Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 203

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Although it is just news, it is confirmed news.

Zhang Yichen, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui sat in the yamen, meditating for a while.The subordinate officials of the county government were all secretly puzzled, not understanding what happened to the three upper officials today.

Luo Cheng came back from the county.

He first called a meeting of his county battalion officers and announced the new news.

Then he went to the county government to meet Zhang Fang and Du three people on purpose the next day. Anyway, Zhangqiu is his hometown and the place where he started. Dealing with.

The teacher Zhang Xutuo said something to him, and he thought it was right.They are military generals, training and fighting is the top priority, but if there are no civil servants in the rear to take care of the logistics and food, no matter how powerful the general is, he will not be able to win.

This is like Li Ling who fought hard against [-] cavalry with [-] infantry in the Han Dynasty. After the famous general, he was first-rate in commanding troops and fighting skills. He led the most advanced infantry in the world at that time and wore the best clothes. equipment, and fought hard with the Huns cavalry.However, this terrific general ignored a problem. Without the assistance of friendly troops, without the support of follow-up food and grass, he went deep alone, causing himself to be surrounded heavily in the end.

Although he fought [-] cavalry with [-] infantry and killed tens of thousands of Huns, what's the use? In the end, he ran out of arrows and food and grass, so he had no choice but to split up and break through. In the end, he was captured.After the news of being captured was sent back, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also wiped out his whole family.

Although from the perspective of people after Luo Cheng, the defeat at that time had a lot to do with Li Guangli and other troops not cooperating to attack, but Li Ling, as a famous general, knew that his allies would not attack, so not only did he not retreat, But still want to go deep alone, this is too impulsive.

Luo Cheng brought some gifts to Zhang Yichen and the others, as a thank you for their continuous care.

Last winter, Luo Cheng asked the farm to butcher the pigs to make sausages, bacon and ham. These things didn't look very beautiful, but Luo Cheng instructed the cook how to handle them, and when they were brought out, they were already very beautiful.

A thin slice of ham, made of high-quality ham, sliced ​​into paper-like square slices, laid out one by one, with a ruddy color and a strong aroma.

Zhang Yichen took a slice, and found it salty and delicious.

"Is this pork?"

"Well, after salting, smoking, fermenting, and drying the hind leg of the pig, this unique delicacy is obtained." Luo Cheng introduced.

"You really have a lot of skills. Yesterday we went to the mountains to look at farming. You are really good at planting millet." When Du Ruhui said, he deliberately gave Luo Cheng a few glances.

"I also told the county lieutenant some farming methods before, but you didn't pay attention at that time."

"Why don't you study this ham?" Zhang Yichen asked.

"Of course I eat it. Don't you think this ham is delicious?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head, "It must be more than just eating. I see that the few things you brought today, ham, sausage, and bacon, are all salted and smoked. They seem to be easy to store and preserve?"

"Hahaha, Fangxian Cheng has amazing eyesight. The ham, sausage, and bacon are indeed easy to store, because after being salted and smoked, they can be preserved for several years or even ten years. And these are It is made of pork, and the cost is cheaper than mutton. I plan to use these to store military rations, especially when going out in wartime. It is easy to carry and will not break, especially these meats are very salty, and they can be stewed or steamed when cooking. Yes, you can even eat it directly, it can replace salt and salt cloth."

In this way, it is no longer just a food.

Du Ruhui also realized that these kinds of pork were really good, "Can it really be preserved for that long?"

"Of course, it's definitely okay to store it for ten years, but it definitely won't taste good after a long time."

There is another advantage of salting and smoking, that is, it can shrink. For example, a hundred catties of meat can be smoked into bacon, which is estimated to be only sixty to seventy catties.

Carrying it with the army can reduce weight, and it is easy to store and not easy to perish, and it can also replace salt cloth, which is great.

"I'll bring some cured meat back later." Zhang Yichen said bluntly, "Your son will leave as soon as he says so, even if he gets promoted, he also took away the county camp, 500 people, originally from our county. "

Du Ruhui added next to it, "Magistrate, don't forget that there are [-] mu of military and battalion fields in the mountains. We went to see them yesterday. At least two stones can be harvested per mu. This summer, he can harvest more [-] to [-] stone millet, now all of them will become the Wei Mansion, and it has nothing to do with our Zhangqiu County."

Zhang Yichen inhaled as he listened, feeling pain in his flesh.

Steamed sausages, fried bacon, simple recipes, but have a different taste.

A table of four, eating vegetables and drinking wine, unknowingly drank several pots.

afternoon.

Luo Chengcheng lay on the porch of the back office, enjoying the summer breeze, and fell asleep.

While half asleep and half awake, he seemed to hear someone calling him, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a woman wearing a green silk cloak walking down the corridor, just as he got up, the woman had already arrived beside him like a gust of wind.

She directly reached out and pulled Luo Cheng up.

"Looking for you everywhere, so you are here."

There is no such a girl who does not avoid the suspicion of men and women, but it is Shan Binbin, the second brother Shan's sister.

Speaking of Qin Qiong's big wedding at the beginning of the year, Luo Cheng went to Licheng to congratulate him, and met Shan Xiongxin and Cheng Yaojin who came to have a wedding wine. At that time, the seven of them were still brothers.

After the wedding banquet, Shan Xiongxin and the others came to Zhangqiu to visit Luo Cheng's barracks, and stayed together at Luo's house in Nanshan Village for a few days.That time, Shan Xiongxin brought his sister with him.

Shan Xiongxin's girl is eccentric, she is not willing to stay at home every day like ordinary ladies, she likes to run around.Shan Xiongxin dotes on this girl very much, so he doesn't restrain her at all.

I don't know what's going on, anyway, when Shan Binbin saw Luo Chengcheng, he hit it off very much. Luo Chengcheng only regarded her as his younger sister, so he often told her some jokes and anecdotes about this lively girl. It was a joke, but it turned out that this girl was inseparable from Luo Cheng, as if she was attached to her.

During those days in Zhangqiu, she followed Luo Cheng wherever he was.Although Shan Xiongxin took her back later, she would secretly come to Luo Cheng after a while.

Shan Binbin held Luo Cheng's hand, with tears in his eyes.

She looked up at Luo Cheng, "I ran away from home this time, and now I have nowhere to go. If you come to join me, you can't drive me away, let alone tell my brother that I have nothing to do with him anymore."

Luo Cheng only felt a headache.

He looked around and found that Shan Binbin had no entourage.

"You came alone?"

"Well, I said I wanted to come to you, but my brother didn't allow it. He said that I was away from home all day, I was crazy, and that I would not be able to get married in the future. I said that I would marry Brother Luo Cheng in the future, and then I would sneaked out."

Luo Cheng was speechless for a moment.

It is estimated that Shan Xiongxin also knew that the girl had come to Zhangqiu, and must have sent someone to follow behind.

"Binbin, you are twenty-eight years old this year, why do I feel that you are still eight years old. If you run out like this, your brother will be worried."

"He won't be worried, he just wants to marry me to some son of the Cui family and the Zheng family, but I have met several of the sons of the Cui family and the Zheng family, all of them are boring, and they look down on me In our family, I will not marry such a person, if I want to marry, I will marry Brother Luo Cheng, who is funny and handsome, and will love me the most. "

Shan Binbin held Luo Cheng's hand and didn't let it go.

Luo Cheng thought to himself that Shan Binbin is actually a pretty girl, good in everything, tall, good at fisting, kicking and sword fighting, can ride horses and shoot arrows, but she is a bit too active.Men actually prefer girls who are more passive.

Binbin like this always made Luo Cheng feel like he was being forced by the overlord.

(End of this chapter)