Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 233 Liu An: Tell me, who arranged who?

As a modern person who has traveled to ancient times, because of his living environment, he will always be a little intolerant of the cruel and ruthless regulations of ancient times.

The same goes for Li Huan, who has never been able to be a cruel and ruthless landowner.

He thought about giving these people some armor made of leftover materials, so as not to let them die mercilessly.

However, after one of Gillian's secret letters mentioned an impromptu speech given by Li Huan to the soldiers, Li Huan gave up many of his bold ideas.

Because Liu Che knew that he and Liu Ling were already pretending to be real, but this was not terrible because Boss Liu had already acquiesced to this matter.

Boss Liu thinks that the terrible thing is the rebellion, but he also pretends to do it.

Because what Li Huan did was too real...

We can’t blame Boss Liu for thinking too much. Even Li Huan himself sometimes wonders if he has really followed Liu An in rebellion when he opens his eyes...

At this time, Gongsun He naturally reported all his findings to Emperor Liu Che.

Gillian said in her letter that Han Yan expressed her readiness to die for the emperor at any time in her secret letter to the emperor.

It's just that Gillian thinks this is nonsense, because she feels that in this world, she is the only one who would willingly die for Liu Che. Apart from that, even Wei Zifu, a little bitch in her eyes, would not Die for Ashe.

The rice has begun to fill.

Li Huan and Cowherd were at the edge of the paddy field, crushing the green millet with their fingers, and the lightly fragrant white pulp exploded on their fingers. Li Huan brought it to the tip of his nose and took a few sips, with a look of satisfaction on his face. expression.

However, the millet of this era is far inferior to the already extremely perfect hybrid rice of later generations.

The Cowherd followed Li Huan's example and made the same move. He then tore off a few grains of millet, threw them into his mouth and chewed them.

The entourage followed the Marquis silently. No one knew why a noble man like the Marquis cared more about these millets than the farmers.

Zhang Anshi carried the big grass carp that Huo Qubing shot from the river and called the Cowherd away with his eyes.

Li Huan took off his shoes, rolled up his clothes, went down to the paddy field, and began to pull out the last weeds.

After the guards saw this scene, they all followed suit.

After half a day, the big grass carp had begun to emit fragrance, and Li Huan sat by the stream to wash off the mud from his feet.

When Liu Buyu and Liu Jian arrived, they happened to see this scene. They both opened their eyes involuntarily, as if they felt they had seen something wrong.

"Prime Minister!" Liu Buyu walked forward slowly and bowed his hands.

Li Huan put on his shoes and washed his hands: "I came at the right time. Niu Lang and An Shi have already grilled four large grass carps. If you want anything, let's sit down and eat and talk."

"The Prime Minister invited me, so naturally I dare not refuse." Liu Buyu chuckled and took his son Liu Jian to sit down on the ridge of the field aside.

The aroma of rice is mixed with the smell of muddy water, green grass, and the alluring aroma of golden grass carp.

All the fatigue and sorrow in life will be forgotten in this moment.

Liu Buhai almost forgot what he was here for.

However, Li Huan has been immersed in his own world, and no news has come back from the north. Liu Che is also determined to see Li Huan destroy the South Vietnam Kingdom in the spring of next year.

As if all the information was under control, Li Huan found that not only was there no way to get anything useful from Gillian.

Even Jinzhan seemed to have been given a silence order by Liu Che, and he had no idea about the situation on the Xiongnu side.

"If you have something to report, tell it now."

Hearing Li Huan's reminder, Liu Buhan felt as if his pleasant pastoral dream was interrupted halfway.

"Oh... um..." Liu Buyei hurriedly took out a piece of paper and wiped his mouth: "About sending troops... The king doesn't know why, but he suddenly wanted to personally lead the army to the south, and even asked the general to stay at the rear..."

Seeing Liu Buhui's appearance, Li Huan couldn't help but smile: "What's the problem? We now have strong troops and horses, and the Nanyue Kingdom can be destroyed with just a few clicks."

Liu Buyu gave a wry smile, and the shabby expression on his face had not changed at all even though he had been doing the farming order for a long time.

"Xiangguo, I wanted you to dissuade me. After all, the king is old, and the matter of the Southern Expedition..."

"Liu Jian, what do you think?" Li Huan looked at Liu Jian.

Liu Jian hurriedly sat up and said: "Reporting to the Prime Minister, the king has the idea of ​​​​taking charge of the army himself. I'm afraid I can't change his mind."

"How are the troop rations deployed?" Li Huan looked completely ignorant.

