"Speaking of which, you once told me that you were not optimistic about this battle, and that day Brother Wei thought it was just an excuse for you not to want to be a leader, but I didn't expect it to come true. Pen%Fun%Pavilion www.biquge.info" Qin Qiong shook her head regretfully.

"Oh?" Cheng Yanjin looked at Wang Mai fixedly.

"I'm just talking on paper, I haven't even seen the battlefield, it's just a momentary random speculation, and I can't take it seriously." Wang Mai waved his hand.

"Brother Wheat, don't be humble, when I saw you that day, Lao Cheng knew that you were a capable person, can the person that Uncle Bao fancy be wrong?" Cheng Biting Jin's words slapped the two of them on the back, and made Qin Qiong and Wang Mai laugh.

"Brother Wheat knows a lot, and when he was in the village, the people said that he was chattering and weird, like a fortune teller." Fugui got up and said as he poured wine for everyone.

"Are you praising me or scolding me?" Wang Mai couldn't cry or laugh, and he was also a fortune teller. At that time, when I first came to Xiaowangzhuang, I was indeed full of curiosity about everything in this ancient world, and I could look at everything for a long time.

"Hahahaha......" everyone laughed again.

"As the saying goes, in the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away. If you want to go into battle and charge, we soldiers naturally don't frown, but if it involves formulating strategies, it has to be you scholars. ”

"What strategy is not strategy, the final competition in war is hard power. As the saying goes, soldiers and horses go first before they move grain and grass. You may win one or two battles by strategy, but what really determines the outcome is the comparison of the strength of the two sides, and the fight is logistics supply. Wang Mai said. Logistics is the basis for determining the course of wars, both ancient and modern. In the Second World War, the United States launched a terrible war machine, increased its production capacity exponentially, and almost single-handedly supported the logistics supply of the Allied forces in the later period, and at the same time supported the three battlefields of Europe, Asia and the Pacific, directly dragging down the fascist alliance.

Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin both nodded in agreement.

Qin Qiong took a sip of wine: "If there is chaos today, I originally thought that Duke Wei was the destiny of heaven, but I didn't expect it to be ......", he shook his head and put down the wine bowl, "I heard that the Tang Dynasty has pacified Xue Ju's father and son, and Guanzhong has been run by the Li family. ”

Wang Mai's heart is here, the two of them are really in Cao Ying's heart and in Han, I am afraid that they are unhappy under Wang Shichong.

"But it's not," Cheng Yanjin lowered his voice, "I heard that Li Shimin, the second prince of the Tang Dynasty, has clear rewards and punishments, and he will win every battle, and he is a powerful character." In the future, there will be a battle between Luoyang and Chang'an, and I am afraid that we will have to meet him on the battlefield at that time. Looking at his achievements in the past two years, it is really terrifying, I am not afraid of things, I am afraid that we will not be able to bargain in his hands. ”

Everyone nodded. Li Shimin's participation in the battle of the Tang army into the Guanzhong laid the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, and the recent independent command of the battle of pacifying Xue Ju's father and son has attracted the attention of the world.

Wang Mai's heart moved: "Have you heard that Wang Taiwei is going to make a sealing ceremony?" "Wang Shichong is now in power, and some time ago he asked the emperor to seal him as one of the three princes of the post of Taiwei, and now there are no details in the court, all of them are from the Taiwei Mansion, and he is already the second Cao Cao.

"I heard that it is said that a lot of old men in their seventies and eighties who are caring for the elderly at home have moved out and engaged in a big battle." Cheng Yanjin held the porcelain bowl and asked Fugui to pour it for him.

"It's unpopular for Captain Wang to do this." Qin Qiong shook her head and sighed.

"Don't hide it from the two of you, I also have my share in this sealing ceremony," Wang Mai smiled bitterly, "I just wanted to go to Luoyang to find out your news, but I didn't expect to be stuck here." Wang Shichong's heart is well known to passers-by. Now this emperor, I'm afraid it will be sooner or later...... Alas......"

"Why should Wang Taiwei be in a hurry, this move is undoubtedly self-destruction of the Great Wall." Qin Qiong drank the wine in the bowl in one go, "The counties of the Central Plains nominally belong to him, all for the sake of Emperor Sui's face, if he really does that great rebellion, I am afraid that he will end up with Nayu Culture and the end of the rebellion." ”

"Wang Shichong is shallow and narrow-minded, but he likes to talk nonsense, like gambling and swearing, like an old witch, where is the monarch who sets things right! He treated us well in name, but in fact he was on guard everywhere against us, the subordinate troops and generals, and only gave people verbal promises, and never fulfilled them. We are nominally generals, but in fact we have no military power at all, which is really chilling! Cheng Yanjin sighed.

"Bite Jin Shenyan!" Qin Qiong said in a low voice.

"I think what Brother Cheng said is reasonable," Wang Mai said, "Both of them are fierce generals of the three armies, but Wang Shichong doesn't pay attention to you, and now the people in charge are all from his Wang family." I have heard that wise monarchs trust their subordinates and will not snub their courtiers because of their intimacy. As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to perch on, and a good minister chooses a master. Your current official positions are all rewarded by Emperor Sui, and it has nothing to do with him Wang Shichong, if one day he lets you participate in the killing of the king, what will you do? Will following him end up with an eternal repute? This person is so suspicious, it is better for the two of them to plan early. "Qin Qiong is still relatively disciplined, and if you want to persuade him to change his mind, you must stand on the moral high ground.

