"Bai Zhuangshi, are you willing to work under this official?"

When Bai Wang heard this, he had already been a little prepared, and hurriedly responded: "Thank you for the adult's lift, the villain must do his best to serve the adult!" ”

"Okay, I'll give you three days to arrange the affairs of your subordinates and report to the army, especially the craftsman who injured his leg, do you know?"

"Yes, sir!"

After sending Bai Wang and his party away, Liu Chenggang ordered his subordinates to bring Li Zicheng up, and then heard a burst of voices from outside, and then saw Min Min walking in from the outside, followed by four or five male and female slaves, holding charcoal stoves, iron sticks, wine pots and other miscellaneous items, and the last person held half of the deer breast and entered the courtyard, and the slaves spread out carpets on the ground and laid them out.

"Minmin, what are you doing here?" Liu Cheng asked with some surprise.

"With such a good venison, it is natural to lose the tongue and basil to be combined!" Min Min smiled, seeing Liu Cheng's puzzled eyes, she explained with a smile that the ancestor of the Golden Family, Duo Ben Mi'er, was hunting in the mountains once, but found nothing, and happened to meet a hunter from another tribe who hit a three-year-old stag and was cutting it open and cleaning it next to the water. Duo Ben Mi'er stepped forward and said, "Friend, give me a piece of meat." The hunter immediately complied with the request of Doben Delgan, and gave the rest of the venison except the skin and the rib part of the breast. Originally, according to the customs of the grassland at that time, the person who caught the prey was obliged to accept the request to share the prey, and "lost tongue basil Zhonghe" means to share the prey.

As he spoke, the servants had already set up the iron frame for the barbecue and lit the charcoal stove, Min Min pulled Liu Cheng to sit down on the carpet, pulled out his short knife and cut the venison into thin slices about two or three inches wide, marinated it slightly with peppercorns, salt, and several spices, and then pierced it with an iron skewer and roasted it on the fire. The venison is already tender, and after a short time under the charcoal grilling, it will give off a charming aroma. Liu Cheng smelled the fragrance. Only then did he feel that his stomach was already rumbling, and it turned out that he was only concerned about asking Bai Wang about things, and he forgot that it was past the time to eat, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Thank you Min Min Beiji for your care." "I reached out and grabbed the iron stick. Min Min's eyes were quick, and he knocked on Liu Cheng's hand with the back of the knife with his backhand, and said with a smile: "What's the hurry, the meat hasn't been roasted yet!" ”

"Hehe, I'm a little hungry!" Liu Cheng took his hand back and said with a smile: "I see that this venison is oily, it should be cooked, right?" ”

"Phew!" Min Min took a sip: "Although this venison is delicious. But after all, it's not a deer after autumn, it's still a little short, I'm afraid it's not delicious, and I have coated a little ghee before roasting, which naturally looks oily. If you're hungry and have some snacks here, eat some mats first! ”

The two slave girls next to him brought a few silver plates, and Liu Cheng tasted two things, one was a puff pastry cream pastry, and the other was a small rice topped with venison sauce. All of them are very delicious, Liu Cheng couldn't help but praise: "I didn't expect you Mongolians to have such delicious things." “

"In the eyes of you Han people, we Mongolians are all barbarians who eat raw meat and wear sheepskins!" Min Min sneered: "Although my Dayuan has only lived in the Central Plains for a hundred years, you Han people have something." We Mongolians have also seen and tasted it! “

Liu Cheng saw that Min Min was annoyed, and hurriedly made compensation, but Min Min ignored it. Just looked at the venison on the charcoal fire, and after a while, she put a few slices of roasted venison on a plate, handed it over, and said, "Liu Cheng, how about you taste this venison first?" “

Liu Cheng took the venison. Make up your mind that no matter how well it's baked, praise it a lot. But I didn't expect that the venison was extremely tender, it melted in the mouth, and it was even more aftertaste after a little chewing, and it was a delicacy that I had only seen in my life, so I hurriedly praised: "It's delicious, it's delicious!" “

Min Min leaned his face a little closer and asked, "Is it really delicious?" “

"It's delicious!" Liu Cheng hurriedly nodded and said, "I have never eaten such a good venison." “

"Eat more if you like!" Min Min took a few more pieces of roasted meat and put them on Liu Cheng's plate, and Liu Cheng didn't know why the other party suddenly became so good at talking again, so he had to taste the venison with all his heart. And Min Min poured wine for Liu Cheng's barbecue on the side, as if she was a good wife and mother. When Liu Cheng was six or seven minutes full, Min Min suddenly asked, "Is this venison delicious?" “

"Delicious!" Liu Cheng suddenly asked this question again for some reason and put down his chopsticks.

