Chapter 1129: The Taste of Coffee
In the middle of the night, there was another incident of a deep-sea dragon attacking Cangfeng Harbor, but it was secretly quelled by the Gonggong Naval Army led by Candle Dragon.
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The next morning, the sea breeze was bitter, and the wind was mixed with fine snow particles, which hit the face with extra pain.
Lin Muyu returned to the big tent after patrolling, but found that Qin Yin and Tang Xiaoxi were brewing coffee in their own residence, this set of coffee makers was still brought back from the earth, and the alcohol was heated, and now the two MMs have been used perfectly, and it is rare to be able to drink warm and mellow coffee in the Broken Ding Realm.
"Damn, it's really unpleasant!"
Feng Jixing walked in scolding, looked up, and immediately said respectfully: "Your Highness and the county lord are also here, your subordinates see Your Highness, good morning Your Highness." ”
Qin Yin said with a smile: "What is the Wind Commander so angry about? Sit down first and have a cup of tea." ”
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Feng Jixing sat opposite Lin Muyu and said: "Ah Yu, last night the second deep-sea dragon attacked our harbor and overturned three boats and a building ship, NND, that building ship is our main warship, transportation and artillery battles are okay, this is good, it costs more than 100,000 gold coins to build one, this is good, Jiaolong swung his tail and sank." ”
"I know it all. ”
Lin Muyu groaned and said: "I sent hundreds of Gonggong sailors into the deep sea to investigate last night, and they reported back in the morning, saying that due to the climate change of heavenly punishment, the temperature in the air has dropped a lot, but the deep sea is heating up, so those deep-sea dragons can't stay hot, and they have all come ashore, relatively speaking, the climate on land makes them like it even more." ”
"How many deep sea dragons are there?"
"Thousands, if nothing else, within three days we can receive reports of many fishermen being attacked by deep-sea dragons. ”
"Do you need to send someone to exterminate these deep-sea dragons?"
"We have a weak heart, ordinary soldiers are not the opponent of the deep sea dragon at all, a hundred soldiers may not be able to beat a dragon, and even the skin scales of this dragon can resist the bombardment of the magic crystal cannon. ”
"Good ...... So powerful?" Feng Jixing was speechless, and said: "Then I didn't say it, but your Gonggong Naval Army is extraordinary, and they are good at water warfare, why don't you send them out to strangle the Deep Sea Jiaolong, so as not to endanger the common people with these beasts?"
"I have already ordered the Candle Dragon to be in charge of the coastal defense, and the 30,000 Gonggong Navy is divided into hundreds of corps to disperse and patrol our coastal areas to ensure that nothing goes wrong. ”
"That's fine. Feng Jixing clapped his palms and said with a smile: "Your Highness Yin, is my tea ready?"
"Wait, it's right away. ”
Qin Yin smiled sweetly.
At this moment, two beautiful figures outside walked in, it was Chu Yao and Ouyang Yan.
"Sister Chu Yao, are you here?"
Lin Muyu stood up and personally moved a chair for Chu Yao, and after Chu Yao sat down, she smiled and said, "So many people......"
"You must be here, right?"
"Hmm. ”
Chu Yao's eyes were like water, and he said softly: "Regarding the matter of medicinal herbs, more than thirty percent of our soldiers have frostbite on their hands and feet, and chilblains have spread very badly, which will affect their combat effectiveness very much, I have ordered them to prepare gloves, leather boots and other cold-proof items, but this cannot cure them immediately, and some medicines to promote the healing of chilblains are also needed." ”
"Isn't there any stock in the Elixir Division?" asked Feng Jixing.
Chu Yao smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "Originally, there was, but it has been exhausted in the past half a month, the weather is very cold, and there are more and more frostbitten soldiers, I have already placed a purchase list for the chambers of commerce in Wugu City and Dusk Rain City when I came, and there are no medicines in the inventory of the Elixir Division in various places, but these merchants still have a lot of stock in their hands, but the funds of the Elixir Division have been exhausted, so ...... This fee must be disbursed by the Household Department. ”
Qin Yin walked over with a cup of coffee, put it in front of Chu Yao, and said with a smile: "I know, how many are there?"
"800,000 gold coins. Chu Yao took out a list of applications for funds from his arms and said, "This list is issued by the Elixir Department and the Ministry of War, and if I want to get money from the Ministry of Households, I must have the signatures of two people, one is Ah Yu's and the other is His Highness." ”
"No problem. ”
Qin Yin smiled happily, reached into her arms, and took out a dark blue signature pen.
"Wait, Xiaoyin. ”
Lin Muyu said speechlessly: "If you sign with a pen, maybe the household department will not recognize it?"
"It's okay, there's a jade seal......"
"That's right, sign it. ”
After Qin Yin signed, Lin Muyu also signed his name, and then took out the marshal's seal from the Qiankun bag and stamped it, and then handed it to Qin Yin, and after Qin Yin stamped the empress's seal, it was officially issued.
Chu Yao happily took the receipt, sat down again, took a sip of coffee, and couldn't help frowning: "Wow, this tastes a little weird......"
Qin Yin smiled: "Yes, yes, I thought so at first, but then I felt much better, Sister Chu Yao, this is a specialty of Ah Yu's hometown......
