After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

The sky was covered with dark clouds and full of haze, as if even the sky was lowered a bit.

In the greenhouse in Zhuangzi, those crops that seemed strange to the old local farmers have all grown up, and as far as the current situation is concerned, under the situation of generally less fertilizer in ancient times, the seedlings are still growing quite well after being fertilized.

Xiao Yansui, who got the news, was very interested, and even brought a pot of sweet potato plants that had already taken root and sprouted and even regenerated to Xiao Song to show him.

As I said before, I don't know what was the reason for the topic of Li Tan's going back. Xiao Song only chatted with his granddaughter in private, but he never talked about it with Li Tan. .

Xiao Song helped the presbyopic glasses on the bridge of his nose, slightly opened his eyes and looked at the leaves of the sweet potato, slightly surprised: "This is what you said a while ago, it is edible, has a high yield, and is easy to grow?"

"That's right!" Xiao Yansui nodded. Although she couldn't remember the specific per-acre yield of sweet potatoes, it was definitely much higher than conventional food crops such as rice and wheat.

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Song said: "Do you want to spread this crop?"

In ancient times when productivity was insufficient, anything related to food was a fundamental matter of the country.

"No!" Xiao Yansui flatly denied it.

Just as he was about to explain to his granddaughter this kind of matter related to the people's livelihood, even she couldn't just intervene in it, Xiao Song rarely let her choke, paused, and then asked: "Then what are you going to do?"

"Cultivate the seedlings first! There will be more seedlings later, or just bury these sweet potatoes in the wild land. This thing has a strong survival ability. In the future, it will grow all over the mountains on any hillside. Wait until some farmers mow the grass or When you do other things, you will find out naturally." Xiao Yansui replied casually.

All along, the things she tinkered with were actually extremely out of the ordinary, but the reason why they were never too eye-catching, besides the stability of the Xiao family, was actually the reason why Xiao Yansui was not keen on going outside to show off.

Food is the most important thing for the people, not to mention the relatively scarce resources of the Tang Dynasty, but also the modern society in which she lived in her previous life. The problem of food shortage is actually a worldwide problem, but most people who have been living in a peaceful environment are not short of food and clothing. , so there is a lack of sensitivity to these things.

Anyway, sweet potatoes are very long, so it’s no big deal to throw them in the wild. Sooner or later, the people around will find them useful. Even if they dig them up and feed them to pigs, it’s good. things, will naturally fully demonstrate its value.

Even in modern times, the promotion of a new variety is faced with many problems. Under the background of the Tang Dynasty, most ordinary people really couldn't afford it.

Therefore, Xiao Yansui did not intend to take the initiative to promote it to the people, even in her mind, it should be a good thing.However, in the end, no one can say for sure whether the seedlings will help them grow. They simply let nature take its course. Anyway, sweet potatoes grow in the wild. Planting these is the most practical way for them.

After Xiao Yansui finished her plan, Xiao Song was silent for a while.

Some time ago, I realized that Li Tan's temperament is calm and does not seem like an impulsive young man. Her granddaughter is obviously a character of one-sidedness and doing what she says on weekdays, but when it comes to big things, she is extremely stable. It is also rare.

What's more, Xiao Song even spontaneously had an idea, no wonder the two children got along with each other since they were young...

However, when I think about it again, I still feel that no matter how calm my granddaughter Xiao Yan Suiming appears on the surface, she is still the same in her bones, with an indescribable stubbornness and persistence. It is Li Tan, who may have grown up Experience made him always be more tolerant when facing Xiao Yansui, Li Chu and Li Wenning, the people he cared about...

·

In the bustling city of Chang'an, people are still singing and dancing.

Even today's cloudy and rainy days did not disturb the interest of Xuanzong and Concubine Yang who went to Huaqing Palace to escape the summer heat.

The battle between Yang Guozhong, the successor prime minister, and Prince Li Heng intensified. Under the surface calm of Huaqing Palace, more undercurrents surged in the entire Tang Dynasty.

In the blink of an eye, it was already autumn, and Xuanzong's Zhu Nian finally left the Huaqing Palace located on the side of Lishan Mountain, and returned to the Xingqing Palace in Chang'an City.