"But such a delicious venison, my dignified Batur Khan's daughter, Beji of the Dzungar people, personally roasted the meat and wine for you, you can't eat it in vain, right?"

Hearing Min Min say this, Liu Cheng's heart chuckled, and the venison in his mouth became less delicious, and he smiled bitterly: "Naturally, you won't eat it in vain." ”

"That's good!" Min Min smiled and poured the wine in the cup for Liu Cheng: "According to the rules of our Mongolians, if you hit the prey, and others plead, you must not refuse." I just don't know what the rules of your Han people are? ”

"I also understand the truth of throwing it in papaya and repaying it with Qiong Yao!"

"That's good!" Min Min's expression suddenly became serious: "Liu Cheng, the thing I asked for is nothing else, can you sell some of the firearms that you defeated the thieves in the valley that day?" ”

"You mean the rockets?"

"Yes, those rockets." Min Min nodded: "My father Khan has long wanted to unify the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, if it is a field battle, whether it is those entanglements on the south road of the Tianshan Mountains, or those Tatars in the land of seven rivers, or even the Russians, they are not as good as my father Khan's iron horses, but the Russians and the entanglement are always hiding behind the city walls, if there are those rockets of yours, what kind of city cannot be defended!" At this, the girl's eyes sparkled like night stars.

"So you're asking for this!" Liu Cheng was playing haha, while looking for a reason to prevaricate in his abdomen, he deliberately asked Min Min to lead the cavalry of his headquarters to ambush the possible reinforcements of the old battalion of the peasant army that day in order to avoid letting the other party see his hole card, now it seems that this trick did not work, Min Min did not see the battle with his own eyes, but he still got a lot of important information from other people's mouths, and was keenly aware of the huge potential of this new weapon in the military. Moreover, the Mongolian girl instinctively foresaw the main use of this weapon - to burn the enemy's cities, ports and other densely populated and large fixed targets. It is true that the most important use of Congreve rockets in history is this, although it is not as accurate as the smoothbore gun, but whether it is the range, rate of fire or the requirements for the launch platform, it is much superior to the smoothbore gun. In the face of a strong fortress, the attacking side does not need to dig zigzag trenches through painstaking civil engineering work to close their siege guns, but can attack from outside the range of enemy batteries, although rockets cannot destroy the walls. It is also impossible to kill and injure protected and solid targets, but it is a weapon of mass destruction against civilian facilities and warehouses. During the Napoleonic Wars of 1806, the British Royal Navy fired more than 25,000 rockets at the Danish capital, and the entire city was set on fire and almost razed to the ground.

"Can't you?" With a woman's instinct, Min Min saw through Liu Cheng's mind and asked, "Are you afraid that my father Khan will turn to the Central Plains after conquering the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains?" You can ask my father Khan for a dowry, and use this as a dowry, so you don't have to worry! “

"I'm not worried about that!" Liu Cheng hurriedly changed the topic. He clapped his palms and ordered his soldiers to take a rocket and put it in front of Min Min: "It's not that I don't want to give this weapon to your father Khan, it's just that this weapon is actually not difficult to make, if I give it to your father Khan, those entanglements will be enough, those Russians will soon learn to go, their factories are far more and bigger than your father Khan, and when the time comes, I'm afraid that I will take it and beat your father Khan." Isn't it shooting yourself in the foot? ”

Min Min was stunned for a moment when she heard this, how smart she was, and she immediately understood that this was just Liu Cheng's prevarication, but she couldn't refute it. As Liu Cheng said, this rocket only needs to be used. The Russians only need to pick up a few dumb fires, and they can make them according to the gourd painting, while the handicraft ability and level of the Dzungar people are far lower than that of the Russians, if the Dzungars can make ten. I'm afraid that the Russians will be able to build a hundred, and in the end it will be the Dzungars who will suffer.

"Well, it's a long time coming. How many opportunities do I have to deal with your father Khan in the future? Liu Cheng saw that the girl's expression was sad, and his heart couldn't help but soften, so he comforted: "Besides, in fact, the things I asked you to learn are used to make these weapons, if you are interested, I will tell you about this rocket in two days!" “

"Really?"

