Chapter 858 Baishan Mountain (Part 2) (Additional updates for the leader Gu Shentong)
There was a roaring sound in the kitchen, and the one-eyed dragon boy Qian Jin was holding an iron pot in one hand and stir-frying with the other, which was dizzying.
The iron pots of this era were not the relatively lightweight pots of later generations.
It is made of casting, is very thick and heavy, and conducts heat slowly. Of course, it is also very expensive. Therefore, it has not been widely spread since it appeared in the Qin and Han Dynasties. So far, only wealthy households can use it, and it is not commonly used.
Tong Qianjin, who has amazing arm strength, is cooking for Shao Xun: scrambled eggs with green onions.
Stir-fried vegetables first appeared in history books in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was a dish of scrambled eggs.
First beat the eggs, "put them in a copper pan and stir until the yellow and white are mixed together", then add green onion, salt, black soybean and sesame oil, stir-fry, "very fragrant and delicious".
Shao Xun made this dish appear a hundred years in advance without any technical difficulty. For ordinary people, it is extremely difficult because they cannot afford to use iron pots, and they are too heavy and inconvenient.
"Dangdang..." Tong Qianjin picked up the iron pot lightly, poured the scrambled eggs with green onions into the plate, and knocked on the edge of the iron pot to let the last few scallions slip away, highlighting a specialty.
"Master Tong Zhuang has been promoted." An acquaintance came over to serve the food and joked with a smile.
Tong Qianjin blinked his only remaining eye and grinned.
If you want to be promoted, you have to lose your face.
Since losing an eye, he has become enlightened.
That day, he climbed to the top of the city. He was very brave, but he was still shot down by an arrow and barely survived.
This wealth is so hard to gain!
But he was weeding and farming for King Liang in Taiyuan, and cooking fried chicken with green onions and whites for King Liang in Pingcheng. Over time, he was very likely to gain wealth. Isn't it easier than climbing first and fighting bravely? Besides, he is also quite brave in fighting.
Each dish was brought to a small hall.
There is a copper stove burning in the hall, which is extremely warm.
Shao Xun came to the table wearing single clothes and stepping on a blanket with bare feet.
"Oh, I've fallen." Looking at the steaming breakfast, he sighed.
In the past, I ate so much because of the high consumption of martial arts. I haven't practiced martial arts in the past two days, but my food intake has not decreased. I need to gain more meat.
Wang was wearing a gauze skirt, which could barely cover her flesh color, and even the bright red palm prints on her buttocks could not be covered up.
She picked up a mutton sausage and slowly cut it with a knife.
Shao Xun felt a chill in some places and lowered his head to drink the corn porridge.
The mutton sausages were presented by the Wang family in dozens of cartloads as military supplies.
This food is a typical Hu-Chinese fusion food. Wash the mutton intestines, then file the mutton very finely, then mince the green onion, salt, soy sauce, ginger, and pepper and mix with it. into the intestines.
When eating, cut a section, roast it over fire, and finally serve it on the table.
This is grilled sausage!
In fact, it tastes good. The only drawback is that it is too labor-intensive and is not as suitable as large pieces of dried meat for the military. The first appearance of mutton sausage in history was also in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but it should have been available by this time.
These ignorant barbarians know how to enjoy it!
Shao Xun drank half a bowl of warm porridge in two gulps, then took a knife to cut the sausage, and asked casually: "There were originally tribes on that land on the north bank of Dunshui (today's Baideng River), right?"
"Eating without speaking." Wang said softly and continued eating meat.
Shao Xun laughed angrily.
Wang couldn't help but laugh.
Since you are destined to commit yourself to this man, it is better to have some feelings with him, so that you can be happy both physically and mentally.
The King of Liang actually fits her aesthetics very well, and she has benefited a lot from his strength and bravery - "a lot" in the literal sense, but also deeply.
Moreover, she enjoyed the feeling of despair and pleasure when she begged but got no response, and in the end she could only endure it.
"You always make me look like a villain." Wang complained: "That Xianbei tribe has gone to Nao County. I personally persuaded it."
Shao Xun nodded.
Isn’t this the value of a puppet? The sect leader has to come forward for everything, so what else do you need a puppet for? The puppet acts as the bad guy and then transfers the benefits to the sect leader.
"You must also know that I won't stay here for a long time." Shao Xun quickly finished his breakfast, picked up the tea soup, rinsed his mouth, and said: "The grass is not growing anymore, and the transportation will be more difficult after the snow. I will be the last to We will start training next month. Then you will have to rely on yourselves. If you have any questions, please report them to Shanyu Duhufu.”
Wang paused her hands and whispered: "Are you leaving now?"
She felt that she should be happy, but she was also a little scared.
When the man is around, she is not worried or afraid at all, and she does not have to think too much about doing things. But now she suddenly realizes that she can no longer give orders as she pleases. She has many things to consider.
She had to worry about others rebelling, she had to worry about not being able to control the four pro-military guards, she had to worry about the tribes slandering her and criticizing her, and she had to worry about Helan Ai's head getting beaten up.
When the man was there, I didn't feel anything. After the man left, I suddenly felt something different. This was probably the feeling.
"When will you come?" she asked again.
Shao Xun put down his tea bowl and said: "My home is in Pingyang." Wang was stifled and said sadly: "Can't you move the shogunate to Pingcheng?"
"Can't."
"If you don't come, I will find another man." Wang said angrily.
"I am not generous when it comes to women." Shao Xun said with a smile: "Sima Rui can let his wives and concubines leave the house to marry themselves, but I can't."
