After sending Hou Zhang to Liangzhou to take office, Zhang Yue waited for the will of the DPRK while training his troops. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info It is said that after Liu Chong of Hedong went south, Guo Rong would definitely order the Huizhou soldiers to fight, after all, he was originally a former division of the Forbidden Army Palace, and he could be regarded as a close minister.

Considering these, there was no news by the end of February, Zhang Yue couldn't wait any longer, convened the civil and military affairs of Huizhou, entrusted the affairs of the military state, and decided to take the 4,300 people from one to eight battalions to the Yatoukan military village on the edge of the water to wait, so that when the will is settled, the troops can be dispatched immediately, and they can go to the battlefield as early as possible to make preparations.

After going all the way north to Wulan, he met Shen Shihou who returned to Beijing after handing over the defense from Liangzhou, bringing 500 war horses and some local products, saying that he was returning to Beijing to pay tribute. It is estimated that Shen Shihou still wants to continue to go out of the town, Zhang Yue is noncommittal, and invites him to go with him, and after arriving at Yatoukan Military Village, he will send Shen Shihou across the river, and Zhang Yue will continue to wait for news.

This wait is more than half a month, and there is nothing to do every day except for military training, but fortunately they brought grain and grass, otherwise the supply of thousands of people is not a small amount.

On the afternoon of March 18, Shi Chenghong hurried from Huining to present an edict forwarded by Yuan Lu, the marshal of Changyi Festival in Shangjingzhou, and ordered Zhang Yue to immediately lead his troops to Jinzhou and wait for Yao Yuanfu, the marshal of Jianxiong.

Zhang Yue's heart was hot when he received the edict, and in the afternoon he crossed the blue water, marched thirty miles to camp near Anle County, and then continued to set off, passing through Ling, Yan'er Prefecture through Gyeongju Maidao River, to Yanzhou Jincheng It was already six days later in the evening, Zhang Yue planned to stop here for two days to see how his own industry was doing, Zhang and Liu.

However, this matter is not in a hurry, it is still a long way to go to the east of the river, and the local prefectures and counties must be notified in advance of the supply of grain and grass along the way, and it is necessary to cross the Yellow River, and it is a big trouble to have no boats.

That night, Zhang Yue convened the officers' staff to discuss, first let the soldiers take out the map of Guanzhong and Hedong, Zhang Yue pointed his finger from Yanzhou Jincheng and Danzhou Yichuan on the map, to Hancheng in Tongzhou to stop, and said with a little worry: "I remember that there is a Longmen ferry in the Hancheng area, and the specific location is not clear, and the Hancheng County Order must be notified to prepare the ferry." ”

"The Yellow River flows gently in Longmendu, but there is a mud and gravel sandbar in the middle of the river, and it is difficult to walk, so I have to cross the river twice. It is better to take the Yumen ferry, where the river is narrowed, but the mountains on both sides are a little high, but in the past it was Longmen County, Hezhong Prefecture, and it was Linfen in Jinzhou along the Fenshui River to the north. "Feng Qianhou has been to many places and knows more about the geography of this era.

"Excellent! Fulu in Dunzhou, Danzhou Prefecture, Hancheng in Tongzhou, three times on the road, Li Duoshou is familiar with local affairs, how about you make a trip? Zhang Yue's eyes swept among the officers on both sides, and finally looked back at Li Duoshou.

"Willing to serve!" Li Duoshou stood up very interestingly and bowed his hand.

"Okay! You'll set off early tomorrow morning with a hundred riders! Zhang Yue nodded with satisfaction, looked at Li Chuyun and said with a smile: "Brother Zhengyuan hasn't been home for a long time, come with me tomorrow afternoon." ”

"Good! That's what the end will mean. Li Chuyun was overjoyed, he was indeed a little homesick, but it was difficult to say.

When he moved to the town in the winter of last year, Suo Wanjin was not transferred, and he was still in office in Yanzhou, so Zhang Yue had to pay a visit, and by the way, he sent the letters and rewards to the state government for the recruits and officers in Yanzhou, and the officials issued them on his behalf. As for Li Chuyun, his family is still in the skin, and he happened to go home to visit relatives.

Early in the morning, Zhang Yue took Du Ximi and other hundreds of horsemen, and Suluoshui rode fast and arrived at the fork of the Caotai River. This is the confluence of the two tributaries of Luoshui, where the pasture was built, and now the horse farm has moved to Huizhou, where only four or five hundred cows and hundreds of sheep are raised, and the pasture on both sides of Luoshui is completely sufficient.

