A grill was set up in front of Zhang Hongfan's big tent, and on top of it was a roasted whole sheep. Yesterday, a supply team from the north arrived in Huaxian County with a large number of cattle and sheep, and the cattle that had been grazing and raising near Huaxian County were also distributed to the generals. Zhang Hongfan killed a sheep and fought tooth sacrifices with the generals.

The Mongolian roasting whole sheep method is not complicated, the sheep is skewered on an iron shelf, and the charcoal is used. Once the surface of the whole lamb is cooked, the roasted lamb is cut with a knife and the whole lamb is rotated frequently to allow it to be heated in different positions. Therefore, the mutton not only has no smell, but also is very tender.

When the roast lamb is eaten, everyone eats happily, and there are praises all around. When the stomach was a little full, the people began to talk about something else. Wanhu Liu Yu said with some hesitation: "Marshal, do you say that it will be a bad change of the era name?" ”

These words are very in line with the cultural level of this era, and all the generals who have some concept of the era name are bright-eyed, and some people even begin to can't help but show an expression of 'I see'.

Historically, Kublai Khan used the name of the year of the Yuan Dynasty in 1264, and changed the name of Mongolia to the Great Yuan. Because of the appearance of Zhao Jiaren, Kublai Khan was not in such a hurry to quickly sinicize the Mongolia under his command. It was not until 1275 that Kublai Khan announced that the name of Mongolia would be changed to Dayuan, and that the Yuan would be changed to the first year of Zhiyuan.

In the 21st century, it is very common to get angry and climb around. In 1276, there were even more of them. For example, when the Jin State destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, some Song people said that Yan Aguda was the reincarnation of Zhao Kuangyin, and took revenge on his younger brother Zhao Guangyi for taking away the throne. As soon as such a rumor came out, a large number of Song people actually believed it. This is still the case, and it is normal to blame the recent bad luck on the 'change of era name'.

And the Great Yuan was indeed very unsmooth in the first year of the Yuan Dynasty. After the war with the Song army, he first lost Bianliang, and then Marshal Ashu died, and tens of thousands of troops were lost. Messengers sent from Jinan, Qingzhou and other places informed the Song army that the siege had begun. In terms of time, it was after the Song army first conquered Jinan, and then waved the army east to attack Qingzhou. Now that the Yellow River has returned north, the Mongol army is no longer able to aid the areas south of the Yellow River. Bianliang fell in two days, and no one in the upper echelons of Mongolia had illusions about Jinan and Qingzhou. Wherever the Song army went, only Han Chinese remained, and Dayuan could only watch as the foundation of his rule in Shandong was uprooted.

Zhang Hongfan participated in the siege of Li Pu in Qingzhou back then, and his feelings about this were even more profound. And Liu Gao's identity is more sensitive, he is the son of Liu Wanhu. After the Liu family defected to Mongolia, they were valued by Kublai Khan, Liu Quan himself was ten thousand households, and among his four sons, Liu Yuan, Liu Yin, and Liu Yu were all ten thousand households. Liu Junnai was a civil official, who was ordered to envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, and was also an official who was deeply respected by Kublai Khan's Great Khan.

Such a prominent Liu family suffered heavy losses when Zhao Jiaren's army was engaged, Liu Quan was killed as a traitor of the Song Dynasty after being defeated and captured, and Liu Yin was also killed when Bianliang fell. Liu Yuan was in Dadu and had no chance to engage the Song army yet. Now Liu Yuan Wanhu is serving in front of the Great Khan's army, hostile to the Song army. Now the situation of the Mongolian army is very unfavorable, and it is no wonder that Liu Yuan Wanhu raised such a question.

Zhang Hongfan didn't want to say something that was easy to be jealous, he didn't respond to the matter, but just raised the wine glass and let everyone drink. The liquor was not an ordinary liquor made in the north, but a strong liquor transported from the Song Kingdom. In the past, Mongolia could basically make its own goods in the Song Dynasty, and the price was not necessarily more expensive than the Song Dynasty's domestic goods. What was shipped from the Song Kingdom to Mongolia were a few expensive goods that ordinary people could not afford. On the whole, Mongol merchants were able to make a lot of money from the Song State every year.

The situation has changed dramatically over the years. The liquor exported by the Song Kingdom to Mongolia alone was two kinds: burnt knife and sugar cane wine (rum). Rum has a sweet and refreshing taste and fragrant smell, which is the best wine in the northern Han region, and it is also greatly inferior to it. The price is five times that of ordinary northern wine, and it is still sold as much as you want. The elders of the rich and noble families must drink this wine at the birthday feast.

The burning knife is extremely strong, and the entrance is like fire. If you swallow quickly, it will feel like a knife in your stomach. Hence the name. In addition to the entrance like a burn, in Dadu, in order to prove that their sake is genuine, the restaurant dipped the wine in the steel knife produced in the south and burned it with fire. If it ignites when it comes to fire, it is genuine.

Men who are good drinkers also like rum, but they usually drink yakiniku knives, which cost three times as much as ordinary sake. Now the Mongolian generals are drinking this kind of burning knife, and after a few cups, everyone's mouth will begin to stop the door.

"Then Zhao Jiaren probably knows how to use demon methods. Otherwise, how could they fight so well, and how could they block the Yellow River. The river is a few miles wide, and if it is said to be blocked, it will be blocked. My family went out when Lord Guo Shoujing was repairing the Huihe River, and hundreds of thousands of people in the entire capital had to work hard to repair the ......."

"That's right, there are only a few people in Henan, and there are only a few people in Bianliang who have been arrested. I asked the soldiers who had been released to guard Bianliang. They said that the southern barbarians did not use the people, but only forced them to dig ditches with strong bodies......"

