Seeing that Shu Yan was so sure, Zou Lao immediately wondered: "How can the old lady know so much." ”

Shu Yan swallowed his saliva and said: "That kid in Linxun has to go to the pole and ask me to be his godmother, I am naturally afraid of him, as the saying goes, I am afraid of something, and there are a lot of cavalry in the hands of the red man." ”

Wang Longyun was puzzled: "Cavalry? ”

Shu Yan nodded, and she continued: "And they have mastered yellow powder and wrought steel, I'm afraid they can already produce cannons, and the wall of Fenyang can't last for 1 hour." ”

Old Zou looked at Shu Yan with pity.

"Isn't this thing taught by you, old lady?"

Shu Yan waved her hand, and she looked at Zou Lao.

"Brother Zou, at that time, Lin Xun put a knife on my neck, and my sons were forced by him to be the female bandits' husband, can I sit idly by?"

Zou Lao snorted coldly.

Shu Yan continued: "But I think they shouldn't be coming to Fenyang. ”

The old boy was not stupid, and blurted out: "They are going to attack Pingqiu." ”

Pingqiu copper mine can not only have copper, but also iron and coal, the Han army's artillery guns and weapons are mostly forged here, this is a resource area, and this place is a strategic place, if occupied, the north can be close to the Central Plains hinterland city Luoyang, the west is the hinterland of the West Liang, if the Han army loses here, the trouble will be big.

Pingqiu here, the land is as its name suggests, it is very flat, only there is a flat hill in the west, but there is a big city here, the city wall is poured with cement at any cost, it is very solid, and it is easy not to break the city.

When Zou Lao thought of this, he was slightly relieved, and he said: "The general doesn't need to worry, although the terrain of Pingqiu is downwind, the city wall is strong, and they can't break the city wall even if they use heavy artillery." ”

Shu Yan sneered.

"Heavy artillery can't break it, but what about the plague, Yingzhou flood, they came from the Huai River, many people in the army were infected, if the plague spread to Pingqiu......"

Zou Lao sneered.

"Although I, Zou Shijie, am a scholar, I also know that the Xiliang Army is not steel and iron, and it will also be infected with the plague."

Shu Yan laughed, it turned out that this person's name was Zou Shijie, which was really interesting.

"But I gave them the formula of the golden elixir, which can only be made in half a month or several months, and the output is very small, so I think they should have been preparing for a long time."

Zou Shijie clenched his fists and frowned.

Half a day later, this Zou Shijie spoke: "The old lady is really giving you everything. ”

Shu Yan smiled.

"Where is Brother Zou, Long Yun is my nephew, I naturally want to help him, I have already prepared the recipe for the golden medicine and yellow powder, as well as the cooked steel."

Shu Yan took out the formula from his arms and put it on the table beside him.

Zou Shijie took it out and looked at it carefully, but he couldn't see why.

Shu Yan said with a smile: "Brother Zou is a scholar, and he has a headache after seeing too many of this kind of thing. ”

Zou Shijie threw the things aside in disgust, and Wang Longyun spoke: "Old Zou, I have already sent some more people to investigate, and I will reply to the news this evening, if it is really as my aunt said, we will immediately set off to Pingqiu." ”

Zou Shijie nodded, and Shu Yan yawned.

"I've been bored in the house for the past few days, can you let my old man go out and breathe a sigh of relief."

Wang Longyun said with a smile: "Naturally, it is possible, Old Zou, you can send someone to escort your aunt." ”

Zou Shijie snorted coldly, which was considered to be an agreement.

Shu Yan went back to his room and saw that Cheng San was writing for the first time, Shu Yan leaned forward and found that this kid's handwriting was quite good.

The pen walks the dragon and snake, quite a kind of kingly domineering.

Shu Yan couldn't help but joke: "Just looking at your words, I think you kid is a hegemon." ”

Cheng San smiled slightly, put down the pen, and Shu Yan looked at it and was shocked.

This kid writes the world as a contract.

Cheng San opened his mouth and said: "I have thought about it carefully, if the emperor makes a contract with the people, the imperial power will ensure the prosperity of the small people, and the small people will protect the imperial power forever, is this a good policy?" ”

This kid didn't carelessly get a nondescript social contract theory.

But Shu Yan still couldn't help but smack: "How many people can hear the emperor's voice, even if everyone hears it, how many people can understand it?" The territory of this dynasty is much larger than that of the previous dynasty, is it because the founding emperor of this dynasty is more powerful? ”

Cheng San was about to open his mouth to brag, but Shu Yan said: "Of course not, that's because this dynasty has introduced good horses from the Western Regions, and the canal connecting the north and south has been dug and the speed of transmitting information has become faster, and the territory of this country will become larger." ”

Cheng San was stunned in place, and Shu Yan patted Cheng San on the shoulder.

"Boy, everything is very complicated, and governing the country is especially complicated, the rise of a dynasty has a lot to do with the emperor, but it is not that big."

Cheng San was still thinking about it, but Shu Yan was already impatient, she wanted to go out for a walk, see if the place where the vegetable seller was still there, and see how many people in the city could survive if the Sun family was peeled.

Shu Yan pulled Cheng San and left Sun's house with a group of soldiers, and as soon as he left the house, he saw Xiao Se in his eyes.

It's even more desolate than ever.

Shu Yan and they walked to the vegetable market at the gate of the city, and there were not many living people except soldiers on the way, but many soldiers were carrying corpses out one by one.

Cheng San couldn't help but put a close look at the soldiers in front of him.

"Isn't the Sun family's bloodsquire gone, why are there fewer people in this city?"

The soldier spoke: "Do you really not understand or falsely understand, we don't have a salary." ”

Shu Yan was stunned for a moment, there was no military salary, they raped and plundered on the spot, and they happened to pass by the family that had borrowed water before.

Shu Yan and Cheng San curiously pushed the door in, only to see the blood stains all over the yard, the first woman in the house was lying naked on the ground, her eyes were wide open, and the outermost was her husband's corpse, Shu Yan didn't want to look at it anymore, so he pulled Cheng San out of here.

As they continued on their way, they came to the vegetable market, which had been occupied by the army, where several shirtless soldiers were playing around a child.

When Shu Yan got closer, he saw that this was the child in the two-legged flock who was going to eat their horse.

The child's clothes were missing, and he was naked and watched by the soldiers.

A child fights a dog.

A soldier said: "This dog grew up eating people, and this child also grew up eating people. ”

The child let out a roar and bit the dog's neck directly, and even though the dog bit his hand, he never let go.

The child seemed to be full of hatred, more like a beast than a beast.

Shu Yan was also stunned.

(End of chapter)