farming in ancient times

The current emperor has always insisted on employing people without suspicion, and not to employ people who are suspicious.It's not that he's arrogant, it's that he feels that if he can't even manage his subordinates, then he can give way to the crown prince.

Therefore, when Butcher Gao arrived at the border, the imperial court did not send a supervisory army there. It was also because of this that the emperor announced the general's success in the court hall early the next morning, and asked the ministers if they could let the general's class return to the court. When it came to what kind of reward, civil servants and military generals suddenly broke out.

A civil official who was in charge of food and grass said, "Your Majesty, as far as I know, there are only a thousand cavalry in the north of Yanmen Pass. No matter how brave the general is, it is impossible to drive the barbarians out of the grassland in such a short period of time!"

"What do you mean by that? Do you want to say that the general falsely reported his military achievements?" The emperor was also puzzled, but he couldn't figure out what method the general used to defeat the enemy in such a short period of time.

The civil official knelt down and hurriedly said, "I don't dare!"

The emperor glanced at them as ministers and saw that many people couldn't hide their jealousy. He remembered that when he rewarded General Pingdi in the early years, the censor impeached him for his lack of virtue... At that time, he heard Gao Wazi order his soldiers and young generals to loot the light When the enemy's supplies came, I was astonished to hear that the war was over yesterday, but the emperor thought about it later, and wanted to tell the world very much that General Gao has done a good job!

Now, the emperor thought about it, since all the ministers have doubts about the general, "I will send someone to the border to investigate the specific matters. If the situation is true, then don't blame me for punishing you for crowding out your colleagues!"

What the hell is the crime of crowding out colleagues?The prince felt that his father must have injured his head with yesterday's bone, so he hurriedly came out and said, "I am willing to go!"

The emperor looked at the prince next to him and nodded secretly, very satisfied that the prince did not choose to stand by at this time, but took the initiative to take the trouble on him.However, "The customs of the border customs are tough, and the prince's status is valuable, so I will send another person there!" After a pause, "It's okay, let's go."

As the prince sang, step back!

The emperor strode to the announcement room and said to the prince, "Hurry up and pack my luggage!"

The prince's scalp was numb, and he had a bad feeling in his heart when he didn't see his father in the hall saying who he would appoint to go to the border. Sure enough, "Father, the son of a thousand gold, is still sitting down, you are the son of heaven... "

"Prince, are you just hoping for something to happen to me?" The emperor turned around and stared at the prince.

The prince's neck felt cold, even though he knew that his father intended to scare him, he still knelt down and pleaded guilty, "I don't dare!" When he lowered his head, he immediately winked at the maids on both sides, and hurried to invite the queen.

Seeing that the little eunuch behind the prince was about to leave, the emperor said, "Stop!"

The prince's knee hurts, "Father, my son is still young, and he is nothing more than an agent of the government!"

"Then I asked your younger brothers to help you?" The emperor looked at the prince with a half-smile, and the prince seemed to be strangled by someone, unable to utter a word.

The position of the Lord of the Peoples, as long as there is no royal child who does not yearn for it, even if one day the younger brother of his mother and compatriots ascends to the throne of God, then he, the former prince, will not be able to fall well...Father, you only hold it The son-in-law's seven-inch punch, is it a real man!

But when he thought of turning back to his mother and hearing that his father had run away, the prince's scalp tightened, and he said pitifully, "Father, why don't you take your son with you?"

"Bastard!" The emperor really wanted to give him a kick, "Don't talk too much, if you have the time, go and approve the memorial!" Seeing that Wang Gonggong didn't go to prepare his luggage for him, he finally kicked him.

At this time, the politics is clear and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Even though there were enemies at the frontier, the people immediately calmed down from the panic when they heard that the general had arrived.The emperor took a few guards and dozens of hidden guards secretly sent by the prince to walk in the city which was only a dozen miles away from Yanmen Pass. They were all satisfied with the bustling scene on the street.

The emperor whispered to the prince, "Whether the Hu people have been driven away by the general can be seen most clearly by the expressions of the people."

Wang Gonggong looked at the emperor's fingers, and saw a few children playing and playing happily, "Then, master, shall we still go to the general?"

"Go, of course! If the general sees me coming, he will burst into tears with excitement!" The emperor was delighted. If the sun at the border gate is not too poisonous, if it is not too hot, he will be smelly all over, then go again. Can't be better!

The prince got the order from the prince, if the emperor made a mistake, he wouldn't have to come back.Seeing that the emperor's face was flushed with heat, he said, "My lord, let's go to the wine shop to have a rest. The villain heard that the general is not in the city, but in the barracks next to Yanmen Pass.

