Huan Rong

The black eagle escaped from the carriage and flew away without looking back. It came back near dusk. When it saw Qin Jing, it still had the tendency to explode.

At that time, all the slaughtered mutton had been put into the pot, sprinkled with salt and pepper, and the camp was filled with the smell of broth.

Soldiers and servants line up to serve the soup. If they are lucky, there will be an extra piece of flesh and blood in the bowl.Although the meat has been stewed until crispy, [-]% of it has melted into the soup, and the layer of tendons attached to the bones can still satisfy the gluttony.If the teeth are good, the bones can be chewed and swallowed.

Liu Laozhi was self-willed and killed more than a hundred sheep with a wave of his hand.

The cook had a cloth towel over his shoulders, and his face was red from the steam.

Grabbing the large spoon that is as long as the arm, two spoons are in a bowl, the broth almost spills over the edge of the bowl.

A young soldier was lucky enough to pick up a goat's hoof when he came to him.The cook let out a "Yo Ha" and said with a smile: "Your boy won the lottery today, and he will be able to cut off a few more ears when he fights with the thieves in the future!"

Everyone laughed, the soldier's face was tender, he grabbed a steamed cake and walked aside with a soup bowl.Seeing the old pawn in the same place, he was about to give up the sheep's hooves, but was knocked on the head by the other party.

"Eat as fast as you can!"

The old soldier tore the steamed cake into small pieces, soaked it in the soup, took a sip, and specially protected the young soldier by his side, saying: "Thanks to Captain Huan, we have this broth. During the Yonghe period, I went with the army to the north, and I had two meals a day, but I couldn't get enough."

"Broth? Just wash the pot with water."

"Don't talk about oil star, there is no salt."

"See those two cloths around the cook's waist? I don't think I used this to wipe sweat back then..."

The old soldier drank the broth with relish and ate the steamed cakes that were soaked until soft.Seeing several swordsmen and shields approaching hand in hand, he immediately winked at the young soldier and asked him to turn his back and eat quickly.

"Quick!"

With Liu Laozhi's order, the front and right soldiers can share the broth, but it is difficult to get a piece of flesh and blood.

These swords and shields have big arms and round waists, and their eyes are bare, making them the most elite.When it comes to war, they always rush to the front, risking their lives to fight the barbarians.Every post-war count, they have the highest combat exploits and the largest casualties.

A similar tradition of formation continued into the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that, at that time, they were not called Daoshiunshou, but changed to a professional name, Jumping Soldiers.

Because of their fierceness, both archers and pikemen are afraid of them.If they grab it by hand, there is no reason at all.

Fortunately, Liu Laozhi was strict in running the army, and after a few battles with batons, the atmosphere in the camp took on a new look.

Dao Dunshou came closer, seeing the old soldier's appearance, he couldn't help grinning, and said: "Xu Weng, why are you so on guard, knowing that he is a nephew from your clan, we are not so careless."

After saying these words, the old soldier heaved a sigh of relief, and the soldier he was guarding turned around and finally changed their soup bowls.

Seeing the goat's trotters in the bowl, the old soldier sighed, but the knife and shield hands laughed, and simply squatted next to the two of them holding the bowl, tearing the steamed cakes with the broth, and said: "This son is filial, no wonder you Protect him, Xu Weng is blessed!"

The old soldier also laughed, and no longer refused, drank half a bowl of mutton soup in a few gulps, ate up the steamed cakes, grabbed the sheep's hooves and gnawed on them.

"Xu Weng, I vaguely heard that you were talking about the Yonghe Nian just now?" said a [-]-year-old Dao Dunshou.

The old pawn nodded and said: "I just told him that in the early years, no matter whether it was the vanguard army or the central army, there was no grain transport officer like Lieutenant Huan. Half of it can make your throat bleed. The soup is like water for washing the pot, and if you rinse it with a salt cloth twice, it will taste salty."

"No."

A knife and shield player finished drinking the broth, wiped the bottom of the bowl with steamed cakes, stuffed meat and bone residues into his mouth, puffed up half of his cheeks, and still did not hinder his speech.

