Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 54
Li Buqi had already taught the imperial physician how to control the emperor's exercise through changes in his pulse and other physical signs, so grounding Li Buqi had no effect on Zhao Zhen's fitness career.

Li Buqi was grounded at home, but others could visit him, which had no effect on his plans.Not every day, people knock on the door of Sun Yushi's house and ask to come in to see what a real gentleman's life is like, and some even climb the tree outside the wall and look in the yard.Sun Yushi's family, which has always been relatively cold in front of the door, has a tendency to be crowded.

But for Li Buqi, Sun Yushi is already a dead tiger. As the "truth" spreads more and more, Sun Yushi will eventually become everyone's laughing stock.Li Buqi is now focusing on the envoys of the Liao Kingdom. Fortunately, judging from the information that keeps coming back, the development of the matter basically follows the script written by Li Buqi.

On March [-], the envoys of the Liao Kingdom arrived in Bianliang, and Zhao Zhen sent people to meet them at the Shili Changting Pavilion.Zhang Weiji, who was in charge of announcing the decree, cleared his throat vigorously after opening the edict, and then read aloud, "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor! The imperial edict..." After reading this, he deliberately stopped and glanced, satisfied to see whether it was Both the ministers of the Song Dynasty and the envoys of the Liao Kingdom were shocked.

Ha ha!So exhilarating!Fengtian Chengyun, this means that my Great Song Dynasty is the court of Fengzheng Shuo.Don't you, the Liao Kingdom, always want to compete with my Great Song Dynasty for orthodoxy?Now I will clearly tell you not to think about it, I, Da Song, are the orthodox of Fengtian Chengyun.

He gave Li Buqi dozens of compliments in his heart: You said how could Li Buqi come up with such a turbulent rhetoric, why can't those Hanlin scholars who have read poetry and books not come up with it?
In his heart, he gave Sun Fu Yushi a silent tribute: he dedicated the four words "Fengtian Chengyun" to Li Buqi, and he didn't need any credit, and the officials would also protect Li Buqi. Sun Yushi's loss is guaranteed .Back then those censors shamelessly drove Wang Deyong out of the capital, and the officials felt uncomfortable all the time. This time, the officials won for a while.

After everyone's initial shock passed, Zhang Weiji read out the decree aloud again: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict says..."

Before accompanying the emperor to meet the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, Lu Yijian flattered and said: "It is really appropriate for the officials to add the word "Fengtian Chengyun" to the imperial decree. I don't know how the officials thought of it, but I have never thought of it."

Zhao Zhen's face blushed slightly, but he quickly comforted himself in his heart: Li Buqi is right, this is all to make me more domineering, to convince the Liao people, and it's nothing to tell a lie for the sake of Sheji and the people.He hastily coughed to cover it up and said, "It's nothing. It's just that the Khitan has always claimed that it is the Zhengshuo of the Tang Dynasty. I think we should clearly tell the people of the world that the Song Dynasty is the Zhengshuo, and it is under the destiny of the heavens. It is not comparable to the barbarians."

"Your Majesty is wise, I can't wait!" Zhang Dexiang swung his horse over.Zhao Zhen felt that he seemed to be more used to it than before, and this time he didn't blush.

Although I was a little dizzy when I was told "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor" as soon as I arrived in Bianliang, I still had to do what I had to do.Liao State envoy Xiao Ying and deputy envoy Liu Liufu submitted the letter of credence, proposing that Da Song should return the land of Jinyang and the ten counties south of Waqiao.

These lands were laid down by Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, and were inherited by the Song Dynasty from the Later Zhou Dynasty. Of course, they cannot be returned to the Liao Kingdom.As a result, the next day after the news came out, the people of Tokyo City saw a group of samurai warriors with helmets and armor riding horses and carrying bows and knives appearing on the street.

Lao Zhang, who sold cooking cakes, asked Lao Zheng, who sold syrup, "What's the matter? Is there going to be a war?"

