Taishi Ci leads the vanguard. He will serve as the vanguard and rush to the West Sea to face the Western Region Allied Forces.
Fei Qian's next step was to take a large force as the central army and backup, as well as the baggage to the West Sea.
Jia Xu will stay at Yumen Pass and be responsible for mobilizing and transporting Longyou's supplies to the front line.
While Fei Qian and Tai Shi Ci were looking forward to the future of the Western Regions together at Yumen Pass, Jia Xu also sat in front of Lu Bu inside the Pass.
Ahead is the future, behind is history.
Lu Bu immediately took off his military uniform and was only wearing a cloth robe. His hair was a little scattered and his body was almost motionless. He was like a sculpture. Maybe if there was more yellow sand on his head and body, it would look more like Lu Bu's.
He didn't know where his eyes were focused, he had been sitting here for quite some time, and there were occasional noisy sounds from the soldiers inside and outside Yumen Pass, but it couldn't change the expression on his face at all.
"I have met Marquis Wen."
Jia Xu bowed his hands.
Seeing Jia Xu, Lu Bu just raised his eyelids lazily, "Wen He wants to make fun of Yu?"
Jia Xu shook his head, not even dissatisfied with Lu Bu's attitude, because Jia Xu knew that Lu Bu had had this habit of saving face for many years, so is it possible that he could change it just by changing it?
A tiger will never be defeated even if it dies.
What's more, Lu Bu is not dead yet.
"Wei Xu is dead." Jia Xu called him by his first name, directly showing disdain and contempt, "Fleeing in the Gobi, encountering wild wolves, and leaving no trace of his body. It can be considered that this Zhuzi has a good life."
Lu Bu couldn't help but laugh back, "I was killed by a wolf and my body is gone. Is this a good life?!"
Jia Xu nodded seriously, "That's true."
Lu Bu snorted.
"If it is in accordance with the wishes of the lord, this son should be tried according to the law... Fengxian may not know something. The so-called law means a public trial. All the people in the audience are suffering people, taking turns to come to the stage to accuse his crimes..." Jia
Xu glanced at Lu Bu and said, "I was lucky enough to watch it a few times... It was really... unforgettable in my life..."
Jia Xu clicked his tongue a few times, then seemed to fall into some memories.
Jia Xu said he was a spectator, but in fact he personally conducted several of the trials, so he had a very deep impression of the public trials.
The process of obtaining information for ordinary people in the Han Dynasty was actually very small. The public trial system proposed by Fei Qian not only provided some enlightenment effects, letting the people know what a crime is and what kind of crime will be punished, but also will
This deters some potential criminals and makes them more intuitively aware of the strictness of the law.
In particular, public trials are often held in the criminal's hometown, and in the criminal's hometown, the criminal also has relatives, friends and even family members. The public trial will undoubtedly cause great visual impact and psychological shock to the relatives of these criminals, and even some criminals have not yet
When I got on stage, my legs and feet were already weak, and they were as soft as a pile of mud, just like in the lobby and in the cell where there were two people...
Some filial scholars in later generations who have half-studied Western law vigorously criticized the public trial system and talked about civil rights, innocence defense, return of criminals to society, etc. But in fact, even other crimes are not suitable
Public trials, but when it comes to corruption crimes committed by officials, public trials cannot be overstated.
I believe that some people who heard that the public trial system was cancelled, must have exhaled a long breath in the dark and touched their chests. It was like those people in later generations who desperately tried to mosaic the suspects, but wanted to mosaic all the pores of the victim.
Just like those guys in the photo.
"If this son is captured, he will definitely blame Fengxian for what he did..." Jia Xu's eyes flicked around Lu Bu and said slowly, "If during the public trial, he bites and clings to me..."
…So…isn’t this a good life?”
Lu Bu fell silent.
Does this mean that Wei will continue his life?
This is clearly saying that Lu Bu has good luck!
But how should Lu Bu answer this?
Can't answer.
Jia Xu didn't have to wait for Lu Bu to answer anything, so he sat down directly, then took out two wine gourds from his sleeves, placed them in front of Lu Bu, and stretched out his hand to signal.