"I follow Da Sima to defeat Yao Xiang, let alone two meals a day, one meal may not be enough."

"If you want me to say, this year is good luck." Another swordsman said, "You haven't seen what the forward Zuojun eats."

"There are also private soldiers and servants from the states and counties. I heard that they are half full."

"The government army is better. After all, it is under the command of Da Sima and Xi Shijun. But I think about it, it is [-]% inferior to us."

"That's for sure!" The head of the knife and shield hand is very long, with a scar across his face, which is extremely hideous and terrifying.

"I went to send cattle and sheep before, and I went into the camp of the Beifu army. I saw them burying pots to make rice. The steamed cakes are full, but they are not as big as this one. They also mixed a lot of wheat bran. The soup is what Xu Weng said. water."

"The cattle and sheep were sent over without killing any of them?"

Even if one is killed, at least one can taste the meat.

"Where will they be killed! The cattle and sheep in their camp are not military rations at all, but rewards after the war."

"Reward?"

"It is said that beheading will reward a sheep at the fifth level, and a cow at the tenth level."

"hiss--"

I don't know when, more than [-] people gathered around, and when they heard the words of Sword and Shield Hand, they all took a breath.

"Level five?"

Fighting the barbarians head-on is completely exchanging lives for lives, and it would be good to be able to kill one level.Level [-], level [-], when they are Lieutenant Huan's bamboo spear soldiers?

"The news is true?" Xu Weng frowned.

"Indeed." Dao Dunshou nodded and said, "That's it, those private soldiers and servants are still envious. Unless there are more caravans entering the camp, otherwise, there is no such hope."

The crowd fell silent.

Looking at the broth in the bowl, I couldn't help feeling more grateful to Huan Rong.

If it wasn't for Colonel Huan, would they be able to eat broth?

It’s not bad to work hard without being hungry!

Recalling the days when Huanxi led the forward right army, everyone was afraid for a while.With that greedy person, let alone raising rations, it is estimated that all the rations that arrived earlier would be greedy.

"Luck!"

"Who said no!"

After the meal, the soldiers and servants dispersed.

Although the area of ​​the camp is not small, everyone will not stay in the camp all day long.Especially the servants, the wood needed for the camp and the forage consumed by the livestock all need to go out to collect.

Fortunately, the army camped by the river, unlike the dry side, they could collect enough fodder every day.

As September progresses, forage becomes increasingly difficult to find.The shallower rivers gradually dried up, revealing riverbeds.

The experienced laborer noticed something unusual beside the river bed, curiously dug up the soil layer, his eyes widened immediately, and he hurriedly turned back to the camp, not forgetting to pack the bundled fodder on his back before leaving.

"locust?"

Liu Laozhi is good at military affairs, but only has a half-knowledge about farming.

He knew that there would be a plague of locusts after the severe drought, but he didn't expect that there would be signs of it now.

The servant bowed and stood under the tent, holding two migratory locusts in his hands.Since they had just grown into insects and had not yet had time to harm the crops, the two locusts were about the same size and were crushed to death by the servants.

Liu Laozhi had no experience, so when he asked his counselors, Cao Yan and others shook their heads.

They are good at military strategy and know about court struggles. Regarding locusts, they are beyond their abilities.Furthermore, the presence of these locusts in the North had nothing to do with the Jin Dynasty.If this becomes a disaster and the food crops in the Northland fail, it may be possible to force Murong Xianbei to surrender as soon as possible, which may not be a bad thing.

Huan Rong walked to the tent, just in time to hear these remarks, his face darkened, and his fists were clenched.He knew that in the current environment, the counselor's words were not at fault, but he really couldn't accept it.

When the locust plague happened, Murong Xianbei was not good, but it was the Han people in the north who suffered the most!

Before the army arrived, they would be oppressed by the barbarians, poor in food and clothing, and precarious.

When the army came, they were still robbed of food, and their future was uncertain.

