At dawn, the Tang Army had begun to assemble, and all the warships were making the final preparations. As long as Ang Lee gave the order, more than a hundred mighty fleets could set off for Zhan City.
Although Li An only wanted to demonstrate his power this time and force the King of the Ring Kingdom to sign the Treaty of Peace and had no intention of using force, all the military preparations could not be relaxed. If the other party did not know how to appreciate favors and was unwilling to sign the Treaty of Peace, then they would have to use force. Although the possibility of this was not high, they still had to make sufficient preparations.
Breakfast was prepared two hours in advance, so before dawn, all the troops had eaten their fill. Ang Lee was too tired last night and did not want to get up early to eat, so only Ang Lee did not have breakfast. As the chief general, Ang Lee could have breakfast after boarding the ship.
"Assistant Minister Li, all the troops are ready to set off."
His subordinate reported loudly outside the door.
"Got it."
Ang Lee sat up tiredly and asked Yun 'er and the beauty beside him to dress him.
Looking at Yun 'er and the beautiful woman whose complexion was glowing, Li An sighed inwardly. It was good to be a woman. After a night of enjoyment, she could be radiant the next day. As for Li An, as a man, he was so tired that he didn't want to get up.
It was said that there were only exhausted cows and no plowed land. It was true at all. Ang Lee had to admit this.
But even if they were exhausted to death, no cow complained. Men were so responsible. Just like a cattle, even if they were exhausted to death, they would have no regrets. In fact, they would enjoy it.
The cattle that ploughed the fields were great, and so were the men. Without the cattle's ploughing, how could the common people not have to worry about food and clothing? And without the men's ploughing, how could the human civilization continue to exist?
"All the men in the world are great. They work hard to bring happiness to women. Great, great!"
Ang Lee sighed as he admired the two glowing beauties.
"Alang, get dressed."
Yun'er and the beauty held back their laughter and retreated to the side.
Ang Lee tidied up his clothes and strode out of the tent towards the ship. Behind him, he could faintly hear two girls laughing at him. Forget it, it's all my fault for spoiling her.
At this moment, all the soldiers had boarded their respective warships. Every ship was filled with soldiers. The banners and armors complemented each other, creating a solemn atmosphere.
"Big Brother, the soldiers are ready. We're just waiting to set off."
Li Feiyu had already gone to bed. When he saw Ang Lee walking over, he hurriedly went forward to greet him.
Ang Lee nodded. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go now."
"Dong dong dong …"
Following the sound of the war drums, the hundreds of large ships set off in an orderly fashion, heading towards Zhan City.
Ang Lee sat on the rocking chair on the command platform. As he rocked comfortably, he looked at the distant sky and water.
The most beautiful part of the sea was its vastness. It could easily broaden one's mind. Therefore, looking at the sea often could broaden one's mind. It was very beneficial to one's physical and mental development.
Ang Lee did not live by the sea in his previous life. The number of times he went to the sea was also very few. However, every time he went to the sea, he felt very wonderful. He felt that he had suddenly become much taller. Especially when he stood on a high reef and looked at the sea. This feeling was the most comfortable.
After coming to the Tang dynasty, Ang Lee had been living in the inland area. Other than going to the port in Lai Zhou, he had only seen the sea this time when he went south.
It was because he had not seen much that he was not tired of it. As long as he looked at the sea in front of him, he would always feel very comfortable.
"Yun'er, serve tea."
Ang Lee ordered with his eyes closed.
Soon, Yun'er brought a cup of hot tea and gently placed it on the table beside Ang Lee.
Ang Lee picked up the tea and took a small sip. He felt that it was a little hot, so he gently put it down and waited for it to cool down a little before drinking it.
"Alang, you haven't eaten breakfast yet? This is a freshly fried poached egg and mutton slices. "
The beautiful woman considerately brought breakfast over.
"It smells so good. What a fragrant poached egg and mutton slices. Let's eat breakfast first before drinking tea!"
Ang Lee was really hungry. He picked up the poached egg and mutton slices and ate.
The combination of egg and mutton for breakfast was very good. However, drinking tea after eating this was not suitable. It was better to drink milk and soy milk in the morning.
