Chapter 165: The Frontier is in Emergency
Feng Qixiang died of a drunken dream for a few days in a row, and it turned out that the monkey wine really had a miraculous effect, and the residual poison in his body showed signs of subsiding, and ...... The wound on his hand was healing, the pain was unbearable, and even pus, but now, the ulcer area has stuttered......
In a few days, even with the best gold sore medicine, it can't get better so quickly.
Ignoring Feng Yi's opposition, he distributed a pot of monkey wine and sent it to Taozhuang to Bai Chongsha, hoping that the monkey wine would also be useful to his injuries......
Feng Qixiang's eyes narrowed slightly, looking particularly profound...... Brother Qiao, what secrets are you hiding?
He knew that Brother Qiao was not simple, but it was obvious that "he" was more complicated than "he" had shown, and the more he came into contact, the more he felt this way, and he was very glad that he did not use extreme means to coerce "him", otherwise it would be tantamount to killing chickens and taking eggs......
The deep gaze left his hand, and a smile appeared on Feng Qixiang's face.
Qiao Lan was in the small garden, listening to Chen Yueya playing music.
Chen Yueya's days of practicing the piano are still short, and she still can't make a tune or tune, but she plays it very seriously...... Qiao Lan also listened very carefully......
Yang Liang came over to report that Feng Gongzi on the other side was here again......
Qiao Lan didn't want Feng Qixiang to run into Chen Yueya, so she had to let Chen Yueya avoid it.
After a while, Feng Qixiang came over wearing a purple mink fur, and finally this person still had a smile on his face that was enough to brighten people's eyes......
New Year's Day, demons are rampant, what kind of trouble is this!
Qiao Lan silently looked away, wondering if she should let Mama Liu teach her to recite the heart mantra.
"The wind is cold. Brother Qiao played the piano in the garden by himself, and he was really interested. Feng Qixiang had already heard the sound of a piano at the door, he didn't think it was Qiao Lan who played it, this person was very sure of what he did, and that kind of piano would never be shown to others.
"I'm waiting for you here. Sit down! gem and watch tea. ”
Feng Qixiang teased. "You know my hands are better. ”
Qiao Lan then remembered that Feng Qixiang's hand was not lightly injured, and he was about to say something, but Feng Qixiang had already sat down in front of the piano, stretched out his hand and gently flicked it, and the melodious and tactful song spread. It is like a mountain spring winding from a deep valley, flowing slowly. Like a breeze blowing in my ears, whispering......
For a while, Qiao Lan was stupid and couldn't help but soften her body. Indulge in the melodious melodies......
Two teenagers. A bright one. A clear and easy, composed of a beautiful picture......
Feng Qixiang played two songs in a row and was about to play again. Qiao Lan put her hand on the strings and gently pressed the vibrating strings, "Your hand injury has not healed, so let's take it easy." ”
Feng Qixiang didn't insist, picked up the teacup on the table, although it was not the kind he was used to drinking, he still tasted a few sips with a lot of face.
He came over today, not only to greet the New Year, but also to thank Qiao Lan for the monkey wine that he sent over yesterday.
"I have sent someone to retrieve all the remnants of the monkey wine, Feng Wuzhen is identifying, but so far I have not found the root cause. Feng Qixiang said regretfully.
"Take your time, you'll find it. Qiao Lan was quite proud of her trick of "leading the water to the east", and she decided to happily watch the fire from the other side. "You're the elder, don't you give me New Year's money?"
"You want?"
"You give it and ask for it. ”
Feng Qixiang didn't shirk it, and decisively took off the other jade pendant on his waist and handed it to Qiao Lan, who was stunned for a moment, and then accepted the jade pendant without hesitation, "Thank you, Brother Feng." If you give your hand, you can't go back. ”
"I guess it's someone who has gone back on his word. Knowing that Qiao Lan was just saying it casually, Feng Qixiang didn't mind, "Brother Qiao seems to like jade very much?"
Qiao Lan said frankly, "I still like gold and silver......"
"You're a rich slave!"
Feng Qixiang and Qiao Lan chatted for a morning, noon, in order to thank Feng Qixiang for giving him a generous amount of money for the New Year, Qiao Lan left him for lunch, and ordered whatever he wanted, and then gave him a jar of green hot sauce, spicy sauce and spicy sauce.
Qiao Lan took advantage of the nap time to enter the space again, put the jade pendant given by Feng Qixiang into the spiritual spring, and then Xiao Xiaohe grew an inch taller at a speed visible to the naked eye......
When will the flowers be raised? Qiao Lan thought sullenly, but she also understood that she was too anxious. It takes a few months for ordinary lotus flowers to bloom from germination to flowering, not to mention that this lotus with fairy energy, as long as it does not sprout in three hundred years, it will bloom in three hundred years.
The capital is also a prosperous scene of singing and dancing.
In the palace, the luxurious and grand palace banquets never stopped, one after another, extremely extravagant. Under the illusion of drunkenness, a secret letter was sent to Lin Chuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War...... The invasion of northern Xinjiang and the border pass are urgent......
