Chapter 336: Railways and War
Yun Baobao showed the fruits of his labor to his father very prominently, and a lobster-like creature appeared in front of Yun Hao's eyes. Except for the model, the rest of the parts are almost identical.
In the days when Yun Hao and Zhang Miaoke left, Yun Baobao's life was quite miserable. Panda Xiaohua was confined, and Yun Baobao also had to learn to write with the old Yan Zhitui who was fast-entering the coffin. Dugu Wanwan is strict, and he is not allowed to go out without writing twenty big characters every day. Of course, she didn't dare to deduct Yun Baobao's diet, but Panda Xiaohua's was fine. As long as the homework is not completed, the panda Xiaohua has to live a hungry and full life.
Listening to Xiaohua's miserable howl, Yun Baobao could only work hard to complete his homework. Oh my God! Twenty big characters a day, and I have to listen to the guy with age spots all over his face. It is said that it was the ancestor of the world's scholars, and Yun Baobao wanted to turn him into a tablet for offering. I thought about it a few times, but in view of the fact that the old guy had become a refinement, Yun Baobao could only bury his hatred deep in his heart.
Daddy is finally back, and so is Mom. The good days seem to be back, even though it is only three days, Yun Baobao is as excited as the New Year. During these three days, he can play with his dad and do whatever he wants.
"Daddy! Look at the shrimp mushrooms! Although his hand was pinched painfully, Yun Baobao still held the crayfish to show off.
Yun Hao was a little confused, crayfish are known for their fast reproduction and strong adaptability. The world is talking about changing colors, lest this thing take root in their own countries. But when I came to China, this thing came to the wrong place. If it is not artificially cultivated, it will definitely be extinct and be affectionately praised as a shame for invasive organisms.
The harvest is not small, and there is a fish basket in the mountain stream. It looks like this thing has taken root in Datang!
"In the past two years, there have been fewer fish in the pond, but there have been more of them. The appearance is strange, the head is big and the body is small, and the villagers dare not eat it. Even when caught at home, kittens and puppies don't eat it. Look at the red whirring over there, it's all this thing. The steward pointed to a place in the distance and said helplessly.
"Oh, tell someone to get a pond and raise it." Yun Hao looked at Xianbao's son, then at the crayfish in the distance and said with a smile.
"Grandpa Guo! This thing is all over the mountains, do you still want to raise it? "The steward thinks that the head of the house is crazy, and this thing called shrimp and mushrooms can be seen as long as it is in water. There are so many of them, and no one wants to eat them. The head is big and the belly is small, and there are few taels of hard shell up and down the body. Even poor families don't want to eat it, and after planting potatoes and corn, there has been no famine in Guanzhong for many years.
Many families now feed potatoes and corn to pigs as pig food, and the old people say that those who enjoy the blessings now are evil.
"You know what? Grandpa Guo said that he wanted to raise it, and you would raise it if you fucking it, what the fuck are you talking about. Old Liu walked over tremblingly and gave the steward a slap.
"No!" I didn't even dare to return the beating, this lord is said to have followed the grandfather of the country in Jinyang. Now they're all ninety, and they're all living as goblins. Even rape on the street is not illegal, Tang Law is like this! On the first day of last year, His Majesty received people in Taiji Palace. In case you still have a bad mouth, you must not let his grandchildren tear apart.
"The current future generations are not as clever as they were at the beginning, and they are all used to having too many good days. When there was a famine in Jinyang back then, not to mention that this thing looked weird, even the toad was eaten. Old Liu Tou'er seemed to be very dissatisfied with this stewardship, and kicked again despite his ninety age. The youngest son on the side held on, so he didn't flash his waist.
"Haha! I said how I heard the magpie cry when I came out today, and it turned out to be a good thing. Cheng Liu, hurry up and ask someone to go to our village and let people open a few acres of fish ponds to raise this thing. Lao Cheng's laughing voice came from behind him.
"Grandpa Beard!" Yun Baobao likes Lao Cheng very much, and runs to Cheng with his little hands to bite the gold. As soon as he arrived in front of him, he was picked up by Cheng Yanjin, and the child let out a series of "cluck" and "cluck" laughter in the air, obviously not the first time to play this kind of game.
Qin Qiong who was riding on a horse behind Cheng Biting Jin, and Lao Niu, who was also holding a horse. Not far away, the house will be full of hunted game. They had everything from pheasants to hares, and there was even a half-sized wild boar, weighing seventy or eighty pounds.
