Hanzhong.

In a restaurant called "Litchi Tower", Wang Xiao sat at the window with his child in his arms. He could see the Han River to the south and the grand Baowang Mansion to the north.

His posture of holding the baby was not good. The little daigua in his arms was obviously uncomfortable, so he tried hard to extend his hand and ask Tang Qianqian for help.

Wang Xiao had no choice but to hand over the child and talk to Tang Feng who was sitting opposite him.

"Lychee Tower? There are no lychees in this building."

"It's October now, of course there isn't." Tang Feng said: "What's more, the name of this lychee building does not refer to ordinary 'lychee', but to the 'lychee road' over there."

He raised his finger and pointed to the south bank of the Han River.

"Yang Yuhuan is from Fuling and likes to eat lychees. In order to satisfy her, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ordered a special office from Fuling, Sichuan to go directly to Chang'an. The section from Fuling to Xixiang is called the 'Litchi Road', and then from Xixiang through Ziwu Road and directly to Chang'an.

"Yangchuan Zhi" records that the post office was from Fuling, from Dazhou to Xixiang, entered Ziwu Valley, and only three days after reaching Chang'an, the fragrance and color have not changed."

Wang Xiao said, "Two thousand miles, three days to arrive? It took you half a month to walk on Ziwu Road."

Tang Feng was born in a turbulent family, but now he can speak according to classics. He said: "According to the "Fuzhou Chronicles", I have also walked this section of the road in seven days. I still can't figure out how to finish it in seven days. Du Fu's poem says, "Remember the envoy of Nanzhou who rushes to offer lychees, and hundreds of horses die in the mountains, and the elders are still sad."

It can be seen that for these litchis, countless horses died along the way. A concubine riding on the red dust laughed, and no one knew that it was the litchi. What is the difference between Emperor Xuanzong of Tang's stupidity and King You of Zhou who was fooling around the princes?"

He said, shook his head, as if he was a little sad.

Such a foolish monarch did not even lose his country, but he and his father worked hard to govern, but he fell to such a state.

At this time the dishes had already come up. Tang Qianqian fed the little daigua soup and responded casually: "It's just a matter of success or failure. The success or failure of the king. How can the lychee cause? The lychee road, as the main road to Shu, lasted for thousands of years. Without it, where can the integration of literary customs and transportation between the north and the south? At this point, the elder brother still thinks that success or failure depends on whether the emperor is stupid, and does not think deeply about the roots of national strength and system?"

Tang Feng smiled bitterly, and did not argue with his sister. He raised his glass and touched Wang Xiao for a moment, and asked, "What do you think?"

"Do you know the shad?" Wang Xiao said: "The shad meat is tender and delicious. It only enters the Yangtze River from the sea every spring and summer. And it has a characteristic that it dies when it comes out of the water. When fishermen touch its scales, they stop moving immediately, so Su Dongpo called it a 'scalloped fish', which is harder to keep fresh than lychees.

An emperor lived in Beijing and wanted to eat shads. He ordered Yangzhou to pay tribute. The trip of 3,000 miles was delivered within two days. When tribute, flagpoles were erected along the way, lights were hung at night, more than 3,000 horses were prepared, and thousands of men were served. The so-called "3,000 iron cavalry roads in Jintai, but the time was limited to twenty-two," "The people and horses were sold out in the day of being insolvent, and all the things were done to ask for fresh flavors"... The elder brother thinks, what about this emperor compared to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang?"

Tang Feng said: "I have never heard of such an emperor... his waste of money and money is half a pound or eight tael than Emperor Xuanzong of Tang."

Wang Xiao said, "But later generations have commented that this emperor is the 'eternal emperor'."

Tang Feng was surprised.

"Why did I hear nothing?"

"That's because you are ignorant." Wang Xiao waved his hand and said, "Things in the world are like that. When everyone does similar things, the evaluations they get are often completely opposite, as Qianqian said, "The success is the king and the defeat is the enemy."

