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Chapter 269: Resurgence of Gunpowder

"General, this is not very good--" Chen Yongfu swallowed his saliva and waved his hands repeatedly: "Your army comes from afar, you are guests, we are the master. [】It should be my master who invited you, so how could you treat you the other way around!"

But even though Chen Yongfu said this, his face turned red. He wanted to treat him. When his upper lip touched his lower lip, it was easy to talk, but he really wanted to treat him? What should I treat him? Is it the kind of mixed grain cakes I usually eat!

But they don’t even care about it! Not to mention that it’s hard to raise these soldiers, let alone treating guests! Even if each person eats 100 copper coins at a meal, it will cost 2,000 taels of silver, which cannot be afforded!

"Haha, we don't pay attention to this. The Logistics Department always complains, saying that they brought too much food, and that's just a way out!" Zhang Linqi said very funny. In fact, this is Zhang Linqi's foresight. Knowing that these soldiers have a hard life, it would be fine if they don't come. If they come, they can treat them. After all, they are famous generals in the world, they must be stylish! So they have prepared enough food in advance, and are waiting to fill in the Five Insect Temples of these big-headed soldiers.

"Hey, why are you so embarrassed..." Chen Yongfu wanted to be humble to maintain his decent attitude as a decent deputy general of Henan, but before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of eating steamed buns coming from his ears.

Turning his head again, okay, he, the general, still wants face. The soldiers under his command have long lost face. They don’t care about it. They took the sesame cakes handed over by the soldiers of the town, and they all ate them with their cheeks and tried hard to eat them! And they all ate voraciously, as if they hadn’t eaten anything in a few years. They also seemed to be competing for someone to eat more!

Even if the kind-hearted soldiers asked them to eat slowly, it would have no effect at all. They were still reincarnated like starving ghosts, and they were extremely vicious! I guess this way of eating would cause indigestion and stomachache afterwards.

"Hey..." Chen Yongfu shook his head when he saw this scene, and swallowed all the things he wanted to say back into his stomach, and replaced it with another sound! However, compared with the previous sound, the words are the same, but the meaning is very different.

"I said, General Chen, don't hesitate to this and that, just eat something. By the way, these cooks don't have other skills, so it's good to make these mutton soaking buns!" Zhang Linqi said with a smile.

Because he is close to Chen Yongfu, it is clear that this dignified Henan deputy general was swallowing his saliva without hesitation! Thinking about it, although Chen Yongfu was a dignified Henan deputy general, he had a hard life that day. Nowadays, if he had to raise so many subordinates, it was rare to eat such delicious food! Besides, the food in the town is indeed authentic, so Chen Yongfu is also swallowing his saliva quietly.

"That--" Chen Yongfu took Zhang Linqi's sincere smile and said without hesitation: "Okay, anyway, your family has a big business, and eating one more portion is nothing. Then you're welcome!" After saying that, Chen Yongfu also took a sesame cake, put it in the mutton soup, and after sucking the umami flavor of the mutton soup, he took a piece and gave it to his mouth.

He immediately narrowed his eyes comfortably, hey, this taste is amazing. So, there was no need for Zhang Linqi to greet him next. Chen Yongfu ate one after another and shouted repeatedly: "It's delicious, delicious-" In the end, he actually ate four, as much as a pound!

As the deputy general of Henan, Chen Yongfu was eating this way, let alone the soldiers under his command. Anyway, in the end, the five thousand kilograms of sesame cakes and fifty pots of soup specially made by the town were eaten without any left. If a reporter from later generations went to interview these big-headed soldiers now, they would definitely say that it would be worth it to die if they could eat such things.

In other words, these big-headed soldiers have no art cells, otherwise they would definitely express such a feeling - they eat thirty meat buns a day and will never stop being in a hurry.

But the consequences caused by this are also quite serious. After all the food was finished, Chen Yongfu's soldiers could not walk anymore. Why? They really ate too much! And they were not ordinary people who couldn't walk, but they were very serious, and they were all lying on the ground and couldn't get up.

I don’t know if my book friends have lived in the countryside, just like the old sows lying on the ground after they are full! Moreover, these big-headed soldiers are lying on the ground, their legs can’t move, and their hands are not idle. They are rubbing their stomachs desperately, and they are so swollen that they feel uncomfortable!

Not to mention, this scene is very 'spectacular'. Think about it, thousands of soldiers were lying on the ground and rubbing their stomachs desperately. What kind of scene was that!

Zhang Linqi is quite well-educated and does not laugh, but after all, there are still many soldiers in the town that can't help laughing, of course, they are all kind-hearted. As the boss of these big-headed soldiers, Chen Yongfu was a little worried. In order to divert the embarrassment, he had nothing to say and asked Zhang Linqi a question.

"General, I actually don't understand why I want to give this to the brothers in the town? It's so much money!" Chen Yongfu said in confusion.

