Chapter 999: Poetry and Distance
To some extent, the cost of canned glass bottles is actually not cheaper than the pears or meat inside.
In this era, no matter how large-scale production is, the cost of glass bottles is not low.
However, it is not without a solution.
The canning workshop takes the approach of recycling.
In other words, the canned food is sold, and when it is finished, the glass bottle is recycled at the price of five cents a piece.
For many people, it is expensive to buy a can, but it is acceptable to return the bottle after eating.
For ships going to sea, canned bottles can still be recycled, as long as you remember to bring back the glass bottles when you return to the sea.
Often, though, these bottles are thrown back into the sea.
Because for the returning ship, every loading space is precious, some can be stacked with gold and silver, some can store spices, this glass bottle occupies a lot of space, even if it is recycled, the value is not high.
The profits of going to sea are too great, especially when the fleet finds a new route.
At this time, Zhang Chen was curled up in the stern of the boat, and his mother-in-law and six-year-old child were squatting in the corner at the same time.
He is one of the most ordinary military households, an ordinary Xiaoding in Weili, Laizhou, Shandong, a family of three, all of them are yellow and thin, and they used to be fine, but now they take a clean bath and change into new coarse cloth clothes, and the green and yellow on this face are even more revealed.
He took six cans, as if he was afraid that someone else would snatch them, and he looked very defensive.
Looking at this crystal clear thing, as soon as the thing was put away, the mother-in-law was still wiping her tears on the side.
I'm going to garrison again.
I don't know how bitter it will be, I heard that when Emperor Taizu Gao, one of his distant relatives entered Yunnan with the Duke of Qianguo, and then he stayed there, and it didn't take long for him to have no news, and then he inquired, Fang Zhi had already contracted a vicious disease and died, but there was a child, and the child was later rebelled by the natives and died in the chaos.
This is a very long time ago, but for many women, leaving their homeland and defending the far west is almost a catastrophe.
Although you can sometimes hear rumors of getting rich overseas, this thing, after all, is far away.
"Okay, don't cry, you mother-in-law, you know how to cry." Zhang Chen looked impatient.
The woman was still crying, wiping away her tears, and said, "I heard that on this road, three or four adults will die, and the dog is still young...... On this ship, if you anger the dragon lord, call the heavens and the earth unspiritual, I don't know what it will look like. β
Zhang Chen was very irritable, in fact, he was more afraid than her in his heart, but now, he could only give himself courage: "Lu Guogong is his own person, my eldest father once followed the Fang family to make efforts, and he was also a personal soldier, didn't Lu Guogong also board the ship in person, he was not afraid, what are we afraid of?" Ah, I can't twist this. β
Zhang Chen said as he twisted the lid of the can desperately, grinning with his strength.
The mother-in-law cried again: "At home, you can still eat a hot meal, but on the boat, you can eat this." β
Zhang Chen was extremely irritable: "Is that our home?" How many acres of land do we have? That's the land of a hundred officials, what do we have to do? β
Boom......
The can is finally open.
Looking at the meat that seemed to be full of sauce soaked in sauce, Zhang Chen poked his head, and his son and dog were busy coming up, salivating and wanting to eat.
Zhang Chen looked cautious, and said with a stiff face: "I'll eat first." β
With that, he took out something that looked like a piece of meat between his fingers, and then gently swallowed it......
Suddenly...... The texture of the sauce is surprisingly good.
In normal times, there is really not much food in the health center, and the vast majority of the grain grown has to be paid to the officials of 100 households, and it is good to be full for half a year, hungry for half a year, and not starving to death......
Immediately, what Zhang Chen felt was a fresh and tender taste, he took a bite, and he couldn't help but shiver, and the piece of meat didn't have time to chew, and it suddenly slipped into his throat.
Zhang Chen suddenly had a feeling of distress, because ...... I've never eaten anything like this in my life.
"Quick, dog, you can taste it."
Zhang Chen hurriedly took the slices of meat from the canned food and carefully handed them to his son.
The dog was busy stuffing it into his mouth, and he was very hungry, chewing desperately, like a hungry wolf cub.
"Delicious, delicious." The dog was eating, his eyes staring at the can.
The whole ship, the people who had already begun to eat canned food, were enthusiastic.
Some people, even eating meat for the first time, are full of squatting and looking down and snapping.
Zhang Chen took a piece for his mother-in-law......
After being given another slice of dog, he carefully tore half of it and stuffed it into his mouth.
Hot tears actually fell out of Zhang Chen's eyes in anger.
The stimulated taste buds, as well as the feeling of stomach and intestines squirming, but the more he ate, the more hungry he became, and most importantly, he saw the dog's satisfied face, his mother-in-law, chewing slowly, tearing a small piece of meat, leaving it, and stuffing it into the dog's mouth.
