The two of them were so scared that they dared not speak. How should they answer this? What if they said they knew each other and were killed? If they said they didn’t know each other and then turned around and checked, they would still be killed.
Seeing the trembling two people, Cixi suddenly lost the intention to ask any more questions. How dare you to rebel? Are you kidding?
"It seems that we know each other. Okay, let's talk about another thing. It is said that kitchen utensils have the ability to make people immortal. Do you know this?"
"This is just a legend, and we don't know much about it."
The young master hesitated for a moment and then said something.
"It's possible that I don't know if it's true or not. That's fine. You two will be in charge of the imperial kitchen for me from now on. Let me test the effect after the legendary kitchen utensils are collected!"
Now they finally understand the reason why Cixi brought them here. It turns out that it is for the immortality brought by the legendary kitchen utensils.
There were obviously embarrassed looks on their faces, but if they didn't agree, they would die.
"Okay, you can go down and just work hard in the imperial kitchen from now on."
Cixi didn't need their answer, so she waved them off directly, and they left with a bitter look on their faces.
Being forced to stay in the palace, what else could they do?
Cixi stayed alone in the palace and seemed to be sleeping peacefully. After a while, An Dehai came to her side.
"Lafayette, everything has been done."
"Well, very good, Andehai, you think it would be great if this person could not die.
I heard that the food cooked with kitchen utensils can make people live forever, and the Ai family wanted it very much.
It's a pity that being immortal is not enough, being immortal is just not getting old.
People are subject to birth, old age, illness and death, and Aijia would not be content with just taking precautions against it.
It is said that someone discovered the Fountain of Youth left by Qin Shihuang, and after drinking it, one can stay young forever and never die.
And it’s in a place called Shangri-La..."
"Lafayette, let me help you find it. I will definitely help you bring back the Fountain of Youth and the legendary kitchen utensils!"
After listening to what Cixi said, Andehai immediately knew what Cixi wanted.
As Cixi's most trusted servant, of course she must do her part.
"Okay, Ai Jia really did not misjudge you.
If you find it, the Ai family allows you to drink the fountain of youth and eat the legendary banquet with the Ai family, and live forever together!"
"Slave, thank you Lord for your kindness!!!"
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"Sir, the city of Guangzhou is ahead of us, we can't go past it.
They will be discovered by those rebels. I heard that those rebels also have some terrifying steel chariots, which are very powerful!"
"Humph, it's just spreading rumors, but... forget it.
Everyone is tired. Let's take a rest and make rice. Then you can find some locals to learn about the terrain.
By the way, let's ask if there are any shortcuts or trails, and send some people to Guangzhou city to find out the news."
Old man Zeng led his troops to quell the rebellion, and soon arrived near Guangzhou. His subordinates came out to persuade in a clear manner.
Old man Zeng didn't mean to rush in. He was still very cautious and would not mess around until he knew what was going on in the city.
In fact, they didn't know that the people around them had already been bribed by Ren's people.
In other words, it is not bribery but influence. As a professional soldier from another world, he is familiar with rebellion.
The goal of allocating land to local tyrants directly tied the poor people tightly to their own chariot.
It is said that those who do not have permanent property do not have perseverance, and this is actually true.
If the common people have no interests involved with them, it will be the same no matter who becomes the emperor.
Of course they won't help, but it's different when interests are involved.
The land they have just been allocated has not yet been warmed up. Whoever is going to quell the chaos at this time will have to ask them to take out the land.
A farmer was called to inquire about the terrain. Of course the farmer did not dare to resist.
He honestly explained everything about the surrounding terrain and trails, and then the army gave him some food and sent him away.
After returning home, the farmer weighed the grain in the bag.
In the past, he would definitely not have believed in it, but now...
"Hmph, you want me to betray Grandpa Tianshen's army with just this little food? It's a daydream!
Xiaoliuzi, you are a fast runner. Go to the city immediately and report to your second uncle that there are Qinggou troops coming outside.
You have to be careful yourself, don't go home recently, just stay in the city, understand, go quickly."
After hearing this, Xiao Liuzi was a little confused, but he still nodded, and then Sayazi ran away quickly.
The boy's only advantage is that he can run!
The child named Xiaoliuzi was the child of the farmer. The farmer had just received his land from the land allotment meeting.
It is a time to be full of hope for the future life.
I thought that my children would be able to eat meat, study, and marry wives just like the children of small landowners.
How can you be willing to lose everything in front of you?
Just like what the officials who divided the land said.
Only with the team that supports Lord Renn and only with Lord Renn's army can ordinary people like them live a good life.
