Ding Tian's Ancient Life

The warehouse for storing food materials has cellars. There are four large cellars. There are cabbages in one cellar, radishes in one cellar, potatoes in one cellar, and carrots, pumpkins, and onions in the remaining cellars. Wait for shelf-stable greens.

However, a lot of meat was buried in the snowdrifts outside, and they were afraid of being picked up by mice, so there were actually two people watching!

"Shouldn't this... be placed on the roof?" Ding Tian felt that it was a bit... jimmy to send someone to watch over the meat.

"You guys should pay more attention to it. This thing is imported. It's not good to be bitten by mice." But the jailers have their own insistence.

"Okay." When Ding Tian turned back to go shopping, he saw someone selling big geese again. It was cold last autumn, and poultry like big geese began to store fat, and each one was very fat. When it snowed now, it was freezing. It's time to eat them. A few days ago, he had a big goose pot.

When I inquired about the price, it was quite cheap, and everything was included.

Twenty were sent home, and eighty were sent to prison.

Five of them were taken out and given to Jin Buhuan, this guy is doing better in the cell now.

She lived a happy life, but now she always wears a fur coat when she goes out, which looks very stylish.

"You bought a good goose!" Jin Buhuan told Ding Tian the next day, "It's just that the meat sheep is better. Drink sheep soup in winter to keep you warm."

"There is still some money in the account, and there are more than [-] mutton sheep... I'll take a look." Ding Tian looked at the income in the cell every day, but it was not much, but there was still money for everyone to drink mutton soup.

What's more, it can't be lamb soup every day, right?The old duck soup is also good.

After finishing his work in the prison and returning home, everything he wanted was in place, and he began to think about it...

Wang Zuo went to see General Cao in the camp of the Chinese Army in the Peking Camp.

General Cao is a veteran of the army and the highest general in the army stationed in the Northland. The 40 troops stationed in the Northland all follow his instructions.

wave.

I didn't see Wang Zuo last year, so I have to go see him this year anyway.

He even allocated the generals under his command to pay for his safety with 5000 troops. Although it was the emperor's holy decree, they also attached great importance to the safety of his Highness King Ning, otherwise they would not Those dispatched are all elite soldiers and strong generals.

As early as autumn, Wang Zuo sent grain and grass. Now when we go there, Wang Zuo brought [-] slaughtered beef. This is a big deal, because Wang Zuo paid for it personally.

Even if a beef cattle cost 30 taels of silver, these 30 cattle would be [-] taels to comfort the lieutenant soldiers. Wang Zuo was sincere, not only the beef cattle, but also [-] pieces of cowhide.

It was Wang Zuo's wish to make leather armor out of these cowhide and wear it on the lieutenant soldiers.

General Cao personally greeted him thirty miles away: "I have seen His Highness King Ning, His Highness is a thousand years old!"

When meeting for the first time, of course it is necessary to pay respects, not only the general, but even the people behind him are half a head shorter.

"General, please come up!" Wang Zuo didn't look at the [-] to [-] yuan for others, but he knew very well, what kind of person should be used?

attitude.

He is polite to General Cao, but has a slight sense of alienation and elegance, but this kind of elegance is not very suitable for the taste of the soldiers.

This is his attitude.

The carts pulling the beef cattle were continuously sent into the barracks. Wang Zuo and General Cao walked side by side: "I thought about sending them all over, but I thought I would send them all over, so why not send them separately? There are [-] troops in the army tent, and [-] heads were sent. There are also a thousand catties of chili powder, pepper powder, cumin and sesame seeds, and a few hundred catties. Salt is even more so." "Lord Lao misses Lieutenant General Cao, thank you for your reward." Regardless of his age, General Cao is able to become a general and hold a heavy army, and his IQ is definitely not low: "The old minister's physical strength in the past two years has become more and more serious. It’s not going to work, I really drink more beef and mutton soup in winter to strengthen my muscles and bones.”

Wang Zuo raised his brows: "General, don't tease me, but I heard that the general can chase wild rabbits on foot now!"

General Cao grinned: "That's old calendar. Since the great war seven years ago, I've been suffering in the ice and snow, and I don't go hunting in winter anymore."

Wang Zuo looked at him: "Then last year... did you really recuperate?"

"Isn't it?" General Cao deliberately lowered his voice and said, "In this big camp, there is a big courtyard, which is built for veterans.

Yes, there is no way, in winter, if you don't sleep on the hot kang, your legs can't stand it. "

Wang Zuo didn't believe it at first, but after entering the big camp and the big courtyard, he believed it [-]% of the time.

Because the yard was not well repaired, it looked like it was built casually, the only difference was that there was a large Chinese military tent in the yard, and besides the tent was a three-room brick house.

General Cao was not too polite, and directly led him through the large tent of the Chinese army, entered from the front, passed through the partition screen, and behind him was the meeting room, and behind the meeting room was a place for the general to rest, and then... After passing through a door, after entering, there are three brick houses, and the east and west wing rooms each have two big heated kangs.

There is a shop on the south side and a shop on the north side, and there is a partition in the middle, which can walk the width of three or five people side by side.

The room is warm, especially on the big pit facing south, where there are large sheets of quilts, it can be seen that people often live here, and some official documents are processed here.

Wang Zuo understood the meaning of this person in an instant: "It seems that you have such legs and feet, it is really...then you...who do you want to belong to?"

what? "

"If there is no objection to this matter, I will be General Gao." General Cao was not polite. The art of speaking is the most difficult thing in the army. It is something that only civil servants pay attention to. Use the head of the enemy to prop up your own position, and use the blood of the enemy to dye your own battle flag red.

