Thirty zhang away in front of them is the beacon tower, three or four zhang high, less than five zhang wide, built up with bluestone and blue bricks, and the blue black is eye-catching in the snow.

Seeing such an eye-catching building, Zhu Gaoxuan couldn't help frowning, didn't this tell the enemy that I was a beacon, come and demolish me?

"Your Highness, the role of the beacon is to warn, but once it has the effect of deterring the enemy, so that the enemy does not dare to act rashly.

It is more important to avoid war than to have it. ”

Several people dismounted and stepped forward on foot, and Geng Zhong explained to Zhu Gaoxuan why the beacon tower was so eye-catching.

At the same time, he also stretched out his hand to help Zhu Gaoxuan, who was unknown, and walked through a horse pit more than 20 zhang wide.

The ground after the snow is white, if there is no Geng Zhong to lead, Zhu Gaoxuan will definitely step into these trap pits, the light is broken, and the heavy foot may be pierced.

It is impossible for such an important military structure as a beacon tower to be left without defenses.

"See the commander, meet His Royal Highness King Liang."

The four of them came to the beacon tower, and immediately five military households came out.

"Get up. Did you find anything from this observation on this day? ”

Geng Zhong was not polite and asked directly about the point.

"Back to my lord, at the end of the day, my subordinates and others only saw the three sentry horses running past the grassland in front of them, but they didn't get close, they just seemed to want to see if the snow melted."

"Have you found the enemy who poured sand and snow on the 'first-line sky' mountain road?"

"I still haven't found it, those people have never appeared again, and my subordinates suspect that those sand were dumped when there was a snow disaster in Liangzhou Mansion and they were busy with disaster relief."

"Keep watching, and light the wolf smoke as soon as there is a change."

"Rest assured, with the honeycomb coal and coal stove sent by Lantian, the wolf smoke has been very dry, and it can definitely be lit as soon as possible."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Zhu Gaoxuan was also a lot relieved, stepping on the spiral staircase to the top of the beacon tower, the snow on it was clean, and there was a layer of straw covering the stone pot that lit the fire, holding the beacon tower could ignite the wolf smoke in the shortest time.

It's just that this beacon tower is not capped, and the cold wind will blow in along the stairs, and the soldiers in charge of guarding it will be very hard.

The four of them checked it and left, heading to the next beacon.

Zhu Gaoxuan found that the snow on the northwest side of Helan Mountain was much smaller than the snow on the southeast side, and it seemed that the heavy snow was blocked by Helan Mountain this time, and there was only light snow on the northwest side.

After running five beacon towers, Zhu Gaoxuan found that not every beacon tower was placed in the open, and some beacon towers may be smaller, but they are hidden in the woods or among the rocks, and it is more difficult to be found.

It's these beacons that are really used for early warning.

In the snow, the four of them patiently inspected the beacon towers on both sides of Helan Mountain to ensure that all the beacons were functioning normally.

After a circle, Zhu Gaoxuan received many sincere thanks.

"Your Highness, you can rest assured, there are many beacon warnings, once the Northern Yuan cavalry approaches, we will definitely find out as soon as possible."

"Don't be careless, have you forgotten the summer plague? Your beacon didn't find Nalan Sumin and his party. ”

"This~ Your Highness has to teach you a lesson, and the lower officials will be more cautious."

Geng Zhong, who was still proud just now, thinking that he could raise his face in front of King Liang, turned red and was a little ashamed.

The smallpox plague in the summer was definitely caused by his carelessness, and he secretly reminded himself that he had to be more careful.

Just when Geng Zhong was embarrassed, Jiang Ming came over with a careful smile.

"Your Highness, dinner has been prepared, why don't we eat first?"

"Forget about the meal, I'm afraid you'll be caught in it again."

Zhu Gaoxuan looked at this pockmarked face and wanted to slap him, before he went to Lantian to ask for help, but he didn't tell the truth, which made Zhu Gaoxuan's assistance to Liangzhou Mansion a lot sluggish.

If he knew that there were so many casualties, he would have increased the rescue of Liangzhou Mansion as soon as possible, and saw that some casualties could be reduced.

"Hehe~ Your Highness rest assured, there is absolutely no condom this time, this time the villain went into the mountains and caught a few hares and pheasants, as well as the rock sheep raised by Wei, which are all rare and delicious.

Steaming, frying, stir-frying and stewing are all used, and there is definitely one dish that can suit your taste. ”

Jiang Ming's cheeks are speechless, thick enough.

He also inquired clearly, in addition to beauties, His Royal Highness King Liang's only hobby is food, and many new delicacies in Lantian are spread from Liangwang's mansion.

"Your Highness, it's getting dark, it's not safe for you to go back, just stay first, the room you lived in before has been cleaned, and a new kang has been built."

Geng Zhong also came up and said that when they left the Liangzhou Mansion, they had already arranged for people to prepare.

The arrival of King Liang not only attaches importance to him, but also to the military households and ordinary people of the guard.

After all, King Liang can be said to be the life-saving benefactor who saved more than 100,000 of them.

"Let's go, let's eat first."

Zhu Gaoxuan naturally won't leave now, not to mention the danger of rushing at night, even the defense work of Liangzhou Mansion, he only checked a corner, and there are still a lot of things he hasn't seen.

Jiang Ming didn't lie, the dinner was really sumptuous, and it was the most sumptuous meal since Zhu Gaoxuan's crossing.

The large round table was filled with more than 30 dishes.

The staple food is lamb meat noodle soup, noodles are good noodles, this year's newly harvested wheat, with the stone mill repeatedly hand-ground white noodles, through the strength of the military household repeatedly kneaded, and then with a sharp embroidered spring blade down the noodles.

The sheep is a young lamb that is only one month old, and it tastes delicious; The condiments of the noodle soup are also very plentiful, and there are a lot of mountain delicacies to season.

Slightly spicy and sweet, slightly sour and salty, the dough is chewy and does not melt in the mouth, the lamb meat has no fishy smell, and the entrance is soft and melts.

It was the best bowl of noodles he had ever tasted.

Wrong!

It should be said that the best bowl of noodles I have eaten in two lifetimes.

So much so that he couldn't eat the other pheasants, hares, and rock sheep just after tasting them.

"Yes, this noodle is really good, and it can become a delicious dish that will be passed down through the ages."

Touching his stomach and leaning on the chair, Zhu Gaoxuan couldn't help but give a thumbs up and admired.

"Hehe, our Liangzhou noodle soup can be appreciated by His Royal Highness King Liang, and it will definitely be famous through the ages."

"Hmm~ indeed."

Zhu Gaoxuan recalled that Liangzhou in later generations seemed to cut noodles with knives, and the noodle soup was really famous, and it was really passed on.

But it's right to think about it, Chinese cuisine is really still rising and popular, in fact, it is the origin of the Song and Ming dynasties, and the eight major cuisines of later generations were born and summarized in the Song and Ming dynasties.

Seasonings such as soy sauce, vinegar, oil pepper, cumin, green onion, ginger, garlic and so on were also discovered and developed during this period.

With enough seasoning, a good economic foundation, and the foodie genes in the bones of the Chinese nation, the more the food is studied, the more delicious it is.