Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1146 Dong Tu
"drink wine?"

In the hall, Luo Cheng asked with a smile, he brought a bottle of good Gaochang wine.

The red wine bottled in glass looks very beautiful and tempting.Princess Deman smiled slightly, "The concubine doesn't know how to drink, but I can drink with Your Majesty."

"It's free and easy, I like it, so let's drink some."

"I'll make some snacks for His Majesty."

"You can still cook?"

Princess Deman not only knows how to cook, but also does it well.

To put it bluntly, the diets of Silla and the Central Plains are actually very similar. After all, they were also farming civilizations, and millet, sorghum, soybeans, barley, and rice were also commonly planted at this time.

The food structure determines people's staple food structure, and Silla people generally raise cattle, horses, pigs, dogs, chickens and ducks.But in general, different regions will gradually form their own unique eating and living habits.

For example, Silla people like to use soybeans to extract oil and make soybean paste, and even like to make fish and meat into dried or sauce for long-term preservation.

The princess brought Luo Cheng a dense twist.

"Dense twist?"

But in Luo Cheng's impression, the most famous twist should be Big Tianjin Fried Dough Twists, which is deep-fried pasta.But the dense twist that the princess got, according to her introduction, is made of boiled and dried beef, chicken, pork, etc. It should be regarded as a kind of jerky.

After eating a little bit, I was surprised to find that it tasted good.

"I heard that you Silla people like making kimchi very much."

"Does the sage know Silla kimchi? In Silla, it is true that every household can make kimchi."

The princess seemed very surprised that the emperor knew about Silla kimchi, and was also very happy, so she brought a jar of kimchi right away. These are things from her hometown that she brought from Silla, and she always feels better after eating a little of these.

There are plates of kimchi on the white jade plate, including pickled cabbage, pickled radish, etc. However, unlike the bright red and bright color of the common Korean kimchi in later generations, most of these kimchi are just the original color, and they do not have the pungent spicy taste.

Thinking about it is right, there is no chili at this time, only some dogwood or some wild pepper, which is completely different from chili.

Taste it, it's not bad, it has the feeling of Sichuan kimchi.

"The concubine also brought some rice cakes, oily nuts, scented tea, persimmon juice, sauced fish, etc. from Silla. Do you want to try it, Your Majesty?"

"Okay, let's try some of them."

"Actually, we in Silla have a lot of delicious food, but we can't bring them to His Majesty to taste one by one."

Luo Cheng chewed the dense mahua, "The Central Plains is a big place, and there are more kinds of delicacies. You should try more when you have the chance."

Compared with Central Plains food, Silla is really far behind, but for the princess, Silla food represents the taste of hometown, which is different.

Two glass glasses, filled with red wine.

"Come on, a toast."

The princess took a sip, and her face flushed.

The kimchi served with a small bowl of casserole porridge is really good.

"The princess likes the taste of hometown. From now on, I will ask Silla to pay tribute at four o'clock, and let Silla send some good cooks. From now on, the princess can eat it every day."

Seeing Luo Cheng finish a bowl of porridge in a few short strokes, Princess Deman got up to help him fill another bowl.

"Your Majesty, my concubine heard that the vanguard of the Japanese army has already landed on the coast of Baekje. Why hasn't Your Majesty sent troops to reinforce Andong?"

Luo Cheng smiled.

"Princess, I don't know. Although I didn't send a large army to reinforce Anton, I also ordered all the counties in Andong to send troops. On the surface, there are only [-] soldiers in Andong Road, but in fact there are more than [-] elite soldiers who were abolished earlier. Soldiers, they are turned into reserves after retiring from the military, and they can be converted into soldiers immediately when they are called up during a war. Moreover, Liaodong can also provide reinforcements at any time, and Mohe, Xi, Khitan and other vassals are also on standby to go south at any time."

As long as the situation is not out of control, there is no need for the imperial court to send more troops. The more soldiers sent, the greater the logistical pressure.Luo Cheng didn't expect to end the war in three to five months.

Not to mention, the emperor actually has another trump card.

"To tell you the truth, I have already dispatched the Bohai Merchant Fleet to set off. I just received the news that the Bohai Merchant Fleet envoy Wei Zhongxian returned. Zhou Hu."

The princess is no stranger to Tamna Island, which is the largest island in the southeast of Baekje.

The people on the island have different languages ​​and customs from those on the peninsula, and are very backward.

It is only eighty miles away from the coast of Baekje.

If the Qin fleet occupied the island, it would pose a great threat to Baekje, especially to the Japanese.

It's just that what she doesn't quite understand is why the emperor sent a merchant fleet to go there.

"My Bohai merchant fleet is not simple. It is owned by the royal family and has more than 30 treasure ships. There are hundreds of other large and small ships. There are two full regiments of guards and [-] elite soldiers."

Zhouhu on Tamna Island, according to textual research, they were originally a branch of Dongyi in the Central Plains. Later, they traveled across the ocean and came to live on this big island. Haidongyi, Daoyi and other names.

These people are very primitive and backward, without cities, living in thatched huts, farming without knowing how to use cattle, and living a very primitive and backward life.

Its area is about the size of an ordinary county in the Central Plains. Although the islanders have regarded Gaoyi as the king for generations, this kind of islander is vulnerable to the Royal Bohai Fleet led by Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian led people to land, and directly destroyed the opponent's capital without city walls, captured their king and ministers alive, and wiped out this small island country very easily.

Wei Zhongxian planted the Daqin flag on the island, and said that the island has a good climate and is suitable for raising horses. Therefore, he suggested to the emperor that the island should be subordinate to the Bohai Fleet, and horses should be raised here, and used as a supply point for the fleet. The port is where the port is built, the fort is built and the troops are stationed.

Luo Cheng also knew that this was the later Jeju Island. In the Yuan Dynasty, this was the horse breeding base of the Mongols. Tens of thousands of horses were raised on the island, and the oranges on the island were very famous.

Of course, the scenery here is also very beautiful.

Wei Zhongxian was very ambitious and wanted to use Tamna Island as the private island of the fleet, but Luo Cheng did not agree. Instead, he directly named Tamna Island as Dongying County, which belonged to Guangling County of Huainan Province. A county thousands of miles away is undoubtedly an enclave, but Luo Cheng doesn't care about it.

It belongs to Guangling County, but it is assigned to the Bohai Fleet as a supply port for the Bohai Fleet.

Princess Deman smiled.

"Your Majesty's capture of this island seems to be not only aimed at Baekje, but also aimed at the country of Wa."

"The Japanese are so bold that if they dare to unite with Baekje to fight against Qin, they will have to bear the consequences. I heard that the first batch of the Japanese army consisted of [-] people, and there will be tens of thousands more in the future. They seem to be preparing to gather the strength of the whole country to reinforce Baekje. Then I'm going to let them all feed the fish at sea."

(End of this chapter)