"It's just that we're all trapped in a cage now, and it's not easy to leave." Cheng Yanjin saw that Qin Qiong was a little moved, and directly began to plan to escape.

"Wang Shichong's original team has no good generals, he will use yours sooner or later, and when you lead the troops to fight, the sky will be high and the sea will be wide, and the fish will enter the sea." Wang Mai said.

"That's it!" Cheng Yanjin turned his head to look at Qin Qiong, "Uncle Bao, what are you still hesitating about, isn't the current situation obvious?" When the time comes, let's join Tang together, with your reputation in the army, this Li Shimin will definitely be reused. It's better than suffocating to death in this small Luoyang city. ”

"Good!" Qin Qiong raised the wine bowl in his hand and drank it all.

"What about you, Brother Wheat?" Fugui asked on the side.

"I have no intention of pursuing a career, my grandfather and grandmother at home are old, and I want to resign and return to Licheng to take care of the second elder when I have the opportunity."

"Brother Wheat, you are a well-read and smart person, why don't you join Tang with the two of us and mix ...... background"

"Brother Cheng, thank you for your kindness. I am not a smart person," Wang Mai said self-deprecatingly, "I can't do literature, I can't do martial arts, and I don't know the sinister nature of my career, unlike you who rely on military merit." It is estimated that being an official is like Wei Xuancheng, who is called and drunk all day long, and he feels uncomfortable, so it is better not to do it. ”

The two sighed when they heard this, and gave up.

"I'm in my hometown, and when you return to Licheng in the future, you can still have a place to stay. It's settled, it's not too early, I'll go back first. Wang Mai stood up and patted Fugui's shoulder, "Don't play some strong kung fu here with Brother Cheng, recognize more words, learn some art of war from Brother Cheng, don't just be a big soldier for the rest of your life." ”

"I made a note of it, don't worry, Brother Wheat."

Song Laosan helped him buy a small courtyard in Daohuafang in Nanshi City before Wang Mai lifted the ban, and he was going to help him buy a few slaves, but Wang Mai refused. He was alone now, and he could take care of himself. If it weren't for the fact that Wang Shichong would be finished sooner or later, maybe it would be good to take over the old man and the old lady from his hometown now, and I don't know what happened to the second old man in Licheng. This cheap grandson of his own, he left home for half a year as soon as he recognized his relatives, which is very unfilial.

The first Spring Festival that Wang Wheat crossed over came like this, early in the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, the continuous sound of firecrackers outside the window made him noisy, not that the sound of firecrackers was too loud, a piece of bamboo bursting was far worse than the open sky thunder of later generations, but because the sound insulation effect of the window was too poor, and I really missed the double-layer vacuum soundproof glass of later generations. Lying on the bed in a daze for ten minutes, he reluctantly crawled out of the warm bed. When I lifted the kettle on the coal stove, I found that the furnace mouth was sealed too hard yesterday, and the briquettes inside had been extinguished, so it was no wonder that it was cold at night. Wang Mai really thought of a lot of ways to survive this unheated winter, the thick sheepskin mattress was spread in two layers, and the quilt was specially bought the thickest, but in addition to the heavy one that can crush people, the warmth and the quilt of later generations are simply incomparable. Cotton seems to have been introduced from the Western Regions, and when the time comes, ask Hu Shang to get some seeds, and you have to get yourself a quilt cover, otherwise it will be too torturous in winter.

Fortunately, the water in the pot was still warm, poured into the basin to wash his hands and face, Wang Mai looked at the reflection in his water, except for the extra bun on his head, there was basically no change from when he first came. I dipped my fingers in some green salt and cleaned my mouth, and the salty taste in my mouth finally cleared my mind. Salt making seems to be a must-have for traversers, but unfortunately there is no place for salt in the Central Plains, so this skill cannot be used. Without official permission, the consequences of smuggling in this era are the same as those of drug trafficking in later generations. Although he has a good relationship with Wang Renze, it is estimated that he has not been able to get such a big face for such a red-headed document.

I rinsed my mouth several times before the salty taste in my mouth was gone. Let's put the stove on first, it's too cold in the house. In this era, it was also very troublesome to make fire, a bent iron plate, called a fire sickle, a flint, and the sparks that collided ignited flammable fires. It took a long time to raise the stove, and at this time there was a choking white smoke floating in the air above the house, which was the smoke from the firewood that had entered to ignite the coal, and he quickly opened the door and window to ventilate. It took a long time for the white smoke to clear, but the room was still filled with the smell of burning. After cooking a pot of millet porridge and drinking it, Wang Mai lay on the bed again and began to be in a daze.

After lying down for a while, Song Laosan's voice came from outside the courtyard. Wrapped in the quilt, he rushed to the door and opened the door, and returned to the bed at lightning speed, the sheepskin mattress was still warm, not bad.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, but you're a lot more agile, ready to put pen to paper?" Song Laosan sat on the edge of the bed as soon as his buttocks were up.

"It's hard to go back to vacation for the New Year, and I'm not at home with my wife and children, what are you going to run here?" Wang Mai wrapped himself tightly.

"Your sister-in-law knows that you are celebrating the New Year alone, so she asked me to call you over." Song Laosan lifted Wang Mai's impregnable fortress, "Hurry up, the soup cakes have been cooked at home." ”

"It's not very good, Chinese New Year's Eve your family reunite with me as an outsider...... Oops...... I just made this dress, you throw it slowly. "The winter coat was a sheepskin jacket with a layer of blue satin sewn on the outside.

Under Song Laosan's repeated urging, Wang Mai finally got dressed and walked out of the house in a huff.