The emperor was so hot that he stuck out his tongue, and nodded when he heard this. It happened that he changed into bright clothes to visit the general.

And the person who was missed by the emperor had just burped comfortably after eating the dumplings made by Xiaoer, and leaned on the couch.Sure enough, dumplings are not as good as delicious, and lying down is not as good as sitting.Seeing this, Xiao Er frowned, "Butcher, why don't you go out and have a look?"

"What are you looking at." The general said coolly, "Those soldiers have been eating greasy food for the past few days. If they still dare to slack off, see how I will teach them a lesson!"

Speaking of this Xiaoer, I was speechless, the Hu people fled in a hurry, and all the luggage was thrown down. It was really cheap for this group of soldiers and young generals, and they couldn't finish the horse meat that had been cleaned up in a short time.

Butcher Gao was poor when he was young, and Xiao Er was able to live a life, so he simply asked the fire soldiers to slaughter the horses that were beyond repair, and then made them into jerky and sent them all to the marshal and the soldiers in the east. Lose.

Besides, the people inside and outside Yanmen Pass heard that the general had beaten the Hu people away so quickly, and they didn't have to worry about the Hu people calling one day, so they were so happy that they couldn't sleep.

As soon as Xiao Er and Butcher Gao entered Yanmen Pass, they welcomed chickens, ducks, and goose eggs from the common people. Some wealthy merchants even drove pigs and beef cattle here. Xiao Er was almost frightened by the bustling scene.

But when Butcher Gao calmly took away the fat pigs and sheep, and then asked the soldiers to return the beef cattle with a serious face and eyes, he knew that this was not the first time.

Xiaoer also heard from Butcher Gao that they will return to the dynasty soon, and these live birds cannot be brought back.Xiaoer simply commanded the fire-headed soldiers to kill geese and ducks to marinate the piles of chicken and duck eggs so that they could be stored for a longer period of time.

Yesterday, as soon as I was free, I was lectured by the general, saying that I don’t care about him anymore, that I don’t see him anymore, and the poor little girl wanted to laugh when I thought about it, so I promised to cook him a different kind of food today. .After eating this, Xiao Erbao almost vomited the dumplings.

Butcher Gao saw that Xiao Er took out the fur and cut it, and asked curiously, "What are you doing? You can eat fur too?"

Xiaoer Heixian, "What else do you know besides eating?"

"I know to marry you!" The general smiled, seeing Xiao Er's face changed but he didn't tell him to get out like before, so he said, "Do you think we will get married when we go back?"

Xiaoer sighed, "Where are you going? Kyoto or Wangjiacun?"

"Where do you want to put it?" Butcher Gao asked.Anyway, he has a father and an aunt, as if he has no relatives, it doesn't matter where he settles down.

Xiao Er said, "I heard that the Dog Rong family has also fled without a trace. Since there will be no more wars at the border, you can return the soldier amulet to the emperor when you turn around, okay?"

Butcher Gao moved his body, resting his head on his calf, crossing his legs, holding a fruit in one hand and a fan in the other, shaking and shaking, "I'm afraid the emperor won't want to take back the soldier talisman."

Xiao Er snorted, "Don't put gold on your face, okay? With the crossbow and gunpowder I made, do you think the emperor will let you hold a soldier talisman?" Seeing him raising his eyebrows, Xiao Er raised his hand and slapped him on the head, "Get up, I'll make you shoes!"

At this moment, the emperor came outside the barracks, and just about to take a step forward, the little soldier who was chattering seemed to have eyes behind his back, and stood in front of the emperor, "Stop! Who is it?" A big knife pointed straight at the emperor.

The prince's sharp voice rose, "Bold!"

The emperor raised his hand and signaled the prince to step back, presumably he was very satisfied with the soldier's vigilance earlier, so he smiled and said, "I am your general's friend."

Xiao Bing looked at him suspiciously. The news that the general's wife was stopped outside by a group of soldiers who didn't know Fang Zheng had already spread in the army, so Xiao Bing said, "Wait here for a while, I'll send someone to find her." General!"

Shi Lei had just finished eating and was about to go back to sleep for a while, when he saw a soldier running from a distance, he stopped him, "What are you doing?"

"Go back to General Shi, someone is looking for the general outside!"

Shi Lei said, "The general should be taking a lunch break now, I'll go with you to have a look."

Seeing a few familiar figures outside the checkpoint from a distance, he unconsciously quickened his pace, and when he got closer, Shi Lei's heart shrank, "Huang, Huang..."

"Master, General Shi is here." The prince hurriedly interrupted him.

"Master, you, why are you here?" Shi Lei reacted quickly enough and hurriedly said, "Master, please come in!"

