The sun shone brightly, at the northern bank of the Yangtze River, a fleet of ships entered the river from the river and went upstream. Yuwen Wen sat in the cabin and looked at the battle report he had just received: the imperial army broke through the Huzhu, Luozhou's general manager, Qin Wang Yang Jun abandoned Luoyang, fled west to Shanzhou, and Luozhou was then recaptured by the Zhou State.

The Yellow River floating bridge, which had been interrupted for many years, reappeared between Heyang and Mengjin. A large number of Zhou troops and food and grass moved south along the river bridge, gathering strength to prepare to break through Shanzhou in one go.

Another news was that the Zhou army in Guanzhong recovered the Zhengcheng and Huayin, and the troops were in Tongguan, and the imperial army attacked Shanzhou from east to west. The Pujin River Bridge had been burned, and the Sui army in Hedong could not cross the Hexi River.

In Shu, the Sui army in Longyou was gathering and preparing to fight hard. Guanzhong has reached a critical moment again.

"The land of Guanzhong is full of military achievements, but I am watching it on the wall, it's true."

Yuwen Wen walked out of the cabin and stared at the scenery on both sides of the river. It was now a period of water harvest. The water level of the river originated from Dahong Mountain in Suizhou rose sharply, just in time for a large ship full of soldiers to ride the wind and sail against the current to Anlu.

The Hulin Army and most of the troops who went to the expedition had returned to Xiyang, and then the rotating Hulin Army soldiers took a boat to Jakou to meet with Yuwen Wen, and followed him to the battlefield as a "thug".

"Master, the meal is ready."

When Yuwen Wen heard this, he turned around and walked into the cabin. Zhang Yu took out two bamboo tubes from the back cabin. Each bamboo tube was three fingers thick and two feet long. The body of the tube was burnt yellow and exuded a fragrance. The cut-open mouth was cooked rice, mixed with slices of sausage. It smelled the fragrance and made people's appetite greatly increase.

"Two too many, so I can't finish it and waste it."

"Master Lang, this bamboo rice is delicious, so I can eat it all."

"Does the boatman have a share?"

“It’s baking behind, and everyone will have a serving later.”

Yuwen Wen didn't say much, sat on the deck and started eating bamboo rice. He vaguely returned to that era. He followed the tour group to see the scenery and had a bamboo rice.

Yuwen Wen did not torment this thing because he was greedy for the bamboo rice that "reappeared" through time and space. He was trying to solve logistics problems. Among fast foods, fast rice is one, and bamboo rice is the second.

He personally promoted the instant rice, while the bamboo tube rice was "trialed" by Yang Ji, who stayed in Huangzhou. The promotion effect of the instant rice was not very good, but the bamboo tube rice was widely popular among soldiers.

The appearance time of bamboo tube rice cannot be verified. It was invented by ethnic minorities in the south based on daily life needs. It can be used as a casual rice dish that can be carried by going to the field to farm, go up the mountain to chop firewood, hunt, or go to markets.

The biggest advantage is that it does not require cooking utensils, which are easy to carry and easy to operate. Using this as an idea, it seems to improve the military's logistics, so Yuwen Wen took the lead in promoting it on the slave hunting team's righteous soldiers.

The response is very good, because there is no need for cooking utensils to make bamboo rice. The "Yi soldiers" who fight in the mountains like to solve the problem of eating in this way. Bamboo is everywhere in the mountains. Just bring rice, find the spring water or stream water, and light a fire to deal with it.

The bamboo tubes that are cut are bamboo joints at both ends. Dig a hole with a knife in the middle, and about two-thirds of the rice is put in, then put in an appropriate amount of spring water, cover the holes, and let the rice be soaked for about one stick of incense.

Then put the bamboo tube on the fire and roast it, turn the drum body while baking, and wait until the drum body is burnt yellow.

The righteous soldiers who played hide-and-seek with the village leaders in the mountains only need to bring rice bags and some salt. Can they hunt wild animals for meat and stay in the mountains with bamboo rice?