I am not trying to say that it doesn’t matter if it’s wasteful people and money. But it’s saying that… the national fortune of a country is far from being as simple as the wise and stupid of an emperor. It is related to all aspects. Because these are too complicated and cannot be explained clearly, it is classified as ‘luck luck’.”

He pointed to the Bao Prince's Mansion in the distance.

"Look at the Bao Palace, the courtyards are connected and the towers are facing each other, accounting for one-third of the Hanzhong City. A vassal king is so rich, how many such vassal kings are in the world? Today, if the Chu Dynasty has reached its peak, it is indeed utterly lucky.

Lychees, shads, and Baowang Mansion, and one of them alone, are all surprising things that are wasteful and costly, but what is really scary is that they are just the tip of the iceberg. Today, the four regimes in the world are not better than who is better, but who is not so bad."

Tang Feng said: "The Darui Dynasty's light taxes and taxes are low, why...?"

"You have not even built up the system and have not entered the market yet. No matter how bad the system of Jianlu is, people know who they want to guarantee and have a system to guarantee these interests. What about you?"

Tang Feng suddenly became frustrated after saying something.

He thought of Liu's death under his sword... and felt that the confidence in his bones was as if he had been pulled out, and he didn't know what to do.

There is also Wang Xiao in front of him. He always speaks and does things casually, and he doesn't look scared at all when he is alone. But Tang Feng knew that he could not touch him.

After the Battle of Ziwu Road, the civil servants and soldiers of the three armies had not yet fallen apart because they were hoped for support from Northern Chu.

My brother-in-law is Wang Xiao, which has become his biggest trump card... How ridiculous is that when the father was still hoping to make Wang Xiao surrender at the beginning of the year?

Tang Feng felt sad and confused in his heart, but he was not showing his face, so he was quite scheming.

But as he pretended to be calm, Wang Xiao and Tang Qianqian exchanged a knowing look.

They had long seen Tang Feng's panic in sight, and they deliberately suppressed him intentionally or unintentionally, to destroy his ambitions...

Tang Feng said again: "When it comes to the Bao Prince's Mansion, it took a full twenty-six years to be completed. Unfortunately, after his father took over Xi'an, King Bao fled to Chongqing Mansion in a hurry. The next year he met Zhang Xianzhong and killed King Bao."

Wang Xiao nodded and said, "Brother invited me to dinner today. Are you trying to tell me that Zhang Xianzhong sent troops to Hanzhong?"

He called 'Big Brother' so naturally, but Tang Feng was a little uncomfortable. He heard the latter sentence and couldn't help but say, "Do you already know this?"

"Well, I'm a long-distance in the horse sect. But I only know that 20,000 people have left the Sword Pavilion, and have not yet left the Taurus Road." Wang Xiao said, "Isn't I trying to take your Hanzhong?"

"It was said that he wanted to go north to fight against the enemy, but it was not impossible to defeat Hanzhong." Tang Feng said slowly.

"After Dorgon took over Xi'an, he sent people to recruit Zhang Xianzhong, which was nothing more than saying that his previous rebellion was the old story of the Chu Dynasty. If he led his people to surrender, his descendants would always enjoy wealth. Zhang Xianzhong ignored it, which shows that he was very determined to resist the enemy. But it was also strange to send troops north at this time..."

"It's not just strange? Anyway, if it were me, I wouldn't be so enthusiastic." Wang Xiao said casually, picking up a chopstick and feeding it to Xiaodaigua.

Xiao Daigua tasted it and turned her head in disgust.

Tang Feng said: "Yes, Dorgon would never be able to enter Sichuan for a while. Zhang Xianzhong is now fighting fiercely in southern Sichuan and Nanchu. At this time, he sent a group of troops to Hanzhong, which was too enthusiastic.

He had not had any idea of ​​Hanzhong in the past two years. He wrote to me my father, saying that since the Three Kingdoms, Hanzhong had originally belonged to Sichuan. He established his capital in Sichuan and would take Hanzhong. He also told my father not to 'get greedy and look forward to Sichuan'."