Lu Bu rolled his eyelids, stared at Jia Xu, and then reached out and took one.
Jia Xu smiled, took another one, opened the stopper, and took a sip in front of Lu Bu.
Lu Bu looked at it, his eyebrows twitching, and he seemed to want to take the one in Jia Xu's hand, but in the end he held back, opened the stopper of the wine gourd in his hand, took a sip, and then smacked it, "It means
?This wine tastes good!』
"This is a new wine from Chang'an. It's called zhejiang wine. It's said to have frosted sugar added. It's better than gold wine, but it's not much in quantity." Jia Xu glanced at Lu Bu and said, "Now I just want it."
There is only so much left, and it will be gone after drinking it..."
Lu Bu nodded and took another sip. For some reason, his originally chaotic and even uneasy mood calmed down unconsciously...
In the Han Dynasty, or most people in ancient times, they basically drank rice wine.
In later generations of advertising, film and television, I saw that the ancients always poured liquor when they were pouring wine. In fact, one reason is the cost. Tap water serves as liquor, so it is cheap no matter how you drink it. The other reason is also for the subtle influence...
Liquor, in ancient times, was considered inferior wine.
Ancient people had no concept of liquor at all, not even the word "baijiu", only "shaojiu" which is similar to the word "baijiu", and even the word "shaojiu" only appeared in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
In ancient times, most Chinese people drank yellow rice wine with more complicated craftsmanship, while so-called white wine was not popular due to its pungent taste, crude process, and strong stamina.
As for why white wine defeated yellow rice wine in later generations, it was because during special periods, there was a shortage of food. Grain could not be used to make wine, and even sorghum was not enough to eat. In order to make up for the people's demand for alcohol, a small amount of sorghum was used to brew high-quality wine.
Several base wines are then diluted with water to reduce the concentration, and even flavors and edible alcohol are added to the diluted wine for seasoning to meet the needs of a large number of wines.
As for why the special period ended and grain production increased but there was still not much rice wine, then we have to ask why bad money drives out good money. The cost is low, the profit is high, and the cycle is short. Manufacturers can use a lot of money to buy off braggadocio.
, naturally there are more and more black technologies and ruthless products, which are more fragrant and exciting. Anyway, you only need to drink them on the spot to avoid death.
And those rice wineries that maintained tradition and carefully brewed good wine have closed down one after another. It takes at least one or two years to make rice wine. As for white wine, especially blended white wine, the most you can do is put a label on it, and then
There must be all kinds of sweet potatoes, all kinds of goods, all kinds of traffic, all kinds of merchants, all kinds of certificates to prove their excellent quality...
Can it not be excellent?
It is guaranteed to be added in proportion, and there will be no shortage of black technology!
This is the rule of the drinking game in later generations, and it can be regarded as a different kind of "evolution". Rice wine is not suitable for the fast-paced life of later generations. The most expensive cost that cannot be reduced is "time", so when you need to anesthetize yourself quickly
Next, capital caters to choices.
What about people?
How much time does it take for a person to practice martial arts and reach a level similar to that of Lu Bu, or even lower, at least an elite warrior who can fight on the battlefield and has a higher survival rate?
Sometimes you can succeed in a short time?
Fei Qian has brought a lot of "black technology", and it is also crowding out the living space of generals like Lu Bu. So does it mean that with the gunpowder developed by Fei Qian's craftsmen, people like Lu Bu can
Is there no need for a general with personal martial arts skills? Anyway, no matter how high your martial arts skills are, you can't withstand the roar of artillery.
Obviously it doesn't work...
Even in the age of hot firearms, those who know martial arts on the battlefield will have a higher chance of survival.
Jia Xu gently shook the wine gourd. He also liked drinking, but what he liked more was drinking with people he knew well. Lu Bu could not be said to be someone he knew well, he could only be regarded as someone who knew the basics.
"This wine..." Jia Xu said slowly, "it was created by my lord. I remember that when my lord was in the north and doing these things of eating and drinking, the people in Shandong mocked him as the reincarnation of Taotie..."
Lu Bu raised his eyebrows, as if he wanted to say something, but after smacking his lips twice, he raised the wine gourd and took a sip without saying anything.