This year's heavy snow in northern Xinjiang has frozen many cattle and sheep to death, and under the difficulty of wintering, all departments of the northern Xinjiang arc have taken risks and jointly attacked. The Dingyuan Army is the short board of the Northern Xinjiang Defense Line, and the Arc Coalition Army also took a fancy to this, attacked the east and the west, contained the Bei'an Army and the Yuejia Army, and entangled 80,000 cavalry to kill the Dingyuan Army, in order to open the gap in the northern defense line of the country, however, ......
The Yuejia army, which was closest to the Dingyuan army, was ordered to stand still, and the 60,000 Dingyuan army was isolated and helpless......
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, in the evening, the beacon fire rose.
Eighty thousand arc iron horsemen galloped like a god, attacking Pangcheng, where the Dingyuan army was located. 80,000 cavalry against 50,000 Dingyuan troops can simply have a massacre, and there is no need to even cover up their whereabouts.
Under the command of Wu Guishan, the 50,000 Dingyuan army arranged troops in formation, none of them retreated, and even lit countless bonfires to light up the night......
The cavalry, kneeling at the speed of God, did not want to give the Yuan Army a chance to buffer, and directly urged the war horses to rush towards the camp of the Dingyuan Army like a bamboo, and more than 300,000 iron hooves could trample tens of thousands of people into pulp.
The bow and arrow battalion of the Dingyuan army, urging the bow and pulling the arrows, shot the war horses that rushed to the front, however, with little effect, seeing that the first line of defense of the Dingyuan army had been broken, the iron hooves were about to trample on the Dingyuan army, and the vision suddenly appeared...... Thousands of bonfires, ignored by the sudden arc, exploded one after another among the thousands of horses, and the sound of firecrackers was not obvious under the sound of horses' hooves. However, at the moment when the bamboo exploded, the broken bamboo flew in all directions, and it was all burning broken bamboo......
Among the arc cavalry, countless war horses were shocked and fell, and at the same time, other war horses were also implicated, and 80,000 cavalry were unable to form a formation......
Dingyuan Jun picked up the iconic machete, "Kill, kill, kill!"
The 80,000 cavalry fled in disarray. Countless corpses were left behind. 10,000 prisoners of war, 30,000 horses, and the Dingyuan Army......
At the cost of 8,000 dead and wounded, the Dingyuan army inflicted heavy losses on the cavalry of the Arc Alliance.
Dingyuan Army. Victory in the first battle.
The message was sent back to the arc as soon as possible. The commander of the arc, Lian Wu, was so angry that he smashed the objects in the tent. A few more days. The sudden arc re-entangled 50,000 cavalry and killed Pang Cheng.
This time, the Arc Cavalry learned their lesson. did not blindly charge into battle, but rested before the battle, and waited for the campfires of the Dingyuan army to burst one by one before regrouping and rushing towards the Dingyuan army. At this moment, dozens of catapults appeared behind the Dingyuan army, and these catapults threw not stones, but bamboo tubes tied together in the flames......
The Dingyuan Army won World War II!
No one expected that when the Dingyuan Army was busy with the battle, Wu Guishan's deputy general Mao Datou took the only 5,000 cavalry of the Dingyuan Army to leave Pangcheng, raid for thousands of miles, and enter the tent of the Arc Command at night, capture alive the commander of the Arc Lian Wu and the prince of the Arc Yemankinko, and retreat from the battle, and also took a lot of rare treasures......
The Dingyuan Army won three battles, and broke the arc with the momentum of blowing withering and decaying. Dingyuan prestige is unstoppable.
The good news was transmitted back to the capital, and the whole country rejoiced.
The tense atmosphere in the capital because of the sudden invasion was suddenly relieved, and the people took advantage of the fact that the New Year had not yet passed, and they went out of their homes one after another.
Some people rejoiced, and some people were furious, and the first one was the second prince who had always wanted to put the distant army to death. When the news came, he killed two handmaidens on the spot, and he couldn't suppress the violence in his heart.
The second prince was even more jealous of the Dingyuan Army, and now, he is still thinking about how to reverse the situation and drag the Dingyuan Army into the water. Before his conspiracy and tricks could be carried out, the emperor suddenly gave the Bei'an Army's half-pull tiger talisman to the veteran and mighty general Huo Shitong, and asked him to lead the Bei'an Army to pursue the victory and win the Arc King.
The war in northern Xinjiang was in full swing, and the country entered wartime alert, and checkpoints were set up in various counties in the north.
The war in the north did not affect the south, and Wuli Town was still peaceful.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the craftsmen of Chenjiaao returned to work, and the long-term workers of the Qiao family also continued to reclaim the land on the west bank. More than half of the 800 acres of existing land on the West Bank have been reclaimed, and the remaining half still needs to be cultivated and turned over with greater efforts......
On the 10th of January, two guests came to Qiao's house, Lin Mu and Lin Shu, who went north.
Now that the war in the north is in full swing, checkpoints have been set up in all the counties in the north, if it weren't for the convenience given by Prince Yu, they would still be trapped in the north and couldn't come back easily.