And long after the two of them entered the tent of the Chinese army, many people stayed in the tent, waiting to be summoned, and few of them walked to the house with them. After entering the house, okay, the door Those standing guard were General Gao and four other generals.

It's just the two of them in the room, so there's no need to play charades when talking.

"General Gao is a good man." Wang Zuo nodded, "I will recommend General Gao to the imperial court at the meeting, but...whether it will be successful or not depends on the intentions of the Emperor, the Military Aircraft Department, and the Ministry of War."

"This old minister knows that all he needs is the prince's recommendation." General Cao stroked his gray beard and said, "Now that the Northland is safe, the old minister also wants to return to the capital and spend his days at home!"

He is very self-aware. After the great war seven years ago, he has become a general. He has been in charge of the 40-strong Northern Army for seven years. The Northland is stable. If he clings to power and does not let go, it will be a disaster instead of a blessing. up.

General Cao thought very clearly, he brought up the person as early as possible, and then saw who His Royal Highness King Ning, who came to be the governor of the Northland, fell in love with?Whoever loves to take by his side is probably the next Zhenbei General.

Sure enough, five generals went and four came back, and Gundam stayed.

And Gundam is also the best candidate in his heart. First, because Gundam is a person from the bottom, there is no messy relationship.

Another one is that Gundam is the youngest here, and there is still room for improvement.

His Royal Highness King Ning was recommended because His Royal Highness King Ning had been in the Northland for a long time, and he was also the governor of the Northeast. The candidate he was optimistic about, first of all, the Emperor would think it was good.

It's a deal.

Wang Zuo stayed in the barracks for two days, looked at the cold-proof equipment of the lieutenants and soldiers, such as cotton-padded clothes and bedding, and then worked for the court for a while, and then moved to the former camp, which is the northern camp.

Where is Beiying?

Beiying is just north of Niujiao County, that's the Qianfeng Camp...

Wang Zuo wandered outside for almost half a month before turning back, and that night Ding Tian was called to have a hot pot together.

There is silver frost charcoal burning under the big copper pot. In the pot, there are pig bones, pork ribs, pork belly, sauerkraut, frozen tofu, wide noodles, yuba, potatoes, fungus... .

I put a lot of it in a mess, but it smells so fragrant!

Especially the coriander, chives and garlic that were served later, and some chili oil, the taste is absolutely amazing!

Ding Tian was very addicted to the food, and Wang Zuo even made steamed golden silk rolls as the staple food.

After dinner, without Wang Zuo asking him, Ding Tian dragged him to his home: "I'll show you something."

"Look at the things you made?" When Wang Zuo came back, he heard from Wang Fugui that the people below would not dare to hide it from him, but everyone didn't know what the things they made were for, because Ding Si Prison never said.

The carpenter sent it back. He only said that he would have to trouble them for two days, and he didn't say what the thing he made was for?

The three carpenters who were born as general supervisors in the Ministry of Industry didn't understand it!

In the study, Ding Tian took out something he made like a treasure: "This is called a charcoal pencil!"

Charcoal pen is a wooden pen with charcoal as the refill. It is characterized by dark and thick pen color, poor adhesion, and high friction with paper. It is not suitable for alteration and is mostly used for sketches and portraits.

Of course, it is also very good for writing, and compared with pencils, the writing of charcoal pens lasts longer and is not easy to blur.

It's just that graphite carbon is needed... Where does he know where to get graphite carbon?

Ding Tian's method is very simple and rude. Anyway, it is for people to practice writing. Even if it is not a brush, it is fine to use a hard charcoal pen. Writing it once is more reliable than memorizing it ten times.

He crushed it with coal and put in a natural plant glue: rosin!

Then heat it to make a refill, a slender refill, and then clamp it with a hollow wooden strip on both sides. This is a simple charcoal pencil.

It is simple to say, but in practice, it is very difficult. This little thing is too small, and the hardness of the refills made by Ding Tian is not the same. After several experiments, it is barely successful.

"Charcoal pencil? Made of charcoal?" Wang Zuo touched the exposed refill: "Is it charcoal?"

"The cost of charcoal is too high, so I used coal." Ding Tian said: "That day, after the heavy snowfall, I went to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and found that it was too expensive. It can leave traces on objects, but it is still black and difficult to wash, so it can be made into a pen..."

Ding Tian stammered and narrated his thoughts, of course, a bit rote, and finally said: "Anyway, it's for our internal use, so it's good to use this charcoal pencil."

He had a simple idea, but Wang Zuo didn't think so, and looked at Ding Tian in surprise: "You made such a simple and cheap thing just because the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are expensive?"

"That's right!" Ding Tian nodded: "What's the point? You just need to be able to write. You don't know. Although the jailers study hard, they forget quickly. If you can read and write, you have to learn to write. ? If you don’t know how to write, you will have to eat the little things you learn now! What a pity to slowly forget what you have learned so hard.”

And as long as they increase their memory of the words they know, gradually, the memory will be deep, and they will not be able to forget it even if they want to, then they will be considered successful.

But Wang Zuo thought of a lot at this moment, but seeing Ding Tian's appearance, he didn't think about it at all, so he put away the charcoal pencil: "These things, don't say anything about them, and don't tell anyone. Pen, ink, paper, etc. Yan, how many years have you been using the brush? You suddenly came up with a charcoal brush..."

I don't know how much trouble it will cause. Ding Tian may not be able to handle the scholars in the world alone, but if this matter is handled well, it can...