The garrison there is said to have an army of 500,000, but in fact it is only about 360,000. It is impossible for everyone to have enough food, but it is still possible to divide it into five or six per person.
So the imperial chef, together with many palace people, worked together to make dumplings for two days. Tang Shijin added some spiritual spring water and froze them. They made about two million dumplings for one person.
It's definitely enough to eat six or seven. When the time comes, I'll share six with each person, and everything will go smoothly.
On the day of the New Year's Eve, Yan Baiwei called Tao Xiang in to prepare for any emergencies that could be easily dealt with, and then the two of them went over.
The capital and Jinzhou are not far away. They have now marched another distance and are currently camped at Qingshuiyuan.
After setting up camp, we discovered that the water here was actually salty and undrinkable. Fortunately, there was still water in the water bags. Everyone lit a fire and prepared to eat.
I don’t know who said: “Today is still a young year!”
"That's right! I wish I had a big meat dumpling to eat, my little one!"
"What a beautiful idea. They also have big meat dumplings. It would be a dream to be able to eat dumplings in a place like this!"
At this moment, there were two eagle calls in the sky.
Qi Yaoling was talking to Headmaster Lu. He stood up and saw two giant eagles circling twice above the camp, then slowly folded their wings and landed. The two figures jumped down at the same time and held hands in the air.
, fell to the ground together.
As soon as Qi Jiguang raised the water bag to his mouth, he was so frightened that he dropped it to the ground and trotted over: "Your Majesty! I bow to your Majesty."
Everyone woke up from a dream and knelt down one after another: "Kowtow to the emperor!"
Yan Baiwei and Tang Shijin were both wearing bright yellow, but they were just casual clothes. Yan Baiwei smiled and waved his hand, saying: "Get up, there is no need to be formal."
In this era, the people's reverence for the king was beyond the imagination of modern people. No matter how humble Yan Baiwei was, they were still frightened. Many generals could not help but have tears in their eyes and were extremely excited.
Tang Shijin's eyes flickered back and forth, and Qi Yaoling knew she was looking for him, and stepped forward with a smile: "Master."
Tang Shijin stretched out his hand and knocked on his chest, which made Qi Yaoling happy.
Then Yan Baiwei said: "Everyone has worked hard on the march. Today is the New Year, so I'm here to get together with you."
Tang Shijin said: "We brought some dumplings, and everyone shared a few to eat. It's not much, so it's just for the occasion."
Qi Yaoling frowned, Qi Jiguang had already rushed to greet the gang leader, and Tang Shijin asked: "What's wrong?"
Qi Yaoling whispered: "The water here is salt water, and neither humans nor horses can drink it."
ah??
Isn't it? This is embarrassing, isn't it...
The emperor flew all the way to eat dumplings with you to celebrate the New Year, but ended up with no water? Then this thing is a bit unsightly. If not, just use Lingquan water??
In the midst of the flash of lightning, Tang Shijin suddenly remembered a movie.
The old movies at that time were quite realistic. With the attitude of giving it a try, Tang Shijin said: "When we came just now, there seemed to be a spring two or three miles over there. Ling'er, go and have a look.
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He Yanmo immediately said: "I'll go, I'll go!"
He ran away as fast as he could, and a few smart people had followed him. The Jianghu people, it was just like playing for two or three miles. After a while, He Yanmo came back, shouting from afar: "It's true! It's quite good.
It’s a big spring! You can drink it! It’s very sweet!”
Everyone was overjoyed.
Fortunately, the camp had not yet been set down, so they immediately marched another two and a half miles and stationed themselves next to the spring. Yan Baiwei went over to talk to Qi Jiguang and the other generals. The leader of the group had already raised the fire and set up a fire.
pot.
Tang Shijin said: "How many pots are there? Put them all on the shelves."
The gang leader was stunned for a moment. He could only call for her to turn up the fire and put the pots on the stove. Then he looked at her helplessly and was too embarrassed to ask. He thought, "Where are the dumplings? How many did you bring? I haven't seen them yet."
Are you carrying a bag? Can’t everyone just smell it?
Seeing that dozens of pots were on fire, Tang Shijin went straight over. In the eyes of everyone, dumplings appeared out of thin air and poured into the pot happily.
Everyone gasped.
Tang Shijin said: "These dumplings have been frozen, so they need to be boiled with cold water. If they are full of meat, they need to be cooked for a while. Share a few with each person. Let's have a New Year's taste."
The gang leader nodded his head like garlic and didn't even dare to say a word.
Qi Yaoling asked a few questions, and then said to everyone: "One person is divided into six, and I wish everyone a smooth march!"
He now has a small prestige in the army, and everyone responded in a hurry.
Then the gang leader began to cook the dumplings. The ones cooked first were of course brought to Yan Baiwei and Qi Jiguang's table, and then to Tang Shijin's table.
The others were just like usual. Every hundred households brought pots to them. When they got back, everyone counted them and ate them. The stuffing prepared by the royal chef in the palace and added with Lingquan water was really "meaty". After one bite, it was oily.
The aroma of the sauce is so strong that it brings tears to the eyes of those who smell it.
But everyone was quite obedient, there were six of them per person, and they never ate too much. After all, it was a march, so I was looking for a good sign. After eating, they still squinted their eyes to reminisce.
Suddenly someone said: "Who just said that if you can eat dumplings here, it would be a dream?"
Everyone burst into laughter, and everyone was bubbling with happiness.
Tang Shijin sat and talked with Qi Yaoling and others, and also ate a few dumplings with them.
These Jianghu people are very courageous. Besides, they have met once before. After a while, someone came over to talk to each other and they all exchanged names.
After a while, another member of the Qian family came over, claiming to be Shen Hanwei. He came over and gave a gift. His attitude was very attentive and thoughtful, and he also expressed his desire to buy treasury bonds.
Tang Shijin only smiled and said: "The three-year treasury bonds have been released, but there are still a batch of five-year and ten-year treasury bonds."
Shen Qianhu apologized and said with a smile: "Five or ten years is fine. As long as it is convenient for the prince, any minor minister can do it."
Tang Shijin said: "But there is a war going on right now. Why don't we wait until the war is over to talk about it?"
Shen Qianhu said: "Your Majesty is making these treasury bills to raise funds for the army. We should also contribute."
Tang Shijin was slightly surprised, but still said with a smile on his face: "How much does Shen Qianhu want to buy?"
Shen Qianhu hesitated for a moment and said, "How about taking a step to speak?"
"No need," Tang Shijin said: "We are all our own people, Shen Qianhu can just say so."
Although there are only a few heads and Qi Yaoling in this meeting, everyone is sitting very close to each other during the march and can hear everything they say!
But when he thought about it, he knew that Tang Shijin would never leave the camp city to negotiate with him far away for a treasury bill, so Shen Qianhu hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Is it okay for a few hundred thousand?"
"Is that so?" Tang Shijin said, "If you can raise one million, I will ask someone to come over and help you handle it."
Shen Qianhu said: "Okay!" He suddenly realized that he had answered too quickly, and said again: "I will try my best to join in!"
Tang Shijin said with a smile: "Okay, you go back first, right? Shen Hanwei? After I go back, I will arrange for someone to come and contact you."
Shen Qianhu was overjoyed and thanked her profusely.