Xue Lang, who was in a trance, suddenly heard someone call his name, and when Ling'er came back to his senses, he hurriedly responded: "My subordinates are here!" ”

Princess Pingyang's deep eyes swept over him, although there was nothing special to say, but Xue Lang always felt that she had seen through his distraction-

Will wandering in such a solemn ceremony be punished by Her Royal Highness the Princess?

Xue Lang was inexplicably a little weak-hearted. Princess Pingyang nodded left and right, and immediately a herald took out a handwritten letter and read it out loud: "Lord Bo Xue Lang, who is also the commander of the army, is conscientious and conscientious, and has done his best to calm the difficulties of training the troops and relieve the general's worries." Xue Lang was promoted to the counselor of the princess's mansion and participated in the military, called for left and right, consulted in the affairs of the general affairs, and served as the lord of Bo. ”

"Your Highness Xie, Xue Lang will do his best to continue to assist His Highness, in order to thank His Highness for his kindness."

Xue Lang's words of thanks are very simple, but his tone and expression are extremely sincere, it's not that he can't speak well, but he just thinks that words from his heart are more reliable than saying some flowery words against his heart. I think Her Royal Highness will understand! Xue Lang has this self-confidence.

Her Royal Highness the princess glanced at him and said, "Counselor Xue is invited, and I will ask Counselor Xue a lot in the future." ”

Xue Lang said sincerely: "Your Highness, wherever it is useful to get Xue Lang, Xue Lang will do his best!" ”

Her Royal Highness loves your satisfied chin, and the herald then announces the reward. Those involved in military training were rewarded according to their merits, regardless of their official positions. Only Xue Lang was promoted, and most of the others were material rewards.

After the flag is awarded, the ceremony is not over, and there is still a military exercise to be carried out. In ancient times, the so-called military exercises were modern military parades. Duke Binh Duong mainly inspected her troops.

The army all entered the field in a queue, regardless of whether it was the government soldiers or the border army, their spirits were good. For a time, the flags fluttered in the field, and these flags, different phalanxes, different generals, the height of the flagpole, the length, pattern, and color of the flag were all different.

In ancient times, when there was no radio communication equipment, the system for transmitting orders was the integration of several things, such as the golden drum, the flag, and the herald.

Xue Lang's eyes widened as he looked at the field, watching the soldiers silently under the command of the banner, arraying, scattering, advancing, and retreating-

At this time, the quality of the soldier is revealed!

Elite Barracks...... Now it is called Xiong Zhenjun, under the command of the banner, the response to orders is very rapid, the gathering and dispersion are quiet, clean and neat, the advance and retreat are uniform, and at a glance it is well-trained.

The border army has a little voice, but it can also do the order and prohibition. The worst is the government soldiers, who can't help but be a little noisy, and even their steps are disordered, but they can also follow orders.

Xue Lang only saw the difference between the three, but Xiong Lang on the side saw it more, and whispered: "Xue consulted your method of training soldiers, but it has a miraculous effect, and the soldiers are much better than in the past." ”

Yi Senjun, who was on the side, agreed: "That's true, in the past, the soldiers of the government were rotated, and they had a headache once they changed." Since there is a method of queue training, it only takes three days for the government soldiers to make a correct response to the military order, and then slightly repeat the flag training order, not to mention the time spent less than in the past, and the effect is much better. ”

Xue Lang looked at it for a while and saw some doorways, and said: "My method is not perfect, they all use passwords, I think it is very good to change it now, and the combination of drum beats and flag orders is more suitable." ”

Command the march and formation with the flag, and direct the pace with the beat of the drum, which perfectly solves the shortcomings of no radio communication. Yi joined the army and said: "This is the general's idea. After Xue Counselor's method of training troops was proposed, the general summoned the generals to study it many times, and the password could be used in training, but it could not be used in wartime. ”

Xue Lang nodded and said, "I have heard a saying before, which says that sweat more in peacetime and shed less blood in wartime. Training should proceed from actual combat, and this is the purpose of military training. All training that is not aimed at actual combat is nothing but a waste of effort. ”

"This is insight!"

It turned out that Her Royal Highness the princess turned around and praised Xue Lang, and said: "In the future, training in our army should be subject to actual combat!" ”

Since then, the training in the army of Weize Pass, whether it is the border army, the government soldiers, or the Xiong Zhen army, when training, the golden drums and flags are complete, everything is trained according to the requirements of wartime, and the quality of the whole army has a sense of rapid improvement.

In other words, this flag-awarding ceremony lasted for nearly two hours, and it was perfect to miss the meal. After the ceremony, it was a big banquet held by Princess Binh Duong.

Xue Lang sat down in his seat, not knowing what dishes Her Royal Highness would cook for Her Royal Highness the Princess's feast. Speaking of which, after a period of time in the Tang Dynasty, Xue Lang also roughly knew the eating habits of the Tang people.

All pasta is called bread. The steamed ones are called steamed cakes, and the boiled ones are called soup cakes. Steamed cakes are mostly filled with fillings, but the fillings are not necessarily, and the chef plays with them. Xue Lang has eaten bean paste filling and all kinds of meat filling so far.

Vegetables are often eaten now, such as eggplant, celery, okra, radish, scallion, leek, etc., and there are no potatoes and green peppers that modern people are accustomed to. These dishes, okra and scallion, are eaten more often in the modern south. In many places, scallion likes to be eaten after pickling, and after pickling, it has a bit of garlic flavor and a crisp texture.

Such a feast, because in the army, is not a celebration, there will be no wine, but a few sheep roasted on the fire, as well as steamed steamed buns, fish soup boiled in a large pot, and some raw vegetables. The Tang people eat vegetables and like to eat them raw.

Wait for the food to come up——

Fresh okra, finely chopped, mixed with soy milk and drum sauce; a bowl of tofu and fish soup, this is still a recipe contributed by Xue Lang; roasted mutton, Xue Lang may be the object of care, and directly served him a roast leg of lamb; There is also a bowl of raw mutton, chopped into pieces, mixed with seasonings, green onions, ginger and garlic, and served like this.

Xue Lang's face was green, he personally didn't like to eat raw food, not for anything else, but for fear of parasitic diseases. There are no anthelmintic drugs here, so I don't want to get parasitic diseases, so I can only eat cooked food as much as possible.

Everyone was waiting for Pingyang Gong to take the initiative to take the first chopsticks, and Xue Lang waited patiently even if his hungry stomach sounded like thunder. While he was waiting, he suddenly saw someone peel off a roast sheep and take out a goose from it—

The goose is placed on a plate and brought directly to the Sheranger table.

Xue Lang was stunned for a moment, not knowing why. Princess Pingyang, who sat on the top, said: "Youyang has returned from a foreign country, I have eaten a lot of your delicacies in the past, but you have never eaten the food of my Tang Dynasty. ”

This is a great honor and reward.

This dish seems to be to kill the goose well, put it in the belly of the sheep, the sheep is roasted, the goose is raw and boring, both the fragrance of mutton, and the fragrance of the goose, think it should be extremely delicious. It is also a very luxurious dish.

Throughout the whole feast, the muddy sheep died and only did this one, and the goose inside was also given to Xue Lang, looking at the envy on the faces of other people, Xue Lang understood the preciousness in seconds.

Hurriedly stood up and thanked: "Xue Lang thanks His Royal Highness for the reward." ”