Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1261 Those who are not strong will not be wise

   Annoying things are like peanuts planted in the ground. I want to pull them out, but often what I pull out is not one, but a big bunch, and all of them are full.

   It's a headache.

   Just like right now, Fei Qian frowned deeply as he watched the latest military report sent by Jia Qu.

   "Go invite Tosoh..."

Fei Qian ordered, then put the military newspaper on the table, reached out to pick up the pen, dipped some ink, but when he mentioned it, he suddenly found that his hand was trembling slightly, he couldn't help but took a deep breath, Fang After calming down, he wrote the seven words "Those who are not strong will not be wise" on the wooden slip, stopped writing and looked at them, staring at these words a little lost in thought.

   These words seem to be the words of Confucianism to persuade people to improve, but in fact they are not, but Mohist. Self-cultivation, regulating the family, governing the country and the world are not only Confucian things, and even strictly speaking, many of them belong to other people, but Confucianism is just used for doctrine.

   "Those who are not strong will not be wise" are the words in Mozi's article on self-cultivation.

Fei Qian doesn't know how those so-called Long Aotian-level traversers solve their own ideological problems, and he doesn't know how these guys who see people kill people, see gods and gods, see ghosts and ghosts, see demons and demons build up their psychology , but Fei Qian knows very well that without a tough mind, it is completely impossible to stay awake in the subsequent Three Kingdoms.

   It’s like the sudden situation right now, what should I choose next?

Every step I take is like a minefield of later generations. I don’t know if there are any mines that are about to be detonated in the place where I landed. What’s more important is that these problems will not explode immediately after stepping on them, but will detonate after a delay. When it explodes, it is often already a mess.

The experience and knowledge in history can be provided to Fei Qian for reference and reference is less and less, and there will be more and more emergencies of all kinds. , How to face the future, just like a traveler who is groping alone in the dense fog and night, Feiqian needs a stronger heart and a stronger will to continue walking alone on his chosen path.

   These seven words were written by Fei Qian to himself, and they can be regarded as a kind of self-reminder...

   "My lord." Because the political affairs hall was not far away, Xun Chen came quickly and bowed his hands under the hall.

   "Oh, here we come..." Fei Qian put down his pen and said, "Come in, sit down."

Fei Qian pressed the written wooden tablet, and didn't mention the Jiaqu Military News right away, but asked first: "Guan You Ruo is quite busy with political affairs, and someone made a new kind of tea, please also invite You Ruo to taste it. Two... come here, brew some new tea!"

   The more important the matter, the less urgent it is. This is the reason why the so-called urgent matter should be postponed. Delay does not mean procrastination, but refers to dealing with it after careful consideration. Eagerly throw out the problem, and then rush to deal with it. If the direction of the problem is not correct, it may lead to the problem becoming worse.

Fei Qian himself is very anxious, but he can't show it. Instead, he needs to be calm, as if everything is in his mind, otherwise he will be underestimated by his subordinates on the one hand, and on the other hand, it will be easy for even the people under him to panic. Lose your cool and form errors in judgment.

  So Fei Qian chose a seemingly completely irrelevant topic as an entry point.

   "Brewing?" Xun Chen couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard this word. Fei Qian often did this action, and Xun Chen learned it unconsciously.

Before the Tang Dynasty, there was no special method of making tea. Even tea bricks were nothing more than picking fresh tea leaves and pressing them to dry. In tea producing areas, most people in the Han Dynasty directly picked tea leaves and cooked them. For soup, the place farther away from the place of production can only be crushed tea bricks. Some people have an extra process of heating and roasting the crushed tea to remove the musty smell. Most people often just add green onions, ginger, dates, Orange peel, dogwood, mint, etc. make soup. After boiling, lift the soup to remove the heat, skim off the foam, and serve it for drinking.

This habit will continue until the Tang Dynasty. From the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the craft of sencha has become popular from north to south on a large scale, and there are even detailed regulations. Wait until the fine tea powder is formed, and then according to the degree of boiling of the water, put it into the teapot for cooking at the second boil, and drink it separately. The whole set of tea-drinking modes of preparing utensils, selecting water, making fire, cooking soup, roasting tea, grinding tea, luocha, sencha, and drinking tea, which was popular in the Tang Dynasty, was learned by the overseas students at that time, and has been used until later generations.

  The Song Dynasty began to have tea fighting, also called ordering tea. It was only in the Ming Dynasty that tea was brewed, which was also thanks to Zhu Yuanzhang. Because Zhu Yuanzhang was aware of the sufferings of the people, he gave up the tribute group cake tea and only let the tribute loose tea, so leaf tea and herbal tea flourished alone, and the style of tea changed. Loose tea replaced dragon and phoenix cakes, and the technique of frying tea gradually became popular, and six types of tea were gradually established. The tea making method of later generations is mostly a continuation of the tea making method in the Ming Dynasty.

