Yang Xiu was skeptical about this: "Just adding two wheels, how many times more goods can be loaded?"

Li Rui patted his chest and said, "It must be, I have tried it myself!"

Zhuge Hui said: "He is right. A two-wheeled carriage can only be equipped with eight hu Valleys at most, but a four-wheeled carriage can be equipped with sixteen hu. If you use a two-wheeled carriage, it can be equipped with thirty-two hu or even more, which is much better than a two-wheeled carriage."

Beigong Jing said: "I have seen four-wheeled carriages, and they are indeed equipped with much more than two-wheeled carriages, but they cannot turn... How did you solve this turning problem?"

Zhuge Hui said: "This is actually quite simple..." He briefly introduced the principle of the four-wheeled carriage steering device to his sister. However, these things seemed quite simple to her, but to the two laymen, Beigong Jing and Yang Xiu, it was not simple at all, especially Yang Xiu, who became more confused the more he listened to it.

Beigong Jing waited for Zhuge Hui to finish speaking, stretched out her hand and stroked her long hair, and said, "I don't understand what you said. I'm worried about making such a complicated thing, right?"

Zhuge Hui said: "It's okay, this thing is actually not complicated. It's very easy to figure out the principles inside."

Beigong Jing smiled: "To me, it's quite complicated. You can make it happen, but it has helped me a lot."

That's right, in war, especially the expeditions of hundreds of miles, the most difficult thing is to transport food, grass and military funds. This requires the use of a large number of civilians to transport them, and this process will cause terrifying consumption. For example, when the Great Sui attacked South Korea, civilians transported 20 kilograms of grain to the front line, and nineteen kilograms were consumed on the way back and forth, and only one kilogram could be delivered to the front line! But with four-wheeled carriages, it is different. The same animal power and the same personnel configuration can transport more than twice the amount of materials, which makes it possible for the army to leave the waterway to carry out hundreds of miles of expeditions. It is not an exaggeration to overestimate its significance!

"I'll make a big meal and reward you." Beigong Jing said happily.

Li Rui volunteered: "I'll go too! I haven't cooked for a long time, and my hands are a little itchy!"

Yang Xiu looked at him for granted: "It seems like you don't have to cook! Hurry up, I brought some prey back, you hurry up and make them into dishes. I'll have a good meal today!"

Li Rui said, "Okay!" He ran to wash his hands excitedly, and then plunged into the kitchen.

Beigong Jing smiled and shook her head, asked Yang Xiu to accompany Zhuge Hui to have a cup of tea, changed into a set of clothes, tied up her long hair, and cooked.

Sheep Xiu brought back a lot of prey, including a fat goat, a porcupine weighing thirty or forty pounds, two extremely fat bear paws, and several pheasants... She never felt sorry for her own good. In her opinion, no one can make her suffer. Life is already so difficult. If you don’t eat, sleep and play, then living will be meaningless.

Li Rui excitedly picked up the two huge bear paws and waved them a few times, and waved the bear howls in his mouth, pretending to be decent.

Beigong Jing pursed her lips and said, "Stop being swearing, hurry up, Yang Xiu will scold people if she is hungry."

Li Rui reluctantly put down his bear paw and was amazed: "This is the first time I have seen such a delicacy of bear paw! Unfortunately, it is too troublesome to cook, otherwise I will put it in the pot now!"

Beigong Jing said: "Leave it to Your Majesty, we can just eat some mutton or something."

Li Rui said: "No, I have to make a try!"

Beigong Jing asked: "Can you do it?"

Li Rui uh, "I really can't do this." Then he added: "But I can ask the little emperor to send the imperial chef to help!"

Beigong Jing couldn't help rolling her eyes: "Do you just like eating bear's paws so much?"

Li Rui said: "The main reason is to try how delicious this mountain and sea delicacies are!"

Beigong Jing had no choice but to call a general in the family: "You go to the Jia Mansion to invite the Jia Zhuzhu on my behalf, and said that there will be a banquet here, with delicacies and delicacies. If he and the emperor have time, please give him a face to come and have a meal."

Li Rui said: "Let him bring a chef who knows how to cook bear paws!"

The main reason is that he really doesn't know how to play bear's paws. If he knows how to play, he would have gone on the battle himself.

The generals ran to pay a visit, and Li Rui and Beigong Jing started cooking prey. Li Rui quickly opened the pheasant to remove the hair and covered it with flavor, wrapped it with taro leaves, then applied a thick layer of yellow mud outside, threw it into the fire, and then took the porcupine out to set a fire to remove its spikes. Beigong Jing cut off large pieces of mutton and put it in a pot to cook, preparing to cook a large pot of yam soup.

She cut off the fattest meat, but the remaining meat was not wasted. Li Rui cut them off and chopped them into the pot and added seasonings until they were cooked, making it fragrant.

While busy, Jia You brought the little emperor to come over happily and brought an old imperial chef who was good at cooking bear paws.