"Your kid went to the south and let Feng Ang return to the west. I heard that his sons were inextricably killed in the city of Guangzhou, which was already full of blood. This hand is beautiful! Qin Qiong dismounted and threw the reins of the horse to the general. In the end, his body is not boneless, and just riding a horse makes his forehead sweat. Where is there still the shadow of stepping on both sides of the Yellow River and beating Qin Shubao in one hundred and eight counties in Shandong.
"Uncle Qin, I didn't do this. When Feng Ang returned to heaven, the kid was on his way back to Chang'an, so how could he have time to care about that. ”
"Less nonsense! My family is in your army, what can I hide from our old brother. The Feng family was miserable this time, and the army of the imperial court was waiting on the edge of the Meiling Ancient Road. As long as the Feng family kills a grass king, they will enter Lingnan with a thunderous momentum. Fang Xuanling's old thing has already mobilized a large number of grassroots officials to go to Lingnan. It seems that this time, the imperial court will solve the Lingnan problem without blood. Your Majesty said, you can't overdo it for your credit. Lao Cheng hugged Yun Baobao and looked at Yun Hao with disdain.
It's bad now, it's hard to prevent thieves day and night. Although Cheng Chumo is not a person who handles it, he has definitely heard of something. There's no way, the things in this world that want to keep secrets usually can't be kept.
"Bearded grandpa! Baby wants tiger skin boots! Yun Baobao hugged Cheng Biting Jin's head and said while patting.
"Good! The baby wants tiger skin boots, and tomorrow grandpa will go to the royal hunting ground to get it for the baby. Get all the big tigers for the baby! Cheng bit Jin waved his hand heroically and said with a laugh. Cheng Chumo is still young, and the emperor intends to marry the princess. If Lao Cheng wants to hold his grandson, I'm afraid he will have to wait a few years. Now Lao Cheng's favorite is the pink and fragrant dolls.
However, Lao Cheng doesn't like anyone's dolls, in his words, the Yun family's dolls have the best temper with him. Yun Hao was very worried for a while, what if there was a bandit in his house.
In the spirit that it is better to adopt a son as a sheep than to raise a son to be a wolf, Yun Hao tried to convince himself. However, it has been observed that Yun Baobao does not seem to be developing in the direction of bandits.
"Go to your house today, and fire at your house. Walk! Qin Qiong took Yun Baobao and said to Yun Hao with a smile.
Knowing that the three old guys are extremely idle and bored, the generals of the Tang Dynasty are looking forward to fighting. But there was no battle to fight, and the errand to go to Lingnan was robbed by Duan Zhixuan. When this product was in Jinyang, he was Li Er's henchman, and his foundation was deeper than Liu Hongji's old pervert. Lao Cheng dared to rob anyone, but when he heard that Duan Zhixuan was leading the troops, he didn't even let out a fart. just tried to find a way to get Cheng Chumo into Duan Zhixuan's army again. For the sake of his son's military exploits, even the old face was exposed.
Delicate is definitely not suitable for the three old guys, rough and bold full of strong western style is their favorite. The pheasant plucked the feathers and stewed them in a large pot, and the rabbit peeled and threw them in. There is something strange about rabbits, and when they are stewed with the meat of something, it tastes like something. Remove the starch from the potatoes and throw them into the pot. Under the condiment, put another handful of vermicelli. When the pot is boiling, throw in a handful of shallots, and the fragrance will be poured three times.
Yun Hao personally cooked a pot of crayfish, and the skills of the Yun family's chef couldn't deal with this guy. The crayfish is carefully brushed with a brush, and the green onions, ginger and garlic are thrown into the oil pan and stir-fried. Then pour in the dried chili peppers, peppercorns and star anise and stir-fry together. At this time, the heat is the most tested, as long as the dried chili pepper changes color, immediately throw the crayfish in and stir-fry.
The crayfish out of the pot is red all over, and the fiery red body exudes an attractive fragrance. Just smell the taste, and you know it's delicious.
Lao Cheng seemed to be unable to wait, so he grabbed one and threw it into his mouth without peeling the skin. Chewing "crunch" and "crunch", watching the huge shrimp head disappear into his mouth, Yun Hao was very curious about what this guy's stomach was made of.
I picked a big one, peeled it off and looked at the cheeks first. It's not bad and clean, the mountain spring is as clear as a stream, and the crayfish in it can be dirty. Crush the shrimp shell and pump it outward along the second section. The tender white shrimp meat was pulled out, dipped in the sauce and fed to Yun Baobao. Yun Baobao took a bite, and then began to "hiss" and "hiss" to drink water.
Lao Cheng blushed a little, maybe swallowing the crayfish whole is not delicious. began to learn from Yun Hao's appearance, peeling the crayfish and then eating them.