  As for the braided dynasty, they only knew how to eat and drink while lying on the bones of the Ming dynasty. In this regard, they made little contribution.

There is no serious tea in Bingbei, but Fei Qian knew that there is a kind of tea in Shanxi in later generations, tartary buckwheat tea, so Fei Qian asked someone to find it. Unexpectedly, there are quite a lot of these tartary buckwheat in Taihang Mountains …

   Not long after, tartary buckwheat tea was served.

Fei Qian shook the tea bowl, looked at the slightly yellowed tea soup, picked it up and smelled it, um, it’s okay, the burnt smell is only a little bit, not very obvious, most of it is pure buckwheat fragrance, Very pleasant.

  Xun Chen was the same, smelled it, nodded slightly, picked it up and took a sip, nodded again, and then took another big sip, "The wheat is fragrant and slightly sweet, which is not bad..."

   "Not only that, this thing is the same as ordinary tea cakes, and it can also be digested..." Fei Qian knocked on the tea bowl and said.

  Xun Chen held the tea bowl, rolled his eyes for a moment, and almost immediately reacted: "Oh? I don't know where this product was produced, how much did it cost? How much is the output?"

   "This thing is a special product of Montenegro...the production is quite a lot..." Fei Qian also took a sip, then put it down, and said, "As for the cost...hehe..."

Perhaps one side of the soil supports the other. Many people in the Montenegrin tribe plant this kind of tartary buckwheat in the corners of the mountains, which does not need fertile land. Ordinary buckwheat is even smaller. If it is eaten directly, it will not taste good, but after frying the seeds and leaves together, it will have a different wheat fragrance.

   Tartary buckwheat has the effect of invigorating the stomach and eliminating food, so if you are hungry, you will inevitably become more and more hungry. However, this side effect is undoubtedly good news for the barbarians on the grassland...

  Although the tea bricks purchased from the south are not bad, but who can control a tea source by themselves and make money from scratch?

   What's more, these tea sources don't need to occupy the original cultivated land at all. They only need those Montenegrin people resettled in Huguan Shangdang Taiyuan to continue planting and producing, and the cost is quite low.

  In this item alone, the profit of trade with the barbarians can increase by at least 30-40%!

  Xun Chen listened to Fei Qian's words, then looked at the tea soup, his eyes could almost shine, he shook his head, and said, "...Congratulations, my lord! This is really...really..."

Xun Chen looked at the tea soup in his hand, and couldn't find any words to describe it. Maybe it's not an exaggeration to use a fortune. Although he was surprised, he also knew that Fei Qian definitely didn't call him here just to show off a new source of money. , but something else.

   Sure enough, after adding tea soup again, Fei Qian waved his attendants to retreat, and then said: "Liang Dao came to report that the Black Mountain people who picked tartary buckwheat found Yuan's soldiers and horses in the mountains..."

   "What?!" Even Xun Chen, who has always been calm and composed, couldn't help shaking his hands when he heard the news, and the tea soup almost sloshed out.

   Feiqian nodded, confirming that Xun Chen heard correctly, and then said: "...It is estimated that the transportation of grain and grass between the mountain roads is inconvenient. These Yuan soldiers stopped to fish and hunt to replenish, while waiting for the follow-up grain and grass..."

   Xun Chen picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.

   Fei Qian could see that Xun Chen's hands seemed to be trembling too.

  For the moment, Yuan Shao is a behemoth, completely different from the Yang family who is strong on the outside and capable on the inside. In fact, the Yang family is a representative of the Shanxi gentry in Shandong.

Not much else to say, just starting from Liu Xiu's era and continuing to the current various preferential policies and political inclinations for Jizhou and Yuzhou, and the resulting disciples and old officials all over the world, it is already difficult for the Yang family It's hopeless.

   One Yuan Shao fell, and Cao Cao was fattened.

   One Yuan Shu died, which made Sun Ce cheaper.

  The foundation of the two Yuans, which has gone through many tosses in history, can still support a Wei State and a Wu State, which is enough to prove how tyrannical the Yuan family is now.

  Although I know that Yuan Shao's future is not going well, but it is only on the shoulders of historical giants that he can stand and talk without back pain. If Fei Qian and Yuan Shao go to war now, how many people can achieve "those who are not strong will not be wise"?

   "I don't know who is leading the army?" Xun Chen was obviously aware of this, but soon, he recovered from the shock at the beginning, and asked in a deep voice.

Fei Qian glanced at the wooden tablet, and said: "Two flags, one should be Yuan, the other is Gao... People and horses, they are not too close, and the people in Montenegro don't know how to count... But it is estimated to be at least three thousand..." Although the people in Montenegro can't read, don't underestimate the wisdom of the people at the grassroots level. I can't read, but I can still draw patterns like cats and tigers, but it's hard to count them. For these Montenegrin people, Jia Qu can only make a rough estimate based on his description.