"Haha, you want the horse to run and don't eat grass, so how can you do such a good thing!" Zhang Linqi smiled and said, "Of course, there are many delicious foods. Why just choose this mutton soup bun? There is another allusion here. Do you know the Taizu of this dynasty!" Zhang Linqi asked with a smile.

"I know - the one who killed the White Snake Uprising." When Zhang Linqi asked about this, Chen Yongfu was very clear about it, because he also admired Zhu Yuanzhang's "entrepreneurship" spirit.

"What? The White Snake Rebellion was Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han. Taizu of this dynasty was born as a cowherd boy!" Zhang Linqi said with laughter and cry.

"Oh, sorry, I have to worry too much, I'm wrong." Chen Yongfu said embarrassedly. But he also felt strange, what does eating this mutton soaking bun have to do with being too thick? Seeing Chen Yongfu's puzzled look, Zhang Linqi smiled slightly and said, "It is said that when Taizu was not successful, he lived in poverty. A mutton shop saw him pitiful and gave him a mutton soaking bun. After Zhu Yuanzhang ate it, he brought it to him a delicious food. Ten years later, Zhu Yuanzhang put on a dragon robe and became the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He missed those hard years, so he positioned the mutton soaking buns to eat every month. Su Dongpo once had a verse of praise "Long cuisine has bear lamb, Qin cooking only mutton soaking soup". Now, this is also to cultivate the pride of the soldiers in the town from another aspect. Isn't it? What we eat is what Taizu had eaten back then!"

After hearing this, Chen Yongfu couldn't help but admire him deeply. No wonder he was the enemy in the world. It turned out that the reason was Zhang Linqi, the helmman. Even if he thought about small matters like his daily diet, it would be strange if he couldn't cultivate a strong army!

In fact, Chen Yongfu didn't know much about it, for example, the food in the town is not only this, but also rich in nutrients and good-taste cheese. They are all made of pure fresh milk. Compared with later generations, they are definitely safe and safe green foods, without any preservatives, additives, etc. This is what Zhang Linqi learned from the captive Tartars after they ate cheese.

As for the raw materials issue, it is still the same thing. The wool comes from the sheep. The farm raises too many cattle and sheep, and the milk is inexhaustible! As the saying goes, you can see the whole leopard after a glimpse. After such a small episode, Chen Yongfu deeply understood why Zhang Linqi had only 20,000 troops and came to rescue thousands of miles. Only then did he understand why the two battles in Yuzhou could kill the number of bandits. According to a simple algorithm, Li Sicheng led the vanguard of five thousand towns to fight against 20,000 bandits and kill 10,000 bandits, including the old bandit camp and elite cavalry. The 20,000 towns could indeed fight against hundreds of thousands of bandits. (Because the new gun has not yet started, and according to the post newspaper of the Ministry of War, the power of the new gun is terrifying.)

After accepting the two pairs of Thousand Mile Miles and 500 new bird guns given by Zhang Linqi, (only for Chen Yongfu's servants to use them to prevent the ordinary Ming army from getting the new bird guns, then joining Li Zicheng, and turning the gun to deal with the town.) Chen Yongfu also became more courageous and told Zhang Linqi to go to Luoyang to kill the enemy together. However, in the end, Zhang Linqi refused politely!

Generally speaking, when encountering such rejection, he always feels a little embarrassed. However, Chen Yongfu did not show this kind of behavior. Instead, Zhang Linqi whispered a few words to him and showed a happy look. It was obvious that Zhang Linqi had another important task to him.

Zhang Linqi was rushing and Li Zicheng was not idle either. Only a few days have passed, and the situation in Henan Prefecture has become more and more serious. Now, around Luoyang, the earliest counties in Lushan were Mi County and Baofeng, which were successively captured by Li Zicheng. If the city conquered by Li Zicheng is marked with black marks, you can reach the map that Luoyang City is surrounded by a black ocean! It has become an isolated city.

Thinking about it, Li Zicheng is not a fool either. In order to delay the pace of the town, he has spent a lot of money, tens of thousands of people put in, and even lost his troops and generals. (Li Zicheng's number one general Liu Zongmin was injured by an arrow and could not go to the ground within three months, which is considered to have lost troops and generals.)

Now he still has to attack slowly, even he feels it is unreasonable! Now Li Zicheng's offensive situation has reached a crazy level. According to the court post, Li Zicheng's troops were arranged on the two lines of Mianchi, Xin'an, Yiyang and Yongning, and it is known that the army is 300,000. The trend of siege of Luoyang is becoming more and more obvious.

The current situation is that Zhen and Li Zicheng compete with each other. Whoever can arrive first will take the lead. Of course, for Zhang Linqi, even if he arrives late, it will not be a big problem. Nowadays, Luoyang City is no longer the time for all the plants and trees to fight.
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