Chapter 1: Youth
The fifth year of the reign of King Qin, the month of La.
In the middle of winter, the capital of Qin, Xianyang, was closed by heavy snow, and the north wind called out.
In a remote restaurant in the east of the city, Xu Wen yawned boredly.
The weather was bad and there was not a single customer in the store.
Xu Wen was deserting, and he was worried about whether the wind and snow would sweep away the door of the teahouse.
This ghost weather.
He Xu Wen is a master's degree in history, a top student majoring in Qin and Han history at Yenching University, and he had a strange dream when he slept at night, and inexplicably crossed over to the owner of a restaurant in the Qin Kingdom.
It's uncomfortable, it's uncomfortable!
The voice in the dream told him to come to the Qin State and ask him to guide Huaxia so that the heyday of Huaxia would come a thousand years earlier.
He also said that he was part of some great plan, and that the will of Heaven would help him complete the task.
"Where is this Heavenly Dao will? It's better to give me an iron pot. β
Xu Wen took a sip, very angry, he knew that in his previous life, he didn't agree to it.
He came to the Qin Dynasty, but he wanted to show his ambitions, join the court, strategize, get promoted and make a fortune, isn't it fragrant?
But what's going on now!?
Stir-fry every day!
What can Xu Wen do, he is also very helpless, Qin State implements the military merit system.
Want to be an official?
Yes, take the enemy's head.
Looking at his small arms and legs after crossing, Xu Wen still gave up this unrealistic idea.
Fortunately, I was a cooking enthusiast before the crossing, and I would fry, fry, fry, and stew a little.
The level is not high, but it is more than enough to kill everything boiled during the Warring States period.
"Brother Xu, let's have a hot waist flower!"
The young man wrapped in a fur coat, with a little messy hair, hurriedly entered the house.
"Hey, I'm cold, this weather the hell."
Stomping his feet and rubbing his hands, the boy ran to the stove in a panic.
Xu Wen was stunned and moved out of the way, "Why are you still here in this weather?"
"Hahaha, I'm hungry."
Xu Wen couldn't laugh or cry.
The young man called himself Zhao Ping, and since he tasted his craft by chance, he ran to Xu Wen's restaurant twice in three days.
Rain or shine, and heavy snow is no exception.
"After tasting Brother Xu's craftsmanship, the food at home is really hard to swallow."
Zhao Ping ran in with a hippie smile, shook off the wind and snow on his body, and skillfully put a plate on the edge of the stove.
There is the queen mother Zhao Ji in the palace, and the middle father Lu Buwei outside, and there are many constraints, so you can put down some disguise in Brother Xu's small restaurant, and you don't have to live so tired.
Xu Wen rolled his eyes and scolded with a smile, "If you make my store dirty, you have to lose money." β
That being said, he doesn't dislike this kid either, he is very generous, and no one eats the guts of the dolphin in the Qin Dynasty, so this kid accepts it quickly, and he can run to consume it twice in three days.
Xu Wen is happy to make a little money, and he has a few drinks with Zhao Ping in his spare time, chatting about the general trend of the world, but he can also pass the boring time before waiting for the will of heaven and welfare to be distributed.
What kind of Shang Yang changed the law, the four sons of the Warring States, Zhao Wuling King Hu Fu rode and shot, Zhao Ping was stunned for a while.
When it comes to the general trend of the world.
In fact, if Xu Wen wants to mix in the temple now, it is not impossible.
The road of military merit is not going to work, he can still go to the mansion of the big man, so he recommends himself.
With his understanding of the history of the Qin and Han dynasties, and the mouth of the modern society, any big man is not shocked, and immediately accepts Xu Wen as a guest, and he eats and drinks well.
In case it's mixed...
Maybe you can also enjoy the treatment of three wives and four concubines of "feudal dross".
It's just that at the moment, the future First Emperor Yingzheng has just succeeded to the throne and is still a fledgling rookie.
Now the state of Qin is ruled by the empress dowager Zhao Ji, who respects LΓΌ Buwei as the "middle father" of the king of Qin.
