Stir-fried Datang: The Strongest Daughter

Chapter 250 Shocked
Sitting down slowly, Li Chengqian saw her in a daze, a trace of loss floated through his heart, his heart felt sour, and he was a little angry.

Just thinking of her temper, I still hold back, took her hand to comfort her: "Don't think too much, General Yuchi has already sent someone to chase..."

Yang Xiaoran was silent for a while, then nodded slightly, and there was no expression on his face, which made Li Chengqian's eyes darken again.

With a wave of his hand, he dismissed all the maids and servants, hugged her into his arms, let her sit on his lap, and rubbed his forehead close to hers, "Don't think about it...it's not your fault... "

Yang Xiaoran's body trembled slightly, feeling that the arms holding her were a little tighter, and she couldn't help but lower her head.

The long eyelashes cast a small dark cloud under the eyelids, trembling slightly, after a while, he nestled obliquely into Li Chengqian's arms, and said sullenly: "Brother Prince, I always feel that I have hurt the Du family girl... ..."

After a pause, he continued: "If I hadn't been confused, brother Baolin wouldn't have gone to the border, and he wouldn't have neglected Miss Du's family... If something happens to her, I don't know what to do..."

After hearing this, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief, raised her chin, and pretended to be joking: "You know you are confused?"

Yang Xiaoran blushed, and then felt ironed in her heart.

This man is not only his husband, but also his confidant, and he can talk to him no matter what without any burden.

As if that's how they should get along.I shouldn't have anything to hide from him.

She pouted, and said in a low voice: "As a daughter, who doesn't want her husband to be devoted to her?"

"You fool!"

Li Chengqian tapped her little head, paused and couldn't help chuckling.

Yang Xiaoran asked curiously: "What are you laughing at? Isn't it? Humph! You guys only think about having three wives and four concubines, going around like crazy, damn it!"

"no……"

Li Chengqian held her hand and played with it, a helpless smile appeared on his handsome and feminine face, "It's just that sometimes I feel that Xiang'er is not like a person in this world. Far away? Generally, a girl like you's home is arranged by her parents, how can she think about her own lifelong affairs?"

Yang Xiaoran's body trembled slightly, and Li Chengqian caught it keenly: "What's the matter?"

He lowered his eyes in a panic and shook his head, "No, it's nothing..."

Li Chengqian frowned slightly, why did he feel that she seemed a little flustered?
"General Yuchi has sent someone to chase after Miss Du's family..."

Seeing that his wife no longer cared so much about Yuchi Baolin, it was only because of his own confusion and guilt.After finding out what he wanted, a certain prince was in a good mood, and his tone became more relaxed, "Speaking of which, I still have some admiration for this young lady of the Du family."

"Why?"

Yang Xiaoran raised his head to look at him, "Xue Yantuo is far away from the capital, all the way across the state and counties, and as far as the desert, how dangerous is her daughter's home?"

As if realizing something, he turned to smile, not feeling sad, but secretly happy for Baolin.

The young lady of the Du family is so infatuated and determined, a man as good as brother Baolin should have such a good wife.

"Courage indeed."

With a smile on his lips, he sighed and said, "I might not have such courage..."

After speaking, he spread his hands and said, "I'm most afraid of death..."

Li Chengqian chuckled, hugged her into his arms, kissed her forehead, and said, "I will protect you."

Yang Xiaoran grinned, feeling sweet in his heart, but he was still a little sad and worried when he thought about Yuchi Baolin's matter.

After all, we can't be husband and wife, but we can still be friends!How can you just forget about the friendship of taking care of yourself since childhood?
"In the fourth year of Zhenguan, after Jieli Khan was captured, Aweng moved most of his subordinates to the south of the Yellow River and appointed Turkic aristocrats as governors of the state. Expanding its power, it occupied most of the original Turkic area, and moved the Yazhang to the south of the Duluo River in Duwei Jieshan (now the Tula River Basin in the Mongolian People's Republic), and its power rose sharply."

Yang Xiaoran frowned, and said slowly: "In the past few years, the power has grown tremendously. Its border has reached Mohe in the east, Turks in the west, Shaqi in the south, and Julunshui in the north. It has 20 elite soldiers. They are good at riding and shooting. It has become a trend that cannot be lost..."

"Not bad!"

Li Chengqian nodded, put Yang Xiaoran down, and said, "Talk while eating, otherwise the food will be cold."

Yang Xiaoran nodded, and Li Chengqian scratched her nose, "My wife understands the situation better than many scholar-bureaucrats."

Yang Xiaoran stuck out his tongue, feeling quite satisfied with his vanity, and said somewhat complacently: "Country to country is just like family to family. Whose family is suddenly rich, they have to develop some ambitions and come out to show off ..."

Li Chengqian poured some wine for Yang Xiaoran, smelling the aroma of the wine, said with a smile: "Xiang'er, you have to taste this wine today."

"Ok?"

"This is grain malt wine. It's sweet and sour, and refreshing. It's suitable for women to drink."

Yang Xiaoran showed curiosity. He looked at the wine in the wine cup. The liquid was slightly golden, and there seemed to be small bubbles. He took it up and smelled it, and took another sip. As Li Chengqian said, it was indeed sweet and sour. There are also some bubbles in it.

Suddenly his eyes widened. This, is beer? !

