The emperor really wants to know more about Zhao Chen.

Princess Qinghe brought her vegetables, which made the emperor suddenly realize that she didn't seem to know Zhao Chen as well as she imagined.

At least the emperor felt that he had no idea about Zhao Chen being able to grow vegetables in winter.

He has to go to Zhao Chen's mansion to take a look.

When the emperor came, Zhao Chen was diving into his own kitchen.

We are about to set out to the front line of the border, and there are still some things that need to be prepared.

For example, the issue of soldiers' rations.

If I were leading the army, I would definitely not give up Goguryeo easily. It was inevitable that the Tang army would invade Goguryeo.

But it is not too easy to attack Goguryeo.

On the way to march, they will encounter various possible risks.

The most serious and most urgent thing is the problem of soldiers eating.

Long-distance marching and going deep into the enemy's back, the logistics supply is extremely stressful. If you rely on logistics in everything, it will be neither safe nor delay the army's time.

Zhao Chen then thought of fried flour.

The so-called fried flour can be understood literally, which means grinding the grain into powder, and then frying and carrying it with you.

If you need to eat it, stir it with hot water.

For soldiers, it is the food that best ensures that the body needs energy.

Zhao Chen originally wanted to get some cans, but the cans needed to be sealed, and it was not enough to produce enough iron cans in a short period of time.

Grind the beans into powder, stir-fry them in an iron pot, and you can smell a faint fragrance.

Unfortunately, there was no corn in the Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Chen didn’t have time to let someone go to plant it.

Otherwise the taste might be better.

"Boy Chen, you are a king of Han. Why are you always doing in the kitchen for nothing?" The emperor came to Zhao Chen's mansion.

When I learned that Zhao Chen was in the kitchen, I also came over.

Before the people arrived, complaining had already come.

This is a typical example of the emperor put down his chopsticks and scolding the chef. When he asked Zhao Chen to cook for him, he was not as righteous as he was.

Zhao Chen did not respond to the emperor's voice when he heard the emperor's voice.

He also knew that the emperor would definitely come in.

I also need the emperor to start cooking flour for the army, otherwise I will just stir-fry myself, so I will just let it go.

"Why don't you talk to me?" The emperor walked into the kitchen and saw Zhao Chen still lowering his head and doing the work in his hand, his tone was a little unhappy.

I suddenly smelled the faint smell of beans in the air.

"What's the smell? It smells so good!" The emperor sniffed, feeling that it was a fragrance he had never smelled before.

"Do you want to taste it?" Zhao Chen looked at the emperor and pointed at the fried flour in the pot.

Speak to the emperor to taste it.

The emperor glanced at the fried flour in the pot. Although the aroma of fried flour was smelling in his nose, the fried flour looked very ordinary.

"This is fried flour, I made it new." Zhao Chen put half a bowl of it for the emperor and handed it to him.

The emperor wanted to reject Zhao Chen's bowl of fried flour, but thought that he had something to ask Zhao Chen in the future, so he took the bowl handed over by Zhao Chen.

I took a spoon, scooped half a spoon and put it in my mouth.

After chewing for a few times, although it had a faint fragrance, it was really difficult to chew in your mouth.

And the fried flour has no taste, which is really hard to swallow.

"It smells quite fragrant, but the fried flour tastes really average, and it's dry and has no taste. How could your kid's craftsmanship become like this..." The emperor did not finish his words and placed the bowl on the stove.

He felt that Zhao Chen was deliberately cheating him.

Otherwise, why would he give himself something so unpalatable?

"You add some salt, then rinse it with hot water, stir it and you can eat it."

"I just asked you to taste it, but I didn't let you eat it dryly. If you chew it raw, who would you blame me?" Zhao Chen said with a smile, and then he found a bowl of boiling water and poured it into the emperor's bowl just now.

"Try it again!" Zhao Chen and the emperor said.

"Didn't you mean it?" The emperor glanced at Zhao Chen suspiciously, but his hand consciously picked up the bowl he had just put down.

Take a careful taste.

Not to mention the combination of hot water and salt, the taste is different from the moment.

Although it is not as good as the delicacies of mountains and seas, it can be swallowed.

"Well, it's OK, much better than just now."

"But, what are you doing with this? At your level, you shouldn't make such a bad thing." The emperor took a few bites, but still had no urge to eat.

Then he put down the bowl and asked curiously to Zhao Chen.

"Although things are unpalatable, they can save their lives."

"Save your life?" The emperor looked at Zhao Chen with confusion.

"This is for the marching soldiers. Although fried flour is more unpalatable, it can be guaranteed to not rot for several months."

"On the march, logistics supply cannot keep up at all, so fried flour can be used as rations for the soldiers."

"In this way, if the soldiers go deep behind the enemy, there is no need to worry about logistics." Zhao Chen and the emperor explained.

"There are such good things?" A trace of surprise flashed across the emperor's face.

In the past, he was most afraid of the soldiers' supply shortage.

This also limited Li Shimin's ambition to expand his territory.

Just imagine, after finally chasing the enemy for three thousand miles, he was forced to evacuate because he had no food. How many times did he think about doing such a thing?

"When Yang Guang led his army to the north to goguryeo, he was also defeated because of insufficient logistics and food."

"If he had this fried flour back then..." the emperor sighed a little.

If Yang Guang had not defeated Goguryeo back then, the Sui Dynasty might not have collapsed.

He, Li Shimin, would not have the status he is today.

However, Zhao Chen now made this thing and obviously had to be assembled into the Tang army.

"Boy Chen, you really want to immediately conquer Goguryeo when you make this fried flour, right? "The emperor suddenly realized what the real reason why Zhao Chen made this fried flour.

The army went deeper alone.

This guy is going to lead the Tang army directly into the territory of Goguryeo?

Otherwise, why should we prepare so many soldiers' rations?

"Didn't we agree before?" Zhao Chen looked at the emperor and said lightly.

The emperor didn't say anything, he knew that he couldn't persuade Zhao Chen back.

And in fact, he also hoped that Zhao Chen would capture Goguryeo and take down Yuan and Su Wen.

In this way, Zhao Chen's position as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty will be justified.

He is also a successor.

"Okay, since you have this idea, of course I will support you."

"You write this method of fried flour to me, and I will ask the Ministry of War to do it immediately. Before you leave Chang'an, you will definitely prepare fried flour for you for two months." The emperor said to Zhao Chen with a firm tone.

With sufficient preparations, coupled with Zhao Chen's own ability, the emperor believed that he could not only win Goguryeo for the Tang Dynasty, but also win Yuan Gaisuwen.

"By the way, I added another thing to your fried flour production method." Zhao Chen wrote the method to the emperor and said something to him.
Chapter completed!