Chapter 626: The War Begins
Of course, these coffees are definitely not prepared for the Emperor Taishang alone, so Xiaocao also put some milk and sugar in the tray very intimately, and anyone who feels bitter can mix their favorite flavors at will.
The Emperor Taishang drank mellow coffee, ate a few pieces of sweet but not greasy Western-style snacks, nodded frequently and contentedly, and even the pain of several months of fatigue was instantly dispersed by the food. Except for the emperor who added more milk and sugar and drank it with relish, the others were not used to this bitter taste.
But Dean Yuan tasted the benefits of coffee. There is still half a year before the autumn season, and the students study without sleep and food, and sometimes their energy is inevitably unable to keep up. He secretly wrote it down and prepared to "learn from the little girl" before leaving.
"Ahem! Today's procedure is almost the same, it's not too early......" The Emperor Taishang drank the coffee in the cup without finishing his mind.
The Yu family and Dean Yuan, who was the woman's matchmaker, thought that his next sentence was about to say goodbye, and hurriedly said: "Lunch is ready, let's leave after eating!" β
The Emperor nodded as a matter of course and said, "That's exactly what I mean, it's not too early, it's time to start eating." I heard that when the second family had a treat, the little girl tossed a lot of novel dishes. I don't know if today's lunch is to Lao Tzu's appetite. β
King Jing looked annoyed, why did he agree to let his unobtrusive father be the middleman? How can there be a woman who goes to the door for the first time to ask for a birthday, and asks for lunch with a dead face?
"I wonder if there is a 'Buddha jumping over the wall' today? The imperial dining room always feels that something is missing, and the taste is not as authentic as that made by the grass girl. The emperor also agreed, and had no intention of moving his ass on the chair.
King Jing sighed long in his heart: It seems that he is destined to be embarrassed and thrown home today, and if there are many lice, he will not bite, so be it! He didn't say anything about leaving.
"Yes, yes, yes! Cao'er heard that the emperor came to the door in person today, prepared the ingredients early, and started to work early in the morning. Not only 'Buddha jumping over the wall', but also your favorite braised pig's head, red oil ear silk, pig arch mouth...... It's all cooked by the grass girl! Yu Hai saw that the emperor and the emperor were very approachable, and slowly relaxed, and he had a little confidence in speaking.
The Emperor Taishang was happy and said, "I didn't hurt that girl in vain, I still remember the food that Lao Tzu likes to eat." However, in the past two years, the teeth have been a little loose, and if the ears are wired, it is estimated that it will be cheaper for you stinky boys. β
As one of the "stinky boys", King Jing touched his nose: he was almost fifty years old, and he was classified as a stinky boy, as if he was back in his youth, and he was chased by his father with a broom to run around.
Dean Yuan laughed and said, "You are in your prime, and your teeth have just loosened, so you are satisfied, right?" However, Xiaocao said that she would open a medicinal diet workshop and asked her if she had any prescriptions for fixing her teeth. If you don't have teeth, you won't be able to eat anything, and many delicacies won't taste good. β
"Lao Yuan, you're right, it's not fragrant to eat anything without teeth! Xiaocao's girl has a lot of ideas, there must be a way. It's a pity that the medical skills are too backward now, if you can implant teeth, Lao Tzu doesn't have to worry. "The Emperor misses the dentist in his previous life.
"Dental implants? I've only heard of planting flowers, grasses and crops, and I've never heard of teeth being planted. You're too whimsical, aren't you? "Yuan Sinian is the same age as the Emperor Taishang, when he was young, the monarchs and ministers were a game, and they had a good understanding of each other's temperament, so they didn't have much to worry about talking on weekdays.
"I don't have a common topic with you, an ancient, and there is a deep chasm between us. Go back and talk to that girl from the grass! "The Emperor Taishang has already guessed the identity of Yu Xiaocao's traverser, but he still doesn't know what this girl did in her previous life.
There are so many medicinal diet prescriptions, is it possible that you were born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine, or have you taken the license of a dietitian? There will be so many cooking skills, maybe a chef? However, the little girl is quite proficient in farming...... It's hard to guess what she does. However, he doesn't dwell on this, as long as he can eat the food of his previous life, he will be satisfied.
Lunch at the Yu family is naturally a joy for the guests and hosts. The Emperor Taishang drank a lot of spirits from the Yuji Liquor Workshop, and pulled the emperor's grandson to play wine boxing, and he didn't forget the purpose of coming to the door today. King Jing watched from the sidelines and was anxious - I don't know if it's too late to change matchmakers now?
Not long after the gift, the matchmaker came to the door again to ask the woman's name and birth date, so that the man could ask. This is the second of the "Six Rites" - asking for a name. You must also bring a gift when asking for a name, and you usually use a goose salute. King Jing was not at ease, so he followed again, praying that his father and the emperor would not be like last time, and they would be embarrassed and thrown home.
Fortunately, Dean Yuan is more competent than the other two matchmakers and remembers his duties. He opened up and exchanged birthdays between the two sides. Some people are the woman's birthday, take it back and put it under the incense burner in the Buddhist hall at home, if the family is safe in three days, it means that the two can be relatives, if there is any bad omen, the woman's birthday is likely to be returned.