Cows were not popularized in the Tang dynasty. Moreover, it was not suitable to carry cows on the ships when going south. Therefore, it was not realistic to drink milk. Drinking soy milk was a good idea. However, soy milk needed a long time to prepare. It could not be done by just milking the cows.
The materials needed to grind soy milk were relatively simple. It only needed soybeans and a millstone. Of course, it also needed water and a bucket.
Before setting off, Ang Lee brought a millstone with him. Moreover, it was a small millstone. As long as it could satisfy his appetite, it was enough. The rest of the soldiers could drink plain water. He could not spoil them too much. Otherwise, they would all be raised as big girls. In this way, their combat effectiveness would be reduced.
"Come on, take out the millstone and put it on the deck. By the way, there are soybeans, water, and buckets. Bring a set of them."
Ang Lee ordered softly. He walked to the command platform and ran to the deck. The area of the command platform was small and inconvenient. The area of the deck was very large and he could play with it.
"Alang, what are you doing?"
Yun'er did not know what Ang Lee was going to do. She had never seen soy milk being ground in her life.
Although soy milk had been invented in the Western Han Dynasty before the Tang dynasty, it had not been popularized on a large scale. After all, this thing was not invented by ordinary people. It was invented and made by the famous Huainan King, Liu An.
The steps of making soy milk were a little complicated for ordinary people. Since they were just eating, they could just cook the beans. However, they had to go through a lot of trouble and grind the beans on a millstone. It was so troublesome! Moreover, the beans themselves were dry food. After being ground into soy milk, they became diluted water. They felt a little hungry.
Of course, the main reason was that it was too troublesome. Ordinary people did not have so much leisure time to do such a big thing. Moreover, the taste of soy milk was not liked by everyone.
Of course, soy milk and tofu were still very well passed down as the food of the rich class. Some aristocratic families had soy milk, but Ang Lee preferred to drink milk. Therefore, there was no equipment to grind soy milk at home. This was the first time he was grinding soy milk.
Soon, all the raw materials were ready and placed in the middle of the deck. There was a stool next to it for Ang Lee to sit down and grind.
"You may not have seen it yet. This is a millstone. It is used to grind soy milk. This soy milk is very delicious. The most important thing is that it is rich in nutrients. It is very conducive to digestion and absorption. "
Ang Lee introduced.
"Soy milk. I've heard of it, but I've never drunk it."
Yun'er said.
"Alang, are we going to grind soy milk now?"
The beauty seemed to be very interested in grinding soy milk.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Let me tell you, grinding soy milk is very interesting. Let's grind soy milk now."
After that, he put the soaked soybeans into the small hole of the millstone, then poured in a certain amount of water and reached out to turn the millstone.
Because the millstone was very small, Ang Lee did not need to walk back and forth around the millstone. He only needed to stand in place to operate it. It was very convenient.
"Alang, let me try."
Ang Lee had just pushed a few laps when Yun'er felt that it was interesting. She ran over and competed with Ang Lee.
"Okay, I'll let you do it. If you're tired, I'll change to a beauty."
Ang Lee let go of his hand and let Yun'er grind the millstone.
At the beginning, Yun'er had not grasped the main points of grinding soy milk. Her movements were very irregular and she was always stuck. Under Ang Lee's careful guidance, she quickly grasped the main points of grinding soy milk. Her movements became more and more skilled, and the amount of soy milk she grinded increased.
"Haha! It's fun, right? Look, the white soy milk has been ground out. Add water and beans. "
As Ang Lee spoke, he added some soybeans into the small hole of the millstone. At the same time, he also poured some water.
Looking at the milky white liquid flowing out from the cracks of the millstone, Yun'er and the beauty felt a strong sense of accomplishment. Thus, they took turns to grind all the soybeans prepared by Ang Lee. Ang Lee couldn't help but sigh. Women were born experts at grinding soy milk.
Not long after, the wooden barrel under the millstone was filled with milky white soy milk liquid. It looked very pleasing to the eye and made people drool.
"Alang, we ground a lot. What about a full barrel?"
"Alang, are these drinkable? It's so strange. "
Yun'er and the beauty said.
Ang Lee smiled and said, "These are all raw soy milk. They can't be drunk. They have to be boiled before they can be drunk. Someone, boil these soy milk."
"Yes, Alang."
