Chapter 1593 A bowl of old wheat rice
Yuzhou, Xu County.
Guo Jia is in a daze.
?It probably looks like this (_`)
??Guo Jia doesn''t dare to go out much now. After all, it was said before that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao would win or lose in a battle. It was him...
What is the current situation...
??If you go out now, you will inevitably be teased by others.
Yes, most people in Xu County now think that Cao Cao is in danger.
In this era, the war still mainly relied on the manpower base and food reserves, and Cao Cao had no advantage in either. The only thing he could praise was the group of veterans gathered from Qingzhou. These had been baptized by the Yellow Turban, and then returned to the The Qingzhou soldiers, who had new fields in Yanzhou, withstood Yuan Shao''s offensive tenaciously.
?But how long it can last and how long it can resist, even Guo Jia is a little confused. This does not mean that it is really okay to be tougher, unless Yuan Shao wants to just have a verbal spat with Cao Cao...
The replenishment of military rations, the replacement of equipment, and the arrival of spring. If the civilians cannot be brought back to farm, it means that this year''s harvest will be affected again. These various things have already caused these Ying people in Yuzhou to The Sichuan family was very dissatisfied. If Xun Yu hadn''t come forward to comfort and comfort them, I''m afraid someone would have jumped out by now.
??Anyway, there are people on Yuan Shao''s side in Yingchuan, right?
Even if Cao Cao is really defeated, Yingchuan can still stand firm. Even taking a step back, there are still people who are conquering the west. Well, it should be the Hussar side now...
?It doesn’t matter which one wins in the end.
?But Guo Jia can’t do it.
It''s not that he''s not good at that aspect, it''s that Guo Jia doesn''t have as many retreats as the Yingchuan gentry.
?? Guo Jia left Yuan Shao because there was not much room for the poor family under Yuan Shao. If Yuan Shao won, it would still be the victory of the aristocratic noble family, and the poor family would still have no place. Even if he was lucky enough to survive, there would be no room for him to use his talents.
He is in a muddleheaded state, eating and waiting to die.
?However, it seems there are still some opportunities...
“Where’s the food!” Guo Jia came back to his senses and suddenly felt hungry in his stomach. He turned around and saw that it was getting late, so he couldn’t help shouting, “Old clock, where’s my food!”
?Most of the servants in the family have been dismissed. Anyway, if Cao Cao wins, there will naturally be a lot of rewards. Guo Jia doesn''t even need to hire them, and many people will come to the door automatically. Of course, if you lose, you won''t need so many servants either...
So, just leave one or two.
Lao Zhong came over carrying a wooden tray with a bowl of rice on it, which was held up by another bowl. There was a pile of side dishes on the side, like pickles...
“It’s wheat rice again…” Guo Jia was a little disappointed.
?Lao Zhong was stunned for a moment and didn''t know how to answer. He seemed a little worried that Guo Jia would be dissatisfied and disappointed. He rubbed his palms uneasily and chirped twice, but still couldn''t say anything.
"Forget it, it''s okay." Guo Jia laughed twice, "The wheat rice is pretty good, but it''s just hard to eat... ok, pretty good, pretty good..." After saying that, he took a bite.
Lao Zhong was relieved, smiled naively, bent over, and retreated.
Because the wheat rice is from last year, well, this year''s rice has not been planted yet, so naturally there will be none, so it has generally lost the original aroma of wheat, leaving only the hardness of wheat. Even after steaming, it is still the same. It''s hard, like small stones. To eat it, you have to grind it...
The rice in later generations was finely ground. In addition to the layer of chaff on the outside of the millet, there was also a layer of skin. If this layer of skin was not removed, it would be brown rice and would be very hard when cooked. This is true for both wheat and corn.
Normally, removing the husks from the millet grains generally means reducing the weight by 20 to 30%. Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, ordinary people were reluctant to grind them and just removed the outer husks, so wheat The grains are very hard and chewy.
?The so-called Zhou Gongsan spit out his **** is not unhygienic as later generations thought, or it was just to express himself, but it is really hard to swallow without chewing carefully...
?Therefore, it makes sense that the ancients were particular about not talking while eating and that they were particular about chewing slowly and carefully. The food is rough and it takes a long time to eat a mouthful, so how can we talk?
??Guo Jia grinded a few mouthfuls, put the bowl down, covered his cheeks, and sighed softly.
tired.
If it is newly ripe wheat, it is very good to steam and eat it. Even though it is relatively hard, it is rich in wheat flavor. After chewing slowly, the wheat flavor will naturally come out little by little, and you can feel it from your mouth to your stomach. The pure aroma and light sweetness of grain.
?However, if kept for a long time, there will be some problems. No matter how careful the storage is, in the Han Dynasty without vacuum and freezing technology, some moisture and mold could not be avoided, so better ones needed to be turned out and exposed to the sun from time to time when the weather was suitable to avoid mildew.
