After dark

Piles of flaming bonfires burned in a large flat open space outside the new city of Gaoliang County, and the dry logs were cut into sections, and then split and piled into the fire, the already very vigorous bonfire was burned by a large amount of wood, and the flames beat even more violently.

This is a large-scale party held by Mrs. Xian in order to welcome the arrival of Wang Ze and others, because the old city of Gaoliang County is too dilapidated, and the construction of the new city is still under construction, so at the suggestion of Feng Fu, it was simply held outside the new city of Gaoliang County, anyway, Wang Ze can understand.

Under the light and heat emitted by the piles of vigorous fires, a young man and woman of a famous slang person around the fire happily danced their own unique dances and sang their favorite mountain songs, except for the harvest festival and the solemn festival of worshipping the ancestral gods, there was no such liveliness.

Love singing and dancing is originally a hobby of slang people, they not only dance by themselves, but also a large number of bold slang girls in groups of three or five took the initiative to invite the soldiers under Wang Ze's command to dance together, although they took the initiative to be generous, but there was still a trace of shyness, which attracted the burning eyes of many slang youth.

Generally speaking, the height of slang people is about one and a half meters on average, and most of the general slang women are less than one meter five, although they are not tall, they are exquisite, and these Jiaodong strong guys under Wang Ze who are about one meter seven or eight in the future are undoubtedly very in line with the aesthetics of these slang girls.

After the first batch of slang girls who took the initiative to invite Han soldiers appeared, other slang girls soon followed suit, which suddenly made the slang young people in the field look ugly.

And none of the invited soldiers under Wang Ze's command have encountered this situation, and they are very hesitant in the face of the invitation of a large number of girls, because of the relationship between Wang Ze and Feng Fu, they are afraid that they will cause trouble here and cause some trouble to the little marquis.

For this special friendship, Wang Ze is very big with a wave of his hand, as long as someone invites him, he can go if he wants, and it is best to include those slang girls, Wang Ze will never have too much for the population under his rule.

And for Mrs. Xian, this kind of thing that can increase the marriage between the two parties is also a good thing, so in the dancing crowd, there will soon be a pair of special combinations such as a pair of slang girls and Han soldiers, which makes the minds of many slang young people quite complicated, who makes themselves inferior to others.

The slang people in the venue and the soldiers under Wang Ze's command were so happy, and Mrs. Xian, the old mother of Feng Servant, was also entertaining Wang Ze's group of people, and they were separated by banana trees nearby, and there were many couches in it.

From here, you can just see the cheerful crowd in the venue, Madame Xian and Feng Fu, plus several generals under Madame Xian, the number of people on their side is not much, only seven or eight people.

There are more people on Wang Ze's side, in addition to Wang Ze, Zhu Qingqing, and Cheng Xueyan, there are also two apprentices of Tan carpenter who helped Mrs. Xian build the city.

In addition, the doctors who came with the fleet were also warmly received by Mrs. Xian, and they were a little flattered.

Shen Sanshui, the lieutenant of the Central Guard, took dozens of guards on duty to dine near Wang Zezuo, and at the same time was responsible for protecting the safety of Wang Ze and others, and the others, including Zhu Bofu and Cheng Hu, were all with their team, even if they were not separated from the slang party.

In order to entertain Wang Ze and his entourage, Mrs. Xian can be said to have put a lot of effort into making exquisite meals after calves, fat sheep, and small fragrant pigs were slaughtered.

There are also skilled hunters of the slang tribe, who hunt hundreds of rare prey such as muntjac and oryx from the nearby forests, and these game and meat are quickly turned into mouth-watering delicacies after being cleaned up by the slang people who are good at cooking.

Among them, the special barbecue of the slang people is the most outstanding, after the wild honey collected in the mountains and forests is smeared, the meat of the chicken thighs and muntjac is grilled on the outside and tender on the inside with the charcoal fire that has just been taken out, so that Wang Ze still wants to eat it.

There are also bitter gall beef soup, chopped minced pork made from the finest tenderloin on the back of the antelope, and sashimi mixed with lemon.

In addition to meat, a large number of foods made of banana flowers, mushrooms, bracken, etc. made Wang Ze have a great appetite, and the banana flowers baked in banana leaf buns are the most popular for Wang Ze.

Feng Fu grabbed a piece of tender ribs from the roasted pig's breast in his hand, chewed in his mouth, and ate the tears of the taste of this hometown, although Wang Ze also entertained Feng Fu very well when he was in the East China Sea, but the food in his hometown was irreparable by other delicacies.

When he saw that Wang Ze was also eating with a mouthful of oil, he immediately laughed, it turned out that Wang Ze accidentally smeared a lot of greasy on his face when he gnawed on the steak, and Feng Fu saw Wang Ze make a fool of himself for the first time, so he couldn't help laughing.

Of course, Feng Fu didn't forget to remind Wang Ze that it's okay to be embarrassed in front of his little brother, but don't be embarrassed in front of his subordinates, in that case, it will really damage his prestige.

Wang Ze was very calm about Feng Fu's laughter, he just wiped his face carefully with a cotton handkerchief, and then continued to eat hard, and at the same time did not forget to beckon Zhu Qingqing and Cheng Xueyan to continue eating, don't save food for Feng Fu, a big landlord.