"You still don't know? I heard that the Liao Kingdom wants me to cede land to the Song Dynasty. I heard that the sons of the Xungui family gathered together last night and said that they can't give up the land that their ancestors took down to the Liao people. They want to fight to the death with the Liao people. Isn't this going to the Xuande gate to ask for orders?"

"Huh? How do you know about Xungui so clearly?"

"Isn't that what a customer who bought washing water said just now. You see, they are going in the direction of Ouchi..."

"That's right. The man on the black horse seems to be the Pan family's yamen?"

"It seems to be. Hey, that seems to belong to the Yang family..."

So in the early dynasty, a group of noble children, large and small, knelt outside the Xuande Gate. The emperor personally comforted them, and the noble children handed in a letter of appeal, expressing their willingness to do everything for the country and not lose their ancestral land.The emperor stated that he would never give in to the pressure of the Liao state, and staged a drama of determination to resist the war.According to the script, the envoys of the Liao Kingdom "just happened" to be led through Yujie to see this scene. At that time, the envoys of the Liao Kingdom were so gloomy that they could drip water, especially Xiao Ying's face was full of worry.

Judging from the gloomy clouds on the faces of the Liao Kingdom Mission, the play was very successful, and the only discordant voices came from the civil servants.When those honorable children gathered at Xuandemen, several censors jumped out first and asked the emperor to punish these honorables, saying that they wanted to coerce the emperor into fighting Liao in order to seek military merit.Fortunately, the emperor, the prime minister, and the political advisers have the same attitude on this matter—the nobles must affirm their determination to defend their homes and the country, and the country depends on them to fight wars.

It's not up to Li Buqi to talk about how the next play will go on.The people negotiating with the envoys of the Liao Kingdom were all civil servants, not to mention that Mr. Lu Yijian must personally command, and a 15-year-old kid would definitely feel uncomfortable pointing fingers at civil servants.

The emperor asked Li Buqi to ground his feet, but Li Buqi had to give face.When Uncle Cao Guo saw that Li Buqi had been grounded, he spent every day in Crossbowmen Alley, insisting that Li Buqi make alcohol first.Li Buqi also realized that if he didn't steam the wine, Lian Guangzhi and Yang Silang would drink it up.

The first batch of sugar water mixed with molasses has lost any sweetness after more than a month of fermentation, but the aroma of the wine is already very strong.Li Buqi put the low-concentration wines into custom-made oak barrels and stored them in the warehouse of Wuweifang.Twenty jars with a concentration close to [-] degrees were moved to the backyard of Baiyuzhuang Tofu Square.

Li Buqi had to give Zhao Zhen face and not allow people to see him leaving Nushou Lane, but no one dared to check Cao Guojiu's carriage casually, so he was not afraid of people knowing when he quietly went to Tofu Square in Cao's carriage.

Uncle Cao Guo watched anxiously as Li Buqi inserted a bamboo stick with a copper piece at the bottom into the wine, made a mark on the stick and poured the wine into the steamer. Alcohol concentration of more than 20 degrees is still too low, steaming not only takes a lot of fire but also needs to be very careful, otherwise the concentration of the steamed wine will not increase much.

Li Buqi carefully heated it on a low fire, and steamed two jars of wine in one day and one night.Now people are not afraid of people drinking it secretly. Song people still like low-alcohol wine, and have no interest in too strong wine.

Li Buqi inserted a bamboo stick into the wine again to make a mark, then poured two jars of wine into a small steamer to distill slowly.It was distilled several times in this way, and finally only a small half of the jar was left.Uncle Cao watched in horror as Li Buqi poured the wine into a copper bucket, chilled it in water, and then added quicklime to it.After bubbling for a while, Li Buqi filtered the remaining wine into a small steamer, and then put the steamed wine into two small porcelain bottles.This is pure alcohol.

(End of this chapter)