The next day, Zhao Fuzhong in Xianyang City.

Zhao Tuo was dressed in a dark black robe, standing with his hands in his hands, looking at a stone mill that had been moved into the mansion by his subordinates.

"This was invented by Master Zu."

Zhao Tuo squinted his eyes and first decided the invention right of the stone mill.

It's not that he's just talking nonsense.

There has always been a legend that Lu Ban invented the stone mill, it is said that the ancestor of the hundred craftsmen took two hard round stones, carved out a dense shallow groove on the stone, put them together, and turned it with manpower or animal power, which became a stone mill.

When Zhao Tuo made the cannon in the past, he once said that he had read the posthumous text of the public loser, and was regarded by many people as the descendant of the public loser.

Now that he has set the right to invent the stone mill under Lu Ban, if he wants to transform it in the future, then his behavior will be more convincing.

However, now Zhao Tuo just wants to use it to grind something to eat.

For example, tofu.

If Zhao Tuo makes tofu, he may be able to become a very distinctive delicacy in this era, and he can sacrifice his five internal organs temple, so that he can get comfort from this era when the types and practices of food are very poor.

Thousands of years later, when people eat tofu at the table, they may also mention the anecdotal story of Zhao Tuo, the general of Qin, who studied tofu, and equate Zhao Tuo with tofu.

"Compared to tofu, it's still pasta that is more important. This is a good thing that can benefit the country, and you have to get it out first. ”

Zhao Tuo's eyes were blazing, and he said to Lu Juan, who happened to come to visit him today: "Ah Juan, go and bring the washed wheat and put it in the mill." ”

"Yui."

Lu Juan, as when he was in the army, gave up his promise, walked over and pushed the subordinates who wanted to help aside, and carried the wheat in the kettle to the stone mill.

Curiosity made Lu Juan couldn't help but ask: "Gentleman, do you want to grind wheat to make pulp?" ”

As Lu Juan said, using wheat flour as pulp is a characteristic of this era.

Stone grinding has long been invented, and although it is not widespread in Qin, people of this era have mastered the technology of grinding grain into flour.

It is common for people to grind glutinous rice and add honey and the like to mix it to make a dessert called ju nu, which is eaten by the upper class of the nobility.

At the bottom, you can also buy wheat flour or rice flour, mix it in water, and drink it, commonly known as "pulp".

Pulp was a popular drink in the Qin and Han dynasties, and the government forbade the common people below to drink at will, let alone drink in groups. Therefore, the people who are full of wisdom have come up with a substitute for "pulp".

Naigong is not allowed to drink alcohol, Naigong uses wheat flour and rice flour to drink with water, it is not illegal, right?

Wheat flour has no other use than "pulp", and the need to use a stone mill makes it quite expensive.

The way people eat wheat is mainly to steam it to make wheat rice that is difficult to eat, chew and digest.

Eat a meal and lose the kind that squats for half a day.

Therefore, although wheat is one of the five grains, it is the food of the common people and even the prisoners and slaves.

The rich and noble all eat rice and meat, and they have always looked down on things like wheat, and under such influence, even the planting area of wheat is not very large, and it has always been disliked by people.

Zhao Tuo saw it in his eyes and felt a deep waste.

These people have no idea how much potential wheat flour really has and is more malleable than any other grain.

"Let's have a food revolution! In the food world of this era, a storm has been blown that changes the world! ”

Zhao Tuo stepped forward, and in Lu Xuan's surprised eyes, he personally pushed the stone mill, feeling that the wheat was crushed and cracked under the squeezing of the stone mill, and finally became delicate flour.

The reason why he personally grinds is that in addition to having itchy hands and wanting to try grinding, he also wants to feel what the stone mill of this era looks like and think about whether it can be improved in the future.

After a while, Zhao Tuo let go and let the servants in the house step forward to continue grinding.

Watching the servant effortlessly push the stone mill around, Zhao Tuo was thoughtful.