"Ah Yu's hometown?" Chu Yao blinked, immediately took another sip, and said with a smile: "I like it, I will come over often in the future, is it okay?"
"Absolutely. ”
At this moment, Feng Jixing also took a sip, and couldn't help but squirt out "poof": "Wow, why does it taste like this?"
Lin Muyu, Qin Yin, and Tang Xiaoxi glared at him together.
"Ahem...... The taste is actually a unique flavor......" Feng Jixing sneered.
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At lunchtime, everyone still ate together in Lin Muyu's big tent, even the food of the empress and the marshal was not much better, gruel, dough and a pot of broth, and the meat was dried wild boar, obscure and unpalatable, and everyone's faces were green when eaten, but this is military food, there is no way to do it.
There is never any very good food in the army camp, and even the dry food is very ridiculous, the main dry food is the flour cake, or the rice is extruded into the cake after drying, once the army is in a hurry, the Linghuo Division will not be able to cook, usually just boil some boiling water in a hurry, and let the soldiers soak the rice cake as a meal.
In a life-and-death war, no one cares whether they eat well or not, they only care about whether they can eat enough and whether they have the strength.
In the afternoon, there is a military meeting.
Qin Yin, Tang Xiaoxi sat in the town, Lin Muyu, Feng Jixing held a military meeting together, the commanders of the major legions arrived one after another, Qin Yan, Tang Zhen, Chen Xiaoli, Xu Jiantao, Wei Qiu, Xiang Yu, Baili Cang, Qianfeng and others all came, a huge long table was full of senior generals on both sides, and the outside was heavily guarded, these generals are too important, they are the core of the entire empire, and they must be strictly protected.
The coastal defense map composed of three huge paper scrolls was spread out on the long table, marked with small dots one by one, including the Broken Ding Boundary, the deployment of the coast of the Tianji Continent, and the details of all the islands in the East China Sea and even the northern continental shelf.
The generals' expressions were solemn, the atmosphere of the unprecedented war was invisibly permeated, everyone was like a great enemy, and the opponent in this war was by no means easy to deal with, after all, the opponent's strength was more than twice his own.
"Marshal, when are we going to attack?"
Everyone was silent, but Xiang Yu opened his mouth to speak, and said, "According to our preparations, we can go to sea to start a war three days ago." ”
"I know, wait a minute. Lin Muyu pressed the handle of the sword on his waist, slowly walked behind the generals, came to the other end of the map, stretched out his hand and pointed to Xishan Province, and said, "The key to this battle is here." ”
"Xishan Province?" Wei Qiu was stunned: "My lord is talking about Bai Ze mercenaries, right?"
"Hmm. ”
Lin Muyu nodded: "Bai Ze mercenary is a chess piece that I left on the Tianji Continent many years ago, and now this chess piece has made it difficult for Yang Shang to sleep, so Yang Shang is bound to be an opponent of Bai Ze mercenary, after all, ...... On the side of the couch, it accommodates others. ”
Zhang Wei clenched his fists and said: "In my opinion, it is better to kill it directly, use Xishan Province as a springboard, and destroy the army of the villain of Yang Shang in one fell swoop!"
Lin Muyu couldn't help laughing: "Lao Zhang is deliberately giving us a negative example again." ”
The crowd laughed.
Zhang Wei was confused.
Lin Muyu continued: "First of all, Yang Shang's strength is far superior to ours, plus the ironclad cavalry of the Tianji Continent is very powerful, their total number of cavalry is about 500,000, plus more than a thousand dragoons, this is their advantage, and our advantage is the magic crystal cannon, Demon crystal crossbow, but once we land on the Tianji Continent and fight them on land, the speed of the cavalry will be very critical, with Chen Yu's assistance, I believe that Yang Shang will also understand how to use the speed of the cavalry to drag down our cumbersome magic crystal cannon, in the land battle, we will definitely suffer, and it will be a big loss!"
Xiang Yu frowned and said, "So...... Lin Shuai means...... Naval battles?"
"That's right. ”
Lin Muyu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Only by dragging the army of Yang Shang into the naval battle can we have a chance of winning, as far as I know, the strength of the sailors of the army of Yang Shang is very strong, their warships are enough to carry millions of troops into the sea area, our Daqin's building ship can be called the king of naval warfare, plus the power of the magic crystal cannon, it is enough to deter the opponent, in addition, plus the Gonggong Naval Army and the Horseshoe Crab Legion of the Eight Desolation Province that I have mastered, we have at least more than seventy percent chance of winning." ”
As he spoke, Lin Muyu pressed his hand heavily on the table, and said in a sonorous voice: "This battle aims to annihilate most of the living forces of the Yangshang Legion, hold the control of the entire sea area in the hands of our Great Qin Empire, and suppress the strength of the Yangshang Continent in the Tianji Continent, and after that, we can fight as much as we want!"
"The point is...... How can we make Yang Shang light the enemy and be willing to fight a decisive battle with us at sea?"
"This is going to be considered in the long run. ”
Lin Muyu took a deep breath and said, "Bai Ze's mercenaries are the key, wait for Sikong Yao to come, as for the battlefield, I think it should be near here." ”
He gently pressed his palm somewhere on the map.
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Tang Zhen's brows stretched and he muttered, "Changyuan Island ......"