"Nature is true!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "I didn't eat this venison for nothing today!" “

While the two were talking and laughing, the soldiers on duty outside came in to tell them that the leader of the thieves had been escorted outside the door. Liu Chengzheng hesitated whether to talk about it later, and Min Min on the side smiled: "Just bring it in, I also want to see what this thief leader looks like!" “

Liu Cheng saw that Min Min opened his mouth, so he had no choice but to smile and say, "It's okay, bring the thief head in!" “

Li Zicheng leaned against the locust tree, and the air was filled with the aroma of fat and protein being roasted. Hunger has sharpened his sense of smell, and he can even distinguish the scents of raw ginger, peppercorns, meat, and wine. These wonderful breaths stimulated Li Zicheng's stomach even more, making it twitch violently, as if there was an invisible hand, asking for food to be digested, but the last time he ate was four days ago - it was those few pieces of raw horse meat. Bai Wang would not be stupid enough to feed his prey so that the other party would have the strength to resist or escape. In order to resist the invasion of hunger, Li Zicheng had to deceive himself, constantly swallowing saliva, telling himself that he was enjoying a good meal, but the stomach bag quickly guessed through this simple deception and took revenge on his master with more violent convulsions and severe pain. To resist the pain, Li Zicheng had to curl up his torso, as if that would make his stomach smaller.

"Death row prisoner, get up quickly, the master wants to see you!" The scolding was followed by fists and kicks, Li Zicheng hugged the locust tree next to him, and finally stood up, and under the urging of his own soldiers, he climbed the steps with great difficulty and entered the door. Li Zicheng's eyes were immediately attracted, several thin pieces of venison on the iron frame in the courtyard were being grilled, the original bright red venison had turned into an attractive golden brown under the charcoal fire, and the oil droplets were falling from the edge of the meat drop by drop, making a squeaking sound, exuding a charming aroma. Under the temptation, the fragile thread of reason in Li Zicheng's mind suddenly broke.

"Roar!" Li Zicheng threw himself at the grill, and the soldiers on both sides hurriedly pounced on him and pressed him to the ground, but under the pressure of almost crazy appetite, Li Zicheng still climbed forward four or five steps before he fainted from exhaustion. The soldiers hurriedly knelt down to apologize, but Liu Cheng smiled: "That's it, looking at this guy, he must be hungry, he is also a character, the meat can't be eaten, so as not to spoil his stomach, pour him a bowl of chyme!" “

A bowl of chyme was down, and Li Zicheng woke up slowly, and he noticed that behind the grill where the venison was placed, there was a man with a blue hood and a folded horned head, the man looked to be twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a pale yellow face, a round face, a beard under his chin, sitting cross-legged on the ground, and he couldn't tell that he was tall or short; Next to this man sat a young girl, dressed in a hunting suit, with a purple gauze bun, delicate and incoherent. These two people looked intimate, and there were more than a dozen slaves and soldiers standing behind them, who were obviously the masters of this room. He grinned and asked, "Who are you?" Why eat with me? “

"Bold, don't kneel down when you see my lord!" The soldiers on the side hurriedly shouted, Liu Cheng made a gesture to stop his subordinates from scolding, and said with a smile: "The general is Liu Cheng, the general of the left battalion of Yansui Town, Li Zicheng, no, Huang Lai'er, we are also old acquaintances." “

"Old acquaintances?" Although his stomach was still twitching, the bowl of chyme he had just eaten had already played its due role, and Li Zicheng had completely gotten rid of the dizziness caused by hunger, and he began to look Liu Chenglai up and down with a calm gaze.

"You don't have to look at it, you and I haven't met before, but I've intervened in the matter of the two sides."

Li Zicheng's eyes flashed a cold light, but he quickly regained his composure, at this time there is no point in scolding, it will only provoke the other party to cut off his head, and only a living person can make a difference, he decided to hide his emotions as much as possible, at least until he figured out the true purpose of the other party.

"I see!" Li Zicheng's face was calm as usual: "That's all in the past." ”

"Yes, it's all in the past!" Liu Cheng laughed, he stretched out his right hand and picked up a piece of venison on the grill, and said in a slurred voice while stuffing it into his mouth: "But you are really powerful, not only survived that big defeat, but also ran to Xifandi, and when the storm rose again, you killed it again, and also took the city of Yanzhou." Tell me, what are you going to do without me stepping in? (To be continued.) )