After a few days of busyness by Yang Carpenter, the whole Zhuangzi has become accustomed to chatting, sitting on chairs, eating and serving on the table, and sleeping in bed at night.

Now Wang Ke's family is eating around the table, and today's dishes are cooked by Wang Ke.

In the past few days, in addition to watching a few carpenters make furniture, Wang Ke took Uncle Zhang everywhere in the Zhuangzi to collect all kinds of spices. After a few days of hard work, except for the chili pepper that has not yet been introduced to China and has not been found, other seasonings have also been found for them, although some of the portions are very small, but they are also available.

As long as you have it, it's easy to do, anyway, you can ask someone to find it, and you don't have to break your leg by yourself, who calls yourself a young master. That's what Wang Ke thinks.

The most surprising thing for Wang Ke was that cumin was found in the spices, which made Wang Ke, who has always liked to eat barbecue, really happy, so today he went to the kitchen to make a grilled fish with itchy hands, and made a few side dishes by the way, and also took out a few bottles of Wuliangye that he bought before coming to the Tang Dynasty to prepare gifts.

Wang Si originally looked preoccupied when he came back, and he was in a better mood after eating a few mouthfuls of food and drinking a few sips of wine. While eating, he chatted with Wang Ke about the things that the DPRK and China were arguing about.

Wang Ke knew that in December of the third year of Zhenguan, Li Jing would lead a large ** team to fight against the Eastern Turks, and the Eastern Turks would be wiped out in the second year. Now the court is arguing whether it should send troops now, and it is already the beginning of August, and the main battle side says that it is completely okay to fight and asks for troops; The opposing side did not say that it was not in favor of fighting, but felt that the time had passed and the weather was starting to turn cold, and asked for it to be postponed until April or May next year.

Wang Ke saw that Wang Si was in a good mood now, so he boldly said: "I remember that when the emperor first ascended to the throne, there was a 'White Horse Alliance', and the emperor wanted to start a war with the Turks at that time, but the national strength at that time could not be realized, which became a heart disease in the emperor's heart." And now it is different, after several years of recuperation, our Datang is fully capable of fighting against the Turks. As for the weather, it's a problem, but it's not too big, as long as the Turks are forced to move north this year, as long as the weather improves at the beginning of next year, they can be completely attacked and annihilated. ”

Wang Ke knew the process and results of this battle from history, and his tone was quite positive. Wang Silen paused for a moment, glanced at Wang Ke, took a sip of the wine glass before he spoke: "During this time, those generals have been shouting to fight, and their thinking is similar to what you said, and the emperor is also a little moved. But now we don't know the terrain of the Turks very well, and the weather is getting cooler, if we can't force them to move north before the cold winter comes, as you said, we will lose more than we can gain by taking the initiative to attack. Besides, our DPRK is dominated by infantry, and the Turks are all horses and horses, and they move much faster than us, these are also problems, and the DPRK and China are also arguing. ”

Wang Ke picked up the wine bottle and poured it full for Wang Si, sat down and said: "Those who offend my Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away!" The child thought he could fight! ”

Seeing that the two fathers and sons were talking, Mrs. Wang interrupted and said, "Master too, Ke'er just came back and didn't know the situation." It's okay for young people to be angry, the old man is so old that he still talks to Ke'er about this, what are you doing, let Ke'er have a good rest. ”

Wang Ke saw that his mother wanted to stop them from talking about this topic, so he hurriedly said, "Mother, you can't say that. The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband. As a Tang Dynasty man, I am a saint today, and my father is an important minister of the emperor. ”

"It's a good 'country rises and falls, and the husband is responsible.'" When Wang Si heard Wang Ke's words, he praised loudly: "Ke'er, tell your thoughts for your father." ”

Wang Ke thought rationally, and said with a serious face: "Since the previous dynasty, the northern Turks have violated our borders from time to time, and they live on nomadic herding on weekdays, unlike farming in our Central Plains, there is no harvest every winter, and they can only go to our dynasty to rob grain and grass for the winter. I think this year will be no exception. Why not prepare enough food and grass now, station troops on the border, and when winter comes, when the Turks come to attack, they will be able to annihilate them in one fell swoop. ”

Wang Si nodded while listening, thought for a while and asked: "I am not familiar with the terrain, how to solve it, now that the distribution of the Turks in our dynasty is not clear, once the war starts, how can we hit it with one blow?" ”

"The child has already thought about this question." Wang Ke said confidently: "Now I am very clear about the investigation of the Turkic settlement sites through scouts, but because of the unfamiliarity of the terrain, we cannot use troops very appropriately. This problem can be solved by the child, and the child has an idea, and in these few days, he will make a sand table to reflect the entire terrain and landform of the Turks, so that the military can deduce and sort out the best plan. I also asked my father not to explain the matter to the court for the time being, and when the child did everything well, my father would report to the court for a decision. ”

"Sandbox?" Wang Si was puzzled and asked, "What is it, can Ke'er talk to his father first, is it also what Ke'er learned in the Far West Country?" ”

