Chapter 14: The Wine Banquet

The so-called banquet is just a slaughtered few sheep to make a whole sheep feast, plus a few roasted whole sheep, alcohol is not allowed in the military camp on weekdays, because of today's banquet, soldiers who are not on duty can also drink three glasses, and that's it.

Lu Chen ate a bold, not how delicious the mutton of the Tang Dynasty was, mainly from the time he was arrested to the present, Lu Chen was not hungry, if it wasn't for Li Xiuning talking about the banquet, Lu Chen was ready to find a place to go into the warehouse to get some military rations and eat first.

To be honest, Lu Chen can only give a bad review for the meals of this era, but there are too few types of spices in this era, except for salt, there are some things like peppercorns, peppercorns, and dogwood, which are too much worse than later generations.

As for the staple soup cake, Li Xiuning called it a soup cake, but in Lu Chen's opinion, this soup cake is the noodle soup of later generations, and it is a noodle soup that does not even have onions, ginger and garlic, at most add some sauce and pepper to it, salt is still very precious in this era, so the taste can be imagined, if Lu Chen is not very hungry, he may not be able to eat it.

After all, if you eat slowly in the army, you will probably not be able to eat enough, so Lu Chen's eating appearance is not elegant, but it is not very vulgar, just keep stuffing it into his mouth, and then close his mouth and chew, stuff it again, chew again, silently, and very fast.

Li Xiuning sat on the main seat, playing with the wine glass in his hand, watching Lu Chen eat nonsense in the informal manners, not only was he not bored, but he felt that this was the embodiment of his true temperament, after all, Li Xiuning had led the troops to fight for many years, and most of his subordinates were bold people, if it was those people who claimed to be superior in the courtyard of the deep house, it was estimated that they would be very tired of Lu Chen's appearance.

Li Xiuning played with the wine glass, and watched Lu Chen eating and drinking there with great interest, looking like he was enjoying it.

"It looks like the army division is hungry!" Just when Lu Chen was gobbling up, the female general sitting on Li Xiuning's right hand looked at Lu Chen's appearance of not having enough to eat, and couldn't help but ridicule Lu Chen.

Lu Chen followed the voice and found that it was the female general who stopped Fang Qi who was making fun of herself, so she hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said with an embarrassed smile: "I haven't eaten for a day, but it makes the general laugh!" Didn't ask the general what to call him? ”

"The servant is called Ye Zhu, who was originally the maid of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and was given the position of deputy general by Her Royal Highness!" The female general who stopped Fang Qi was none other than Princess Pingyang's personal maid Ye Zhu, who was now the left deputy general of the Women's Army.

"It turned out to be General Ye! Disrespectful! Disrespectful! Lu Chen hugged his fists and gave Ye Zhu a salute, Lu Chen didn't expect that this heroic woman was actually Li Xiuning's personal maidservant, and she was the left deputy general of the Women's Army, and then picked up the wine glass and got up and came to Li Xiuning, and when she saw Lu Chen standing in front of Li Xiuning, the voice in the room suddenly became much quieter, "I want to toast Her Royal Highness the princess with a glass, thank the princess for her kindness!" Lu Chen said and drank all the wine in the wine glass.

"Where is the military advisor! If this palace can meet a military advisor, it can be regarded as a blessing for three lives, and it will meet a good talent! Li Xiuning was not hypocritical, he directly picked up the wine glass and drank it all, "Speaking of this, the palace also has to thank Captain Fang!" If it weren't for Captain Fang chasing after you, this palace wouldn't have met Mr., otherwise wouldn't you have missed out on your talent? Where is Fang Qi? Li Xiuning asked directly.

"The last general!" Hearing Li Xiuning shouting at himself, Fang Qi, who was yelling at Meng Ji, hurriedly got up and came to Li Xiuning, "I don't know what the marshal commands?" ”

"This palace just said to the military division, if you don't chase after the military division, this palace can't attract such a great talent as the military division, so this way, you are meritorious, this palace has always been rewarded and punished, and from today you will be promoted to Zhenwei Lieutenant!" As Li Xiuning spoke, he gave Fang Qi a first level, you must know that Captain Zhiguo is only a positive seventh grade, while Captain Zhenwei is a positive sixth grade, and there are twice as many people under his direct subordinates.

"Xie Dashuai!" Hearing that Li Xiuning had promoted himself by a whole level, Fang Qi's joy was overflowing, and he was overjoyed.

"This palace said, merit is merit, and it is over, I only beat you with ten military sticks before, and there are ten military sticks that this palace can give you back to remember! As for whether you want to fight or not, it depends on your performance in the future! Li Xiuning glanced at Lu Chen as she spoke, and then glared at Fang Qi again.

Fang Qina is also an old fritter, how can he not understand this kind of thing, so he hurriedly found a big bowl on the side, poured a full bowl of wine, and came to Lu Chen.

"Strategist, I was offended before! Look at the military division Haihan! Fang Qi came to Lu Chen, and he was not ambiguous, as soon as he said the words, he drank all the wine directly, and in order to show his sincerity, he also made a bowl mouth down action, indicating that he drank very cleanly.

How could Lu Chen, who was standing on the side, not hear the meaning of Li Xiuning's words, obviously this was Li Xiuning who wanted to sell himself to Fang Qi, after all, Lu Chen was a newcomer, and before he made an inch, he was appointed as a "military advisor" by Li Xiuning in a word, this is Li Xiuning helping him buy people's hearts!

"Captain Fang laughed, as the so-called don't fight, don't know each other, if it weren't for this misunderstanding, I wouldn't be appreciated by Her Royal Highness the Princess, in the future, the big guys will be a brother who eats in a pot, I salute everyone here!" Lu Chen was not ambiguous, he directly changed the wine glass to a large bowl, picked up the wine bowl and drank it all, and at the same time, like Fang Qi, the bowl was facing down, expressing his sincerity.

"Good!" The cheers suddenly resounded all over the room, and the room was full of lieutenant generals and officers, all of whom had been rough men who had followed Li Xiuning for many years, and they appreciated Lu Chen's bold behavior the most, and they hated the kind of scholars who twisted and pinched and were full of "who cares".

Of course, Lu Chen understands what is going on when he is a soldier, as the so-called "you treat me as a soldier, I will treat you as a soldier" is the best portrayal in the army, you must know that there are "guns together" in the four major irons, and they are all fateful friendships.

With Lu Chen's bowl of wine, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became more enthusiastic, and the generals who originally felt that Lu Chen was a little out of place also looked at Lu Chen with a bowl of wine, and even some generals came to talk to Lu Chen, and Li Xiuning naturally saw everything in his eyes, and his appreciation for Lu Chen became more and more intense.

Just as the house was bustling, a discordant sound came from outside.

"Report!" A long "report" word suddenly quieted down the whole room, and I saw a person dressed as a post guard outside, carrying a bamboo tube and covered in dust, running into the hall quickly and kneeling on one knee, "Qiyu is handsome, there is a mansion to report!" ”