In his mind, there are already several ways to improve the efficiency of stone grinding and reduce costs.

But now, it's not the time to think about that.

After a while, the wheat had been ground into powder, and after the people removed the wheat husk, what appeared in front of Zhao Tuo was delicate flour.

"Okay, send me to the kitchen."

Zhao Tuo was eager to try, swallowing saliva in his mouth, and after eating corn and rice for several years, he could finally taste the taste of pasta again.

"Gentleman?"

In the surprised eyes of many subordinates and Lu Xuan, Zhao Tuo walked into the kitchen of the mansion with his head held high.

Although there is a saying in this era that "a gentleman cooks far away", its meaning is by no means distorted by later generations, saying that a gentleman must not enter the kitchen.

Rather, it is because "a gentleman is also a beast, and he can't bear to see his death when he sees his life; Hearing its voice, I can't bear to eat its flesh. It is a gentleman who cooks far away. ”

If a gentleman does not enter the kitchen, he cannot bear to kill.

Zhao Tuo is not killing now, but just using wheat flour as food, even if it spreads, others will not say anything.

Not to mention that he, Zhao Tuo, is a Qin general who kills people and beheads on the battlefield, how can he care about this kind of moral kidnapping.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

After a while, there was a crashing sound in the kitchen.

It was Zhao Tuo recalling the scene of the noodle master he had seen making noodles in his previous life, beating his newly made noodles to make the noodles in his hands stronger.

"Juan, boil water."

"Today, we eat noodles!"

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Zhao Tuo was obsessed with making all kinds of pasta, and Fuzhong often sent people to buy wheat and ground wheat flour in Xianyang City.

Because this is not the season for wheat to ripen, there is not much old wheat in the market. After all, ordinary people did not eat wheat, and most of them were put into the official warehouse and used by prisoners and slaves.

In such a situation, Zhao Tuo's large number of acquisitions are very abrupt.

This kind of behavior makes many people who have been following him feel strange.

In the Qin state, wheat rice was generally eaten by convicts and slaves because it was unpalatable and difficult to digest.

Ordinary families will not eat wheat as long as their lives are a little better, and regard it as a lowly thing.

Not to mention Zhao Tuo, a high-minded and noble minister who eats meat and drinks.

"Eat wheat rice and drink wheat milk?"

"This Shao Shangzao is also from the Zhao State Clan, isn't it enjoyable to eat meat and drink wine? Isn't millet rice fragrant? How could he like the wheat rice that only prisoners eat? ”

"Hehe, who knows, maybe the Shao Shangzhu likes to eat this kind of food that only prisoners eat."

There will always be no shortage of doubts and sarcastic voices, and even because of Zhao Tuo's continuous excellent performance in the war, countless people paid attention to him, and his strange behavior unconsciously spread throughout Xianyang.

Many ministers and nobles have heard of a piece of news.

Zhao Tuo is less than a shang, he doesn't like rice and meat, and only loves to eat wheat.

After hearing about this, Qiang Qi, who had been promoted to the title of right watch, laughed at Zhao Tuo even more, saying that even their Qiang people don't eat wheat rice.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Tuo finally received the news from the palace.

"It turned out that the king asked Fusu to whip Xiong Qi's corpse. The king is really ruthless. This directly made Fusu and Xiong Qi completely broken. But Xiong Qi's appearance ......"

Zhao Tuo's mind came to Xianyang, and the scene he saw when he finally checked Xiong Qi's body, he couldn't help but shudder all over his body, and he didn't dare to think about it at all.

"No wonder Fusu hasn't passed on the message for so long, I think it's because I've been depressed for a long time. That scene, I'm afraid it left a psychological shadow on him, this poor child. ”

Zhao Tuo shook his head, feeling some sympathy for Fusu.

Then he began to write a reply to the princess.

In the letter, in addition to explaining why she did not communicate during this time, the princess also poured out the emotions of some young girls, and asked Zhao Tuo if she had done bad things outside.

"I made you something delicious."