Sima Rui's concubine, the Xun family, was a palace servant during his reign as King Langya, but she was originally from Yan State in Youzhou. Therefore, although her surname was Xun, her family background was very low. It's just that she was beautiful, and she was favored and gave birth to two sons. However, she was jealous of Princess Yu of Langya and was kicked out of the house.
Xun had no choice but to marry Ma, a commoner, and Sima Rui didn't care.
The two sons (Emperor Sima Shao of Jin Ming Dynasty and King Sima Pei of Langya) had to visit Ma at home if they wanted to see their biological mother.
Shao Xun then thought of Yang Xingmi, a tycoon in troubled times, and tricked his brother-in-law Zhu Yanshou into killing him, thus averting a rebellion. In the end, it was just Zhu Yanshou's sister, first wife, and Lady of Yan State who was allowed to remarry someone else.
In this matter, Sima Rui and Yang Xingmi were generous, but Shao Xun was not so generous.
Fortunately, Mrs. Wang was just speaking out of anger, so it was normal for Mrs. Hu to talk about this matter, but she didn't dare yet.
"Actually, just keep quiet in the center of the court." Shao Xun added: "Helan Aitou also fought a war this year and surrendered a bunch of tribes. Simply dividing the pastures was enough for him to have a headache. If we fight again after winter, There will definitely be opposition, but I don’t think he has the ability. But you should be prepared to send scouts out in Liangchang, Wuzhou, and Mayi cities, and don’t let your guard down.”
"Even if Helan Aitou does come to fight, he can only attack by sneak attack. For a frontal attack, he must gather a large army. It is unlikely before the end of spring next year."
"If we survive the next six months of winter and spring stably, people's hearts will be much more stable. The nobles from various tribes have already worshiped the heaven together. After more than half a year of peace, some habits will be formed. If it can be stable for one or two years, then It can be stable for at least three to five years, and it can be stable for more than ten years. The premise is that we can’t go backwards and don’t act recklessly.”
"I will give Wang Feng a good warning, telling him not to rush for power and profit, but to calm him down first. You are smarter than your brother, and you should know what to do. Go to the inner room to take shelter first, I want to summon my staff."< br>
Mrs. Wang hummed, went inside to get a robe, and put it on for Shao Xun.
Shao Xun called his soldiers and removed the food utensils, and then allowed Wang Queer and others to enter the palace.
"Your Majesty." More than ten people saluted in unison.
Shao Xun motioned for everyone to sit down, then looked at Taobao and asked: "I heard that someone was absconding on the Xiaojie Army Road?"
"Yes." Taobao said with some shame: "The sergeants are unwilling to go to the bitter cold land. Some people instigated rebellion on the road and fled after being defeated. They are already being hunted."
"In the end, it is worse than Hei Youying." Shao Xun said: "Together with his family, he was demoted to official slaves."
Sun He was secretly shocked after hearing this.
It is true that no one wants to come to Pingcheng, but someone has to come, and whoever gets the draw will be unlucky.
Heijin's right camp was mostly composed of new soldiers, and most of the officers were martial arts students. They didn't dare to cause trouble, so they reluctantly brought the people over.
If something happened on the road, King Liang would not offend his family, but it would be inevitable that he would be killed or demoted to an official slave, and he might also be implicated.
But for him, this was a disaster. Every time a group of people were organized and trained, they would be broken up and added to other units, new people would be recruited, and then they would be broken up to fill the gaps. To this day, he is not very familiar with the people below.
"Deqing, there are 4,200 people in Youying. How many families are there?" Shao Xun asked.
"About two thousand five hundred." Sun He replied.
"The families of these two thousand and five hundred people were given twenty bolts of silk, three cattle, and fifteen sheep, and were sent to build their homes and gardens on behalf of the public," Shao Xun said.
"This is a generous reward." Sun He said with emotion: "If you keep spreading the word, I will be grateful for your kindness."
Shao Xun smiled. It was impossible to be grateful. It would be nice if he didn't curse.
But there have been too many border guarding incidents since ancient times, so what?
In the Tang Dynasty, soldiers and their families were sent to Qinghai, and in the Ming Dynasty, the garrison was built in Yungui. fair?
In fact, the border guarding environment is poor and dangerous, and nothing is good. The bitter consequences must be swallowed by the border guarding soldiers all their lives.
The court may not even improve their treatment.
The families of soldiers guarding the border have to farm to support themselves, and the soldiers have to do hard labor to build cities, or go to official farms to help officials farm. The harvest is not their own, it is military rations.
When the enemy attacks, they have to perform military service and fight without military pay.
The only chance is to be rewarded for meritorious service and escape from the sea of suffering.
The riskiest time to do this kind of thing was in the late Tang Dynasty. The probability of resistance by those who dared to fight was very high, so they had to be scared.
"The military field is on the north bank of Dunshui. I'll go there and have a look and make a decision as soon as possible." Shao Xun said: "The family has 200 acres of land, and the space has been freed up. If we can't plant it, we can recruit people to cultivate it ourselves, or capture slaves. ”
Gaoliu town, military residences, and military fields are located to the south of Yinshan Mountain and to the north of Dunshui. They are all plains with rivers for irrigation.
It is surrounded by mountains to the east, north and west, and a river to the south. There is only a small opening in the southwest, so the overall situation is relatively conducive to defense.
"Can you catch slaves?" Sun He said in surprise.
"As long as you can afford to support them, you can catch them as you like." Shao Xun said, "In the future, you may be able to turn into a government soldier at your own discretion, so that your family can be exempted from taxes and servitude."
"In this case, it's no big deal." Sun He said.
"Let's go and have a look." Shao Xun stood up and said.
(End of chapter)