Chapter Twenty-Six: Snow Sugar Rice
Lujiang County, belonging to Yangzhou, near the Yangtze River, under the jurisdiction of ten counties: Shu County, Anhui County, Juchao, Linhu, Liu Anqian County, etc., with Anhui County as the place of governance, built Anhui City. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Lujiang County before Shucheng as the governing place, after Sun Ce led the Yuan army to attack Lujiang, the former Taishou Lu Kang led the people to resist, the people helped, after Shucheng was broken, Yuan Shu took Liu Xun as the Taishou, the Yuan army and the people were not harmonious, Liu Xun moved to Anhui City.
Lujiang is adjacent to Jiujiang County, and Yuan Shu led the army to occupy Jiujiang County in the late Han Dynasty, renamed Huainan County, and led Yangzhou Mu. Li Dao, Guo Yan supported Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and named Yuan Shu as the general of the left, and made the clan relative Liu Miao succeed him as the assassin of Yangzhou (the warrior has no plan?). Or is it Jia Xu's strategy? Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce to capture Lujiang, but made Liu Xun, the old official of the Yuan family, the Taishou of Lujiang, Liu Xun jealous of Sun Ce's bravery, Sun Ce thought that Lujiang was originally in the bag but was annoyed by Liu Xun. Therefore, the two were not on good terms, and Sun Quan had never had a good excuse to go to Lujiang before.
He County is more than 300 miles away from the Lujiang River, and Sun Quan led Zhou Tai and Yuan Yao on horseback, followed by more than ten foot soldiers. After four or five days to Anhui City, Zhou Yu served as the head of the nest, considering that the purpose of this trip was not pure, and the concubine of the people, Sun Quan did not enter.
Er Qiao, that is, the big and small Qiao, the second daughter of the Qiao family in Anhui City, is beautiful and moving. Sun Ce was friends with Zhou Yu when he was a teenager, the two lived in Shucheng, for a time Junjie (Junzhu), the name was spread to the counties, and he also visited Qiao's family in Anhui County, and Qiao Lao had some friendship, until Sun Ce used Zhou Yu's strategy to attack Lujiang, and Qiao Lao was mourned, and the second Qiao was displaced, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu took the second Qiao as a concubine, and became a good name (?). )。 And Qiao's father is not Qiao Xuan, but a small family in Anhui County, this is also Sun Quan's repeated thoughts, willing to agree to marry the Yuan family, if it is the daughter of the big family Qiao Xuan, how can he be willing to be a concubine with others?
I was single in my last life, and I can be forgiven for marrying a few more in this life, Sun Quan, who was gradually degenerating, thought in his heart.
"Zhongmou, seeing that your eyebrows are happy, what are you thinking in your heart?" , Yuan Yao saw that Sun Quan had a happy face, and asked.
"Derailment", Sun Quan was distracted, thinking about the figure and appearance of Xiao Qiao in his heart, and replied casually.
"What is cheating?" , Yuan Yao turned the horse's head and came to Sun Quan's approach.
"......", Sun Quan was very embarrassed in front of his eldest brother, "The first emperor unified the six countries, unified the tracks, and built post roads. ”
Sun Quan, who finally forcibly changed the topic, breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"The transfer of grain and grass is naturally quite time-consuming, and it costs half of a stone of grain and grass to transport a hundred miles.
"Difficult", Sun Quan sighed, agriculture is not too much of a problem, with a lifetime of reclamation of Huguang can meet most of the grain, even if it is not enough, take Jiaozhou, the land of Nanyue can almost meet the food needs of the Han Dynasty, the difficulty is transportation, the land is slow and expensive, the waterway has not yet dug a canal, even if it is taken Jiaozhou Nanyue, what is the use of producing grain to the northern interior?
"I think Zhongmou always has a wonderful idea, I don't know how to come up with it? For example, this eight-bull crossbow"
"Creation is not utopian, I have seen the crossbow before, recently with the slave when I have asked for advice, so familiar with the crossbow machine, as for the eight-ox crossbow, but with three bows to charge the force, the specific can be successful, I don't know, but I am sure that it can be done, there is always a few good craftsmen to help", Sun Quan thought about it and said.
In fact, giant crossbows have long existed, and stone-throwing machines and giant crossbows were often used in combat in the pre-Qin strife era, but with the unification of the Qin and Han dynasties, the enemies of the Central Plains Dynasty became the northern Xiongnu, and the stone-throwing machines and giant crossbows gradually left the stage. Waiting until a few decades later, Zhuge attacked Wei, and Wei fought on several fronts, not only to deter the northern nomads, but also to resist the Eastern Wu in the south, in the face of the elite infantry and crossbow weapons of the Shu Han Dynasty, the Wei State had to take a defensive position, and the giant crossbow was active again on the stage.
