Perhaps it was precisely because of his hunger that Zhao Bing was very concerned about the meal expenses in the army. Although he had always enjoyed the food standards of the commander, he had been constantly modifying the standards and increasing the treatment of soldiers during the more than ten years of his army. This also played a real role in improving the morale of the army.

Of course, Zhao Bing used this to attract the people to apply for the army, because in troubled times people could join the army to avoid starving to death. However, when the situation eased slightly and the people could barely fill their stomachs, their desire to join the army would decrease a lot, especially in wealthy areas such as Jiangnan. In addition, the reputation of the Song army has never been very good, so it is inevitable that there will be difficulties in recruiting troops.

Therefore, while Zhao Bing vigorously publicized the achievements of the Song army, increased the salary and pension standards of soldiers, and tried to properly resettle retired officers and soldiers, he found that he could not let those who were interested in recruiting go to the army to have a meal and manage the affairs. After all, even well-off families can eat meat dishes ten days and half a month, while ordinary people can only eat meat during festivals.

Some treatments are temporarily invisible, but what I eat in the army is really in my stomach. Therefore, good food is still very attractive to many people, especially those living in remote areas and living conditions, and they have successfully "scamdled" many young and strong people into the military camp.

Zhao Bing dared not compare the current food in the army with modern society, but he dared to say that he made extremely great efforts to solve this problem, which can be said to be far beyond the Chinese and foreign armies of his era. However, in order to maintain combat effectiveness, the military's recipes cannot only consider being able to eat enough, and eating well is extremely important to the army.

Zhao Bing still remembers that there was a discussion on what the ancient army had to eat on the Internet in his previous life, which later turned into a debate. He watched the fun and learned something.

According to netizens' research, grain was the staple food of the army from ancient times to the Tang Dynasty. The main reason was that China's political and military centers were in the north at that time, especially in the northwest. Secondly, millet was very easy to preserve and could be kept for nine years, while rice could only be preserved for a year. Some people have verified that millet could actually be preserved for longer, because twenty years after the demise of the Sui Dynasty, the stored grain left in Chang'an could still be eaten.

It looked miserable, but in fact, at that time, when ordinary people could eat millet for a long time, they were considered rich children. But the worst thing in the ancient army was side dishes, and ordinary soldiers did not have the chance to eat meat dishes often. Fresh meat and vegetables were very scarce in the military camp, and the soldiers' side dishes were mainly two, such as soy sauce and pickled vegetables.

A unit with a balanced and comprehensive recipe, the physical fitness of its soldiers will definitely be better than that of soldiers who only eat rice and wheat. During the Warring States Period, the army was not very particular. Later, the kitchens at most mixed vegetables and pasta and cooked them into something that looked like a paste for the soldiers to eat. Such rations are not as nutritious as they look, and they have no appetite.

In comparison, the military rations of the Han Dynasty were raised to a higher level. The seasonings made of beans and wheat were also called sauces at that time. The military supplies of the Han Dynasty were mainly ten stones of grain and these two dou of sauces. Before the fight, the soldiers usually dipped in millet to eat them. Although this was improved compared to the Warring States period, their nutrition was insufficient.

So someone showed off the food of the Roman army at the same time. Roman soldiers could get 15 pounds of Roman pounds every day, that is, more than three ounces of meat. Considering the distribution of family members, each Roman soldier could get one ounce of meat every day, and each soldier could get two to four ounces of granular food, forty ml of olive oil, and about five hundred ml of fruit vinegar/fruit wine.

From this extremely luxurious recipe, we can see that the Roman army's food was meat, oil, fruit wine, beans, and sufficient staple food. The balance was very good. Now, the "Westernist" began to stir up trouble on the forum, causing constant war of words, but it was also difficult to have no basis and counterattack seemed very powerless.

Just now, someone posted a recipe for the Tang army. According to the famous Tang Dynasty military monograph "Taibai Yin Jing", the Tang army's wartime food was recorded: "One person has two liters of wine and two hundred and fifty stones. One bite of sheep is divided into twenty sections and sixty-five mouthfuls. Beef instead of mutton, one person has two pounds of 25,000 pounds of mutton. One person has five pounds of white rice and sixty-two stones and five dou.

There are two pancakes per person, 25,000 pieces, each bucket of noodles, totaling 125 stones of noodles; each bucket of steamed buns, 12,500 pieces, and a bucket of noodles are thirty, and a bucket of noodles are 41 stone, six dou and seven liters of noodles are used; each steamed cake is 12,500 pieces, and a bucket of noodles is 10,250 pieces, and a bucket of noodles is 12,500 pieces; each bucket of noodles is thirty, and a bucket of noodles is 25 stones, and each bucket of oil is 22 kilograms.