Qiao Lan asked people to bring people into the small hall in the backyard, but there were three people who came in, in addition to Lin Mu and Lin Shu, there was also a middle-aged man, according to the pattern of the three of them, Lin Mu and Lin Shu still respected that man.
After the greetings, Lin Mu introduced the man to Qiao Lan, who turned out to be Zhong Yunjiao, the second shopkeeper of Taoyuan Restaurant.
After learning the identity of that person, Qiao Lan knew the purpose of his trip.
The third-rank official in front of the prime minister, Zhong Yunjiao can be the second shopkeeper under Yu Wangye, and it is not a simple role. Zhong Yunjiao has a bit of bearing, he does not neglect Qiao Lan because she is young, on the contrary, he is very polite. He came this time to be ordered by Prince Yu, and he must be cautious at this time.
On the way, he heard some of Qiao Lan's deeds from Lin Mu, and while he was amazed, he didn't dare to despise this young man.
"Qiao Gongzi! ”
"Don't dare to be, Shopkeeper Zhong is here this time, but what's the matter?"
Zhong Yunjiao chuckled, "Mingren doesn't say secret words, Gongzi Qiao asked Lin Shu to send the sauce and dried spicy fish to my Taoyuan Restaurant, just to lure us here." To tell the truth, Qiao Gongzi's sauce and dried spicy fish are very popular, but the amount is too small, and Taoyuan Restaurant is full of guests, even if it is just a small plate, it will soon be sold out. I came here to talk to Mr. Qiao about the sale of this sauce and dried spicy fish. ”
"Shopkeeper Zhong is quick to talk. I also only act on the principle that it is better to be happy alone than to be happy with others. It happened that Lin Shu was going north to the capital, so let him bring some over and throw bricks to attract jade. Qiao Lan will not be stupid to sit down and admit that she did it on purpose, although this has been revealed.
"It's better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, it's good to say, it's good!" Zhong Yunjiao said with a smile, "I believe that Qiao Gongzi already has a plan in his heart." I'm not going to beat around the bush, I'm going to make a price. ”
"What price?!"
"The secret recipe for natural sauces and spicy dried fish!"
Qiao Lan picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea calmly, "Although I can't bear to brush off your kindness, however, the secret recipe is not sold." ”
"Not for sale?!" Zhong Yunjiao's voice suddenly rose to a higher level, and said strongly, "You should know who is standing behind Taoyuan Restaurant, whether you sell it or not, you can't help it." ”
In the face of Zhong Yunjiao's strength, Qiao Lan was unmoved, and sat calmly, "I not only know who the owner of Taoyuan Restaurant is, but I also know that he never oppresses people with power." Buying and selling is not his style of doing things. Qiao Lan did not hesitate to put on a high hat for Prince Yu.
"......" Zhong Yunjiao was choked by Qiao Lan.
Watching Qiao Lan and Zhong Yunjiao go back and forth, Lin Mu and Lin Yun looked at each other, and broke out in a cold sweat.
Qiao Lan likes to do things with both soft and hard, especially when the other party is stronger than herself, and she is also tough, so she hits the stone with an egg, "It's not that I don't want to sell the formula to you, in addition to the formula, only I have the ingredients, even if you can get it in the future, the quality will definitely not be as good as what I produced here, so, do you still insist on the formula?"
The peppers produced by the space are much better than the ones outside, even if others grow peppers in the future, they are not as good as her here.
"Why is it so rare?"
"Peppers. ”
"Fan......" Zhong Yunjiao had an epiphany, "It's a thing of Fanbang......"
"Yes! Now it's just me. ”
Zhong Yunjiao fell into deep thought, the first purpose of coming this time was to get the secret recipe of the sauce, but things became a little tricky. Several cooks of Taoyuan Restaurant tasted and tried around this sauce, tried and tasted, and finally only identified two or three ingredients, but the most critical taste was that they couldn't try it, it turned out to be ...... It is a thing of the state that has never existed in the country......
"In this way, can you provide the secret recipe and pepper to my Taoyuan Restaurant?" Zhong Yunjiao has always refused to give up the secret recipe, in short, it is much easier to do it with the secret recipe, and then think of a way to do the matter of pepper.
"Pepper ......" Qiao Lan paused, "It's gone! No, I'm still waiting for spring ploughing." ”
"That sauce ......"
Qiao Lan said indifferently, "It's not much." ”
"......" Zhong Yunjiao has lost his temper, he has a feeling that he has been tricked, and the other party is still a little bit.
"Don't worry, I also fell in love with your Taoyuan Restaurant. Since I believe that you don't bother the two masters, my sauce is first to provide you with Taoyuan Restaurant, okay?"
"This ......"
In the end, Zhong Yunjiao still compromised, and made a verbal agreement with Qiao Lan to buy all the sauces that Qiao Lan would produce in the future, and as for signing the deed, it would only be finalized after discussing with Prince Yu. He also bought ninety percent of Qiao Lan's green chili sauce, spicy sauce and spicy sauce, one tael of green chili sauce per jar, three taels of spicy sauce per jar, and five taels of spicy sauce per jar, and the price was very high. (To be continued......)