.
As soon as they finished speaking, the men sighed helplessly. The things they had bought could only be obtained from the nearby county town. They had bought a lot of grain and fodder, enough to get through the winter.
"What about the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Haven't they tried to figure it out?" Fei Yanggu rarely deals with these kinds of things. After the naval port was established, these things became the responsibility of the top leader.
"There's nothing I can do? I just don't want to get involved!" Yin explained helplessly.
The soldiers of the Eight Banners had a fixed supply of provisions, which the Ministry of Revenue would prepare in advance and then transport to the military camp intact. The military port was built halfway through the journey, and provisions could not be procured. The Ministry of Revenue would purchase provisions in one go at the beginning of the year.
Therefore, after the navy was established, the Ministry of Revenue could only allocate funds to the navy. In fact, the money for this grain and fodder was secretly allocated from the Ministry of Revenue. Kangxi could only say that he asked them to raise as much grain and winter supplies as possible, and that the Ministry of Revenue would deliver the grain and fodder directly next year.
"Why? When you were in the Ministry of Revenue, weren't you always responsible for procuring provisions?" Yin asked directly. Every time, it was Yin who prepared the provisions for the military camp. "Now, can't you prepare a little more?"
“Alright, not now. I can only continue preparations after the autumn harvest.” Yin agreed. “I’ll prepare the grain supplies directly, but we really can’t get meat.”
"If it were sent from the grasslands, what would the damage rate be?" Yin asked directly.
All eyes were on Qingyan, who was in charge of purchasing the Yuelai Inn.
“It should be a quarter!” Qingyan said directly.
Purchasing cattle and sheep from the grasslands and transporting them here should, in theory, be a feasible move.
"How much silver do you have from the Ministry of Revenue?" Yin asked. "To see if we can buy more things. We need everything here, except silver."
Yin understood that since the naval port had just been established, if they didn't buy all the necessary supplies, their every move would be monitored.
"Let's try to buy it outside; money is the safest thing to do," Yin explained helplessly. "Right now, let's solve the problem of food. Like Big Brother said, the trainees don't really like seafood."
Yin was quite helpless. During meals, most of the trainees would grumble. Back at the mansion, they mostly ate beef and mutton, and many of those accompanying him on this training trip were from the north. They really couldn't accept seafood.
"Is there really no other way? The navy has to change its diet and use more seafood. There's no way to feed so many animals on the ship. What do you think we'll do if we go out on missions?" E Shuodao disagreed with their approach. After all, seafood was the only supply the navy could get.
“I agree with Ah Hun. If the navy can’t even solve this problem, and they really have to stay on the ship for a month or two, won’t they have to nurse a lot of injured cattle and sheep back to health?” Qingyan also felt that seafood was the best solution.
Yin stopped. E'shuo's consideration was correct, and Qingyan was right as well. The navy's eating habits needed to be changed.
"Starting today, trainees should eat seafood meals as much as possible. Qingyan will help prepare some seafood recipes, and try to change them every two days." After considering for a while, Yin decided that it would be better to let Qingyan prepare them herself.
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