General Qin

Qin Wangzheng was sitting on the couch, burying his head in eating a bowl of steaming hot noodle soup.

The noodles are soft and smooth. Sprinkle the special meat sauce made by the chef in the palace and stir evenly.

In this chilly spring season, if you take a sip and slip it down, you will really feel comfortable all over your body, and the inside of your stomach will be warm, which is much more delicious than eating millet and rice.

"Making fat and Quyuanli can be said to be farming techniques, giant cannons are the legacy of Gongshuzi, and military battles on the battlefield can also be said to be learning the art of war hard. Then how to explain this pasta recipe? It is said that Zhao Tuo also used Cuju on the battlefield. They made footballs, trumpets and so on.”

"Little Zhao Tuo, less than twenty years old, knows a lot of things, and I don't know who he learned from. After the world is settled, the widow will definitely dig out his details to see who he is. disciple."

Qin Wangzheng smiled, sucked the last mouthful of noodles into his stomach, looked at the soup in the bowl, hesitated for a moment, put down the chopsticks, picked up the bowl and took a sip.

After a while, the maid took away the tableware.

Zhao Gao, who had been prepared for a long time, sent a pile of bamboo slips for Qin Wangzheng's review.

He stood by with his hands down, so that when Qin Wangzheng had some ideas, he would write orders for him, or consult some legal issues in detail.

Qin Wangzheng picked up the top slip and opened it, the smile on his face froze.

"Li You's letter?"

After reading it, Qin Wangzheng's two thick eyebrows were tightly knit together.

Li You took the initiative to ask for a fight in the letter, willing to work hard for the great king to wipe out the small states of the generation, and to work hard for the great cause of Qin's unification of the world.

This patriotic heart and high fighting spirit made Qin Wangzheng quite praise.

Although Li You has been defeated repeatedly, in addition to luck, there are also problems of his own command mistakes and lack of ability. But he is not discouraged in defeat, and is still full of fighting spirit and drive. This attitude has surpassed many people.

At least in Qin Wangzheng's view, Li You is stronger than Li Xin who has not yet stepped out of the shadow of Chu Chu.

Qin Wangzheng glanced at Zhao Gao who was standing respectfully beside him.

It's a pity that Li Youshu is odd.

Qin Wangzheng actually knew Zhao Gaojin's thoughts, but these words were close to conspiracy, combined with Li You's three consecutive defeats, they pierced Qin Wangzheng's heart like sharp thorns, so we must guard against it.

But Li You's patriotic heart should not be easily attacked. Moreover, it is too arbitrary to cut off Li You's future because of a rumor, and he is not the master of sage.

Qin Wangzheng thought for a while, and said: "Zhao Gao, pass on the order for the widow. The barbarians in Nanjun are not sure about rebellion. When they attacked Chu last year, the barbarians not only resisted the corvee and refused to pay, but also colluded with the Chu people to attack our Nanjun. Although we retreat now , but not to be lightly forgiven. Li You, the fifth senior official, has a patriotic heart, so he ordered him to be the captain of Nanjun, and sent the soldiers of Nanjun to conquer the barbarians for the widow, and to promote the prestige of Qin."

Zhao Gao was stunned, and immediately surrendered his hands and ordered to write the order for Qin Wangzheng.

Qin Wangzheng put down Li You's letter in his hand.

He looked out of the hall.

Letting Li You go to Nanjun to crusade against the barbarians who rebelled against Qin last year not only reasonably avoided the incident of defeating the dynasty, but also tested Li You's "odd numbers".

Li You defeated Chu, always defeated the strong with the weak, and failed.

Now let him fight the barbarians in Nanjun, using the strong to attack the weak, can this always work?

...

Ever since the king and his ministers ate pasta at the farewell banquet and praised its delicacy.

During this time, a noodle storm blew up throughout Guanzhong.

With the living "billboard" of the king, wealthy families rushed to buy wheat and installed stone mills at home. At the same time, they looked for connections and spent a lot of money to hire a chef who could make pasta.

Make pasta a fad.

Because this is not the season for wheat to mature, there is not much wheat stored in Guanzhong, resulting in a trend of out-of-stock wheat on the market.

At the same time, on the secret black market, the price of wheat soared, and it was even equivalent to corn for a while.

The common people in Guanzhong all say that wheat is expensive in Xianyang, and it is hard to find a single grain.

At this moment in Li's residence, Li Si was holding a piece of wheat cake and eating.

Although he is old, he has good teeth. He not only likes to eat sour Huaibei oranges, but among the many new ways to eat pasta, he still likes to eat this kind of dry and hard wheat cake.

Li Si took a bite of the wheat cake, then peeled off a piece of orange and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it together, with a satisfied expression on his face.

"This wheat cake is really good. A small bite can fill your stomach. Yuer, Wang Ben, Meng Wu and others all said in the past that using this thing as army rations may make great achievements in raids. You This time, since we are going south to conquer the barbarians, may we consider this kind of food?"

"Father, Nanjun Shaomai."

Li You replied, and said with a sad face: "I asked for the order of Fa Dai, and I have the heart of serving the country. Why did the king not only refuse, but also let me lead troops to the south to attack the barbarians?"

Li Si put down the cake, shook the wheat crumbs from his hand, stroked his beard and said with a smile, "You don't know what's good, you little boy, why did your majesty let you serve as the captain of Nanjun and let you conquer the barbarians? This is because he favors you!"

"Trust me, really?"

Li You was very depressed. He was already ready to serve Zhao Tuo and make contributions, but after submitting the letter, the king gave him such a strange appointment.