Liu Jian said with a slight restraint: "Seven thousand old troops, ten thousand new troops, three thousand prisoners, sons-in-law, and merchants' troops are put together. Among them, three thousand prisoners, sons-in-law's army, seven thousand old troops are the vanguard, and ten thousand new troops are The army serves as the Chinese army.”

Seeing that Li Huan's face didn't show any different expression, Liu Jian seemed to be relieved, and then said: "Not only that, the king also rejected the assistance offered by Yuzhang County. , in addition to letting the general and the prime minister stay in the country, and he personally leads the troops to attack from Yuzhang, he will definitely be able to succeed in the battle..."

"Has General Wu Bei followed him into battle?" Li Huan reached out and pulled out the fish bone from his lips, as if it was something foreign.

"No." Liu Jian looked complicated, and Liu Buhai also looked complicated.

"Then who will be the commander of the army?" Li Huan asked again.

"They are people from the king's retainers." Liu Buyu's expression was bitter and full of weirdness. He knew that what Li Huan wanted to ask was Wu quilt, but Wu quilt was not selected to accompany the army.

"Since we are the king's retainers..." Li Huan smiled: "Why do you two look like this? The king has thousands of retainers, and even thousands of pigs can come up with a way to kill them when they are put together. People ate it.”

Seeing that Li Huan spoke lightly, Liu Buhai didn't look relaxed at all: "Xiangguo, my father and son are here because I hope that you can come forward to dissuade the king from giving up this idea. This is really too dangerous!"

Liu Jian also said: "The king has always listened to the prime minister the most. If the prime minister gives advice, everything will be easy to talk about."

"If it's something else, maybe it's like what you said. If I meet him once or twice, the king will change his mind. But this is the only thing. I'm afraid even I can't make the king change his mind. .”

Li Huan shook his head, looking really helpless.

Liu Jian wanted to say something else, but Liu Buhai had already handed him over and said, "Since the Prime Minister is so sure, then Bu Hui has nothing to say. He just wants to ask the Prime Minister about something." "But it doesn't matter!" Li Huan said slightly. With a smile, Liu Buhai may not have enough ability, but he likes it just for observing words and expressions. As for Liu Jian next to him, he is obviously the kind of person with insufficient eyesight.

"The Prime Minister is also a famous general in the world. I don't hesitate to ask, what is the good or bad luck of the king personally leading the troops this time?"

Li Huan heard this and secretly thought that Liu Buhai was really a dog, but he said with a smile: "Your Majesty sends troops to conquer unjust ministers for your Majesty. He uses the king's way to attack the unjust, and God will win. This is exactly what the art of war says. The time of day.

The troops were sent from Yuzhang, from the inside to the south, taking the enemy by surprise. This is a favorable location; the seven thousand old troops are all loyal soldiers of the king, and the ten thousand new troops are all hot-blooded men from my land in Huainan. It's the harmony between people.

As the saying goes, the right time, right place, and right people are indispensable. And our Huainan Army has already occupied everything. How can we not win this battle? "

After listening to Li Huan's words, Liu Buyu's slightly worried heart gradually relaxed.

"This year, Xiangguo has been traveling all over the country, attaching great importance to farming and mulberry, and a bumper harvest is certain."

"It's all food provided by God, but if there is a little more rain, a lot of fertile farmland will be flooded." Li Huan was naturally happy to see Liu Buyai intentionally changing the topic.

"Huainan flood control still needs to be continued, dredging rivers, expanding dikes, no one can be missing. But now we have to mobilize troops after the autumn harvest, so these things can only be postponed until next year."

Listening to Li Huan's words, Liu Buyu was also quite emotional: "This year is indeed a good year. I only hope that God can lend us another good year like this next year."

The two chatted casually, and Liu Jian listened quietly at the side. After about half an hour, Liu Buhai got up to leave.

After Liu Buhai left, Liu Ling came right away. In fact, she had arrived before, but after discovering Liu Buhai, she deliberately avoided it.

"Liu Buhai is just an unfamiliar dog!" Liu Ling sat down angrily and glared at Li Huan: "Where's the fish? Where's my fish? You don't even feed the dog to me?"

Li Huan was completely amused by these words, and he immediately ordered Bald Qiang to fetch the fish.

"Why are you so impatient? You didn't see that when you were angry just now, you had a few wrinkles at the corners of your eyes."

Li Huan's words instantly turned the furious Liu Ling into a quiet, cold beauty.

He poured hot water for Liu Ling, and then asked: "Has Liu Buhao taken refuge with your father?"

