"The gums will be itchy when you change your teeth, don't bite hard things, and bite the medicine bag if it's uncomfortable." Zhu Xiang said, "I'll give you a new medicine bag every day." ”

Ying Xiaozheng nodded with a smile.

He looked at himself in the bronze mirror and silently closed his mouth.

He didn't want to talk until he had his teeth replaced.

Looking at Ying Xiaozheng's appearance, Zhu Xiang wanted to laugh again.

His nephew has been heavy on face since he was a child, and his teeth must have hit him hard, so he can't laugh at him all the time.

"Zheng'er, my uncle told you that changing your teeth means that you have grown up, just like a beast replacing its baby teeth that can't bite bones and replacing them with beautiful and powerful fangs." Zhu Xiang rubbed Ying Xiaozheng's head, "This is a great joy, there is no need to hide and be shy." If anyone laughs at you, you are surprised and ask him, has he not had a tooth change, but is still a baby tooth? ”

Zhu Xiang made a very exaggerated expression of surprise: "Oh, you are still baby teeth, haven't you even changed your teeth?" ”

Ying Xiaozheng laughed out loud.

He covered his mouth and nodded vigorously: "Remember." ”

Zhu Xiang smiled: "In the future, you will change your voice, that is, your throat will develop, and your voice will become as majestic as your uncle's voice from a child......

Ying Xiaozheng interrupted Zhu Xiang and said, "Uncle, your voice is not majestic at all. ”

Zhu Xiang lowered his voice and said, "So? ”

Ying Xiaozheng covered his mouth again and nodded with a smile: "Majestic." ”

Zhu Xiang chuckled: "Right? By about ten years old, your voice will change. At that time, your voice will become hoarse and your throat will become susceptible to pain. It's like you're changing your teeth right now, and you're going through a brief period of embarrassment. ”

Zhu Xiang compares his hands to two wings, fluttering and fluttering: "It's like a caterpillar that has to become an ugly cocoon before it becomes a butterfly." Whoever laughs at you at this time, you laugh at them in turn, haven't you grown at all? Hasn't the voice changed? ”

Ying Xiaozheng nodded again.

Zhu Xiang stretched out his hand: "Go, go back." ”

Ying Xiaozheng held Zhu Xiang's hand, and no longer covered his mouth with his other hand.

Li Mu and the others had already cleaned up the scene, and when they saw Ying Xiaozheng coming back, they didn't mention Ying Xiaozheng's tooth change, let alone laugh at Ying Xiaozheng's front teeth.

Ying Xiaozheng sat back in Li Mu's arms, hesitated for a while, and said without covering his mouth: "Uncle, I'm hungry." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Okay, I'll cook now." ”

After Zhu Xiang left, Ying Xiaozheng looked at the unfinished rice cakes on the table, hesitated for a while, and still picked up the rice cakes.

Li Mu couldn't help but say, "Aren't you worried about sticking out another tooth?" ”

Ying Xiaozheng said: "You can only grow up after changing your teeth, and you can grow them out early after falling off early." ”

Li Mu smiled: "You can't be too eager, take your time." But Zhu Xiang didn't say that he couldn't eat it, so he should be able to continue to eat it? ”

"I'll try one too. Li Mu, you said that if my teeth are glued out, can I grow them again? Meng Wu asked.

Li Mu said: "I guess I can't." ”

Meng Wu was depressed: "Then I'm not forever missing a tooth?" ”

Zhang Ruo stroked his beard and said, "Although it can't grow any longer, you can use shells, gold and copper to make dentures." ”

Meng Wu was surprised: "Zhang Gong seems to be very experienced. ”

Zhang Ruo smiled and said, "After all, I am an old man." ”

Ying Xiaozheng saw that the adults naturally mentioned the matter of falling teeth, holding the rice cake in both hands, gnawing on it, the corners of the mouth were slightly curved upward, and the fleshy cheeks showed shallow dimples.

How could he not see that the elders present were crying in embarrassment when they saw him just now because of the change of teeth, and now they deliberately created a relaxed atmosphere to make themselves happy.

He always felt the love of the people around him, and this love did not come from his identity as the son of Qin.

There was a small episode of changing teeth, which would not stop Zhu Xiang from taking out a rice feast.

