Is it enough to just pour out the grain? If it can't be, then it is not worthy of being a student of Hong Tao. Buying and selling raw materials must be the most basic, if you want to make a lot of money, you have to deep processing, and add as much added value as you want.

What can rice do? That's right, it can be ground into rice flour to make all kinds of food. This is not Wang Jiu's invention, but Wang Jiu has brought it to the extreme of this era.

Ten miles west of the city, there is a river in the west of the city, which is suitable for opening a mill, but it is easy to run a large flood here, not to mention the mill, a large area of land is deserted, and the government has no rut, so it can only be used as a flood discharge area.

Wang Jiu went to the local government and said, I spent money to build the dam, and the credit belongs to you, but if this land is to be sold to me, I must be allowed to open a mill on the dam.

When the government heard this, this deal was too cost-effective, and the dam construction could not only protect the acres of land but also protect Gangneung City, and the report was full of political achievements. That land is also a muddy pond, and it will be given for nothing, let alone money.

As a result, the embankment was built in half a year, without cutting corners at all, from the inside to the outside are big stones and cement, and it is guaranteed to be no problem for a hundred years. It's just that there are two gates on the embankment, which usually divert water into an artificial ditch, which is surrounded by waterwheels and mills. When the flood water falls, some of the gates will be closed depending on the situation, and the water wheels will remain unaffected.

The tidal flats were not planted with food, but were flattened with gravel and other gravel during the construction of the dike, and several workshops were built on it.

After the rice was ground and sent to two of the workshops, I don't know what method was used, and when it came out, it completely changed its appearance, becoming a white filament, the name is very simple, rice noodles!

Speaking of rice noodles, at the beginning, Wang Jiu just tried to make them out to satisfy his cravings, but he didn't want to do it on such a large scale. But the rice noodles he made at home were very popular with the locals, and later he simply handed them over to his subordinates to open a rice noodle shop for idlers to use.

As a result, the rice noodle shop became a famous food in Gangneung City, with an endless stream of diners, and six or seven people were still in short supply every day.

At this time, he had the idea of opening a rice noodle factory, and after reporting to the post office, the post office was not sure whether it would make money, so he transferred it to Sidi and asked Hongtao to make a decision.

Hong Tao immediately agreed, the Song Dynasty used cold noodles made of bean starch, but there were no real rice noodles, anyway, I didn't see anyone selling them in the market.

Even if there is, it can't compete with Wang Jiu's large-scale production, the most important thing is the number of rice noodle shops, whoever occupies the market quickly will have a large sales, and whoever has a large sales volume will have a loud name. The name is loud, which in turn will promote sales, and this Nima is a dead loop, which has not changed much from ancient times to the present.

With the investment project of Shunfeng Post Office, rice noodle shops around the country must spring up like mushrooms after a rain, and their designated raw material supplier is Jingzhou Liu Bei Rice Noodle Factory, no matter how good others are, they are not allowed to buy.

Hong Tao was not satisfied with these achievements, he added a condition to Wang Jiu, it is not enough to have a rice noodle factory and a rice noodle shop, you are not cheap and rich in food, you have to come to a food processing factory.

In addition to producing canned food, the plant is mainly responsible for the research and development of military food, such as military dry food that is small, easy to carry and has a long storage time.

In fact, many technologies are not that ancient people didn't know, but they didn't think or didn't need to think about them. After receiving this task, Wang Jiu only took five months to come up with the official product, which was two kinds at once, biscuits and rice candy.

The raw materials of the biscuit are wheat flour, several kinds of bean flour, sugar, salt, vegetable oil, mixed into the grinder to bake, wrapped in wax paper, as long as the temperature and humidity are well controlled, at least half a year will not deteriorate.

What does it taste...... People in this era really don't have so many requirements, and it's a good thing to be able to eat enough and be easy to swallow. The biscuits contain salt and sugar, and they taste sweet and crunchy, with an excellent taste.

What is the nutritional balance and unbalanced, if you talk to the ancients about eating less salt, less fatty meat, more coarse grains, and more vegetables, they will think that you are a fool.

