Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 23
Although Haitang didn't answer Xie San's questions last night, she made two portable foods as promised in the morning.

One is a square browned piece, and the other is a sauce-colored long strip of meat.

Xie San smelled it. The former was fried and the latter was sauce.Ling Xue didn't smell it and just stuffed it into her mouth: "What is this hard thing? Does it look like it's made of rice? These meat strips are delicious!"

Xie San also tasted it.He asked Ling Xue: "How about I make these two kinds of dry food for you when we march and fight?"

Ling Xue's eyes lit up: "That's an absolute delicacy in the world! The rice balls don't last long, the dry pancakes are tasteless, and the fried noodles are the worst. When it comes to rain and rivers, my dry food is gone. This is good, delicious, filling, and also Don’t worry about getting wet when it rains!”

Haitang picked up a piece of meat with a smile and said: "This is beef jerky, and that is rice crispy rice. If you want food to be preserved for a long time, you must air-dry, roast, and fry the skin of the food to prevent it from spoiling. Just pickle, smoke, and wax it to make it dry and salty, and it will not deteriorate for a long time.

Crispy rice is fried rice, and beef is marinated and then fried.If you have time, the beef can be slowly air-dried and roasted, which will dehydrate it more thoroughly and make it less likely to get burned. "

"It's really suitable to satisfy your hunger!" Xie San praised: "Your wisdom is my backing! Ling Shuang, follow Haitang and study hard." Xie San: My girl's name is Surprise!
Ling Xue: It seems good to have a princess who can cook!

Ling Shuang: What did I miss?
Everyone quickly swept away these samples made by Haitang.At this time, Aunt Feng and Ji'er brought out steamed buns and fish porridge, and Gu Quan, Feng Tingxiao and Feng Mingze also came over.

"Except for the more than a dozen households whose houses were burned and needed to be rebuilt, everyone else has returned to their respective homes, but the recuperation will continue for a while. Last night, one of the seriously injured died, and the rest of the injured are already safe." Feng Tingxiao told King Duan reported back.

King Duan nodded: "With the people's peace of mind, these injuries will gradually heal."

"I heard that some families are afraid that the officers and soldiers will come back, and they have already planned to go to other places to visit their relatives. Ahem! Leaving home is just for peace of mind!" Feng Tingxiao shook his head and added: "After all, we are the ones who have caused everyone trouble."

King Duan turned to Ling Xue and asked: "How many horses do we have now?"

"We have eight horses. We got six good horses yesterday, and four wounded ones." Ling Xue just counted them this morning, and asked the dark guards to drag out the two horses that couldn't be healed and kill them.

"Okay," King Duan thought for a moment and said, "Leave eleven of them and send the rest to the town for Li Zheng to make arrangements." He was speechless for a while.

Aunt Feng also changed the tea. "Your Majesty," Feng Tingxiao gestured to Mingze to take out a roll of drawings, which were the drawings of the "Flying Sky-shaking Thunder Cannon" that he burned back then. However, he knelt down to Prince Duan: "The guilty minister destroyed the drawings and fled, not with him. People want to grab power and gain, but they don’t want this cannon to fall into the hands of the Walas!"

"Not long after the new emperor ascended the throne, the court was not stable, and foreign enemies were waiting for opportunities to encroach on the border. Wang Yue, an internal minister of the Shenji Camp, colluded with Wala and wanted to sell the construction plans of the unfinished artillery to Wala.

Since Wala needed weapons suitable for siege and easy for them to carry as guerrillas, Wang Yue took a fancy to the Feitian Zhentian Thunder that I was about to complete.According to the construction regulations of the Shenbing Department, the construction drawings must be registered in the warehouse after they are completed. Only after the drawings are copied can the copied drawings be used for construction.

When Wang Yue saw that I refused to hand over the drawings, he forged a collaboration letter in my handwriting as a threat.In anger, I burned the drawings, escaped from Kyoto, and lived all the way here.Before this, my wife and children did not know my identity, and all my crimes had nothing to do with them! "

"What a Wang Yue, but just a eunuch!" King Duan said bitterly: "Today he is still serving as an internal minister of the Shenji Camp. It is unknown how many national resources he has sold over the years!"

"Because he is still in his position, even though I know that my family in Beijing has not been implicated, I dare not return to Beijing easily for fear of another incident. This picture has been revised many times since it was modeled, and it is now much more powerful than it was back then. . The common people are willing to present this picture to the prince, so that this magic weapon can see the light of day, and the loyalty of the common people can be revealed to the world!" After Feng Tingxiao finished speaking, he kowtowed three times.

Lingxue took over the drawings on behalf of King Duan, and Wang said firmly: "I will return to the capital to investigate Wang Yue. Once I find evidence that he has connections with foreign countries, I will cut him in half and hang him on the wall of Guanzhen!"

Feng Tingxiao glanced at Feng Mingze, and Mingze knelt down with him: "Your Majesty, ordinary people are old and have no intention of making weapons. My son Mingze's skill in making weapons has long been superior to mine. My son is willing to follow the Lord and help all the guilty ministers. Serving the country.”

King Duan offered some help and asked the two of them to stand up, then nodded and said, "I have long been willing to accept talents, and I will not let Mingze be buried in the world. What are your plans from now on?"

"We want to go all the way to the southwest to find relatives in Yunnan." Before Feng Tingxiao finished speaking, Gu Quan next to him saluted King Duan and said: "Your Majesty, I also plan to go to Yunnan together. After this disaster, this place is no longer a safe place. I am alone, and I have been with Tingxiao and his wife for more than ten years, and I have no regrets about being their companions for the rest of my life."

Haitang's eyes were red, and she frowned and shouted: "Master, you still have me!"

Gu Quan nodded and smiled at Haitang, paused for a moment, and looked up at Prince Duan: "What I want to report is of great importance. I want to discuss it in detail with Your Highness alone." So everyone left the main room, leaving only Prince Duan and Gu Quan. .

Gu Quan smiled bitterly and said: "I am different from Feng Tingxiao. He was just angry for a moment, but I did participate in a conspiracy 15 years ago!"

(End of this chapter)