Black Five glanced at Modun, and with Modun's encouragement, he took a deep breath and shook his head. "Curing night blindness doesn't require any medicine, just food therapy is enough."
"Food therapy!" Everyone looked at each other in dismay.
Black Five said in a deep voice: "After comparing the captive Tuyuhun soldiers, I discovered that none of them had night blindness. Similarly, when I went to the Turks to check, there were no signs of night blindness. However, in our army, night blindness is very common."
Li Daliang frowned: "Could this be a problem of the people? Maybe the water and soil of the grassland tribes can prevent night blindness."
Black Five shook his head and said: "That is not the case. Similarly, the people of Guanzhong, the butchers, hunters and soldiers of noble families do not have night blindness. I believe that all of you here do not have night blindness either."
The generals were stunned and looked at each other before nodding their heads. They indeed did not have night blindness.
"If we were to compare the soldiers in my army without night blindness with the Tuyuhun soldiers and Turks soldiers, there would only be one similarity."
Black Five paused and said confidently: "That is eating meat! Meat eaters do not have night blindness, but meat eaters have night blindness. The rich and grassland tribes do not lack meat, but the poor people in the inner regions do not eat meat more than a few times in a year. This is the reason why the poor people in the army have night blindness!
"Eat meat!"
The generals looked at each other in dismay. They did not think that the cause of night blindness was so simple.
"That's right, it is that simple. When I was in the Mo Hospital, I discovered that the people of Chang 'an City were very rich, and very few of them had night blindness. Furthermore, the poor people in the villages had night blindness. To be honest, I also had night blindness a year ago, and it was rather serious. Even the entire Mo Family Village had night blindness. However, ever since young master led the Mo Family Village to become rich, not only did my night blindness recover, no one in the Mo Family Village had night blindness. Previously, I was still secretly suspicious, but now that I think about it, it was probably because the Mo Family Village did not lack meat. "Black Five cupped his hands towards Meton and said gratefully.
Hearing Black Five's evidence and the Mo Family Village's example, the generals finally believed that night blindness was due to a lack of meat.
Thinking about this, the generals could not help but feel embarrassed. The staple food in the army was millet rice. If it was not for Meton's compressed rations, the amount of meat in the army would be very little.
"But now that the war is imminent, is it too late to eat meat?" Li Daliang said worriedly.
Moton smiled bitterly. "There's still time. To tell you the truth, my Firearms Division was the first to make compressed rations. The cook in charge of cooking meat has recovered from his night blindness."
The generals couldn't help but snigger. They naturally understood this principle. It was obvious that this cook had eaten quite a lot. Originally, no one would be able to catch him once he had eaten his fill. Now that this unlucky cook had probably recovered from his night blindness, he suddenly realized that he could do it. Who knew if this cook was lucky or unlucky to have bumped into Modun.
.. "Now that we have found the root cause, it will depend on whether the general is willing to spend the money." Meton looked towards Li Jing and said.
Li Jing's heart skipped a beat. Supplying meat to a 200,000 strong army was an astronomical figure. However, it was not the time to be stingy. He waved his hand and said, "General Su, slaughter the captured cows and sheep from the Tuyuhun's three castles for the army to eat. At the same time, immediately supply the Dang Xiang Qiang tribes with large amounts of cows and sheep. Regardless of whether you buy or trade, you must ensure that the army has meat."
As long as the night blindness was cured, Li Jing's plan would be perfect. At this time, Li Jing naturally would not be stingy.
Su Dingfang immediately bowed and said, "Yes!"
Seeing this, Li Jing suddenly shouted, "Good, then it's settled. All the armies should hurry up and reorganize. On the first of May, our army will fight the Tuyuhun to the death."
The army's grain transport team had taken over the brick road from Lanzhou to Chang 'an and completely replaced the courier station. In the process of transportation, people found that although the speed of the carriage pulled by four horses was not as fast as that of a horse, it was better in terms of endurance. Especially when the grain transport team returned from Lanzhou to Chang' an, the journey was doubled.
In three days, the messenger rested comfortably in the empty carriage and arrived at Chang 'an. If it was before, he would have been half dead from exhaustion.
The messenger untied a horse and mounted it. The horse galloped toward Chang 'an City at full speed.
"Tuyuhun's three castles great victory!"
When the messenger whizzed through Chang 'an, the entire city instantly cheered. Everyone rushed to tell each other the news and cheered loudly.
"Good, Tuyuhun's three castles fell overnight and the damage was minimal. The Firearms Supervisor has indeed disappointed me." In Taiji Palace, Li Shimin looked at the news and said excitedly.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty." The officials were also beaming with joy.
Seeing that the army's progress was so smooth, the officials' original worries disappeared.
Li Shimin also heaved a sigh of relief. He smiled mysteriously and said, "This is just one of the good things. General Li also brought back some delicacies from Lanzhou. Everyone, try them and see how they taste."
"Delicacies? Delicacies from Lanzhou? " The officials immediately looked at each other. They were in high positions and had tasted all kinds of delicacies. Moreover, the food was from three days ago. This made the officials, who lived like princes, feel even more repulsed. Not to mention the food from three days later, they had never even eaten the food from the next meal since they were in high positions.
Li Shimin smiled and did not say anything. Instead, he waved his hand. Pang De immediately carried a tray and placed it in front of the ministers. On the tray, there was a plate of compressed dry food.
"This is dry rations?" Fang Xuanling picked up a palm-sized compressed biscuit and frowned. He was not young anymore. For hard things, he had the will but not the strength.
Some of the older officials in the court also held the compressed dry rations in their hands and were in a dilemma.
Li Shimin explained, "This is a new type of rations that Moton came up with on the frontlines. It's called compressed rations. Don't underestimate it just because it's a small piece. It's compressed by gravity. One piece is enough to fill your stomach for a day."
"Really?" Qin Qiong's face was full of shock. It was unbelievable that one piece could be eaten for a day. The other officials also looked at the small piece of dry rations in their hands in disbelief.
"Whether it can fill your stomach or not, you will know once you eat a piece." Li Shimin said.
Qin Qiong could not wait to eat a few mouthfuls. His eyes lit up and he said, "There is meat. The taste is not bad."
When the other ministers saw this, they felt relieved and began to eat. They couldn't help but nod in satisfaction. After eating an entire piece, the generals felt very full. However, some of the ministers who didn't have a good appetite only ate half a piece before they couldn't eat anymore.
"Sure enough, it is full!" Qin Qiong burped.
"In this way, my army will be on an expedition and the problem of food will be solved." The officials in the court were all old officials who had pacified the world. They naturally knew the importance of food. With this compressed dry rations, they could easily carry a month's worth of food. They just did not know how long this compressed dry rations would last.
"This is the compressed dry rations from ten days ago." Li Shimin said.
"Ten days!" Everyone's eyes lit up. When they just ate it, they did not feel the slightest strange taste. It was very delicious.
"Not only that, according to Minister Pande's report, Meton boasted that this compressed dry rations could be stored for at least two months. And if wrapped in oil paper, it could be stored for half a year. Pande, wrap the remaining compressed dry rations in oil paper. When Meton returns from the battle, give this compressed dry rations to him."
The officials suddenly laughed. They wondered what kind of expression Meton would have when he returned to Chang 'an City and ate this dry rations that had been stored for half a year.
"Today, we in the Tang dynasty have two happy events!" Fang Xuanling said with a smile.
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