Now that the disaster is happening, these counselors don't think about the people, they only think that the disaster can benefit themselves. What's the point of such a Northern Expedition?

For a moment, Huan Rong really wanted to lift the curtain and rush into the tent to "explode".

After weighing it, it was reason that overwhelmed emotion after all, Huan Rong took a deep breath, suppressed the sudden anger and irritability, bit his cheek hard, and gradually calmed down as the pain deepened.

Can't be impulsive.

If there is no benefit at all, it will offend people for no reason.

As an official of the Jin Dynasty, it was an act of "treason" to control the locust plague in the north.We must find a way to save the common people without attracting doubts from everyone.

What's more, it rained once in Yecheng, but most of the other counties didn't rain.There are signs of locust plagues outside Yecheng, and other counties may not be immune to disasters.

Floods and droughts have limitations, but locust plagues do not.

Locusts can fly!

If locust plagues appeared in the counties and counties near Jin, and the local food was destroyed, how could these locusts not fly south?At any time, the so-called "borrowing the power of natural disasters" will be reduced to a joke!

Thinking of this, Huan Rong couldn't help worrying about Yandu.

If Yandu encounters a natural disaster, it is unknown whether Shi Shao can deal with it calmly.

In the military tent, with Huan Rong's arrival, the atmosphere changed slightly.

Liu Laozhi let him go to the upper left side, Huan Rong did not refuse, and bowed his hands to salute with everyone.

"Lieutenant Huan must have known about the locust plague?"

In front of Cao Yan and others, Liu Laozhi did not call him Brother Rong, but replaced him with an official position.

"Go back to the general, I have learned."

"Does Lieutenant Huan have any ideas?"

"Is there any dispute between the unknown general and your colleagues?"

Cao Yan and others spoke out one after another, explaining the reasons in detail.Liu Laozhi nodded from time to time, obviously inclined to let it go.

No matter what a few people said, Huan Rong did not refute.

It wasn't until the words were finished that Liu Laozhi asked him for his opinion for the second time, and Huan Rong said slowly: "General, I have a discussion, but it's a little unreasonable, and I'm afraid it will attract criticism."

objection?

"Lieutenant Huan, but it's okay to say." Liu Jianzhi said in a deep voice, "The words in the tent today come out of your mouth and into our ears, and no one else will know."

"Thank you, General."

Huan Rong settled down, organized his words, and found that "twisting and euphemizing" could not achieve his goal.He simply cut to the chase and said directly: "General, in my opinion, these locusts can relieve the urgent need for military rations."

what? !

"Lieutenant Huan, don't make jokes."

"It's not a joke." Instead of saying it dryly, it's better to do it directly. Huan Rong asked Liu Laozhi to send a few servants to the riverbank where the locusts were found.

"It's best to find more, and I will demonstrate it for you."

"it is good."

Liu Laozhi is a happy person, so he immediately sent people to look for locusts.

Huan Rong knew that people at that time were in awe of immortals and gods, so instead of laboring for others, he rolled up his sleeves and planned to do it himself.

Qin Jing's status is special, so it's not easy to move around in the camp. Qin Jian and Qin Lei followed him as a trilogy. Seeing that Huan Rong ordered people to find dry firewood and build a pile of wood, they inevitably felt suspicious.

"Stay here, I'll go find my husband!"

"it is good!"

Qin Jian mobilized his steps and surrounded the pyre, Qin Lei turned and returned to the military chariot.

Qin Jing leaned in the car, flipping through Huan Rong's handwritten notes along the way.Goshawk and Black Eagle stood on the low table, their sharp claws were unsteady, and they still didn't dare to cry out in protest. When Qin Jing turned his head, they would lean over and rub the backs of their hands, trying their best to please them.

To be an eagle and do this is nothing but heartache.

Goshawk was especially dissatisfied.

It wasn't the one that caused the trouble, why should it be punished together?

Hei Ying turned his head, fluffed his breast feathers, and continued to flatter Qin Jing.As for the complaints of his companions, he did not see them at all.