Unknowingly, it was late autumn and the dew was heavy. At the beginning of the year, Li Mi led the army to crusade against Nanzhao, and the lingering sound of Ge Luofeng's unification of Nanzhao has not dissipated. An Lushan, who had been fighting for power endlessly with Yang Guozhong, had already brazenly raised troops in Fanyang in the name of "the Qing emperor's side"!

For a time, the world was shocked.

Li Tan, who was still in Shanhai Town, hurried over after getting the news.

Because of this change, Li Tan's temperament seemed to be different from before in an instant.

Even Xiao Yansui, who had anticipated the "Anshi Rebellion", still felt caught off guard when suddenly faced with such a situation...

Before parting, Xiao Yansui personally sent him to the pier in Shanhai Town. The water surface used for shipping had never frozen, but the pier in winter was very cold and windy, and it was in the south of the Yangtze River. It just stood there for a while in the wind. He couldn't help but trembled.

"It's cold, go back quickly." Li Tan stretched out his hand, gently touched the plush trim on her cloak, and then directly put the hat on her.

Xiao Yansui tilted her head, brushed away a strand of hair that was tucked around her neck, glanced at his fingers that were slightly red from the cold in the wind, and stretched out her hand from the cloak, Holding his hand, after he was slightly stunned for a moment, he released it lightly, looked into his eyes for a long time, and then said softly: "Be careful all the way."

Li Tan looked at him with lower eyes, and seemed to have a thousand words, but in the end he just nodded heavily, then turned and left.

Watching Li Tan's back disappear, Xiao Yansui stood alone on the pier for a long time before letting out a sigh of relief and lowering her eyes.

Axiu stood beside her, watching Xiao Yansui's movements, and then stepped forward and said softly: "Liu Niang, it's cold outside, it's time to go back."

"Well," Xiao Yansui responded casually, and then glanced at the distance above the water, then turned and returned to the carriage.

·

The northeastern frontier army under An Lushan's command fought many battles with foreign enemies. The troops who had been on the battlefield were brave and good at fighting. In contrast, the sixteen guards of Nanya had been at peace in the interior for a long time, so it was naturally difficult to resist.

However, within a few months, after the Battle of Xingyang, Anlushan rebels captured Luoyang, and Anlushan proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, naming the country "Yan".

At the same time, Guo Ziyi led the Shuofang army to defeat the Anlushan rebels in Hequ.Under Wang Zhongsi's command, General Ge Shuhan personally led the Northwest Army to fight fiercely with the Anlushan rebels in Tongguan, temporarily blocking the front line in Tongguan.

However, the Jiangnan area, because of the distance, has not been affected by the wars and wars in the north, and the Jiangnan water town is still stable. At most, those businessmen who have traveled far to the north have closed their business when they get the news, and they will not go north easily. The counties and counties around the war have gone.

In the north, the flames of war spread everywhere.

In the land of war, bones cover the wild.There are refugees and abandoned children on the road, living and dying.

With the stalemate in the battle and the rebels approaching, in the city of Chang'an, after several considerations, Tang Xuanzong went to Shu to avoid the chaos.

On Xiao Song's side, although he knew the news of Anlu Mountain's rebellion early in the morning, because the Tang army was defeated first and then stalemate, the news of the Jiangnan generation would take a long time to wait until Xiao Yansui and Xiao Song's grandson and grandson It was already several months later when I got the exact news from Duke Xu's mansion.

Xiao Yansui's father, Xiao Hua, was captured by the Anlu Mountain rebels because he was not in time to accompany him, and was awarded the title of Governor of Weizhou by Yan State...

Xiao Yansui's uncle, Xiao Heng, and Princess Xinchang's family, as well as the brothers Pei, Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu, were all in the car, and the news they sent through all the hard work was just saying that they were the same as Xiao Hua. The matter of being lost.On the side of Ge Shuhan, who was still defending Tongguan and facing the rebels, from the mouth of the captured rebels, by chance, he asked about Xiao Hua's news.

Faced with this result, Xiao Yansui and Xiao Song's grandfather and grandson who were still in Shanhai Town could not help but look at each other.

Weizhou and Fan Yang, who raised troops in Anlu Mountain, both belong to Hebei Road, which is the base camp of the rebels.