The emperor had met Shi Lei twice before, and he still remembered that when he returned to the imperial court with General Gao's squadron, he was a thin, black and thin young man, it's only been two years now, he's really overwhelmed.The emperor thought of Shi Lei staying in the army all the time, so he was very proud, "General Shi, the food in the army is good, right?"

When facing the emperor, Shi Lei had an extra heart. Seeing that the emperor was very happy, he said, "Yes, the soldiers are very happy!"

The emperor was even happier. What does this mean? It means that he is a very good emperor. If it were a fatuous and incompetent person, the soldiers would be happy if they didn't rebel.

"Oh, what do you eat every day? Flatbread or white rice?" The emperor was curious.

Shi Lei saw that the emperor wanted to hear, and thought that when they stripped the enemy's clothes, the emperor not only did not reprimand them, but also ordered people to send a large amount of gold and silver, so he said, "No, there is no war now, let's have porridge in the morning."

"Porridge?" The prince frowned, "How about porridge?"

"Elder-in-law, you don't know. Our porridge is so thick that even if you put a chopstick in it, the chopsticks won't pour over."

The emperor nodded, "That's about the same."

"Also, Your Majesty, that porridge is very delicious. I heard that the water used to cook the porridge is chicken bone soup, and the porridge is full of chicken. I only drank five bowls of Huotoubing and I was not allowed to drink it!" He said, licking his mouth. , and said rather annoyed, "Those fire-headed soldiers are too lawless, obviously they do less, and dare to think that I eat too much!"

The Emperor met the Eunuch Wang once, this, this food is really good.The emperor's eyes fell on Shi Lei's chubby stomach, the fire fighter was right, General Shi ate a lot!

Wang Gonggong has been with the emperor for decades, always thinking about what his master thinks, so he asked, "General Shi, what do you eat at noon, is it also porridge?"

"No, the general said that he would be full at noon with a three-minute meal a day, so he asked the fire-headed soldiers to make meat buns." Shi Lei hiccupped as he spoke, "Uh... please make amends, my lord, if I'm not careful ate too much."

"What are meat buns?" The emperor is eager to find out why the food in the army is so good, it has caught up with the rich people in Kyoto, so he didn't pursue Shi Lei's misconduct.

Seeing that the emperor did not pursue the matter, Shi Lei thought in his heart that the emperor is really a wise master, so he is too embarrassed to hide his secrets from the emperor, "Meat buns are a large piece of meat wrapped in dough, and then steamed in a steamer. The fragrance floats ten miles away. By the way, when our soldiers defeated the enemy last time, Madam used an empty city plan to lure the barbarians, and after the barbarians saw through Madam's plan, it was the buns and meat that attracted the barbarians."

The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, didn't the barbarians be chased away by the general, what the hell is the madam.

The prince hurriedly said, "My lord, that's Wang Xiaoer, the wife of the great general."

Before the emperor spoke, Shi Lei asked in surprise, "Your father-in-law also knows about our wife?"

The prince would like to ask, when did the wife of the general become your family.But he had eaten the meal made by Xiaoer in Wangjia Village, so he didn't feel strange about buns, but, "Of course the Zajia knows about the General's wife, and the Zajia also ate at the General's wife's house."

The emperor wondered if he had missed something.

Seeing his master's expression, Wang Gonggong thought that the emperor wanted to ask, "The general's wife knows how to fight, did the general teach her?"

The memorial presented to the emperor was dictated by Butcher Gao, and the military adviser polished it up and wrote it himself. Shi Lei was not in front of him at that time, so he naturally didn't know that the two of them had concealed the credit of Xiao Er, so he happily said, "That's not it, I think It seems that the general is not as powerful as my wife." He said and glanced at the emperor, "My lord, you must not let the general know that I said that about him."

"Don't worry, I won't say anything." The emperor looked at Shi Lei thoughtfully, and General Shi only wanted to take the opportunity to make a small report, but he didn't realize that the emperor was different from before.I'm still happy in my heart, General, didn't you allow me to eat in your tent? Let's see if you dare to drive the emperor out!

He said, "The crossbow made by the lady can shoot and kill a lot of people, and the gunpowder made by the lady can blow up the enemy with a bang. However, these are not as good as the ice made by the lady. It's very comfortable to be cold, Your Majesty, why don't you rest in the minister's tent first."

Take a break!He heard clearly what was written in the general's victory report, and there was nothing in it... The prince secretly looked at the emperor's face, and it was so dark that he could write.

Seeing the arrival of the general's tent, the prince could not help but mourn in silence for the brave general who dared to deceive the king. He is not afraid of opponents like gods, but opponents like pigs. General, I hope you can survive today!