After a tour of the camp, Liu Bei had several doubts, so he went to find Li Mengxi to find out.

When Li Mengxi was found somewhere in the camp, he was standing next to a campfire, holding a thin wooden board in his hand. There was paper spread out on the wooden board, and he was concentrating on writing something on the paper.

Seeing this, Liu Bei walked over and asked Li Mengxi with a smile what clever strategy he had thought of so early in the morning.

Li Mengxi stopped writing and pointed at the campfire, "Grass ashes. When we set up camp last night, the ground was still wet and the firewood was not good.

This morning I accidentally came across a piece of land that had been burning all night. The ground had dried up and the soil had turned yellow.

Therefore, I think, firstly, if you camp somewhere for a long time, the bonfire can be fixed at a fixed location. The soil where the bonfire is located has been burned for a long time, and the burning is dry and hard, and it is not easy to get wet. This is one of them."

"Secondly, I think that if we camp for a long time, can we change the location of the campfire day by day?

For example, you can raise bonfires along the village gate to the Chinese army tent and burn them all the way. After burning the soil for several days, the soil will become dry, hard, and porcelain-solid, making it less likely to get muddy when it rains.

Therefore, in addition to cooking, can a campfire be used for cooking and hardening the soil at the same time, so that it can serve two purposes?"

"As for the third one, grass ash. It has been rainy recently in the spring, and the soil is moist, which is not conducive to starting a fire. It can be expected that when marching in the field, it is normal for the land to be wet when it rains.

If the land is not dry, it is not conducive to starting a fire, or even setting up a camp. If we want to turn the wet and muddy land into dry land, sand, gravel, wooden boards, and grass ash can also be used.

Therefore, I thought that I might as well take away the ashes burned by setting up camp and setting fire every day, so that I can spread them on the road in case of rain."

At this point, Li Mengxi frowned. He thought for a moment, "Collecting the ash will slightly hinder logistics. It takes a lot of manpower to bring some ash. Is it worth it? I don't know."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After listening to what Li Mengxi said, Liu Bei and Jian Yong were surprised on the spot.

It was just a pile of straw ashes, and no one wanted it if thrown away. However, Li Mengxi would think that the straw ashes were of great use, and wanted to take the straw ashes away, and it turned out that the straw ashes were really useful.

Li Mengxi was hesitant, wondering whether he should bring straw ash with him when marching. Liu Bei and Jian Yong thought about it for a moment, and the two of them said in unison, "You should bring it! (You should bring it!)"

With this sudden tacit understanding, Liu Bei and Jian Yong looked at each other and then smiled happily.

Meeting Li Mengxi's questioning gaze, Liu Bei said, "A large basket of grass ash weighs no more than thirty or twenty kilograms. This large basket of ash is enough to cover a patch of mud the size of a house.

When camping outside, if there is wind and rain, other soldiers can be simple and simple, but in places such as the central army tent, such as the wounded soldiers camp, etc., they must camp in a clean and dry place, right?

Therefore, I think it is necessary to have some grass ashes prepared."

Liu Bei's reasons were very good. When Li Mengxi thought it made sense, he took a pen and jotted down a note on the paper.

Li Mengxi raised his head, looked at Jian Yong, and asked seriously, "What about Mr. Xianhe? Why do you think Mr. Xianhe should take him?"

"Well," Jian Yong smiled, "I think the grass ash can be used to defend the city."

Li Mengxi only thought for a moment and understood that grass ash can really defend the city. Although grass ash is not as effective as lime or gold juice, grass ash is still ash after all, and it can also be charming.

A basket of straw ash placed in a city defense battle should be able to kill a person.

Li Mengxi wrote three points about the functions of grass ash, and Jian Yong mentioned a fourth point, which can be used as military supplies. Li Mengxi added it casually.

Plant ashes don't have much effect, but an interesting so-called method of burning hard soil with fire mentioned by Li Mengxi made Liu Bei and Jian Yong find it extremely interesting.

Liu Bei and Jian Yong had rich life experience. They knew very well that after a fire burned on the ground for a few days, the soil would become so red that even grass would not grow.

Fire can really harden the soil, and it can also remove weeds. Therefore, since campfires can harden soil, why not make use of this fact? Since you have to start a fire to cook anyway, you might as well burn the ground while cooking.

It would take a long time to completely burn a huge place like a military camp with fire, but one or two key main roads could still be quickly formed.

Both Liu Bei and Jian Yong believed that the method of burning earth in a bonfire was extremely ingenious.

At this point, for Liu Bei and Jian Yong, the method of burning earth ended here, but Li Mengxi was different. Li Mengxi scratched his head and thought for a moment, then he stared and asked Liu Bei and Jian Yong.

"Then... when burning soil, what kind of firewood burns faster? Furthermore, what kind of soil burns faster? Is loose soil burning faster, or the whole piece of soil?

Furthermore, does it burn faster if you put the fire in a pit or in a flat place?"

This series of questions were all about what the hell. Liu Bei and Jian Yong were both confused by the questions.