These guys will be kicked over by the First Emperor in the future.
But you can't go away.
"Brother Xu's craftsmanship, praise it."
Zhao Ping picked up a piece of waist flower, ate a mouth full of oil, and admired again and again.
His words interrupted Xu Wen's train of thought.
Seeing Zhao Ping gobbling up, Xu Wen was secretly amused, and this poor child would feel that the level of the Warring States Period, even the hot waist flower that didn't have chili peppers was "praised".
Thinking of chili peppers, Xu Wen is a little homesick, missing the hot pot spicy hot barbecue rice noodles and big buns at home...
"Brother Xu, I don't see that there is anyone in your shop, come and have a drink of two."
"Okay." Xu Wen is also idle.
Push the cup and change the lamp, the wine and food are full, the cold wind is howling outside, and the small stove of warm mud in the house is a good taste of the world.
Zhao Ping hiccuped, remembered today's intention, and pretended to smile naturally after considering the wording, "Brother Xu, I really admire you, when is it time, you are still so calm." Zhao Wei and other countries are sharpening their knives, and I am afraid that as soon as the spring ploughing is over, they will unite to beat our Qin State. In recent years, the Qin State has expanded a lot of territory, and its foothold is unstable and dangerous. β
"You kid has a deep understanding of the current situation, is there an official in the family?"
Xu Wen stared at him deeply, a little suspicious in his heart, and as he spoke, he didn't stop in his hand, and poked the charcoal stove with a stick to make it hot.
"Well, Brother Xu said that he laughed, how can there be an official in my family, it's just that there is chaos every day, so let's just talk about this." Zhao Ping's face froze for a moment, and he panicked, he shouldn't be exposed, so he quickly changed the topic.
"Haha, too."
Seeing that he didn't seem to be a fake, Xu Wen didn't think much about it, and sighed, "It's not the first time that Zhao and Wei have jointly attacked Qin. This time, as you said, the expansion of the Qin State is too fast, the steps are too big, and it may suffer losses in the short term.
However, even if the coalition forces win for the time being, it is not that they have not won before.
They're essentially just rat-eyed guys, each fighting their own battles, each with their own careful thoughts.
In recent years, the Qin State has been 'distant friends and close attacks' against various countries, and the Zhao State and Wei State, which are close to the Qin State, have been troubled, and other countries have not been affected. As long as the Qin State gives the most ferocious trouble, Zhao State and Wei State and the like, a little sweetness, their alliance will be self-defeating. You say, what do I have to be uneasy? β
Xu Wen got up slowly, took the warm wine, and refilled a glass for himself and Zhao Ping.
At the dinner table.
Zhao Ping sighed in his heart, "It is said that there are many heroes in the market, if you don't deceive me, Brother Xu, the owner of the sesame restaurant, is not very old, but he is quite insightful." Those wine bags and rice bags with white beards in the court, as soon as they heard the Zhao Wei coalition army, they were so frightened that they couldn't even hold their crutches, and they almost peed their pants on the spot. Hmph, a bunch of rubbish! β
"But this time," Xu Wen poured wine and failed to notice the strange expression of "Zhao Ping", and changed his words, "If Zhao Wei is still playing a small abacus of taking advantage of something, I'm afraid it won't work." β
"Oh? What do you mean by that? β
"In the past, the Qin State was a little reluctant to directly confront the coalition forces. Today's Qin State has won so many battles and occupied so much territory, why should it suffer this dumb loss again? The coalition army was already loose, and it was beaten up by picking a country that was far away from Qin, had a weak anti-Qin will, and had a very famous reputation, such as Chu. Ordinary countries will no longer dare to participate in this kind of autumn wind attack on Qin. Relying only on Zhao Wei, he can't afford to make any waves. β
Zhao Ping was amazed in his heart.
For the sake of the coalition army's attack on Qin, LΓΌ Buwei has hardly slept these days, planning painstakingly.
I haven't figured out why I have come up with it until now.
And Brother Xu's few words made Zhao Ping feel like he was suddenly opened.
Facing tonight's middle father's examination, Zhao Ping was determined.