Zhejiang wine is actually based on the original rice wine with the addition of zhejiang.
Of course, the process is not a simple addition.
The process of multiple filtrations made the Zhejiang wine contain a few fewer residue particles than ordinary rice wine, and it was a little more sweet and rich, which also made Lu Bu's mood gradually become happier.
This is human instinct, like a blind bear licking honey.
Sugar is the most profound trace engraved in human genes.
Eating too much sugar is not good, eating too much sugar is not good, eating too much sugar is not good...
Say important things three times.
This sentence is a warning that accompanies everyone in the future as they grow up. However, when you say no, your body is very honest. Because sugar is more addictive than so-and-so, every sip of happy water can
Happiness means that there is sugar in it that exceeds the normal standard.
But now, as soon as Zhejiang wine appeared, it became almost popular in Chang'an, replacing the original status of spiced wine from the Western Regions and becoming the latest happy water for fat houses in the Han Dynasty.
In today's big man world, no one can refuse a sip of fat house happy water...er, Zhejiang wine.
Lu Bu was originally just preparing to take a sip from Jia Xu, otherwise he would look timid, but he couldn't hold it back after taking a sip. After a while, he took another sip, and then another sip, unknowingly drinking the wine from Xiaojiu Gourd.
Drank it all.
"If this wine is sold in the Western Regions," Jia Xu looked at Lu Bu swinging the wine gourd. He had no intention of giving his own wine gourd to Lu Bu. Instead, he swung it around twice, took a sip, and tasted it slowly before saying.
, "I wonder how much it's worth? Who wants to buy it?"
Lu Bu finished drinking the "Happy Water" and his mood was obviously much better. He laughed and said, "No matter what others think, if it were me, I would buy some anyway!"
Jia Xu nodded and said: "This is the purpose of the Lord's Fair to determine the Western Region... If the Western Region is restored, this wine will be sold to Guishang, rest in peace, and stay with merchants, buy residences, carry out the method of cannibalization, and promote the method of enlightenment."
...』
Lu Bu was stunned.
He looked at the wine gourd.
He held it up, as if he was holding a knife instead of a wine gourd. And he had just swallowed the knife, and he was quite happy.
"Wen He... you... alas..." Lu Bu didn't know what to say, "Are you... just born to be so calculating?"
Lu Bu may have originally wanted to say Fei Qian, but when the words came to his lips, he took a wrong turn.
Jia Xu laughed loudly, "This method is not new! Wasn't it the same when my lord came to Sichuan and Sichuan earlier? It was just a change of some utensils! Why is there such a thing as sooner or later?"
"..." Lu Bu held his breath and spit it out after a long time, remaining silent.
Jia Xu was not wrong, this is not a new method. When Fei Qian entered Sichuan, he just swung these gold and silver properties to clear the way, and this method was not created by Fei Qian either. He was the golden bull among Sichuan and Shu.
How did Tao come from? Isn’t this already explained?
"Dawan has horses, we have wine..." Jia Xu laughed, then looked at Lu Bu and shook his head, "What a pity..."
Lu Bu suddenly felt that the happiness brought by the happy water seemed to have passed, and the unhappiness in his heart began to boil again, and he couldn't help but sink his face.
Jia Xu swung his wine gourd and took another sip. "After the chaos in the Western Regions was over, we established education, agriculture, engineering examinations, and chambers of commerce in accordance with Longyou's method to meet the needs of the four peoples. At the same time, in Xihai City, the Han people
In the gathering place, official offices such as Hucao, Cangcao, and Facao were established according to the law to coordinate and handle various political affairs. There were also patrol inspectors and Zhiyin to govern the people... and General Taishi was in charge of military affairs...
』
"The purpose of soldiers and generals is to kill bandits, stabilize the area, and resist foreign enemies..." Jia Xu raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Bu, "This is the way to continue government affairs in the Western Regions... Well, the same kind of government affairs
This method is not new, haha, it has been implemented in Longyou for a long time, and it is quite flexible and effective..."
Lu Bu pursed his lips, "...Wen He came here specifically to mock Yu?!"