The steward is the local herdsman Li Lao Dad found by Liu Xiansheng, about 50 years old, very shrewd, with a dark face, but his back is a little burdened, but he speaks with a loud voice. Zhang Yue was led by him, and looked around the cowpen shack, which was very clean, but the smell of cow dung was too strong.

"Huh...... I see a calf, is it producing milk now? How did you deal with it? Zhang Yue saw a calf mooing in the cowshed, and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"The old man just breeds cattle and sheep, and the milk is squeezed out and packed in a skin barrel, and there is a newly built manor on the east side, and Steward Liu will come to collect it once in two or three days, and bring it back to make milk tea and milk wine, which is very fat, and the market is not good, and no one likes to drink it! You said that if good milk was given to the calves, it would grow so strong, alas, ......," said Father Li with pity.

"Isn't it embarrassing? How can it not taste good? Zhang Yue looked surprised, this must be less sugar, too expensive they can't bear it, fresh milk is very fat, and it is very fishy.

By the way, it is also necessary to sterilize...... But it can't destroy the lactoglobulin and most of the active enzymes contained in fresh milk, and the cooking temperature seems to be seventy or eighty degrees, otherwise people will get sick if they drink it, and it will be a big trouble.

"How did they get it? Take me to see ......" Zhang Yue suddenly realized, these details forgot to remind Zhang Quanxu and Liu Xiansheng before, now that Apple has not come out, it is just the first to develop and try milk tea, milk wine or something, and then it will be a source of money!

"Okay! It's better to close that manor, what a pity to waste the milk in vain! As soon as Daddy Li heard this, he was overjoyed, and immediately put down the work in his hand and led the way.

"It's not going to be wasted, it's just not done, you have to try more, you don't understand it!" Zhang Yue was in a good mood and explained to the old man.

When I arrived at the manor, there were more than 20 Zhuang Ding guards, and the housekeeper was Liu Xiansheng's housekeeper, who was about forty years old, and he also knew Zhang Yue, and after being notified by Zhuang Ding, Liu Steward hurriedly ran out to greet the ceremony.

"Steward Liu! Did you get fresh milk today? Zhang Yue asked straight to the point.

"I received it yesterday, but I don't have it now, I don't know ......if the proprietor is here," Steward Liu asked with some trepidation.

"I heard that milk tea and milk wine are not doing well, so let's take a look first." Zhang Yue waved his hand and went straight in.

Steward Liu hurriedly trotted a few steps forward to lead the way, and explained with a sad face: "The proprietor doesn't know, this fresh milk can't be removed, let alone the nobles, even the beggars refuse to drink, it's really infuriating!" The old servant thought that he might have to sell it to the grassland, or sell it to Hengshanqiang in the north of the state, otherwise it would really stink. ”

Zhang Yue heard the black lines on his head, snorted unhappily, and asked, "Has the fresh milk ever been boiled?" Is there less sugar? ”

"It's been cooked! We all know that tea and sugar are expensive, and if you put less of them, you will lose money......

Cooked? There was no thermometer in those years, and it was either boiling or not at temperature. All the way to the stove room, there was a guy cleaning up inside, and when he saw a group of soldiers breaking in, he was startled and stood there at a loss.

"Go to the ranch and fetch fresh milk! Is there any wine? I don't believe in this evil......" Zhang Yue was very unhappy with a straight face, rolled up his sleeves and decided to do it himself, and he must make tasteful milk tea and milk wine out today.

The materials were quickly ready, the fresh milk poured into the "Zhang's iron pot" produced in batches in Yanzhou, the man lit a fire behind the stove, Zhang Yue closed the lid of the pot, and waited for the temperature to rise. Steward Liu watched from the sidelines, looking humbly learning, but he didn't think so.

After a while, the gap between the lid of the pot was steaming, and Zhang Yue asked Steward Liu to call for clean water to clean his hands, and feel the temperature with his fingers.

"Almost! Go brew the tea out and cool it, how much tea and how much sugar is good, have you tried it? Zhang Yue asked.

"Tried! Five catties of fresh milk, with half a catty of red cane sugar, ten picks of strong tea is appropriate, more or less is not delicious. But usually we only have six taels of sugar......"

"Stop! This pound is sixteen taels! How about ten taels and one pounds? Never mind...... Add a little to the amount of sugar, are there any other ingredients? For example, green onion and ginger! Salt! That's right...... Is there honey? Zhang Yue was a little dumbfounded, he hadn't gotten used to the measurement conversion of this year, so he decided to work the accessories.

"Alas! None of these things are frighteningly expensive as the proprietor says! Will this work? Steward Liu was also dumbfounded, according to this view, eighty percent of the losses went to grandma's house. (To be continued.) )