Li Si explained: "Hehe, what do you think the title of a county lieutenant is? That is a silver seal and green ribbon, with a rank higher than two thousand stones. Putting it on other people, at least the rank of the left and the right I can do it. Your majesty let you be a five-time doctor as a lieutenant of a county, isn't it an exceptional promotion, this is a high promotion!"

"When you attacked Chu in the past, didn't you have soldiers from Nanjun under your command? You should have a few cronies in the army, right?"

Li You thought of Gong Ao, the powerful general in the past, and the black-faced generals who saved his life, so he couldn't help but nodded and said, "There are a few."

"You see, the king promoted you to a high position, and allowed you to lead the old army in the past, and then went to attack the weak barbarians in the south. Isn't this what you mean by making meritorious deeds? From my point of view, the king favors you You, wanting to restore you to the former title of Zuo Shuzhang, but worried that other heroes who conquered Chu would be left cold, that’s why I let you go to Nanjun to fight.”

"As long as you, Li You, do a good job in Nanjun and return after defeating the barbarians, you will definitely be able to regain the title of Zuo Shuzhang! You say, this is not the king's favor for you, so what is it? Others are like this treatment?"

"Don't think about destroying the generation anymore. As a general under someone else's account, how can you have the freedom to control a county by yourself and control the military power of a county? Don't you think so?"

Under Li Si's words, Li You's eyes sparkled.

"Yes, father, you are right!"

"Your Majesty must have favored me, that's why he promoted me to be Nanjun Lieutenant, to conquer the barbarians, so that I can be promoted again by meritorious service! I, Li You, will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty!"

Seeing his son's high fighting spirit, Li Si nodded in relief, and said, "It's good that you understand. The governor of Nanjun, Teng, was the general who destroyed Korea in the past. I have dealt with him before. I think you can go there to serve as the county lieutenant." , he will not make things difficult for you. Do your best, the old man is waiting for your victory in Xianyang!"

"Father, don't worry, I will not let you down!"

Li You was full of spirits, turned around and went out, and began to prepare his luggage for the south.

Seeing his son leaving with fighting spirit, Li Si sighed softly.

The words just now were just words of encouragement to his son.

As an old minister, he already guessed the king's intentions.

"Don't let Yu'er kill the generation. I think it is the king who decided to let Zhao Tuo be the main general. If my prediction is not bad, then after Zhao Tuo's extermination, he can be the main general to destroy Qi."

"Young talent, as long as there are no accidents in the future, this son's future will be boundless."

Li Si sighed and shook his head, because of Li You's matter, he had some grudges towards Zhao Tuo, but seeing that Zhao Tuo was favored by the king, he was on the verge of skyrocketing.

As a qualified veteran in the officialdom, he, Li Si, knew what to do at this time.

"Zhao Tuo is far from comparable to Han Fei in the past."

"I, Mrs. Li, should make good friends with Zhao Tuo."

...

"Hey, Li You has been appointed by the king as Nanjun Lieutenant?"

In Shaoshangzao's mansion, Zhao Tuo was quite surprised when he also received the news that Li You had gone south this morning.

"Didn't Zhao Gao say that the king is afraid of the words 'odd numbers'? Why did you let Li You become a county captain? It seems that Zhao Gao's strategy is not very effective."

Zhao Tuo shook his head with a smile. He didn't have much hostility towards Li You.

First of all, he wanted to befriend Li Si, not to mention being a friend, at least he didn't want to be an enemy of someone like Li Si.

Secondly, in Zhao Tuo's view, Li You was indeed too miserable. He was attacked by Xiang Yan when he first entered the battlefield, and lost all three battles.

Will a victorious general hate a general who is often defeated?

Therefore, Li Youzhi just thought about it, and Zhao Tuo left it behind and didn't take it to heart.

Now there was another thing before his eyes.

The king asked him to meet the envoys of Qi State who came to court.

Thinking of the name of the envoy of Qi State, Zhao Tuo's face was full of smiles.

...

Outside Hangu Pass, Sanchuan Avenue.

A huge convoy of dozens of horse-drawn carriages stopped near a post station, where the people of Qi wanted to drink and eat their horses, rest for a while, and then go on their way.

Tian Chong walked out of the station and looked at a bamboo forest in the distance.

"Great Sima, it is said that the Yan State convoy from the Qin Dynasty used to spend the night here. It was in that bamboo forest that Qin Wuyang, the deputy envoy of the Yan State, was killed, which caused Jing Ke to appoint Gao Tuo as the deputy envoy, which ultimately led to the failure of his plan to assassinate Qin. ah!"

A square-faced man who was nearly thirty years old stood beside him, sighing.

Grand Sima Tian Chong also sighed: "Then Jing Ke is an idiot. For some reason, he listened to the words of the traitor Gao Tuo and killed Qin Wuyang."

"If Jing Ke had used Qin Wuyang as his deputy, the two of them would join forces to make the king of Qin bestow the head on the main hall, so what happened today!"

"It's a pity Qin Wuyang!"

The square-faced man also said: "What Da Sima said is true. But because of Jing Ke's assassination, the King of Qin won't let the envoys from other countries approach, even if we want to assassinate, there is nothing we can do."

Tian Chong's face changed drastically, and he immediately reprimanded him.

"Tian Dan (dān) don't talk nonsense!"

"My country of Qi is only presenting gifts to seek peace this time, presenting Chu captive Jing Zhao and Han Kou Han Cheng to the king of Qin to show our sincerity, how can we have the intention of assassinating!"

"Historical Records Biography of Tian Dan": Tian Dan's person, Di Ren also, so Qi Wang Tian clan also.