In his reply, Zhao Tuo bragged fiercely about how delicious the pasta he made was, ready to arouse the girl's curiosity.

It's a pity that after the letter was sent, Zhao Tuo didn't wait for a reply from the palace, nor did he wait for Fusu's invitation, but received an edict from Qin Wangzheng to let him enter the palace.

Zhao Tuo was shocked when he heard that it was Qin Wangzheng who summoned him.

secretly passed the letter with the other party's daughter, and he was still afraid of being caught red-handed.

Fortunately, the envoy's next words made Zhao Tuo quickly put his mind at ease.

"Duke Wei is leaving."

Zhao Tuo sighed.

It turned out that Wei Yu was in the post of state lieutenant, and after dealing with the final matters of the battle of Chu, he formally asked to resign and return.

Qin Wangzheng kept his promise and agreed to Wei Yu's request to leave.

And invited the ministers and ministers, military generals and nobles, to hold a banquet in the palace and bid farewell to Wei Yu.

Wei Yi has a lot of mentions for Zhao Tuo, and he also has the grace of passing on the art of war, and Zhao Tuo naturally did not dare to slack off at this farewell banquet.

He put on a luxurious dress and went to the Qin Palace for a banquet.

Qin Wangzheng attaches great importance to Wei Yu, and this farewell banquet is set up in the side hall where the celebration banquet was held before.

There were many people who were invited, except for Wang Jian who had returned to his hometown and was not there.

Wang Ben, Meng Wu, Li Si, Yao Jia and other generals and important ministers were among them, and even generals such as Qiang Qi and Li Xin came.

Zhao Tuo sat under Wang Ben as a young man, and he was in the forefront of the palace.

The guest and the host are seated, and after the music is played.

Qin Wangzheng sat precariously and raised his hand to toast to Wei Yu.

"When Duke Wei entered Qin, he taught the widow's mother to love property, bribed the nobles of the six countries, and plotted to make trouble, but if he died 300,000 gold, the princes could do their best."

"According to the strategy of Wei Gong, the widow messed with the ministers of the six countries, weakened the power of the six countries, and finally swallowed up the five kingdoms of Sanjin, Yan and Chu today. This is all the work of Wei Gong. ”

At this point, King Qin's political voice said with sentimentality: "After the widow is about to destroy Qi, he and Duke Wei will realize the words of 'the princes can do their best' in the past." However, halfway through the matter, Duke Wei abandoned the widow and left, which made the widow's heart very painful. ”

I heard Qin Wangzheng mention the past.

Wei Yi couldn't help but feel sad.

With his help, the country named "Qin" swallowed up the other five kingdoms step by step, and finally dominated the world today.

He has put in countless efforts and efforts in it, and how can he have no feelings.

It's just that.

Wei Yu raised his head and looked at the appearance of the king on the main seat.

I remembered his thoughts after meeting Qin Wangzheng more than ten years ago and traveling with him.

The king of Qin is a man, a bee is accurate, long-eyed, a bird, a jackal, a little grace and a tiger and a wolf's heart, and it is easy to live in a covenant, and he is also a light eater. I clothed myself, and then I saw that I was always under me. Sincerity made the king of Qin aspire to the world, and the world was captured. Don't travel with long.

At that time, Wei Yu wanted to run away after seeing through the essence of Qin Wangzheng, but before he could run out of Xianyang, he was noticed by Qin Wangzheng and invited him back.

Qin Wangzheng's attitude was very sincere, and he didn't care about Wei Yu's escape, but let him be the state lieutenant of a country, in charge of the military of Qin, which made Wei Wei very moved, and stayed in Qin State from then on, seriously assisting Qin Wangzheng.

This is fifteen years.

But in the past fifteen years, Wei Yi has not changed his original opinion, but has become more and more aware that his judgment back then was right.

Qin Wangzheng, when he was weak and poor, would humbly ask people for advice, and once he won his will, he would be extremely arrogant. There is no one in the world who will be taken into his eyes.