When Feng Fu saw that Wang Ze finally raised his head from a large pile of food, he said to him with emotion: "Since Father's death, we haven't been so lively here for a long time!" Thanks to your support in the past two years, even if my father was in the past, the New Year would not have been so lively! ”

Wang Ze didn't believe much about Feng Fu's words, but at this time, it was not easy to say so in front of Mrs. Xian, so he went over with a haha and gave Feng Fu an idea of how to grind rice into flour and then make it into rice noodles, so that there would be roasted rice noodles to eat in the future.

While talking to Feng Fu, Wang Ze secretly glanced at Mrs. Xian who was talking to Zhu Qingqing and Cheng Xueyan, Wang Ze obviously felt that Mrs. Xian's mood was not very good, of course, there was no reason for this, Wang Ze felt it.

In addition, Wang Ze was also very surprised that Ah Niu did not appear, before Ah Niu came seven or eight days earlier than himself and others, no matter what, it is impossible not to appear, I am afraid I don't know what happened inside the slang, or there are other situations.

Of course, Mrs. Xian didn't say anything about this kind of thing, and Wang Ze didn't want to mention it casually, so he had to pretend that he didn't see it, and he had the same thing as Feng Fu.

Before I knew it, it was late at night, and even if the cheerful slang young men and women were reluctant to do anything, they were now going to separate, but there were also many young men and women who were in love with each other, and ran away to a remote place where no one was around, to do some things that young men and women love to do.

Among them, Wang Ze's soldiers are the most popular, who makes these soldiers much stronger than the Han or slang youths in Lingnan in terms of height, momentum, and heroic temperament.

Mrs. Xian was too strong to say goodbye to Wang Ze and the others half an hour before the end, and in the end, Feng Servant was entertaining Wang Ze and the others, and there was no need to be polite to this guy, so she immediately led everyone to her camp nearby.

Because Wang Ze came this time, there were seven or eight thousand soldiers alone, more than 2,000 war horses, and thousands of other non-combatants such as surveying and mapping teams, storytellers, agronomists, and ship-accompanying doctors, and the small Gaoliang county town could not accommodate so many troops.

So Wang Ze ignored Feng Fu's kind invitation, or decided to camp outside the city with his soldiers, in addition, Wang Ze did not want to enter the city with Feng Fu but lived outside the city, there is another reason, that is, it is more convenient for him to make some private arrangements outside the city.

As soon as Wang Ze walked away, Captain Zuo Weiyi (senior lieutenant) Guo Erlang quietly came to Wang Ze's side and whispered to Wang Ze: "Little Hou Ye, the matter has been investigated clearly, last month, the native of Jiaozhou surnamed Mei joined dozens of Jiaozhou natives to raise troops against Chen, I heard that the local Nanchen garrison has been defeated, and the current troops are directly pointing at Ninghai County (near Fangchenggang) to attack Guangzhou." ”

Hearing this, Wang Ze immediately understood, the junction of Jiaozhou and Guangzhou is the Ning Navy, and it is also the westernmost part of Mrs. Xian's territory, from Jiaozhou to the west of Ninghai County, the 100,000 mountains are the territory of Mrs. Xian, which is easier to walk, if it is attacked by the Mei army in Jiaozhou, then Mrs. Xian's hard work in the past two years will be in vain.

Thinking that Ah Niu should be leading the army to defend the front of Ninghai County, Wang Ze said to himself: "No wonder I think Mrs. Xian and they are all strange here, but didn't the Nanchen court send a large army to suppress it?" ”

Guo Erlang knew how much Wang Ze attached importance to the Lingnan plan, so he smiled and comforted: "Little Marquis, rest assured, Lingnan Metropolitan Governor Ouyang Yi led the army to encircle and suppress the Mei army as soon as possible, and Xian Ah Niu Xian County Lieutenant followed Ouyang Metropolitan Governor to go with him!" ”

Wang Ze couldn't help but sigh, Jiaozhou is a place in chaos, when Lin Yiguo coveted Rinan County and Jiuzhen County before, after being beaten by Ouyang Yu, he also united with Mrs. Xian to clean up a lot of the natives of Jiuzhen County, but he still couldn't suppress the natives of Jiaozhi County.

This is not the slightest improvement of these indigenous heroes, and they immediately raised the anti-flag.

In history, whether it was the Han Dynasty or the later Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, or even the later Sui and Tang Dynasties, the aborigines of Jiaozhou have always been constantly rebelling, raising banners to rebel, taking the lead in rebellion, rebellion to death, and various rebellion laws.

Under this kind of continuous rebellion that lasted for nearly a thousand years, it finally broke away from China from the Southern Han Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms of the later generations, and became an independent country for more than 1,000 years.

Even if Ming Chengzu tried his best later, he only barely maintained the occupation for a period of time, and when Zhu Di died, he was immediately thrown out as a burden by the civil ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Wang Ze asked Guo Erlang: "Is the source of the news reliable?" For Guo Erlang to understand the story so quickly and clearly, Wang Ze still had some doubts in his heart.

Guo Erlang looked around cautiously and saw that the crowd was far away from him, so he said in a lower voice: "The news was brought by someone arranged by the little marquis in Lingnan, and he is now in our Chinese army tent!" ”