"I'm going to eat this, this is a pear." The dog excitedly pointed to another can.
"You can't eat it, you can't eat it." Zhang Chen even covered the canned meat that he had opened before, this is his habit, a person who is used to hunger, if he wants to live, he must learn to save food, he can eat half full, taste the taste, who knows if there is a next meal?
That's how they've come from generation to generation, and that's how it was before, and it's the same today!
"Hurry up and eat, you're all full."
Under the leadership of Liu Jie, the Confucian students struck the gong and said: "After eating enough, go back to your cabin to sleep, and you are about to leave the port, everyone can rest assured, there are hundreds of people on this ship, and the canned food is enough, if you are not feeling well, go to the second cabin on the left to find Dr. Liu, if you have children, if you are of the right age, you can go to a cabin, this road is still long, children can come to read and read, literacy." However, water needs to be saved, there is canned pear to replenish the water, each person only has one scoop of water per day, not to waste. β
The crowd surged.
The boat also teaches children to read.
Even if you are sick, you can go and grab medicine.
The most important thing is that this canned food will be there for the next meal.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere came alive.
"The Duke of Lu is Wandai, the Gonghou Wandai!"
Zhang Chen was also trembling with excitement, and he, like everyone else, also muttered.
No one can pay attention to how they feel at the moment.
Because there are not many people in this world who regard them as human beings.
They have lived a disgraced life all their lives, and only when there are thieves or they are going to the border town, the military attachΓ©s will come out with their usual stingy smiles, let everyone eat a good meal, and then stuff the sword in your hand, and let you carry your head to fight for them.
Zhang Chen's mother-in-law has already opened the canned pear at this moment, since there is still the next meal, then ...... If the dog wants to eat, just eat.
Zhang Chen still seemed very cautious, leaving two cans: "Keep some, be prepared, there is no harm." β
But when he saw the dog sneering and drinking the sugar water in the canned pear pear, and did not forget to lick his lips, Zhang Chen smiled with satisfaction.
"Damn, Lu Guogong is asking us to sell our lives, this life has sold him, go back to the cabin later, take a break, I'll give the dog a name to the gentlemen, let him read, don't care about the rest, you mother-in-law, I see, this trip must be nine deaths, but this life, even if it is out of the way!"
The dog was holding a pear slice, his eyes were shining, he looked at Zhang Chen and said, "Dad, you eat." β
Zhang Chen's eyes were red, and he ate the pear, and the sweet feeling made him even more tearful.
It's really ...... Fairy-like days.
The big ship slowly left the harbor under the tugboat towing boat, and then the sails were raised, and the sailors and sailors all shouted or howled in hoarse voices.
The frightened military households, huddled together with each other, looking at the land far away from their eyes, the land became farther and farther away, and finally disappeared from the end, around! All that remains is an ocean with no end in sight.
All of them...... The gaze moistened.
Zhang Chen held the spiritual position of his ancestors and cried so much that he kept wiping his tears, but these tears still poured out like broken beads.
My ancestors and countless ancestors have stayed here, children...... Unfilial piety, he knelt on the deck, facing the direction of the land, and choked up.
When he stood up, he looked at the ignorant dog, touched his head, pointed in the direction of the landing, and said: 'Dog, you remember, your roots are here, and wherever you will be in the future, you will remember!' β
The dog blinked and nodded in confusion.
As the sun sets, countless rays of light shine shine.
The scum of the world, Wang Bushi, is ready to set sail.
Fang Jinglong stood on the deck, he couldn't bear to look at the couple holding the child on the dock, he wiped a handful of old tears and wanted to cry, but when he looked around, he saw all the generals, as well as Xu Jing and others, all looking at him with red eyes.
Fang Jinglong didn't let his tears flow out, he raised his head, faced the sea breeze, pressed the sword on his waist, the python robe on his body, and the beam crown on his head, under the blowing of the sea breeze, it was extremely heavy.
He said with a full heart: "I am ordered to go to sea, pass through the Golden Continent, uphold the will of heaven, crusade against the ministers, and now the army will sail, from now on, the three armies will be controlled by me, and you will obey orders." β
Everyone put away their tears, headed in the direction of Fang Jinglong, and clenched their fists: "Yes." β
Fang Jinglong said: "Set sail with me." β
"Yes!"
Fang Jinglong said, still couldn't help but look back with infinite nostalgia, the land that gradually disappeared on the line of sea and sky had slowly disappeared.
In his ears, it was as if he heard the howl of his own grandson going crazy.
Heart...... It hurts like a needle.
Suddenly, it occurred to him that it seemed ...... I forgot about a traditional project and actually ...... No poetry!
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