kingnovel Chapter 458 Solid Backing
Chapter 458 Solid Backing
Speaking of weapons, Lord Cai remembered something.
"My queen, the weapons workshop has been short of medicinal materials for making thunder bombs recently. Master Qiao has gone out to purchase them several times, but it is always not enough.
"What medicinal materials are missing?"
Mr. Cai took out a list of medicinal herbs and handed it to Ye Jintang.
There were a total of 16 kinds of medicinal herbs listed on the list. Ye Jintang took a quick look and found that they were indeed some rarely used medicinal herbs. No wonder Qiao Yuan had never been able to purchase them.
"In two days, all the herbs on the list will be delivered to the weapons workshop one after another. The quantity is quite large, so you should clean up a few warehouses in advance."
"Yes."
Hearing Ye Jintang say this, Lord Cai was extremely surprised. She was indeed the Princess of Qin. There was nothing in this world that she could not do.
"Anything else? If not, let's go first."
Ye Jintang was worried about the little golden eagle that had not yet hatched, and wanted to go back to see it quickly.
"My lady, there is one more thing."
Mr. Cai felt a little embarrassed, as if he had a lot of things to do today.
"Mr. Cai, please speak."
"Your Highness is leading his troops to war. The food and fodder for the 20-man army will take at least half a month to prepare. I estimate that most of the first batch of food and fodder has been used up. Can we prepare the second batch of food and fodder in advance and send it over in the next few days?"
Ye Jintang nodded slightly. This battle lasted much longer than she expected.
"I will try to prepare half a year's worth of food and fodder for the 20-man army. Winter bedding and cotton-padded jackets are also being made. If the battle cannot be concluded this year, the soldiers will not have any worries."
"Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for planning for the soldiers."
Cai Gonglue stood up with some excitement, and several other counselors also stood up and saluted Ye Jintang.
Looking at the entire Tianqin Kingdom, there are only a handful of people who can do so much for the soldiers.
After returning from the study, Ye Jintang sent someone to call Qiao Yuan over. While waiting for him, she hurried to take a look at the greenhouse.
At this moment, an old hen was sitting on an egg in the greenhouse, but the eggs in its nest were different from the others. There was actually a huge egg in it, which the hen could not cover even if she lay on it.
"How is Luzhu? Is there any movement with the golden eagle egg?"
"If there's a tiny crack, it should be able to hatch today."
"Well, watch carefully. If there is anything wrong, tell me immediately."
Ye Jintang had seen the appearance of a golden eagle, and it would be great if she could train one as a pet.
When I came out of the greenhouse, Qiao Yuan was already waiting in the small study.
"Qiao Yuan, how's the experiment with the puff pastry I asked you to make going?"
"My lady, the first batch was made two months ago. The weather was extremely hot at that time, and the pastries were left for a month before they started to go bad."
"For the latter batch, I put several medicinal herbs in it according to the Majesty's instructions. Now more than 40 days have passed, and there is no sign of any damage."
"Yesterday, I took out a shortbread and baked it on the fire. It tasted very good."
"That's good. It's cold in winter, so it shouldn't be a big problem for the puff pastry to be kept for two months."
"In addition to puff pastry, you should also make more of various kinds of bacon while the weather is good."
"We have already made 5000 kilograms. Do we need to make more?"
"5000 kilograms is not enough. There is not much time in a year to make bacon. You can make to kilograms. If the meat is not enough, tell me immediately. I will give you as much as you want."
When Qiao Yuan heard that Ye Jintang actually wanted 5 kilograms of bacon, even though he was knowledgeable, he was still surprised and couldn't help but look up at her.
"5 kilograms of bacon is not a small amount, madam."
"If we divide 5 kilograms of bacon among 20 soldiers, each person won't get much. They are on the march and fighting outside, so it's very difficult for them to eat some meat. We don't lack meat, so it won't hurt to make some more and send them to the front line."
"Besides, if you make too much bacon, you won't be able to eat it for the time being, and it won't go bad if you leave it alone. Just make it with confidence."
"In addition to bacon, you should also make more of the smoked ham I mentioned last time. If you eat bacon all day long, you will get sick of it if you eat too much."
What else could Qiao Yuan say? Everything was up to Ye Jintang.
In addition to various kinds of meat and easy-to-carry puff pastry, Ye Jintang also asked Qiao Yuan to make a lot of fried noodles and dried vegetables.
Wash various vegetables and put them in the sun to slowly dry them to remove moisture.
When you want to eat it, you just need to boil a pot of water, put a handful of dried vegetables into the boiling water, and add a few slices of bacon, and you will have a pot of extremely rich vegetable soup.
If conditions permit, you can also beat a few eggs into it.
When you are on the march or fighting, it is such a blessing to have a bowl of vegetable soup and some hot baked puff pastry for a delicious meal.
Qiao Yuan has been in business for many years and has dealt with some generals in the army.
For a soldier at the lowest level in the army, it would be lucky if he could eat a hard pancake while marching and fighting, and he would be lucky to meet a generous general.
Most of the time, at least two of their three meals a day are thin rice porridge, and you can even count the grains of rice floating in the bowl.
This was the first time he had seen someone like Ye Jintang who could feed his soldiers well and keep them well fed.
How much money would it cost to buy so many supplies? Qiao Yuan didn't even dare to think about it.
What he didn't know was that Ye Jintang had a fourth-level space, where a huge amount of crops and livestock were produced every day.
Especially when planting wheat, tens of thousands of kilograms of wheat can be produced in a day and night.
Sometimes there is too much wheat piled up in the space, and Ye Jintang will take the time to plant some medicinal herbs.
In the livestock shed for raising cattle, sheep and pigs, hundreds of pigs will grow up in a day and a night. With such a fast growth rate, she can easily provide 20 tons of bacon for an army of 5, even 50 kilograms.
After seeing Qiao Yuan off and Ye Jintang entering the space, she finally understood the significance of the existence of space. In addition to being able to store countless gold, silver and treasures, her space was the support for 20 soldiers to fight without worry.
Ye Jintang quietly placed the things he needed in a large warehouse in the city, and then asked Zhou Cong to send a carriage to deliver the supplies to various workshops.
By the time I finished all these things, it was already mid-afternoon.
"My queen, the little golden eagle only poked a small hole in its shell, and there has been no movement for a long time. My queen, do you want to go over and take a look?"
"Oh, I'll be right there. Go call Liuli and my master over."
Ye Jintang’s medical skills are good, but she only knows how to treat people and knows nothing about raising birds of prey.
The old hen in the greenhouse had already run away, and the golden eagle egg was placed among a pile of chicken eggs. The little golden eagle inside had pecked a thumb-sized hole on the side, and the hairless little golden eagle could be vaguely seen inside.
The little golden eagle didn't know what was going on. Ye Jintang watched it for a long time, but it didn't move.
"You won't collapse from exhaustion after pecking at the shells a few times."
Ye Jintang stepped forward and picked up a small piece of eggshell and held it in his hand. It was indeed a bit hard.