subvert the late Tang Dynasty

Huang Chao's rebel army has entered Bozhou and captured several counties one after another. The imperial court between Ying and Bo is not heavily guarded, but Huang Chao dare not attack Bozhou and Yingzhou rashly.Because Cui Anqian, the governor of the Zhongwu Army in the west of Bozhou, also stared at Huang Chao, the combat power of the Zhongwu Army is well-known in the Central Plains.

Zhang Zimian, a general under Cui Anqian, has been promoted to governor of Yingzhou for his meritorious service in saving Songzhou. Yingzhou and Bozhou are close neighbors, and Huang Chao also has scruples about Zhang Zimian.

Although Huang Chao's army did not dare to attack Bozhou and Yingzhou, the official army did not dare to trouble Huang Chao easily.In addition, the recruiting envoy Song Wei's army had already gone to Shenzhou to contain Wang Xianzhi who was in Suizhou, and the official army had no advantage in strength.

As a result, the two sides became a stalemate.This is exactly what Zhu Wen wanted. Mr. Shang should be beheaded. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Why is there no news from Chang'an?Zhu Wen thought.

Just as Zhu Wen was thinking about this matter, Zhu Zhen rushed in and said, "There is news from Chang'an that Lord Shang was secretly escorted to Chang'an and killed at Gouji Ridge in the East City of Chang'an."

Zhu Wen felt a little funny, this Lord Shang is also a character, he has been on the battlefield for many years, and for no apparent reason he was used as a bargaining chip by Song Wei, an old fox.Just cut it off, but the place where he died is called Goujiling, it's a glorious point that he can't die even if he dies, this Lord Shang is not ordinary bad luck.

Zhu Wen said seriously, "Does Wang Xianzhi know the news?"

Zhu Zhen scratched her head and said, "I'm not sure about this, how about I send someone to report to General Wang?"

Zhu Wen nodded and said, "Okay, you can send someone to do it now."

Zhu Wen is a little excited because history is proceeding according to the original track; Zhu Wen also feels a little regretful because history has not deviated from his original track after all.

The same reason made Zhu Wen feel differently. On the one hand, he wanted history to follow the original track, so that he could predict the future and grasp the situation of the war at the right time.On the other hand, he hopes that history can be changed so that the bloody and tearful history of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties will never happen again. How many people will die in that way?

But he is not a god, he cannot control the pace of history, so he can only do his best.

"Why are you in a daze again?" A beautiful female voice reached Zhu Wen's ears.

Zhu Wen didn't need to look to know who was coming. He turned around and said with a smile: "Junior Sister, haven't you been practicing cooking for the past two days? Why do you have time to come here?"

Huang Ying said angrily: "You also said that I cook according to the method you taught for my father, but my father actually said, 'Fortunately, our family sells salt?' I saw that you also put so much salt, why did I do it? Is it that salty when it comes out?"

Zhu Wen felt dizzy for a while, and said: "My aunt, I put so much salt because I fried five servings at a time, and you also put that much salt in one serving, so it's good if you don't get poisoned after eating it."

Huang Ying grabbed Zhu Wen's ear and said angrily, "Why didn't you say it earlier? I was made fun of by my father."

Zhu Wen pretended to grin his teeth, and said in a low voice: "Didn't I tell you? The amount of various seasonings and the heat of cooking must be mastered slowly. It cannot be mastered in a while. You must first Put less, taste it later, and you will be able to master it slowly... Oops... Take it easy..."

Huang Ying said: "Let me taste it first? What if the dish is not cooked?"

Zhu Wen said in his heart, aren't you making unreasonable words?You dare not taste it yourself, but serve it to others. Knowing you is simply unlucky in eight lifetimes.But he didn't dare to say this, he could only beg for mercy in a low voice.

After this incident, Huang Ying also knew that she was not good at cooking, so she simply gave up her efforts in this area.

The New Year is here, and this is Zhu Wen's first New Year since he came to this world. He really wants to know what the New Year was like for the ancients.

However, what disappointed Zhu Wen was that he didn't see the lively scene that he should see during the Chinese New Year, let alone the brightly lit and fireworks scene in those costume movies.There are only a few scholars who have pasted couplets with red paper on the doorsteps, and most people still stay at home as usual in winter.