"Why are the muskets of those Southern Barbarians so powerful, I have used our imitation muskets, which are slower than bows and arrows. The southern barbarians put their guns and their guns are almost the same as our archery......"

The generals talked while eating and drinking, talking about topics that they didn't dare to talk about on weekdays, and each of them was a matter of Mongolia's inferiority to the Song army. They tried to explain the strength of the Song army, and in the end they always came to the conclusion that the Song army had a secret method of witchcraft. In a sense, they can't be said to be wrong, because knowledge and technology always seemed mysterious before the general public was forced to receive a scientific education.

What started out as curiosity turned into a kind of cowardice. Many people suggested whether to change the era name next year, or do a big thing. Some people even think that it is not the souls of the Song people who were slaughtered by the Mongols to bless the Song army, so it is best to go into battle with several religions at the same time to do a water and land dojo.

Zhang Hongfan finally couldn't listen to it anymore, he shouted: "Everyone has drunk too much, don't talk nonsense." ”

"I didn't drink much." Liu Yu Wanhu said with the kind of toughness that is unique to drunkards and dragged a long voice. At this time, his face was flushed, and he looked very bluffing. "I said, 'You're better than me.' Wherever the Song army went, the Han people still did not kill. But Song traitors like me, they will never let go, and they will be beheaded all over the house. If you lose the battle, you will all be alive and ...... alive if you flee home. I can only fight to the death. Ha ha. ”

Zhang Hongfan was annoyed in his heart, and he now deeply realized how important the ban on drinking alcohol in the ancient army was. As soon as people drink too much, they will be nonsense, and if it is a Han wine, these few glasses will make the atmosphere lively at most. The price of wine in the Great Song Dynasty is three times more expensive than that of Han wine, and the intensity is more than five or six times more expensive than that of Han wine.

Drinking...... Trouble!

In the end, Zhang Hongfan could only use his own soldiers to escort these drunk guys back to his residence, and he helplessly looked at the roasted whole sheep with only some skeletons left under the residual sun. Thinking back to the frustrating words of those people, I was also quite helpless in my heart.

Guo Shoujing, who was well versed in water conservancy, told Kublai Khan that the old course of the Yellow River would flow into the Bohai Sea in Shandong. Kublai Khan originally wanted to come to the aid of Luoyang with his whole army, but he was caught off guard by the Song army there. After learning the news that the Song army was wreaking havoc in northern Shandong, he couldn't make up his mind.

The Song army's navy had long been rampant in the Bohai Sea, and now the Mongol army could not cross the Yellow River after its diversion. The Song army could set off from Shandong to attack Yandi as they wanted. If you hold Luoyang but lose most of it, it will be very uneconomical. However, the Mongolian army was played by the Song army from beginning to end of the war, and Zhang Hongfan, including Zhang Hongfan, felt unwilling.

Will the Great Khan finally fight the Song army head-on? Zhang Hongfan was a little skeptical. Looking at the sun slanting to the west, Zhang Hongfan found that deep down he wanted to withdraw his troops. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and after returning to Dadu, he will practice diligently and build weapons, and there will always be a chance to take revenge.

Thinking about it, Zhang Hongfan's hand unconsciously touched the wine jar. In such a heavy mood, wine is a good thing.

Picking up the wine glass, Hao Ren Wanhu in Dadu looked at the sunset and let out a long sigh. Most of them are not ignorant of the news from the front line, not to mention that such a major event as the return of the Yellow River to the north cannot be concealed. The appearance of a big river in Shandong has been spread wildly in most cities, and there are various theories. Mongolia has never banned any religion, and each religion has its own general altar in most of the capitals. The gods and gods talk about the people on weekdays, but now that such a big thing has happened, they will naturally work hard to publicize it several times.

Those small religions that Hao Ren Wanhu had heard of, or were limited to those they had heard, frantically propagated on the streets that the end of the world was coming, and everyone believed in religion to keep peace. As for what the end of the world really looks like. Some say that the flood is monstrous, and some say that the river of blood is coming. It is said that meteors and fires rain down from the sky and destroy the world.

Hao Ren is now a staunch disciple of Xunzi, Xunzi said that 'heaven is constant', and according to the exact information he received, the return of the Yellow River to the north is not even the will of heaven. In Hao Ren's impression, Zhao Jiaren, who was dressed in ordinary clothes and covered with mud, led the Song army to complete this great cause. Thinking about it, Captain Zhao is still wearing ordinary clothes this time, and he is working with ordinary soldiers with muddy feet.

In the clear and transparent glass was dark brown rum, and Hao Ren picked up the glass to drink it all, but finally just took a sip. The chaos in Dadu was beyond his imagination, Hao Ren didn't want to interfere, but now he had to consider discussing with his teacher and other Confucian ministers whether to do something about the small religions in Dadu.

Compared to the unbridled small religions, the big religions are slightly better. This means that their churches are overcrowded and incense is burning, so they don't have enough manpower to put them on the streets. The priest who peddled crosses in various streets, Hao Ren had only seen him twice in the past few days, the first time when the handfuls of shiny things were sold out in a short time, and the surrounding crowd demanded that he go back immediately to pick up the goods and sell them. The second time, instead of selling shiny gadgets, he held a stack of gadgets and shouted, "Indulgences!" Indulgences! The Patriarch consecrates, and whatever makes you feel guilty, buy a coup and keep it at home. After death, all guilt and sins are written off! The indulgence of the Patriarch's first consecration is truly consecrated! ”

Charms, strings, beads, chains, belts, all kinds of things that have been turned on or said to have been turned on fly up. Hao Ren Wanhu felt that if all the various religions in Dadu were copied at this time, the things copied out would probably be worth the tax of the Great Yuan for a hundred years.