If this King of Qin is allowed to unify the world, all the people in the world will become his slaves.

In the past, Li Xin was the chief general of the war against Chu, which clearly shows this point.

After Qin Wangzheng destroyed Han Zhaoyan, seeing that he had the advantage of annexing the world, he was very arrogant and could not listen to any advice at all, and he appointed Li Xin as a general, which eventually led to the defeat of Huachu.

After the defeat, Qin Wangzheng became extremely humble in the predicament, went to Pinyang in person, and asked Wang Jian to leave the mountain in a low voice.

This arrogance and humility are in line with Wei Yu's character judgment of him back then.

And seeing that after Qin Wangzheng annexed the countries one after another, he became more and more arrogant, did not cherish the power of the people of Qianshou, and repaired the palace of the Six Kingdoms in Guanzhong, working the people and losing money, which is a sign that this king began to turn all the people into slaves in his hands.

"This is just the beginning, if the world is unified, the king will definitely build more magnificent palaces and do more things to enslave the people."

"I can't persuade you, so you should leave, and you can't travel here for a long time."

Wei Yu sighed secretly in his heart, and after thinking about it, the sadness in his heart dissipated, his face was calm, and he bowed to King Qin.

"The minister is old, and he often feels faint when he acts on weekdays, and he is no longer able to bear the heavy responsibility of the king. This resignation is also to let the capable live. In the palace of the king, there are many good generals, and in the world, there are only weak Qi remnants, and there is no need for old ministers to determine the four seas. ”

"Wei Gong's words are heavy, the widow can win the world, and the power of Wei Gong is very heavy."

Qin Wangzheng opened his mouth with relief, but there was a smile in his eyes.

As Wei Yi said, now he Qin Wangzheng still has good generals such as Wang Ben, Meng Wu, Feng Wuxue and Zhao Tuo, but the enemy is only left in the two Qi dynasties.

A gentleman and a minister have their own thoughts in their hearts, but their faces are harmonious.

Monarchs and ministers should also gather and disperse.

Because it is a farewell banquet to see off the captain, not a banquet for major occasions, the atmosphere in the hall is very relaxed.

Zhao Tuo saw that all the generals raised their glasses and said goodbye to Wei Yu, and said some words of blessing.

Naturally, he was no exception, and raised his wine to Wei Yi and said: "Wei Gong once gave the boy the grace of teaching, and now he wants to leave, and the boy is also very sad, so he should respect Wei Gong." ”

Wei Yi laughed, raised his hand and held the white beard under his chin with the other and said, "I can't talk about teaching." However, it was your Zhao Tuo's example of fighting against the water that made the old man quite successful. And the old man heard that you fought in Huaishui, embattled on all sides, and broke the traitor's 20,000 Chu army without a fight. The old man still has to thank you. ”

After that, the two of them raised their wine and drank.

At this time, Wei Yi suddenly thought of something, and he looked at Zhao Tuo strangely.

He has always paid attention to this young general, knowing that Zhao Tuo likes to come up with strange tricks and never does useless things.

"Zhao Tuo, the old man has a lot of doubts about the matter, I don't know if you can solve the old man's doubts?"

Hearing Wei Yu say this, everyone else looked over, and even Qin Wangzheng on the main seat looked at this place with a little interest.

Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Duke Wei, please say, the kid should know everything." ”

Wei Yi bowed his head and said: "The old man heard that you have recently purchased a large amount of wheat in Xianyang, and many people have also followed you to buy it, which has caused the price of wheat in Xianyang to rise by a dollar, the old man is very curious, what are you Zhao Tuo doing when you buy so much wheat?" ”

Wei Yi's voice fell, and before Zhao Tuo could answer, someone in the hall laughed.

"General Zhao bought wheat, so he naturally made it and ate it."

"Don't you hear that there are rumors in Xianyang City, all of them are young and don't like rice and meat, they only love to eat wheat rice and drink wheat milk, and their preferences for food are almost no different from those of Qianshou."