Chapter 18: The Banquet

Cheng Fu

"Lord Wang, we congratulate you on your return to Datang. Congratulations to the prince, "Everyone came to the Cheng Mansion, and the Cheng family had already prepared a banquet, and the generals were all not particular about entering the banquet together, and they raised their glasses to congratulate under the leadership of Qin Qiong.

"Okay, thank you for your kindness, come, drink win!" Li De raised his glass.

"I am very happy to be able to reunite with you, all of you here are the fierce generals of the battlefield back then, at that time, all of you have fought together, and have also fought hard, this heavenly reincarnation, let us sit together again today, it is really embarrassing."

Li Ji said, "What the prince said is, at that time, a certain or just defected to Wagang Village, Pushan Gong is also considered a strong party, the fire and fell Zhai Rang, as the leader of Wagang, if you can stand firm and fight steadily, maybe you can still have a job, but Wang Shichong was defeated by Wang Shichong, the soldiers and horses were scattered, and Wang Shichong was destroyed by His Majesty today, a moment of glory and a moment of rest, a little carelessness is a handful of loess, fortunately, a few of our Wagang army rogues finally defected to His Majesty today, and then turned to the world, to fight with his life This has the current identity, Guogong, general, dignitary for a while. ”

Cheng Biting Jin said as if inviting merit, "That's not it, if it weren't for me, you guys didn't know how to die on that battlefield, and now I'm waiting for me to worship you, don't look at me at the usual time, at this critical time, you still look at me, a few of you ask Brother Qin, it's not that I dragged him to the current saint, at that time we were still working for Wang Shichong, maybe when Wang Shichong's heart black goods were sold as cannon fodder." How can there be such a day? ”

Qin Qiong scolded with a smile, "Okay, you don't hesitate, you have done such a good thing in your life, take it out every day to show off, we all remember it, okay, you can't stop your mouth when you drink" After that, he poured Cheng Biting Jin a bowl of wine.

Here, Wei Chi Gong also expressed deep emotion and said, "Mao Gong is right, I think Lao Hei is just a craftsman in Youzhou City, and he has a lot of strength, thinking that he has been fighting iron for a lifetime, but he didn't think that he would follow His Majesty to break out of this point later,"

Li De said, "Come, in order to be able to sit together today, and to create a prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty together, do it!" ”

Niu Jinda drank and said to Li De, "Lord Wang, this time Your Majesty asked you to form a Beiwei army, or to lead an army alone, and you will definitely join the big war against the Turks in the coming year." You can't forget a few of our old people, we have been thinking about the Turkic war for a long time, thinking that at that time the Tang Dynasty was empty, the Turks were attacking, His Majesty could only take two thousand Xuanjia troops, Wei Chigong and Qin Qiong followed the 100,000 army facing Jieli, we set up straw men behind, planted flags, tied branches to the horse's tail and ran back and forth, thinking that the suspicious soldiers, this forced the Turkic army back, and also signed a shameful covenant. This is not only a shame for Your Majesty, but also a shame for our soldiers, who hate to fight to the death against the Turks. ”

Cheng Yanjin echoed, "Yes, Lao Niu is on the point, this time against the Turks, my Tang Dynasty has been preparing for three years, this time the battle of Wei Gong, Mao Gong, must be the commander of one party, Lao Niu and I don't know if I can go, I am uncomfortable in that Jin Wuwei, and I am going to be sick." What do you say about this national war, I must go to the old Cheng for a while. Lord Wang, you have to take my family's big son with you, hone and hone it well, you don't have to give me Lao Cheng face, you want to beat or scold and clean it up. ”

Li De scolded with a smile and said, "Okay, you bite the gold, I said that it's not good to invite me to drink, that kid from your family, looks like you have a virtue, I don't believe it when I say that you didn't give birth, but ah, it's no problem for me, but I have to make the ugly words clear to you first, this back army, I am ready to become the world's first elite, this high-intensity training is essential, ordinary people are afraid that they will not be able to persevere, and I am compared to a sharp knife to use the back army, my initial plan is to only recruit three thousand, expensive but not expensive, To be able to get off the horse for the trap, to get on the horse is the requirement of the tiger Ben, to teach team operations, special operations, often to carry out high-risk missions, I say so, do you still want to send your kid here? That sister-in-law can agree or not, it's not good if you don't let you go back to the house. ”

Cheng Biting Jin said, "Lord Wang, you are looking down on me, in my mansion, I have always been in charge, the woman has long hair and short knowledge, I said that I will definitely go if I send it, I am not like Fang Xuanling, you see which of us is not an old killer who has been fighting in the battlefield for decades, how can there be no blood but sweat on the battlefield, we know our own affairs, you said that how can we fight for decades how can we educate civil officials who dance and write ink, so we can only let these little rabbit cubs follow our old path, Let them go through the baptism of the battlefield and come back to become real men, instead of being lazy and lazy every day. If he dies on the battlefield, it will be his life. ”

Yu Chigong then said, "Cheng Fairy, this time you said a good thing, I want to be a blacksmith when I was young, I looked for teachers everywhere, I wanted to read and write, but I ran into walls everywhere, looking for a teacher, and finally had to pick up the horse lance to fight on the battlefield to make a name for myself, and my two stupid sons also invited a lot of gentlemen, all of them were so angry that they were rotten wood that could not be carved, so angry that I wanted to kill them on the spot, alas, I also recognized it, my Wei Chi's family is the life of going to the battlefield to fight, this life has nothing to do with learning, Please also ask the prince to take them, these two boys practice every day, and they have learned the martial arts of the family, and they will definitely be able to pass the test and follow the prince to make a name. ”

Li Deyi clapped his hands and stood up, "Okay, why don't you take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures, if you are a man, you should go to the battlefield to fight and fight." For the sake of this ambition, if the children of your families are interested in Bo on the battlefield, they will come, as long as they can pass the entrance test, they will definitely take them to go this time and come back with a reputation. ”

As soon as Li De said this, Li Ji immediately said that Li Zhen of his family was going, and Niu Jianhu of Niu Jinda's family was also going.