Every time it is exposed to the sun, a layer of flavor will be reduced, which will also affect the taste of the wheat. Moreover, because of mold, if a bag of wheat becomes moldy, other adjacent wheat will often be affected by its smell. So in the end, these wheat rice are simply...
However, this is already the best food at the moment. Xun Yu specially asked people to send these to him. If Guo Jia were to buy them in the market, he would not be able to buy them at all!
?Due to the continuation of the war on the front line, prices in Xu County have become ridiculously high, with a bucket of rice even costing 3,000 yuan! And there is not much quantity, only about ten stones are sold every day, and they are gone when they are sold out.
"How much does one stone of rice cost originally?" Guo Jia held his head and tapped the bowl gently with chopsticks, "It seemed like two or three hundred yuan? Forgot... So this bowl should cost at least several hundred yuan. Right? This is not about eating rice, this is about eating copper... I remember that I was not drunk when I was drinking wine, but I lament that today I am eating copper..."
"What? Why, you still want wine, there is no more..." Xun Yu came from outside the hospital with a deeply tired look on his face and dark bags under his eyes. He no longer had the elegant and suave appearance of previous years, but They are almost the same as those reported by enthusiastic people in Chaoyang District.
Xun Yu looked calm in front of others, but in fact he was still panicking in his heart. The current dispute between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao was not only a question of Cao Cao''s victory, but also related to Xun Yu himself. It is completely impossible to say that the winning and losing relationship between the Yingchuan family and even the major noble families in Yingchuan is without any pressure and psychological burden.
So, Xun Yu could only take off some of his disguise and relax for a while when he came to Guo Jia.
When Guo Jia saw Xun Yu coming, he didn''t get up to greet him. He just spread it out. He tapped the edge of the bowl twice with his chopsticks and said, "It''s just right. It''s just cooked and it''s still hot. Do you want to eat it?"
Xun Yu glanced at Guo Jia and said, "Why, you don''t want to eat?"
"This side of the tooth hurts..." Guo Jia covered one cheek, "I can only use the other side, I can''t grind it, it''s sore..."
Xun Yu nodded without any politeness. He dragged the plate in front of him, picked up the bowl, and started eating.
??Guo Jia held her cheeks and drooped her eyelids, as if she was about to fall asleep in the next moment.
Xun Yu didn''t eat quickly, but he didn''t eat slowly either. After a while, he finished a bowl of wheat rice, took water to rinse his mouth, sat down again, clasped his hands in one place, looked into the distance, and remained silent. "...Young Master''s affairs are not your responsibility..." Guo Jia didn''t know when he sat up straighter and whispered, "Even if you are not the eldest Young Master, there are still Second Young Master, Third Young Master... Besides, haven''t you already done your best to protect yourself? Is it..."
Xun Yu sighed in a low voice: "Actually, I should have thought of it earlier..."
Guo Jia raised his eyebrows and said: "You handle hundreds of documents every day, and there are thousands of things, big and small... Do you think you should have thought of this in advance? Are you too harsh on yourself? This is fate, destiny! Just like on a battlefield, there are thousands of arrows, some people are not hurt at all, and some people are hit by several arrows. Who can blame this? "
Xun Yu was silent for a moment, no longer sighing about this topic, but said: "I don''t know how fair it is..."
Guo Jia looked at Xun Yu and shook his head. He knew Xun Yu''s personality. He didn''t say it at the moment, but it didn''t mean that Xun Yu had given up, but that he was still in his heart. If he didn''t say anything on the surface, it didn''t mean that the matter didn''t exist. He still felt it in his heart. Still pretending.
This time I asked Xun You to follow him, actually for the purpose of alms.
The war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao can actually be regarded as a war between Jizhou and Yuzhou. Although Jizhou has experienced several battles before and its vitality has been seriously damaged, Yuzhou has not fared much better. In the battle of Xuzhou, Yuan Shu The Great War, the Yanzhou Rebellion, etc., which one did not waste money, food and manpower?
So speaking of it, Yuzhou is even worse than Jizhou.
If possible, Xun Yu also thought not to fight Yuan Shao so quickly. It would be better to delay it for two years, consolidate the rear, and collect food and grass for at least two more years. But when he thought of conquering the west, well, the hussars were like a raging fire. , sweeping through Guanzhong and advancing into Sichuan and Shu, Xun Yu could not sit still or wait any longer...
Xun Yu is really worried that he has reserves of money and food. Doesn’t it mean that the Hussars will not have reserves?
??The Qiang Xianbei, who was supposed to hold back Fei Qian, had some changes due to the battles. The Xianbei people in the north of Yinshan Mountain have basically been dispersed, and the Xianbei people in the Youbei area of ??Yanmen feel that instead of chewing the hard bones of Yinshan Mountain, it is better to take advantage of the chaos in Youzhou to pinch the soft persimmons, so Fei Qian was originally The hidden dangers of Xianbei in the north have now come to Youzhou to plunder...