"Hey......!" After peeling a few, Lao Cheng threw the crayfish to the ground. Pick up the bowl and drain the contents in one gulp.
Qin Qiong and Lao Niu didn't speak, peeling crayfish while fishing for hares and pheasants in the pot to eat.
"His grandmother's, now Lao Tzu can only drink in Chang'an. If the fuck knew about it, he wouldn't have killed Jieli. It's okay now, I'm always pickled by those civil officials. Lao Cheng once again drained the wine in the wine bowl and said with a wine burp.
Peeled another crayfish for Yun Baobao, patted Yun Baobao's buttocks and motioned for him to go out to play. The guy who came out of the ringing nest, how good can you expect him to be? In case the pot is lifted, the child will be scalded again.
Watching Yun Baobao go out, Yun Hao breathed a sigh of relief. Sandwiched a piece of rabbit meat, and said while chewing: "When Liu Hongji was in the early dynasty, he deliberately made noise in the team to not give face to Fang Xuanling, and it was also his due intention to be impeached. Your Majesty is not a man who hides all the birds, you can rest assured of that. Besides, now the birds are not finished, and the rabbits are not dead. What are you worried about? ”
The value of military generals is reflected in war, and the lack of war makes military generals very uneasy. Feng An's death caused the imperial army's army to change direction. The military campaign against Goryeo was also temporarily suspended. The generals who are very idle always have to drink a little wine or something, and it is easy to drink too much when they drink. When you drink too much, you naturally like to make trouble, so the civil officials appeared. Caught the sore feet of the military attachés and impeached them with a meal. Even an old qualification like Liu Hongji was played into a sieve by the official, and now he is hiding in Chang'an's mansion, not going out of the door, pretending to be a lady!
The sense of crisis kept the generals awake at night, and the advent of gunpowder weapons had left little room for individual bravery in war. Now they don't even have to fight, which deepens their worries. I'm afraid that Li Er will come to do something like a flying bird and a good bow to hide a rabbit and a dead dog, Lao Cheng and Lao Niu are among the representatives. On the contrary, Qin Qiong, who is recuperating at home, is much more open-minded.
"Listen to you, the imperial court is going to use troops recently? Things in Lingnan are non-stop, and the imperial court doesn't seem to be able to mobilize manpower to fight another battle! Qin Qiong looked at Yun Hao and said with some concern. Multi-front warfare is a taboo for the country, even if Datang is now full of national strength. But it is also not as good as the Great Sui in its heyday, the war will tear a prosperous Great Sui apart, if the Tang Dynasty makes such a mistake, the end may be worse than the former Sui.
Li Er, like his cousin Emperor Yang of Sui, is a guy with great ambitions. It's hard to say whether Li Er will make the same mistake as his cousin.
"The army did not move the grain and grass first, but now it is the army that does not move the railroad first. As long as there is such a thing as a railway, Datang's army can quickly reach the designated area. And with minimal loss! With the railroad as a sharp weapon, the army's logistics can be regarded as guaranteed. Now our Datang railway, one is built along Luoyang to the east. Straight to Youzhou and Dengzhou, the other way, is out of Chang'an straight to the right. Yun Hao said with a smile.
The map was all in the old guy's head, and Lao Cheng's eyes immediately widened after thinking about it. "You mean, where the railroad is built, where is Your Majesty going to use troops? To the west, to the right, does the imperial court want to use troops against Tibet? ”
For many years, Tubo has been a cancer in the Tang Dynasty. These arrogant, naturally strong men threaten the security of the western frontier of the empire. Just the number of people and animals taken every year is in the tens of thousands. Li Er's temperament will definitely not allow such a country to exist for a long time.
The biggest problem in Tibet is not qi sickness (altitude sickness), but road transportation under harsh conditions. A war in the northwest is not so much a war as a war as a war for money and grain. The advent of the railway solved the logistical problems that had plagued Li Er for many years.
Li Er, who has broken free, will never let go of Tubo, an old enemy.
"Tibet and Goryeo always have to be solved, and now it seems that as long as the railway is built. The imperial court will quickly transfer troops, and there will always be a war when the time comes. I just don't know if the railway on the right will be repaired first, or if it will lead to Youzhou and Dengzhou. ”
"Naturally, it's right!"
"Although it is close to the right, the terrain is complicated. Although Youzhou and Dengzhou are far away, the terrain is flat. Which road will be repaired first depends on the meaning of the king of Jiaodong. ”
"It will take two years to pacify Lingnan, and it will take almost that long to build the railway." Yun Hao said to Lao Cheng with a smile.
"I see!"