Everyone was happy, and they also talked about the future of their children, and they couldn't help but get high, Li De drank a few bowls of this wine and remembered that the wine he cooperated with Cheng Yanjin should also be made, so he turned his head and asked Cheng Yanjin, "I said, Cheng Fairy, you just fool us with this kind of weak wine, when you are so happy, don't tell me, the wine I let you make has not been brewed yet." ”

Cheng Biting Jin patted his head and said, "Oh, look at my memory, this is not a rush to talk about the war against the Turks, let me forget, don't worry, I'll let the family take it, Lord Wang, you are really a god, the wine made through the still you designed is really mellow and fragrant, such as drinking nectar, with a long aftertaste, it is comparable to the elixir and jade liquid, if it starts to be sold, it will definitely make Chang'an people crazy." ”

"Cheng Dong, Cheng Dong, hurry up and get the newly made wine and give it to the prince to taste." Jia Ding agreed and ran away.

When everyone heard Cheng Yanjin say that there was good wine to offer, they all accused Cheng Yanjin of being unkind, and all the good things were hidden, if it wasn't for the prince to mention it, he would have been deceived.

Cheng Yanjin said with a smug face, "Why, my old Cheng just found a way out for our children, which means that I am not kind, hum." After a while, the new wine will come, and you will not drink it, and let you die of hunger. ”

Which of these generals is not a wine bug, and there is no wine in their spare time to kill them, Li De guesses that these people will not be the battlefield syndrome of the later generations, and use wine to numb themselves and not think about things on the battlefield. , he had already heard that even Li Shimin was addicted to alcohol, and the scene when a group of ministers were drinking and feasting together was just like a group fight in later generations, all of them were drunkards. Li De made up his mind, and pretended to be drunk early when he started drinking, otherwise he wouldn't be able to stop the killing material from going crazy here, not to mention Cheng Bitingjin's secret recipe for relieving hangover with alcohol.

After a while, Cheng Fu's family Ding carried a few urns of wine up, Cheng Biting Jin took the lead in opening the sealing wax of one of the urns, and suddenly a fragrant and mellow fragrance wafted out, all of them showed a clear expression, a pair of eyes, immediately went up to grab it, and took out a bowl of it together, and drank it in one gulp. Qi Qi shouted hello. Only Li De slowly tasted it, and felt that the degree was not as good as Wuliangye and Moutai, it should be a little lower, and he bit the gold and said, "When this wine is brewed, how many times has it been steamed?" ”

Cheng Biting Jin replied, "Twice, steamed twice according to what you wrote,"

Li De said, "Then add a distillation process" This should also improve the alcohol content, and if you steam it twice, you should be able to have alcohol come out, just about to go to the battlefield, this alcohol is a big help, you have to get it out first. In ancient times, there was no common sense of ambulance, and there was no disinfectant such as alcohol, and often the minor injuries were bandaged casually, and the wounds were easy to be infected and died, and the seriously wounded could only be given a good time or ignored and resigned to fate, so the mortality rate of ancient wars was high, and the more people fought, the fewer people fought.

Cheng Yanjin nodded to indicate that he knew, and then asked, "Then it was distilled three times after that?" The wine was also good on both occasions. And it's very food-intensive, and you can see if it depends on the situation to produce. ”

Li De said, "Well, we can build two workshops, one to produce this kind of double distillation, and one to produce three distillations." You arrange for the guards to watch over the workshop in your house first, and I am going to produce a highly alcoholic thing to assist in battlefield ambulance, which can prevent the wounded soldiers from being infected, that is, the wind evil entering the body. When my Beiwei army is formed, it should be possible to produce alcohol here, and then I will show your majesty, popularize it in the whole army, and return it to the imperial court. ”

Cheng Yanjin nodded quickly when he heard this, as a general, of course he knew that many siblings were not killed by the enemy, but died of disease, you can't think about the way to deal with trauma in this era, if you can survive without an arm or leg, it is a big life, and many of the wounded who were cut down could not escape the wind evil into the body and finally the wound festered and died of high fever, if there is really such a good thing, you can save a lot of soldiers on the battlefield and bring them back. Cheng Yanjin thought secretly.

Qin Qiong drank a few bowls with everyone, and saw Li Draping talking to Cheng Yanjin next to him, and after watching them finish, he asked Cheng Yanjin, "Zhijie, I heard you say, last time you sang a song full of manhood during the banquet of the prince, this is also a good match, this is a perfect match with good wine."

Cheng Yanjin remembered that the heroic song called people to bring the drums, picked up the drumsticks and said: This song is called, men should be self-reliant, come to me to teach you to sing.

Pride in the face of ten thousand waves

The blood is like the red sun

Courage is like iron and bones are like steel

It is conceivable that everyone is drinking and singing at the same time, and the fun is inevitably another night of ghosts crying and wolf howling, so that others can't sleep.