Syndicate Growth Manual

This time, Zhao Chen took away half of the troops in the camp on the outskirts of the city. Although there were only 5 people, among the 5 people, there were [-] elite cavalry, leaving nearly [-] infantry, and [-] crossbowmen. Hundreds of handymen and firefighters who specialize in polishing and repairing weapons, digging trenches, setting up tents, etc.

The army marched for a day and didn't rest until evening. At this time, the team had already crossed the counties of Qi and He in Luzhou from the periphery.Before the three armies reached the grain and grass, the grain and grass supervisors had already followed the scouts to the camp. By the time Zhao Chen arrived with his troops, the camp by the river had almost been repaired. Large tents with thick felt were set up one by one, facing each other. The centurion was in charge of a camp area, and fire ditches were dug between the camp areas to prevent each other from entering or leaving easily.

Due to marching in the territory of Zhao State, there is not much food and grass, and the food and grass are mainly transported from the states and counties by the supervisor, which reduces the burden of the army and speeds up the march.

Zhao Yuan had already slept soundly in the arms of a certain father, and snored very loudly on the way.With his snoring sound, Wei Hong and Wei Jie couldn't help laughing, and Wei Jie also joked that he shouldn't be called "Anu" but "彘NU".The hundreds of people led by Jia Xun in front were all sharp-eyed, and they all heard the melodious snoring of the young master, and held back their laughter all the way.

"Anu," Zhao Chen came down with his son in his arms, went to the river to grab a handful of snow, and gently touched his little face, "Wake up, don't sleep!"

Zhao Yuan was startled by the snow, and when he opened his eyes, he saw his father's handsome face, his brows were slightly frowned, and the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed, oh my god, this is a micro expression about to get angry!He was sober all of a sudden, bouncing off the ground, expressing to his father that he was fully awake!He squatted by the river with his ass pouted and washed his face. The icy river was gurgling, and there were fish at the bottom of the river, but they were all hidden under the river rocks. He stretched out his paws to touch the fish, but he couldn't reach the end. He almost fell over. go in.

"Be careful!" Luckily, a certain father never took his eyes off him, so he quickly grabbed Zhao Yuan by the collar and lifted him up, "This river looks shallow, but it's actually more than one meter deep, and there's still crushed ice in it. Feel free to touch."

"Oh." Zhao Yuan hung his hands and feet, and was carried by his father to the biggest bonfire like a lion cub.

The soldiers at the head of the fire are cooking dinner in this camp. During the march, there is only a hot meal in the morning and evening. At noon, they usually find a place to rest in place. Squatting, sitting and eating dry food is considered a meal, and dinner is not only the last meal of the day, Everyone has a share of meat, so it is expected by everyone, and the firefighters dare not fool it casually.

Zhao Xiaoyuan was ordered by Zhao Chen to keep warm by the bonfire, but he was not allowed to play with fire, so he ran to the fire soldier who was stirring the soup with a big branch, and tiptoed to look into the pot.This pot of soup has been simmering since the camp was set up, and it took three or four hours for the teams to arrive at the camp one after another.The color of the soup has begun to turn pale, and the big bones with enough meat are undulating in the soup, and there are some strange hay in it.

"What's that grass?" he asked, pointing to the dry grass.

The Huo Tou Bing was called from the countryside, and he had never seen such a white doll, dressed so luxuriously.He blushed, and said in an official dialect with a northern dialect: "Hui, Hui Xiaolang, this is Houttuynia cordata. The doctor gave it to me. It is said to be a kind of herb in the south. Boiling water can remove fire poison." I don’t drink mutton soup these days, so I threw it into the soup and cooked it together.”

Zhao Yuan let out a groan, and stretched out his nose to sniff. Fortunately, there was no special smell, but the fishy smell of mutton soup became stronger.This kind of soup cooked with firewood seems to be different from the slow stew at home, and has a special flavor.