"Look more, think more, summarize, set the methods of predecessors, and pioneer and innovate", Sun Quan thought about it and said.
Yuan Yao bowed his head thoughtfully.
Four or five days later, the sky was already twilight, everyone went to the city of Anhui City, there was a general in front of the door and led a few soldiers to see a group of people coming from afar, and quickly stepped forward, and the general led the bow to Yuan Yao.
"Li Jin, the captain of Wancheng, pays a visit to his son."
"Everyone, please get up, Zhong Mou and I have come to work hard, and it is also hard for Captain Li to lead everyone to wait here, so let's go to the city to rest", Yuan Yao helped Li Jin up and said with a smile.
"The prince and everyone will follow me into the city, and Liu Taishou has set up a banquet in the mansion to wait."
The city of Anhui is small, Liu Xun has been guarding Lujiang for more than two years, and has also expanded and built, but Anhui City is the link of the business road, and there are many fertile fields around, so Anhui County is quite rich, there are many shops in the city, and there are many farmers and workers who come and go, although it is not as good as Shouchun, but it is good to win a lot of Yang envy, and Sun Quan can't help but envy it.
Before coming to the Taishou Mansion, Li Jin had already sent a person in to report that at this moment Liu Xun had already led the Gong Cao, Changshi, and the Lord Bo to wait in front of the door.
Dressed in a pale blue official uniform, it was Liu Xun, tall, with round eyes and light eyes, and cheeks with horizontal flesh, not like Taishou, but like a military general, seeing Yuan Yao, leading the lord Bo and others, smiled and stepped forward to salute:
"Zimin hasn't seen you for a long time."
"Zitai has been leading the Taishou for two years, and I have never seen it in Shouchun."
"Zimin, please come to the mansion for a banquet", Liu Xun raised his hand and asked Yuan Yao, Sun Quan, and the subordinate officials.
Sun Quan called Song Zhenglai and whispered a few minutes, and Song Zheng quietly left the crowd. Sun Quan entered the mansion with everyone, and on the way, he carefully looked at several subordinate officials, and saw that most of them were in their thirties, which did not match Liu Ye's age, and it was estimated that Liu Ye did not appear.
Everyone sat down, the waiter divided the dishes, one by one on the platform, in addition to chicken, sheep, fruits and vegetables, but there was beef, after a while, two waiters brought a roast deer to come, but it seemed quite rich, each table on a bowl of corn, Liu Xun raised a glass and smiled and introduced: "Zimin is the son of General Zuo, now come to my Anhui City, I am very happy, please drink"
Everyone raised their glasses: "I've seen Childe."
Yuan Yao also raised his glass: "I have seen all the virtuous people, please drink."
After a drink, Yuan Yao introduced Sun Quan and Zhou Tai to Liu Xun and Lujiang's subordinate officials. Liu Xun smiled, looked at Sun Quan with both eyes, and said: "In the past, I was a general under the account of the rear general, and Bo Fu often boasted about his younger brothers.
"......", Sun Quan was inexplicable in his heart, Liu Xun and Sun Ce were not on good terms, as we all know, now the expression of the uncle next door is really confusing, but after all, here in Lujiang, he is too observant of the toast, Sun Quan did not dare to brush his face, so he had to respectfully raise his glass:
"Liu Junshou praises, please drink"
After the two of them drank, Liu Xun twisted his beard with his hands, his eyes were quite appreciative, Sun Quan somehow had to bow his head to eat the vegetables, and the waiter also cut off the roast venison one by one and sent it to each person's plate.
Sun Quan was quite interested in venison, but after eating it, it was tasteless, and now there are no condiments such as cumin, chili pepper, etc., and most of the meat in the Han Dynasty is supplemented with sauce, which is not to Sun Quan's taste. Seeing that there was still a bowl of corn rice on the table, Sun Quan took a bite and put it in his mouth.
Liu Xun saw Sun Quan eat a mouthful of corn rice, and couldn't help laughing: "What does Zhongmou think about this snow sugar rice?" ”
Sun Quan's face was distorted, he resisted the urge to squirt out, forcibly swallowed, and opened his mouth to ask:
"I wonder who made it?"
Liu Xun stroked his beard with his hand, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said with a thin mouth on the side:
"Snow sugar came from Jiangdong, and Lord Taishou was very happy to see it, and mixed it with rice, it was quite sweet, and it was called snow sugar rice."
Poof, Sun Quan finally couldn't help it, are all these big men sweet parties