  This can be regarded as an additional benefit of relocating Montenegrin people nearby...

   "Yuan, Gao?" Xun Chen pondered for a moment, then said, "It's difficult for the generals of the Yuan family to determine, but for the Gao family, it should be a high-ranking cadre and a high-ranking talent..."

   "Highly qualified and talented..." Fei Qian nodded.

  A general who is neither good nor bad. In history, Gao Gan managed to block Cao Cao's offensive for half a year, and he was much better than Yuan Shao's sons. Of course, he can't be said to be a second-rate and top-notch one, probably just average. Letting him lead the army shows that Yuan Shao paid both attention to, and did not pay too much attention to, the Taiyuan area of ​​Shangdang in Bingzhou. After all, Yuan Shao's main goal now is to kill Gongsun Zan and digest Youzhou territory.

   "General Yuan..." Fei Qian shook his head and said, "Could it be that the general has decided on Youzhou? Want to expand and merge the state? It seems a bit strange..."

  War is not impossible to fight, but once this war starts, it will not end in one month or two months, one year or two years. It's strange to have a confrontation with Yuan Shao so quickly, to run around here and there during this period of time, and to eat something that hasn't been fully digested, and to exercise vigorously, it's strange if you don't have appendicitis...

  Xun Chen pinched his beard, pondered for a moment, and said thoughtfully: "My lord's words are true. From someone's point of view, the general may not want to fight the lord!"

   "Oh?" Fei Qian looked at Xun Chen and asked, "If you are a friend, please tell me."

Xun Chen stroked his beard and said: "If you count the number of soldiers, three thousand is not too small, nor too many. If the general wants to seize the north, it is definitely not the number that is sent, this is the most important thing." First, and second, it is difficult to get food and grass directly without marching along the Hanoi road, and the rugged road in the mountains. What did you do? We can only fight for time! Therefore, a certain boldly speculates that the lord's return to Pingyang... the general has not yet known ..."

  Xun Chen spoke slowly at first, but then gradually accelerated, "...so, the general's march this time is not for fighting, but for taking..."

   "Oh..." Fei Qian understood it, thought it over for a while, and felt that what Xun Chen said was quite reasonable, so he couldn't help letting out a sigh of relief.

This is the advantage of counselors. Before Fei Qian, he only considered that if he had an **** relationship with Yuan Shao, he would be in great trouble. After all, Yuan’s family far surpassed Fei Qian in terms of economy and population in Hedong, and now Fei Qian The stalls spread out are too big, and if Yuan Shao makes some dirty tricks, Feiqian's backyard will become turbulent. Therefore, if you can stop fighting for a while, it's better not to fight for a while. After a few years, Feiqian's territory will be stable. Come down, and the two Yuans are fighting again, with one rising and the other disappearing, it is naturally better than turning their faces now.

   "Good!" Fei Qian nodded and said, "But... well, I understand..."

Fei Qian didn't ask the question, but he knew the answer just by looking at Xun Chen's eyes. Although he was somewhat reluctant to leave Pingyang now, after all, it was a big matter right now, and he couldn't allow too much love for his children, so he changed his mouth Said: "Don't bother the two masters for one thing, You Ruo, order to go down, gather a thousand cavalry, and a certain party will go to battle tomorrow! Let Zhang Xiu and Zhang Bojin accompany the army and lead the vanguard! In Pingyang... I will entrust You Ruo..."

   "Wei! Dare you not do your best for the lord!" Xun Chen bowed from the table, and took his orders to leave.

  If, as Xun Chen said, Yuan Shao dispatched this army, there is a high possibility that he heard that Fei Qian died before, and then came to grab the territory...

  After all, the Yuan family flag is flying high, if Bingbei is really without a master, then it is reasonable to send some high-ranking people to bring some partial troops over to plant the flag. If you want to grab the territory, you need to buy some time, so you would rather take the riskier mountain road than take the official road that requires a long detour and takes more time.

  According to this way of thinking, there is only one way to solve this problem.

It is Fei Qian who goes there personally, so that the army sent by Yuan Shao, whether it is led by a high-ranking cadre or a team led by a relative of Yuan's heir, can see with his own eyes the lifelike appearance of General Fei Qian of Zhengxi. The rumored news of the death of General Zhengxi is naturally nothing more than a rumor.

  Then Yuan Shao will most likely dispel the desire to continue attacking. After all, fighting for a territory with a general and a war without a master are two completely different concepts.

  Of course, this is also an ideal state, but no one dares to guarantee how it will develop in the future. What if Yuan Shao's brain twitches...

  (end of this chapter)