In the military camp at night, I studied the current situation and sighed deeply.
The Qing Dynasty was really rotten to the core. After leading the troops and seeing the situation in various places, he didn't know how long he could last.
"Master, let's have dinner and rest early today. I'm afraid there will be a tough battle tomorrow!"
Zeng Kuofan's attendants brought the food, but unfortunately at this time Zeng Kuofan had no appetite at all.
"Time is not waiting for me." After sighing, he had a hasty dinner and rested.
In the dark of night, Xiao Liuzi ran along the country road and soon arrived at Guangzhou City.
"Stop or I'll shoot!"
A voice sounded, Xiao Liuzi stood there obediently, and a beam of light came over.
Xiao Liuzi turned away and squinted his eyes to block the light with his hands, but it was of no use at all. The light was too bright.
"It's a little baby! If you're not at home at night, why are you running out?"
A group of people came to Xiao Liuzi and asked.
"I came to see my second uncle. He is the gatekeeper for Lord Ren. My father said that there is Qing Dog's army outside and asked me to report it."
Of course, Xiao Liuzi would not talk nonsense. Looking at this military uniform, he knew that they were all Lord Ren's troops, so he just said it.
After listening to his words, the group of soldiers immediately entered the city with Xiao Liuzi.
"It seems that the people from the imperial court have arrived, and it's time.
Now that Guangcheng is under our control, we will use drones to conduct reconnaissance later.
Look at how many people there are, and we can capture them in one fell swoop after dawn."
Renn left all the fighting matters to the Red Army who came over. They are the only ones who are professional in fighting.
Early the next morning, Zengkuofan woke up from his sleep. He had not slept well last night.
He didn't know what was going on in the sky outside, but there was a constant buzzing sound, which disturbed him quite a bit.
Yawning, he came to the camp and found that most of the generals were like this. He didn't care and thought it was just a matter of region.
"According to what I said yesterday, today I will pick a few smart people to go to the city to find out the news, and then make a decision..."
"Report!!! Sir, it's bad, the troops are coming from outside and have surrounded us!"
"Surrounded?"
How many people were there? Zeng Kuofan glanced at the soldier with some doubts, and then stopped looking.
He led his troops out and then took a breath of air.
They were surrounded, that was absolutely true, and they were not surrounded by people.
Surrounded by large and small steel vehicles, the long gun barrel has no obvious meaning.
But Zengkuofan knew that they were very similar to his own red cannons.
Although it is smaller, it may not be very powerful, but it cannot stand up to the large number at a close distance.
Moreover, the other party installed this small cannon on a vehicle to increase its mobility.
This frame made of steel protects the people and ammunition inside very well. It is indeed a wonderful idea.
"Ready to launch!"
Zengkuofan was about to speak when he suddenly heard an order from the other side, and then he saw a truly shocking scene.
Not far in front of his military camp, a shell crater was formed after the explosion.
Did the opponent miss the target? It's obviously impossible. In other words, it was intentional. This is a warning, and it may be their camp next time.
"People inside, listen, you have been surrounded, those who know how to do it will surrender.
Our army treats prisoners preferentially. If they are stubborn and try to resist, we will not be polite.
Now I’ll give you a stick of incense to think about it, don’t try to run away, look at their heads, start counting now!”
Zengkuofan and others looked up after hearing this and saw rows of small objects flying in the sky. Although they were not big, there were a lot of them.
After Zengkuopan saw the power of local artillery shells, he naturally did not dare to underestimate this thing in the sky.
After a group of people returned to the camp in panic, they all looked at each other in silence.
"Don't be dumb, it's like this now, tell me what you think!"
Zeng Kuofan looked at his subordinates and said nothing, so he patted the table and said.
"The opponent is too strong, and there is no way we can compete with weapons like that.
If you ask me to just surrender, this is what Daqing is doing now.
There are reformers and rebels, and there are foreigners showing off their power outside.
If you don't surrender now, you will die. Surrender, sir!"
"Yes, sir, the person opposite is so powerful, I'm afraid he will sweep the world in the future.
If you don't surrender now, you will only be adding some credit to the other party.
The world is not peaceful to begin with, and it is only because of you, old man, that you have kept it in check so that there are not corpses scattered all over the place.
If you surrender, the other side will know your talents and might be entrusted with important tasks.
Only then can you continue to protect the people of this world.
Sir, the world belongs to the people of the world, not just the Daqing royal family, you have to consider the people of the world!"
Everyone didn't want to die, so of course they had to surrender, but they just had to convince Zeng Kuofan, after all, he was the commander-in-chief.
If he doesn't want to, he might kill them if they surrender privately.