Zhu Xiang made fried rice, rice porridge, rice noodles, rice cakes, and made pot slices of pork with a round pot.

Make the pot at the bottom of the iron pot, put the pot on the plate, and then pour the sweet and sour meat slices with the thickened thickening. The pot immediately crunched, the heat rose, and the delicious flavor came to the face.

Zhu Xiang took the spoon and crushed the pot to let the gravy soak into the pot.

At this time, put the pot in your mouth, the surface of the pot is soft, and the juice is absorbed, but the inner core is very crisp and full of burnt aroma.

Ying Xiaozheng forgot the embarrassment of losing his teeth, and only ate meat after crunching and gnawing off several pots.

"It's ...... Noodles? Meng Wu provoked rice noodles, "Or rice?" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "It's rice noodles, also known as rice noodles, and the method is a little different from noodles." I'll write you how to do it. It's eaten in a similar way to noodles. ”

Meng Wu took a bite of rice noodles: "It is more refreshing and elastic than noodles, and it tastes good." ”

Zhang Ruo looked at the delicacies that contained rice on this table, and sighed: "I didn't expect that there are so many ways to eat rice." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Rice, like noodles, can absorb the flavor of other ingredients, and naturally can make a lot of different flavors of food, and anything can be added to it." The growth cycle of rice is most suitable for the southern monsoon weather, the yield is also good, and the shelled cereals are better stored, so sooner or later it will replace millet as the main grain in the south. ”

Zhang Ruodao: "Since Zhu Xiang said so, it seems that Qianzhong County should pay more attention to rice planting." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Rice planting has relatively high requirements for irrigation and tools, so don't blindly promote it. I cultivated new seeds in Shu County, and we slowly replaced them step by step. At the same time, wheat, millet, soybean, etc. can also be interplanted, and farmers can plant whatever they want, and it is more appropriate for them to optimize the planting of crops in an encouraging way. ”

Zhang Ruo smiled: "I know. Zhu Xiang means don't harm the people, I will pay attention. ”

Meng Wu said: "The officials of the Qin State prefer to give orders directly, which will have a faster effect. However, when it comes to food, it really can't be rushed, and it won't be beautiful if there is a famine in a hurry. But what is a monsoon? ”

Zhu Xiang said: "It is rainy in summer and dry in winter. To put it simply, the sea level is rich in water vapor in the summer......"

Meng Wu immediately stopped: "Stop, stop, don't say it, I have a headache." If you want to give a lecture, go to the Xianyang School Palace to lecture! ”

Zhu Xiang closed his mouth in frustration. Mengwu, you scumbag! Learn from your learned sons!

Li Mudao: "The newly cultivated land can be mainly used to grow rice. When the rain is less in October, I will go to the lower reaches of the river to fight, so that the south bank of the river will be owned by the Qin state. There should be a lot of land suitable for growing rice. ”

Meng Wudao: "Do you really want to rule the river with the Chu State?" ”

Li Mu smiled: "Why not?" ”

Zhang Ruo smiled and sighed: "If you really divide the river with the Chu State and rule it, you will swallow about 20% of the land of the Chu State." The people of Chu will not give up. ”

Li Mu said: "I'll just wait for them to be good." It's all about military exploits. ”

Zhu Xiang said: "This is not just a matter of two percent of the land. ”

Zhu Xiang pushed away the exhausted plate and put a chopstick on the table: "Li Mu has now formed the largest naval army today...... The boatmaster, the boatmaster's ship should be slightly changed, and a giant log should be added to withstand the wind and waves at sea, and troops can be transported and fought anywhere along the coastline. ”

Zhu Xiang pointed to the mouth of the Yangtze River: "After that, when the Qin State attacked the Central Plains, it was not from Hangu Pass, but through the Shangdang Heights and the Taihang Mountains to block it layer by layer, but ......."