It would take some time for the soy milk to boil. Ang Lee needed to wait patiently before he could drink the nutritious soy milk.
While waiting, Ang Lee explained the nutritional composition of soy milk to the two of them, as well as the various trace elements it contained. The two of them listened in a daze.
To put it simply, soy milk is a liquid food made by soaking and grinding soybeans in water and boiling them. This kind of food is rich in nutrients and is very conducive to digestion and absorption.
It is an ideal food for preventing and curing common diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, iron deficiency anemia, asthma and other diseases in the future. It is a nutritious food suitable for both young and old. It even enjoys the reputation of plant-based milk.
From a microscopic point of view, soy milk is rich in plant-based proteins and phospholipids. It also contains vitamins BI, B2 and niacin, as well as minerals such as iron and calcium. In particular, its calcium content is higher than any animal dairy. It is very suitable for drinking by various groups of people, including the elderly, adults and teenagers.
Soy milk can be drunk regardless of the season. It can be drunk regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Soy milk can be drunk in spring and autumn, nourishing Yin and Yang. Soy milk can be drunk in summer, relieving heat and preventing heatstroke. Soy milk can be drunk in winter, warming the stomach and nourishing the body. In short, there are many benefits.
In addition, when grinding soy milk, a few other materials can also be added, such as peanuts, red dates, wolfberries, mung beans, lilies and so on.
"Alang, the soy milk is ready."
Soon, a bowl of boiling soy milk was brought to Ang Lee.
"Soy milk should be drunk while it is fresh. Fill all the soy milk. Everyone, have a taste!"
Ang Lee said generously.
The freshly boiled soy milk was very hot, but the sea breeze was very strong, so it became cold after a while.
The soy milk tasted very good in the mouth. It tasted better than the soy milk in the memory. After all, the soybeans of the Tang dynasty were all natural, pollution-free, low-yield soybeans, unlike the soybeans of later generations, which were either cultivated with fertilizers and pesticides or genetically modified. Naturally, the taste would be greatly reduced.
Of course, the soy milk tasted better than the soy milk with some ingredients. The best ingredient was undoubtedly white sugar. White sugar had a sweet taste, and the people of the Tang dynasty all liked sweetness.
There were sweets in the Tang dynasty, but there was no such thing as white sugar. At most, there was only caramel sugar. The sweetness of caramel sugar was far less than that of white sugar. The white sugar in the Tang dynasty only appeared after Ang Lee began to industrialize.
Hua Xia began to grow sugarcane in the Zhou dynasty, but for many years, no one could use sugarcane to make white sugar because they did not discover the process of making white sugar.
As a person of later generations, Ang Lee naturally understood the principle of making white sugar. Therefore, after Ang Lee began to industrialize, he quickly produced sugarcane, which made sugarcane a food in the Tang dynasty.
The most suitable growing environment for sugarcane was the tropics and subtropics. The south of the Tang dynasty was in the subtropics, which was very suitable for the growth of sugarcane, and a lot of sugarcane was planted.
Since Ang Lee invented white sugar, more people in the south grew sugarcane, and the output was much higher than before.
In addition, there were some sugarcane processing workshops near the sugarcane production areas. The task of these workshops was to produce the raw material of white sugar, brown sugar.
The production of brown sugar was much simpler than that of white sugar. It only needed to wash the sugarcane and squeeze out the sugary juice inside. Then, the sugarcane juice was poured into a container. The red crystals refined at high temperature were brown sugar.
On the other hand, white sugar was further refined on the basis of brown sugar, so that the white sugar of better quality could be obtained.
The brown sugar refining workshop was near the sugarcane production areas. After all, it was too troublesome to transport the sugarcane to Chang 'an, and the transportation cost was unbearable. After the brown sugar was refined, it could be easily transported to the capital.
In the suburbs of the capital, there was a special equipment for refining white sugar. The brown sugar transported from the south could be refined into higher-grade white sugar here.
When he set out from the capital to the south, Ang Lee brought a lot of white sugar. Therefore, Ang Lee did not lack white sugar, and it was very easy for him to eat white sugar.
"Come on, bring me the white sugar."
Ang Lee felt that the soy milk he drank directly did not taste good enough, so he asked.
"Yes, Alang."
Soon, a flat bowl of white sugar appeared in front of Ang Lee.
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