When Yuan Mai returned to Hanoi, it was early October, and the weather was getting colder.

October in the north has entered the middle of winter, and the temperature is really different from 2,000 years later

After a cold air, the Yellow River was blocked by ice; The soldiers' hands were shrunk into their sleeves and could not be extended, and their armor was draped over their bodies, cold and piercing.

The weather was extremely cold, and the two armies of Yuan and Cao resisted each other for 80 miles near Guandu, temporarily stopping military activities, and the situation in Guandu entered a state of calm stalemate.

The sergeants are short of clothes and quilts, and the non-combat attrition is too great in this cold winter; After frostbitten injuries on the hands and feet of some soldiers, amputations often occur due to lack of timely medical treatment. Therefore, in this era, if you can avoid fighting in winter, try not to fight.

This situation made Yuan Mai breathe a sigh of relief, and finally did not delay the battle of Guandu because of the conquest of Montenegro; If that's the case, the gains outweigh the losses, the duel between Yuan Cao, the Yuan family can lose, but they must not lose as badly as in history!

A fire was lit in the room, and the newly mined coal was burning, and the whole room suddenly became springy.

"Huh...... It's still convenient to use coal for heating, and my contribution to this era is still very huge! ”

Yuan Mai carried a maza and sat around the fire with his women to keep warm.

Remembering that he had a flash of inspiration, which doubled the amount of coal mining in this era, and made ordinary people burn "black gold stones", the pride was overflowing.

Du Yueniang hugged Yuan Li, and Helan hugged Yuan Xun. Zhen Mi held the tea bowl, and the bored Feng Fangnu also came over to join in the fun; Each person had a maza, sat next to Yuan Mai around the stove, chattering non-stop, and the house was full of warblers and swallows, endlessly.

"Husband's words are not false at all......

After listening to Yuan Mai's words, Du Shi took over the conversation while feeding his son, "Fujun not only found the Wujin stone mine, but also mined a large amount of carbon. Make the winter warmer for the people; And also invented dumplings and buns. Feast our mouths. Now the maza has been made to make it easier for women to chat about their work...... This pile, piece by piece, is really amazing, our husband is simply a genius! ”

"Yes. yes. Our husband is a genius! Helan coaxed his son "Ah Ye". While echoing.

Zhen Mi picked up the teapot with a smile, filled the tea for the sisters one by one, and pursed her lips and smiled. also echoed and praised Yuan Mai a few words.

Feng Fangnu is an outsider, and it is not easy to join in the fun, but she just sits on the very edge, her body swaying slightly on the maza, experiencing the comfort and convenience brought by this novel furniture. The beautiful big eyes secretly glanced at Yuan Mai from time to time, and the admiration was overflowing.

These Mazha were brought back by Yuan Mai from Jinyang, and they were given to his women as a meeting gift all the way to the expedition, and they were full of praise for the happy eyebrows of these beauties.

It can be seen that coaxing a woman to be happy is not only done by relying on precious jewelry, but also to win the hearts of beauties by moving their hearts and minds.

"You can't talk nonsense, this dumpling was invented by Doctor Zhang, we can't be as shameless as a stick!" After listening to Du Shi's words, Yuan Mai corrected this beautiful woman's mistake seriously.

"Sticks? What is a stick? Several women asked in surprise.

Yuan Mai realized that he was speechless, but it didn't matter, corn was only introduced to China in the 16th century, and even if these women in front of them racked their brains, they would not have guessed that the "cob" was a crop, let alone that it had later evolved into an "honorific title" for a country.

"Hmm...... This title is very representative of the character of this country, isn't it enough to respect them? Yuan Mai muttered to himself in his heart.

Turning his head to see that a few women were still waiting for his answer, Yuan Mai had to casually perfunctory: "Stick is the name of a country, in the east of Liaodong, when I pacify the Central Plains, sooner or later I will lead the army to conquer and divide the stick country into the territory of China!" ”

Although these words came out of his mouth, Yuan Mai was moved after he finished speaking, looked at the raging charcoal fire in the stove, and said to himself in his heart: "Well, since I think of this, then I will set a long-term goal." If one day, I can really pacify the Central Plains, I must point to Goguryeo and cross the sea to pacify Fusang, so that I will not cross in vain! ”

Other traversers have all fought in Europe, and even more so have unified the earth, and we can't compare with such war maniacs, just occupy the territory of devils and sticks, and let them go down for 1,800 or 900 years and not bully my children and grandchildren!

Goguryeo borders on the territory of the Han Dynasty, and it is not difficult to conquer the Liaodong Peninsula. Dongdu Fuso is only a few thousand nautical miles, and it is estimated that you can reach it after drifting on the water for a month, but I don't know what the current military and economic strength of the island country is? Will my Tiger Generals be able to beat these Dongying people?

Of course, this thing is easy to think about, and if you really want to do it, it is still very far away from buying it far away.

