Chapter 218: Celebrating with the Soldiers
First of all, the soldiers began to take holidays one after another, starting from the distance, forming a holiday, each carrying a lot of food and two catties of meat, and going home in groups for the New Year.
Although there is still almost a month before the Chinese New Year, everyone knows that they will definitely go south after the New Year, so it is almost a foregone conclusion that they will take a holiday in advance, then come back for training, and then go south.
It is said that it is to pay military salaries, but money is not of much use in this place of Qi for the time being, and food is the most precious here.
Therefore, the military salary for these soldiers, that is, the grain discounted according to the cash money, and the grain and meat will be brought home, and this year will be good.
Li Yuanji decided that the next days would be spent with the soldiers, but before that, the family also needed to be taken care of.
With the improvement of Yu'er's condition, the family also came to the palace in Zhenbei City, although it was not the last palace, and it was not as good as the palace in Taipingfang, but it was much better than other places in the city.
Li Yuanji has just returned from the military camp and plans to hold a family banquet, which can be regarded as an early New Year, and at the same time he has something to explain to the Yang family.
It's just that as soon as I entered the house, I found that Yang was holding Wu Erniang's hand to ward off the cold and warmth, and even occasionally had a few words of indignation.
"The king is back? Erniang, go and make a basin of hot water to wash the king! The Yang family greeted him very warmly, as if he wanted to match Li Yuanji and Wu Erniang.
Yang's matchmaking made Li Yuanji very unaccustomed to it, and took advantage of the gap between Wu Erniang to draw water, and hurriedly took two steps forward, approached and whispered: "What do you mean?" ”
"It's not easy for a family to be far away, how good it is to be harmonious!" Yang responded with a smile. It seemed that seeing that Li Yuanji was still a little reluctant, Yang continued to speak: "The matter has already been understood by the concubine, and it is also unfair to Her Highness to treat her like this, although her suspicion is greater, if you want to let the concubine make arrangements, she will definitely not be chosen." ”
"Now is the critical moment, Lone has to be cautious!" Li Yuanji frowned.
He also thought about it, but when he thought about it, he couldn't be so careless because he wasn't sure, and Wu Erniang had a lot of martial arts, so he had to guard against this alone.
Even Chen Chun'er, the person he never suspected, can be Neiying, why can't Wu Erniang, the most likely woman, be Neiying?
"These concubines all know it, but if His Royal Highness doesn't give her a chance, how can she seize the handle? You can't just keep her by your side for the rest of your life, right? The Yang family continued to persuade patiently, both women, since they have all become Li Yuanji's women, the Yang family naturally hopes that Li Yuanji can be well, not to mention that now that he has a son and has hope in life.
As for the rebellion, it was a man's business, and Li Shimin did too much, and Yang didn't think that what her husband did was wrong.
"King, hot water is coming......
Regarding the matter of Neiying, it was also a big blow to Wu Erniang.
Whether it is an internal response or not, only she knows best, and Chen Chun'er's matter, Wu Erniang can't escape the involvement, so no matter how she explains, the basin of dirty water on her body can't be thrown away.
Li Yuanji's snub to herself, Wu Erniang felt that it should be, but this kind of life is really not what a woman should live.
seems to have accepted the mediation of the Yang family, Li Yuanji is not asking Wu Erniang to stay alone in the empty room, and is not even allowed to leave the room.
Perhaps due to some influence, this meal was a bit dull.
saw Yu'er, whose body was still weak, and seemed to think of Chen Chun'er, who had committed suicide by taking poison, and thinking of the past and the cruel struggle.
At this moment, Li Yuanji suddenly remembered a famous sentence, which is the most appropriate to describe his current situation.
Perhaps in order to vent the emotions in his heart, putting down the chopsticks, Li Yuanji muttered helplessly: "It's a pity that Hongyan always has a thin life, and he is the most ruthless emperor." ”
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Dropping a poem that made people feel very emotional, Li Yuanji returned to the barracks with a few of his subordinates.
Song Zhong and Yu Ren are in charge of family affairs, the other is in charge of city affairs, and they assist Ma Zhou, and they are also very busy now.
Carrying a plate of sliced lamb and frozen soup.
Li Yuanji gently kicked a soldier in the buttocks, and the soldier turned back suddenly, still holding a rice bowl in his hand, and was looking down to pull the ingredients in the bowl.
"Let's get a seat, let's get together!" Let the other party squat to the side, Li Yuanji also squatted down naturally.
It wasn't too dirty, so I put the plate on the ground directly, took out the frozen soup and threw it into the pot.
The pot is not a pot for eating, but a helmet turned upside down, put water in it, put it on a shelf, and light it on a low fire to burn it directly.
Although it is not clean, it can ensure that it is hot, and the barracks will not fire today, only give each person some ingredients, and then let yourself eat hot pot.
The color of the pot was almost the color of water, and there was almost no soup base, and as a piece of base was thrown in, the soup base immediately turned red, and a strong fragrance drifted far away along the helmet, causing the surrounding soldiers to swallow their saliva.