Jia Xu shook his head and sighed, "No. It's just a slight sigh... The policy is not a new policy, the law is not a new law, the law is not a new law, this is not a new way... It is not a new way, no matter what,
What’s wrong!』
Lu Bu squinted his eyes, feeling that Jia Xu said no, but in his heart he meant it.
"My lord is thinking, but the wonderful method is ordinary." Jia Xu shook the wine gourd in his hand, "If I didn't get this wine, who would know the beauty of wine? If I didn't personally work on the affairs of the Western Regions, who would know how complicated it is? Lu Fengxian
, have you ever thought about it, do you want to live or do you want to die?"
"Life or death?" Lu Bu stared at Jia Xu, "How do you say that?"
"If you want to live, it's simple..." Jia Xu said slowly, "If you want to live, there are two ways. One is to go to Jiuyuan and return home to become a village man, the other is to live in Chang'an and serve as a military academy instructor..."
Lu Bu was silent.
Jia Xu was not in a hurry, sitting on one side and sipping his drink slowly.
After a while, Lu Bu said: "What if you want to die?"
"It's easy to die..." Jia Xu raised his hand and said, "This time the Western Region Allied Forces will be defeated. After defeating each country, they should collect their troops... By then, they can lead their troops to fight in Guishang, and they can die."
Lu Bu took a deep breath.
Life is simple. Put down the military power in your hands, let go of the pride in your appearance, and let go of everything you have been burdened with. When all authority is put down, life will naturally become simple.
Death is equally simple. Fighting on the battlefield, only a few people can return with corpses wrapped in horse leather. Not to mention that there are no eyesight in the battlefield. Even if you win the battle, conquering Dawan, there may be some hope of coming back in your lifetime, but if you want to conquer Kushan, then basically
It's a near-death experience.
After all, Lu Bu is no longer young.
Going to Dawan is measured in years, so the expedition to Kushan is almost measured in ten years. How many more decades does Lu Bu have? He already feels that he is getting older and his strength is declining. If he really wants to go
Even if we can win the expedition to Kushan, we will probably not have time to come back.
And is Guishuang easy to fight? Although Jia Xu did not elaborate, Lu Bu also knew that he would not be able to bring a large number of Han soldiers and have almost continuous back-up support like the last time he fought in the Western Regions. He could only
Relying on his own private soldiers directly under him, as well as the incomplete soldiers from various countries gathered after defeating the Western Region Allied Forces, that's all.
"My lord is not afraid..."
Lu Bu just spoke slowly for half a sentence, suddenly woke up, and then swallowed the second half of the sentence.
Jia Xu smiled.
Lu Bu originally wanted to say that Fei Qian was not afraid of him commanding the troops again and leading the remnants of the Western Regions to stage a second rebellion, but after saying a few words, Lu Bu himself understood that Fei Qian was really not afraid of this matter...
Because the situation is different from before.
Although Fei Qian is not as brave as Lu Bu, in fact it is no longer the time to conquer the world alone.
Just like the Western Regions, if Lu Bu's reputation for martial prowess was really that important, would there still be an alliance from the Western Regions?
Lu Bu was silent for a long time, and then said slowly, "Thank you Wenhe for the tip... I need to think about it..."
"It doesn't matter. You should think carefully about matters of life and death."
Jia Xu nodded and stood up. Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Lu Bu.
"Wenhe... this wine is very beautiful. If it is convenient, what can I do with the remaining wine?"
Jia Xu exclaimed, looked at the small gourd in his hand, and felt a little reluctant to part with it, but still put it on Lu Bu's table before turning around and leaving.
Lu Bu picked up the small wine gourd and shook it. There was not much wine left in the wine gourd, probably only about half. He sighed and took a sip.
The sweet and mellow wine slipped from your mouth.
When the taste buds receive the taste of sugar, they send a signal to the brain, and the brain releases dopamine and releases it to the nucleus accumbens, making people feel happy...
This is the instinct of human survival, this is the joy of eating. This thing engraved in genes drove human ancestors to actively consume high-calorie foods in the primitive era when food was scarce, thereby increasing more chances of survival.
.
That's right, every sip of happy water is actually the singing of instinct.
So now, what is Lu Bu's instinct saying?
Lu Bu took a long breath and looked up at the sky.
