"Hezhou doesn't care for the time being, and the grain and grass are not so short that we can burn our eyebrows, and the most important problem now is the soldiers and horses." Xiao Shilian frowned, "What are you going to do?" ”

The question of whether to attack Luzhou or Hezhou after taking Bajun directly exposed the problem of insufficient troops in Li Xinchen's hands, which is also the problem that Li Xinchen needs to solve the most now.

Stretching out his hand and patting Xiao Shilian's shoulder, Li Xinchen said in a deep voice: "Let's go, we have to talk to the young boys of those families tonight, maybe they can give us some help." ”

"But ······" Xiao Shilian was a little hesitant, although he was Xiao Maha's son and a descendant of Jiangmen, but in the final analysis, the Xiao family only began to rise from Xiao Maha's generation, so Xiao Shilian can also be called from a poor family, so he doesn't have much good impression of these families.

"Just take what you need," Li Xinchen smiled faintly, "After so many years, do you see that these families really have the original ambitions?" It's just to find a way to survive, Zhang He and Xianbei barbarians don't give it to them, they can give it. ”

Xiao Shilian was silent for a moment, and nodded solemnly, now whether it is Li Xinchen or these families, there is no other choice. And Xiao Shilian believes that Li Xinchen will definitely be able to find other ways to completely suppress the family in the future.

"Li'er has arrived in Ba County, can you two also think about the wedding? This media has already said it, do you still want to wait for your father to come to the door to propose? Li Xinchen suddenly remembered something, "If Li'er doesn't marry again, she will become an old girl." ”

The dullness on Xiao Shilian's face was also swept away, and he said with a smile: "This is natural, if you don't start a family, I'm afraid Daddy and Grandma will also be anxious!" ”

When Xiao Shilian returned to Jiangling to see Xiao Maha, he didn't know what year it was, and the marriage contract had already been decided, so naturally there was no need to delay it any longer.

Thinking of Xiao Shilian and Li Li'er's marriage, Li Xinchen turned to think of himself again. With Xiao Xiang's background, of course, it is impossible for Ming Media to marry into the Li family, and obviously Xiao Xiang does not have too many requirements for this, all she wants is a stable life.

So who will become his wife in the end?

A shadow flashed in Li Xinchen's heart.

It's been a long time since I've written a letter.

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For 5,000 years, spicy seems to have been the eternal symbol of the Bashu region.

While the tastes of the Central Plains region are constantly changing with the change of climate and the spread of culture, spicy has always dominated the taste buds of the Bashu people.

Chili peppers were only introduced to the Bashu region in the Ming Dynasty, but long before chili peppers, peppercorns, which also contain capsaicin and can give people a spicy feeling, have been set as the main color of Bashu.

According to Jia Sixian's "Qi Min Yaoshu", dogwood, a plant that is well known in later generations because of "one less person everywhere", has been used to make chili oil in the Sichuan and Shu regions, and plants such as pepper and rattan pepper are widely used in the recipes of the Shu people and even winemaking, and these pepper plants are collectively called "Shu pepper" to indicate their origin.

At the celebration banquet set up by Li Xinchen, there is no doubt that these Bashu specialty plants played an important role, just look at Chen Zhishen and Lu Zhiwu and other generals eating sweaty heads, obviously this kind of spicy is a big challenge for them in Xiajiang.

For example, the dish in front of Li Xinchen, a sheep belly that is not good-looking is steamed and cooked, the lamb belly is cut with a knife, and the selected fat and tender mutton is placed in the lamb belly, and the ginger slices, dogwood, rattan pepper, garlic, green onions, salt and other condiments are steamed together.

The steamed mutton is smooth and tender, and it has the unique spicy spicy of Sichuan Shu, which makes people can't bear to stop.

Li Xinchen knows very well that Bashu is located in a mountainous area, and the places where people live and Tuntian are more in the basin, and many places are cloudy and misty all year round, and the humidity is thick, so if you want to dehumidify, these Shu peppers are essential.

Therefore, Li Xinchen didn't even know whether the Bashu people should carry forward the Shu pepper and this spicy taste, or whether this Shu pepper saved the people who lived here.

After that, Li Xinchen wanted to gain a foothold in Bashu, so instead of opposing the soldiers to try this spicy taste, he encouraged it very much.

First, in this way, the soldiers can better adapt to the climatic conditions of Bashu, and secondly, they can also avoid more contradictions with the Bashu soldiers who will inevitably join the army in the future.

The cohesion of an army is often affected by a variety of factors, and there is no doubt that if you want to make the army quickly form a cohesive force, then the township army is the best choice, and the soldiers who are born in a place are often more able to fight side by side, cooperate with each other, and are more obedient to the generals of the township.

But it is obviously not so easy to meet this condition, so Li Xinchen can only start from the rest of the aspects. In addition to his own attention to walking around the city from time to time and even practicing himself, the most important thing is to find a way to alleviate the conflicts between soldiers from different places due to geography.

If you want to completely integrate this foreign army into Bashu, it may be a good choice to change the taste first.

Seeing Li Xinchen holding the wine glass with a smile on his face, he didn't know what he was thinking, Tang Zhengliang also showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, obviously this young general was in a good mood, which showed that he was at least not bothered by the difficulties he was facing.

"Congratulations to General Didingbajun." Tang Zhengliang picked up his wine glass and made a gesture of invitation to Li Xinchen, "Contemptible and respectful to the general!" ”

Li Xinchen came back to his senses, smiled and raised his glass, and drank it all like Tang Zhengliang. The young people of the family who were sitting at the head of Tang Zhengliang all lit up slightly in front of them, and they were suddenly ready to move.

Tang Zhengliang is the head of the Bajun Tang clan, to say that this Bajun Tang clan is at best a branch of the Xiajiang Tang clan, even if it is the Xiajiang Tang clan, it is just a family that has risen in the troubled times over the years, and it is not at all in the eyes of the Dong family and the Qin family that have been inherited for four or five hundred years, but now because of Tang Zhengliang's brilliant performance in the battle of Bajun and the speed of loyalty to Li Xinchen, there is no doubt that he is now the future head of Bajun in Li Xinchen's heart.

It is impossible to say that the few remaining families are not blushing.

They didn't expect Li Xinchen to kick Tang Zhengliang down and drag them up again, they just wanted to be able to get a piece of the pie behind Li Xinchen and Tang Zhengliang.

Now that Tang Zhengliang has spoken, he obviously intends to talk to Li Xinchen about the cooperation of the family in the future, and these young people who originally came to test the style on behalf of the family can't sit still.

If they can get any clear promises from Li Xinchen, then they can be regarded as making a great contribution to the family.

Just seeing these eyes, Li Xinchen knew what they were thinking. These families have been pressed too hard by Zhang He and Qianwei for the Zhang family over the years, and now that Qianwei Zhang has fallen, of course they are not willing to lie dormant.