"Yes." Liu Ling nodded: "It can't be said to be a refuge, maybe it's just a prestige he has accumulated since he was a child. He is very afraid of my father. Although he became a big farmer with the support of you and Han Yan, he can't do anything. cringe."

Liu Ling took a sip of hot water and frowned. She didn't quite understand why Li Huan insisted on drinking boiled water, but if she wanted to get along with Li Huan for a long time, she had to accept this habit.

"Previously, Sima Qian directly ordered people to handle the documents that he had handled, but it is different now. He will give them to my father to see. After my father nods, he will let people deal with them."

"This kind of person is exactly the kind of person I need." Li Huan clapped his palms: "It also shows that I saw him right, he is the kind of mud that can't support the wall, and what I need is mud. If he If it’s too promising, I’ll have to think about other issues instead.”

Liu Ling's mood has calmed down a lot: "If you say that, I don't understand. What are you thinking?"

"It's not what I'm thinking about, but your father." Li Huan said: "Have you never thought that your father would really rely on me for everything?"

After Liu Ling heard this sentence, a clear look immediately flashed in his peach blossom eyes.

Li Huan was quite surprised. This girl's brain was moving too fast. Others might choose to stay away from such people, but he liked such people. They were beautiful and had first-class brains. Smart, it's really hard not to like Liu Ling like this.

"Why, you seem to have been taken advantage of by my father, but you are not angry at all?" After Liu Ling finished speaking, he felt that his words seemed a bit awkward, so he added again: "What I meant Yes, shouldn't you show anger at this time? Is this normal? "

"Think along your lines. If I really do this, do you think I still look like a person who endures humiliation and bear the burden for the restoration of the country?" Li Huan took out a piece of black-looking piece from a bag he carried. Red and black stuff.

When Liu Ling looked at it at first glance, he thought it was a piece of earth or a stone, but upon closer inspection, he felt something was wrong. At this time, Li Huan had already pulled out the sword he carried with him, and gently touched what looked like a stone. I rubbed it on something.

A piece of stone as big as a fingernail was immediately scraped off from the black-red stone.

Then, Li Huan took it in his hand, looked at Liu Ling and said, "Open your mouth and try this."

Liu Ling blushed, and there was a strange expression in her eyes: "You..." She straightened her face and became serious: "That's too much..." She seemed to think that Li Huan shouldn't put anything in her mouth. Rise.

But the next moment, she saw Li Huan throw the stone directly into her mouth.

Liu Ling felt that Li Huan was teasing her on purpose. She snorted and wanted to see how Li Huan swallowed the stone.

"Master, I want it!" However, Zhang Anshi came close to Li Huan like an obedient puppy at this time, shaking his head and wagging his tail. Even Liu Ling was a little suspicious. This little guy was really a puppy. have to.

Li Huan looked at Zhang Anshi fondly and smiled, grabbed the sword, and knocked down another stone the size of a thumb.

Zhang Anshi's eyes were bright, he grabbed it and threw it into his mouth, and walked to the side with a look of enjoyment on his face.

Then, the Cowherd also came, but his face was red, as if he was a little embarrassed.

Li Huan followed suit and gave Niu Lang a piece.

Unexpectedly, Huo Qubing also walked over with a blushing face, and said to Li Huan in a submissive voice that Liu Ling had never heard before, "Father, I want it too."

Li Huan took out two black and red stones that looked like the silver ingots he cast from the bag and gave them to Huo Qubing.

Huo Qubing's happy look at this time was very consistent with his age.

"Give me a piece." Liu Ling felt that Li Huan was hiding something from him, but...it's impossible for so many people to eat stones just to lie to him, right?
Li Huan smiled slightly, picked up his sword, smashed a black and red stone about the size of his thumb, and handed it to Liu Ling.

Liu Ling took it in his hand and found that it was not a stone, but something like... food?
But... she has never seen this kind of food before. It is even weirder than the fried noodles made by Li Huan.

The aroma of fried noodles is very tempting, but this black and red lump...

After watching Li Huan chop off another third of the black and red stone with his sword and throw it directly into his water bowl, Liu Ling no longer hesitated and put the black and red lump into his mouth.

Suddenly, a sweet taste that Liu Ling had never experienced bloomed in his mouth.

An expression of shock immediately appeared in Liu Ling's peach blossom eyes. She sucked in the increasingly sweet taste of the black and red pimple. She looked at Li Huan in disbelief. She hesitated to speak, but a trace of redness came out. of saliva.

Li Huan looked at Liu Ling's action of wiping his saliva with a smile on his face: "What a waste, it would be better if it came into my mouth."

"Bah, bah, bah! It's disgusting. Tell me, what is this?"

(End of this chapter)