Chapter 414: Westbound
The essence of the face,
It lies in the soup of the sakiko.
Although this is a very ordinary food, it is very particular about the color, flavor and authentic taste.
Zheng Fan and the blind man sat face to face,
The two of them picked up the chopsticks together,
They all took a bite.
call
comfortable
Enjoyable.
He Chunlai, who was standing on one side, asked, "Master Hou, do you want to make red soup next time?" β
He Chunlai knows Zheng Fan's taste, and he likes to eat with a little spicy.
Zheng Fan shook his head and said, "Take some dried chili noodles to me, I'll add them myself, too many chili peppers will be put in in advance, and the umami of the soup will be covered." β
"Yes, my subordinates have written it down."
The chili noodles were quickly delivered,
Zheng Fan added two spoonfuls and added another spoonful to the blind man.
The two of them were talking while eating noodles and adding noodles.
"The prophecy can be put aside first." Zheng Fan said.
After listening to the blind man's story, Zheng Fan made a decision.
"Yes, Lord."
This is also what the blind man agrees with.
There is no need to share Dan's energy for things that have no shadow for the time being, no matter who your future enemy is, in short, it is right to bury your head in developing yourself now.
As Liang Cheng said before, God knows the prophecy of "seven plus one", are they really all lone rangers?
"We have a lot of magic sticks on the snowfield, I think, so I sent the master and apprentice to look for it in the far north, and the master and apprentice seem to be blessed.
Tell them that as long as they can find it, when they come back, I will build a Buddhist temple outside Fengxin City. β
Luck means that the master and apprentice look like they are very difficult to die, and they can often have unexpected surprises when they use this kind of person to go to the thunder.
"Yes, Lord."
"Our next focus is still here."
Zheng Fan stretched out his hand and knocked on the table in front of him, "Our center of gravity is unstable." β
Unstable, that's for sure.
The land of the east of Jin, looking at the entire east, is really not big, and if it is divided in general, it is equivalent to two-fifths of the territory of the Situ family after the three families divided into Jin, and maybe, it will be even smaller.
Because the piece of Yupan City does not belong to you, strictly speaking, it is not the traditional Jindong territory bounded by the Wangjiang River.
Its area is equivalent to that of Beifeng County.
Of course, if you include the Shanggu County taken from the Chu State, the area will naturally be larger, but unless Zheng Fan's brain is kicked by a donkey, he will not be busy developing Shanggu County, which is more white than Jindong.
In addition, there is another point,
The actual area occupied is the actual land area, but according to the area of Xue Customs and Zhennan Pass, in fact, the scope of Pingxi Houfu's influence is still very considerable.
And then
The question now is,
The shelf is big,
But there's no flesh to fill.
In the snow customs, Brother Ke Yandong can be stationed, and Jin Shuke also led his troops to Zhennanguan yesterday to garrison.
Other than that
Fengxincheng is here, it has to be garrisoned, this is where the Hou Mansion is located, and it is fundamental.
Gong Wang, Gongsun Zhi, Gou Moli, Ding Hao and Liang Cheng's directly subordinate field army are now, that is, they are forcibly putting on a faΓ§ade with the soldiers and horses that are just meaning.
The training of recruits and the change of armor cannot be completed overnight, and they cannot be accelerated if they want to, unless they want to swallow dates, but they are prone to indigestion, which eventually leads to a decline in the combat effectiveness of the army.
This kind of thing is really too fast to be able to do so.
For example, Qianguo,
There is no shortage of men, neither bread nor silver,
But after being beaten all the way south by the Yan army to Shangjing, in recent years, the reorganization of soldiers and horses from all walks of life, including the three sides, has also been carried out rapidly.
The splash on the military roll is obviously less, and the main forces such as the Western Army are also there, but when the Yan State and the Chu State are inextricably fought, the Qianguo still does not dare to go up the Northern Expedition.
If there are many people and the fighting quality is not good, it is nothing more than adding to the workload of the Yan army to capture prisoners after the war.
"According to the estimation of his subordinates, after the autumn harvest next year, the filling and redressing of recruits should be completed."
Zheng Fan nodded when he heard this, and said, "It's good that there are enough veterans to be promoted to captain, and the officer structure is here." β
An army, an old pawn, or a middle- and lower-level officer, is its true soul.
What the army fears most is not to lose the battle, but to be completely annihilated, to lose those experienced veterans, to lose the experienced middle and lower-level officer system, and to restore this army and horses, it is not to say that it can be done simply by giving money and food to people and giving them another number.
Fortunately, although the original headquarters of Marquis Zheng was not a lot of soldiers and horses, even if he added the subordinates of Gongwang Gongsun Zhi, it was not much, plus the elites of the various departments who were transferred by the military order of King Jingnan at the beginning, and they still held most of them in their hands, and they were willing not to return to the old troops and stay under the command of Pingxi Hou.
In this way, the veterans under the command of Marquis Zheng, who can be called "pawns of a hundred battles", and the officer system above them, are really too solid to be consolidated.
below
It will take time for the development of not being able to skip steps.
"That's right."
Zheng Fan seemed to remember something,
He took out a handful of candy from his pocket and put it in front of the blind man.
The blind man nodded, stretched out his hand and took the candy,
Road:
"Congratulations, Lord."
"Congratulations on keeping Siniang's belly to show her arms."
"If you don't accumulate steps, you can't go a thousand miles."
"Huh."
Zheng Fan gently put down the chopsticks, picked up the wet towel placed next to him and wiped his hands and mouth.
"Yanjing's news, you pay more attention to it, the speed of the reply over there is also as fast as possible, Yanhuang's body, I'm afraid it's not good.