After the meal, one person was one, 12,500 pieces, and eighty pieces were made of one dou of noodles, 15 stones, 6 dou of 2 liters and five combinations; one person had three combinations of soup, 37 stagnant rice was used for five stagnant rice, 5 stagnant vegetables, 2,950 stagnant pounds, 625 pieces of sheep head and hooves, filling the soup, 625 pieces of sheep sauce, pork liver, and four grades of soup.

Three people combined with salt, four stones, six liters, six liters, one and a half liters, six stones, two liters, five liters, one and one person combined with vinegar, one and five liters, one and one person combined with 12 stones, five liters, five liters, five liters, one and one liters, one and two liters, one and two hundred and six liters. It can be seen that the Tang army has more meat, wine, seasonings, staple foods, vegetables, and nutritional meals have emerged. Soldiers can not only eat sesame cakes, oil cakes, but meat has become a must-eat food for soldiers.

The delicious dishes in the Tang army's recipes show the power of a powerful unification dynasty, which is an embodiment of the comprehensive national strength of the Tang Dynasty. This comparison made the Roman army's food too inferior, and even the US military in the 1960s pale in comparison.

In the Song Dynasty, Zhao Bing understood that the food standards of the Song army were roughly the same as those of the Tang Dynasty, but the meals of military supplies were particularly important in the Song army. There were many types of meat, not only pork, but also meat products such as chicken, fish, duck. In addition, the Song army was not only millet and cake, and its staple food was much higher than those of the previous dynasties.

According to regulations, the monthly rations of the imperial soldiers of the Song Dynasty were two and a half stones, and the wing army was two stones, and the amount of tea, wine, firewood and water was given to the soldiers. The food rations for adults in the Song Dynasty were about six dou per month, which shows that the level was much higher than that of ordinary citizens. When the Song army went to fight, they carried crumb cakes, mixed cakes, wrinkled rice, hard salt and sauce, and big cakes soaked rice and tea became the staple food of the Song and Ming army.

Things on paper are good, and regulations are also comprehensive, but when implemented, they are another matter. In the later period, corruption was rampant, and the imperial guards only had eight or nine dou of monthly grain, and then brown rice was used as rice, and big dou was replaced with small dou. Until military rations were often owed, they were not full of food, and they didn't have to mention meat, eggs and other side foods.

As the food rations continued to decrease, I couldn't even eat enough food, so how could I wear dozens of kilograms of armor to fight? The combat effectiveness of the Song army also showed a downward trend. Zhao Bing, the unlucky guy, caught up with this darkest moment. It was a luxury for everyone to have a full meal, and the soldiers were also pale and thin, and their physique was really not satisfactory.

Therefore, the first thing Zhao Bing did when he opened the mansion was to let everyone have enough food. Only in this way can he unite people's hearts and improve his combat effectiveness. He became the chief supervisor of the Song army's food troupe, and he could no longer let go of this matter. He thought about letting the soldiers eat well and eat well, and continued until now.

We all know that everyone has different requirements for appetite and the calories consumed are also different. This is related to factors such as age, height, body shape, exercise and environment. For an adult, the daily basic calorie supply cannot be less than 5,000-7,500 kJ, which is the least energy to maintain normal life activities of the human body.

For soldiers, since the exercise volume is much larger than that of ordinary people, Zhao Bing’s initial countermeasure was to increase side food, with more oil and more meat. Without meat, it would be replaced by fish to increase protein intake. Moreover, Qiongzhou is located in the tropical region and crops can grow all seasons, so there is no shortage of fruits and vegetables, and logistics support is easy to do.

However, with the increase in the combat range of the navy, ensuring the nutritional balance of sailors during long voyages has become the main problem. Zhao Bing's solution is to use abundant fruits to make dried fruits to ensure vitamin intake; dry vegetables and make dried vegetables that can be preserved for a long time to ensure balanced nutrition.

Later, a special baggage ship was designed so that the fleet could raise livestock and poultry to provide fresh meat. It used bean sprouts, tofu, and fresh vegetables. In addition, the fleet could also catch fish and shrimp to enrich its own recipes and solve the problem of insufficient protein intake. These attempts and measures also provided reference for the logistics support of the infantry.

After entering Jiangnan, especially after entering Huaibei, due to the lack of modern preservation technology and a fast transportation system, meat and vegetables are not easy to keep fresh transportation, the military rations distributed by the military are mainly rice, wheat, beans and other grain crops, including some jerky and pickled foods, and the source of side food is mainly solved by on-site procurement.

Zhao Bing knew very well that after crossing the Yellow River and entering the northern region, there would be no fresh fruits and vegetables to provide in winter and spring, and logistical support would be more difficult, and it would be more difficult to send troops to the expedition. Therefore, while developing fast foods that are convenient for individual soldiers to carry, he also imitated the methods of the navy and added various dried vegetables, kelp, dried fruit and other substitute foods to the supplies provided, providing high-calorie complementary foods such as sugar, wine, and animal fats to improve the soldiers' combat capabilities in the cold areas.
Chapter completed!