The land of the Central Plains, it is still the era of the division of the heroes, the great powers are strife, the situation is unclear, who will kill the deer, especially it is known that Yuan Mai's grand goal can only be temporarily hidden in the bottom of his heart!

"Uh...... If China can't be reunified, even if I don't say it! Ha ha...... To be a man, you should have a dream, no matter whether you succeed or not, at least you have to be ambitious! ”

Yuan Mai muttered in his heart, picked up a few pieces of coal with an iron fork, and filled it into the furnace to make the furnace burn more vigorously.

Seeing that Yuan Mai was silent, Du Shi was very interested, and chased after his man to get to the bottom of the matter: "Husband, the name of this country is so strange, why is it called a stick?" So ugly! ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but hide his face and smile: "The stick is a stick, it's easy to think of a man's thing!" ”

Listening to Du's words, Helan and Feng Fangnu covered their mouths and laughed, and said one after another, "Sister Du is not ashamed", Zhen Mi has not done anything with men and women, she is so ashamed that her face is red, and she got up in a panic and pretended to look for tea leaves, adding some young leaves to the teapot.

"You, you, it seems that your husband is lonely when he is not at home, and he will not spare you tonight!" Yuan Mai was also amused by Du's coquettishness, reached out and poked the bridge of her nose, and gave a challenge.

Du Shi smiled charmingly, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the concubine will wait for her husband!" ”

When Du Yueniang fed the child, she chatted very closely, and the crisp breasts of the white flowers were all in the eye of Yuan Mai, looking at the plump and fair-skinned Xiufeng, her heart was itchy, if it weren't for the presence of Feng Fangnu and Zhen Mi, it was indispensable to make a little tinkering, so I could only endure it at the moment, and then show my majesty at night!

"Ahem......"

Helan next to him coughed, reminding these two people not to flirt in front of everyone, but there are outsiders next to them, "Talking and talking, why did you get involved in this matter again?" I'm still waiting for the origin of the stick country! ”

Yuan Mai pursed his lips and smiled, knowing that this was Helan's jealousy. Although she is not as coquettish as Du Shi, she is not far behind in the needs of bed. As a Xiongnu woman, Helan Zhi gave full play to the ruggedness and arrogance of the women of the Western Regions in bed, and every time she was hearty and full of energy!

"Alas...... Looks like we're going to get tired again tonight! Yuan Mai took the teacup handed by Zhen Mi, took a sip, and sighed secretly in his heart.

Putting down the teacup, Zhengse said: "Okay, since you beauties want to listen to the story of the stick country, I will tell you about it......"

"Husband, speak quickly!"

Helan couldn't wait to urge, and several other beauties also listened attentively, waiting for Yuan Gongzi's story.

It is said that Yuan Gongzi's ability to pick up girls is first-class, and he talked eloquently at the moment: "A long, long time ago, there was a country in the Central Plains called China. There is a crop called corn in China, which can be used as food, sweet and sour; Because of his silly appearance, he was called 'mallet' or 'stick' by the people......

One year, the king of Korea came to China to meet the emperor, and the emperor was very happy and held a banquet in the palace to entertain the king of Korea. When she was ready to take the seat, the maid brought a basin of water, and in order to remove the dirt on her palms, she added salt and rose petals to the basin.

The king of Joseon thought it was soup, took several sips of it, and then praised it loudly. The emperor also laughed heartily, pointed to the king of Korea and said, 'You, what a mallet', the king of Joseon didn't know, he thought the mallet was a big official, so he quickly thanked him. Since then, this country has been called 'Stick' by us! ”

"Haha...... It's funny, this king is such a good mallet, the concubine is about to burst her belly with laughter! ”

As soon as Yuan Mai's story was finished, several beauties laughed heartily, and the flowers and branches of laughter were beautiful.

Zhen Mi smiled: "I questioned, where did I hear this story from my husband, why haven't I heard it?" ”

"This is what I heard from the people in the palace, and the ordinary people don't know!" Yuan Mai pretended to be mysterious and said. The heart said, "Shall I tell you that this is the story of two thousand years from now?"

After Yuan Mai's story was told, the room was full of laughter.

After a few women frolicked for a while, Zhen Mi proposed: "This maza invented by Gongzi is really exquisite, why don't you take it outside and sell it?" ”

"I'm dizzy, dignified Lord Thorn, you asked me to sell Maza? What international ...... to open Are you kidding? ”

Yuan Mai couldn't cry or laugh, Goddess Zhen, your thinking is too wild, Yuan is willing to bow down, "Besides, this thing is very simple, the carpenter outside only needs to look at it, and he can do it, and he can't make a lot of money!" ”

Zhen Mi looked serious: "It's okay, even if they want to do it, it will take a few days, right?" We can first ask the carpenter to make a large batch, and then take it to the market to sell it at once, and when we make money first, we will naturally not be afraid of others learning! Childe, you are Lord Thorn Shi, so it is naturally inconvenient for you to come forward, but I can use it with a few sisters to make some fat powder money, so that it can also reduce the burden on you, Childe! What does Childe think? (To be continued......)