And
I reckon,
The ownership of the heir, regardless of whether it is the prince or Ji Lao Liu or other Ji Dan,
They all have to go through a process.
ineffable
The two kings of the north and the south, the two princes of the east and the west, all have to go to Yanjing City to witness with the civil and military officials. β
The blind man sighed:
"To put it in my heart, Emperor Yan and his subordinates are indeed different. Probably because of the blindness of his subordinates, he likes to hide himself in the shadows.
And that Emperor Yan always uses the dignified imperial technique, becoming a momentum by himself, building momentum by himself, and fortune by himself. β
Zheng Fan asked with interest, "Which one do you prefer?" β
A smile appeared at the corner of the blind man's mouth,
Road:
"Therefore, the subordinates have been in charge of the bits and pieces of these conspiracies, so that the Lord will be on you, and stand in the sun."
Zheng Fan heard this,
I closed my eyes.
This sycophant is slapped,
It's really powerful, not pretentious, not abrupt, but just rightly moved.
Then
Zheng Fan smiled:
"I'm not advanced."
The blind man nodded,
Road:
"Is that a waste?"
"Perhaps, it can be saved?"
"According to convention, I'm afraid it won't survive."
"I haven't let go of cultivation for a while, but I feel ........."
"Is the Lord hitting a bottleneck?"
Zheng Fan shook his head, "I didn't even feel the bottleneck, and according to the usual practice, it should be far away." β
"Above the sixth grade, and the fifth grade, are two different levels, the fifth grade, can be called a little grandmaster, naturally it will be more difficult, and you must pay attention to some chances."
"What a small grandmaster and a big grandmaster, there are too many divisions, I have heard it in my brain, and now, the study of war is almost complete, I will take the opportunity to meet Lao Tian and ask him to guide me to practice martial arts."
"Didn't you say it yourself, the script, it's different."
"What can I do then?"
Marquis Zheng spread his hands,
"It's like this? You have to find a way. β
"The subordinates also brought a prisoner this time, named Xu Chuang, who came down from Wenming Mountain, and the people there are double swords and swordsmen, and the lord can actually try it to see if he can touch the bypass."
"I'm worried that I won't be able to chew too much."
"Perhaps, it can be inspiring?" The blind man continued, "The sword at the waist and the sword on the back are also very good-looking. β
"With a suit of armor, after going into battle, I don't know, I thought I was in the wrong stage."
"Huh."
"Haha."
Both laughed.
In fact, compared with Ding Hao, the first martial arts master in the past, the teaching resources that Marquis Zheng has now can be described as extravagant.
If you want to practice swords, there is a sword master; If you want to practice knives, there is King Jingnan.
Marquis Zheng stretched out his hand and patted his forehead gently,
Sighed:
"This, I'm in a hurry, I'll try my best."
"The Lord is hard."
"You're welcome, is there anything else?"
"What the subordinates still want to ask is, is King Jingnan's attitude towards Guoben still the same as before?"
Zheng Fan nodded, "Well, there is just no attitude." β
"Okay, my subordinates know."
The blind man got up, and before leaving, he deliberately looked at He Chunlai and said, "Your craftsmanship is getting better and better." β
He Chunlai bowed his head slightly.
"Teach an apprentice, pass on the craft, and then come to me and help me do things."
He Chunlai was stunned for a moment,
looked at Marquis Zheng.
Zheng Fan stretched out his hand and pointed at He Chunlai,
Road:
"You have to teach the apprentice well."
He Chunlai immediately knelt down on one knee;
"Thank you, Master Hou!"
The blind man left the room, and outside, the sun was already setting.
Then
Hakka walked over,
When he saw the blind man, he was immediately slightly blessed,
Asked;
"Mr. Bei, Miss Yuexin asked the slave maid to ask you, this time you brought three boxes of Shaqima, each family has its own yard, how should it be divided?"
Shaqima is not complicated to make, it was originally made by Siniang to be used as a snack for the lord to taste, and later, it was simply thrown to the Earl's Court directly operated dim sum shop in Snow Customs as a product to sell, and the sales and popularity have been very high.
If she brought less, Yuexin would not have sent someone to ask the Ke family to come to the Marquis's Mansion to ask her husband, but it was precisely because she brought too much that it was not good to give gifts after the night.
Brown sugar shaqima, buckwheat shaqima, nut shaqima......
Each of them is a small half box.
"Oh."
The blind man suddenly realized,
To the Hakka Path:
"I like to take this as a snack every day, these are all prepared for him, and I don't give them away. I'm sorry for you, and I'll send those boxes of Shaqima to Tiantian's room. β
"All...... All? Hakka was stunned for a moment.
How many boxes are there, how can a child finish it?
"Yes, all of them, I can't finish eating, at least I can look comfortable, right?"
"Yes...... The slave and maid know, and the slave and maid will arrange it. β
"Hmm."
After the Keshi turned to leave,
The blind man stood still,
took out an orange from his pocket,
After peeling it off, stuff it into your mouth with a petal of orange flesh,
While chewing, he muttered to himself:
"It's getting dark, you can't come."
At this moment,
Xiao rushed in in a hurry.
The blind man continued to eat oranges,
Asked;
"What's the matter, so flustered."
Xiao Yibo immediately replied to the blind man:
"Mr. Bei, quickly inform the Hou Ye that the king is out of the city and heading west."
The blind man suddenly felt that the orange in his mouth was not so sweet.
"Okay, I'll go and inform the Lord, you go after the Ke clan, and tell him to divide Shaqima according to each house and each yard."