"How can you not look for Shu if you get Long? If I were to capture Longyou, I would definitely take Sichuan." Wang Xiao said, then put a piece of dough and fed it to Xiaodaigua.

This time, Xiao Daigua was willing to eat it again, smacking her lips, as if she was confused by the smell.

Tang Qianqian patted Wang with a smile and said, "This dish is a bit numb, don't feed it randomly."

Wang Xiao wiped his son's mouth and said, "It's okay, eat some according to the local customs. This Hanzhong noodles must have oil and spicy food to taste good."

After he finished speaking, he turned to Tang Feng and said, "I thought Zhang Xianzhong was trying to take the national name 'Daxi' to Sichuan. It seems that he is not in charge this time."

"He has not yet reached the point where he can stand firm in Sichuan. One is that Hanzhong is not in his hands, and the other is that Nan Chu has counterattacked to Chongqing."

"My provocateur, the commander of the Western Army, was named Li, but was Li Dingguo?"

"No." Tang Feng said: "This time I came Li Hongji, who was originally a general under the command of the third brother, defected to Zhang Xianzhong, became one of the governors of the Five Armies, and received the title of so-called Duke Xingguo."

Wang Xiao felt that the name seemed familiar, and seemed to have seen it somewhere. After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't remember it, and he was too lazy to pay attention to it.

"If my brother listens to me, I will give you an idea to teach you how to call Xi'an back."

Tang Feng was slightly stunned, pondered for a while, and asked, "You have been planning to use this army? I said, Guanzhong is about to fight, and you are not in a hurry at all."

"No hurry." Wang Xiao raised his head and looked out the window, feeling the world is vast and the country is like chess.

"You need to think about it all. Take the four corners first, and it's not too late to take the Tianyuan..."

Outside Taiyuan City.

Chao Hei's butt stood outside a cave with a musket on his back.

Ershun patted his shoulder and asked, "Have the money been sent home?"

"I've sent it back!" Chao Hei's ass shouted loudly, feeling happy.

He made several contributions, and his military pay increased several times compared to when he became a new army. A few days ago, my brother-in-law wrote a letter saying that the child had already entered the school in the county town, and his wife bought a small house in the county town...

Ershun said again: "Remember, the cannon will rush out again and wait until the city gate is exploded... count it yourself, find a place to change it after six bullets are fired..."

"Here!"

"Come back alive, I'll invite you to drink."

"General Xie..."

Ershun nodded and turned to look in the direction of Shuaiqi. Hearing the sound of "dongdongdongdongdong" drums.

On the battlefield, Liu Yiwei waved the commander's flag, Zhang Guangyao commanded the cavalry to cover the flanks, and Geng Dangzhijun pushed forward with the artillery...

Then the military order came.

"Assault battalion, charge."

"superior……"

Ershun waved his hand cleanly, shook his black ass and followed the commando, and drilled into the hole.

The cave was very dark, but he ran very fast and was not worried about encountering enemies or being buried.

A muffled rumbling sound came from above my head, which was the artillery fire of the Chu army.

After running for a full two quarters of an hour, a loud shout came from the front.

"stop!"

Chao Hei's ass then leaned against the hole and waited. There was a wooden board above his head. Through the board, you could hear the shouts of killing in front of him.

"Wait." The officer gave a short command.

Chao Hei's butt waited honestly.

After a while, he suddenly smelled the smell of wine.

Without looking, he knew that the comrade nicknamed "Scar" was drinking again.

This scar is a rare thorn in the army. It is said to be a thorn, because every time this guy pays military salary, he buys wine, meat and happiness, and he wastes money desperately. He asks someone to borrow it after spending the money.

It is said that he had made a lot of contributions to being promoted to the rank of the rank, but the general ordered him to marry a wife and start a family and refused to do so. He was always so careless...

Then I was sent here.

The general said that this man was a rat shit from the charge camp.
To be continued...