Seeing her like this, Li Chengqian chuckled, "How is it? Is this wine interesting to drink? The barley used to make this wine is from the Western Regions, and the roots of the plants are added. It's sour and sweet. It's interesting to drink, but it's also a little swollen. Belly, you can sing lightly."

Yang Xiaoran felt that his three views had been subverted!

This, this is Datang!

Nice!
What's the matter with a beer popping out of nowhere?Although the taste is a little bit different from the beer of later generations, the bubbly feeling is not wrong!It is indeed Chinese beer!
Putting down the wine glass, he said calmly: "Why is this grain bud wine so interesting, have you never heard of it before?"

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "It is also something left by our ancestors. According to legend, it existed during the time of Zhou Tianzi. At that time, merchants from the west came to the Central Plains and brought barley to the Central Plains. This wine uses barley, millet, Brewed from rhizomes, it is precious, and it is said to have a nourishing effect."

After a pause, he continued: "You may not know the fragrance of Guya wine, but you will know it when you talk about Li..."

He laughed again as he spoke, "Drinking a small amount will be of great benefit to the body. Come on, it's rare to have grain bud wine. You and I will have a drink."

Yang Xiaoran raised the wine cup, said with a smile: "I really want to taste it."

But he secretly said in his heart: "How weird! I have heard people say that in fact, the Chinese had mastered the beer production method as early as 5000 years ago when they entered the Central Plains with barley. It turns out that it is really not nonsense. It’s very low and very Chinese, but it tastes better than that foreign beer!”

Hearing Li Chengqian say that this stuff is nourishing, he couldn't help but smile.

The vitamins, carbohydrates and other nutrients contained in this beer are known as liquid bread. Drinking a little of it can not only quench your thirst and hunger, but also have certain benefits for some diseases.

After drinking the wine, the husband and wife continued the topic just now while having side dishes.

Li Chengqian sighed softly, "Why is this person never satisfied? In the past when he attacked the Turks and formed an alliance with Xue Yantuo, after the victory, his father did not treat them badly. He also named the barbarian as Zhenzhu Vija Khan. But these people I am dissatisfied with my father, I always feel that my father is too kind to the Turks, and now that his strength has greatly increased, he wants to invade the Central Plains, and he will be punished!"

Yang Xiaoran sighed, and said: "Which one of the grassland khans cultivated by our Central Plains dynasty is not like this? Once the strength is strong, I will miss the prosperous hinterland of the Central Plains. It is not surprising that it used to be a Turk, but now it is Xue Yantuo."

As he spoke, he picked up the wine cup again, took a sip, and said, "Anyone with such ambitions should be severely beaten!"

"Heh...my father's foresight amazes me."

Li Chengqian's eyes showed a trace of admiration for Li Shimin, "In the fourth year of Zhenguan, the Turks were defeated, Jieli Khan was captured, and all the Turks basically surrendered. The threat to the northern part of my Tang Dynasty was lifted, but my father did not relax the northern part. The military deployment in Chongzhou has intensified instead. Only in this way can Xue Yantuo be deterred now, and for a while, they will not dare to approach me in the Central Plains. It's just that they keep making small moves, which is really disgusting."

"Now it's a temptation. If I don't respond, I will naturally call in."

The corners of Yang Xiaoran's mouth turned up slightly, and a sneer flashed across his face, "Father preemptively strikes, this step is a good move."

What Yang Xiaoran didn't know was that because of her nonsense, the wheel of history had been greatly deflected. Xue Yantuo, who should have had wolfish ambitions for several years, had obtained the technology of the Han civilization because of the prosperous trade with the Central Plains, such as movable type. The invention of printing made the spread of culture faster.

And Tang people have no sense of secrecy, and are willing to share their civilization.And Xue Yantuo also pays tribute to a large number of cattle, horses and sheep every year, and the large number is eye-catching.Seeing them on the road, the official propaganda will inevitably have to say a few good things.

With this coming and going, Datang's power is much stronger than in history. At least now the country is rich and has mastered the operation of gunpowder. At the same time, it is still developing more thermal weapons for use on the battlefield.The Turkic World War gave Li Shimin a taste of the sweetness of hot weapons. For a war madman like him, he was naturally very keen on this kind of weapon that is powerful in killing and can greatly shock the enemy's mind.

Therefore, in the past two years, he has also tried to get craftsmen to brainstorm and develop more thermal weapons.These people are also very powerful. They actually figured out a rocket powered by gunpowder without a teacher, a bamboo tube rocket that can be propelled in three stages.Although the power is not great, it can perfectly demonstrate the inviolable majesty of Tian Khan and damage the morale of the enemy.

These things would have been hundreds of years before they appeared, but because of Yang Xiaoran's troubles, they were brought forward by three or four hundred years.

In addition, she opened her gold fingers randomly, and showed the origins of some raw ores that she remembered. Although the technology is backward and the output is scarce, for this era of cold weapons, a small amount of hot weapons is enough.

And the same thing, because of Xue Yantuo's flourishing contacts with the Tang Dynasty, he is also much stronger than the historical power.Advanced farming techniques and various crafts are fueling Xue Yantuo's ambition...

　① Mohe: The sound is the same as Mohe, and it is the residence of the Manchu ancestors in today's Northeast China.Xue Yantuo's Han Dynasty has been in Daxing'an Mountains in the east, Altai Mountain in the west, Hetao in the south, and Selenge River in the north. The whole north is under his rule. A strong enemy, when Tang Taizong attacked Goguryeo, gave us a knife in the back...

　　
　
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