The army has issued a base material, but the bottom material can't stand up to many wolves, which is in everyone's hands, that is, such a small piece, most of them are two or three people fighting together and eating together.
Pulling and pouring a plate of mutton into it, the soup base that had been boiling stopped fluttering in an instant.
The stunned eyes of the surrounding soldiers, Li Yuanji didn't care, took out his chopsticks and flipped them in a few times, and then ......
took out a noodle that was about to be cooked, stuffed it into his mouth alive, and muttered: "Don't say that Lone came to grab food from you, Lone brought a pound of mutton to the gang this time." ”
I flipped over the mutton, the soup base has been boiled, the mutton has been whitened, the red color of the raw meat has almost disappeared, I took the opportunity to clip out a piece, and stuffed it into my mouth, the taste is lighter, there is a different taste, but I am very satisfied with being able to eat a hot bite in this ghost weather.
Seeing that the others did not move, and the movements were frozen there, Li Yuanji hurriedly beckoned and said, "Eat quickly!" This shabu mutton is to be eaten at this time, the taste is best when the meat is white, and after a long time of cooking, the meat will be old. ”
"Big ...... King, can I eat it? Liu Ju asked cautiously.
That's the King of Qi, the prince, I can actually eat in the same pot with the prince? And let the prince eat my leftovers? Oops mom, it's so exciting......
"Why can't you eat the lonely when they have eaten you? Let's eat it quickly, it won't taste good if it's a little later. Li Yuanji greeted with a smile.
Liu Ju carefully clamped a piece and put it in his mouth tentatively, and he still couldn't believe that it could be true.
"Is it delicious?" Li Yuanji asked.
"Delicious!" Liu Ju nodded subconsciously, "It's just a little spicy." ”
"Spicy is right, spicy can dispel the cold, everyone will eat more later, stay in our place for a long time, the cold in the body will gather more and more, eat more spicy can force the cold in the body out, and the leg will not hurt in the future." Li Yuanji patiently explained.
I had already eaten a lot at home, and when I came to the barracks, Li Yuanji only pretended to eat a few pieces of meat, not pretentiously, but I really couldn't eat it, and the meat also entered the stomachs of the soldiers.
And the news that Li Yuanji had dinner with ordinary soldiers in the army soon spread throughout the barracks, some were curious, some came to watch, and some sighed that King Qi loved soldiers like a son, through a small move, Li Yuanji easily narrowed the distance with the soldiers.
And for the first time, the soldiers also felt that the high King of Qi was actually not so untouchable, and the rigor and majesty of the imagination did not make them feel so afraid.
After a meal, Liu Ju and the others also completely let go of the gap between their identities and completely fought with Li Yuanji.
At Li Yuanji's suggestion, several people spread a layer of bedding on the ground, and then began to fight the landlord.
Hearing that Li Yuanji and the soldiers were in a fight, Su Dingfang and others who stayed in the army did not dare to be careless, and rushed over one after another.
"What's that, Lone plans to hold a landlord conference, anyone who wants to participate can come to sign up, a person who loses sticks a strip on his face, and then steps down, and the winner continues to the next round, and can enter the top ten, the reward is consistent, ten catties of meat, and a horse of cloth. The first three coins are two times, twenty pounds of meat, two pieces of cloth, and those who can take the first place will be rewarded with five pounds, thirty pounds of meat, and three horses of cloth. Seeing that there were more and more people, Li Yuanji suddenly had an idea.
Anyway, most of the people who stay now are also strategic, and nothing will happen, they just wait for the deadline to come home after the deadline is up, and they are idle, and it's good to find some entertainment to spend some time.
"Liu Ju, you go to find some people to be referees, arrange for the winners to go to the next round, supervise the losers to put a note on their faces, and they are not allowed to drop within an hour, you referees, this king pays out of his own pocket and gives you fifty catties of food per person as a hardship fee." Li Yuanji continued, there are many ways to engage in relationships, and the combination of work and rest is the key, and he couldn't help but continue to quip: "As for those who have left, I can only blame them for their bad luck." ”
"Dog, do you keep a three-dry bird? I can't send you away......"
"What about me, why can't you come out of God? If you use God, damn it, he doesn't have anything to do. ”
The two soldiers who lost as peasants were very dissatisfied with the operation of their teammates and blamed each other, but the accusations were blamed, and they still had to put a dry leaf on their faces under the supervision of the referee.
Li Yuanji said that it was paper, how expensive paper is these days, and there is not so much paper in the barracks for them to waste, so they can only find dried leaves, put them in water and boil them for a while, and then take them out and stick them on their foreheads.
"Ah...... Old man Gao, I'm going to kill you, it's okay to blow up? Lao Tzu's top 10 ah......"
A landlord meeting with the participation of the whole army lasted for a whole afternoon, and after the fierce battle, there were those who were excited to get the reward, those who shook their heads and sighed when they were only one step away from the reward, and those who were out of the game at the beginning and were indignant.
But in any case, through such an activity, the atmosphere in the army was much more relaxed, Li Yuanji personally took the lead, and even Su Dingfang's face was pasted with leaves, and the distance between the commander and the soldiers was once again shortened a lot.