Think about it too, in the era of war, who would go shopping on the street every day when they were full?Wouldn't it be unfair to be arrested as a spy?

There seemed to be a flash of inspiration in Zhu Wen's mind, but he couldn't grasp what it was. His intuition told him that there must be something important that touched his heartstrings, but what exactly was it?

He re-analyzed what he had just thought one by one, and suddenly his eyes lit up, yes!fireworks!It's New Year's Eve, how could there be no fireworks?Gunpowder was invented in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It was the end of Tang Dynasty, so there should be gunpowder.

Zhu Wen hurriedly called Zhu Cun, Zhu Zhen, and Hu Zhen, and asked tentatively, "Have you ever heard of gunpowder?"

Zhu Cun and the others were hurriedly called by Zhu Wen. They thought they were discussing an emergency military situation, but they heard Zhu Wen inexplicably asked what "gunpowder" was?The three of them shook their heads, expressing that they had never heard of it.

Zhu Wen still didn't give up, and continued to ask: "It's the kind of medicine that can catch fire, the medicine that catches fire easily..."

Zhu Cun saw Zhu Wen's eager look, and his face was full of anticipation. Zhu Cun and Zhu Zhen looked at each other and nodded at the same time. They seemed to have a tacit understanding to go together.What they thought in their hearts was: "This third child has suffered from the soul-leaving disorder again, so he started talking nonsense again."

Zhu Cun stepped forward and touched Zhu Wen's forehead, then stared into Zhu Wen's eyes for a long time.When Zhu Wen looked a little embarrassed, Zhu Cun said, "You don't seem to be sick?"

Zhu Wen really couldn't laugh or cry, didn't he just ask you something?How did it get involved in the issue of whether I was born sick or not?

Zhu Wen was wondering, when Zhu Zhen said, "Third brother has not suffered from the dementia disease for a long time..."

Now that Zhu Wen understood it, he dared them to think that he had committed some kind of "soul-departure disease" again!When Zhu Wen looked at Zhu Zhen, there was a chestnut on his head.Pretending to be angry, he said, "Stay away from your soul disorder!"

Zhu Zhen was full of grievances, and said with a mournful face: "Why does the third brother keep beating me on the head, and you are so stupid that you can help me find a wife?"

Zhu Wen pretended to be angry and said, "Who told you to chew your tongue?"

Zhu Zhen refused to accept it and said, "Second brother also said, why are you beating me alone?"

Zhu Wen looked at Zhu Zhen as if he was an idiot, and said, "He is my elder brother, so he can only beat me, how can I beat him? If you want to blame, I blame you for being born a few years late, you are the youngest, don't bully you Bully who?"

The crowd burst into laughter, and Hu Zhen next to him also leaned forward and back together with a rare smile. After a long time, he has become accustomed to the laughter and cursing of the three of them.But with his character, he always looks at the three of them from the sidelines. After all, in his heart, he is still an outsider.

After playing around, Zhu Wen turned to the topic and explained the function of gunpowder to them in detail...

As soon as Zhu Zhen heard that it could be made into something like "firecrackers", which could crackle and crackle, she felt excited, and said, "I heard what the third brother said, and I also want to find some to play with. I walked on the street and carried them." A bunch of those 'firecrackers', when lit, how many people should come to see me, maybe a daughter of a family just passed by, maybe they will fall in love with me at first sight..." Zhu Zhen daydreamed .

Zhu Cun said with a smile: "Love at first sight is not always possible, I think it is possible to treat you as a monkey showman, and reward you with a few small coins..."

Zhu Zhen pretended to be angry and said: "Why is the second brother bullying me, you look at me as a child, and you don't say let me go?"

Hu Zhen said: "Brother Zhen, you don't know something. The third brother came to us in such a hurry to discuss the explosive that is easy to ignite. What will be the effect of throwing a catapult into the enemy's formation after lighting it?"

Zhu Zhen is also a smart person, so she can see through everything. He slapped his thigh fiercely, and said excitedly: "Yes, I didn't think so?"

Zhu Wen looked at the two of them with a smile on his face. He was very pleased to have such two witty and brave people as his right-hand men. Such generals will be his important bargaining chips in the future.