Although it helped Cao Cao to a certain extent, it may not actually be a good thing in the long run.
??There are also the Xiliang Qiang people who have troubled the Han Dynasty for thirty or forty years, and now they are also...
well.
One peck and one drink is like destiny.
The Qiang people in Xiliang were originally very powerful, but after Dong Zhuo failed to enter the capital, they killed each other for a while, Li Guo killed another group, and Fei Qian, Ma Teng, and Han Sui fought again. , and then Ma Chao led another wave. After repeated efforts, the Qiang people''s accumulated combat power was exhausted. In addition, several leaders of the Qiang tribe were killed one after another. , the whole Xiliang Qiang people no longer have any climate.
Xianbei in the north moved to the east, the Qiang people in the west were stable, and Sichuan and Shu entered the south. How could Xun Yu continue to cultivate his health and rest confidently and boldly in the east?
They can only take a risk. If they win, they will naturally be able to surpass Jizhou, Yuzhou, and other places in Shandong, and then they will have the power to compete. If they lose...
Therefore, Xun Yu was also very worried, worried that his plan would be seen by Fei Qian, and naturally it would be impossible to get any additional benefits from Fei Qian.
In the current situation, any resources are in short supply. If we can get something from Fei Qian, whether it is troops or weapons, whether it is war horses or money and food, it will be beneficial to the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Very helpful.
But the question is, will General Fei Qian give it?
Guo Jia smiled bitterly and said: "We are at a disadvantage at the moment... We will give some... soldiers. Don''t think about it. Food, grass and equipment should be about the same..."
Hearing this, Xun Yu nodded slowly and couldn''t help but smile bitterly. Because if he were to do it, I''m afraid it would be the same. The purpose of providing weapons and food was not to enable Cao Cao to achieve an overwhelming victory, but to allow Cao Cao to continue his stalemate with Yuan Shao...
"In this case, it depends on Fu Zizhang..." Xun Yu suddenly felt a little powerless. This feeling had not been felt for many years. It was a feeling that the situation was completely beyond his control, just like praying in an ancestral hall. Hopefully things will get better, but that often doesn''t happen.
Fu Dian is the second insurance prepared by Xun Yu.
??If Cao Cao''s face is not big enough, His Majesty Liu Xie''s face is still there...
It’s just this way of eating…
?But I couldn’t care less about it, just like a very hungry person, how can he remember whether the food looks good or not? Nowadays, not to mention others, even His Majesty in the palace only eats a bowl of wheat rice, and the servants don''t even think about grains and meat. Materials are in short supply to the extreme.
Guo Jia was silent for a while, and suddenly said with emotion: "Even if the disaster is eliminated this time, what will happen there? Now Huiqi has Shangdang Taiyuan in the north, and can go out of Youzhou in Jizhou, and Jingxiang Tonglian in the south, and can go out of Wuguan and Yuzhou , and there is Hangu Pass and Tongguan Pass in the middle, and the Guanshan Mountain is stable... haha... unless..."
Unless Liu Biao attacks Sichuan and Shu and attacks Wuguan, Cao Cao attacks Hangu Pass and Tongguan Pass, and Yuan Shao attacks Taiyuan Shangdang, all three directions advance together. No matter how capable Fei Qian is, he will definitely be in a hurry. fate.
But the question is, can the three families of Liu Biao, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao unite together?
??Guo Jia just sighed unintentionally, but he didn''t expect Xun Yu to raise his head and look at Guo Jia with wide eyes.
??Guo Jia immediately became alert and glared at Xun Yu, "What? You actually..."
Xun Yu lowered his gaze and avoided Guo Jia''s gaze, "It''s just doing some human work..."
?? Guo Jia''s eyes immediately moved up and down, left and right, and frowned, "So, it seems...well, there are still some...possibilities...but...what...what is the benefit of this?"
Xun Yu raised his head and looked at the sky. He was silent for a long time and then said: "Hushi Qi is riding in Bingbei Pass to practice the law of Jue Tian?"
"Juetian?" Guo Jia suddenly thought, "I see... But this is also a new policy, and it is also a new path... Isn''t this the disadvantage of the Han Dynasty..."
Xun Yu was silent for a long time and whispered: "This is a new road...but there are also old roads..."
?Guo Jia fell silent.
Xun Yu didn’t speak either.
The two of them sat in silence. ,
Beside the table, there is an empty bowl.
On the courtyard wall, there is a dead branch.
At the stone steps in the distance, the moss is turning green, and a few grasses have sprouted from the cracks in the stones. Although they still look fragile, they are no longer able to stop...
(End of this chapter)