Chapter 76 Young Guards
A thousand cups of wine will be small when you meet a friend.
Since the time travel, Li Yuan's heart has been tense and dare not relax at all. This time, in the face of the earnest hopes of Xin Sheng and other elders, Li Yuan finally truly relaxed his mind.
The wine in the Qin Dynasty was different from the clear white wine after evaporation and purification in later generations, but was made of grain wine made of corn. Judging from the color of the wine, it was mostly turbid. It was distinguished from the major categories of later generations and belonged to the category of Chinese rice wine. Due to years of war and the low yield of corn, wine was a very luxurious thing for the Qin people. Only kings and nobles could use it as an important food for entertaining guests at banquets.
The brewing method of wine requires much less corn than the liquor distilled from later generations at high temperatures. Making liquor is simply a big consuming household, grain and fodder. For all forces in troubled times, it is a lifeline. When they can't even have enough food to eat, they are about to encounter consecutive wars. Li Yuan, who lacks a stable base, has always been in a dangerous situation. Some time ago, Li Yuan had thought about sending Sima Yin to try the production of liquor, but then he gave up this idea.
In Xingyang, with Changyi and Aocang's large granary, Li Yuan was able to be calm and ensure that there was food in the army. With the loss of Xingyang, the military food crisis of Li Yuan's army, which was only a few small towns in the western part of Sanchuan County, began to appear. This time, Li Yuan also made a desperate move to fight.
The Qin people liked wine, especially the men in the army were even more addicted to alcohol. The generals and soldiers of the Qin army were only allowed to receive the reward of wine when they fought desperately.
If Li Yuan's alcohol content is evaluated before traveling, the low level of white wine is 400 to half a pound. Take Shaoxing plus rice wine as an example. You can get two bottles of rice wine. If you have more, you will have to fall down. To be honest, Li Yuan's alcohol content is nothing in that era of alcohol testing for the whole nation. Li Yuan is often forced to get drunk.
Now, traveling through two thousand years ago, Li Yuan's stomach and intestines were as happy as drinking beer for ancient rice wine with a degree of no more than fifteen. It was rare for elders to send enough wine. Wang Shang, Cao Xin, Bai Guangji, Luo Jia and other military generals, as well as counselor Chen Zheng, were all powerful disciples in the wine industry. At this time, they all let go of their courage.
"General Xin, you and I will come and have another one!" Chen Ping was already six or seventy percent drunk. He was usually resourceful and surrounded by a group of strong men in the army in the bar. He thought hard and had no good plans to escape, so he had to hide next to Xin Sheng and try to take the opportunity to avoid the limelight.
"Brother Wang, I haven't seen each other for many days. How does the little girl in Xianyang City feel? Let me tell you all!" Luo Jia shouted and hugged Wang Shang, who had just returned from Xianyang City inquiring about information.
As early as on the way back to Luoyang from Xingyang, Li Yuan sent Wang Shang, who had been following him for the longest, with more than ten capable scouts, pretending to be refugees who fled back from the Guandong area due to war, and sneaked back to Xianyang. Wang Shang ranked sixth, and his resume was very ordinary, and Wang Liu's name could not attract the attention of Yan Le's men.
A generation of civilians who farmed by the Zhengguo Canal were sent to the Guandong area for military service, and then fled back due to the collapse of the army. Such cases have been happening frequently in Guanzhong recently. Those elders, like Xin Sheng, who were not as good as one of their children who had finally returned, were not as good as they could, and they would report to the corrupt and degenerate court.
The village clans - is the most basic unit that constitutes ancient Chinese society. The effectiveness of village rules and regulations continued until modern times. In the Qin Dynasty, Wang Shang's clans could protect his past experiences.
Wang Shang was in Xianyang for more than a month, and the information he brought back made Li Yuan very excited. As Li Yuan's army advanced, as more and more Guanzhong county towns joined the ranks of conquering Zhao Gao, in Xianyang City, the arrogant Prime Minister Zhao began to feel panic. In addition to ordering Yan Le to speed up the recruitment, he began to search for strangers in the city, especially to strengthen surveillance of the former royal personnel. If there is any abnormal movement, he would be imprisoned or killed directly.
Everyone betrayed their relatives.
Zhao Gao began to taste the pain of enemies all around him, and gradually, he raised his butcher knife to kill.
Five days ago, the eunuch in the palace, Han Tan was trapped by Zhao Gao. After one day and one night of torture, Han Tan died in prison, which triggered a great chaos that affected the entire Xianyang City. Out of fear of Ying Yushu's slogan "clear the lord's side", Zhao Gao ordered the ban on the fangkou of the First Emperor clan, and was sent to imprison important surveillance figures such as Ying Ziying.
Before the terrifying curtain was about to open in Xianyang, Wang Shang successfully arrived in Liyuan Palace under the cover of his tribe.
Leyouyuan, this place is the most famous in the Tang Dynasty. Because it is not far from Chang'an, it gradually became the place for some famous outings. The most famous one is a poem by Li Shangyin: When you encounter discomfort at night, you drive to the ancient land. The sunset is extremely beautiful, but it is just near dusk. The ancient land in this poem is Leyouyuan.
During the Qin Dynasty, this famous ancient land was still a wilderness and uninhabited place. Wang Shang was a local and was very familiar with the landform. Because of this, he was able to escape from the strictly blocked capital.
Wang Shang, Luo Jia, Jiang Yu and other young generals from Luoyang reorganization gathered together. Looking at their inexplicable excitement on their faces, Li Yuan felt particularly happy.
In the blink of an eye, from the accident to the end of Qin, it was eight months since he came to the end of Qin. From the penniless little military marquis, to the commander who was the first to command an elite army, to the general who commanded a army of tens of thousands, Li Yuan was constantly adapting to his identity. At the same time, the ** brought by power and glory began to make him think.
So what if you don’t have more benefits from gold fingers, can you make a fortune with a pair of iron palms?
So what if there are no countless famous scholars and generals like each other? Luo Jia, Wang Shang, Jiang Yu, Bai Guangji, Cao Xin———the unknown people who have been submerged in the long river of history are now gathering around him. This group of young young guards are writing their legend with their youth and blood?
Iron-blooded Daqin, I'm here, I'll conquer.
Drinking one cup after another, gradually, Li Yuan became a little drunk.
The night was dark. Under Li Bi's support, Li Yuan stumbled towards his tent. In his impression, the distance from the Central Army to the tent was only more than a hundred steps, not very far. However, after walking for a long time, he was dizzy and started to hear Li Bi's call.
Chapter completed!