Wang Ke explained: "The so-called sand table is to use a variety of materials to shrink the real terrain and landform into a landscape-like thing as it is, on which drills can be carried out according to the actual size of the troops of the two sides to see whether the plan made is perfect and feasible, so that before the actual start of the war, we can have a certain understanding of the situation of the war and make a judgment in advance on the situation of the two sides." The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Of course, the role of this sand table is not limited to military affairs, but also useful in other aspects. ”

Wang Si was overjoyed when he heard this, and his hands hit each other and kept applauding: "It's really a good thing, it actually has such an effect." Ke'er hurry up and make it, after you make it, I will ask General Li Jing to come and see it before reporting to the emperor, if it is really as Ke'er said, the day of destroying the Turks is not far away. ”

For three whole days, Wang Ke was so busy that he was dizzy, looking at the sand table in front of him made of a proportionally reduced terrain and landform according to a traffic atlas placed in the car in later generations, Wang Ke understood that more than a thousand years have passed, and the terrain and landform must be a little different from now, but the big changes should not be too big, as long as someone asks about it, explain whether he is not very familiar with the terrain or can fool the past, it is estimated that no one will be too careful.

Wang Ke held a cigarette in his mouth, looked at the sand table he made, and generally started YY: "What would these military bigwigs and murderers look like when they see this thing?" Will Comrade Lao Li give himself an official to do? Hey, hey,"

Just as Wang Ke was smirking at the sand table, he only heard a sound of footsteps rushing in from outside the door.

When I turned around, I saw Wang Si and several officers in armor talking and laughing and walking into the courtyard gate. Walking side by side with Wang Si is a tall, fifty-year-old man, no need to ask Wang Ke to know that this is Li Jing, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, because he is the oldest in a group of generals, and at this time, he is the only one who should be this age.

The latter two are both around forty years old, one handsome and mighty but exuding a bookish atmosphere; Although the other one can't be said to be ugly, it can't be said to be good-looking, but there is a burst of murderous aura all over his body, and Wang Ke's vest can't help but feel cold.

The three who followed the two were much younger, two of them were about the same as themselves, and the other one was estimated to be a few years younger, but they all looked pleasing to the eye.

Wang Ke couldn't help but feel unhappy in his heart: "Why are there so many handsome guys in this Tang Dynasty, how can I still soak those beautiful little Lori?" Oh drop God, don't I want to see a beautiful MM in the next life, and don't give me a chance here. I asked to buy tofu. ”

Wang Si walked up to the front and beckoned to Wang Ke: "Ke'er, come and see a few generals." As he spoke, he pointed to the people who came and introduced them one by one: "This is General Li Jili, the British Duke and the Governor of the Prefecture; This is General Li Jingli, the secretary of the Ministry of War and the Duke of Weiguo; This is General Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijiecheng. ”

When Wang Ke heard this, these were all famous generals and murderers of the Tang Dynasty who were famous in later generations, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted respectfully and said: "Later, Wang Ke visited the three generals, and the names of the three generals have been admired for a long time. ”

Li Jing laughed, stretched out his hand to help Wang Ke and said: "A few days ago, I heard Brother Wang talk about the virtuous nephew coming home, and I wanted to come to the door to congratulate him, but the court and China are complicated things, and I have never come. Today, the virtuous nephew is contributing to the country again, and we will take the opportunity to come to the door, and I hope that the virtuous nephew will not blame us for waiting. ”

When Wang Ke heard this, he thought to himself: "You are all murderers, how dare you say you, I still want to live for a few more years." He hurriedly replied: "State affairs are important, and generals work hard for the country, how can Wang Ke have the heart to blame." I don't know who the major generals are, and I bother to ask the general to introduce one or two. ”

Li Jing saw Wang Ke so polite, although he was amazed in his heart, he said reproachfully: "I am an official in the same court as your father, and I am also a brother in the court, so shouldn't you call me uncle?" ”

Wang Ke is an old fritter, and he has been trying to get close to these old killers since he met them, but he didn't see Wang Si speak. hurriedly said: "How can there be, it's just that when I saw a few uncles in person for the first time, I was frightened by the heroic spirit of several uncles, and the little nephew really didn't dare to be presumptuous, and I hope that a few uncles will forgive me." ”

"Wang Si, why is your son so sour, hurry up and take us to see what kind of sand table he made, I want to see what it is, and it actually makes Li Jing, an old immortal, applaud before he sees it." Wang Kezheng and Li Jing were talking happily, and they saw Cheng Zhijie next to him shouting loudly.

Hurriedly put away his mood and looked at Cheng Zhijie for a while: "Uncle Cheng is a straightforward person at first glance, the little nephew really admires it, in the future, Uncle Cheng will teach the little nephew more about your mountain axe, the little nephew has heard of his uncle's axe for a long time." A burst of sycophants made Cheng Zhijie's mouth grin, and he was so happy that he didn't know why.

Everyone next to him also knew that Wang Ke was spanking, so they each smiled and followed Wang Ke into the front hall.