In fact, there are many ways to preserve food across the equator, not only freezing.

Before Zhao Shizhen set foot on the journey, the fleet sent by Majiagang had already arrived at Changsheng in the wind and waves, and four Dafu ships and seventeen dhows built in Majiagang were loaded with countless pottery jars with small mouths and big bellies to the port.

"Zhao Yongxian, the magistrate of the county, told me that Majiagang is self-sufficient this year." Chen Mu stood on the windowsill facing the coast on the second floor of the yamen with the letter, looking at the crane-winged ship docked at the port wharf, and an indescribable complicated smile appeared on his face: "Majiagang is actually self-sufficient!" ”

A few days ago, he sent a letter saying that after exploration, the land at the mouth of the river, which is called the 'Gulf of California' by Westerners, is extremely fertile, similar to the geology of the Yangtze River estuary, and he said that he would reclaim and colonize on a large scale to ensure that nearly 10,000 people in Jiexian County would be self-sufficient in the coming year.

This is good, people in Majiagang are already self-sufficient.

The 21 large and small ships sent from Majiagang to transport goods to the port are all kimchi jars, but they are not filled with kimchi, but more than 4,400 jars of sealed beef, each jar is three catties, all of which are first marinated with salt, pepper and other spices and then sealed and packed.

It is said that as long as the altar is not opened, it can always be opened.

Zhao Yongxian sent these beef to Changsheng for the garrison to eat, and did not change anything, and earlier the fleet passed through Jincheng, where they took forty walrus tusks and five hundred canned venison for cereals and beans, and let people drive twenty pigs and twenty sheep to Majiagang before winter.

And paid for the tanning of seven hundred skins with canned food.

Zou Yuanbiao in the yamen was uneasy, those two hands were like ADHD, moving here for a while, moving that for a while, and sighing after going around the house a few times, he held back for a long time before asking Chen Mu: "Dashuai, you said that Zhao Zhixian taught people to transport such beef jars, and he didn't ask me for anything, should I send him something?" ”

"Zou Zhixian, correct your mistake, although those beef jars were unloaded at Changsheng Port, they were not given to you in Changsheng County, they were handed over to the Dongyang Military Government, do you understand the difference? In short - what's your business? ”

Zou Yuanbiao was suddenly stunned, followed by more gains and losses, looking very afraid Chen Mushi opened his mouth, and asked cautiously: "Then should the lower official also send something to the military yamen?" ”

Chang Sheng has indeed been self-sufficient for a long time, not only self-sufficient, Zou Yuanbiao also dares to ensure that the people's lives are much better than Majiagang, but what can he send? Changsheng really doesn't have any products that can be used.

As he spoke, Zou Zhixian's little eyes were aimed at Zhao Shizhen, who was sitting upright with his hands on the side and preparing to welcome the long vacation.

"Or, why don't you send a few pumps to the military government?"

The water pump that Zou Yuanbiao said is not a steam pump, but an old object in the water room of the Beiyang military camp, a hand-pressed water pump.

Zhao Shizhen, who learned and applied the "Chen's Tao Te Ching", put this thing in his mind and brought it to the New World, and the various departments of the Ordnance Bureau of the Oriental Military Government were now newly established, and the pro-soldier civil servants had long complained about this, so Zhao Shizhen quickly poured out the structure of this thing out of his mind.

Regardless of the pro-soldiers or the flag army, they use hand-pressed water pumps in Beiyang, and when they come here, the foundation is grass-created, and the soil work of digging a well is also the old business of the engineer battalion, but it is nothing, but after a long time, they are tired of carrying water every day, who will not complain?

Not to mention that Zou Zhi County ran at both ends of the county government and the military government yamen all day long, and the more he came, the more he felt that the flag army who had lived in the Beiyang camp knew a lot, and he had become a hillbilly in the past in the six yamen, and he paid the most attention to these living facilities.

No, I came to the military yamen today not only because the ship from Majiagang came to deliver the goods, but when I talked about it in a hurry, I turned my head and urged Zhao Shizhen: "Chang Ji, don't forget before leaving, write the water pressure and send it to the Ordnance Bureau, this Changsheng 100,000 people are waiting!" ”

"If you know it, you know it, it's almost finished, it's just that simple, you Zou Zhixian will make it with your heart, and you have to write it."

Zhao Shizhen is impatient, it will take more than half a year to drift at sea, and when he comes back, he can't get the fourth phase of Beiyang to arrive, he doesn't think this is a vacation.

"The Panamanian side said that my father-in-law was exploring the waters along the lake, and if I don't leave for half a month, you just wait for me to compile the book for you."

Zhao Shizhen's father-in-law is naturally Xu Zhenming, who fed mosquitoes in Panama for the construction of the canal, and after calmly accepting that he is about to become the first person to successfully cross the equator with raw meat, the small unit has only one request, that is, not to send him work for a period of time in the future, and when Xu Zhenming rests in Panama, he will set off, stay in Panama for a few days, and then set off.

Deng Zilong had already begun to prepare ships and escort attachés for him over there.

"Write it, in the future, where there is a pressure pump, there will be you Zhao Changji, this is a good thing to leave a name in history." Chen Mu smiled and turned his head to look at Zou Yuanbiao: "What, are you going to pump the water pump for my military yamen?" ”

"Press, not only the military yamen, but also various military camps, in the future, it is best to bring two per battalion in the carriage of the army."

Zou Yuanbiao's expression was serious, and his words were chiseled: "Wait for Chang Ji's water pressure to be written and read by the lower officials, and take it to the Ordnance Bureau, and when it is done, it will be installed in the military yamen first-the lower officials heard that the water pump can cover the ground and prevent people from poisoning." ”

Chen Mu laughed out loud when he heard it, these words were obviously the words of a scholar who had not led troops to fight, not to mention that when the well was not in use, it should be covered with a stone plate and a car plate, there was such a thing as night duty in the military regulations, and the night soldiers who looked like wolves at night surrounded the well in a circle, and there was a large camp outside, which really allowed people to touch the well, arson was better than poisoning.

What's more, if you really want such a low alertness ability, it is more appropriate to attack directly at night.

However, he still nodded in approval: "Well said, it's a good thing to like to use your brain and love research, it's very good." Do you know why the more prosperous the economy, the slower the progress of technology? It is because they are too lazy to use their brains and spend time on research, and those who have knowledge and power often do not need to enjoy the conditions of progress brought by technology. ”

Chen Mu is talking about himself, he has not fetched water by himself for many years, whether there is a water pump or not has no impact on his daily life, and he can't notice it at all, such days will even really bring him a ridiculous illusion after a long time.

It was as if the water could flow from the well into the basin by itself, and then from the basin every morning, and finally fly to the basin rack in the inner chamber of the yamen by itself.

What do you know about the most divine thing? After washing your face, the basin will leave by itself, and you will change to a basin of clean water and lie down quietly as if you have never washed your face.

"It's been easy these days, let's make up a book together, I also have to use my brain."

Chen Mu leaned on the windowsill and took a sip of the black persimmon juice that had been calmed, stretched out his lazy finger and pointed it on his temple at random, and said, "Look at what amazing things Chen can take out of his head, the Tao Te Ching was written by me!" ”