Xiao Yansui only knew roughly about the Anshi Rebellion, but he was not very clear about the specific process and end of the Anshi Rebellion. Naturally, he didn't know what the final outcome of Xiao Hua in history was...

On the other hand, Xiao Song only frowned deeply when he learned that his eldest son was captured and then appointed an official by An Lushan, and quickly calmed down. After stepping away from the screen, he said softly to his granddaughter Xiao Yansui: "An Lushan came from a humble background and started in the grass. Most of the people who follow him now are from the army he recruited when he was the Jiedushi in the four towns of Fanyang. The current situation depends entirely on the bloody battle of the Northeast Army. The successor is weak. Now, An Lushan puts you, Aye, in Weizhou to manage, and his own safety is considered safe. However, when the rebel army loses power and regains the lost ground in the future, his official career may be completely destroyed by this. ..."

Xiao Yansui frowned, "The Shuofang army is still returning to aid, and defeated some rebels who intercepted it on the way, and the Northwest Army is fighting fiercely with the Anlushan rebels in Tongguan. A Weng thinks how long this war will last." ?”

Xiao Song shook his head, and added a few more words, "At present, the north is in chaos, and Tubo is watching. Although Shuofang Army and the Northwest Army should be more likely to win than the Northeast Army, the Northeast Army is fighting non-stop. The chaos in Nanzhao has not stopped, and part of the troops are also involved. Besides, the northern and southern armies have their own priorities, and they will not easily go out to fight..."

After a pause, Xiao Song said softly: "Now the situation is not clear, when the dust will settle, Ah Weng can't say now."

·

After Li Tan left the peaceful Shanhai Town, he walked all the way to Chang'an City.Because from the south to the north, he has never encountered any wars, and even the refugees whose homes were completely destroyed in the war have not escaped to the south of the Yangtze River, so his journey has not had much trouble.

On the way, after hearing the news that Xuanzong had left Chang'an City and entered Shu, although he was worried about the situation in the north, after thinking twice, he changed his itinerary and went to Shu as well, intending to join the East Palace first.

And in the Tang army camp in Tongguan, Wang Sili, who had just rushed over from the northwest border with Wang Zhongsi, was standing aside with his arms folded, looking at Wang Zhongsi and Ge Shuhan with a sombre face, analyzing the map. combat deployment.

Both Luoyang and Tongguan have been battlegrounds for military strategists since ancient times.The rebel army has already occupied Luoyang and has abundant supplies, but the Northwest Army is defending Tongguan, which also occupies the terrain. The armies of both sides have been fighting fiercely here for a long time, and the situation can be described as changing rapidly.

Luoyang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, especially now that An Lushan is in charge of Luoyang City in person, and the Northeast Army he brought is also a division of tigers and wolves. After watching Wang Zhongsi and Ge Shuhan go back and forth for a long time, it is painful. With no plan to break the formation, Wang Sili finally couldn't help but speak, and directly stated the final conclusion for them with a calm face, "Defend Tongguan and wait for reinforcements! Today's Luoyang City is full of weapons, food and grass. No one can break the Northwest Army's strength!"

Wang Zhongsi and Ge Shuhan didn't know about this, but the higher-ups were pressing hard, and the Northwest Army was losing a lot now, resisting the enemy at Tongguan, and falling into the eyes of the higher-ups, I'm afraid they couldn't even match the words "do our best"...

Although he was brought up by loyal ministers and good generals like Wang Zhongsi who are upright and good at fighting, Wang Sili, who grew up at the border since he was a child, rarely showed the courageous and tenacious temperament of famous generals like Wang Zhongsi and Ge Shuhan. In his bones, there is a kind of perverse and reckless, but smooth enough exquisite heart.

He seemed a little impatient, took a step forward with his arms down, and offered to propose: "Tongguan is steep and has a reputation of competing with apes. I still have a few ordnance blueprints that have not been tried. If it is a plain, it may not be obvious. Here, it’s quite useful.”

Said, Wang Sili looked at Ge Shuhan, and asked directly: "Are there enough equipment and materials in the army now? If we want to stick to Tongguan, it is better to allocate some manpower and prepare more ordnance for battle, which can always slow down the damage of soldiers."