When the old imperial chef saw that the bear paw was so plump, his eyes shone brightly. He picked it up and admired it before putting it down and started cooking. His skill in handling bear paws was very sophisticated, but bear paws were notoriously difficult to cook. Until Li Rui and Beigong Jing brought out all the dishes, he was still busy in the kitchen. God knows when it will be better.

Li Rui took a baked bun and cut it open, dug a large spoonful of mutton sauce and handed it to him, letting him fill his stomach. As a result, the old imperial chef ate it and his eyes shone. He called the delicious food in the world. He held Li Rui's thigh and insisted on taking him as his teacher to learn how to cook...

Li Rui made him speechless. Lao Zai, you are the imperial chef, I will teach you how to cook. Is that true?

I can’t count on the bear’s paws for dinner, but they are still quite rich. There are pheasants wrapped in yellow mud and squeaking sesame oil, delicious mutton soup, and braised pork. As for the staple food, it is Roujiamo. Cut the roasted tart into the middle and grab a spoonful of cooked mutton, which is so fragrant!

Sima Quan's eating appearance can only be described as cruel. He eats oily face. How could he look like an emperor? He is obviously a starving ghost and reincarnated. Li Rui looked at him with disgust!

Jia You looked pretty gentle, at least he didn't make his face full of oil. He said weakly: "Your Majesty, please pay attention to your appearance!"

Sima Quan swallowed the food in his mouth with difficulty and sighed: "Why can't this person have two mouths, one speaks and the other eats?"

Li Rui said: "Or two of you have dinner together?"

Sima Quan nodded suddenly: "Yes, yes!"

Li Rui rolled his eyes: "Two more belly?"

Sima Quan said: "That can't be better!"

Li Rui cursed: "What a foodie!"

Beigong Jing said: "The harvest is imminent, and the Grand Sima took Xiangfan and seized a large amount of food. It would be okay for His Majesty to let go of his stomach and eat it."

Sima Quan grinned: "The major general is the most considerate!"

Li Rui doesn’t like to listen to this. How old are you, a little kid? Do you know what kind of consideration is? I think you lack the education of love!

He raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, but Beigong Jing changed the topic: "Now the Grand Sima has taken Xiangfan, annihilated the main force of Wang Ru's rebel army, and forced Wang Ru back to Jiangling. Most of the Han River Basin is under the control of our army. What should we do next?"

Jia You had obviously received a good news. He smiled and said, "The main force of Wang Ru's rebel army has been wiped out in the Battle of Xiangfan. The forces in Jiangling and Jiangxia areas that originally surrendered to him have rebelled one after another. It is an excellent opportunity to take over Nanjun and Jiangxia County in one fell swoop. In addition, Jiangling and Jiangxia's grain has been harvested now, and there is also a drought and rain in late autumn, and the water volume of rivers has been greatly reduced. If you don't use troops at this time, when will you wait?"

Li Rui said: "I also agree with increasing troops and killing them while they are sick!"

Beigong Jing also agreed. The richest county in Jingzhou is undoubtedly Nanyang. After all, it has been an emperor. But if you want to say that the land is the most fertile and the most abundant, you have to count the two counties Nanjun and Jiangxia. These two counties have a large plain made of silt alluvial caused by the Han River. The land is extremely fertile, and the population is not large. The development level is not high. It is difficult to find a place that is more suitable for resettlement of large numbers of refugees than them. Now Wang Ru's rebels have lost all the main force. If you don't take the opportunity to take down the two counties at this time, when will you?

So everyone decided unanimously to send 15,000 more people to take advantage of this great situation to take over the entire Nanjun and Jiangxia County.

But there was a dispute over the issue of which army to send south. Beigong Jing's opinion was to draw one of these three troops at present. These three troops adapted from the main force of the imperial guards have recovered from the defeat of the country and the family, and have recovered their fighting spirit. Wang Ru's main force was completely lost. The remaining small characters who were not open-minded were very easy to pack up, and any army could promote them. But Jia You disagreed and believed that the Hu people were so furious in the Central Plains, and these three main forces had to stay in Nanyang and Xiangcheng. If they were drawn away, what would Shi Le do to deal with it when he came? His opinion was to recruit several children from Nanyang, Xiangcheng and the eight Guanzhong soldiers under Li Rui's command to form a temporary army. It would be enough to temporarily form a single army, and there was no need to send the main force.

But Beigong Jing disagreed: "Jiangling and Jiangxia are rich. The temporary recruitment of good families may not be able to control the flower world and plunder them in large quantities. The consequences will be serious at that time!"

Her worries are not unreasonable. After so many years of soldiers, she really knows that many people join the army just to make a fortune. How can they make a fortune? Of course, it is plundering. If they are plundering or if they encounter resistance when plundering, it is easy to turn into massacre. The battlefield can always easily put the dark side of human nature to the greatest extent. No matter how skilled the commander is, these cannot be avoided. Even a well-trained army is like this, let alone a temporary unit.

He also knew that if the army's force composition is relatively single and there are not so many forces participating, it is relatively easy to maintain good military discipline; if there are many forces involved and the military personnel composition is complex, it is almost impossible to maintain good military discipline. If you want to be completely unfair to the people, those who participate may not be happy!
Chapter completed!