After thinking about it, he took out a small paper bag from his robe and showed it to the fireman: "Do you want to add some of this? This is the five-spice powder that I have someone grind. There is pepper in it. Do you want to sprinkle some in it?" ?”

The fire-headed soldier is called Tiehan, looking at the paper bag in the little baby's hand tangledly thinking: This is just a handful, what's enough?But he saw the anticipation on Zhao Yuan's upturned little face, so he picked up a handful and smelled it, nodded and said, "Well, it's the best pepper." up.

The soup was ready, and another fire soldier brought a basket of steamed pancakes.Everyone divided two and a half cakes and a bowl of mutton soup with bones and meat, and sat around the campfires one by one, drinking soup and eating cakes.

Zhao Chen and other generals ate in the tents of the Chinese army. The food was the same, except that the mutton was cut out separately and served with some dipping sauces. The soup had enough aniseed ingredients to make it more flavorful. pancake.

"General, look at the current speed, we can reach Jiangzhou in 20 days at most." Wei Hong took a big sip of the soup and tapped the sand table with his chopsticks.

"However, the collection of grain and grass along the road is also slowly increasing, and the speed will not be as fast as today." Wei Jie shook his head disapprovingly, "I think it will take a month to get there, and I don't know if it can last for a month there. .”

Zhao Chen looked at the sand table and pondered for a moment: "The dog army went to attack the city and never stayed. This time, it passed the three counties of Jiangzhou, which is supposed to be enough for them to be quiet for a while... Anyway, we will speed up our pace and continue along the road as usual." Collect food and grass, and the 5 people on the road will consume as much as they eat, drink and chew."

After eating, several people took their leave and went back to their respective camps. Only then did Zhao Chen mess up the sand table, took off his armor and went to the inner room.He lifted the felt curtain and was stunned for a moment, only to see mutton soup, mutton and pancakes on a small square table, all still steaming, his little Anu sitting cross-legged beside him, his head listlessly leaning against the table.

"Anu, why don't you eat?" He walked over a few steps and sat with his son in his arms. "Are you not used to eating?" He thought it should be so.His family, Anu, was spoiled with rich clothes and fine food since he was a child. All things like mutton soup are stewed for a long time and carefully added with seasonings before they can be eaten. It is cooked in such a hurry in the army. It is no wonder that Anu can't eat the coarse grain pancakes that come with it. .

Comrade Zhao Chen was very distressed, and he couldn't help but eat in the cold weather.

Zhao Yuan pushed his father's big hand away speechlessly, scooped up a bowl of soup for him and a bowl of soup for himself, and said, "Okay, let's serve."

Zhao Chen: "..."

Is his son going to copy the set at home?

Or are you protesting that you don't have dinner with him?

Zhao Chen immediately said: "Father is very touched, very happy..."

A certain Yuan squinted at him, carefully picked out a few large and thick slices of mutton and put them in his bowl.

"Anu, shouldn't you give the meat to the father?" Zhao Chen looked at his son's shrewd tricks speechlessly, and this was definitely taking revenge on him.Didn't he just squeeze the snow to wake him up?I don't know which little bastard squeezed a round snow dumpling and stuffed it into his... crotch some time ago.

Zhao Yuan put his head down and ate bitterly, so Wei Hong could still hold a bowl to eat, but his father held a meeting there with a scruple on his image, how could he eat by himself?

Zhao Chen picked up the bowl and took a sip of the soup, and immediately tasted that the five-spice powder at home was added to it.He looked down at his son, and saw that Zhao Yuan was eating deliciously, and that a villain could eat two pieces of cake without complaining, so he couldn't help laughing.Although bringing Anu out this time may not mean to hone him, but when it comes to the details, Zhao Chen is still reluctant to bear his son's hardship, but this little thing in his family seems to have a good adaptability, he can eat and sleep.

I think he will like Xiguan.