When Yang Ji was guarding Qikou, he also asked the soldiers to make bamboo rice. The advantage was that they did not need cooking utensils and did not need dishes to eat. The disadvantage was that they were too wasteful of firewood.

It doesn't matter if it's a unit of tens of people or hundreds of people. For example, in a military camp with a force of 5,000, the scene of everyone scattering fires and roasting bamboo tubes everywhere in the camp is so beautiful that it's unimaginable.

According to Yang Ji's summary, baking is not possible. Later, the method of improvement was steaming, but in this way, you had to bring cookware, which violated the original intention of improving portability. Not to mention that if it was to be promoted on a large scale, the bamboo tubes consumed by the army every day when they went to war would be quite considerable.

If you prepare in advance, transport and store so many bamboo tubes will increase the logistics burden. If you cut it near the campsite, what if there is not enough wild bamboo or there is no bamboo at all?

So after the quick rice, Yuwen Wen's plan to improve logistics failed again.

This is the second one, and the next third item is the kettle.

While eating bamboo tube rice, Yuwen looked at the bamboo kettle in his hand. The bamboo tube kettle was handed over to him by Yang Ji. It was sent to soldiers for trial works in Xiyang City Workshop, and then collected various opinions.

The kettle is naturally used to hold water. This bamboo kettle was "developed" as a water utensil for soldiers, with the purpose of which is to allow soldiers to drink water at any time.

It is still possible to endure food for several days when the marching and fighting, but it is impossible to endure water. This is the most basic physiological need. Soldiers not only need to drink water when camping, but also need to drink water when fighting.

The army of both sides faces a battle, and a battle can be fought from morning to afternoon. The soldiers lined up wearing armor to endure the sun and feel nervous, and will sweat constantly, be thirsty, but they have no chance to return to the camp or go to the river or pond to drink water. At this time, the water utensils you carry with you are very important.

Even in the era of hot weapons, military kettles are indispensable for soldiers, so Yuwen Wen's "new thinking" is to standardize the kettles, so selecting materials becomes the key.

In this era, the carrying tools that hold water are generally skin water capsules or bamboo tubes or gourds. No matter which one has its advantages and disadvantages.

The skin water sac is sewn with sheepskin or cowhide and pig skin, and the inner liner is made of bladder. It is convenient to make it on grasslands with herds of cattle and sheep, but it can be made on a large scale in the Jiangnan area, so the cost will not be reduced.

It is possible to use a small-scale gourd, but how many gourds do an army of thousands of people need? For the purpose of saving money, Yuwen Wen chose to use bamboo tubes as a water utensil for soldiers. The bamboo kettle is strong and not damaged. It is easy to obtain materials and is cheap. The only problem is that mold or water seepage will occur after a long time.

The inner wall of the bamboo kettle he was holding was already seriously moldy.

It’s okay to say that water seeps, but when mold becomes moldy, they will be filled with water. God knows what disease will happen in your stomach, so the moldy bamboo tubes are either cleaned or replaced. Yuwen Wen’s idea is to make a durable bamboo kettle to become a “standard equipment”.

In order to solve the problem of mold growth, the solution is to install inner liner, such as glass bottle inner liner, tin bottle inner liner, and bamboo tube to fill the gap between the gap between the bamboo tube as buffer.

The technological content is very high, but the production cost of this bamboo kettle is also very high. It is better to wait until the inner wall of the bamboo kettle becomes moldy and then replace it with a new one.

New thinking failed one after another, and Yuwen Wen was a little discouraged, but he didn't care. Now he was bored in watching the wall and was just looking for something to do.

There are many bamboos in Jiangnan, and bamboo products can be used to create many tricks, such as fast food and carry-on water tools. There must be breakthroughs in any case. As long as the combat effectiveness of the army can be enhanced, you must try any ideas.
Chapter completed!