However, Zhu Junyang had already touched the little girl's birthday eight characters more familiar than his own, and King Jing's Mansion had already invited the abbot of Huguo Temple to help the two of them cross the eight characters. The hexagram shows that the little girl has all five blessings and is a prosperous family. Today's birthday, and the Najib ceremony behind it, are just going through the motions.
Under Su Ran's reminder, the emperor sent the post to the woman's matchmaker. The so-called post is to use red paper to write the names and birthdays of both men and women side by side on it. The Yu family took the post and said that they agreed to the marriage.
The two children are happy with each other, and both families are happy to see it. Of course, Yu Hai was still a little uneasy in his heart, the threshold of Jingwangfu was too high, if his daughter was wronged in the future, they couldn't do anything to support their daughter.
With the Yu family's current prestige and status in Tanggu, no matter which family their daughter marries, they can proudly become their daughter's tough backing as their mother's family. But when you arrive in the capital, you can hit two imperial relatives by throwing a stick on the street, and the Yu family is far from enough.
In the eyes of others, the daughter of the Yu family married into the Jingwang Mansion, which was a proper high marriage, and she burned high incense in her previous life. Yu Hai could only silently pray that King Yangjun could be consistent and give his little daughter the happiness she wanted.
Because Xiaocao is still young, Zhu Junyang insisted on waiting for the little girl to be eighteen years old before marrying someone, so the "six rites" were only carried out to Najib, and the remaining three rites were carried out one by one after two years.
The three ceremonies before the light, in order to express the satisfaction and solemn attitude of the Jingwang Mansion to the woman, lasted for nearly two months to complete. Everyone in the capital knows that the king of Yangjun is already a famous person.
At this time, news of war came from the Northwest Frontier. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, when Emperor Taishang was keen on the southern and northern wars, the northwest and northern departments were honestly nested. After Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he changed his tough measures to the outside world, recuperate, and develop people's livelihood. The Mongolian tribes of Turpan in the northwest and Qinghai quietly developed and often harassed the Ming frontier.
After General Zhao's father and son guarded the northwest, they won several battles in a row, and the various departments suffered losses, and they were honest for a few years, and now they finally couldn't hold it back, and wanted to take a bite of meat from Daming. Originally, with the military ability and combat experience of the two generals of Zhao Men, the northwest departments were just clowns jumping off the beam.
But I don't know when, the northwest departments actually installed a nail in the northwest army of our Ming Dynasty, and this nail actually concealed everyone and became the right-hand man of the deputy general. At the suggestion of the old master, this nail unknowingly poisoned the senior generals of the Northwest Army of the Ming Dynasty, although it was not a poison that could kill immediately, but it also dragged down the body of the Zhao father and son.
The Turpan and Mongolian divisions took the opportunity to attack left and right, and the leaderless northwest army was defeated. In just over a month, the Acropolis of Hami was breached by Turpan, and the Northwest Army had to move inward. The Turpan troops pursued the victory, and the Ming lost several more acropolis. When the emperor received the 800-mile urgent military information, the Ming army had already retreated to Jiayu Pass.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ming Dynasty has never suffered such a big loss in the border war. The emperor was furious, and immediately appointed the king of Yangjun as the general of the expedition to the west, leading the Xishan battalion and the imperial forest army with 100,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce the northwest army.
As the saying goes: soldiers and horses go first before grain and grass are moved. If it were to be put aside five years ago, the emperor would definitely not dare to make such a big fanfare. Because of the existence of Yu Xiaocao, in recent years, the grain yield has been high, the people have been abundant, and the treasury is full, even if the war is fought for three or five years, it will not hurt the muscles and bones.
The preparation of grain and grass was handed over to Liu Shangshu and Yu Xiaocao of the household department. The northern seed base has hoarded a large amount of grain, and the grain and grass of the 100,000 army is naturally a piece of cake. The officials who escorted the grain and grass designated the town of Zhongqinbo.
The Fang family is considered in-law with the leader of the Western Army, and has a master-apprentice relationship with General Zhao of the Northwest Army. In this way, there will be no vicious incidents that deliberately delay grain and grass.
When Xiaocao learned that Grandpa Zhao and Uncle Zhao were highly poisoned, he didn't sleep all night, and rushed to make a few bottles of antidote pills with spirit stone liquid overnight. In addition, she was afraid that her fiancΓ© would be injured, so she made an elixir suitable for internal and external injuries.
Xiao Tianshi taught Yu Xiaocao some simple alchemy techniques that he knew in the other world. Although it is used as a medicinal herb in the mortal world, an ordinary medicine furnace and an ordinary fire, the effect of the refined pill is dozens of times higher than that of ordinary pills, and with the blessing of the spirit stone liquid, the effect is naturally self-evident.
For example, no matter how serious the trauma is, as long as it is not a critical one-hit fatality, use the elixir to treat the trauma to immediately stop the bleeding and build muscles, and you can be alive and kicking after two days. It is not an exaggeration to say that it can bring the dead back to life. As long as there is a breath, taking the pill can save your life.
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