Because there is no shortage of water in Linhe, the father and son still take a bath in a wooden barrel at night.According to the monarch's wishes, he will not only win the battle and drive away Quan Rong, but also take over the Xiguan Hussar General, and his rotation will take at least five years.Since I have been there for several years, I naturally have to settle in the General's Mansion, so I brought a few carts of personal belongings, including this big wooden barrel.

After Zhao Chen rubbed Zhao Xiaoyuan's back, he asked him to sit facing him and rub his hands and feet.There are several small dimples in the flesh of the small palm, which looks like it hasn't grown up, and the feet are white, tender and chubby.Zhao Chen raised his son's little feet to take a closer look, and then frowned.

"Is it itchy here?" He asked Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan was pouring water on himself, when he heard this, he moved his toes: "Oh, it's a little itchy."

Zhao Chen couldn't help worrying.Anu's skin is tender, even though he was wearing thick boots all day, he was actually a little bit frozen from the cold wind.It's only the first day.

"After taking a bath, I asked the attendant doctor to come. He has chilblain ointment." He pulled his son's other foot to check, but fortunately, it was white and raw, and there was no redness or swelling.

The inner room was small, but it was warm with a brazier on.Zhao Chen wrapped Zhao Yuanyi in a blanket, went into the inner room and stuffed it into the quilt. The quilt was made by Liqiu after a few nights of hard work. Two layers of thick fur were sewn on, and cotton wool was stuffed inside. It was heavy and warm.Zhao Yuan got into the depths of the quilt naked like a small fish, and rolled comfortably.

The attendant doctor followed Zhao Chen to show him, and only said that it would be fine to apply ginger slices for several days and rub it with hot water every night.Zhao Chen saw that what he said was true, so he didn't ask for ointment. After all, as he went further north, more and more soldiers would suffer from frostbite.

Only then did the father and son rest.Zhao Yuan put on his pajamas by himself, and saw that his father's hair was still damp and draped over his back, so he sat up and found a dry cloth to wipe his head.

"Father, next time you can't go out like this, your hair will get windy if it's not dry." He warned a certain father earnestly.

With a smile in his eyes, Zhao Chen listened to his son's rambling.

"Do you regret going out with Father to suffer?" He asked.

what?

Zhao Yuan held the cloth and poked his head from behind him: "Father, your mouth is crooked!"

Zhao Chen put on a serious face, grabbed him into his arms and reprimanded him: "If you give you some color, you will open a dyeing workshop! I haven't said you yet, Tie Han has already told me, don't force him to let you listen to the ingredients next time." Are you there? Throwing things indiscriminately into food in the army will be treated as poisoning, and you are my son is no exception, be careful to be treated as a spy!"

Zhao Yuan wiped the saliva off his face: "I know, I just think he is good, so I want to be friends with him."

It's pretty good... let's play.

Zhao Chen thought to himself, don't think I don't know your little things.Others said that his son was kind and smart, and he should also look at the arm of the eunuch who was executed in the palace. There were four small holes, each with a small baby tooth, as fierce as a wolf cub.

By the way, this other person refers to Shen Hua.

Ever since the incident in the palace last time, Shen Hua has completely fallen in love with Zhao Yuan.Although he knew that he had something to do with the Fan family, after all, Zhao Yuan fell into the trap to save his son.Shen Kun has also completely become a fan of Zhao Yuan's brother, knowing that he will go to Xiguan with Zhao Chen and will not come back for a few years.

Zhao Yuan insisted that Zhao Chen dry his hair by the brazier before turning off the lights and going to sleep.Although he fell asleep all the way, in fact, due to the change of environment, his body still couldn't take it anymore, and soon nestled in the arms of a certain father, pinching the belt of a certain father's skirt and started snoring.

Zhao Chen looked up at the top of the tent, and gently touched his son's back with one hand.

"Father, I'm sorry." He sighed and kissed his son on the top of his head.