He drew a circle of his fingers: "The seaside is all plains." ”

Li Mu nodded at one end of the chopsticks: "Yes, I want to occupy the south of the river, so I have this intention." In the future, the south of the river was the land of Qin, and grain and soldiers could start from the river to the sea. After being transported by the boat division, it went directly north. ”

Li Mu pointed to the place where Zhu Xiang had drawn: "Attacking from the sea, the grain route is unimpeded; After the soldiers landed, there were no mountains to block them, and the attack was unimpeded. ”

Meng Wu's eyes lit up: "After that, if the Qin State wants to attack the Six Kingdoms, can it be attacked from both sides?" ”

Li Mu nodded: "You don't even need to be flanked from both sides, you only need to send troops from the east, and they have no danger to defend." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "It's better to attack from both sides, only one end, if they work together, the pressure on the Qin State army line will be too great." ”

Zhang Ruo kept up with their whimsical rhythm: "I thought that General Li just wanted to attack the Chu State on both sides, but relying on the powerful boat division, it was indeed a two-sided attack on several other countries in the Central Plains, wonderful, really wonderful!" ”

"The only question is whether the people of Chu will sit idly by and watch us take the south bank of the river." Zhu Xiang said, "I think the people of Chu don't want to be caught by Qin. ”

Li Mu said indifferently: "What does this have to do with whether they want to or not?" We can only attack when we fight a war and the other side declares a war. ”

The crowd laughed.

Ying Xiaozheng's gums were a little itchy, he stuffed the medicine bag into his mouth and bit it, carefully recalling the map of the Central Plains in his mind.

The teacher is even more powerful than he imagined. If the teacher is really so smooth, and my father's health has improved, can I still become Qin Shi Huang?

Ying Xiaozheng suddenly felt that the biggest crisis in his life was coming.

What's even more terrifying is that he can't deal with this crisis even if he is smart.

Moreover, he didn't want this biological father, who was already familiar with him, to die early.

Ying Xiaozheng rarely has insomnia at night.

Zhu Xiang said worriedly: "Zheng'er, is your tooth very painful and itchy?" ”

Ying Xiaozheng shook his head. He can't say to his uncle, your housekeeper doesn't want to be Qin II, right?

He decided that he must not tell his father the title of "Qin Shi Huang", let alone let his father come up with the title of "Second and Third Emperors".

He himself was very good when he was Qin Shi Huang, but Qin II and Qin III ...... He only realized now that it really didn't sound good.

If you can't be Qin Shi Huang, let your father take a random nickname like other Qin kings, and change it after he ascends the throne.

Zhu Xiang rubbed Ying Xiaozheng's cheeks and said, "It's really not itchy?" Then why are you frowning? ”

Ying Xiaozheng flattened his brows: "There is no frown." ”

Zhu Xiang smiled: "Okay, it's not wrinkled." If you don't itch, go to bed quickly. ”

Ying Xiaozheng buried his face on the pillow: "Hmm......"

He also wanted his father to live a long life, and he didn't want to be Qin II, so annoying.

……

After October, Li Mu began to dispatch troops and drove a more powerful boat division along the Yangtze River to the east.

During the rest and recuperation time given to him by the state of Chu, he built more large ships and weapons, and trained more soldiers who could fight on large ships.

Now Zhang Ruolai is stationed in Eyi, Li Mu is the main general, Meng Wu is the deputy general, and the mighty Qin Guozhou Division set off again.

The state of Chu was in a panic.

The king of Chu immediately gathered his forces south of the capital to prevent Li Mu from attacking the capital after landing.

Li Mu completely ignored the heavy troops assembled north of the Yangtze River. In the panicked sight of the Chu soldiers north of the Yangtze River, Li Mu quickly captured a number of ferry cities south of the Yangtze River.

The people of Chu were not mediocre, and they immediately realized Li Mu's intentions - Li Mu was actually extremely arrogant, wanting to control the Yangtze River with the boats of the Qin State and cut off the territory of the Chu State from the Yangtze River!

They immediately sent ships south of the Yangtze River to support. Li Mu had already prepared, and built several additional wharves and watchtowers on the Yangtze River, monitoring the state of Chu day and night, and could send boats to respond to the battle at any time.

Li Mu did not have many ships stationed on the ground, but because the ships were equipped with a large number of long-range weapons and occupied the advantage of defense, it was difficult for the Chu State Boat Division to cross south.

What's more, there are not many boat masters in the Chu State compared to the boat masters in the Qin State. They only had a few scattered small boats that could dock, but they were not of much use after docking, at most they would harass the garrison of the Qin State.

The garrison of the Qin State in the city will not be breached by this small group of Chu soldiers.