"Your Majesty." Qin Lei said from outside the car, "There is a plague of locusts in Ye City. The Lord of the Huan Mansion said that the locusts can relieve the army's rations."

Qin Lei's hearing ability is far beyond that of ordinary people, Liu Jianzhi is confident that his voice will not come out of the tent, but he does not know that it is all heard by him.

"Really?" Qin Jing pushed open the window.

Qin Lei nodded and said: "Mr. Huanfu ordered people to search for locusts and set up a firewood pile in the camp. I don't understand it well, so I came here to report to you."

Locusts, rations, woodpile?

A flash of inspiration flashed in Qin Jing's mind, and she raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Lang Jun?"

"I gonna go see."

Qin Jing pushed the car door and jumped off the shaft.

His current identity is Huan Rong's old friend, Northland Business Traveler.The reason for staying in the camp was that Huan Chong came forward and wanted to buy another [-] cattle and sheep at a high price.

Both parties in the transaction knew that it was Huan Chong who bought the sheep, and Huan Da Sima who paid for it.For this reason, Qin Jing raised the price without hesitation, and finally finalized the contract, and Huan Rong wiped off a cold sweat.

After this business is done, the scumbag father will probably be so painful that he can't sleep well.

Two fires were set up in front of the military tent, a pile of pots boiled water, and a shield was placed on the other pile.

That's right, a shield.

Made of metal, heat conduction is fast, and a vanguard army owner "friendship" dedication.

The water boiled three times, the shield was hot, and the servant who was looking for locusts returned with a sack on his shoulder.

The bag fell to the ground, and several locusts jumped out of the bag.

"catch!"

Huan Rong only needed to move his mouth, and the private soldiers swarmed up, stepped on with a few big feet, and the locust was flattened on the spot.

He said catch, not step on!

Huan Rong looked at the sky speechlessly, waved his hands, let the strong men who moved their feet back, and called the servants to deal with the locusts.

"Remove the insect wings and hind legs, wash them with water, and boil them in boiling water. Then take them out, drain them, and put them on a shield to bake."

When this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar.

"Lieutenant Huan!" Cao Yan's face was full of astonishment, and his voice changed a little, "Could the military rations you're talking about be locusts?"

"Naturally." Huan Rong was quite surprised by the length of this person's reflex arc.He said it so clearly before, and thought that these smart people had a bottom line in their hearts, but it turned out to be like this?

"Locusts are not edible!"

"It's not poisonous, why can't it be eaten?"

Cao Yan's eyes widened, and he started a long speech with the homonym of "locust" and "emperor" as the starting point.

Huan Rong's left ear went in and the right ear went out, and he ordered everyone to move faster.

Most of the servants were from refugees, especially the team drawn by Huan Rong from Yandu. They were so hungry that they even ate dirt, and some even ate earthworms and mice.In the most serious years of natural disasters and man-made disasters, some people went crazy with hunger, and even ate their children.

Nowadays, they are just a few bugs, so what if they eat them?What's more, Mr. Huanfu once exposed the deceitful monk, but he was a man of heaven's care.He said that locusts can be eaten, so they must be able to eat, and everyone has no doubts.

"Quick, do as the Lord Fu says!"

The servants worked together, and the treated locusts were thrown into the water one by one.Soon, a layer floated on the surface of the water.

When the locusts changed color, Huan Rong gave another order.

This time there was no need for servants to do it. Several cooks lined up the crowd, picked up the locusts with a colander, drained them and put them on the shield.

At this time, there is no cooking, and the meals are either boiled or roasted.This way of frying and roasting is very fresh, and when the locusts are turned over, a crispy smell quickly wafts away.

The soldiers and servants around the fire sniffed one after another, and Liu Laozhi and others were also surprised.

so fragrant?

Maybe it's edible.

When the locusts were cooked, Huan Rong took the bag of salt and sprinkled it casually.

The forward right army lacked food and meat, but never lacked salt.

"It's ripe."

The locust method is simple and easy to use.