In response to Li Mengxi's many questions, Liu Bei and Jian Yong laughed and discussed for a while. They felt that wheat straw burned quickly, the fire was strong, and it burned tightly.

As for whether the whole piece of soil burned faster or the scattered soil, Liu Bei and Jian Yong couldn't answer. Liu Bei said that the broken soil burned faster at the end, and Jian Yong said that the hard mud burned faster.

The two had different opinions, but they both believed that if they wanted to burn the soil, it would be best to level the dust on the ground before burning it.

Li Mengxi thought it made sense, so he took a pen and carefully wrote down the technical details of burning earth.

At the same time, Li Mengxi thought of something. If you break up the soil, you can pile it into a circle and burn it close to the fire for a period of time. After a period of time, the soil will be hard and cooked, and then use the cooked soil to pave the ground.

It will be very useful.

This seems to be an efficient way to produce fired clay.

Not long ago, a lot of charcoal was burned in Julu City. Thinking of the earthen kiln, Li Mengxi realized that with the size of the earthen kiln, it was possible to produce fired earthwork on a large scale.

After knocking down some soil, a large amount of paving materials will be available.

An earth kiln can not only burn charcoal, but also produce high-temperature earth.

Finally, whether it burns faster to dig a hole in the soil or to burn it on flat ground, both Liu Bei and Jian Yong think it is faster to dig a hole in the soil.

However, it seems inappropriate to combine it with roads and dig a bunch of holes on the roads.

Therefore, based on practicality, Li Mengxi felt that the ground should be burned with earth.

But, since the pit burns soil quickly, then the pit can be used as... a toilet.

After digging the pit, you can use a bonfire to burn the pit inside and out for a period of time. After the soil is burned by the fire, it becomes very hard and no longer absorbs water. The earth pit that has been burned by fire will not be so soft when it rains.

It breaks easily.

Just imagine, it's raining and the toilet is washed away by the rain, how disgusting it is.

After writing for a long time, Li Mengxi put away his pen.

Seeing that Li Mengxi had finished writing, Liu Bei asked with a smile, "Xi'er, I saw the people in the camp had clearly risen, why did they restrain the camp and prevent them from moving around? What's the purpose of this?"

"Oh." Li Mengxi said with a sigh, "I was patrolling the camp in the morning, and someone was walking in a hurry and bumped into me. I was knocked down..."

"Hahahaha!" Li Mengxi was just narrating a small incident, and Liu Bei and Jian Yong laughed loudly.

Li Mengxi looked at Liu Bei and Liu Bei strangely, "That man knocked me down. I asked him why he was walking so fast, and he said he wanted to escape.

Someone is thinking that if he knocks someone to the ground in order to escape, he will also knock the soldiers to the ground during the battle.

Therefore, I think that in the military camp, chaos should be avoided at all costs, and soldiers should not move around randomly unless necessary, so as to clear the road."

Liu Bei looked at Li Mengxi in admiration and nodded repeatedly. He was just hit by someone. He could come up with so many reasons.

Liu Bei pointed at Li Mengxi with a smile and turned to Jian Yong and said, "It is a common practice in our army to correct one mistake a day, but with Xi'er here, he can correct more than three mistakes a day. One person is better than many others!"

Jian Yong looked at Li Mengxi with an emotional smile, and Jian Yong was convinced again.

Liu Bei commented that the little military advisor was very resourceful and full of wisdom. Today he really saw how he could see the smallest details that others could not, and he could think of things that others could not think of. It was amazing to him.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Soon, the whole battalion was running around giving orders to start the group.

After Li Mengxi and Liu Bei Jian Yong had a meal, some soldiers brought water for them to wash the dishes quickly.

Neither Liu Bei nor Li Mengxi noticed this detail. Underneath the details was the method of supply and the unified team for fetching and transporting water.

When we set up camp yesterday evening, the water fetching team went to pull a lot of clean water from several miles away. We used some for cooking last night and some for cooking this morning. We even had water for washing dishes.

This depends on if it is winter. If we suddenly encounter an enemy, if we have to freeze the soil into a city to build a defense, the few trucks of water prepared in the army will be of great use and can quickly build a high wall.

wall of permafrost.

In order to solve the housing problem last winter, Li Mengxi thought of and recorded many aspects of permafrost city building. He even expanded it and thought of three ways to build cities: frozen snow, permafrost, and snow.

He also collected methods that could be used to quickly build cities using pallets erected as molds.

However, he failed to remember at that time that some water storage vehicles should be equipped as logistical support in conjunction with frozen soil tactics.

Although Li Mengxi had never thought about the water source issue regarding the frozen soil tactics, he had already realized it in terms of logistical water supply. He realized that if the cooks had to fetch water every time, they would have to prepare for every meal.

Thousands of cooks.

Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of water collection, a fleet of vehicles can be used to pull the water back to the camp. This saves a lot of manpower.

Two things that I didn't want to do were getting water and building a city. It turned out that these two things were connected, and the result was that the rebel army's increasingly perfect logistics inadvertently had unexpected benefits.
Chapter completed!