Rice candy is simpler, that is, stir fried rice and syrup and let it cool and cut into pieces. This thing is easier to preserve than biscuits, and the hard ones are about the same as stones, as long as the temperature is not too high, it will not change for a year. And it's higher in calories than biscuits, you can be full by eating two pieces, and it's not too easy to get wet.

Two pieces of rice candy and half a pot of cold water will solve the problem of a meal, if only there is a cup of hot tea...... The county master doesn't dare to eat like this at noon every day, the sugar is too expensive, and the days can't pass!

The reason why Hong Tao chose to go ashore from Jiangling to the north was also because it was easy to replenish here. The distance from Yangzi Town to Weiqiao Town was too far, and if all the supplies were carried with them, all these 10,000 people would have to become baggage soldiers, and the vehicles needed would not be able to be raised in a short time.

The new army that set out from Yangzi Town did not have too strong combat effectiveness, less than half of them did not even have weapons and armor, and food and clothing could only meet daily needs. But the army grew stronger with each supply point, and when it arrived at Weiqiao Town, it was a fully equipped fighting force.

"Are you ready?" The last time father and son met was three years ago, but Hong Tao didn't have the time to shush the cold and ask for warmth, just patted Wang Jiu's shoulder, and then scolded in his heart: Damn, another one is taller than himself!

"One hundred and forty-three box wagons are loaded, and they are in the warehouse north of the city. The camp can also be set up near the left, where is the camp of the commander of the van soldiers, the commander has business dealings with the child, and it is his blessing that the father camps next to him, hehehe. ”

Wang Jiu is already twenty-three years old, and his experience of being alone and this beard make him look like he is in his thirties, and he does not feel immature at all. But don't laugh, smiling is still a virtue when you were a child.

"I'll talk about the camping later, are your four mothers' people here?" Hong Tao is now anxious, eager to bring supplies and start pulling out immediately, but he can't win the war just by eating and drinking, and he has to have ammunition.

The town of Weiqiao could only provide crossbow arrows, rockets, clothing and some vehicles, and the supply of muskets and artillery could not be helped. These things can only wait for Gao Ming's lame father, Gao Yu!

"It arrived ten years ago, and the boat stopped at the mill, but no one was allowed to come near, not even children. Guess who's in charge of the escort? Just a hint, his leg is a little lame...... "Wang Jiu doesn't look like an adult at all at this time, and his face is full of evil smiles.

"If you don't mention that your leg is lame, maybe your father will be fooled, and now you are doomed. I didn't expect him to have the courage to take the initiative to go out to Sichuan to see me, it's not easy. Let your people wait here, and when the unloading is completed, they will go to the north warehouse to assemble. Erlang, go, take a company of people to see the old man with this king. "If Wang Jiu hadn't deliberately induced, Hong Tao really couldn't guess who was going to escort the ship.

This is called three hundred taels of silver here, and the lame ones are not only Gao Yu, but also Miao Kui. This meritorious man who was born and died and made great achievements, and was abandoned by the imperial court as a result of his ambitions, has tasted the glory of life, and has also experienced that life is worse than death, not necessarily that his experience is worse than that of the people at the bottom, but the gap is indeed a bit big.

There must be highs and lows in a person's life, but it should not fluctuate too much, after it is too big, many people's spirits are often crushed, and it is difficult to cheer up again. There are also some people who will become very extreme, not mentally ill, but about the same.

Will Miao Kui have these two states? Hong Tao didn't inquire before this, because he couldn't cure these two psychological problems, and it was in vain to ask so much.

Now I suddenly feel a little hopeful, escorting such an important cargo out of Sichuan will definitely not be a mentally ill or a muddled living dead, this point can be grasped every day.

The size of the fleet escorted by Miao Kui was very small, four single-masted flat-bottomed river boats of about 1,000 materials, all of which were fully loaded with no more than 200 tons of cargo, but the escort team of the ships was as many as forty or fifty people.

These people were divided into two groups, more than half of them were scattered within 100 meters of the shore, and there were figures on the side of the boat who kept walking around to patrol the water, very well-trained and nervous.

Even if they saw Wang Jiu bringing people over, the escort didn't mean to let them go easily, and immediately gathered four or five people to stop them. The eyes of the others were also looking at this side, and some even put their hands into the hem of their clothes.