When the crispy aroma became stronger, Huan Rong asked the cook to stop and took one first.

Pure natural pollution-free wild protein!

In later generations, dozens of yuan a catty, how can this be so fresh!

Before he could finish his mouth, his wrist was suddenly grabbed.Qin Jing took the locust from his chopsticks, looked at it, and put it into his mouth.

Huan Rong blinked, what's going on?

"Edible." After eating one, Qin Jing took it directly from the shield. Although it was done with hands, it was unrestrained and natural, which had nothing to do with rudeness.

Qin Jing tried it first, and Qin's trilogy immediately followed.

Those who have tried it all have bright eyes, and without bowls and chopsticks, they just flicked their clothes and started with a lot.

The cook looked out the doorway, and without hesitation, he and the servant started to rob.

Liu Laozhi, Cao Yan and others had just prepared their minds and planned to try it out. They didn't want to look down, but there wasn't even a locust leg left on the shield.

"Crack-knock-"

There are not many locusts in a bag, and each of 30 people can only get a small handful.

Huan Rong cut off a few and sent them to Liu Jianzhi.

General Liu almost closed his eyes and lowered his mouth. After chewing twice, his expression suddenly changed.

"it is good!"

The taste is still second, the key is not to spend money!

"Lieutenant Huan is indeed a great talent!"

Huan Rong grinned, what does eating locusts have to do with talent?However, since General Liu wanted to boast, he would follow suit.

On the same day, the recovered locusts were wiped out.

People in later generations may not be able to adapt to this kind of food, and some people will find the taste very strange and difficult to eat.But for Jin people who lack meat, this is a rare delicacy.

Therefore, at Huan Rong's suggestion, Liu Laozhi immediately ordered the servants to go out to search for firewood and fodder, and they could look for locusts by the way.At the same time, someone should be sent to inform Xi Yin and report to the Chinese army.

"General, don't report to Da Sima for the time being." Huan Rong stopped Liu Laozhi.

Liu Laozhi thought about it and felt that he should not be anxious.

The refugees ate almost anything to survive.Most of the generals who lead the army come from noble families, so they may not be able to accept such food.

"Thanks to Captain Huan's reminder."

Huan Rong said nothing, took the remaining half bag of locusts, and returned to the station with Qin Jing.

There are many kinds of spices in the chariot, and the craftsmanship of the millet is quite good, which can make a big meal.

Huan Rong held the saddle in his hand and was about to get on the horse, remembering the news that Bu Qu found out, he was in a good mood and lost most of his time.

He really didn't expect that it would be Yandu's private soldier who made a move on the saddle, let alone that that person was a team leader!

"Brother Rong?"

"Nothing." Huan Rong got on his horse and said with a smile, "Brother Qin said that family members are coming, but they arrived in the near future?"

"It should be within a few days." Qin Jing sat on the horseback, looked at Huan Rong's expression carefully, thoughtfully.

Huan Rong was uncomfortable being looked at, and asked: "Brother Qin, why do you look at me like this?"

"Brother Rong is a heroic figure with both talent and virtue, and Jing admires him very much."

When the thunder struck, Huan Rong didn't pay attention and nearly rolled off his horse.He looked at Qin Jing in astonishment, was he being molested?

Traveling is not enough, is it still fantasy?

The forward right army searched for locusts wantonly, and the news of daily frying and roasting meals spread all over the barracks, even in the city of Ye.

Not mentioning the top and bottom of the Jin army, and confirming that the news is true, Murong's ratings are all shocked.Knowing that it was Huan Rong who initiated this matter, he gasped even more.

There was eating raw meat at night before, and now there is locust hunting, what will you eat next?

Thinking of this, everyone fought coldly.

If the generals of the Jin army are all so fierce, it is better to abandon Yecheng early and go north to return to the old place.

The spies of Qin's Wubao sent back news, Huan Rong was silent for a long time, very speechless.

In other words, shouldn't the focus of these people be natural disasters?What's the matter with always spreading rumors around him?